Streats, 16 October 2001

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    21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 16 October 2001 quality publication of •ff* Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/20G1
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon SM at NUS forum One people? One nation? Not by a long way
    711 1 Singaporeans have made some progress in coming together as one people and one nation But to assume we've completed that process would be a mistake; warned Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew at the National University of Singapore
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  • Article
    Lock icon Anthrax in letter sent to Senate leader
    198 1 Wire services WASHINGTON The world went on anthrax alert last night after the US Senate Majority Leader received a letter with a substance that tested positive for anthrax. The letter was received at about 10.30 am (10.30 pm, Singapore time) yesterday by the
    – Wire services  -  198 words
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  • Streatsmart parliament
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      Lock icon Overseas voting Safety: Only reason for delay
      254 2  -  by KHUSHWANT SINGH ENSURING the security of overseas Singapore citizens was what prompted the Government to decide against overseas voting in the coming general elections. This was revealed by Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday, when he urged Parliament to pass a
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    • Article
      Lock icon Introduce electronic voting for overseas voters?
      132 2 ideas answc hynot.:: NMP Simon Tay Even in the United States, I believe, one state has commissioned an expert study on this and they have come to the conclusion that, today, there is no safe way of having Internet or voting on the Web,
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    • Article
      Lock icon S'pore Shares: Why no details
      228 2  -  by DIANA SER OPPOSITION MP Low Thia Kiang yesterday had more questions than he had time. Why were opposition MPs not given more information about the New Singapore Shares scheme before Parliament passed the financial estimates for it? The answers, however, were not so forthcoming.
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  • Streatsmart local
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      Lock icon SM at NUS forum A frank and friendly exchange
      775 3 Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew kept 1,800 students from NUS, NTU and SMU enraptured for two hours yesterday. After a 30-minute speech, he fielded questions on a variety of subjects for the next 90 minutes at the NUS University Cultural Centre.
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    • Article
      Lock icon $260 worth of soon hock stolen from farm
      91 4  -  by\ WINSTON CHONG THIEVES broke into a fish farm at Neo Tiew Road near Lim Chu Kang Road between 11.30 pm on Friday and 6.30 am. They stole 9kg of live soon hock worth $260 from Khaiseng Trading and Fish Farm. No
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      Lock icon Help from Govt, unions, firms Retrenched to get perks for retraining
      240 4  -  by SONNY PHUA RETRENCHED workers who help themselves by signing up for retraining courses will find that the Government, unions and employers are more than willing to help them out too. In an address to 150 retrenched workers from
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      Lock icon Officer molests boy in children's home
      196 4  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM AN innocent game of catch turned nasty when 35-year-old Samian Juri (right), a welfare officer at a children’s home, molested one of his play-mates, a 13-year-old boy. The boy was playing catch with another 13-year-old boy, along the corridor of the home
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      Lock icon They breached protection orders to vent anger She hit granny for soiling loo
      236 5  -  reports by r DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM CHEW Hai Cheng, 23, just couldn’t get along with her grandmother. On July 5, she argued with 83-year-old Madam Lam Koh See because she had messed up the toilet. The big-built Chew
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    • Article
      Lock icon He hit wife for avoiding him
      215 5 A CONSTRUCTION supervisor claimed yesterday that he was upset that his wife was avoiding him, and that was why he beat her up. He assaulted her near Pasir Ris MRT station and gave her a broken nose and cuts to her face. Yeo Beng
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    • Article
      Lock icon Wallet safely back
      115 5 onekindact. Lay Chan Fong Yee We just want to say a big thank you to Veron (we didn’t get to meet her) for returning my husband's wallet My husband lost his wallet at Marine Parade on Oct 6 and we were delighted when we received a call
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      Lock icon KTM trains to terminate at JB
      151 5 PETALINGJAYA KTM trains will stop at Johor Baru and not continue on to Singapore when checkpoint facilities for the final stop are ready. This should take a year or two, The Star reported yesterday. It quoted Transport Ministry Parliamentary Secretary Donald Lim as confirming
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    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Our weather girl says...
      87 5 If you are trapped in the MRT by the thunderstorm this morning, take the chance to explore the i connecting covered walkways leading from x your station, if you haven't done so already. The rain, which will fall islandwide, should stop in time for you to
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    • Just a minute
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        123 5 The Singapore Learning Festival organised by the Ministry of Manpower and various partners is on from Nov 2-18. If you are looking for a job but are unsure what skills are needed, take a learning tour of companies, including those in aerospace, broadcasting, healthcare, hospitality, logistics, pharmaceuticals
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        54 5 The Ang Mo Kio Polyclinic has extended its Saturday operating hours. The clinic now closes at I 4.30 pm instead of 12.30 pm and Jthere are four doctors and four nurses on duty. The National Healthcare Group, which runs the clinic, is trying out the new times for two
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      198 3 UNSW Foundation Year ....the perfect start to university life UNSW is Australia’s leading international university, offering world-class qualifications and rewarding career prospects. UNSW Foundation Year is a full academic program of at least 2 semesters, leading into undergraduate studies. outstanding success over thirteen years classes are on campus at UNSW
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      196 4 f powered by r,: AMSUN ELECTRONICS m d Vi 5. 111 l SS3 S&fE rfi mrfcinrff ess* Saturday 24 November 2001 Tanjong Beach Sentosa, Singapore Darren Emerson Lee Burridgefekkvu Ishsno Dave AngeiCirculationParks and Wilson Layo Bushwacka Koma Bones by official website: check frequently WWW.ZOUkout.com for latest updates I organised by
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  • WAR
    • Anxiety
      • war diary
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          Lock icon Jets blitz Kabul
          87 6 US-LED forces launched the fiercest daylight attack yet on Kabul yesterday. At least 10 explosions were reported. A telephone exchange and two government buildings were destroyed and the airport hit.Taleban military bases around the city were also targeted. At least six bombs fell on Khair Khana suburb,
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          Lock icon 60 targets hit
          68 6 SIXTY targets in Afghanistan have been bombed by US and British forces so far, a UK official said yesterday All the targets were military, ranging from Taleban infrastructure to terrorist camps Britain has up to 800 troops involved from three submarines to Royal Air Force reconnaissance and
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          Lock icon Rebels hold back
          73 6 THE opposition Northern Alliance yesterday indicated it would hold back from an offensive to take Kabul until a political agreement is reached on a post-war government. “If we reach an agreement before entering Kabul, that would be an ideal situation,” alliance foreign minister Abdullah Abdullah told the
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          Lock icon 4,000 defect
          59 6 OVER 4,000 Taleban troops have defected to the opposition Northern Alliance, a spokesman said yesterday. Mr Abdul Vadud, the military attache of the oppositioncontrolled Afghan embassy in Tajikistan, said the soldiers under Kori Khaidullo had surrendered on Sunday to General Ato Mukhammad, an alliance commander. Groups of 20-50
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      • Article, Illustration
        Lock icon Anthrax sans frontiers
        349 6 -AFP NEW YORK Fears of biological attacks have sent shudders all over the world, after top officials said that the US faced a bioterrorist onslaught. Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said it was clear that the 12 people who were exposed to the anthrax bacteria
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        Lock icon Pakistani support
        80 6 Reuters An opinion poll released yesterday showed that Pakistanis back the Taleban against the US. Asked about their sympathies, 83 per cent said they were behind the Taleban and 82 per cent termed Osama bin Laden chief suspect for the Sept 1 7 attacks on the US a
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      • Article
        Lock icon FBI hunts for truckers
        174 7 THE FBI is hunting for 30 Arab men who took US licences to transport hazardous chemicals. The agency fears that Osama bin Laden’s terrorists could use trucks laden with chemicals to launch attacks. The way the drivers trained is similiar to the approach used by the
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        Lock icon Taleban wants to talk
        73 7 -AFP Taleban Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Mutawakei arrived in the United Arab Emirates overnight seeking to push Islamic countries to mediate with the US, the Arabic television channel Al Jazeera said yesterday. Mr Wakil who went to Pakistan on Sunday made the trip "in consultation" with
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    • After thought
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        Lock icon Osama the name
        81 8 The leader of the Muslim parliament in Britain warned parents not to saddle their children with the name "Osama" the Times of London reported yesterday. Leeds registered their baby son's name as Osama two weeks after the attacks on the US. Mirza and Nyi Ayu Mirza, both
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        Lock icon Mega backtrack
        250 8 -AP JAKARTA Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri is walking a fine line. She was one of the world’s first foreign leaders to sign up for the US-led fight against terrorism. But now she’s begun to raise concerns about the use of military might in the campaign, news reports said
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        Lock icon Let's get Osama... then what?
        338 8 Reuters LONDON Osama the prisoner will be a far bigger problem for the US than Osama the fugitive. The US could end up making him a martyr whether they try him for the Sept 11 attacks or manage to kill him. “If (Osama bin Laden)
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  • Streatsmart column
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      Lock icon The wars women fight
      554 9 I'VE said it before in this column and I’m happy to have occasion to say it again: Power to the Ah Sohs. On Monday, it was reported that the Court of Appeal ruled in favour of the wife in a divorce action. The woman, a teacher,
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  • Streatsmart global
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      Lock icon More pirates kiddnapping for ransom
      173 10 -AP KUALA LUMPUR In a disturb ing new trend, sea hijackings and kidnappings for ransom in the busy shipping lane between Malaysia and Indonesia are on the rise, a watchdog group said yesterday. “The fight against piracy is threatened by a new trend that has
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      Lock icon Apec summit Terror may upstage economics
      271 10 Reuters SHANGHAI The United States yesterda) pressed for a summit of Pacific rim nations to declare a joint battle against terrorists by chok ing off their source of funds and boosting avia' tion security. But there were also rumblings of concert from several Asia-Pacific
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      Lock icon 23 die after using dialysis machines
      123 10 -AP ZAGREB* Croatia The government ordered hospitals to stop using dialysis machines made by a US company after 23 patients undergoing treatment with the equipment died within 48 hours. Prime Minister Ivica Racan said all the patients who died had received treatment from dialysers
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      132 10 Why are more people choosing BEcoz as their favourite vitaminised drink? w-W‘ t BEcoz, it contains 250 mg of Vitamin C. More than the two of us put together? Wow! what more? iSSr VV, »11 BEcoz, it also contains Vitamin B 6 and 812. BEcoz, it is non-carbonated and its
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  • easy STREATS
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      Lock icon In battle mode
      770 11  -  I Club operators ere dabbmgm the warpaint as they slug it out to woo price-cmsams consumer! to stay a float m hard times r ir -“---nnnTMilinlllMl«>«MMll«l«iißMnrrnM'"riM"irrmir '“f t -rrn iiiTiniitWim«iilftiini[>flitiMiflBn) im liinrnitiaan— by CARA van MIRIAH PROLONGED downturn. People are losing jobs. Consumers are cutting back on
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      Lock icon Talent-crime
      554 12  -  The show was good, the talents were stellar, but what happened to the host? feWytubby by Yvonne Kwok YOU know something’s very wrong when you watch a talent show and start wishing that the presenter would sprain his mouth. I said it once and I’ll say it again Allan
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      • Today's must-see TV...
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          Lock icon SCANDAL
          74 12 10pm, TV Works A re-enactment of the scandal that derailed Britain’s Conservative Party in the *****. A young showgirl becomes the fixation of a man-about-town. He moulds her into a chic British socialite and she and a friend begin a seductive reign over Britain’s political elite. Then she tells
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          Lock icon BEYOND THE CAMOUFLAGE
          45 12 8.30 pm, Channel U lx, Kym and special guest Michelle Chia take part in a live firing exercise. Besides testing out the Bronco AllTerrain Tracked Carrier in the reservoir, they also ride in Bionic Infantry Vehicle in a simulated battle. Last episode.
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          Lock icon LA FEMME NIKITA
          55 12 Midnight, Channel 5 The Collective piles up terrorist strikes against the West, and Section One is unable to prevent them. Suddenly Michael offers to help bring down the Collective, although he has been playing both sides for weeks. But he wants the location of his son, Adam,
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          Lock icon UNFORGIVEN
          61 12 11pm, HBO (SCV 60) A winner of four Academy Awards, including one for actor-director Clint Eastwood, with his stark portrait of the American West. He plays a former gunfighter and thief. Desperate for money to support his children, he accepts one final job to kill a couple of sinister
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    • easyStreats sports
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        Lock icon Capriati wears top cap
        222 17 -AP FILDERSTADT, Germany -From promising prodigy to troubled teen, Jennifer Capriati is finally where her talent should have taken her a long time ago at the top. “It feels great. I haven’t really digested it yet I think I’ll have to see it on paper first,”
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        Lock icon Thorpe slams Fina
        109 17 SWIMMING -AFP °NDON Australian swimming star lan has slammed the sport’s world govern- body Fina. He accused it of failing to proper- Address the problem of drugs in the sport. “Fina have for too long looked the other way,” told the Daily Telegraph yesterday. “I think the
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        Lock icon I can beat Schumacher'
        97 17 Motor racing Reuters Michael Schumacher and Ferrari can 6 beaten, says David Coulthard. win grands prix, I can race and I have in qualifying,”the McLaren driver said pr finishing third in the Japanese Grand Prix Sunday. Schumacher had won the race. “If you bring all those
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        Lock icon Row over Osama issue
        141 17 ‘SOCCER -AFP taly Bari’s Moroccan defender Rachid e< frouz has caused a controversy by making remarks about Osama Bin Laden, .tie made his comments in the Corriere del e 2zogiorno newspaper yesterday. Said Neqrouz: “Our people have suffered for I i,long. When the Twin Towers were
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        Lock icon Houllier's comeback
        506 18 Doubtful? LIVERPOOL manager Gerard Houllier (below left) will not return as the club’s manager despite the initial optimism that he will make a full recovery from heart surgery. Anfield chief executive Rick Parry has spoken of “when” rather than “if’ Houllier will go back to work after recuperating
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        Lock icon Testing time for Liverpool
        279 18 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-Dynamo Kiev v Liverpool J m PARIS LiverW pool’s game against Dynamo Kiev in the European Champions f League today will test its charf acter following manager Gerard Houllier’s heart surgery. Assistant manager Phil Thompson (right) has taken over Houllier’s role for the Dynamo game.
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        Lock icon Prize money for top eight S-League clubs proposed Motivational therapy
        418 19  -  by LIM HAN MING THE S-League may dish out prize money to the top eight teams in next year’s competition. This proposal was made at an S-League club chairmen’s meeting last week, said a Football Association of Singapore official, who
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        Lock icon Balestier chief to help sacked Jurong player
        325 19  -  by' TAN KIM HAN FORMER Jurong FC midfielder Itimi Dickson has to wait for another week before his fate will be known. The 17-year-old Nigerian, who was sacked by Jurong two weeks ago after he admitted to punching Home United’s Harun Juma’at in
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      411 14 easy rs* 1 1£ 8 s The story is about Yuan Jian Ping who gets more than he bargains for when he enrols at Zhong Ren Pre-U. A natural busybody, he suddenly finds himself involved in everything, from girl problems to gang fights, from baseball matches to flower arrangement classes.
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      388 15 A w A iX r 5? 6 story today... Vuer's admiration for the 10 villains as he grew older. He even thought of Mng of Xuan Yuan San Guang when i met earlier in the abandoned temple. y tot he has never thought that Xuan y ld come to his
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      190 16 easvStreats Just tick your answer to the simple question below, and bring along this page to redeem the tickets. The Princess Diaries opens in cinemas on O NOVI O NOV 2 ONOV3 Redemption venue: Buzz Kiosk Paragon, Orchard Redemption date time Oct 19, 2001,12.30 pm Limited to the first 125
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      30 17 YED TELECAST: R: Uefa Champions League: Lazio v PSV Eindhoven N Ch 23, Oct 1 7, Sam). ‘NIS: Masters Series, Stuttgart: Early round coverage, Q y I (Star Sports Ch24,9pm).
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