Streats, 30 October 2001
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Title Section18 2001-10-30 1 STREATS Treats TUESDAY 30 October 2001] Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/200118 words
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Article, Illustration505 2001-10-30 1 1 DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM - by 1 DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM THE political warrior of Sunday’s breakfast outburst was a whimper of his usual self yesterday. Sorry, said Singapore Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan. “I wish to let you know,” he said, reading from a letterJHa:Francis Lee - 505 words
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533 2001-10-30 1 DIANA SER - by DIANA SER BEHIND the easy banter, the Hokkien humour, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong had a serious message for Dr Chee Soon Juan: Apology? It won’t be so easy, said the PM at a PAP rally at Kallang last night. He had533 words
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GE 2001
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Hot Seats
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Article, Illustration386 2001-10-30 2 SARAH NG - by SARAH NG WITHDRAW your allegations against Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and apolo- gise unconditionally over Indonesian-loan allegations, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew warned SDP chief Chee Soon Juan last night. If Dr Chee does not do so, he will have toPic: Wu Lifer, - 386 words
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Article321 2001-10-30 2 [cut&thrust Consult your lawyer: PM lawyers tell me that Chee Soon Juan has defamed me because it is very serious to say that the Prime Minister has been I very incompetent inadequate and just give Singapore money away Well, if I were Chee Soon Juan, I would j321 words
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Hot Talk
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The gist
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Article171 2001-10-30 3 VOTERS for seats that are being contested should have received their poll cards by yesterday. If you have not, or have lost it, go to www.elections.gov.sg to see which station you are voting at. You can also at a community centre or call the171 words
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Article143 2001-10-30 3 A HOSPITAL in the north is a useless exercise, said Workers’ Party candidate for Nee Soon East Dr Poh Lee Guan. That shows you don’t know what the residents want, rebutted incumbent MP Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee. At a rally on Sunday night, Dr Poh143 words
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Article111 2001-10-30 3 OPPOSITION leader Chiam See Tong wants all 29 opposition candidates voted in, even the Singapore Democratic Party’s Dr Chee Soon Juan who ousted Mr Chiam from the party. Mr Chiam was responding to Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong who had said he “couldn’t believe his eyes”111 words
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Article165 2001-10-30 3 JOO CHIAT is better known for laksa wars than political battles. But after 10 years of missing the vote, nearly 22,000 Joo Chiat residents now have to choose between the PAP’s Mr Chan Soo Sen and independent candidate Mr Ooi Boon Yew. How are the two campaigning?165 words
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Article100 2001-10-30 3 SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew is happy that no racial or religious issues have been raised during the campaigning. This, he said before touringTampines GRC, is a sign that the candidates have taken note of what the Prime Minister and other ministers have been saying. “This is100 words
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Article, Illustration170 2001-10-30 3 Th e guide cut keep JURONG GRC 7pm-10pm% Jurong East Stadium, at 21 JurongEastSt31 Take SBS bus service 335 or Tibs service 180 I from Chinese Garden MRTstation. Alight at Blk 350 at Boon Lay Way. NEE SOON EAST SMC 7pm-10pm Open field at Yishun Ave 11 and Yishun Ring170 words
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Article, Illustration77 2001-10-30 3 The weather for rallies The weather will be politically correct this evening. Showers and thunderstorms are expected over most areas in the late morning and early afternoon. But the sky will clear for the rallies in the evening. Temperature will range between 25°C and 32°C, while high tides will reachPic: Francis Lee - 77 words
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Article93 2001-10-30 3 Votes will be counted at sports stadiums open from Bpm on Saturday, when the polls close, until 30 minutes after the last result is announced. For Hougang, Joo Chiat, MacPherson and Tampines GRC Hougang, Serangoon, Tampines, Yio Chu Kang and Yishun stadiums For Nee93 words
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Article, Illustration390 2001-10-30 4 ■KHUSHWANT SINGH - by ■KHUSHWANT SINGH SHE'S been praised by the Prime Minister as a person who can connect with the common man. That much was evident during walkabouts with the rest of her Jurong GRC team, led by Minister Lim Boon Heng. But yesterday,390 words
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571 2001-10-30 4 NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng yesterday released a statement refuting SDP leader Chee Soon Juan’s allegations about the “low wages” of Singaporeans. Dr Chee had claimed that wages in Singapore are among the lowest in the world. The following is the Minister without Portfolio’s571 words
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Writer's Corner
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Article, Illustration464 2001-10-30 5 PETER SIOW - by PETER SIOW THE heat’s on Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan. If he did not know it before, he would now after flipping through the pages of the local dailies. Mostly, they centred on his “gangster tactics” as described by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew.Pic: Francis Lee - 464 words
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Article233 2001-10-30 6 STB revamps Celebration Singapore tourism drive; to head for London and Kunming travel fairs THE post-911 world may be a colder, more sombre place. But Singapore is on target to promote itself as a sunny holiday destination to the world, with the Singapore Tourism233 words
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news scan
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Article110 2001-10-30 6 Karen Chen A MAN in his 70s was beaten and robbed by a pair of muggers as he walked along Phillips Avenue on Sunday at 10.35 pm The victim, who wanted to be identified only as MrToh, was punched and fell to the ground before the muggers– Karen Chen - 110 words
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Article71 2001-10-30 6 -AFP THE government is eyeing the sea port as a means of helping to pull the country’s economy out of recession. Money has been earmarked for research and development to help the port maintain its world-leading edge, Communications and Technology Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said yesterday.-AFP - 71 words
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Article110 2001-10-30 6 CALTEX, the oil industry giant, aims to raise $50,000 for the School Pocket Money Fund. The fund was launched by The Straits Times to help needy schoolchildren pay expenses such as bus fares and the cost of recess-time snacks. Caltex will put donation tins at all110 words
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262 2001-10-30 7 Reuters TAIPEI In a book on his first 500 days in office, Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian said economic and cultural integration with China had to come before political integration. “The point is we don’t have to make a– Reuters - 262 words
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Article, Illustration35 2001-10-30 7 Ms Zhao Rong, 22, from Guangdong, walking through falling tinsel after winning the Beauties In The Flower City beauty contest in Guangzhou on Sunday. The contest is China's oldest beauty pageant Pic: ReutersPic: Reuters - 35 words
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Article215 2001-10-30 7 Reuters COLOMBO A blast which killed at least three people.in Colombo yesterday may have been aimed at Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ratnasiri Wickremanayake, officials said. They said another 15 people were wounded, three seriously, in the suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bombing. “We suspect the target– Reuters - 215 words
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152 2001-10-30 7 Reuters BANGKOK A member of the European Parliament arrested in Laos last week with four other Europeans could face up to five years in jail, Laos’ ambassador to Thailand said yesterday. The five belong to the Brussels-based Transnational Radical Party (TRP), which– Reuters - 152 words
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weird world
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Article77 2001-10-30 7 Reuters RUDOLPH the Red-Nosed Reindeer has cancelled his trip to Britain this Christmas. Instead, Santa will have to rely on horses and huskies to pull his sleigh in case reindeer spread foot-and-mouth disease. “Reindeer can catch and carry foot-and-mouth,” said an Environment Department spokesman. So Santa will– Reuters - 77 words
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Article65 2001-10-30 7 Reuters A SECRETARY got more than she bargained for when she asked her bank for a small loan and was sent a cheque for almost £9 million ($23.8 million), the Sun reported. Ms Susan Anderson wanted £4,000 to pay off debts. The Halifax bank, whose motto– Reuters - 65 words
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Article91 2001-10-30 7 -AFP FIREMEN had to rescue a man who fell asleep 8m up a tree. Mr Gaiy Carter had been to a pub before embarking on a spot of tree-climbing by night. Fire Officer Stuart Guthrie, who led Saturday’s rescue outside the Red Lion inTrimdon, northeast-AFP - 91 words
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WAR
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tactics
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223 2001-10-30 8 -AFP WASHINGTON An elite US military unit is preparing for possible incursion into Pakistan to steal its nuclear weapons, the New Yorker magazine reported yesterday. The special forces unit is training with Israel’s top anti-terrorist unit, Unit 262, and would be-AFP - 223 words
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Article89 2001-10-30 8 -AFP The Song of Osama and other Mexican folk tunes recounting tales of the Sept 7 7 attacks have become the hottest new recordings in Mexico. The tunes are played in the style of corridos folk songs popular in northern Mexico that focus on current events.-AFP - 89 words
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Article, Illustration318 2001-10-30 8 Wire services WASHINGTON While the US is downplaying the concern over the civilian casualties of its Afghan campaign, the unrest in Pakistan has reached dramatic proportions. Although Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf protested that the civilian toll in Afghanistan was “excessive”, top US and British officials insist– Wire services; Pic: Reuters - 318 words
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war diary
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Article64 2001-10-30 8 THE US Central Command chief in the Gulf, General Tommy Franks, spent a few hours yesterday in Pakistan for talks with President Pervez Musharraf. Gen Franks is the top commander for the current US campaign against the Taleban. “He is expected to discuss the ongoing military64 words
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Article68 2001-10-30 8 Reuters THE US is trying to establish a base inside Afghanistan to support opposition Northern Alliance forces, a senior US defence official said yesterday. The USA Today reported that the military was considering a forward base in northern Afghanistan, to boost rebels seeking to capture the– Reuters - 68 words
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fallout
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Article, Illustration287 2001-10-30 9 The Sept 11 attacks have changed US President George W Bush forever. Those who know him well say he shows little physical wear and tear. But he is more serious, USA Today quoted his aides as saying. They also see a new-found calmness. Mr Bush is turning morePic:AP - 287 words
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Article159 2001-10-30 9 PRESIDENT Bush has always been passionate about exercise, but he’s been working out even harder since the war began. Aides say he's using strenuous exercise as an outlet for stress. One morning in Shanghai, during the Apec meeting; he was at the hotel gym at 5,30 am, sweating159 words
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Article76 2001-10-30 9 Volvo has banned employees from making jokes about Osama bin Laden. It has told managers to stop people making fun of Osama or anything to do with the war on terrorism, according to Ananova. A spokesman for the Swedish car company says inappropriate jokes have flooded its76 words
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Article, Illustration751 2001-10-30 11 CARA van MIRIAH - Zouk is more than just a dance spot Over the past 10 years it has evolved its own culture and is still generating cutting-edge concepts HkeZoukOut Selected Streats readers will get a taste of the beach party of the year this Friday by CARA van MIRIAH ZOUK today751 words
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Article, Illustration684 2001-10-30 12 Yvonne Kwok - Why are the English TV channels fielding poor-quality candidates like Relic Hunter and Guinness World of Records in the best time slots? This surely is a mystery for the X-Files fe/Miioby 1 by 'Yvonne Kwok SOMETIMES, being a local viewer of English programmes is rather like being684 words
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Article86 2001-10-30 12 10pm, TV Works FBI agent Clarice Starling assists in the hunt for a brutal killer who is so desperate to be female he’s sewing a woman’s suit for himself out of skin. Hoping to gain some insight into the mind of the man, psychiatrist and86 words
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Article43 2001-10-30 12 10.40 pm, Channel U Baozhu talks her way past Qi and saves her secret Lady Black Rose persona. But he, realising his identity as a detective has been revealed, makes her promise to keep it to herself.43 words
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Article54 2001-10-30 12 10pm, Central In 19th century England, Jude Fawley is on his way to university when he is tricked into marriage. The marriage fails and he returns to school, only to fall for his cousin. They live out of wedlock in the face of the community. Starring Christopher Eccleston, Kate54 words
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Article55 2001-10-30 12 9pm, Cinemax (SCV 59) In this spy thriller, a deep-cover American government agent is nabbed in North Korea before he can transmit any intelligence. Neither the CIA nor Korean Internal Security knows what he has. Enter an ex-oper-ative (Tom Berenger), brought out of retirement to55 words
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Article, Illustration217 2001-10-30 13 Yutaka shy or hostile? IS Japanese heartthrob Yutaka Takenouchi a really shy guy or is there something wrong between him and Hongkong pop princess Kelly Chen? At a Japan press conference for the launch of his movie, Between Calm and Passionate, on Sunday, co-stars Yutaka and Kelly barely looked at217 words
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SOCCER
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Article185 2001-10-30 16 -AFP ROME His newly promoted team may have just gone four points clear at the top of the Italian Serie A, but Chievo president Luca Campedelli still insisted on Sunday that an unlikely title was not on his mind. He said: “For the umpteenth time our only-AFP - 185 words
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Article77 2001-10-30 16 Reuters ROME -AS Roma striker Gabriel Batistuta will be sidelined for two to three weeks after suffering a thigh injury in the Rome derby, Italian newspapers reported yesterday. Argentinian international Batistuta was substituted at half-time during Saturday’s 2-0 win over Lazio, and will miss Roma’s– Reuters - 77 words
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109 2001-10-30 16 -AFP LONDON The English Football Association (FA) has sanctioned referee Dermot Gallagher for not red-carding Leeds star Robbie Keane after he pushed Manchester United’s David Beckham to the ground on Saturday. Gallagher will be relegated to lower divisions for an unspecified period as a punishment-AFP - 109 words
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Article, Illustration188 2001-10-30 16 -AFP MUNICH As players, both were regular winners but in the choice of names for their baby Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi have run into a bit of a storm. Had the happy couple glanced at the German press on Monday morning they would have-AFP '; Ptc:AP ...... .. - 188 words
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Article, Illustration405 2001-10-30 16 LIM HAN MING - by LIM HAN MING KIATISUK “Zico” Senamuang (left), Singapore Armed Forces FC’sThai striker, is back in town after eight weeks. And his immediate task is to help the Warriors of SAFFC overcome a 0-3 first-leg deficit against Thai team BEC I405 words
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Article, Illustration484 2001-10-30 17 TAN KIM HAN - Indra Sahdan wants desperately to win S'pore Cup by TAN KIM HAN SUNDAY'S NTUC Income Singapore Cup final will be Indra Sahdan Daud’s (right) last chance to claim a winner’s medal this season. After missing out on two opportunities this year, the 22-year-old police officer must get484 words
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Article, Illustration517 2001-10-30 18 ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE LONDON ||J Derby striker Fabrizio Ravanelli and Chelsea captain Marcel Desailly (left) were involved in an ugly incident after Sunday’s Premiership game. Their on-the-pitch feud boiled over into a nasty confrontation i b near Chelsea’s dressing room after the% - 517 words
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Article, Illustration672 2001-10-30 19 Hyypia's absence leaves Uverpool vulnerable Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-Liverpool v Borussia Dortmund LIVERPOOL -You could forgive Jan Roller, Borussia Dortmund’s 2.04 m striker, if he plays a video of the second-half of Liverpool’s victory at Charlton last week over and over again before he takes the field– Wire services; Pic: Reuters - 672 words
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Miscellaneous462 2001-10-30 13 Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20 FEB 18 Move easily into an unfamiliar situation. Your appearance pleases, your voice carries and your product sells. As the new month approaches, it’s time to start telling a new story. FEB 19-MAR 20 N. K >1 N You hold a gift that makes no462 words
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Miscellaneous241 2001-10-30 14 11 m m The story today... Xiao Yuer remembers what villain Du Sha told him when he was a kid:“lf humans are evil, then only the truly courageous ones would have the guts to face the devil in themselves." Xuan Yuan San Guang is one example, said Du Sha. Conversely,241 words
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Miscellaneous31 2001-10-30 16 Inthelivingroom SOCCER: Uefa Champions League: Liverpool FC v Borussia Dortmund (ESPN Ch 23& City TV, tomorrow, 3.30 am). Delayed telecast Tennis Master Series: Paris Day 1 (Star Sports Ch 24,9.00 pm).31 words
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