Streats, 31 October 2001

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  • 19 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WeSnUSa? rn-OMrnrimt Another quality publication of Singapore Press Hoidmga E-mail: streats@sph.com.j»g MITA <P) 429/03/2001
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  • 603 1  -  PM offers upgrading for HougmgM even if PAP loses "^C. *by DIANA SER SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew calls him the Gentleman politician. Not only a gentleman, but a Gentle Man. Chee Soon Juan aside, if there is one distin- guishing feature so far in GE
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    • 111 1 hotseats days before Nov 3 Potong Pasir surprise PAGE 2 irea. This is, in fact, the founlation of Singapore very lardworking people, slogging iway, trying to make a living or themselves. ment based on what 1 saw on TV. To maintain my credibility, I must be objective,” said the man
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  • GE 2001
    • Hot Seats
      • 189 2 The PAP doesn't want Dr Chee Soon Juan in Parliament His recent antics don't seem likely to get him elected. But the party doesn't look as if is taking any chances. PAP
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      • 67 2 PRIME Minister Goh ChokTong has had only kind words for Steve Chia of the SDA. He has described the opposition candidate as someone who “comes across as a PAP nominee and tries to speak sensibly”. Plan: Could be that voters take the cue and give the 31-year-old
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      • 105 2 THERE have been mixed signals the PAP. Party leaders have come out in strong support of Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee, with PM Goh hinting that the Minister of State for Law and Home Affairs could hold full charge of the ministry. But they also admit that
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      • 138 2 TWO weeks ago, PM Goh said at the Apec summit that the PAP would not all out to win Potong Pasir or Hougang, for that matter. They would serve as training grounds for new candidates Sitoh Yih Pin in Potong Pasir and Eric Low in .Hougang, he said.
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      • 87 2 I'll put Potong Pasir probably No 1. Mr Chiam may not know it will be hotly contested. I'm going down to Potong Pasir tomorrow (today)... I shall say something, (which) should make it hotly contested... I think Nee Soon East and Hougang would be in the
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    • Hot Topics
      • 738 3  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM and DIANA SER SORRY, said SDP leader Chee Soon Juan yesterday again. This time for his allegation that Mr Goh Chok Tong is not fit to be Prime Minister because of an alleged $l7 billion loan to Indonesia. Sorry,
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      • 227 3  -  by y KHUSHWANT SINGH SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew has declared that SDP chief Chee Soon Juan’s conduct towards Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at the Jurong East food centre on Sunday morning has invalidated his candidacy. He’s finished, kaput, said SM Lee. Do
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      • 384 3  -  by SARAH NG IF there were a prize for attracting the most appellations in this GE, Singapore Democratic Party secretary-general Chee Soon Juan would have scored a loud victory. So far, Dr Chee, 39, has bagged at least 10 labels, ranging from liar and cheat
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    • Hot Talk
      • The gist
        • 161 5  -  Deepa Vijiyasingam TEMPERS frayed last night among the 10,000-strong crowd at the SDP rally at Bukit Gombak Stadium all over the women’s toilet that was mistakenly thought to be closed. SDP’s Jurong GRC candidate (Gandhi Ambalam, who was then speaking onstage was handed a note. Reading
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        • 156 5  -  Winston Chong THEY are not new to elections. But yesterday, the father and son duo from the Democratic Progressive Party made history by holding their first rally at Geylang East Central. Mr Tan Soo Phuan, 66, and Mr Tan Lead Shake, 33, better known as
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        • 167 5  -  -Zubaidah Nazeer DR Lee Boon Yang, the PAP candidate anchoring the Jalan Besar GRC team, wants a “handsome victory”. During his morning walkabout yesterday at the North Bridge Road wet market, he said: “We are looking at more than above the national average’ percentage
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        • 129 5 IT is the government’s job to worry about your job. That, according to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong, remains the top issue for the ruling party in this election. Other issues include security as a result of the US terrorist attacks and the changing
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      • 69 5 cut thrust We do not have any affiliation; to Umno in particular. We... are sovereign separately. But; what we do have is good relations with Umno... with the Umno-led government in Malaysia, which is similar to what the PAP government has. PKMS secretary-general Rahizan Yaacob responding yesterday to PM Goh
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      • 191 5 The guide cut keep MACPHERSON SMC 7pm-10pnr Open field bounded by Geylang East Central, AljuniedAves 1 and 2, beside multi-storey carparkandßlkllB Take SBS bus 80 or 155 from Aljunied MRT station and alight at Geylang Polyclinic. NEE SOON CENTRALSMC 7pm-10pm Open field at junction of Yishun Ave 2 and Yishun
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      • 54 5 The polling centre for Jalan Besar GRC will now be at the void deck of Block 57 Sims Drive, and not Woodsville Primary School. The Ministry of Information and the Arts said yesterday this was so voters would not have to cross a busy expressway to
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      • 53 5 These 14 sports stadiums will be where people can gather from 8pm on Saturday to wait for the results: Hougang, Serangoon, Tampines, Yio Chu Kang and Yishun stadiums Queenstown, Toa Pay oh, Woodlands and Bishan stadiums Bukit Gombak, Choa Chu Kang, dementi, Jurong East
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      • 50 5 The weather for rallies There will be thunderstorms over most areas in the late morning and early afternoon. Temperatures range between 25°C and 32°C with the tide reaching 2.8 m at 11.05 pm. October's weather girl Streats reader Carol Ong Outfit Top Shop Make-up Angela Choo @*****422 Pic: Francis Lee
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    • Writer's Corner
      • Article, Illustration
        498 6  -  by PETER SIOW SYMPATHY votes. They happen when voters perceive that the little Davids have been bullied by the giant. As Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) chief Chee Soon Juan tries desperately to douse the intense fire threatening to engulf him, will the voters of Jurong GRC give him
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 280 7 SQOO6 crash FORTY-FOUR deadline-beating lawsuits have been filed in Los Angeles against Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Taiwanese authorities over the crash of flight SQOO6 at Taipei airport last year. Today is the final day for lawsuits related to the crash to be accepted in California,
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    • 239 7  -  by YVONNE KWOK HER examinations were only two weeks away. But at a time when her peers were studying, Aggie Ho, 21, trooped down Orchard Road with two oversized ducks and 200 fellow students of Temasek Polytechnic (TP) on Oct 13 in support of The
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    • 85 7 THERE will be 1,000 red ducks among the 99,000 yellow ones. If a red duck wins, its owner gets $1 million on top of the $lO,OOO first prize. If the first duck is yellow,-no bonus prize will be given out. Each duck costs $lO to
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    • 213 7 SEX offenders can expect harsher-treat-ment from the courts from now on, after an appeal against a sentence backfired yesterday. In the Court of Appeals, Chief Justice Yong Pung How yesterday tripled the sixmonth jail sentence of a molester and said that the benchmark will now
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    • 106 7 SPH newspapers are offering new classified ad categories for the budget-con-scious. Looking for a car below $30,000, a rental flat for less than $BOO or executive expertise on contract? These ads will be in their own categories in The Straits Times, The Sunday Times, Lianhe Zaobao,
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    • 135 7  -  by KAREN CHEN A 56-YEAR-OLD shopkeeper was beaten and robbed of $29,350 as he walked to a bank opposite his premises to deposit the cash on Monday afternoon. The shopkeeper, who wanted to be known only as Mr Chan, was hospitalised for injuries he suffered
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    • 98 7 onekindact. Lim A I was very touched by the kindness of the people who helped me when I got sick and almost passed out on a train. I was southbound en route to Raffles Place MRT station on Oct 19 and started to feel ill. A gentleman gave
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  • WAR
    • fallout
      • 395 9 Initially, the US claimed some success in its war against the Taleban. But it is now clear that the US still faces several challenges, VSA Today said yesterday. Here's how the war is faring on the five fronts: The military FOR the first two weeks, the US
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      • Article, Illustration
        250 9 Credible evidence terrorists will strike next week: FBI -Wire services THE US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a second alert on Monday, warning of more terrorist attacks in the “next week” against US targets at home and abroad. The warning, which came in the wake of a
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      • war diary
        • 35 9 US warplanes bombed Kandahar, Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif and Jalalabad yesterday. US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said that the three weeks of bombings had cleared the way for what he called “Phase II”. -afp
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        • 40 9 NORTHERN ALLIANCE fight ers trying to capture the city of Herat said the Taleban forces have got stronger and cannot be defeated before winter. “The number of Taleban fighters has increased since the US bombings,”a rebel said, -wireservices
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        • 42 9 THE US will keep its anti-terror-ism campaign going as long as it takes to destroy Osama bin Laden’s network, chief of US operations in Afghanistan, General Tommy Franks, said yesterday. Gen Franks is currently in the Uzbek capital Tashkent.
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      • 60 9 -AFP jams. His neighbours, on Street 90 in the diplomatic district, are fed up with Taleban envoy Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeefpress conferences cause Islamabad's worst traffic reporters'cars choking the narrow road. The envoy's news conferences are an exclusive chance to hear the views of the Taleban on US
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 316 11 M'sian human rights group to ease up after US attacks -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Human rights and democracy will have to take a back seat after the attacks on the US, Malaysia’s human rights chief said yesterday. “I am nationalistic enough to realise that these matters dealing with
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    • 51 11 HEAD ABOVE WATER: Matt Johnson and Jade Washington (left) yesterday moving into place a polystyrene head that is part of a work called 'Bobbing Bod' as artist Nigel Washington coordinates from a boat. They were preparing for an art exhibition off Sydney's Bondi Beach Pic: Reuters Pic:
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    • 209 11 -AP JAKARTA Angry militants have threatened to attack Indonesian discos and bars during Ramadan. “Almost one million people depend on this industry,” acting Jakarta Governor Abdul Kahfi was quoted as saying by the Republika newspaper yesterday. He wants nightspots to close only at the
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    • 125 11 -AP JAKARTA Mr Taufik Kiemas (left), husband of Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri, was admitted to hospital yesterday after a heart attack, officials said. Mr Kiemas, 58, was brought in after midnight after he complained of chest pains, said Mr Erman Suherman, a spokesman at Harapan
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  • easy STREATS
    • 558 13  -  Familiar faces, similar concept But on a different channel and with a reality game thrown in by STEPHANIE GOH YOU don’t have to be a genius to note the striking similarities between one of the latest Channel U offerings and Channel B’s long-running variety show, City
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    • 677 14  -  by CARA van MIRIAH WE'RE going to rock this Friday. And you’re the guest of honour. We promise you’ll get high on music. Some of Singapore’s best music talents will make sure of that. You may have heard them holding court at Wine Bar, Velvet
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV
        • 66 14 9pm, Channel U Guiying is so upset about Zongbao’s death that she attempts suicide. Fortunately, Bamei stops her. Guiying also realises that she’s pregnant and swears to protect the baby and seek vengeance for Zongbao. Cuiying is taken in by Ren Daoan, who tells
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        • Article, Illustration
          67 14 10pm, Channel 5 The attorneys at Donnell, Young, Dole and Frutt return for the fifth season of David E Kelly’s The Practice. In the season opener, Bobby doesn’t want a client to testify to avoid introducing an incriminating videotape. Helen and Richard Bay may have coached a witness
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        • 109 14 11pm, Channel 5 Debut of David E Kelly’s take on yet another profession, this time the teachers. Another school year is off to a booming start at Winslow High School an urban high school outside of Boston. Among the staff are Lauren Davis, the idealistic head of the
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        • 71 14 5.15 pm, V V Drama (SCV 55) Catch Stephen Chow in this k period action comedy that shot him to fame. Fellow i disciples Tu Fai and Yuk Lau (Ng Chun Yu) are forced to confront each other when Yuk Lau gets involved with an evil form
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    • 113 16 NUBILE starlets are not the only targets of Internet sex fiends. Veteran actress-singer Lisa Wong, 54, recently received some sexually-explicit e-mail from someone who signed off as “Little Flower”. Instead of being flattered, Lisa was furious. But she still managed to joke about it when quizzed by
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 554 20 Defence could be a problem for t^rdAl -AP NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS New York Knicks v Washington Wizards NEW YORK Michael Jordan. The New York Knicks. Madison Square Garden. The drama Jordan often produced against the Knicks on its home court with the Bulls makes for wonderful memories,
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      • 307 20 -AP LOS ANGELES Now that it’s time to get started, Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson is putting Shaquille O’Neal under some pressure. Admittedly not in the best shape of his career after surgery on his left little toe two months ago, and even
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      • 472 21  -  Geylang's Lewis faces stern tests by 'TAN KIM HAN OCTOBER is a feverish month. It’s examination time. It spells book-cramming, chicken essence-gulping and midnight oil-burning. But for Geylang United goalkeeper Lionel Lewis (right), there is more. Apart from the five examination papers, the second-year Sports
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      • 88 21 IN just his first year in the S-League, Lionel Lewis, Singapore’s hottest goalkeeping prospect has tasted the highs and lows. The South-east Asia (SEA) Games debacle last month was a sore point. He said: “Failing to qualify for the semi-finals was disappointing.” Describing his July international debut
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      • 487 22  -  Australian Anderson makĔpolice report by I LIM HAN MING WOODLANDS Wellington team manager R Vengadasalam has landed himself in trouble again for allegedly hitting a foreign player. Australian Adam Anderson has accused him of assault during the club’s end-of-year party at Woodlands Stadium on
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      • SOCCER
        • 104 22 -AFP LONDON Leicester stayed at the bottom of the Premiership on Monday although Dave Bassett’s strugglers at least had the satisfaction of keeping a clean sheet in a goalless draw away to Blackburn. But Leicester striker Ade Akinbiyi’s terrible run of form in front of goal
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        • 119 22 -AFP PARIS Coach Roger Lemerre snubbed Europe’s top clubs yesterday when he named a near full strength French squad for the friendly against Australia in Melbourne on Nov 11. Among the 20 players selected for the long trip were 15 who play for European clubs
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      • 75 22 •RUGBY -AFP AUCKLAND Whites, fearing the growing numbers of bigger, fitter and stronger Polynesians, are fleeing rugby union, the latest issue of New Zealand Rugby reports. And it reveals that New Zealand, once a shrine to the oval ball, now has more registered soccer players 114,000
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      • 726 23 Blanc: They should convert more chances Wire services CHAMPIONS LEAGUE Lille v Manchester United MANCHESTER Manchester United may have qualified for the second phase, but the Premier League champion’s problems seem far from over. Leeds’ manager David O’Leary was the latest to criticise manager Alex Ferguson (below)
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 500 16 m cm mi Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20-FEB 18 It’s hard to begin a project and easy to be sidetracked. You have a particular aversion to doing things in the normal way. Budget your time in advance you may have less of it than you realise. FEB 19 MAR 20
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 284 18 easy: The story today... On the street, Xuan Yuan San Guang and Jiang Biehe continue their unrelenting fightXuan realises that Jiang is holding back and taunts him to reveal his true colours. Replies Jiang:"A gentleman always lets his opponent win a little. Since you've invited me to give all I
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
    • 69 22 Inthelivingroom BASKETBALL: NBA: New York Knicks v Washington Wizards (8.30 am), Los Angeles Lakers v Portland Trailblazers (11.30 am) Star Sports Ch 24. SOCCER: Asian World Cup qualifier: UAE v Iran (Star Sports Ch24,10.30pm). Uefa CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Celtic vJuventus (ESPN Ch 23 and City TV, tomorrow, 3.30 am). DELAYED TELECAST
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