Streats, 6 November 2001

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  • 21 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets TUESDAY 6 November 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 447 1 POISON gas. Explosives. Hand-to-hand combat. Bio-terror. An 11-volume Encyclopaedia of Jihad (holy war), produced by Osama Bin Laden’s A 1 Qaeda network, makes for a chilling read on what the group calls the “basic rules of sabotage and terror”. Circulated in both book
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  • morning rush
    • 96 1 -AP BANDAR SERI BAGAWAN Asean leaders including Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong continued their annual meeting yesterday by focusing on ways to improve trade. Host Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah said that Asean leaders were considering responding to the grim economic news by liberalising their markets and speeding up measures
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    • 84 1 -AP ASEAN heads of state and government “unequivocally” condemned the terrorist strikes on the US, which they called an attack against humanity and an assault on all of us. The leaders said they “consider such acts as an attack against humanity and an assault on all of us”.
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    • 64 1 Reuters ASEAN leaders agreed yesterday to step up the fight against HIV/Aids, which has infected about 1.6 million people in the region. Leaders vowed to spend more on health services and improve access to affordable drugs for victims. Leaders also approved a four-year anti-Aids programme, including
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  • Streatsmart local
    • 422 2  -  by SARAH NG BARRING an objection from his party, you’ll see Singapore Democratic Alliance (SDA) candidate Steve Chia in Parliament as a Non-constituency Member of Parliament (NCMP). The 31-year-old was the best-performing loser in the elections, polling 8,143 votes or 34.7
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    • 100 2 MR Steve Chia also cleared the air yesterday on his having being a Young PAP member. His only association with the Young PAP, he said, was in his second year at the National University of Singapore when he attended a golf clinic organised by the PAP’s
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    • 195 2  -  by 'ADAM HASHIDY THE word patient became a bad word yesterday when elderly and the sick had to wait several hours to receive their medicine at Bedok Polyclinic. When Streats visited the clinic at about 1.30 pm yesterday, there were more than 80 patients
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    • 247 3  -  Neglect blamed for drugs offence reports by 'DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM A SCHOOLGIRL who took the drug Ecstasy was neglected by her parents, a subordinate court heard yesterday. Emily Chan Mei Yi was arrested at her family’s Bishan flat on Jan 14, three months before her 16th birthday. The court
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    • 128 3 A COUPLE from India wrongly judged their distant relative in Singapore to be kind when he offered to let them stay in his flat at Petir Road. The relative, Mahandran Raman, 29, stole more than $1,300 in cash, jewellery and CDs from them. On Oct
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    • 191 3 POLICE were alerted to the illegal sale of imitation guns after a 12-year-old boy was caught shoplifting. The boy was found to be in possession of an illegal pellet gun when he was caught stealing at Popular Bookshop at East Point shopping centre on July
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    • 82 3 HUNDREDS gathered at the Kuan Yin temple at Waterloo Street on Sunday to celebrate the birthday of Kuan Yin, the Goddess of Mercy, but one man there had depravity on his mind, a court heard yesterday. Ang Ngee Han, 36, was yesterday charged with using criminal
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    • Article, Illustration
      103 3 onekindact. Anitha Nair A relative newcomer to Singapore; I was dropped off in the wrong street by a taxi driver. Lost, I asked a gentleman for directions to my destination, Leicester Road. He didn't know, but he found out for me. Not only that, he and his
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    • 383 4  -  by ADAM HASHIDY THE charred body of a 76-year-old great-grandmother was found in a burnt-out Bedok South Road flat early yesterday morning. Police have classified the death of Madam Mariam Ahmad as murder. Her son, Mr Syed Hamid Ahmad,
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    • 114 5 SCULPTOR Ng Eng Teng died in his sleep on Sunday morning at his Joo Chiat Place kampung house studio. Mr Ng, 67, who had suffered from tuberculosis in his youth, developed pneumonia 10 days before his death. This was a complication linked to kidney
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    • 341 5  -  Double the value of your paper by 'WINSTON CHONG YESTERDAY, the first day of a 12-week pilot project to recycle copies of Streats, only a handful of readers put their read copies in the eight recycle standees placed at Tanjong Pagar and Raffles Place
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    • 69 5 There will be showers in the late morning and afternoon over most areas with temperatures ranging between 25°C and 32°C. For those who find i it troublesome to carry an umbrella, at least have a friend around who does. The tide will reach 2.9 m at
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    • Just a minute
      • 99 5 There will be special postage rates for greeting cards during Deepavali, Christmas and Hari Raya from now till Dec 24. Cards weighing up to 20gm will cost 22 cents to send and those up to 40gm will be 30 cents, regardless of size, shape or colour. For cards above
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      • 65 5 The Singapore Learning Festival is on till Nov 25, and the Ministry of Manpower has organised many activities. For senior citizens and homemakers too busy to learn how to use the Internet, there are free English workshops at the Civil Defence Association for National Servicemen at 2
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      • 35 5 Singaporeans over 65 can have free eye tests at Hougang Polyclinic (Tel: 386-2377). Just show up with your identity card. Those with problems will be referred to a specialist. Pic: Wu Lifen
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 177 6 -AP JAKARTA The World Bank said yesterday that Indonesia was muddling through its economic crisis. In a report, it warned that global uncertainties would add to Indonesia’s woes. “Indonesia’s recovery was already slowing several months before Sept 11,” the report said.
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    • 119 6 -AFP SYDNEY A woman left with cerebral palsy after a bungled forceps delivery was awarded record damages of Asl3 million ($ll.l million) yesterday. Ms Calandre Simpson, 22, had sued Dr Robert Diamond for negligence during her birth in Sydney in 1979. Ms Simpson was delivered after
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    • 135 6 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia expects 45,000 workers to be laid off this year, Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn said yesterday. The big job losses would, however, be offset by the creation of 110,000 new jobs, Mr Fong was quoted by Bernama as saying.
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    • 137 6 -AFPi BEIJING Prostitution in China has become so widespread that “student discount prices” are being advertised. Students at a university in Wuhan could get a “Thai-style massage” for the dis- counted price of 30 yuan ($6.60) at barbers and dance halls near the university gates, the
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  • WAR
    • ...tactics
      • 75 8 Pop icon Michael Jackson is being tested for anthrax poisoning after developing rashes. "They're going to test me and the children for anthrax. We're all very sick right now. I've never felt so bad in my entire life,"Jackson told News of the World yesterday. "My chest
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      • How long?
        • 147 8 Reuters US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismissed speculation that the American campaign in Afghanistan could drag on for years. “There is no question that the effectiveness of the bombing is vastly improved as you have people on the ground in communication with the aircraft overhead,”
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        • 139 8 Reuters THE Taleban says the US war in Afghanistan will be long and that the American forces will face defeat once they move the conflict from the air to the ground. “We are preparing for a long war,” Education Minister and top Taleban spokesman
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        • 176 8 -AFP THE US campaign in Afghanistan will take “a long, long time” to complete, General Richard Myers, chairman of the Pentagon’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, told NBC yesterday. “This is the most important assignment we’ve had in the military since World War
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    • ...threat
      • 245 9 Pakistan under pressure to shift N-weapons to China The ultimate worst-case scenario is moving warheads to China, Pakistan's closest strategically PAKISTAN is under pressure to move its nuclear weapons to China for safekeeping from fundamentalists. The country is apprehensive of pre-emptive strikes on its nuclear sites by the
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      • 71 9 Crack American troops operating inside Afghanistan criticised their own military chiefs yesterday. One officer claimed: "They think we can perform f**king magic. We can't" Members of Delta Force were involved in a raid on the home complex ofTaleban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar last week. The soldiers were
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  • Streatsmart global
    • 118 10 THE first case of a DVD spreading a computer virus has been recorded. The Funlove virus was inadvertently included on a recently released disk featuring the cute crime-fighting trio known as the Powerpuff Girls. Warner Brothers has now recalled all versions of the DVD bearing
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    • 323 10 US President George W Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin bonded in a deep discussion about Mr Putin’s treasured Christian cross which was blessed in Jerusalem. Peggy Noonan writes about last summer’s discussion between the two leaders in her upcoming book, When Character
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    • 155 10 DON'T deceive yourself you’re easy to lie to. Even professional investigators can’t rumble a convincing conman, BBC News Online reports. “It’s extremely hard to spot deception,” says Mr Aldert Vrij, author of Detecting the Liars, a research paper published in The Psychologist. Police
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    • 103 10 Reuters BRISBANE The best bet in a rough patch is how Australian Prime Minister John Howard described himself and his government to voters yesterday. “Undecided voters must ask themselves who as prime minister and his people as a team are better able to
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  • easy STREATS
    • 475 11 Cfl LfTHllyj ~-AP SOMETIMES art imitates life. And so it was at Sunday’s twice-post-poned Emmy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles. If the White House is in the news these days because of war on terrorism, it’s also the top draw in TV entertainment. The West Wing, which
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    • 99 11 Drama series: The West Wing Comedy series: Sex and the City Mini-series: Anne Frank Actor, drama series: James Gandolfini, The Sopranos Actress, drama series: Edie Falco, The Sopranos Actor, comedy series: Eric McCormack, Will Grace Actress, comedy series: Patricia Heaton, Everybody Loves Raymond Actor, mini-series or movie: Kenneth Branagh,
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    • 394 12 Reuters LONDON British newspaper reviewers raved over the year’s most eagerly awaited film yesterday, calling Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone 153 minutes of “pure magic”. Undeterred by the length of the film adaptation of JK Rowling’s best-selling children’s book, media pundits were unanimous in
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV
        • 33 12 Bpm, TV Works Call Me Phone Shop is about to go regional and one of the prospective investors turns out to be Neena’s uncle. No surprises who suddenly gets special treatment.
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        • Article, Illustration
          62 12 10pm, TV Works They live by the motto “anything, anytime, anywhere”, and seek their thrills as W daredevil pilots of the ~,,<*l ClA’s ar| mm private ny# airline, operating during the Vietnam War. When Billy Covington (Robert Downey Jr) is recruited into Air America, he finds himself in
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        • 28 12 10pm, Central A swashbuckling melodrama about one cavalier Lagardere who takes 16 years to avenge his friend, the Duke of Nevers. In French, with English subtitles.
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        • Article, Illustration
          63 12 Bpm, Channel U If you’re a fan of the supernatural, don’t miss the debut of this series, adapted from Chinese classic Liao i Zhai. In the I first of eight I stories, Dan 1 has failed his exams for the 15th time and friends bet with him
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        • 33 12 10pm, Channel 5 Buffy leaves her younger sister with Xander and Anya while out on street patrol. And this, not too surprisingly, leads to trouble, with a capital T.
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    • Article, Illustration
      140 13 UFMIOO3 listeners will soon hear a new voice. Media Works artiste Apple Hong will be doing colleague Celest Chong’s show which runs from Mondays to Wednesdays, 10 pm to 11pm when the latter takes a break to do filming in China from Nov 20. According to UFM
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    • 447 14  -  The former frontman of Elite Models-turned-club operator-turned-event promoter has set his Centro Concept to be the next big lifestyle thing in the region by CARA van MIRIAH HE'S known to be a risk-taker. Some call him a gambler. Yet others say he is simply insane. But club
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    • easyStreats sports
      • 449 16  -  by TAN KIM HAN What: Tiger filial tournament Singapore Indoor Stadium V. T Group matches to be played over the first three days Group winners progress to the semi-finals of the Cup competition Runners-up will proceed to the semi-finals of the
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      • Article, Illustration
        71 16 FOOTBALL fans want to see more of the 20 entertaining buskers, clowns, jugglers and stilt-walkers from eventmagic.com.sg that spiced up the Singapore Cup final on Sunday. Said Rafe Yusof, fan club chairman of Geylang United: “I think it was good to have the jugglers and clowns to
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      • 379 16  -  by LIM HAN MING SHAMEFUL. That’s how Geylang United chairman Patrick Ang described his team’s performance in the Singapore Cup final on Sunday. Home United beat Geylang 8-0. Ang told Streats yesterday: “I have seen many Cup finals, but if a pedigree team like Geylang
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      • 395 17 Reuters RIO DE JANEIRO Brazil’s preparations for its last two World Cup qualifying games got off to a wet and miserable start on Sunday when only 10 players turned up, and training was then called off due to fog and rain. The four-time world champion
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      • 125 18 ATHLETICS Reuters NEW YORK Tesfaye Jifar of Ethiopia and Margaret Okayo of Kenya ran the fastest-ever New York City marathons on Sunday to win the men’s and ‘women’s title respectively. Jifar, who lost the sight in his right eye when he was kicked by a bull
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      • SOCCER
        • 125 18 LONDON Sven Goran Eriksson has Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Darren Anderton and Sunderland striker Kevin Phillips to the England squad for Saturday’s friendly international against Sweden. Anderton, who has been in great form for Spurs this season after being previously dogged by injury, earned the last of his 29
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        • 125 18 -AFP MADRID Fernando Morientes and Luis Figo got the goals that gave Real Madrid a well-deserved 2-0 victory over bitter rival Barcelona on Sunday in the Spanish league. Morientes headed home his first goal this season after 23 minutes, connecting with a cross from the left
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      • 493 18 Wire services NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS Detroit Pistons 100 Washington Wizards 78 AUBURN HILLS, Michigan If the fans at the Palace of Auburn Hills came to see Michael Jordan, they needed to arrive early and did not have to stay late. Jerry Stackhouse scored 22 of
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      • 234 18 -AP LOS ANGELES Kobe Bryant, running down the middle of the court on his way to 15 breathtaking fourth-quarter points, flung himself into the air, lifted the basketball, and spun 360 degrees. He was fouled. Then he missed both free throws. The dunk didn’t work,
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      • 686 19 Wire services R LONDON Having gorged itself on glory at 2 top of English football for close to a decade, Alex Ferguson fears his Manchester United players may have lost their appetite. Usually quick to enthuse about the unstinting hunger
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      • 199 19 Manchester Manchester United is taking a bid for the £l2 million-rated ($3l million) Malaga centre-back Ferna hdo Sanz, son of the former Real Madrid President, Lorenzo. The Spanish side’s president, Serafi said: “The offer is formal, but it ls a delicate issue. If
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    • 45 13 Lianhe Zaobao Change in sth incineration plant plan? Find out in Zaobao interview with Acting ENV Minister Urn Swee Say A *o*o At school with the New Face of the Year winner (yup, she’s a Sec 3 student) SI2ISIJ i Wm illli 4|if r am
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 466 13 v Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20- FEB 18 Lighten up your world isn’t really falling apart. The Cancer moon has just been probing for the weak spots. Now that you know what you fear, it’s time to install a few precautionary devices. PISCES FEB 19-MAR 20 N N Your golden
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 302 15 The story today... As Xuan Yuan San Guang and Jiang Biehe continue their duel on the street, the rest of the gang try to sneak blows at Xuan. Xiao Yuer is once again touched by Xuan's rescue. Being the gentleman, Jiang throws the gang out of the duel. He shouts:"No
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