Streats, 7 November 2001
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Title Section21 2001-11-07 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets WEDNESDAY 7 November 2001 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/200121 words
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Article, Illustration430 2001-11-07 1 Landmark Asean-China FTA in Wyears Wire services JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI was kept waiting for nearly an hour yesterday as Asean leaders were busy talking to Chinese officials. The meeting’s outcome: Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji (above right) and the 10 Asean leaders agreed to create a landmark free– Wire services; Pic: Reuters; I' Pit: AFP - 430 words
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morning rush
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Article89 2001-11-07 1 ONE group of people is not suffering in this recession engineering professionals. These include project managers, architects and all kinds of engineers, from aeronautical to metallurgical. Demand for them rose by 75 per cent in October compared with September, a survey by E L Consulting Singapore released89 words
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Article59 2001-11-07 1 Reuters UNIT trusts approved for investment by the CPF clocked one of their worst performances in the quarter ended Sept 30 as global equity markets tumbled. Consultant William Mercer said at a conference yesterday that 91 per cent of the funds and 88 per cent of the– Reuters - 59 words
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Article84 2001-11-07 1 NSS cheques may now be cashed at banks even if recepients don’t hold accounts there, the Ministry of Finance said yesterday. The cheques can be cashed at any branch of Citibank, UOB/OUB, DBS/POSBank or OCBC/Keppel Tat Lee. Those without accounts will be charged $5. The fee will84 words
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Streatsmart local
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316 2001-11-07 2 Changes dictated by global slowdown, off-peak demand -AFP SIA yesterday announced cuts to its services to Australia, Japan, Taiwan and the US as a result of the global aviation slowdown and approaching winter months. SIA, which incurred a massive 88.2 per cent drop in-AFP - 316 words
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132 2001-11-07 2 -AFP AN SIA jumbo jet made an emergency landing at Sydney’s international airport yesterday after a pressuiisation scare at high altitude. An SIA spokesman said Singapore-bound flight 5Q222 was 40 minutes out when the problem occurred at a cruising altitude of 10,980 m. The-AFP - 132 words
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Article294 2001-11-07 2 WINSTON CHONG - by 'WINSTON CHONG OF all the forms of media advertising you are exposed to every day, those in newspapers are the most convincing in getting you to dig into your pockets and spend. This is the finding of a survey conducted by the Direct Marketing Association294 words
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195 2001-11-07 2 SINGAPORE Polytechnic diploma courses will be available online in the next few years. From January, the polytechnic will offer its advanced diploma course in multimedia development to 40 students in Hongkong. And from June it will open up the course to students in195 words
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Article, Illustration127 2001-11-07 3 A TAXI driver, en route to pick up a customer yesterday, took a wrong turn into a condo’s wading pool. Mr Safuan Osman, 69, a security guard at the Bukit Regency condo at Upper Bukit Tlmah Road, said the taxi had been booked to collect someone127 words
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227 2001-11-07 3 DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM - by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM A DEPRESSED and rejected 19-year-old ended up in jail for a drugs offence because she slashed her wrists. Karaoke lounge hostess Lin Sisi was upset and drunk on July 10 after breaking up with227 words
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Article, Illustration130 2001-11-07 3 A CITYCAB taxi almost plunged into a deep storm drain yesterday morning after it collided with a private car, Lianhe Wanbao reported yesterday The driver of the private car, Mr Lin Jingdi, 40, was taking his pregnant wife to Geneagles Hospital when the accident happened. AsP&:Uanh<§jMi£i§>ac - 130 words
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134 2001-11-07 3 THE son of an elderly woman who died in a fire at her Bedok flat this week was charged with her murder yesterday. Syed Hamid A Kadir Alhamid, 40, allegedly killed his 77-year-old mother at their second-floor HDB flat in Bedok South Road134 words
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Article144 2001-11-07 4 The SAP Central Band will present its 13th In Harmony concert Earth, Water, Sun, Wind A at 7,30 pm on Friday tat the Singapore Conference Hall. Tickets are free and first-come-first-serve. Tel: 475-7904. The Ministry of Manpower's Singapore Learning Festival, on until Nov 25, offers a free144 words
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Article55 2001-11-07 4 Singapore Power will reduce electricity charges for domestic customers who receive low-tension supplies. They will pay 16.46 cents per kilowatt hour, a 4.4 per cent drop from the previous 17.21 cents less per kWh. Power Supply, which is part of Singapore Power, said they could do this55 words
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Article, Illustration499 2001-11-07 4 ZUBAIDAH NAZEER - Sex new subject in schools Eight hours of instruction over two years Sexualitveducation by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER SHE didn’t realise she was being sexually abused until her father raped her. And the woman was in her 20s. Things would have been different had she undergone sex education. With the launch by499 words
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Article, Illustration72 2001-11-07 4 You may get a strange feeling of deja vu today when you look at the sky. There will be showers over most areas in the morning, just like yesterday. But it will be a little cooler between 24°C and 31 °C. The tide will reach 2.8Pic: Wu Lifen - 72 words
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Article, Illustration103 2001-11-07 4 onekindact Xinxin Li My husband and I carried some heavy items to a laundry shop but it was closed. We were very grateful to the helpful lady in the hair salon next door. She let us leave the items at her premises for the laundry shop103 words
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Streatsmart regional
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304 2001-11-07 5 Reuters BEIJING Now even China’s vital growth is under threat as poor economic conditions prevail worldwide. China needs a minimum of 7 per cent annual growth in its gross domestic product to contain potential unrest that might be sparked by– Reuters - 304 words
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Article98 2001-11-07 5 .-AFP BEIJING To help boost the economy, China has given a pay raise to its millions of civil servants. Pay for government employees was increased from the beginning of October by an average of 80 yuan ($17.60) a month, the China Daily reported. This was.-AFP - 98 words
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198 2001-11-07 5 Wire services CANBERRA With just four days to go, two opinion polls differed on who’s in front in the Australian election. A Newspoll survey of 1,721 voters, conducted from Nov 2-4 for The Australian newspaper, showed the conservative government with an electionwinning 5.5 percentage– Wire services - 198 words
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131 2001-11-07 5 Reuters Hongkong Thirteen tiny songbirds stopped a Cathay Pacific Airways jet in its tracks after a flight attendant heard them warbling away in a passenger’s hand luggage just before takeoff. The unusual passengers, identified later as an endangered species of the thrush family, were discovered– Reuters - 131 words
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WAR
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299 2001-11-07 7 Reuters Washington Osama bin Laden and his Al Qaeda network are a threat to civilisation, US President George W Bush said yesterday. In a speech via satellite to a conference of Eastern European leaders in ►Warsaw, Mr Bush compared the Al Qaeda– Reuters - 299 words
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Article49 2001-11-07 7 A man who looks like Osama bin Laden was ordered out of an Indian town after he started to draw crowds. The 45-year-old man with a flowing beard drew attention as soon as he arrived on Monday at Daspalla town, in the state of Orissa, seeking work.49 words
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Article, Illustration398 2001-11-07 9 -AFP THE US has unleashed a new weapon in its battle to counter arguments from Osama bin Laden and the Taleban. The weapon Mr Christopher Ross, a retired US diplomat fluent in Arabic made his debut over the weekend, appearing live on-AFP; Pic: Reuters - 398 words
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war diary
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Article51 2001-11-07 9 THE opposition Northern Alliance captured a northern district from the Taleban yesterday after five hours of overnight fighting, the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) reported. Zari Bazar in northern Balkh province was captured after the rebels battled Thleban fighters in a clash in which five people were killed, said51 words
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Article54 2001-11-07 9 THE US has begun using the biggest conventional weapon in its arsenal on Afghanistan, NBC reported yesterday. It dropped two BLU-82 “daisy cutter” bombs last week on the Taleban troops. Use of the 15,000-pound bombs which leave craters as wide as five football fields has increased the firepower54 words
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Article87 2001-11-07 9 -AFP French writer Michel Houellebecq, promoting his latest book Plateforme in Milan, said the US should bombard Afghanistan with mini-skirts rather than bombs. He said the battle can be won by corrupting the Taleban rather than by killing them. "The bombing is not very clever, as we-AFP - 87 words
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Article64 2001-11-07 9 WASHINGTON The US war in Afghanistan has racked up a bill of at least US$4OO million ($730 million) so far, and could go up to $1 billion a month. The Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, a non-profit Washington think tank, has cobbled together one64 words
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Streatsmart global
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254 2001-11-07 10 This American nightmare could cost billions Reuters NEW YORK As the US beefs up its defences against terrorist attacks, retailers are bracing against shoplifting that could cost billions. With the holiday shopping season around the comer and the economy heading south, the temptation to steal– Reuters - 254 words
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Article165 2001-11-07 10 -AFP LONDON Struggling British airline BA is heading for a loss of £775 million ($2 billion) this year in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the US, the Independent reported yesterday. British Airways said on Monday that traffic in October fell almost 25 per-AFP - 165 words
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Article93 2001-11-07 10 -AFP WASHINGTON US tobacco companies Vector Group and Brown and Williamson have introduced reduced carcinogen cigarettes. Omni cigarettes, from Vector, contain treated tobacco, the company said. Omni also offers a carbon filter, which reduces harmful organic compounds in smoke. The company said, however, that Omni had an increased-AFP - 93 words
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Article130 2001-11-07 10 -AP LUCKNOW Eleven premature babies died within 24 hours at an Indian hospital, and parents said six of them suffocated because there were no oxygen cylinders available, f The hospital director denied that lack 5 of oxygen was a problem, saying a high death-AP - 130 words
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easy STREATS
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Article, Illustration549 2001-11-07 11 Cara van Miriah - hour by Cara van Miriah MOVE over traditional “Yum Seng” dinners it’s party time now. No more waltzing around numerous tables, greeting guests the entire night. It’s a simple “cheers!” and let the good times roll. Several couples had held their wedding parties in nightspots549 words
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Article, Illustration209 2001-11-07 12 ACTOR Russell Crowe has had trouble shaking off the character he plays in his new movie, A Beautiful Mind. In an e-mail to the film’s director, Ron Howard, the Oscar winner wrote that the role had given him nightmares that continued even after he returned home toPic: Reuters - 209 words
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Article44 2001-11-07 12 7pm, TV Works Eugenia meets Carlota to beg her not to interfere in Gustavo’s life. She also accuses the latter of trying to make Gustavo jealous by using Jose Manuel. Carlota is convinced that Jose was flirting with Eugenia at the Valladares’banquet.44 words
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Article64 2001-11-07 12 Bpm, Channel U The tale grows darker after Lu changes Dan into a smarter man so that he passed his exams with ease. But Dan is not contented and wants Lu to transform Jiao into a beautiful woman. When Lu refuses, he blackmails Lu. Lu then takes64 words
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Article, Illustration69 2001-11-07 12 10pm, Central In 1938, in the heart of the Civil War in Spain, a tiny troupe of Spaniards are invited to Hitler’s Berlin to film an English and a German version of the Andalusian musical drama, The Girl of your a Dreams. They soon dis-69 words
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Article, Illustration218 2001-11-07 15 CAN you stomach having sliced fish soup as a meal three times a day over three years? Apparently, Media Works artiste lx Shen can. The actor has stuck to this diet because “fish soup is the healthiest dish that can be found in hawker centres and food218 words
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Article, Illustration217 2001-11-07 15 HONGKONG reporters were treated to bad boy Nicholas Tse’s fury on Monday afternoon. The singer-actor was reportedly furious about recent rumours that his relationship with girlfriend Faye Wong was on the rocks and that he was secretly dating heavenly queen Sammi Cheng. At a 3pm® Pic: Apple Daily - 217 words
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easyStreats sports
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Article, Illustration236 2001-11-07 16 RIO DE JANEIRO Roberto Carlos (left) will not play in Brazil’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Bolivia today (tomorrow, Singapore time). He was persuaded by Brazilian and Real Madrid doctors not to “risk” the tendon injury in his right knee, one- football.com i reported. IPic: AFP - 236 words
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Article, Illustration378 2001-11-07 17 Wire services WORTHINGTON CUP Arsenal 4 Manchester UnitedO j LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger contrasted the turnaround from the 2-4 Premiership defeat against Charlton to the 4-0 Worthington Cup triumph over Manchester United just over 24 hours later. Sylvian Wiltord (right) scored a hattrick, while Nigerian Nwankwo– Wire services - 378 words
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Article117 2001-11-07 17 Reuters ORLANDO Gary Payton took over down the stretch, scoring seven of his 32 points in the final two minutes of the second overtime, to lead the Seattle Super Sonics to a 123-119 win over Orlando Magic in the NBA Championships on Monday. Orlando was– Reuters - 117 words
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Article, Illustration392 2001-11-07 18 LONDON England stands no chance at next year’s World Cup in Japan and South Korea. This assessment comes from none other than Alex Ferguson (left), the Manchester United boss. The reason? David Beckham and Michael Owen are the only two worldclass performers392 words
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Article, Illustration167 2001-11-07 19 INDRA SAHDAN (Home United)\ April 7 Woodlands 0 Home United 2 Receiving a pass from midfield, Indra Sahdan flicks the ball past Surachai Jirasirichote, and lobs it over the on-rushing goalkeeper. BILLY BONE (Geylong Unitedj May 19 Ceylang United 4 Home United 2 Taking just oneStreatsgraphic by Pradip Sikdar - 167 words
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Article, Illustration384 2001-11-07 19 Tan Kim Han - by Tan Kim Han THEY are alluring. They amaze you, leaving you admiring their sublime skills. Some are even straight out of dreamland. Hey, I’m talking about goals. At the S-League Awards’ Night tonight, the six-year-old competition will present the384 words
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Article119 2001-11-07 19 Player of the Year I Brian Bothwell (Geylang) Peres de Oliveira (Home United) I Indra Sahdan (Home United) I Daniel Bennett (Tanjong Pagar United) I 5 Subramani (Home United) Young Player of the Year I Mohamed Noh Rahman (Geylang United) I Lionel Lewis (Geylang) Indra Sahdan119 words
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Miscellaneous477 2001-11-07 13 v r If it's yo yousha Li Nan CĔieie Your Daily Horoscope JAN 20- FEB 18 Aquarius would do well to recall a basic rule of computers: garbage in, garbage out. Your mistakes will soon announce themselves in a clarion voice. The Leo moon rewards true creativity. FEB 19-MAR 20477 words
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Miscellaneous310 2001-11-07 14 easy: The story today... A bowl of shark's fin soup is placed in the centre of a table in the restaurant. Xuan Yuan San Guang and Jiang Biehe will take turns to punch a hole in the table, without spilling a drop of the soup. The person whose punch spills310 words
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Miscellaneous43 2001-11-07 17 n uielivingroor r BASKETBALL NBA San Antonio Spurs v Orlando Magic (ESPN Ch23,9am). SOCCER: South American World Cup qualifier: (Ecuador v Uruguay (Super Sports Ch 22, tomorrow, sam). DELAYED TELECAST SOCCER: EPL Highlights (TV Works, JOpm). Italian Seria A Highlights (TV Works, 11pm).43 words
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