Streats, 15 November 2001

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  • 22 1 STREATS Treats for the Streets THURSDAY 15 November 2001 Another quality publication of 5 Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • 425 1 Job market still abuzz, says BTstudy Wanted: Talent and experience. Where: In almost every sector, even in the troubled finance and manufacturing sectors, at home and abroad. Yes, situations are vacant. There are jobs galore, says a study by Business Times, for executives down and out look,1* mg for
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  • 112 1 Reuters M mom used to always tell me, you should take any job that is available, regardless of money. Ever since I went into acting, I would take any part given to me. Hongkong actor Chow Yun-fat, star of the Oscar-winning movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,
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  • 73 1 morninginsA TRENTON, New Jersey The New Jersey Lottery will pay out more than US$l million ($l.B million) on the flight number of the plane that crashed in New York on Monday, lottery officials said yesterday. Hours after AA Flight 587 crashed, 587 was the winner in
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  • Streatssmart local
    • 317 2 Victim stable, attacker held A MAN said to be emotionally unstable on Tuesday slashed his 65-year-old mother repeatedly with a knife after a heated quarrel. The 43-year-old technician slashed at his mother’s neck and head in the kitchen of their tworoom flat at Blk
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    • 164 2 A FOUL smell coming from an executive flat at Blk 209, Pasir Ris Street 21, made neighbours think something was amiss. When police opened the door to the six-room flat on Thesday afternoon, they found the body of Ms Loy Hwee Wah, 52,
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    • news scan
      • 60 2 A MALAYSIAN woman who was flung off a motorcycle this week has died in hospital. The 41-year-old had been riding pillion ofl| the motorcycle when it crashed in Marymountj Road at 1.30 pm on Monday after a tyre blowl out. The 46-year-old Malaysian rider, who has| cuts
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      • 122 2 A MAN lost two cellphones worth $7OO when his van was broken into. The 35-year-old despatch driver had parked his van at the carpark at Blk 115, Bukit Purmei Road at about 4.30 pm on Sunday and left to make some deliveries. When he returned about 15
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      • 70 2 A WOMAN has been found dead behind Blk 33, Taman Ho Swee. Police arrived at about 8.45 am on Saturday, and found the unidentified woman. It is thought she fell from height. The woman was about 50 years old, 1.55 m tall and fair-complexioned. She was plump
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      • 74 2 THE owner of a small factory at Blk 5025, Ang Mo Kio Industrial Park, lost more than $1,600 worth of equipment when his shophouse was broken into. At about 6pm on Saturday, the 33-year-old man locked up and left for home. When he returned on Monday, he found
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    • 124 2 onekindact. Jimmy Around mid-October I took a taxi to Ayer Rajah Industrial Estate in the morning. It was a Comfort cab and I caught it at Buona Vista MRT. Only after we were on our way did I notice that I had forgotten my wallet. I became worried
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    • 166 3 -Tamil Murasu HIS family celebrates Deepavali with sparklers in the garden. And new MP Tharman Shanmugaratnam hopes this festival will bring cheer and light to the gloomy economic outlook. “Deepavali is the Festival of Light and I know that things are
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    • 331 3 Doctors now give lung transplant man 5 years N|R Thanvanthri Nadesen Veerappan, went to the temple yesterday. Then he received relatives and friends his flat atTeban Gardens for Deepavali. No big deal, you might say. But this is special man. He is
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    • 93 3 The school holidays are just round the corner. Parents may want to remind their kids who are out and about in the morning and afternoon to have umbrellas J handy and to be extra, careful when walking J on the slippery pavements. J| Today there will
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    • Just a minute
      • 111 3 The Ministry of Manpower's Singapore Learning Festival, on until Nov 25, is offering pickle ball, a game similar to mini-tennis. Go to Braddell Heights Community Club, 587 Upper Serangoon Road, tomorrow 9-11 am for the free demonstration with commentary in Mandarin. Call Ruby Wee at2BB-1235. As part
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      • 53 3 If you have moved house and want to transfer your child to a nearby primary school, the Ministry of Education can help. The Student Transfer Exercise for Primary Schools scheme will free parents from the hassle of checking schools in the neighbourhood for vacancies. Call the MOE at 872-2220
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    • 952 5  -  by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM Parent's picture: While the rest of his classmates were sitting for their Health Education examination on Nov 2, Kumar (not his real name), 7, was at home. Why? Because his mother claims he had been hit, slapped and pinched by three teachers
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    • 625 4 BTs jobs survey Public sector Ministry of Defence Contact: Frances *****24 research analysts devt/country officers psychologist HR officers information resource officer Contact: Ho Chee Pong *****15 production services manager research managers research officer mgt executives physiotherapist physiologist counsellors mgt consultants camp commandant intelligence, medical, dental, nursing officers weapon
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  • WAR
    • ...advance
      • 286 6 KABUL The Taleban came unravelled yesterday, losing more territory and facing revolts even in its stronghold of Kandahar. The militia has lost control of the city and it is in “total chaos”, Northern Alliance Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah said. “There is complete chaos in Kandahar. It’s absolute
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      • 80 6 BBC world affairs editor John Simpson was yesterday criticised by journalists for saying the BBC had liberated Kabul. Speaking on the Radio 4 Today programme, Simpson said: "It was only BBC people who liberated this city. We got in ahead of Northern Alliance troops." But
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      • 151 6 -ap THE war is not over yet. The next focus the south will present the US military with a formidable challenge. Northern Alliance foreign j minister Abdullah Abdullah i yesterday said his forces j wouldn’t chase Osama bin Laden as it doesn’t want its forces spread too thinly.
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    • ...transition
      • 65 7 Reuters new york The UN has presented a political blueprint for a post-Taleban regime. It has suggested a two-year transitional government to bring the country’s ethnic groups under one umbrella and establish a multinational security force. UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi’s proposal has suggested a “coalition
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      • war diary
        • 52 7 Reuters TALEBAN fighters have been redeployed to mountains around Kandahar, the city’s mayor told Qatar’s A 1 Jazeera television station yesterday. The militia has “strategically withdrawn” from Kabul to avoid civilian casualties, he said. The Taleban will now regroup and carry out a punishing guerilla
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        • 64 7 Reuters SEVERAL thousand British troops are on standby to be be sent to Afghanistan within days to maintain security as part of a “stability force...to allow the right conditions for a new regime in the country”, a Ministry of Defence spokesman said in London yesterday. The
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        • 42 7 A NERVOUS Pakistan yesterday said it is essential to assemble a multinational force to ensure the security of Kabul after its fall to the Northern Alliance, foes of Islamabad because of its long support for the Taleban, the BBC said.
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        • 44 7 FORMER Afghan president Burhanuddin Rabbani was to arrive in Kabul last night to declare the city free from Taleban rule, the BBC said. Mr Rabbani, who is also the Northern Alliance’s leader, is still recognised as Afghanistan’s president by the United Nations.
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      • 65 7 -AP Indonesia is prepared to take part in peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan if the UN asks, government and military officials said yesterday. "As long as the force is under a UN umbrella, Indonesia would respond very positively," said Mr Wahid Supriyadi, a foreign ministry spokesman. With the
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  • Streatsmart regional
    • 83 8 -AFP TOKYO Japan Tobacco (JT) has signed exclusive deals with US biotech companies to market future lung cancer vaccines. The deals were condemned by a policy research group, acccording to a report in the Guardian. “Giving a tobacco company exclusive rights to lung
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    • 183 8 -AFP HONGKONG Hongkongers’ appetite for expensive fine foods has been affected by the downturn, with fewer people dining out, a survey showed yesterday. Consumers are spending up to 7 per cent less on expensive items such as seafood or fish and up to
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    • 101 8 HONGKONG A magistrate here gave a thief cash from public funds after he was convicted. He gave the homeless, jobless Luk Hon-ching (right) US$9 ($16.50) from the Magistrates’Poor Box, Ananova said yesterday. Magistrate Ernest Lin Kam-hung said he felt sorry for Mr Luk, who admitted
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    • weird world
      • 116 9 -AFP ONE of the most troubling dilemmas in science why nuts always rise to the top in a box of muesli may be a step closer to solution. Since the *****, scientists have racked their brains over the Brazil-Nut Effect, puzzling why the big bits
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      • 87 9 -AFP SCIENTISTS have long wondered why garter snakes cluster together in balls, often numbering more than 100 strong, in spring. They had thought that these were “mating balls” in which excited males have clustered around a fertile female. But, says new research, the female is in fact a“she-male”.
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      • 76 9 Reuters A TEXT message sent by British computer games maker Eidos telling thousands of mobile phone users to report for military duty has been banned by Britain’s advertising watchdog. The spoof message was an ad for Eidos’ computer game Commandos 2, but brought a complaint from an
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      • 85 9 A SCOTTISH terrier has been sentenced to death for serial barking. Now his owner is making a bid to save the dog’s life, Ananova.com reported. Mr William Shaw, of Aberdeen, and his legal team are returning to court for the next stage of the battle to save
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      • 70 9 A PAIR of randy patients had sex in a Romanian hospital waiting room while doctors prepared to see them, Ananova.com reported. The strangers were taken to hospital in Botosani after being hurt in separate incidents. According to a local newspaper, the 53-year-old man and 40-year-old woman began
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    • 321 9 -AFP NEW YORK An initial analysis of the cockpit voice recorder from the American Airlines crash showed that the pilots knew they were in trouble within two minutes of take-off. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) official George Black said a second “quick look”
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    • 218 9 -AFP LONDON A third of all heart attacks and strokes suffered by high-risk patients could be avoided by using drugs called statins, a British study showed on Tuesday. Doctors involved in the investigation the biggest study of statins ever conducted said they were
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    • 152 9 WASHINGTON Russian President Vladimir Putin issued a new appeal to proceed fast with cuts in nuclear arsenals at talks with US President George W Bush. Mr Putin told academics and businessmen at the Russian embassy on Tuesday evening that he had “no doubt that
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    • 53 9 knowornot. The modem toothbrush originated in China about the time that Columbus discovered America. They used bristles taken from the back of a hog's neck and attached them to bamboo or bone. Europeans adopted the device, but used horsehair for bristles. Nylon toothbrushes appeared in the
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  • Streatsmart people
    • 218 10 Reuters HOUSTON US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, 75, perhaps the world’s bestknown and revered economist, said yesterday his choice of profession came by chance. He said it all started when he was playing as a professional musician in a dance band. In his musical career, the
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    • 133 10 -AFP WASHINGTON The 59-year-old American who became the first person to receive a newlydesigned totally implantable replacement heart, has suffered “a major setback,” his doctors at Louisville’s Jewish Hospital announced yesterday. Dr Laman Gray of the University of Louisville said the setback suffered by Mr Robert
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  • easy STREATS
    • Article, Illustration
      446 11  -  by r DIANA SER Hossan Leong bares all about celebrityhood in his latest stand up comedy effort. Who Wants To Be A Celebrity EVEN the celebrity himself had to admit: People simply love taking pot shots at celebrities. “It’s part of your obligation as a celebrity to be
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    • channel scan
      • Today's must-see TV
        • 51 12 10pm, TV Works A con artist gets a job in a credit card company, falls for a colleague, steals a couple of cards and everything is going great. But soon the company’s chief of security sucks him into the big league. Stars Damon Wayans, Stacey Dash, and Joe
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        • 32 12 10.30 pm, Channel U Taixi seeks help from Enxi’s mother to find a bone marrow match. Enxi’s mother calls on the Yin family for help with the costs.
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        • Article, Illustration
          39 12 Bpm, Channel 8 Sharon Au and Jeff Wang return in all their quirky glory and joining them as hosts are Star Search finalist Gary Yap and My Genie star, Fiona Xie. Can this team hold it together?
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    • Stephanie @ the movies
      • 409 12 One Leg Kicking Directed by Khookoh (Eric Khoo and Wei Koh) Starring Gurmit Singh, Mark Lee, Sharon Au, MoeAlkaff, Robin Leong, Fiona Xie ERIC Khoo and gang were right One Leg Kicking is no Shaolin Soccer. Shaolin Soccer had rib-tickling special effects, Stephen Chow’s trademark assembly of
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      • 155 12 Do Eric Khoo and gang put their best foot forward shot in the dark? ith its cloying sentimentality, cheesy humour and brazen condescension, One Leg Kicking is not quite the satisfying tribute to Everyman it so desperately wants to be. Life! reviewer Helmi Yusof (Rating: 2 out of
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    • easyStreats sports
      • SOCCER
        • 125 17 LONDON Portuguese star Luis Figo claims David Beckham is not good enough to be European Footballer of the Year. He is not even the best player at Manchester United, the Real Madrid star, who won the award last year, said. Figo told The Sun: “If I
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        • 85 17 Reuters MANCHESTER Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson believes Roy Keane will be fit for its Champions League clash with Bayern Munich next week, despite media reports claiming the midfielder needed immediate surgery on his knee injury. Keane, who has missed United’s last five matches, is
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        • 87 17 Reuters MANCHESTER More talks aimed at averting English soccer’s first player strike are expected to be held today. The first round broke up on Tuesday without agreement. English Football Association chief executive Adam Crozier, together with his counterparts held two hours of talks in a bid
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      • 475 17 LONDON What is Liverpool’s way of keeping players like Michael Owen (below) and Steven Gerrard (right)? Simple. Become one of the superpowers of European football as fast as possible. So, you cannot blame chief executive Rick Parry for fearing that
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      • 313 17 LONDON Michael Owen says Liverpool is ready to emulate Manchester United’s treble three seasons ago when it won the Premier League, FA Cup and the Champions League. The star striker, who is a hot favourite to win the European Player of the Year award,
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      • 408 18 Suns posts 11th win over Sonics NBA CHAMPIONSHIPS Phoenix Suns 92 Seattle Supersonics 91 SEATTLE Jake Tsakalidis was the star for Phoenix Suns as it edged out Seattle Supersonics for its 11th win in the last 14 meetings. Tsakalidis sank two free throws with 4.7 sec remaining.
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      • 368 19  -  Warriors let 'Zico'go, plan to welcome Ahmad Latiff by TAN KIM HAN OUT: Kiatisuk “Zico” Senamuang (left). In: Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin (above)? Singapore Armed Forces FC dropped the double bombshell yesterday when it confirmed that the Thai striker was on his way out. SAFFC manager
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      • 329 19  -  by LIM HAN MING nr has been a delightful year for young Lion Mohamed Noh Rahman (right) until a fortnight ago when it ended in misery. Then, the tenacious Geylang defender was hurt badly in the Singapore Cup final against Home. He recalled: “I
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  • Page 12 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 835 13 THURSDAY Q l5 November 2001 easvM Your Daily Horoscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20- FEB 18 The Scorpio moon lets you wait for something that you usually get on demand. Count your blessings to see how many are still active. Remember what you did when you were hungry.
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 272 16 m The story today So with a final yell of "What the heck!" Xuan punches the table repeatedly. The table and the bowl smash into pieces. He doesn't care if the soup spills, all he knows is that he has lost the bet. Xiao Yuer cannot help but feel responsible
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 25 17 nthelivingroom SOCCER South American World Cup qualifier: Brazil v Venezuela (Super Sports Ch 22, 7.40 am). World Cup play-off: Iran v Ireland (Star Sports Ch24,lopm).
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