Streats, 1 February 2002

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  • 17 1 STREATS FRIDAY 1 February 2002 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 429/03/2001
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  • A QUESTION OF COHESION
    • 106 1 WHY can't our girls be allowed to wear tudungs to school? That's the question the parents of at least three of the four tudungwearing Primary 1 students will ask in action this morning: Their children will defy their schools'deadline and go to school wearing the Muslim
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    • 118 1 AFP MIAMIAn American Muslim woman has sued the US state of Florida to allow her to appear veiled on her driver's licence, baring only her eyes as is her interpretation of Islamic tradition. Ms Sultaana Freeman (above), 34, who converted to Islam five years ago, filed
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    • 32 1 Plain-talk Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong fields forthright questions about the recent arrests of UJemaah Islamiah members here for planning terrorist activities THE QUESTIONS AND HIS ANSWERS ON PAGE 2
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  • 177 1 THE Ministry of Foreign Affairs has expressed surprise at the remarks attributed to Malaysian Deputy Education Minister Datuk Abdul Aziz on the tudung issue, and termed it an interference of Singapore’s internal affairs. “We are surprised at the remarks which Malaysian Deputy Education Minister
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  • 624 1  -  Credit card holders r you won't want to get into the new... by DEEPAVIJIYASINGAM GONE are the days when you could run up thousands of dollars in unpaid bills on one credit card and apply for another. If you don’t pay your bills on time, you won’t
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  • LOCAL
    • Why, PM?
      • 254 2 At a closed-door dialogue with community leaders on Monday, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong fielded questions on inter-racial harmony. He spoke about the impact of the arrests of 13 Jemaah Islamiah (Jl) operatives and how their involvement in terrorist activities can lead to anti-Muslim
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      • 111 2 DR YEO KER CHIANG, chairman of the Singapore National Wushu Federation, asked how successful had the Ministry of Education been in promoting inter-racial harmony in schools. Replying, Education Minister Teo Chee Hean said that MOE had been successful in bringing the children closer, compared to 30 or
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      • 108 2 PM GOH was asked if the government will now scrutinise Madrasahs, or Muslim religious schools, in view of the JI arrests. PM Goh said that madrasahs here are very different from those in Pakistan. Here, they teach religious subjects, not about becoming extremists or fundamentalists, or committing
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    • 182 2  -  reports by SARAH NG THE various ethnic communities here have been asked to adopt a give-and-take attitude towards one another to maintain social harmony. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made this call in his closing speech at a closeddoor dialogue with community leaders on
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    • between the lines
      • 102 2 If what you say about Islam supports the views of the Islamists... then no one asks for your credentials. We know that many of the PAS leaders do not speak Arabic or have in-depth knowledge about Islam, but their credentials are never questioned. But
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      • 45 2 They've become like cockles... They close up and live in their little shells. It simply doesn't pay to get involved. Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz Ungku Abdul Hamid, former Universiti vice-chancellor, saying that most Malays are content to keep their heads down
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      • 121 3 Jyhose manifestations of Surface bigotry emerged because Singaporeans have lived compartmentalised lives more consciously than they want to admit One reads about Chinese students in elite Special Assistance Plan schools who have not known a Malay friend... (Many) of them will be running companies and thinking up
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    • 443 3  -  Parents vow to defy school ruling and risk suspension today by ZUBAIDAH NAZEER IF push comes to shove, Mr Mohammad Kassim, parent of one of the Primary 1 girls embroiled in the tudung tempest, is prepared to bring the issue to court even
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    • 78 3 onekindact. Susan Gob The security officers at Holiday Plaza, Johor Baru, were so helpful when I lost my Singapore passport on the afternoon of Jan 26. They carefully explained to me the proper procedure that would enable me to clear Malaysia immigration. Thanks, too, to JB police and
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    • 266 4  -  reports by SONNY PHUA SINGAPORE'S seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose from September’s 3.8 per cent to 4.7 per cent in December, hitting a 15-year high. Though lower than the 6 per cent recorded in March 1986 during the mid-80s
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    • 148 4 IT is not a pretty sight in Singapore’s job market. And NTUC deputy secre-tary-general Matthias Yao fears the numbers of jobless people, 89,900 last year, will climb. “This means that the rate of job creation is still low. The poor job market will affect not only the
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    • 141 4 A CHILD-MOLESTER was sentenced yesterday to 10 years’jail to prevent him from harming anyone else. Ralapratap Singh, 39 and jobless, told Chief Justice Yong Pung How, when he heard the decision: “I will die in prison.” CJ Yong said: “I can’t do anything about it.” Ralapratap,
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    • 113 4 DON'T worry, enjoy your braised mushrooms. The Environment Ministry (ENV) said that the level of formaldehyde in dried Chinese mushrooms here is within safe limits, Lianhe Zaobao reported. A recent alert on mushrooms in Hongkong raised concern. Samples of dried Chinese mushrooms tested in Hongkong showed
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    • 96 4 IF a stranger offers you tablets that look like Viagra or he claims that they have the same effect as the blue pill, report him to the Health Sciences Authority. HSA said a syndicate has been selling the unlicensed pills, claiming that they are as
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    • 53 8 I REFER to “Wang Dan missing from training” (Streats, Jan 30). I wasn’t surprised. And I have my doubts about the need to import athletes. Are they loyal to this country or just out to escape poverty by getting citizenship when there are often more deserving
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    • 223 8 WHEN I entered the workforce eight years ago, I was full of dreams and ambitions. I believed that if I was willing to learn, work hard and be determined, my hunger for success would drive me up the corporate ladder. But I was wrong, just
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    • 70 8 I REFER to “Disgusted by motorists’ callous behaviour” (Streats, Jan 22), a letter by Christina Philips. We would like Ms Phillips to contact Mr Lu Yeow Lim, deputy head, Traffic Investigation, on 547-6252 to give us more details. Motorists should slow down and drive with caution
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  • FINANCIAL
    • 159 6 AS AT 9AM Singapore dollars to one unit of foreign currency Currencies Bid Offer Australian dollar 0.9240 0.9400 Canadian dollar 1.1430 1.1670 Euro 1.5730 1.5970 NZ dollar 0.7560 0.7780 Sterling pound 2.5790 2.6060 US dollar 1.8270 1.8400 Local dollars to WO units of foreign currency Austrian
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    • 334 6  -  MAS comes up with three initiatives by DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM IN THESE days of sudden outbreaks of financial crises which often spread across borders quickly, banks and financial institutions here are to be helped to better manage such disasters. To get them better
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    • 474 6 STI: 1,786.89 31.28 Reuters THE Straits Times Index closed at its highest level in 10 months yesterday as Wall Street’s rally and better than expected US growth data boosted sentiment. The STI finished 1.78 per cent, or 31.28 points, higher at 1,786.89.
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    • money scan
      • 143 6 Reuters SECURITIES analysts have warned that while Singapore chip firms should see a rebound this year, investors need to tread carefully as business conditions remain uncertain. Said Kim Eng Securities analyst Dharmo Soejanto: “We’re seeing some recovery in the semiconductor sector, and we’re looking
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      • 82 6 Reuters SOFT drinks conglomerate Fraser Neave Ltd (F&N) yesterday proposed a capital restructuring and the return of $237 million million) in cash to shareholders. The firm proposed to pay 80 cents a share to shareholders as part of efforts to improve its earnings yield
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      • 99 6 Reuters SALOMON Smith Barney yesterday upgraded Creative Technology Ltd to “outperform” from “neutral” due to the computer peripheral maker’s attractive valuations. Salomon said it raised Creative’s 2002 and 2003 earnings forecast by 98 and 168 per cent respectively after its secondquarter results came in higher than
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  • MEDICAL
    • 376 10  -  by SARAH NG JAPANESE megastar Ayumi Hamasaki takes garlic injections to boost her energy, reported Hongkong’s The Sun. So do members of J-pop band Kinki Kids. Now, before you join a Hello Kitty queue of their fans at
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    • 140 10 Qi How soon can I go diving after an ear infection? Al If you have an external ear infection, you should not dive for two months to allow the skin in the ear canal to heal completely. If you have a middle ear infection associated with an eardrum
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    • 59 10 healthfact- Cancer starts in a normal cell when genes have become damaged. Many genes must be damaged before a normal cell turns into a cancer cell. Some people are born with "damage built-in" and are more likely to get cancer because they have a head start on
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  • REGIONAL
    • 280 12 Asean can be modelled after Europe: BG Yeo -AFP JAKARTA Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry, Brigadier (NS) George Yeo, has urged Asean members to forge an economic community loosely based on the European model. “We have no choice but to integrate our markets and make (Asean) a
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    • 229 12 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will demolish squatter houses and step up patrols against a feared rush of illegal immigrants after a ban on the hiring of new Indonesian workers, officials said yesterday. Hundreds of marine police are being deployed to guard entry
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    • 85 12 -Reuters KUALA LUMPUR Malay sia has decided to continue to allow employment of Indonesian maids despite plans to cut the number of workers from Indonesia. Human Resources Minister Fong Chan Onn said the cabinet decided this after noting that many families depended on the maids’ services and
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    • 209 12 -AFP HONGKONG -Bowing to pressure from Indonesia and the Philippines, Hongkong said yesterday that it wouldn’t go ahead with a proposed cut in the minimum wage for foreign maids. A government spokesman said the minimum monthly wage of HK53,670 ($870) would remain in place
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    • 184 14 -AP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia may sue Newsweek magazine for citing an FBI report claiming that it was a “primary operational launch pad”for the Sept 11 attacks. Law Minister RaisYatim said that the attorney-general’s office had been directed to study the article published by Newsweek and submit
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    • 177 14 -AP SYDNEY The Australian government has attacked lawyers acting for asylum seekers, held at Woomera detention centre, for inciting detainees during a two-week hunger strike. Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said lawyers who provide free legal advice on human rights issues to detainees were not immigration specialists and
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    • 138 14 -AFP SHANGHAI A wildlife agency is collecting signatures from China’s eight million professional cooks in a bid to save endangered species by ensuring they are not boiled, basted or stir-fried. The campaign by the China Wildlife Conservation Association has been launched to
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  • GLOBAL
    • 302 17 mudear plants likely targets: report WASHINGTON US intelligence agenlies have issued an internal alert that felamic terrorists are planning another Ipectacular attack to rival those carried |ut on Sept 11. I The detailed warning was issued pithin the past two weeks in a
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    • 56 17 -AFP LONDON The Archbishop of Canterbury and the highest authority in Sunni Islam, the imam of Egypt’s A 1 Azhar A 1 Sharif university, has signed an agreement to promote dialogue between Christians and Muslims. Archbishop Carey hailed the agreement as “a very significant and hopeful moment in
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    • 65 17 -AP DUBLIN After years of denials, the Catholic Church in Ireland has agreed to pay 128 million euro ($204 million) to Irish children who were sexually abused by priests and nuns in past decades. The landmark deal was designed to conclude a 10-year struggle by the Church in
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    • 488 19 Iran, Iraq, North Korea threaten world peace, he says Wire services WASHINGTON US officials yesterday struggled to quiet the uproar caused by their president’s description of Iran, Iraq and North Korea as “an axis of evil”. The parallel with the powers headed by Nazi Germany was
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    • 145 19 -AFP LONDON The British press yesterday came down on US President George W Bush’s speech. His reference to Iran, Iraq and North Korea as an “axis of evil” in his State of the Union address could divide the international coalition on terrorism, they said.
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  • easy STREATS
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      554 21 Yes, fashion doyenne Donatella Versace will be at the MTV Asia Awards. Will local stars be decked out in her creations? Or will they show off their own personal styles? YVONNE KWOK pokes around MediaWorks' Wardrobe room to find out BRACE yourselves to see more °f MediaWorks’ stars
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    • NATAS TRAVEL 2OO2
      • 393 22  -  by L LEONG PIK YIN Attractions: Mini food festival sample food from all over the world. The spread will include goodies from Lebanon, India, and yes, of course Singapore. Performances the various national tourist organisations will showcase their respective cultures. Be entertained by the Royal
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      • 299 24  -  by I y KAREN CHO WITH its wealth of historical associations, it is no wonder that Kerala has been voted by National Geographic Traveler as the one of the 50 must-see destinations of a lifetime. Throughout its history, Kochi, Kerala’s most cosmopolitan city on the south-west-ern
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      • 400 24  -  by l\ MOK HENG NGEE VIETNAM is becoming a popular tourist destination, especially after Channel B’s Travel Hunt programme introduced the country late last year. Recently, I went on a 10-day backpacking trip to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) and Hanoi. Still vivid in
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    • 119 26 Hi, I'm Jennifer, your new Weather Girl. Carry a sturdy umbrella out with you tomorrow, because it is going to be a windy day. You don't want to be embarrassed by having your brolly blow inside-out, or worse, have it blow away. And the Met Service
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    • Just a minute
      • 71 26 Whether you are a seasoned Pulau Übin hiker or someone who's yet to set foot on the island, you will be charmed by the talk from Übin enthusiast Dr Chua Ee kiam. He will showcase his photographs which span over a decade, highlighting the beauty of the
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      • 62 26 To help SCV MaxTV subscribers better navigate the channels, the company will be re-assigning 12 channel numbers in a progressive exercise from January to March. The new channel for National Geographic is 11. During the exercise, the programmes will air in both the old and new channel numbers
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      • 70 26 Job-seekers can turn to NTUC Job Link Centre which offers more than 6,400j0bs in various sectors. The centre taps into three job networks the Manpower Ministry's Career Link portal, Asia One careers portal, and 1,000 unionised companies. To apply for these jobs, NTUC members need to register
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    • Happenin'
      • 57 26 EVERYBODY'S A STAR Cathay Orchard Cineleisure, #O4-00 Till Sunday, 11am-Bpm Free Find out about the latest innovative products and services from Starhub while having loads of fun. You can take part in activities such as golfing contests put a ball into specially marked holes and you’ll get to purchase
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      • 58 26 ROLES OF GENES IN CANCER Lecture Theatre 27, Lim Seng Tjoe Theatre Faculty of Science, NUS Feb 6,5-6 pm Free Call Ms Jasmine Ong at 837-9160 Professor Alfred Wittinghofer, prize-winning director of the department of structural biology in a German institute will give a public lecture about how certain
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      • 55 26 MOODSCAPE DRAWINGS The G@llery Evason, 76 Robertson Quay Feb 21-Mar 6,10am-7pm Free Call 9565-9427 Bear witness to Quek Kiat Sing’s love affair with Chinese ink. The emerging visual artist fell in love with the fluidity of the medium and employed it to develop a series of works based on
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      • Article, Illustration
        48 26 BEAUTIFUL THING Toy Factory Theatrette, 17A Smith Street Till Feb 24 (English version), Bpm $lB Call 222-1526 One play, two interpretations. The English version of Toy Factory’s latest offering is directed by Beatrice Chia. It is a story about a delinquent youth Jamie and his neighbour Ste.
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      • 66 26 WEST WINDS IN CONCERT 2002 Victoria Concert Hall Feb 24,7 pm $2O, $lO Made up of musicians who are interested in pursuing their interests both outside of, and after leaving school, the Band of Bukit Batok Community Club will showcase an eclectic mix of music which includes PDQ Bach’s
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    • Tune in TV & Movie news
      • 68 28 Bpm, TV Works Debut of an action/adventure series set in Chicago, where a covert team of undercover police officers search out the real“missing links” creatures that have slipped through the evolutionary cracks and have somehow survived to prey on and terrorise mankind. Armed with an arsenal of
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      • 71 28 9pm, TV Works In the vein of Police Academy, Airplane! and The Naked Gun, this new sitcom takes the mickey out of Baywatch, with local hero Notch Johnson, the World’s Greatest Lifeguard, and his crew of gorgeous, but airhead lifeguards. Each week, Johnson and his sidekicks
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      • 30 28 8.30pm, V V Entertainment (SCV 56) Matilda Tao is back! Catch TV’s wackiest entertainment news host on the same day that her new programme is telecast in Taiwan. J
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      • 125 28 BRUCE Willis won’t be giving up his day job anytime soon. The 46-year-old actor fronts a blues band but he admits he can’t sing. Close to the end of a two and a half hour show at New York’s BB King’s on Tuesday night, he spluttered:
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    • Article, Illustration
      119 28 MATAHARI PUB AND WINE BAR Pasir Panjang Village 236 Pasir Panjang Road Tel: 774-8910 IF you want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city, make a trip westwards to Pasir Panjang Village. And drop by the Matahari Pub and Wine Bar for beer, wine
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    • 498 30  -  foodieTWQ-SHOES by\ 'WILEEN CHANG BORN on the plains of Central Asia in the 7th century, the north-western frontier cuisine of Bukhara has found its way to a cosy restaurant in Clarke Quay. Named after the city in Uzbekistan, Bukhara’s food is unique because it is pre-marinated,
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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