Streats, 14 October 2002

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  • 11 1 Streats MONDAY, OCTOBER 14, 2002 Hotline: 1800-844-5566 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg MITA 240/03/2002
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  • BALI BLAST
    • 956 1  -  He throws a tantrum. They leave. Minutes later, bombs go off By_ ChuaKongHo FOR two Singapore families, terrorism became more than a Straits Times headline. It hit home with frightening, first-hand impact. A measure of their fear came through on their 150-minute flight back from Bali
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    • 105 2 THE Singapore Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the Bali attacks yesterday, saying: “The Singapore Government is shocked and deeply saddened to learn of the loss of many innocent lives resulting from the bomb explosions overnight in Bali. “The Government strongly condemns such acts of terrorism. The Government
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    • 270 2  -  By Tan Kim Han HAD it not been for a business appointment in Kuala Lumpur, a British rugby player with the Singapore Cricket Club might have been a victim of the Kuta beach bomb explosion. He and a few others in the team were the lucky
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    • 133 2 Wire services THE Bali blast is likely to have been carried out by the US, Mr Abu Bakar Bashir said yesterday. “The explosion could not have been carried out by domestic people,” he told a press conference in Solo. The US knows that Muslims will be
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    • 104 3 THREE Singapore expatriates died in the massive car bomb blast at Kuta Beach on Saturday evening. Yesterday, Indonesia’s Metro TV identified them as Mr Chris Kays, Mr Christian Redman and Mr Christopher Bradford all Britons. Sanglah Hospital in Denpasar confirmed that their bodies were in the
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    • 101 3 SYDNEY The A 1 Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) is responsible for the terrorist attack on Bali, said a leading expert on the group. Dr Rohan Gunaratna said it was likely the group had deliberately targeted Australians and other Westerners by bombing the Bali nightclub, which was popular
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    • 237 3  -  By Tan Kim Han Reuters SUNDAYS at the Singapore Cricket Club are a time for tea, sandwiches, good-humoured chats and, of course, beer. But none of this cheeriness was evident there yesterday. The club had received the news that several of its expatriate rugby team members
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    • 104 4 Wire services JAKARTA The Bali blasts are a warning that terrorism is a threat to Indonesia’s security, President Megawati Sukarnoputri said yesterday. “This bombing is a warning to all of us that terrorism is a real danger and potential threat to national security.” The president didn’t
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    • 427 4 -AFP, Bloomberg JAKARTA Bali lures tourists the world over with its promise of paradise on earth, thanks to its white sandy beaches and unique Hindu culture. Known as the Island of the Gods, Bali sits off the easternmost tip of denselypopulated Java island and is 95 per
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    • 285 4  -  By Calvin Low INDONESIAN VicePresident Hamzah Haz could have done one of two things yesterday. He could have issued a warrant of arrest for the terrorists responsible for the Bali blasts. Or he could be readying himself for arrest in their place. Either
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    • 120 4 TRAVEL agents in Singapore are expecting their clients to cancel flight and hotel bookings to Bali following Saturday’s attack. Said Mr Sean Tan an assistant manager at Transinex Pte, which provides package tours to Bali: “I expect people not to buy tickets to go there for
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    • 134 4  -  By Khushwant Singh A BRITISH man who was injured in Saturday’s car bomb explosion at Kuta Beach in Bali was flown to Singapore yesterday to be treated in the Singapore General Hospital Bums Centre. He flew in with his family on a scheduled evening
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  • STREATS local
    • 140 6 THE North-east MRT line may open before Chinese New Year next February if SBS Transit is satisfied with tests and trial runs. Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday said that the Land Transport Authority will be handing the North-east MRT
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    • 180 6  -  B y Wendy Tan THANKS to an e-mail, speedsters tearing down Woodlands Avenue 5 have been stepping on their brakes and slowing down. The e-mail, widely circulated over the last few months, claimed that a speed camera was recently found hidden in a dustbin
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    • 122 6 STUDIO apartments for the elderly will in future be integrated into four and five-room Housing Board blocks. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday that the HDB is looking for a site for this. More than 90 per cent of the 936 apartments, offered
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    • 127 6 THE man was armed with a knife. The victim was a 52-year-old woman caught in a lift with him. The setting was perfect for a successful robbery. But the plucky woman put paid to his plans. When the robber, who had yanked a necklace from her,
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  • STREATS financial
    • 373 8 Conspiracy theories abound as shares plunge Reuters SINGAPORE State-linked companies have won kudos for transparency and corporate governance in the past, but deals such as Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing’s poorly received rights issue have raised eyebrows. The rights were heavily undersubscribed by minority shareholders, but Chartered still
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    • 518 8 It VUU I L Reuters TOKYO Some believe Japanese banks should be bailed out, others say no way. Some favour letting feeble firms fail no matter how large, while others say Japan’s frail economy cannot handle such drastic measures. Policymakers? Not quite. The holders
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    • 24 8 *AS AT OCTOBER U US$: 551.793 552.803 EURO: 551.770 Ss: 69.16 YEN Ss: RM2.120 Ss: HK54.351 Ss: 24.48 BAHT Ss: 5,025 RUPIAH
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    • 491 8 The stock recommendation is the average of all the recommendations submitted by analysts following the stock. There is a total of 29 brokers submitting recommendations but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a 1 to 5 points scale and
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  • STREATS vocal
    • 558 9  -  Comment Bt l TAN TARN MOW IT ALL comes down to one key idea: No to censorship, yes to regulation. That in a nutshell is what the arts community wants and has put to the Censorship Review Committee as a proposal. We feel that it is time
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    • 111 9 THE Arts Community Proposal On Censorship Review carries the signatures of more than 250 arts and cultural practitioners. Initiated by Theatreworks, the four-page document will be submitted to the Censorship Review Committee after the drive for more signatures closes on Oct 20. It sets out suggestions
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    • 305 9 AFTER reading “Decision of a lifetime” (Streats, Oct 11), I would like to point out that while being married does provide a family life, it should be remembered that one might not want to spend one’s golden years with children and grandchildren. Neither
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    • 70 9 Have Your Say E-mail us at streats@sph.com.sg or 'write to The Editor, Streats, 1000 ToaPayoh North, Singapore3lB994. You should include your name, address and contact number. We reserve the right to edit your letters for brevity and clarity. By your writing to us, it shall be deemed that you have
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  • STREATS medical
    • 241 11 Traditional practice can cut sudden infant death syndrome risk Reuters NEW YORK It isn’t new in Asia but researchers in the West are re-discovering swaddling. A recent study found that the practice of tightly wrapping babies before putting them to sleep may reduce their risk of
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    • 227 11 QWhy do I get a headache each time after I jog? I usually have to wait until the next morning before the ache goes off. A You should first exclude a medical reason for the headache any neck problems, problems in the head (such as tumour) and high
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    • 218 11 Spare your wrists take breaks DON’T rely on split keyboards to save your wrists from strain and injury while at the computer. While they do reduce wristtwisting, they don’t eliminate the problem entirely. The traditional computer keyboard twists the wrists by 12 degrees from the safest position, while the split
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  • STREATS regional
    • 165 12 SYDNEY An Internet romance has ended in murder. A former Australian Catholic school principal, who was visiting his Russian mail-order bride, was found dead in his Moscow hotel room. The woman, Ms Angelica Ovcharova, 31, told the Sydney Morning Herald on Saturday that she
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    • 94 12 GUANGZHOU If you have body odour, forget about a civil service job in Guangzhou. This “carelessness in personal hygiene” will automatically disqualify you, Ming Pao Daily News reported yesterday. But more woes are in store for aspiring public service officers; the authorities have listed another
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    • 103 12 afp BEIJING The Communist Party of China (CPC) has expelled nearly half a million members over the past 13 years for violating its moral code, state media said yesterday. “The CPC is... strict with its members’ moral standards,” the Xinhua news agency said. “It
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    • 27 12 A Buddhist devotee with daggers pierced through his cheek during a parade in Phuket on Saturday to mark the annual Vegetarian Festival AP
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    • 369 12 Wire services ZAMBOANGA Philippine troops combed jungles in the southern island of Jolo yesterday for Muslim rebels, a day after 11 soldiers were killed and 25 others wounded in a gun battle. The region’s army
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    • 243 12 Wire services KOTA TINGGI Malaysia is giving Singapore one more chance to prove its willingness to find a solution to the water pricing issue, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. “We are giving them one more chance. We want to know
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  • Page 13 Miscellaneous
    • 66 13 EYE-POPPING ACTION EVERY THURSDAY ON F> n t f.'i W'> 'W m BIZZARE HIT SER 7PM I m 1 m- J )w 9 m f They murdered his family and robbed him of everything. Now.hSis back to deal his own brand of justiceZ i Islftii v rt mw. HI I
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  • STREATS global
    • 149 14 IRAQ UPDA AP WASHINGTON In moves suggesting new Pentagon preparations for war against Iraq, key US Army and US Marine Corps battle staff are being sent to Kuwait, and officials said Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was likely to order extra germ warfare protection for
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    • 283 14 US minorities more afraid: poll Wire services WASHINGTON Americans are more worried about snipers, such as the killer stalking the Washington area, than about terrorists, according to a Newsweek Poll released on Saturday. Forty-seven per cent of the 1,000 adults surveyed said that they were either
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    • 127 14 AFP WASHINGTON A 1 Qaeda is stirring again, US officials are saying. The New York Times, citing government experts, reported yesterday that the experts see this from the attacks attributed to the terror group over the past week and recent messages broadcast on TV.
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    • 113 14 EILAT, Israel A businessman from Haifa, sent to Eilat by his company for a course, took advantage of the visit to summon a prostitute to his hotel room only to find that she was his daughter. The shock was too much for him, reported the
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  • easy STREATS
    • 583 15  -  By Yvonne Kwok Certainly not Vonda Shepard. The Ally Mcßeal singer, in town for a concert, denies stealing folk singer Suzanne Vega’s husband FOR two women whose names have been so intimately linked in the media over the past two years, Vonda Shepard claims that she
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    • 259 15  -  Foodie two-shoes B v WILEEN CIIAXC IF you need to take a break from the hustle and bustle of shopping in the heart of Orchard Road, a good place to rest your tired feet at is PaPrika Bistro. Set against the elegant backdrop of Peranakan Place,
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    • 141 16 THOSE expensive gift mushrooms from Pyongyang that have become such a scandal in Japan the matsutake mushrooms are an autumn delight. According to a website called Things Japanese, matsutake is the king of edible mushrooms. It grows wild in Japanese red t pine forests, and can
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    • Just a minute
      • 144 16 The Standard Ticket a contactless smart card for single trip travel on the MRT and LRT replaces the magnetic Single Trip Ticket. It can be bought at the General Ticketing Machine in MRT and LRT stations and is valid for use on the day of purchase only. The
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    • Happenin'
      • 59 16 DOUBLE TAKES Tomorrow till Saturday, 2.30 pm and Bpm DBS Arts Centre Tickets at sl6from Sistic The Singapore Repertory Theatre opens its 2002 season with Double Takes a week of short plays and double bills showcasing a selection of exciting works from Brecht, Mamet and other well-known playwrights. Eclectic
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      • Article, Illustration
        65 16 THE PUNCHLINE COMEDY CLUB Wednesday, 9pm Bar None, Marriott Hotel Tickets at $5O from Sistic lan Moore, Dara O’Briain and Simon Evans tickle your funnybone. Moore comes fresh from his headline act at the Edinburgh Festival while O’Briain is a household name in Ireland and Evans is a rising
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        43 16 ANTHONY ROBBINS Last day today Singapore Indoor Stadium Package starting at $1,288.50fr0m Sistic Robbins will show you ways to enhance your own success and teach you the secrets of unleashing the power within you. The seminar promises to be educational and entertaining.
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      • Article, Illustration
        119 16 THE ILLEGAL EAGLES Kallang Theatre Tomorrow, 8pm $81, $71, $61, $46 from Sistic If you’re an Eagles fan, this is the closest you’re going to get to them. A tribute band of five sing Eagles’ hits. The Illegal Eagles have spent five years appearing at concert tours in the
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        75 17 10pm, Channel i Whimsical characters live in the world of karaoke in the US. There’s the struggling singer who dreams of the big time, a frustrated salesman who goes on an unexpected road trip, the dysfunctional family performers including a con-artist and his long-lost daughter, and an escaped convict
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      • 39 17 9pm, Channel U Learning that Wenchu’s vocal cords are not damaged and his muteness is psychological, Junhao pretends to drown and makes him call out for help. How will Wenchu’s mother react to this development?
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      • 267 17 REAL-LIFE sniper attacks have prompted 20th Century Fox to consider postponing the release of the thriller Phone Booth, about a man who answers a public telephone and finds himself pinned down by a faraway shooter. The film, starring Colin Farrell as the trapped
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    • 17 16 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 439 17 YourcMyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology, com AQUARIUS JAN 20 -FEB 18 Reality, such as it is, returns to normal. Wrap up your outlandish business early in the day. Immerse yourself in mainstream culture, or simply sit off to one side and watch the world go by. TAURUS APR 20-MAY
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 86 18 Urt YUSRI WARIS \MOS BOON >ar ■I if Don't miss the NTUC Income S.League Awards Night 2002! VOTE NOW for your favourite players in the People's Choice Award Simply type in FAS followed by [SPACE] and the number that represents the player. SMS your vote to ***** and stand to
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  • STREATS sports
    • 647 19  -  Monetary awards help change attitude towards sporting career By. 'Adam Hashidy THIS must surely be the year which proved to everyone that if you are a Singapore sportsman, there is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. The payouts to successful athletes
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    • 342 19  -  ill laMflll 1 LIM HAN MING reports from South Korea EVERY football fan in Singapore probably knows who David Beckham is. But here in Busan, the pin-up boy of English football is as little-known as, say, Singapore’s S-League players. Except for some posters
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    • 14th Asian Games BUSAN 2002
      • 158 20 AFP A MESSAGE in blood on her wrist and a message from North Korean leader Kim Jong II in her heart inspired a famished Ham Pong Sil to victory in the women’s marathon here yesterday. She won in 2hr 33min 35sec. Aching from the effects
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      • 464 20  -  Quality of the medals, not quantity, that matters By Lim Han Ming BUSAN Singapore bowler Remy Ong and Japanese swimmer Kosuke Kitaj ima have something in common. Both are among 11 male athletes who have amassed a total of three gold medals. But while
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      • 70 20 Reuters BUSAN Defending champion Iran won the men’s football gold medal for the fourth time in a 2-1 win over Japan yesterday. Javad Kazemeyan and Mohsen Bayatiniya scored for Iran, while striker Satoshi Nakayama found the target for Japan. Earlier, South Korea beat Thailand 3-0 in
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      • 205 20 G s B Tot China 149 82 73 304 South Korea 92 77 82 251 Japan 44 72 70 186 Kazakstan 20 25 31 76 Uzbekistan 15 12 24 51 Thailand 14 18 10 42 India 11 12 13 36 Taiwan 10 17 24 51 North Korea 9
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      • 148 21 -AFP India’s gold medallist Sunita Rani has failed a drugs test, the organisers confirmed here yesterday. Said a Busan Asian Games Organising Committee (Bagoc) official: “The athlete who finished in the bronze medal position in the women’s 5,000 metres has failed a drug test”
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      • 357 21  -  Three Afghan women break convention to participate By_ Lim Han Ming BUSAN Most Afghanistan girls follow an all too familiar pattern: Early marriage, some as young as 12 years old, cook and look after husbands and the children. What about sports? No way. Not until Fatima Hamidi,
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    • 393 22 S African prosecutor says it’s ‘ridiculous’ to pursue case Wire services JOHANNESBURG Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson (right) will not be charged with indecent assault South African police said yesterday. The Director of Public Prosecutions rejected claims by a woman that the 60-year-old Scotsman had touched
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    • SPORTS SCAN
      • 108 22 GOLF AP JOHOR BARU Singapore qualified for the World Cup for the first time after beating the Philippines in a playoff here yesterday. Switzerland won the Davidoff Nations Cup golf championship by one stroke over Myanmar, Singapore and the Philippines. The 24-team World Cup will be held in
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      • 38 22 SOCCER TAMPINE S'' Rovers won its first Singapore Cup with a hard-earned 1-0 victory over Jurong FC last night at the National Stadium. Watched by a crowd of 15,000, George Goutzioulis struck in the 86th minute.
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    • 482 23 Eriksson agrees England lucky to get away with three points -AFP EURO 2004 QUALIFIERS Slovakia 1 v England 2 LONDON England coach Sven Goran Eriksson is set to ring the changes after watching his side make hard work of the start to its Euro 2004 qualifying campaign in
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    • 272 23 Wire services BRATISLAVA England captain David Beckham condemned the racist taunting of England’s black players. He said: “The crowd trouble was one problem. But the most important part was the racism directed towards our players. We’re trying to kick that out of the game, but it
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    • 198 23 Group 1: k Malta 0 Israel 2 (Balali 56, Revivo 7 75); France 5 (Vieira 10, Marlet 35, 64, Wiltord 79, Govou 86) Slovenia 0 Group 2: k Romania 0 Norway 1 (Iversen 84); Denmark 2 (Tomasson 51-pen, Sand 71) Luxembourg 0 Group 3: k Belarus 0
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    • 137 23 Reuters ROME Italy coach Giovanni Trapattoni has come under fire for his side’s lacklustre 1-1 draw against Yugoslavia in a Euro 2004 qualifier in Naples on Saturday. “Enough Trapattoni! Bring back Zoff,” read the headline on the front page of yesterday’s sports daily Corriere dello Sport. “Until
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