Streats, 27 January 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p> 240/03/2002
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  • 802 1  -  S’pore Business Federation talking to auditing firms to help small businesses tackle liquidation costs 1 Sarah Ng MR ANTHONY Lim is in a bind. A contractor owes his electrical lighting supplies company $BO,OOO, but pursuing that claim to the point of winding up the debtor will
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    • 46 1 Hitachi Leasing sues P E lawyer William Lai 2 for $1.6 million, reports CONRAD RAJ Landed PAGE 16 Letter-writer LEONG SZE HIAN says the biggest beneficiaries of the GST assistance scheme are landed property owners owwe PAGE 28 m no ssl m 4 m m ZHANG
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  • Morning Rush
    • 506 2  -  William Lai taken to court over $1.6 million loan guarantee Bu_ Conrad Raj MR WILLIAM Lai was often the lawyer handling cases of people facing bankruptcy. But the senior partner of William Lai Allan Wong now faces the threat of being made a bankrupt himself.
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    • 110 2 ONE KIND ACT Othman Hashim It was a warm afternoon. Boon Lay interchange was crowded as it always is. I was waiting to board bus 257 to work and perspiring that day from the humidity. From among the crowd, there appeared a stranger, a Chinese woman, who
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    • 310 2 LUSSY-SUR-MORGES, Switzerland Wednesday is the 18th birthday of Ms Athina Roussel. Who? Only the heiress to a liquid fortune of more than $7 billion in bonds, real estate, gold, property and cash. On Wednesday, Athina will inherit half of the Onassis fortune, which
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    • 552 3  -  Singaporean Dindae Sheena builds up audio career in unlikely place Khushwant Singh AT nearly I.Bm tall, Mr Dindae Sheena, in his black turban, stands out in a crowd. Especially in Beijing, where a turban and beard are not exactly common sights. To top it all, Mr
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    • 654 4  -  Police use computer-created pictures to help nab suspects Reports by 7 7 Khiishwant Singh ARMED with a photofit, police are scouring Singapore for the man suspected of killing a taxi driver on Jurong Road on Oct 10 last year. The killer has reason
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    • 149 4 TRY to spot and remember any distinguishing characteristic such as a birthmark, a scar, a tattoo or a tic. Height, weight and approximate age are very important as these cannot be changed easily, a police spokesman said. He admitted that such detailed observations
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    • 254 4 IN Paris in 1959, Guy Trebert had the dubious honour of being the first suspect arrested with the help of an Identikit picture. Identikit was the predecessor to today’s photofit system, which was quickly adopted by police around the world to compile a likeness of
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    • 120 6 BUZZ STOP CHILDREN expelled from school are deliberately given a hard time getting back in, Parliament heard. They have to go through several rounds of interviews with counsellors before they get a second chance. And principals want a commitment both from the
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    • Article, Illustration
      102 6 Malaysia's Ms Tan Weng Kim (centre), 20, who was crowned Miss Chinatown International 2003 in Hongkong, being congratulated by second runner-up Miss Toronto Wu Dan (right), 18, and first runner-up Miss Hongkong Lam Man, 22, after a rare win for a Malaysian beauty in such pageants. Ms Tan
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    • 133 6 Pedra Branca dispute WHEN it comes to Pedra Branca, international law is on Singapore’s side, Foreign Affairs Minister S Jayakumar told Parliament on Saturday. He described Malaysia’s claim to ownership and the right to patrol the area as “untenable” in international law. He said that Malaysia
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    • 134 6 Pedra Branca dispute -ap SINGAPORE had no right to order Malaysia to stay away from Pedra Branca, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Malaysia had “as much right as Singapore” to patrol in waters near the islet until the dispute is resolved,
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    • 152 6 UN weapons inspections -ap US Secretary of State Colin Powell, declaring that the UN weapons process in Iraq has run its course, warned yesterday that Mr Saddam Hussein could take advantage of international inaction by using his doomsday weapons or sharing his technology with terrorists.
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    • 80 6 -AP TAIWAN’S biggest airline completed the island’s first commercial flight to China in more than five decades yesterday, a journey many hoped would build trust and ease tensions between the rivals. The purple and white China Airlines jumbo jet flew to Shanghai, via Hongkong, to pick up 243
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    • 93 6 CHINESE Singaporeans are not keen to donate their corneas after their death as they believe they still need their eyes when they are reincarnated. This response surprised political and community leaders at a feedback session on the proposed changes to expand the 1987 Human Organ Transplant
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    • 87 6 POLICE arrested five men in an 11hour piracy syndicate bust on Saturday. They found about 40,000 fake DVDs and CDs worth $1 million, including Rambo, Die Another Day and Catch Me If You Can, computer games, software programs, but no pornographic material, in a Far East Plaza
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    • 89 6 -AP ISRAELI troops targeting small weapons factories moved deep into Gaza City early yesterday, killing 12 local gunmen in exchanges of fire and wounding 67 Palestinians in a large-scale assault just two days before Israel’s general election. Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz said he is not ruling out
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  • Financial
    • 505 8 He’s reeling in the Qian Hu chairman sets sights on foreign markets for growth -AFP SINGAPORE Few people would consider his business glamorous but Kenny Yap, 37, Singapore’s king of ornamental fish breeders, is not bothered at all because he has struck gold. Last year, when many Singaporean companies were
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    • 281 8 A TIMESHARE company cited on Saturday by the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) for facing the highest number of customer complaints, is also in negative equity, a report in today’s issue of The Business Times says. Case said that 72 of the 139 timeshare-related complaints
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    • 257 8  -  By_ Zubaidah Nazeer ADVERTISERS need to go beyond the image and commonly-cited circulation or viewership numbers of the medium, when considering where to plonk their precious advertising dollar, especially during these tough times. This was the message of the “Beyond The Numbers” workshop
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    • 434 10 More companies spending millions to sign on Western advertising agencies Reuters HONGKONG Haier who? The name may not be a household word in the West, but Haier Group, one of China’s top home appliance makers, was the talk of the advertising world last month when
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    • 284 10 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Prospects for Malaysia’s manufacturing sector remain hazy after a tough 2002, but a forthcoming economic stimulus package may bring some cheer, industry observers and analysts said. In a sign that foreign investment is on the rebound, manufacturing applications grew 13.7 per cent
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    • 24 10 •AS AT JANUARY 24 US$: 551.731 552.823 EURO: 551.867 Ss: 68.08 YEN Ss: RM2.196 Ss: HK54.507 Ss: 24.65 BAHT Ss: 5,138 RUPIAH
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    • 482 10 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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    • 381 13 Italians say goodbye to Fiat boss Wire services TURIN, Italy Political bosses, football stars, captains of industry and factory workers lined up in the thousands at the weekend to pay their last respects to Fiat patriarch Gianni Agnelli, the king of Italian business who died on Friday aged
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  • Comment
    • 754 15  -  By CONRAD RAJ THE warning by Chief Justice Yong Pung How at this year’s opening of the legal year to make lawyers personally liable for costs arising from irresponsible acts should be welcomed. While the transgressions of some lawyers involve downright cheating, not all their
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  • Vocal
    • 327 16 I REFER to reports that thousands applied for help under the Citizens’ Consultative Committee Assistance Scheme to help them cope with the increase in goods and services tax (GST), but none was approved. To qualify, families must show that the extra they pay as a result
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    • 220 16 MS Janice Wong’s personal story has brought back memories of my younger sister, now married and settled in the US. Being an elder brother she is 14 years younger has been a fantastic experience. I remember changing her diapers, tending to her every need and
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    • 87 16 IN our report “How to pledge your body” (Streats, Jan 24), we stated that the National Kidney Foundation issues the organ donation card. The foundation has clarified that the Organ Donor Registry is responsible for issuing these cards. IN the article “WIN-ning confidence” (Streats, Jan 23), we quoted Women
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    • 129 16 I HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streatS@sph.COm.Sg or write to The Editor, Streats, News Centre, 1000 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****4. 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
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  • Medical
    • 378 18 Experts debate link between fertility treatment and eye cancer Reuters LONDON Dutch researchers warned last Friday that babies conceived by in-vitro fertilisation (IVF) could be five to seven times more likely to develop retinoblastoma, a rare form of eye cancer, than other children. However, there is
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    • 256 18 LONDON Honey has been roped in for use in a commercially-produced wound dressing, according to a Daily Telegraph report yesterday. While its healing properties have long circulated as folklore, researchers have now developed a dressing using the key medical properties of honey that can kill bacteria
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    • 91 18 Q How can I lower my uric acid level? A You can lower uric acid level in the following ways: Have a balanced diet using the healthy diet pyramid as a guide; Lose weight if you are overweight; Eat less food that is high in purine, such as
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    • 85 20 Congratulations to Dr. Ana Peng Tiam m SI H m m on his conferment of “Dato’ Setia Di Raja Kedah Kehormat” by His Royal Highness The Sultan of Kedah Darul Aman, Al- Sultan Almu’tasimu Billahi Muhibuddin Tuanku Alhaj Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah Ibni Almarhum Sultan Badlishah, on His 75th birthday
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  • Global
    • 541 21 Secret papers show Osama’s role in Bali blasts TWO men who are under arrest for allegedly playing key roles in last year’s Bali bombings have provided information that paints a startlingly intricate picture of the organisational connections, conspiracy and resources of the perpetrators, Time
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    • 336 21 -AP DIAMOND MOUNTAIN, North Korea Ms Chun Kyong Ok, a North Korean “environmental monitor”, had a ready answer as to why the US does not attack the communist state while “poking its nose into every comer of Iraq, even its president’s palace”.
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    • 220 21 LONDON A Sicilian man who had been pronounced dead by doctors has come back to life. He startled relatives by sitting up just before he was to be put into his coffin and demanding a glass of water, the Daily Telegraph reported yesterday. Mr
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    • 138 22 CLEVELAND An Ohio man who claimed he had dialled a sex chatline will face legal proceedings, Ananova.com reported last Thursday. He will be charged for talking dirty to a police chief, whose number he called after he claimed he misdialled. Mr John
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    • 371 22 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR An increasing number of naive young girls from China are being tricked into forced prostitution in Malaysia, according to the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) which is regularly called to their rescue. They are lured to Malaysia by the promise
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  • Easy Streats
    • 133 25 ACTRESS Susan Sarandon, 56, said that her willingness to play mums in movies has given her the chance for some exciting roles. “I see movie motherhood as an opportunity. It’s how I got to work so much,” Ananova.com reported her as saying. She has played
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    • 89 25 SLADE bassist Dave Glover said he has been sacked from the band over his relationship with jailbird Rosemary West, who was convicted in 1995 of murdering 10 girls, including her own daughter, according to a Daily Mirror report. Dave, 36, who is married with
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    • 117 25 -AFP THE true story of a struggling comic book writer, American Splendor, and the documentary film Capturing the Friedmans, about a middle-class family in which father and son were arrested on child molestation charges, won the Grand Jury Prizes, for drama and documentary respectively, at
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    • 545 25 They are bigger than Britney, but Linkin Park members are not letting their rising popularity go to their heads, as GREGORY LEOWfinds out from the band’s tumtablist, Joe Hahn LINKIN Park, the six-man band from California, is not a typical rap metal band, and
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    • 404 26  -  Foodie two-shoes By WILEEN CHANG CHINESE New Year celebrations will never be complete without the symbolic “lo hei” with yu sheng, the traditional dish which signifies abundant riches and wealth in the New Year. It has been a popular festival tradition since it was introduced
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    • 454 26  -  By JillLim IT has all the ingredients for a good controversy art, the national flag, a government ban. But so far, the only gesture the artist has taken is to put the letter disallowing the display of one of his paintings his version of the Singapore
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    • 116 27 THE leftover fireworks t from one of the two recent I Sydney Harbour New Year spectaculars, cancelled because of bad weather, are going to be left over again. Yesterday’s Australia Day was supposed to have taken care of those bangers, but NSW state thought it would
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 45 27 9pm, Channel U Chris comes across a pregnant woman, Apple, who met with an accident. Apple’s husband was Anson’s ex-boyfriend. He later realises that Apple was unfaithful to him and decides to get back with Anson. But Anson doesn’t want him back.
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      • 57 27 7-30 pm, Channel i Debut of a new sitcom about the BemsteinFlynn sisters who reunited after years apart. Bess, the over-achieving eldest, is pregnant and ready to become a supermum. Nora, the independent and brutally honest middle sister, is coming home to rediscover her roots Annie, the youngest,
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    • Happenin’
      • 54 27 FUJIAN SONG AND DANCE TROUPE Today till Feb 16; lpm and 7pm, with 4pm performances on Saturday and Sunday City Square, Raffles City level 1 Free This vibrant group of 35 performers will entertain with songs and traditional dances such as The National Wind a dance that combines gongfii
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      • Article, Illustration
        58 27 DOUBLE HAPPINESS A FANTASY IN RED Till Feb 9; 11.30am-Bpm, Monday to Saturday, 12pm-5.30pm on Sunday, closed on public holidays Utterly Art (208, South Bridge Road, #O2-01) Free Justin Lee Chee Kong’s first solo exhibition is a heady fizz of East-West pop art that examines the interweaving of Western
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 483 27 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com PISCES FEB 19-MAR2O AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Take the first step of your journey. A stubborn, steadfast attitude builds your resolve when all seems hopeless. In the absence of an expert, you must become competent enough to answer your own questions. You enter your
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  • Sports
    • Article, Illustration
      653 28  -  Caddy breaks 20-year jinx to help Zhang win Caltex Masters By. Adam, Hashidy HE was the caddy nobody wanted. Nothing surprising as Osman Juaini (below) had never caddied for a winner despite lugging the bag for almost 20 years. The part-timer was the only one left in the
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    • 313 28 Wire services POOR putting put paid to Ernie Els’ (above) bid for a fourth successive tournament victory in the Caltex Singapore Masters yesterday. The world No 2 lost by one stroke to China’s Zhang Lianwei, who became the first Chinese to
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    • 484 29 Arsenal warming up for crucial Premiership clash -AFP LONDON Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes disposing of nonleague minnow Famborough Town 5-1 to ease into the FA Cup fifth round was perfect preparation for a crunch Premiership clash with Liverpool. Wenger’s side heads the table by five
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    • 262 29 Wire services LONDON Leeds United manager Terry Venables wants to unite supporters and shareholders at the financially strapped English Premier League club and says he does not want to leave the job halfway through. Said Venables in his weekly column in Sunday’s News of
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    • 161 29 Reuters FA CUP (4TH ROUND) Manchester United 6 West Ham O LONDON Ryan Giggs and Ruud van Nistelrooy both scored twice as Manchester United cmised into the FA Cup fifth round yesterday by beating West Ham 6-0, the London club’s worst defeat in the competition. Defender
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    • 143 29 WOODLANDS Wellington FC was crowned champion of the inaugural SembCorp Power and Gas Challenge yesterday after beating Kedah 2-1 in the football final at Woodlands Stadium. The host led 2-0 at half-time through goals from Nigerian winger Itimi Dickson (17th minute) and Japanese triallist Hiroaki Tanaka (19th).
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    • 647 30 Agassi to partner wife, Steffi, in mixed doubles in French Open Wire services MELBOURNE Nearly everyone in the sell-out crowd at the Rod Laver Arena knew there was more on the line than an Australian Open title for Andre Agassi. The American knew it, of course.
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    • 282 30 Wire services MELBOURNE Tennis legend Martina Navratilova (above) made history yesterday when she became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam title after landing the Australian Open mixed doubles crown. The 46-year-old partnered India’s Leander Paes in a 6-4, 7-5 victory
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    • Article, Illustration
      633 31 Sprint star Greene set to be fastest man in the world again -AFP LOS ANGELES Maurice Greene (right) says he has his life back in order and is ready to reclaim the fastest man in the world title after being sidetracked last year with personal and business
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    • 260 31 AP NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Timberwolves 97 Wizards 89 WASHINGTON When they were supposed to pull a rabbit out of the hat, the Washington Wizards came up empty in the fourth quarter against Minnesota Timberwolves in NBA action. The Wizards, having dropped two consecutive games with four
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    • SOCCER
      • 123 31 Reuters MADRID Spanish league leader Real Sociedad ground out a 2-1 win at Atletico Madrid to complete the first half of the season with an unbeaten record. The Saturday victory took Sociedad six points clear at the top of the table with 43 points from 19 matches.
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      • 91 31 -afp ROME Struggling Como clinched its first win of the Serie A season with a stunning 2-0 win over AS Roma. Vedin Music and Benito Carbone were on target on Saturday with goals in the 83rd and 90th minutes as Como took full advantage of the
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    • 120 31 TENNIS -AFP SAN JOSE, California Former French Open champion Michael Chang of the United States will retire from professional tennis after the 2003 US Open, his agent said on Saturday. “Michael has done pretty much all he can do in the sport and realises that his best
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 44 31 IN THE LIVING ROOM AMERICAN FOOTBALL: NFL Superbowl XXXVII: Oakland Raiders v Tampa Bay Buccaneers (ESPN Ch 23, 6.30 am). DELAYED TELECAST GOLF: PGA Phoenix Open, final rd (Star Sports Ch 24, 2pm). SOCCER: FA Cup 4th rd highlights (Super Sports Ch 22, 9pm).
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