Streats, 28 January 2003
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Title Section9 2003-01-28 1 Streats TUESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg Mtfat*} 240/0,3/20029 words
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Article, Illustration611 2003-01-28 1 Zubaidah Nazeer - STB’s new units include one to boost tourist shopping < l By Zubaidah Nazeer MR Edmund Chua, 38, is not the sort of man who will head straight for the malls when he lands in a foreign country or whip out his creditFrancis Lee - 611 words
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Advertisement46 2003-01-28 1 Bilateral tensions aside, Johor still wants Singapore money, reports CHUA KONG HO i Karamjeet Singh developed his family business into a chain of seven restaurants. His latest effort? JANICE WONG finds odt that it's a super PAGE 8 DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM’s Thaipusam was marred by poor organisation46 words
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Morning Rush
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Article, Illustration606 2003-01-28 2 Khushwant Singh - Moved by Streats report about organ donor... By_ Khushwant Singh ONE man’s noble gesture has moved at least 16 others to follow suit. They contacted the National Kidney Foundation to donate their organs to save lives and their bodies for medical research. What touched them deeplyFrancis Lee TTETTI - 606 words
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Article, Illustration559 2003-01-28 3 ChuaKongHo - Despite strained relations, JB officials offer incentives to Republic’s investors ChuaKongHo THE mercury may be rising on both sides of the Causeway over the water supply issue and territorial intrusions into Singapore waters around Pedra Branca, but the increasing tension has not stopped Johor officialsChua Kong Ho - 559 words
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671 2003-01-28 5 SarahNg - Don’t wind up a company as a first resort, says expert I By SarahNg MR DON HO has this message for small and medium-sized businesses having a hard time collecting debts from other companies: Don’t think of liquidation as the first resort,671 words
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Article, Illustration425 2003-01-28 5 Janice Wong - By Janice Wong NOT content to spend her retirement just travelling and gardening, former civil servant Irene Khong, 57, decided to do something more useful. She planned three projects and all are for younger Singaporeans. First, she authored a cookbook, Straits Cuisine Simplified, forPics: Clarence Chan - 425 words
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Article, Illustration106 2003-01-28 6 BUZZ STOP MRS CHRISTINE KEUNG has defied the odds of 42,000 to 1 in scoring a hole-in-one not once, but four times in two months. Mrs Keung, with a handicap of 22, achieved that on Oct 5, Oct 20, Dec 7 andST - 106 words
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Article, Illustration103 2003-01-28 6 An Australian farmer getting emotional yesterday after he was forced to shoot one of his livestock injured by the smoke and fires in Victoria state. But there was some respite as light rain and cooler air brought hope to south-eastern Australia, which is battling the blazes. Meanwhile, townsReuters - 103 words
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Article127 2003-01-28 6 Water issue A MAJORITY of people here support the Government’s decision to make public the difficulties it has faced in water supply negotiations with Malaysia, the results of a street poll indicate. A survey of 50 people by The Straits Times revealed that most people believe127 words
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Article151 2003-01-28 6 Water issue Reuters MALAYSIA accused Singapore yesterday of bad faith in publishing correspondence between the leaders of both countries following stalled talks over the sale of water to Singapore. “What are they trying to prove?” Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said to reporters. “IReuters - 151 words
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Article140 2003-01-28 6 UN arms inspections report ap IRAQ hasn’t genuinely accepted a UN resolution demanding that it disarm, and while Baghdad is cooperating on access, it needs to do more on substance, chief weapons inspector Hans Blix told the Security Council yesterday. “Iraq appears not to■ ap - 140 words
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Article97 2003-01-28 6 ECONOMISTS from the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) yesterday slashed their growth projection for Singapore this year to 3.3 per cent from 8.4 per cent. Assoc Prof Tan Khee Giap and Assoc Prof Chen Kang said that the revision followed the weak export growth witnessed in recent months.97 words
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Article102 2003-01-28 6 FROM June, taxi users can expect better service. That is when new Land Transport Authority regulations go into effect. Under the new rules, operators who do not meet the new standards set higher than what cab companies impose will be fined up to 100,000 for each contravention.102 words
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Article87 2003-01-28 6 CYNICS and bystanders can undermine Singapore’s fight against terrorism, warned Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng. Cynics refuse to believe the Government’s case against the 31 Jemaah Islamiah members, who were detained under the Internal Security Act, while the bystanders are interested only in their jobs and are87 words
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Article83 2003-01-28 6 CAR prices have shot up by as much as $5,000 in two days. Popular makes such as Nissan, Toyota, Honda, Subaru and Mitsubishi now cost $l,OOO to $5,000 more. The hikes were implemented in anticipation of a rise in certificate of entitlement (COE) prices driven primarily83 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration712 2003-01-28 8 Janice Wong - Karamjeet Singh runs seven restaurants in Singapore and, armed with his awn invention of an automated oven, wants to take on the world, starting with China This is part of a series on young Singaporean entrepreneurs By Janice Wong TEACHER Karamjeet Singh wanted to feed more than minds.Clarenca Chan ■ - 712 words
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Article, Illustration419 2003-01-28 10 Glaxo is 2002’s top money-spinner; pharmaceuticals output up 131% in Dec GLAXO Wellcome Manufacturing has toppled Singapore Telecommunications to become the most profitable company in Singapore last year. In a ranking of the 1,000 biggest businesses in Singapore by DP Information Network, a business information and services419 words
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Article419 2003-01-28 10 STI: 1,331.25 26.79 Reuters SHARES ended down 2 per cent yesterday as investors bailed out of banks and blue chips like SIA on growing concerns about a Middle East war. “The uncertainty about what’s going to happen in the Middle East is the main– Reuters - 419 words
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Article24 2003-01-28 10 ■AS AT JANUARY 27 US$: 551.728 552.825 EURO: S$LB73 Ss: 68.16 YEN Ss: RM2.199 Ss: HK54.514 Ss: 24.65 BAHT Ss: 5,145 RUPIAH24 words
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234 2003-01-28 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Wing Tai Holdings, which expects to start selling homes at two of its Singapore projects this year, said that developers here will probably sell more units than analysts have predicted. The company expects developers here to sell more than 7,500 homes this year,– Bloomberg - 234 words
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Article, Illustration522 2003-01-28 11 t WILLIAM PESEK JR - Comment By t WILLIAM PESEK JR Bloomberg SEOUL Long before most Americans had ever heard of Enron and years before World Com and Global Crossing went bankrupt, there was Daewoo. The South Korean giant’s meltdown in the late 1990 s is still the world’s biggest– Bloomberg; AFP - 522 words
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Article, Illustration515 2003-01-28 13 Emirate continues its shopping fest big-sell strategy of giving away luxury cars and gold bars -AFP DUBAI In this booming emirate, visitors could be forgiven for thinking the citystate has been turned into a sale city during the Dubai Shopping Festival (DSF), despite the drums of war-AFP; AFP - 515 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration880 2003-01-28 15 DEEPA VUIYASINGAM - By DEEPA VUIYASINGAM IT IS arguably one of the most dramatic Indian festivals, one that has drawn foreign journalists to it for decades, particularly those from National Geographic, as well as anthropologists and tourists. But if this spectacular event, known as Thaipusam, is to880 words
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Vocal
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Article281 2003-01-28 18 I REFER to the report “Cheaper winding-up services soon?” (Streats, Jan 27). Cheaper and swifter winding-up services are vital to the recovery of our economy. When a business fails, many parties are affected. The company’s stakeholders management, staff, suppliers, creditors, bankers, customers and shareholders are trapped281 words
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Article, Illustration177 2003-01-28 18 I WAS at Cold Storage Takashimaya on Jan 24 when I saw two well-dressed women trying to peel off the cellophane tape of a plastic container of Chinese New Year love letters. I looked at them in shock. One of them proceeded to shout abuse at177 words
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Article343 2003-01-28 18 I REFER to the letter by Mr Michael Low Yik Ming, “Higher N-E Line fares illogical” (Streats, Jan 23). The North-east Line (NEL) is designed to be a fully underground system to optimise land use and help overcome the physical constraints along the densely built-up corridor.343 words
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Article208 2003-01-28 18 I REFER to the letter “Higher N-E Line fares illogical” (Streats, Jan 23) by Mr Michael Loh Yik Ming. We appreciate Mr Loh’s concern about the cost of operating and maintaining the new North-east MRT Line (NEL) and thank him for the opportunity to explain208 words
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Medical
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Article364 2003-01-28 20 THAT the arts are good for your health is not just the opinion of an arts practitioner it’s the view of Mr Richard Smith, the editor of the British Medical Journal, reported The Scotsman last week. In an editorial in the journal, he said364 words
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Article, Illustration126 2003-01-28 20 QI use the microwave to soften the stems of vegetables. Does this destroy the nutrients? A If used appropriately, microwave cooking helps to preserve nutrients in vegetables. Microwaving cooks vegetables rapidly with little need for added water. For this reason, vitamin retention in microwaved vegetables can be higher126 words
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143 2003-01-28 20 Reuters WASHINGTON Exercise can act like a drug on the blood vessels, reducing the risk of heart disease, US researchers said in last week’s issue of Circulation Research. What it does is get blood flowing through the vessels. “The physical force of blood flow– Reuters - 143 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration605 2003-01-28 22 Veterans of the anti-Vietnam war protests are Iraq’s human shields AP BAGHDAD For Mr Dan Winters and Ms Kathleen O’Malley, the long road that led them to Baghdad wound its way through places called Vietnam and El Salvador, Nicaragua and East Timor. “At– AP - 605 words
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344 2003-01-28 22 -ap BEIJING Even the Chinese don’t agree with author Gavin Menzies’ theory that Chinese explorers reached the New World decades before Christopher Columbus. “Nonsense,” declared China’s Zheng He Association, which celebrates the exploits of Zheng He, the explorer that Mr Menzies said directed ships-ap - 344 words
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Article94 2003-01-28 22 HELSINKI In Finland, where 80 per cent of the population has a cellphone, the communication devices could soon be used to monitor traffic conditions and warn drivers of impending jams. Signals emitted by drivers’ phones might be used to advise them that traffic is building94 words
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Easy Streats
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Article, Illustration638 2003-01-28 24 YVONNE KWOK - Clear your Thursday nights because the most entertaining show to hit your TV screens, American Idol, has come to town Tellytubby By YVONNE KWOK LET me define irony. Irony is giving up tickets last Thursday to watch a gifted young lady named Norah Jones perform and638 words
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Article, Illustration109 2003-01-28 24 AP PLAYING a con artist in Catch Me If You Can wasn’t much of a stretch for Leonardo DiCaprio, 28. “Acting is all about being an impostor,” he told reporters in Berlin on Sunday. He plays real-life grifter Frank Abagnale, who, by the time– AP - 109 words
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Article, Illustration103 2003-01-28 24 IN the works: a male version of Sex and the City, reported The Independent on Sunday. Elisabeth Murdoch, the TV executive daughter of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, is to produce the series, called Sinchronicity, for cable channel HBO. The new series, featuring professional men, is expected103 words
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Article, Illustration104 2003-01-28 24 ASIA isn’t the only one battling pirated CD, VCDs and DVDs. Perfect pirated DVD copies complete with 5.1 surround sound of The Two Towers are circulating in the UK, and they are cloned from special Oscar screener discs supplied by the studios to Motion Picture Association104 words
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Article, Illustration374 2003-01-28 26 Reuters SYDNEY Legions of young and not-so-young women are riding a crest of enthusiasm bigger than the Hollywood-inspired surf craze of the early *****, and plunging into waves at surf beaches worldwide, ending the male domination of a sport once restricted to Hawaiian kings. Male– Reuters - 374 words
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Article, Illustration338 2003-01-28 26 Yvonne Kwok - By Yvonne Kwok TEENS and those who don’t have credit cards don’t need to make a trip to the cinema just to buy tickets anymore. If you’re watching a show at any Golden Village (GV) cinema, you simply need to go to any of the 175Clarence Chan - 338 words
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Article, Illustration103 2003-01-28 27 EL NINO is hammering the Solomon Islands yet again. Its troublemakers, Tropical Beni and Cilia, are weaker than the recent Zoe with its Jf 300kmh winds, but their twin appearance promises a busy cyclone season for the South Pacific. El Nino sends a tongue of warm103 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration40 2003-01-28 27 7pm, Channel i Led by the pigs Snowball and Napoleon, the animals of Manor Farm revolt against their human masters and attempt to create a utopian society. All animals are equal but some are more equal than others.40 words
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Article61 2003-01-28 27 10pm, Central Jimmy Porter is a university grad but chooses to sell candy at the flea market. During their twoyear marriage, Allyson has carried the full brunt of his anger and frustration as well as his intense love. When Allyson is pregnant, she is so intimidated61 words
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Happenin’
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Article66 2003-01-28 27 RESOLUTIONS Till March 16; Jlam-6pm, Mondays to Friday, 12pm-6pm, Saturday and Sunday, closed on public holidays Sculpture Square (155, Middle Road) Free Sculpture Square begins the new year with Resolutions, an art exhibition showcasing an exciting array of artworks by local artists and artists based in Singapore. Established artists66 words
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Article, Illustration76 2003-01-28 27 CHINESE NEW YEAR CONCERT Sunday, 7-30 pm, Golden Mile Theatre Tickets at $2B (non union members) and $lO (union members) from all NTUC clubhouses Jack Neo and his multi-talented team Mark Lee, Patricia Mok, Henry Thia, MC King, Marcus Chin and Michelle Tay usher in Chinese New Year with76 words
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Advertisement114 2003-01-28 26 Tkinkng of a DIFFERENT way to celebrate tbis Chinese New Year? Why not come to Tony Roma’s? With our world-famous ribs and other mouth-watering menu items, Tony Roma’s has something for everybody this New Year. -v<j Wishes you Happy# Prqsperoi CHINESE Year! I r n\ to if in to ORCHARD114 words
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Advertisement200 2003-01-28 27 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191 'ha/re dame tender mmnenU at ama 6... 6/ This Valentine 6 Day treat your sweetheart to our juicy, slow-cookcd ribs or other flame-grilled sensations accompanied with fine wine and great ambience. m i200 words
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Page 27 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous478 2003-01-28 27 Yourdailyhoroscope by Kelli Fox atAstrology.com PISCES FEB 19 -MAR 20 AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 Aquarius is affected by events that happen elsewhere. The opportunity that flows your way is genuine and fleeting. Mysterious forces are at work in your practical life. For the next few days, Pisces rides the crest478 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration633 2003-01-28 28 Tan Kim Han - Sinchi’s Sun hopes to brighten bleak S-League landscape By Tan Kim Han WHEN S-League debutant Sinchi Football Club makes it big in Singapore, it will have more than its elite footballers to thank. It will also have to acknowledge the contribution of the backroom staff. Like ChineseFrancis Lee - 633 words
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Article, Illustration489 2003-01-28 29 Arsenal aims to extend lead over inactive Man U ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool v Arsenal LONDON Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has urged his side to grasp the chance to extend its lead at the top of the English Premiership by beating Liverpool tomorrow (Thursday, Singapore time). With second-placedAFP - 489 words
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Article, Illustration423 2003-01-28 29 LONDON Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier has again denied reports of making a transfer window swoop. The Frenchman insisted that his team is back on the winning track, despite being held to a goalless draw by Crystal Palace in the FA Cup on Sunday.423 words
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Article, Illustration463 2003-01-28 31 Swedish star takes swipe at Williams sisters -AFP STOCKHOLM Swedish tennis player Jonas Bjorkman says the allconquering Williams sisters have a bad attitude and have let their huge success go to their heads. “They are good players but they’ve really got a bad attitude,”-AFP; AP - 463 words
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Article197 2003-01-28 31 Reuters NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Toronto 101 Sacramento 97 Toronto Vince Carter scored 22 points in his return from missing 23 games with a knee injury to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 101-97 win over the Sacramento Kings in NBA action on Sunday. Playing his first game– Reuters - 197 words
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Article112 2003-01-28 31 SOCCER BEIJING Paul Gascoigne has signed for struggling Chinese Second Division side Gansu Tianma. Club officials claimed the former England star, 35, agreed a one-year deal with the B-League’s bottom team on Sunday. No details of his contract were released, but reports indicated he could earn £400,000112 words
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Article97 2003-01-28 31 SWIMMING AFP BERLIN Australia’s lan Thorpe won the 200 metres freestyle to top archrival Pieter van den Hoogenband again on the final day of the seventh leg of the World Cup series here on Sunday. Despite improving his own European record, the flying Dutchman had to settle forAFP - 97 words
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Article118 2003-01-28 31 ATHLETICS -AFP MOSCOW Russia’s Valery Brumel, who won Olympic men’s high jump gold at the 1964 Tokyo Games, died on Sunday after a long illness, RIA Novosti news agency reported. He was 60. Brumel, who also won the 1962 European Championships, set six world records in 1961-AFP - 118 words
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Page 31 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous30 2003-01-28 31 IN THE LIVING ROOM GENERAL: Sportscenter Asia (ESPN Ch 23, Bpm). SOCCER: Football Focus (ESPN Ch 23, 8.30 pm). EPL: Chelsea v Leeds (ESPN Ch 23, Jan 29, 3.55 am)30 words
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