Streats, 13 February 2003
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Title Section9 2003-02-13 1 Streats THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph.eom.sg «mitacp) 240/03/20029 words
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535 2003-02-13 1 r Khushwant Singh - Talk rife that religious order running elderly home may pull out By_ r Khushwant Singh A PIONEERING Catholic charitable organisation, the Little Sisters of the Poor, appears set to pull out of Singapore after operating here for almost 68 years. The news has puzzled volunteers at535 words
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Morning Rush
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Article568 2003-02-13 2 Julie Sim - 30% of heart patients don’t have warning signs of an attack, say doctors By Julie Sim FORMER Perfect 10 deejay Suresh Menon, 48, was joking and laughing with his colleagues early last Saturday. Two hours later he had a fatal heart attack. District Judge Adab Singh,568 words
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Article, Illustration512 2003-02-13 3 Zubaidah Nazeer - Fire-damaged nursery ready for Valentine’s Day By Zubaidah Nazeer IT’S been more than a week since a fire damaged his Thomson Road nursery, and Mr Danny Cheok, 54, managing director of Far East Flora, is still counting his blessings. He was given the official go-ahead toClarence Chan - 512 words
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Article270 2003-02-13 4 NEW YORK A survey shows that, despite a public outcry over the recent spate of US corporate scandals, Americans still believe their own bosses are clean, USA Today reported yesterday. The scandals plus retrenchments and plunging stock prices amid the economic slump have combined to make270 words
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Article, Illustration781 2003-02-13 4 Sarah Ng - New category for mature students who want to enrol in NUS and NTU By Sarah Ng AT 59, when many workers are looking forward to retirement, teacher Lim Hong Tuang has earned a degree to prepare for a second career. Mr Lim, who teachesClarence Chan I - 781 words
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118 2003-02-13 6 BUZZ STOP IF scorpions, crickets and grasshoppers have ever frightened you, take revenge eat them. You’ll get a chance to do so at the Singapore Food Festival, to be held from March 28 to April 30. Hundreds of insects will be brought in118 words
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Article141 2003-02-13 6 Registration of construction firms STARTING next year, all construction firms must register with either the Building Construction Authority (BCA) or the Singapore Contractors Association Limited before they can hire work permit holders from countries other than Malaysia. The new ruling, among other changes announced by the141 words
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Article147 2003-02-13 6 US tax cuts AP FEDERAL Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has added his very influential voice to the group questioning President George W Bush’s new US$l.3 trillion (552.3 trillion) package of tax cuts, saying they would make a bad deficit outlook even worse. The White HouseAP - 147 words
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Article, Illustration46 2003-02-13 6 About 80 mostly non-Muslim secondary students learnt more about Islam and Muslim beliefs and practices during a Hari Raya Haji visit to the Kampung Siglap Mosque along Marine Parade Road yesterday. Some saw korban, the sacrificial slaughter of sheep, for the first time STST - 46 words
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167 2003-02-13 6 AP THE voice that aired on Tuesday, urging Muslims to help Iraqi President Saddam Hussein fight Americans, is believed to be that of Osama bin Laden, and it showed Mr Saddam’s ties to the A 1 Qaeda terror network, said US officials. The speaker, heardAP - 167 words
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Article77 2003-02-13 6 AUSTRALIAN universities risk lagging behind the rest of the world, said an International Comparisons of University Resourcing report by the Productivity Commission. “While the Productivity Commission warns readers not to draw conclusions from the comparisons it makes in its report, it is clear that, on many77 words
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Article74 2003-02-13 6 THE prestigious Stanford University plans to establish a presence here. In cooperation with the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Stanford will offer graduate programmes in environmental engineering from June. Students in the one-year master’s programme and the four-year doctorate programme to be offered by the new partnership will74 words
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Article100 2003-02-13 6 BALI tourist arrivals are picking up. The numbers are not back to their peak yet, but more than 2,000 foreigners now arrive daily a marked increase from the less than 1,000 just after the Oct 12 blasts. Before the attack, the average was between 5,000 and 6,000100 words
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Article94 2003-02-13 6 ABOUT 80 patients at specialist clinics in six public hospitals have switched to subsidised care because they have lost their jobs. Previously, they consulted the specialists as private patients and could choose which doctor they wanted to see, paying $6O to $BO on their first visit and94 words
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Financial
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Article, Illustration418 2003-02-13 8 Janice Wong - Sales of guidebooks on China up as investors flock there By Janice Wong SINGAPORE entrepreneurs Sharon Tang and Charles Chaw didn’t get overawed by China becoming Asia’s hottest investment destination. They decided instead to take advantage of it. On Feb 6, The Economic Review CommitteeClarence C/ian - 418 words
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Article53 2003-02-13 8 S’pore Canberra FTA next week -AP CANBERRA Singapore and Australia will sign a free trade agreement (FTA) next week, Trade Minister Mark Vaile said yesterday. Australian service suppliers and investors in sectors such as legal, financial and professional services, telecoms, education and environmental services will be the main beneficiaries, Mr-AP - 53 words
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Article56 2003-02-13 8 Reuters MELBOURNE Australia’s Telstra Corp yesterday refused comment on a newspaper report that it was in talks to buy SingTel’s yellow pages arm. “We don’t comment” on speculation, spokesmen for Telstra and its directories arm, Sensis, said. Sensis executives have said they would look at– Reuters - 56 words
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Article, Illustration431 2003-02-13 10 Berkshire’s offer too low, says rival bidder Reuters NEW YORK Billionaire Warren Buffett on Tuesday agreed to buy bankrupt textiles firm Burlington Industries Inc for US$579 million (Ssl billion) in cash but faced a showdown with rival bidder Wilbur Ross, founder of buyout firmReuters; Bloomberg - 431 words
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Article, Illustration578 2003-02-13 12 Boards attempt to clean up house after receiving flak when companies went bust -AP NEW YORK When new Kmart CEO Julian C Day takes the company jet for personal trips, he will have to pay for it. His base salary is lower than-AP; Pics: Bloomberg - 578 words
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Article, Illustration199 2003-02-13 12 Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES Mr John E Bryson (picture), Edison International’s 59-year-old chairman and chief executive had his identity stolen when Christopher Kaizer, 29, used information obtained from Edison’s website to pose as him. Kaizer used the company’s corporate tax number from its SEC– Los Angeles Times - 199 words
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Advertisement1052 2003-02-13 13 A new wonder product from Japan that allows you to cleanse your body and return it to a natural healthy state RED SUN RED SUN TAKARA NATURAL TREE EXTRACT It is widely known that the waste products accumulated from the food we eat and the polluted air we breathe in1,052 words
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Medical
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Article363 2003-02-13 14 Major study shows that women should eat less red meat, refined bread AMID the many studies and findings about diet and disease, one thing seems to remain constant: the benefit of consuming lots of fruit and vegetables. A recent large study has found that such363 words
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Article133 2003-02-13 14 Q I have had four bouts of gastrointestinal problems during the year. What supplements can I take to boost my health and prevent such problems? 1 Gastrointestinal problems can f lead to poor digestion and X JL absorption of nutrients from food. Taking supplements is not a solution.133 words
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Comment
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Article, Illustration794 2003-02-13 16 SOH WEN LIN - Soh what? By SOH WEN LIN The Straits Times GIVEN that it’s Valentine’s Day tomorrow, it would be timely to discuss something close to the heart of many Singaporeans. Taxis. Why there’s never one around when you really need it. And why introducing inspectionThe Straits Times - 794 words
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Article, Illustration679 2003-02-13 18 LEE HAN SHIH - By LEE HAN SHIH The Business Times THE big shake-up at the Housing Board involves a lot of hard work, heartache and hard cash. But to what end? Will HDB flats be cheaper? Sometime during the next three weeks, National Development Minister Mah Bow TanThe Business Times - 679 words
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Vocal
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Article151 2003-02-13 20 I REFER to “ERS forms make process easier” (Streats, Feb 7), a letter by the Ministry of Finance. Easier for who? The administrators or the people in need of help? As the letter states, the CPF Board has passed to the grassroots organisations special forms,151 words
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Article205 2003-02-13 20 I APPLAUD the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts for employing the power of the Internet to set the record straight on differences of opinion in MalaysiaSingapore disputes, particularly over water supply. Hopefully, some Malaysian surfers will be able to access the information and understand our205 words
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Article549 2003-02-13 20 IN her commentary “Want a girlfriend? Get a nice car” (Streats, Feb 7), Ms Janice Wong was correct to make the assumption that having a nice car will attract girls. She did not say explicitly that a nice car would get you a long-lasting relationship549 words
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307 2003-02-13 22 IT WAS most unfair of Mr Conrad Raj to state in his commentary, “More fees not answer to taxi problem” (Streats, Feb 10), that taxi drivers take it easy and are not hungry enough. He feels this way because he is assured of307 words
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Global
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Article, Illustration515 2003-02-13 24 Bali bomber says cleric is ‘emir’ cited in JI handbook JAKARTA In Chapter 39 of a handbook meant to be destroyed long before it was found, Indonesian investigators said they discovered a fundamental rule of Jemaah Islamiah (JI): All armed operations must be approved by theAP - 515 words
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279 2003-02-13 24 WASHINGTON Americans have been urged to assemble a “disaster supply kit” to prepare for a biological, chemical or nuclear attack. Officials also suggested that families identify a room, preferably windowless and ideally in a basement, to use as a hideout, the Times of London279 words
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Article196 2003-02-13 24 LONDON Britain’s fattest girl 12-year-old Joy Wilson who weighs 159 kg has been warned by doctors that her weight problem could kill her before adulthood. She is three-and-a-half times heavier than the average for a girl her age, the Mirror reported yesterday. Doctors have196 words
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Article164 2003-02-13 24 AFP WELLINGTON A New Zealand politician who had explained her dramatic weight loss as the result of a lifestyle change was on Monday kicked out of her party amid allegations that she used public money to finance a secret stomach stapling operation. One-timeAFP - 164 words
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Thursday Tech
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Article106 2003-02-13 26 Multimedia messaging service MMS is similar to the familiar SMS, except that it lets you attach pictures and, in future, even short videos and sound clips. Polyphonic ringtones If you had played the tune Hotel California on your old cellphone, it would have sounded106 words
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Article, Illustration762 2003-02-13 26 ALFRED SIEW - Thanks to technological enhancements the cellphone is turning into a gamepad, camera or communication toy By ALFRED SIEW The Computer Times IF student Calvin Wong, 14, has enough money, he will run out and buy a Nokia phone which lets him play games and send multimediaThe Computer Times - 762 words
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Article386 2003-02-13 28 A DIGITAL camera, a Web-based e-mail account and Internet access are the three components you need to send e-postcards. Here are some tips on preparations before you go. CAMERA A two-megapixel camera is good enough for 4R prints. But, if you want to print, you’ll386 words
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Article, Illustration585 2003-02-13 28 GEOFFREY PEREIRA - The Internet and the digital camera have combined to give those on holiday abroad a fast and convenient way to keep in touch with those at home By GEOFFREY PEREIRA The Straits Times YOU lie on a beach abroad with pen and postcard, and write back toThe Straits Times - 585 words
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Article, Illustration818 2003-02-13 30 Companies and small enterprises turn to match-making as a novel way to pull in an extra bit of cash and publicity. YVONNE KWOK reports THE old cliche is to never mix business with pleasure, but more and more businesses are flirting with match-making schemes that were once818 words
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Article, Illustration271 2003-02-13 32 IS this the year of the Latino for the Oscars? asks USA Today. It noted that Latino actors and filmmakers picked up 10 Academy Award nominations on Tuesday. One of the nominees, Frida star Salma Hayek, up for best actress, said: “It’sReuters - 271 words
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Article127 2003-02-13 32 SO who wants to be a millionaire when you can be a billionaire? The producers of the American TV programme, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, are creating a new show that makes a million look like peanuts it will have a potential jackpot of a127 words
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Article128 2003-02-13 32 THE White Trash Curry Kick has been scrapped. British performance artist Andre Stitt was supposed to wear silver platform boots and kick an empty take-away curry carton down a street in a “conceptual art event”, reported The Scotsman on Monday. However, it caused outrage when announced last week,128 words
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Article, Illustration113 2003-02-13 34 THE deaths of two men in Australia from shark attacks in Gold Coast I canals recently may be I linked to the drought. The drought meant less fresh water was running into the canals, making them saltier. This led to greater numbers of saltwater fish, followeds Pic Clarence Chan - 113 words
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Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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Article, Illustration38 2003-02-13 34 Bpm, Channel U Tao and Xiong accidentally injure Ye Xi. Dragon Lady rescues Ye Xi with her dragon pearl, only to have her swallow it accidentally. Xin Yue and Zhou Chu get injured in a fight.38 words
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Article45 2003-02-13 34 10pm, Central In the opening episode of the series, Singapore Dance Theatre ballerina Cheah Mei Sing warms up to the salsa. Although a trained ballerina, she finds the lead-and-follow movement difficult as she is used to knowing every step at all times.45 words
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Happenin’
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Article59 2003-02-13 34 RIVER REVEL Tomorrow, 7pm Asian Civilisations Musium (1, Empress Place) $39 for SDS members, $44 for non members Call 6311-9200 Not doing anything on Valentine’s Day? Let the Social Development Service help you meet new friends. The ticket includes a formal sit-down dinner and a disco where you59 words
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Article, Illustration57 2003-02-13 34 FAMILY MATTERS Today and tomorrow, llam-3pm Caltex House, Raffles Place MRT Free Family Matters! Singapore presents two roadshows to celebrateßomancing Singapore. Catch Mark Lee and Patricia Mok as they present a hilarious talk show on Before and After Marriage. There will also be guest appearances by Andrea De Cruz57 words
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Page 34 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous451 2003-02-13 34 Your jai H horoscope AQUARIUS JAN2O-FEB 18 Heal yourself without veering into selfindulgence. Nonparticipants still need to pay attention. Someone will soon be relying on you, and you want to be here to answer the call. PISCES FEB 19-MAR2O You’re the happy conduit for some greater power. The stars bring451 words
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Advertisement184 2003-02-13 35 It’s the Season for Love and what’s romance without an intimate meal for two? This 14 Feb, treat your beloved to our Valentine’s Day Special amidst our warm, cozy ambience... the perfect setting for sharing a special moment together. So make it a date to remember at Island Cafe on184 words
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Sports
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Article, Illustration689 2003-02-13 36 Murder, suicide and bankruptcy befall top sailors AFP AUCKLAND Billions of dollars can buy almost everything except yachting’s America’s Cup. Team New Zealand will defend its possession of sport’s oldest trophy from Saturday, facing Swiss billionaire Ernesto Bertarelli who used his own money to create AlinghiAFP - 689 words
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Article, Illustration391 2003-02-13 36 -AFP GENEVA As a dashing, rich and handsome billionaire with a yen for sailing, Ernesto Bertarelli (right) is in line with the magnates of yesteryear who used to dominate the America’s Cup. But the Swiss owner of Alinghi is an unusual figure in his own country-AFP; AFP - 391 words
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Article, Illustration463 2003-02-13 38 Lim Han Ming - Former SEA Games gold-medallist to focus on career with the military By Lim Han Ming DOMINIC Lim Zhong (right), a double gold-medallist at the South-east Asia Games in 1999, plans to take a break from bowling. Currently serving his basic military training, the 21-year-old aims to focus463 words
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Article, Illustration687 2003-02-13 40 Manager Ferguson to reap benefit of Keane’s retirement Reuters LONDON Manchester United fans can rub their hands with glee after Roy Keane’s announcement that he will no longer play international football for the Republic of Ireland. The decision is likely to prolong the club career of United’s 31-year-oldReuters; Reuters J - 687 words
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Article, Illustration617 2003-02-13 42 Adam Hashidy - Woman, 25, will guide a keelboat around the world with three men on deck By- Adam Hashidy FOR 120 days, Elaine Chua (right) will be the envy of many. For a start, the petite 2 5-year-old will not be stuck in a cramped office all dayClarence Chan - 617 words
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Article107 2003-02-13 42 NBA CHAMPIONSHIP Minnesota 100 Dallas 98 MINNEAPOLIS -The Minnesota Timberwolves kicked off the second half of the National Basketball Association season with one of their most exciting victories. Wally Szczerbiak hit a fallaway jumper from the left wing at the buzzer, lifting the Timberwolves to a 100-98107 words
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Article97 2003-02-13 42 BADMINTON SINGAPORE’S Ronald Susilo beat Portugal’s Marco Vasconcelos 15-2, 15-1 in the first round of the All-England Championships yesterday. He now meets Malaysia’s Roslin Hashim. The eighth seed was joined in the next round by compatriot Indra Wijaya, who disposed off Przemyslaw Wacha of Poland 15-11, 15-13. While97 words
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Article87 2003-02-13 42 Reuters GUANGDONG, China A lethargic Brazil drew 0-0 with China yesterday in a friendly which it could have easily lost had the home side possessed sharper strikers. Three times Sun Jihai, at the heart of nearly all China’s best moves, chipped in low crosses that eluded the centre-backsReuters - 87 words
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Article77 2003-02-13 42 CATCH former England and Manchester United captain Bryan Robson in action at the Bedok Stadium tonight (7.30 pm). He will turn up for ESPN Stars in a friendly against an S-League coaches side. V Sundramoorthy, Terry Pathmanathan, Malek Awab and Kadir Yahaya are among those in the77 words
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