Streats, 30 June 2003

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  • 10 1 Streats MONDAY, JUNE 30, 2003 E-mall: streats@sph.com.sg mita <p) 111/03/2003
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  • 587 1  -  With fewer companies on attachment list, NTU students offered jobs outside their fields of study By Shervin Seah THIRD-YEAR Nanyang Technological University engineering undergraduate R Kumar, 24, thinks he has wasted his time as an intern with a local engineering firm. The mechanical and production engineering student did
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    • 101 1 IF TIT, Vv -as* $1 ACQUISITIONS o #>* \.i X^T f V •A* 8 fair? Are they V>. CONRAD RA. empathises land owners Chuan Park Ik with m SI of #CGd w fife m and f Kim Keat ■■s. Fsm stretch -a S\ k: V*-*b ’m?: 75* .jfej ttv£' •-x
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  • Morning Rush
    • 511 2  -  Giant observation wheel could lure 2.5 m visitors a year By Choong Choon Yee THE Singapore Flyer, the tallest structure to be built in Marina Centre, could turn out to be the “Wheel of Fortune” for businesses in the area. Hotels, shopping malls and
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    • 543 3  -  UK sub-contractor of gas system caught in middle of delay dispute By Choong Choon Yee DR ROBERT Eden, 51, the managing director of UK-based Organics, is unhappy that his environmental protection company has not been paid about $150,000 for a Ministry of the Environment (ENV) project.
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    • 551 4  -  Winner of women’s event at Car-nival clocks in at 18 secs flat By_ Janice Wong YOU know your boss is a sadist when he calls you two days before a parallel parking contest and, knowing you are bad at parking, orders you to cover
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    • 275 4  -  By Shervin Seoh HE was so obsessed with his work as a yo-yo demonstrator that his wife finally left him, preferring to look for “a guy with a real job”. For Mr Steve Brown, 27, the US national yo-yo master, this game is his
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    • 137 6 Unemployed Singaporeans cannot dip into CPF for now BUZZSTOP DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong yesterday said that the Government will not adopt the Remaking Singapore Committee’s proposal that unemployed Singaporeans be allowed to dip into their Central Provident Fund savings, at least for now. Speaking to reporters at the
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    • 46 6 German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder waiting for his cabinet colleagues in the park of Neuhardenberg palace, 70km east of Berlin, prior to the final sitting of a two-day closed door meeting yesterday. The meeting discussed structural reforms and tax policy AP —i
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    • 143 6 Yaacob cautions Muslims MUSLIM Affairs Minister Yaacob Ibrahim said yesterday that the testimony of the three Jemaah Islamiah detainees who accepted that they had been misled by warped Islamic teachings has a wider message for the Muslim community. Dr Yaacob, who is also the Minister
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    • 127 6 Schools get scanners I SOME schools in the UK will install electronic scanners to stop students who use Internet-enabled cellphones I to cheat in O-level and A-level examinations. More than 360 students have cheated using cellphones during exams in Britain so far this year.
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    • 128 6 India approves corruption bill AP INDIA’S Cabinet on Saturday agreed to include the Prime Minister under the authority of a proposed ombudsman that aims to check rampant corruption in government decision-making. A meeting headed by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and his cabinet colleagues unanimously decided
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    • 109 6 AFP MYANMAR’S opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi marks one month in detention today, with the country’s military leaders giving no sign of when she will be released despite a mounting international outcry. The Nobel laureate was taken into what the regime called “protective custody” on
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    • 103 6 Reuters THE time has come for British Prime Minister Tony Blair to step down, according to a poll commissioned by London’s News of the World newspaper. Most voters said that Mr Blair is no longer trustworthy, the Mori survey, which was published yesterday, showed. A
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    • 82 6 AFP MALAYSIA is beefing up its police force by recruiting 23,000 people over the next two years to cope with “increasing workload”, Malaysian media reported yesterday. Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said 4,000 people have been selected so far. There are currently 80,000 police
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    • 105 6 -ap IN a city known more for sin than virtue, a group of virgins from around the country gathered last weekend to send a message: Wait until marriage. It was a clash of the “Good Girls” and the sin-seekers as about 200 teens, parents and
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    • 85 5 a Mummy told Kenny Kangaroo: “Ketamine is very bad.” But Kenny didn’t listen to her. And now he’s gone quite mad. ‘■V. Uv i r; -«a t t ft < f J» f 1 u I > > 1 t Wf 5 'jpM W H»- SMS?: >. m s <
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  • Financial
    • 441 8  -  Even if you clean toilets, be the best cleaner, says Delphi’s HR director By_ Chua Kong Ho IF you land yourself a job cleaning toilets, make sure you are the best toilet cleaner among your colleagues. Even if you are a graduate. Ms Ginny
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    • 175 8 Chua Kong Ho PLASTIC component maker Sunningdale Precision Industries last Friday revealed plans to raise at least $8 million to fund the setting up of a new factory in Mexico and expand existing facilities in China and Malaysia. In a preliminary prospectus filed with
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    • 24 8 AS AT JUNE 2T US$: 553~753 552.904 EURO: 552.001 Ss: 68.29 YEN Ss: RM2.168 Ss: HK54.448 Ss: 23.85 BAHT Ss: 4,726 RUPIAH
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    • 447 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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    • 518 11 Outgoing Aussie watchdog is consumers’ hero, but corporate bosses’ nemesis -AFP SYDNEY The departing head of Australia’s competition regulator, Professor Allan Fels, admitted yesterday that he was surprised to have lasted as long as he did in a job that earned him so many corporate
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    • 240 11 -AFP SEOUL SK Global’s local and foreign creditors have failed to narrow differences over how to rescue the ailing trading arm of South Korea’s third largest conglomerate, reports said yesterday. Talks in Hong Kong on Friday revealed a wide gap between the parties,
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    • 246 10 Share The Good Things in Life Michelle Michael introduced 15 friends, which earned them 12,000 Link Points, which is about 1 week's worth of free groceries! *>*>,■ 4 Michelle «S. A 3S Accounts Lxftcutiv#) -9. W t Michael (Customer Service Officer) W 4 f ■Lw fej' #*'"’> wirw </7* ff/e
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  • Comment
    • 633 13  -  By CONRAD RAJ THE Land Acquisition Act is one of the most controversial pieces of legislation in Singapore for it touches something very dear to most people property. Had it not been for the Act, some Housing Board estates and/or other public developments such as
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  • Vocal
    • 253 14 I REFER to the letter, “Treat us equally”, by Ms Irene Chu (Streats, June 24). We would like to assure Ms Chu that the development of Punggol Town is still very much in progress, as can be seen from the construction work
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    • 325 14 I REFER to the letters by John G Fong (Streats, June 23) and Vera Lui, head of corporate affairs, Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd (Streats, June 27). I want to ask Mr Fong as a fellow road user if he has ever committed any of
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    • 167 14 LTA has announced that once the North East Line starts operations, some of the private bus service lines will be eliminated. I’m one of the regular passengers of private bus 638 (Punggol to Shenton Way) and would like to share my views. Although
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    • 165 14 A FORTNIGHT ago, I drove past Nutmeg Road (behind Lucky Plaza in Orchard Road) in the direction of Mount Elizabeth Hospital. When I reached the spot where the shops Mount E Laundry and Clearvision are located, a huge chunk of dried tree branches fell on
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    • 85 14 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at StreatS@Sph.CO!il.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 be
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    • 434 15 My friends asked, "What happened to your face?" My relatives said, "You don't look like this before, what happened to you?" These were the remarks I heard before. I felt hurt and even ashamed to step out of my house. I've tried many products and methods until 1 lost confidence
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  • Global
    • 480 16 Arafat’s A 1 Aqsa suicide brigade rejects truce plan, saying its leaders were not consulted GAZA The A 1 Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military unit of Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Yasser Arafat’s Fatah faction, has distanced itself from the truce plan aimed at ending violence in
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    • 329 18 SYDNEY Big Brother is looming large in Australia. Following closely the centenary of George Orwell, the Sunday Herald yesterday reported that Australians are one of the most spied upon people in the Western world, with mail interceptions and telephone taps rising daily. Civil liberty groups
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    • 272 18 HAYATO, Japan A faux pas by a member of parliament may just be a reflection of Japan’s attitudes towards sex crimes in school. Speaking at a recent public symposium, Mr Seiichi Ota (pictured above) made light of recent reports of gang rapes at a
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    • 467 18 Advertising Feature Edmund Chen Zhi Cai youthful look -It's all in the hair "Having a beer belly and being 'botak' can make you look like an 'uncle'." t ML Written by CRYSTAL HENG POPULAR Media Corp artiste Edmund Chen Zhi Cai has been in the entertainment circle for nearly 2
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  • Medical
    • 194 19 Reuters GENEVA If you’re pregnant, you might want to pass on shark’s fin soup at the next Chinese dinner you attend. Food and health watchdog groups said last Friday that pregnant women should be careful about how much shark and swordfish they eat. The World
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    • 84 19 HEALTH FACT THERE are three forms of mercury methyl, elemental and inorganic. Releases of mercury into the environment are usually in the form of elemental or inorganic forms. Methylmercury is an organic form of mercury. Methylmercury bioaccumulates through the food chain and, once in the body, can
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    • 678 19 Would you condemn your own child for life or invest 4 hours learning to improve his *J3)M *****53 A Natural Vision Improvement approach to Short-sightedness Long-sightedness Middle or Old Age Astigmatism Harry Quek had been wearing glasses since 1962. He was myopic, had astigmatism and night blindness since young and
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  • EasyStreats
    • 361 20  -  By Gary Lim A PROMISING soccer career, an architect’s degree. Domenico di Luccio, 34, had all this, but gave it up and turned to drinking. But then, it’s part of his job. “Wine is my passion and I’ve lived in a wine
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    • 702 20 Call him a braggart or what you will but Jacky Wus achievements in showbiz are nothing short of phenomenal. And he has one tai-tai to thankfor it, as GARY LIM finds out IT’S not his girlfriend. Nor any of the numerous women that Taiwanese host and singer
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    • journeys
      • 627 22 Port Moresby is dusty, scrappy and has a reputation as a crimeridden city. But there are greatfinds for the intrepid traveller, assures LOW ENG SIM J IF YOU use your own wheels, wind up all the windows tight, lock all the doors and drive from secure
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    • 103 23 Want to talk about the weather? Look up the Met Link project. It’s for people of all ages, worldwide. The aim is to exchange weather observations using an online database. You would record data using a maximum and minimum thermometer, a rain gauge and a cloud
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        63 23 7.30 pm, Channel 5 Nick Chen (Chow Yun Fat) is the first Chinabom immigrant in the NYPD, one of the force’s most decorated officers and the leader of the city’s Asian Gang Unit, who are the primary peacekeepers in Chinatown. With a gang war on the horizon, the
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      • 50 23 10pm, Channel i When prostitute Cody Zamora rescues her friend, Anita, from an abusive customer by killing him, she is sentenced to hang. Anita and their two friends, Eileen and Lilly, rescue Cody. The four make a run for Texas, pursued by two detectives hired to track them.
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    • Happenin’
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        96 23 40 EXHIBITIONS IN 40 DAYS Tomorrow till Aug 30; 10am-spm on weekdays and 10am12pm on Saturdays Sculpture Square (155, Middle Road; in the private Corridor Gallery, press doorbell for access). Free Sculpture Square is one of the 40 venues for Icelandic artist Aaalheaiur Eysteinsdottir’s worldwide solo exhibition. On each
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      • 74 23 LES DESTINEES SENTIMENTALES Tomorrow, 9pm Alliance Francaise Theatre (1, Sarkies Road) Tickets at s7from Sistic (call 6348-5555) Jean is a Protestant minister whose marriage to Nathalie is already falling apart when he meets Pauline. To escape the disapproval of his conservative community, he quits the clergy and sets up
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    • 81 23 If you wish to have your event highlighted in Happenin’, e-mail Streats at streats@sph.com.sg or fax 6319-8191-Please check with organisers for latest status of events. 11 Perke Ikan 14 Sam 15 Safe 12 Teron 13 cap H Ikan 16 20 Tahu Kuning 19 Ota M 17 Ay am Goreng 18
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 441 23 Yourdailvhoroscope jp AQUARIUS PISCES (3*© ARIES JAN 20-FEB 18 FEB 19 MAR 20 MAR2I -APR 19 Aquarius has added Creativity pulses Limitations are evident one layer too many. through your every act. in a project. Old school Subtract everything but Even the tasks that may be better than intention and
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  • Sports
    • 599 24  -  Singapore badminton adds one more Indonesian to its stable By_ Lim Han Ming ROBERT Sugarra (right), one of Indonesia’s top junior shuttlers, has joined the Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) under its foreign talent scheme. The 17-year-old is a product of the famous Jaya Raya club in Jakarta
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    • 367 24 Reuters LYON, France Still shocked after the death of Marc-Vivien Foe at its Gerland stadium three days ago, the city of Lyon, where Foe’s family is living, was mourning the Cameroon midfielder yesterday. The player’s wife, Marie-Louise, was to be flown to Paris
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    • Article, Illustration
      568 25  -  Defender Lenan plays pivotal part in U-18 team’s success By_ Adam Hashidy “DON’T waste your time with football.” The advice, often unsolicited, was given to central defender Lenan Govindaraju (right) each time he returned from an overseas competition after another debacle. Not anymore. Two weeks ago, the 17-year-old
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    • 429 26 Michael Schumacher, Raikkonen suffer losses NURBURGRING, Germany Ralf Schumacher (above) claimed his first win of the season in the European Grand Prix here yesterday, as championship leaders Kimi Raikkonen and Michael Schumacher were left to count their losses. Ralf, who last won in the Malaysian Grand Prix
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    • 94 26 1. Ralf Schumacher (Ger) Williams-BMW lhr 34min 43.6225ec 2. Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) Williams-BMW at 16.8215ec 3. Rubens Barrichello (Bra) Ferrari 39.613 4. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:05.731 5. Michael Schumacher (Ger) Ferrari 1:06.162 6. Mark Webber (Aus) Jaguar-Cosworth One lap Overall standings Drivers....... 1. Michael Schumacher
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    • Article, Illustration
      470 27 Thai Paradom has work cut out against in-form Roddick Wire services WIMBLEDON In-form American Andy Roddick will start favourite when he goes up against Thai 12th seed Paradom Srichaphan (below) in the .last 16 at Wimbledon today. The confidence of 20-year-old Roddick is sky high after winning at
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    • 155 27 MEN Max Mirnyi (Blr) v Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) Paradorn Srichaphan (Tha xl2) v Andy Roddick (US x 5) Roger Federer (Swi x 4) v Feliciano Lopez (Spa) Rainer Schuettler (Ger x 9) v Sjeng Schalken (Ned x 8) David Nalbandian (Arg x 6) v Tim Henman
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    • 108 27 BADMINTON SINGAPORE’S top pair of Hendri Supatra and Denny Setiawan yesterday won the doubles title at the Waikato International Badminton Championships in New Zealand. The 109th-ranked pair scored the biggest upset of the tournament when it stunned the Japanese top seed and world No 9 pair
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    • 117 27 SOCCER -AFP SAINT ETIENNE, France Turkey striker Okan Yilmaz, who missed a crucial penalty in Thursday’s semi-final loss to France, made amends here with a late goal to earn his country third place in the Confederations Cup. Okan’s superb 87th minute strike on top of Tuncay Sanli’s third-minute
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    • 87 27 AFP SYDNEY The Australian football community was devastated yesterday after it lost the Oceania Confederation’s automatic place at the 2006 and 2010 World Cup finals promised by Fifa president Sepp Blatter. Fifa’s executive committee at a meeting in Paris on Saturday voted overwhelmingly, 22-1, to give Oceania’s half
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