Streats, 4 August 2003

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  • 13 1 Streats MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2003 E-mail: streats@sph .com.sg mita|(P) m/03/2003 l l 1
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  • 550 1  -  US wants visas even for foreigners passing through en route to another country ?y_ r Khushwant Singh THE United States, fearing infiltration into the country by extremists and terrorists, now. wants foreigners merely transiting through its airports to also have visas. Nationals from some Asean
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    • 73 1 £sil§23s§fc& Hi 1 r M ss iss; '~v&. JANICE WONG finds the Swiss town of Montreux ideal for recharging batteries PAGE 28 1 iimSIMS TAXING TIME Go easy on those receiving golden handshakes, CONRAD RAJ tells the taxman page 17 L l. r--. r rst -4% B* &•••> v i<
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  • Morning Rush
    • 413 2  -  Ace golfer Greg Norman and boat-builder Oceanfast launch luxuiy yacht series By Pradeep Rajan GREG Norman may be a wonder on the golf course but his latest venture on the open seas is also leaving some people open-mouthed. The champion golfer, fondly known as the
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    • 507 3  -  Japanese dance competition winners make sacrifices for their sport By Shervin Seah SEDATE clerk by day, hot Latin dancer by night. These are the two sides of Ms Chiaki Seko, 20, who gyrated her way to top spot in the 6th Great World City
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    • 450 4  -  He put offNUS studies and used his savings to open help centre Zubaidah Nazeer MR TREVOR Xie’s compassion for troubled youths and his dedication in helping them solve their problems belies his young age of 22. His calling was already clear in secondary school
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    • 434 4  -  By Philip Lee SINGAPORE’S former football great, Mr Wilfred Skinner, died in a Vancouver Hospital late on Saturday after being in a coma for a week. He had suffered a stroke while walking his two pet dogs. Mr Skinner, who was 69, leaves behind
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    • 127 6 BUZZSTOP FOUR Singaporeans in their 20s who graduated from foreign universities have set up the Kopitiam Discussion Group, which arranges discussions on political issues led by trained facilitators. The name captures the informality and spontaneity that the group wants the discussions to characterise, said
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 6 Ms Wan Azizah Ismail, wife of jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim, waving at the merger of her Parti Keadilan Nasional with the Malaysian People's Party in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. In the background is the logo of the new People’s Justice Party AP
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    • 142 6 Tech jobs leaving US ap SINGAPOREANS are not alone when it comes to job woes. Faced with intense competition and the need to cut costs, one in 10 technology jobs in the US is likely to move overseas within the next 18 months, says research
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    • 150 6 Ministers: Staff not just statistics THREE key members of the Government yesterday called on company bosses here to think of their workers as human beings and not as statistics or costs. Deputy Prime Ministers Lee Hsien Loong and Tony Tan, and Mr Chan Soo Sen,
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    • 135 6 Spending power HAIL the new breed of super-shopper who is set to save Singapore’s flagging retail sector. They are the upcoming generation of 25- to 35-year-olds who will have spending power and be able to weather economic downturns better, a gathering of analysts heard last
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    • 96 6 Reuters HAND-HELD computers used to store phone numbers, medical and credit-card information leave millions fully exposed to identity-theft and other crimes, security experts said on Saturday in Las Vegas. Software is now widely available to allow people to steal information from popular Palm-based computers, especially
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    • 86 6 COMPANIES in the service industry are busy snapping up former Singapore Airlines cabin crew members, including those laid off recently. Their well-groomed appearance, strong people skills and social manners are proving irresistible to hotels, banks and real estate companies, The Straits Times reports today. Anong the
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    • 117 6 Reuters AN audio tape purportedly by top A 1 Qaeda official Ayman A 1 Zawahri warned the US that it would pay a high price if it harmed any of the detainees it is holding at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. “I swear in the name of
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    • 94 6 AP SEVENTEEN Palestinian militants being held at Mr Yasser Arafat’s Ramallah compound after refusing a request to leave will be allowed out of custody, a leader of the militants said yesterday. Mr Kamal Ghanam, of the A 1 Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades, said that the militants would
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  • Financial
    • 294 8 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Stock markets in Hong Kong and Singapore have lagged behind in this year’s rally in Asian shares. But they may catch up in the second half, according to Mr Norman Villamin, Asia-Pacific strategist at Morgan Stanley. The two markets “will
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    • 455 8  -  LG Electronics plans to launch new cellphone models every fortnight till Sept By Janice Wong KOREA’S LG Electronics may not be a household name to cellphone users here yet. But this will change soon if Mr Don S Byon (above), its director of the Singapore
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    • 474 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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    • 425 10 Electronics giant moves to fight falling demand for video games in Japan AFP TOYKO Struggling electronics giant Sony plans to jazz up the Internet features on its video game consoles, such as the world-famous Play Station series, to combat faltering demand in Japan. The domestic game-related
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    • 248 12 AFP SYDNEY Australian winemakers plan to challenge the dominance of “old world” rivals in Europe’s premium wine market and push low-cost wines in the US to maintain the strong export growth of recent years, according to industry experts. The Australian Wine Export
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    • 682 12 Cistercian monks ease vow of silence for winery business venture Bloomberg SAN PEDRO DE CARDENA, Spain Padre Marcos is a chief executive of few words. “We are cloistered,” the abbot of the San Pedro de Cardena Monastery murmurs from beneath his white cowl, his words
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    • 454 14 Merchants now using search engine rather than auction website to sell goods Bloomberg PORTLAND, Oregon Mr Joel Boblit started buying and selling action figures on EBay in 1997. This year, he expects to sell US$3 million (555.28 million) worth of toys. Mr Boblit is on the
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    • 24 14 AS AT AUGUST 1 US$: 551.764 552.833 EURO: 551.977 Ss: 68.24 YEN Ss: RM2.154 Ss: HK54.421 Ss: 23.81 BAHT Ss: 4,824 RUPIAH
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  • Comment
    • 613 17  -  By CONRAD RAJ MR Rahmat bin Mohamad was among about 30 cabin crew who three years ago happily decided to accept a “golden handshake” from Singapore Airlines and leave the national carrier. But the handshake was far less golden than he expected. The Inland Revenue
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  • Vocal
    • 453 19 I READ with great interest the recent news reports about research by the team from the National Institute of Education (NIE) which found that children in primary schools were not interacting as much with schoolmates of other races. If children do not form strong
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    • 207 19 PASSENGERS lose no time in complaining about rude taxi drivers, but my cabby friend says there is no avenue for him to grouse about rude and inconsiderate commuters. He has been hauled before management after complaints were made by passengers. He tells me that one problem
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    • 149 19 MR Philip Lee hit the nail on the head when he said in his column, “Fight racial divide with a common language” (Streats, Aug 1), that a common language, namely English, should be used in schools as in the old days. The success of the Speak
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    • 53 19 MR Philip Lee pinpointed in his commentary very real reasons for racial segregation among our children. The spoken word carries much power. A shared language brings people together. If we are really serious about “One People, One Nation”, a common language is the way to do
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    • 154 19 LAST Friday, I was waiting in my car for a friend at a Fort Canning carpark when a parking attendant informed me that, since my vehicle was occupying a parking lot, I had to use a parking coupon. When I pointed out that there were
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    • 85 19 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at 5treat$@$ptl„COm.$g 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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  • Global
    • 322 20 But pan-Asean pipeline plan seen facing obstacles Wire services BATAM Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will today lead a team of Singapore leaders, including Minister for Trade and Industry George Yeo and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and MTI Raymond Lim, to attend the
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    • Article, Illustration
      33 20 Contestants jumping into a tomato pit during the annual tomato fight on Saturday in Budapest, Hungary. The event is part of the Sziget Festival, one of Europe's largest music galas AP
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    • 282 20 JAKARTA In apparent contradiction to her Finance Minister, central bank chief and other market watchers, President Megawati Sukarnoputri announced last Friday that Indonesia would not meet its official growth forecast of 4 per cent this year. Speaking at the People’s Consultative Assembly, Ms Megawati said that
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    • 331 22 China’s Hu breaks tradition in populist move Los Angeles Times BEIJING Mao Zedong started the tradition of an annual summer retreat for China’s Communist leaders, and for years the nation’s most powerful officials have come each August to the Beidaihe resort along northern China’s
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  • Medical
    • 297 24 Solar-powered lasers cheaper alternative to traditional treatment Reuters WASHINGTON The sun may offer a cheaper alternative to traditional medical lasers, Israeli researchers said last week. Solar-powered lasers can kill tissues as well as medical lasers, but at a lower cost, said Mr Jeffrey Gordon, a researcher
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    • 174 24 QWhat is a photo-laser procedure? What are its side effects? A Photo-laser operation is a non-aggressive and non-ablative laser resurfacing procedure mainly for the treatment of skin pores, hyper-pigmentation and acne scars. It is also used to firm, tone and smoothen the skin, as well as remove unwanted
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  • EasyStreats
    • 716 26 From helping out her parents at their vegetable stall to being crowned Miss Singapore International 2003 last Friday, Berlin Koh shares her exhilaration with GARYLIM IT was almost the witching hour when Berlin Koh finally changed into a comfortable white spaghettistrapped top and blue jeans and settled down
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    • journeys
      • 526 28 If you want to see time stand still, JANICE WONG suggests Montreux in Switzerland IF you are looking for a place far from the madding crowd, a French-speaking town in Switzerland may be your answer. Unlike the bustling Swiss cities of Zurich and Geneva, Montreux is
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    • 280 30 SHE’S funny as Phoebe in hit TV sitcom Friends. But Lisa Kudrow has just sprung a I surprise on fans she is playing a H porn star’s wife in hard-hitting drama H Wonderland. John Holmes was a pom legend I who starred in hundreds of hardcore
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    • 140 30 BEN Affleck’s breathing several sighs of relief. A Vancouver club stripper, who danced for him, has come out in his defence. He didn’t feel anyone up, according to a pagesix.com report yesterday. The National Enquirer tabloid recently published a front page story claiming that, on
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    • 453 32 AFP IT began in Kabul as a joke, but with the help of a few German musicians, Afghanistan’s all-girl rock group, Burqa Band, was formed in the space of a day and has hit the airwaves and clubs in Germany. All that remains of the ephemeral alliance
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    • 192 32 MOST people will be aware of music and movie piracy, but a case of book piracy affecting a television food programme personality in Britain has raised questions over what action, if any, can be taken against the perpetrator, a London newspaper reported yesterday.
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    • 107 33 The world needs to develop an integrated system to observe and record climate change and other 1 environmental trends, government 1 officials and scientists from more than 30 countries agreed last Friday. Participants at the Earth Observation Summit, held at the US State Department in Washington,
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        65 33 7-3Opm, Channel i The new kid on the block, Josh has no friends and is too shy to try out for the school basketball team. When practicing on an abandoned court, he befriends a runaway dog named Buddy, which has an astounding ability to score baskets. Josh and
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      • 62 33 10.30 pm, Channel 5 During a rave in the Indian caves, a student kills himself in a wild stunt and Pete gets zapped by something that makes him behave wildly. When Chloe and Clark investigate the cave, she gets infected as well. Lex finds out that there are alien
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    • Happenin’
      • Article, Illustration
        104 33 BRITISH FILM FESTIVAL Till Wednesday, 7pm and 9-30pmGV Grand, Great World City Tickets at $9 from the box office andAXS stations Check www.gv.com.sg for schedules. I Capture the Castle (pictured) will be screened tonight at 9.30 pm. A love story set in England in the *****, it is based
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      • 57 33 DOUBLE TROUBLE Tomorrow, 6.30 pm Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Middle Gallery (111, Middle Road) Tickets at $lO (call 6331-0386) Touted as a “tantalising tribute to boring early music”, the concert features Shaun Ng on the viola da gamba and Shane Thio on the harpsichord. They will perform works
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    • 2000 29 FORUMS The Imagery of Brutality Violence in Contemporary Literature Acclaimed writers Dominique Sigaud, Ronny Someck, Hona Ying, Mawar Shafei and Sivakami confront the harrowing topic of violence, both real ana imaginary. Chaired by Eleanor Wong. Date >2l August, Thursday :Time >8 pm Venue > Asian Civilisations Museum (Empress Place), Ngee
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    • 59 31 3 WITH -r 1 I J JT J __i < i H M system o Rojak Auntie got problem! e W JfsishklJ .v '•J. life Ann Poh a m ’VijU i < *W v'' W ”>’l pa 1 MR H A 'll :sb fe J* M Ks® Wmm #lk-. V;,;
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    • 78 33 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. WATARI JAPANESE RESTAURANT EAT ALL YOU CAN A-La-Carfe Buffet Unlimited Serving for Lunch Dinner g? a m.w H ‘minimum 4 paxs. Menu is subject
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 462 33 Yourdailyhoroseope J® AQUARIUS PISCES ARIES JAN2O-FEB 18 FEB 19 MAR 20 MAR 21 -APR 1 Own the results if they come engraved with your name. Accidents are often the most genuine moments of creation. One way or another, your desires lead you to the person or thing that you deserve.
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  • Sports
    • 586 34  -  By_ Tan Kim Han HE plays for Happy Valley FC. Yet happy is hardly the right word to describe the mood of Cheung Sai Ho (left), the Hong Kong captain, and his 1 team-mates. For they had
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    • 385 34 FOOTBALL betting on foreign matches was legalised in Hong Kong last Friday. The move is aimed at stamping out illegal bookmakers, who cost Hong Kong about HK$l billion (***** million) a year in lost taxes. Hong Kong coach Lai Sun Cheung has
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    • 398 35 Montoya wins crash-marred German Grand Prix -AFP HOCKENHEIM, Germany Colombia’s Juan Pablo Montoya cruised to victory in the German Grand Prix yesterday after a start line pile-up had taken out German Ralf Schumacher of Williams, Finn Kimi Raikkonen of McLaren and Brazilian Rubens Barrichello of Ferrari, all
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    • 94 35 1. Juan Pablo Montoya (Col) Williams lhr 28min 48.7695ec 2. David Coulthard (Gbr) McLaren at lmin 5.*****ec 3. Jarno Trulli (Ita) Renault 1:09.060 4. Fernando Alonso (Spa) Renault 1:09.344 5. Olivier Panis (Fra) Toyota one lap 6. Cristiano Da Matta (Bra) Toyota one lap Overall standings Drivers....
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    • 463 36 Manchester United considering official bid from Chelsea for Veron Wire services LONDON Manchester United are considering an official offer from Chelsea for their prized Argentine midfielder Juan Sebastian Veron (right). The admission by United chairman Peter Kenyon in yesterday’s Mail On Sunday came after a week of
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    • 544 37 Chelsea’s new signing can’t wait to sample London’s night life ■Lx LONDON Damien If Duff cannot wait to strut his stuff down King’s jji Road and party the night away in London’s West m End. m The Republic of Ireland 9 star says he is
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    • 317 39 Ambitious Tottenham sien French striker from relegated West Ham Wire services LONDON Freddie Kanoute (right) was last night on his way from West Ham to Tottenham in a £4.5 million (S$ 12.6 million) deal. White Hart Lane boss Glenn Hoddle landed his No 1 target by beating
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    • 352 39 BARCELONA Marc Overmars has warned David Beckham (below) he faces a tougher task to prove himself in the Spanish La Liga than he ever did in England. Beckham made his Real Madrid debut in China on Saturday, taking the first tentative steps
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    • 130 39 BADMINTON AFP BIRMINGHAM, England China’s Xia Xuanze yesterday won the men’s singles final at the World Badminton Championships, defeating Malaysia’s Wong Choon Harm 15-6, 13-15, 15-6 in a marathon match. Xia’s victory ensured a clean sweep for China in the singles events. Earlier, Zhang Ning defeated
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    • 88 39 B CHALLENGETROPHY THE NEW HOMS HAKE 60T ON OID SCORE TO SETTIE. Hong Kong were the stumbling blocks to Singapore's World Cup dreamsjn 1977. It is now your chance to get behind the Lions to exact revenge. The New Lions. The Pride is Bock. SINGAPORE VS HONG KONG 04.08.2003 Date.-
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 25 39 IN THE LIVING ROOM SOCCER: Champions World: Barcelona v Manchester United (Live, Channel 5, Bam) TENNIS: Masters Series, Montreal Ist round (Live, Ch 24, 11pm)
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