Streats, 11 March 2004

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  • 10 1 Streats THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.eom.sg mita <p) 111/03/2003
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  • 575 1 3 style gums leading msh to replace diva of multi-billion-dollar lifestyle industry WITH America’s current style diva Martha Stewart headed for prison after being convicted last Friday of lying-to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, the race is on for her crown as queen of
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    • 93 1 SHARE YOUR PAPER PAGE 10 FATAL SHOCK 'My back was towards Jiang Tao when all of a sudden there was this flash of lighL.l spun around and saw him fall onto the sodden pitch... We were so close and it could have very easily been me.’ Coach Kunju Jamaludeen, on
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    • 239 1 Sec the new Olympus cameras at the IT SHOW 2004 11-14 MAR, 12-9 PM Suntec Exhibition Hall 401-404, Booth 823 f OLYMPUS Your Vision, Our Future Introducing new Olympus cameras. To meet the challenge of your digital lifestyle. From adrenaline pumping adventures to intimate moments with friends and family. Whatever
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  • Morning Rush
    • 429 2 Reuters Ridge insists cleric is a terrorist JAKARTA Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir, due to be released from jail next month, is deeply involved in planning and executing terrorist activities, US Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge alleged yesterday. Mr Ridge said that he was disappointed
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    • 291 2 Reuters LOS ANGELES The University of California at Los Angeles shut down its scandal-plagued donated cadaver programme possibly for good on Tuesday amid a criminal investigation into the sale of body parts. Officials at UCLA put the programme on hold as lawyers for family members
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    • 461 3  -  Architect gives up $3,000-a-month job By Sarah Ng WHEN architect Lynn Ooi told her parents that she was quitting her well-paid job to be a nurse, they thought she was joking. Besides, she seemed happy with her job in the private sector,
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    • 451 4  -  Sinchi player Jiang Tao died during training at Jurong Stadium By_ Khushwant Singh HE was a talented footballer with great ball skills and technique. Since his arrival here two and half years years ago, Sinchi player Jiang Tao had impressed many football officials and fans. But his
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    • 309 4  -  By Ho Lian-Yi HERE is a challenge for budding artists create a T-shirt design and keep your fingers crossed. If you win, your design will be worn by Singapore athletes at the SEA Games in Manila in 2005. The winning T-shirt may also be marketed
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    • 422 6 Bilingual Sober.d has fake Microsoft dialogue NEW YORK -A new vims has been discovered which masquerades as a patch from Microsoft that claims to be protection against MyDoom, CNET News reported yesterday. Sober.d, discovered on Monday, is technically similar to Sober.c in that it
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    • 244 6 -AP ALBANY, New York The US’ largest online payment service, Pay Pal, is paying the state US$l5O,OOO (*****,450) in penalties after misrepresenting to consumers its policy on repayment when merchandise doesn’t arrive, Attorney-General Eliot Spitzer said on Monday. Pay Pal, which claims 40 million customers
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    • 125 8 BUZZSTOP WHEN the proposed private pension plans (PPPs) come into being, DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank (UOB) and OCBC could lose a total of almost $5O million a year in fees when they surrender their role
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    • 152 8 March 21,22 &23 possible days A REPEAT of Monday’s flash floods is possible on March 21, 22 and 23. Those are the days when the tide is expected to rise to 3m. If that coincides with heavy rain, as happened on Monday, low-lying areas such as
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    • 153 8 Residents took it from thieves SINGAPOREAN biker Dalbir Singh Jhol had his motorcycle marathon round the world disrupted when his Honda Dominator was stolen in Leeds. Residents there helped him steal it back. Mr Jhol, 30, a former pub manager, was staying with a friend
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    • Article, Illustration
      67 8 Australian performer Matthew Yates, 36, making a ‘V’ sign with his legs after scaling 9m to put up his troupe's banner on Tuesday at Clarke Quay. Static trapeze acts, humorous acrobatic gigs and live bands will perform when the Lunar Circus opens tomorrow at the Read Bridge at
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    • 144 8 -AP THE US government may announce as early as this week an increase in mad cow testing that could cover virtually all cattle showing any sign of the disease, a testing company official said on Tuesday. The new requirement could lead to tests of
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    • 76 8 MALAYSIAN budget airline Air Asia will spread its wings to three major cities in Indonesia starting next month. Air Asia CEO Tony Fernandes yesterday said in Bandung, West Java province, that the airline would begin return flights from Johor Barn to Jakarta on April 10, and Kuala
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    • 97 8 Bloomberg HONG KONG may introduce a sales tax to help its government balance its budget. The deficit in the financial year ending March 31 will probably be HK$49 billion (5510.7 billion), lower than the government’s previous HK$7B billion forecast, and may fall to HK542.6 billion next
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    • 93 8 -AFP AN Indonesian boxer is in a coma after being knocked out in a bout, Indonesia’s Suara Pembaruan evening daily reported yesterday. He was the latest victim of a sport which has claimed 11 deaths in the ring in Indonesia since 1990, with the most recent
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    • 103 8 Reuters US adolescents who pledge not to have sex until they are married have about the same rate of sexually transmitted diseases as other teenagers and they often fail to keep their pledge, according to a study released on Tuesday. The study of a nationally representative sample
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  • Financial
    • 690 10  -  Inno values Precision is now targeting the automotive sector, says managing director Goh Leng Tse hocus] By Chocmg Choon Yee IN the business world, a deer will always have a hungry wolf chasing its tail. That is why the deer must always sprint faster to
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    • 362 10 SINGAPORE’S economy is expected to grow at the higher end of the Government’s 3.5 to 5.5 per cent forecast this year, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in Parliament yesterday. DPM Lee, who is also Finance Minister, in delivering
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    • 492 12 HK carrier weathers Sars storm with cost-cutting moves that lead to better-than-expected report card Bloomberg HONG KONG Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd, Asia’s sixth-largest carrier, had a smaller-than-expected drop in secondhalf profit as it cut costs, restored flights and ended fare discounts following the
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    • 604 14 Passenger loads up 40% last year as working class takes advantage of price war waged by 25 carriers -AP JAKARTA Cheap fares and new destinations are behind an unprecedented boom in air travel in Indonesia, South-east Asia’s largest and most populous nation, where numerous
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    • 213 14 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR GIIG Capital, a closely held company controlled by Malaysian tycoon Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary and Dubai-based Mohammed Alabbar, is still in talks with the Malaysian government about building a US$2 billion (553.4 billion) aluminum smelter. GIIG had planned to buy
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    • 324 16 Bloomberg BEIJING China’s industrial production growth slowed in the first two months of this year for the first time since September as export gains moderated and the government restricted investment in the steel, cement and aluminum industries. Production grew 17 per
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    • 174 16 -AFP SHANGHAI China yesterday said that it had lifted its long-time ban on foreign investment in television and film production companies as the country moves to reform its monolithic and largely loss-making media industry. The State Administration of Radio, Film and Television
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    • 267 18 Wire services SINGAPORE Sing Tel has sold its 50 per cent stake in Internet site Lycos Asia to the other shareholder, Terra Networks. The price just US$l (551.70). Sing Tel said in a statement to the Singapore Exchange yesterday that it had written
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    • 165 18 -AP HONG KONG Telecom tycoon Richard Li had his driving licence suspended for six months yesterday after pleading guilty to speeding. Mr Li was charged with speeding four times between July 2002 and last November, the government-owned radio RTHK and Commercial Radio reported. The 37-year-old
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    • 24 20 *AS AT MARCH 10 US$: 551.711 553.112 EURO: 552.101 Ss: 65.10 YEN Ss: RM2.221 Ss: HK54.555 Ss: 23.06 BAHT Ss: 5,021 RUPIAH
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    • 438 20 STI: 1,875.02 10.18 Reuters SHARES ended at a two-week low yesterday, led by a sell-off in technology counters such as Venture Corp after the US Nasdaq Index dropped below the psychologically important 2,000 level. The Straits Times Index ended down 0.54 per cent, or
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  • Comment
    • 690 22  -  Soh what? By SOH WEN LIN The Straits Times WHEN am I getting married so that I can get on with topping up the dwindling baby supply here? After all, I’m smack in life’s season of bridal and baby showers. Tick tock, chop chop.
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  • Vocal
    • 222 25 I REFER to the report, “No office towers for AMK centre” (Streats, March 9). The Singapore Labour Foundation’s (SLF) CEO said the project was downsized because of a glut of commercial space and to avoid causing further hardship to the shopkeepers. Why then
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    • 324 25 I REFER to the letter, “Dwelling type good gauge of wealth” (Streats, March 10), by the Ministry of Finance’s Mr Chew Hock Yong, which was in response to Mr Conrad Raj’s commentary (Streats, March 8) and my letter (Streats, March 9). Mr Chew’s
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    • 249 27 I READ with astonishment Mr Seah Leong Khai’s letter, “Tax and more tax for the willing childless” (Streats, March 10). What he suggests is in antithesis to democratic principles and would be an infringement upon the right of the individual to free decision within the bounds
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    • 168 27 ISN’T it about time we took a step back and pondered the real reasons for having children? Some couples do not stay childless by choice. And we should also be aware that having a child is not simply a matter of giving birth. It
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    • 107 27 I REFER to Mr Seah Leong Khai’s letter, “Tax and more tax for the willing childless” (Streats, March 10), in which he suggested that couples who do not have babies “are a selfish lot”. Couples do not have children for various reasons. These might range
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    • 85 25 HAVE YQUft SM E-mail us at $tr®at$@Spll.COI11.5g 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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    • 233 25 i Student Special: How To Be A Millionaire By 30 Did you know that you have the potential to be a Millionaire before the age of 30? Did you know that there are 8 strategies used by successful entrepreneurs such as Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Li Ka Shing? Discover
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    • 273 26 OrE killer jbrOd-H-(L-/-£ /o Eleclosh IT Show 2004 at Suntec 11th 14th March 2004 I Booths 8029 8019 VP-D34i $1,199 Mini-DV Optical 10X, Digital 800 X Zoom Lens 1/6", 800 K Pixel CCD BMB Memory Stick ELSON EM-200H (128MB/256M8) Plug-and-Play via USB Port Plays Mp 3 WMA format 128MB/256M8 Built-in
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    • 312 27 WDA Singapore workforce development agency Ministry Of Health Singapore Nr? Nanyang Polytechnic o #&r* ss /yj^nhcare)- Nursing Jobseekers welcome to apply! oNvev Sit» Gattr® tch to Nursing Career Preview 13 Mar 04 (Sat) 10.00 am Venue: Blk K, Level 2, LT K 2, School of Health Sciences Nanyang Polytechnic 180
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  • Global
    • 370 30 But their independent ads may be illegal WASHINGTON In an effort to counter Republican advertisements that began airing on US TV last week, political groups critical of President George W Bush kicked off three advertising campaigns of their own. The largest campaign, costing US$5 million (SsB.s
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    • 229 30 AP NEW YORK US soldiers in Iraq have a new weapon for dispersing hostile crowds and warding off potential enemy combatants. It blasts earsplitting noise in a directed beam. The equipment, called a Long Range Acoustic Device, or LRAD, is a “non-lethal
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    • 392 32 Owner claims fancied dobermann drugged by rival Wire services LONDON Fresh scandal hit the competitive world of dog shows yesterday when the owners of a dog tipped to win a prize at Crufts withdrew it and alleged it had been doped by a jealous
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    • 273 34 JAKARTA In the end, it was easy for Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri to avoid a political pitfall in the upcoming polls. Faced with the dilemma of retaining the friendship of a powerful ally, Indonesia’s intelligence chief A M Hendropriyono, and voters who might not have taken
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    • 451 34 Ruling coalition’s description of proposed line-up an indication that some ministers, MPs may retire MALAYSIAN J f 10 DAYS TO QO KUALA LUMPUR Young professionals and religious scholars will be included in the Barisan Nasional’s list of candidates for the upcoming elections, Malaysian Prime
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    • 102 34 PERAK Malaysian Chinese Association chairman Datuk Ong Ka Chuan has reportedly said he is puzzled by the Democratic Action Party’s (DAP) accusation that he is “a terminator of women”, a comment made by the DAP apparently in reference to his decision to stand
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    • 103 34 Bloomberg DATUK Billi Lim won just 198 votes and lost his deposit in 1999 when he stood as an independent in Bukit Bintang in the heart of Kuala Lumpur last year. The winner, Datuk Fong Kui Lan of the Democratic Action Party, won
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    • 91 34 Bernama PARTI Islam SeMalaysia president Abdul Hadi Awang wants the Federal Constitution to be amended to allow only a Muslim to become Prime Minister. “Some European countries only allow Catholics or Protestants to become president of the country,” he said. He added that
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    • 252 32 BUSINESS Top Universities. Recognition Assured. In Australia, the top universities belonq to the Group of Eight a league of universities that hold the benchmark of Australian tertiary education. Having produced all of Australia's Nobel Prize winners, the Group of Eight and its graduates are highly regarded the world over. The
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  • Medical
    • 261 36 -AP WASHINGTON Americans are sitting around and eating themselves to death, with obesity closing in on tobacco as the US’ No 1 underlying preventable killer. In a new ad campaign to fight what the government calls an epidemic of expanding waistlines. Americans will be told
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    • 203 36 Reuters NEW ORLEANS People with severe, acute heart disease called acute coronary syndrome are three times more likely to have urinary tract infections than other heart patients, and the condition may be a trigger for a heart attack. At an American College of Cardiology
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  • Thursday Tech
    • 657 38  -  Boast about commitment to affordable, pkoto-lab quality from its home printers borne out by its latest i 990 By < GEOFFREY PEREIRA The Straits Times CANON boasted a bit recently when it introduced its new photo-printer, the i 990. It said it was committed to affordable,
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    • 294 38 THERE are two types of people, it would seem, when it comes to preferences in printed colour. The first type comprises those who like to see “rich”, “vivid” and “vibrant” colours. The second type prefers “realistic” or “natural colours”. This is a conclusion I reached
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  • EasyStreats weekender
    • Article, Illustration
      618 42 with Beauty and the Beast a classic children’sfable. ROBINGANGULY discovers that the romance has spilled over into real life 1 COURTNEY Peterson (inset) was just eight years old when she watched Disney on Ice for the first time. She fell in love with the show 7 and
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    • our PICKS
      • 85 42 THE Lord of the Rings Motion Picture Trilogy The Exhibition makes its only Asian stop at the Singapore Science Centre and runs from Saturday until June 4. Exhibits include costumes, jewellery, weapons and models. Open from 10am to 6pm daily and until 8.30 pm on Fridays and Saturdays.
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      • 79 42 JOIN the Balloon Hat Festival on Saturday and Sunday at 5.30 pm on Sentosa, with a Marching Musical Parade of school bands ending at Palawan Beach, with the popping of thousands of balloons. One Balloon Hat ticket costs $5 and entitles you to discounts at attractions, F&B and
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      • 142 42 MAKE a date at a Les Amis restaurant next Monday, March 15, the 10th anniversary of the Les Amis Group. On that day, all food sales at the group’s 10 outlets will be donated to the Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund. You can also bid for
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    • going out
      • 534 44  -  By YVONNE KWOK DR SEUSS’ THE CAT IN THE HAT Starring Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning and Spencer Breslin Directed by Bo Welch ©o®®® AT a time when the cinematic world is flooded with good, or at least competent, adaptations of popular literature, director Bo Welch’s
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      • 80 44 After School, a police drama commissioned by the National Crime Prevention Council and directed by Gerald Lee. It is about a young boy struggling to get his life together and it also looks at his relationship with his older sister. The film, screened in High Digital
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      • 303 44 CURRY TIME M Hotel has recently introduced a Sunday curry buffet lunch at Cafe 2000. The spicy affair priced at s3s+++ includes authentic Indian dishes such as boldly seasoned curries and refreshing salads prepared by award-winning chef Kanda. Start with cold savouries such as light
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    • eating out
      • 451 45  -  ALA ’Amy Van A LUXURY for me on Weekends, which Unfortunately doesn’t happen often enough, is to have a relaxing dim sum brunch with baskets of steamed dumplings and hot Chinese tea. I am sure that this weekend ritual is a favourite for many other people. For
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      • 139 50 ourPICiS IF you like British comedy, then Thursdays and Fridays are the nights to stay in. On Arts Central, there’s ’Alio ’Alio at 11.30 pm. This series (pictured) about a group of Frenchmen (and women) during World War II still has its moments. While some characters,
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      • 53 51 PATOLA TEXTILES Tomorrow, 7.30 pm Singapore Art Museum auditorium. Free Kim Saunders, a lecturer in contemporary Asian culture, looks at the uses and influences both past and present in the creation and patterning of indigenous South-east Asian Ikattextiles. She traces the voyage of the Patola cloths from India to
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    • 283 53 -AFP BIRMINGHAM, England Wang Chen is seeded to reach the semifinals of the All-England Open which started yesterday. The Hong Kong badminton ace is one of the few women’s singles players capable of halting the Chinese armada. Yet, it may not be enough
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    • 96 53 FOOTBALL -AFP MIDDLESBROUGH Szilard Nemeth’s second-half goal was good enough to give League Cup winners Middlesbrough their first home win in two months. They pipped Tottenham Hotspur 1 -0 in a Premiership match at the Riverside on Tuesday. It could have been worse for Spurs if their
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    • 79 53 GOLF -AFP DOHA A confident Paul McGinley tees off today in the US$l.5 million ($2.6 million) Qatar Masters with the aim of capping a scintillating run. It began last week in Dubai where he finished a stroke adrift of eventual winner Mark O’Meara. It was here at the
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