Streats, 23 March 2004, Afternoon Edition

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  • 338 3 Non-cooperative countries risk losing financial backing LATEST BRUSSELS European Union (EU) foreign ministers have unveiled tough measures to prevent terrorist attacks, following the Madrid bombings that killed 202 people. In a draft declaration after talks in Brussels today, they urged EU states
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    • 76 3 IE FOR MICROSOFT EU proposes hefty penalty PAGE 5 ASIAN SEX TOURS HIT 2 NY travel agency operators indicted RAGE 30 Israelis bracing for revenge attacks after government kills Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin PAGE 4 BN WIN LOSES LUSTRE Losses after recount tarnish victory PAGE 4 I n i
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  • Morning Rush
    • 650 4  -  PAS retains Kelantan; opposition leaders keep seats By Pradeep Rajcvn AFTER Sunday night’s confusion over the counting process, the verdict is finally out. Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s Barisan Nasional (BN) received overwhelming support at the general election, a result that eclipsed even its 1974 victory.
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    • 109 4 LATEST MAJOR world stock markets have dropped sharply after Israel’s killing of a leading Palestinian militant. In the US, the Nasdaq Composite Index sank 30.56 points, or 1.57 per cent, to 1,909.91 today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 121.85 points, or 1.20 per cent, to 10,064.75.
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    • 139 4 Wire services GAZA CITY Israel killed Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin in a helicopter missile strike outside a mosque yesterday, prompting threats of unprecedented revenge by Palestinian militants against Israel and the US. Mr Yassin, in his 60s, was the most prominent Palestinian leader to be killed
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    • 329 5  -  Alexandra Hospital to move; no job losses seen B y Khuskwant Singh ALEXANDRA Hospital will have a new name and a new home inYishun Central. When completed in March 2009, it will be called the Northern General Hospital, said Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon
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    • 457 5 LATEST Reuters BRUSSELS European Union (EU) states have backed a proposal to fine Microsoft Corporation a record 497 million euros (Ssl billion) for abusing its dominance of PC operating systems, an EU member state source said. “It is 497 (million euros),” the source told
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    • 518 6  -  Construction contractors’ association says soaring steel prices key factor, despite authority’s denial Reports by ChuaKongHo UPGRADING works at your precinct could grind to a halt this year if building contractors worst fears are realised. A likely fatal blow for many contractors will be the sharp increase
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    • 267 6 TOP local construction company Lian Beng Group has opted for the unconventional move of diversifying into the energy industry. It is doing this to lessen its dependency on the ailing construction industry and after ruling out venturing into foreign construction markets because of the attendant
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    • 317 8  -  By Gregory Leow ANOTHER of the Censorship Review Committee’s recommendations will soon be implemented. This time, it will affect cinemas in the heartlands. From March 29, there will be a new rating system for movies. The Media Development Authority (MDA) will replace the present ratings
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    • 453 8  -  Friends, family pay tribute to funeral parlour owner Ang Yew Seng, who helped change mindsets about cremation and coffins Streats i i h 11 By Ho Lian-Yi FUNERAL parlour owner Ang Yew Seng will be remembered as a devout Buddhist with a very close association with
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    • 124 10 BUZZSTOP THE Ministry of Community Development and Sports (MCDS) estimates that the number of people registering for welfare benefits in the next financial year, beginning in April, will be greater than that for the current year. In the year ending March 31
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      99 10  -  Text and picture by Edwin Koo Germaine Lee, all of six months old, smiling at the fanfare created by her mother and relatives last week at the Young Parents Fiesta at Suntec City. Germaine is one of 1,000 little hopefuls running for the title of Young Parents/Pampers Cover
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    • 149 10 Members seem in favour of plans Conrad Raj MORE than 300 members turned up last night for a special general meeting of the Tanglin Club to vote on a proposal to spend up to $23 million to upgrade its facilities in Steven’s Road. At press time,
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    • 139 10 fi Tiger Airways in talks with Ministry TIGER Airways has shown a keen interest in having a terminal for budget airlines, said Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday, adding that plans for such a base were firming up. Mr Yeo said: “We’re confirming the details with
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    • 140 10 New infections in South Korea -AP ALTHOUGH the spread of bird flu has slowed in most Asian countries, new outbreaks have appeared in Indonesia where government resources are already stretched in their fight against the disease, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said yesterday. The
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    • 99 10 TWO Thais face the death penalty after being arrested on Sunday night for allegedly trafficking methamphetamine pills, or yaba, the Central Narcotics Bureau said yesterday. The 9,938 pills seized have a street value of $99,380 and make up the largest seizure of the drug this year.
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    • 92 10 THE Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) has identified 11 places in Orchard Road and the central business district that would be suitable for the construction of a pedestrian underpass to link buildings. Most of the links would be to shopping malls, and nine of the proposed sites are
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    • 95 10 -AFP FOUR more people have been arrested in connection with the March 11 train bombings in Madrid, sources close to the investigation said yesterday. The arrests took place over the weekend in and around Madrid and brought to 14 the total number of suspects arrested,
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    • 100 10 -AFP IRELAND is planning a pay-by-use scheme for household rubbish designed to encourage people to reduce, reuse and recycle their waste, Environment Minister Martin Cullen said yesterday. “Those who recycle more will pay less, those who don’t will pay more”, he said. Currently, local authorities around
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  • Financial
    • 467 12  -  ThyssenKrapp in hunt to capture Asia-Pacific market B y Choong Choon Yee KEEN to notch up its competitiveness in the Asia-Pacific region, Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Elevator has acquired a Singapore lift maintenance company to boost its presence here. ThyssenKrupp, the world’s No 3 elevator company
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    • 282 12  -  By Janice Wong THE local business community views the thumping victory of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) in Malaysia’s general election as a welcome development which will brighten business prospects between both countries. The president of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Mr Lawrence
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    • 102 12 Reuters SINGAPORE Keppel Corp Ltd yesterday said that it had secured a US$ll4 million (S$ 192.6 million) oil rig order from Norway’s Odfjell Drilling, the third contract in as many months at the world’s largest shallow water oil rig builder. Keppel, which has about 60 per
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    • 88 12 -AFP SINGAPORE Changi Airport is undergoing a $45 million upgrade so it can cater for the world’s biggest commercial jet, the Airbus A-380. Some of the modification work being carried out includes widening the runway shoulders, expanding the existing gaterooms by 5 to 10 per cent
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    • 86 12 -AP SINGAPORE Singapore’s SembCorp Logistics yesterday said that it was setting up a joint venture to support oil and gas companies operating in Iran. SembCorp unit Singapore Offshore Petroleum Services will take a 78 per cent stake in a joint venture called SOPS Iran, which will
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    • 88 12 Reuters LONDON Oil prices eased yesterday as Opec debated whether to delay a planned production cut to cool oil prices which last week touched a 13-year high. US light crude for April delivery fell 30 US cents to U 5537.78 a barrel. London’s Brent crude lost
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    • 596 13  -  IYiTI Tjftzj By_ Janice Wong Kenneth Wong hangs up his stethoscope to hunch a travel agency specialising in health tourism i MEDICAL doctor Kenneth Wong, 33, gave up his practice to become a travel agent. Not just any agent, but one who arranges trips for Singaporeans going to
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    • 203 14 WELLINGTON State-controlled Air New Zealand said yesterday that it has been slapped with a huge tax bill from the Hong Kong branch of a subsidiary company which could reach NZ$lO7 million (Ssl 19 million). A revised tax assessment
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    • 417 14 Big oil, carmakers also among largest US companies -AFP WASHINGTON US discount retailer Wal-Mart, two carmakers and three major oil companies, boosted by skyrocketing fuel prices, have shaken off recession blues and emerged as America’s largest business conglomerates. The top 500 US firms listed by
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    • 320 16 SH: 1,812.16 26.96 Reuters SHARES ended at an 11-week low yesterday as sharp losses in regional markets unnerved investors and spurred selling in banks and blue chips. But Sing Tel rose in active trade on news that it would reap hefty gains from the sale of
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    • 24 16 *AS AT MARCH 22 US$: 551.692 EURO: 552.078 Ss: RM2.245 Ss: 23.33 BAHT 553.105 Ss: 63.23 YEN Ss: HK54.605 Ss: 5,059 RUPIAH
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    • 407 18 Market seen growing sixfold to in 6 years Reuters TOKYO At most conveyorbelt sushi restaurants tabulating the bill can be a hassle as each plate carries a different price tag. But at Oban, a sushi bar in downtown Tokyo, a waitress plucks a
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    • 146 18 Reuters SEOUL South Korea’s Hynix Semiconductor Inc yesterday said that it has been in talks with Europe’s biggest chip maker, STMicroelectronics, to jointly build a plant to make flash memory and dynamic random access memory (Dram) chips in China. Hynix, the world’s thirdlargest maker
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    • 527 20 More Americans destroy bills and receipts as identity theft cost them s9ob last year Reuters NEW YORK Mr Yuri Fernandez discovered recently that a stranger could snatch bills and receipts from his trash and empty his bank account. To avoid that possibility, Mr Fernandez, 32, did
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    • 562 22 Rates may peak soon as China, Japan turn to cheaper metals Bloomberg LONDON Mr Stephen Webster, who designed the platinum wedding rings worn by pop singer Madonna and her director husband Guy Ritchie, says that the highest prices for the metal in 24
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  • Comment
    • 641 24  -  By CONRAD RAJ BETTER late than never, so goes the adage. At long last, the authorities here have come around to seeing the merits, if not the virtues, of having a casino in Singapore. I know nothing has been cast in stone yet, but
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    • 286 25 m. &M,Mk mm iamentation can be cleared! f I 8» SIS ,fc HP 2 sisters suffered from genetic pigmentation but they already cleared it! J h i J. V\ Catherine’s sister, Jane Goh before Catherine’s sister, 3 months later Catherine Goh, before 3 months later, pigmentation gone Catherine and Jane
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  • Vocal
    • 499 26 I BEG to differ with Streats editor Paul Jansen regarding his views on the shock election loss of the incumbent government of Spain and its replacement with an anti-Iraq war administration (“Spain pullout won’t bring peace”, Streats, March 22). He paralleled 9/11 with the bomb attacks
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    • 145 26 THE report, “Train marshals planned” (Streats, March 22), once again demonstrates prompt preventive action by the Government. The Madrid terrorist attacks were a good lesson for us all: That innocent lives will not be spared as the scourge of terrorism continues
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    • 150 28 I AM disappointed by the presentation of the beauty pageant Miss Vasantham ’O4, shown every Sunday on Central. This is supposed to be an Indian/Tamil show, but the excessive use of English in most cases in a mixture of both Tamil and English by the
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    • 50 28 THE report, “Valuair’s first plane arrives” (Streats, March 22), stated that the budget carrier’s baggage allowance is 30kg for each passenger. This is incorrect. PR company Bang Public Relations, which provided the erroneous information in a press release, has clarified that the baggage allowance is up to 20kg each.
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    • 91 26 HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@sph.com,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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  • Global
    • 220 30 LATEST Reuters BEIJING A Chinese herbalist schooled in Taoist fasting methods has sealed himself in a glass cabin, out to beat the record of 44 days without food set by a US magician last year. The China Daily pictured 50-year-old Chen Jianmin
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    • 440 30 Election unease casts pall over Taiwan markets Wire services TAIPEI Taiwan’s high court appointed three judges yesterday to study a case calling for a vote recount filed by defeated presidential contender and Nationalist Party leader Lien Chan after the narrowest presidential win on
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    • 324 30 LATEST -AP ALBANY, New York Two operators of a New York travel agency have been indicted for organising “sex tours” to South-east Asia, the first such case involving a US-based company, the state attorney general said today. Douglas Allen, 59,
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    • 379 32 He is accused of not paying for an extra helping at hospital canteen LONDON -A top neurosurgeon accused of taking an extra helping of soup from his hospital’s staff canteen without paying for it has been suspended from work. Mr Terence Hope, 57, was sent
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    • Article, Illustration
      54 32 Nigerian bank clerk Abimbola Eduwa, 28, posing with her baby daughter in London on Sunday. She had been assured by doctors that her delivery was two months away, but the baby decided to arrive early while on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Lagos to London. The baby has
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    • 211 32 -AP BEIJING China plans to launch its first moon rover in 2012 as part of its ambitious space exploration programme, state media reported. The vehicle’s main purpose would be to provide information on where to set up a base on the moon, the
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    • 278 33 Top US management getting cash and share payouts to compensate for falling value of stock options NEW YORK Recent scathing criticism of top corporate executives from such high-profile figures as billionaire financier Warren Buffett seems to have been shrugged off in US boardrooms. After
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  • Medical
    • 310 34 LONDON Swiss researchers have identified a new type of breast tumour and believe that it may respond to drugs similar to those used to treat prostate cancer. This is because many of the genes active in the tumour also play a role in producing the male
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    • 206 34 LONDON Parkinson’s disease has a higher chance of hitting men, a new study has shown. Men are 1.5 times more suspectible to the disease, although it isn’t clear why, a team at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has
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  • EasyStreats
    • 689 36 Lim Kay Tong tells ZURAIDAH NAZEER about Perth which is to be screened at the Singapore International Film Festival nextmonth r MENTION Lim Kay Tong and most people remember him well as Charlie Tay in the drama series Growing Up. He has also had many major
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    • 126 36 OTHER local films at the 17th Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) are the 95-minute long Outsiders, about a serial killer, the hour-long Zombie Dog, about the making of a snuff film, two shorts, 576 and 9.30, and the controversial Cut by Royston Tan, which is
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    • 654 38  -  rucw By_ Sharon Soh MIN JIANG at Goodwood Park Hotel sports both a new location and menu this month. The 21-year-old restaurant is now in the hotel’s main building (the spot occupied by the nowdefunct Chang Jiang restaurant) and is the only Chinese restaurant here with
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    • 449 40  -  B y f Gary Lim THEY chatter non-stop. They behave like schoolgirls on a class outing. Most of all, they have the girl-next-door sweet looks. Do Mini and Gu Er have what it takes to become the next S.H.E., the most popular girl band from Taiwan?
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    • 411 40  -  By JillLim IF you’re a fan of Monty Python-type humour, you’ll fall about laughing at The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) it features the same type of silliness and funniness. As with Python classics such as The Holy Grail, The Complete Works is
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    • 121 41 Starting this summer, weather alert radios in the US will give listeners more than just warnings about foul weather. From June 30, they will be able to broadcast non- weather alerts such as whether a child has been snatched or a flipped tanker on a highway
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 61 41 10.40 pm, Star Chinese Movies (Ch 62) This is the movie that launched gongfu comedy onto the world stage with masters Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao. When a hotshot lawyer (Chan) is hired to dig up dirt on a fishery, his sidekick (Hung) and a professional
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      • 55 41 10pm, Central George overhears his doctor’s gloomy outlook for another patient but thinks that the physician is talking about him. Under the impression that he doesn’t have long to live, he sets out to find his wife an acceptable mate to take his place. A golden
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        63 41 THE OBSERVATORY LIVE Friday, 7-30 pm Theatre, Alliance Francaise de Singapour (1, Sarkies Road) Tickets are sl6from Ticket Charge This concert marks the official release of The Observatory’s debut album, Time of Rebirth. An intimate, three-hour concert, it features tracks from the album and new material from Leslie Low’s
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    • 105 45 BASKETBALL Reuters NEW YORK Steve Nash had 15 points and a season-high 16 assists as the Dallas Mavericks pipped New Jersey Nets 101-98 in the National Basketball Association championship on Sunday. The Nets were without Jason Kidd and Kenyon Martin, but the Mavericks needed to make two key
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