Streats, 8 June 2004

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  • 10 1 Streats TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2004 E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 196/03/2004
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  • 463 1 If sB.3b takeover bid succeeds, it will be world’s largest casino operator Wire services LAS VEGAS -MGM Mirage, the giant US gaming group controlled by billionaire Kirk Kerkorian, could be the biggest in the world by the time it invests in any future Singapore
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    • 227 1 SHARE YOUR PAPER PAGE 11 T a “Sk <80 He is now one of the richest men in the US, with a net worth estimated at about US$6 billion. Mandalay was founded by Mr William Bennett and Mr William Pennington after the two men, who used to sell slot machines,
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  • Morning Rush
    • 441 2 MCA head tells members to maintain clean image KUALA LUMPUR Lawmakers of the Malaysian Chinese Association, one of Malaysia’s ruling parties, have been banned from going to nightclubs because it could tarnish the image of the government. Members of the MCA, the second-largest party in
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    • 199 2 NEW YORK Technology that prevents people from making copies of compact discs is now being tested by the recording industry. Such technology can limit the number of backups that could be made from ordinary CDs and also prevent copied or “burned” versions from being used
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    • 673 3  -  Mabel Tan taught more than English and art. Her classrooms had no walls and her lessons are well-remembered by her students, even decades later Streats j i yxi y i By_ HoLian-Yi TO many of her students in St Patrick’s School, Ms Mabel Tan
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    • 674 4 This is an excerpt of an article by Prince Bandar bin Sultan (pictured), the Saudi Arabian ambassador to the US, published in the Saudi government newspaper Al-Watan last week The Washington Post HIS Excellency Crown Prince Abdullah (the ruler of Saudi Arabia) has declared war
      – The Washington Post; Reuters  -  674 words
    • 445 6  -  PM: Shielding national airlines from competition causes them to lose out on benefits Reports by Chua Kong Ho GOVERNMENTS’ efforts to protect their national airlines from foreign competition and ownership are backfiring because they miss out on the spin-off benefits of increased tourism dollars and
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    • 272 6 AIRLINES survived Sars, the conflict in Iraq, terrorism and the ailing economy last year. But can they survive persistently high oil prices? International Air Transport Association’s director general Giovanni Bisignani shared this vision of hell with 700 airline executives at the association’s annual general
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    • 119 8 BUZZ STOP COUNTRIES of the Five Power Defence Arrangements Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore will include counter-terrorism drills in military exercises, starting with a maritime exercise later this year. Maritime drills and other anti-terrorism measures, were endorsed by the
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    • 71 8 A December 1999 picture showing an urn containing the heart of Louis XVII, child heir to the French throne, which will be buried today, 209 years after his death, in the royal crypt outside Paris. Louis-Charles, the so-called ‘lost dauphin who would have reigned as Louis XVII,
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    • 142 8 Most polled rebut Tharmaris remarks STUDENTS apparently disagree with Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's observation that Singapore’s young are becoming more individualistic and soft, and do not seem as hungry as the previous generation. Twenty of 26 pre-university students asked by The Straits Times did
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    • 134 8 Govt wants 7-8% annual growth -AFP INDIAN President Abdul Kalam yesterday unveiled the new left-leaning government’s programme, saying that its goal is to make “Indian people smile” through economic reforms that filter through to the poor. He told parliament that the communist-backed Congress government
      -AFP  -  134 words
    • 129 8 It gives immediate protection AN Australian company, Anadis, is developing the world's first anti-anthrax spray with the cooperation of the US Defence Deparment. The spray can be used to protect troops and civilians from an anthrax attack. It can be inhaled up to 48 hours
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    • 83 8 MR Jack Sim, 47, the president of the Restroom Association of Singapore was honoured last Saturday at the inaugural Singapore Green Plan 2012 Awards for his commitment to promote a better toilet environment worldwide. He also founded the World Toilet Organisation, which now has 17 members and
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    • 96 8 FOR $l5, you can take Scrumpee home and contribute towards the charities supported by the President’s Challenge. Scrumpee the teddy bear is part of the Paws For A Cause project by the Association of Fundraisers (Singapore). It hopes to raise $250,000 in this maiden fundraising
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    • 101 8 -AFP THE Australian government yesterday faced accusations of trying to buy votes for the upcoming election as it unveiled plans for a A 512.7 billion (Ssls billion) upgrade of run-down road and rail networks. The major eastern cities of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane will be linked
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    • 81 8 -AFP KARACHI Authorities yesterday declared “high-security zones” around foreign missions in violencehit Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, after 51 people were killed in a month of bloodshed and three days of riots. Crack police commandos would be deployed and emergency centres would be established in the zones, where
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  • Financial
    • 432 10  -  30,000 new agencies worldwide planned this year By ChuaKongHo WESTERN Union, the money transfer subsidiary of US-based First Data Corp, has added 60 per cent more agency locations in South-east Asia in the past year, as it seeks to tap into the important money flows
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    • 97 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Marco Polo Developments said it will pay Ascott Group $345 million for the Scotts Shopping Centre, giving it a bigger share of the retail district around Orchard Road. Marco Polo, a unit of Hong Kong’s Wheelock Co, will redevelop the 28storey apartment and
      – Bloomberg  -  97 words
    • 110 10 Bloomberg KUALA LUMPUR Mr Halim Saad, the former chairman of Renong Bhd, once Malaysia’s No 1 industrial group, boosted his stake in Seloga Holdings Bhd to 18.6 per cent, making him the single largest shareholder in the engineering and property group. Mr Halim, through closely held
      – Bloomberg  -  110 words
    • 545 11  -  There’s more drama in this relationship than in many others. That’s because this husband-wife team of Pedro Tan and Jean Yeo run a TV production house VY^Itvi Janice Wong DRAMA has been inextricably linked to the fortunes of Mr Pedro Tan, 36, and Madam Jean Yeo,
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    • 360 12 Asian leaders formulating emergency energy plan Wire services SYDNEY Crude oil futures in New York fell for a fourth day yesterday on expectation that increased Opec production will boost US inventories and ease a fuel shortage. Crude oil for July delivery fell as
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    • 127 12 -AFP NEW DELHI The election victory of India’s communist-backed Congress alliance sent investors fleeing for the exits and analysts say that it will take all of Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram’s famed economic wizardry in next month’s budget to woo them back. “There’s great uncertainty over
      -AFP  -  127 words
    • 27 14 STI: 1,818.0 26.30 *AS AT JUNE 7 US$: $51,706 Ss: 64.55 YEN Ss: 23.78 BAHT 553.144 Ss: RM2.228 Ss: 5,481 RUPIAH EURO: 552.102 Ss: HK54.569
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    • 216 14 Bloomberg SINGAPORE All Nippon Airways Co, Asia’s second-largest airline, is preparing to set up a new, low-cost carrier flying Boeing 737 planes, to compete more effectively with rivals such as Japan Airlines System Corp on shorter routes. “We have done the study, we have established a
      – Bloomberg  -  216 words
    • 108 14 Reuters LONDON Budget airline easy Jet pic lost over a fifth of its market value yesterday as it joined rival Ryanair in giving bleak comments on the outlook due to rising fuel costs and a price war. The company also disappointed analysts by warning that 2004 pre-tax
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    • 392 16 Senior execs will lose up to 15% of bonuses iftargetsnotmet, says CEO AFX-Asia NEW YORK Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott (above) announced new measures to clean up workplace issues last Friday. Senior Wal-Mart executives will lose up to 15 per cent of their bonuses
      – AFX-Asia; Bloomberg  -  392 words
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  • Comment
    • 773 18  -  By CONRAD RAJ IT has been two-and-a-half months since the idea of allowing a casino here was mooted by the Government. Trade and Industry Minister George Yeo told Parliament in March that the resort island of Sentosa, along with the leisure hub being mooted
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    • 150 18 usc j UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN L QUEENSLAND Southern Queensland Leader in Distance Learning in Australia Achieve a Bachelor of Mass Communications with Australia’s Premier University. EXCLUSIVE SEMINAR FOR DIPLOMA HOLDERS! Topic: Introduction to Bachelor of Mass Communications Date: 12 June 2004 (Saturday) Time: 2pm Venue: Ngee Ann City, Tower B,
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  • Vocal
    • 252 19 I REFER to Mr Michael Loh’s letter, “What is ‘Rule of 78’?” (Streats, May 31), in which he referred to recent moves by the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) to make the Hire Purchase Act (HPA) fairer to car owners. Mr Loh also
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    • 125 19 WE refer to Ms Yit Ka Lai’s letter, “Cable TV: Why the dead silence?” (Streats, June 7). Under an informal working group formed by Sing Tel and SCV, with IDA as the facilitator, the two parties have agreed on solutions to resolve all
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    • 230 19 I REFER to Ms Yit Ka Lai’s letter, “Cable TV: Why the dead silence?” (Streats, June 7), and wish to reassure her that Star Hub is working with the authorities and all relevant parties to resolve issues that are currently preventing Star Hub
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    • 339 20 LET me tell you how my daughter’s neighbourhood primary school goes about selecting students for certain sports under its co-curricular activities (CCAs) programme. At Primary 2, the coaches of the niche sports basketball, table-tennis and volleyball test the students in every class on certain skills, select those
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    • 108 20 I STRONGLY agree with the view of Mr Chia Boon Teck, who said in his letter, ‘No obligation’ to provide transport we pay for?” (Streats, June 4), that it is clearly unreasonable for bus operators to take the position that they are not obliged to provide transport
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    • 91 20 p i: W 7« ll I HAVE YOUR SAY E-mail us at streats@5ph.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
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  • Global
    • 444 21 Thaksin govt wants to relook translations after new version was found to contain subversive text BANGKOK Islamic leaders and clerics are against plans by the Thai government to “review” Thai translations of the Quran after a new version was found to have advocated a jihad
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    • 220 21 JAKARTA Amid fears of violence as the country’s presidential election approaches, Muslim leaders reportedly have been urged to calm their supporters even as religion is being wielded as a weapon to deter voters from supporting a woman candidate. The Jakarta Post said yesterday that
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    • Article, Illustration
      49 21 People stopping yesterday to read the writing on a Beijing pavement, by a handicapped peasant woman from Sichuan who is appealing for help by telling her life story. China faces a problem of uneven development as nearly 30 million rural citizens have barely adequate food and clothing AFP
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    • 183 21 NEW DELHI The defection of an Indian intelligence officer to the US, which was allegedly facilitated by his American handlers, may sour relations between New Delhi and Washington, the Indian Express newspaper reported yesterday. The paper said that Mr Rabinder Singh, a senior
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    • 103 21 ALOR STAR A couple’s moment of passion could easily have ended in tragedy on Sunday, as it culminated in a group of men almost being knocked down by a vehicle and shots being fired, a newspaper reported yesterday. The pair were making love in
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    • 327 22 Irish cameraman killed; expats’ fears heightened Reuters RIYADH Saudi forces were yesterday hunting for gunmen who shot dead an Irish cameraman working for the BBC and seriously wounded a reporter in a Riyadh area known as a stronghold for Islamic militants. Sunday’s attack, the fourth
      – Reuters; Reuters  -  327 words
    • 122 22 -AP SINGAPORE The US is considering upgrading Australian military training facilities to use them for its own forces as well, Australia’s defence minister said yesterday. “Exercises that are conducted somewhere (else) at the moment, could be conducted in Australia, where we have large land
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  • Medical
    • 317 24 -AFP SYDNEY A deadly new antibiotic-resistant superbug related to golden staph has emerged in Australia, causing at least one death, infecting 50 others and threatening many more, it was reported here yesterday. The Australian newspaper said medical authorities were alarmed because the infection was spreading within
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    • 162 24 Reuters LONDON Britain is considering imposing levies on fast food firms to fund sports facilities and combat obesity, the government said on Sunday. “We are looking at a number of ways of increasing sport in the context of the government’s anti-obesity initiative,” a Department for Culture,
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  • EasyStreats
    • 667 25 He has executed the most eocpensive stunt in film history. But top stuntman and Troy's stunt coordinator Simon Crane, believes that Hollywood should scale down on action and focus on the story, he tells YVONNE KWOK m HE got Arnold Schwarzenegger to dangle from the end
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    • 113 25 JAPANESE actor Yosuke Kubozuka (right) plunged nine floors from the balcony of his condominium in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, two days ago but survived the fall. The 25-year-old suffered multiple fractures when his fall was broken by a wire mesh fence, Shin Min Daily News reported yesterday.
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    • 94 25 AFP LOS ANGELES Actress and singer Jennifer Lopez has married for a third time, tying the knot with Latin crooner Marc Anthony, People magazine reported on Sunday. The magazine wrote that Lopez, who broke off her highly publicised engagement with Hollywood heartthrob Ben Affleck just
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    • 103 25 Reuters NEW YORK -Phylicia Rashad (right) became the first AfricanAmerican woman to be honoured for a leading role in a play as black actresses dominated on Sunday at the 58th annual Tony Awards for excellence in Broadway theatre. Rashad took the prize for her portrayal
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    • Article, Illustration
      451 27  -  L i Sharon Soh CHEF Chan Chen Hei is one tireless man. Barely two years after opening his successful restaurant at Saffa Toa Tayoh, the ex-Hai Tien Lo master chef shifted it to the heart of town three months ago. As if that task was not already Herculean
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    • 241 28 Reuters NEW YORK For heavy metal bands, it has always been about distortion-laden guitars, pounding drums, singers who can growl and break-neck solos. But now business demands are making some metal acts show their softer side. With record labels dumping bands which don’t sell records by
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    • 505 30  -  In transit By. JANICE WONG “MAKE sure you marry someone who loves you more than you love him,” my newly divorced friend Mark said as I surveyed the sushi conveyor belt. He spoke in that kind of superior tone people use when they think they are wiser.
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    • 112 31 Space watchers around the world today will see a rarity when Venus becomes visible as it blazes a path across the face of the sun. Venus will look i|ke “a bug walking across a lightbulb”, the Washington Post described yesterday. You can catch a live webcast
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    • Happenin'
      • 58 31 REFORMASI Tomorrow till Aug 29; llam-6pm, Monday to Sunday The Chapel Gallery, Sculpture Square (155, Middle Road). Free In what has been billed as the largest and most comprehensive survey of Indonesian contemporary art shown in Singapore, this exhibition consists of work by contemporary Indonesian artists post-1998. Their work
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      • 64 31 SINGAPORE FILM SOCIETY SCREENING Thursday, 7-30 pm and 9.15 pm Goethe-Institut Auditorium (#O5-01 Winsland House II) Admission by membership (available at door) Two Iranian movies: The 7.30 pm screening is Close-Up, a movie inspired by the true story of a lonely film buff who impersonated Iranian director Mohsen Makhmalbaf.
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    • 26 31 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.
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
    • 233 31 Yourdailyhoroseope AQUARIUS JAN 20-FEB 18 by Kelli Fox at Astrology.com JAN 20-FEB 18 You’ll climb out of bed with a very big change on your mind and you’ll be quite ready to put that secret plan you’ve been mulling over into action. Do it. Now. MAY 21 -JUN2I Your charm,
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  • Sports
    • UEFA Euro 2004 PORTUGAL COUNTDOWN 4 DAYS TO GO
      • 180 32 LONDON Bobby Robson has warned Sven-Goran Eriksson not to give preferential treatment to David Beckham (right), or risk angering the rest of the England squad. The former England boss insists that if Beckham errs during Euro 2004, he must be taken to
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      • 542 32 France and England likely to prove too strong for Switzerland and Croatia in Group B Reuters LONDON It will be a major surprise if European champion France and World Cup quarter-finalist England fail to finish among the top two in Group B and qualify for the last
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      • 220 33 PARIS France and Arsenal midfielder Robert Pires (left) hopes to put Ashley Cole in his place when the two go up against each other on Sunday. England and Arsenal defender Cole said earlier that he will not have any problems taking on his team-mate
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      • 296 33 -AFP PARIS Arsenal captain Patrick Vieira believes that France’s hard-fought 1-0 win over Ukraine on Sunday was the perfect warm-up for the match against England. Playmaker Zinedine Zidane volleyed home Thierry Henry’s header in the 88th minute to silence the whistles of an impatient 60,000 crowd.
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      • 449 33 Zidane cranks up pressure, says England holds no surprises Wire services PARIS Zinedine Zidane (right) has said that England has nothing that can surprise his team ahead of the crunch Group B clash on Sunday. France’s inspirational midfielder upped the pressure by saying that it has
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      • 168 34 Reuters LONDON Striker Michael Owen (right) believes that England’s mix of youth and experience, along with a little bit of luck, could help it win Euro 2004. Owen, 24, has already played in three major championships and feels that England has now found the
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      • 481 34 England defenders can shackle in-form Arsenal striker, says Cole Reuters MANCHESTER England defender Ashley Cole (right) says that team-mates John Terry and Sol Campbell can cope with the goal threat of France striker Thierry Henry when the two sides meet in Euro 2004. Cole and Campbell watched
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      • EURO 2004 BRIEFS
        • 141 34 -AFP ZAGREB- Croatia coach Otto Baric believes that his team will do well at Euro 2004 if they can reproduce the form they showed in the first-half of their friendly victory against Denmark at the weekend. Croatia beat the Danes, who are also Portugal-bound, 2-1 in Copenhagen on
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        • 96 34 Reuters SOFIA Bulgaria does not have the strength in depth to be considered anything other than an underdog at Euro 2004, coach Plamen Markov said yesterday. He said: “We have a limited number of players who helped Bulgaria qualify for the finals. “We do not have the potential
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    • 100 35 FOOTBALL -AFP LISBON Porto right-back Paulo Ferreira yesterday confirmed that he has signed with Chelsea. He will join up with former coach Jose Mourinho, in a deal worth 20 million euros (Ss4o million). Ferreira, 25, who joined Porto from Setubal two years ago, is Mourinho’s first signing
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    • 168 35 GOLF AFP DUBLIN, Ohio Ernie Els, putting brilliantly down the stretch, fired a final-round six-under 66 on Sunday to win the star-studded Memorial tournament by four strokes. “Right now I feel like the best player, if you beat a quality field like this,” Els, 34, said after
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