Streats, 21 June 2004

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  • 10 1 Streats MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2004 E-maii: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 190/03/2004
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  • 641 1  -  S’pore patients hail US proposal for moneyless exchange to match patients with compatible organs By_ Sarah Ng A GROUP of transplant surgeons and economists in the United States are working on a kidney donation swop system that can save the lives of seriously ill kidney
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    • 212 1 MONDAY, JUNE 21, 2004 SHARE YOUR PAPER E-mail: streats@sph.com.sg mita (p> 196/03/2004 deter cr j me More CCTVs in HDB lifts will help discourage potential offenders page 2 scra Prestriction Let’s open up the security indus says CONRAD RAJ page 22 <4 A RECEIVED jy; 20 mmnu Or else you
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  • Morning Rush
    • 378 2  -  Move will deter crime in estates, says official By- Christopher Lim MORE lifts and lift lobbies in HDB estates are being fitted with closed circuit television systems as a deterrent to crime and other anti-social behaviour. Among the latest to have CCTVs are Blocks 199
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    • 159 2 AFP BANGKOK Authorities in Thailand’s teeming capital have listed 3,000 high-rise buildings as gravely unsafe, saying that many are under threat from fire, according to a report yesterday. The Bangkok buildings threatening public safety have not been named for fear of inciting a wave of
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    • 306 3  -  Most of FYO3 FDI surge from three sources By ChuaKongHo SINGAPORE-BASED food manufacturers, finance and insurance companies accounted for much of the mushrooming growth in Singapore’s foreign direct investment into Japan in 2003. According to data from Japan’s Ministry of Finance, Singapore’s FDI
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    • 337 3 KUALA LUMPUR The mayor of Kuala Lumpur reportedly has a vision of a city that never sleeps. Datuk Mohmad Shaid Mohd Taufek is not just dreaming, he says, as he already has plans to make the Malaysian capital buzz 24 hours a days, according to
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    • 84 3 Text and picture by Ashleigh Sim It was 10 minutes of furious fun as 02 Xphone users pitted against each other in the phone's Eternal Chamber game at the Book Cafe on Mohamed Sultan on Saturday. Student Andy Chang (top left) walked away with $lO,OOO, while the rest
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    • 299 3 I NEED no better credentials than that I come from Singapore. This was how Mr Dileep Nair said he replied to questions by the US media about his qualifications to head the UN Office for Internal Oversight Services (OIOS), in a letter sent to
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    • 336 4  -  First anti-terror exercise on public transport system Sharlene Tan MADAM Chong Kwee Yin had the feeling that something was not quite right about the bag under her seat on an MRT train yesterday. She gingerly lifted it up and opened it. The mass of wires inside
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    • 105 4 LONDON The number of British university students who cheat by submitting pre-written customised essays has grown to the point where the institutions now plan to fight back with the use of technology, according to a newspaper report. More than 10 per cent
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    • 425 6  -  Dutchman brings miUennia-old ‘rocks’ to Singapore By. Ashleigh Sim “HAVE you seen woolly mammoth teeth before?” asked Mr Comelis Baaijens, 45, as he handed over what looked like two slabs of rock. But the “stones” were 16,000-year-old fossils, remnants of a beast long
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    • 133 8 BUZZSTOP AP RESTORING the pay cuts of civil servants and ministers a decision announced on Friday is “reasonable” as Singapore’s economy has now regained momentum, Acting Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday. “I think that it (the restoration) is
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    • 51 8  -  Text and picture by Edwin Koo Age-old dragon boat rivals National University of Singapore (left) and Nanyang Technological University squaring off in this year’s Singapore Dragon Boat Festival at Marina Promenade yesterday. NUS won the I,ooom race by less than a second. Text and picture by Edwin
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    • 131 8 Indon proposal on Straits security Wire services SINGAPORE yesterday agreed to an Indonesian proposal to increase joint patrols in the Straits of Malacca. Jakarta proposed last week that Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia should jointly boost security to protect the waterway. “We welcome the proposal from the
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    • 143 8 Countries set up hotline Reuters INDIA and Pakistan agreed yesterday to set up a hotline to avoid a nuclear war and ban further nuclear tests. The neighbours, who held nuclear tests two weeks apart in 1998, said that they wanted to “promote a stable environment
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    • 141 8 About 8,000 get cancer each year THE risk of getting cancer for men in Singapore has dropped 8 per cent in the past 20 years. But women are now 15 per cent more likely to get cancer than before, The Straits Times reports today, citing figures from
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    • 93 8 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong arrives in Pakistan today, the first stop on a week-long, three-nation tour of South Asia which will also take him to Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. He is accompanied by Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office and Second Minister for Foreign
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    • 102 8 Reuters TEARS could be a means of spreading Sars but analysing samples taken from tear ducts could also help with detecting the virus early, doctors in Singapore said. Dr Loon Seng Chee of the National University Hospital and his colleagues found the virus in samples
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    • 87 8 EXPATRIATES, who left Singapore in droves in the last two years, are coming back, The Straits Times reports today. Five agencies and headhunting firms said that they have been receiving more calls from “senior level executives” from the US, Britain, Australia and Asia who are looking for
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    • 102 8 ap MALAYSIA-BASED budget airline Air Asia plans to buy up to 80 aircraft, increasing its fleet more than fourfold as it spreads its wings across the region, the carrier’s chief executive said in a news report. The company would likely acquire the planes over the next
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    • 667 7 S&S i Do Not Abandon Your Pets! AVA Some Startling Facts. Thousands of pets are abandoned by their owners each year. The abandonment of unwanted pets contributes to the problem of strays. A common misconception is that it is more humane to abandon unwanted pets than to put them to
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    • 993 9 Wellness Insights A Health Service brought to you by Expressions Postnatal blues Manage the impact of childbirth on your body and mind Other than the hormonal changes after childbirth, many postnatal mothers also feel overwhelmed by the drastic change in their physical appearance. Now heavier than they have ever been,
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  • Financial
    • 423 10  -  HK founders want listing in Singapore, where IP rights, tech stocks are respected By Janice Wong THE two chiefs of Hong Kong-based Daka Designs, which recently filed a prospectus with the Monetary Authority of Singapore for a mainboard listing, have a friendship forged over 30
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    • 213 10 -AFP SINGAPORE The three local banks say they are prepared for more domestic competition from the global big boys even as they look to expand overseas. This come after the Monetary Authority of Singapore last week announced the third instalment of banking sector liberalisation measures
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    • 24 10 *AS AT JUNE 18 US$: 551.720 Ss: RM2.209 553.145 Ss: HK54.533 EURO: 552.064 Ss: 23.80 BAHT Ss: 63.70 YEN Ss: 5,469 RUPIAH
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    • 490 10 This list represents the average the recommendations submitted by brokers tracking the particular stock. A total of 29 brokers are polled, but not every stock is followed by all the 29 brokers. Their recommendations are placed on a scale of 1 to 5 points and averaged to produce
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    • 409 12 Temasek is in talks with Indian carrier: report Bloomberg MUMBAI Jet Airways Ltd, India’s second-biggest domestic airline by fleet size, said on Saturday that it is in talks to sell a stake to potential investors to raise funds for expansion. “We are talking to various
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    • 492 15 Morgan Stanley fond manager reveals his stock picks Bloomberg TOKYO Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund’s Mr Ashutosh Sinha, who bought his first flat-screen television last month, is betting US$35 million (Ss6o million) that consumers will make similar purchases. His fund the fourth-best performer in
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    • 369 16 Chinese president calls for talks as Brazil’s $2.2b exports threatened -AP SAO PAULO, Brazil Chinese President Hu Jintao has said that he wants to resolve a dispute over the current Chinese ban on imports of Brazilian soya products that could cost the South
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    • 526 19 Workers now hope for higher washes in 1 new Logan plant Reuters MIOVENI, Romania It may look like a box on wheels but the Dacia’s many faithful fans say that Romania’s landmark car will be dearly missed after production stops later this year. A
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    • 373 20 Football rivals Roma, Lazio seeking help from same banking group -AFP ROME An Italian football financial crisis has broken into the open, with Rome club Lazio striving to make ends meet after the head of rival AS Roma said he would sell family heirlooms to
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  • Comment
    • 714 22  -  By CONRAD RAJ RECENTLY the Government decided to corporatise Cisco, or the Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation, the commercial security unit of the Ministry of Home Affairs. It did so to introduce competition in the armed security industry, it explained. At present only Cisco, the largest
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  • Vocal
    • 161 26 WE refer to the letter “Lopsided upgrading” (Streats June 17) and thank Ms Ong for her feedback. The bicycle track on one side of the canal that Ms Ong referred to is the Bukit Panjang Park Connector that was completed in October last year,
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    • 129 26 AS a subscriber to SingTel’s Jet Pack broadband service, I recently sought technical assistance and was referred to their audioline, where a charge of 30 cents a minute is levied. When the bill came, I was surprised to see that I was also charged for the
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    • 181 26 YOUR report, “2 S’pore couples ‘trying for clone kids’” (Streats, June 18), made me wonder why these parents are prepared to risk being prosecuted in Singapore for this. A Bill now in Parliament will make such a controversial medical procedure illegal once it is
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    • 190 26 WE refer to letters written by Mr Teo Kueh Liang (“Make players full-time pros”, Streats, June 15) and Mr Ko Po Hui (“Aren’t the players pros?”, Streats, June 16). All National A Team footballers are selected from the S-League clubs. The Football Association of
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    • 100 26 EVER since the Nicoll Highway cavein, many motorists travelling between the east and the central business district have little alternative but to use the ECP. As a result of this diversion, the traffic volume along the ECP has increased significantly especially during peak hours,
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    • 133 26 I REFER to Ms Jesie Chua’s letter, “Bus No 200 is often late” (Streats, June 9), and would like to thank her for her feedback. The scheduled headway for service 200 at the bus stop in front of Block 10 along Holland Drive ranges from five
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    • 75 26 I REFER to the letter “Fishy deal turns bad” (Streats, June 17). All food handlers, including fishmongers, are required to ensure that food offered for sale is fit for human consumption. We would appreciate it if Mr Cheng could get in touch with
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    • 286 27 I WAS recently recommended by a friend in China to come to Singapore and study for a degree course in a private school located in the city area. My application for a student pass to enrol in the school was rejected. I was told that
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  • Global
    • 648 28 Wire services A1 Qaeda’s Saudi chief spilled blood all his life RIYADH Abdul Aziz A 1 Muqrin, the A 1 Qaeda chief in Saudi Arabia, was a battle-hardened fanatic who left a trail of blood in his quest to rid the Arabian peninsula
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    • 223 28 Reuters FALLUJAH Top Iraqi security officials in the flashpoint town of Fallujah yesterday challenged US assertions that a house destroyed by a deadly American air strike was used by A 1 Qaeda fighters. The US military said that the attack on
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    • 157 28 ap HONG KONG The daughter of China’s missing Sars whistle-blower said that she’s proud of her father for exposing the scale of the epidemic in the country. He had also criticised the government’s bloody 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators. “Your honesty and courage and
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      55 29 Hundreds of Taiwan activists holding signs in a demonstration in Taipei on Saturday protesting against a planned arms deal with the US. A group of Taiwan lawmakers left for the US last Thursday to meet Pentagon officials and discuss a weapons package in the face of a
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    • 281 29 Wire services MANILA Philippines President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has won another term in office, according to a congressional committee that finished the contentious vote count yesterday, six weeks after the election. The opposition, which has claimed Mrs Arroyo’s caifip manipulated the May 10
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    • 172 29 KUALA TERENGGANU The Malaysian government will set up maid training centres where locals can be equipped with domestic skills. This move is expected to reduce the country’s reliance on foreign maids by up to 30 per cent by 2010, the Star newspaper
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    • 261 30 If successful, it’s the start of commercial space travel MOJAVE, California If all goes well, the launch of Space Ship One today will make history as the first time a human goes into space in a non-governmental piloted flight. This marks after 40 years of
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  • Medical
    • 314 32 Reuters NEW YORK Above-par hip strength may be one secret of a lower golf handicap, new research findings suggest. The study of 82 golfers found that those with the best game also had the strongest hips, pointing to the importance of the
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  • EasyStreats
    • 598 34  -  With Kumar, Hossan Leong and Joe Augustin on the same stage for a night ofimprov comedy, make sure you sit right at the back of the roomfor you never know when you'll be part of the act YVONNE KWOK stands a respectable 10m away as she previews
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    • journeys
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        474 36 DEEPA VIJIYASINGAM savours down-to-earth cooking and splendid Roman and Renaissance artefacts in France’s second-largest city I’VE heard that the bouchons of Lyon are what Paris bistros used to be cozy family-run establishments serving local specialities in surroundings that have barely changed in decades. Indeed, dining in a traditional
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    • 387 38  -  By_ Zubaidah Nazeer IT WAS the dream role in a musical that she had been waiting for. So when she landed it, Dina Lynne Morishita, 28, quit her stable mortgage specialist job, put her part-time undergraduate studies on hold and jumped right into theatre. That was four years
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    • 161 38 Reuters ACTRESS Winona Ryder may still be a convicted shoplifter, but she’s no longer a felon. Ryder, who was found guilty in 2002 of stealing thousands of dollars in clothes and accessories from a Beverly Hills store, won a bid over the weekend to have
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    • 294 40  -  By Yeo Ghim Lay WHAT’S better than feasting in a restaurant? Learning the secrets behind the recipes, of course. For about 50 readers, the Streats Culinary Masterclass presented the opportunity to learn the art of Thai cooking and top it off with a three-course meal. Held
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    • 77 40 BRITISH actor Orlando Bloom is the world’s most eligible bachelor, according to a top 50 list by America’s People magazine. The 27-year-old Lord of the Rings star beat Irish actor Colin Farrell and Hollywood superstar Tom Cruise, reported BBC News on Saturday. Actors Ben Affleck, Jake Gyllenhaal
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    • 90 40 SPURRED by the immense popularity of the American Idol, US Christian television network Trinity has its own version in the works. Called Gifted, the show will begin a talent search tour on July 26 in various US states. Though much like American Idol in format, this
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    • 118 41 Good news for some but not to everybody’s taste: Two seed researchers in California have developed a new broccoli strain that thrives in hot weather, I AP reported yesterday. Traditionally a coolI season vegetable which f will develop brown spots and lumpy heads when exposed to
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
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        54 41 9pm, Channel i Arnold Schwarzenegger plays a policeman sent after a Russian drug dealer who has escaped to the US and is awaiting extradition in Chicago. Jim Belushi plays his temporary partner on the Chicago police. When the drug dealer escapes, the two must overcome their differences in
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      • 51 41 9pm, Cinemax (Star Hub Ch 59) A housewife and an undertaker are determined to follow their hearts but not upset anyone in the process, least of all her slimy husband. They plan to fake her death and elope to the South Pacific on a luxury cruise
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    • Happenin’
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        68 41 UNKIN PARK Tomorrow, Bpm The Padang Tickets from $B5 to $l5O at Sistic They come live, loud and with a big following, if sales of their Meteora album are anything to go by more than 40,000 units were sold in Singapore alone. Some 27,000 tickets were snapped up in
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      • 71 41 SEX AND THE LION CITY A TRILOGY From Thursday to Aug 14 (Thursdays through Saturdays only), 7pm Ristorante Teatro, The Esplanade-Theatres On The Bay Tickets at $25 (show only) and $B5 (plus dinner) from Sistic Does the perfect man exist? Does size matter? How do we deal with our
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