Streats, 27 October 2004

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  • 12 1 Streats WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2004 website: www.streats.com.sg e-mail-. streats@sph.com.sg MITA (P) 196/03/2004
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  • 209 1 ap BOGOTA, Colombia Queen Noor (above) of Jordan is urging Muslim moderates to speak out against the “ranting” of extremists who use Islam to justify beheadings and suicide bombings against Americans and other Westerners. But Washington should also tone down its militaristic approach to
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  • 576 1 network’s link to terrorism legally established Wire services NEW Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is considering outlawing the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) terror group, but he wants “proof” first that the network exists in his country. The A 1 Qaeda-linked group is blamed for
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  • Morning Rush
    • 180 2  -  By_ Lee Choo Kiong FOURTEEN local architects were awarded the prestigious three-yearly SIA (Singapore Institute of Architects) awards for their state-of-the-art designs of buildings this year. Over 100 entries were received, but only five SIA design awards and 17 honourable mentions were given out. The
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    • 483 2  -  Ngiam warns against ignoring arts, literature Khushwant Singh THE straight-talking Mr Ngiam Tong Dow said last night that young Singaporeans are in danger of losing their roots and their Asian souls. Many lacked what he termed “cultural DNA”. Mr Ngiam, 67, a former senior civil
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    • 371 3  -  Government working to meet US deadline for machine-readable travel documents: minister By Christopher Lim BY the end of next year, most Singaporeans will probably replace their passports with new, electronic securitycompatible ones, as required by US authorities. Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng said
      Llanhe Zaobao  -  371 words
    • 293 4 Reforms, political stability have buoyed sentiment: experts -AFP WASHINGTON US companies are considering a new wave of capital investments to South-east Asia following greater political stability and assurances of business-friendly reforms by leaders in the region, experts say. The US is the largest
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    • 167 4 TOKYO An accessory for Vodafone camera-phone handsets that was developed as a filter for nighttime photography reportedly has turned out to be a handy tool for peeping toms. The Yamada Denshi infrared filter allows the cameras to see through people’s clothing in certain conditions,
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    • 234 6 Psychological treatment new feature in prisons, says vice-minister Reuters BEIJING China, which has the biggest prison population in the world, is reforming its penal system along the lines of Singapore and Canada, the official Xinhua news agency said in a report yesterday. China’s 670 prisons
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    • 242 6  -  By Paid Jansen SOME people shudder at the thought of being cooped up in a plane for long hours to travel from one country to another. Not the fighter pilots of the Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF). A contingent of them flew RSAF
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    • 117 8 BUZZSTOP BUS and taxi company ComfortDelGro believes it can become the world’s biggest land transport operator in four to six years. Chief executive Kua Hong Pak declined to say what the investment cost might be but back-of-envelope calculations show that it
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    • 61 8 Visitors looking at an elephant-shaped sculpture made from household items including television sets, heaters, fans, a toilet, shoes and radios -at a park at Sydney's Bondi Beach yesterday. Artworks by local and international artists are on display in the annual Sculptures by the Sea exhibition, situated along
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    • 132 8 Profiteers could face legal action THE Consumers Association of Singapore yesterday warned retailers who use high egg prices as an excuse for overcharging that they could face action under the Consumers Protection (Fair Trading) Act. Complaints about overcharging prompted Case to conduct three rounds of
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    • 144 8 Steering parts defective -AFP JAPAN’S largest carmaker, Toyota Motor Corp, said yesterday that it would recall more than 330,000 cars and 9,000 small trucks in Japan to exchange defective steering parts. Five models of cars, including the Hilux Surf, produced between 1988 and 1996 in
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    • 144 8 Biggest anti-smut case in China -AP A CHINESE court has sentenced a man to 19 years in prison for trafficking in pornographic DVDs in the biggest such case ever prosecuted in China, a news report said. The man was among 13 people sentenced in the
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    • 94 8 SMRT has launched a nationwide promotion to encourage and reward commuters who choose to travel with it. Under the scheme, commuters who make adult-fare trips on SMRT trains, the Bukit Panjang Light Rail and SMRT buses will have the numbers on their ez-link cards automatically entered
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    • 95 8 A 44-YEAR-OLD Malaysian truck driver has been arrested for trying to smuggle in 2,299 cartons of cigarettes that have an estimated street value of $218,400. The cartons were found in a hidden compartment in the truck he was driving, during a routine check at the Tuas
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    • 104 8 A 24-YEAR-OLD man and a 15-year-old girl were arrested by two traffic policemen early on Monday morning along Lorong 18 in Geylang. Five cellphones and a PDA were recovered from them. One of the cellphones belonged to a 58-year-old taxi driver from whom it was allegedly taken
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    • 79 8 AUSTRALIA’S Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation has developed an air cargo scanner that can rapidly detect illicit drugs and explosives concealed inside air freight containers. The advantage of this scanner is its ability to accurately and immediately detect and predict the composition, shape and density
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • Financial
    • 453 10  -  Rivals given licences first despite applying much later: airline By ChuaKongHo MALAYSIA’S Air Asia has shelved plans to start a budget airline here, after what it sees as a snub from the Singapore authorities, which granted approval to its rivals even though Air
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    • 315 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore Airlines Ltd (SIA) said yesterday that it had signed a $3OO million, seven-year deal with International Business Machines Corp (IBM) to outsource its information technology operations. About 130 jobs at Asia’s most profitable carrier will be cut under the deal,
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    • 93 10 Reuters SINGAPORE SembLog said yesterday that it will not go ahead with a selective capital reduction after Swiss logistics group Kuehne Nagel cancelled a share buy-back agreement. Singapore-based SembCorp Logistics Ltd said that it received notice from Kuehne Nagel International (KNI) that KNI had placed its 5
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    • 86 10 Reuters CHICAGO Shares of Google Inc hit a new high on Monday, giving the Web search leader a bigger market value than rival Yahoo Inc, as traders who had shorted the stock scrambled to buy back scarce shares after Google’s better-than-expected quarterly results last week. Based on
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    • 85 10 Bloomberg SINGAPORE Keppel Corp, a Singapore-based marine, engineering, real estate and telecommunications group, yesterday said that third-quarter profit rose 15 per cent, boosted by higher earnings from its property and oilrefinery units. Profit rose to $112.6 million, or 14.4 cents a share, from $9B million, or 12.6
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    • 75 10 Reuters SINGAPORE Singapore hotel and property group, United Overseas Land, recently a takeover target, said yesterday that its net profit for the third-quarter jumped 22 per cent on an 11 per cent rise in revenue. UOL said in a statement that profit for the three months
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    • 528 12 ISG buyout to forge world’s biggest steelmaker, eclipsing Arcelor’s capacity Wire services LONDON Mr Lakshmi Mittal’s US$4.5 billion (557.5 billion) acquisition of International Steel Group may prompt a spree of deals as the steel industry consolidates to cut costs. Indian-born Mr Mittal (pictured), 54,
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    • 257 12 -AP WASHINGTON US federal regulators are proposing to loosen restrictions on executives’ utterances in the weeks before their company goes public in a stock sale, a move that could bring the first significant changes in 70 years to a traditional fixture known
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    • 418 14 Backlash seen against foreign banks in Japan -AFP TOKYO The closure of Citigroup’s highly successful private banking operation in Japan could spell trouble for all foreign banks with units here catering to wealthy clients, banking analysts said. Citibank NA Japan was the industry leader in
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    • 197 14 AP SHANGHAI China has reached agreement with Asean on completely removing tariffs on merchandise goods by 2010 as part of a proposed free trade agreement, the Chinese Commerce Ministry said yesterday. The agreement on ending most tariffs was reached during a meeting last week in
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    • 324 15 Dimagi’s customers are Third World health agencies AP CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts Mr Vikram Kumar (pictured above with an array of smart cards) is hardly your typical tech chief executive. He shares a two-bedroom apartment with a sister and a nephew and gets around town by bicycle
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    • 27 15 STI: 1,957.41 3.97 *AS AT OCT 26 US$: 551.664 Ss: RM2.283 553.062 Ss: HK54.675 EURO: 552.130 Ss: 24.66 BAHT Ss: 64.22 YEN Ss: 5,465 RUPIAH
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  • Comment
    • 749 16  -  By ANDY MUKHERJEE Bloomberg MR Shane Smith found his big break in Wall Street’s moment of shame. Just as he was trying last year to steer his loss-making Internet financial services company, Market Age Pic, into a new area equity-research for retail clients 10
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  • Vocal
    • 270 19 I REFER to Mr Harry Chia Kim Seng’s letter, “Give ‘retired’ NSmen their fair share” (Streats, Oct 20) and Mr Conrad Raj’s commentary “Make ERS allocation fairer” (Streats, Oct 18). Mindef and the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) have valued and will continue to value the
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    • 127 19 I’M puzzled that nothing much has been done to improve the unpleasant environment at Tanjong Pagar MRT station. This station is one of SMRT’s oldest. It has only three ascending escalators (no descending), which take commuters from the concourse to the MRT platform. In the
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    • 142 19 I HAVE made at least five visits to the National Skin Centre (NSC) for my acne problem. The cost for both the consultation and medication came to almost $3OO, but the condition of my skin has worsened over the months. Early this month, I was
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    • 87 19 WE refer to Ms Connie Sim’s letter “Why the long wait at clinic?” (Streats, Oct 25). We value Ms Sim’s feedback and would like to follow up on it. As Ms Sim did not indicate the date of her visit to the polyclinic, we would
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    • 383 19 I DISAGREE with some of the points made by Ms Christina Eng in her letter “A cat-management system is the answer” (Streats, Oct 25). These cats have more than sufficient food and are living together harmoniously as a happy colony. There is no need to hunt
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    • 85 19 HAVE \OJ& SAY E-mail us at streatS@Sph.COlH.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
    • 460 20 Rebels leave us no choice but to use force, says PM Thaksin Wire services TAKBAI, Thailand An Islamic leader yesterday accused Thai troops of overreacting in a crackdown on rioters that left at least 84 people dead and some 1,300 people behind bars.
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    • 259 20 -AFP KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia is concerned over the latest clash in neighbouring southern Thailand in which 84 protesters died in a confrontation with security forces, Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. “The flare-up in southern Thailand is a matter of concern to us. Thailand
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    • 178 20 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Home Minister Azmi Khalid wants employers to help arrange for illegal workers, sent home during the amnesty period between this Friday and Nov 14, to return legally to the country after the festive season, the Malaysian daily Star reported yesterday. When
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    • 261 22 -AP TAIPEI Taiwan yesterday sharply disagreed with the US its most important friend and said that US Secretary of State Colin Powell was wrong when he insisted the island isn’t an independent country. “Taiwan is a sovereign, independent nation. This is reality,” Premier
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    • 310 22 President proposes independence, UN mandate, joint control ■AFP ISLAMABAD President Pervez Musharraf’s call for a national debate on ways to resolve Pakistan’s dispute with India over Kashmir drew a mixed reaction yesterday, from applause to uncertainty and even calls for jihad. In an address
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    • 183 21 o Before we test our students, we test our lecturers. N. THE QUALITY OF PSB ACADEMY DIPLOMA IS TRIED AND TESTED. At PSB Academy, the PSB Lecturer Management Unit assesses the Education Technology Unit and the PSB Exam Unit. Which is part of qualifications, experience and ability of all our
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    • 278 22 erience The personal touch to body contouring. At The Scentual Experience, our specialty has always been providing services with a personalized touch, which is why only skilled Javanese trained therapists perform all hand massage. Jamu 2-Step Body Contouring Programme Jamu is created from a mixture of rice extract and lemon
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    • 164 22 r A VIP ASSANA As taught by S. N. Goenka and his Assistant Teachers Vipassana is a simple and practical method of mental purification which makes it possible to face the tensions and problems of daily life in a calm and balanced way. Vipassana literally means “to see things as
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    • 219 23 29-3 1 October 2004, 7.30-llpm. r h X,\ 4 if#a* \X v i m m >- ■'*r j I W' 4 ms Jm fc Your heart threatens to pound its way through your rib cage. Your knuckles are white. You hardly breathe. You blink even less. And we’re not even
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  • Medical
    • 323 24 Wire services LONDON A steaming cup of tea, the relaxing drink of choice for millions around the world, could help ward off the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, scientists said yesterday. Laboratory tests found that regular cups of green and black tea inhibit tjie activity
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    • 223 24 Reuters NEW YORK Many herbal remedies and nutritional supplements can damage the eyes, including some alternative therapies that are used by people trying to correct eye problems, new research shows. According to a review of reported cases and medical literature, commonly used supplements
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  • EasyStreats
    • 637 26 The man an d his muse Although divorcedfrom actress Maggie Cheung, French director Olivier Assayas crafted an award-winning rolefor her in his latest film Clean. YVONNE KWOKfinds out more JUST what kind of a man would engage the interest of Hong Kong film goddess Maggie Cheung? You could easily conjure
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    • 116 26 YOU have to feel slightly sorry for Chinese Olympic gold medallist Tian Liang (pictured), who recently expressed his desire to work with Jackie Chan on a movie. The actor declined, saying: “I can’t think of any script to do with him.” Tian’s agent said
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    • 111 26 JERRY Springer The Opera is struggling to continue in London’s West End. The musical’s producers have admitted that the company is losing money, partly due to its libel suit against British tabloid The Daily Mail. Ticket sales have been poor and money that should have
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    • 79 26 ACTOR Harrison Ford (pictured) has banned elk hunting on his 323 ha ranch in Wyoming. This is despite official efforts to reduce elk numbers, which have risen to 5,100, above the state’s target of 4,400. Warning signs have been placed around the actor’s property to
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    • 575 28  -  By_ Sharlene Tan MRS Lee Chin Koon, who wrote the famous Mrs Lee’s Cookbook, was well-known for her Nonya dishes, but she also had a diverse collection of Hainanese, Cantonese and Indonesian recipes, such as boneless stuffed chicken, sweet and sour pork and rissoles. Her
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    • 332 30 THE sorry state of the single shows no sign of ending. In the UK, singles sales have slumped so much that just 2,000 copies are enough to make the Top 40. This figure is less than a third of what it would have
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    • 547 30  -  The beleaguered Sheikh Haikel complained recently about the close attention of the media, but isn’t that what celebrity is all about? Broadside By YVONNE KWOK FIRST, he was sacked from his part-time deejaying gig by Media Corp Radio when he encouraged a young man,
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    • 106 31 Weather-related reception problems, commonly called rain fade, were ranked as the top reason satellite users in the US would consider switching from satellite to cable TV, according to a new survey by Lyra Research’s DTV View group. So local TV viewers may want to note that
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    • Tune in TV & MOVIE NEWS
      • 51 31 9pm, Cinemax (Star Flub Ch 59) lowa farmer Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) constructs a baseball diamond in the middle of his cornfield, only to realise that his ballfield has been divinely ordained to give a second chance to people who have sacrificed certain valuable aspects of their
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      • 58 31 10pm, Channel i The Nazis have kidnapped Indy’s father for his diary, which contains maps and first-hand accounts of many of the world’s most sacred and hidden treasures. Indy must make his way into Germany in order to save his father and the treasured
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    • Happenin’
      • Article, Illustration
        50 31 REFLECTIONS Today and tomorrow, 10am-7pm 11 Nathan Road, #lO-01 Regency Park Free Catch the works of Asian artist D T Thombare, whose paintings deal with nature, its realisation and the human mind. His use of figures in a multidimensional background adds a touch of mysterious depth to his works.
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      • 67 31 5x2 Today, 9-15 pm Alliance Francaise, No 1 Sarkies Road Tickets at $8 from Sistic The latest from the director of 8 Women and Swimming Pool, this film tells the story of a young couple, Gilles and Marion, in their 30s, filmed in five crucial moments of
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous

  • Sports
    • 417 32  -  Woodwork denies Geylang place in AFC Cup final By Tan Kim Han AFC CUP SEMI-FINAL (2ND LEG) Geylang United 0 Al Wahdal (Al Wahda win 2-1 on aggregate) IN the end, what stood between Geylang United and a historic Cup final weren’t any menacing opponent. It was
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    • 328 32  -  By Lim Han Ming IF all goes well, Tania D’ Silva will have two daughters studying in the Singapore Sports School (SSS). Her elder daughter, Sonia, 13, joined the SSS netball academy this year. Now, D’Silva, a 37-year-old personal assistant, wants her younger daughter
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    • 467 33 Van Nistelrooy lucky to escape criminal charges, feels ex-Premiership referee LONDON Ruud van Nistelrooy’s (right) challenge on Arsenal defender Ashley Cole is one of the worst challenges he has seen, a former top Premiership referee has said. Jeff Winter said that the Manchester United striker was lucky not
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    • 249 33 Wire services LONDON Arsenal striker Jose Reyes has hit out at Manchester United’s roughhouse tactics during Sunday’s controversial Old Trafford encounter. The Spaniard claims that he was left black and blue by United’s tough tackling in the 0-2 defeat. Said Reyes: “In all my sporting
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    • 368 33 Wire services LONDON Ruud van Nistelrooy says that he is innocent of charges he tried deliberately to hurt Arsenal full-back Ashley Cole during Manchester United’s controversial 2-0 win on Sunday. The striker has been charged with serious foul play by the Football Association (FA) for kicking the
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    • 244 34 -AFP MEXICO Mexico has been awarded a Formula One Grand Prix after a one-year hiatus, it was announced by Mexican authorities on Monday. The inaugural Grand Prix will be held in 2006 in the eastern resort of Cancun with the contract running till 2010,
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