The Straits Times, 18 April 1999

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    24 1 The Sunday Times April 18, 1999 102 Pages m five parts mita (P) 065/12/98 am ftX 10 A Singapore Press Holdings ptAbottton vJ'J cents
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    Dr 1 Tan: Scrap scholarships
    718 1  -  GEOFFREY PEREIRA They force employers to hold positions for scholars, says DPM Tony Tan, who suggests study loan funds instead Bu IN BOSTON 'By the time they have finished, their aspirations may nave changed, their motivations may have changed, but you are still obliged to
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    Lock icon WHEN A WOMAN CRIES
    57 1 INDONESIA'S CHINESE WAKE UP TO POUIKS "Now is the time for the Chinese to go into politics. It's time to change. Chinese Indonesian activist Review, Page 36 GLOBAL GIRUfUKT American tycoon finds his two missing daughters $5 million, two years and 130 investigators later. Pages 8
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    Counter image of 'hip' drugs
    307 1 NEW creative ways have to be found to counter the marketing of "fashionable" and easy-to-produce drugs, such as Ecstasy and Ice. The trick, according to Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng, is to make youngsters realise that a drug-tree life instead is the "m" thing,
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    Lock icon Just one vote ends rule of India's coalition govt
    382 1 More reports: Page 6 NEW DELHI India's 13--month-old coalition government fell yesterday after losing a confidence motion by just one vote m Parliament, raising the spectre of another fragile coalition or a general election. The main opposition Congress; party said that
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    Fever pill horror
    74 1 Fever pill horror IT WAS a prescription for a simple fever. A common antibiotic. But it landed an NS cop m hospital for 24 days, led to blisters on his skin, eyes, mouth and genitals, and almost cost him his eyes. Today, he can't cry, his eyelashes grow inwards and
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  • PRIME NEWS
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      Public Guardian may manage assets of elderly
      529 2  -  TAN OOI BOON The proposal, which is being studied by the Law Ministry, will benefit those living alone or without a family Bu THIS proposed position is an expaiuleiitf the ntes undertaken by the Public Trustee's Office wfckfc: Administers estates of those who
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      S'pore's first A-G dies at 82
      409 2  -  SALMA KHALIK Bu THERE is a road here named after him and lawyers know him best as an expert on Muslim law. Older Singaporeans know him as the country's first AttorneyGeneral. Tan Sri Professor Ahmad Ibrahim, 82, died of a heart attack at his
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      THEY'VE GOT MAIL
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      Surviving Antarctica
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      Lock icon KL police arrest 68 in protests
      375 4 KL police arrest 68 in protests SHOPPERS HIT BY WATER BLASTS KUALA LL'MPUR Malaysian police yesterday blasted protesters and shoppers alike with water cannon m a tourist district on the fourth day of demonstrations m support of jailed former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim. Paramilitary police then used canes to
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      Lock icon US may call up 33,000 reservists
      575 4 Most of the troops would be tanker pilots and other air force personnel, to back the air assault, say officials 'Our people are strong enough to endure all these pressures and aggression on our country and to come out as a winner. General Nebojsa
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      544 6 Famed HK Actor Dies Rt eH Militia On Rampage *$ffisX&l US Trade Policy Slammed '^Sm VeteranHK actor Roy Chiao, who was voted About 1,500 pro-Takarta militiamen I^' Federal Reserve Chairman Alan fe best actor m 1996 for his role m Summer *^l| went on a rampage m East Timor, K^
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Scramble to form Delhi govt
      386 6 Scramble to form Delhi govt Sonia, the Prime Minister m waiting? Congress hopes to take power without having to have elections but its rule will not be stable, say analysts NEW DELHI The collapse of India's ruling coalition yesterday heralds a fresh round of political uncertainty, with the opposition scrambling
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      Lock icon Indian industry and financial markets fear economic fallout
      408 6 BOMBAY The collapse of India's Hindu nationalist-led government yesterday rocked the financial markets and left businessmen fearing for the country's short-term economic future. The 30-share Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) index fell by 6.9 per cent m reaction to the ruling coalition losing
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      Vivi Shah, seven
      39 8 Vivi Shah, seven GENEVIEVE Marie Shah's nickname is Vivi. The brown-eyed girl has her mother's long face and a darker complexion that mirrors her father's Indian background. She has birthmarks on her chest that laser treatments could not erase.
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      Lock icon Tycoon finds his daughters — 2 investigators and
      284 8  - Tycoon finds his daughters 2 investigators and IRENE NGOO Indian-born American millionaire is reunited with his children after a global manhunt that stretched across the US, Europe, Australia and South Africa Bu 'Finally, I knew what Ellen had done. I knew we had to be looking for a new person
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      Lock icon 'Bill Gates of payment systems'
      600 8 'Bill Gates of payment systems' THE FATHER a The story of Bipin Shah is one of talent and grit 'He will bounce back m next to no time. He is already thinking of buying a company. Mr Edward Eizen, Mr Shah's public-relations consultant m Philadelphia AS A boy who grew
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      Woman of excess
      239 8 THE MOTHER LITHE and athletic, Ms Ellen Dever, a former computer programmer who earned U5524,000 (5541,280) a year, is a woman of excess. Born to a middle-class family m the Midwest and raised near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, she led a lavish lifestyle after marrying Mr Bipin Shah.
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      Lock icon two missing years, 130 $5 million later
      718 9 two missing years, 130 $5 million later [FrvmPa&S] their lives," said the Indianborn multi-millionaire, 60, who made his fortunes developing automated-teller systems. "I want them to go back to school, to see their friends, their parents and grandparents and I'm prepared to spend my last dime doing it." Two weeks
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      Sarah Shah, nine
      52 9 SARAH Lynn Shah "disappeared" with her sister and mother on June 8, 1997. The elder of the two girls is sandy blonde-haired with strikingly large green eyes. Investigators traced her and her sister to their mother's apartment m Lucerne, Switzerland. They studied m a boarding school while
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      Lock icon who took flight
      130 9 [FrvmPags&l soured after she and her husband separated m 1992 and divorced m 1993. Mr Shah said they broke up after he caught her having an affair m 1988 and he suspected her of others. She accused him of assaulting her and filed several reports for police
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    • THE WEEK AHEAD ... AND THE WEEK THAT WAS
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        Queen E due in S. Korea to boost ties
        164 11 Queen E due in S. Korea to boost ties \IH DAY BRITAIN'S Queen Elizabeth II will arrive m Seoul today for a four-day state visit, the first trip to South Korea by a British monarch. Her visit is aimed at boosting economic and cultural ties. She will spend her 73rd
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        Alatas for UN talks on E.Timor
        100 11 Alatas for UN talks on E. Timor THURSDAY INDONESIAN Foreign Minister Ali Alatas is to meet Portuguese government officials m New York on the future of East Timor. The UN is brokering talks between Jakarta and Lisbon, which it recognises as the administrative power m the former colony. Jakarta has
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        Nato summit in US
        107 11 FRI D A V A THREE-DAY summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation is due to begin m Washington today with the release of a New Strategic Concept to coincide with the alliance's 50th anniversary. But the summit is now likely to be dominated by the
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        Polling day for Fiji
        94 11 SATU R D A V FIJIANS go to the polls today m its first general election under a new constitution designed to increase power-sharing between political parties and protect the rights and interests of all communities after a long period of ethnic tension. The Fijian population
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        LAST WEEK: Anwar gets 6 years
        128 11 Monday PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tung met Brunei's Scl tan Hassanal Bolkiah m Bandar Sen Begawan. real finning their countries' bilateral ties. Tuesday Serbian forces crossed into the refugee haven of Albania and seized a border post as the United States and allied forces
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      Lock icon Greenspan slams 'narrow' US trade policy
      446 11 Greenspan slams 'narrow' US trade policy Hitting out at US protectionism, the central banker says raising trade barriers to help the 'victims of progress' will hurt economic growth DALLAS Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has lashed out against a rising tide of protectionism m the US and criticised the Clinton
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      FED CHIEF ON
      70 11 Trade barriers 'If trade barriers are lowered by both parties, each clearly benefits. But if one lowers barriers and the other does not, the country that lowered barriers unilaterally would still be better off.' Free trade We try to promote free trade on the mistaken ground that
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      Lock icon Criminals want out of humane prison
      166 14 LONDON Hardened criminals find Britain's first privately-run prison too soft ■nd have asked tor transfers to jails with nastier guards. A report said the relaxed regime at the Wolds Remand Prison unnerved prisoners used to hostile relations with guards. "That staff treated all prisoners
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      S'pore and Ireland 'can learn from each other'
      464 14  -  CHUA MUI HOONG Although both are competing for investments, there are many areas where they can cooperate, says BG Lee during a visit to Dublin Bt IN DUBLIN RIVAL TIGERS: Similar economic strategies LIKE Singapore, Ireland aims to be a regional information-tech-nology
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    • DATELINE ASIA
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        Lock icon Chief Exec hopeful: Fve had affairs
        168 14 Chief Exec hopeful: Fve had affairs MACAU FRONT-RUNNER COMES CLEAN THE banker who is tipped to be the first Chief Executive of Macau when it returns to Chinese sovereignty m December was disarmingly frank on Thursday, when he officially announced his candidacy. Mr Edmund Ho Hau Wah, executive director of
        Wang Hui Ling  -  168 words
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        Lock icon CELEBRITY SENATOR UNDER FIRE
        109 14 PHILIPPINES FILIPINO newscaster-turned-senator Loren Legarda drew a lot of flak the past week for "hogging" the spotlight during the separate release of four soldiers abducted by communist rebels. Critics and political foes accused the high-pro-file legislator, who topped the Senate polls last year, of trying to
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        Lock icon U.S. AWARD FOR BUSINESSMAN
        113 14 MR MASAYOSHI Son. founder of Japanese software company Softbank, has become the third person from Japan to be honoured by Babson College m the United States for outstanding entrepreneurship. He is the first person to receive the award for his Internet-related business ventures. One of the
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        Lock icon THE LIGHTER SIDE OF OPM ABDULLAH
        105 14 MALA 1 SI THE foreign media has not been winning popularity contests with official- dom here recenth but managed to draw a joke from Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Badawi last week. At a press conference after launching a tribute to his boss,
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        Lock icon BAMBANG'S MATE IS AVID SWIMMER
        131 14 INDON h> 1 I NEXT to watching gangster movies and being an Al Pacino fan. Pemuda Pancasila chief and Suharto loyalist Yorrys Raweyai is an avid swimmer. He swims at least three times a week. "Nothing beats swimming." he told The Sunday Times. "It i.s
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  • STRIKES AGAINST YUGOSLAVIA
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      Lock icon Life as a child refugee
      70 7 In a world that has turned upside down, Ardita Hajdini, 9V2 (left), wept as she arrived alone m Albania yesterday after walking from Kosovo. The fate of her family is unknown. At the Stenkovec refugees camp north of Skopje, Macedonia, a father (centre) tries to
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      Lock icon Nato launches aid mission in Albania
      396 7 Aid workers warn that about 1,000 refugees are entering Albania each hour. Meanwhile, the commander of Nato forces heads for Tirana TIRANA Nato launched a humanitarian mission as Kosovo refugees flooded into Albania yesterday and the commander of Nato forces headed for Tirana before
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      SCEPTICISM OVER NATO ACCOUNT OF BLUNDER
      113 7 BRUSSELS Nato faced mounting pressure to come clean about Wednesday's bombing of ethnic Albanian refugees fleeing Kosovo, amid increasing scepticism about its account of the blunder. The alliance continued to reject responsibility for the bombing of more than one convoy of Albanian refugees. "We
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      Lock icon MARSHAU PUN FOR BALKANS?
      114 7 DRESDEN German Finance Minister Hans Eichel said on Friday Europe should be ready to mount an aid scheme comparable to the post-World War II Marshall Plan to back up an eventual Balkan peace settlement. ''Nobody can say at this stage how much this will cost, but
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      Lock icon YUGOSLAVIA 'POSSESSES CHEMICAL WEAPONS'
      78 7 WASHINGTON Yugoslavia has stocks of chemical weapons, the Pentagon said, while downplaying the possibility that it may use them against Nato forces. "We believe that there is still a chemical-weapon capability of unknown quantity today," said Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon. Although there was no "evidence or
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      Lock icon CLINTON TO SEEK $10B IN AID
      122 7 WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton will ask Congress this week for about US$6 billion (5510.2 billion) for military and humanitarian operations m Kosovo through the end of the fiscal year on Sept 30, a senior administration official said on Friday. Republican congressional leaders have indicated
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      Lock icon SERBIAN STOWAWAYS FOUND IN SWEDEN
      130 7 STOCKHOLM Officials said yesterday they found 14 stowaways from Serbia hidden m a trailer carrying cat food which arrived by ship at Sweden's west-coast port of Gothenburg. "There were seven adults and seven children m a trailer with cat food," Ms Monica Pamp, a Swedish
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      Lock icon NATO ROEASES AERIAL SHOT OF MASS CRAVE
      97 7 BRUSSELS Nato yesterday published an aerial photograph of what it said might be a mass grave containing 150 bodies at Izbica m western Kosovo. The alliance also said reports from refugees who had left the province suggested that as many as 3,200 ethnic
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Roy Chiao, 72, dies of heart attack in US
      311 17 Summer Snow actor survived three earlier attacks HONGKONG Roy Chiao, who was voted best actor at the Hongkong Film Awards and Golden Bauhinia Awards m 1996 for his role as an Alzheimer's-stricken father-in-law m Summer Snow, died of a heart attack
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      Lock icon Japan won't back China
      87 17 TOKYO Japan will not support Beijing's bid to quash a resolution tabled by the US criticising China's human-rights record, a Japanese newspaper reported yesterday. Washington submitted the resolution to the UN Commission on Human Rights on Friday but failed to win formal co-sponsors. China is expected
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      Much friction in HK, say Singapore academics
      463 17  - Much friction in HK, say Singapore academics SUNNY GOH Vocal interest groups making for a contentious society, with the worst-hit likely to be the middle class By HONGKONG has become a contentious society rife with all sorts of highly-vocal interest groups, each with its own agenda, said two senior Singapore
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      Lock icon HK-China gap 'must be tackled'
      207 17 SAME bed, different dreams. This Chinese saying may reflect the acceptable position for China and Hongkong today. But it was a serious problem which must be tackled m time or a political crisis might develop, said senior East Asian Institute academics Wang Gungwu and John
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      Lock icon Hatchbacks banned from Beijing street
      307 18 Hatchbacks banned from Beijing street They account for 20 per cent of the cars m the capital. That fits m nicely with the city's plan for reducing traffic congestion on a major avenue BEIJING In preparation for China's 50th anniversary celebrations, Beijing's city planners have enacted a strange traffic law:
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      Lock icon STOOL BRIGADE
      64 18 AFP Young Chinese soldiers marching with their stools yesterday after a class in the Tiananmen complex in Beijing. Chinese experts say China needs to immediately develop a security concept in terms of politics, the military and economics They warned that with the new imbalance of world economic power
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      Lock icon Korean Air crash plane's black box found
      361 18 Korean Air crash plane's black box found Flight-data recorders should help determine cause of crash SHANGHAI The black box belonging to the Korean Air (KAL) cargo plane which crashed near Shanghai on Thursday has been found by local police yesterday. Extensive searches by more than 2,000 police officers combing the
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      HKbans deadly fans
      89 18 HKbans deadly fans HONGKONG Thousands of electric fans have been pulled from shopshelves m Hongkong, after safety tests found that most brands were defective and two were potential killers. The public has been told to discard the Yingzuan KYT-30 box fan and the Garlo clip fan. which the government and
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      Lock icon China executes 2 for killing official
      150 18 China executes 2 for killing official BEIJING China has executed a teenager and an accomplice for killing the brother of a former vice-pre-mier m a robbery attempt, a newspaper reported yesterday. Ma Ke, 18, and Jiang Tao, 46, were executed on Friday after the Beijing People's High Court rejected their
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Pro-Jakarta militia kills 20 in E. Timor rampage
      494 20 Pro- Jakarta militia kills 20 in E Timor rampage About 1,500 militiamen drove around the capital m a convoy of trucks, firing m the air and attacking homes of known pro-independence activists DILI More than 20 people, inciuding the IS-year-old son of pro-independence figure Manuel Carrascalao, were killed m violence
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      Lock icon Indonesian troops 'present during Liquisa massacre'
      306 20 SYDNEY Indonesian troops were present during an alleged massacre but they tailed to stop the killings, said an Australian diplomatic report. According to The Australian daily yesterday, diplomats m Australia's Jakarta embassy had found that reports of a massacre m the village of Liquisa
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      Lock icon 85 Thais missing in S. Korea
      331 20 HUMAN SMUGGLING? BANGKOK Eighty-five Thais went missing after flying into Seoul, arousing suspicions that they may be part of a massive human-smug-gling operation, officials said yesterday. The Foreign Ministry said it was trying to trace the individuals who were granted visas on the understanding
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      Lock icon Estrada sets peace talks deadline
      181 20 MANILA President Joseph Estrada yesterday said a government panel should complete peace talks with communist insurgents by December or "not continue anymore". He said m his weekly radio show that he was "giving our peace panel a deadline until December" and "If they don't, then
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  • THE ANWAR CASE
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      311 21 PROTESTS AGAINST JAIL SENTENCE KUALA LUMPUR Rioters Mkve damaged the peace and stability of the country, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Sen Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He said: 'The rioting by the small group of people could not be allowed to continue, especially their irresponsible action
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      Umno gets set for polls battle
      996 21  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA It is going all out to tell Malaysians that the dominant ruling party is here to stay even as PAS tries to garner support for the general election NEWS ANALYSIS By IN fcl Al-\ Ll/MPI'R At this point, the numbers appear to
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      234 21 Mahathir calls for unity in Muslim New Year message KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad called for unity yesterday as police cracked down on supporters of ousted Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim on the first day of the Muslim New Year. 'The country will collapse if the people
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      3 teachers transferred for aiding opposition
      110 22 3 teachers transferred for aiding opposition KUALA LUMPUR Three primary-school teachers from Kama have been transferred to other schools m the state tor distributing opposition party membership forms within the school area. Education Director-Gen-eral Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Abdullah described the diseiplinarv action against the trio as an interim measure.
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      Lock icon Students sent abroad take on Mahathir
      922 22 The government's bid to mould a new generation of Malaysians by helping them acquire a Western education has had an unintended effect on politics KUALA LUMPUR It was a February evening m London and several hundred Malaysian students, a long way from home, were
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      292 22 'Sad saga' statement seen as meddling m Malaysia's affairs KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysian youth groups, the Malaysian Youth Council (MYC) and the Federation of Malay Students m the Peninsula (GPMS), have criticised Singapore Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew for his
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      188 23 KUALA LUMPUR In the morning, he is a security guard. In the evening, he "patrols" the streets dressed as a police inspector. But luck ran out for the 23-year-old man when he was arrested m Jalan Medan Imbi on Friday. The suspect, who
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      246 23 Group trying to revive Al-Arqam Former leader of outlawed movement Is involved' KUALA LUMPUR Attempts are being made to revive the outlawed AlArqam group and its former leader Asaari Muhammad is involved, Minister m the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Paduka Dr Abdul Hamid Othman said yesterday. He said the authorities
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      426 23 Although the outbreak seems to have petered out, the Health Minister warns it could spread to other states MALACCA Health authorities have warned that a pig-borne virus that has killed 97 people m Malaysia could spread due to the smuggling of pigs
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      Lock icon Ringgit smuggling bidby S'porean
      125 23 JOHOR BAKU A Singaporean with RM185.850 (5583,140) m his jacket was arrested after he tried to crash his motorcycle through the Customs checkpoint at the Causeway on Friday. Johor Customs director Abdul Rahman Abdul Hamid said the incident happened at about 4.10 pm when Customs officers
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      NTU's virtual learning plan raises concerns
      547 26  -  BRAEMA MATHI Problems such as losing the human touch, plagiarism and too much time spent preparing materials raised Re-ports *>y THE three-year plan is to make it possible for Nanyang Technological University (NTU) students to "attend" lectures from their home by using their personal
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      HAND IN WORK WHICH IS NOT YOURS? NO WAY!
      187 26 Keri Russell's character Felicity re-wrote her friend's thesis and he handed the work as his own m last Monday's episode. A LESSON from Felicity: Hand m a eut-and-paste job from online materials and you'll be found out. Nanyang Technological University's president,
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      127 26 NANYANG Technological University (NTU) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) will offer a oneyear post-graduate Masters programme m manufacturing technology and systems m July next year for 30 students from the region. NTU's vice-president, Professor Lim Mong King, said the engineers will be picked from here,
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      475 26  -  ZUZANITA ZAKARIA FROM NEWSROOM TO CLASSROOM Bi: ASSOCIATE Professor Tan Lai Kirn is one cool teacher. He plays the guitar and sings m a band which had cut a demo album and even had an American televisionmovie featuring his character as a reporter m the United
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      340 27  -  JOSE RAYMOND Take a peek into the Mount Vernon Cantonment as the Gurkha contingent marks its 50th anniversary here Pictures and text hi/ IT LOOKS like just another housing estate, but for the lucky ones allowed entry in»to Mount Vernon Cantonment, it is a
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      Lock icon For rape, it's her word against his
      1009 28  -  SHARON VASOO Thirty-eight people lied to the police m 1997 ana l99B, about being raped, robbed and attacked. Some did so for silly reasons. But there are also victims of the h/inp game, particularlu men who have been fingered falsely for rape Reports
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      675 28 THEY could have called for a cab or telephoned a friend for help. But two 19-year-olds looking for a ride home late at night decided to call the police emergency number, 999, and lie that they had been
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      I was robbed, they say, but it's a cooked-up tale
      468 28 I was robbed, they say, but it's a cooked-up tale ■OKING up stories may land you m soup. James (not his real name) found this out the painful way last year when he told police that he was robbed and E;n for his $500 bangle, a present his mother, fact,
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      'I was shocked when found out the truth'
      405 28 'I was shocked when found out the truth' "EVERY day my heart/in tia (filled with pain) even though it's been more than two years since I found out that my husband was having sex with our maid. One day, some people from the Kmesian Embassy came to our house she
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      198 30 NIGHTMARE ONE THE SCENARIO: The computerised steering and propulsion systems of a nonY2K ready oil tanker, hit badly by the bug, fail. The ship, DOW stalled, begins to drift aiid eventually runs aground on one of Singapore's offshore islands, bleeding oil into the sea from its twisted
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      177 30 NIGHTMARE TWO THE SCENARIO! The cargo handling systems m the Singapore port suffers a Y2K malfunction, causing busy cranes to come to a standstill. Or, the VHF radio system of the Maritime and Port Authority also fails, making it impossible for ships to report their positions to
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      Lock icon Swatting the Y2K
      1094 30  -  EDMUND TEE To ensure seamless shipping business, the Maritime and Port Authority has been ready for Y2K since this January Reports by WHAT IS THIS Y2KBUG? THE Y2K problem, also called the Millennium Bug, or Year 2000 bug, can be traced to its roots m the 1970s
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      Court to help sex offence victims
      376 31  - Court to help sex offence victims KAREN WONG Victims of sexual offences will get counselling to help them recover from the trauma of the crime Bu THE courts will extend a caring hand to victims of sexual offences from next month, even when the legal proceedings are over. Victims of
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      Lock icon An incest victim herself, she wants to help others now
      619 31  -  KOH BOON PIN Bu FROM the time Lakshmi (not her real name) was three years old, she found herseli being placed on her uncle's lap a lot. But her uncle was doing something to her that no decent uncle would
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      China woman faints while pleading leniency
      403 31  -  LIM SENG JIN m A WCAIAN found guilty of gang robbery- on Friday had her sentencing postponed after she fainted m the dock while pleading for leniency. Chinese national Xue Hua Mci, her lover and his son were found guilty of robbing a man
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        1140 32  -  SITI ANDRIANIE ALLISON LIM With five out of seven children involved m drugs, one family tells of how drug addiction has divided them and how it has affected their lives Reports bu and SHAME WHEN WE THINK OF OUR CMMEN,WE FEEI DESPAIR AND
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        641 32 FAMILIES WITH SEVERAL ADDICTS One possible reason could be the freedom given to young Malays Parents are ignorant MANY OF THESE PARENTS ARE NOT AWARE OF HOW THEY CAN HELP THEIR CHILDREN KICK THE HABIT. ALSO, MANY FEEL MALU (ASHAMED) TO COME FORWARD
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        Codes that hid drug habit
        466 32 DO YOU HAVE A SHfRT? THEY exchange code words at home to keep their parents m the dark about their drug habit and even cover up for one another. Six out of eight children m the Ismail family are addicts. Three sons and three daughters
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      Law firms to get nod to act as companies
      493 33  -  TAN OOI BOON The go-ahead, expected later this year, gives them greater leeway to compete internationally, and get funds They will also have an effective vehicle to recruit and bring m foreign talent. Minister for Law S. Jayakumar, on law companies
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      163 33 LI AN RE ZAO BA O I A chemical fire broke out yesterday morning, but it was put out an hour later by fire lighters, with the help of their their Hazmat appliance units. The units gas detectors which check the presence of harmful gases were
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      11 women duped of $42,000 by conmen
      357 33 1 1 women duped of $42,000 by conmen ELEVEN working women have been duped into parting with $42,000 over the past six months by conmen who promised them lucrative work m the tourism industry and money to be made m a money-changing venture. The men began by making phone calls
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      Ex-footballer jailed tor perjury and corruption
      423 33 PART OF A CONSPIRACY For fixing S-League match, Maran was paid $38,000 FORMER professional footballer Maran A. Jagannathan, 31, was jailed a total of 24 months for perjury and corruption. For being part of a criminal conspiracy to fix an SLeague match, Maran, formerly
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      620 34 World economy moves from crisis to caution Amid optimistic signs m some countries, hopes that the worst is over are tempered by risks that still abound WASHINGTON Practically even' day, it seems, many of the world's most economically troubled countries exhibit new signs of health. And the global financial crisis,
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      Lock icon SIGNS OF A TURNAROUND
      208 34 ON FRIDAY, Hongkong's stock market hit an 18-month high. That is the same market whose gut-churning drop m October 1997 helped trigger a single-day plunge of 554 points m the Dow Jones industrial average. The Hang Seng index now stands above its level then. Also on
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    • Optimism about Asia's economic growth
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        RECOVERY WILL BE FASTER THAN EXPECTED, SAYS HARVARD DON
        442 34  -  WALTER FERNANDEZ Bu .the pace of recovery is still open to question because of uncertainties about the clean-up of debt and long-term institutional reforms. NOTED Harvard economist Jeffrey Sachs is "on the whole, optimistic" about cri-sis-hit Asia's return to economic growth,
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        Lock icon CRISIS-HIT ASIA: FIRST IN, FIRST OUT OF THE RECESSION?
        482 34 NEW YORK The sense seems to be spreading that Asia may be the FIFO region of the developing world: First m, first out of recession. It has been nearly two years since bad times swept first through Thailand and then the
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      215 34 NEW YORK The Dow Jones Industrial Average, spurred by Eastman Kodak Co's climb on unexpectedly strong earnings, rose to a fifth straight record on Friday, gaining 31.17 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 10,493.89But the Standard Poor's 500 Index slipped 3.85, or 0.3 per cent,
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      356 34 Aussie telecom firm urges caution SYDNEY Australian telecommunications group AAPT Ltd said yesterday its chairman had advised shareholders not to act on a Asl.s billion (551.64 billion) takeover bid by Cable Wireless Optus Ltd. An AAPT spokesman said chairman Lee Casey had advised "shareholders to take no action at this
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      165 26 Steering Clear traOu! Drugs m The Family HL Footballer Jailed 6? The port is where a computer glitch Of the seven siblings, five are drug W^ fa Maran A. Jagannathan was jailed a can wreak havoc, but Singapore is all addicts. And three sisters married total of 24 months for
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      1037 35 Diversification the catchphrase for creating a successful investment portfolio. And one way of diversifying stock holdings is through IPOs. The luck m securing some heavily subscribed issues lets some investors make quick gains. JEAN CHIA reveals what's important when applyingfor IPO shares. UMP ON
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      261 35 BY GOING "public", privately held companies can raise uinds from the stock market. They do this by applying to be listed on the stock exchange where they can then be traded. When a company goes for a listing, it offers part
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      604 35 Microsoft Dicks top Drains for research CREAMING OFF ACADEMIA 'Microsoft Research has become a parasite on the academic establishment. They are eating our seed corn. Mr MorrU, complaining that the company is depleting academia of its best REDMOND (Washington) The company well known for its aggressive domination of the software
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      1290 36 Indonesia's Chinese As many as 25,000 Chinese may leave Indonesia ahead of the June polls, reports say. LEE KIM CHEW examines their political awakening, even as they prepare to face more street violence and unrest The writer is Chief Regional Correspondent of The Sunday Times. In
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      Riots? We have barbed wire and high walls
      927 36 SHAKEN by the riots last May, Indonesia's Chinese minority is better prepared for any fresh outbreak of violence around the general election m June. Many have turned to self-help. In the case of Mr Wisanto, a businessman, having seen his neighbours bear
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      When will the money flow back?
      613 36 When will the money flow back? THERE is little sign that capital, especially the Chinese Indonesians', is flowing back home. Things may get better after the June general election, but for now, much money that fled is still parked overseas because of fears that anti-Chinese violence may erupt again. But
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        314 38 Get tough on kids ALL the news on the home discipline front is not good, it appears. A Singapore Press Holdings survey on parental attitudes towards child upbringing confirms not only that one's precious child is m many cases an embarrassment, but also a shift m the natural chain of
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      1120 38  -  BERTHA HENSON MY VIEW LET'S talk about incest. About fathers raping their own daughters, and brothers, their sisters. Or is it a taboo subject? It should not be. We know it happens. Statistics obtained from the police show that there is no alarming
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      1067 38  - Contradictions make Hongkong unique WANG HUI LING LETTER FROM HONGKONG HONGKONG is a place of many contradictions. On the one hand, it is famous for its breathtaking skyline, boasting some of the tallest buildings m the world, with the most modern architecture. It has one of the world's most densely
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      SM Lee e-mails to stay in the loop with Cabinet Ministers
      430 37 Its greatest value is when I am overseas. I can keep m touch with reports. When I get home, I no longer have to plough through the mass of reports that used to await my return. SM Lee Kuan
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      1191 37 Electronic mail has become an indispensable part of governing Singapore. Ministers and civil servants use it daily, and it has changed the way discussions take place and papers are written. CHERUN GEORGE reports E-MAIL is pumping through the veins of the Singapore Government at
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      277 37 GETTING m touch with civil servants by e-mail is easier than most people think. The Singapore Government Directory contains a one-page guide to their public e-mail addresses. The addresses follow a standard format generally. For example, if Miss Tan Ah Lian is an
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      776 37 communication within departments. For routing forms, such as for leave applications, transport and benefits claims, staff suggestions and training nominations. For discussion groups, to widen participation m decision-making and policy development. For easy access to and by members of the public, private-sector organisations and
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        1064 39  -  MARY KWANG By CHINA CORRESPONDENT Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji was unable to clinch the World Trade Organisation deal for China. But his visit to the United States last week showed how savvy he can be m dealing with his American hosts. We present perspectives from our
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        1328 39  -  LEE SIEW HUA By US CORRESPONDENT 'He put a human face to China and conveyed a sense of its complexity, which is important from the American point of Professor David Lampton, director of Chinese Studies at the Nixon Centre, on the visit
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      772 40 quality hospice care No To Euthanasia Euthanasia continues to be a touchy issue m the West, but m Singapore, a study has found thatfeicer doctors support 'mercy killing today than they did m 1987. The reason: the success of the hospice movement here. KAO CHEN IF THE medical fraternity m
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      1529 40 Like friend and family to terminally -ill patients HELPINES ASSISSI HOME HOSPICE 820, Thomson Rd Tel: 359-7819, fax: 253-5312 In-patient service with 35 beds. Offers home-care/day-care service. DOVER PARK HOSPICE The Hospice Centre 10,Jalan Tan Tock Seng Tel: 355-8200, fax: 258-9007 In-patient service with 40 beds. HOSPICE CARE ASSOCIATION 12,Jalan
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      1354 41 C off ee, cookies and trust Academic-Technopreneur Professor Jacob Phangfailed his Secondary 1 examinations and did not read a book until he was 14. \L NIRMAU reports that today, this late bloomer has been entrusted with the mission of wooing the best and brightest to join the National University of
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        706 41  -  Brian Greene PIYUSH OJHA reviews two recent science books for the layman SCIENCE THE ELEGANT UNIVERSE By Jonathan Capo/44S pages BRIAN GREENE, Professor (if Physics and Mathematics at Columbia and Cornell universities m the United States, has taken a very good
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      160 42 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS PAUL TAN KIM CHAN Age 71 was called home to be with the Lord on 17th April 1999. Wife Lye Soon Moey Sons Daughters-in-law Francis Tan Yit Fee Priscilla Mun Peck Wai Thomas Tan Yit Wee Ivy Coh Swee Hua Richard Tan Yit Meon Yeo Geok
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      193 42 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS TAYAI QUEK AGE: 73 passed away peacefully on 16 April 1999. Husband: Tang Lai Ngiam Son: Daughter-in-law: Tang Hong Liang Hoo Kit Wah Daughters: Sons-ln-iaw: Tan Gek Kheng Tee Chin Hock Tan Joo Keng Tang Piak Gek Tan Yong Huat and grandchildren and all relatives Body
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      190 42 832 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 852 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS gig THE FAMILY OF THE LATE KRISHNAN PfLLAI s/o SINNAAPPPAN PILLAI Departed 14.4.1999 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to: 1. Dr Onq Chit Chung MP for Buklt Timah GRC S> Adviser to Bukit Batok Grassroots Organisation 2. The Chief Executive Director Mr Lee Chiong Giam
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      65 42 854 CONDOLENCES 854 CONDOLENCES With Deepest Sympathy And Heartfelt Condolences To The Family Of The Late KIWANIAN MAJ. (RETIRED) TOH YONG HENG From The Members Of The Kiwanis Club Of Singapore k j With Deepest Sympathy *n| Heartfelt Condolences to The Bereaved Family of the Late CALVIN CHAN MUN FAI
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      193 43 856 IN MEMORIAM 856 IN MEMORIAM 1st Year Anniversary TEO SIONG PEH Departed 18/4/98 Rest m peace Dea r loving Father One long year had passed you are gone But still living m the hearts of those who stay Always remembered by loving wife Margaret Scan Guat Keow Child'en: Son-in-law:
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      148 43 WmmM warn MARK YEO TAT SEE Darling Tat, beloved daddy and grand daddy Three Long years has gone by to us you will ever be the key that unlocks. A loving face we'll never forget. Not just today but everyday, you are still very much In our
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      142 43 858 REQUIEMS 858 REQUIEMS ATHMA SANTHI POOJA VELAYUDAN KRISHNAN AGE: 57 passed away on 5/4/99 cremated on 6/4/99 Always remembered by Beloved wife: K. Sarasuwathy Brother: Sister-in-law: V. Marimuthu Pushpa Sons: Daughter-in-law: K. Pannirselvam Maliqa (.Mala) (K. Manivannan, deceased) M. Saravanan Son-in-law: Daughters: Arunasalam (Raja) K. Santhi K. Krishnavani (Kris)
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      341 43 Chelsea in high spirits SOCCER A home win is crucial if the Blues plan on doing the hip-hop LONDON Chelsea has reported a clean bill of health ahead of its English Premiership soccer encounter with Leicester at Stamford Bridge today. Defender Frank Leboeuf and midfielder Celestine Babayaro both missed the
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      111 43 MOTORCYCLING SEPANG (Selangor) John Kocinski remained the fastest qualifier for today's Malaysian sOOcc Motorcycle Grand Prix when heavy rain slowed riders m yesterday's final practice. The American's time of 2min 6.8485 ec set on Friday was not beaten. Second-placed Max Biaggi of Italy lost his chance
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      260 43  -  THOMAS KOH BODYBUILDING Bit NEWCOMER Jose Lin was crowned the best-sculpted at the National Bodybuilding Championships at Kreta Ayer yesterday. He won the middleweight title and the Singapore Classic for best overall. "Jose is 100 percent prime American beef," enthused Singapore Bodybuilders Federation general secretary Calvin Yew.
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        353 44 HILTON HEAD ISLAND Carolina) Payne Stewart, back on a course he likes after another miserable Masters, took a one-stroke lead after the second round of the L'SS2.S million (554.25 million 1 MCI Heritage Classic on Friday. "I really enjoy playing this course." he
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        483 44 TERRACE TALK By TAY CHENG KHOON THREE caddies were asked by American magazine Golf Digest how much their bosses paid them. Jim Mackay, who carries for golfer Phil Mickelson, replied: "I'm not comfortable talking about it." He passed the test. Joe LaCava, Fred Cou- pies' caddie,
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        171 44 'Must be something m the water at Isleworth. Tiger Woods' sacked caddie Fluff, consoling Mark O* Meara's caddie Jerry Higginbotham, who was sacked just days after the Masters. Woods and O'Meara are neighbours and fast friends. subject to availability of slots. STILL on
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        53 44 HERE is good news for beginner golfers from Sembawang Country Club. Proficiency Certificate holders can now play on weekends. The club has agreed to allow them to tee up on Saturday mornings and Sunday afternoons. They can also play on the afternoons of public holidays. However,
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        116 44 CHECK your yardages before you tee on at the Lake Course of the Raffles Country Club. On certain days, the white tees on the fifth, 12th, 13th and 18th will be pushed back to the blue tees. The course is one
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        BETTER PLAYING CONDITIONS
        52 44 STILL at Sembawang. The club is considering building two extra holes as part of its course upgrading programme. It will now have the option of closing up to two holes at a time for renovation work. The plans include level tees, better drainage, wider buggy- tracks and
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        497 44 Strong wind slows hot Westwood English star leads Macau Open despite couple of late oogeys MACAU European Tour star Lee Westwood was blown off course after a dazzling start to the third round of the Macau Open yesterday but still takes a one-shot lead into the final. The world No
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      285 44 TENNIS BARCELONA (Spain) An exhausted Carlos Moya saw his hopes of recapturing the world No. 1 ranking dashed on Friday as he stumbled out of the Barcelona Open, losing 6-4. 2-6, 3-6 to Felix Mantilla. Second seed Moya. still nursing the thumb injury that
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        370 45 Duncan sinks spur into Blazers SAN ANTONIO Tim Duncan made a pair of free throws with 3.7 sec left to lead the San Antonio Spurs past the Portland Trail Blazers 81-80. The Trail Blazers led 80-79 with eight seconds left on Friday when Rasheed Wallace missed an 11-footer. David Robinson
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        187 45 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pet GB Orlando 28 12 .700 Miami 25 13 .658 2 Philadelphia 21 18 .538 6' j Mew York 21 19 .525 7 Washington 16 23 .410 11 Boston 15 24 .385 BVt He* Jersey 23 .232 16. C«rtriJ Division W L
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        530 45 Rodman symptom of LA blues Sacking reveals crucial fault line m the Lakers: bad management LOS ANGELES You would like to think an organisation that was once admired as much as the Lakers would learn something from a debacle of this magnitude but, after what we have seen for the
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      Lock icon Go on, get foreigners, says SSC
      534 46  -  HAKIKAT RAI SPORTSPEOPLE Help will be given to lure promising athletes to Singapore By SINGAPORE'S 13 core and merit sports have been given the green light to recruit foreign sports talent. The 13 sports m the Singapore Sports Council's 2000 Sports Excellence Programme (Spex)
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      469 46 It's going to be an expensive exercise because there is bound to be a high attrition rate, particularly for team sports such as soccer, SSC's senior official John Koh WHILE other national sports associations are actively searching for foreign sports talent, Singapore's bowling, yachting, swimming,
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      Mongolian hockey players stick it out
      449 46 NIU LEI and Zhang Jun arc from China's autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, but Singapore has been home to them for the past nine months. The young women, who used to play m the Chinese professional league and were handpicked by national coach Zhang
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        513 47  -  THOMAS KOH HOME LTD 2 TAMPINES ROVERS 0 Protectors play silky soccer to subdue Tampines 9j DAVID LEE could not fulfil his pledge of keeping a clean sheet but there was no way the exinternational could be blamed for Tampines Rovers' 0-2 loss
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        Seat crunch, TV malady
        868 47  -  GODFREY ROBERT SPORTS EDITOR SAYS Bj HILLSBOROUGH 10 years ago, National Stadium 22 seasons ago. They had one thing m common: a soccer stampede during English FA Cup and Malaysia Cup games respectively. At the Liverpool-Notting-ham Forest match, 96 lives were lost. The Malaysia Cup rush
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        Holy cow... chicken and goat...
        557 47  -  WILFRED YEO SPORTSLIGHTS IS YOU would think that apart from both thriving on grass, there is no connection between soccer and cows. Well, think again because a sOOkg cow will be the grand prize m Kedah's Mst Jenin League soccer touranment m June. Mat Jenin
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        91 47 Scorers Home: Egnar CoocaKes 44th and Tstl. mins). Yellow cards- Home: A/nnOtlini.ui Crate Con ishah. R. Sasikumar. Tampines: Marko Kraljevic Scott O'Doncll. Man of the Match: Egmar Goocabes (Home). Teams- Home: Ya/idYasin,R.Sa.Mkuniai ydi b kandar, S. Subramani. Ernest Tapai "lado 80/inoki, Egmar Goncalws. /solt Hues
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        SAFFC 7 WOODLANDS O
        246 47 'WE HAVE BEEN CREATM6IK CHANCES BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN PUTTING THEM IN. and if you can't score, you cant win: 1 a i npi i u-v Rover* coach Robin Chan (left). Scorers: SAFFC: Hafizat Jauharmi (21), Toimsla\ Steinbruekner (36th. 47th;, Mirko .ralxnac .42ml 56th. 87th), Ahmad
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      995 43 SCORES AND STATISTICS AUSSIE RULES 3-11, Mahmood 2-31); Pakistan 129-2 m Hansen (Den) 71 73, Gary Emerson 72 iaaa 28 overs (S. Anwar 30, Inzamam-UI 72 145 Scott Henderson 75 70, lan AFL, round 4: Melbourne 12.13 (85) Hag n.o. 39; Kumble 2-28). Pakistan Garbutt 75 70, Peter Mitchell 74
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      170 43 TODAY'S EVENTS ATHLETICS Caltex National Junior Championships (Serangoon Std. 1.30pm). SAAA 4th League Walk (National Stadium. 7.30 am). CRICKET SCADivI:SRC\CSC (CSC, 10.45 am). Div 2: SRCvUWCIIKIA). SCC IIIvSCCII(SCC),UWC 111 v SCRC (UWC). SLAv CSC(SIA). Div 3: Island CC v SRC (SCRC). UWCS v SLA (Kallang). SACA v SCRC (SACA) all
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    95 48 HER name is Qi Hui and she is from Inner Mongolia. She is only 18 years old and is the youngest girl m a batch of hockey players from this autonomous region m China who may don Singapore colours at the South-east Asia Games m 2001. Hockey,
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  • SOCCER SPECIAL
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      397 48  -  THOMAS ROH ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP 71 View bii THE last time Teddy Sheringham made any headlines was when he was caught night-ciubbing until breakfast drinking, smoking and cavorting with a blonde karaoke singer just before the England team's departure for France '98. Since then, he has
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      601 48  -  SANTOKH SINGH SAFFC 7 WOODLANDS WELLINGTON 0 Rams manager stunned after being at the wrong end of a record defeat m THE thrashing was enough to make a grown man cry. And weep, Woodlands Wellington's R. Vengadasalam did last night after his beloved team was
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      Lock icon Out of tune and out of World Cup
      112 48 SPORTSPEOPLE LAGOS The army band which has been playing the national anthems at the World Youth Cup has been sacked following out~of-tune performances. Pre-recorded national anthems replaced live versions for the secondround ties played on Wednesday and Thursday with local media reporting
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      70 1 Love Actually, companionable describes the way many Singaporeans A STRAW poll conducted by Sunday Plus found that most of the respondents see their lovers as friends. Next were those who felt they were selfless lovers, while those m the third group said they loved their partners passionately. Four
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      77 1 News Chilled pork can be made to taste yummy SO YOU think frozen and chilled meat cannot pos* ibly match the taste of the fresh warm kind? We did too. That is, until chefs from two hotels and two hawker stalls proved otherwise. One of them even turned a
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      326 1 And it's the real thing SINGAPOREANS have a nostalgia for the past and this extends from the music and fashion of yesteryear to bottled drinks as well. Now, it is possible to go back to drinking Coca Cola straight from the original curvy contoured glass bottles
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      1644 2  -  TEO PAU LIN Kym-Netic Energy She can be sexy one moment and wacky the next. Chameleon-like Kym Ng's future is hotter than hot Bu KYM ON FAME 'Now, there are interviews and photo shoots and I just think: Good, I'm working, I'm wanted, I'm desired, and I treasure
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        721 4  - Give me a cowboy rawhide and all MAUREEN DOWD Now that we have feminised society and domesticated our men, guess what we want now? Brawny, randy hunks Bu Just when we've impressed upon them the shame of liking dumb, sexy girls, we pounce on dumb, sexy guys AS THAT wacky
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        644 4  -  GILLIAN TETT Bt, Wrestlers have a penchant for marrying famous and beautiful models, actresses or singers MITOIZUMI wobbles with 180 kg of fleshy intent, according to the official weight statistics m Japan's Sumo World magazine. But as he waddled into the ring to
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        Aida scores in music stores
        740 4  -  Cherian Miel m i MUSICAL CHAIRS SONGWRITING DUOS: The greats The brothers wrote such classics as Porgy and Bess (1935), and lesser-known songs for stars like Frank Sinatra. Richard Rogers and Oscar Hammerstein II Dominated musical comedy from the '40s to the '60s, with such
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      1396 5  - Chilled, pork vs JL Warm MAGDALENE LUM Taste Test Chefs and hawkers cook and a panel finds that chilled and frozen pork is just as tasty as the warm variety Bg SUNDAY PLUS challenged chefs from two hotels and two hawkers to show that dishes made from chilled and frozen
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      587 5 Since the pig crisis last month, Singapore has been importing 12 tonnes of chilled pork from Australia dailxj Australia gets nod, with 12 tonnes of chilled pork daily THE Primary Production Department has approved the import of chilled pork from only two
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        987 6  - When hell can break loose LEA WEE Green-Eyed Monster It is not true that women are more jealous than men. Studies show that two groups of men are more prone to jealousy than any other groups §1 MONSTER: With many heads probably the most famous example of sibling jealousy. The
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        519 6 If trite love fails to work its miracle, take the medicine JEALOUS\ is not a mark of true love. It can wreck a relationship and put a marriage on the rocks. The best protection against jealousy is a good, trusting relationship,
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        361 6 THE EXPERT REPLIES QMy husband and I have been married for five years, but after m\ son ua> born last year, we rarely have sex Whenever I asked him why. he would sa\ he was tired after a hard day's work. Recently, he told me
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            69 6 EASE THE PAIN WITH MEMORY RECALL PATIENTS with arthritis or asthma can get better by writing down the terrible experiences m their lives. Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook studied a group of 112 patients who spent about an hour every dayscribbling down the stressful
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            CARING MUMS: IS IT IN THE GENES?
            90 6 RESEARCHERS from Cambridge University believe they have found a second gene which makes good mothers out of women. They found that female mice w-hich lacked the gene Peg 3, which is also found m humans, make strikingly bad mothers. Unlike normal mothers, they
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            ANOTHER STEP TO PILL FOR MEN
            70 6 ANOTHER STEP TO PILL FOR MEN BRITISH scientists believe they are one step closer to developing a male equivalent to the female contraceptive pill. The scientists from the Manchester Royal Infirmary gave men regular pills containing the female hormone progesterone, which stemmed the production of sperm. They also made the
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            WHEN SLEEP SUPS INTO DEEP FREEZE
            98 6 IN THE words of singer Sheryl Crow, it's a bizarre and twisted feeling where you feel paralysed. Sleep paralysis is the state of being awake but completely frozen unable to move or speak. University of Montreal researchers have discovered more insights into the problem,
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      637 7  - Got, ah? CAT ONG Asiatropic Style Don't know, man. Some designers say: J Aiyoh v sure got one/ Others say: 'Where got?' They talk. You decide i^L N0 r LAH! "What Asiatropic style?"asks Peter Kor, 49. a Singaporean ready-to-wear designer of 24 years. "Just because I'm an Asian, a designer
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        2353 8 392 OTHER COMMERCIAL 392 OTHER COMMERCIAL 392 OTHER COMMERCIAL 392 OTHER COMMERCIAL 392 OTHER COMMERCIAL 392 OTHER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE VEHICLES FOR SALE I flH^F^V^B W^^^ArfUMaVa^Hl^i^i^B ,\,.v~ MB aU S£Z* Slsst -sT'-L S>t V ft i Mr
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        532 8 406 D11& 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/ CLEMENTI PTE APTS -RENT i D.21 2/3 RMS. Symphony Hgt./ Green Lodge. Furn, facilities. $1.5K/ $2K. Call 9300-188! RG. NEWTON CT. 3+l. PARTIAL furn. j Ground fir. Convenient! $1388 j Cheap. Lee *****990 MAPLEWOODS PENTH'SE. 4*l. Unblocked. 2939 sq.ft. Bright/ wwindy. $8K neg. 9808-1929 DEANS.
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        890 8 410 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-RENT THE BAYSHORE. SEA 2+l. High Br. F/furn. F/aircon. Facilities. Co- sy. Pg. 9318-5502 HSR MARINE PT. OPP. Parkway. Granite teak fir. 4+l rms. with 2 kitchens. $3K. View by appt.: *****932 LAGUNA PK 1550 sq.ft. 3+l f/furn./ Aircon. High f!r. Facilities/ amenities. Low rental
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        903 8 0.16 Ke* Drive. 4 storey bungiw 5700 sq.ft. 7+l. Entertainment basement inground pool. $9000 0.23 Almond Aye. New 2' .storey bunglw. 5900 sq.ft. s+l. LRT/ market/ shopping centres. Snec, 0.28 Kelulut Hiil. .'-storey terr. 2100 sq.ft. 4+l. Hill top. Breezy. Quiet. Park 2 cars. Short-term considered. $2000 Yl REALTY PTE
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        1123 9 422 HUOC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT A. JAYANTHI *****32/ Juronq/ M Mol amk/ Bedok/ I Yishun/ Woodlands. Whole unit. Budget $700- $IK. Indian prefer MRT. LOCKED 1 rm.: Waterloo 264. F/furn./ aircon., 5-rm. Woodlands 640 (new\ 3 NG' Hougang 24, 4 'NG' Bt. Batok 238. Aqt. *****854 YISHUN 4-RM. APPROVED.
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        1132 9 422HUDC/HDB APTS FOR RENT APPROVED 4 A' Yishun 830. MRT/ furn. 4/ 5-rm. Woodlands/ CCX/ Pasir Ris/ Jurong. 92H2675 PROFESSIONAL TENANTS KINDLY call Ms. Lalitha HP *****323/ Pg I *****411 APPPOVED 3-RM. SILAT Ave./ 5-rm. j T. Payoh. Excellent location. High i fir. Aircon. F/furn. Pg: 9302-9995 j BT. MERAH
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        651 9 426 ROOMS FOR RENT MANDARIN GDNS. HIGH fir. master/ common rm. F/facilities. Sea view. No owner. $800 up. 9701-4478 ORCHARD 1-RM. AIRCON. F/furn. j Near sch. Laundry/ meals provided. Call: 733-3238 RM. FOR RENT at blk. 624. Near Yio Chu kanq MRT. Aircon. Simple furn. Fr. $400. Pis. call 9679-4895
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        945 9 441 001-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-SALE D.04 HARBOURLIGHTS. 2 bdrms. Opp. WTC/ future MRT. F'hold. Tenanted. S6SOK. 9702-0522 aqt. 0.08 RANGOON VICINITY apt. 1700 sq.ft. 4 rms. Beautifully renovated. F'hold. MRT. Agt. 9708-6615 JH TERESA VILLE 1980 sq.ft. 4+l. High fir. F/facilities. Pool view. Near top schs. View 3-4pm. *****902 PP.
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        518 9 445D09-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE call jNorris Low I 9768 8881 D.lO BRAND NEW 3Vi STOREY BUNGALOW AT NO. 2 FIRST AVENUE (BP Nc. E-*****-1997-BPNE001) 5174/ 4000 sq.ft Prime, exclusive neighbourhood Inground pool/ waterfall Easy payment TOP soon Walk-In viewing everyday Call 9635-9004 O.tO SUPER PRIME BUNGLW. RIDLEY PARK
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        1917 9 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE %1 s s*im I\S i o srore y freehold luxury rower i \/m/ l I' 1 per floor Jl i \^J^ f f JL KJr JL
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        752 9 Properties 446 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE VALLEY PK. PENTH'SE. 2 units 3789/ 3767 sq ft 4+l+l. Tenanted/ j vacant. $3M up HB *****961 0.09 HILLCOURT 2050 sq.ft. 3+l rms. F'hold. Beautifully renovated i good layout. CP *****780 NASSIM PK. 4+l. F'hold. Tenanted Exclusive. Face pool. 2002 sq.ft. 9 $1188
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        715 10 Properties 450 011 21 NEWTON/ 450 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 450 011 21 NEWTON/ 450 011 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI BT TiMAH/ CLEMENTI BT TIMAH/ CLEMENTI BT TIMAH/CLEMEN HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALL HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE rft^,^"^* Hr^ .fl .H ill I I i I "*i'llßWtf mtM^^^^^ **SWZ?' Homes that
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        272 10 451 D11& 21 NEWTON/ BT TIMAH/ CLEMEf PTEAPTS-SALE ■MHH S 'J D.21 MAPLEWOODS, BAUHINIA #05, 1335 sq.ft. 3+3. Beautiful i Excellent layout. F/facilities. V to appreciate. $!.IM. 9675-555' VILLA DES FLORES, near Steve Whitley. Condo. facilities. Walk--2 units. 1988 sq.ft./ 2085 sq F'hold. S96OK Cheap! *****00( 0.11 WHITLEY HGTS. condo.
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        702 10 451 D11& 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ Tl BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BT TIMAH/CLEMENTi BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTE APTS SAL 'I K^^ Another prestigious project by LAjjJl'Jl^^J^^^j^j^J^i^^jyyi rim. i v i i _>~^^\ s~~~-^s*'^ k*~M t
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        472 10 |-iii-| 455 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES -SALE JLN. WARINGIN/ JLN. Tanjong. Sini gle terr. Land 2400 2800 sq.ft. F'hold. View 2 spm. *****718. 456 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-SALE EN FU MANSIONS (Lorong 33 Geylang) Freehold I Immediate occupation No restrictions to foreigners 1281 sq.ft. From $380 p.s.f. Walking
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        309 10 456 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ 456 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ 456 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG MACPHERSON/GEYLANG MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE Si H^bßß^l^^^^^^ TO FORFIC\KRS i T L-^— '-4* 1 wi "TTTc w i p ~w^B HP^9^iV^^i^PyWH I npvLANG ftD .wr" ■BBMBBpCpMI ST MICHAEL'S PLACE K^^ 3-Bedroom Units from 1,227 sqft 1,-175 sqft
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        595 10 456D12-14BALESTIER/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PTEAPTS SALE 0.14 WANG LODGE apt. (2 units) Geylang Lor. 4. High fir. 1550 sq.ft. 3+l rms SBOOK neg. 9512 8776 0.12 BALESTIER PIAZA 3 rms. High fir. Windy. Renovated. Approx 1600 sq.ft. neg. *****898 VST 460 015-16 EAST COAST HOUSES -SALE I Read\ Bu\en>! Jfl j^ VILLAS
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        2809 11 PrODGI^IGS 460D15-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST HOUSES
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        2981 12 Properties 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 465 017-18 CHANGI/ 465 017-18 CHANGI/ 465 017-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 471 Dl9-20SERANG00N/ 475 D 22-28 475 022-28 PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS THOMSON WEST NORTH WEST NORTH HOUSES -SALE HOUSES SALE HOUSES
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        1350 12 m OPEH MOUSE TOWN im v*™^- Buyers... time and tide waits for no one! '*<> v What you don't see you don't feel. Take this chance to view your dream teel the aitterence 1 High ground. New 3 storey semi-d 0 2691/ 2901 sq ft s+l rooms at D.27 Jalan
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        4057 13 Properties 476D52-28 476 D 22-28 476D22-28 476 022-28 476D22-28 492 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 494 HDB APTS FOR SALE 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE 499 HDB APTS FOR SALE WEST NORTH WEST NORTH WEST NORTH WEST NORTH WESTS NORTH (ANGMOKIO) (BEDOK/CHAi CHEE) (BISHAN) (BUKITBATOK) (CENTRAL/CITY)
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        390 14 Properties 493 HOB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEOOK/CHAI.CHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HPB ESTATES) klementi/ 516, \S Bedok/ S^--^^}
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        417 14 300 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKITPANJANG) 4 A' BT. Panjang. Blk. 237. Lift level. High windows. Split unit aircon. N.S. facing. Beautiful. Mins. to LRT. Can contra. 9312-0688 ERA ACT FAS TI 4-RM. corner Teck Whye j blk 20. Unblocked, good ameni- j ties/ location. *****255 Bestlink BLK. 271
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        404 14 300 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKITPANJANG) EXEC. APT. BLK. 602 CCX. High fir. SIOOK designer decor, marble fir. Opp. MRT. CKS *****043 EXEC. APT. CORNER CCX 555, 602. High/ mid fir. Fully renovated. MRT/ Sch. Scan 9609-5659 OK EXEC. APT. BLK. 753 CCX. High fir. F/renovated. Near MRT/ amenities.
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        563 14 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKITPANJANG) 4 'S' BLK. 218 Petir Rd. Mid fir./ unblocked. Renovated. Well kept. Near LRT. Judy 9543-9891 ERA 5 'A 1 SSK Corner Blk. 427 CCX. 132 sq.m. 4 bdrms. Mid fir. Near MRT/ sch./ shops. *****026 Rajan ERA 5 'A 1 CCX Corner
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        603 14 501 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) 3-RM. BLK. 714 Clementi. Low fir. Unblocked. Move m cond. Near amenities. Aircon. Valued $132 K. Call 9228-1420 5 T HOLLAND Dr. Blk 21. high fir. Renovated, MRT, amenities, S/pool. 9675-5555/ 9664-2918. EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 6 Tori Vi Dr. High fir. Renovated, price
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        359 14 502 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) 3 'I 1 SIMS DR. High fir. Unblocked. 1 Nice view. Near sch./ amenities/ MRT. Pg. 9520-6010 AMB 3 T EUNOS Bl'k. 24. Mid fir. Lift level. Walk to MRT/ mkt./ sch. Pg: 9292 9090 Propex 3 T BLK. 41 Sims Drive. High fir.
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        1347 14 502 HDB APTS FOR SALE 502 HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) MACPHERSON) ■H 1 jlKiFiiTfiFlTnTinUJi llEl m\ m j^fk This Translate to Mike Sold A A 1 Exec every 8 Hours -*&W Sell n 9 ?Ca A&SSS Mike Parikh *m» ir BSBA (Marketing) MIEA. CEHA Eqv \\~gv jaL
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        1068 14 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) NEW LISTING! CORNER. 5 T 720 812, 5 'A' 263, 808/ exec. apt. 860 806, regn. Nov. Tel. *****839 NEW LIST 5 T Blk. 359 Yung An. High/ lift level. Viewing on Mon. Coreen *****256 RE/ MAX NEW LISTING! 5 A' Blk. 402 Jurong
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        668 14 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIRRIS/CHANGI) OPEN HOUSE Z-SPM Smile, you have founfl It! Blk 453 Pcsir Ris Or 6 008-222 LOOK NO FURTHER 1 This sparkling better than condo. 4 'A! planted on a nice numbered j floor with a sea view to kill 1 Lovingly designed Icoked after.
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        862 15 Sl2 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) TODAY 2-SPM. 5-RM. Sea view, s c 028 *n, Pasir Ris (4 bdrms.) 5 yrs. Beautiful. Bright. Breezy. Priced to SeH! 9410-5953 C&H SIBK SAVINGS! EXEC. Apt. Blk. 247. Near Pri./ Sec. schs. High fir. Busstop downstairs. 6 yrs. only. Selling now!
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        756 15 Sl2 HDB APTS FOR SALF. (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) S43BK! NEG! EXEC. 648/ 645. Best units. Unblocked. Well renovated. 9523-8060 ET Co. SBK CASH!!! 4 A' Blk. 560 Pasir Ris. 6 yrs. Unblocked. Renovated. Big hall. MRT/ sch. *****263 AMB 160 EXEC. APT./ 147/ 633 5-rm, Pasir Ris. Unblocked. Near amenities/
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        549 15 Sl4 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) BaTTM^^^ail^Br a J® Mk i maarmaaarwnM 2-SPM. 5 T Blk. 496 F. Near Tarnj pines North primary sch./ ameni- ties. Mins. to MRT. Renovated. Nc I afternoon sun. View by appt 9588-2136 ERA, Anthony. pHBjgHHLJBHH EXEC. APT. TAMPINES Blk. 324/ 312 High/ low
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        1970 15 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE 314 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) 3 GOOD REASONS TO SELL/ BUY THROUGH US Husband ft Wife Team: One dedicated couple to serve you t Adv. Financial, Business Real Estate Qualifications: MBA. BBA, Cert. Dip. m Acctg. Fin. CEHA Equivalent, ERA TOP
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        1675 15 Sl7 HDB APTS FOR SALE 517 HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) SEMBAWANG) I\ gt Kgri_r*Ml mi^B wk G m HBH Meet the Woodlands Team W t\^ on Sun. 18/4/99 Ipm. 4pm. i-LLJ at Blk. 856 St. 83. ih] We will answer your Real Estate needs Absolutely no obligation
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        815 15 518 HDB APTS FOR SALE (YISHUN) 3 'NG' YISHUN Blk. 153. Low fir./ orig. cond. Near MRT/ Northpoint Valued SI2OK. *****003 Colonial 3 'NG 1 YISHUN Blk. 739/ 745. Renovated. Near MRT/ 4 'NG' corner Blk. 123. Cash $!OK. *****92. 3 'NG 1 BLK. 219 Renovated. Next to corner. Malay
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        548 15 526 PRIVATE APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) I, PETER, NEED to rent a 3-rm. apt. i m the East. Unfurn. if possible, i SIK-1.5K. (HDB Ck too) *****422 INDONESIAN CHINESE FAMILY urgently buying Pte. Apt. 2/ 3 bdrms. 9287-1339 No agt. pis. MELVILLE PARK/ APT. m the East. Ready tenants/ buyers
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        835 15 Properties 527 HUDC/HDB APTS WANTED (RENT/ BUY) ATTN.! INDIAN OWNERS staying m Yishun/ Towner/ McNair/ St. Georges. Ready buyers with immed. cash. Pg. 9491-7939 C&H. ATTN. READY CASH buyers for HDB flats. Free valuation done. High price assured. *****72 Ideal ANY DIFFICULTIES WITH .our prop erties? I'm your solution. I
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        2699 16 Properties Travel Guide Education Training i 534 OFFICE SPACE 354 FOREIGN PROPERTIES 574 CRUISES 574 CRUISES I 574 CRUISES j 574 CRUISES FOR RENT CYPRUS BUY YOUR own retirement P I PPI BI P'PV I PfV VV^P^PVPVV PV VVJPPV^ m? 5 o Oo 1 8 3ndw d6Jev6!op6rsost3^ '936 J uRO
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        1095 16 648 ADMINISTRATIVE/ Executive Appointments clerical positions Multi-National Company invites I application for the posts of: II Senior Accountant II tfHEii j LOOKING FOR TEMP./ Perm job? Degree m Accountancy or Diploma m Singapore ufcwoSSo Public Accounting with several years of practical working experience m big organizations preferred. peS^assistant II POSITIONS
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