The Straits Times, 31 December 2000

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  • 658 1  - TRAGEDY IN THE PHILIPPINES 13 MUED IN MANILA BOMBINGS Y EOH EN-LAI ENRIQUE SORIANP SDFASDFASDASD Almost 100 people are wounded, as violence rocked the Philippine capital yesterday in an orchestrated attack sions rocked the Philippine capital Manila yesterday, in an orchestrated attack, killing at least 13 people and in uring
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  • 283 1  -  BRAEMAMATHI Bu COMMUNITY CORRI THE Straits Times School Pocket Money Fund has shot past the Sl-milhon mark, thanks to a surprise donation from Creative Technology boss Sim Wong Hoo. On Friday, with onh days to go to the close of the fund at the end
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  • 273 1  -  DERWII PEREIRA Hi, STRAITS TIMES INDONESIA BUREAU JAKARTA Indonesian police will deploy more than 100,000 personnel throughout the archipelago m a massive show of force to prevent a fresh wave of bomb attacks on New Year's Eve National police spokesman Salleh Saaf said
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    • 91 1 Man beats wife up after she refuses to have sex with him. Then, he slaps daughter page 26 Br Hfc- H Bhß 1 B aBL 1 v flp Begin the new millennium with a sumptuous breakfast at McDonald's. Indulge m a Big Breakfast with delicious scrambled eggs, golden hashbrowns, warm
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  • NEWS FLASH
    • 270 2 HOMELESS AIDS VICTIM DIES HE touched people's hearts, but now he is dead. The 42 -year-old man who was introduced to the public as Mr T had lived m a disused building and other temporary "homes" because he was not welcomed at welfare homes, hospices or community hospitals. He
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    • 98 2 THE BUZZ FROM 2000 Singer CoCo Lee wins tears down m the spat of the year contest; Madonna's new offspring, Rocco Richie, edges out Dylan Douglas for the celebrity baby award; and the break-up between Hollywood's best-known lesbian couple Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche could not be beaten
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    • 66 2 MO NEY FUND BOSSES NOT ALL WIZARDS THE current downturn m the stockmarket is not the only reason why a person should be careful about putting his money m unit trusts. He just cannot assume that fund managers will perform satisfactorily. Slightly more than half of Singapore-registered unit trusts underperformed
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    • Article, Illustration
      81 2 'Spirits' fail to multiply cash A "SPIRITUAL healer" almost got away with a false claim that she had the power to "multiply" money. [elita Jamaluddin, 31, conned a housewife, her husband and her daughter into handing over a total of 51, 600, saving she could call upon spirits to
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    • 60 2 Mountaineers conquer love WHEN Everest hero Khoo Swee Chiow first laid eyes on Tok Wee Leng, he suspected he had met his match. She looked like the sporty, adventurous and outdoors)' type of woman he always knew he would marry. Five years on, their shared love of mountaineering and
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    • 68 2 Estrada witness worried for his life WHISTLE-BLOWER Ilocos Sur Governor Luis Singson is worried he will not make it back onto the witness stand m the impeachment trial of Philippines President Joseph Estrada. Speaking from a safe house m Manila, he said the President's lawyers were putting off their
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    • 86 2 COCKPIT DOORS COULD BE LOCKED SHOULD the cockpit doors on commercial aeroplanes be locked? That is the question being asked after a deranged passenger burst into the flight deck on a British Airways jumbo jet on Friday and tried to seize the controls, almost causing a crash. American airlines
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    • 149 2 US REJECTS INDONESIAN GENERAL A SON-IN-LAW of former Indonesian President Suharto has made legal history by becoming the first person to be denied entry to the United States under the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel. Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment. Retired Lt-General
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    • 67 2 PUT SPORTS INTO NATIONAL DAY FOLLOWING on from the elevation of sport to Cabinet status this year, Timesport has one New Year's wish: Prove that Singapore is serious about sports by running a major sporting event on National Day. Sports editor Yap Koon Hong proposes an international marathon for
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 493 3  -  BRAEMA MATHI Bu )MMI MTY 5 \D! 1 His death has won the right for Aids sufferers to be housed m hospices, nursing homes or community hospitals MR I The 42-year-old homeless man with Aids, who had made his home m a
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    • 96 3 SINGAPORE wiD assume its seaf as a non-perma-nent member of the UnitSecnritj Council tomorrow, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs statement said yesterday. Singapore's member>n the Security Counill be for a period of ntil Dec 31, 2003. 1 1 will also take over its presidency from
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    • 332 3  -  BEN NADARAJAN *L 'It is not something lam proud 0f... If I coula have avoided doing this, I would/ Edwin, on being a male escort EDWIN said he never meant to become a social escort. He started m 1998, after finishing national sendee. The
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    • 75 3 Seventies pop idol Bn an Ferry and Mrs Jemima Khan, the wile of Pakistan cricket legend Imran Khan, were onboard a packed British Airways jumbo stormed by a suspected hijacker on Friday. A Kenyan man broke into the cockpit of the Boeing 747-400, en route from London
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    • BOMBINGS IN MANILA
      • 424 4 Philippines armed forces point the finger at the Communist Party but the Abu Sayaff and other Muslim extremists are blamed as well NII.A Philippine communists and Muslim separatists could have joined forces to launch the s of deadly bomb attacks across Manila that killed at
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      • 40 4 A PICTURE that was used with yesterday's report, "Jiang's heir moves to nip any threat from rival", wrongly identi- tied Chinese Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan as Vice-President Hu Jintao. We are sorry for the error.
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      • 315 4 MANILA Philippine President Joseph Estrada condemned yesterday's wave of bomb attacks m the capital Manila as "cowardly and dastardly" and denied rumours that government agents were to blame. At least 13 people were killed and scores wounded m the five bomb blasts m various parts of
        AFP; Reuters; AP  -  315 words
      • 439 6 Carnage stuns rescue teams sifting through Manila light rail coaches wrecked by five bomb blasts, 13 dead MANILA Screams pierced the air as shocked rescue workers came upon men and women without arms and legs, moments after a bomb wrecked a suburban train m Manila yesterday. The
        Reuters; AP; ENRIQUE SORIANO; AFP; REUTERS; ENRIQUE SORIANO  -  439 words
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    • 30 4 CARNAGE AXD CHAOS THIS is the work of animals, people without souls.' said Manila Mayor Lite Atienza. on the blasts that rocked Manila. For more reports, turn to Page 6
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  • WORLD
    • 629 7 SOME VERY CLASSY WINES...HAVE BEEN CUT WITH UP TO 30 PER CENT OF RUBBISH.' A Dijon fraud squad spokesman Producers m Burgundy fear the scandal may prove highly damaging for the region's growers and trigger a collapse m the foreign sales of
      AFP  -  629 words
    • 226 7 That tingle on the tongue is no pleasure SAN FRANCISCO Just call it chain -PAIN instead of champagne this New Year's Eve. Two party-pooping California researchers have found that the familiar tingle on the tongue caused by the fizzy drink that revellers love to guzzle as they toast
      Reuters  -  226 words
    • 381 8 Two-thirds of people will live in cities by 2050 The rise from the current ratio of half will cause social disintegration and horrific urban poverty unless rural migration is curbed, warns a report SHINGTON Half of the world's six billion people now live m cities. More are expected to join
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    • 227 8 Snowfall of 30 cm or more expected People stock up on milk and bread NEW YORK Shovels, snowblowers, scrapers and salt were selling briskly as people along the East Coast of the US got ready on Friday for a storm that could bring
      AP  -  227 words
    • 263 8 Bush fills four more top slots in his Cabinet WASHINGTON Nearing completion of his Cabinet, US President-elect George W. Bush announced four more top appointments on Friday, naming his choices to head the departments of Education, Interior, Veterans Affairs and Health and Human Services. He nominated Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson,
      Los Angeles Times  -  263 words
    • WORLD FILE
      • 49 8 RUSSIA'S newest nuclearpowered submarine has successfully completed all tests m the northern White Sea During two weeks at sea, the Cheetah submarine tested its technical systems, making sure that its nuclear reactors, weapon systems, navigational and other equipment were f U n"* properly. AFP
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      • 40 8 MEXICO'S top electoral court dealt the Institutional Revolutionary Party, which lost its 71 -year grip on the presidency m July, another blow, annulling the party's only governorship victory since then m Tabasco i" nntober. AP
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      • 50 8 PRINCE Bernhard, the father of Dutch Queen Beatrix, has undergone a successful operation here to remove a tumour from his chest, the Dutch information service RVD said. The 89-year-old has been plagued by health problems, including a tumour removed from hi' intestine m 1994. AFP
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      • 34 8 THE Vice-President of Ghana conceded defeat to veteran opposition leader John AgyeKum Kuffuor yesterday m a runoff election to choose a successor to longtime President Jem p*«'i. ings. AP
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      • 37 8 PERUVIAN authorities on Friday arrested the former armed forces chief under President Alberto Fujimori, the highest-profile figure yet detained m corruption probes It was unclear what charges General Jose Villanueva will face. Reuters
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    • 185 11 LONDON One of the most successful forg art history is having the last laugh, some 24 years after his death. Elmyr de Horv who duped some of the foremost collectors, curators and dealers m the 1950s and 1960s with his fake Modiglianis,
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 11 :1 through a piece of artwork titled 'Taratantara" (right), created by well-known British artist Anish Kapoor, at Naples' Plebiscito Square. The 25-metre high and 52-metre-wide artwork in stone and stainless steel was built by the artist to mark the beginning of the new millennium. Most of his sculptures,
      REUTERS  -  65 words
    • 449 11  - Teen wins case against father for school fees ALFRED LEE By IN LONDON In a landmark case, the British girl, 16, takes her father to court after he stops paying her private school fees, claiming he could not afford to do so A 16-YEAR-OLD girl has won a landmark court
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    • 637 14 British Airways follows an open-door' policy, unlike US airlines, saying it is good for passenger relations, but Friday's incident is causing a re-think LONDON Questions have been raised following an incident on Friday when a Briti>h Airways jumbo jet nearly crashed after a deranged
      REUTERS; Graphics adapted; TELEGRAPH GROUP  -  637 words
    • 240 14 NAIROBI Kenyan police are not treating Friday's case oi a pa>-enger attempting to take control of a British Airways aircraft as a hijacking bid. •cted mental patient on board had gone berserk," said police spokesman Kola Indidis. "We should not treat him
      AP; Los Angeles Times  -  240 words
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      21 14 THE NATION/ASIA NEWS NETWORK Miew has been promised cadi, a diamond ring and a house by her would-be father-in-law
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      155 14  -  Stains wedding set to break many hearts MIEW TO MARRY MODEL-COP THE biggest showbiz wedding of the year is already being touted as that between soap opera star Lalita Panyopas and police Sub-Lt Narabadee Sasipapra. The expected engagemeni of Ms Lalita, better known as Miew, is sure to disappoint
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    • 87 14 GOVERNOR BREAKS TRADITION MOST Japanese workers are m the middle of their traditional six-day break over the New Year. But Mr Yasuo Tanaka, the controversial Governor of Nagano prefecture, is taking 15 days off something quite unheard of for a politician m Japan, especially one who has only been
      Kwan Weng Kin  -  87 words
    • 93 14 CHIN A INDIAN FASHION WILL BE IN THING' RENOWNED Chinese painter and fashion designer Chen Yifei predicts that ethnic Indian fashion will be the "in thing" on the international fashion stage next year. According to the Beijing Youth Daily. Mr Chen said that clothing material that would be popular next
      Mary Kwang  -  93 words
    • 180 14 I N DO N ESI A LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON DRAWN into higher office somewhat against his will, Indonesia's Chief Security Minister Susilo Bambang Yuhdoyuno might now never realise his dream of becoming commander-in- chief of the Indonesian Defence Force (TNI). But the elder of his two sons just might.
      Susan Sim  -  180 words
    • 108 14 NO WEDDING BELLS YET MALAY newspapers here reported that gorgeous former TV newscaster Normala Shamsudin will spend the Hari Raya holidays as "a divorcee". She is now exploring options as an actress arid has for several years been romantically linked to the brother of a senior Umno minister. There
      JocelineTan  -  108 words
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    • 241 7 US Ban On Prabowo 'iS^ Singson Living In Fear Umno-PAS Talks? J Whistle-blower Luis Singson is living m fear Rumours of unit} 7 talks are rife after I from entering the US under the of his own safety since the start of the Dr Mahathir and PAS chief Fadzil torture
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 292 15 TAIPEI Faced with simmering public anger over growing economic woes, President Chen Shui-bian has said he has a New Year gift for every Taiwanese a clear policy direction to be unveiled m his New Year speech. He has said he is deeph concerned
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    • 453 15 Teens turn killers for a fistful of yen Deadly One 17-year-old boy bludgeoned passengers at a Tokyo subway station with a baseball bat after a fight with his father. Another beat his mother to death with a metal bat. A third stabbed an elderly neighbour to death because he wanted
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      50 15 Buddhist monks prayed at the gravesite of the 47 Masterless Samurai" ai Tokyo's Sengakuji Temple on Thursdav to mark the anniversary of their deaths. The M)0-year-old stoiygoes that the samurai warriors took revenge on the e\il Lord Kira for their master's death and then chose mass ritual suicide
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    • 101 15 China strengthens laws on Net usage BEIJING China has made it a crime to use the Internet to promote Taiwan's independence, orga'cuhs and spread rumours to manipulate stock prices, state newspapers said. iution, passed by anding C Dmmittee of \ational People's Conandering individuals and corporations over the Internet, creating and
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 141 16  - Canada to continue Chinese couple's detention MASAKIWATANABE l\ (H \FR THE Canadian Immigration Board has decided to continue the detention of China's "most wanted man" Lai Changxing, and his wife Tsang Mingna, m the third review of the couple's detention since their arrest on Nov 23. In her ruling on
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    • 68 16 A N K\\ art form, hiiir painting, is blooming m China. A sample of it featuring a waterfowl, seen iere u\\ ed through a magnifying glass, was exhibited on Friday at a show m Jiujiang, South-east China's Jiangxi proxince. The art form involves the use of
      XINHUA  -  68 words
    • 368 16 The various groups have developed specialities according to where they are from. Some are merciless while others are relatively benign BEIJING The new triads m China have developed different criminal specialties as a result of regional characteristics, including traditions, terrain and economic structure,
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    • 266 16 LUOYANG The investigation into the Christmas Day fire m Luoyang is tar geting a number of local officials, including Vice-May-or Qu Anmin> for letting a confirmed firetrap to oper ate although it had failed safety checKS 18 times, According to the Hongkong daily, The Sun,
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    • EAST ASIA FILE
      • 79 16 A "PAINT ball'", which Japan's financial institutions often prepare m anticipation of a robber)', bore fruit when a post office employee successfully threw its ball at a runaway car and created a stain that led police to nab the robbers, reported Mainichi Daily News.
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      • 33 16 A MODERATE earthquake rocked Taiwan early yesterday but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The quake struck m the west of Yu-shan m rpntral Taiwan. AFP
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      • 53 16 CHINA has issued a set of rules for trade with Taiwan, state media reported yesterday. The rules, which became effective on Friday, specify guiding principles for the management and settle- merit of disputes m trade across the 160-km Taiwan Strait, the official Xinhua news
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      • 69 16 THE next round of talks between Japan and North Korea aimed at normalising diplomatic relations is unlikely to take place until February at the earliest, Kyodo news agency said yesterday. Japan had hoped to hold talks on deciding the schedule for the next round after
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      • 65 16 CHINA confirmed yesterday that six people were killed and 32 injured m a violent confrontation between Muslims and police m eastern China. A Hongkong-based human rights group has said police m Yangxin county opened fire after some 300 of China's Muslim Hui ethnic minority
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      • 282 17 Man convicted of murdering model released JAKARTA A 68-year-old man who was convicted of the murder of a fashion model 14 years ago has been released from prison by the authorities to mark Cnristmas and Eid al-Fitr celebrations. Mohammad "Pak De" Sirajudin's case had sparked widespread public attention after he
        The Jakarta Post; Asia News Network; AFP; ENRIQUE SORIANO  -  282 words
      • 191 17 BANGKOK With experience gained from efforts st the cocaine trade m Colombia, US Army units will next month begin training Thai troops trying to stem a narcotics tide coming from Mvanmar. joint command headquarters is to be set up m the
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      • 506 19  - lives in fear for his safety He believes the President's lawyers are delaying his cross-examination because if anything should happen to him his testimony will be nullified WHISTLE-BLOWER Governor Luis Singson has been living m fear for his safety since the start of the impeachment trial of President Joseph Estrada.
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      • 245 19 An Australian couple detained without charge for a week m Vientiane are implicated m the disappearence of almost 130 kg of sapphires, a senior Laotian minister said yesterday. Mr Kerry Danes, 42, a former member of Austra- lia's Special Air Service, was seized m
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      • 284 19 Constantly on the move to be safe MANILA Provincial Governor Singson is constantly on the move for his own security ever since he blew the whistle on his friend President Joseph Estrada. He regularly changes "safe houses" to avoid detection. All calls to his mobile phones are screened and he
        Ye oh En-Lai  -  284 words
      • 415 17  - Prabowo denied US visa under torture agreement SUSAN SIM US says there is reason to believe the retired general, a son-in-law of Suharto, was involved m torture and organising of rapes m the 1998 riots By INDONKM V CORRESPONDENT \RTA A son-in-law of former President Suharto, retired Lt-General Prabowo Subianto,
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 621 21  - Malay unity talks: Still a long way to go JOCLINE TAN Bu i\ ki L i \ipir The Malaysian press is abuzz with reports oh the prospect of unity talks, but it is doubtful if the main elements involved really want to have the talks m >M HIM i \G
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    • 145 21 MPUR Malaysia's jailed former deputy premier Anwar Ibrahim may be hauled back to court to face further sex charges, the country's newtop prosecutor indicated yesterday. "I will look into it when I come m. Tliat will be next week," incoming AttorneyGeneral Ainum
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    • MALAYSIA FILE
      • 60 21 SOME 400 overweight Malaysians are sporting a slimmer look, thanks to a programme initiated by the Science University of Malaysia Hospital's obesity clinic m Kelantan. Professor Dr Win Mohamad Wan B who runs the clinic, said the programme had helped patients shed between 3 kg
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      • 49 21 THE Terengganu government has set up t committees to start legal action against Petronas over non-payment of oil royalties. The committees are chaired by Mentri Besar Abdul Hadi Awang and the State Hisbah (Ombudsman) and Special Functions Committee chairman Tun Sall*»h Abas.
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      • 47 21 Cl AY handicraft items from Kampung Mambong, a small riverine village m Kuala Krai, may grace British homes from March. Vases, jugs and ash-trays made by the Kampung Mambong Cottage Industry Cooperative will be exported. Kelantan Cooperative Development Department Director Zainun Hnmwrn Setapasaid.
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      • 48 21 MALAYSIA may introduce the travellers' smart card for nationals of Singapore and Brunei m efforts to handle the arrival of foreign tourists effe* lively. Immigration Director-General Datak Aseh Che Mat pointed out that the two countries were a 1 J such cards. Bernama Bernama Bernama
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      • 63 21 AS PART of the Negri Scmhilan government's "service with a smile" campaign, consumers will be encouraged not to patronise shops, hanks, restaurants, multinational companies and market stalls, if staff are rude. State Unity and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman T. Rajagopalu said the government was
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      • 38 21 THE Human Resource Ministry will send its officers abroad to inform Malaysians there about the opportunities and incentives available if they return, minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn said. New Straits Times
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    • 323 21 KUALA LUMPUR A gunman fired seven shots at a car earning a prominent Penang Chinese grassroots leader and his developer friend on Friday evening. Datuk Ong Lean Thuan, a businessman and chairman of the Penang Chinese Town Hall, and his friend, Mr Leong
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    • 240 21 Thieves break in through chute KLANG Thieves broke into a goldsmith's shop via a garbage chute and escaped with jewellery worth RM280,000 (SS130,000) m Kapar here. Police believe the incident took place between 7 pm on Wednesday and 11 am the following day. OCPD Assistant Commissioner Karn Kam Peng said
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    • 611 23  -  WENDY TAN Bu A four-storey, 232-bed nursing horn will soon replace the one that Venerable Shi Chin Yam helped to open about 30 years ago STANDING m the messy courtyard of the nearlvready Man Fut Tong Old People's Home m Woodlands Street 82 was
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    • 596 24 YOU'VE GOT MALE SINGAPOREANS OPEN-MINDED It is not such a shameful thing. Singaporeans are no longer that conservative.' A male escort NO FUSSY WOMEN, PLEASE Tm very frank. Collect money, finish, leave Ido not want fussy women. Those who are too demanding, I would not do it. An escort who
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    • 504 24 HE IS good-looking enough to be a teen idol, but not rich enough to satisfy his material desires. Now. he owns a genuine Rolex watch, though he earned less than 5 2,000 a month when he was a sales promoter. For the past six
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    • 350 24  - Criminal who used l00 break to escape from court jailed ALETHEA LIM By OH CHEE Kiong thought he could give the law the slip. While w r aiting for a case against him to be heard m the Subordinate Courts, the 27-year-old said he wanted to use the 100. He
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    • 194 24 A 21-YEAR-OLD man riding pillion on a motorcycle died after he fell off and was run over by a tipper lorry on Friday morning. Mr Cham Swee Cheng, a machine operator, was riding pillion behind his friend and co-worker. They were making their way along
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    • 190 24 A WOMAN "spiritual healer" told a 50-year-old housewife that she could call upon spirits to multiply money. Taken m by the claim, Madam Rosnah Abdullah promptly handed over S6OO to Jeliia Jamaluddin, 31, to be "blessed and multiplied" by the spirits. This was m September last
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    • 367 25 40 more cops to leave for E Timor UPBEAT ABOUT ASSIGNMENT: Acting Deputy Superintendent Lim Choon Kwang (right, with wife Catherine and son Wei Tze), an operations officer at the Jurong East Neighbourhood Police Centre, said he will use his community* policing experience to good effect m East Timor. His
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    • 319 25 Sikh group lauded for being self-reliant It funded all educational projects on its own steam mainly MNV.AP* >RI S -mail Sikh community was complimented yesterday for showing self-reliance and resolve m getting its educational projects oft the ground without outside financial help Rear Admiral (NS) Teo Chee Hean Minister for
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    • 428 26  -  ALETHEA LIM B'i Heated argument ON MAY 8 last year, at about 11.15 pm, Madam Toh Luk Ba returned to her flat m Yishun with her two children. She found Anq Liang Chye sitting m the living room, drinking beer and watching
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    • 303 26  -  WENDY TAN Bu rk. it is Times Square. In London, it is tlgar Square. Each place is transformed into an open-air party venue tor thousands on New Year's Eve. Where do you think Singapore's New Year's Eve party should be
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    • 236 26 OXE is never too young, too old or too poor to party. Some 5,000 elderly people and children, mostly from welfare homes, will eat, drink and ma] tomorrow at a charity din-ner-cum-Xew Year get-to-gether Besides being entertained with cultural performances, each of them
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    • 407 26  -  CLARISSA OON NO ART DAY Bu It is this dialogue that is important.' No Art Day organiser Sim Pern Tiau (above), on the NAC's response LAST Friday, the National Arts Council (NAC) issued a statement saying it was "happy to hear from the
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    • 352 26 HE IS hardworking, enthusiastic and concerned about his constituents. He also has a strong rapport with them. These were the words Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan used to describe the Ayer Rajah MP, Dr Tan Cheng Bock 5 yesterday m his speech at
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      48 27 PICTURES: DIVE INTO 'DANGER': After placing the explosive pack on the bo.nl, resting on the seabed, Staff Sgt Lye (left) will surface with the white detonating cord. Meanwhile, divers m a boat await instructions to detonate the pack, using an ignition chain (bubble-wrapped package, above). ONG CHIN KAI
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    • 506 27  -  CHANKAY MIN Hi Navy experts recount their experience m blowing up a WWII bomb found near Tanah Merah Ferry Terminal recently IT TOOK Staff Sergeant Bg 11 minutes to descend 30 m underwater, something that he would normally be able to do m a fraction
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    • 262 27 BG LEE ON ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SINGAPORE'S economic growth next year may not good as this year's with the United States" economy slowing down, said Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. While internally, the Government is doing everything it can to keep the economy
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    • 767 28  -  DAWN WONG BEX NADARAJAN By and Everest hero Khoo Swee Chiow reveals how he fell for a woman rock-climber who, he found, shared his love for great heights and adventure NOT much other than mountain peaks excited Everest hero Khoo Swee Chiow until
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    • 285 28 TO KEEP his 80-year-old mother who has a weak heart from being sick with worry, Mr Khoo Swee Chiow has had no other choice but to keep her m the dark about his expeditions. While he was inching his way up the 8,850-m-high Mount
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    • 321 28 Bedok North folks celebrate upgrading E 1,790 households on Bedok North Street 3 were the last m Singapore this year to enjoy the benefits of the Interim Upgrading Programme (lUP). They celebrated the com-plet-on of the lUP last night amid a new children's playground with non-slip rubber flooring, a jogging
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    • 72 28 ONG CHIN KAI Happy residents wait for the guest of honour, Mr Chew, to arrive. Where the lUP took place: Block 529 Block 536, Bedok North Street 3 Facilities: Senior citizens' and study corners at their void decks. Liftr now stop at every floor. The
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    • 285 28  -  JASON LEOW By OIL company Caltex cut the prices of all its grades ofpetrol by five cents a litre from 11 pm yesterday, following similar cuts by BP yesterday and Shell earlier this week. New prices for the various grades of Caltex
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    • 277 23 P o L. 1 c: F. More Cops For East Timor Two women are m the 40-strong team of crime fighters taking over the job pageu Pefence World War II Bomb Set Off In pitch black, using s hands, a navy diver tackles .mold -Kgl> HIID PV(.K 27 S TO(
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    • 228 29 IF ONE of your New Year resolutions is to spread a little cheer, consider putting a smile on the faces of little Thamarai and Ah Hock. They are among more than 80 underprivileged children who will benefit from a charity drive aimed
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    • 505 29  - Unit trusts? Pick them with care as most underperformed LEONG CHAN TEIK Btj 'BENCHMARKS ARE VERY IMPORTANT AS THEY SERVE TO i ELI INVESTORS CLEARLY AND UNAMBIGUOUSLY WHAT THE FUND'S STATED MISSION IN LIFE IS PLUS WHAT ITS UNIVERSE OF INVESTMENT IS/ Mr Chua Boon Lee, general manager of Net
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    • 159 29 HOW do you get lucky with unit trusts like UOB United Japan Growth, which chalked up a 97-09 per cent gain over the past five years, while its benchmark index, the Nikkei 225, tumbled 25 per cent? Unfortunately, there is no foolproof way to
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    • 425 29 NEW YORK Technology stocks dropped on Friday, capping a dismal year m which the tech-laced Nasdaq market had its worst Eerformance m its 29-year istory. Selling to book losses for tax purposes motivated investors on the last trading day of the year, exacerbating losses
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    • 155 29 Singapore Electricity Pool Sale Prices Pe^oc Poo'Saie Sale Ending Price 24.12.00 1630 135.3943 0430 273.9215 1700 135.3905 0500 273.9210 1730 135.3887 0530 165.7572 1800 135.3876 0600 165.7585 1830 135.3906 0630 94.1927 1900 *****07 0700 94.1927 1930 193.5014 0730 94.1921 2000 193.5002 0800 94.1936 2030 193.5003 0830 94.1895 2100 193.4994 0900
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    • 481 30 A year that started promisingly for stock investments has ended with a whimper. Despite the harsh climate, some investors have not done too badly. Two such individuals share their investment strategies with financial correspondent LORMA TAN. Family Money rounds off the year
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    • 397 30 DR WINSTON Koh is a calculated risk taker He has to be as the general manager of eVentures, which manages a $200 million fund to nurture promising Internet-related start-up companies. While his personal investment portfolio comprises the usual mix of stocks,
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    • 759 30 IF YOU came out ahead m your investments this year, congratulations! However, if you are like most investors, a hole m your pocket is the more likely outcome as global stocks and bonds tumbled like 10--pins m the second
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  • REVIEW
    • 2257 31  - ROMEO, ROMEO, WHERE ART THOU? GOH SUINOI LING CHANG HONG Ba TMVAN CORRESPONDENT Bu Most Taiwanese prefer to rely on friends for introductions. And if all else fails, there is the xiangqin, or the meeting of a man and a woman arranged by the parents or family members of the
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    • 661 31 1 think the men from Hsinchu Science Park are very wooden and uninteresting, they are too focused on work/ Ms Liv Vim en. \\\\o >*a«>. on the other hand, much sought after by the men TAIPEI Slim and attractive with flowing long hair,
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    • The Sunday Times SUNDAY DECEMBER 31 2000
      • 313 32 ON TUESDAY, two days into the true new millenium. 50,000 children start their learning odyssey The little mathematical detail may bring a thrill when they are old enough to understand it: that they were the Singaporean vanguard of the 2001 cohort Mam would have been prepared
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    • 851 32  -  DOMINIC NATHAN MY VIEW By SHE looked to be m her 50s, spoke well and was smartly dressed. She walked into The Straits Times newsroom, took out her chequebook and said mat-ter-of-factly: "I want to donate So, ooo but I want to remain
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    • 1001 32  -  KWAN WENG KIN h>! Japan Correspondent LETTER FROM TOKYO TOKYO A Chinese friend who has lived here for many years believes he will never ever master the Japanese language The kanji or Chinese characters used m Japanese pose no problems to him. What he finds
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    • 1329 33 Tragically, many wives accept violence as part of ma nied life BANGALORE Even- day, year after year, women grotesquely disfigured by fire are taken to Victoria Hospital's burn ward here m India's fastest growing city. They lie m rows, wrapped like mummies m bandages,
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    • 660 33  -  LOH HUIYIN HONGKONG: CHANGING LIFESTYLES By HONGKONG CORRESPONDENT In the past, the women were shy and didn't think of asking an agency to help. But they are accepting reality now and know there is no time to lose/ Matchmaker Lav Shuk m MORE
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    • 1756 34 How to have HUB Changing Mindsets The conventional image of Singapore as a huh cannot capture me challenges of the new gjobal economy and the Information Revolution. Another image is needed that of a crucible, v///sKWOKXUNWOON 'Singapore's transformation was achieved on the crest of a massive wave of extraordinarily creative
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    • 1471 35 China 's orchestras clash Musical Feud ifs not just the money factor for the Singapore players tojump the boat. Trust me, I haalived therefor years and life there is so unbearably quiet ana monotonous that one would rather take a reduced salary to work here m Beijing/ Mr LJ Nan,
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    • 318 35 DIRECTLY under the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, the China Philharmonic receives patronage from the Propaganda Department of the Chinese Communist Party. Propaganda chief Ding Guangen used to play bridge with Deng Xiaoping. Deng's daughter. Ms Deng Rong, is the sole
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    • 948 36 Pressure Politics The Siii] m pressure group set off a political tempest m Malaysia recently with its petition pushingfor Chinese rights and a national policy of meritocracy. JOCELINE TAN m Kuala Lunipur ks at the personalities behind tins group Ssee them as Chinese chauvinists, the Prime
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    • UNITED FRONT: The players and their aims
      • 274 36 Mr Quek Suan Hianq (Suqiu chairman) Pictures b\ Businessman and chairman of the influential DongZong; which together with another group, jiao Zong, have over ars taken the lead m issues connected to the cultural rights and rests of Chinese Malaysians. Tan Sri Nqan Chinq Wen (Deputy
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      • 83 36 MEMBER-ORGANISATIONS OF SUQIU GROUP Dong Zong (Chinese School Boards Association) Jiao Zong (Chinese School Teachers Association) Selangor Chinese Assembly Hall Chinese Schools Alumni Association Xanvang University Alumni Association Taiwan Graduates Alimni Association Federation of Guangdong Associations Federation of Guangxi Associations Federation of Sanjiang Associations Federation of Fuzhou Associations Huazi Research
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      • 67 36 SOME of the broad concerns of the petition: Promote national unity Advance democracy Uphold human rights and justice Curb corruption A fair and equitable economic policy Review the privatisation policy An enlightened, liberal and progressive education policy Promote Malaysia's multi-ethnic culture A fair media Restore confidence
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    • 795 36  -  RICHARD ROTHSTEIN By If you find that your child is better at programming the VCR, this is the reason NEW YORK Many people think of intelligence as having a fixed genetic component that flourishes or fades with environmental influences like home life or economic
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    • 579 38 SO(( EB Italian champ also m pursuit of two Arsenal players, Vieira and Pires "They told me they want to know where 111 he m two years 7 time. We will sit down at the beginning of the New Year. There's no hurry/ LONDON Serie A champion
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    • 207 38 At 35, Romano is still m a rich vein of scoring form with 73 goals m 74 matches R( I E Struggling Seria A club Inter Milan, opting for experience, will sign Brazilian veteran Romario. the Italian sports daily Coniere dello Sport reported yesterday. Despite being just
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    • 492 38 BASKETBALL OAKLAND The streak had to end, eventually. Jerry Sloan just did not expect the Utah Jazz to surrender it the way it did Larry Hughes had 20 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds as the Golden State Warriors snapped a 17-game
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    • 232 38 SAILING FINALLY, the sailors at the Singapore Open windsurfing championships were able to spend more time on sea than on shore. After two days with only one race held each day, there were three races on the fourth day and, despite strong performances from
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 104 38 VALENCIA'S Argentinian midfielder Kily Gonzalez has been granted dualSpanish nationality the Spanish soccer club said on Friday. He will be able to play with the status of a European Union national as soon as he has sworn to the Spanish constitution. Each Spanish club is allowed
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      • 60 38 SIX Singaporean keglers are through to the finals of the Penang Pesta International Bowling Championships. Remy Ong is the top qualifier m the men's division with 2,181 pinfalls. He is joined by Lim Zhong and Faizal Chew Jesmine Ho leads the women qualifiers with 2,206
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      • 87 38 THE Belgium tennis team of Olivier Rochus and Kirn Clijsters quali^ed for the main draw of tne Hopman Cup mixed teams tournament after holding off a spirited fightback by Japan m the play-off yesterda\ Clijsters, the 17-year-old world No. 18, overcame Ai Sugiyama 7-6
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      • 95 38 ALEX Ferguson, manager of English Premier League soccer club Manchester United, celebrates his 59th birthday too ay and Bobby Robson is assured of a place on his personal honours list. He said: "Bobby has had a magnificent career and he has tremendous enthusiasm for the
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      • 74 38 J-LEAGUE soccer club Kashima Antlers are just 90 minutes away from an unprecedented domestic treble after beating Gamba Osaka 3-2 m an Emperor's Cup semi-final on Friday Antlers, which have already won the league championship and League Cup this season, will play Shimizu S-Pulse
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      • 83 38 FORMER world No. 2 men's tennis player Goran Ivanisevic will play on the unglamorous Challenger circuit, while the world's elite contest the Australian Open next month. Organisers of the German Challenger event m Heilbronn said on Friday that the three-time Wimbledon finalist, had entered the
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      • 105 38 ST ETIENNE'S deputj president Gerard Soler dismissed rumours that its coach John Toshack might be headed back to his former soccer club Real Sociedad, where he was twice previously m charge. The Welshman, under contract until the end of the season, has been trying
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      • 87 38 NARAIN Karthikeyan. aiming to become the first Indian to drive a Formula One racing car. said yesterday that he expects to test for Jaguar next month and hopes to break into the Grand Prix circuit m 2002. The 24-year-old, who finished fourth m British Formula
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    • 210 38 BASKETBALL NBA: Cleveland 97 Atlanta 85, Miami 98 Washington 91, New York 95 Chicago 68, Portland 104 Vancouver 81, Golden State 100 Utah 89. CRICKET Final day of the second Test m Durban, South Africa: South Africa 420 (G. Kirsten 180, D. Cuilinan 59, L. Klusener 50,
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    • 28 38 AMERICAN FOOTBALL College Football: Northwestern v Nebraska (ESPN Ch23, 9am). DELAYED TELECAST AMERICAN FOOTBALL College Football: Georgia Tech v LSI) (ESPN Ch23, Jan 01. 6am
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    • 1124 39 A LOOK BACK AT 2000: AN EIGHT-PAGE TIMESPORT SPECIAL Up against a supposedly-superior McLaren machine, Michael Schumacher, m his scarlet-red Ferrrari, has to muster all his driving skills, wile and experience to overcome Mika Hakkmen's challenge. -9*-^"^ Bkr f.' 1 f t -w Bt mm *b4*&m~ jja _J2tffll B^k v
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    26 40 Sometimes it just does not pay to open one's mouth, to make bold predictions, setting ridiculously high standards and then falling flat on the face.
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  • 112 40 JING JUNHONG missed out the chance to create ry for Singapore when she lost two crucial matches the semi-final and the bronze-medal playoff m the table tennis competition at the Sydney Ohmpi The unseeded 3 1 ear-old had upset top players m her
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  • 307 40 m O ONE forced her to do it but Murion Jones opened 1 her mouth and promised five Olympic golds She ended with three, Never mind the fact that the American runner and longjumper finished the Sydney Olympics as the most successful athlete with
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  • 110 40 SINGAPORE S biggest soccer miss of the year was at the Tiger Cup The Lions crashed out of the competition, losing 0-1 to Malaysia m a crucial group match m Songkhla, Thailand. The Republic needed to beat its arch-rival to advance into the semi-finals, but
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    • 402 41 IT DOESN'T AFFECT ME. I'VE BEEN GROSSLY UNDERPAID FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND I'VE NEVER SAID A WORD, BECAUSE IN REALITY, I'M OVERPAID/ Alex Rodriguez, on his I Ss2s2iniUion (SS4.'iS-millioni contract with the 1 exas Ranger* T THE close of the We i
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    • 102 41 Venus blazes trail for women with $70m contract VENUS Williams not only excelled on the tennis courts this year, she also did her fellow sportswomen a favour by lilting their earning power to new heights. After winning two Grand Slam titles, two Wimbledon crowns and two Olympic golds, the 19-year-old
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    • 82 41 PORTUGAL'S Luis Figo, ear's European Footballer of the Year, became the world's most expensive noved from Barcelona to Real Madrid m a US$56.l million (5598.3 million transfer last JuK. The previous record was set when Argentine striker Henian Crespo moved from Parma to Lazio m a US$54.
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    • 86 41 FOR the third year running, Manchester United was the richest soccer club m the world, with revenues of £111 million (Ss2Bo million) m the fiscal year 1999. It is reportedly 33 per cent higher than secondranked Bayern Munich of Germany. The English club, the
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    • 176 42 IT could only happen to a team which, once had a player called Magk m its ranks. Magjk Johnson may have retired years ago but that did not stop the Los Angeles Lakers from staging a magical comeback against the spellbound Portland Trail Blazers
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    • 274 42 O~ NEVER-SURRENDER attitude and a touch of magic saw Les Bleus snatching away the European Championship from the Azzurri m truly one of the most amazing matches of the year. In breath-taking style, France kept its fans on the edge of their seats before
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    • 169 42 TWO years ago, he was branded a \illain and banned for 1 1 matches after infamously pushing referee Paul Alcock. Two weeks ago, the volatile Italian Paolo di Canio became a hero after an amazing gesture of sportsmanship. Tied at 1-1, West Ham looked
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    • 276 42 j^j# JB B A Bfc^ IT TOOK just two Dutch swimmers a man and a woman tore f*% M I B duce the highly-anticipated battle m the pool between Australia and b y^ the United States into an Olympics sideshow p^^^^ P" 1 "v Gorgeous 27-year-old Inge de Bruiin was
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  • Mockery
    • 259 43 Who is the greatest of them all? AY the sods of yj football grant k A Diego Maradona his clying Hash, to be named the one dv.d only true wizard of the game, the greatest of them all. Bat it would be an award as empty, as tainted, and as
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    • 99 43 IT Wan a year of sleaze, as corruption scandals ed the world of international cricket. South African captain Hansie Cronje was banned for life after admitting to pocketing bribes. He joined six Pakistani players, who were found guilty of match-fixing and betting. Former Indian captain Mohammad
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    • 291 43 WHAT'S new, pray tell? Match-fixing once again m local football? It has really become an expected turn of events waiting only to happen and to be caught m the police net yet again. Five years into Singapore's first professional football league, and the insidious disease
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    • 99 43 SPAIN'S basketball team (above) made a mockers" of the Sydney Parahnipic Games when it was found that only two out of 12 players suffered from a mental handicap. The players were told to return their gold medals after an investigation revealed their fake handicap status. Carlos Ribagorda.
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    • 87 43 C.J. HUNTER, the husband of star sprinter Marion Jones, was tested positive for drugs at about the same time as his withdrawal from the US Olympic team, although no one knew of the results then. He failed four tests for steroid use all of them
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    • 58 43 December 30 2000 TRST 4858 SECOND 9492 THIRD 8658 STARTERS 6027 5330 4469 7320 2462 9849 1772 1072 0987 9540 CONSOLATIONS 0576 8037 3352 7256 1612 3400 4586 4898 6831 9006 Next Draw No. 1558/2001 Monday, 1 January 2001 THE CASCADE DRAW Group 1 Prize $4,338,000 Group 2 Prize $765,000
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    911 44  -  ROB HUGHES ROVING ROB By Open your doors m Singapore E-MAIL UNITED! Hit the web now at www.webmaster@manutd.com tell Manchester United to open its doors on training days m Singapore. DF THE year 2000 was dominated by the immutable power of M money, mania and Manchester United so
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  • 747 44  -  Rob Hughes Not so merry for some... I THIS is the season WT of goodwill to all men? I^^ Make that fe^ all men exwk cept footj^Ktamj^H bdl club trainers. i 1 In the week of Christmas, Wolverhampton Wanderers sacked Colin Lee and Barnsley parted "by mutual consent with
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    • 123 44 LUCKY THIRTEEN Managers who have enjoyed four or more Christmases m the same job: Dario Gradi i Crewe) since June 1983 Alex Ferguson (Man Utd) Nov 1986 Brian Flynn (Wrexham) Nov 1989 Bryan Robson (Boro) May 1994 Mcl Machin (Bournemouth) Aug 1994 Harry Redknapp (West Ham) Aug 1994 George Burley
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  • 777 45  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By TAY TO GREEN hhh ERE is probably the non-news of 2000: Timesport picks Tiger Woods .is its Man oi the lear. The selection is no surprise for only the most biased or those who had spent the past year m the deep
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  • 215 45 m PORT is not a matter of life and death, someone R^ once said, it is fcg^. more important than that. And what could be more important than the money. magic, mockery. misses, milestones, managers, Manchester United and Man of the Year m sport? The
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    232 45  - Mickey Mouse WILFRED YEO WILLY NILLY By In keeping with the Beckham tradition of attracting attention to himself regularly the year's stunts include an SSOO "bald" haircut, a tattoo of his son Brooklyn and an autobiography, My World David revealed the tattoo of his wife's name m Hindi on If
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    • 708 46  -  YAP KOON HONG THE SPORTS EDITOR Spore should organise a memorable, world-class marathon I 1 IRST things first Let us be "4 honest and say, politely, that this has not been a memorable year for Singapore sport. The S- League
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    • 522 46  -  JEFFREY LOW ENGLISH SOCCER Bu SACK George Graham, or Tottenham Hotspur could find itself relegated m shame. In a clueless performance befitting lower leagues, Spurs self-de-structed at Pcrtman Road yesterday to hand Ipswich a 3-0 victory on a platter. It was Tottenham's ninth
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    • SUNDAY PLUS BYE BYE 2000
      • 159 6 WHAT'S THE BUZZ? IF THERE is a word to sum up the state of international affairs m the year 2000. it would be, ahem, "blur". new world order where the line between real and reel is irrelevant, where true life is grafted onto moolah-fetching drama as m theslugjest Survivor. At
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        18 6 DESMOND WEE BLACKMARKED: Taking criticism ungracious i k I ,cc spat sarcasm back at a viewer's comment.
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      • 299 6 Jamie Yeo The neophyte DJ played Savage Garden's Crash And Burn on air after a caller asked for a song to be played for the family of those perished m the SQOO6 flight. Chastised, the distraught lass confessed, ''"Who doesn't make mistc-ikes?", but later insisted, "I
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      • 256 6 SPAT OF THE YEAR CoCo Lee versus Singapore concert organiser Drama-mama performer CoCo Le'r gave the performance other life offstage when she lashed out at Cycle Master Holdings for being lousy paymasters. They retaliated by damning her as "not that popular". Suffice to say that. yes. much mascara-smearing tears were
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      • 151 6 THAT'LL WASH YOU AWAY Survivor Castaways unleashed upon a tropical isle and left to fend for themselves. Pastimes include gossiping, back-stabbing and occasionally running naked. Reward: US$l million. Popstars Comely young things airing their throats and dancing shamelessly m front of bemused judges. Reward: Becoming a world-famous quintet
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      • 168 6 Dylan Douglas How depressing. Baby Dylan has the luscious Welsh beauty, Catherine Zeta-Jones. for a mummy to smother him with love. And don't forget his natural cleft-chin that Michael Jackson would kill for. Zoe Cheung Daddy Jacky's a Heavenly King and mummy May Lo's a pretty ex-actress. We
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        300 7 YOU BELIEVE THIS MATCH? Faye Wong, 31, and Nicholas Tse r 20 He was still m primary school when she first burst onto the Chinese pop scene as Shirley Wong at age 19. Now, m their much-publicised romance, she is complaining publicly that he does not write her love
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      • 196 7 PAIR SHAPED Angelina Jolie and her brother, Jamie Haven Seen kissing her brother fully on the lips at this year's Oscars, where she was named Best Supporting Actress, she creates the new term "brother tongue". Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston The gorgeous Friends star married People magazine's Sexiest Man Alive
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      • 205 7 BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO Joe Augustin and the Flying Dutchman The intrepid DJs on Class 95's Morning Express programme split m September after four years of dispensing acidic jibes on the morning chat show. It's safe to wake up early now. City Beat Kym Ng, lina Ng and
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      • 18 7 life goes an for Ellen DeGeneres (above) after her breakup with Anne Heche. REUTERS
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        24 7 Bryan Wong and Kirn \g (first and second from top) joined Media Works this year, much to the disappointment of hawkers everywhere.
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        22 7 I. loe Augustin und the Flying Dutchman, Mark van Cuvlenrnu x defined moniing radio madness until Joe decided to leave
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        213 8 THAT RILED Farm Wong's fashion orgy at her solo concert Thanks to the auntie to the TCS stars (that's David Gan for ignoramuses'. Farm paraded a sartorial carousel of -.nd-(mis)match outfits even Jean-Paul Gaultier would flee from and enfant terrible Alexander McQueen would set fire to. Chen Liping as
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      • 45 8 City Beat host Sharon An (above gets a New York scholarship from Mt'diaCorp. while former colleagues (back row Grout left) Evelyn Tan. Darren Lim, K\tii Ng, Guo [Jang, WangYanqiiig, Bn an Wong and (front Michelle Chh miike the leap to SFH MeJia\\"ork>.
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        212 8 THE BIG SWITCH Diana Ser From pouting on the tube as glamorous star to walking the Streats, it is a reversal of fortunes for the petite tai-tai-wannahe accustomed to hosting soft- focus stylo-mylo shows. Sigh, now you know who makes celebs sound more articulate than they really are. Vernetta Lopez
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      • 250 8 COMEBACKS AND OTHER TRIUMPHS Charlie's Angels Flip-back hair, male-bashing gongfu high-kicks, and a little speaker called Charlie the movie starring Drew Barrymore, Cameron Diaz and Lucy Liv had everything the *****' TV show had, and then some. Barrymore's cleavage could have smothered the helicopter explosion m the finale. Fei Xianq
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      • 216 8 HITTING NEW LOWS Whitney Houston on marijuana She dismissed reports of her no-shows and erratic behaviour for months. Then m January, she was caught with marijuana m an airport m Hawaii. It finally hit her All At Once. Robert Downey Jr on cocaine Fresh out of jail ir« August where
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      • 1331 9 LIGHT UP THE NIGHT New players and an almost endless list qj foreign jocks made the year 2000 a kicking one, says our resident club chick, MICHELLE HO MILLENNIUM or not. Singaporeans still love a good party. For the jaded clubber, all it took was a simple walk down the
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    • 812 10  - MOVIES WE REMEMBER KELVIN TONG "a No amount of crouching can hide the fact that this year's films recycled dqlrnatiqns, X-Men and even Angels. And while the homegrown fare was tasty, where was the sorely-missed Jack Neo? IDuds galore AND the Oscar goes t0... Adam Sandier for stuffing his face
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    • 61 10 EAST-WEST MESS: Shanghai Noon starring Jackie Chan. 16 DIGITALLY YOURS: Creative s I Sim Wong Hoo branches out to movie special effects. j HEATING UP: Stories About Love (with .Mark Richmond and Andrea De Cruz) was one ol two homegrown movies this year, WHAT'S COOKING: Chicken Rice
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      541 10  -  ONG SOR FERN By I'THE DON'T PRAY, PRAY, WE GOT CLASS' AWARD Goes to the best homegrown show on television this year, Film Formations' elegant triple bill adaptation of Singaporean snort stories, Alter Asians. Aired on Arts Central m February, this mini-series offered strong scripts, solid acting ana
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      683 11  -  KENNETH LIM THE YEAR'S MOST UNFORGETTABLE QUOTES !bt WHO GOT TOGETHER Who's That Girl behind the veil? "It'll just turn the area Into a tin me park, with lots oj little places saying, 'Madonna was married here. An 1 limlmi I'll resident on (he effect <>t uii-ili.i iillciilion
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    • 55 11 Ed ilk vraroftelh thrills. NAJIPALI (Ml): His deadpan looks lighl up the late nighl programme Media i .ilk ONCE AND AGAIN (above): Beautiful duo Sela Ward and Bill) ,ihi|>lh-]| m the i omanl [cdi ami THE SOPRANOS (below). Si ,ihc< hi' ought to set the mafia on
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    • 114 15 Today: You may have been a bit depressed but if you put more effort into your work you will do well. Monday: This coming year is not going to be the best one for travelling. Tuesday: Money is sure to be a bit difficult so do try not to
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      102 15 (born Dec 31, 1959) Actor EDWARD K3I M t H is both notorious for his violent temper tantrums and famed for his sensitive character portrayals. His more popular film* have included Top Gun, Heat and Batman Forever. Despite acting choices that have landed him m the dumps of
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    • 120 15 How to remain trendy In And Out Visiting Australia is m and it's okay to go for mini skirts and punk-rock girl bands. Out of fashion are dieting, bare legs and stiletto heels THIS year was a tough call. Designers showcasing retrospectives of every era throughout the 20th century combined
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      92 15 Penelope Cruz Australia shoes you can walk m CosmoGIRL! politics upstate New York cash Affleck brothers fishnets Reebok pearls Tribeca Grand The Hudson punk-rock girl bands mini skirts light-reflecting make-up Ghesquiere military chic Paris Sigerson Morrison eating Salma Hayek Edward Norton Belgian waffles LVMH Joan Juliet Buck Kenneth
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    • 68 15 Gwyneth Paltrow Cuba stiletto heels Details (and staying these Al Gore Hamptons Internet stock options Hilton sisters bare legs New Balance yellow gold SoHo Grand The Royalton pop divas pashminas glitter John Galliano ghetto fabulous Milan Manolo Blahnik dieting Jennifer Lopez Puffy Combs Zone Diet Pegasus Eisa Klensch
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    • 835 20  -  ONG SOH CHIN Bu It was a year of mish-mash fashions, vulgarity, the offensive Opium ad and Brazilian models on catwalks. In Singapore, it was the year of bags AS FAR as style trends went, the year 20CK less odyssey than oddity. Almost as if fashion
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    • 630 12 TCSS 6.00 AM 5 Star Cooking (Cooking) 6.30 Caprice's Travels (Info-ed) 7.00 Ross Foreign Assignment (lifestyle) 7.30 Outward Bound (Lifestyle) 8.00 Donnv Marie (Talkshow) 9.00 Movies, Games Videos (Variet) 10.00 Holiday Showcase: The 10th Kingdom (Drama) 11.00 Holiday Showcase: The 10th Kingdom (Drama) 12.00 PMSCIub7 In LA: Goodbye Hollywood (Drama)
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    • 202 12 TELEVISION TCSB 6.00 AM Rats and Cats (Cartoon) 6.30 Sweet Seventeen (Part 2) 7.00 Ah Hong, The Master Chef 7.30 In Pursuit OfDrSun Vat Sen's Dreams 8.00 Our World Sri 9.00 Digimon Adventure (Cartoon) 9.30 Kids Camp 10.00 Kids@ World 10.30 Super Troopers 1 1 .00 Money Just Can't Buy
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      • 451 6 8/93 ELANTRA I.6GLSL Manual. New facelift. OMV $13K. S/rims. Very well kept. Tel 749-6288 NEAR '99 ATOS I.OGLS, 1 owner, new tax deposit $2.8K, superb cond. $600+ x 84 mths. 736-0800 2 UNITS. '1994 Elantra I.6GLS. 1 owner. Deposit $I.BK. Superb cond.! $700+ x 42 mths. 736-0800 12/92 EXCEL 1.3
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      • 5243 8 Vehicles 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE 3/96 MERCEDES SL2BO. OMV $108 K. 2 digit no. 01 transfer. Expensive s/rims. Tel: 9733-0782 2 OWNERS 10/93 Mercedes S32OL, 'SBZ92Z'. C&C maintained. '97 facelift, $119,800 neg. 777-1983 1 OWNER. 7/'9B Mercedes E2OO. Full option. 'SDF99OBT'. Ta;; 7/01. C&C. 5163.8 K. Tel: 777-6116 8/'B2 BENZ
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      • 683 8 330 OPEL FOR SALE $300 DEPOSIT ON.V! M 93 Astra 1.4 manual, l owner. Agt. main- tamed. Full accessories. Tax till 9/'ol.s7sox39nths.lstcomelst 1 serve. Call 9845- SOOO. 3/96 ASTRA 1.6. OMV $16,900. Tax 2/'Ol. Accident f ee. S/rims. $51K neg. Call 742-79«i3 '94 VECTRA 1.6. Deposit $SK. OMV $16.7 K.
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      • 948 9 Vehicles 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE 5/'9l TOYOTA STARLET I.OXL, new model. COE till 5/20G5. Tax till 4/'OI. Nice no. A1 cond. Selling only $28,500 0.n.0. Call now: *****44 '96 COROLLA 1.6GL1 auto. Accident free. Can deposit $6K-SIIK. Can loan $46K. 5 1 yrs. x $800. Lot 07 West Coast Carmart.
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      • 596 11 Properties 42a~^DC HJM A=>*5 r OR PENAPPROVED 4 A Tampines Blk. 262. MRT/ Avail. W) 9639-838' AFFORDABLE PRICE! BLK. 528 3e--3 goon. 9389-5133 NC PN HOB APPROVED 3 i* 5 T Geyiang Ba~ Near ameni- BLK 524 CCX. Exe: MRT. Rent ->'6-332QDW. SIMEI BLK. 153. 2 rns. F/furn. Air- Near
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