The New Paper, 8 December 2000

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  • 7 1 the new paper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2000
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  • 18 1 Condom clues lead to hidden surprise at Sentosa nightclub. 68 girls arrested. Picture/ HARIAN METRO
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    • 345 2 MORE than 800 taxi drivers at Kuala Lumpur International Airport at Sepang went on strike yesterday. It was the result of a simmering feud between the taxi drivers and the management of Airport Limo (M)Sdnßhd. The taxi drivers are demanding: A change in management, and
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    • 234 2 Retired teacher's 11.8 million thank-you gift to library AP. FOR 50 years, he spent almost every weekday in the business section of his local library. And when he died, he left the library his entire fortune of US$6.B million (about $11.8 million). The retired public school teacher and guidance counsellor,
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    • 408 3 The day of reckoningfor our 20 New Face finalists is finally here! The girls have been practising hard for tonight's finals at the Ngee Ann Civic Plaza. DAWN CHIA sat in on one recent rehearsal ACHING backs and blisters on their feet. The 20 finalists had been
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      76 3 THE 20 finalists will be performing to a packed house tonight. AH tickets to The New Paper New Face 2000 Grand Finals have been snapped up. About 1,200 people, including guests and VIPs, are expected to be present. The event will begin at the Ngee Ann City Civic
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    • 42 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 54 to 70 Comics: Page 73 TV: Page 119 Sorry CPF cash toprups now easier (The New Paper yesterday, Page 7): The phone number listed for public enquiries was incorrect. The correct number is **********8. Champ Shoes! ®SUNRISE iM
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  • 1116 4 He's adorable. He's unpredictable. He's active. And... he's also autistic SINGAPORETODAY When the two autistic boys fell to their deaths recently, some fingers pointed towards their parents, blaming them for leaving the children unattended. But as this mother tells AMRITKAUR, autistic
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 200 6 JJ OR y New-look kid on the block IN places with plenty of land, you might have a university town. But where land is much scarcer, a university in the HEART of town is the way to go. And that's just what the Singapore Management University (SMU) proposes
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    • 44 6 yiMKm This X VW A, li 1 VIP AUDIENCE: Cuban leader Fidel Castro (left) was all ears as shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez spoke at a school in Cardenas, Cuba on Wednesday during a party to celebrate his seventh birthday. Picture/ Afp
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      • 55 6 FOOPALERT SCIENTISTS have found that hundreds of thousands of pigs slaughtered in Britain each year are contaminated. Salmonella of various types has been discovered in 5.3 per cent of carcasses in abattoirs during checks. Many of the strains are resistant to antibiotics. The Food Standards agency has urged
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      • 63 6 PM IN HOSPITAL PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong had a minor operation yesterday to repair a torn cartilage in his right knee. The operation took an hour and Mr Goh is expected to be discharged from the Singapore General Hospital tomorrow. The tear in the cartilage was from
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      • 51 6 COURTS HIGH-PROFILE surgeon Susan Lim Mey Lee is being sued for allegedly leaving about half of a woman's appendix behind during an operation. The patient, Ms Heidi Bijanki, 35, is a telecommunications engineer with Lucent Technologies. Dr Lim, 45, has denied negligence and said she. would fight the
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      • 52 6 RESIGNATION A POTENTIAL crisis within Umno Youth was averted yesterday. Datuk Aziz Sheikh Fadzir withdrew his resignation letter to Umno president and Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The No. 2 leader was upset that the Youth wing was being blamed for Barisan NasionaTs defeat at a recent by-election
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    • 46 6 New Straits Times: Al-Ma'unah men jailed International Herald Tribune: Florida high court hears Gore appeal Asian Wall Street Journal: Defiant Central banker returns after his arrest in Indonesia BBC news: European leaders meet in Nice for their most crucial summit in a decade
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    • 139 7 FOC INVISIBLE dental braces: It's the latest word in dental care. Invisalign is a set of very thin, transparent, U-shaped plastic devices called aligners, which fit precisely over each tooth. A computer generates a 3D model of the patient's current tooth positions, and a model of where they
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    • 58 7 BUSINESS IT'S the biggest foreigninvestment deal ever involving a Singapore party, say analysts. The target: Britain's Granada Compass hotels, worth £3 billion ($7.5 b). And Kwek Leng Beng is bidding hard against several interested parties to clinch the deal. He is said to be teaming up with
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    • 60 7 NUISANCE FOR the third time in one month, drunken fighting erupted at a food court on Victoria Street last night. Chairs were thrown out, and bottles smashed. After-hour beer sales were probably the cause. "It will be a real problem if somebody gets killed," said an eye-witness. "People
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    • 54 7 smIee SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew received his doctorate from the Chinese University of Hongkong. He told some 4,000 graduating students there that the future of Hongkong is what the people and leaders of Hongkong make of it. Hongkong people have up until 2007 when their Constitution will
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    • 55 7 COURTS FORMER Central Narcotics Bureau officer Magesvari Somasundaram, 26, was jailed yesterday for 24 months. She had fabricated evidence. On May 31, she lost four straws of drugs that were part of the evidence in an investigation. Instead of reporting the loss, she filled four straws with some
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    • 53 7 The Straits Times: Dramatic start to Estrada trial The Business Times: PSA Corp hiving off massive $3b in property ahead of IPO Lianhe Zaobao: PM Goh: Town councils and CDCs should establish partnership Berita Harian: New challenges ahead for town councils Project Eyeball: Mission DifflcultforPAP Streats: Your
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    • 31 7 Quote Wworthy tyft&Myer and cuddled her. She was dead—but I was happy that I was holding her. MrMichaelangeloAttard, dad of Siamese twin Mary, whose life saved her twin Jodie
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    • 62 7 IP BAD earnings news plagued Wall Street again yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 47.02 or o.4.per cent tp 10,617.36. The Nasdaq composite index closed down 43.85, or 1.6 per cent, at 2,752.65. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific Internet $3.125/-0.3438 2. Creative Technology
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    • 473 8 The Central Narcotics Bureau now has a special team to monitor the Internet. Its officers scan websites and chatrooms for drug deals in Singapore. MELVIN SINGH reports on the latest bust SHE was all dressed up, like she was on a hot date.
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    • 187 8 ON Sunday, during a chat session, the drug pusher revealed he had a fresh consignment of Ecstasy pills. He offered to sell it to "Sally" for $20 each. Two days later, Sally returned his page and agreed to buy. On Wednesday, CNB
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  • 382 10  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Arul John HE can make a difference between life and death. Doctor? Not really. And his word is law. A policeman? Not really. Australian Ryan Taplin, 29, is the circus safety man. Only when he gives the OK, can the show go on. He is
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  • 533 12 Attitude How about doing something different during your school holidays? Such as being a volunteer with a theatre company? This week, KENNY LOW, 16, one of Attitude's counsellors, shares with us his experiences in theatre I'VE been a volunteer at the Necessary Stage for
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    • 213 13 *m iWjggigiMr. ■.■■%wNlf HP.. \-f A CVtMMCSS BOOK Of Ali Bandbaz balanced his brother Massoud on two 141/2 inch daggers with a tip I NTUC j width of only 3/8 inch. The brothers, from Tehran, Iran, placed the daggers in Hougang Mall their mouths, and Massoud, who weighs 150 lb,
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    • 40 14 HOW would you like to get a taste of the new Coca-Cola Light? Check out The New Paper tomorrow and see how you k can get this thirst-quenching drink to go with your lunch time read.
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    • 122 14 FRIDAY WEEKLY ADDITIONAL Maths. Give up. Some students have done that because they could not handle the paper. Sun Ming Hui did give up his O-level paper two years ago. But it was to take part in an international web design paper.
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    • 344 16  -  By Desmond Ng JUST look at this fish. Nobody here eats it. The stonefish is usually found in tidal pools and, as the name suggests, camouflaged near rocky areas. If you step on it, you will usually experience swelling, extreme pain and slight
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    • 103 16 SPIDERS, SCORPIONS, snakes and other venomous animals. These are the creatures on the hit list of the Venom and Toxin research group. Said Assoc Prof Khoo, a member of the group: "We identify certain venomous creatures and we work on their venom. Our main objectives are
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  • 385 18  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Jason Tan TEN cents. That's what you get for an empty beer bottle. A jail term. That's what he got for quarrelling over one, and smashing it on someone else's head. The empty Tiger beer bottle, which fetches 10 cents if it is returned
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  • 343 20  -  Judge gives teen a dressing-down on his school results SINGAPORETODAY By Lee Tee Jong I'M doing okay in school. James (not his real name) told Judge Malcolm Tan in the juvenile court on Wednesday. The 15-year-old didn't expect the barrage of questions from the judge.
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  • 386 22  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Yeoh Wee Teck NOW, this was the nicest surprise at the Asian Television Awards last night. After missing out twice already, Vernetta Lopez (above) finally clinched an award for Best Performance by an Actress (Comedy). Big names like Irene Ang, Neo Swee Lin,
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    • 318 25 SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM We published a report in The New Paper on Nov 28, about how James Tan Veterinary Hospital cremated dead dogs on an open fire. We have since received almost 20 calls and letters. Most said they were appalled by what was done
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    • 56 26 muifmui* Carolyn Sebastian, 15, a fecondaiy 3 student who is thinking abouta career in life sciences research: In the past we just saw bacteria and germs; in textbooks, aid they looked disgtisting and shapeless. Now wejgrfi work on them, and we make them glow
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  • 349 29  -  Diver who went off the deep end receives jail sentence without turning a hair SINGAPORETODAY BY Jason Tan HE faced up to seven years in jail for criminal intimidation. But Willy Heng Jwee Song, 48, was one relaxed man in court
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 277 30 THERE were condoms and cosmetics strewn all over the floor. Yet, the nightclub was strangely quiet, with just a scattering of local hostesses here and there. Not surprisingly, the officers from the Malaysian Immigration Department were suspicious. So they started probing into every nook
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    • 70 30 TheHghts glowed on the scate Christmas tree. For five minutes. Then w>l my were turned off. The 17m-high white fir tree was IK byCaßfornian governor Gray Davis during ceremonies la the state capital Sacramsnte yesterday. But It coaUntstaylt as the US state
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  • 305 32 WORLDTODAY THE non-Christmassy scene was enough to make several children burst into tears. The horror of it all for the little ones Santa in handcuffs, being led away by big, tough police officers. The incident happened on Wednesday in the British coastal town of
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  • 41 35 muifmui* WORLDTODAY The impeachment trial nfi*rriiilriit friifrnjw Estrada of the Philippines got yesterday. The Senate Majority leader Francisco Tatad said: More Filipinos will now cease to see the government as -4 entertainment, and will stop electing popular incompetents.
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    • 213 37 THE haul was large by any standards HK$4OO million ($BO million) worth of pirated discs, software and equipment. That was what an anti-corruption Hongkong government agency netted when it smashed an international piracy gang based there. The gang came to the authorities' notice when private investigators
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    • 374 38 SHE has them fuming. But at the same time, members of the famous Attakor family in Thailand are dying of embarrassment. But it appears, there is no stopping Ms Chutarat Attakor. Formerly, a wife in the Attakor household, the ex-Royal Thai Navy nurse, has
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    • 188 38 COME CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS AT Exhibition The Best Parenting Show in town! Don't miss it! 7th to 10th December 2000 Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre Level 4, Hall 404 11.30 am to 9.30pm daily .V Vx > There's something for everyone! Find out Who Will win the Magic Shows Host Beautiful
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  • 240 40 MEANWHILE IN THE HALL OF FAME... WORLDTODAY AP. POPE John Paul II has joined Superman in the Hall of Fame of comic-book heroes. Hitting newsstands in Italy for the first time this week, the new Vatican-approved serial depicts the real life and true adventures of "Karol Wojtyla:
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  • 308 43 WORLDTODAY A ROYAL Air Force (RAF) aircraft is flying on a special mission to France to pick up cheap Christmas drinks at taxpayers' expense, a British politician claimed. Mr Alistair Bisset, a councillor from Moray, Scotland, alleged he had a tip-off about a Nimrod flight
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