The New Paper, 31 December 1993

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  • 12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1993 MITA (P) 035/04/93 50 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 201 2 A FORMER Australian prisoner-of-war has recorded an album that celebrates the "lighter" side of life at Singapore's Changi Prison during the Japanese Occupation. Mr Slim de Grey's Changi Collection features 1940s songs that were played in the prison, reports The Age, an Australian newspaper. The album highlights
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    • 85 2 WE will not be publishing tomorrow because of the New Year's Day public holiday. We will be back on Monday. We wish all our readers a Happy New Year. Hotline Plus hours: Our Hotline Plus for readers on 1800-734-7711 will operate until 3 pm today. On
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    • 385 2 India's Finance Minister refuses to bow to opposition demand AP. INDIA'S Finance Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, said yesterday that he would stay on his job despite opposition demands that he step down because of a $2.8 billion securities scandal. "I am today speaking as the Finance Minister
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    • 64 2 Parliamentary bash: Taiwanese opposition MP Huang Chao-hui (front) hurls a chair at Mr Wang Chin-ping (third from left), venue chairman of Taiwan 's parliament, yesterday. Scuffles broke out between the ruling Kuomintang party and the opposition over v two controversial bills. The opposition claim
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 246 4 k hot a LSTORIESA OTHER STATS From Jan to Oct this year, 41,200 babies were bom. If the trend continues, a total of 50,200 babies would be bom this year. This would be more than the annual figures for the past three years, which hovered
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    • 87 4 The Straits Times: Birth rate may hit three-year high Business Times: Govt plan to enhance value of Bukit Timah/Holland Rd homes Lianhe Zaobao: More than 30,000 housing units to be built in Bukit Timah and Bukit Merah Bertta Harian: Many poor families rich with kids SBC morning news: Singaporeans
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    • 217 4 BUKIT Merah's image as a district of lowcost public housing will probably be forgotten by 2010. Why it could almost become as posh as Beverly Hills *****, that high class suburb in the popular American TV series. By 2010 there will be swanky new commercial complexes and
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 72 4 THE Chinese Government is rushing food supplies to its cities and deploying riot squads in an apparent effort to forestall urban unrest. The reason for unrest: A rapid increase in prices. The central and local governments were calling meetings to find ways to keep prices under control
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      • 60 4 SEOUL has banned former Defence Minister Kwon Young Hae from leaving the country. He is required to remain in South Korea to help investigations into alleged corruption in arms deals. An identical ban was slapped on Wednesday on his predecessor and former superior, Mr Choi Sae Chang,
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      • 73 4 FOREIGN firms in Hongkong say that the political climate has deteriorated but the government said this had not stopped them from setting up operations in the colony. A government survey said 60.3 per cent believed the political climate had worsened in the past year as Britain
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      • 67 4 CITY life will bustle at night and on Sundays when the whole-day Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) goes into effect next week. This was a key finding of a survey of 1,614 motorists and 186 business establishments. The findings showed that half of the business establishments
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      • 73 4 CIVIL servants must decide by March 31 next year which of the three medical benefits schemes they want to be on. They can choose to go under a new co-payment scheme, opt to have more in their Medisave or retain their old medical benefits package. If
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    • 441 4 COLLECIiON CLASSIC FAVOURTTES AND FILM THEMES Kalian Fantasia• Arrivederci Americana Sort* Stephen Espafta Barber Of Seville Die Fledermaus Overture COLLECTION Sicenran Memory I Just THVMFC The Bis County Amazing Give My Bcgards To Broadway Boma Summertime In Ven- Foster Suite* Gone WW) The Valencia •la Mer Camrwl Meny Widow Wrtz»Wes
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 428 5  -  By Mary Rose Gasmier LITTLE cherubs flit all over Glamourette Group's corporate Christmas card. A pretty model's face is stuck on the potato-like torsos (see picture above). The greeting says: "Believe me, I've had my share of ghosts from Christmas pastT..." It goes on to say
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    • 51 5 SOME of those who received the card might have mistaken the model's face for that of Mr Choong's ex-wife, former model Angela Koh. Miss Koh's photo (above) appeared on the cover of Her World annual in 1981. Miss Koh is living abroad, and could not ibe reached for
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 575 6 "Fever-hot" reads one stock market thermometer, The Straits Times Industrials Index. From 1,531 in January, it soared almost 1,000 points to 2,390 yesterday. When will it hit 2,500? Should you buy or sell? JUNE KONG asks five analysts JANUARY will be the lucky month, say
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      17 6 MORNING VC* TRADING: The STII was 15 points up at 2405.28 at 9.15 this morning.
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    • 136 6 WHEN 2,500? Perhaps in late January. The market will correct itself first. The figure 2,500 is not so significant it's only about 100 points from yesterday. This could be achieved in a day or two. More importantly, is 1994 going to be as good as this year? WHAT
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 240 8  -  By Seow Su Kian MOST small-time investors are using their savings and CPF money to invest in the stock market. Among them are 12 of the 13 people who were interviewed while they monitored stock prices outside Overseas Union Bank at Robinson Towers yesterday.
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    • 126 8 ONE man, who wanted to be known only as Alan, had his fingers burnt when his shares dropped in value during the Gulf War in 1990-91. The man, in his 40s, owns a garment business. "I lost quite a lot during the Saddam Hussein period," he
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    • 40 8 I'm a careful investor. I usually buy the more stable shares and since I use only my savings, I can afford to hold on to the shares during bad times. Housewife Madam Lau Pui Ching (right)
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    • 153 8 SMALL-TIME investors with little money to spare and no time to monitor the stock market should invest in safe options like blue-chip shares and unit trusts. This is the advice given by Mr Leong Chi Meng, an investment analyst with Vickers Ballas. Blue-chip shares such as
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    • 368 9 MOST stock markets in the Asian region are running hot. Singapore's market has gone from strength to strength, but still lags behind others in the region. (See graphics above.) An analyst in an offshore bank, who could not be named because of company policy, said the
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    • 64 10 THE following precautions can be taken against malaria: Take anti-malaria medication. Wear clothing with long sleeves and long pants. Do not wear dark colours as they attract mosquitoes. Use insect repellent on exposed skin. Use mosquito coils in the bedroom. Cover windows with wire mesh screens and
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    • 189 10  -  By Ng Li-san FOUR new malaria cases have been reported at the East Coast Park since Christmas Eve. This brings to 19 the number of people infected by malaria in the latest outbreak, which started on Dec 13. As of yesterday, only
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      285 11  -  ANYONE who possesses fake coins can be jailed up to seven years. A person who counterfeits coins can be jailed for life or up to 10 years and fined an unspecified amount. By Cynthia Tan METALLIC discs resembling $1 coins have been used by vending-machine cheats. The black
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    • 68 11 THE MRTC said its vending machines had not encountered such fake coins. Singapore Telecom said its public coin phones received fewer than 10 non-Singaporean coins each month, but no metallic discs had been found. The spokesman said Telecom's public phones automatically tested coins for
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    • 380 12 Her World's January issue contains a list of what it calls Singapore's 20 most desirable women. Earlier this year, the magazine came up with a list of 25 eligible bachelors. NG LI-SAN paired one of the men with one of the women to see how they'd get
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    • 440 13 5% to 10% drop expected next year CONDOMINIUMS and 99-year leasehold units are likely to cost less next year with the big supply of new non-landed properties. Pressure on rentals will also act as a braking factor, reports Business Times. The drop will take place
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    • 278 14 Reuter. DENISE and Ralph Bulger have a new son. Their first son, James, 2, was murdered by a pair of 10-year-old boys. The couple say their newborn son will be spoiled and over-protected. Britons were appalled by the murder of James Bulger. He was enticed away
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 350 15 CHINA has less than 24 hours to fulfill its pledge to open its markets to more US products. However, the deadline for a new textile agreement has been extended, said a senior US trade official in Washington yesterday. Under a 1992 market access
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    • 185 15 Reuter. TWENTY-five Sheriff's deputies who partied and fired their guns while on duty during the wildfire that destroyed parts of Malibu last month have been suspended without pay. A Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department spokesman said yesterday that they had been suspended from five to 30 days
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    • 337 16 AP. THE world's welcome mats are being hastily pulled out from under Mr Vladimir Zhirinovsky. But the man some call the "Russian Hitler" expects a warmer reception in France. Booted out of Bulgaria, barred from Germany and unwelcome in Romania, the Russian ultra-nationalist
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    • 187 16 AP. FROM tomorrow, most shops will stop accepting what has become the currency of choice in Russia the US dollar. Russia's Central Bank has ordered stores to accept only roubles or credit cards, something few Russians have. Many stores, especially those that sell imported goods,
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    • 273 17 First $4.8 m Now $32m AP. SIX years after winning $4.8 million in the Ohio lottery; a retired construction worker got an even bigger Christmas present the $32 million jackpot in the Florida lottery. "This amount of money is kind of staggering," said Mr Joseph Crowley.
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    • 289 18 AP. BORIS Becker's comment was stupid, said fellow German tennis star Michael Stich yesterday. Stich was referring to Becker's remark that many professional tennis players are drug abusers. "I don't know why he comes out with such things or from where he gets his ideas,"
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 297 20 Reuter. BILLIONS of rupees are alleged to have been stolen from Pakistan's public funds by a conglomerate run by the family of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. The Government's Pakistan Banking Council accuses the Ittefaq Group of plundering six billion rupees ($320 million) in public funds.
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    • 114 20 AFP. AMERICAN country music star Tammy Wynette, best known for her song, Stand by Your Man, was fighting for her life yesterday af- ter being rushed into hospital. Wynette, 51, was admitted to the Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday with a major
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    • 266 21 Reuter. THE nutrition experiments on mentally-retarded students in the United States involved so little radiation that they might still win approval from a review board today. This claim was made by Mr Frank Masse, director of radiation protection at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mr Masse
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    • 61 21 A fine balance: Bangladesh tribal women dancing on urns while balancing bottles on their heads at the closing ceremony of the South Asian Games in Dhaka on Wednesday. The South Asian Games is held once every two years. This year's event was attended by more than 1,000 athletes
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    • 110 21 AP. JUST before he died on Christmas Eve, Mr Dick Denio made a final wish that his cat, Rudi, attend his funeral. So there he was on Wednesday: Rudi sat with family members gathered at Pacific View Cemetery in Newport Beach, California, to say goodbye. "I didn't want
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 205 23 A PERAK labourer who killed his sister's alleged molester has been jailed for 11 years. M Patmanathan, 30, had earlier pleaded guilty to causing the death of Mr N Munusamy at Ladang Pundut in Lumut. The incident took place on Nov 7, 1987. In passing
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    • 152 23 ‘Torv label adulterer’ Reuter. THE chairman of Britain's ruling Conservative Party yesterday denied that its politicians were more prone to adultery than members of parliament from the opposition Labour Party. "There is no proof that there are more extra-marital affairs on the Conservative than on the Labour side," Sir Norman
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    • 112 24 MTV IS OFF!: Music fans tuning into late Fridays an Saturdays find other programmes on instead. No concrete reason was given. "MTV withdrew the rights for us to telecast the programme. But we are trying to negotiate a new deal," said an SBC spokesman. THEY LOVE FAT LUCY: Luciano
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    • 149 24 CLAPTON THUNDER: Rock musician Eric Clapton bags six Grammys and gets a standing ovation. Tears in Heaven is voted Song of the Year. Tears is a song for his four-year-old son, Connor, who fell to his death from the 53rd floor of his mother's New York apartment in 1991.
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    • 69 24 BREAKTHROUGH: Time Tomorrow, SBC's first full-length original English drama, goes on air and draws mixed responses. But viewers agree on one thing: It is a big step forward for local English television drama. IVY WINS: Polytechnic student and model Ivy Lee, 19, beats 11 others to become winner of
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    • 342 24 Look back. The year's 1993. MTV had just been taken off air. Somewhere in the US, a bullet kills Brandon Lee, son of late gong-fu master Bruce. Jurassic Park and Jacintha Abisheganaden made the news. But nothing prepared us for the Michael Jackson scandal when
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      103 24 HERE'S a conceited and snooty actor. "Don't compare me to John Lone," Leslie Cheung snapped, when asked who was the prettier female impersonator. He snapped again when told that actress Gong Li and director Chen Kaige received more attention for the movie, Farewell To My Concubine. He then
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    • 144 24 IT promised to be a thriller. But the night of Aug 30 turned bad. More than 40,000 fans jammed the National Stadium to see the second of Michael Jackson's scheduled Singapore performances. Among them were dozens of seriously ill and disabled children. They braved traffic, queues, humidity,
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    • 68 24 THE first thing he muttered when he entered the hall at the Mandarin Hotel for the press-conference on his concert here was: "Wow, this is a huge one." Later, at the press conference, someone asked him what was his worst moment was so far? "Other than this
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    • 73 25 BOUNTY: Clint Eastwood's brooding Western, Unforgiven, wins four Oscars. "The greatest woman in the planet is here my mother," says Eastwood in accepting his prize as best director. BRANDON LEE KILLED: The son of late martial arts expert Bruce Lee dies after an accident on a film set.
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    • 40 25 HONGKONG FILM AWARDS: It is the night of the favourites. "The Lover" Tony Leung Ka-fai, 35, lives up to expectations by winning the Best Actor award at the 12th Hongkong Film Awards. Maggie Cheung. 29, is named Best Actress.
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    • 137 25 THE ANGER R(A) MUSICAL The New Rocky Horror Show starts its run. Sexuallycharged scenes results in an R(A) rating the first musical production to be ever rated so. FAREWELL DOES WELL Farewell to My Concubine wins the Cannes film festival's top prize, the Golden Palm. The movie, directed by
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    • 354 25 Paul Zach, journalist 1) Vs (Pearl Jam): Pits Eddie Vedder against the world. No contest. One of the greatest albums ever. 2) Siamese Dream (Smashing Pumpkins): A tangy meringue of grunge and psychedelia. Listening to this is better than spending one night in Bangkok. 3) Whichever
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    • 150 25 IT was strange watching the riots from where I was, perched on a 2 m-high fence from within the stadium. Somehow, it didn't look real. But reality hit when the concert ended and the gates opened, and I got out and saw
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    • 169 25 Part I: FOUR girls just wanted to have fun at the Cyndi Lauper concert at the Harbour Pavilion. The bubbly pop star herself implored the audience to bounce off their buns and boogie. But when Karen Yeo, 17, and three girlfriends tried
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    • 79 25 THE most punishing assignment in 1993 for me was to watch TV on a Sunday, from the start of transmission till closing, counting the number of hours that contained violent scenes. The assignment was in view of a Parliamentary debate on TV violence. As
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      151 26 ENTER NC-16: This film classification prohibits under 16s from seeing films with themes considered unsuitable for them. It has yet to be used. SOUND MATCH: Pop star Mariah Carey marries her boss, Sony Music president Thomas Mottola. Carey, 23, met Mottola, 43, when she handed him an audition tape
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    • 82 26 SAM FAREWELL: Can topop legend Sam Hui finally calls it a day after performing in Singapore during his near-never ending farewell concert tour. FOR SOMALIA: Local bands Awol, The Pagans. Stompin' Ground and singer Clement Chow starve for 30 hours for World Famine Day. They also give a free
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    • 369 26 Una Ng, 19, SBC actress 1) Sleepless in Seattle: It's a beautiful fairy-tale movie. It may be unrealistic but who knows there's one such love story out of a million. 2) Joy Luck Club: A story about women and, being one myself, I can feel what
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    • 69 26 THE ATTITUDE JUST a simple question and Zainal Abidin, the Malaysian pop star, displayed his quirky sense of humour what kind of house do you live in? "I live in a two-storey terrace house in KL. There are fruit trees outside and little furniture inside just big
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    • 77 26 SHE gives you a tough time when they ask her about her love life. Is George Lam or dancer Sunny Wong your boyfriend? "I will never reveal my boyfriend until I get married... I don't need to let people know what I eat for breakfast... I don't want
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    • 73 26 LOLLAPALOOZA was fun, but rather silly, all these people getting together to appear hip and hippie. People were lying all over the place in the hot afternoon sun, getting their arms decorated with washable rubon tattoos, and taking threeminute "trips" on LSD Flight simulators for $1.60. And despite black
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    • 77 26 ON Nov 22, the first bonafide international musical opened at Kallang Theatre. "Ja's singing is really awful. Her dancing is worse. She's terrible!" growled a young woman sitting next to me. Though painful to admit it, I told the young woman: "I'm afraid, you are right." An older woman
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      60 26 SHE displays a V radiance even without her hair, and I don't mean the light bouncing off her bald pate. Even when her head is shaven smooth like a baby's bottom, the actress shows a different side to her beauty. And I respect her for her spunk. Few
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    • 358 29 June Kong, journalist 1) Ngee Ann City: Heralded a new age for retail junkies here. Onestop shopping at its best. 2) Successful movies based on books: Such as Like Water For Chocolate, The Firm, The Joy Luck Club. Helped me rediscover my first love, reading. 3)
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    • 88 29 SHE, a literature undergrad, had gone to the airport with her boyfriend to meet Simon and Garfunkel the morning before. Now she was walking out of the Singapore Indoor Stadium after the folk duo's performance, eyes bloodshot and sniffing. I asked her boyfriend what
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    • 120 29 A FRIEND who had Kicki's album tipped me off about Dinesh Bhatia's ex-girlfriend, Jane Gibson. I didn't think Dinesh would talk about her. But he was forthcoming and really open about Jane. Dinesh's relationship with her was complicated. He had to run through it chronologically for
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    • 108 29 EVERY mother wishes their children will one day be a star. So, when Broadway came to Singapore, the parents of 10-year-old Yik Wai Yi were prepared to put their daughter on a crash diet if she was chosen to play the child role of
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    • 169 30 THE mission: Trap Gotcha! host Moe Alkaff in a false situation, and then capture his expressions on photographs. The plan: At the restaurant, I would pretend to interview him. A "Playgirl photographer" would stroll in, recognise Moe and propose a centrefold of him in
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    • 94 30 WAITING for me outside Zouk Disco, SBC actor Chew Chor Meng was approached by a stranger who didn't know who he was. Daringly, the stranger asked Chor Meng to lend him some money. Our actor replied cooly: "I've no money, too. I'm waiting for a
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    • 101 30 IT was easy to pick 19-year-old Angelique Nicolette Teo to win The New Paper New Face of the Year. After all, we were looking for a new talent with fresh-faced appeal. A bloke outside Times House jested on the names of similar beauty contests
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    • 113 30 I HAD to do a series of personality interviews while covering the 1993 Hongkong Film Awards presentation ceremony. All I remember are the strange places where the interviews were held. I talked to strip star Ewong Yung on the beach. I waited for
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    • 725 47  -  By Chris Matyszczyk MAN U v LEEDS UNITED SO farewell then, 1993. A year in which Manchester United dominated the English Premier League. And Galatasaray dominated Manchester United. A year in which English football stared into the abyss and said: "That looks like a nice place."
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    • 195 48 AFP. THE smile returned to Tottenham defender Gary Mabbutt's battered face today when he learned he had been awarded the MBE (Member of the British Empire) medal in Britain's New Year's Honours list. Mabbutt, who almost lost his sight after being elbowed by Wimbledon's John Fashanu during
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    • 177 51 BICYCLE KICK GOAL AGAINST BRUNEI: It will definitely be in my memory for a long time, not just this year. It's like a once-in-a-lifetime thing. It was a perfect pass and I managed to strike the right balance and scored. 5V SUHDRAMOORTHY'S SIGNIFICANT MEMORIES OF THE YEAR VSUNDRAMOORTHY
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    • 64 51 I've never done this before. This is probably one of my best seasons ever. We had a good team and I was able to play well thanks to support from the team. Sundram's five ma n-of-the-match awards were against Sarawak, Pahang and Kedah in
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    • 82 51 I've been a Liverpool fan since the early 80s. In fact, I grew up watching the likes of Dalglish and Soilness win every English trophy available. But this year I've seen Liverpool sink to a low I never expected it to. My hope for Liverpool in 1994 is
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    • 83 51 It s not just reaching the final but, more importantly, reaching it with Singapore. That was a real thrill because I had never reached a Malaysia Cup final with Singapore before. It would have been even better if we had won it. Singapore lost 2*o to Kedah
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    • 93 51 or as long as I can remember, England has been a regular fixture in the World Cup Finals. Next year, there'll be no England because it failed to qualify. I always used to root for England because in Singapore we are very familiar with
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    • 175 53 SEA GAMES 1993: This is firmly etched in my memory as I achieved it all on home ground. It was so important for me to have all my club mates around to encourage me on. I look at the nine golds as a mere bonus. SJOSCELIN YEO'S SIGNIFICANT
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    • 68 53 He was really good and it has been a long time since someone like him has come along. Watching NBA will not be the same without him. He will be missed. I also feel sad for him for his father's death but these things happen. Michael Jordan
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    • 57 53 T JLt was great to see how the Lions came from the Second Division and into the Cup Final. It was a pity they lost; both sides in the final were equally good. It is just part of the ups and downs of sport. Singapore lost 2-0
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    • 58 53 T Xhis is the best thing to happen to sport in Singapore as it will encourage a lot of athletes to take sport more seriously. It will help improve the image of sport in general in Singapore. Spex2ooo was launched on Dec 6 with aim of producing excellence in
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    • 80 53 T X his is an annual event with all the South-East Asian countries participating. It is the only inter-club competition of its sort in the region. Also it is very important to my club and it is nice to be competing alongside my club-mates. Joscelin Yeo,
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    • 157 54 Mr UNIVERSE, SEOUL: This was the most important moment in my life. It will help me go pro as the World Games was not enough recognition for that dream. Also, it is an honour to be Singapore's first World Champion. SAZ5 AZMAN ABDULLAH'S SIGNIFICANT MEMORIES OF THE YEAR
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    • 67 54 Jojo Sinclair and I trained hard for Warsaw but unfortunately were let down by JoJo's illness. Everyone there thought we had a good chance. It was really disappointing. The World Mixed Pairs Championship was held in Warsaw in the last week of November. Jojo Sinclair
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    • 49 54 T Xhis sticks in my mind because I thought the Lions would bring the Cup home. It was sad that we lost as we had a good side this year and I expected them to win. Singapore lost 2-0 to Kedah in the Malaysia Cup final.
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