The New Paper, 16 December 1997

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    7 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1997
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      72 1 1st Copy Babe? If I not babe, I not babe, lah /Page 20 Don't call me that, Miss Universe t0,,S Brian M 0r 3 1 IMJk Mocked out the facet of the LB V PB HIV H H brother and IsH M H changed the brother's name I H .A
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Move over US dollar
      364 2 We have a ¥en to value our money differently ASEAN ECONOMIC SUMMIT Will it be: How do you tell the worth of the Singapore dollar? Today, that is done by comparing its value with the US dollar. In other words, it is the Singapore dollar's main
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      GLOSSARY
      88 2 EXCHANGE RATE: The value of currencies worldwide is provided by exchange rates. A currency is only worth what people will pay for it. It cost M 53.9 to buy US$l yesterday. On Friday it cost Ms3.B. It now takes more ringgit to buy US$l. So, the ringgit has lost
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      Lock icon ‘I am not a DUD’
      476 3 The reigning Miss Universe, Brook Mahealani Lee of the United States, was in town last week for a fleeting visit. She was here to promote the latest line of watches and jewellery from Chopard. BRIAN MILLER gets an earful from her IF you think for
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      Brook Lee on:
      114 3 Early life: I was an average American kid. I watched plenty of TV, stuffed myself with chocolates, did some surfing. Kid stuff... Entering: For two years, I helped backstage. I turn 26 this year. It was my last chance so I just entered to see how far
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      Miss Singapore connection
      113 3 AT the Miss Universe pageant, Miss USA chose Miss Singapore Tricia Tan as her room-mate. Why? "I went through the bio-data of all the 72 other contestants and noticed at once that Tricia was a woman with a life," said Brook Lee. "She's a stewardess with Singapore
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      336 2 SALON S£& YOUR hair feels great when you have just been to the hairdresser's. Your stylist is naturally the expert but with some guidance you can do the same. Some "must-haves" are a detangling comb, a thermal protector (for example, Paul Mitchell's Seal and Shine), a good salon brand shampoo
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      16 2 Leisure mdex f, n nitfin i anownme. Pages 20,21,22 24 TV: Page 28 Comics: Pages 29&30
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      190 2 Asian currencies took a whack again yesterday. The Singapore dollar fell to a new low against the US dollar, so did the currencies of some other Asean countries Currency Closing Previous (Dec 15) (Dec 12) Change Jf 47.35 45.154*7 Jf" 5750 5550 -3J JUg*" 3.9150 3.8140 -2.8 2** 38.50 37.55
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      S'pore — Desert nation?
      124 4 S'pore Desert nation? HOT k STORIES i WE might as well be called a desert nation. According to a study of 161 nations released yesterday, Singapore is the sixth most water-short country in the world. Most of the others in the top 20 are desert nations such as Kuwait, Libya,
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      Used cars cheaper
      105 4 WANT to buy a used car? "It's actually a good time to pick up a used one now," says dealer Gabriel Tan, of Sin Hiap Hong, which deals almost exclusively in Mercedes-Benz cars. Prices of medium-sized cars about two years old have fallen by another $10,000-$15,000 in
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      Five-year low
      69 4 THE Singapore dollar sank to its lowest level in five years yesterday. It slid to 1.6845 against the US dollar at 7 pm yesterday, its lowest since March 1992. The Sing dollar has fallen nearly two per cent against the US dollar from levels of around 1.6510/30 late
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      DOW JONES
      27 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 84.29 points to close at 7,922.59 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 602 million shares.
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      WHAT'S HUP
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Banks rate high
        54 4 THREE Singapore banks are among the top five in emerging markets. They were rated "AA" by agency Standard Poor's. DBS Bank was second to the Bank of Taiwan, followed by Overseas-Chinese Banking Corp and United Overseas Bank. Ratings covered 169 banks in Asia, the Middle East, Eastern
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        Snow in Mexico
        57 4 MORE than 20 people have died in a freak snow storm in northern Mexico. The freak conditions were caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, experts said. In Guadalajara, about 500 km north-west of capital Mexico City, it snowed for the first time since 1881. The temperature
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        Cable TV wait
        64 4 LANDED homes will have to wait a few months more than expected for cable television. Singapore Cable Television said landed property would take more time as such homes were spread out and a lot of legwork was needed to persuade people to wire up. It said it
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      Lock icon Pig out
      38 4 Btarcaught in Changk/twcu 60-cm long and spotted at the Ferry Terminal yesterday. It took 14 policemen and two Night Safari workers to capture the boar, which had probably swum in fromPulau Tekong. Picture/ The Straits Times
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      HEADLINERS
      85 4 Tl»e Straits Timet: Asean urges global action to solve economic crisis Hie Bottoms Times: East Asian leaders discuss using euro, yen as peg Uanlie Ittkmt Asean urges industrialised countries to take action to resolve economic crisis Bsitta Hwrim: Currency crisis: Steps endorsed RCS mooring news: Asean leaders meeting in
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      148 4 >—fto 1W-7PM8 Calls are charged al 30 cents per mrte Spakm Your forum wwinte iM-nan PflMf li Pmri Parents rw v rra forum Calls are charged at SO cents per rnnute l*IU»Xe 1HH1W14 M!!Bis FESTIVE BUFFET DINNER DANCE jST DOWN BY THE RIVERSIDE 24 31 DECEMBER 1997 #40+++ PER PERSON
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      109 5 GB O-O- AsS &C jff U/S i>C; TOWER ■0O K a TOWER records &O-O-t/ 68 GO-crajf 6: ANa I E THE choice, burke's, CAFE POBSUMUSI &"d «f A l/O-fl CALVIN klein, ccntro surplus •tore, dor boutique, a a nt hysteria, ma m ao QUIKBILVER, BTUBBV, THE VINTAOE PLACE S O-rt/C'S
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    Lock icon OWE$PAY$
    397 6 Owe$, Pay I say so, too! "pSY of W SINGAPORETODAY LAST week, we asked people who'd had run-ins with loansharks to contact us. They did. Worried father, frightened daughter, helpless brother, unhappy neighbour and more. They spoke, provided their full names were not used afraid loansharks might read about
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      134 7 HThe Bugler Family High Wire Act. 13-21 December, Clarke Quay. To you, it's just a wire. But to our walk, sleep, exercise and even perform comedy antics, all while maintaining perfect balance on their fourteen millimetre world. Catch these multi-world record holders in action as they perform breath-taking stunts such
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      ‘This guy is a headache, lah’
      519 8  -  My brother, the HIV hopppp A man with the Aids virus was jailed six months' yesterday for threatening two staff at the Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC). CRISPINA ROBERT speaks to the man's brother and finds out what a terror he had been By Crispina
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      ‘WANTS TO SPEND TIME WITH US? RUBBISH!’
      145 8 TEO told the court that he wanted to spend time with family and friends. But his brother said this was rubbish. "I remember when my mother died in 1979, he came to her funeral in handcuffs because he was in jail. He was
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      LIKE THEM
      404 9  -  Can't sing? Can't dance? You can still be HOW TO TAKE PART Application forms are available till Dec 18 at the following places: Caldecott Broadcast Centre (TV Reception) Parcoßugis Junction (Information Counter) Century Square (Information Centre) Takashimaya Shopping Centre (Information Counter) Change Alley (Redemption Counter) Registration will be
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      It takes guts tamake money
      42 10 murmur Self-made a Skwaporv Mfleaee abort the RNM)f. ft fc l par cent ttpt, 19percertdbdpli|^Hjr80perceatptyclMlagy.He H Discipline see the under utmost emotional is having the guts to hang game even as most others drop o!Mifear and guilt.
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      That was just my wife
      365 10  -  STABBING BEFORE THIS? NO. HE SAYS... By Woon Wui Tek Yesterday, he was in court for knifing an elderly relative. Some years back, he had hurt someone else with a weapon. But Ji\jorhan s/o Jalmal, 32, didn't think that important. The victim then was only
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      42 9 SONY I HL naHiiat&kb 2^ I JAPAN I iH J AAY£l I «k 4. Ro.lnc y A. Or^er.jla Jln.*rlk.ik I 4 t it n our u>u n it c t*t ntf u r uj c t\ c t c> ah in nfriiAorot
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      328 10 PHOTO COIOIM CEflTRC <V jfl i 3s bNm W ra I With 50% off the second set. Kodak 4R Royal Paper is now even more attractive. When you develop and print a roll of film on 4R size (4" X 6") Kodak Royal Paper, you can order a second set
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      404 11 Reintroducing the all-in-one ThinkPad 380. With a host of improved features. The student For the designer, loves the idea of j 1 the 12.1-inch FRSTN 1 a ThinkPad or TFT screen brings that's affordable. I It!*® everything 9FwS**'fß; rati to life in sharp, UuMMagBZK rif«f colour. The executive can <
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Bagging the early birds
      468 12 More supermarket chains are opening as early as 7 am to cater to the morning market crowd. Some people are smiling while others are hopping mad. CRISPIN A ROBERT finds out more Madam Cheng is happy. She's a well-served customer, having the best of both worlds
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      SUPERMARKETS SAY
      157 12 OTHER supermarkets say they are not competing with each other or the wet market. Prime supermarket, which has 17 outlets island-wide, opens at 7.30 am. It also has an air-conditioned wet market in Jurong West. Started two years ago, it opens at 7.30 am, too. 'The air-conditioned wet
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      263 12 r> $P e® Bring home a 4 feaStf' J this jolly season a Season's Greetings from Sunfud! Goin' nuts over Sunflower seeds this Christmas? Give your guests a real treat this festive season with the marvellous taste of Sunfud Sunflower Chocoball. Delicious chocolate coated sunflower seeds with that extra crunch
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      52 12 I But you can't tell if she Look QT ner. has the AIDS virus from mmm l —B the way she looks. She's young. do you want to put She's Sexy. never? She wants you. The wrong decision could kill you. And she says Say NO to it's now casual
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      241 13 it's all about time Who has Time to waste? Certainly not you 1 Princeset are announcing the new release of the complete and dynamic interactive information service in Singapore. I T.I.M.E. provides information service via the Internet, M Af f CD-ROM, telephone, fax and updatable directory (print on I demand
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    Lock icon Watch out, the door is loose!
    277 14 SINGAPORETODAY Luckily, no one was leaning against it HE was waiting for his train at City Hall MRT Station when he heard a loud and jarring sound. Mr Liang got a fright as he thought there was a train crash. When the train pulled
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      293 14 Dine And Win A Holiday for 2 At Hard Rock Beach Club, Bali Christmas Eve Dinner Buffet New Year's Eve Dinner Buffet PRIZES: FESTIVE BUFFET LUNCH •1 24,26 -31 DEC (weekdays only) 4D/3N stay for 2at Hard Rock $19.90 (adult) $11 (child) Beach Cluo, Bali with return economy air tickets
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    Boy sets brother on fire
    322 15  -  Boy, 12, watching TV. Older They argue. Brother claims brother changes the channel he cannot be harmed. 50... MALAYSIATODAY By Woon Wui Tek A FOOLISH boast ended not in tears but in flames. During an argument on Monday last week, a Malaysian teenager, 17, told
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      278 15 TfiDAY I «mh» $i a I lg J I IM r I{Ml6B++ per night*, f|i F our holiday package ||1 -H'" Mnrkj will have you singing Egi P A J f° r i°y P The Le.ciend'Hf&A The Vour family will !x (rstatic when then hear what uou hair in lEltfl
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      Lock icon Man falls 1.5km —and lives
      37 16 GOOD NEWS Brtn Jones, 66, smiling broadly after suffering only scratches and bruising in a parachuting mishap in England. He plunged 1,620m into a ploughed field with a tangled chute. Picture/ Reuters
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      Lock icon Two die in bushfires near Perth
      150 16 BAD NEWS Reuters. AVOLUNTEER firefighter and a young woman have died in bushfires in Western Australia. The fires have isolated the rural town of Brookton, 150 km south-east of Perth. The woman's body was found earlier today after she had abandoned her car yesterday
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      Lock icon Porn star to play Diana
      280 16 AFP. A BRITISH hard-core porn star has been cast as Diana, Princess of Wales, in a new movie about her life, the New York Post said yesterday. Christina Hance, who bears a striking resemblance to the late Princess of Wales, will star in the movie
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      Lock icon Plane crashes in UAE 85 die
      336 17 Lone survivor in critical condition Reuters. A PLANE with 86 people on board exploded in mid-air and crashed into the desert in the United Arab Emirates last night. Rescuers say there is only one survivor, a male flight attendant "We had two survivors. One
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      THIRD TUPOLEV CRASH IN FOUR MONTHS
      77 17 THE Tajik Air disaster is the third crash of a Tupolev aircraft this year: On Sept 3, 64 people were killed when a Vietnam Airlines Tupolev-134 crashed while landing at Phnom Penh Airport in Cambodia; and On Sept 13, 32 people were killed when
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      Lock icon Malay paper closes
      173 18 Bernama. THE third-largest Malaylanguage newspaper in Malaysia has been forced to close. Reason: It lost money. The Watan hit the streets for the last time on Sunday. It had a circulation of about 30,000, mainly in the Klang Valley. The newspaper was highly critical in its commentaries
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      CRITICAL OF SINGAPORE
      128 18 THE Watan had been critical of Singapore on several issues in the past. In August last year, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew had raised the question of re-merging with Malaysia. Watan commented that increasing economic competition from Asean neighbours was forcing Singapore to use the scare tactic
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      Thailand’s twister
      57 18 murmur The Thai government took out an advertisement in Fortune magazine explaining its economic troubles. An excerpt The winds of change (of globalisation) blew in too quickly, catching Thailand off guard. A lack of mature systems and safeguards for control meant trouble for an economy that had neither
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      247 17 A Now you can get the skills and qualifications V»_ you need for career success with an ICS Home Study Course. A E With ICS, learn in the comfort of your own home at the pace and times that suit you. ICS is the world's largest, most experienced home study
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      199 18 Bring Your Hair Problem To The Experts Now A lot of people have hair which looks too The most experienced scalp experts are at fine and frail, appearing brittle, lifeless and SVENSON, Asia's Leading Centres of Trichology. lacking in natural moisture. Others suffer from The key is to take action
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  • Showtime
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      Zoe too old to be babe
      184 19 ■I Zoe's a nominee for the Babe of the Year in our Flame Awards. Why not? At 29 Ar and after nine years as local TVs top draw, she still commands attention. But is Zoe too old to be a babe? One reader HSkYTjTy-yy
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      It's OK, I don't feel hurt
      367 19 I ZOE: IF I NOT BABE, I NOT BABE, LAH ITS okay if you think I'm too old to be a babe, says Zoe Tay. "I don't know what viewers' definitions are when choosing babes. Every one has a different point of view," she
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      Is Zoe an oldie?
      204 20 Says Meg Chan, 38, b sales assistant: Age should not be a factor y as long as she f s still popular and people still vote for her. She should not be disqualified just because she is older now. If a category like Best-looking Veteran of
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      Drop the accent!
      52 20 MORE ON FLAME AWARDS Says Khalil 4g| (e-mail): WHY did you not include that awful newsreader at 10.30 pm (Jill Neubronner) in the Turn-off and Dud of the Year categories? She has a forced accent and a gaping mouth. What a torture now to tune in definitely
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      Stop the fidgeting!
      86 20 Say8 Ivan Ho, Johor Baru Hfil (e-mail): I WOULD like to vote for Daphne Teo (AM Singapore) for Turn-off of the Year. I find it very irritating when she looks down deeply at the papers on her desk. Also, you should watch her fidgeting with her fingers.
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      Lock icon Gay scenes cause Carina pain
      408 21  -  By Avis Wong CARINA LAU cannot bear to watch her beau, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, getting intimate with Leslie Cheung. It's not a case of jealousy or Carina would have kicked up a fuss whenever Tony snuggled up with any actress on screen. The two
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      140 20 C THE NEW PAPER EHERCHI PROMOTION FEEL THE BURST OF ENERGY For generations, essence of chicken has been trusted for its health-restoring goodness. Thanks to an amazing breakthrough in Swis^. food technology, this traditional goodness m y J now available in concentrated, easy to mw jj j capsules. Never run
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      316 20 ipiljv Cfrestuw &Mapadel Time to fall in love all over CHRISTMAS EVE PACKAGE* 2Days/1 Night (24 December 1997) again these festive At Sslso 00++ per person tor twin sharing room. Included with an upgrade to Sea View Room. Amencan SeaSOnS. Experience an Breakfast. Chnstmas Eve Buffet Dinner Dance. Fruit Basket.
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      21 20 TALK BACK IT CALL 1800-733-4455 FAX 737-5375 EMAIL tnp@a»ia1. com.sg WRITE Talkshow The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5
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      94 21 F APOLLO HOTEL SINGAPORE a at (Apollo Luna Coffee House 24 Dec *97 Christmas Eve BUFFET LUNCH few tNTERNAIlONAL BUFFET DINNER Adult: $24.00~ w Adult: $45 00-"' jMWl Child: Child: $24.00-1*' 25 Dec '97 Christmas Day BUFFET LUNCH BUFFET DINNER i Adult. $28.00-" 1 Adult: $25.00~ w Wk Child: $17.00~<*>
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      280 22 Star Cruises THE LEADING CRUISE LINE IN ASIA r-QSO SANTA'S WORKSHOP WITH FIE LD! //T 4* THE JL-NIGHT I I jW—MALACCA 1 \LJScM |XA CRUISE* HI J J PRICES START FROM yf Mora «2.99 per person— j Y\ JOIU3ARFIELP f)rlL\. AUP FRteUPS OU BOARP gl| \A/ FROM HOW TO Z
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    Jimmy’s bra just a part of the act
    388 23  -  SHOWTIME By Avis Wong AFTER dropping his army uniform last November, the first thing Jimmy Lin (above) put on was women's clothes, bra included. The Taiwanese singer-actor heart-throb, nicknamed Little Whirlwind for his swift rise in the industry five years ago, is
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      176 24 BAGS KIDS'APPAREL LUGGAGE WATCHES SHOES SPORTSWEAR GOLF CARPETS CARTIER BEARS CLUB SATCHICUJB CARRERA KICKERS GUESS ATHLETE EQUIPMENT JEWELLERY NINA RICCI CITY KIDS EMINENT ZODIAC BRUNO FABIANO ELLE ACTIVE CLEVELAND BEDLINEN LANVIN LITTLE LAMB PRESIDENT BUM EQUIPMENT ROSSETTI BENETTON TITLELIST SINTEX GUCCI TOY ROYAL SUNCO MAMBO HUSH PUPPIES DISNEY MIZUNO FRIVEN
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      Lock icon Lessons in torture
      500 25 What's it like to be treated as a prisoner of war? Thirty Jurongville Secondary students had a taste of it recently at a Singapore Discovery Centre camp. JILL LIM reports THE JAPANESE OCCUPATION: Singapore surrendered to the Japanese on Feb 15,1945. The Japanese renamed Singapore Syonan-To (pronounced
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      BEHIND THE SCENES
      214 25 THE "Japanese soldiers" may have been the ones with the power, but they had their problems, too. Like their rapidly unravelling leggings. The leggings wrapped around their legs tended to slip or come off, and trail behind them. Some of the soldiers had to walk around with
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      Remembering those who fought
      147 25 AT night, we went to Kranji with the Singapore History Consultants. At the Kraiyi Reservoir Park, we heard about Dalforce, the group of Chinese prisoners who volunteered to fight the Japanese. Equipped with 10 days' training, parangs and shotguns, they went to face the Japanese. In
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      863 26 tvpage— f\ '4ji, Gulliver's Travels CHANNEL h CHANNEL Q C anne 9 n 3O pn ?> Gulliver s (Ted Danson, left) NOON News 5 Today NOON Comedy Night (Variety/r) stories of his experiences on the 12.10 PM Home Shopping 1.00 PM Midday News/Tuesday Report amazing flying island cause 1.10 Arthur
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    School starts with worries
    478 27  -  ET CETERA WITH TRUDY LIM IN 2 l /i weeks, my son begins his formal education. In other words, he enters Primary 1. Even though he has been attending classes first in a child care centre and then in kindergarten since he was 2>/2, entering "big
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      93 27 jc A B Hotel Hamilton B 40/42 Hamilton Road. Singapore *****0/12 Tel: (65) 296 2296 Fax: 296 2996 I Special! v9ntMxiuctoinj H Standard Double or Twin S$88 nett Superior Double or Twin S$98 nett R Family (1 Double plus 1 Single) S$123 nett^ B 42 rooms self control aircond Mini
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      204 27 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson Dear Swtq, los{ itar I did K* yw ©wenter**, I Hum THE PROBIEH WITH receive scwraL items W 9tcm(*4 items THIS GW. WtS Qonßi MtqcWed »S rv*| QviSlros from rrv< \.is-h Vogetaeror>pqcje il.Ptoft Slflppj wmjr W list for Neqr. I check cavefuVk, —> CBHTCTITVW. wKbade
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      154 28 ARollerblade |i AIR WALK A C T I V E£ I £«Ksj ps i d e new APPAREL, SHOES AND ACCESSORIES Are you content with the way sure that you are not making The study requires only a little M tastes of authentic Penang rojak, delicious mistakes that cause people
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      44 43 Bel I Can find it...: German tennis star Steffi Graf (right) massages the knee of TV presenter Thomas Gottschalk during the show 'Bet that...' which was her stake in a bet she lost in the show Picture/ Afp
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      203 43 SHOE COMPANIES CUTTING BACK ON BIG-MONEY ENDORSEMENTS Reuters. Athletes earning huge amounts of money from endorsing shoes may soon become a thing of the past. The bad-boy behaviour of basketball star Latrell Sprewell and the spiralling costs of sports star endorsments have prompted some athletic shoe companies
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      183 43 JAY MELTZER (research analyst): While athlete's endorsements are still important to shoe companies, there seems to be a shift in advertising campaigns. The product is taking over and the hero is no longer the be-all and end-all that will move products. We've been over-exposed to heroes.
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      169 43 ASIAN GAMES Reuters. BANGKOK has got the green light from the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to host next year's Asian Games. The announcement yesterday will finally blow away the clouds of uncertainty that have hung over the venue. OCA president Sheikh Ahmed al-Fahad al-Sabah, announcing
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      TOP EARNERS
      87 43 Grant Hill (basketball): Fila, US$BO million (sl2Bm) over seven years Michael Jordan (basketball): USs7sm. It includes his own brand of Air Jordan Nike basketball sneakers plus apparel and footwear (under the Nike brand) Tiger Woods (golf): Nike, US$4O million, five years Dale Earnhardt (motor racing): $16m, various sponsors
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      260 44 SHERINGHAM MISSES PENALTY BUT UNITED STILL DOMINATES VILLA MAN UNITED 1 RyanGiggss2 ASTON VILLA 0 Half-time: 00 Crowd: 55,151 Wire services. RYAN Giggs scored his fourth goal of the season. And Manchester United beat Aston Villa 1-0 to increase its lead of the Premier League to
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      312 44  -  Stories/I Ian Brown THE giant red spider has been conspicuously active in English fields and gardens in recent months according to botanists. But Aston Villa knows a thing or two about spinning defensive webs itself, having held Manchester United to three goalless draws on the trot.
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      COLE v COLLYMORE
      309 44 MAN UNITED Peter Schmeichel Gary Neville Ronny Johnsen Gary Pallister Phil Neville David Beckham Nicky Butt Ryan Giggs Ole Solskjaer Teddy Sheringham Andy Cole Subs not used: Van Der Gouw, May, Berg, Curtis VILLA Michael Oakes Gary Gharles UgoEhiogu Steve Staunton Gareth Southgate Alan Wright lan Taylor
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      119 45 BRAZILIAN CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL Ifint togl: PAI MFIRAS 0 VASCO 0 HOW THE MATCH WENT Reuters. VASCO took the upper hand in the Brazilian championship final played last Sunday. This despite having top player Edmundo sent off for the seventh time this year. Vasco held out
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      313 45 FAST FACTS Brazilian international Edmundo was sent off for the seventh time this year. He needed one yellow card to be suspended for the second leg of the final. He got two. Edmundo scored a record-breaking 29 goals in the Brazilian championship this year
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      Lock icon Foul count: PALMEIRAS 40 VASCO 25
      183 45 Reuters. THE match once again raised enormous question marks over the standard of Brazilian refereeing. Referee Antonio Perreira da Silva showed only two yellow cards to Palmeiras, even though the team committed 40 fouls. And he watched passively as defenders Cleber and Roque Junior
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      101 45 AFP A BOYS' football team which lost 62 consecutive games and conceded a staggering 1,036 goals, has been awarded the title of the worst side in history. Under-16 team Southfleet Hawks, based at Gravesend in England, disbanded at the end of last season with a meagre
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      136 45 AFP. ITALIAN club AC Milan is planning to send its team on a two-day crash course in advanced driving. This comes after a series of car smashes involving its star soccer players. Both its French midfielders have walked away unhurt from accidents in recent weeks.
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      TRACKING THE WORLD CHAMPION
      44 46 WORLD CUP WARM-UP CONFEDERATIONS CUP Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Until Sunday TODAY: GROUP A: Saudi v Australia (10.50pm) Brazil vMexica(lam tomorrow) COLL INFOUNE: For the results, call 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am tomorrow. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. FRANCE'9B JUNE 10-JULYI2
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      518 46 EEEUSDEEMsee you for the world cup in France, says ronaldo to his supporters RONALDO, the best player on Planet Football, will eat humble pie tonight. He will sit on the bench as Brazil kicks off against fellow World Cup qualifier Mexico. Without a goal to his name so
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      521 47  -  UlliiiLliSHß SUPPORTERS OF samba soccer come in all shapes and sizes, old and young... UNITED ARAB EMIRATES 1 SOUTH AFRICA 0 i CffiCH REPVPWI VMKiVAY Z REPORTS JEFFREY LOW NATURAL ability, which is hallmark of African footballers, is fine. But tactical maturity will be such an
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      110 47 Reuters. SOUTH African captain Lucas Radebe and midfielder Eric Tinkler face possible sanction by their federation after missing a flight to Riyadh. They missed yesterday's Confederations Cup match against the UAE. Both players were given permission by coach Clive Barker to miss the opening match last Saturday a
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      764 48 CHINESE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE COUNCIL (CDAC) YOUTH SOCCER CAMP 1 I They're young and their skills are still very raw. But according to ex-Sembawang Rangers coach Youo Tian Bey, these three talented kids have the potential to become very good players with proper guidance and coaching. Who are
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      THE WOODLANDS STADIUM LAST WEEK TO FIND NEW TALENT Why kids shun soccer...
      561 49  -  'Talented Chinese players are not coming forward. They see no future in soccer here. They are right, mind you.' Singapore skipper Fandi Ahmad in an interview with Brian Miller at the SEA Games in Jakarta two months
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      WHAT PARENTS SAY:
      225 49 SIMON TIOW, 38, piping designer, on his son, Frankie: I'd prefer him to do well in his studies and stick to sports for leisure. I won't like it if he continues playing and I find it takes up a lot of his time. I think training two
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      137 49 SATURDAY: Villa v Southampton Blackburn v West Ham Derby v Crystal Palace Leedsv Bolton Leicester v Everton Liverpool v Coventry Sheffield Wednesday v Chelsea Tottenham v Bamsley AFP. NO way. Star striker Robbie Fowler (right) is staying with Liverpool. Refuting speculations that Fowler may join Premiership rival
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      88 49 Wire Services. NEVILLE SOUTNALL The former Everton goalkeeper may join Division One club Huddersfield Town. He will decide this week if he wants to take up the managerial post. CHRISTIAN DAJLLY: Derby's Scotland defender may be out of action for three months after fracturing his jaw in the
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