The New Paper, 18 December 1997

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  • 7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1997
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    • 332 2 MALAYSIA: THREE BOYS BURIED ALIVE IN RIVER BANK COLLAPSE THREE boys in the Malaysian state of Kedah were buried alive when a small tunnel they were digging into a river bank "for fun" collapsed yesterday. Four others who were trapped were pulled out by villagers who went
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    • 472 3  -  BY Crispina Robert HER dad didn't even want her to take part in the contest. And her mum actually hoped that she would lose. But Miss Sue Pan, 24, calmly modelled in a swimsuit in front of hundreds of people and was crowned Miss Singapore Chinatown
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    • 71 3 THIS is the 10th anniversary of the Miss Singapore Chinatown. This year both the winner and the runner-up are stewardesses. Miss Pan also won the Miss Natural Beauty, Miss Goodwill and Miss Charming subsidiary titles. She wins $70,000 in prizes. In second place was Jeslyn Wong, 19, and in
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    • 105 2 Ushering into the New Year with the Novotel Orchid Singapore at iS$9B, per night single or double occupancy in our newly renovated Deluxe Room buffet breakfast for two persons complimentary shuttle service complimentary tea coffee to Orchard road making facilities Singaporeans, permanent electronic room safe residents and Malaysians For reservations,
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    • 20 2 ft Call us. Hotline prosp* ""*****55 Leisure Index ofiowume. Pages 44,46, 48&49 Comics: Pages 50 and 51 TV: Page 54
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 120 4 SHOT STORIES Buy now... THAT is the latest spin a developer is putting on the depressed private property market. Early buyers of Waterdale units at Garlick Avenue are being assured they will not lose out if prices of other units are later cut. Instead, Waterbank Properties, the
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    • 44 4 THE BAYSHORE: Buyers who introduce another buyer get up to $10,000 in furniture vouchers. GAMFINAGONDO: Defer progress payments until the project gets its Temporary Occupation Permit. MAYSPMNQS CONDO: Prices cut by 11 per cent. LOTANG VILLAS: Prices cut by 10 per cent
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    • 84 4 THE Sydney Opera House was shrouded in haze yesterday as strong winds fanned bushfires burning in four states across Australia. Officials fear that the situation will be like early December, when more than 400 fires burned across Australia's eastern seaboard, covering the city in grey smog. fit's
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    • 30 4 If it attacks, present an arm or something that isn't vital. Game OfficerLt Dennis Parker speaking of an escaped lioness that is roaming near central Florida's tourist areas
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    • 27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 18.90 points to close at 7,957.41 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 621 million shares.
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      • 79 4 THE number of car accidents caused by drink driving has been almost halved, the Traffic Police said. It launched its annual anti-drink drive campaign yesterday. Up to December this year, there had been 28 drinkdrive accidents. Last year there were 54. Up to two-thirds of drivers involved were
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      • 99 4 ANOTHER big step has been taken to bring life back to the Singapore River. By early 1999, you will be able to stroll across the river by stepping onto three new pedestrian bridges, which will cost $7.4 million. Promenades are also being built along the river banks so
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      • 89 4 JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has announced a special 2 trillion yen ($25.6 billion) cut in personal income taxes. But economists warned that the measure, while welcome, would not be enough to ensure a recovery and could cloud the political outlook for Mr Hashimoto, who has made a
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      • 92 4 HUMAN error is again being blamed for an MRT problem. This time, it was a train door. It became partially dislodged as the train was stopping at City Hall station at 5.14pm on Monday, the SMRT said. This happened because the door was not installed correctly. The lower
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    • 67 4 The Straits Times: Japan PM announces income tax cuts The Business Times: Hashimoto stuns with 2t yen income tax cut Uanhe Zaobao: Japan slashes income tax by $25.8 billion Berita Harlan: Japanese PM cuts income tax RCS morning news: S Korea goes to the polls BBC news: Voting is
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    • 66 6 HEAR HIS TESTIMONY Jm. 9th 20tk q (Dee, an urgent message for j jEm I the churches today jSKSt^ VJ' .v u*l Singapore Indoor Stadium J T 7.30pm Free Admission All Are Welcome f? >! i >*< W* i" iW?*.' M v f 'Z'4* I &< «?&#s?? -f Busing provided
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  • 514 7 Last Tuesday, an eight-year-old boy committed suicide by jumping from the fifth floor of a flat in Jurong after being caned by his father. Where should parents draw the line when disciplining their kids? TEO YUN YUN speaks to one family UNTIL he turned 12,
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  • 118 7 THERE is no foolproof way of parenting, says Dr Kalyani Mehta, from the Department of Social Work and Psychology at the NUS. But parents should explain that they do not accept the behaviour of the child rather than the child himself. For example, say
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  • 418 8  -  She studied at RGS, today she's a cabby SINGAPORETODAY By Bernard Pereira SHE came from Raffles Girls' School and then studied economics at the Universities of Malaya and London. She became a teacher and a travel agent. And now, she drives a Merc. Sounds rosy and
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    • 313 8 jjb J V ■y>i**fFJ "■,< 7:fc. fri *J«jF**i •>4-lii' f "V- V.- V AajpKJ £>T$ siSs ''M ■■wB& fffi *■■<&'— *°%?<* 1 ft ":i > :u ?>?Jr Wtfh 200 species of jungle to be precise. To celebrate Christmas this year, we're having our first Christmas Carnival on December 7th and
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    • 93 9 BBHBI V^HHIHIHBBiBIIHHIHHHBHiHBHHIiHHI^H Q1997 DANJAQ, LLC UNITED ARTISTS COIF ALL UGHTS RESERVED WF" ***** DANJAQ. LLC UNITED ARTISTS COR? ALL RIGHTS RESERVED James Bond James Bond never compromises on :V "litanything. Least of all on the things HAS NEVER /A*/ keep him alive. That's why he uses i BEENBETTER an Ericsson
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  • 284 12  -  How's your workstation design? SINGAPORETODAY By' Teo Hwee Nak Neckaches. Backaches. Tired, dry eyes. Blurred vision. Are you suffering from any of those symptoms? If so, get to work on changing your workstation. Poor workstation design at your office may lead to various
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    20 14 mui'mui* SINGAPORETODAY 3 VF •'-lEFV-i W^H Wpwwwlsr Christies Ch* #ys slw bsisvts IbSw MkI*# Brains «nH balls.
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    • 112 14 A menu that's induced cultural confusion in wine glasses i m X y Jk V m jWr\c\ir\ V" Was that Japanese? Italian? On the same plate!? Before m X/jr LIVIL I/msioi we knew It, the wine glass had already inducted itself into a m state of cultural bewilderment. Thankfully, life
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    • 288 15 There's always win a Leisure World Cruise in our weekly Christmas performances something to put a smite draws. There will be 3 lucley winners each on the baf on yourface at Marina Square. Watch week for 6 weeks. Join in the festive spirit at Marina the season come alive as
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    • 486 17 A man with a pregnant girlfriend was fined $5,000 yesterday for having sex with a 15-year-old. WO ON WUITEK discovers how he was found out THIS is the true story of one man's midnight sex shame. And a surprise phone call that
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    • 144 17 TWO days after the girl joined his sales company, Tan wanted her to think of him as her boyfriend. Tan's mother said he first met the girl when he visited her flat to sell electrical goods. The girl's mother asked Tan to get her a job. Hie
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    • 289 18  -  By Ng Wan Ching THE Director of Medical Services has suspended Grace Polyclinic's licence to operate its private kidney dialysis centre. It's the first time a private dialysis centre in Singapore has been shut down. In a letter sent to the clinic on Sept 1, the
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    • 405 18 AND EX-PATIENTS DON'T MISS IT THE treatment at Grace Polyclinic was businesslike and not very caring. At NKF, he got more care and attention. That was the difference Mr Noor Mohideen Mohd Abdullah felt after his transfer. "Grace was run like a
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    • 208 18 FOR 12 years, Henry had kidney dialysis three times a week at the Grace Polyclinic. He had no complaints about the place during that time. But, like Mr Noor Mohideen, the differences became clear once he became a patient at NKF. *1 no longer feel any
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    • 357 21  -  OPENING SALE ByJ Jasmin Chua and Wileen Chang TOPS Supermarket opened at Bedok yesterday with a bang. Its main draw: Pocket tissues. The place was packed, with most shoppers heading straight for pocket tissues which were going at an offer price of 39 cents for 10 packs.
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    • 298 22  -  By FarhasAs'art CLOTHES and cushion covers strewn all over. Some of the boxes have been opened. Some of the shelves are bare. And kids are having the time of their lives. Playing with stuffed toys. Finding it much easier to get a parent to shell out
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    • 568 24 Don't tell our parents Over 90 per cent ofN-level school leavers this year moved on to either O levels or the Institute of Technical Education. JASMIN CHUA and FARHA AS'ART find some who are chasing strange dreams, instead MASLINDA and Nadya (not their real
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    • 215 24  -  COMMENT/1 FarhaAs'art WHEN I completed my 0 levels four years ago, my first concern was whether I could go to a good junior college. Yet, here were these two girls with dyed hair, who were not much younger than me, willing to forgo
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    • 533 26  -  BY Michelle Ang HE broke the law and fled Singapore to hide. But Sia Jin Sin, 30, claimed he paid a high price for dodging the law. I was forced to work as a slave, Sia told the authorities after his arrest here. But it was
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    • 109 26 SIA Jin Sin was sentenced to two years'jail on Tuesday, for stealing nearly $125,000 worth of hard disk drives from Kotobuki Electronics Industries. He and five co-workers first stole 600 hard disk drives in September last year. Derek Liau Tie Tie, the alleged mastermind, briefed Sia
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  • 541 27  - Simple Direct That's what TV official says of this rape victim i WORLDTODAY BY Hazel Tan IN her own eyes, she has been soiled and scarred forever. Ms You Hsiao-yu, 21, was raped by Taiwan's most wanted criminal, Chen Chin-hsing. The irony is, she is also accused of helping Chen,
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    • 302 30 THE US is unhappy with Malaysia. An American insurance company in Malaysia has been told that it cannot hold more than 51 per cent shares in the company. The company, however, wants to retain full ownership. The US has threatened to
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    • 70 30 THE World Trade Organisation (WTO) met in Geneva on December 13. It was attended by 102 countries. At the meeting, an agreement was reached on the opening up of the banking, insurance and securities markets. The agreement is expected to be signed in January 1999 and is expected
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  • 382 32 WORLDTODAY Married woman, 37, has sex with boy, 13, over two months Carries on the affair at her home and in the woods and even takes him out of school for sex SENTENCE She was given an 18-month sentence, suspended for two years. This means she is free
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  • 246 34 BLACKMAILER JAILED IN ELLE MACPHERSON NUDE PHOTO CASE WORLDTODAY VA-VAVooom. That may be the reaction of some men if nude pictures of supermodel Elle MacPherson were involved in the case. US judge Rex Minter is not one of them. "What was that lady's name?"
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  • 394 36 WARNING WORLDTODAY Source: Reuter WEET Pikachu (right), the cartoon hero who sent hundreds of Japanese kids into fits after his eyes flashed red lights during a TV screening of his popular show. ffHj Pikachu is the monster in the cartoon series, Pocket Monsters. The
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  • 446 38 before her political death? WORLDTODAY Source: Wire services HE got the job that she badly wanted, one that would have taken her a step closer towards becoming South Africa's first female president. But that did not stop Mrs Winnie MadikizelaMandela, 63, from acting as the graceful loser
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  • 725 40  -  WORLDTODAY REPORTS YVONNE LIM SEOUL SEARCHING LIKE many other South Koreans, post-graduate student Kwon Oh Sang, 26, is stumped for choice. "There is nobody suitable. No matter who becomes president, it won't change anything about this economic crisis," he said last week. Hawker Madam
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  • 210 42 AFP. THE Egyptian nurse wanted the neurologist but he rejected her advances. So she killed his patients to undermine his career. Aida Nureddin Mohammad, 25, has admitted she killed several of the doctor's patients at the Alexandria University Hospital in Cairo last
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