The New Paper, 19 December 1997

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  • 7 1 the new paper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1997
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    • 395 2 Boys sue principal, Education Ministry Source: Bernama. A HEADMISTRESS in Negri Sembilan allegedly ordered these three boys to stop wearing serbans (a form of headgear for Muslim males) to school. For many Muslims, the use of the serban symbolises their religious devotion. When they refused, Madam
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    • 348 3  -  By Lee Yin Luen MAKE way! The Queen Mother of Rock, Elton John, is here. And look who's right next to him divine diva Barbra Streisand in an elegant black velvet gown, ample cleavage exposed. Great World City shoppers had a real treat yesterday evening when
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    • 205 2 v "HA HA Hl** jJ For more jokes and laughs, <& qf 1 check out The New Paper on Monday Tllinch H The verdict for the b Mr Girlfriend case will be In today. To find out if Police Staff Sergeant Ma'arif Abdul Hamid (above) and his friend, he are
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    • 14 2 Leisure Index Showtime: Pages 52,54, 60,64,66 68 TV: Page 71 Comics: Pages 75 78
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  • GUICKNEWS
    • 144 4 But loans could cost you more HOT STORIES ANOTHER bank rates war is brewing, this time over fixed deposits. Hongkongßank is offering 7.25 per cent to non-bank customers for one-month fixed deposits of at least $100,000. And yesterday, DBS Bank advertised it would give an additional
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    • 27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 110.91 points to close at 7846.50 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 619 million shares.
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    • 76 4 The Straits Times: Kim Dae Jung headed for slim win The Business Times: Region's crisis threatens sales plans of wafer fabs Uanhe Zaobao: Suharto says Indonesia is determined to overcome financial crisis and warns people not to fish in choppy waters Beiita Harlan: Direct flight from Medina to Singapore
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    • 112 4 WILL he or won't he? Announce demand-side measures to prop up the residential property market, that is. The stock market was filled with talk that Deputy Prime Minister Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong would do so at a 5 pm press conference yesterday. Property stocks were
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 86 4 MAWAS (left), the world's oldest orang-utan in captivity, died on Wednesday at the Perth Zoo. Mawas, 56, spent many years at the Johor Baru Zoo before being sent to Perth in 1968. Zoo primate curator Reg Gates said Mawas disliked Australia Day fireworks shows: Primate keepers felt that
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      • 65 4 A BREAK in a Singapore Telecom optic fibre cable yesterday led to call problems for rival Mi's subscribers. The four-hour stoppage affecting part of Mi's mobile and paging service started at 11.30 am. It did not affect Sing Tel mobile subscribers. Sing Tel said the cable was accidentally
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      • 81 4 ONLY the first 35 buyers of Waterdale houses will get a 10-per cent discount and a price guarantee. They will get a refund only if prices are cut before 70 per cent of the 141 units is sold. "If the reductions occur after 98 units are sold, there
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      • 70 4 JAPAN'S government will spend $128 billion to rescue its economy. It also announced a huge cut in corporate tax, on top of the decision to cut income tax that was announced on Wednesday. The money will be in bonds for the Deposit Insurance Corporation, which secures clients'
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      • 72 4 THE Holland Flyover at the junction of Holland Road, Farrer Road and Queensway is ready at last for a smoother trip west. Motorists heading from the city towards Holland Road and Ulu Pandan will be able to use the west-bound carriageway today. The two-way flyover, which was
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    • 745 6 This poly boy, 19, is first fined $I,ooofor stealing $30 from a wallet. The judge later reduced the fine to $500, although it's not known why. The thief regrets his crime. So why did he steal? Mohammad A Tuah tells MELVIN SINGH
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    • 181 6 MOHAMMAD A Tuah's teachers know about his hard life. Singapore Polytechnic staff has been pitching in to help since being alerted to his case by one of his secondary school teachers. This Rangoon Secondary teacher found out about his plight when the boy,
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    • 333 8 fill pl^j||^^ Hungry for a bit of fun this Christmas? Then come on down to Lot 1. We've A Thought For Our Friends We'll be providing our friends from the Bo Tien got a delectable feast of activities for you and your family to enjoy. Home for the Aged with
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    • 63 9 THE EX-AH LIAN... You have voted in your new batch of counsellors. And because the votes were so close between the fourth and the fifth person, we have decided to pick five counsellors instead of four. This week, we profile two of them Etcetera OK,
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    • 14 10 Look out for the profiles of Freda, Michelle and Kevin next Friday.
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    • 385 10 HE'S in the normal academic stream but Mohd Shahrizal, 17, says so what? So what if he's not smart like others? So what if he has to spend an extra year in school? What matters is he is doing well at his own pace and
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    • 337 12  -  By Riana Zakir A GOOD Samaritan nearly lost his life for being too eager to save two other lives and nab the culprits. Mr Sim Joo Kai was cycling at the East Coast when he saw two teens being attacked by several teen thugs armed with
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    • 94 12 YESTERDAY, five gang members pleaded guilty to rioting. They were Mohd Fauzi Abdul Rahman, 16; Mohd Iskandar Hameed Sultan, 17; Mohd Ismail Hameed Sultan, 18; Khairul Nizam Mohd Yahya, 17; M Sulihman Hasan, 17. The case has been postponed to next week. Khairul Nizam also pleaded guilty
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    • 31 12 PBPi7 THE MUSIC PACE j! m/ Youi weekly guide to what s LVMAIYT hot and hip on the music some d Lvl m The New pcper Fastads, Ml i every Tuesday.
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    385 14  -  SINGAPORETODAY "HEH EH EH, so what are you going to do now, 007?" sneered Dick Longshanks, long-time enemy of James Bond, as he poked a gun into the back of Bond 1. "What are YOU going to do," countered Bond 2 as he thrust his gun against Longshanks'spine.
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    • 510 17  -  It's the holiday season! Time for a drink or two! But if you are tempted to drink and drive, think of Lim BengPoo—he could be your brother,your father,your best friend,your son BY Hazel Tan FOR five weeks, he did not know who he was.
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    • 63 17 Beng Poo was a pillion rider on a motorcycle when it was knocked down by a car along Dunman Road in April last year. The driver of the car was drunk. He was Jailed two months and disqualified from driving for five years* Beng Poo suffered serious
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    • 79 21 SINGAPORETODAY I I C r vqup The Straits Times reader Chan Wee Wing on busy parents who I say they are gMng their children quaflty time: H* But to a child, there is no such thing as quality I jjO time just time, period. jr I OB I NSt Vißi
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      350 24  -  Regional spots are tops for festive break, but... By Bernard Pereira WANT to gain from the stronger Singapore dollar and holiday at cheap Asean destinations during the long Lunar New Year-Hari Raya holidays next month? Then, join the waiting list. Nearly all air tickets to popular tourist spots
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    • 207 24 THE Singapore dollar is stronger against regional currencies, but against Western ones, it has shrunk. But that hasn't stopped some holiday-makers from heading West. Like Mr Joseph Tay and his bride, Madam Cassandra Koh. They left for their no-frills 15-day European honeymoon tour on Tuesday.
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  • 419 27 THIEF RETURNS PART OF LOOl *•> f 3# --1 *V > n% SINGAPORETODAY LESS than a week after her wedding, Madam Weng Mei Hua's dowry and jewellery vanished. Then, mysteriously, about a third of the jewellery came back. She and her husband had moved in with
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    • 99 29 LOOKING for gift ideas? How about these adorable figurines of Premier League soccer stars at only $9.90? What's more, $2 out of each purchase will go to the Down Syndrome Association, courtesy of Premier Supporters, the local distributors. These lifelike figurines measure 18 cm
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      109 29 THE Santa Bear tree (right) stands tall at the lobby of the Conrad Hotel at Temasek Boulevard. The 4.5 m high tree cost $10,000 and took 10 men five days to put up. It is essentially a chicken-coop mesh frame with bears that come in three sizes. And
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    • 129 29 JACK Neo, the comic who draws comics. Yes, the TV comedian is a comic artist in more ways than one. He was, in fact, a member of a comic group and his works have been published in the papers. Want to take a look at Jack's comics
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    • 252 30 ©1997 Lyons Partnership, L.P. All rights reserved > V« f Harney, the lovable dinosaur. bocf 'o' Liang to I Y celebrate Christmas with you. J jj B 1 1 It from 16 to December. Barney will performing special W ft shows Barney 5 Christmas HH I I jB be lots
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  • 354 31 HK TYCOON SNARED IN PROPERTY SCANDAL WORLDTODAY Hongkong media magnate and political adviser to Beijing, Lim Por Yen, was taken into custody by Taiwanese police for "bribing" officials. Who is he? HAZEL TAN pieces together a profile HE was Hongkong's garment king in the '60s. He
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    • 73 32 THE CONVERSE CHRISTMAS SALE For 3 days only! From 19 to 21 Dec. 97 At Bishan Junction 8 Open Plaza (Bishan MRT Station) Great bargains from as little as $5! Hurry! Limited stocks available! I >ivllll>ll (i i iV I ii iimc: /a 11< sroK i sri i; i i
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    • 210 33 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS THE world's most expensive film has shown signs of winning awards even as it hit the big screen. The US$2OO-million Titanic won eight Golden Globe nominations yesterday. It will battle out for the best dramatic picture award with Steven Spielberg's story of
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    • 73 33 Best musical or comedy: Men in Black, My Best Friend's Wedding, The Full Monty, Wag the Dog and As Good as It Gets. Best Actor Daniel Day-Lewis (The Boxer), Leonardo DiCaprio (Titanic), Djimon Hounsou (Amistad) Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting) and Peter Fonda (Ulee's Gold). Best Actress: Helena
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    • 50 33 IN the television categories, NBC grabbed the most nominations with 23. ABC had 10, while CBS and Fox each got six. Best Drama: Chicago Hope, E.R., Law Order, NYPD Blue and The X-Files. Best musical or comedy: 3rd Rock From the Sun, Frasier, Friends Seinfeld and Ally Mcßeal.
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  • 276 34 MALAYSIA!ODAY ITS a shock from Malaysia's central bank. Developers of new lowcost and medium-cost housiiig projects in Malaysia can no longer borrow money from Malaysian banks. Bank Negara gave the order in a circular to bankers on Tuesday. The order also applies to low-cost and medium-cost developments
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  • 145 36 WORLDTODAY AFP. ROBERT Howard was eagerly looking forward to his next meal. He had with him a can of baked beans, bought from London's Sainsbury supermarket. But to his shock, his meal turned out to be a non-vegetarian affair. Out popped a mouse from the
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  • 226 39 BIRD FLU WORLDTODAY COULD they have eaten bad food? Three Hongkong cousins, who started the fear that the "bird flu" might have passed from one to the other, were looked after by a grandmother who scavenged for food, the Hongkong Standard said today. The old
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    • 146 39 A "Burberrys" Christmas Gift For the month of December 1997 IBBP Bring home with you this exclusive Burberrys *Burb bear ■B FREE |H when you purchase a pair of Burberrys watches. This special gift can also be yours for just 5530.00 j||P)(i when you purchase one Burberrys watch. Whilst stocks
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    • 206 41 AFP. Everyone, even this dog in Moscow, is shivering in Europe. Reason: An Arctic cold wave. At least 55 people, mainly homeless, died of cold in Poland, Russia, Romania, the Ukraine and Bulgaria. Poland: Twenty people reported dead on Wednesday, most of them homeless or drunks
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    • 346 42 SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION Suffered torture in jail Escaped attempts to kill him twice Sentenced to death Lost election race three times Source: Wire services. JUST a few months ago, opposition leader Kim Dae Jung was written off as South Korea's "yesterday's man". After all, he
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    • 122 42 DURING the days when South Korea was ruled by generals, Mr Kim was one of its best-known human rights activists. But his campaign to restore democracy brought him much pain. He was jailed for several years under the late military ruler Park Chung Hee, who ruled from 1963
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    • 414 42 Happy Holidays Boulevard Join us in celebrating this X'mas New Year if (Scrumptious food, great entertainment fun... Enjoy feasting on a delectable selection of traditional X'mas dishes, local speciality F^HngHON favourites, assorted pastas, puddings and get to marvel at a 12 ft tall X'mas tree, specially decorated by children of
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    • 322 45 J Let's go to McDonald's, she says TWO schoolchildren were rescued by Hongkong police a week after they were kidnapped by their former maid and her boyfriend. Detectives stormed a hut in Nam Hang early yesterday after the businessman father reportedly paid HK$7OO,OOO ($170,000) in ransom. A
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    • 123 45 The two kids were abducted when they left their school in Mei Foo Sun Chuen on Dec 10. The maid promised to take them to a McDonald's restaurant. Instead of dining in the fast-food shop, they were driven to a hut at Nam Hang village in Yuen
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    • 149 110 Bora Milutinovic's appointment was confirmed by Nigeria Football Association (NFA) chairman Abdulmumini Aminu yesterday. Aminu said that Milutinovic was given a "juicy World Cup contract because of his immense coaching experience". He said the 53-year-old coach had a contract with the NFA until July 31 and would earn
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    • 241 110 Reuters. CHILE and Saudi Arabia will be England's next World Cup warm-up opponents, said coach Glen Hoddle yesterday. The match against Chile will take place at Wembley on Feb 11. The England coach has yet to finalise opponents for his planned friendlies in March and April. Hoddle
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    • 128 110 Reuters. COLOMBIA will play warm-up matches against Mexico, Northern Ireland, Germany and Belgium prior to next year's World Cup Finals. The Colombians plan to play away matches against Mexico in San Diego, California, on March 11. They will then meet Northern Ireland on March 25 in Belfast. ASPWLLA
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