The New Paper, 14 May 1998

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    • 105 1 5 p I i Chelsea Scolded k^H and :fl| XL I Picture/ Shin Mln Daily News Singapore. B Confused look: Driver Peck Teck Stong, 25, on Tuesday, after he was IJOUght JJ JJ B arrested following the crash at Bendemeer Road. with Miss COURT DRAMA: Judge scolds motorist. Bystander shouts
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 433 2 Suharto in Cairo I will become a pandito (wise man) and endeavour to get closer to God," said President Suharto yesterday. His comments came during a meeting with a group of Indonesians in Cairo last evening, reported Indonesian newspapers today. During their meeting, he made
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    • 73 2 THE United States wants Indonesian security forces and the protesting students to go slow on violence. It also wants Jakarta to respect human rights while dealing with the students. The US view was made known by its Secretary of State, Ms Madeleine Albright, in Washington. In a statement
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    • 62 2 INDONESIA'S Economics Minister has said his government must respond to the demands made by the protesting students. Mr Ginandjar Kartasasmita said the government cannot pretend that nothing has happened. "Definitely we have to respond to the situation... probably some more initiatives from the government, probably some more
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    • 80 2 A group of government critics wants a national committee to help oversee the implementation of reforms. It says that the committee should have members from all factions of society. This committee should then conduct a dialogue with President Suharto on the reforms. The group feels that if
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    • 339 3 PARTS of West Jakarta burnt with student fury yesterday. Protesters lashed out at everything in their way, The Business Times reported. The students, later joined by looters and the mob, set fire to several petrol stations, a police station and several stores, the report added. Huge clouds
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  • QUICKNEWS
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    • 181 4 HOT STORY Electronic road pricing charges along the East Coast Parkway may change come Sept 1. The Land Transport Authority is considering several options for when ERP is extended. One option: Increasing the difference in the charge between the fringe and peak-within-peak periods. Another: More
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    • 75 4 The Straits Timet: India carries out two more nuclear tests The Business Timet: US hedge funds give regional stocks a drubbing Uanhe Zaobao: Indonesian President Suharto returns home ahead of schedule as Indonesia's situation moves out of control Berita Harlan: Students, civilians riot in central Jakarta PCS morning newt:
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 62 4 EXTREME weather is delaying the Singapore Mt Everest expedition. Heavy snow has cut visibility to 200 m, and winds of up to 180 kmh are whipping the summit of the 8,848 m-high mountain. If the bad weather continues, it will stop the team getting to the peak before
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      • 58 4 MORE Chinese businessmen are bringing back their millions into Malaysia, said Datuk Kerk Choo Ting, the deputy president of Gerakan. They have re-invested M$2 billion ($870 million) in the country since the economic crisis, he said. This disclosure may soften the debate on whether rich Chinese have been
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      • 59 4 A MYSTERIOUS Singaporean businessman is reported to have played a large role in a US probe into allegations that its Labour Secretary took campaign money illegally. USA Today newspaper said the businessman, Abdul Rahman, worked with a small communications firm. He allegedly promised to find overseas finance for
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      • 59 4 STARS Restaurant and Cafe at Chijmes closed its doors at 11 am yesterday over an on-going dispute with its landlord, Chijmes Investment Pte Ltd. One thorny issue under discussion: A rental increase. Stars is owned by Equinox Concepts Pte Ltd, which also owns the six Spinelli Coffee outlets
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    • 26 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 50.07 points to close at 9,211.849 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 599 million shares.
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    • 100 4 S'pore stocks hit 4-month low LOCAL stocks and currency fell yesterday amidst worries over Indonesia. The Straits Times Industrials Index (STII) ended the day 68 points down at a four-month low of 1,331.98. The Singapore dollar slid to 1.655 against the US dollar from Tuesday s 1.634. Other regional stocks
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    • 549 6  -  DEATH STOP This is the bus stop where death came in a maroon Honda yesterday... and didn't stop. Three people were run over and killed. But life goes 0n... like the buses still stopping here in Bendemeer Road. Yet, there are changes. The flowers for the
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    • 309 6  -  By Teo Hwee Nak IT was my mistake, admitted motorist Peck Teck Siong yesterday. In a trembling voice, he recalled: "I looked at the mess I made, and I couldn't believe what I had done. I wished it was a bad nightmare. "I've nothing
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    • 198 6 HE is shy and introverted. He goes fishing, plays the guitar, watches television and has coffee with friends at neighbourhood coffeeshops. But Peck is also a workaholic and has no girlfriends. His father, Mr Peck Boon Hoo, 48, owns Hua Yang Credit, one of the biggest used-car dealers
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    • 361 7  -  57 c j? By Ian Tan NO one knows where the flowers came from. Or who placed them there. But 24 hours after the accident, some yellow flowers stood as a reminder that at this bus stop on Bendemeer Road, lives and dreams were shattered. The
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    • 495 7 Ho Hsiao Yeng, a Temasek Polytechnic student, was waiting at a bus stop for herfriend when the sports car rammed into her on Tuesday afternoon. She and two others were killed instantly. MICHELLE ANG speaks to Hsiao Yeng's friend MINUTES before the accident, Hsiao Yeng
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    • 63 9 m u i<m u i< Dr Cham Tao Soon, 58, the Nanyang Technological University president, on hb collector's Instinct Apart from my Rach maninoffs, I have also got lots of model cars. And rabbits I was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Ceramic ones,
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    • 389 9  -  By Tan Xeauwei SHE has waited 15 years for her husband to quit smoking. Now, she has told him: Take a walk. A big walk, with her. Madam Haliza Haron, 38, is taking part in the TNP Big Walk for the first time, and is
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    • 73 9 WHEN: May 24 WHERE: Starts from National Stadium, 7.30 am DISTANCE: 10 km REGISTRATION: Counters at various locations, including Takashimaya Square (B2), Jurong Point, Northpoint, OUB Centre, Tampines Mall, News Centre and Singapore Amateur Athletic Association at Hougang Avenue 4. Competitive walkers can register only at
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    • 144 9 CARE to check out the spring tulips in Holland? All you have to do is join the TNP/Wisma Spring Celebration promotion which begins this week. Simply look out for the contest entry forms that will appear in our paper from now till May 27, answer
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    • 463 11 SOME DOCTORS ARE ABUSING EMERGENCY SERVICE In March, a 10-year-old boy who was knocked unconscious by a motorcycle had to wait 30 minutes for an ambulance. Why?DANNY LIM rode with the crew recently to find out their woes ■>•—>■■ Call
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    • 85 11 A SPOKESMAN for the SCDF said non-emergency calls are increasing. For instance, of the 62,691 calls received in 1996,33 per cent were non-emergencies. In 1997, 39 per cent of the 62,095 calls were non-emergencies. Sgt James Tan, 34, a medic in the ambulance crew, has an explanation: "People
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    • 343 12  -  FROM PREVIOUS PAGE By Woon Wui Tek TO the surprise of the 995 operator, the female caller spoke in a seductive whisper; "Are you free tonight?," she breathed. A startled Staff Sergeant A Rahim Ahmad (left) replied: "Sorry, this is an emergency line." Purred the woman:
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    • 89 12 THE final week's winner of our Page One Headlines contest is Chan Chee Fai. He wins $1,080 from the 54 words formed with the red letters in our headlines. More than 40,000 entries were received in the six-week contest, where readers had to make as many words as
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      709 13 Is that you? No offence... as the saying goes, there's one born every minute. And even some of the sawiest people get suckered sometimes, shows a recent US study. It's the same story in Singapore. Some local personalities—noted for their street-smart sawy come clean to FONG FOONG MEI THE
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    • 179 12 Hair Problem Detection Week During this Hair Problem Detection Week, our trichologists* at SVENSON will take a few hairs from the problem areas of your scalp and send them to be professionally analysed at advanced laboratories in England. You can then find out more about your hair or scalp problems
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  • SPEAKUP
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      • 59 14 Senlee (E-mail) Another car has rammed into a bus stop. With this second incident, I strongly think that the Government or authorities should make our bus-stops safer. They should install crash barriers within the bus stop perimeter, so that innocent people at the bus-stop may be
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      • 138 14 Miss Ong Chin Chin (E-mail) On Sunday, May 10, 1998, at 10 pm, I took Tibs service 960 from Marina to Woodlands. This bus passes Zhujiao Centre where all the Bangladeshi workers gather. At the bus-stop opposite Zhujiao Centre, a Trans-Island Bus Services employee, who
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      • 81 14 Mr Boon Suan Kwan, 33, a civil engineer I refer to the match between Juventus and Bolognia telecast by TVI2 on Monday morning. I write to express our disappointment at the lack of sensitivity shown in allowing the transmission to end so abruptly after the
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    630 15 SINGAPORETODAY Like it or not, Information Technology (IT) has become a vital part of our lives. And if you're uneasy about that, the Singapore Science Centre's new Hall of FT can help change your mind. YONG SHU HOONG walks through the exhibition, preaching to the unconverted IT
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  • 123 17 US ship association tells passengers WORLDTODAY Reuters. BOAT operators in the US are having a titanic problem. More and more passengers are imitating what Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet did in the movie Titanic. The US Passenger Vessel Association says that passengers are putting their lives
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 88 20 mutfmui* K is terribly rude to point out another's mistakes in Javanese culture, says Professor Clifford Geertz, an Indonesian specialist He says: I've lived in both Indonesia and Morocco, and the difference is that if a Moroccan doesn't like you, you know it in about two
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    • 192 20 BRITISH anti-terrorism police questioned eight suspects in London yesterday about a plot to bomb next month's World Cup tournament in France. liie men are said to be members of the Algerian fundamentalist group named Groupes Islamic Armees. They were arrested in dawn raids at north London
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    • 576 21  -  INDIAN NUCLEAR TESTS The world is angry with India. But in India, many are rejoicing. A New Paper journalist, who is an Indian citizen, explains why he shares their joy, yet is worried at the same time. COMMENT PATRICK JONAS ON Monday, India conducted three underground
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    • 249 21 Reuters PAKISTAN has described India's nuclear tests as a "particularly provocative" threat to its neighbours. Foreign Minister Hohar Ayub Khan said: The Indian leadership has gone berserk." He added that India's actions had been encouraged by a weak Western response. Mr Khan spoke after the government,
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    470 23 Miss Singapore slept on Miss Universe's lap FIRST... THENEWSTODAY THEN... Words were exchanged. They had a tiff. But they patched up. Miss Singapore Alice Urn tells CAROL LEONG about her relationship with Miss Universe MISS Alice Lim doesn't want to go into details of her tiff with Miss
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  • 752 23  -  We have a great writer We have a great runner We have a Nobel Prize winner WORLDTODAY By Kirk Meighoo MISS Trinidad and Tobago is Miss Universe. And one can imagine the populations of the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago still dancing in the
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    • 410 24 WHUTMIW a Miva a a The time to visit Thailand better and more exciting BB i\ I I I I is now. The Amazing than ever. With activities MIII{\ I I I 111 I llfll I fl I 111 Thailand Years 1998 1999 and tours galore, there's fill I MA.
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  • 336 25 PHILIPPINE ELECTIONS WORLDTODAY TWO days ago, he was refusing to agree with poll counts that showed Vice-President Joseph Estrada way ahead in the presidential race. Yesterday, Cardinal Sin virtually declared the ex-actor President, reported the Philippine Daily Inquirer (Internet edition). Cardinal Sin had said that an Estrada
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  • 298 26 Showtime Some of the finalists of the MTV Mandarin VJ Hunt are well-known faces. But HAZEL TAN introduces you to one who is completely fresh Leader of the pack/ Pages 32, 33. HEY, what's brewing? She works in a lab and wants to
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  • 196 28 spotlight It's all over bar the shouting. Vice-president Joseph Estrada looks headed for an easy victory in the Philippine presidential elections. Exit polls and early counts show him to be way ahead of his rivals after polling on Monday. Here's a look at the colourful polls
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 476 29 Meet 'em THE finalists of the MTV Mandarin VJ Hunt will meet the public at 3 pm, May 24, at the Heeren, and at 3 pm, June 7, at Suntec City mall. One of them is a Fame Awards finalist who appeared in Dreamers a week
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    • 93 30 No 7 Urn Hwee Sze, 22, student Camera experience: Currently acting as Sissy Song in The Teenage Textbook My charm: I don't have many skills or talent but I am bubbly and jovial. Everyone says I am approachable. I am quite talkative, I can go on and on.
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      80 30 No 8 Juliet Ong Hui Yang, 26, insurance agent Camera experience: Auditioned in a singing competition years back. Is a dancer, too. My charm: I am the oldest among them, but I don't think it hinders me. Just being myself helps. Why I should win: Because I have
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    • 83 30 No 5 Chua Hwee Cheng, 23, work* in a chemistry laboratory Camera experience: None. My charm: I am a fresh face. Many people mistake me for a Eurasian or Malay, so they are surprised I can speak Mandarin and am Chinese. Why I should win: They find
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    • 82 30 No 6 April Lee, 21, flight attendant Camera experience: Finalist at recent Fame Awards. Played female lead, a prostitute, in one episode of Dreamers, aired on May 5. Part-time model. My charm: My friendliness. I appear friendly, I'm fun to be with. I am a happy person. I'll
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  • 328 32  -  SHOWTIME By Chan Seet Fun WHEN you get to Heaven, who will you see? Lauretta Alabons, Irene Ang and Melissa Sidek. Yes, at the nightspot, Heaven, that is. The three TV personalities will be your hostesses for the evening. And expect the
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  • 477 34  -  ET WITH IVAN LIM SEVERAL weeks ago, I had the honour of visiting the hallowed homeground of the English football club that is so popular outside of England. It was near the end of the English Premier League football season. I was at Old
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    365 36  -  CAREER CHOICE PERFECT PfTCH ABROAD/Page 41 By Lee Hui Chieh HE cannot play the instrument that his J livelihood depends on. He has never studied music, aither. But as Mr Chiu Yeo Ding, 75,aaid: "1 can't play but that doesn't hinder my ability to tune the piano. A
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  • 349 38 1 FROM PAGE 39 CAREER CHOICE What unusual things have you been asked to do? I've had customers from Sabah, Sarawak, Jakarta and even China who insisted on getting me to their homes to tune their pianos. The owner of the Marco Polo Hotel in Xiamen
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    • 373 48  -  By Gerard Wong AS the A Division final wore on yesterday, ITE Jurong's top striker Yusri Waris could just hear his heart breaking slowly. That's because he felt he couldn't do anything to stop his school from being trounced 7-2 by defending champion ITE Ang Mo Kio.
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    • 528 49 Meet Hector Gomez, the school hockey coach with the Midas touch. In five years, the Xishan Primary School teacher has guidedXishan and Northland Secondary to nine national school titles. But GERARD WONG makes a startling discovery about his playing background when he meets up with
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
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      272 53 Only nine on the field DEFENDER MARC 10 SANTOS OUT MIDFIELDER FLAVIO CONCEICAO STRUGGLING STRIKER ROMARIO SWEATS IT OUT AT THE GYM Reuters. ROMARIO limped out of a club game last week with a pulled muscle. So he spent the morning in the gymnasium alongside Bebeto, who, like
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    • 289 54 Reuters. Reuters. HE was a national hero two weeks ago after he scored the only goal in Argentina's win over Brazil. Now Valencia's Argentine star striker Claudio Lopez may well be feeling like a zero. He made a unwanted name for himself yesterday
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    • 298 54 ENGLAND'S COUNTDOWN Carlingnet. ANDY Cole's World Cup fate was sealed when he woke up on Feb 11 with a bad back. Glenn Hoddle had decided to give the Manchester United striker his big chance against Chile at Wembley, paired with Liverpool sensation Michael Owen. But
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      237 54 AFP. ITALIAN club Lazio confirmed it was holding talks with English Premier League side Chelsea over the possible sale of its international striker Pierluigi Casiraghi, 29, to the London side. "There are negotiations, it's true, but that's about it," said a Lazio club spokesman. "At this stage it's impossible
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