The New Paper, 11 August 1998

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    10 1 the new paper TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1998 the new paper
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Enjoy $40 off a six-course dianxin set lunch at the Empress Room
      182 2 THE New Paper's 10th anniversary celebrations continue. Together with Raffles Singapore, which is celebrating its 111 th anniversary, we have lined up 10 exclusive offers from the hotel. Here's offer No 7: Enjoy a six-course dianxin set lunch
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      Economy grew — yet didn't
      535 2  - Economy grew yet didn't Economic figures for April-June '98 By Ng Wan Ching THE figure reads 1.6 per cent growth. That means Singapore's overall economy is still growing compared to last year, at 1.6 per cent for the second quarter compared to the same quarter last year. But if you
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      107 2 Reader as TV critic Starting today, The New Paper's TV Today page will feature a guest TV critic. Reader Saiful Bahri, 17, will give you the Turn On and Turn Off of the Day for this week. You can join our team, too. Give us a call on 1800-733-4455 or
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    Hmmph, can't a girl go to the loo?
    261 3 THENEWSTODAY AUSTRALIA'S biggest runaway was as dodgy as a needle in a haystack. But then she had to answer the call of nature. And that's how Ginny, the missing elephant, finally got a hug again from circus owner Lorraine Maynard (see picture,
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      'No tears left to cry' By Carol Leong
      528 4 Wife of popular Malaysian singer M Nasir dies. He says he has... JUST two months ago Madam Junainah Johari, wife of singer M Nasir, was celebrating what she had wanted all her life the birth of a daughter. The family's joy ended
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      SEVERE ASTHMA
      128 4 NANA was a severe asthmatic, said her twin. Madam Junaidah said: "My asthma was from childhood but hers began about four years after she got married. She was allergic to dust and smoke. She was going for a sinus operation in two weeks' time." She was also being
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      642 5 E"~~a THENEWSfHEff linM Retired NUS lecturerDr Tan KokPhuang tells i'/ j" YONG SHUHOONG about the days when politics CjWlhfC H .1 UK ourstory.asial.com.sg R and studies made an explosive mix 9BHp Tear k v,. j l Who is this woman inlf .yXvak r<r She looked different -M- (right) when she
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Resale flats a hit
      248 6 tfflr CPF HOUSING GRANT THE GRANT TheCPF housing grant was introduced in 1994 to strengthen family ties by encouraging couples to buy resale flats near their parents' homes. Only first-time buyers ofHDB flats are eligible for the $40,000 or $50,000 grant. A RECORD number of people
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      Lock icon The making of a prince
      51 6 CROWN PRINCE: Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (right) and hla aldeataon, Princa Ai-Muhtadee Billah, ata tradition-steeped royal ceremony to proclaim Prince Billah the Crown Princa. The 24-year-old Oxford-educated Prince, the third child of Sultan Haaaanal and hla first wife, will eventually become the Sultanate'a 30th ruler. Picture/
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    • News Break
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        Wider Nets?
        62 6 BANKS B IF you bank with the three big foreign banks in Singapore, you might be able to use Nets cashless payments and the ATM network of the seven local banks. Stanchart, Citibank and Hongkongßank are keen to join in, even if it means paying an "entrance fee".
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        Firms upbeat
        56 6 BUSINESS NEARLY two-thirds of 157 firms surveyed by The Business Times and the National University of Singapore (NUS) expect positive economic growth this year. Of these, half expect the economy to do better than the Government's forecast of 0.5-1.5 per cent growth. The average gross domestic product (GDP)
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        Bug action
        74 6 I COMPUTERS I BANKS here should stay shut for the first four days of the year 2000 to avoid Millenium Bug problems. If Singapore Danks open for business on Monday, Jan 3, 2000, they would be among the first to be hit by the bug. But this problem
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        Leeson surgery
        58 6 I HEALTH ROGUE trader Nick Leeson underwent surgery on Sunday to have a cancerous tumour removed from his colon. It is believed the operation went well, but doctors have rated Leeson's chances of survival at only 50-50 as the cancer has spread. Leeson, 31, serving a 6Vi-year term
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      world Head liners
      61 6 South China Morning Post: Tax officer taps into records of adversary New Straits Times: Internet rumour mongers identified The Electronic Telegraph: Bomb suspects held as US offers reward of $2m BBC news: Further heavy rains in S Korea are hampering search and rescue work after some of
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      Terminal illness
      135 7 in FSRSus What price privacy in this computer age, asks an article in SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST IN this era of computerisation, mass databases and the Internet, the Millenium Bug problem is only a minor blip compared to the huge implications of the loss of privacy. Ten years
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      Toxic drinks?
      61 7 JAPAN TEN workers of a timber processing plant in Niigata, north of Tokyo, were hospitalised yesterday after drinking coffee and tea believed to have been poisoned. The victims' limbs became numb after they had the drinks. This could be a copycat crime. Two weeks ago, four people in
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      Funding threat
      65 7 AUSTRALIA WEALTHY Asian and Jewish businessmen in Australia have threatened to stop funding for the Prime Minister's Liberal party. They blame him for the rise of Ms Pauline Hanson's anti-immigration One Nation Party. Asian and Jewish groups said they might now support Labor, which said it would not
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      Land swap
      55 7 CHINA SINGAPORE and China are set to swap land for their embassies and consulates in each other's territory in a deal in October. Singapore will then rebuild its Beijing embassy with a multi-purpose annexe that could include a reading-cum-meeting room and class facilities for Singaporean children. Singapore has
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      Docs as tutors
      60 7 9 EDUCATION IT used to be too many students, not enough tutors. Now even doctors and lawyers are tutoring part-time for extra income. Tuition agencies said the professionals on their books had lost their jobs or were earning less. However, one agency said the economic crisis had
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      DOW JONES
      26 7 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 23.17 points to close at 8,574.84 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 576 million shares.
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      local Head liners
      63 7 The Straits Times: More apply for resale flat grants The Business Times: Firms pitch growth at high end of Govt forecast Lianhe Zaobao: CPF housing grant to be increased to $900 million Berita Harian: Rise in number of applicants for resale flat grants RCS morning news: National
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      WHAT'S HUP
      11 7 Tongue Cheek rrsAN ISLAND, ITS MOVING, rrsiCE/ Page 16
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      SMALI AND HONEST
      74 7 Quote I really enjoy working with children. They're so sincere f not like adult patients who come and ask me for medical certificates! It helps that I love my job, since I spend practically all my time at work. Dr Denise Goh Li Meng, 29, a lecturer
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • YOU CALL...THEY LISHTENAL AND PASS IT ON...
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        Lock icon They talk through us
        638 8 THOUSANDS call her every day. And she gets to hear their most intimate thoughts and messages before relaying them to the other party. Sometimes, she comforts them. Other times, she has to be firm with them. As a Sing Tel Page Talk customer service officer, Ms
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        Big jump in message paging
        304 8 MESSAGE paging has become hugely popular. Market research at the beginning of last year showed that about 2 per cent of pager-holders had message paging, said a spokesman for Sun Page. The rest had subscribed to numeric paging. Now, paging companies say as much as
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        I LIKE MESSAGE PAGING, BUT...
        73 8 Once, someone left a message on a Friday. It said:' Meet you at Lido for show tomorrow at 7.30 pm. I'll be wearing a red dress.' The person did not leave behind a name, so Ididn*t think much about it. After the weekend, the person
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        Not just a telephone operator
        290 8 FOR about half an hour, I joined some 20 other customer service officers to man the Sing Tel Page Talk service. Sounds fun and easy? I thought so, too, until I manned it. The difficulties? The first 10 words and the last eight words. The
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      Lock icon Stop smoking and no butts about it
      477 9 Recently, we reported on how some Temasek Polytechnic students were smoking and littering at the flats opposite the campus. TEO YUN YUNfinds out how the polytechnic has been tackling the issue as good neighbours Temasek Polytechnic wants to clear the air with its
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      Few do it but everyone suffers
      214 9 ONLY a few students smoke, but they give the school a bad name. Like many Temasek Poly students, student council president Benny Low feels strongly about the negative impression created. Said Mr Low, 27: "It's a fact that there are smokers, but I study
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      Chameleon man
      63 9 ***** I*llllll* Mr Stephen Lee, president of the Singapore National Employers Federation, it alto the owner of factories that make garments on contract for brand names such as Polo Ralph Loaron and Tommy HHftger. Does he wear shirts from his factories? If I'm meeting Hilfiger, I'll wear that.
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      $ Counterfeit Kid She is 14 She wanted easy money She used fake notes
      648 10 Counterfeit Kid She is 14 She wanted easy money She used fake notes Making and passing off fake money is such a serious charge that you can be jailed for life. But last week, the tiny figure who admitted doing this was a demure 14-year-old girl. She is believed to
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      PENALTY
      77 11 Anyone who tries to make, or pass as genuine, forged currency notes can be jailed for life, or up to a term that may extend to 10 years. The person can also be fined. Jean's accomplice, Chin Chee Kin, 17, has meanwhile pleaded guilty to seven charges of counterfeiting
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      Drinks stall got 3 fake $50
      333 11 THE fakes were so bad that it was easy to see through them. But Jean and her friends obviously thought the drinks stall in the Geylang coffeeshop was easy to con. The stall got three of their fake $50 notes. The first note was
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      I know my sins, she tells judge
      128 11 Jean seemed fully aware of the seriousness of her crimes. Standing in a white, long-sleeved blouse and black pants before District Judge Tay Swee Keng on Friday, she spoke softly. Jean: "I hope to be sentenced as soon as possible. I know I
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Who hurt this little girl?
      357 12 Finding answers to US embassy blast in Nairobi won't be easy Wire services. THIS two-year-old girl is battling for her life in a Nairobi hospital. She was rescued from the wreckage of a building that collapsed during the bomb attack on the US embassy there.
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      Lock icon There's hope for Rose
      115 12 Source: Wire services. RESCUE workers digging through the rubble in Kenyan capital of Nairobi are full of hope. They have heard tapping sounds twice this week from inside the rubble. The rescuers feel the sound comes from a woman, known only as Rose. lliey heard her
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      Lock icon Detained for distributing leaflets
      341 13 Myanmar acts against 18 foreign activists Reuters. THEY were trying to stir up unrest in the country, Myanmar's military government said yesterday. So it detained the six Americans, an Australian, two Filipinos, three Indonesians, three Malaysians and three Thais, among them lawyers, businessmen and students. The
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      Lock icon Thailand OK for Viagra
      193 13 Reuters. THAILAND has okayed the sale of Viagra, hoping to end the trafficking and misuse of the anti-impotence pill. Thai Secretary-General of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Mongkol Na Songkhla said a licence to distribute the drug would be given on Aug 18. WIDESPREAD SMUGGLING He
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      Lock icon It's an island, it's moving, it's ICE
      65 14 It is bigger than Singapore. Its tip is almost as tall as a 12-storey HDB block. And this giant iceberg, which weighs 750 billion tonnes, broke free from the Filchner Ice Shelf in Antarctica. It is expected to move up the Atlantic Ocean
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      308 13 tP?§ e Jo\ Congratulations to the m* W winners of the Suntec City Mall of y O U f "Have The Time Of Your Life" Promotion. Grand Prize: $10,000 cash TanChuiHui *****268/ D 10 Consolation Priui: Suntec City Mall Shopping Vouchors worth Sssoo ooch Mohd Roslon M Noor *****738/E Ng
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      Lock icon KL lowers rate
      329 15 Sign of early polls? Sources: The Business Times, The Asian Wall Street Journal, AFP. MALAYSIA yesterday acted to boost its recession-bound economy by cutting a key interest rate. In a surprise move, Bank Negara, the central bank, cut the three-month intervention rate the rate at which it
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      WHY EAPLY ELECTIONS LIKELY
      54 15 The government is not certain how the economy will fare in the next few months. The longer they wait (in holding a general election), the more difficult it may become. Mr Chandra Muzaffar, a professor of politics at University Malaya, in an interview with today's The
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      COMING SOON
      96 15 AN early election is round the corner for Malaysia, observers say. They refer to Dr Mahathir's recent statements and actions. The Malaysian leader has: Asked all branch members of the United Malay National Organisation (Umno) to be ready for a snap poll. Travelled to many cities in the
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      Only they can tell WHY?
      40 15 miii'miii' US Undersecretary of State Thomas Pickering, when asked why the two US embassies were targetted for bomb attacks in Kenya and Tanzania: I don't know. When we find them (terrorists), we will ask them.
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      KL: Net rumours = Sabotage
      260 15 KL: Net rumours Sabotage SPREADING rumours on the Net is not funny, said the Malaysian government. So serious is Kuala Lumpur about the damage recent rumours inflicted that it's treating the case as sabotage and will invoke the Internal Security Act on those responsible. A person can be detained for
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      70 15 AUTOGLYM ADDS A NEW SHINE WITH ISO 9002! It Endorsed by Rolls Royce, Jaguar and Aston Martin cars, Autoglym has been awarded ISO 9001 9002. At Autoglym Car Grooming Centre we don't just polish cars but renovate them to showroom condition. Application of sealant ensures the shine outlasts the competition.
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  • DEARWIJEY
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      Food course looks yummy
      265 16 QI AM 17.1 took my 0 levels last year. My results weren't good. I couldn't get into a polytechnic because of E maths. I was offered courses in the Institute of Technical Education, but I wasn't interested. Other choices were: take up Shatec courses or resit
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      He can't handle studies
      255 16 QMY boyfriend, who is almost 19, is very interested in the computer industry. He likes to repair computers, play computer games and, in fact, do anything related to computers. He has taken up an ITE computer technology course. But though he is hardworking, he has failed
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      Missed Os, now in NS
      182 16 QI NEED to know whether I will be able to upgrade myself. I seriously doubt that I will have any time or opportunity to get into school. By the time you get this I will probably have started doing my NS. I have only N
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      I want to help others
      76 16 QI'M in Secondary 2 and 111 be choosing subjects this year. I wish to be a psychologist and a social worker or counsellor. What are the requirements? Do I need to do maths? Helpless A FOR psychology, you need at least a pass in O-level
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      I want to do law
      190 17 I'm in the normal stream QI AM in a Secondary 3 normal class. I wish to be a lawyer. I'm taking English, Chinese, accounts, E maths, history, food nutrition and science. Can a normal stream student become a lawyer? Can normal stream students get into
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      Can diploma lead me to law degree?
      228 17 QI AM 18.1 did my 0 levels last year. I got D 7 for maths and this kept me out of poly. They need at least C 6. I have enrolled as a private candidate to retake maths, science and accounts. I hope
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      Business on my mind
      107 17 QI GOT my O-level certificate a few years ago. I intend to apply for a course at the polytechnic this year. I would like to have a job where I move around. I would also like to study something related to business, but I don't know
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      50 16 CALLUS Call **********3 and leave your questions for Mr Wijey. You can listen to his earlier advice, too. Calls cost 30 cents (extra 10 cents a minute for cardphone calls). This week's Q&A: How to keep up with IT? What to do after 0 levels? Best to repeat Secondary 3
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      97 17 Do you have any questions regarding education? Write or fax your questions to Pear Mr Wijey The New Paper fl 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5. Fax: 737-5375 3T JJ Give us your name, address and w wM telephone number. I Call The New Paper Infoline, I 1900-*****03. i (Calls
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    Young, clean cut and boy can they groove
    441 18  -  Showtime By Hazel Tan GOOD looks. Catchy music. Nifty footwork. These five teens have all the makings of pop idols. Indeed, the new American boyband Take 5 is good enough to pose a serious threat to the popular Backstreet Boys. Which wouldn't
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    THE 'RIVALS'
    235 19 From previous page "Singing a capella, that proves it. When you can sing a capella, stay on rhythm, you can prove to anybody you can sing. It's not just the look thing," Sculthorpe said. Ryan Goodell said: "It can be three in the morning, seven, it doesn't matter
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    'Clean' of the road
    226 19 TAKE 5 aim to stay clean, at least for now. "We try to keep a clean cut, ail-American kind of look," said Ryan. "No ear piercing. No tattoos. Clean cut," said Stevie, 15. Tilky added: "If I do some crazy thing to my hair, like turn
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    Leo Leo and more Leo
    194 20 SHOWTIME Leonardo DiCaprio Modern-day Romeo by Grace Catalano, 127 pp, $13.90 UPSIDE: Sixteen candid photos of never-seen-before Leo. Leonardo DiCaprio has invaded even the bookstores. But before you plunge your hard-earned money into these Leo tribute books, CHAN SEET FUN gives Leo fans the lowdown
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      99 20 Down Memory Lane happening euery Wednesday at the Cocktail Lounge H jug of draft at only $19.68 for I the month of July and fluyust. s^fWD/l Siny along with the Music Makers from the Philippines, with their repertoire of songs from the yesteryears to the lastest top 4B's Jim In
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  • Here's looking at your at you
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      You made it FUN!
      450 22 Singapore celebrated its 33rd birthday uf on Sunday. WOON WUITEK National Stadium to see you, yes, YOU, pJ at the National Day Parade MILITARY precision and showtime razzmatazz may have taken over the Stadium pitch. Dramatic laser effects and stunning fireworks may have dominated the Stadium
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      Lock icon Splashing good time
      63 23 SO MUCH k TO SMILE ABOUT: That's how things are looking for this gentleman YOUNG PATRIOT: Not only flags are being I hoisted up, this child too I UNITED: They may come from different backgrounds, but they're bound by their nation 4 PARTY TIME: Hey, Parade'B I
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      Garfield smile?
      78 23 SO, were you one of the 10 lucky ones whose faces were circled? If so, congratulations! You have just won for yourself a Garfield phone (above) which also doubles up as a coin bank. Call us at 1800-733-4455 and well tell you how to collect your prize, which
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    His childhood, etc, etc, etc
    572 24 SHOWTIME Leonardo DiCaprio— Romantic Hero by Mark Bego, 96pp, $22.90 UPSIDE: The book covers his acting roles and how he spent his childhood growing up on the rougher side of Hollywood. There are lots of of pictures, including DiCaprio with his grandparents and some cool
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    Can't ignore this problem
    497 25  -  Etcetera WITH TRUDY LIM ONCE a week, my four-year-old daughter will carry two bottles of Yakult home from kindergarten. It is something she looks forward to. One bottle is for her; the other, she lovingly reserves for her big brother. We pay for the Yakult each
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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  • SPORTSTODAY
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      Lock icon MATTER OF CASH
      499 38 WHY TWO TOP ATHLETES WALKED OUT OFZURICH GOLDEN LEAGUE MEET Reuters. IT wasn't a lack of respect that caused world champion sprinters Ato Boldon and Maurice Greene to walk away from the Zurich Golden League athletic meet. It was a lack of cash, the organiser claimed yesterday.
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      Golden sweep by women
      264 38 KUALA LUMPUR VETERANS TRACK AND FIELD MEET THEY showed Singaporeans can come out tops in track and field, Two veteran women athletes won four gold medals each in an international meet in Kuala Lumpur. Michelle Pattiselanno, 44, and Linda Welzl, 42, were the star performers as
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      Tough fight
      292 39 PESTA SUKAN TENNIS MEET YESTERDAY'S ACTION Fourth seed Bill Aile also made an early exit, losing 1-6, 6-3,2-6 to Yiu Leng Kiat while seventh seeded Irfan Zack was beaten by Syed Najib. No 3 seed and SLTA Open champion Chen Chee Yen had few problems as he strolled
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      Lane problems
      409 39  -  no WORLD YOUTH TENPIN BOWLING: INCHON CITY. SOUTH KOREA) Stories/* Gerard Wong TEAM Singapore may have experienced a minor jolt to its bowling senses over the weekend. But its members are now ready to hit the lanes when the FIQ World Youth tenpin bowling championship begins today in
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      STAR-STUDDED LANE OF BOWLERS
      187 39 JUST how fierce will the competition be at the Fifth FIQ World Youth championship? A look at the achievements of some of the bowlers will give you an idea of the level of competition that Singapore must rise to for the next six days: Taiwan: Wong
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  • ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'98
    • the big kickoff: august 15
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        Lock icon Balancing the books
        289 40 WEST HAM IJNITFD LAST SEASON'S FINISH: Bth LIKELY FINISH THIS TIME* 9th WHO'S NEW: lan Wright. £750.000 ($2.1 million), from Arsenal; Shaka Hislop, free, from Newcastle; Neil Ruddock, from Liverpool (pay-as-you-play deal); Javier Margas, £2m, from Universidad Catolica de Chile; Marc Keller, free, from Karlsruhe. NOTABLE LOSSES:
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        Watch 'Bazooka'
        206 40 DERBY COUNTY LAST SEASON'S FINISH: 9th LIKELY FINISH THIS TIME: 14th WHO'S NEW: Stefan Schnoor, free, from Hamburg; Horacio Carbonari, £2.7 million ($7.5 m), of Argentina. NOTABLE LOSSES: Chris Powell, Robin van der Laan, Dean Yates. PRE-SEASON: It won a cup! But only the Derbyshire Cup and only
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  • TIGER BEERS-LEAGUE'9B
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      240 41 THE S-League will not bail out any club. And if it comes to the crunch, the S-League is prepared to carry on with 10 or even nine clubs. This was stated by Kwek Leng Joo, chairman of the S-League, in an exclusive interview with The New Paper. Said
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      98 41  -  INTERVIEW S GULAM SGULAM MEETS S-LEAGUE CHAIRMAN KWEK LENG JOO The second part of the interview with the S-League's top man following the decision of the League to cut salaries of players and officials by 20 per cent The salary cut had to be made to ensure the survival
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    • BAIL OUT ANY CLUB
      • 'If I were in a club chairman's shoes'
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          66 41 If you are very good at football and you got a good manager and you are doing very well on the field... well, that's not the end of the story. If you don't have someone who can look after this whole affair as a business, then you should quickly go
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        'How I'd ride out financial crisis'
        149 41 TRIM your budget, says the S-League chairman, Kwek Leng Joo. Keep it to $1 million or less. And spend every cent wisely. Said Mr Kwek: "If the clubs follow our directives, we can pull through this lull period. "If we limit the operating budget
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        166 41 Replied Kwek Leng Joo: "This, I've no answer for you. If you need some answers, you have to talk to them." Q: Have you tried talking to them? "I should
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        501 41 Q: Is there any club in such a situation? "Well, from reports, Jurong FC's position seems pretty bad. I would like to wait a while more and see what develops. "But in its case, despite all its financial problems, it has performed pretty well. (Jurong finished fifth in
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  • ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'98
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      Lock icon Pierre, you can go...
      223 42 CHARITY SHIELD: ARSENAL 3 MAN UNITED 0 The Charity Shield clash at Wembley Stadium on Sunday was marked not only by a Man-of-the-Match performance from Arsenal winger Marc Overmars. It was also notable for the barracking of David Beckham by the fans AFP. NOTTINGHAM Forest has
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      The answer to boo-boys
      189 42 HOW to silence the boo-boys? Man United captain Roy Keane has a way for David Beckham, reports Football 365. Becks was given a taste of the abuse he will have to endure over the coming months when he was jeered every time he touched the ball
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      'Wake up, Man U'
      142 42 MANCHESTER United chairman Martin Edwards believes the Charity Shield defeat was the kick up the bum they needed for tomorrow's Champions League qualifier against LKS Lodz. The first-leg match could turn out to be one of United's most important of the entire season, reports Football 365.
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      More Gazza guzzling
      102 42 PAUL Gascoigne seems like he's at it again, reports Soccernet. Reports said Gazza hit the nightclub scene at Newcastle Quayside last Monday, partying with pal Jimmy "Five Bellies" Gardiner until the early hours of Tuesday returning on Wednesday and Thursday. BIRTHDAY On Friday, Gazza is said to
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Fancy beating Juve
    398 44  -  YES, NEWCASTLE DOES IT w KWEK LENG 100 INTERVIEW Part II: Pages 44, 45 NEWCASTLE 2 JUVENTUS 1 BY Lan Brown "IT shook me even more afterwards. To be honest I thought I'd die." Old soldiers never die and in Stuart Pearce's case he intends to fade
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    179 44 ABOUTHAMANN: In 1997, German midfielder Didi Hamann was looking up at his basement ceiling after collapsing wtth a blood circulation problem akin to a stroke. "It changed my life, how I looked at things, everything from my diet to how I viewed sporting success or failure," he says. "I'm indebted
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