The New Paper, 29 August 1998

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    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, AUGUST 29, 1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      BA (Dance)
      525 2 Two big changes to Arts education AN NUS degree in dance. In acting. In any of the performance arts. It will all start happening from the year 2001, says Deputy Prime Minister Dr Tony Tan. An Institute of Arts will be set up at the National University of
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      ANOTHER CHANGE
      32 2 A tertiary Arts Education Council, to be set up, will ensure that LaSalle, Nafa and NUS Institute of the Arts will be linked as a new Federation of Arts Colleges.
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      Tell us an ALS story
      51 2 CALL us if you have any interesting stories about the Area Licensing Scheme, which will end on Monday. Ring our Hotline Plus at 1800-733 4455, fax us at 737-5375 or e-mail us at npops@sph.com.sg. You will get a T-shirt and cap if your story is
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      A passport to fun
      78 2 HERE is your passport to an eventful time during the September school holidays. With the Megasaver 2 passport, you can visit Sentosa, the zoo, Night Safari and Jurong Bird Park all for $26.90, a saving of about 60 per cent off the normal entry fees. Better
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      Lock icon NMP DOES THE BOOGIE
      345 3  -  By Teo Yun Yun SO, the steps weren't perfect. They missed a beat here and tripped a little there. But, hey, they were not John Travolta and Olivia Newton John. The unlikely boogie stars: Nominated MP Claire Chiang and her dance partner, Mr Daniel Teo, president
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  • STRETCH YOUR $$$$
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      Lock icon Want to ‘Net’ some savings?
      440 4 THEIR Internet packages are the cheapest in town. Smart.Net is offering unlimited Internet access for $85. Compare that with Pacific Internet charging $100 for the same package, Cyberway $80 for 110 hours and Sing Net $84.95 for 135 hours. (See report on packages, right.) But
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      HELP US STRETCH
      81 4 Heard of a great bargain? Or come across some place offering great deals? They could be on anything food, clothing, cosmetics, whatever you spend on. Just share the information with us. We'll publish it so that others, too, can stretch their dollar and save a bit during
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      NET PACKAGES
      248 4 Smart.Net package (Valid till Oct 31) The monthly rates are: Smart Student Plan: $6 with 13 hours of free access Smart Plan: $7.95 for 13 hours Smarter Plan: $19.95 for 35 hours Smartest Plan: $85.00 for unlimited access How to reach them: www.smartnet.com.sg OTHERS (monthly rate) Sing Net
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      Lock icon ‘...I heard the sound of paper tearing. My first thought was: How to get out of this trouble?’
      482 5 TORN PASSPORTS As many as 17 cases of Singaporeans who had their passports torn have been reported in the last two weeks. This was disclosed by the Singapore Immigration and Registration (SIR)
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      More than half are women
      169 5 NINE of the 17 victims of torn passports are female. Children as young as eight years old have also fallen prey. Most are regular visitors to Malaysia, some even daily travellers. Nine had travelled by bus, seven by car and one by motorcycle. Most of
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Fuel falls
      170 6 I BUT IT'S TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE FOR SOME I HBr THREE major oil firms here have have cut petrol prices by two cents a litre, and others are expected to do so within days. Esso, British Petroleum (BP) and Mobil announced their price cuts within hours of
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      Head to head: Motorist and spokesman
      98 6 There is now a gift war between the oil companies instead of a price war. How can alt the oil companies be selling petrol at the same price, even to the last cent? It is obvious that they consult one another. Letter-writer Tan Swee
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      Lock icon Pictuer This
      42 6 SCENT OF SAFETY: A Malaysian sniffer dog and his handler checking mini-buses at the Commonwealth Games village. The squad will check every apartment in the village and then seal it until the athletes arrive next month. Picture/ New Straits Times
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      world Head liners
      46 6 South China Morning Post $70b market slowdown New Straits Times: Fear of recession hits Wall Street CNN International: Wall Street ends worst week ever BBC news: Russian president Boris Yeltsin says he intends to stay in office for the remainder of his term
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    • News. Break
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        New STI index
        54 6 STOCKMARKETI SINGAPORE Press Holdings yesterday unveiled the list of 55 component stocks on the new Straits Times Index. They are broken down into 46 mainboard Singaporedollar stocks, five mainboard foreign-currency stocks and four Sesdaq stocks. The value-weighted index will take over as the Singapore market barometer when
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        Charges down
        58 6 ■property! PROPERTY development charges have been slashed. The National Development Ministry said it is "to reflect the downturn of the property market". Rates for homes decreased the most down as much as 35 per cent in the first reduction in almost a decade. But property market watchers said
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        ‘Not true’
        56 6 I MALAYSIA WE are pulling out of the Five Power Defence Arrangements military exercises this year for economic reasons. It has nothing to do with tension with Singapore, Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday. A Far Eastern Economic Review article had cited tension as one
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        Avoid border
        56 6 RUSSIA THE Russian embassy has this advice for Singaporean travellers: For now, don't go on Mongolian-Russian train journeys to Russian border towns. The embassy said this in response to a Straits Times report on Thursday about four Singaporeans who were detained for four days by Russian immigration at
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      Coming soon...
      120 7 News makers WE'VE seen it on the news. Soon we'll get to watch it in the cinema. Hollywood is planning to make a movie next year on its version of the President and the intern. So US President Bill Clinton's relationship with ex-White House intern Monica Lewinsky, (right)
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      No fear here
      55 7 IBOMBINGSI Singapore is so safe, such things won't happen here. None of our customers have voiced any concerns. Hard Rock Cafe Singapore assistant general manager Mark Chan on the Planet Hollywood bombing in South Africa and threats to other US businesses following US attacks in Sudan andAfganistan,
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      Expats give $5b
      65 7 NATION INDONESIANS living in Singapore are to donate $5.3 billion in food and medicine to poor families in their homeland. Indonesia's Minister for People's Welfare Haryono Suyono said he had asked the charitable foundation handling the donations to ship 100,000 tonnes of rice next month to "to
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      Scrap fears
      59 7 EUROP RADIOACTIVE scrap metal stolen by criminal gangs in Russia and other former Soviet states is turning up in scrap yards across Europe. Environmental agencies fear some could slip through small yards without expensive monitoring equipment and end up being recyled into such items as garden furniture, exposing
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      20 ‘oil deaths’
      76 7 INDIA INDIA is on alert after contaminated mustard oil killed more than 20 people in the capital, New Delhi. Tests showed the cooking oil was being mixed with old engine oil and sold. It is sold widely in the city of 10 million and at least 500
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      WHAT'S HUP
      4 7 Tongue Cheek
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      local Head liners
      48 7 The Straits Times: World markets sent reeling The Business Times: Bank Negara chief and deputy governor quit Lianhe Zaobao: HK defeats speculators, says Finance Secretary Berita Harian: Malaysia's central bank governor resigns RCS morning news: Russian president Boris Yeltsin says he will not step down
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      176 6 jtßr SL| V J| T I Savour delicious, wholesome, home-style Cantonese specialties at Xin Cuisine Chinese Restaurant. All specially |K| prepared by Hong Kong Master Chef, Fok Wing Tin from his closely guarded recipes using the choicest, fresh ingredients which he personally selects on his daily marketing trips. These all-time
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    Lock icon No smile of joy, no hugs
    423 8 Bomb case: Ex-platoon commander set free: SINGAPORETODAY Former platoon commander Bryan Loke Yek Chai, 21, who was on trial for allegedly causing the death of a fellow soldier, was acquitted yesterday. DANNY UM tried to talk to the grimmest free man he had ever
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      203 8 H;' A&Y TAN AW SWiE ASHOGAN GiUiAUTHA FRANCIS PUSHPAM NATHAN YEO SING CHEW All BIN SAKAR ANTHONY SUBREN Pf< Si I, ,t' 'AOH v> E TIN s l iAS .i l;MG KCC? KAH 3EJvG ff r*> s..f k j #1 i ar» i"t *Sfy. V» VD '> 11 > r,».
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon DIES
      404 10  -  She was planning for her teacher's party- Then, she suddenly BY Jason Tan SHE wanted to give her form teacher a pleasant surprise for Teachers' Day next Tuesday. So yesterday, Secondary 1 student Rosaline Lay quietly went round the class, collecting $2 from each student for a party. And
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      Famous or not, Kelly the champ didn’t care
      300 11  -  EX-NATIONAL BOARDAILOR'S DEATH By Irene Kew HE wasn't the least bit bothered nobody knew him. Kelly Chan Kum Seng, 42, was a champion boardsailor. Yet, few have heard of him. Fewer would have recognised him if he ever walked past. Said ex-na-tional
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      ‘Oriental Aunty’
      521 12 That's what they call murdered NUS Professor Lee Kok Cheong. Yesterday, Too Yin Sheong was sentenced to hang for killing him. RIANA ZAKIR and IRENE KEW report HE hated his family's efforts to matchmake him. When asked to get a girlfriend, Associate Professor Lee Kok Cheong retorted he
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      Rich man with simple tastes
      224 12 LIFE at 54 couldn't be better for Prof Lee. He was rich, rolling in at least $10,000 a month for teaching at NUS. His retirement nest egg two houses abroad for relaxing during annual holidays was already bought. About $300,000 was sunk into a house
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      WHAT THE JUDGE SAID:
      241 12  -  By Melvin Singh IT was not an easy case to judge. Judicial Commissioner Chan Seng Onn said this on Tuesday during the High Court murder trial. Because one question bugged him: Was Too the robber just as guilty of murder when he did not stop Kim
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      Lock icon Shy, but when she gets the mike...
      230 13  -  BY Tanya Fong TURN on the music, and you just. turn her on. You are looking at a shy 10-year-old. But give her a mike and you have a little dancing diva. Priscilla Lim Xi Xi, 10, (above) is the youngest contestant at
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      77 11 yvt" I*- j Nfl ■>_' VvrMrf m m r 1 Check out the cool sounds of Singapore's best I jazz artiste, Jeremy Monteiro his trio, I every I Enjoy a selection of fine wines from the New World such as K HclllCKCll il Bsouth Africa, Australia and California, as well
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      115 12 WAR BREAKS OUT IN CINEMAS SEPT 3 MfllOß CHIP HAZARD Commander of the Commando Elite HAIR: ajwf HFAD-Ultra-realistic military hair cut!_ 360'f Ateo houses the U5 #V i, advanced WEAPON: (v J Jf t Comes with jT 4 1 2 side arms! Jf &ut nothing d/TlMr ffk k-v makeshift !3~
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      127 15 kinds of jjj c °l° urs colours of Kk v f I Jr various eye make-up products HMfl Dm HHHHHHHHHHIHHHhBHHBII To all of you who have given us your invaluable support over the past year, here's a fabulous treat on us. Get an additional 5% discount on all merchandise over
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    Lock icon Explain what happened How to make up?
    584 16 ERP PROBLEM: MINISTER'S 2 CONCERNS: SINGAPORETODAY The gantry glitch yesterday morning was due to a human error. Those affected will receive a $10 Cash Card in the mail soon. MICHELLE ANG tells you what raced through the mind of Communications Minister Mah Bow
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      160 16 Artspjnenee^ at Riverside Point ART DEMONSTRATIONS Watercolour, Acrvlic Oil Paintings Pressed Flower Craft stenciling Taint Effects Papier Mich* K C eramics C raft Parchment Craft Jr Peranakan Craft lUk B. Straw n^r WoodCraft Jewellers Enamelling Beaded Cross-stitch ■nft WW Fridge Magnets Portrait Sketching fr Ribbon Craft rrint Making V A.
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      382 17 *>»- Catch Hor '*4 the Action i WON £ento#a!/C (5 to 13 September 98) Dare-devil stunts k IjL M More than $2,000 worth of cash and A sport products to be won Exciting workshops Rollerblader's Trail 6 Sep (Sun) 8 am to 10 am Starting from Ferry Terminal Stunts on
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Prata patter
      68 18 mu^mui 4 Marine Paradt grassroots groups plan to integrate tbo community via oioctronic information Idoohs placod at HDB voM docks and community dubs. Said Mr Joo Sim, foneralmanafor of tfco Marino Parado Community Dovolopnient Council: If someone knows of a good roti prata stall and wants to inform
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      No job? They have 200 for you
      302 19  -  By Ng Wan Ching CALLING all Hong Kah residents, especially those recently retrenched. There are about 200 jobs available immediately even if you have no skills. Ask Mr Charles Pennefather. He got a job immediately when he walked into the Hong Kah Town
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      56 18 'til midnight 28 Ik August '98 P Hyatt Regency Singapore #01-05 CVD VALENTINO (losing Down Sale Final Weekend Further Reductions Closin»lime lor oilier oul Ids Boutiques: IJ.ilTli sI in #l)l-:i:i! -10 |.iu \lill< ni.i W.ilk #(>!-::; 71 '>. !0 |>iu W \iiii I'm #I!I-.'!(- M:!II|MII Derailment Stores: Im-mii Smiis :!nl
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      224 19 [GRAND FINALE CONCERT ■ValWe 1 w* rW World Trade Centre Harbour Pavilion Tonight at Bpm featuring be»J lovod Singapore songs prrtonnad by homegrown trianU and ttw Sing -iliHlri""<i Competition iMiara t2 flnaftsh wM vie for lop prlin in tha solo and group tatripiwtan rendition o* "Home" written by ""t-toSnBS-wcn, group
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      105 19 You can choose to work part-time from 6.30 am to noon, or full-time from 6.30 am to 3 pm in housing estates near your home. Call 560-0911, 791-5755, 569-0388 or 764-3295 for more details. Interviews can be arranged within two days. I TsSV* FANTASY ISLAND 1 WATER THEME PARK Notice
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      268 20 miJ SPECIAUST AND GET EXPER,ENCE iN different A career in the Republic of Singapore Navy is not main areas: Electronic Systems, Ordnance and for life. Training and advancement are other areas in a regular 9-5 desk job. At times, your office will be Electrical Weapon Systems, and Ship Systems. which
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Jumbo witness goes to court
      232 21 THE long arm of the Indian law flexed its muscle by summoning a 32-year-old male elephant as the star witness in an ownership dispute. Unable to fit into the courtroom in the southern state of Kerala, the giant tusker appeared before the bench on Thursday
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      ‘I hate the bomb’
      681 22 Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy slams India for nuclear test SHE recently declared herself a republic. A "mobile, one-woman republic". What madness! No, it was just a writer making her stand vividly. If others called her anti-national, so be it. But Ms Arundhati Roy just had
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      Architect to author
      90 22 MS Arundhati Roy, who was trained as an architect, is also a film critic. She has done screenplays for TV and film. Ms Roy is married to film-maker Pradeep Krishen and lives with him and two step-children in New Delhi. Her parents separated when she was three,
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      Lock icon NO JOKE NOW
      486 23  -  THE ROUBLE CRASH bv Jill Lim HAVE you heard the latest financial jokes? One banker phones another and says: "Hi, how are things?" "All right." "Sorry, wrong number." Although this could apply anywhere in the world these days Malaysia and Hongkong are officially in recession, and the
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      Still down to earth
      58 24 mui»mui* Popular Filipino singer Gary Valenciano is a diabetic. Each day, lis watches what ha eats, infects himself wtth insulin and checks the sugar level In his system twtapt He says: Showbusiness Has a way of getting to your head. Diabetes has planted my feet on
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      Lock icon Clinton ‘finding it easier’ to say SORRY
      282 24 Reuters. PRESIDENT Bill Clinton is getting "a lot of practice" seeking forgiveness. And he seems to be getting close to the point of apologising for his affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. A hint of that came yesterday when he said
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      252 21 SINGAPORE DISCOVERY CENTRE Hear the Past See the Present Touch the Future NJfiY sdc at I eniv c SY/an ,D i ysij Nav just walk awav witu In celebration of the cscsrd National Day.sDc is offering a special admission rate of f y c )Y7* P er person on all
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      331 26 Biit.dji m I J| < A Mil Earn a monthly salary as you learn. |n] Get trained by well-qualified and experienced |ii| trainers. Receive the same national certificates as full-time EH students. Gdlll tHfi Skills M Enjoy benefits similar to other employees in the |=1 company. Th»t RPA 111/ Mattpf
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      MARKETS
      210 27 HOPES of a rebound in US stocks died shortly after Wall Street opened yesterday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffered its worst weekly drop of the year to close at 8,051. 68, down 114.31 points from Thursday's closing. A further fall in the Dow below 8,000 points may signal
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      Banker quits: Blow for Anwar?
      359 27 LEADERS THE political fortunes of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim are again under scrutiny after the central bank governor, a close friend, resigned yesterday. Bank Negara governor Tan Sri Ahmad Don and deputy governor Datuk Fong Weng Phak resigned with effect from Tuesday, the Malaysian Finance
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      SHAKEN
      182 28 THE Hongkong government went to "war" yesterday against speculators. It spent HK$lOO billion ($23 billion) trying to support its currency and stock market index. The Hongkong government is doing some chest-thumping by declaring itself a winner in the "war". It also warned that it would fight again if speculators
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      Lock icon Yeltsin: I’m not quitting...
      331 28 RATTLED Sources: Wire services, BBC. HE'S not about to give up, even as the Russian rouble, banks and companies are collapsing before his very eyes. "I am not going anywhere. I am not going to resign. I am going to work," a tired President Boris Yeltsin
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      199 28 Loneliness Hurts. Let's talk about it at V%/ http://www.n3wt.com/spca We are heartbroken when weve been abandoned Animals who are abused teel the pain too On the SPCA website you can let others know how you I eel and find out how you can help a friend in need Society F<*
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    Lock icon When MARCO meets MAO
    248 29 Where MARCO meets MAO Fact is, dishes at Mao II tend to bo tuore Wesfcem-Wsotl with K astern influences. This is its key difference from the first House of Mao, where the fusion fare leans more towards the flavours of Hunan. Indeed, there is an effort
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      67 29 WIN THAI RICE Correctly identify the food item in our "Eat's Your Guess" contest and you stand to win Thai Jasmine < Fragrant Rice Thai Organic f Fragrant Rice. See inside for details. ATTRACT MORE PATRONS Catch the eye of those hungry for new eating experiences by advertising in this
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      707 43  -  Preview By The Three Musketeers LUCK MAN has been raced sparingly this year having had just two starts before today. However, taking a line through his last effort at Kuala Lumpur earlier this month, we believe he has the form and can return to the winner's
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      127 43 BISHOPS OPENING can beat his more fancied rivals and, in the process, take home the Dato Yeoh Cheang Lee Memorial Trophy tomorrow. The son of Westminster showed a three-figure dividend when second to Class Of Her Own in his last start earlier this month. It
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      Lock icon HE’S ONLY 15 HE WEIGHS 92 KG HE‘S 1.95M TALL HE WEARS SIZE 16 SHOES
      492 44 COMMONWEALTH GAMES BUILD-UP The Australian swimming team flew in yesterday to prepare for next month's Commonwealth Games in Malaysia and will train at the Singapore Swimming Club till Sept 8. ERNEST LUIS zeroes in on
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      WHAT THEY SAY
      139 44 DOUG FROST (Thorpe's coach): It's not often you get a 15-year-old breaking a Commonwealth Games record. I don't need to motivate him much. If someone really loves the sport, he doesn't need much motivation. Success breeds success. We have developed his technique and he's got to maintain
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      1120 45 HOCKEY: TOUGH SPARRING DATES The 16th Commonwealth Games will see the introduction of four team sports for the first time in the 68-year history of the Games. The sports are hockey, rugby, cricket and netball. Each competition promises to be of the highest quality with some of
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      RUGBY: GREAT TRIO
      146 45 THREE of the world's biggest rugby nations will be here next month to prepare for the Kuala Lumpur deadline. They are New Zealand, Australia and Wales. They will play a mini tournament against one another and Singapore at the School of Physical Education (Sept 6-8). The 16-strong
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      NETBALL: DOUBLE CHAMPS
      158 45 REIGNING world champion Australia will be in town next week. So, too, will Asian champion Sri Lanka. Both will play a series of exhibition matches at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall from Sept 3-6. The matches will pit Australia, an Australian Institute of Sport team, Sri Lanka
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      Target: Perform or stay back
      197 45  -  I ATHLETICS: iNTERNATIoNArFIELri By Ernest Luis THAT'S the order from Singapore's track boss Loh Lin Kok to German-based high jumper Wong Yew Tong. He has to clear 2.18 m or he'll not be sent back to Germany for further training. Wong, who holds the national
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      BLAME WHO?
      494 46 TIGER CUP IN VIETNAM: SINGAPORE 0 VIETNAM O THE RAIN? THE WET PITCH? THE MATCH OFFICIALS? MALAYSIA-LAOS DRAW? CALL INFOLINE Tiger Cup: Will the Lions finish with a flourish against Laos tomorrow? Call 1900-*****13 after 10 pm tomorrow for the result of the match. Calls cost 30 cents
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      123 46  -  SINGAPORE MALAYS v JOHOR MALAYS: TONIGHT. TAMPINES STADIUM By Gerard Wong Admission is free. SCORE three goals or be knocked out. That's the target for Singapore Malays in tonight's Sultan's Gold Cup first-round second-leg match at Tampines Stadium (Bpm). Singapore needs to pop three in without
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      76 46 THE grass is always greener on the other side. And the old saying is also why today's first-grade match between Blacks and Bucks won't be held at the Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) ground as originally planned. Reason: The ACS (I) ground has been closed for repair and
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      65 46 TODAY: MONDAY: SCV 22: Indonesia v Myanmar SCV 22: Thailand v Indonesia 9.30pm (live); Thailand v 9.30 pm (live) Philippines 11.30pm (delayed) gj WEDNESDAY: TOMORROW' PREMIERE 12:1st semi-final 9pm SCV 22: Malaysia v Vietnam 9.30 llve^ pm (live); Singapore v Laos 11.30 H THURSDAY: pm (delayed) PREMIERE 12:2nd semi-final 9pm
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      Lock icon Collymore’s last chance
      340 47 TODAY: SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY v ASTON VILLA AFP. CONTROVERSIAL striker Stan Collymore knows his career will be on the line when he makes his first League start in nearly six months today. This was acknowledged yesterday by his Aston Villa boss John Gregory. Villa plays Sheffield Wednesday in
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      CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS?
      200 47 CRISIS at Premiership club Tottenham Hotspur? You got to be joking, if you believe manager Christian Gross, reports Carlingnet. But chairman Alan Sugar paid an early morning visit to Tottenham's training ground yesterday to tell Gross: "Our position is very serious." Yet despite the chairman's grim message,
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      ZOFF MAKES HIS MARK
      163 47 INTER Milan's Gianluca Pagliuca and Alessandro Costacurta became the first casualties of Dino Zoff s reign as Italy's new coach. Zoff has been charged with putting pride back into Italian soccer after a disappointing World Cup which saw the Azzurri (Italy's nickname) lose in the quarter-finals
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      333 48 THE NEW MESSIAH TO TURN ON NEWCASTLE UNITED ON TV Newcastle v Liverpool: Live on SCV Football Channel (22) and Premiere 12 at 10,55pm tomorrow Reuters. RUUD Gullit has turned on the heat at St James' Park (Newcastle's home ground). He has the ability to be the Messiah
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      WHAT GULLIT SAYS
      143 48 HIS PLANS: There's a saying in Holland and also in Italy: "He who is in a hurry goes slowly." And you can apply that to what happens at football clubs like Newcastle. Everybody wants to go quick, quick, quick. But instead they go backwards. My intention is
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      75 48 AFP. KENNY Dalglish has vowed to take Newcastle to court. "Newcastle's press release is seriously inaccurate. The statement says that the club 'reluctantly agreed to release Mr Dalglish from his contract'," he said in a statement. 'The truth is that I did not resign. They terminated my contract
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      305 47 WHAT'S ON TODAY: Arsenal v Charlton Athletic Blackburn v Leicester Coventry v West Ham Everton v Tottenham Middlesbro v Derby Sheffield Wv Aston Villa Southampton v Forest Wimbledon v Leeds TOMORROW: Newcastle v Liverpool CALL INFOLINE Call The New Paper Infoline 12.15am tomorrow for results of today's English Premier League
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      Lock icon EUROPEAN SUPER CUP: MONACO
      87 49 CHELSEA 1 Gustavo Poyet 82nd min REAL MADRID 0 CHELSEA EddeGoey Albert Ferrer Franck Leboeuf Marcel Desailly Graeme LeSaux Michael Duberry Dennis Wise Roberto Di Matteo (Gustavo Poyet 63rd min) Celestine Babayaro Gianfranco Zola (Brian Laudrup 83) Piertuigi Casiraghi (Tore Andre Flo 90) REAL MADRID Bodolllgner
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      368 49 FRENCH WORLD CUP HERO LEBOEUF TURNS IN FIVE STAR PERFORMANCE Reuters. GLANLUCA Vialli's multinational Chelsea side has won its first trophy of the new football season. Uruguay's Gustavo Poyet scored the only goal eight minutes from time as Chelsea upset European Cup holder Real Madrid 1-0 to
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      152 49 MORNING LATEST AFP. SPANISH champion Barcelona has snapped up Dutch star striker Patrick Kluivert, the man Arsenal and Manchester United wanted. Barcelona agreed to a US$l4 million ($23.8 m) fee with Serie A side AC Milan although it only agreed the deal with AC Milan directors
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      38 49 HE'S CALLED THORPEDO': Meet Australia's new swimming sensation Page 45 KL BOUND: Athletes heading for the Commonwealth Games are coming to Singapore to acclimatise Page 46 SO BORING: The Lions play out a dull 0-0 draw Page 48
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      113 51 I I More becoming peroxide poseurs. That is, WL* B they're spending a bomb to become blond, torturing their hair with peroxide to make headlines. Actor Steven Lim I mr (pictured here), of Sar i controversy: Growing Up fame, is Saris and kidneys don't mix. one. There are two in
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      Sari, sari right?
      514 52 MrTTDurai, CEO of the National Kidney Foundation (NKF), raised some temperatures when he ruled that saris may not be worn by his front-line staff, some of whom were recruited from India. His reason: 'To project consistency in (the NKFs) corporate image." He acknowledges, however, that the Indian
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      141 52 THE late Princess Diana once wore a flowing white evening gown inspired by the sari (far right). Mrs Cherie Blair, the wife of British Prime Minister Tony Blair has also worn saris to state functions (right). With such glamour heavyweights endorsing the garb that is also the
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      212 52 THE sari can be part of a uniform corporate image. So believes Ms Chitra Rajaram, 34, who conducts Sinda's personal development courses for Indian women. "We know that good attire helps build a good corporate image. The sari is as good as the cheongsam or sarong kebaya,"
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      Impractical and time-consuming
      495 52 THE sari is arguablv the Indian woman's most recognisable badge of cultural identity. But is it impractical for daily wear? Senior insurance agent Ms Regis Ramoo, 40, believes so. "I only wear saris on formal functions," she explained. "From Mondays to Fridays, I'm dressed in business suits
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      Hates his wife, loves another
      169 53 I AM a married man with an eight-year-old daughter. My wife does not care about me. She wants me to work hard so that she can buy all the things she wants. The worse thing is that she cheated on me before we got married.
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      84 53 Lonely Heart is 21, while her boyfriend is 26. They've been going steady for seven months and have become intimate. But her family is against the relationship because he's a foreigner. However, she managed to convince them and they finally agreed. But now he wants to break
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      Forget him and get on with your life
      156 53 A reader responds... Dear Lonely Heart, SEVEN months is not a long time. You have allowed too much to happen in such a short time. You have been intimate and it looks like your boyfriend had enough. Being a foreigner, he has
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      My sister makes life tough on my old parents
      581 53 I READ about a father who killed his disabled daughter by leaving the car exhaust on "to relieve her pain". I know it's cruel, but I can identify with his motive. I know how he must have felt. I've been there
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      44 53 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or hue to ©heart by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special ©T-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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      44 53 CALLUS... Call 1900-*****07 and leave your questions for our counsellors. You can listen to their earlier advice, too. This week's topics: Husband has lost patience I love him but I he's selfish I'm too shy to seek help Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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      Hair apparent
      659 54 "You've got to have a lot of confidence to pull off such a look. I've had Singaporean youngsters colour their hair in Perth they said they won't dare do it in Singapore as they cannot afford the gossip." Mrs Amy Stevens, 30-something, hairstylist with Jantzen salon. She lived
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      What others say
      74 54 "They make me feel uneasy, when they gather at fast-food joints. Their coloured hair, handphones and outfits send out a very negative image, like they are attracting trouble." Mrs Janet Pereira, 36, housewife "They are just attention seekers. At the end of it, they get damaged hair."
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      Vanity comes with a hefty price tag
      178 54 "DYES are really very damaging to your hair. Too much of it kills your hair," warned Leslie Yap, 27, of THE Salon. The main culprit? Peroxide, which is added to bleaching powder. This potion is left on your hair for about 20 minutes
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      Lock icon A red-blooded Chinaman speaks out
      445 54  -  By Ivan Lim IT'S greying, and the original colour's a dull brown. It's so drab, with certain strands a sickly copper colour, it looks like a hair-dye job gone bad. Now, it's usually coloured a healthier shade of dark brown, the handiwork of my trusted
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      1302 55 /CV J. THC NEW PAPER Saturday, August 29.1998 W MM Saturday Sunday t&L The most unforgettable movies variety movies current affairs punishment I got from my spmßavenHawk 6.40pm The Making of Hope Floats 2pm His Fatal Way 9.30pm In Conversation e i teacher was... Watch Rachel McLish, two-time Ms The
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      859 56 THE NEW PAPER Saturday, August 29, 1998 TCU v.ease TV Saturday Sunday channel channel channel channel 6.00 AM Terrors of the Deep 6.00 AM Smart Spirit (Last episode) 6.00 AM Extremists 6.00 AM Chinese Culture Tea 7.00 AH Saturday 6.30 Adventure of T-Rex 6.30 Pathfinders 6.30 A Journey Through American
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      GOSSIP CAST CALL
      91 57 GOT the acting bug? Fancy yourself a Michelle Yeoh? Then head on down to the Drama Centre on Monday or Tuesday. Production house UTV is holding auditions for a new movie, to be called Rose and a Bullet. The film revolves around the world of fashion and
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      FALLEN STAR
      102 57 GARY Coleman, one-time child star of Diffrent Strokes, is living proof of the series' title. The actor's shining star has indeed burnt out, and his brush with fame these days is of a more notorious kind. Coleman, 30, who worked as a security guard at one point, recently
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      MARRYING VICE
      112 57 MIAMI Vice star Don Johnson has postponed his wedding to fiancee Kelley Phleger for a year. He reportedly broke the news to her after being caught painting the town red with an ex-girlfriend. One friend of the crushed Phleger, who is a member of San Francisco's upper crust,
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      The Horse Whisperer
      411 57 THE MOVIE Robert Redford plays cowboy Tom Booker who counsels "horses with people problems". His time is also taken up by a traumatised daughter and mother. THIS comes close to The English Patient but only in the marathon running time, the cinematography and the sharing of Kristin
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      108 57 iL M i Tune to people are plugged into Koi Wei Chong, 22, NS Regular. V JHB What are you listening at M the moment? d Hotel California by the Eagles j Who did you test see in concert and how was it? Chang Hwei Mei. She is more than
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      64 57 CLOSE TO HOME BY JOHN MCPHERSON S3 I r Imp W ■QrtA s» /I n|8k t 1 CJ J (o y I "The magazine says, 'Improve Your Hearing Without Hearing Aids or Surgeryl Immediate Results! Only $501 Yep, you got ripped off, all right." tv^'^ 7D7NE h/t P H 1
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      44 58 ®THE NEW PAPER Saturday. August 29, 1998 m chuamc@sph.com.sg If they played soccer. 1 with x Mike Chua JPhua Chu Kang Neil Armstrong CALL 1900-*****01 by midnight, Sept 1.// TWo callers with the right answers e o^ will each win a pair /qNTx m
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        The Virtual Geisha
        188 60 www.geocities.com/Athens/2592/tp.html SHE dreamt of being a geisha. But Israeli teenager Tali Cohen never did realise her dream. In June 1997, she was killed in a hit-and-run accident. All that remains is her website. Featuring a collection of her thoughts on all things geisha and Japanese. She showed
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        Her kimono
        19 60 "Since my emotions and moods are often very complex, I need a kimono to express them properly."
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        Sake
        48 60 "One of the important tasks of a geisha, when acting as hostess for one or several guests, is to pour sake (rice wine). Not that she is a waitress far from it! The pouring of sake is an almost-ritualistic part of the entertainment and escape she provides."
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        Her fan
        24 60 "A good geisha knows so many movements of the wrist which allow her fan to convey nuances which often are beyond words."
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        Keigo
        44 60 "The art of polite speech, of choosing the proper word to express an object or concept which not only reflects the properties of that object but also its relation to the speaker and the person spoken to, and their relation to each other."
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      Tips Martha StewartStyle
      412 60 1) Old telephone directories make ideal personal address books. Simply cross out the names and addresses of people you don't know. 2) When reading a book, try tearing out the pages as you read them. This saves the expense of buying a bookmark, and the pages can
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      Men, the weaker sex?
      308 60 A RECENT article in The Sunday Times on battered husbands has left |male Net surfers a little worried. I Wrote one in the newsgroup soc.culture.singapore: "It (the article) also seems to obliquely hint that Singapore women are the dominant players in most marriages and take control
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    BLOWN out of proportion
    870 61 When things get @Iarge kenjr88@yahoo.com with KenJallehJr IS THE world coming to an end and, if so, will my CPF be cut? Consider: Devastating floods in China; sinking currencies in Asia and Russia; terrorism in Sudan, and Kenya; testestoronism in the White House... And closer to
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      107 62 NEW PAPtW Saturday, W/WIVfl Itk I*l /*<#ii| WV7 A. A x A m a. ""i I 4 BP I Who said computer <% are ere are some of W contestants 1' &J 1 the recent l| >1 I Bmt f |1 Miss I WM vj Can you gue«l y |J
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