The New Paper, 18 November 1998

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 377 2 Wire services. NEW jobs were getting harder to find in the US. Manufacturing was down. The trade balance was down. Investors were pessimistic. So yesterday, the Federal Reserve, the US central bank, acted. It cut key interest rates for the third time in less than two
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    • 147 2 AFP. STOCKS on Wall Street closed down despite the Federal Reserve's announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 24.97 points to close at 8,986.28 points. The 0.25-per cent interest rate cut was not enough to reassure investors. The Dow was up by 80 points one hour after the
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    • 32 2 IN Singapore, the STI rose 15.62 to 1251.68 at 9.15 am. In Tokyo, the key Nikkei stock average gained 10.30 points to 14,423.30 in the first five minutes of trading.
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    • 217 2 That is the American message and I am proud to deliver it here and any where I go. US Vice President Al Gore yesterday, defending his comments at a formal dinner on Monday night that offended his Malaysian hosts. He maintains that democracy must go hand-in-hand
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    • 351 3 Thousands of people crowded the beaches in Singapore in the hope of watching what was billed as a great cosmic event, the once-every-33-years Leonid meteor shower that would light up the sky like fireworks. But it didn't quite go as planned. JILL LIM reports ALL I know is,
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    • 51 3 THE Leonid meteor showers are from the debris that trails the comet Tempel-Tuttle. Earth passes through the trail every November and the debris burns up in the earth's atmosphere. It is especially heavy every 33 years. Scientists had predicted "celestial fireworks" of "up to 10,000 meteors" this
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    • 620 4  -  He was afraid of the dark He still wets his bed He misses home He's Before she went to interview 'The Greatest Pair of Legs in the World", RIANA ZAKIR knew almost nothing about Ronaldo. Now, she's an expert on Ronaldomania, and she shares some
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    • 66 4 Q: What did Ronaldo buy with his first monthly salary? A: A new cover for the sofa he'd been sleeping on all his life. Q: When did he buy his first car? A: At 17. He drove without a driving licence for one year. Q: How many handphones
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    • 546 4 Q: How do you want to be remembered 40 years from now? A: I would like people to keep in mind that I was a big football player and did very much for charity and was a good person. Q: What
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 212 5 m GOING ABROAD? PARENTS, if you're posted overseas, you won't have to worry about school places for your children. They can now have school places booked for them under a new Education Ministry scheme. Starting from Jan 1 next year, the Leave of Absence Scheme
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    • 74 5 PiQure This ITS HELPING NIGHTCLUB SURVIVE: a nightclub m r,im sh, Tsui, Hongkong, is hoping this Soviet-built warplane will help it battle the economic slump. Nearby residents have reportedly been flocking to see the retired MiG-17 fighter, commissioned in 1952. The 11.3-m-long plane, now standing
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    • News. Break
      • 62 5 BANKING DBS Bank is cutting off from the local banks' shared automated teller machine (ATM) network from February. Its customers will no longer be able to use the ATMs of the other banks taking part and vice-versa. DBS also cut its prime rate by another half a percentage
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      • 66 5 x A MALAYSIAN customs officer asked me for a bribe at JB checkpoint. That is what a 20-year-old Singaporean alleged to police here. Mr Goh Thian Huat, a poly student, said the officer wanted RM3,000 (about $1,300). He was stopped from leaving Malaysia on Nov 6 because he
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      • 66 5 ilA»- AN anonymous letter has the Tanglin Club in an uproar. It calls for the expulsion of the club's vice-president, lawyer C Arul, over his alleged jailing for contempt of court in Malaysia in 1982. Mr Arul, a former council member of the Singapore Law Society, was not
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      • 56 5 CAMBODIA may not join Asean next month. The regional grouping's leaders feel they should wait for Cambodia's government to be formed before the Asean summit in Hanoi on Dec 16, said Foreign Minister S Jayakumar. Vietnam and Malaysia are keen to admit Cambodia, but a question mark still
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      • 68 6 IMUNII RETIREMENT is no barrier at this resort-style retirement village coming up in Choa Chu Kang. The village is meant for middle-income Singaporeans and is expected to be ready by 2000. Its developers will accept residents who are at least 55, even if they are still working.
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      • 45 6 ASEAN SINGAPORE'S Regional Language Centre has won the first prestigious Asean Award (organisation category). It was for its outstanding work and contribution towards the promotion and the development of regional cooperation. It beat other organisations from member countries to collect US$lOO,OOO ($165,000).
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      • 68 6 I COURTS A FERRARI sports car owner has lost her claim of $570,000, after an accident involving her car and a Ford Laser in 1994. The High Court threw out housewife Ong Soh claim, believing oil refinery supervisor Soo Siew Choon's account that his car was hit by
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      • 61 6 EDUCATION THE Islamic Religious Council (Muis) has a $2 million plan to encourage the use of information technology (IT) in Islamic religious schools. It will be put through in three phases beginning this month, and is expected to be completed by end-2001, reports Berita Harian. The plan
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    • 64 5 Quote Wworthy Few Companies had the basic courtesy to i reform Hie when my job application was unsuccessful, even though they promised to do 50... Is this the attitude of employers when times are bad? Ms Sharon Ng Lay Bee, who has been looking for a
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    • 151 6 in FQQus THE Government of Singapore Investment Corporation (GIC) is expected to inject capital into Malaysia, reports the Malaysian Business Times. The report did not say how much Singapore will pump into Malaysia, which requires almost 60 billion Malaysian ringgit ($25.8 billion) to recapitalise its
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    • 57 6 The Straits Times: US-KL row distracts Apec The Business Times: DBS surprises with 0.5-pointcutin prime Lianhe Zaobao: PM Goh urges Apec members to hold 22-country summit to resolve global economic crisis Berita Harian: Reform movement issue heats up Apec RCS morning news: The OECD has painted a
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    • 86 6 South China Morning Post: Second runway delayed six months New Straits Times: Apec leaders get down to business Berita Harian Malaysia: Rude Al Gore TV2: Malaysia slams abhorrent US comments as incitement to violence TV3: Prime Minister Datul Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his wife entertain Apec
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 608 7 Minister/or Education Teo Chee Heart recently remarked that the "kampung"spirit is still alive in the Malay community. Our reporter TOH LI LIN, who plans to tie the knot herself, went looking for this spirit in a Malay wedding. She reports a little enviously IF
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    • 222 7 THE wedding had a casual "kampung" atmosphere where guests strolled into the void deck from all directions. There was no reception table. Just find a seat and you would be served with food. Everyone was welcome, even strangers like photographer Kenneth Koh and me. Said Miss Suzanah: "The
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    • 312 8  -  Jealous lover wants to beat up 'rival', 50... BY Danny Lim A 14-YEAR-OLD boy saw red on Valentine's Day. But it wasn't rosy red. He thought a 20-year-old man was after his girlfriend. So he asked his younger sister to lure the
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    • 22 8 District Judge Daniel Koh called for a probation report on the boy after he pleaded guilty to the rioting charge.
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  • Article, Illustration
    877 10  -  HEALTHTODAY By Carol Leong Got a heart attack? You sure? Answer these questions, then. A heart attack is: a) a violent pain in the chest b) not painful c) a feeling of pressure and constriction. d) a breathless feeling, with sweating and nausea. WHICH did you pick? The
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 617 11  -  GOVT'S $10 b COST-CUTTING PLAN GRASSROOTS LEADERS ASK: The Committee on Singapore's Competitiveness, made up of private sector businessmen and headed by Minister of Trade and Industry Lee YockSuan, released its report on Nov 11. It proposed a second set of off-Budget measures (worth $10 billion)
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    • 375 12 A gas explosion ripped through a Hougang apartment block unit yesterday, killing one man and injuring three other people. MELVIN SINGH reports HE had spent months renovating his flat, sometimes slogging away for hours all by himself. His neighbours said Mr Lim Han Seng, in
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      53 13 murtnuK Entertainer Victor Khoo, 48, thinks tturt the Television Corporation of Singapore hasn't been fair to him. Ha thinks he's talented and would make a reaVy good talk show host Said Mr Khoo: Maybe, they don't like my face. Maybe, I'm ugly but David Letterman is not
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 561 14  -  By; Teo Hwee Nak REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR HIS is no ordinary anger. After all, the butt of his fury is none other than the Vice-President of the "most powerful country" in the world the United States of America. The 46-year-old Malaysian shopkeeper,
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    • 503 14  -  by YVONNE LIM RUDENESS is the least of A 1 Gore's problems. Try hypocrisy, stupidity and insincerity on for size. I'm sorry. This is not being fair to the Vice-President of the US. I mean to include his boss, Bill Clinton, and all the US officials
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    • 52 15 muifmuif Mr Newt Gingrich after announcing he would not bo seeking rs sloctiooosSpooharofthoUSHoMMof nipniintitlm Ho hod been facing pressure from within the Republican Party to step down ond challengers hod sprang up to fight him for the post: I'm not willing to preside over people who
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    • 631 15 COMMENT BY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT IBEKAY Ibekay, a Singaporean, is a veteran observer of the Malaysian political scene. WHAT a pleasant change to hear Singapore described as a true friend in the Malaysian Parliament. The unsolicited compliment from Datuk Nazri Abdul Aziz, the
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 595 17 As the clock ticked away one rushes a letter to the UN chief, the other races to the White House Source wire services, internet reports. SATURDAY morning in Washington. The US is poised for a huge strike on Iraq at 9 am (10 pm Singapore
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    • 339 18 Reuters. MISS Monica Lewinsky chats about "the creep" and sounds like a schoolgirl talking about a boy seated behind her in class. In fact, she's talking about the President of the US. It's in her secretly recorded conversations with her friend, Ms Linda Tripp. The
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    • 90 18 LISTENING to the tapes was like eavesdropping on gossip, commentators said. At times, Miss Lewinsky, now 25, sounded like a schoolgirl complaining about a boyfriend, they said. At other times, she sounded like a professional woman worried about her future. Ms Tripp, older by nearly 20
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    • 61 19 D Did NBA bad boy marry Baywatch babe Carmen Electra last weekend? If so, who wore the wedding gown? RODMAN: Won a wedding gown in 1996 to launch his book. Colours his hair for NBA games, where he excels in rebounding. ELECTRA: Moved this month
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    • 320 19 NOBODY wore a wedding gown. Not the bride. And not even the groom... although he has worn one before, to a book signing event. This time, he wore something that one witness said looked like a police uniform. And his
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    • 152 19 In a recent interview, Rodman admitted he has been going one-on-one with Electra. As recently as last week, Electra told Daily News that they were just friends, but she previously admitted on the Howard Stern show that she and Rodman were an item. Bodyguards searched the
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  • Showtime
    • 481 20  -  By Avis Wong YEARS of hard work have finally paid off for actor Edmund Chen. He has made his international film debut with Yellow Wedding (the earlier working title was Father). This feature film was written and directed by the award-winning Canadian husband and wife team
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    • 76 20 GOOD news for Edmund. He has more movies in store. After the roundtable session, he signed a three-picture deal with Canada's Endless Entertainment. His next movie is called Kumar cyiva. It is about a priest from North India who translated Buddhist scriptures from Sanskrit to Chinese.
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    • 169 20 EDMUND CHEN never gives up even when the odds appear to be against him. He left the then-Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1991 to act in a Hongkong movie. But the deal fell through when he had chicken pox. In 1993, he was the first Asian
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    • 347 21  -  By. Jason Lee HE'S only 33 years old, but Paul Anderson has already directed such sci-fi action flicks as Mortal Kombat and Event Horizon. His latest offering, Soldier, is another futuristic action movie. Speaking to The New Paper over the phone from Burbank, California,
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    • 441 22  -  BY Avis Wong IMAGINE Bryan Adams spicy and sporty. You can't? Because the Canadian balladeer is known for hits such as (Everything I Do) I Do It For You and Heaven. But listen to the rollicking tune When You're
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    771 23 Food forms many of the unforgettable markers of our lives, says cookbook author, reviewer and food consultant Violet Oon, 49. Our early memories, courtship rituals, and glory days are all linked somehow with eating haunts. YONG SHUHOONG gets a guided tour .mm DAY OF MY LIFE IT waa
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    88 23 Question 1: Which of the following used to be tervad at Violet Oon's first food outlet? 1. Mee goreng 2. Abalone soup 3. Shepherd's pie Question 2: You need only $1 to open a POSBank passbook savings account What is the minimum sum for openings postcard savings account? 1.
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    • 340 40  -  HE BREAKS CONTRACT 50... By S Gulam BARRY Whitbread cannot work in this region for the next two years even if he wants to. It's understood the Football Association of Singapore set this condition in allowing Barry to break the remainder of
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    • 409 40 HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING: LARRY HOLMES (49) v GEORGE FOREMAN (ALMOST 50) AFP. OLD-TIMERS George Foreman and Larry Holmes insist that their Jan 23 bout is no joke. "I'm fighting in there for real," the 49-year-old Holmes said of the show between the two former heavyweight champions at
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    • 76 40 There issomething that operates once thai bell rings. All we know is competing, winning and fighting. When the hell rings, lam going to throw punch after punch until I faint or get knocked out or Larry Holmes does. George Foreman I'm going to be right in his
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    • 547 41 Following complaints from poorer followers of international football that they are missing out on big matches cabled "live", JEFFREY LOW takes a look at the inevitable stranglehold of pay-per-view football which has already started at Old Trafford TO PAY or not to pay, it's a
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    • 60 41 MUTV is the world's first television channel dedicated to one football club, in this case, Manchester United. MUTV is available on subscription and shows live youth and reserve team games and friendlies but not BSkyß's Premiership matches. The channel first aired on Sept 10. It broadcasts six hours
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    • 732 42 ENGLAND v CZECH: LIVE ON FOOTBALL CHANNEL, 3.55 am, TOMORROW |l YEARS IN TOTALAGE 1: Recorded Do The Right Thing, produced by Pet Shop Boy Chris Lowe 2: Suffered from asthrrm nr a child and worked as a plasß 3: Tattoo on left he who is without
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    • 173 43 Reuters. Manchester United's Paul Scholes became the latest striker to be ruled out of the match tonight. He has a hamstring strain. Already out are strikers Alan Shearer, Michael Owen and Teddy Sheringham. Leicester striker Emile Heskey is doubtful. So that means Hoddle could well field
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    • 228 43 FRIENDLY INTERNATIONAL: GERMANY v HOLLAND (TODAY) 37 YEARS Reuters. GERMANY coach Erich Ribbeck welcomes back veterans Lothar Matthaeus and Andreas Moeller for today's friendly against Holland. And it is a match which recalls many classic battles between the two countries. Libero Matthaeus and midfielder Moeller
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    • 148 43 ITALY v SPAIN (TODAY) ITALY (probable): Angelo Peruzzi Christian Panucci Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Moreno Torricelli Diego Fuser Dino Baggio Demetrio Albertini EusebioDi Francesco Francesco Totti Filippo Inzaghi Reuters. ROMA striker Francesco Totti has been named to play alongside Filippo Inzaghi of Juventus in a new-look Italian
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    • 44 43 EURO QUALIFIERS TODAY: GROUP TWO Albania v Greece GROUPTHREE Northern Ireland v Moldova GROUP SIX San Marino v Cyprus GROUP EIGHT Malta v Macedonia Yugoslavia v Ireland FRIENDUES England v Czech Republic Germany v Holland Brazil v Russia Luxembourg v Belgium
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    • 378 44  -  Here's a match with a cause SI JNDRAM AND LOCAL 'KAKIS' TAKE ON THE FOREIGNERS NEW DATE: Nov 28, 7 pm, Jurong Stadium By Ernest Luis JURONG 8 tar V Sundramoorthy knows he's good. He knows many fans think he's good. But he knows he's
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    • 67 44 Volunteers who wish to help in The New Paper Cup match can call Jurong FC's office at 566-5360 (fax: 566-0482). Or call Jurong's publicists, Behind The Scenes, at 339-8710 (fax: 339-8576). For booking of VIP tickets, call Jurong, and speak to club manager S
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    • 160 44 THE NEW PAPER'S JURONG LIFELINE: The New Paper has set up a Save Jurong Lifeline. Each time you call 1900-*****07, $2.40 will be charged to your phone bill, of which $2 will go to Jurong FC. The rest covers administration costs. All callers are eligible for a
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    • 79 44 THE bad news: There are still no takers for the above painting. The good news: It is still available. The painting, "These Three Little Bears" by Abu Jalal, was donated by S-League chairman, businessman Kwek Leng Joo. We are trying to auction it off to help
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    • 366 45  -  HPS SCORED 17 GOALS ALREADY LIKELY SQUAD; Goalkeepers: Rezal Hassan, Bashir Khan, Noorisham Zainon. Defenders: SSubramani, Kadir Yahaya, R Sasi Kumar, Aide Iskandar, Lim Soon Seng, Imran Mohd, Razali Johari, Robin Chitrakar, Lim Tong Hai, J Kalaiselvan. Midfielders: Nazri Nasir, Hafizat Jauharmi, Samawira Basri,
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    • 86 45 THE million-dollar question is: Will Sundram make a return? Unfortunately, the answer is no. Though Sundram has had one of his best seasons ever and he's also a contender for the S-League's Footballer of the Year, it's learnt that he's still not wanted by the national selectors.
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    • 183 45  -  By. Jason Lee FINALLY. There is some joy for Jurong FC in India. Just when it seemed like lights out for the struggling local club, the Cobras came back fighting in the India Football Association's Shield Tournament. Despite being heavily shackled, star striker V Sundramoorthy was
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    • 78 46 MEET THE OWNER When you've made a name for yourself in football, you might as well have a ball and earn a couple more bucks from it at the same time. That seems to be the case with Brazilian footballers now. Former star forward Romario (above) became the latest to
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