The New Paper, 13 February 1999

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  • 7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1999
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    • 82 1 1st Copy Will you forget and forgive, Mr Clinton? 18 jai ii > "5o MIB j&W, r p .fly p W F% ,J r\ fiHr i Hp Single expat gives ■E.; /iij /wo worth on what Valentine's .Hp Day is for him in Wk~ s Singapore. It sucks, itfy y
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • WHAT NOW?
      • 353 2 For Clinton... BOMB SCARE Police evacuated the entire Senate wing of the US Capitol yesterday after receiving word of a bomb threat. The order came shortly after Mr Clinton was cleared of the impeachment charges against him HILLARY FOR SENATE? Mrs Hilary Clinton's
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      • 181 2 AFP. President Clinton (above) was subdued when he heard the good news. There was none of the gloating or celebration that many had expected from him. So, in your heart, could you truly forgive and forget, asked a reporter. This is Mr Clinton's answer. "I
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      • 403 2 For the US... J AMERICANS must be glad that it's finally over. They are tired of it. But what effect did the scandal have on the US? Newsweek looked at how the Monica affair may change things that matter most to Americans. CHILDREN: They
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    • 593 3 But Singapore can rise above the storm if... Economic outlook: Uncertain. It could be any of the following three scenarios. But Singapore could still prosper, said Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong in a speech to the Economics Society of Singapore
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    • 486 4 JOHOR HOSTEL HORROR On Tuesday, six Indonesians armed with knives and parang broke into a women \s hostel that houses 220 female workers. One of their victims tells FONG FOONG MEI about her night of fear What happened to robbers
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    • 258 4 ONE of the robbers was shot after he attacked a policeman while trying to escape. The police got to the hostel in time because luckily, one of the women had a handphone. The hostel has a string of pay-phones outside the houses, but none of the women dared
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    • 137 4 INDONESIAN criminals now come on one-month visit passes, steal and break into homes, then slip back home, said Johor's Assistant CID Commissioner Abdul Hamid Hussin. Formerly, such crimes were committed by illegals who sneaked in by sea. The three arrested suspects as
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    • 44 2 Battle of hawkers I I It? UUIIg Wl CM PCI Expert panel picks best char kway teow stalls. You vote for champ and win prizes. Catch it in our Chinese New Year edition the only local English language newspaper in town on Feb 17
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 260 5 m INDONESIAN MINISTER ASKS SINGAPORE: I HAVE yet to see you express any interest in my plan to develop a people's economy in Indonesia. That's what one of Indonesia's most important Ministers has said of Singapore. Cooperatives Minister Adi Sasono bluntly added that nations that had "robbed
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    • 64 5 DOUBLE TAKE: Orlando (left) and Tristram Elmhirst, 42, believe they are non-identical twins despite even their wives having trouble telling them apart. So, as part of a British study into the use ofDNA tests in crime cases, the twins who are both forensic scientists will
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    • News Break
      • 71 5 BUSINESS SHOPPING and dining out will be less of a hassle this Chinese New Year, as more stores and eateries will be staying open for the first two festive days. A check with 23 retailers and eating places showed that more than 50 of their outlets will be
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      • Article, Illustration
        51 5 MEDIA SINGAPOREAN media entrepreneur Robert Chua (left) had an emergency brain operation on Wednesday night. The China Entertainment Television Broadcast chairman had a blood clot removed from his brain. The Hongkong-based Mr Chua, 53, had earlier that evening complained of a splitting headache. He is now in stable
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      • 62 5 VALENTINE'S DAY THE Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) has reminded Muslims here that it will be wrong for them to celebrate Valentine's Day. For Muslims to celebrate the day would be imitating a practice which has its roots in other religions, said Mr Murat Mohammed Aris, the
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      • 62 5 CARPARKS PARKING coupons are here to stay for a while yet. The authorities have decided not to go ahead with plans to automate HDB and URA carparks because motorists may have to bear higher costs if they did. The Urban Redevelopment Authority said proposals for the so-called electronic
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    • 54 5 International Herald Tribune: Senate acquits Clinton on both counts Utusan Malaysia: Gl5 supports Malaysia New Straits Times: Primary commodity exports soar to RM49.Bb BBC news: President Clinton apologises to the American people after he's cleared of the charges against him at the end of his impeachment trial
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    • 166 6 ftSRSus DO YOU feel that your job application was rejected because of your age or race? Then tell my ministry, Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang has advised job-seekers. He says the best way to combat such discrimination is for his ministry to investigate complaints and caution employers, rather
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    • 27 6 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 88.57 points to close at 9,274.89 yesterday Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 683.6 million shares.
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    • 64 6 FIRE THE lounge hostess who was set on fire by her boyfriend on Sunday has died. Ms Kua Sooi Lean, 29, a Malaysian, had burns on more than 80 per cent of her body. Her boyfriend, Toh Chiam Ho, 34, who is believed to have set himself on
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    • 54 6 CLOB CLOB was not responsible for the collapse of Kuala Lumpur stock prices, said the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES). The SES, responding to claims in the Malaysian press, stressed that Clob, Singapore's over-the-counter market, had complied fully with Malaysian laws. Clob's trading in Malaysian shares was
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    • 59 6 The Straits Times: Senate set to acquit Clinton The Business Times: No major initiatives in coming Budget: BG Lee LianheZaobao: PM Goh: River Hongbao bonds Singaporeans to country Berita Harian: Three scenarios in Asia as a result of the economic crisis RCS morning news: The US senate
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    • 65 6 BANKING THE Monetary Authority of Singapore is considering lifting curbs on foreign banks operating here but this does not mean such banks will want to open more local branches. But they say customers will gain after the curbs are lifted especially if they are allowed to hold
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    • 52 6 NORTH KOREA STARVING North Korea will spend more than US$lOO million ($169 million) enough to keep thousands alive during the winter on celebrations for leader Kim Jong Il's birthday, South Korea's intelligence service said. The famine-stricken state is planning the lavish celebration to mark Mr Kim's 57th birthday
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    • 71 6 Quote worthy When you bring your children to enjoy the show t they will have good memories of Singapore. That's how we build social cohesion. Otherwise, in times of crisis, when the country is under stress, people do not hare something in common to bond them together. Prime
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 119 7  -  I CAUGHT TRYING TO SMUGGLE ILLEGALS By Danny Lim IT looked just like any other lorry making its way across the Causeway. A canvas sheet was tied around its top and sides. And there were two large cupboards at the back. But behind the cupboards
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    • 145 8 contained furniture. He even showed me an invoice (ij, was later discovered to be a fake) on which he had wanted to declare the two cupboards." After Cheng had undone the knot and lifted the canvas flap, another immigration officer tried to push aside one of the cupboards.
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    • 109 8 CHENG was sentenced, in a subordinate court yesterday,to 10 years in prison and 24 strokes of the cane. The maximum number of strokes the law allows is 24. The illegal immigrants were jailed one month each. In addition, the men will also be caned four strokes each
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    • 70 9 mu i<m ui< Mr Joseph Rajendram died just two months before turning 100. In paying tribute to him, businessman Edmund Rajendra, 46, said that his father was ever ready to strike up a conversation: He shared a ward with several patients, and would talk to their visitors.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 385 11  -  WHAT'S fT LIKE TO BE OLD? BY Toh Li Lin WHAT a struggle it was, going up the stairs. Three steps and I was panting. I couldn't even grip my walking stick properly. I needed help. It felt terrible, knowing that I needed help.
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    • 107 11 INITIATED by the Singapore Action Group for Elderly (Sage), the project aims to send a message to youngsters to be more tolerant towards the elderly. Project leader Ooi Choon Kiat, 21, and his team spent one month at old folks' homes and
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • Love and the single expat
      • 558 13  -  It's that time of the year when Singaporeans celebrate love. Two expats who live here give their two roses worth on what Valentine's Day is like for them here in Singapore By Mark Carolan LIFE sucks. Or should I say Valentine's Day sucks. Okay, okay. Valentine's
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      • 478 13  -  BY Andrew Reznik LOVE in Singapore. Otherwise known as "lah-mour". Sorry I couldn't help myself. This is a tough subject. I did some preliminary research amongst my male Singaporean counterparts which proved to be utterly useless. Sadly, it seems men are more than happy to profess
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    • 273 14 For Singaporeans who took the love test Singaporeans would rather give up their seats to an attractive stranger rather than sit down themselves even when they are sick. At least this is how 377 Singaporeans responded to The New Paper-Moschino Love Test we ran last
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    • 50 14 WE received 1,262 calls and 30 callers were picked to win a 75 ml bottle of Oh de Moschino eau de toilette worth $82 each. The* winners are (IC number): *****13,*****88,*****19,*****01, *****56,*****03,*****67,*****33, *****40,*****96,*****33,*****66, *****62,*****69,*****45,*****85, *****43,*****98,*****97,*****99, *****04,*****72,*****43,*****5, *****06,*****49,*****02,*****72, *****61 and *****40. Winners will also be informed by post.
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    • 269 15 A WEEK ago, Fann Wong made TCS colleagues wait for her for five hours to film Chinese New Year greetings to television viewers. She didn't turn up. And didn't respond when paged. Because she was sleeping. But Fann is not worried about disciplinary action
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 124 18 DO you know how your Primary 4 child can take up Higher Chinese when he goes to Primary 5? Or do you think the new syllabus CL 'B' should be implemented immediately in Secondary 1 instead of Sec 3? These and many other questions could
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    • 70 19 YOU love Furby. You want Furby. And some of you win Furby! Out of 4,364 calls for the Furby contest, 3,076 got the answer right. What the Furby said over the phone was "Me love tickle". Ten correct callers were picked to win a Furby worth $79.90
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    • 246 19 THE STATE OF OUR ARMED FORCES WE can deal with any threats to Singapore's security anytime, anywhere. That is because of the state of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) that we have today, says Deputy Prime Minister, Dr Tony Tan. 'Today, the SAF can swiftly
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  • 326 22  -  I BOY, 11 PINNED UNDER SBS BUS SINGAPORETODAY BY Jason Tan HIS parents had come to school to take him shopping. But Asrulnizam Khamis, 11, would rather go home. Half an hour later, at about 7.30 pm, he was killed in an
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  • 277 23 Ist meeting in 20 years, they talk... WORLDTODAY Reuters. IT'S the first time they've spoken in 20 years and it's in a radio reunion. Detained East Timor rebel chief Xanana Gusmao (above left) found time to talk soccer as well as politics with his right-hand man, Nobel
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 157 28 Killer quake hits Kabul AFP. AT least 50 people were killed and a further 210 injured in a strong earthquake which struck Kabul and eastern Afghanistan on Thursday night. The Taliban authorities last night appealed for help from abroad. "The condition of the people is bad. There
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    • 117 28 A CABBY has been charged in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, with the kidnapping of the 12-year-old son of former chief minister Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib. K Thiagu of Klang was accused in the magistrate's court, along with five others who were shot dead on Sept 29
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    • 142 28 AFP. JULIE Andrews (left) can't sing anymore, but she still has a song in her heart. "It's a tragedy... I simply can't do a song," the 63-year-old Broadway star said on the US TV programme 20/20. Doctors have said she may never recover
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  • 488 30 WORLDTODAY ON Dec 30, the mother of Han Jin O and Han Eu No was arrested as she tried to sneak back into North Korea with a sack of rice on her back and her children by her side. The police let the
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 198 32 Reuters HE wanted something like half of her estimated £500 million ($1.38 billion) fortune. But the divorce case shaping up as the maintenance battle of the century was settled out of court. Businessman Rafael Lopez-Cambil withdrew his claim against Paloma Picasso (left), 49, on the eve
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    • 505 33  - Iran's young restless By BRIAN MILLER EARLIER this week, Iran celebrated the 20th anniversary of the revolution which saw the Shah flee into exile. The American Embassy in Teheran being held hostage. And the triumphant return of the Ayatollah Khomenei. Bearing in mind that more than half of Iran's 60
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  • Anwar on trial Day 55
    • 116 37 ANWAR told the court yesterday when he took the Oath of Secrecy, he took it to mean he would uphold the Constitution and not serve the interests of certain individuals in Government. He was arguing against the Attorney-General's assertion that he had breeched the Oath of Secrecy
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    • 645 37  -  They bickered and they griped. They whined and they complained. The exchange between the prosecution and accused, Anwar Ibrahim was anything but smooth as they they took each other apart over peripheral issues in court yesterday By Teo Wee Nak REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR BICKERING boys.
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    • 94 37 The Attorney-General was trying to chip at Anwar Ibrahim credibility yesterday. He pointed that Anwar exposed his letter to the PM marked as private and confidential when defence lawyer Sulaiman Abdullah objected. Sulaiman: Your Lordship was very strict with u5...1 would like to ask your Lordship
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    • 261 63 EUROPE KICKOFF: ITALIAN SERIE A AFP. ITALIAN league leader Fiorentina goes into tomorrow's match with Udinese deprived of the services of Argentinian striker Gabriel Batistuta. And in the knowledge that its season is at a critical point. 'Batigol', with 18 goals in 20 games this season, will
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    • 425 64 How did cricket get strange terms like "maiden over", "long leg", "hat-trick" and so on? Steven Green, librarian of Lord's Cricket Ground in London, comes out of the dark to shed some light to the non-cricket speaking world in an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation 'Hat-trick'
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    • 242 65  -  Jam! BY Gerard Wong HEY all you young talented footballers out there! Ever dreamt of representing Singapore in a world soccer championship? Of taking on soccer giants like Brazil, England, Germany and Argentina? And maybe even beating them? Well, here's your chance to make
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    • 225 65  -  By Gerard Wong TO be a rugby captain, you must know how and when to lead by example. And Singapore Polytechnic (SP) rugby skipper Andrew Kwong, 20, certainly did so in the best possible way last Thursday. The third-year Maritime Transport student scored his school's only
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      254 67 Reuters. TODAY: FA Cup sth rd Arsenal v Sheffield United Barnsley v Bristol Rovers Everton v Coventry Huddersfield v Derby Leeds v Spurs Sheffield Wed v Chelsea Premier League Charlton v Liverpool West Ham v Forest TOMORROW: FA Cup sth rd Manchester Utd v Fulham Newcastle v Blackburn
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    • 342 67 FA CUP FIFTH ROUND: MAN UNITED v FULHAM (Tomorrow) Reuters. KEVIN Keegan is trying to stay focused on the job at hand. He could be forgiven for taking his eye off the ball this weekend when his high-flying Fulham side faces the daunting task of
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    • 117 67 Leeds United v Tottenham Hotspur Reuters. LEEDS, whose only FA Cup win came in 1972, give late fitness tests to Lee Bowyer, David Hopkin and Jonathon Woodgate. Young striking sensation Alan Smith is fit after a foot problem and Dutchman Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink returns from suspension.
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      860 68 HOW TO punt; how to MAKE MONEY AND RUN YONG TAU FOO (YTF): So, Ernest! You've been to the press conference on football betting. Tell me, tell me! And keep it simple, like my father's soup, which you like so much. ERNEST LUIS (EL): Okay, okay. The name
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    • 324 69  -  VENGA CHARGED WITH $15,000 BRIBE By S Gulam THE S-League will wait and see before it decides if any action should be taken against R Vengadasalam. So will his club. The Woodlands Wellington team manager was charged in court yesterday with offering a $15,000 bribe. He is
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    • 762 72 c >ic k Our You've Got M@il contest (Jan 16) drew 71 entries. This Valentine's Day issue brings you the three winning letters. WITH Valentine's Day just a day away, love is definitely in the air. And cyberspace is not spared. The "You've Got M@il" contest attracted 71
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    • 387 75 I'M 19 years old. My girlfriend and I have known each other for more than a year. Things were going smoothly between us until she asked for a break-up one day. She said she doesn't feel anything for me any more. I found that puzzling
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    • 236 75 I'M 20 years old, while my boyfriend is 26. We've known each other for three years. The problem with our relationship is that he has cheated on me before. He had a fling with a dance hostess. Although we are close now and love each
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      45 76 THE MOVIE Terrorists bomb New York. It's up to FBI man Anthony Hubbard to find the killers and stop them. Standing in his way are a military nutcase and a cunning CIA agent. Tony Shalhoub (left) and Denzel Washington play the good-guy cops.
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    • 225 76 WOON WUI TEK TERRORISTS. Explosions. A very determined Bruce Willis. Ring a bell? The Siege is yet another bomb movie. This time, Willis the Die Hard hero plays a baddie. He is General Devereaux, the conscience-free army general who is just dying to take
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    • 219 76 CHAN SEET FUN MOVIES don't succeed or fail just on the strength of star turns. Here are three reasons to catch The Siege: Sam Askari. Wanda Salloum.' Abdul Zahbi. They are "dialect consultants". In Edward Zwick's well-intentioned thriller, you see, the bad guys are Arab terrorists.
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    • 206 76 What does Valentine's Day mean to you? "I've never celebrated it myself. Valentine's wasn't celebrated much in my time (the '60s and early '70s). "But even in those days, it meant candlelit dinners and dancing a day to show one's feelings of closeness and tenderness. "Though I'm quite
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      801 79 It's Valentine's Day again, when thought is cheap and roses, at their most exorbitant. No doubt, concern over the size of bill has marred many a romantic evening this night. But is this a misplaced worry? How much money must be spent in order to make a
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