The New Paper, 26 February 1999

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    7 1 the new paper FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1999
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      58 1 Ist copy Twins to marry girls who have same A name. The girls also have many other things in common. Now mk I for the twist... they j are not sisters/Page 4 P I ■TSa luMuiS^H ■HB Picture/ KENNETH KOH MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS **********11 h„p://newpa p er.asiai .com.sg
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      7 1 that Habibie tape 1 CjBC 5 I
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      She broke the ‘phone-chat’ STORY
      576 2 A magazine created an uproar in Indonesia by publishing an alleged phone conversation between President B J Habibie and the Attorney-General. How did it get the taped conversation? How did it check if it was real? The magazine editor spoke to JASON TAN in an
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      COMPARING TO WATERGATE
      108 2 "Yes, I know very well how The Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein brought down Mr Nixon. But no, they are not my idols. I became a journalist because I feel a responsibility to pass information to society. My story is not as difficult as
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      Lock icon At first I could not believe it
      578 3 They're going to the Antarctic The two women picked for the Antarctica 2000 Expedition surprise MICHELLEANG DONT tell me these two are going to Antarctica, I thought. Ms Lee Ling Yen and Ms Ang Geok Ling looked like schoolgirls in their blazers and
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    Lock icon WOW!
    720 4  -  Twins to marry girls who are similar in many ways. Read 0n... SINGAPORETODAY By Riana Zakir OH, brother, did he have a problem! When Mr Lim Yi Maw fell in love with Miss Tan Lay Peng, did he straight away say: "Marry me?" Oh, no, he went out with
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      No kids on motorbikes
      204 5 m FROM NEXT MONTH: CARRY a child under 10 on your motorbike from next month and you will be fined $100. This is part of the new road traffic rules that go into effect on Monday. Assistant Superintendent Alan Samuel of the Traffic Police said: This
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      DOW JONES
      27 5 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 33.33 points to close at 9,366.34 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 737 million shares.
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        Cheaper flats?
        60 5 ijr THE Housing Board's studio apartments for the elderly may be cheaper. This is because tender prices have come down and the market price of the land for building the apartments may have also gone down, said Mr Raymond Toh, HDB's chief research and planning officer. But he
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        Lawyer case
        56 5 COURT WELL-KNOWN criminal lawyer Peter Fernando, 40, (left) has been accused of drink driving. He also faces two charges of failing to give a sample of his breath to be tested. His lawyer asked for the case to be postponed. They have made representations to the Attorney-General's Office
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        More jobs
        63 5 INDUSTRTY US company Maxtor is setting up its second disk drive facility in Singapore. This will provide jobs for about 1,000 more workers. The venture is estimated to cost the company at least $40 million. The 350,000 sq ft plant in Yishun could add at least a third
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        ‘Y2K havoc’
        63 5 I>r COULD the millenium bug problem cause Russia and China's nuclear reactors and missiles systems to break down? These are some of the worries the US has warned of but says it is prepared for. The bug is caused by the inability of old computers to recognise the
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        Dumped??
        54 5 ■wK^i'ina A LORRY owned by a licensed waste contractor has been found dumping industrial waste in a Housing Board bin centre. So said Semac, the company that hauls compacted rubbish from HDB estate bin centres. But a supervisor with 800 Super Waste Management, Mr PC One, denied that the
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        Cabbie school
        59 5 TAXIS TAXI drivers will soon have a 60-hour course to hel them brush up their language skills and provide better service. Singapore's history and information on its main tourist attractions are also likely topics for the course which will be offered at Nanyang Polytechnic. The classes will be
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        Such a B-word!
        64 5 *rn^T3*~~ THE word is creating a huge fuss in New Zealand and it's... "bugger". It's featured in an ad that Japanese car-maker Toyota has just launched there. The ad shows a farmer uttering "Bugger" four times after a series of accidents. Newspapers and radio shows there are
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        World's battle
        57 5 GRAFT IT'S the chance of a lifetime to fight global corruption. So say the representatives of 80 countries who gathered in Washington yesterday for a historic conference to crack down on domestic and international graft. "The world's tolerance for corruption is fading fast," US Vice-President A 1 Gore
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      She hates Clinton
      204 6 #News makers A businesswoman has gone on US national television to give her account of how she was allegedly raped by President Bill Clinton 21 years ago. Here are some of the things Mrs Juanita Broaddrick (right) has said I SAID NO He turned me around and
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      Quote worthy
      68 6 This is something I have to get off my chest why is there no priaein workmanship and why are our students not taking up apprenticeship courses There is this yen to be free. Maybe we have become victims of our own economic success. Senior Minister of State (Education)
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      world Hoad liners
      53 6 International Herald Tribune: US Senate assails China on human rights abuses Asian Wall Street Journal: Jakarta's move to close banks scrutinised Berita Harian Malaysia: No need for observers Utusan Malaysia: Strengthen racial cooperation New Straits Times: Maybank posts RM237m profit BBC news: Airlift of thousands of tourists
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      local Hoad liners
      52 6 The Straits Times: Turnaround from June? The Business Times: HPL set to seal enbloc Cuscaden deal for $125 m Lianhe Zaobao: Economy expected to pick up in second half of year Berita Harian: S'pore's economy grew 1.5% last year RCS morning news: A new option for housing
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      106 5 ANNOUNCING CITYCAB'S REVISED CHARGES. (effective Ist March 1999) Before Now WEEKDAYS: 7.30 am to 9.30 am 1.00 VY» wed 4.30pm to 7.00pm SATURDAYS: 7.30 am to 9.30 am 1.00 VY» wed 11.30 am to 2.00pm Before Now CURRENT $3.20 $3.00 ADVANCE $5.20 $5.00 J FOR BOOKINGS, PLEASE DIAL 552 2222.
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    Lock icon Why should I give up 3 years of my life?
    289 7 All males in Singapore are required to go through it National Service. One teenager who is due to be enlisted is worried about having to go through this rite of passage Dear Attitude, I'm a Singaporean teenager and in a
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    Here’s why you should: To avoid war
    341 7 The MMstay of Dafaaca (MMaf) got a coonseNor to reply to this writer. Here's whit ew ww wwv ■■wi v w w>nn Ms Corrina Quia, a counselor from the Singapore Armed Forcos (SAP) Counselling Centre says: It sounds like you are feeling rather
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    SAF WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU
    154 7 THE BAF knows and understands that the change from being civilian to a soldier can be difficult fbr some new enlistees. Which is why it has made special efforts to help them adjust For example, there are specially trained orientation officers to help new
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    HAVE YOUR SAY
    93 7 DO you have something to say about being in the lAlah* ««n■■ Si JU army; ivere you vnpRUN ano ups6if now did yon cope? Iff you have something to say about this topic or any other issue that affects you, please write in to us. You can
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    Army can be fun!
    149 7 OUR COUNSELLOR REPLIES WELL, I've got a letter from the Central Manpower Base about my enlistment already. And I must say, I have mixed feelings about NS. I'm excited about doing something new but I worry about the tough training. I'm told the training is tough
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      83 7 I w <» 11 l"', da(ly A M 1 _1_ 1 HOUSE 1 rC.SE 1u R Is; Pour ::R mm )m* .#fe JV i*® To celebrate our 56th Anniversary, we are giving for every bottle that you order In fact, we'll even throw in the C mixers for free. This
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon We’re so lucky
      604 8 There're many worse off, say injured footballer and wife A tragedy occurs. Journalists rush to record it —and leave the victims to lick their wounds. We didn't want to do the same to footballer S Anthonysamy, who was injured on the football field 2 1 /2 years
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      I’m fit and healthy
      153 8 THE couple were engaged three days before the accident in September 1996. They married while he was lying in hospital. ;.h. Keralin used to conduct computer classes fbr kids. Now she stays at'home looking after her husband. I ask how they get by. Anthonysamy shakes his
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      The Y2Kid
      36 11 Thinking of leaving your mark on the millennium? Have your baby on Jan 1,2000 if you can. But being willing and able is not enough to make it happen. Find out why in tomorrow.
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      You counted right
      75 11 IN our Tiger Beer hot-air balloon contest on Monday, we asked you to count the number of ticks in the picture. The answer: Seven. And out of the 768 calls received, 630 answered correctly. Five callers with correct answers were picked to win a trip on the
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      Help in bubble
      105 11 ANY problems learning hanyu pinyin? Just turn to Friday Weekly's Bubble Page for primary school and lower secondary students. And fill in the entry coupons for the Friday Weekly 8th Anniversary Giveaway. Two hundred lucky winners will each receive an MTV T-shirt worth $25, and a "one-plus-one"
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      17 11 Seen anything newsy? Heard anything interesting? NEWS ON THE MOVE You could win a Motorola handphone! MOTOROLA
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      You revive some, you lose some
      61 13 mui*mui< The old Chinatown cannot be revived in its entirety. Said the Singapore Heritage Society's president Dr Kwok Man Woon: There is very little life in the streets now, and although we would like to bring back some of that old spirit, we r
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      Call our legal line
      80 13 OUR Legal Library offers access to various topics. Call 1900-914-0014 with these codes: How do you petition for a divorce on the grounds of adultery committed byyour spouse? (*****2) How do you petition for a divorce on the grounds of separation? (*****5) When is a marriage
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      NO WAY OUT
      535 14 Security at new boys' home tops Almost3oojuvenile offenders moved into the spanking new Singapore Boys' Home this month. The new premises are a far cryfrom the Clementi building which saw the boys jostling for space. CRISPINA ROBERT finds out more about the home ANY inmate who can
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      BETTER TREATMENT
      114 14 FOR the first time, four members of the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC), headed by Dr S Vasoo, visited the home yesterday. Dr Vasoo was impressed. He told reporters: "This is a modern complex, it is a sea change from the old home in Clementi. "And this provides much
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      137 14 (12X) MARCH ISSUE Hnp-; -<%m Sk TbeHfouan of Substanct B IN THIS MONTH S ISSUE (l2x) celebrates International Women's Day and pays tribute to Hillary Clinton... Get the X-factor on the hosts of our Singapore Signature Series... We bid a fond farewell to NBA legend, Michael Jordan... Delight in the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Can face up to 25 yrs in jail
      401 16  -  TWO SINGAPOREANS CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING IN AUSTRALIA By. J Rajendran THE two Singaporeans arrested in Perth for alleged-trafficking have been identified as Republic of Singapore Air Force technicians. They were not, however, based in Australia, or on official duty at the
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      Give me money and I’ll help your Myanmese boyfriend to stay on, says cheat
      375 17  -  By Danny Lim THE Myanmese pined for his Singaporean girlfriend after he was jailed for overstaying and working here illegally. So, Maung Maung Myint got Teh Teow Huai, who was in Queenstown Remand Prison for a
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      EEKS! Spiderman!
      432 18 A drug suspect was arrested as he tried to escape by climbing from floor to floor outside a block of flats. MELVIN SINGH reports FEWER creepy-crawlies on high floors, right? You wouldn't expect many pests to creep and crawl all the way up to a new 14th-floor flat.
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      PENALTY
      28 18 The "spiderman" has been charged with drug trafficking and if found guilty, faces a minimum sentence of five years in jail and five strokes of the cane.
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      36 PEOPLE ARRESTED
      81 18 THE arrest was part of an operation mounted by the CNB. Codenamed Janus, the operation resulted in the arrest of 36 people, including eight women. Sixteen of them tested positive for opiates and amphetamines, which means they had consumed drugs. Two were drug absconders. The CNB also
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Fugitive banker: I paid ex-PM millions
      350 20 THAI BANK SCANDAL AFP. IT has come as a shock admission in a three-year long court hearing in Canada. Former money man in Thailand, Rakesh Saxena, has claimed he paid US$4 million ($6.8 million) in a bribe to a politician who was to become
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      How the bank fell
      157 20 IN 1987, Mr Krirk-kiat Jalinchandra, then president of the BBC, appointed Saxena as the bank's treasury adviser. Saxena and Mr Krirk-kiat would identify Thai companies that were listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand, but were not doing much. They would mount a hostile takeover, and
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      FINANCIAL WIZARD
      195 20 HE'S been called the Nick Leeson of Thailand. But others say Saxena, 46, (above) is much worse. He has even been blamed for sparking off the Asian economic crisis, by causing the US$2 billion ($3.4 billion) crash of the Bangkok A brilliant student and so called financial genius,
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      Driving King Abdullah
      46 21 muifm 11 ■MHBHMMMHIBIHHMV Jot^»«yW^|iliibliHtoor<«i^Hto>««t*» make special for his royal SMtaraAewlMi iililt 1 Ihi nili i The A>-Ral aowtpapor npaitais If ordinary cfciZGnsare stuck in a traffic jam at one of the capital's congested intersections, the 37-year-old fifcg wants to be stuck with them.
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      Lock icon Racist killer gets death
      238 21 Reuters. WHITE racist killer, John William King (left), was sentenced to death yesterday for the brutal death of a black man in one of the most horrific race murders in recent US history. The jury, consisting of 11 whites and one black, took three hours to
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      Go to China? No way
      339 22 THATS the response US President Bill Clinton keeps getting whenever he pops the question of an ambassadorship in China to some of his top men. The answer is always the same: No. No. And No. President Clinton has approached at least six highly-qualified candidates for
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      Lock icon Better read this if you own a computer
      245 22 WINDOWS 98 AND Y2K BUG AFP. TESTS conducted by France's national Directorate for Competition and Prevention of Fraud (DGCCRF) show Microsoft has yet to beat the Y2K bug. The French Minister for Small and Medium Businesses, Ms Marylise Lebranchu, says that tests
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  • WORLDTODAY
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        Lock icon Fatal skid off runway
        133 24 Reuters. FOUR people who took a flight from the Italian city of Cagliari will never return there again. A plane they were in overshot a runway in Genoa, Italy, and plunged into the sea yesterday. (See picture, right.) An official at Genoa's Cristoforo Colombo airport said
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        Malaysia still Mends with US
        96 24 6 never had a> quarrel, we have had our differences but we must accept that friends also should be allowed to htive differences... Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar in an interview with Reuters Television yesterday. The US has been critical of Malaysia over the
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        Lock icon Man after my own heart
        159 24 AFP. A RELATIVELY fit-looking Boris Yeltsin told Chinese premier Zhu Rongji "we are always heartily glad to see you". The Russian President then placed Mr Zhu's hand over his heart as he urged the Chinese premier to help "develop friendship with Russia". Both met in
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    Man chops up wife
    401 26 Teen lover saw foot, court told WORLDTODAY THE accused managed to steal the woman from her millionaire husband. What she saw in him may never be known. But what the jury at Sheffield Crown Court in England has heard were the details of how he repaid
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      Lock icon They came to hear ‘Kak Wan’
      548 28 CALL IHFOLine Anwar Ibrahim's corruption trial at the Kuala Lumpur High Court continues today. Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-914-0002 after 1 pm for updates. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. WHEN Malaysians think of Kubang Pasu they think of Prime Minister Datuk
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      FOUR DOCTORS AT THE BLACK-EYE INQUIRY
      206 28 Four doctors spoke before a special inquiry set up to investigate the black eye suffered by Anwar Ibrahim. One of them, DrHalim Mansar, said that Anwar could have died from the injury. He also said the injury was not likely to be self inflicted.
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      204 29 HOP INTO fl CYBeftXITING SEASON C«> FUNflN TUG LT MHLL (t r oin noiii 11 1.1. 2 Mar 99 J mml.fin f>nr ti» iftotirif) outlet .rjN. J > I /rxi 'J rhfllire to jiP Hop I r1 1r» A Cyb«'r X itimj V-O'.on" I iji U f l)rfiw" Anrl S
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      344 30 Election time is "bonus" time for voters in Sabah, who will go to the polls next month. In their bid to win votes, politicians usually promise goodies and gifts ZINC roofs. A crate of drinks. Even hard cash. These are just some of the goodies
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      231 30 THERE are 48 elected seats at stake in Sabah and six nominated seats. The ruling National Front held 43 seats and three nominated seats before the House was dissolved. Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS) had four elected and three nominated seats. The last seat was held by an independent.
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      345 31 The scenic Alps in Austria, famous for its top skiing resorts, turned into a graveyard after snowstorms claimed lives of holidaymakers and left tens of thousands stranded DOZENS of helicopters, working around the clock, airlifted more than 2,500 trapped holidaymakers from ski resorts to safety after a
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      101 31 IN Switzerland, helicopters were racing to fly out thousands of stranded people, including around 40,000 trapped in the eastern ski resorts of Davos and Klosters. The Swiss death toll from recent avalanches stands at 10. In France, police said a 26-year-old hiker missing for four days in
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    474 32  -  ET CETERA WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ WHEN he first saw the above heading in print, our unflappable night editor, Mafoot Simon, said it was "too chim" (deep). He has a point. A country is a complex concept. It is easier to grasp as a place something here and
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      173 32 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh J W6rt V I lmiemu. ywiER f 1 I m vm Si Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson OM.HOf TUE JUR PRtSSOREI ORGANS K& **VE GOT TO T StT STUL WD BEHME. /-w IN THIS RpOM \S "TOO M oW6£*Of COLLAPSING' GET COT OF *fe CVfl EKT
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      426 33 This 2-yeor full-time NCCS course prepares you for > IV ci rewarding career in the construction industry as I mm Ifl |L construction supervisor or clerk-of-works. You will I J 1 I learn skills needed to lead and oversee the physical J building process and ensure the quality of the
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      513 34  -  By 1 Yong Siew Fern OKAY, guys, just take it like a man. We are giving you the news, straight, like it happened at the Grammys. That was Rosie O'Donnell at her baddest. Not spoken like a lady, but what do
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      405 34 PRESENTERS WHO DID NOT CUCK AWARD: Shirley Manson from Garbage and Billy Corgan from The Smashing Pumpkins. When Corgan made jokes,-it fell on deaf ears. Manson just wanted to get the show moving. "That was a joke," he said, painfully. "I know," she replied coldly.
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      331 34 TOP AWARDS HI Rest New AiUst Lauryn Hill Album off tke Yean The Miseducation ofLaurynHill Soag of the Year My Heart Will Go On, James Homer and Will Jennings Record of tke Yean My Heart Will Go On, Celine Dion POP AWARDS Beet Female Pep Vocal:
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      414 35 TAIWAN STAR Following the Malaysian finals of the All-Asian Star Search, the Taiwan finals were held in Taipei two weeks ago. AVIS WONG was on the phone with the two winners WHERE contests are concerned, Jeff Wang (above) is no greenhorn. In fact, the Taiwan Star Search
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      343 36 SEARCH WINNERS AN iceberg sank the Titanic, but a slippery question involving the film couldn't drag Olivia Liu down. The eventual female winner of the Taiwan Star Search was asked: Suppose you are Rose (the role Kate Winslet played). If Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) wanted to switch
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      54 36 CATCH the Taiwan Star Search finals tomorrow at 4.30 pm over Channel 8. The Star Search contests are held in Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, Hongkong and China. A male and a female winner from each venue will then compete in the All-Asian Star Search grand final in
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      527 37  -  By, Avis Wong SHOWBUZZ host Lawrence Chau has had it with working without long breaks. After two years with the Channel 5 entertainment programme, he is exhausted. "I'm not averse to hard work. "But you have to realise that this is
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      1211 39 w 1 1 I K rTMHI IP mbvm •UIM1% Stare: Sean Penn and George Clooney Central Mafc Fri lpm, 4.10,8,11.30, Sat Sun 11am, 2.05pm, 5.15,8.30, Sat 11.45pm; Century: Fri 11.30am, 2.30pm, 5.30,8.30, Fri Sat 11.30pm; Changi: Fri 2pm, 5.45,8.45; Choa Chu Kang: Fri 11.30am, 3.30pm, 5.30,8.30, Fri Sat 11.30pm; CIsmsntMCommoffliFoalth:
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      265 39 THE THIN REDUNE: Starring Stan Penn (centre). MOVIE PREVIEWS /Next Page 6.30,9, Fri, Sat Sun 11.30am; GV Marina: Fri, Sat Sun 11.30am, 2pm, 4.35, 7.15,9.50, Fri Sat 12.30am; GV Plaza: Fri Sat 11.30am, 2pm, 4.35,7.15,9.50, 12.25am, Sun 11.40am, 2.10pm, 4.45,7.20,9.55; GV Tampines: Fri, Sat Sun 11.30am, 2pm, 4.35, 5.05,7.45, Fri
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      328 40 I wl la Ik li In mwwiiuiM CIsmsutMCouanouwaMi; Sat 6pm, midnight; Eatbfcora: Fri Sat only midnight; NawCramiAlawTawa: Sat 5.30pm, midnight; Prhmn Sat 5.15pm, midnight Start: Stephen Chow, Karen Mok, Cecilia Cheung and Ng Mang-Tat Cnhwy Fri Sat 11.45pm, Sat Sun 5pm; Cfcoa Chu Kaag: Fri Sat only 11.45pm; Enprass: Fri
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      12 40 SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE: Starring Gwynath Paltrowand Joaeph (right). ASIAN MOVIES /Next Page
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      116 48 if OB«- OBAGI (Original Product from USA) Set of 5 for just S$230/Call: *****01 or visit our showroom at 112 East Coast Road #03-23/23 Katong Mall from 11 am to 7pm. u//«• IUJII ul/i.il thm%. i 21 fefcAJ TradMeaai Arewatt*iMl» at rMy KTj for Hair Service above $50 i\ Free
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      31 49 eq-^-qU Servlcee/Producta |fl AIR-CON 4' UU FRIDGE SVCS. (Licfic«d 2nd O—If) wwmrnsir FRIDGES AIRC0NS AH enQuines MfQ most wBtocxrw v*****96uo> |33 Opal Creacenti The more you tell The more you sell.
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      66 49 83 ££!/!!L«. COMPUTER PARTS ON SALES AOPmSrt"" ,#,oo ssiaa.oo rr-ZcT 000 ssmo M24io ~~3™ I" r«n.i.F«u..r/H ,S5f"?F.!! GEYLAN6 BAHRU H wfc9rsstau,ofrtflt hot drinks. Indian 9502-1543/ 9754-8663 -J jg^. 2/STOREY TERRACE AT UPPER THOMSON :IS V 9803 8935 I—^——— inWMTTWWBTITB IIL!? H MK(CX 4V) II |SS <SQ, :p°| 11 1...>" II
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      125 50 S8 MM PrafMliOMl/ Executive Positions The successful candidates should have: Min. a dip. In Mechanical/ electrical engineering Experienced in M&E services co-ordination in plumbino pumping systems, preferably in implementation of pool/ fountain/ Irrigation system Possess a valid class 213 lie. Fluent in spoken written English Intor*s tod pis tax/ wrlta
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      252 50 Engineering Positions t A fast growing company specializing in Building Industrial Automated Machinery's urgently requires s^|| Hil" ilalll lillliiiilHlll lli llil 1 IIM[IITI'IIItjWE rrc Diploma in Engineering field Fresh graduate whom major in Robotics and Industrial Automaton m I No experience required as training will be provided 1 I ~e
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      172 50 Sale# Positions PART-TIMF FEMALE SHOP ASSISTANT for District. 3. 9.10 4-hrs daily: Permanent shift- spm.-9pm Rotating shifts- 10am.-2pm. spm.-9pm. Must be able to work during weekends public holidays Must be able to read t write English Please apply personalty to 18 Panden Road Singapore *****0 •us 78 from outside Clement
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      217 51 tmWmm needs experienced CAPTAINS, WAITERS WAITRESSES Excellent Salary and Benefits. KTV Lounge Reguires: FULL/PART-TIME HOSTESSES Age below 25 Slim, charming sociable Guarantee $120 per night Interested, please walk in after 3pm. at: 10f Victoria Straat #04-00 (Victoria Wing) Alison Hotal Pg: 9793-5137 is looking (or candidates to fill in the
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      130 51 ACE PUB requires Experience preferred. Preferably staying in West area. Call Doris at *****61 after 4pm. EXPERIENCED DJ required in a PUB Interested please call 285-6998 EXPERIENCED BARMAID required by Karaoke Pub in east Coast Age 25 -35 For appointment PQ: 9303-0799 or call 542-1232 after Bpm. IMMEDIATE EMPLOYMENT Salary
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      480 51 Weidenmann. a leading footwear and leather company has a vacancy for the above position. Min '0' Levels LCCI Higher Accounting 2-3 years working experience Computer literacy Preferably bilingual Mid 20s Monthly salary around $1600 N you are Interested, please caH Ms Diana Tan (tot: *****82) to arrange for an Interview.
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      123 52 Bail Part-Time/ Temporary PoaKiona All heights/ faces Earn $$$l (No fees required) NEW EXPERIENCE 841 7705 Pub At Balestier requires PERM PART-TIME PLEASANT LOOKING FEMALE WAITRESSES Chinese preferred. Age 18-28. Walk-In any day after spm. 424 Meetler Rd. *01-05 Ciffard Mention. Hp. *****989 Other Positions I CHANCERY HEALTH CENTRE I
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      349 53 Sepp Blatter, president of world soccer body Fifa, made a transit stop at Changi Airport on his way to New Zealand yesterday. Accompanying him was Asian Football Confederation general secretary Peter Velappan and Michel Platini, chairman of the France World Cup committee. ERNEST LUIS met them... SEPP
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      161 53 I think it's good for a small country like Singapore to have an objective. If you don't have an objective, you won't do anything. It's good that Singapore did not aim for the 2002 or the 2006 finals. But it's realistic to raise the
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      HE’S RUNNING INTO FORM...
      327 57 BERGKAMP: PLAYER OF THE YEAR LAST SEASON NEWCASTLE V ARSENAL (Sunday, 11.55pm): THE redoubtable Dennis Bergkamp, Arsenal's sole inspiration in last season's Double glory, is about to repeat his title-winning act again. And that would send as much shivers down the spines of his rivals as
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      781 58 Dennis Bergkamp is masterminding another Arsenal Double assault. His inspirational form is making Premiership pacesetters Man United and Chelsea glance anxiously over their shoulders as champion Arsenal gathers momentum, with its Player of the Year, Bergkamp, back on song... Reuters. HIS
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      177 58  -  By] Lan Brown DENNIS Bergkamp is the best attacking player in the Premiership, he's the most complete forward in England. Those were the words of Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger on his star striker Dennis Bergkamp after the Gunners' 4-0 demolition of West Ham recently. In yesterday's London
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      383 59 Everybody seems to be interested in Arsenal's young French striking sensation Nicolas Anelka. This week there have been reports that Spanish giant Barelona wants him...and now Italian champion Juventus JUVENTUS vice president Roberto Bettega is negotiating to buy Arsenal's French star Nicolas Anelka for up to £20 million
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      96 59 ON ENGLISH PLAYERS: yiy/ There are clans at Arsenal. I speak a bit of English now but we never speak much with the English. We havertothing to do with each other. We play together f but afterwards we go our own way. Anelka in an
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      56 59 WEEKEND PREMIERSHIP ACTION: THE RELEGATION BATTLE Tomorrow: Aston Villa v Coventry Charlton v Forest Chelsea v Liverpool Everton v Wimbledon Man United v Southampton Sheff Wed v Middlesbrough Tottenham v Derby West Ham v Blackburn Sunday: Newcastle v Arsenal Monday: Leicester v Leeds LIVE OH TV Chelsea
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      204 59 Reuters. MAN Uv SOUTHAMPTON: Manchester United is chasing a fifth League title in seven years. And it could go seven points clear at the top if, as widely expected, it beats second from the bottom Saints at Old Trafford tomorrow. United has been firing on all
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      166 59 Sky Sports Online. VETERAN John Barnes feels his Charlton team-mates' ability to keep a cool head when the heat is on will pay dividends. And that is the main reason for his confidence in them being capable of avoiding the drop. Many Charlton fans believe the
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      566 60  -  Reports/ Ernest Luis GO on, play football overseas. Even if it's just for a few weeks, says Jurong player-coach V Sundramoorthy. And do it even if you think you are not particularly gifted, he adds. Sundram is convinced that Singapore footballers should try going overseas. More so because
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      265 61  -  FEDERATION CUP —ASIA-OCEANIA GROUP TWO (BANGKOK, TILL TOMORROW) By Gerard Wong SINGAPORE is on the verge of creating Federation Cup history after beating Malaysia 2-1 yesterday. The Republic has now topped Pool A with its second win in a row and will now face Pool B runner-up
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      183 61 On a transit stop here to New Zealand, French soccer legend and the mastermind behind the recent World Cup Finals Michel Platini was asked the inevitable question.... ERNEST LUIS listened with bated breath IN walked Fifa boss Sepp Blatter. Next
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