The New Paper, 8 March 1999

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  • THE NEWSTODAY
    • 106 2 Source: Wire Services. NO, I did not keep Hollywood actor Arnold Schwarzenegger's document even though I am a fan. But I resign anyway, says Japan's Justice Minister Shozaburo Nakamura. His resignation was accepted by Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi this morning. Mr Nakamura is alleged to have
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    • 56 2 Pages 8, 9 Award-winning actress Siao Fong Fong (right) coped with a sick father-in-law in the movie, Summer Snow (1995). The old man with the terrible Alzheimer's Disease urinated everywhere as he started losing his memory. Singaporean C Chew is facing a similar problem
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    • 499 2 PLANE GOES DOWN, KILLING 23 MYSTERY surrounds the crash of this Indian air force plane, just like the fog that envelopes New Delhi airport time and again. Three possible reasons have surfaced for the crash, which killed 23 people: fog, air traffic control equipment failure
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    • 191 2 CONSTRUCTION worker Mann Ram was getting ready for work yesterday when he heard a loud bang. 1 saw a huge ball of fire as the plane crashed and broke into pieces. I ran to save myself but something hit me hard on my back and
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    • 266 2 INDIA CRASH 2: AIR FRANCE PLANE B EXPLODES AFTER LANDING Wire services. A FAULTY nose wheel may have caused an Air France Boeing 747-200 cargo plane to crash and burn at Madras airport on Friday. "Preliminary examination and the marks on the runway indicate the nose wheel
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 781 3  -  This boy scored 2As (Maths C and Chinese), B (Chemistry), D (Economics) and E8 (GP) in his 1998 A-level exam. Not your normal top student But he is our A student BY Toh Li Lin ALONE he may be. But Lee Jiawen, 19, has not
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    • 131 3 THE first time I saw Jiawen, I noticed he was all alone. It was just before Chinese New Year. His clothes looked crumpled. I started asking him about his family. "When I realised both his parents had passed away, I asked if he had somewhere to go
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    • 126 3 JIAWEN is so close to his tenants that they even bought him a pager for his birthday. When he felt he did not do well in his Economics paper ("I answered only 2 Vi questions out of four"), he had trouble sleeping at night. He
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    • 67 3 renting the room from Jiawen for two years now. What happens when Jiawen has problems with his studies? Who does he turn to? "I go for remedial classes. I ask my teachers when I don't understand," he said. His friends egged him on, when he didn't feel like
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    • 179 3 THIS year, 86 per cent or 9,415 students scored a minimum of 2 A- and 2 AO-level passes including General Paper. It was an increase of 1.8 per cent over the 1997 results. A total of 10,952 candidates sat for the 1998 A-level examination. Of
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 248 4 HSU I PM GOH SAYS: WHY did Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong say no to day care centres for the elderly in Marine Parade for 20 years? Mr Goh, an MP for Marine Parade, said it was because he believed children should look after their own
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    • 54 4 This NO MORE HOT AIR: British balloonists Andy El son and Colin Prescot being rescued by helicopter off the Japanese southwest coast after their hot-air balloon was forced to land because of bad weather, ending their bid to become the first balloonists to circle the
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    • News Break
      • 62 4 1.23b drop TAXES TAX collection in Singapore dropped $1.23 billion or 7.3 per cent to $15.63 billion last year. It is the first time tax revenue has dropped so much since the 1985-86 recesssion. The all-time high was in 1997: $16.86 billion. A slump in stamp duty (down a third:
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      • 63 4 I TRAVEL FIFTEEN travel agents have formed a group called G13 to cater to corporate travellers. G13 aims to give better service to such travellers, whose business here is worth $1 billion a year. The group will improve reservation systems and cooperate in areas such as staff
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      • 62 4 COMPUTERS COMPUTER hackers would find it almost impossible to get into government systems here. This is because the key networks, such as defence, are not linked to the Internet, said IT security. Hackers usually get in via the Net. If there are such links, a "firewall" program stops others
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      • 57 4 INDONESIA PRESIDENT BJ Habibie's re-election chances appeared shaky last night as senior executives of the ruling Golkar met to decide on their presidential candidates, with party chairman Akbar Taiyung the front-runner. But despite the apparent majority support, Mr Akbar, who is State Secretary, was a reluctant nominee. Indonesia
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      • 56 4 International Herald Tribune: Beijing hardens on missile shield Asian Wall Street Journal: 'Cautious' China moderates pace of reform plans New Straits Times: Exercise way to better discipline BBC news: The US Senate Intelligence Committee has announced the whole hearing of reports that China has managed to copy
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    • 153 5 Pmus THE number of Malay/Muslim doctors in Singapore is more than five times the level five years ago. According to Ministry of Health figures, there are now 66 Malay/Muslim doctors, up from only 12 in 1993, reports Berita Harian. That means Malay/Muslims now make up 1.3
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    • 53 5 ITRAL AUSTRALIA is considering a bond for "high risk" tourists to curb illegal immigrants, Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock said yesterday. He didn't say what "high risk" meant. Australia has up to 55,000 illegal immigrants at any time. About 12,000 are expelled each year. About 4.1 million tourists visited
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    • 53 5 DEFENCE MALAYSIA wants the format of the military exercise with its four partners next month to be modified to meet its security needs. Defence minister Datuk Aha ng Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha said Malaysia wanted to work the Five Power Defence Arrangements training stint into its defence strategy
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    • 62 5 The Straits Times: Golkar chiefs prefer Akbar as president The Business Times: Asian nations face higher charges for ADB funds Uanhe Zaobao: National Parks Board to expand areas for primitive forests Berita Harian: Family members' 'job' to look after children, elderly RCS morning news: Indonesia's ruling party
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    • Article, Illustration
      61 5 M MISSING FORMER bronze medalist of the World Ski Air championships for the disabled, Mr Dasuki Johari, is missing. Mr Dasuki, 30, (right) who moves around on a skateboard, left his Tanglin Halt home after an argument, three months ago, his mother, Madam Sapiah Musa told Berita Harian.
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    • 55 5 m COMPUTERS KINDERGARTEN is a good time to start children on computers, not earlier, say early childhood specialists. At five or six, simple programs can help children explore their lives, Associate Prof Khoo Kim Choo says. Introducing computers too early may lead to early childhood autism, Ms Patricia
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    • 106 5 Although the (Jin Tai Secondary School) exercise was carried a step too far, I thought it brought more realism to the whole idea of having a defence exercise... I do not see the need to create a huge fuss over a few cuts and bruises. If the members
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 36 5 Mobile phone users are susceptible to short-term memory loss caused by the microwave radiation emitted by its antennae. -fer V£S OBk9! I'M Jl VERM SURt T W M/HANDHr Cl WONEINSIOZ 1>X MVEAS/ vJllllt l l MtiM
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 583 6  -  Siao Fong Fong's pain in hit movie Summer Snow is mirrored by a Singapore woman. Both are hit by the terrible Alzheimer's Disease which can make you forget even the faces and names of loved ones. Family members who care for such people over a long
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    • 80 6 The daughter-in-law watches out for mood swings. When the old woman is irritated, she moves everything around in the kitchen. The family cannot afford to get a maid. Sometimes, the daughter-in-law leaves the 85-year-old in a daycare centre. When she gets bad-tempered, she throws things
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    • 338 6 MADAM C CHEW'S family does not earn enough to get a maid. Nor do they qualify for subsidies at homes for the aged. (The income limit is $2,000. Families earning more don't qualify.) As Madam Chew works, they have placed granny at a nearby day-care centre. "In
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    • 129 6 MADAM C Chew does not expect her children to look after her. It's not that she expects them to be unfilial. It's just that she does not know what her future will turn out to be. "If I'm like my mother-in-law, I
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    • 167 7 The pain of a daughter-in-law, played by Siao Fong Fong (left), in hit movie Summer Snow THE DREADED DISEASE Senile dementia, which includes disorders like Alzheimer's Disease, affects the memory and intellect. There are over 3,000 sufferers here, but the number is expected to increase five
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    • 371 8  -  By Carol Leong A GROUP of Indian Muslims have called for a ban on the play Talaq (Divorce) because they feel it insults Islam. The Tamil Muslim Jama'ath said the play "brings disgrace to Islamic principles and values". The play is based on the bitter
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    • Article, Illustration
      248 8 Elangovan (left), an award winning playwright/ director, does not believe Talaq is against Islamic values. "It was vetted by the Government," he said. "The book was published with money from the National Arts Council." But he is not surprised by the controversy. "Yes, it alarmed a lot of
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    • 323 9 JOBS. That's what it means when a foreign company sets up shop here. But that's not all. There are other benefits, says BG George Yeo, Second Minister for Trade and Industry and Minister for Information and the Arts. It means more business opportunities for
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    • 300 10 Three new counsellors will answer your education queries from today. Each will cover his or her own area of expertise—polytechnic, ITEand university to give you better answers. Mr Eugene Wijeysingha will remain as the face of this column and answer school-related questions. TOHII UN finds out
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    • 264 10 DEAR WUEY Pages 16 17 YOU may know her as The New Paper's Agony Aunt columnist Aggie. Miss Wong Sing Chee (right) will now come on board to help answer queries on polytechnic education. How can she help? "My concern is to help students identify courses and
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    • 251 9 Don't be handicapped by your English! Arc you content with the written, easy-to-understand way you speak and write? lessons. How to avoid errors. Are you sure that you are How to express your ideas not making mistakes that fluently. cause people to underrate The study requires only you? You are
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 252 11 EX-CONFIDANTE TRIPP LASHES OUT EVERY dog has its day and so it is, with the on-going Monicagate saga. Miss Monica Lewinsky, the former White House intern, had her go last week, dishing out the juicy details on her relationship with US President Bill Clinton and
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    • 531 12  -  By Patrick Jonas OFFICE assistant Menaka's face turned pale when she heard the "message" over the phone. 'Tell your boss not to play games," a gruff voice said. "You know what happened last week to the hotelier who did not respond to our demands. "If
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    • 84 12 MANY cases go unreported because the victims have something to hide. Recently, extortionists targeted doctors in Bombay's suburbs. Reason: There are no government-run clinics in these areas and the doctors were reaping money, much of it unaccounted. The police acted only after the doctors threatened to shut
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    • 393 13  -  by YVONNE LIM FROM one MTV generation teen to another: The Bard? As in Bard Simpson? No, man. Willie Shakespeare. Oh, that dead guy. The one who did some movies. Yeah. Like the one with that cool chick, Claire wazzit? Danes. "A rose by
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 227 14 QLAST year was my first year in the Institute of Technical Education computer technology course. The year before, I took my GCE O levels and passed only two of the six subjects I took. I scored C 6 for English and A 2 for Malay. I
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      37 14 Our counsellors Schools it JC Eugene Wijeysinrftt, education consultant Polytechnic Wong Sing Chee Singapore Polytechnic rre Luca Khoo, Institute of Technical Education I L ifc i ii ii mliti university Amarjeet Bajwa Inter-Asia Consulting Group
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    • 184 14 QI DID my O levels last year. I was a science student and took eight subjects. I loved E and A Maths and English. My Tamil is very poor. I did not go for the three-month course in junior college as
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    • 121 14 QI HAVE just got my O-level results. What are the qualifications needed to enter Shatec (Singapore Hotel Association Training and Education Centre) or LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts? What do they specialise in? Could you please include how many subjects I must pass to
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    • 174 15 QI WOULD like to know how to qualify to become a lawyer. I am studying in Secondary 2 now and will be streamed this year, so I am wondering what subjects to take. Uma Mr Amarjeet Bajwa replies: THERE are no specific subject pre-requisites to
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    • 146 15 QI AM doing my national service. I want to carry on studying. I have N levels. The last time I was in school was in 1996.1 was having problems in school and left. My mother does not want me to continue. Should I go
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    • 75 15 QI WISH to do computer science at a polytechnic. Which course here or abroad would lead to this degree? What course should I take at a junior college? Tay Ms Wong Sing Chee replies: THERE are several polytechnic courses which will enable you to study computer science at
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    • 77 16 (W) beach wars >s j^B^V r i s ii 1 _i ,X m h m 1 J H B L_ T Japanese serial Beach Boys has captured the Imagination of many teen viewers here, especially that of girls. And there seems to be a battle between 'bad' Beach Boy Takashl
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  • Article, Illustration
    57 17 Ag»:2B Height 1.78 m Marital status Single. Dataof Mrtlt: Jan 2,1971 Place of Birth: Tokyo. Japan Dabofc Started modelling at age 18 TV aerials: Started acting in 1994. Has acted in TV serials including Long Vacation. Beach Boys, Heaven's Coins I and II, With Love. H>bbtoi: Board skating Special
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  • 399 17  -  BY Hazel Tan THEIR eyes lit up at the sight of his photograph. And they rattled off his Japanese name faster than I could blink my eyes. They spoke of him with love in their eyes. He's sooooo cute... sooooo handsome... sooooooo cool, said 18 of
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 399 18 TAKASHI Sorimachi may be the hottest male artiste in Japan with his "bad" image. But here, girls seem to prefer his clean-cut co-star in Japanese serial Beach Boys. The New Paper found out in a street poll that Yutaka Takenouchi, not Sorimachi, is the man winning
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    • 75 18 Age: 25 Height 1.83 m Marital status: Dating Beach Boys' co-star Izumi Inamori Date of Birth: Dec 19.1973 Place of Birth: Saitama prefecture, Japan Debut Modelling at age 16. TV serials: Started acting in 1994. Serials include GTO. Virgin Road, Sorry Each Time and Every Time, Beach Boys, Over
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    • 378 20  -  By Avis Wong THESE girls are hot! Japan's favourite girl group Speed is gaining momentum and a following here. Its greatest hits album is at the ninth spot on the Singapore Phonogram and Videogram Association (SPVA) sales chart for the week ending Feb 26. This is the
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    • 82 20 LISTEN to our celebrity buzz on 1900-912-0004. The pop sensation Lauryn Hill is the celebrity of the moment. She won five Grammys last month. Apart from performing and writing songs, what else is she good in? What movie was she featured in? How does Chuck
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 164 21 Malaysian fisherman Atan Husin is in a tight spot. He caught a dugong, a protected species of marine mammal, in late January off Pasir Gudang in Johor. But now the authorities plan to release it. Mr Atan, 40, said breaking up is hard to do. He wants
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    • 533 21  -  CT CETERA WITH ROSNAH AHMAD THERE he was, waiting for me, as I strolled out of the arrival hall at Seoul's Kimpo Airport last month. "Ni hao ma (How are you)?" the young South Korean tour guide asked me as I became the first
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  • LOOK
    • 967 22 Think of beauty and feet hardly come to mind. But if your feet could speak, can they tell a story about how well you've treated them, or whether they've been neglected? CAROL LEONG asks people to describe their relationship with their feet WHEN Ms Liang Hei
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    • 364 24  -  By Mary Lee THERE'S nothing quite like dining by the sea, or any I body of water. Especially if f the water is that of the Singapore River. All that history. You can spin your own historical novel over dinner, imagining what happened 100 years ago, as
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    410 27  -  by Pearlyn Koh Pho Hoa VIETNAMESE NOODLE SOUP is available here does not fit the franchise standard. If you don't take beef, you can go for the seafood or chicken pho. Both come with chicken soup but different ingredients crabsticks and fishballs for the former, and chicken slices
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    • 381 37  -  HONPA-KAH OPEN 1999: FINALS Mose Navarra (Ka) fat Alberto Martin (Spa) 6-2,6-2 OTHER RESULTS Doubles final: JeffCoetzee (SA)-Damien Roberts (SA) bt Oleg Ogorodov (UzbVEyal Ran (Isr) 7-5,6-3 By Michelle Ang HIS serves were just too big and powerful. Booming across the court, they did not allow
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    • 410 39 EUROPE KICKOFF: ITALY: SPAIN: SCOTLAND: GERMANY Reuters. LAZIO showed why it deserved to win the Italian championship yesterday. It rallied from a goal down to crush Salernitana 6-1. Lazio's seemingly unstoppable march to the league title got off to a nightmare start at the Olympic stadium
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    • 119 39 Reuter. A GOAL by Lorenzo Amoruso spared Rangers' the blushes in its Scottish Cup quarter-final against First Division Falkirk yesterday. Rangers had looked headed for a replay until Amoruso scored from 30 metres in the 75th minute to give it a 2-1 win. Rangers coach Dick Advocaat was far
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    • 318 40 MAN UO CHELSEA 0 You may have watched the action live on television. But there was much that happened on and off the pitch that the cameras didn't capture CROWD: 54,587 REPLAY: Thursday, Singapore time RYAN GIGGS: Man Unlted's Jaap Stam was suspended, Ronny
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    • 522 41 FA CUP QUARTER-FINALS: MANCHESTER UNITED 0 CHELSEA 0 The gamble to rest in-form strikers Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole from the starting line-up in the FA Cup quarter-final failed miserably and United manager Alex Ferguson is now faced with a crowded fixture,
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    • 82 42 JEFFREY LOW gets close to English soccer action. Every Monday, he discusses the major issues of the weekend's Premiership programme. Today, he asks: Is Alex Ferguson trying to be a smart aleck, not playing his best team against Chelsea? Fans you must have your say.
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    • 306 42 FA CUP; ARSENAL 1 DERBY COUNTY 0 NWANKWO KANU 89th MINUTE CROWD: 38,046 NWANKWO Kami's name is already firmly embedded in Arsellal folklore after just a month at Highbury. For the right reason this time, reports Internet site Football 365. The player grabbed the dramatic late winner
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    • 308 39 GOALS: 5: 1: John Robinson (Charlton), Noel Whelan, Trond Egil Solvedt (Coventry), Hassan Kachloul (Southampton), Steve Guppy (Leicester). LEADING SCORERS: 16: Michael Owen (Liverpool), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United). 13: Andy Cole (Manchester United), Dion Dublin (Aston Villa, 3 for Coventry), Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal). 12: Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds United). 10:
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