The New Paper, 5 April 1999

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    25 1 the new paper MONDAY, APRIL 5, 1999 MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://newpaper.asia1 .com.sg < Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings 888 the new paper
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      87 1 J.SI f. play play Jrak I H j| 7April !K on smarmy *M H f H 5 1999 E~j [E too I H |H B One son has I I WB«» bungalow. I I Pays 180,000 tax. I man has to go to court to WW 1MB get money/Page 4
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon When refugees come knocking at your door...
      292 2 Source: Wire services. SORRY, we can't help you, please go somewhere else. That is the Macedonian government's reply to the thousands of Albanian refugees dying to enter its territory from Kosovo, the war-torn province of Yugoslavia. On Saturday, the Cabinet said it would
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      Lock icon Set for ground war?
      190 2 LATEST Wire services. SO far, attacks against Serbian forces have mostly been from high altitude. Now, it looks like the face of the battle is changing. The US has decided to introduce the low-flying Apache helicopters (above) and troops to support them. About 24 Apaches and
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      Lock icon Brutal killings on video
      144 2 Wire Services. THIS Albanian villager from Koeovo provided the first documentary proof of the cruel killings in Koeovo. Mr Milaim Bellanica (left) smuggled a 3 Vi-minute videotape that shows 12 bodies in "grisly detail". He said the S<>rbs did it Some of the victims were young
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      Lock icon How do you say 'pray' in Malay?
      436 3  -  Tafr Ambiga Raju My world nearly came to end on March 24. The Americans and Europeans began bombing military targets in Yugoslavia. Mama said they wanted to stop that mad man, Milo. But he became more brutal. His soldiers set fire to our
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      108 2 A TAKE PART IN THE BIG WALK. DETAILS ON PAGE 8 Sorry Now it takes only six years (TNP. April 1): We reported that tlu waiting time for permanent residents to qualify for Singapore citizenship has been cut from 10 to six years. We wish to clarify that the waiting
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      4 wives 26 children
      629 4  -  One is a millionaire. Old man wants to live in a home for the aged. But rich son won't aive him a cent... By Brian Miller ONCE upon a time, somewhere in Singapore, there was a Chinese man who had four wives and 26 children. They
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      Lock icon GRAN master
      373 5  -  By Fong Foong Mei PLUMP and twinkly-eyed, Madam Chang Yoke Lin, 66, looks a bit like Liang Po Po. But when she clamped her injured hand around my arm (and I box, mind you), I squealed. Her grip was as firm as a wrestler's, her kicks as high
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      WHAT HAPPENED
      50 5 MADAM Chang was unable to catch her attacker so she alerted a neighbour. The neighbour's son got help from lift mechanics working there. The man was charged with armed robbery on March 29. It carries a penalty of between two and 10 years'jail and at least 12 strokes.
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Top undergrads can design their courses
      244 6 Ifflr H H n cm TOP National University of Singapore students will soon have a free hand in designing part of their curriculum and how they want to be examined. From July, they can customise 20 per cent of their curriculum. This means they
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      Lock icon Solar-powered cooking
      53 6 Picture This BAKING IN THE SUNI As long as the sun shines, enterprising Thai food vendor Slla Sutharat needs no charcoal or gas to barbecue his chicken. With a solar oven created from pieces of mirror, he can cook up to 60 birds on a sunny day. Picture/The
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        Website trade
        66 6 MONEY CREDIT card firm Visa and the National Computer Board are to set up an online trading site for firms. Their venture, Commerce Exchange, will let buyers pay immediately for purchases. Buyers use a smart credit card that uses digital signatures and sets a spending limit. To be
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        Early release
        49 6 CRIME BRITISH financial trader Nick Leeson, who brought down Britain's oldest merchant bank, will be released from jail in July, Home Affairs MinisterWong Kan Seng told the South China Morning Post. The release almost three years before the completion of his six-and-a-half-year sentence is for good behaviour.
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        Dirty drink
        58 6 HONGKONG AN 18-month-old boy is in hospital after swallowing bath water in a village in Hongkong. Doctors believed Samuel Plosaj's serious condition was caused by swallowing stream water found to be heavily infected by E. coli bacteria. His mother has hit out at the government for not warning
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        Virus checked
        58 6 HEALTH THE Hendra-like virus has been contained here successfully Health and Environment Minister Yeo Cheow Tong said. The situation has stabilised, mainly because of the ban on the import of live pigs since March 19, he said. The ban would be lifted once the Government was confident that
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        Still no salary
        70 7 chTna TENS of thousands of workers of a huge company have yet to get their pay after more than two months. Union leaders said about 46,000 of the 230,000 staff at Capital Iron and Steel in Beijing "have not been paid, some for the last six months
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        More checks
        60 7 MALAYSIA THE police and armed forces have carried out more checks along the country's borders. The government said these measures were meant to prevent the mass entry of illegal immigrants. A syndicate was said to be organising their entry. In another development, about 200 foreign workers were rounded
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      The KL alert
      222 7 P®<sus SO Malaysia's economic health seems to be improving. Credit ratings upgraded; rising stock market; strong reserves. Putting to rest some of the global concern that arose when Kuala Lumpur decided to impose money curbs last September. But here's an alert from VIKRAM KHANNA of The Business
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      world Head liners
      46 7 International Herald Tribune: Survivors of Kosovo 'cleansing' are seared by terror Asian Wall Street Journal: Tokyo's huge debts hobble recovery New Straits Times: 500,000 Kosovars on the run BBC news: International efforts to alleviate the suffering of the Kosovo refugees being stepped up
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      local Head liners
      51 7 The Straits Times: Flexi-curriculum for top undergrads The Business Times: Singapore reviewing need for auditing of private firms Lianhe Zaobao: US to deploy Apache helicopters in Yugoslav airstrike Berita Harian: Use IT to explore markets in Islamic world RCS morning news: Dr Wan Azizah launches National Justice
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      WATCH YOUR MOUTH
      72 7 Quote If you are a heavy smoker and drinker and (f you have a single ulcer or lump (in your mouth)that refuses to go away after three orfour weeks y then you should see a dentist or doctor immediately. Professor Stephen Porter from the University of London,
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      125 7 Eart (fleets Wert Buffet The exotic East and exciting West come together at Palm's Asian Brasserie with delightful combination of Continental, Italian, Malay, Indian and Chinese cuisines, all under one roof, that makes our widest and imaginative spread so deliciously different. Our tempting dessert corner with Durian Puffs, Strawberry Mille
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      Lock icon Want to try and beat me, boss?
      301 8  -  f .1 paper By Laavanya K HOW would you like to give up your lazy Sunday morning at home to walk 10 km with your boss? Well, that is what senior secretary Ms Annie Teo, 36, is doing come May 23. She and
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      EVENT INFO
      130 8 WHAT: The New Paper Big Walk '99 WHERE: National Stadium (facing Kallang Theatre) WHEN: 7.30 am, May 23 COST: $4 per person. HOW TO REGIS ILK: Jurong Point, Northpoint, Tampines Mall, Takashimaya Square, OUB Centre, Singapore Amateur Athletic Association or News Centre. You can also register at The
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      52 8 •s Concorde Kuala Lumpur Concorde Shah Alam What's your drift today? I® I CONCORDE HOTELS lIESOHTS MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR (8243J-H): 2 JaLan Sultan Ismail, ***** Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tel: (03] 244 2200 SHAH ALAM (28n58-U): 3 Jalan Tengku Ampuan Zabedah C9/C, Seksyen 9,***** Shah Alam, SeUngor, Malaysia. Tel: (03) 552
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      73 9 wW SRHBHBHBSHHHMr 1 M Bk. m* «K 3 rf^T^ •rrp? 4." f, A^_ jlfelgi ij^vi^jji|!f M| jC% **w4fo B •>. a?- :< ?r '&V BPB "VQflM* fcw Expect the sun to rise on 11 April -4 ETT ■<* HB^v; Bright and breezy. Newsy and fr.endly I 4-Urv rt£Mir Aoivw* I
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    The flash & dash of that pink shirt
    524 10 The flash dash of that pink shirt THENEWSTODAY What was it like tagging (breathlessly) behind BG Lee Hsien Loong when he visited Myanmar and Thailand over four days? YVONNE UM reports Even busy VIPs face that notorious hurdle when visiting Myanmar and Thailand. Traffic jams. Yup, even in Myanmar, which
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      Lock icon If his mum could see him now...
      674 11  -  By: Sithara Doraisamy TAMIL MURASU TWO doctors in the family and neither could save their mum. It was the saddest moment in the life of Associate Professor Vivian Balakrishnan, the whiz kid of Singapore eye surgery. His eyes watered as he spoke of
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      Lock icon Cancer man's money blow
      460 12 Singapore's health care budget will double by 2030, says Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong who chaired the Inter-Ministerial Committee on Health Care for the Elderly. It released its report last month. One recommendation is to enhance Medisave, MediShield and Medifund schemes to work in long-term care.
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      DAD HAD TOO
      107 12 MR CHIU had to come to terms with cancer again when his elderly father, who lives with him, was diagnosed with lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes) a few months ago. He now accompanies his father for radio and chemotherapy treatment and does all he can to
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      More financial help needed by year 2030
      282 13 MORE people like Mr Chiu have been applying for Medifund the financial safety net set up by the Government in April 1996. But with the number of aged Singaporeans expected to rise to 800,000 in 2030, even Medifund will not be enough. There
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      75 13 Toned and beautiful Fannar Junior sprinter OtaM Edwards will fee trading her vvanlnf tpjkee far a pair ef leotards wfcen the enter* the Mat FMneefr-Singapore competition tUt aioiitli. Said Ms Edwards, 21: Asian men may like the damsel-in-distress kind of look whereby their women are fair and dainty... I
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      'Made me do squats in the nude'
      397 14 HONGKONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TAKEN TO COURT THAT is what one Chinese overstayer in a Hongkong detention camp claimed on Friday. Another overstayer said at least 10 men had told her tfiey had to strip and exercise nude. Women also had to strip but
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      The trouble began when...
      125 14 A HONGKONG court ordered the release of some detained Chinese immigrants on April 1. It ruled they could remain in the territory until a decision was made on an appeal by 17 others over a controversial residency law. These Chinese immigrants sought residency after Hongkong's highest
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      Obviously running a marathon
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      Lock icon But then, so is he
      127 14 AFP. THE man above is competing in the Paris Marathon. Perhaps it is the 150,000-franc (about $43,000) top prize that lured him. But then again, he could be in it for the fun of it Julius Ruto of Kenya won the 23rd Paris marathon yesterday.
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      Lock icon Fake nude photos of PM's wife on website
      248 15 Israeli ruling party is hopping mad AFP. ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party is furious. It has accused the rival Labour Party of using dirty tactics for the parliamentary elections to be held next month on May 17. The cause of
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      85 15 Reef grief Australia's Graat Barrier Reef wHI start crumbling in 50 years' time because off carbon dioxide pollution. Australian National University marine chemistry researcher Bradley Opdyfce said the carbon dioxide impact on tke reef, stretching almost 2,000 km, was Mnty to become severe around the year 2050. Most people
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      236 15 Are you 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 fUldy ires you? You are judged
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      113 15 E Seafood nff East West Seafood Buffet From Only $20 Dig into unlimited servings of meaty Sri Lankan I crabs, fresh salmon, fresh rock oysters, tender baby M V lobsters and many other delicacies cooked in a variety of East West combination styles! Available only from 1-30 April at New
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      Lock icon Has it got anything to do with his heart?
      413 16 PR MAHATHIR IN HOSPITAL HEART DOCTOR'S VIEW A cardiologist here said the heart and lung are closely linked. So it is not unusual for Dr Mahathir to be admitted to the National Heart Institute for lung infection. Perhaps, the Malaysian PM
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      Lock icon That eye is back — as a symbol
      126 16 That eye is back as a symbol NEW PARTY: Sacked deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim'a famous "black eye" Is the symbol of a new political party In Malaysia. Launched yesterday by his wife, Datin Serf Wan Azlzah Ismail (shown praying here with the backdrop of the eye symbol), It Is
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      Lock icon KL looks at stronger controls for pig farms
      159 16 Reuter. MALAYSIA has plans to centralise pig farms, a measure which could reduce health threats such as the recent viral outbreak. Health Ministry Secretary-General Ismail Adam said centralised farming could ensure higher standards of hygiene and thereby minimise the spread of disease.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Air NZ warned: Stay out of SIA's Ansett deal
      213 17  -  BY Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY AIR New Zealand has been scolded for even thinking of stopping Singapore Airlines from getting a half-share of the Australian carrier. International credit rating agency Standard Poor's did the scolding. Air NZ owns half of
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      Lock icon Walking into a snakepit?
      292 17 CHINES^REMIE^Hl^ONGJI^J^ISIT Source: Wire services. THIS is his first ever visit to the US as Premier. And what a time to go there. Americans are so angry with China that one analyst says Mr Zhu Rongji (right) is walking into a snakepit. The visit to Washington and
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      Lock icon ANGER AT CRITICS
      100 17 Reuters. CHINA'S ambassador to Washington has blasted Americans who have condemned Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji's April 6-14 visit to the US. Ambassador Li Zhaoxing criticised them for raising human rights, allegations that China stole nuclear secrets and other issues. He said some US politicians should stop interfering
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      119 17 Q&hssatthe (s&wr Q&iew Mr Jit. a 1 J Our WEDDING PACKAGE accords:- Fresh floral decorations for A 30-litre barrel of beer the aisle and stage A night's stay in Bridal Suite Personalised cut-out names Wedding cake for display and swans on stage Mini fruit cakes for giveaways Free flow of
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  • DEARWIJEY
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      Lock icon Piano and my English
      289 18 QI'VE wanted to learn the piano since I was young. But as I'm going to be 16,1 have to prepare for the O-level examinations. Still, I would like to start learning the piano after the O levels. I'm wondering whether I would be too old to
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      Aim to care for nature
      126 18 QFM 19 and in my final year of a building and real estate management diploma course. I'm losing interest, but I suppose 111 complete it. My main interest is in caring for nature. What are the career opportunities for an environmentalist? Is a diploma enough
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      No biology at my school
      214 18 QI'M in Secondary 2. I want to study biology in Sec 3 and 4. However, my school does not offer this subject. I really want to study it to be able to be a doctor or a pharmacist. Please tell me the subject combination I
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      Can he get SAF scholarship?
      159 19 QMY brother will be 18 in July. He is in Melbourne, attending a foundation studies programme at Trinity College. This college is affiliated to the University of Melbourne. The subjects he is taking include maths 1, history of ideas, computing information management, psychology and English,
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      Networking is the career for me
      122 19 QI RECEIVED my diploma in software information systems last July. I'm working as a programmer in a local bank I want to be a professional in networking. Should I get a degree or another diploma to get into this profession? And how can I
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      I want to do Os after ITE
      134 19 OFFICE SKILLS... QMY NT-level exam aggregate was 10 points for three subjects. I'm taking a one-year certificate of office skills (COS) course at Bishan ITE. After the course, I wish to do the O levels. How do I go about this, please? If,
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      Can I do ITE after NS?
      136 19 QI'M in Secondary 2. If my end-of-year results are 70 or more for all subjects, and if I wish to go to Clementi ITE, what courses can I take? If I take up office skills at Clementi ITE, and after I complete the course,
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      251 18 Do you have any questions regarding education? Write or fax your questions to: Dear Wijey The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5 Fax: 737-5375. Infoline: **********3. (Calls cost 30 cents a minute.) ...YOUR NEXT STEP Diploma in Mass Communications Bachelor of Science (Hons) in 6th intake, commences 5
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      42 18 Dear A Wijey f Our counsellors Schoob&jC Eqgene Wijeysireha. education consultant ft I ■i ii ill i rofytecnnK Wong Sing Chee f i-i ,n ri <-> it ii i Singapore roiytecnrMC ITE Luca Khoo, Institute of Technical Education Univenity Amarjeetßajwa Inter-Asia Consulting Group
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      103 19 'O", "2V LEVELS ITC HOLDERS... The Management Development Institute of Singapore (MDIS) A well-accredited institute offers various academic programmes in partnership with acclaimed overseas universities. The ■BjflU programmes aim to develop students' innovation, leadership qualities, entrepreneurial spirit, pHpijUjU creative thinking and communication skills. Our success is endorsed by the tremendous
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      Lock icon There's a new man under Dolly's roof
      522 21  -  BY Hazel Tan TAN Ah Teck may soon be away on business, but it won't be lonely days for his wife Dolly. A new man is about to enter her life. Now, don't get the wrong idea. There won't be any hanky-panky in
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      Fun times ahead
      225 22 FROM PG 21 Do*y (played by Koh Chieng Mun) Her main mission is to get Paul married in 'time for her to get a grandson in the dragon year, that is, next year. She also gets a job at McDonald's to help boost the family income in
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      No stories without Ah Teck
      273 22  -  BY Hazel Tan A CHALLENGE. That's what Moses Lim thinks Under One Roof will be without Tan Ah Teck. "It will ba a challenge to a,,,,,,*. n 4,, 4A 11 |1| •veryoooy, 10 tne cast, to tne scriptwriters, to the viewers as well "When they
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      Lock icon Saving the best for last
      418 23  -  By Avis Wong IF YOU had left promptly when William So Wing Hong drew the curtain on his concert, you'd have missed the best part of the show. The fun did not stop when the Hongkong singer completed his encore and the lights at the
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      81 22 Let Us Reward, You! k With every $30 and above spent on food, you get to savour a Fresh Grilled J&k Promfret with Black Bean Sauce on us. For the month of April only! Sati&facti** (faevuiHtccetl ft 4 s4pul /W'a /*6e/ New Taiwan Porridge Restaurant 110 Amoy Street Telephone: 324-8310/324-3268
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      107 23 Rr Till 30 april Imagine going Euro at Wall Street... Salmon with Oriental Salsa, Crayfish Bisque with Garlic Bread, Black Cod Fillet with Soy Vinaigrette and more Continental dishes at $15 00 per set. Counting the calories? Or banking on prudent fund management? Delve into the unlimited helpings at the
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    Can one of our girls take her crown?
    408 24  -  (Yooyil yl ooJJ I HAIR: Reds Hairdressing MAKEUP: Nicole Tan, House of Artists (pager: 9746-1884), using Chanel's makeup colours. STYLING: Vik Lim (pager: 9239-4439) PHOTOGRAPHY: Steven Foo, Instant Glamour GOWNS: Celia Loe SHOES: On Pedder BY Carol Leong THE race is on
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    Lock icon Meet Kitty's Miss
    367 25  -  Hello, Fiona SHOWTIME Cal 1900-*****03 and listen to the !—A. 1 ..Jtl, inwnww WIUI Fiona Brsidwood. Each caM costs 50 cents per minute. By Hazel Tan ONE doesn't have a mouth and can't speak. TTie other has a smile so sugary-sweet that would melt all hearts. Pair
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      64 25 /IlGMliro Q033® 0- r v i Free entry before 11 pm on 6 April $5 NET! ABSOLUT VODKA MIXES AT STUDIO EAST ALL NIGHT 1 -for-1 jugs of housepour mixes draft beer to midnight. 20% off all other drinks all night! STUDIO EAST 8 Grange Rd #09-01 Cineleisure Orchard Tel:
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    Grandpa, our first Singaporean
    513 26  -  Et cetera WITH AMBIGA RAJU DURING the recent school holidays, I found myself more in need of a break than even my two boys. We packed up and headed up north to Port Dickson to ei\joy the quiet beaches there. But just before that, there was
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      177 26 |CH^GI22B 222-230 Changi Road, Lorong 108, Singapore *****8 RESERVATION HOTLINE: TEL: 34-6 4-549 ■fc Business Hours: AH Jp 3pm, 5.30pm 12 MiarjJ Newly Opened! Come to savour our authentic home-prepared seafood. Speelai Mam I taSi uioupci at year e&elee ojf eeaMatgi *Only for eatlne-ln table per fish, a no take-away.
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      339 28 If fkShiokPadang! Bta By Mary Lee You choose the dishes you want, not B H Oishii! I, squashed up and ducking waiters canying ■WE not been to Padang in north Sumatra, trays of food (as in the old Rendezvous), but I Iry trie But I'm told that a meal in
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      327 29 1Z i'" BMbHflflH BBHBpHHHiiBHBppM Che :r:. om m nds you I I month of March I I everything... I 0 I Sooth Indian Brlyanl Restaurant 1 8 i dc ,i —1 ut,on I I flrst steaming the basmati rice and another until a spread I I marinated chicken separately When
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      400 40  -  Schoolboy sprinter's stunning 10.7 sec time equals 1994 Championship record CALTEX 25TH NATIONAL JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS—SERANGOON STADIUM By Gerard Wong LAST Thursday, he secured victory for his school in the National Schools B Div Rugby final when he scored a try after a great 60m solo sprint. Yesterday,
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      152 40 POH Seng Song could end up setting three new marks at this year's Caltex National Junior Championships. The Secondary Four student will break the 1994 100 m record by Timothy Yeo if he betters his 10.7 sec effort in the fined in two weeks' time. But Tang
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      211 40 WHEN it comes to the javelin, no school throws it better than Teck Whye Secondary. Last year, the school swept all top three spots in the Caltex National Junior Championships Under-17 and U-20 events. Then, Goh Choong Seng took both titles while Chen Jin Long was third and
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      261 40 Qualifiers for Boys' U-*****m final: 1 Seow Zhixiang (SJI) 11.9 sec; 2 Richard Batana (CHS) 11.92; 3 Edgar Tan (CH) 11.99; 4 Wong Kwok Mein (DY) 12.03; 5 Mohd Imran (BSS) 12.05; 6 Amos Siow (ACS-I) 12.27; 7 Fathan Omar(SPF) 12.33; 8 Noris Daniel Gabriel (SJI) 12.35 Qualifiers
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      87 40 THE Singapore Rugby Union will be conducting a Singapore Press Holdings Touch Rugby Course at the School of Physical Education on April 10 and 11. An optional two hours may be added to the course as a first step for those who want to attain a basic
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      192 41 WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS: IN NIGERIA AFP. GERMANY hammered Paraguay 4-0 in the first match of its Group A campaign yesterday. The match was marked by a superb hat-trick from Enrico Kern and a late goal from Patrick Falk. The South Americans, who also had a player sent
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      439 41 EUROPE KICKOFF: SPAIN; SCOTLAND; ITALY Reuters. AFP BARCELONA has given itself some extra breathing space at the top of the Spanish First Division. This comes after a Rivaldo hat-trick yesterday earned it a 3-1 win over Oviedo. With Celta Vigo surprisingly held 1-1 at lowly Extremadura, Louis van
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      95 41 Reuters. LAZIO had to settle for a 0-0 draw with AC Milan on Saturday. But it still extended its lead in the Serie A to six points after Ronaldo steered Inter-Milan to a 2-0 win over Fiorentina. Lazio extended its unbeaten run to 17 matches and again escaped punishment
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      601 42 Easter's traditional programme of two matches in three days enters the home stretch today and tomorrow. Meantine, JEFFREYTLOW raises a slightly different issue in Near Post today. Fans, do you agree or disagree with Jeffrey Low's views? E-mail us at TNPspofts@sph.com.sg or
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      448 43 England international Robbie Fowler is in big trouble. He was seen by millions on English TV kneeling down in front of rival supporters, putting a finger to the side of his nose and apparently sniffing a white line after scoring from the penalty spot. Fowler's antics in Liverpool's
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      178 43 ROBBIE Fowler earned a letter of praise from Fifa for his sporting behaviour after a match between Liverpool and Arsenal in 1997. Liverpool was awarded a penalty after Arsenal Tceeper David Seaman challenged Fowler in the box. But Fowler tells ref: he didn't touch me.
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      329 44 IMORNIN^^TEST^I AFP. LIVERPOOL striker Robbie Fowler yesterday apologised for the controversial way in which he celebrated his first goal. The England international put a finger to the side of his noae and apparently sniffed a white line after scoring from the penalty spot His
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      400 44 Skysport. WIMBLEDON coach David Kemp insisted that Manchester United was still on course to win the title even after the Dons had dented its championship chances on Saturday, reports Carlingnet. United boss Alex Ferguson failed to show for the post-match press conference following
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      76 44 TODAY: Chelsea v Leeds Coventry v Saints EvertonvSheffWed Boro v Wimbledon Newcastle v Tottenham Forest v Liverpool West Ham v Charlton TOMORROW: Arsenal v Blackburn Leicester v Villa CALL INFOUNE Call 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am tomorrow and Wednesday for the results. Calls cost 30 cents a
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      468 45  -  TAMPINES ROVERS 1 (Marko Kraljevic 89min) Sponsor Star Cruises TANJONG PAGAR UNITED 2 (Dejan Gluscevic lmin, Haris Sumri 88min) Sponsor New Century Cruise Lines Re porta/ S Gulam HOW do you break down a packed defence? There are a number of ways. The best two,
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      242 45 THE underdogs won on Saturday night and so did the punters. Gombak United beat overwhelming favorites Geylang United 2-1 at the Gombak Stadium, thanks to two goals from Toh Choon Ming. And Tanjong Pagar beat fancied Tampines Rovers by the same score. (See
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      80 45 UNKIND weather did not dampen a charitable act at the Tampines Stadium on Saturday. A team from S-League club Tampines Rovers and a side representing Siglap Constituency Sports Club were to have met to raise funds for the needy children seeking treatment at the Kandang Kerbau Women's and
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      91 41 |TOG ETHER, I HHPi) THE ESP^NA^I towards The Lspbnode Theatres on the Boy* I Draw No. 04/1999 Premium Prize:s2,4oo,ooo SINGAPORE SWEEP DRAW NO. 04/1999 Date A Time Wednesday. 7 April 1999, 5.00 pm Venue Singapore Pooh (Private) Limited 10 Anson Road, International Plaza #03-13/26 Singapore *****3 4D-SWEEP The results of
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      329 42 LEADING SCORERS: 16: Michael Owen (Liverpool), Dwight Yorke (Man United) 15: Andy Cole (Man United), Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink (Leeds) 14: Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) 13: Dion Dublin (Aston Villa, 3 for Coventry), Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal) 12: Hamilton Ricard (Middlesbrough) 11: Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Man United) 10: Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea), Alan Shearer
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      44 44 wfiGmsBsmi ygg'jjjhjcijm SATURDAY: Blackburn 0 Middlesbrough 0 Chariton 0 Chelsea 1 Derby 3 Newcastle 4 Leeds 3 Forest 1 Liverpool 3 Everton 1 SheffWed 1 Coventry 2 Southampton 0 Arsenal 0 Tottenham 0 Leicester 2 Wimbledon 1 Man United 1 Aston VBIaO West Ham0
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      193 44 HOW THEY STAND P W D L F A Pts 1 Man United 31 18 10 3 69 32 64 2 Arsenal 31 16 12 3 42 13 60 3 Chelsea 30 16 11 3 45 23 59 4 Leeds 31 16 9 6 52 28 57 5 West Ham
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      86 45 ml J TODAY: Y I (selected programmes): Golf: The Masters Official Rims 1996 (STAR Sports Channel 24) English Premier League Highlights (Football Channel 22) 9.30pm: Champions League: Semi-finals Preview (ESPN Channels 23 25) 10pm: Spanish Football: Extremadura v Celta De Vigo (STAR Sports Channel 24) NBA: Houston Rockets v Seattle
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      993 46 C tv TODAY David Letterman TllVri JV Late SIIOW Wlttl David I Ulll mmm LttftW—NOON Ym Cm Cook The Best of Asia p rom flro n (Cookinginstructional) W mm fTemiere lz, mid 111 gilt 12.30 pm ptctfonarycGameshow) We hate Mondays, but at 100 Days of our u«M (Soap il a
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    322 47  -  By S gulam DIE-HARD soccer fan Aziz Sulaiman need not wait for hours outside a stadium hoping to get a free ticket anymore. From Wednesday, he can watch any S- League match he wants to without paying anything. Thanks to the S-League. After
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    291 47 ...puts US through in Davis Cup tennis thriller AFP. HE was only playing singles matches because Pete Sampras refused to play for his country in the Davis Cup this year. But veteran former world No 1 Jim Courier, 29, showed he still has plenty of fire left as he
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    73 47 Last week, Poh Seng Song sprinted away to score a vital try for Anglo-Chinese School (Indep) in the National Schools BDiv rugby final. But yesterday, he even outdid that feat... Report: Page 41 I secretly timed him at training last week
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