The New Paper, 13 May 1999

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    7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1999
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      59 1 Man U 0 Blackburn 0 What a letdown! Malaysia Airlines agrees to fuel checks Did planes fly on near-empty tanks? Another quality publication S/nyapore Pre** Ho/d/nys http://newpaper.asial.com.sg MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS ,j s^ flv H jM J *wJt uoa&fo < ffac ice cream. 6 1999 McDoiudd'i Corporation Oo fUU*ry.
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    Lock icon The toilet surprise
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      Lock icon He knows Asia inside-out
      439 2 AMERICA'S WOT II J)-BE FINANCE MINISTER Source: AWSJ, Reuters. HE'S said to be abrasive, and not so diplomatic at times. But on one score, Asia need not worry. Mr Lawrence Summers, 44, knows this region well. Yesterday, the White House nominated him as finance minister. Said
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      Lock icon Peace message smuggled out of Myanmar
      261 2 Source: AFP. MYANMAR opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi has beaten the authorities again. Her keynote message, videotaped for an International Peace Conference in the Netherlands, was smuggled out of militapr-ruled Myanmar. She said in her message which was released in Bangkok that life
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      Lock icon A hotel for his fish, nothing less
      524 3  -  By Evangeline Poh FISHY, hmm, very fishy. Ask Mr Philip Kwah Eng Kiat what his hobby is and you would be in for a big surprise. "I visit my koi which I have checked into the hotel." A fish hotel? Yes, for people
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      think BiG
      549 4 The light bulb would have never been invented if all Edison wanted was a better candle. Tinkering's never enough when you want a big improvement. Bolder ideas are needed for Malay/Muslims to get a better education, says MAFOOT SIMON EVERY DAY I hear a teacher in a kindergarten
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      They did it, why can't we?
      160 4 IN Flaxmore, New Zealand, 11-year-olds up to five years behind at school are catching up in under 10 weeks, using a tape-assisted reading programme. The Malay community will need something like that. After all, there is a lot of catching up to do. It
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      Lock icon With her glasses, she feels beautiful
      460 5  -  By ToH Li Lin SO thick, so bulky... so strange! If any of these thoughts are crossing your mind about this little girl's glasses, keep them to yourself. You see, these are Sai Mrthra's second pair of glasses her "pretty ones". Her first pair
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      POSSIBLE CAUSES
      93 5 SAI Mithra's condition is termed as "opacities on both corneas". But what causes this? There are many causes, said Professor Arthur Lim, 65, professor of ophthalmology at the National University of Singapore. First, Sai Mithra could have been born with the opacities. In such cases, both corneas are
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Free medical help for needy
      222 6 war A FREE medical scheme for the needy has been extended to two more GRCs. It begins in Tampines and Aljunied GRCs today after being launched in Pasir Ris by the Northeast Community Development Council last September, reported The Straits Times today. The scheme mainly
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      Lock icon Yes, he's standing up in a chair!
      65 6 UP, RIGHT!: Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong taking a seat in a new wheelchair (above) that can shift easily into standing position (right). The U553,500 ($5,943) foldable wheelchair allows disabled people to, for instance, reach a kitchen shelf with ease. It is one
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        Road rage
        64 6 CRIME A SHOPOWNER driving a Mercedes-Benz punched an NTUC Comfort taxi driver on his chest and head because the cabby did not let him cut into his lane. Minutes later, the two cars were involved in an accident. In a magistrate's court yesterday, Seah Ting Thong, 55, admitted
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        First subway
        57 6 COMMUTERS will be able to travel in Malaysia's first underground rail transit from June 1, on its Central Market to Gombak route. The second phase, 14.9 km project features five underground stations: Masjid Jamek, Dang Wangi, Kg Baru, KLCC and Ampang Park. The KLCC station will have access
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        Posed as cops
        56 6 CRIME A MAN who posed as a police officer and robbed foreign workers was sentenced to three years'jail and 24 strokes of the cane yesterday. Gunaseelan Retanam, 24, unemployed, admitted holding up two cleaners on Oct 15 last year, and anothei a week later. Two of his
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        Student demo
        56 6 MORE than 3,000 students yesterday marked the slaying of four colleagues last year by holding peaceful rallies here and demanding that action be taken against military chief Wiranto for not resolving the matter. Demonstrations were held mainly outside the Parliament building and in the Trisakti University campus, where
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      world Head liners
      47 6 International Herald Tribune: Yeltsin dismisses Primakov, provoking Duma The New Straits Times: Stiffer penalties for reckless drivers Asian Wall Street Journal: Rubin's quitting shouldn't worry Asian nations BBC news: Yugoslavian President Milosevic says many members of the security forces are being killed in Kosovo
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      Anwar defends wife
      154 7 in RUGus ANWAR Ibrahim has hit out from jail at a Malaysian minister who said his wife was Chinese and born in Singapore. The former Malaysian deputy premier also accused Information Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Rahmats of trying to undermine relations with Singapore reported The Straits Times
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      Toy danger
      73 7 RECALL IKEA is recalling part of one of its toys, Mula (left) after it caused the death of a five-year-boy in Europe. Coloured rings of different sizes are stacked on a stick to form a pyramid. The top has a red ball. The boy choked when he swallowed
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      PM sacked
      51 7 RUSSIA RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin sacked popular Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov yesterday, and named First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin as acting PM. Mr Yeltsin, 68, went on national TV to explain his decision, praising Mr Primakov for stabilising political life, but said the country was "far from
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      'Pay $44m'
      57 7 LAWSUIT A FORMER Merrill Lynch International Bank employee has to repay the company $44 million. The case against Kevin Wallace, 48, ended when he refused to come here to testify. The judge said he was satisfied Wallace had broken nis employment contract with the bank by using its
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      Nuclear votes
      66 7 INDIA INDIA will do more nuclear tests if necessary. That is the line its caretaker Prime Minister is hoping will woo the voters in the next election, likely to be in September or October. Mr Atal Behari Vajpayee, of the Bharatiya Janata Party, launched his election campaign at
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      DOW JONES
      34 7 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 25.78 points, or 0.23 per cent, to close at 11,000.37 yesterday. An active volume of 824 million shares was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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      local Head liners
      58 7 The Straits Times: China moves to stop new demos The Business Times: Dow falls, then steadies, after Rubin quits Lianhe Zaobao: Govt plans to allow rehabilitation outside prison for first-timers with light offences Berita Harian: Educating parents on how to raise kids RCS morning news: British intelligence
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      RULING NOT SHIOK
      94 7 Quote Wworthy The word 'shagged'is in fact not as \crude or offensive' as the censors would like you to believe. Otherwise, the word and its definition would not have been printed in the newspaper, so that people would know its meaning. Mr Jeremy Chia, in a letter
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      32 7 Can you imagine getting famous for stealing your brother's girlfriend and making out with her on camera? Watch it all happen live' on HbXv^V FAME. BE CAREFUL. IT'S OUT THERE. www.utp-sg.csm i»»Oj
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    Lock icon How did 'bomb' get there?
    285 8  -  DUMMY MORTAR BOMB IN RUBBISH DUMP SINGAPORETODAY By Fong Foong Mei HOUSEWIFE Fenny Cheng, 37, didn't bargain on the bomb squad joining her on her grocery shopping trip. But that's what happened when she visited the market at Block 341 Ang Mo Kio Avenue 1
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      170 8 RIT "n 101 I HOMOLOGY Diploma to Degree mod* available I Diploma Adv Dip Degree For'OTA' kvri RtUtod Dtptarw PoJy Rclatfd Up I MASTER DEGREEIn International Business \.i Engineering Management > Marketing A 12fnonfh, 8 lubjoch programme dadgncd far mortagen in rfwir I r»ipec*vt ip*cialit« profeuion HHPHBII Call33wS9oo Fot PEN
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      Lock icon So urgent... he didn't close door
      406 10 Those with MMMHmcm contact the Ang Mo Kk> police division at 482-0000. HE certainly didn't expect this toilet surprise. Retiree Kuak Cher Kwang, 57, was at his door-step when he felt this urgent need to use the toilet. What to do? He quickly unlocked
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      WANT TO JOIN?
      113 10 WHAT: The New Paper Big Walk WHEN: May 23, Sunday, 7.30 am WHERE: Flag-off at the National Stadium REGISTRATION: The registration fee is $4 for fun walkers and $5 for competitive walkers. You can register at Jurong Point, Northpoint, Tampines Mall, Takashimaya Square, OUB Centre, Singapore Amateur
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  • SPEAKUP
    • SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM
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        Why can't they study here?
        145 11 Mrs Christina Ee, 39, secretary Can a fast food restaurant chase you out when you've ordered something there? In Choa Chu Kang estate, there are three McDonald's; at Lot 1, Yew Tee MRT Station and Limbang Shopping Centre. I was annoyed when my daughter, a
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        Share tables when it's crowded
        143 11 REPLY Davy Wee, Director of Operations, McDonald's Restaurants McDonald's is a popular meeting place. In some of our restaurants, students quite often meet to discuss and revise their school work. We are pleased that the conducive environment in our restaurants can serve the community during
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      No reason for controls
      62 12 mmSnmmE? Mr Alex Chan, chairman of the Committee on Smoking Control, on the Ministry of Health's decision to allow nicotine patches (which help smokers kick the habit) to be sold without prescriptions: It was so silly to impose controls on nicotine patches, which are supposed to
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      Come to the party and see the light
      321 12  -  NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION By Seah Yi-lein PINK Floyd for this year's National Day Bash? I am joking, of course. But the 34th National Day Celebration will use a lighting design concept modelled after a Pink Floyd concert. Welcome to the stunning visual
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      222 12 You can experience the X-factor too! The It's brimming with offers you EXPRESSIONS IdClOr j ust can t refuse! We're celebrating the X-factor launch with even more attractive savings and affordable tie-ins. Whether it's a Look, a Feeling, an Attitude or an Advantage, with the help of a balanced diet
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      327 13 A LOOK A FEELING AN ATTITUDE AN ADVANTAGE Tl I M It s that special something that makes others I II m m t ta^e a seconc I°°k* An °f confidence. An M Aura of positivity. It's hard to define j+ The (JLIL a R r EssioNs a Look jLje'
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    Lock icon DJ, DJ, find me a job
    584 14 IN the tiny studio at NTUC Radioheart yesterday afternoon, deejay Lin Youfa was a tangle of phone lines, microphones, control dials, notebook and pen. The 36-year-old deejay, who has been in the fast-chat song-playing line for 15 years, was answering calls at the speed
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      224 15 Ever wished for the freedom of using a tampon but weren't sure how to? A The solution —j < The biggest obstacle to using a <-> Is i K m tampon 15... well, USIIig It. Inserting one IRI the first time is not easy... you'll be f* I frustrated and
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      **********01 ******************** These digits can divide people, multiply money and add up to revolution
      699 16 WHICH group are you in: The informationrich or the information-poor? The question is going to be even more important tomorrow as the IT revolution is set to change our world and create big divides. The prospect
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      IT 2000 PLAN
      156 16 IN the public sector, we have carried out the computerisation of all ministries, statutory boards and public agencies, including Parliament and the Judiciary. The hardware includes the connection of every home, office and school in Singapore to a broadband network called Singapore One. Every home in Singapore
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      Clob investors: Got the offer letter? Here's what you can do...
      434 17 CLOB investors have until June 10 to decide whether they want to accept the "Akbar option". The Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) said yesterday that it had started sending out the offer documents containing businessman Akbar Khan's cash-for-shares proposal
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      Lock icon Sydney church raided for heroin
      149 17 Reuters THE Uniting Church Wayside Chapel, a controlled venue for heroin users, was raided by police yesterday. The chapel had housed a "Tolerance Room" a first in Australia set up by church officials to offer drug addicts a safe place to inject drugs using clean
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      264 17 PUBLIC FORUM Organised by The Diabetic Society of Singapore Come listen to the experts and learn about "Diabetes and Heart Disease" Coronary Heart Disease the feared killer What should I worry about cholesterol and triglycerides? A look at current therapies. How to eat wisely If you have diabetes, high cholesterol,
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon MAS agrees to fuel checks
      349 18 ROW OVER NEAR-EMPTY TANKS Wire services. Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flew into a storm recently. London's Sunday Times had reported that one of its places landed in the city with near-empty fuel tanks. The Malaysian government was quick to deny this. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr
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      Say Sir, officer
      54 19 mutfmutf There's tension between the New Yorfc City police and the public. Mayor Rudolph Giuliani has asked officers to be polite at all times while on duty: "To say even to the worst criminal you're arresting, Tou're now under arrest, Sir,' will channel some of the natural
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      Lock icon www.these are British secret agents.com
      320 19 Source: Reuters THE worst nightmare to befall a spy network has come true in Britain. The lives of dozens of British intelligence agents were put at risk yesterday when their names were published on a US-based Internet website, the London Evening Standard reports. The agents
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      42 19 A* J-- *ff t *f> V**V* 3** II 1 Wl £*fi J v^^rHß I■' 1 I Twi jr I I t I I II I Jfltt| AH* MAURITIUS THE RESIDENCE '4.* MAimrms I I ecccm^^L^ 0 I ..v w ww ,'Vlr;; I
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      More buzz about a Bee line
      269 21 Father of Kenny B's ex-wife sues, claiming he's been defamed by TV news that he borrowed from the Hongkong singer Hongkong media has just received a "wake up call" on the danger of circulating gossip about stars and their relatives. In a new chapter
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      SAD STORIES...
      108 21 IN 1997, Teresa Bee's affair with Hongkong garment manufacturer Edmund Chan was made public by Mr Chan's wife, former Hongkong model Susanna Chung, 46, who died of cancer the following year. Reports two years later that Teresa was being abused by boyfriend Edmund Chan drew little sympathy in
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      Lock icon The General vsthe Captain
      441 22 The Israeli general election on May 17 is becoming a war of insults between the two big challengers Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former general, Labour leader Ehud Barak GENERAL Ehud Barak once disguised himself as a woman. He was the head of an elite
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      LATEST OPINION POLLS
      95 22 LABOUR party leader Ehud Barak is ahead of Mr Benjamin Netanyahu and three other candidates in opinion polls. But none would get the required majority of votes, thus forcing a second round of voting between Mr Barak and Mr Netanyahu, analysts said. The votes of Russian Jews,
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      COURT BARS CLOSING OF PLO HQ
      87 22 ISRAEL'S High Court has barred Mr Netanyahu's government from closing offices at the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) headquarters in Jerusalem for at least a week. In doing so, the court has defused an issue that has been dividing voters. The government issued the closure
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      Lock icon Mounties don't get their man
      296 23 BUSANG GOLD CASE Source: AFP. IT was hailed as the biggest gold find in the world, promising riches beyond many dreams. It turned the gold-mining company behind the Indonesian find into a multi-billion-dollar company within weeks. But the dream was shattered two years ago when
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      104 21 Care Community Services Society Celebrates International Year Of Older. Persons 1999 g-r I A jl ,B\ 71 IntmatMiMl Y«ar of Otdvr Ortont 19«0 BrafMjj *M IHH Many Exciting Activities In Store For The Whole Family! For Grandpa ft Grandma: FREE Blood Pressure Testing, Blood Tests, Goodie Bags". For The Whole
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      163 22 I fIHSf A 9B H IHbXvW FAME. BE CAREFUL. IT'S OUT THERE. l?iS ,ow www.uip sg.c#m fj*S! Sm individwol onomo luring* for showtime* llflll one of 10 Warner Music CD hampers worth $100 each MlmWnM or one of 30 Tower Records vouchers worth $10 each, W W V just by
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Cindy does a Demi
      183 25 A PREGNANT supermodel Cindy Crawford appears on the cover of the latest W magazine in America, wearing only a necklace and her trademark beauty spot. The shot is reminiscent of actress Demi Moore's celebrated 1991 cover shot for Vanity Fair magazine. W, a fashion magazine, said
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      Lock icon MISS UNIVERSE CONTESTANTS GO A-VISITING
      64 25 BEAUTIES ON THE GO: Mi»% Universe contestants (from left) Miss Belgium Tanja Dexters, Miss Venezuela Carolina Indriago, Miss Bolivia Susana Barrientos Roig and Miss USA Kimberly Ann Presaler greeting a group of schoolchildren during a visit to Manta Bay on the island of Tobago. They
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      Lock icon Singer goes a-quitting
      231 25 AFP. THE future of Scottish multi-million-selling rock group Wet Wet Wet is in jeopardy after its lead singer and best-known member, Marti Pellow, quit. Pellow, 33, informed his bandmates of his decision by a letter from his lawyers. His decision to leave was announced yesterday. Pellow is
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      Lock icon Bianca goes a-helping
      138 25 AFP. CELEBRITY human rights activist Bianca Jagger is baking bread and dishing out beans to Kosovo Albanian refugees in Macedonia. "She wanted to come and see what is happening and what we're doing," said Lindsey Davies, spokeswoman for the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), which helped organise
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      MAY 13, 1969 The day M'sia changed forever
      484 26 Today is the 30th anniversary of Malaysia's May 13th racial riots. C SHANTHENI, a Malaysian, looks back at a turning point in her life MAY 13,1969. Bell-bottoms, platform shoes and mini skirts were in fashion. Not that any of it mattered to
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      HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED
      145 26 THE riots that claimed more than 75 lives that year broke out after opposition parties made great in-roads in the general election. The Chinese community was seen as rejecting the government's Alliance party in favour of Gerakan and Democratic Action Party. But real cause of the
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      Lock icon Shhhhh... this is top secret
      617 27 This is a "hush-hush affair that picks the top National Service recruits for grooming as officers and specialists for the Singapore Armed Forces. For the first time we show some (but not too much) of the trials that make up the selection procedure. TANYA FONG
      PICTURES KENNETH KOH; Pictures/ Kenneth Koh  -  617 words
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      DID YOU KNOW?
      30 27 HIGH-tech assessment: The "assessors" are each issued palm-top computers to directly enter the ratings for each recruit. The ratings are then transferred to a central data-processing base.
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      TO BE A SOLDIER
      64 27 UNSURE about National Service or what it takes to be a soldier? In just 22 minutes, you can get an audiovisual snapshot about NS. The video, To Be A Soldier, The First 100 Days, will answer most of your questions about NS. It costs $5 and
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    Such a fateful day, by numbers illlf
    525 28  -  £>*t cetera WITH YONG SIEW FERN ONE night in 1972, my mother was strolling home after a duck rice dinner with my father. Crossing a road in Redhill, Mum suddenly saw a car speed by, hitting a cat in an instant. The kitty
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      563 30  -  Jack Neo shocked at claims women find his new film offensive By Edwin Yeo JACK Neo doesn't get it. He has made a movie to show up men as hopeless womanisers. And what's this? it's the women who end up being offended. Chinese newspaper Shin Min Daily
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      175 30 It is crude, but... FIVE women interviewed by The New Paper said they did not find the film offensive. Said 36-year-old housewife Lay Siew May: "Yes, some of the jokes made my skin crawl, but I still laughed. "It's okay, but I wouldn't take my eight-year-old son to
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      310 30 Laugh? The truth about men hurts IS it sexist? No, I would say That One No Enough is realistic. If anyone should complain, it should be men. But they are laughing along with it. Why? Because they can identify with it. They see themselves on screen. It's the
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      605 31  -  By Vong Siew Fern HER relatives think she is making movies like Money No Enough. Her neighbours think she is a primary school student. Her colleagues think she is a student. Her dean thought she was controversial. Singaporean artist Tan Kai Syng all of
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      28 31 What "Pardon My French", experimental film and video art by Tan Kai Syng Where: Alliance Francaise. Sarkies Road (auditorium and gallery) When: Today, 6-10.50pm. Free admission
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    483 33  -  CAREER CHOICE BY Laavanya K THE tools Mr Willie Quek uses are decades older than he is. The 41-year-old watchmaker works with implements that are 60 to 70 years old. In fact, he prefers these hand-me-downs from his retired Swiss friend to the newer models.
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    453 35 FROM PAGE 36 CAREER CHOICE What attracted you to this career? When I was young, I wanted to do something different. I also like to do difficult things. Each watch has a different structure, and so this job will never be boring.
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      185 43 YESTERDAY'S GOING AT PENANG:YIELDING Workouts by horses Triangle, a course scratching last week, did a stylish workout at Penang yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Jasmin Rosli, the four-year-old Irish-bred gelding by Balla Cove kept pace with stablemates Gippsland (Class 4 Div 3 1,200 m on Sunday) and
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      Lock icon TRACKWORK
      397 43 NST. handicapped on Saturday: CLASS 2 DIV 1 1,400 m (Racing Writers Association Trophy): Slow work: Pacific Instinct (Kway), Saga Abjar. CLASS 2 DIV 2 1,400 m: Gaya Simfoni cantered one round and then strode out fluently over the final 600 m in 37.6. Slow work: Kuala Lady (Sam),
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      115 43  -  By Danny Khoo NEW trainer Sennett Ho will not be making his debut at Penang this weekend. Instead, the Ipoh-based Singaporean will make his debut appearance at the Bukit Timah meeting which starts on Saturday week. The change of plan comes about because of a cross-border ban
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      314 43 THE Penang Turf Club, which opened its track for morning workouts, re-opened it eight hours later for an afternoon session last Tuesday. Trackwork, which is usually done in the mornings at all the racing centres on the Malayan Racing Association circuit with the media
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      Lock icon Feared batsman & bowler
      321 44 Feared batsman bowler CRICKET WORLD CUP IN ENGLAND: STARTS TOMORROW MEET THE STARS: WASIM AKRAM (PAKISTAN) No: 5 WARM-UPS: (50 overs): West Indies bt Surrey by 88 runs. Surrey 169 f0r8in39.5 overs. West Indies 224 for 6 (Jacobs 80, Powell 53) Australia bt Somerset by 32 runs. Australia 243-5 (Bevan
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      139 44 NO 6: SANATH JAYASURIA (Sri Lanka) Reuters. LIKE several top batsmen of his age, Sanath Jayasuria (above) has not been content just to bat well. In fact, he had the highest score by a Sri Lankan in one-day cricket (140 v New Zealand), and the best bowling
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      436 45 Some people will do anything to get into the newspapers. For the Naval Base Primary School soccer team, the plan to make it into The New Paper was first conceived nine months ago. GERARD WONG discovers it all started with a report on Xishan Primary last
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      259 45 GUESS who Naval Base met and beat in its march to the Schools 11-a-side senior crown? It was Xishan Primary. The two teams met in the Ang Mo Kio District tournament semi-final a crucial match as only the two finalists can advance to the national competition.
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      ROUTE TO THE TITLE
      62 45 ANG MO KK) TOURNAMFNT: bt Northland 3-2 bt Ahmad Ibrahim 5-2 btPeixin7-l Quarter-finals: drew with Huamin 1-1 btQihua6-l Semi-final: btXishans-3 Final: bt Si Ling 5-1 NATIONAL TOURNAMENT: Flnt round: bt Charlton 5-0 bt Macpherson 3-0 btJunyuan6-0 Quarter-final: bt Boon Lay Garden 5-2 Semi-final: bt Dazhong 3-2
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      The Keane key to win
      270 46 Can Manchester United face its final showdown without skipper Roy Keane? That was the critical poser this week from JEFFREY LOW. The letters show that Keane is the new "Captain Marvel" for the Red Devils and his return-to-form was inspirational in United's Treble dream this
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      No problem
      71 46 THERE is no doubt that "Boom Boom Keano" plays a major role in Man U's midfield. But however important Roy Keane is, no individual is bigger than the club. Alex Ferguson has assembled a big squad of talents. My gut feeling tells me that Man U can do
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      50 46 DESPITE Man United's well-known strength in depth, Roy Keane's absence will be sorely missed. Ever since Eric Cantona left, Keane has played the role of "Captain Fantastic" almost as well. What he lacks in flamboyance, he makes up for with his inspiring enterprise. He's a true leader. SHAHIDAARIFF
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      242 46 "Keane Is the complete player. A great tackier, a good passer with wonderful stamina. Compared to Butt (great tackier but poor passer) and Sc holes (great passer but awful tackier). Without Keane, I fear United might end up Just one step short on all fronts, especially in
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      No foundation
      62 46 DAVID Beckham may be the best crosser, Ryan Giggs the best dribbler, Jaap Stam the strongest player, and Dwight Yorke the most tricky. But the most influential player for Man U must be Roy Keane. Without Keane, Man U loses the player who provides the foundation upon which
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      62 46 COULD Keane's absence wreck Man United's Treble dream? As the saying goes, one man does not make a team. Sure, I consider Roy Keane, Peter Schmeichel, David Beckham and Ryan Giggs to be at the heart of Man United. Without them, Man United's chances of winning the Treble
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      PREMIERSHIP TITLE CHASE: MAN U ONE WIN AWAY FROM TROPHY
      360 47 Blackburn Rovers 0 Manchester United 0... JEFFREY LOW'S blow by blow 9th minute: In what would become the closest Manchester United got to scoring all night, Ryan Giggs' header from David Beckham's long cross to the far post hits the
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      241 47 BLACKBURN Filan Croft Henchoz Peacock Davidson Gillespie Dunn Carsley Wilcox Ward Jansen MAN U Schmeichel G Neville Johnsen Stam Irwin Beckham Butt P Neville Giggs Yorke Cole Manchester united manager Alex Ferguson believes his team is in the perfect position to win the Premier League title. This comes
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      PREMIERSHIP CHASE: MAN UNITED ONE WIN AWAY FROM TITLE
      331 48  -  What an appropriate finish to a non-event,.. COMMENT BY JEFFREY LOW MAYBE it was all because of old boy Brian Kidd. He was already resigned to relegation at the start last night, having to face the might of his former charges.
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      372 48 PREMIERSHIP RELEGATION SCRAP: BLACKBURN GOES DOWN TO DIVI DEADLINE SUNDAY: Blackburn, Forest relegated to Div One Rovers have one match to play but cannot survive Southampton at home to Everton Saints need to win to survive Chariton at home to Sheffield W Charlton must
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      ASHLEY WARD'S CRUCIAL MISS
      121 48 If not for Ashley Ward over-doing things, he might have scored a goal to save Blackburn from relegation. In Blackburn's best chance to beat Manchester United, Ashley muffed his 82nd-minute shot when the goal was stark empty. Having been given a free run into the area
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      116 48 Reuters. PARMA 3 MARSEILLE 0 PARMA won the Uefa Cup for the second time in five seasons with a crushing three-goal win in Moscow last night. Goals from Hernan Crespo after 26 minutes, Paolo Vanoli (36) and Enrico Chiesa (55) maintained Italy's domination of the competition, which
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      502 49  -  By Peter Siow PETER Anosike netted the winning goal in Marine Castle's 2-1 victory, but the buzz was all about Michael Currie. Just 19, the Queens Park Rangers reserve striker who is on loan to the Dolphins, looked like a butterfly about to unfold his wings.
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      111 49 P W D L F APts 1 Home Utd 6 4 2 0 10 2 14 2 T Pagar 6 4 2 0 7 2 14 3 SAFFC 6 3 2 1 19 8 11 4 Jurong 6 3 2 1 12 6 11 5 Gombak 6
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      441 50  -  By Gerard Wong IS this the end of the S-League road for Croatian striker Jure Eres? The signs don't look good even though he scored his third goal of the season for Sembawang in its 2-1 loss to Geylang United at Yishun Stadium yesterday.
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      'Mr Jurong' bows out gracefully
      175 50  -  By Peter Siow HE started the football club in 1975 and was its secretary from 1976 until last week. Yet, when he was pushed aside, Jurong's K Suppiah did not sulk or scowl. Instead, the 48-year-old, who was often called Mr Jurong because of his
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      212 51 PREMIERSHIP CHASE: MAN UNITED ONE WIN AWAY FROM TITLE RELEGATED: Blackburn went down to Division One after its 0-0 draw with Manchester United. Blackburn won the Premiership just four years ago. The huge irony on the night was that Rovers was relegated by United. Rovers'
      Art/ CEL GULAPA  -  212 words
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