The New Paper, 9 August 1999

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 136 2 Wire services. THEIR plane bounced down the runway and skidded to a halt in a field. So, the crew and 116 passengers of this China Eastern Airlines plane had to slide down emergency chutes and trudge down the runway on foot at Shanghai's international airport
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    • 100 2 They are the top hunks of Bollywood—three actors whose names often spell box-office success in the world's biggest film industry. They are Salman Khan, Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan. In a recent poll in India, the three were neck-and-neck in popularity. Which one do you like
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    • 157 2  -  By Tanya Fong THE Chinooks won't be flying on National Day after all. They were due to make their debut today escorting the Super Puma helicopter with the state flag. As they did during rehearsals. But they will be replaced by the two Fennacs helicopters, traditionally used
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    • 327 2 JAPAN WARNS N KOREA: IF YOU LAUNCH MISSILES AFP. JAPAN has warned North Korea that it may cut a key lifeline of hard currency if the Pyongyang goes ahead with an expected missile test. In a television interview, Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said the government was
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    • 287 3 OF course, we are proud to be Singaporeans. And, of course, we believe in cleanliness. And, sure, we can be patriotic and sparkling clean at the same time. But is it really neat to show the flag amid the washing? Why, that's thoughtless. Surely,
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    • 529 4 Prime Minister's National Dav message: With 6.7 per cent growth from April to J u ne: JpH UP... UP... UP... THE Singapore economy is recovering from the regional financial crisis. Growth in the second quarter of this year from April to June was a very strong
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 68 5 mui*mui< Writing in The Straits Times' Forum page on Friday, Singaporean Sarah Sum Wal Ujfcdescribes how—on atrip to Shanghai, China she hai asked a local what the greatest dream of a young graduate then would be. He replied: Their greatest wish is to study English as best
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    • 754 5 With my rifle and my buddy and meeeeeee This National day, we bring you some thoughts on National Service from JACQUES ERASMUS, one of this year's President's Scholars THERE'S a much-used army song called Purple Light, which everyone who's ever been through basic military
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    • 757 6  -  DEATH TOLL An estimated 12,000 British, Dutch, Australian and American POWs died building the Death Railway from Thailand to Burma (now Myanmar). An additional 70,000 Asian labourers perished. Living Hell can
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    • 142 6 We poured the crude oil over the roof, the wooden walls and the sleeping planks. We did the Job very quickly. I dared not look Into their eyes. I only heard some whispering "tolong, tolong" (help, help). It was the most pitiful sight God forgive
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    • 333 7  -  By Eugene Wee LIKE a certain British super spy, he has to go snooping. But the manager of James Bond Investigation and Security Agency found out that, unlike Bond, he is not above the law. Lim Choon Hock had to pay for listening in
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    • 177 7 WANT to re-live an era of getais (road shows) and evergreen music? Or be enraptured by the rich vocals of international star Francis Yip and Taiwanese songbird Yang Xiao Ping? There will soon be a chance at the variety show organised by the National Trade
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    • 29 7 The concert will be held on September 25 at the Singapore Indoor Stadium at 7.15 pm. Those interested can call 429-0350 or 429-0346 for tickets or further enquiries.
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    • 144 8 NATIONAL DAY PARADE SNIFF out these ice-cream sellers on wheels outside the National Stadium if you're going for the National Day Parade today. The first 2,000 readers to show any of them this copy of The New Paper will get a free King's ice
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    • 262 8  -  By Ng Boon Yian SHE has been scouring for a laptop to help her do research more conveniently. And Ms Ong Pin Nee (right), 23, got it for free on Thursday. A slim and sexy matte silver Fujitsu laptop at that! All she had
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    • 289 6 IB HHE9 EfflSSpL J Endorsed by CAL (a member of Informatics Group) is the first and only computer school in Singapore to award the Certificate in Web Design, which is endorsed by NCC Education Services in UK. education Education in Singapore is fast moving towards virtual leamlhg. Web Design has
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 100 9 muifmui* Tht world may have to wait before people compete against robots on the soccer pitch. But last Wednesday, fans got a taste of robots playing against eadi other In Stockholm, Sweden. Iranian robots beat Man ones 3-1 In a medium-size league. Each team had five
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    • 401 9 Man who shoved stick up boy's anus WHAT kind of a man would shove a stick up the anus of a 12-year-old boy? Someone who liked pinching children. His father and others speak up in an exclusive interview with Sunday Star WHEN Roslan was 14,
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    • 212 9 WHEN Roslan kept on harassing other children, his father got fed up. So his father sent him to his grandfather in Muar in 1982 when he was 15. One day he cycled to Muar town and Mr Imun never heard of his son until
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    • 308 10 IT can't cook. Or answer the phone. Or put the kids to sleep with a bedtime story. But then, it will never get homesick and suddenly leave you. And it can help you with some of your housework. Actually, Cye can do quite a
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    • 207 10 A GROUP of housebuyers in Penang have decided to finish an abandoned housing project by themselves. They have been waiting for 18 years for their houses, reported The Star. The group plans to buy their own building materials and engage contractors to complete
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    • 597 11  - s' r W with YVONNE LIM MONDAY HEY dude, so have you smashed a supermarket trolley, or drop-kicked your computer keyboard today? Welcome to the Age of Rage. Leave all 3,000 years of civilisation at the door, please. If you've no clue what I'm talking about, let me make it
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  • 457 11  -  Etcetera WITH MELVIN SINGH WITH all the debate on what constitutes good English, I wonder what radio programmes will be like in the Year 2000? Hmmm... Toe "Jam" Mangosteen: Yeh, hippity hip hop and all that. What's your song and message, listener? Listener 1 (typical Singaporean): You
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 299 13  -  Dear Wijey I'M 23. I work as an administration assistant. I'm also taking a part-time private secretarial course. The problem that I'm constantly thinking about is whether I should make a career out of being a secretary or take up something else. I've worked as
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    • 246 13 rM is. I took the O-level examinations twice and failed both times. I got only four credits. I can't get into a polytechnic, and I have to do a diploma course as a private student. Are private diplomas of any use? I'm wondering
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    • 212 13 rri I'M 27 and in the civil service. 4 I'm re-taking a certificate of business studies (CBS) course and O-level studies at the same time. I'm doing this because I feel that if I do well in the O levels, then I can
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    • 253 14 I WANT to further my 4 studies and take up an engineering course in a local institution. The problem is that I've done all my studies, that is, primary schooling and seconday school education, in Malaysia. I'm a Singaporean, but
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    • 279 14 I'LL be going overseas to JP 4 study after serving NS. Could you tell me which degree programmes are recognised here. How do I go about checking whether an overseas degree is accepted here? I'm aiming to get a science-based degree,
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    • 115 14 MY brother is studying 4 mechatronics at Balestier ITE. Lm*. But his interest is in building drafting (architectural), which he can't get in for because of inadequate grades. I would like to know whether he can ask (after his first year in mechatronics) for
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    • 111 14 I GRADUATED from Temasek Poly recently. I'm interested in business courses, and I had planned to go for a degree here or in Australia. But I've found out that institutes here, such as the Singapore Institute of Management, offer similar courses. So would it be
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  • COVER STORY
    • 527 15  -  BY Yong Siew Fern in Hongkong ANDY Lau, 38 (left), was in a flashy mood on Saturday. First he exposed his chest on stage by tearing one shirt and donning another see-through one at the start of his 15-night Hongkong concert
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    • 317 15 AFTER his opening song, Thank You for Your Love, the Hongkong Heavenly King taunted the media with a boldness not seen before. "It's tough being an artiste. I have to entertain these people here (pointing to photographers), only to hope that
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  • 426 16  -  s h w T i r?»- e By Seto Nu wen YES, they're a boyband. But only if you think a boyband means just a bunch of guys singing. Human Nature, a bunch of singing guys from Australia, hate being called
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  • TINSELTAL
    • 182 17 REAL-LIFE new mum Lisa Kudrow (right) is singing about maternal bliss. In the 100 th episode of Friends, the actress playing the ditsy Phoebe gave birth to surrogate triplets. Viewers will recall her contractions, her rush to hospital and her easy delivery. So, how
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    • 33 17 Everything has a soul, even inanimate objects liheasaladora washcloth. SoJ)rom now on, I'm going to be concerned about a washcloth. Drew Barrymore (right), on her beliefs after becoming an animist
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    • 43 17 I found it annoying to have breasts. The men on the set constantly stared at my chest. I was humiliated. Damn, men are pigs! Will Smith (left), on his cross-dressing experience for his new movie, Wild Wild West
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    • 149 25 I Mari Kiibota I S M I patience, discipline and I EI^ HT: I posture, which helps very I w M rkUw love kimonos. \m I a traditional or modern I girl? Both! When I have to choose I 3 s °y^ r choose a I more traditional-thinking man, I
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    91 26  -  Ask her ttr Yvonne Lim EWARE that sushi knife in hw K hands. U'This gal has got a licence., to < Yup, Man Kuboto, 22, has passed the licensing exam that attowa her to open her own restaurant in Japan. JWhen I retire from modelling, maybe I can
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  • SINGAPOREANS ABROAD
    • 89 27 The Alagirisamys 4 1 think when the families go back, they will take back part of Sweden with them, and they will leave part of Singapore here too. Rear-Admiral (NS) Teo Chee Hean, during visit to Karlskrona in May When duty called him away to Europe, navy
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    • 370 28 The Alagirisamys HE first Jfßßsunny llSaturday of V the year. After the freezing slush of winter, and the chilly breezes of spring, the summer sun streamed through the bay window to drench the breakfast table. Ms Prema Naidu laid out a western breakfast of
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    • 433 29 1,400 HOME WITH A LAKE VIEW The Alagirisamys wouldn't quite call it a If garden. C But for Ms Prema, 32, that strip of black earth the length of her patio is more than she has ever had before. Untidy bushels of spring onion. Little garlic and ginger plants. Fragile
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    • 337 30 The Alagirisamys fishballs /2M|!|-in Sweden? 1 Wllb* Yup! They can be found in the city V of Malmo, a three-hour drive away, along with other delicacies from home like dried shrimp, Yeo's soya sauce and chye-sim. Ms Prema's freezer was well-stocked with these. Like
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    • 210 31 The Alagirisamys nHril N a long weekend, you could choose to take a boat down to Copenhagen. C Ride the ocean-ferry across to Poland. Fly to London. Or simply explore Sweden's glorious countryside, islands, Ashing lakes or towns. Sounds exotic, compared to crossing the Causeway to
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    • 62 31 SINGAPOREANS in Karlskrona have brought a bit of Singapore to the place. In June, a contingent took part in the annual 300-km cycle race, which drew some 7,000 participants. It's nearly impossible not to bump into other Singaporeans in a stroll across town, or on a weekend outing
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    • 524 32 The Alagirisamys HE luckiest are those who have their families with them. When Ms Sembakam's husband goes away on week-long sailings, she said: "I'm scared to be alone. I come from a big family and I never had to live alone before, especially in an European
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      384 33 S'pore families OR a new mother raised with V all the "kiasu" expectations of a Singaporean health care system, the "less is better" way of the Swedes came as a shock. Mrs Helen Prakash, 29, had her first daughter, Annika, shortly after coming to Sweden in 1996.
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    • 712 34 The Sees From regional manager to street hawker zStTw HENifir8t met Michael It V See in 1997, at a V v Singaporean gathering in Cambodia, he pulled out a can of beer his company was promoting to show me how it looked remarkably
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    • 549 35 The Sees WHY doesn't Mr See just pack up and move back home? "No way," he said. "In Singapore now, with low education you want to find work, very hard. "At least here, I can do some small business." In Singapore, he might
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  • the new paper RACING
    • 223 44  -  By Danny Khoo New ZEALANDER Lee Rutherford is fast making a name for herself as a good "rails jockey" on the local circuit. For the second time in a week, the 26-year-old was rewarded for taking the shortest route home at Kuala Lumpur. Rutherford,
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  • 1159 45 RACING RACE 1: Bonzer was slow into stride. In the straight, Kenwin had a tendency to lay in. Chicago Bull was impounded. A vet exam revealed that the gelding returned with a respiratory infection. He must pass a I,ooom trial and vet exam. Trainer
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 342 46 OPENING DAY OF SEASON 1999-2000: Reuters. NEWCASTLE 0 ASTON VILLA 1 SOCCER referees can destroy the English game. The warning came from Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit who blew his top after skipper Alan Shearer was sent off and another six players booked in Saturday's explosive
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    • 191 46 Reuters. ARSENAL 2 LEICESTER 1 PROMISING England striker Emile Heskey was stretchered off wearing a neck brace at Highbury. The Leicester striker had his head immobilised after he clashed head-on with Arsenal's Gilles Grimandi. He was taken to Whittington Hospital in North London and
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    • 318 46 Reuters. WEST HAM 1 SPURS 0 A SERIOUS knee injury to lan Pearce took the gloss off this inspiring win at Upton Park. Pearce, playing his first Premiership game since breaking a leg last season, was stretchered off with ligament damage in an incident-packed
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      352 47 Reuters. SNEFF WED 1 LIVERPOOL 2 LIVERPOOL'S League of Nations newcomers are set to surprise the Premiership. French manager Gerard Houllier's Anfield revolution got off to an ideal lift-off with this 2-1 win at Hillsborough. "There's so much of promise with this new crop of players. We're set
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    • 603 47  -  EVERTONI (Jaap Stam, 87th own goal) MAN UIDI (Yorke, 7th) BY Jeffrey Low MAN UNfTED'S GOAL: The telepathic understanding between j Dwight Yorke and Andy Cole produces a classic goal. Yorke plays a quick one-two with Cole before picking up the return pass to
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  • BRUNEI BASH SEAGAMES AUG 7-15. 1999
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      615 48  -  .two national rerords and two SEA Games marks. Jos is so serious about it WHOjSHOT Joscelin Yeoin swimming RESULTS Women's 100 m frae: 1 Joscelin Yeo (Sin) 56.05 sec (national and Sea Games records) 2 Pilin Tachakittiranan (Thai) 58.01 3 Christel Bouvron 58.85 Women's 200 m IM: 1
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    • 188 48 BITTERSWEET. That was how national backstroker Gary Tan chose to describe his day at the races yesterday. The 17-year-old former Anglo Chinese School (Independent) student was over the moon when his silver-medal winning performance in the 200 m backstroke saw him break the
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    • 378 49  -  iJLI IBitiftal WHCKSHOT Um Zhongin bowling By Gerard Wong THE early bird catches the worm. Problem is that nobody told national bowler Dominic Lim Zhong that he had to end up waiting more than five hours just to ei\joy his meal yesterday. The 17-year-old sensation
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