The New Paper, 5 September 1999

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  • 22 1 the new paper SEPTEMBER 5, 1999 on sunday Anothar quality publication of Singapore Prmt Holdinga hi 70 CENTS I http://ncwpapar.asia1.com.sg MITA(P) 107/03/99
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    • 115 1 yas■ .U.U Runaway maids are Student princess at I buying passports from Nanyang Tech University o f others for $250 each to PASSPORT M i I ijim i ®jj^i' v.- f^!rPicture/DAVID TAN v w N// TOBfiTOHQMEUMSK o'/ o'/ > x i v > ~i TOFfVESW® 0 N 'i,\ S o
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  • NEWS EAST TIMOR WANTS OUT
    • 567 2  -  Q East Timor's people have voted overwhelmingly for independence. How do Indonesian journalists view it? By A Poespodihadjo IN JAKARTA AS a boy growing up in a middle-class neighbourhood in Jakarta in the 1980s, I hardly knew anything about East Timor. In fact, in all
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    • 157 2 So, what is in store for East Timor now? According to the UN yesterday, 78.5 per cent of more than 400,000 voters opted for independence during Monday's referendum. But the result must first be ratified by Indonesia's People's Consultative Assembjy, which will only meet in November. After that,
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    • 55 2 How did East Timor end up being Indonesian? The largely-Catholic province was once a Portugese colony. Indonesian troops invaded East Timor in late 1975, shortly after the Portugese left, leaving the province in chaos. Some 200,000 people died during the military crackdown. In July 1976, then-president Suharto declared East
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    • 229 3 Slll}SCf IpttOW® First on the QSM 900 netwoik Yv No monthly With all that The M Card offers, now everybody can afford to get mobile! g|g|j- The M Card Is Singapore's first prepaid card that phone, and gives you your own mobile number. iJlwiaStMi operates on the GSM 900 network.
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  • NEWS
    • 797 4 She goes to school in a limousine. A personal bodyguard follows her wherever she goes. Yes, a princess is studying at Nanyang Technological University and you can hardly miss it. IRENE KEW and NG BOON YIAN speakto the youngest daughter ofthe Sultan of Johor YOU know you're in
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    • 303 4 SHE's the princess of Johor, all right. But do we see any red carpet treatment for her from her friends and teachers? Certainly not from her project mate, Lee Nian Tjie, 19, who even prodded her to do her part for
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    • 2293 5  -  o Do all babies with liver disease suffer so? By Calvin Low IF YOU are a mother, brace yourself. This story is hard to bear. It is about a mother who never heard her baby, Zachary, say a single word in all his life of nine
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  • NEWS
    • 177 8 THREE weeks ago, when the Liver Transplant Support Group met to decide on a name for their liver fund, they picked Zachary's. "This child has a story to tell," explained Ms Manjit Kaur, Chief Transplant Coordinator at the National University Hospital. "Tht mum is vory
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    • 189 8 Jaundice in newborn babies is common. However, consult your doctor should it extend beyond the first two weeks of the baby's life. If your child's stool is pale-coloured ranging from light yellow to cream to grey in colour show a sample to a doctor. A normal
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    • 190 8 A LIVER transplant doesn't fall within the subsidised coverage of basic health care. Ms Manjit Kaur, Chief Transplant Coordinator at the National University Hospital, said the Liver Transplant Support Group at the hospital has established the NUH Endowment Fund-Zachary Liver Fund to help needy liver patients
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  • NEWS
    • 63 10 Walk raised 19,000 LAST Sunday's Civic District Fun Walk raised $19,247 for the Family Life Centre, The New Paper's adopted charity this year. The walk, which was organised by the National Heritage Board, marked the launch of the Civic District Trail (right), Singapore's first permanent heritage trail. At least 5,000
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    • 145 10 WHAT sound would best represent the millennium? The blast of a gun, the scream of a jet plane or the sizzle of global warming? Watch, listen, feel, taste, sniff and be part of Swatch's Five Senses off the Century contest. Each month till the
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    • 69 10 TO win a Haunting Horror Video Hamper, just call 1900-914-0801 and answer a simple question. Call costs 20 cents. Ten winners will each get a hamper which includes The Haunting ('63 version) VCD and videotapes of The Addiction, The Exorcist, Poltergeist: The Legacy and The Shining
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    • 81 10 TIRED of just watching sharks from your movie seats? How about swimming with them at Underwater World at Sentosa? If you're a certified diver, you stand to win a package, worth $96, to dive with the sharks. If you're not a certified diver, you can opt for
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  • NEWS
    • 394 12  -  By Augustine Pang A BLUE Mazda car drove around town with an officiallooking blinker light on top. The driver even wore what looked like a cop's uniform. But it appears to be a simi-lar-looking National Police Cadet Corps outfit. The man who wore
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    • Article, Illustration
      105 12 ABDUL Rahim Ahmad was charged yesterday. He allegedly stopped a driver on the AYE on Wednesday morning and told him he was speeding. He allegedly offered to compound the driver's "offence" for $150, even escorting the driver to two ATMs to withdraw the money. But how does
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  • NEWS
    • 399 14 Your Sri Lankan maid has run away. But you have her passport and she can't leave the country without it, right? And the $5,000 security deposit you paid should still be safe, you think. Wrong. There is a way out for
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    • 565 15  -  BY Woon Wui Tek RUNAWAY maids are slipping out of Singapore using someone else's passport. Maids who run away might disappear underground to do part-time work illegally often for more than the wages their employers had paid them. When they want to leave the country,
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    • 74 15 IF you abet the illegal departure of immigration offenders, you could end up in jail for between six months and two years and be fined $6,000. To deter attempted illegal entry or departure, SIR has stepped up its checks and enforcement actions. Raids have been launched to
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    • 317 16 SO few foreign maids run away of the 100,000-odd here that the number is "not significant", said the Ministry of Manpower. In 1998, 150 maids (about three a week) were reported to the Ministry as missing. For the first half of this year, there were 60
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  • NEWS
    • 599 17 SINGAPOREANS IN PERTH DRUG CASE Q Why ore S'poreans targeted by drug runners? Two RSAF men were jailed last week for smuggling in Australia's biggest haul of Ecstasy pills at Perth. They had gambled and lost. Theirs was not a hard-luck story but a
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    • 111 17 BOTH men were jailed nine years but will be eligible for parole in half the term. If they had smuggled in that quantity here, they could have been jailed between five and 20 years, and caned no less than five times. Consumption of Ecstasy here carries a penalty of
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    • 233 17 MORE than 340 Singaporeans were arrested overseas for drug-related offences, mostly trafficking, between 1990 and last year. Most were men who were busted in Malaysia, New Zealand and as far away as Russia. Half of them had criminal records. Singaporeans are a popular choice as couriers
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  • 545 18  -  L ex Z at By Augustine Pang IT'S not a Singapore aerobics dance routine. Neither is it a strange routine where we go around slapping one another's face. Singaporeans, young and old, usually do the Slap on buses, the MRT, taxis and even at home or in
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    • 71 18 WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? Are there any other customs or practices you find puzzling and queer and want an explanation for? Or perhaps, in your interaction with Singaporeans, you've deduced the rationale for some habits you would like to share with fellow expats. Do contact us: The Expat Page The
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  • @A GLANCE
    • 288 20 FROM next month, you will not be able to get a second cheap loan from the Housing Board. That is if you have already had one, or if you have received a CPF Housing Grant. So don't be too fast in selling your HDB flat to
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    • Article, Illustration
      33 20 Although some like it hot, blonde Italian bombshell Monica Siddio prefers the wind up her skirt as she cuts a Marilyn Monroe pose at the Venice Film Festival. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 231 21 "I cany with me 26 years of experience in serving the well-being of workers and Singaporeans to Parliament I hope to continue this worfc in Parliament by participating in debates on issues that affect workers..." "I hope to represent the views of the accounting
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    • 44 21 Madam Claire Chiang, a businesswoman Mr Gerard Ee, an accountant Mr Zulkifli Baharudin, a senior executive in a multinational logistics firm Mr Simon Tay, senior law lecturer and writer Mr Tay BengChuan, president of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 89 20 AFP. THE North Korean navy commander has been sacked. All because a patrol boat was sunk in a clash with rival South Korea in June, South Korean offials were quoted as saying yesterday. North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-II fired Vice-Admiral Kim Yun-Sim, holding him responsible for
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      • 166 20 Jobs testing, testing MANY workers tested the waters at the Sembawang-Hong Kah CDC Community Job Fair yesterday. So did the employers. The 22 companies got 15 applications each, on average, within an hour. Most had other jobs and were seeking better-paying jobs. Rather than hiring on the spot, most companies
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      • 54 21 WORKERS at a US government uranium plant claim they were deliberately exposed to deadly plutonium. They are suing three government contractors Lockheed Martin, General Electric and Union Carbide for US$lO-billion ($l7 billion), reports AFP. The weapons plant workers say the firms failed to protect them from
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      • 69 21 Bernama THERE are 60 independent Chinese schools in Malaysia. So what, asks Education Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He warned the opposition yesterday not to politicise their existence. He said the schools helped beef up nation-building efforts. He said that with education being a sensitive
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      • 68 21 MALAY students in mainstream schools are outperforming those in Islamic religious schools. They are almost twice as likely to 'sit for their O-levels and three times as likely to get five O-level passes. Nearly four in 10 mainstream Malays passed English, compared to 6 per cent from Islamic
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      • 64 21 HE was employed to coach the boys in athletics. Instead, he sexually abused four of them. For the offences, part-time athletics coach Peck Choong Heng, 25, was jailed six years and ordered to be given nine strokes of the cane. Three others were also molested. In all,
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    • Latest
      • 139 21 Reuters. ISRAEL and the Palestinians signed a new peace deal in Egypt yesterday putting the process between them back on track. This has come two months after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak took office promising to revive Middle East peace. The deal raised new hopes
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      • 58 21 AFP. INDIAN commandos rescued five of six security personnel taken hostage by Muslim guerillas in the disputed Kashmir region yesterday. The commandos also killed the three heavily-armed guerillas. The trio had stormed a government building in Kashmir's Handwara town earlier yesterday and seized the six men. One of
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    • 111 21 GALA DOG SHOW: If you and your family are dog lovers, this just the show for you. Almost 300 dogs will show what they can do. Or they will show off their costumes and some will be judged if they have cute tails. You can see them
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  • THE WEEK
    • 554 22  -  Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Today, Alfian Sa'at, a Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award winner and author of Corridor: 12 Short Stories, looks at the issues in
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    • 175 22 LAST week, I also read that the Government would lend its support to transforming Singapore into a "Renaissance City". One of the ideas suggested to accelerate this was more funding for the arts. In my personal experience, more money does not necessarily mean better art. Lavish
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  • 263 24 news] IN actress Jennifer Aniston's book, her mother is not one of her friends. The two have not spoken to each other in the past three years. The Friends' star fell out with her mother, Nancy, after mum talked about her famous daughter in a
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    • 95 27 lit if SJEff I VISIT TORN INTO A Shoppers who present hottest football stars on two same day receipts fQR i I 12 September 1999. Be one of the totalling $50 (one from VUV Lr J first 100 shoppers to spend $50* and^ Guardian) can have a yl W bring
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  • NEWS
    • 570 28  -  By Shanoo Maharaj INCALCUnA NEVER before has an election campaign in India been marred by so much personal slander against the country's senior politicians. The prime targets of these slander campaigns: Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and Congress leader Sonia Gandhi. Now senior Congress spokesman
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    • 621 29  -  DIANA'S DEATH: PAPARAZZI CLEARED BY Brian Miller AT last, it is out in the open. Paris prosecutors on Friday ruled that Princess Diana and Mr Dodi A 1 Fayed were not killed by pursuing photographers. As a journalist, this is good news. Well, not good
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    • 458 30  -  HK SINGER-ACTRESS CECILIA CHUNG By Koh Hui Theng HK5250,000. This landed Hongkong singer-actress Cecilia Cheung's father in the soup. He is now a wanted man. By Hongkong's notorious triads, according to the Hongkong media. Mr Cheung had stood up for his heavily-in-debt friend, nicknamed Big
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    • 251 31 TO be part of the trendy set in Britain these days, you need a scar. And if you're unfortunate enough to have flawless skin, some cosmetic surgeons are more than ready to give you one. Just stump up at least £500 ($1,350). A scar has become summer's
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    • 344 31 20 DAYS TO THE COUNTDOWN OF A mei Concert!!! AL6G€€ V e N T I Exchange your old Singapore Notes for the new Portrait Notes >f^s exclusively available at the Currency 21 Exhibition! 9-12 September, Suntec City, Halls 602 603 On September 9, the new Portrait Notes will be launched
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    • 145 32 y. I want a clean @odd: Venue: @heart: kg< I yr break from Runaway Bride Take a I Beware a broken I «Pj4' e > I m y breaks no new houseboat heart from an older vpP comedian I f (I ground break in woman sgva Choy I 1 Our
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  • Feature
    • she’s the boss
      • 549 33 WOULD you be distracted by her good looks while talking about business? Yes? You are not alone. Mrs Sulian Tan-Wijaya (left), the managing director of Agripac Resources, has encountered clients who've wondered if she's just a pretty face. She realised
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      • 500 33 THIS tall and willowy Kowloon-born former model owns a flourishing chain of seven 0ne.99 shops across the island. Mrs Nanz Chong-Komo has great looks and a mega-watt smile. Men whisper "What a babe!" when she passes. Does the lady boss
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    • 318 33  -  I By Celine Lim Jazreei Low, 32, owner of bridal boutique Jazreei Low's Collections: IMPACT ON BUSINESS: "Whether you are good-looking or not doesn't really matter, it's your products and services that count. "You don't get good deals because you look good, you get them only if
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    • 290 34  -  GOOD-LOOKING BOSS: MAN'S VIEW: by CHAN SEET FUN HEARD of bimbo a good-looking woman who is regarded as stupid? How about himbo? It stands for a gorgeous man without any brains. "But that's not true," said Mr Danny McGill, 37, production house Interruption
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    • 138 34 fpje&ehj Thomas Ong, 30, actor: "Money! I need a lot of it. ($10 m?) No, I'm not so greedy but $2 m is not so far-fetched. I want to make $2 m by 35." Nick Shen, 22, actor: "Travel around the
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  • cookieJar THE PLACE TO DIP FOR HOMEMAKING TIPS
    • 151 35  -  No, we're not asking you to do what this man in China (right) is doing, just giving you tips when you travel with your kids Edited by Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg IS it possible to travel with under-threes? Yes. It can be done with some planning, enterprise
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      77 35 Before you go anywhere, plan, plan, plan. Plan what you are going to bring, where you are going to stay, how long you are going to drive at a stretch, what you will do when babies start to yell their heads off. So when babies do start yelling
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    • Article, Illustration
      59 35 The best strategy to handle babies who've had enough of driving is to distract them. So bring lots of toys, ice (babies love to suck on ice, but make sure they are in small pieces so they won't choke on them), paper (so babies can draw on them
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      103 35 You also have to make sure every now and then that babies or toddlers are comfortable. If their diapers are wet or soiled, stop the car and change them. Make sure that they're well-hydrated too, so bring lots of plain water. A drive in our weather can
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    • 42 35 The trouble with travelling with very young children is where to find their food. So before you go anywhere, you should either take their food along or check into a hotel which can cook food they like to eat.
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    • 54 35 Try not to drive for too many hours in one day. So plan for short drives. The drive to Malacca took about three hours and a bit, which was just about all our two kids could take. Otherwise, break up your drive into several days if you
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      81 35 If you don't want to be caught short of diapers in a town where you're not sure even sells these things, pack extra. Also good to have extras of: Biscuits, clean clothes, wet ones, milk powder, bottles, bottle cleaner and baby blankets. Of course, don't forget to give
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  • Column A FORNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S BUSIEST FUNNYMAN
    • 800 36  -  by Siva Choy OVER the last two or three weeks, Koh was convinced that the millennium bug had arrived earlier than scheduled. Because his PC went mad. Not suddenly, but gradually. It started by forgetting simple things like how to check the spelling,
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    • 750 37  -  by Jacintha Abisheganaden WHEN I was three years old, I stayed with my grandaunt in her house in Pasir Panjang which overlooked the sea. My father was studying music in London and the postman would bring me postcards from him on his bicycle. I started ballet
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  • 498 38  -  FsingleColumnl by Lela Jalil lela@sph.com.sg IDONT have a clear picture of my ex-boyfriend. Okay, so maybe I have one of those ridiculous, tiny sticker photos of the two of us, but it has turned so fuzzy and so faded. His features are blurred and indistinguishable.
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  • 274 39  -  Inside, you'll find a goldmine of ■m CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET-CONSCIOUS By Carol Leong canol@sph.com.sg YUE Hwa Emporium (above) stands on Eu Tong Sen Street. The building looks stiff and stem. But inside is a treasure house, a goldmine of gorgeous things, which will make
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  • seenHeard SHARP
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        41 40 THE MOVIE Newspaper columnist Ike Graham writes a scathing, and unfortunately, inaccurate article about Maggie Carpenter leaving men at the altar. She gets him fired. But their antagonism soon turns into something else. Stars: Julia Roberts and Richard Gere
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      • 207 40  -  *y CHAN SEET FUN PRETTY Woman Julia Roberts and Richard Gere team up again for another soppy love story. And really, that's basically all this movie is another soppy love story. The situations the lead characters find themselves in are improbable, to say the least.
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      • 76 41  -  Edited by Chan Seet Fun seetfun@sph.com.sg Man to Ike Graham (Richard Gere), on glimpsing Runaway Bride Maggie Carpenter (Julia Roberts): "Hey, does your friend have a sister?" Gere: "Wait for the original. She'll be available within a week." Graham on Carpenter's jock bo/friend's honeymoon plan (to go climbing):
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      • 242 41  -  by WOON WUI TEK Movie-land Rule n-. Once a filmable idea crops up, more than one filmmaker will use it. In shocker The Ring, for instance, a spooky video is a clue in a series of deaths. Now comes another hit in which a video
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      • 212 41 James Berardinelli in his online review; "As a satire or black comedy, Runaway Bride could have teemed with promise. As a feel-good effort, it's a bust. Director Garry Marshall does not have the track record to inspire confidence. One glance at his recent resume, which includes the likes
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    • 463 43 Highlight of the Week I current affairs/education if mon The New Ghostwriters Mysteries 9pm Your favourite gang of teen detectives is back! Jamal and his friends are back onthe,ob |Ugglingschoolwork < tl IP lA J V pina and busting crimes! How do they ues Award Winning Filmmaker—do it? Tune in
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    • 462 44  -  Beautiful waterways and breathtaking sunsets the charms of Kerala are many. Who better to show you the sights of paradise than a native. PATRICK JONAS plays host Edited by Rachel Tan rachel@sph.com.sg TILL the troubles broke out in Kashmir, a day in a Kashmiri house boat
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    • 43 44 Kumarakom is about 160 km from Trivandrum, the capital of Kerala state. Silk Air flies to Trivandrum twice a week. Contact the Government of India Tourist Office at 235 3800 or visit their website at www.tourisminindia.com for more information.
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      • 77 44 Right in the midst of the various resorts is a bird sanctuary. Set in 14 acres of wooded land, numerous exotic birds can be spotted here. During the winter months in Europe, birds from as far away as Siberia journey here. The best time for spotting these
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      • 75 44 A short drive from Kumarakom takes you to Ettumanoor. Located about 15km from Kumarakom, it is the site of a Siva temple built in the 16th century. It is a perfect example of the Kerala style of temple architecture. Its circular central shrine is covered by a conical
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      • 235 44 If you have more time on your hands, a day trip to Cochin 1 Vfe hour away by road is an ideal getaway. Cochin is where the backwaters empty out into the Arabian Sea. Hop on to one of the boat trips organised by the tourism department or
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    • 128 44 Kumarakom is also the place to rejuvenate yourself with Ayurvedic treatment (left), including massages. You could opt for a week-long or two-week course. The one-week treatment costs $1,336, inclusive of accomodation. These massages are done with a heavy dose of herbal oils. There are different kinds of
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  • MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 182 45 I'M a girl who is in Primary 6 and I need help badly. You see, my friends are no longer my friends. They ignore me. I am very lonely. They say it is because I'm fat. You know, I'm not so
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
      • 201 46 I'M 18 and suffering Q silently over problems with my reproductive system. Firstly, my erect penis points to the left. My friends' penises are all straight when erect. Am I abnormal? Are there any ways to correct it? Secondly, my foreskin is rather tight. It's painful when
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      • 335 46 I AM 17, male, and Q studying in a junior college. I'm faced with a lot of problems academically, and I'm very upset now because my very good friend confessed a secret to me: He is gay: I am very shocked because I've known him
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    • 44 45 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or fax to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special @T-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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    • 58 46 Counsellors: Mr Danny Ng, psychologist, and Ms Wong Sing Chee, counsellor, Singapore Polytechnic. CALL US If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****9 Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: npops@sph.com.sg (please mark: Aggie) or
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    • 892 48 [TVtoday] 7.00 AM Talespin/Fabulicious Day Turn 8.00 Disney's Doug/All Dogs Go to Ik II He en IXI Speak Mandarin Campaign Chinese Crosstalk 9.00 Pinky and the Brain 11/ Casper I Premiere 12, 10 am 10.00 Newton's Appie/Cow chicken of Brush up your Mandarin the fun way with some Chinese crosstalk.
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  • the new paper RACING
    • 605 53  -  English-bred stands out in I I -horse field By Danny Khoo GET off to a flying start with Bronze Tycoon in the opening race at Ipoh today. The English-bred entire, who hails from the bang-in-form yard of Ipoh-based trainer Lim Hoon Hooi, should end his
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    • 238 53 Reuters. THE Aga Khan's Sendawar is seeking his third Group 1 win of the year in the Prix du Moulin de Longchamp in Paris today. The colt followed up victory in the French 2,000 Guineas by taking the prestigious scalp of Aljabr
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    • 204 53 MARC TAN Flashing Rocket (Race 7 No. 2) Certainly deserves a huge dose of luck after having to play second fiddle at his last two starts. Last Sunday, he looked the winner at the top of the straight but could not match Night Man in the run home.
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    • 69 53 RACE 2: Princess Xena. RACE 3: Safe Harbour. RACE 4: Big Thinker, Drum Rhythm, Bintan Star, New Centre, Imperial Scholar. RACE 5: The First Smile, Forcest, Gentle Johnny. RACE 6: Victory Jyn, Super Happy, Emperor Returns, Ichiban Reflex, Top Of The Table, Direct Link, Lord Virgo. RACE 7: Hashing
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    • 1424 54 TODAY’S IPOH RACE CARD: Going forecast Good to yielding Wo. Lit«runt How Wl Rating Joctoy Barrir (AqdorigW*i, tr*lnf-own») 1 *****- BRONZE TYCOON 57 (47) Suhaimi 11 (4eh HH Lim-Kuality Mas) 2 7-75 EXPEDITIOUS 56.5 (46) 'Azmancl.5 2 (5ag Stone-Charisma) 3 6288-0 SRIMENANT1 STAR 56 (45) 'Mohammad c3 5 (8nzg Osman-S
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    • 177 55  -  By Danny Khoo THREE-TIME champion jockey Oo Khuang Liang, who booted home three winners last weekend, continued his impressive form at Ipoh yesterday. The 39-year-old Penangite was again the toast of the Ipoh races, scoring a hat-trick on Highway Star (Race 4), Dynojet (Race 5) and Soro's Tune
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    • 125 55 TRAINER John Sargent and jockey Suhaimi Salleh created a bit of history with Reinstated in the final event at Ipoh yesterday. Not since the guaranteed minimum RM9 ($4) and RM7 win-place payout was introduced by the Malaysian Totalisator Board on July 31 had any favourite won at
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    • 1268 56 RACE 1: Rare Treasure slipped at the 500 m and Barracuda, who was following, had to steady. Rare Treasure had a tendency to lay out in the straight and raced greenly. RACE 2: Miss Vitality fly-jumped at the start. Naseebwala jumped awkwardly in, brushing
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    • 1296 57 YESTERDAY’S IPOH RACE RESULTS: Going Yielding SHOCKER: Apprentice Shahrul Buang Nizam boot* home $162 outsider Careeba in Race 7. 1 SIR PERSONALITY 57 (12-6) Suhalml (2) 1 1 1 (499) 2 BLUE GRASS 55.5 (10-5) *Chuah (4) 3 2 2 (434) 4 GOLD DUST 54 (84-13) Trtymm (6) 4 4
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  • SPORTS
    • 707 58 Sachin steals show COCA-COLA CRICKET CHALLENGE INDIA: 245 for six in 30 overs (S Tendulkar 85, A Jadeja 88) ZIMBABWE: 130 for 8 wickets in 29 overs (A Rower 63 not out. D Mohanty 3/28) By Rahul Pathak LET'S get the boring bit out of the way.
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    • Article, Illustration
      692 59  -  Verbal volley by terrible teens was just a big bluff after all BY Brian Miller THE hackles were out. They were clawing. Surely this was a prelude to a real cat fight? I could only guess. And, when you trying to read the minds of teenage girls, the guesses
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    • 100 59 AFP. JANA Novotna, who realised her dream of a Grand Slam singles crown last year at Wimbledon, is considering following German star Steffi Graf into retirement. This is due to a nagging ankle iiyury. The 30-year-old Czech veteran was ousted from the US Open by 27th-ranked German
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    • 886 60  -  LIONS COACH THE HOTTEST SEAT IN SINGAPORE SPORTS Our national soccer coaches are under immense pressure to meet the hopes of a nation. S GULAM asks Jita Singh, arguably Singapore's most successful coach, what it takes to fit into that hot seat Singapore's youngest national
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    • 225 60 The coach is not the father, brother or teacher. He is just ah itiiirttctor who guides the players along in their careers. He must be observant enough to identify the players who will work with him and the team to achieve the desired results.
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    • 216 60  -  ADIDAS STREETBALL CHALLENGE By Tanya Fong IN TAIPEI IN its opening game of the Adidas Regional Streetball Challenge Asia Finals yesterday, Singapore upset defending champion the Philippines by one basket 14-13. And that set the tone for Singapore to make it into the semi-finals against Taiwan
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    • 81 60 It is played three on three on half of a conventional basketball court. Each basket scores a point, as compared to two points in basketball. A basket from outside the three-point lines is worth two points instead of three. A streetball team consists of four players, but three play
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    • 857 61 WATCH OUT. SHEARER— ON Feb 18 next year he will be 67, but Bobby Robson is blessed with the enthusiasm of a child, i Football is his game and his hometown club Newcastle United has called him back to his roots. Alan Shearer, watch out. Shearer
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    • 142 61 IS it a woman's world? Bobby Robson is alive because his wife Elsie, a state registered nurse, spotted early signs of cancer in his mouth and ushered him to the doctor three years ago. Rachel Anderson, the only female Fifa registered players' agent in Europe, won £7,500 damages
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    • 600 62  -  GEYLANG UNITED 0 (Sponsor Ponggol Marina) TANJONG PAGAR UNITED 0 (Sponsor JVC) By Gerard Wong THEY say that imitation is the best form of flattery. And for the second night in a week, a clash between two top S-League clubs produced yet another scoreless draw.
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    • 107 62 GOMBAK United and Marine Castle battled to a 1-1 draw. Sazali Jantan gave the Bulls (Gombak's nickname) the lead in the 63rd minute. But their joy proved to be sort-lived as Hasri Sharif equalised in the 79th minute for the Dolphins. And it looks like Gombak
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      648 63  -  Shearer silences critics with hat-trick Owen scores after long injury layoff EURO 2000 QUALIFIER; ENGLAND 6 LUXEMBOURG 0 SCORERS Alan Shearer (12th minute, 27th, 33rd) Steve McManaman (29th, 43rd) Hclml Owen (90th) By, Jeffrey Low YES, yes, yes, he's no two-time loser but simply a hat-trick hero
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    • 71 63 Shearer's hat-trick included a penalty and a tap-in. But his second, in the 27th minute, was awesome in the build-up and finishing. 1. Beckham crosses the ball into Luxembourg's penalty area. 2. Sheare7 flicks the ball with his head to Fowler. 3. Fowler coolly pushes the ball back
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    • 194 63 OTHER MATCHES Reuters. Norway 1 Greece 0 Oyvind Leonhardsen scored the only goal as Norway beat Greece 1-0. That put the Norwegians close to securing a place in the Finals for the first time. Leonhardsen of English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur, scored in
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    • 283 64 MARK Bosnich is already facing life as a Manchester United outcast only two months into his Old TrafTord career. United boss Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that new signing Massimo Taibi will be handed a daunting debut at Liverpool on Saturday, reports Online Mirror. And, judging by
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    • 118 64 I have never had the privilege of playing for Bobby Robson, but it is obvious from his track record that he is an outstanding achiever with vast experience of football at every level. He also has local roots and will understand and share
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    • 130 64 ROB HUGHES ON ROBSON: /Page 68 AFP BRAZIL'S Rubens Barrichello will replace Eddie Irvine at Formula One team Ferrari next season. Michael Schumacher's new 27-year-old driving partner, currently with Stewart-Fond, has been signed on a two year contract. A statement from Ferrari headquarters yesterday thanked Irvine,
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    • 57 59 WHAT'S G(Q)NE Hi How the main mstclws went (seeding* bi bold): MEN: sGuBtavo Kuerten (Bra) bt Paul Haarhuis (Ned) 6-3, 7-6 (7/4), 3-6,6-2 Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) bt Cristiano Caratti (Ita) 6-1, 4-6 6-2 2-6 6-4 Peter Weasels (Hoi) bt Mark Woodforde (Aus) 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (10/8), 7-6(7/4) WOMEN 15Amelie Mauresmo
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    • 112 60 TODAY: (Selected programmes) 1.05 am: Euro 2000 Qualifier: Denmark vs Switzerland (Live, Football Channel 22) 3.30 am: Basketball: WNBA C'ship, Game 2 (Live, ESPN Channels 23 25) 7.30 am: American Football: Atlantic Coast Conference (Live, ESPN Channels 23 25) 7.30 am: Tennis: US Open 1999: Men (3rd rd)/Women (4th rd)
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