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Article, Illustration19 1999-09-26 1 Corporate escorts in S'pore Thailand: TCS actress offered 10,000 to strip V y.y Picture/2AIHAN MPYUSOFV y.y Picture/2AIHAN MPYUSOF . - 19 words
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Article, Illustration752 1999-09-26 2 KEN JALLEH JR LOOKS AT A 'HAPPENING' SATURDAY NEWS LAST night, Singapore was not the same old story. From Kallang to Kranji, the East Coast to Hougang... Singapore was, in the hyper vernacular of the young reporter, happening. It was probably the most havoc Saturday thisPicture/ Shin Min Daily News - 752 words
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Article, Illustration1159 1999-09-26 4 THE HORSES Never mind Monday, Saturday night was a time to make some money. Over at Kranji, punters cheered and cursed, and contemplated their loses and luck. BRIAN MILLER captured the historic moment, the opening races of the Kranji Racecourse, the first time racing was held underPictures/ Kenneth Koh; Picture/ Dominic Ong - 1,159 words
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Article, Illustration1099 1999-09-26 5 DRESSING UP BUSINESS FUNCTIONS She'll dress up for any occasion and add a touch of glamour to corporate functions. This trend of hiring good lookers who can socialise with businessmen came to light during a recent court case. During the trial, popular k MalaysianPictures/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof - 1,099 words
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Article355 1999-09-26 5 MAYBE she is young and innocent. Maybe she is new. Maybe she is eager to please.* But only three weeks into her line of work, Pat said she had three job offers from businessmen-clients who engaged her to entertain their associates. She mixes with business355 words
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Article, Illustration392 1999-09-26 6 SINGAPORE stars are sometimes targeted by businessmen in search of corporate escorts. An actress, who does not want to be named, received an indecent proposal as she was travelling in a taxi. Someone identifying himself only as Mr Chan rang her on her mobile phone whenPicture/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof - 392 words
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Article75 1999-09-26 6 ONE TCS artiste was offered $5,000 to go with an elderly man on a threeday holiday to Jakarta. "He sounded really old, in fact I wasn't sure if he could survive the plane trip there," said the sprightly actress, who is in her 20s. There was no75 words
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Article, Illustration198 1999-09-26 6 SOME female artistes and models charge between RM2.000 ($880) and RMIO.OOO for corporate escort services. These escorts accompany businessmen to dinner, karaoke lounges and discos. One artiste who is alleged to be a corporate escort is popular singer Ziana Zain. She promptly denied the allegation. "I am not198 words
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Article, Illustration588 1999-09-26 8 Ernest Luis - Why have Malaysian Net users been banned from three international Internet Chat networks? By Ernest Luis MIB. We are not talking of Men in Black here though this MIB can cause as much havoc. Meet the Malaysian Internet Brat. He crouches with an evil588 words
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Article140 1999-09-26 8 INTERNET Relay Chat (IRC) networks allow Xne with Internet access ve real-time, typed, online conversations with a number of users worldwide. The Malaysian Internet Brat signs up with US-based service providers believing Malaysian authorities will be unable to track him down. They are run by volunteers,140 words
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Article238 1999-09-26 8 WHAT'S worse than being kicked out by an MIB? Being held hostage by a PJ. That's a page-jacker, in case you didn't know. Yes, Malaysian Internet Brats are not the only ones causing havoc in cyberspace. There's a new menace out there literally hijacking Web surfers238 words
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Article, Illustration315 1999-09-26 9 Calvin Low - I'm the green baby By Calvin Low THIS green baby is now in the pink of health. Little Siti Suhaila shows no signs of the liver disease that once threatened her life. Indeed, she did our best to derail our interview with her mother, Madam Jamilah. The 27-month-oldPicture/ Mohd Ishak - 315 words
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Article110 1999-09-26 9 SITI'S father is grateful to NUH for saving his daughter's life when they had no money to pay for the liver transplant operation. The operation costs between $60,000 and $80,000. Mr Akram Nekmat is a part-time bus driver who earns $1,400 a month. Today, Mr Akram pays $200110 words
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Advertisement110 1999-09-26 10 DID YOU KNOW THAT POOR COMPLEXION IS OFTEN CAUSED BY SUN DAMAGE? I REVEAL FAIRER, SMOOTHER, I MORE RADIANT SKIN I WITH NEUTROGENA FINE FAIRNESS ESSENCE. ''WW' w I In days, skin is softer and smoother. In weeks, dark spots and blotchiness are reduced for a noticeably fairer, more even110 words
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Article251 1999-09-26 11 NEWS The Professor's stay at Ah Ma's home these past few weeks has helped him to figure out the sentence structure of Singlish. Two teenage schoolboys at Raffles Institution agree with him. Their research helped us put together the strip below DESPITE all that's been said,251 words
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Miscellaneous200 1999-09-26 11 Text/ Mary Lee &Toh Li Lin Art/ Hup Buaya. In Malay, it means 1 He buaya her. That means he crocodile. But in Singlish. f u FEEEEEnl 15 trying to get fresh with a girl Ibuava means...? lIJP it is a metaphor that can also be So I m a200 words
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Advertisement598 1999-09-26 12 ADVERTISEMENT Hair under jgp attack by yeast pWm gone berserk. UPr Getting to the root of the dandruff menace. Ever thought of nipping dandruff where it happens, p m a i n means is that the smaller ZPT instead of having to cope with removing it? Dandruff is a common598 words
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Article, Illustration197 1999-09-26 13 Australian expat Kristin Kestell: I How to make friends I with S'poreans? I Dear Kristin, here's how... I am an English expat teaching in a secondary school and living in an HDB flat in Toa Payoh. If Ms Kestell really wants to get to know the197 words
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Article73 1999-09-26 13 I hope you won't find Singaporeans too unfriendly. If you manage to sit down and have a good chat, you'll find we're quite friendly and approachable. Singaporeans, as you said, are always in a hurry. There's always a tendency to realise you've lost a chance to73 words
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Article72 1999-09-26 13 There are many people who would be happy to be your friends and invite both of you to their homes during festivities. My wife and I are retirees, and pass our time looking after our two grand-daughters. I take up some part-time data entry and72 words
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Article43 1999-09-26 13 My first time writing. Your article last Sunday was one of the better ones. Keep it up! I am a local teacher and I have a British expat boyfriend. I know how Ms Kestell feels. She can contact us. Jennifer Chua43 words
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Article181 1999-09-26 13 WHEN I was asked to write, I had no idea of the response it would generate. I did not intend to use it to meet people but just an expression of my experience here so far. In the past week, via The New Paper on Sunday, we181 words
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Article, Illustration561 1999-09-26 14 Richard Mort - By Richard Mort I WAS asked whether there is one aspect ofSingapore and/or Singaporeans I can't understand or get used to. There are many. I've lived in a neighbourhood HDB flat, and have made an effort to spend as much of my spare time as possible with locals.Picture/ Joyce Lim - 561 words
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Article124 1999-09-26 14 Mr Kalinga Seneviratne, an Australian who is a polytechnic lecturer "Many of my students (aged from 17 to 20) are into excessive materialism. They bring handphones and pagers into class, wear trendy-labelled clothes and talk very often about these materialistic values. "Shouldn't the young be taught124 words
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Article77 1999-09-26 14 These expats have spoken about what they don't understand. Do you sympathise with them? And can you shed some light on Singapore and Singaporeans and help them understand who we are, why we do things our way, and our way of life? We want to hear77 words
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Article364 1999-09-26 15 Retirement age—thing of the past? LETS rethink the idea of a retirement age. There's no natural law that says the retirement age should be 60, 65 or 70. It's a figure set by man policymakers. Consider setting aside the retirement age and paying workers based on their ability or workability".364 words
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Article, Illustration57 1999-09-26 15 A WORLD FIRST: Zorro (above), a German shepherd dog, is the first to lift a leg at the world's first dog toilet in Turku, Western Finland. The aim of the toilet, so to speak, Is to keep Turku's parks clean. Dogs' droppings arePicture/ Afp - 57 words
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Article92 1999-09-26 15 AN Iranian spiritual leader has demanded death for a group of Iranian students who allegedly insulted Islam in their play. It was written by several students from Amir Kabir Technical University, a hotbed of pro-reform activism. The play invoked one of the holiest figures in Shi'ite92 words
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Article, Illustration36 1999-09-26 15 TWIRL: Mr Diet mar Stohr's face hairlBBo cm long. He took part in a beard competition in Yatad, Sweden. Sorry, we don't know if he won. Picture/ Afp.Picture/ Afp. - 36 words
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Article91 1999-09-26 15 ANWAR Ibrahim is well enough to attend his sodomy trial, due to resume tomorrow. However, the jailed ex-deputy premier will remain in hospital until the complete results of his medical tests have been obtained. The tests will tell whether he had been poisoned with arsenic,91 words
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Article64 1999-09-26 15 Reuters. A DRILLING ship ran aground in Singapore waters while being towed into port for repairs yesterday. The ship is owned by Houston-based drilling contractor R&B Falcon Corp. FLC.N. The Deepsea Ice ran aground while three tugs were towing it through the East Johor Strait to Sembawang Shipyard.Reuters. - 64 words
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Article97 1999-09-26 15 IF the exit polls are right, the alliance led by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's party may win well over half the seats in Parliament The polls were conducted on the first four of the five phases in India's election. They showed that Mr Vajpayee's97 words
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Article78 1999-09-26 15 TAIWAN declared a six-month state of emergency today as it tried to care for 100,000 earthquake refugees as tropical storm downpours and fresh tremors rocked the island. President Lee Teng-hui issued the decree granting the government emergency powers to help tens of thousands living in the open78 words
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Article83 1999-09-26 15 WORRIED about your child's road Bafety on the way to school? Parents at the Northeast Community Development Council District have done something about it. About 40 residents have volunteered as community traffic wardens to ensure road safety of the young along Pasir Ris Street 11, near White83 words
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Article91 1999-09-26 15 AFP. A HUGE cache of arms and explosives has been found in Macau. The discovery was made amid gangland violence in the Portuguese enclave. The raid on a flat near the border with southern Chinese city of Zhuhai resulted in the arrest of three men and a woman.AFP. - 91 words
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Article, Illustration133 1999-09-26 15 THE new MRT train carriages have seats that are 11 per cent wider because people in Singapore have been getting bigger. This will mean fewer seat per carriage from nine seats per row to seven. But more people can stand, so trains will still take 1,500 to133 words
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Article55 1999-09-26 15 HARVEST CULTURE: CELEBRATE the Festival of Onam (harvest) with the Malayalees at Onam Night, a cultural variety show, at the DBS Auditorium at 7.30pm. Tickets cost $10. CULTURE TALK: Words fly as Xiangsheng (cross talk) experts go on stage at the Kreta Ayer Community Centre. It's on55 words
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Miscellaneous60 1999-09-26 15 WEATHER TODAY Showers with thunder expected in the lot* morning ad afternoon, > mainly over northren, eastern and western Singapore. O O O north thunderstorms xm sunrise 6 bo om wwt tataaonns 700 p < *"i al moonri» 7.5S pm south Portly Cloud* mooraot 7.28 om east Thunderstorms minimum 24t60 words
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Article, Illustration763 1999-09-26 16 JASMIN SAMAT - Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Today, Jasmin Samat, actor, co-founder of theatre group ACT 3 and wannabe fireman, looks at issues in the news abroad THE WEEK Guest editor JASMIN763 words
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Article, Illustration550 1999-09-26 17 MELVIN SINGH - From Dili, East Timor, reporter MELVIN SINGH, flew to Jakarta, via Darwin, to report on the student-led demonstrations in the Indonesian capital How did troops and studentprotesters hose down the tense confrontation yesterday? REPORTS MELVIN SINGH STUDENTS and soldiers did the three-step shufflePicture/ Afp - 550 words
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435 1999-09-26 17 DIARY OF A ROVING CORRESPONDENT ON Thursday night in Dili, a volley of shots rang out just after I finished my dinner of a can of cold beans and jawbreaking crackers. I had been sitting on the435 words
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Article354 1999-09-26 18 'Boy, 9, lures sister, 8, to house then rapes her with mates' Now that we know who the kids are and who it happened to y I'm probably even more mad.. J hope they get severely punished. Ms Sue Hatch, a neighbour of the girl victimSource: News wires, St Paul's Pioneer Planet, Star Tribune. - 354 words
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Article127 1999-09-26 18 THE case poses a problem for authorities because it involves such young children. Because the three boys who have been arrested are younger than 14, they cannot be tried as adults. If convicted, they could be confined in a juvenile institution, but only until age127 words
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Article, Illustration509 1999-09-26 20 Shanoo Maharaj - Who is that beauty who Uoyd Weber wrote his first Asian hit Asian song for? BY Shanoo Maharaj IN CALCUTTA WHATS the latest hit tune from the man who composed Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Evita? A song he doesn't understand a word of.509 words
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Article, Illustration407 1999-09-26 20 IT'S like his courtroom thrillers. A man is killed by two drugged-out teens imitating what they saw in a movie. His friend seeks justice, going after the moviemaker. You can guess how it'll end in a John Grisham novel. Only this time, Mr Be- stseller isn't writing407 words
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Article, Illustration294 1999-09-26 22 NEWS A BRITISH woman has succeeded in doing what many men before her had failed: Diving 112.4 m below the sea. Mrs Tanya Streeter, from Sussex, England, is a free-diving enthusiast and she held her breath for two minutes in doing that record-breaking dive.294 words
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Advertisement207 1999-09-26 22 about love Playing by Heart a warm funny drama follows eleven people £k and lifestyles experiencing love one of its many stages. Transformed by a series of unsettling lst< em 5000 discovers how elusive and ove our on October Hugh Young viva and persistent suitor [j Keenan Very quiet Grade207 words
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Advertisement98 1999-09-26 23 The New Paper On Sunday Septpmtwr 26, 1999 I j: J U j Y° un g 5 "Q; I y. Y J|; love hurts w 3i 4X AI Sill Hi) L* t/y @v n 7 Cyber-models: _f' My ;1ik Cable guide 40 Movies 38 39 fS Her n.tme's Webbie itBSk98 words
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Article, Illustration571 1999-09-26 24 Carol Leong - Chin CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET. CONSCIOUS By Carol Leong carol@sph.com.sg AS you can see from the picture, Mr Toh Chee Keong, 34, is nuts about old fans. He has about 1,000 fans some dating back to the 1870s in his cramped571 words
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Article, Illustration516 1999-09-26 25 Trudy Lim - Edited by Trudy Lim trud)@sph.com.sg MAKING bread seems to have made a comeback in many Singapore kitchens. From the traditional Asian breads (Chinese pau and Indian chapatis) to western loaves and pizzas. But how do you jazz up a basic bread recipe, or have fun with loaves516 words
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Article41 1999-09-26 25 Clean, old sponges can keep your plants fresh. Use a damp sponge to wipe dust off leaves, then drop the sponge into the flower pot. It absorbs water, so you don't have to water your plants so frequently.41 words
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Article79 1999-09-26 25 Have some fun with bread for snacks. When using sticky fillings such as jam, honey or peanut butter, why not roll the slice of bread up instead of folding it in two? Then slice thinly, and you have little slices, just like a swiss roll. The kids will79 words
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Article63 1999-09-26 25 When the decorative bits drop off your fridge magnets, don't throw the humble magnets away. Put them to work. Place a magnet in one compartment of your sewing basket or sewing kit. Then when you remove pins from clothes, drop them in that compartment, and the magnet will63 words
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Article, Illustration291 1999-09-26 26 I'VE been feeling very lost and helpless for more than a month. It all started when the man I thought was everything to me, walked out on me. You see, I met Don, who is 17 years old and one year younger than me,291 words
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Article119 1999-09-26 26 Last week's letter: DINO has known his fiancee for more than three years. They plan to get married by the end of this year. But now, he can't tolerate her anymore. She's rough, moody and can be dull sometimes. She's always speechless when she's with him.119 words
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Article275 1999-09-26 26 Reader's reply: MARRIAGE is more than just feeling. It is based on commitment and understanding. Looking at your situation, I would suggest that you postpone your wedding plans. Marriage is between you and your fiancee, so family pressure should not be the key issue. They are275 words
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Article386 1999-09-26 26 I AM 17 this year. I have a girlfriend working in the same restaurant as me. We went steady for almost one and a half years. In the past, we would break up, then patch up again. I am really regretful now. I would always386 words
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Article300 1999-09-26 26 I HAVE a boyfriend who used to be faithful to me but then his ex-steady girlfriend wanted him back. I knew about it. He has been going out with her together with me. I can accept the reality of this, but only for a few300 words
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Puberty Dr Li Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
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Article292 1999-09-26 26 I AM an 18-year-old girl. I Qhave a boyfriend of four years. We have always been close. I love him very much, but he has a habit of touching my private parts. At the movies, he'd put his hand under my skirt and panties to touch292 words
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Article357 1999-09-26 26 Ql AM a 15-year-old girl and I'm In love with this girl in my class. She's a really nice girl. Whether we are in school or going out, we would hold hands. Sometimes we'd hug each other. One day, when we were in her room and her357 words
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Advertisement44 1999-09-26 26 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.44 words
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Advertisement57 1999-09-26 26 Counsellors: Mr Danny Ng, psychologist, and Ms Wong Sing Chee, counsellor, Singapore Polytechnic. CALLUS 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 call57 words
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Article, Illustration1202 1999-09-26 27 GENEVIEVE JIANG - No airs, no temper and never says n0.... is Tookay okay with you? Feature by GENEVIEVE JIANG Yes, say her creators SHE has chocolate milk and buttered croissants for breakfast, barbecued food and salad for lunch, and pasta for dinner every day. But this supermodel never gains weight,1,202 words
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Miscellaneous795 1999-09-26 28 [TVtOCi] 5 T 7.00 AMTalespin/DownattheZoo I U I^ll 8.00 Disney's Doug/All Dogs Go to B 9.00 Pinky and the Brain/Casper I 10.00 go wnd/Beastwars Japan Hour Tsuiseki 11.00 New Adventures of Robin Hood VIIC US Premiere 12, 7.30 pm NOON vip 1 -—"onc Wedding and vai's day << ""»> ***V795 words
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Article, Illustration400 1999-09-26 29 Lim Kay Tong - Column ACTOR LIM KAY TONG WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN by Lim Kay Tong ABOUT five years ago, I got a job which warned me my days as an actor might be numbered. I was required to do a voiceover for a400 words
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Article, Illustration793 1999-09-26 30 Calvin Low - Sinegle Column by Calvin Low calvin@sph.com.sg A GOOD and old friend keeps telling me: "You are so fortunate not to be married." He started telling me that years ago, before he got married. And he last repeated it a fortnight ago when we had coffee,793 words
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Article, Illustration1031 1999-09-26 31 SUZANNE WALKER - SoSueMe SUZANNE WALKER WRITES A FORNIGHTLY COLUMN by SUZANNE WALKER LAST weekend, a taxi driver asked if I was Eurasian. I said yes. He volunteered that he was Eurasian too and pointed to his surname "Gomez" on his taxi ID. "Nowadays, even Eurasians are1,031 words
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Article, Illustration53 1999-09-26 32 THEHOVIE An intelligent little boy is tormented by his ability to see ghosts. They scare him, scratch him and get him into trouble with the living. Help comes in the form of a child psychologist who is burdened with troubles of his own. Stars: Haley Joel Osment53 words
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Article, Illustration243 1999-09-26 32 CHAN SEET FUN - by CHAN SEET FUN WHAT a talented young actor Haley Joel Osment is. He carries this movie. At times, Bruce Willis seems little more than a balding sidekick. Osment, who played young Forrest in Forrest Gump, has a kind of gravity that many243 words
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Article68 1999-09-26 32 While playing with his toys in church, Cole (Haley Joel Osment) made one of his plastic soldiers say this in Latin: "Out of the depths, I cry out to you, Lord." "I draw people smiling, dogs running... I draw rainbows. They don't have meetings about rainbows." Cole. His68 words
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Article, Illustration258 1999-09-26 32 CALVIN LOW - by CALVIN LOW ITS hard to hate this movie, especially with Haley Joel Osment's Oscar-worthy performance and a fine Twilight Zone-ish ending which makes you want to see the movie again to unravel it in retro. Everything is achieved without record-setting expenditure on special effects.258 words
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Article203 1999-09-26 32 Chan Seet Fun - Edited by Chan Seet Fun seetfun@spn.com.sg Roger Ebert in his online review: "I have to admit I was blind-sided by the ending. The solution to many of the film's puzzlements is right there in plain view, and the movie hasn't cheated, but the very boldness of the storytelling203 words
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Article, Illustration217 1999-09-26 32 Ming Kang - with Ming Kang WHILE the legendary Bob Mariey is having the biggestTiit of this life with the club tune Sun is Rising, his son Ziggy Mariey is making good old reggae music. Spirit of Music is a mature effort from Ziggy, who proves that he217 words
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Article178 1999-09-26 42 Good Link (Race 8 No. 3) All good things come to those who wait. And if you are prepared to wait till the final event tonight, you should be rewarded handsomely. Good Link, with regular jockey Catherine Treymane astride, has been working well enough on the training track178 words
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Article63 1999-09-26 42 RACE 1: Great Wonder, Asean Gold. RACE 2: Savraska, Power Gifted, Jubilant Gold, King General. RACE 4: Super Hammer, Assagay, Kim General, Mark Of Courage. RACE 5: Empire Windrush, Without Prejudice, Biggie. RACE 6: Ouragan Noir, Super Luck, Faith And Power, Phenomenal. RACE 7: Imperial Gold 11, Natural Mover,63 words
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Article, Illustration604 1999-09-26 42 Danny Khoo - By Danny Khoo LIKE his name suggests, newcomer Sail To Victory looks poised to do just that in Race 4 at Kranji tonight. The cleverly-named, four-year-old grey by Victory Dance has been extremely impressive in his preparation and has only to reproduce that604 words
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Article, Illustration401 1999-09-26 44 Danny Khoo - By Danny Khoo IT WAS opening night at Kranji. But the historic occasion may well have been called "Thwaites* Night". For truly, the Singapore Turf Club's inaugural race meeting under floodlights at its new home belonged to the three-time champion trainer. The 54-year-old not onlyPicture/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof - 401 words
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Article322 1999-09-26 45 Tan Thean Loon - By Tan Thean Loon OF ALL days, a power trip occurred at Kranji racecourse last night, throwing the first occasion of night-racing at the new track in Singapore into a nightmarish experience for one and all. It happened just after the opening race, which started322 words
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Article, Illustration1001 1999-09-26 46 RACE 1: At approximately 5.40pm, there was a {>ower failure causing a deay. All of the races were rescheduled. Approaching the first turn at about the I,ooom, Golden Planet steadied outwards and lost some ground after racing up the heels of Davinci. At aboutPicture/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof - 1,001 words
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Article, Illustration519 1999-09-26 48 Peter Siow - FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP: LUXEMBOURG GRAND PRIX (Toda FACTFILE Name: Heinz-Harald Frentzen Age: 32 NatkxiaNty: German: Marital status: Single First Grand Prix: Brazil 1994 First GP win: San Mahno 1997 mosi recent GP win: Two weeks ago in Monza, Italy. By Peter Siow UNTIL recently, HeinzHarald519 words
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Article65 1999-09-26 48 AFP. GERMANY'S Heinz-Harald Frentzen, driving a Jordan-Mugen Honda, took pole position yesterday for today s Luxembourg Grand Prix. Frentzen edged McLaren-Mercedes drivers David Coulthard and Finnish reigning world champion Mika Hakkinen who were second and third respectively. ial raw: Frentzen (Ger); Coulthard (Brtt) 2nd raw: Hakkinen (Fin);AFP. - 65 words
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Article, Illustration481 1999-09-26 49 Lim Han Ming - JfcbFACT FILE Name: Cheng Chao-Yu Age: 21 Birthday; Aug 18 Height: 1.74 m Weight 55 kg Occupation: Student Hobbles: Shopping Ho. of perfect game*: 2 Major honours: iMtQ 98 Asian Games trios and team gold 1999 Asian FIQ alt-events and doubles gold FINAL RESULTS; 1 Cheng Chao-Yu481 words
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Article, Illustration247 1999-09-26 49 YES, they are important people, serious people. But how seriously do you expect a minister to hunt for a bowling ball? Mr David Lim, Minister of State for and MITA, tried slipping his thumb into one bowling ball, then another and then a third until he foundPicture/ Kenneth Koh - 247 words
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Article, Illustration266 1999-09-26 50 1 DAY ONE: IT'S NO JOKING MATTER FOR THE AMERICAN TEAM DAY TWO: 12.45am LATEST Wire services. THE Europeans continued to defy all the Ryder Cup odds during the morning Foursomes. They shared the spoils 2-2 with an increasingly desperate American team. Starting the second day leadingWire services.; Picture/ Reuters - 266 words
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Article, Illustration322 1999-09-26 50 Lim Han Ming - Bth ASIAN JUNIOR ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS: National Stadium (Thursday till Sunday) By Lim Han Ming THEY are making sure they acclimatise well in advance. Yes, the Asian Junior Athletics Championships may be a few days away, but some of the participating nations have already setPicture/ Choo Chwee Hua - 322 words
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Article, Illustration605 1999-09-26 51 Peter Slow - GEYLANG UNITED 1 (Jackson Tiago 40th) wtw croup m ltd Main sponsor Ponggol Marina, RTW Group Equipment sponsor Nike -SAFFCI (gll (Ahmad Latiff 37th) Main sponsor SAF Recruitment Centre Equipment sponsor Asics SEMBAWANG RANGERS 3 (Seslija Milomir 9th, 29th, Stephen Weah 88th minute) WOODLANDS 1 (Max NicholsonPicture/ Jonathan Choo - 605 words
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Article123 1999-09-26 51 V SUNDRAMOORTHY will make a guest appearance for Gombak United when it meets Fiji's Olympic soccer team at Bukit Gombak Stadium todayat 7.30 pm. The former international with the sublime touch will combine with Gombak's big-name stars such as Toh Choon Ming, Ben Blake, Jorgen Nielsen123 words
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Article, Illustration683 1999-09-26 52 IRANIAN PLAYER ON THE EUROPEAN MARK HITLER would turn in his grave. In Berlin's Olympic Stadium, where he sought to impose on sport his notions on the supremacy of the white Arian race, an Asian achieved for a German team what no European could. Ali Daei scored683 words
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156 1999-09-26 52 "RIVALDO became Rivaldo only in MY Barcelona. That is when he learned to use his talent for the good of the team, tactically disciplining his fantasy. That made the difference thanks to the collective team discipline that supports him." So claims Louis van Gaal, coach156 words
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Article165 1999-09-26 52 LAST Monday Ronaldo, countryman of Rivaldo, attempted to follow his instincts and to go on a United Nations mission to a school in Kosova. It was the player's day off, the UN warmed to his humanitarian gesture to show even a "God" of the playing fields cares. Inter165 words
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Article, Illustration686 1999-09-26 53 Jeffrey Low - Middlesbrough 0 Chelsea 1 (Lambourde 55) Middlesbrough: Mark Schwarzer, Gianluca Festa, Gary Pallister, Colin Cooper, Christian Ziege, Curtis Fleming, Juninho, Paul Ince (Robbie Mustoe, 34), Keith O'Neill, Hamilton Ricard, Brian Deane Chelsea: Ed de Goey, Bernard Lambourde, Frank Lebeouf, Marcel Desailly, Graeme Le Saux, Dan686 words
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Article, Illustration393 1999-09-26 54 REST OF LAST NIGHTS PREMIERSHIP ACTION RESULTS Arsenal 1 Watford 0 Coventry 1 West Ham 0 Derby 0 Bradford City 1 Leeds 3 Newcastle 2 Leicester 3 Aston Villa 1 Man U 3 Southampton 3 BoroO Chelsea 1 Sunderland 1 SheffWedO AFP. LAST week Wimbledon came to fortressAFP.; Picture/ Reuters - 393 words
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Article, Illustration162 1999-09-26 54 AFP. DUTCH striker Dennis Bergkamp says he wants to see out the rest of his playinj career at English Premiership side Arsenal. Bergkamp, 30, the former Footballer of the Year, is revelling under manager Arsene Wenger's leadership. And he insists he will rejeci overtures fromAFP. - 162 words
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Article, Illustration375 1999-09-26 54 Today; Wimbledon v Tottenham Hotspur: Live on SCV channel 22; 10:55pm Tomorrow: Liverpool v Everton: Live on Channel 22; Tuesday, 2:55 am WIMBLEDON v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR LIVERPOOL vEVERTON Carlingnet. EGIL Olsen has told his Wimbledon players to put last season out of their minds whenCarlingnet. - 375 words
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