The New Paper, 17 October 1999
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Title Section13 1999-10-17 1 the new paper OCTOBER 17, 1999 on sunda/ V- <*&.-■ 3/. i *-> on sunday13 words
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Advertisement14 1999-10-17 1 W I 1 I A $60,000j I Plastic surgery a year part-time Husbands wives14 words
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Article, Illustration37 1999-10-17 1 4 < v I Who's checking (in these days? New S'pore lifestyle? I r Apart from this man I with a drunk woman (right), we saw: Married couples Soccer fans I Party animals Pfcture/Zahan MohdYusofPfcture/Zahan MohdYusof - 37 words
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Article, Illustration516 1999-10-17 2 More couples undergoing cosmetic surgery together i N£ yQ SURGERY RISKS Cosmetic surgery, for instance liposuction, requires a solution containing a localanaesthetic drug, usually lidocaine, to be injected into the patient. Later, fat is sucked out through small tubes. Often, doses of516 words
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Advertisement11 1999-10-17 2 •VYONEX Wear YONEX. Be a School Champ! BADMINTON CHAMP <t WB^'^^K!!.11 words
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Advertisement281 1999-10-17 3 s I'* V 11 I K I i^Ba^ i v Introducing the new Ericsson ik T2Bs Breakthrough design isn't about superficial beauty. It's about making every part a perfect union of form and function, merged with revolutionary technology. And here's why the Ericsson T2Bs is a fitting Truly great design281 words
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Article, Illustration418 1999-10-17 4 TANYA FONG - REPORTS TANYA FONG ITS about male bonding and soccer, of course. Hotel 81 is the latest hang-out for these five guys, who're there almost every week. Armed with tidbits, they book themselves into a dou-ble-room every weekend to catch the live" English football418 words
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Article, Illustration625 1999-10-17 5 NOPE, Geylang hotels are not just about sleaze. If you think they're just for secretive quickies or sleazy activities such as prostitution, then you're wrong. Many people frequent some Geylang hotels for anything from privacy to soccer. The New Paper on Sunday teamPictures/ Choo Chwee Hua and Zaihan Mohamed Yusof - 625 words
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Article, Illustration356 1999-10-17 5 GEYLANG is a place for consuming passions. It is well-known for its active night-life and wide variety of good local food. Now that a chain of budget hotels has sprouted in the area, the supper hot spot has a nilxling life of its own. You356 words
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Advertisement15 1999-10-17 4 Married couples with no privacy in HDB flat Soccer fans who can't shout at home15 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration367 1999-10-17 6 Carol Leong - theatre goers and tourists from Bishan GEYLANG HOTEL LIFESTYLE By! Carol Leong IF not for a woman called Angela who sussed me out via e-mail, I'd have never learnt something about taking a holiday in Singapore. Angela (my e-mailer) wanted an unusual birthday for a good friendPicture/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof - 367 words
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Article, Illustration605 1999-10-17 7 SPECIAL REPORT: PART 2 I WAS so uneasy about visiting the gangland once ruled by Singapore's Ah Gong triad that I asked a police contact for someone to accompany me. Someone did. On his own time. Even then,605 words
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Article, Illustration368 1999-10-17 8 Ng Wan Ching - SPECIAL REPORT RING SMASHED: By Ng Wan Ching ByNgWanChing HE'S not an Ah Gong man. The big boss of the Singapore drug ring in Amsterdam and Rotterdam is a man known as Cha Bor Hai. He is said, by gangsters,368 words
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Article316 1999-10-17 8 HE is clean-shaven and neatly-dressed. He ha* a wife children. YttUl k SSlofiftdbefore, many JppKwrs two tattoos down his memories of a youthful back in Singapore, he said. Said Mr Lim, in his 40s: "Most Ah Gong members have no tattoos at all." After all that316 words
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Article, Illustration628 1999-10-17 9 Ng Wan Ching - [HOW SINGAPORE GIRL SEES AMSTERDAM By Ng Wan Ching MAYBE if s just me. But I don't think I will ever understand or get used to the two faces of Amsterdam. On the one hand, you see symbols of family, culture, wealth and law and order.628 words
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Article, Illustration470 1999-10-17 10 Augustine Pang - MORE APPLY FOR PROTECTION 1994:696 1995:978 1996: 1,300 1997 (Jan to April)* .448 May 1997 to June 1998: 2,890* ♦The Women's Charter was amended in 1997 so other family members, besides spouses,can apply for protection orders. ♦♦194 husbands sought protection. PENALTY The firstpicture/ Joyce Lim - 470 words
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Article, Illustration352 1999-10-17 10 ON Sept 80, at about 1.06pm, Madam Tan, who la alao known aa Nur Faxrina Tan, a sales superviaor, received an anonymoua call asking to see her children a four-year-old boy and a six-year-old girl at their babysitter's flat at Bukit BatokAve4. ShePicture Mohdlshak - 352 words
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Article, Illustration855 1999-10-17 12 Augustine Pang - More Chinese Singaporean women feel that... By, Augustine Pang HE is an ang moh (Caucasian) smitten with all things Asian. She is a yuppie Chinese who appreciates Western ideals. Canadian Donald Urquhart studied Asian politics in university and had backpacked through Asia. And get this: He can't855 words
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77 1999-10-17 12 MIXED MARRIAGES AMONG NON-MUSUM COUPLES: Chinese men and women of other ethnic groups 35.2 per cent Other combinations (not specified) 28.4 percent Chinese women and Caucasian men —15 percent Indian men and Chinese women 9.1 percent MUSLIM MIXED MARRIAGES: Indian77 words
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Article290 1999-10-17 12 Ernest Luis - BY Ernest Luis FEWER Singaporeans are saying "I do". And more couples are saying "I want a divorce". The latest figures from the Ministry of Trade and Industry's Department of Statistics shows there was a 10 per cent dip in marriages last year from the previous year. And290 words
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Article, Illustration379 1999-10-17 13 Toh Li Lin - Which is the best way to raise your child? By' Toh Li Lin ■%OOR parentlfo wonder you are confused. M I First they you to throw out the cane. fW Burn that fenUr duster and ruler. And not be such mwßrs, terrorising your child So just vrheMMou379 words
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EXPAT
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Article, Illustration563 1999-10-17 15 Sophia Shannon - Report and pictures/ Sophia Shannon I HAVE always known Americans to be fun-loving. Sometimes so fun-loving that it borders on the wild side. I know, because my fiance, Charles, is one. And I've been to many parties to know how boisterous they can get over simple563 words
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Article76 1999-10-17 15 Hare you been to any party or ftinctaon where you were made to feet totally at ease, where you were able to leant more about your local or expat hoete? Or you may have felt totally left out, wiahingyou had not gone. Let us know76 words
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Article244 1999-10-17 17 PENALTY The penalty for getting into a website without permission is a fine of up to $5,000, or up to two years'jail or both. And if you make changes to the website without permission, you could be fined up to $10,000 or jailed up to three244 words
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Article, Illustration62 1999-10-17 17 JUST FOR FUN: Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad throws up his hands In mock resignation (right) after trying his hand at motorcycle racing on a replica bike hooked to a simulator. Moments earlier, he was a picture of concentration (above) as he pitPicture/ China Press - 62 words
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BRIEFLY
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Article, Illustration96 1999-10-17 17 THE share limit for newspaper companies will be redefined The 3 per cent shareholding limit will be changed to include fund managers. This will be in line with the aim of the policy on ownership limit to make sure no single person or company has undue controlPicture/ Apple Dally - 96 words
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Article169 1999-10-17 17 A SINGAPOREAN woman has been held in Pakistan on drug charges. The woman was arrested at the airport there yesterday. She had allegedly tried to smuggle heroin out of Pakistan, the customs department said. A customs statement said three kilogrammes of high-quality heroin was found in her luggage.169 words
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Article91 1999-10-17 17 GERMAN construction workers looking for undetonated bomb* have accidentally come upon a different kind of explosive object They unearthed the concrete bunker in which Adolf Hitler committed suicide in the closing days of World War IL Hie location of the bunker has long been known. But authorities have91 words
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Article89 1999-10-17 17 HALF the hotels in the popular Thai resort ofPattaya are operating illegally and many should be demolished. Local authorities said hotels in the tourist town are still taking in gueats despite orders for their demolition for violating construction laws, the Bangkok Post reported. Only $0 percent of the89 words
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Article104 1999-10-17 17 CHINA has launched a fresh drive against the outlawed Falungoog sect The State Council, or cabinet, has issued a new circular ordering civil servants to quit the sect or risk demotion or sacking, the official People's Daily said yesterday. Authorites would show leniency toward civil servants who104 words
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Article90 1999-10-17 17 PAKISTAN'S new military rulers are preparing a sweeping anti-corruption drive. On Friday, the central State Bank of Pakistan froze both foreign and local currency accounts of all big-name politicans and began discussions with revenue officials and federal invesigators to draw up a target list of prominent loan and tax90 words
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Article, Illustration336 1999-10-17 17 Trudy Lim - £LAST WIBK IN A MINUTIjJ by Trudy Lim THIS week was all about the future. And I like it. No more children hanging around void decks and playgrounds during school hours. The Government is considering making education compulsory. And university education will also be more broad-based336 words
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THE WEEK
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Article, Illustration598 1999-10-17 18 GERARD EE - LJvhy do they keep doing this? Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Today, nominated MP Gerard Ee, who is also a full-time accountant and president of the Automobile Association of598 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration459 1999-10-17 19 THEY met, they talked and one group came out of the meeting with a handful of concessions. So, were the student leaders who had been very critical of the Malaysian government satisfied with the results of their meeting with Deputy Prime459 words
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Article, Illustration435 1999-10-17 20 Peter Wilson - OLYMPIC TICKETS By] Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY THE best seats for top events at the Sydney Olympic Games billed as "sold out" are still available. But provided you have deep pockets deep enough to dish out between A 550,000435 words
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Advertisement225 1999-10-17 19 Everyone else steps into^ thet/^c?illennium. Royal Barge Procession Witness the spectacular procession 9 of ornately carved and gilded royal barges as they escort His Majesty down the Chao Phraya River the River of.Kings One of the many cdebrtqpns in honour of our beloved King's 72nd Wrthday occurs on November 4.225 words
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Article, Illustration909 1999-10-17 22 She endured 21 operations before learning she never had cancer HOW IT TOOK PLACE 1987: Diagnosed with breast cancer One week later: Both breasts removed 1987 to 1994: Endured 21 operations May 1994: Learned that she never had cancer Sept 1999: WinsPicture/ Gavin Roo - 909 words
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312 1999-10-17 24 JAPANESE COURT GETS TOUGH ON ANTI-FOREIGNER SHOP Source: Mainichi Daily News IMAGINE walking into a store and being thrown out because you are a foreigner. But then, Ms Ana Bortz should have known when she walked into the Japanese jewellery store. TheSource: Mainichi Daily News - 312 words
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Article, Illustration411 1999-10-17 24 YOITRE happy that your child reads. He talks endlessly about his latest hero, a character called Harry Potter. The cover of the Harry Potter book features a drawing of a young, bespectacled boy. A gold emblem at the side tells you the411 words
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271 1999-10-17 24 WOULD you even think of driving a car if you knew the brakes didnt work? A Japanese tourist did so. For almost 800 km. Up and down roads with steep gradients in New Zealand, the Electronic Telegraph reports. Using a lost271 words
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Advertisement52 1999-10-17 25 pw <*#► f jjfcf'j 'jL" The new 4 &4 I w ,;jr j«; V*'' i*> Those girls work i hard for their PTJp money. They strut 4 their stuff, shake new dimension. jM$$' And that's only part-time. How so? Boogie on over to J V;; j j I J't" il""52 words
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Article, Illustration418 1999-10-17 26 Carol Leong - 9 K W [-I ChipJ (CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BU DQ ET-C 0N BCI 0U 8 By Carol Leong canol@sph.com^g FOR many women, there's no way they can afford a decent one-carat diamond. But deep in a secret corner of her heart, aPictures/ Kenneth Koh - 418 words
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Article, Illustration739 1999-10-17 27 Ng Wan Ching - fcookiej f m By Ng Wan Ching wanchir\g@sph.com.sg THE question of having pets has been on my mind for some time now. My elder daughter asked me a few weeks ago if she could have a bunny. The real one which skips, jumps, eats739 words
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Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
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Article, Illustration333 1999-10-17 28 I'M 30 and have not been in love before. I am average-looking and an extrovert. However, when it comes to relationships, I feel that I should wait for the man to make the first move. My friends say that I am old-fashioned.333 words
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Article100 1999-10-17 28 Last week's letter: LONELY Is 19 years old and is a single mother with one child. She got to know a guy, but did not mention to him that she has a child. She thinks that some guys may not be able to accept that. She Is100 words
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Article132 1999-10-17 28 Reader's reply: AS a mother, your first duty is towards your child. But you need to be happy and contented with yourself, too. Whether you are happy being with a man, friends or family is no difference. However, men who learn that you are a single mother may132 words
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Article181 1999-10-17 28 IF you think he cannot accept that you already have a child, I think he would not be able to give you the comfort and strength to carry on with life when there is trouble. There is no doubt that being a single mother is not easy.181 words
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Article319 1999-10-17 29 WHENEVER I call my girlfriend at her office, her colleague would answer the phone. We became friends. It has been two years already. Sometimes, when my girlfriend is busy, I would end up talking to this colleague. Sadly, things didn't work out between me and319 words
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Article235 1999-10-17 29 I HAVE known my boyfriend for the past two years and we have been going steiuiy for almost a year now. He Is quite a nice guy but he has been having problems at work. He also seems to be spending a lot of time235 words
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Article276 1999-10-17 29 I'M only 14 but I think my life Is full of pain and distress. When I was first posted to my secondary school, I developed a crush on a boy. This crush has remained up to this day. Since this year, we have been276 words
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Puberty Dr Lim Su Min cleas the air over teen sex issues
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Article137 1999-10-17 29 WILL frequent Q masturbation make me impotent? When I stop masturbating for about a month or so, I will have wet dreams. Are wet, dreams normal? What actually causes wet dreams? And how do I stop masturbating? I've had this habit for over a year.137 words
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Article126 1999-10-17 29 WHEN masturbating, I Q always use a piece of tissue to dean up alter ejaculating. Recently, I found ants crawling around the pieces of tissue I threw into a dry bin. Is this due to proteinuria or diabetes? What are the symptoms of these126 words
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Advertisement44 1999-10-17 28 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with soma useful advice, write or Cut 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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Advertisement44 1999-10-17 29 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 call 1900-912-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute).44 words
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Article, Illustration557 1999-10-17 30 Ernest Luis - Some earn up to $60,000 a year By Ernest Luis emest@sph.com.sg BELIEVE it: You can now dance your way to the bank. Dancing has never quite been accepted as a "proper" career choice in Singapore. But a new dance company called Rare GroovePicture/ Mohd Ishak; Picture/ Jonathan Choo - 557 words
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Article, Illustration539 1999-10-17 30 IF new kid Rare Groove prefers to specialise, then modelling agency Jeffrey Chung Models, formed in 1991, has found good incentive to diversify. All to earn bigger bucks: Up to $5,000 per month and they can keep their day jobs, too. "Oar dancers earn539 words
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Advertisement130 1999-10-17 31 Love HurtaMOl who can ease your Aggie is your forum. Singapore *****5 or fax 737-5375 of cod 1900-*****07. -y i Calk cost 30 cents a minute. I "H I3DDBBISIZIISIQDII from Ireland CHOP 'n' POUR All-Purpose Cutting Board J.UU^J Each time you cut on the Kitchen mate cutting board, the anti-bacterial130 words
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Article, Illustration842 1999-10-17 32 Siva Choy - I Column I* FORNIQHTLY COLUMN BY SING FUNNYMAN JLm by Siva Choy IDONT dance. I can't dance. It puzzles my friends that I don't dance. They can't understand how someone who's spent much of his life playing music in nightclubs cant dance. But that's how it842 words
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Article, Illustration597 1999-10-17 33 Jessica Leow - JsingleColumnj by Jessica Leow MY brother Dennis held his traditional wedding dinner a few weeks back. It was a rather sane and dignified affair, none of that drunken silliness often seen at Chinese wedding dinners. I had a good time. But I was597 words
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Weired SUSHI FOR TECHNO HIPSTERS
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Article, Illustration302 1999-10-17 34 Yong Shu Hoong - By Yong Shu Hoong shyong66@hotmail.com EVERYONE seem* to counting down to something these days. For a change, let's just forget about the upcoming millennium party or that dreaded Y2K bug, if you are in the computer line. If 8 definitely more fun joining American funnyman David Letterman as he302 words
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Article, Illustration239 1999-10-17 34 IRREVERENT reviews, some inappropriately "strong" language, a messy site layout... but it's actually quite good! That just about sums up the Ain't It Cool website, named after a phrase that John TVavolta utters repeatedly in Broken Arrow and hosted by one Harry Knowles from Austin, Texas. It239 words
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Article, Illustration96 1999-10-17 34 IS kissing part of the language of love? According to an e-mail circulating via the Net, there are many ways to express how you feel about the other person. Kiss on the ear: I'm feeling sexy. Kiss on the cheek: We're just Mends. Kiss on the96 words
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Article, Illustration70 1999-10-17 35 Ernest Luis - THE MOVIE Edited by Ernest Luis emest@sph.com.sg A story of a group of English and American women based In Florence, Italy, during the Fascist period of the late '30s and early '40s. These women virtually adopt an Italian boy, who grows up to join their extraordinary resistance70 words
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235 1999-10-17 35 ERNEST LUIS - by ERNEST LUIS JR- OR a movie with eccentric and ■i biting wit, watch Tea with Mussolini. Unit's not about some old English and American women trying to date Italij|K dictator Benito Mussolini. Ifistead, Franco Zeffirelli's effort is abipfcthe enduring stubbornness of235 words
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Article, Illustration85 1999-10-17 36 Lady Hester Random (Maggie Smith), to an Kalian hotel owner, after they were transferred out oftheir holding area during the war "We have tea at four every day. Pour o'clock. Not a quarter past four, but four o'clock.** Vrttorio (Paolo Segarrti), an undercover secret police agent who eventually85 words
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Article243 1999-10-17 36 CALVIN LOW - by CALVIN LOW FRANCO Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a scrumptious celebration of unabashed passion. And you only find it to be without mistakes, Ernest? Perhaps it takes an Italian director of Zeffirelli's stature, making a movie of his own early life story on location243 words
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Article220 1999-10-17 36 I Roger Ebert in his online review. "The movie is heavier with events than with plot. Things are always happennlng, but it is hard to tee the connections. I liked the performance of the women (including Cher, people keep forgetting what a good actress she can be).- But220 words
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Miscellaneous435 1999-10-17 37 E, 1 CALL: 873-3333 ablej movies current affairs/education today The Sun Has Ear* tues Medical Pfctlv—tThaTaBdng 3.40pm Set In China in the Impoverished times 1030pm Skull of the 20s, a new bride is reluctantly Qn forensic medidne and its impact on sold by her husband to an influentwd criminology and435 words
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Advertisement226 1999-10-17 38 SCV has completed the construction of its broadband network j. A between 02 Oct 99 and 20 Oct 99. •To qualify for a free 14" Thomson TV, subscribers and is set to be the consumer s choice for entertainment and mistm^anorHefund^ißpaymentof^moiMKi' amount is non-refunttabie. Set-top installation must be matte by226 words
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Miscellaneous519 1999-10-17 38 Highlight of the Week laughs Hsat The Lucky Guy I 150pm Lee runs a restaurant, but his son is not Interested in taking over. Meanwhile, a m m > senior restaurant staff reconciles with QITftlTIA/S^nwS his ex-girlfriend, who has an ulterior mon Detective Investigation Flies III motive. However, everybody puts519 words
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Article, Illustration808 1999-10-17 39 Rachel Tan - Edited by Rachel Tan rachel@sph.com.sg by WOON WUITCK SURE, Kota Baru has its tourist hotels. But if you dont mind spartan digs (and I'm not kidding here), a unique option is the "Floating Homestay". Has the very name hooked you? It certainly offers the most unusualPictures/ Joyce Lim - 808 words
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Article, Illustration121 1999-10-17 39 HOW would you like to soak in the charma of bustling Bangkok? You can sift through the shopping haunts for great bargains, treat your tastebuds to tantalising Thai cuisine, or perhaps catch some Thai rick boring while you are there. We have a treat for three lucky pairs121 words
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Miscellaneous24 1999-10-17 45 Media Campus) and U p^ The Golden Child T The six billionth child was born this week, and a White male, ra^" y T24 words
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Article, Illustration440 1999-10-17 47 Tan Thean Loon - By Tan Thean Loon THREE wins and a second in as many starts. That's an impressive record, indeed. Not every horse can achieve such a fantastic result To do so, a horse needs to have guts, courage and, above all,440 words
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Article482 1999-10-17 47 Soro'sTune (Race 4 No. 4) Won last two starts on wet tracks with ease and should defy a promotion without any problems. Should make it another pillar-to-post affair once more. yrrlfrrr T Sonic The Hedgehog (Race 1 No. 6) Should be third time lucky with no stablemate to482 words
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Article, Illustration2508 1999-10-17 48 BACK FROM SPELL: Ponimn Tycoon Bhouldrun wll whon trmh. ILk I A i|i| n-Ai In BAfJu ii iMinrinlnhaw runt nofw Wl nixing jocxcy Mrnef \Age/ofiyrv»«*, inirwr-uwiw] 1 679 DHAFFAABJAR 57 (51) ISaifudin 2 (3nzg Noordin-Smart Abjar) 2 5-0-3 ENERGY SPECIAL 57 (52)2,508 words
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Article, Illustration387 1999-10-17 50 Danny Khoo - By Danny Khoo IT WAS a night of many firsts at Kraqji. No fewer than seven jockeys and trainers opened winning accounts yesterday for the first time at the new Singapore Turf Club racecourse. First off the mark was visiting New Zealand jockey David Walker. The 24-year-oldPictures/ Joyce Lim - 387 words
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Article, Illustration273 1999-10-17 51 Fan Thean Loon - By! Fan Thean Loon LUCKY Stable, which won the last two editions of the Singapore Gold Cup with Lucky Treasure and Three Crowns, has bought over French entry Daymarti to boost its chances in next Sunday's big race. The flagship stable of property tycoon NgPicture/ Joyce Lim - 273 words
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517 1999-10-17 51 YESTERDAY'S PERTH RESULTS GOING SOFT 11 8UN0ANCE KID 52 (230-40) KfWtan Hawkins (8) 1 5 DYNAUEBE 52 (27-7) Craig Staptos (11) -2 10 SARAB'S WONDER 52 (29-8) Danny (Hilar (6) 3 Alton ran: Paddy lla Lad (jockey Tim StubbertMd), Bold Extreme (Paul Dyson), MatrtcuMa(Troy Turner), Cloud BusSer (Paul King), Near517 words
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Article1509 1999-10-17 52 5 GUNNER 54 (21-7) 0 Waiter (3) 4 2 1 (490) 7 SUPER ROYAL52c53(11-7) KBSoo (9) 6 3 2 (506) 8 ASEAN GOLD 50.5 (47-11) KKLoh (6) 8 8 3 (433) 9 EL SUEZ 50 c 50.5 (131-30) SSam (0) 9 9 4 (445) 1 OUR1,509 words
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1092 1999-10-17 53 RACE 1: On jumping, Gunner hit the side of the gate. Super Royal jumped awkwardly and shortly after, laid out. Apprentice KB Soo subsequently reported that his mount Super Royal had pulled hard in the early stages and would not settle ana, in the1,092 words
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201 1999-10-17 53 BATTLING grey filly Alborada, ridden by 52-year-old George Duffield, won the Champion Stakes at Newmarket, England, yesterday for the second year in succession. Trained by Sir Mark Prescott, Alborada (6-1) was never out of the first two and prevailed by 1V« lengths from Shiva, the201 words
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Article, Illustration473 1999-10-17 54 But who will win at Sepang's new circuit? FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP! MALAYSIAN GRAND PRIX OUR TEAM AT SEPAHG SO who will cross the finish line first at the Malaysian Grand Prix ice-cool Mika Hakkinen or hot-blooded Eddie Irvine? What about Michael Schumacher, whose fiery473 words
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Article249 1999-10-17 54 IF you are a Ferrari fan, smile. For the Italian team will start today's Malaysian Grand Prix with Michael Schumacher and Eddie Irvine sitting pretty in the front row. It's the first time this season that the flame-coloured cars will be lining up249 words
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Article49 1999-10-17 54 It Michael Schumacher (Qer) Ferrari Wi Eddie Irvine (Brit) Fecrarf H David Coulthard (Brtt) McLaren 4e Mlka Hakklnen (Fin) McLaren Se Johnny Herbert (Brit) Stewart ts Ruben* Barrlchello (Braz) Stewart 7i Alexander Wurz(Aut) Benetton ft Ratf Schumacher (Germ) Williams Demon HUI (Brtt) Jordan MtJacqueeVWeneuve (Can) BAR v49 words
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Article32 1999-10-17 54 it Mika Hakkinen (Rn) 62 2: Eddie Irvine (Brit) 60 k Heinz-Harald Frentzen (GeO 50 4c David Coulthard (Brtt) 48 St Raff Schumacher (Germ) 33 ft Michael Schumacher (Germ) 3232 words
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Article, Illustration162 1999-10-17 54 AFP. BRIDGESTONE, sole supplier of race tyres for the 1999 and 2000 Formula One seasons, could soon be facing a staff competitor. French tyre firm Michelin may return to the sport in 2001. "Michelin is a tough competitor. We have mixed feelings about its possibleAFP.; Picture/ Reuters - 162 words
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Article, Illustration529 1999-10-17 55 IF you know someone with Scots blood, try telling him this: That Scotland may as well lie down and admit England, being the Best of British, it bound to win the European Championship qualifying encounter next month. When you have said it, stand529 words
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Article, Illustration272 1999-10-17 55 IN a more passive way, football stirs endlessly in men and women. Last Thursday, I joined Bobby Charlton at the unveiling of a statue to a great soccer player who died 41 years ago. Charlton was knighted "Sir Bobby" for his leading part in the only272 words
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Article148 1999-10-17 55 AT the De Kuip Stadium in Rotterdam, where the final of Euro 2000 is scheduled next July, they attempted a hooligan alert drill last weekend. Fire, police and riot squads simulated a mass exit ofBoo volunteers. The exercise was abandoned when real hooligans linked to Feyenoord invaded the148 words
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Article, Illustration830 1999-10-17 56 S GULAM - TIGER BEER S-LEAfiUE; TANJONG PAGAR IN GRANDSTAND FINALE By S GULAM THERE were hugs, high-fives and handshakes. They held their arms together, ran towards their fans and bowed to them, as the drums beat louder than they did the whole night. Then, they started dancingPicture/ Dominic Ong - 830 words
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Article, Illustration811 1999-10-17 57 Jeffrey Low - LEEDS UNITED 2 (Alan Smith 72nd, 77th mln) SHEFFIELD WED 0 innc. Nigel Martyn Danny Mills Jonathan Woodgate Lucas Radebe Gary Kelly Stephen McPhail David Batty Harry Kewell Leeßowyer Michael Bridges Alan Smith SHEFFIELD WED: Pavel Smicek Andy Hinchcllffe Des Walker Emerson Thome Peter Atherton Niclas Alexandersson Danny Sonner811 words
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Article, Illustration421 1999-10-17 58 Reuters. MAN UNfTED 4 WATFORD 1 TWO Andy Cole goals gave Old Trafford something to cheer about. Manchester United showed it was back on winning track with a convincing 4-1 win over Watford. The fiery partnership of Cole and Dwight Yorke triggered the win. Yorke brokeReuters. - 421 words
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Article, Illustration191 1999-10-17 58 WORLD CUP RUGBY: FRANCE 28 FIJI 19 Reuters. FRANCE survived a disastrous spell early in the second half of an error-filled Group C game to beat Fiji 28-19 and qualify for the World Cup quarter-finals yesterday. The French now travel as group winners to Dublin forReuters. - 191 words
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Article, Illustration497 1999-10-17 58 SCHMEICHEL'S ROW WITH ALEX FERGUSON: Reuters. FORMER Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel almost got the boot after a sensational row with manager Sir Alex Fermison. It happened after the Red Devils blew a 3*o lead against arch-rival Liverpool at Anfield. The match andea 9-3 inReuters. - 497 words
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Article, Illustration459 1999-10-17 59 Lim Han Ming - UNDERDOG AT HEINEKEN OPEN TOURNAMENT By Lim Han Ming IMAGINE playing 10 gruelling tennis matches in eight days. And winning them all. That's what flu-stricken Mikael Tillstrom did at the Heineken Open. While the media hyped its attention on Marcelo Rios, Mark Philippoussis, Michael Chang and459 words
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126 1999-10-17 59 NEVER mind the demise of Michael Chang. It's alright if sexy Mark Philippoussis crashed out. Now meet the new tennis hero in Singapore. He's Thai and his name reads Paradorn Srichaphan. Every shot of his was greeted with oohs and aaihs. Every winner was126 words
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Article, Illustration141 1999-10-17 59 CHENAB scored a dainiling Double at Delta Sports Complex yesterday. It beat Indian Association 3-1 in the Singapore Hockey Association (SHF) Open knockout final and edged out Police 3-2 on penalty-flicks (1-1 at fulltime) in the SHF Premier knockout final. The latest success takes its tally141 words
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