The New Paper, 17 May 2000

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 454 2 You're a fickle bully You keep lecturing Asia You're small in terms of numbers MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad has personally attacked his Australian counterpart, Mr John Howard, in a TV interview to be aired tonight. He told Mr Howard to stay away
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    • 167 2 TO the Australians, the comment by Dr Mahathir will hardly cause a dent. "His remarks are a continuation of the tough time he has given Australian prime ministers," The Australian said. "But he has seldom been as personal as in his criticisms of Mr
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    • 67 2 Sorry Becoming a mummy (The New Paper on Sunday, May 14): Our report said that no Medisave deduction is allowed after the second child. This is incorrect. Medisave deduction can be used for the delivery charges of the first three children. Leisure Showtime: Pages 40 43 Comics: Page 44 TV:
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  • 301 3  -  By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof Photo Journalist YOU have two more days to set a record with us. If you haven't already signed up for this Sunday's Big Walk, the It Squad's Eileen Wee and Ivan Lim will be at Takashimaya Square on Thursday from 3
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  • Article, Illustration
    668 4  -  14 floors up and 7 floors down SINGAPORETODAY By Chua Wei Yng FOR this molest victim, it was a ride through 21 floors of hell. She was molested in the lift, all the way from the ground floor to the 14th floor. And half-way down again. The 31-year-old
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 157 6 jZu Airline watch YOU'RE a great way to fly: This refrain is going to mean even more if Singapore Airlines succeeds in being the first in the world to operate a 555-seater A3XX. The next-gen Airbus Industrie plane can feature bedrooms, duty-free shops,
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    • 86 6 THE Financial Review reported that SIA, Cathay Pacific and Qantas are planning an online travel agency which can slash costs and change the way consumers buy air tickets. It is said that the airlines are close to announcing the $173 million deal. GUNPOWDER was found in metal
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    • News Break
      • 72 6 NAMES "BUDDHABAR" is out, and a new name will be decided by next week. So said Mr Simon Lim, 32, owner of a recently-opened pub at UE Square. He has decided to change the name after getting complaints from Buddhists, who objected to it and the
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      • 58 6 EDUCATION MATH experts in the US are encouraging schools to use Singapore math books. Why? Singapore students beat Americans and the rest of the world hands-down in math. "One of the effects of these books on all teachers is that they are much more courageous about giving harder
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      • 63 6 LAWSUIT AN 35-year-old American man says his testicles were damaged in an operation here to improve his fertility. He is suing urologist Tan Hun Hoe and Gleneagles Hospital, where the operation was done in 1997. The man, who was working here then, says his testicles have shrunk and
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      • 67 6 BRITAIN A TASTE of the tropics will be found in England, thanks to the largest greenhouse ever, now being built. It is in the south, in Cornwall, and is expected to cost £79 million ($205 million). In it will be grown durians, rambutans and mangoes and exotic orchids,
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    • 51 6 New Straits Times: Hospital sued for RMIOO million International Herald Tribune: Airbus gets boost for its superjumbo Asian Wall Street Journal: Singapore Air shows interest in Airbus jets BBC news: Tom Mckinnon, the Secretary General of the Commonwealth says that free and fair elections are possible in
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    • 129 7 THIS was Mrs Elvia Cortez (left). She died a brutal death on Monday because she rebelled against a dirty campaign of extortion. What you see around her neck is a bomb, made by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (Fare) Colombia's rebel army. She had refused
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    • 69 7 I US STOCKS 1 The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 126.79 points to 10,934.57. The technology-laden Nasdaq composite index climbed 109.92 points to 3,717.57. A total of 951.6 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ Close in US$/Change 1. Pacific
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    • 57 7 I MALAYSIA A HOUSEWIFE has filed a RMIOO million ($45.4 million) lawsuit against the government. The woman, who suffered excessive bleeding during menstruation, was warded at the Jitra Hospital on April 28. She was given a blood transfusion and discharged on April 30. A May 8 blood test
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    • 61 7 1 A VACCINE for a rare strain of brain disease will be here by next week. It is important for those doing the pilgrimage to Mecca, as Saudi Arabia says they must be vaccinated against the disease, meningococcal meningitis. There are vaccines for the common A and C
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    • Article, Illustration
      58 7 I INDONESIA FORMER Indonesian army chief, General Wiranto (right), said yesterday that he was resigning from his cabinet post as Coordinating Minister for Defence and Political Affairs. He had been suspended from the post since February, after being held partly responsible for the bloodshed and destruction in East
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    • 61 7 1 INTERNET M ASIAONE'S initial public offer (IPO) will be the first in Singapore where a portion of the shares can be applied for only online. Asia One is Singapore Press Holding's Internet arm. Intending investors have to register as Asia One members, and need an Internet trading
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    • 60 7 The Straits Times: SIA looking at $6b Airbus deal The Business Times: Diving rupiah poses threat to Gus Dur's position Lianhe Zaobao: Man slapped with $30,000 fine for "bombing" HDB with email Berita Harian: Jakarta appeals to banks to help rescue rupiah RCS morning news: Borrowing costs
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  • HEALTHTODAY
    • 488 8  -  REPORTS CAROL LEONG WHY is backache so common during and after pregnancy? Half of pregnant women will get backaches. The reason is a hormone, called relaxin, which increases during pregnancy, causing a softening of the ligaments that support joints, including the joints of the spine. This
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    • 125 8 Stand tall, walk tall Tuck in your bottom Tighten abdominal muscles Tuck in your chin Relax shoulders Getting in and out of bed Bend both knees Roll over to your side, keeping both knees together Push up sideways with your arms to get to sitting position
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    • 210 8 DR TAN Seang Beng, President of the Back Society, says that in his experience as a doctor, housewives are more prone to backaches for several reasons. Often, it's because of habits unique to Singapore. Firstly, many housewives like to squat and wipe the floor instead of using
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    • 231 8 WE ran a report on hepatitis on April 19. Two readers have written in with queries. Q Can hepatitis B be passed to another person through normal contact like sharing food, or drinks, or mugs? A In adults, it can be passed on through sexual
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    • 39 8 WRITE TO; It's Your Health, The New Paper, 390, Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 FAX: 737-5375 E-MAIL: npops@sph. com.sg(Markit It's Your Health) CALL 1900-914-0003 to leave your questions for our panel of doctors. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 576 9  -  THAT E-MAIL BOMBING: By Andre Yeo IT was a spur-of-the-moment thing. Now he has to pay dearly. Not only has he to postpone his wedding. He is now $30,000 poorer. That was how much product development officer Tan Cheng Kang was fined
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    • 166 9 TAN Cheng Rang and Madam Peh Bee Hong applied for a resale HDB flat in October and were told the transaction would be completed between Dec 15 and 31. On Dec 23, Mr Tan's wife sent HDB an e-mail asking about the status of their application. On Dec
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  • 256 12  -  SINGAPORE 'ODA) Adam was convicted of outraging of modesty and theft. On May 9, he was sentenced to 24 months at the Singapore Boys' Home. BY Andre Yeo THE tall and skinny 15-year-old wanted more than a ride home. Around 11 pm on Nov 19
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 78 14 TTIII l»mu H Senior MWeter Lee Knnn «w in in interview wvm BBC on how a different mind-set is needed for the new economy. I think we want our young to be more venturesome, to be able to say, well, okay, I got knocked down, 111
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    • 600 15 SIX VEHICLE PILE-UP ON THE PAN-ISLAND EXPRESSWAY A vehicle pile-up on the PIE left six people hurt, two seriously. A van, taxi, army truck, army minibus, tipper truck and another van rammed into each other at about 10.30 am yesterday morning. Four
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 772 18 IT SQUAD EXCLUSIVE THE IT SQUAD EXCLUSIVE: It's final. MediaCorp artist Thomas Ong will NOT renew his contract which ends in July. The New Paper's It Squad, EILEEN WEE and IVAN LIM (above), surprised him last night and got the full
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    • 607 19 PERHAPS now you're thinking of joining the It Squad? asks It Girl and actress Eileen Wee, facetiously. Thomas breaks into guffaws. "Why not?" he says, half seriously. He now has a role in Don't Worry, Be Happy, and filming will go on until October. "After July, I
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    • 658 20 THEY SAY WHAT an uproar over the DBS-POSBank announcement that a service charge would be levied on POSBank account holders who let their account balances slip below $500. Yet there are quite a few other developments that also need our attention. Banking service charges
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    • 266 21  -  BY Andre Yeo HE is an HDB surveyor and he liked what he saw. Too bad, he couldn't keep his hands to himself and from himself. And so he ended up in court. Mohd Isa Abdul Jamal, 42, (above) is not the
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  • 117 23 SINGAPORETODAY HOW do you cope when your child falls sick? Great Eastern Life is holding another public health seminar to help parents learn how to cope with common child-related illnesses. Specialists from the KK Women's and Children's Hospital will tell you
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    • 364 24 say US intelligence agencies BEWARE, Taiwan! China is planning to blockade Kaohsiung port! According to secret US intelligence forecasts shared with Australia, this is supposed to happen around September. Australian intelligence sources told the Sydney Morning Herald that the threat is to the port
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  • 332 27 THE NEWS TODAY Forget about that $2-dollar hike on your POSBank account. If interest rates keep going up in the US, interest on Singapore bank loans may go up too. SURESHKUMAR reports EARLIER today, the US Federal Reserve raised key interest rates
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 555 30 Changi Airport slips to No 2 position in a survey by the International Air Transport Association (lata), after holding top spot for two years. But this is only for the leisure travellers category. It remains the top choice of business passengers, and takes top placing
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    • 92 30 lATA, the airline industry's global body, is based in Montreal, Canada. It sets regulations, conducts research and predicts net profits for members. Its report and findings on airline popularity, called the Global Airport Monitor, measures the satisfaction of international passengers on a scale of 0-10, and covers 23
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    • 97 32 mu i»m nt* Specialists say it makes it difficult for a person to jump if they think someone is looking, say from the opposite platforms. We hope that by putting up these big mirrors, people will reflect before acting. The number of suicides in Japan, regarded
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    • 252 33 Wire Services. JAMES Bond star Pierce Brosnan is postponing his wedding in Ireland this weekend because his son has not fully recovered from a car accident. "Sean is not well enough to travel the six hours it takes to get to Ireland so
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  • 498 34 Is/plo/tHIHg/hlti The New Paper Big Walk takes place in five days' time. Photojournalist JOYCE LIM (above) took on the 10 km route recently and chronicles her walk in a series of postcards sent to her best friend, Annabel Soutar. The friend lives in Montreal,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 288 35 CASE: DOC TOLD COUPLE... SOME of the couples were nervous and some were scared. Yet, in "special" sessions with a few couples, the doctor told each couple to "make love" while he watched. He told one couple he needed "to make sure they were
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    • 76 35 "Hey Pop, check out all these dudes, they'll miss out on popcorn unless they hurry." Maybe Harper, the grandson of movie legend Gregory Peck, was thinking that while walking the walk at the Cannes Film Festival yesterday. Or maybe he was hoping it might be
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    • 221 35 THEY have used credit cards and mobile phones excessively to buy expensive things, including cars. They are in debt and rushing towards the edge of bankruptcy. But they are only in their teens. Schoolchildren in Western Australia state are racking up thousands of dollars in
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    • 194 35 Coke ups aid to 1b HOW many companies will spend US$l billion (Ssl.7 billion) helping people in the community set up business? The Coca-Cola Company has just said it will up its spending in the US by more than half to US$l billion over five years in a "diversity campaign"
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    • 187 36 AP. FIRST, the teens chained the man to a tree, and beat him with a baseball bat. Then the boy and two girls set Cordell Richards, 31, on fire. The next day, they returned to the secluded area near Fort Walton Beach in
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    • 268 36 Thousands rush onto field ignoring police THAILAND'S BIG DIG IT is a case of hot gold fever in Thailand. i As many as 10,000 locals from Phichit and Phitsanulok were by day's end digging for gold in a field on Panompa Mountain yesterday. The area was a restricted
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    • 559 37  -  By Hazel Tan THE driver said to her face: "You are a TCS star. A celebrity. You are earning big bucks. You must be rich. "You should be living in a private apartment. How come you are living in Ang Mo Kio? An HDB
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    • 388 37 KYM Ng can rattle non-stop about her life as a heartlander as long as no pictures are taken. How could we, when we didn't know exactly where she lived. "Just say Ang Mo Kio, lah," she pleaded. M I am very afraid of letting
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    • 18 38 UNAFRAID: Nick Shen used to be scared by all that adulation. Picture/ Choo Chwee Hua
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    • 508 39  -  By Hazel Tan NICK Shen Weyun had just got up. His eyes were half-opened, his hair, unkempt. The 24-year-old singer hadn't yet brushed his teeth. And all he had on were shorts. Hardly a glamorous sight for a pop idol. But that was how the
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    • 254 39 HIS family of four will upgrade to a five-room flat in western Singapore in two years. But, for now, Nick Shen said: "My old house may be small, but I agree with this phrase on a painting in my mum's room. It reads: A house
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    • 130 57 AFP IRISH jockey Jimmy Quinn was released on bail after being questioned by police over allegations he damaged a luxury car owned by Brian Kan Ping-chee, a horse trainer who sacked him earlier, a police spokesman said yesterday. Quinn, 32, was released on a HK$5,OOO (551,050) bail
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  • 302 58 BADMINTON: THOMAS CUP RESULTS: Denmark bt Malaysia 4-1 Indonesia bt China 4-1 SEMIFINALS: Denmark v Indonesia China v South Korea SPOR7STBMY Reuters. THE Putra Stadium in Kuala Lumpur was rocking with 14,000 fans willing their badminton stars on. Unfortunately, the home team could not produce the
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    • 64 60 MORNING LATEST At press time (half-time), Utah Jazz led Portland Trailblazers 41-33 in Game 5 of their Western Conference semi-final. The Blazers lead the best-of-seven series 3-1. This morning's other game is between Phoenix v LA Lakers at 10am. CALL INFOUNE: Call The New Paper's InfoHne at
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    • 343 62  -  STMTgue Re port s/l Peter Siow THE exodus continues at Tampines Rovers. Yesterday, general manager William Sim threw in his resignation in a huff. It is believed that Sim, who joined the Stags (Tampines' nickname) just five months ago, did not
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    • 294 63  -  REPORT and PICTURE/. Alvin Chiang UNTIL last week, he was little known. Then he struck the winning goal for Singapore Armed Forces FC (SAFFC) against Gombak United last Saturday. That ensured mega media space for Fadzuhasny Juraimi. Fadzu, as he is affectionately
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    • 441 64  -  REPORTS EDWIN YEO DOES anybody ever care about who gets third place in the World Cup? Similarly, who really wants to watch the Champions League Losers Cup? I'm talking, of course, about the Uefa Cup. Already, even before the Uefa Cup had to take
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    • 802 64 I ARSENAL LOOKS POISED FOR TRIUMPH THE man to watch is, naturally, Thierry Henry (left). With seven goals in the Uefa Cup, he will give the Turkish side a torrid time. It gladdens my heart to see this French striker finally getting the recognition
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    • 480 65  -  I EDWIN YEO GIVES YOU THE LOWDOWN ON THE SHOWDOWN Pages 68-69 TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE EAST-WEST CHALLENGE May 26. 8pm at Bishan Stadium By Lim Han Ming ONE wields the power of the pen. The other is blessed with the gift of the gab. On May
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    • 60 65 EAST Team manager Colette Wong (Sportscity) Assistant manager Saparin Rasikin (Berita Harian/Berita Minggu), Mike Wong (Marine Castle) Coach: Alan Vest (Geylang United) Sports Trainer Hisham Roslan (Home United) WEST Team manager S Gulam (The New Paper) Assistant managers: Desmond Chow (Lianhe Wanbao), R Vengadasalam (Woodlands Wellington)
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