The New Paper, 9 July 2000

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1 61 The New Paper
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      Lock icon Girl’s playground horror
      485 2 ANOTHER KILLER LITTER CASE KILLER litter. Oh, no. Not again. This time it was glass, probably a drinking mug, thrown down from a height. This time it landed on a playground where children run about without care or caution. Though tragedy was narrowly averted this time, just
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      Lock icon Half an inch more, and THAT'S IT...
      441 2 IN her room at National University Hospital's Children's Ward yesterday, little Lavannya (above, with her mother) looked miserable. Even as she slept, a deep frown furrowed the brow. She was hardly the girl her mother, Madam Uma, 29, a nurse, described as lively
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      Lock icon ‘I thought Harry Potter was the author’
      632 4  -  by Brian Miller FRIDAY night. The little fella lively as a sparrow. "Tomorrow, huh. Don't forget, ah," he says. "Tomorrow what?" I ask. "Harry Potter," he replies. "You said you would get me the book, remember." I must have made that promise in
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      Lock icon The face behind the book
      735 4 AP. THE creator of the boy wizard Harry Potter, is running a few minutes late for an interview. p Ms J K Rowling, a slight figure in black trousers and a trim red-suede jacket, slowly descends the hotel staircase, scanning the lounge for a reporter
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      Lock icon This is one lucky fan
      503 4 IMAGINE you are an eight-year-old schoolgirl. Imagine that everyone your age on the planet wants to read the fourth instalment of a series about a young wizard named Harry Potter. But they can't, because the book won't be released until July 8. Now imagine that
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      Lock icon He’s the James Bond of Malaysia
      811 5  -  REPORT GLORIA CHANY IT was his big coup getting the legendary P Ramlee to play second fiddle. Datuk Jins Shamsuddin, who found cinematic fame in the 1960s as Jeffri Zain, the super sleuth fashioned after Agent 007, recalled that coup with pride. Understandably so,
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      Lock icon HIS BIG PROJECT
      180 5 THE Malay James Bond is currently working on an ambitious production that has already cost him RM$2 million ($900,000) and three years of research and co» writing. "It's a movie called Pasir Salak (Kings of the River) and it is a new look into the murder of
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      313 4 Call 1900 followed by 1 I Sua July 09 Sat July 1$ I i i C Finance V I 912-0003 S'botw Opining, Mid-day A I Chung Report I o nnne Voiif 912-0006 The positive iff acts of I V menopause J\ C Sports V 912-0012 GOOOOAAL! Fbl Results I A
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    Lock icon Anything to catch you hook, line and sinker
    546 6  -  [th^teek] Guest editor HARESH SHARMA, Resident Playwright, The Necessary Stage "ABOUT 40 minutes ago, Billy Thomas passed away. He went quietly." The office so familiar to many regular viewers of Ally Mcßeal stood still for a moment. As the camera panned, with
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      Lock icon A walk through hell
      782 8  -  REPORT WOON WUITEK IT seems even more horrible that the tree is so ordinary. On it, a soldier and a policeman were hung upside down and tortured. Bashed with durians. And then repeatedly shot. But, in the middle of the peaceful durian orchard, the mind refuses
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      Lock icon Victims’ horror deaths
      221 9 IT seemed more like a scene from a Vietnam war movie than anything you would imagine happening in Malaysia. The captured detective was hung upside down on a tree and had the thorny shell of a durian dragged over his chest over and over again. Then the
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      173 8 MHHHHHHvgnpTT--- r' nrT^—Pl^— _|A E^'" Conference Schedule Day Meetings (for registered candidates only!) 12th -14th July 2000 8.15 am 9.00 am Registration This is 3 9.00 am 1030 am Session 1 series of 10.30am-11.00 am Break Time »cnc* UI j (light refreshment mil be provided) meetings to 11.00 am 12.30pm
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      103 9 See a Movie for only $3!* Great Offers at mymedia.com.sg and the following L[^^Joutlets Br.is B.isah Conipit a Causeway Point Houcj.iny W.ill Orchard MRT Blfc 8€ Marino Parade C'oaii Prince Hotel Plaza Singapura Westmall Bl* 190 To.i Payoh I or C and White Sands Buy any CD. VCD, Video, Book
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      128 10 y 4 :*tv >- Viy i >•' ''\VJr ".Vv t ••i/VS v iT•/ /v^'.v\* Valr m hl. 1 I" Litre 7 \V". r,V;? v 'W'- St -W £#Ip We can't think of a better gift to thank you for making Marigold HL No.l. Nothing goes together better than milk and
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  • EXPAT
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      Lock icon Should expats mix more?
      1032 11  -  IN the past few weeks, the Expat Page has featured letters from Singaporeans who offered a helping hand to expats facing problems finding friends. Several locals have gone a step further. They plan to form an informal resource group to help expats. The Expat Page has
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      Lock icon What some expats say
      364 12 BE OPEN-MINDED Being open-minded about the new culture that you're living in. Respect it, which does not mean that you have to accept everything. Anyway, I guess this goes for every foreign place you live in. Just keep on reminding yourself that you have incredible luck
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      Lock icon TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
      148 12 SHOULD expats mix more with locals? Locals, what are some of your experiences that make you feel that expats are cliquey? Expats, do you feel that you have been misunderstood? Have you experienced instances in which locals shunned you? How do you think expats and
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  • @ A GLANCE
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      Lock icon SI A sues for $24 m
      279 13 from wife and sister-in-law of that $35 m crook SINGAPORE Airlines is suing the wife and sister-in-law of ex-employee Teo Cheng Kiat (left). In doing so, it hopes to recover some of the millions which he had embezzled over 13 years. It is claiming
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    • BRIEFLY
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        100 13 THE Central Expressway tunnels will be undergoing repairs again in September. Why? Because there are about 1,000 points through which water is seeping through the concrete walls and into the tunnel. But the Land Transport Authority (LTA) said the tunnels are safe and these leaks were not
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        103 13 IT has been nearly two years since trading of Malaysian shares on Clob was closed down. Now, as Malaysia releases the shares in staggered phases to investors for trading, many of the 170,000 Clob share holders may have lost track of the companies they invested in. NetßeBearch-aBia.com,
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        Lock icon Murky Snow
        113 13 Reuters. JAPAN'S biggest dairy producer is considering changing its brand name because the number of people who have fallen ill with food poisoning after drinking its low-fat milk has swelled to over 13,000. Officials of Snow Brand Milk Products say that they now suspect that a second product,
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        Lock icon In the name of Speight
        105 13 Reuters v ABOUT 150 Fijian villagers stormed a police station yesterday and took up to 30 hostages, including some police officers. The protest at Korovou, about 40 km east of the capital Suva, was one of at least four staged around the Pacific island in
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        Lock icon Big fishy business
        102 14 SEA-FARMING is going to be a big thing within the next eight years in Singapore. By 2008, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore hopes to produce 40 per cent of Singapore's annual fish consumption through deep-sea fanning. That's 40,000 tonnes as Singaporeans consume 100,000 tonnes of
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        Lock icon Sharif’s wife arrested
        98 14 AFP. OUSTED Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif s wife was arrested yesterday amid a mqjor military crackdown on the former ruling party. Madam Kulsoom Nawaz was detained after she drove through a massive police cordon around her home, where she had been held under house arrest since
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        104 14 Bernarna. THE youth wing of Malaysia's main political parly is urging religious authorities to explain the true meaning of jihad (holy war) as demanded by Islam so that people could not use wrong interpretations to serve their own purpose. Umno Youth chief Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
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        Lock icon Pentagon test fails
        107 14 A BIG blow for the Pentagon in its effort to come up with a defence system that could intercept and destroy a target warhead. The sytem failed a test conducted yesterday where a dummy warhead was fired from a central Pacific island. The defence system was supposed
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      60 14 Whitney Houston leaping into the arms of her husband Bobby Brown outside a detention centre in Florida on Friday. Brown, 33, was released from jail after serving 65 days of a 75-day sentence for repeatedly violating his parole on a 1996 drunk driving conviction. He
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      Lock icon Bond breaking is a career move
      190 14 |n£>us] WE have to move around to advance our careers. Staying long in the job during our prime years will be detrimental to our prospects of getting ahead, especially in the fast-moving new economy. At least 25 of 30 undergraduates, who were recently awarded
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      81 14 YOUINBEAT: If you're taking the family down to Orchard Road today, hop over to the Civic Plaza at Ngee Ann City. There you can meet the cast of TCS Spin TV series, watch a rock-climbing contest as well as catch some exciting bicycle stunts. There are also
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      37 13 JAMS 2000 The Club for the New MHlemmium "Wat da FUNK!" B H .1 Performing daily 4*l V Every Sunday W all drinks i for i all night Operation Hours: 6pm to 3am daily TeL: 333 5535
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      81 14 I jBBS. Travel around the world our International Buffet Spread featuring favountes from all over the world at Tiffany Coffee House. Crayfish with pistachio Crispy soft shell crab Thai style seafood red curry Oyster kilpatrkk WmKJ Durian puffs Tangy lemon pie Don't Miss VHiV I I IJBLJ For reservations, please
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      52 14 General? fair except for few showers in the afternoon mainly over southern and eastern Singapore. us!* sunrise 7:04 m central Fgir PA pm south Showers :39 pm east Showers moonset 1.14 am BSHZ9HH EMEEHHHI minimum 26 °C first tido 2.5 m :4:33 am maximum 33 C second tide.. 2.3 m:
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    Lock icon Is Japan like S'pore?
    766 15  -  l»yQ LAST IN OUR 5-PART SERIES By Seto Nu-wen REPORTING FROM TOKYO. JAPAN SOME people call Singapore Little Tokyo. I'm not surprised. After spending a week there, I realised the two cities have a lot in common. Space, for one thing, is a major problem. Most
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      311 16 Problems in Azizah's political party? Source: Bernama PERSONAL letters leaked to the press. War of words between party stalwarts. Just what is happening to Keadilan, the political party formed by Datin Seri Wan Azizah Wan Ismail. The wife of Malaysia's former deputy prime minister
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      754 17  -  By! Saffana Degan mm on IN DUBAI ITS the one place where the veiled women of Abu Dhabi can head to all on their own. And it's called, most appropriately, the She Zone. While earlier they needed to be escorted by their husbands or brothers on
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      28 16 AWAKE SINGAPORE Indoor Stadium r 1* Date Day Time Speakers 7.30pm Stephen Hill 7.30pm Stephen Hii! stephcnmll 7.30pm Stephen Hill > V Free Shuttle Service I michaelbrown Ti nud
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      62 17 I A crystal vase I I makes a I I perfect centrepiece. H But wouldn't a 1970 brass gramophone be a better talking point? Clarke I Wuay }E Rwrr ValUy Raad Singapore 1790 337 3292 lMw.rldrJirifwn.roNi.ll fc <it t <*' re H)dro-Sp» Pool 'Video Theatre •TV/Coffee corner G}im»ani Private Bath
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      247 19 DON'T MAKE 1 ME LOOK I STUPID! Reuters. THE journalists ask him long questions then only give snippets of his answers. Such snippets do not give his complete views. This makes him look stupid, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori nas said. He scolded the media over
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      Lock icon Schoolboy extorted of $800,000
      746 20 His nine-month hell: Bullies bashed him repeatedly His mother had to pay again and again They plotted to kill him and make it look like suicide THE 15-year old schoolboy was an easy "mark". The ideal target. He had money. He was also pretty generous and
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    646 21  -  FREE BROUGHT TO YOU BY Free Speech is a fortnightly series of interviews with interesting personalities held at H2O Zone. This week's guest: Comedian KOH CHIENG MUN, star of Under One Roof By Ivan Lim lvanl@sph.com.sg KOH Chieng Mun will, later this month, perform a one-woman show
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      575 22 Stepping out agm in style: EjnryJj^W 1 to the gala premiere of Chow YunFatt's latest movie Crouching Tiger, Hidden ,.£]k Dragon. We captured some of the evening's providing a little of our own, too: H^^B/^Hfl^^EBBtfi J REMEMBER this shot of Eileen J I j r tw j f I with
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    717 25 Feature SOME Singaporeans are keeping second homes abroad no, not in London, Paris or New York, but closer. They are putting their money on another roof over their heads in neighbouring places like Johor, Batam and Chiangmai. Consider: A four-room bungalow with a
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    794 26  -  COOkieJarl THE place to dip for tips By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg YOU may be suffering from an "altered reactivity" but don't know it. In other words, you have an allergy. Allergy has been recognised for thousands of years. But it wasn't till 1906 that the
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      56 27 the key to driving it. Two of ti»e finest BMWs:., r h J(t us-, „un f«t» fumam. foftunatety, until 30 r j rjZS^MI every 100 you spend Dbo C.-vhDL. GREATER CHOICES FOR YOUR EVERY NEED. Such are the exclusive privileges of a DBS tardmember. To join, contact us via www.dbscc.com
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      800 28 Tune in, Decibels chili out mm A W 1 •ft w pPjl Mw Jm» fe I mm f" jB^H hH Wider Angle (Av«Tr«) $£^r rtlrtl Various Artists Lara Fabian LAST year, this Swansea trio gave us WHILE the Farrelly Brothers prefer to EMI L*r* Fabian Wide Angle a 70-minute ride
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    Lock icon Home alone, it’s bliss
    745 29  -  QsingleColum^ by Eugene Anthony nirvana@sph.com.sg SPACE. And individualism. Two sacred concepts in my "gospel". But here in this column, 1 am more concerned about space. I live alone in a flat in Woodlands. I am not married. On the way home, late one night on the
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
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      Lock icon Single mum in love with ex-convict
      181 30 I'VE a very big problem. lam 17 and a single mother with a four-month-old baby. Recently, I've been talking to this guy, B, and we have been getting along very well. It seems that he likes me and would like to marry me when
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      Lock icon Girlfriend says he spied on her
      201 30 Last week's letter Concerned Guy is facing an emotional crisis. He has been with his first girlfriend for 10 years. But he feels that he has been a VERY INSENSITIVE 28-year-old guy who always annoys and angers her. His girlfriend has given him many
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      Lock icon Let her cool down
      166 30 Reader's advice: YOU seem genuine enough about reconciling with your girlfriend. I don't blame her for keeping her distance now after giving you ample chances. She must have been very hurt by you to resort to this. You have tried approaching her and have been rejected.
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      Lock icon Wife finds baby a burden and left:
      283 31 I'M 25 this year and have a daughter who is only six months old. My wife left four months alter giving birth. Recently she filed for separation. I tried to talk to her and she said she left because she felt bored with
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      Lock icon My boyfriend thinks I sleep around
      399 31 I'M 39, married with two kids. I separated from my husband three years ago. He lives in Bangkok now. I've known this other guy for almost three years. He's married with one son. I know his wife and son. In fact, his son is
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
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        Lock icon My hairy chest
        245 31 I AM a 14-year-old girl. Ql have short hair around my nipples. I know this is no reason to panic. But I have a question to ask. Will the hair disappear when I grow up? You see, I find hairy breasts to be very unsightly. In fact,
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        Lock icon What the doctor says: Do you know that...
        233 31 FOR many who have written in to this column, sperm colour is a genuine worry. People become especially fearful when they find that their sperm is yellow. Even if no pain in the groin is noticed, they fear that some disease has
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      44 30 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 QT-ehirt and a New Paper cap.
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      60 31 £AkkU§ 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 *****5 Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg (please mark: Aggie) or call 1900-912-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name,
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  • SeenHeard SHARP
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      393 32  -  THE MOVIE BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE Martin Lawrence is an FBI agent who disguises himself as an overweight Southern woman in tent dresses in order to nab an escaped convict. Stars: Martin Lawrence, Nia Long and Paul Giamatti by DREW FRITZ THEY should've titled it Big Momma's
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      83 33  -  Edited by Sheela Narayanan sheela@sph.com.sg John Malcolm's partner to him after his date with Sherry. "I love the little jerry Magulre moment with the Idd. But it might be awkward when you arrest her/* Sherry crawls underthe blankets with Big Momma/Malcolm during a storm. Sherry: "Big Momma, what
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      Lock icon Good ‘brainless’ fun
      295 33  -  by SHEELA NARAYANAN IT is Stakeout meets Mrs Doubtfire and the Klumps (from The Nutty Professor). Martin Lawrence is Malcolm who plays the good "big bad wolf and puts on granny clothes. All the better to catch her is the ploy and he falls in love with
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      Lock icon They say
      172 33 James Berardinelli In his online review; "I sat through all 97 minutes of this movie without once laughing, chuckling, or ovan smiling. There's a raason for my stona faced raactlon: Every laugh in Big Momma's House is... recycled, pre-programmed, and predictable. How can a moment be fanny whan
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      144 33 A STUDENT applied for medical school. He had to sit for an entrance exam, but never made it These are the answers he gave: Antibody Against everyone Artery The study of paintings Bacteria Back door ofa cafeteria Benign What you'll be after eight Bowel Letters like a, e,
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      482 34 CALL: 873-3333 lable l 24-hour subscription sales hotline movies laughs fri Rambo: First Blood 2 today Can't Hardly Walt i-9pm In one of his most famous roles, 9pm The story revolves around a Sylvester Stallone stars as special graduation party at which operations veteran John Rambo. This sensitive-new-age-guy, Preston, pines
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      96 35 on July tvtry Wtdntfday Once again, W Drama CH(SSI is proud to present another first-run Japanese serial, Beautiful Life. Japan's highest rated serial, featuring heart-throbs Kimura Takuya and Tokiwa Takako. This will be telecast in Chinese and Japanese dual sound with subtitles. To thank you all for your support, we
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      548 35 Orlando, Florida, who have taken the Of tn6 VtGGK US music charts by storm, following their quick rise to stardom in Europe. ■■■Hn-' IM&MfIIHHIfe The group's story is one of hard work, big dreams, lots of talent and the relentless pursuit of their desire to they want to make it
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    484 36 El? CZ h I CHEAP AND HIP Every home needs some hanging essentials. Here are three CHIP ideas which you can either buy or adapt to your own needs. They come from A Piece of Heaven at Pacific Plaza. What I like most about them is how
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    824 37  -  Pcdumr] FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S BUSIEST lUHEIBI^^b by Siva Choy Dear Jot, I'm very sorry to hear about your car accident last week. I understand you had one hand on your handphone and the other one on your steering wheel as you were doing a U-turn
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      319 38 WHAT can a young Singaporean, used to the slick cities of the West, possibly find in Cameron Highlands, the Malaysian tourist resort popular with honeymooners? Quite a bit, it seems. You can spend some money and stay in your room all day, enjoying the stunning
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      427 39  - Edited by Crispina Robert (crispina@sph.com.sg) What to do: BOH Tea gardens BOH Tea, the one that you buy in supermarkets, has three tea gardens in Cameron. One of the most popular among tourists is the Sungei Pal as Tea Plantation. Here you can see numerous small tea bushes, planted neatly
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    656 40  -  ([^OlUlTin^j A FORTN,GHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S THEATRE TEASE by R Chandran MY friend Bobo (his real name) has been counting sheep lately. He has been tossing and turning in the wee hours of the morning trying to figure out an answer to this question: "Why do
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      765 44 £rVtodayJ J Turn T I Rounders Alfred Hitchcock Presents Earthvisions—Twisted Tales: I Bml VV Entertainment (Ch 56), Central, 11.30 pm The Pig 10 pm In Four O'Clock, a judge, suspicious Central, 1.30 pm m The girlfriend of a law student and that his wife is cheating on him, plans The
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      66 45 CM K Ivln Chan Is 1 y ■Daddy Cool I* COM,C TAKE 0N babyhood afraid. <■ r, very afraid. It's not that she -n fayeyes? doesn't like the food jtf Ha, ha, got you. iPMn m v eves' -tjg However, she AM u j 3L rr 'Wah. shampoo isn't going
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      1251 46 RACE 1: At the start PURPLE GULCH jumped awkwardly, brushed the inside gate and was slow into stride. RAVE EXPRESS had a tendency to lay out on the turn and in the homestraight. SWEET SMILE drifted out in the homestraight. JUST COMMAND was carried
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      428 46 YESTERDAY’S PERTH RACE RESULTS Going: Good 3 JONMA53.5(23-7) MDyson (2) 1 5 BELLA DIVA 52 (101-17) JsffNoske (7) 2 8 HI DAWN 52 (241-42) Patrick Cartwry (3) 3 Also ran: BLUE HEED tvo Fry, TULYUP LADY Knstian Hawkins. SOLANGE Jason Miller, BUSINESS BOX Craig Staples. EMILY'S DREAM Troy Turner. YOU
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      354 47  -  TREBLE STARS By Lionel Lee A FOUR-WINNER feat by trainer Malcolm Thwaites at Kranji last night coupled with a winning trio each by jockeys Saimee Jumaat and Azhar Ismail gave the locals something to remember. Thwaites, with his big team of 14 runners spread over the
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      968 47 YESTERDAY’S KRANJI (COURSED) RACE RESULTS Going: Good 6 CHAMPION RANGER 53 (19-6) JSalmee (1) 2 4 1 (474) 2 SWEET SMILE 58 (111-15) DO'Hmw (3) 1 1 2 (420) 4 RAVE EXPRESS 57 (7-5) ISartudin (2) 4 3 3 (461) 5 JUST COMMAND 55.5 (42-8) OCtwvtl (4) 5 6 4
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      1523 48 ISELfINGOR TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT JOCKEY Wan Teck Moon was yesterday disqualified 18 months over his handling of BIG GENERAL in Race 1. The stewards banned him for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures throughout the race to ensure that his
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      251 49  -  By Lionel Lee THE BIG BOPPER proved too formidable for his Class 1 opposition over the Kuala Lumpur 2,000 m yesterday, taking out the main event in convincing fashion. Prepared by bang-in-form trainer John Sargent, The Big Bopper caught racegoers' attention following the
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      1105 49 YESTERDAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RACE RESULTS Going: Good 8 WAR HERO 55 (23-9) MSalnul (9) 3 2 1 (463) 3 SIR JANOY 57 (27-9) SSam (12) 8 0 2 (487) 5 GEORGE'S WONDER 56 c 53 (381-69) 'DChong (10) 5 4 3 (415) 4 VICTORY WARRIOR 57 (201-44) Samsir (4) 2
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      944 50 KEEP IN VIEW: Jockey Benny Woodworth has fair claims astride Fontaine In Race 2. No. iMltn— Hww m Mfaa Jodwy Bmfm 1 *****1 EL BANCO 59 (52) DWalkar 12 (5<ug F NiUian-Partner) 2 002- BUZZWG SCHOLAR 57 (48) NMSahran 14 (4nzg W Uew-ST)
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      674 51 TODAY’S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good Mo. L—16 nw How Wl RHwg Jod»y Bufcc (AofertginfrM, tiUnorowmr) 1 -56-6 HIPPO VALOUR 57 (106) lAzhar 9 (6nzg F Nathan-Goodfield) 2 *****4 RENEGADE 54 (100) *RUmc1.5 10 (7nzg Kelly-Carttonian) 3 *****0 PRECEDENT 53 (98) *NAzmanc1.5 8 (7rug P Lee-Bright Humble) 4
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      386 52 RACE It Big Two. RACE 2: Alfred's Prince, Maestro, Magic Gold, Storming Eagle, Harrier. RACE* Energy Special, Ranking Ahead. RACE 4: Great Discovery. RACES: Great Expectation, Drum Rhythm, Storm Legend. RACE 6: Eamous General, That's Why, Big Secret, Biniai Park, Taipei, Lucky Gem. RACE 7t Renegade. Confidence V, Hippo
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      188 52  -  ft Danny Khoo IPOH trainer Tiang Kim Choi will hoping that Perth jockey David O'Heare's luck holds out on Seaside Bank in the Selangor Gold Cup (Race 8) today. The 19-year-old has ridden his charge twice and, on both occasions, the combination proved lethal.
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      9 54 JEM’s Guide to Euro 2000 Euro 2000: Hits Misses
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      708 55 THE BID TO HOST THE party is over for Soweto said for Sepp Blatter. When Thursday's vote gave the 2006 World Cup back to Europe, to Germany and to the smooth, suave Franz Beckenbauer, my first thoughts were of the children of Soweto,
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      280 56 WORLD CUP 2006 Reuters OCEANIA'S embattled Fifa delegate Charles Dempsey arrived in New Zealand ready to face a grilling. His failure to vote handed Germany the right to host the 2006 World Cup and caused international uproar. Dempsey, 78, avoided reporters on his return
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      226 56 HE IS BEST... THE Anchor Reds celebrated their grand victory in style at the Yio Chu Kang Stadium yesterday.. It was to honour their capture of the 17th Asian Rugby Tournament B Division championship, which ended in Japan on July 2. A jubilant Singapore Rugby Union president
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      532 57  -  E^#3EJin By Scott Ferguson Chief Sports Editor. Zoom Sports.corr WIMBLEDON 2000 concludes this evening with the defending champion, Pete Sampras, chasing his seventh singles crown at the All England Club, against the revitalised Australian, Patrick Rafter. At this stage of his career, Sampras is simply looking to rewrite
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      602 58  -  IJURONGFC Razali Rashid (43rd minute) Main sponsor None Equipment sponton Mikasa 1 WOODLANDS WELLINGTON Masrezwan Masturi (26th) Main sponsor None Equipment sponsors Lotto BY Wang Meng Meng S-LEAGUE punters are at last seeing the haze in their crystal balls clearing this week. Last night's 1-1 draw between
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      129 58 PREDICT AND WIN The WSA Sport's Goal Rush continues! The phone-in S-League score prediction game reopens its phonelines today. To take part, call The New Paper Infoline 1900-914-0801 and register your predictions for this week's six matches: BTawptoaaltoiauvTaalaag Papr HonM United v Clement! Khalsa Woodtends WeMngton v —■rhu Cttls taM
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      73 59 Pssst... he's just I 5 I may want to turn professional in future. My parents are very supportive in whatever I do. I know I can counton them. Kendrick Lee Kendrick has lots of initiative. He is hard working and diligent. He is an attacking
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      412 60  - By Alvin Chiang HE is a bright young prospect who bears the torch of Singapore badminton's 2012 Thomas Cup dream. Kendrick Lee Yen Hui has so far kindled those hopes with superlative performances. Kendrick is just 15. But he's already the national badminton champion. The youngest the Republic has produced.
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      146 60 He is very strong and fast for his age. His stamina is also very good, which makes it very difficult for us to keep up with him. Indonesia nbomPß player Ronaldo Bangsa, 16 He is very talented. He's more mature than some
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      34 60 Kendrick Lee Yen Hui 15 Oct 8,1984 Ht%hb 1.75 m Weight 74kg Catholic High Secondary School vTorva rawing: 264 Listening to music, watching football matches and Formula One races. H Hendrawan (Indon) Seafood
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      96 60 KENDRICK doesn't concentrate full time on badminton. Yet, his training schedule is quite intensive. When his school is in session, he trains six days a week, three hours per session. His schedule starts with 20 minutes of weights training and ends with physical exercises, like skipping and shadow
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      305 60 WOMEN'S RNAL Reuters. VENUS Williams clutched Wimbledon's Venus Rosewater Dish and declared she had fulfilled a dream by winning the women's singles final. "When I go to bed at night I dream I have won a Grand Slam but when I wake up it
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