The New Paper, 5 August 2001
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration137 2001-08-05 2 SURVIVAL of these tough times hinges on being able to adapt and understanding the need for change. This sums up the speech made by Minister without Portfolio Lim Boon Heng, who is also secretary-general of the National Trades Union Congress. He was137 words
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58 2001-08-05 2 ITS all about keeping costs down to remain profitable. Companies are restructuring, moving their operations to countries where costs are lower. And the present fall in demand of goods will speed up such relocation. Thus, some of the work that has been done in Singapore58 words
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Article111 2001-08-05 2 SINGAPORE used to assemble refrigerators. This is a low valued-added activity, described as a "screwdriver operation". As our cost went up, it became uneconomical for companies to have their refrigerators assembled here. So, we turned to making the heart of the refrigerator: The refrigeration unit. We used to111 words
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191 2001-08-05 2 THERE is a trend of companies undergoing restructuring. They look to scale of operations. Therefore, they merge or acquire. And when they do, they will need fewer staff. We see that happening in Singapore, even in our banks. There was a time when a banking191 words
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Article104 2001-08-05 2 MOST companies that relocate their operations from Singapore will not come back. And ongoing restructuring of companies will mean that some workers will be displaced. Alternative jobs may be hard to come by. And when they do become available, they may be in other sections. Thus,104 words
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Article, Illustration27 2001-08-05 2 GIVEN the current economic slowdown and the wave of restructuring, those who fail to upgrade and acquire new skills face the prospect of retrenchment.27 words
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Article, Illustration825 2001-08-05 3 Yong Siew Fern - By Yong Siew Fern WHAT a nightmare. Imagine plunging into the dark depths of a rubbish chute when you are fully aware of what is happening. An eight-year-old girl allegedly went through that living nightmare last Sunday as she fell five storeys down thePictures/ Shin Min Daily News - 825 words
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Article137 2001-08-05 3 MADAM Ong Kim Geok has been charged with attempted murder. Her sister says she was suffering from post partum depression since the birth of her son a year and a half ago. Could that lessen the seriousness of her offence, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years?137 words
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Article, Illustration893 2001-08-05 4 JASON TAN - So why are these cars being scrapped? REPORTS JASON TAN GLEAMING white, it was a luxurious two-litre 1996 Opel Omega complete with original rims and leather seats. (See picture on facing page.) Soon, it would be a compacted cube of metal worth less than $100.893 words
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Article, Illustration411 2001-08-05 5 TO scrap your car, you'd need to have its original log card. This document is held by the bank, if you have taken a loan from them on the car. That's why some motorists -< turn to car dealers to scrap their cars; the dealers help settle thePictures/ Joyce Lim - 411 words
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Article, Illustration1083 2001-08-05 6 That's what they're here for, but not before driving a hard bargain. Just who are they? Tourists from China make up the fastest growing tourist group in Singapore. Body to body, the figures see more than 20 per cent annual growth on the average, says the SingaporePicture/ Chia - 1,083 words
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160 2001-08-05 7 THERE are several reasons for the increase in the number of visitors from China in recent months. According to a Singapore Tourism Board report, the affordability of travel packages is one draw. The report also cited a healthy economy, stable currency and the160 words
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Article, Illustration817 2001-08-05 8 Fraemone Wee - 14-year-old Tampines girl's death fall: By Fraemone Wee IT was a pitiful sight. The young girl lay twisted on her side in a pool of blood. She had fallen 10 floors. But she lay fully conscious, gazing at her teenage sweetheart and eldest sister, who knelt817 words
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Article, Illustration433 2001-08-05 9 CAN YOU HELP? The police were informed of the incident at 11.18pm last Saturday. The case has been classified as unnatural death, and the Bedok Police are investigating. Anyone with information should call them on 244-0000. WENDY had dropped out of school in April.Pictures/ Franmone Wee - 433 words
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159 2001-08-05 9 SHE fell just metres from his doorstep, but Mr Goh Kim Teck, 45, a driver, had no inkling of the tragedy that was happening. "I heard shouts and went to the door to see what was the matter," he said.159 words
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Article, Illustration755 2001-08-05 10 Dawn Chia - I But £50,000 prize might slip away because he's not UK resident Man U fan in S'pore enters UK contest. By Dawn Chia THIS Manchester United fan is definitely seeing red. All over a Treasure Island contest run in the July issue of United the official755 words
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Article154 2001-08-05 11 WHEN The New Paper contacted the organisers of the Sj contest Strike Lucky Games Ltd in the UK a woman (who refused to give her name) said that Mr Lim o3j could still claim his prize through someone in the UK, like a friend or154 words
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162 2001-08-05 11 STRIKE LUCKY OTHERS WANT TO KNOW HOW, TOO THE New Paper made a discovery while doing an Internet search on Strike Lucky Games Ltd, organisers of the Treasure Island contest which was published in United. We found at least 29 responses in reaction to an initial message posting on April162 words
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Article212 2001-08-05 11 LAWYER S Balamurugan said Mr Lim does not qualify to participate in the contest as he is not a resident of the UK He asked: "If there is a clause at the bottom of the contest form stating that the contest is 'open to UK residents over212 words
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Article, Illustration667 2001-08-05 12 Ng WanChing - By Ng WanChing WHEN she was 45, her smile looked like that of a woman in her 80s. Madam Loh Ee Hoon had been losing her teeth gradually since she was 21 and by her 40s, her jaw bone667 words
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417 2001-08-05 13 THE top doctor was about to host a medical congress, of which he was the organising chairman. Problem was, he was missing a front tooth. Said the 43-year-old surgeon: "I needed my front tooth. As the organising chairman, I was to host 700 doctors417 words
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343 2001-08-05 13 IMPLANTS can mimic one's own teeth says an oral maxillo-facial surgeon and a prosthodontist at the National Dental Centre (NDC). But they can also fail and infection can set in. Said Dr Lim Kheng Ann: "The surrounding tissues support the implant. In some343 words
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Article, Illustration414 2001-08-05 14 FORGET Toa Payoh's 40-storey wonders. Housing Board flats that are even taller are set to go up in Duxton Plain, Tanjong Pagar. They are expected to be ready by 2007. It's all part of a plan announced yesterday by Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew to rejuvenate olderPicture/ Afp - 414 words
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Article258 2001-08-05 14 INFOCUS THE coral is dying. At last count, Singapore had lost 60 per cent of its coral reefs mostly through land reclamation, which is muddying up our waters. The sediments thrown up in reclamation kill the coral reefs by direct smothering or blocking off sunlight, reports The Straits258 words
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BRIEFLY
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Article93 2001-08-05 15 A 28-YEAR-OLD ex-air stewardess died on Thursday the first dengue-related death this year. Three days after she was admitted to Changi General Hospital, Miss Khoo Ee Lian had a heart attack and died. According to the Environment Ministry, 892 cases of dengue fever were reported in the first93 words
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Article86 2001-08-05 15 KELANTAN Menteri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat's son was arrested under the Internal Security Act (ISA) yesterday. Nik Adli Nik Abdul Aziz, 34, was detained at the Kelantan police headquarters in Kota Baru. Another man, Mohd Lothfi Ariffin, 33, was detained in Kedah. The police did86 words
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Article90 2001-08-05 15 AFP. OVERSEA-CHINESE Banking Corp (OCBC) is close to sealing Singapore's first key banking merger. It said yesterday that over 90 per cent of shareholders in Keppel Capital Holdings had accepted its takeover offer. OCBC, Singapore's third largest bank, has offered $5.21 billion in cash to buy KeppelAFP. - 90 words
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Article86 2001-08-05 15 RESIDENTS and management of Pandan Valley Condominium are fighting to save five 25-year-old angsana trees threatened by construction, through a signature campaign. Excavation has already begun on a plot of land next to the condo, where Winbliss Investment is building a 20-storey block and carpark. The National86 words
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Article80 2001-08-05 15 BRITISH Airways, Europe's largest airline, and American Airlines, the world's largest, are teaming up. They will offer customers joint fare information, coordinated flight schedules and reciprocal frequent-flier benefits. European and US regulators blocked their earlier attempt to team up three years ago. This time, too, they80 words
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Article99 2001-08-05 15 TWO policemen were sentenced to 30 months in jail yesterday for having sex with a Thai prostitute in their patrol car instead of arresting her for overstaying. Abdul Rashid Syed Ibrahim, 27, a sergeant, and Mohammad Ali, 20, a corporal, are appealing against the conviction and sentence. The99 words
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Article83 2001-08-05 15 CENTRAL Narcotics Bureau officers arrested nine Singaporeans on their arrival at Changi Airport from Phnom Penh on Friday night. The group included the trafficker, aged 28, and eight others aged between 24 and 55. Officers seized a bottle of mineral water laced with drugs, and a talcum83 words
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Article75 2001-08-05 15 AFP. INDONESIA'S President Megawati Sukarnoputri has sanctioned a human rights court to try the alleged perpetrators of crimes against humanity in the 1999 East Timor independence ballot. The decree includes amendments to an April ruling issued by Ms Megawati's predecessor, Mr Abdurrahman Wahid, which limits the casesAFP. - 75 words
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Article, Illustration397 2001-08-05 15 YOU'VE heard the tale of the emperor's new clothes, but it remains to be seen if this applies to the Japanese prime minister. Some may find Mr Junichiro Koizumi's achievements so far amazing. He has shaken up the country's politics,397 words
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Miscellaneous14 2001-08-05 14 Showers with O'aM^L thunderstorms over many areas T in the aftermoon. Showers Thunderstorms 4^^14 words
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EXPAT
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Article, Illustration984 2001-08-05 16 Come Thursday, thousands will be celebrating the National Day Parade at the National Stadium, with many others cheering Singapore on in front of the gogglebox. Two expats will be celebrating with us one who will be closely involved in the parade and the other who willPicture/ Joyce Lim - 984 words
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Article74 2001-08-05 16 SOME of you, our expat friends, will be watching the National Day Parade Share with us what you feel. Some of you, our overseas-based compatriots, will celebrate in other ways. Tell us how. Contact Gus, Expat Page editor, at <guspang@yahoo. com.sg>. Or write to him: Gus,74 words
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Article, Illustration613 2001-08-05 17 Robin Leong - BACK IN THE US, THINKING OF SINGAPORE By Robin Leong NATIONAL pride. It pledges a sense of belonging and identification. Unfortunately, it is something I'm still searching for. Where do I stand? Where do I belong? Is it the US, where I was born613 words
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Article, Illustration688 2001-08-05 18 Corporal S M Ong - GUEST EDITOR Corporal S M Ong TV STATION VICE-PRESIDENT THERE I was, smack in the middle of the criminally domeless National Stadium, exposed skin grilled crimson under the pitiless Saturday afternoon sun. Sweat was stinging my eyes, but I688 words
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NEWS
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Article, Illustration411 2001-08-05 19 Vision system can pick out terrorists at airports SMILE, you're on camera. And that means someone is watching you and can find out who you are. Just by capturing your face on camera. The Facelt system, developed by US company Visionics Corporation, uses cameras linkedPicture/ Visionics.com - 411 words
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Article71 2001-08-05 19 THE Facelt system creates a digital map of an individual's face, translating the contours into mathematical formulas that are nearly as distinguishing as a fingerprint. Facelt software can scan a stream of images from a crowd for individual faces and, using the mathematical formula, match them against71 words
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Article, Illustration457 2001-08-05 19 MARILYN Monroe rings you up, trying to sell you a vacuum cleaner. Sounds crazy? It's not. AT&T Labs says its new software, called Natural Voices, can reproduce anyone's voice and even bring the tones of long-dead celebrities back to life. And because it can turn457 words
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Article, Illustration394 2001-08-05 20 Bollywood legend sued by lookalike Or Dilip Sinha? HIS spitting image hosts India's hottest television show, the local version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. In Madame Tussaud's, stands a life-sized wax model that looks uncannily like him. After all, he could be India's biggest394 words
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260 2001-08-05 20 AP. HE wanted a wife so badly, he offered US$2OO,OOO ($355,300) to anyone who could find him one. Now, he wants the US$5O,OOO he paid to a matchmaker back, claiming she only sent him women who weren't interested in him orAP. - 260 words
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Article396 2001-08-05 22 Japanese pay them to help end affairs Breaking up is hard to do, as the song goes, but especially for the Japanese. They have trouble saying no, avoid confrontation, and will do anything to save face. So what do they do? Hire professional couple busters. Skilled private investigators396 words
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Article135 2001-08-05 22 TALK about love at first sight. A New York financier has shelled out U554,900 ($8,704) for an ad in a London newspaper in order to track down a British babe. She had won his heart in a brief beach encounter in the US, reports135 words
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Article, Illustration183 2001-08-05 22 Wire services. HE is the founder of a cult known as the Raelians. Mr Claude Vorilhon and his followers believe that life on earth was created scientifically through genetic engineering by an alien race of extraterrestrial humans who created people in their own image. But theWire services.; Picture/ Afp - 183 words
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356 2001-08-05 23 from Chinese universities NUMBER OF STUDENTS ENROLLED Beijing University: 37 Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine and Zhanghai University of Medicine: 70 POPULAR SUBJECTS Chinese Medicine Law Business Management DESPITE the political problems between China and Taiwan and Taipei's refusal to recognise Chinese degrees, students356 words
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Article, Illustration509 2001-08-05 24 Myanmar is more than just Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi and her prolonged house arrest. It is also about Zaw Win Htut (below), a self-confessed "liberal rebel rocker", and his fight for creative independence in a country ruled by tough military rulers.Picture/ Iht - 509 words
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Article156 2001-08-05 24 MYAN MAR is an isolated country. Its military dictatorship has a deep-rooted fear of any spontaneous youth culture. But during the 1998 mass movement, it bowed to pressure and permitted an outdoor rock concert. That was the beginning of Myanmar's rock 'n' roll return,156 words
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177 2001-08-05 24 IT seems an ideal arrangement work from home so that you can spend more time with your family. But the seductive image is false, says a study by the British Trades Union Congress. Working from home linked to the outside world through177 words
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Article, Illustration364 2001-08-05 25 JUST think lacy blue panties. Pink net thongs. Yes, this sexy underwear now comes in men's sizes, thanks to a Californian retailer, reported Fox News. Framm, who goes by one name, opened Hidden Vestments, a lingerie shop exclusively for men in Santa364 words
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Article, Illustration1035 2001-08-05 26 WONG KIM HON - YOUR MAGAZINE FOR THE WEEKEND Million-dollar budgets and five-star names and still some movies go straight to video without a big screen release. We find out what it takes to make it to the silver screen WONG KIM HON PENELOPE Cruz has1,035 words
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Article, Illustration449 2001-08-05 26 THEY have not come to a cineplex near you, but do straight-to-video titles command better sales than those which have? In most instances, no. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon hit 28,000 copies on video, DVDs and VCDs. Miss Congeniality did 12,000. Both enjoyed robust449 words
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Article, Illustration837 2001-08-05 27 JANICE WONG - JANICE WONG Dear Fellow Singaporeans, Three months ago, I was buying tickets for Miss Saigon at a Sistic outlet. "Two tickets on Aug 12, please." "It's a Sunday," the operator remarked immediately without checking any calendar. "That's quick," I observed. "I love August because837 words
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Article, Illustration709 2001-08-05 28 Anlene - Health Now It takes more than just calcium to keep bones strong. You've got to work them bones, as JOANNA HUGHES finds out Brought to you by Anlene OKAY, so you've started drinking milk, eating yoghurt and other calcium-rich foods. You're feeling better and709 words
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Article, Illustration911 2001-08-05 29 SIVA CHOY - SIVA CHOY "Did you hear what I said? Or is everything going in one ear and coming out of the other?" That famous phrase "going in one ear and coming out of the other" has been going into my ears (and out) for as911 words
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Article, Illustration622 2001-08-05 30 WHAT'S the right way: Rock them to sleep or place them in their cots? Traipse the floor with them all night or let them cry their lungs out? There's no short answer to this one. Babies cry. They all do. And the other thing about622 words
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Article226 2001-08-05 30 HELP him make it through the night.... so that you get to sleep and rest. Paediatricians, child psychologists and parents have much to share on the subject of getting baby into bed and keeping him there and quiet! Establish a bedtime. Up to age six should226 words
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Article, Illustration492 2001-08-05 31 DENISE CHONG - WATCHIT DENISE CHONG POINTING at a Return of the Jedi box set, I asked the old guy behind the counter if I could take a closer look at it. He peered at it and said: "Hmmm... the Return of the Jed-dee. Is that any492 words
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Article63 2001-08-05 31 THE New Paper and STAR Movies are giving away 10 Star Ware goodie bags, each which includes a Star Wars Episode I: The Visual Dictionary and Jedi light sabre. Just call 1900-914-0801 before midnight tomorrow and answer the following question: In which year did the Star Wars63 words
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Article, Illustration445 2001-08-05 33 HEY/ I A CHINESE agent is sent to Paris to protect a diplomat with the help of a Paris cop. When the diplomat is killed and the blame is put on the agent, he has to prove his innocence and save a prostitute from the clutches445 words
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Miscellaneous471 2001-08-05 31 Highlights My Best Friend's Wedding Channel 5,7.30pm When a woman's best friend tells her he is getting married, she finds out that she loves him and wants him for herself. But things prove difficult since the bride seems to be the perfect woman. Stars Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Dermot Mulroney,471 words
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Miscellaneous137 2001-08-05 33 Cathay-Orchard: 10.30,11. 12.30,1,3, 7.30,7.4S, 9.30,9.45 Cathay-Causeway: 12.30, 12.45, 2.30,3, 4.30, 5.15. 7. 7.30, 9.15, 9.45 GV-Bishan: 10.30,11.20,12.40,1.35,2.55,4.20, 5.05,6 35. 7.20, 9, 9.35 GV-Boon Lay: 11.30, 12.45. 1.45. 3. 4. 5.15. 6.15. 7.30. 8.30, 9.45 GV-East Pt: 11.30, Nn. 1.45.2.10,4.4.20,6.15.6.30,8.30,8.40 GV-Grand: 10.20,12.05, 12.35, 2.20, 4.35. 5.25. 6.50. 7.35. 9.05. 9.45 GV-Marina:137 words
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Miscellaneous688 2001-08-05 34 HEY/ I Cathay-Orchard: 10.1S, 12.30,7.40, f.SO Cathay-Orchard: 2.45, S, S. 15 GV-Bishan: 10.38,11 JO, 1140,2.55, 4.40, Cathay-Orchard: 10.45, 12.45, S.IS, 7.1 S, Cathay-Causeway: 1230,2.45,5,7.15,9.30 Cathay-Causeway: 2,115,4.45,430 S.IO, 4.50,7.25,110,9.40 9.15 I GV-Bishan: 2.05,4.10 GV-Boon Lay: 10.40,1 I SO. 12.50,2.05,3, Cathay-Causeway: Mn, 7.15,9.30 GV-Bishan: 10.40, 12.50,3,5.15,7.30,9.45 GV-Boon Lay: 23% 4.45 4.20,5.15,6 35.730,8.50,9.15688 words
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Article, Illustration230 2001-08-05 35 I AM 24 and my boyfriend is 52. He is divorced and lives with his three children. One of the children, a daughter, is also 24 and dislikes me. My boyfriend and I love each other very much. On my days off, I go to230 words
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Article179 2001-08-05 35 Last week's letter: SWORDFISH is 55 and his wife, 15 years younger. They both hold steady jobs and have been married for 10 years. It is his second marriage and her first. They have two daughters, aged six and five. He also has two children from his179 words
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Article121 2001-08-05 35 Readers' advice NO, you are not being a bad husband. And I don't think your wife is trying to lead a single life. Ten years is a long time to be married. Sometimes couples do drift apart. Monotony does set in, which appears to be the case with121 words
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Article185 2001-08-05 35 I SENSE that you would know the answer to whether you have been a bad husband. Look into yourself and see if you have been mentally and emotionally short-changing your wife. I was like your wife once. I threw myself into sports, part-time studies and nights out185 words
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Article329 2001-08-05 36 I HAVE a classmate who is 14 years old and she is very troubled. Her parents simply don't trust her at all. They are very suspicious of her and always suspect she is keeping bad company. Although her parents earn at least $10,000 a month, they329 words
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Article424 2001-08-05 36 I'VE been with my girlfriend for over a year and things were wonderful until about two months back when she had a bike accident. She had lied to me about meeting her girlfriends for dinner but ended up in the hospital with some injuries. I took care424 words
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Article, Illustration224 2001-08-05 36 DR LIM SU MIN - DR LIM SU MIN I'M a 14-year-old boy and Ql'm worried about my sexuality. I feel I am addicted to masturbation but I wonder if there are any side-effects or dangers when one masturbates regularly. I also like to look at topless/naked pictures of guys. Does224 words
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Article162 2001-08-05 36 I AM 14 years old. My Q first period came last February and then I had a second one in November. My last period was in December last year. I know that periods are irregular when we first have them, but I'm worried because it has been162 words
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Advertisement62 2001-08-05 36 CALL US If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. Or fax 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg (please mark Aggie) or call 1900-*****07 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name,62 words
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Article, Illustration588 2001-08-05 37 ARUL JOHN - ARUL JOHN OFTEN, I bemoan my single state. Watching loving couples going by, hand-in-hand, makes me wish I had my own Significant Other. One day, I decided to take action. I could moan and groan or look at the bright side. So out came a588 words
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Article, Illustration362 2001-08-05 38 IT was actually my doctor who changed my mind about writing on this corn soup. It's just so simple, I've always considered it a "no-brainer". My doctor doesn't like making stock the base which is used for most soups today. So I told her about362 words
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Article64 2001-08-05 38 CHINESE-INSPIRED corn soups are strikingly simple. Basically, one or two vegetables are simmered in scented (usually ginger) stock/water. Make your own soup based on this list. Flavour base: Fry ginger, garlic, onions before adding water. Seasoning: Soya sauce, sesame oil, Chinese rice wine. Principle ingredient: Corn. Supporting64 words
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Article, Illustration883 2001-08-05 39 THE Americans have their hotdogs, the Australians their "G'day mate!" and the Japanese, Nakata. What's radically Singaporean? Well, it's hard to pinpoint one. Not that there's a dearth of icons, but in typical Singaporean fashion, there are one too many when it comes to packing them in buffet883 words
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Miscellaneous604 2001-08-05 40 FUNNIES WHAT'S HUP i r -1 r ego'/ WHERE HAVE V When are you going to Next time, I may have -v S YOU BEEN? JC Pay me back my money? to break your leg [I'll call you back later) a difficult to believe could well be proved own disposition.604 words
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Article, Illustration344 2001-08-05 41 Danny Khoo - St Kentigem lands Kranji Sprint with customary burst By Danny Khoo KIWI jockey Grant Cooksley's charmed life at Kranji continued last night. The 41-year-old added the Group Three Kranji Sprint to his already fast-growing list of feature wins. And providing him with his latestPictures/ Lan Tan - 344 words
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Article, Illustration1763 2001-08-05 42 RACE 1: M du Plessis reported that Great Pacific was not striding out freely. A vet exam revealed that the horse returned cut off-hind. Manuscrito Tom jumped awkwardly out, brushed the outside gate and brushed Great Pacific. DotCom Way was slow into stride1,763 words
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Article, Illustration372 2001-08-05 43 PAUL Scholes has been crowned King of Old Trafford by his Manchester United team-mates. He came out top in an in-house poll to pick the top player of last season. He beat Fabien Barthez to second place and Gary Neville to372 words
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Article, Illustration441 2001-08-05 43 ITS the fiercest attack yet on Man U by one of its promising players. And it touches on the much-talked-about youth policy at Old Trafford. United's England Under-21 star Jonathan Greening has accused the Red Devils of being "a gross let down in betraying the youth441 words
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Article, Illustration644 2001-08-05 44 SAW TEK MENG - COMMENT SAW TEK MENG TALK is cheap, they say, but it could also spell the difference between success and failure. Cast your mind back to that fateful day (April 30,1996) when an upset Newcastle United manager Kevin Keegan lashed out at Alex Ferguson. Keegan644 words
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Article, Illustration1366 2001-08-05 45 ALAN HUBBARD - The Premiership season kicks off next Sunday with the curtain-raiser Charity Shield match between Liverpool and Manchester United (LIVE Exclusive, SCV Channel 22,8.50pm) ALAN HUBBARD Exclusive/ From London WHEN Indra Sahdan Daud wheeled away whooping with joy after slotting home Team Singapore's only goal inPicture/ Ap - 1,366 words
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Article, Illustration1144 2001-08-05 47 ERNEST LUIS - SATURDAY SLAM REPORTS ERNEST LUIS TALL and tanned, young and skilful. This boy from Brazil is proving to be a special find. While everyone raved about the Brazilian star players from Tampines Stags at the start of this season, Home Protectors' midfielder Peres Spindula de OliveiraPicture/ Mohd Ishak; Siong - 1,144 words
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Article, Illustration42 2001-08-05 49 This young giri has picked David Beckham (right). But what about Ryan Giggs (left) or Paul Schoies (centre)? Guess who's the players' choice of THE best at Man U? Turn to Page 44 Picture/ Mohd. IshakPicture/ Mohd. Ishak - 42 words
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Article, Illustration338 2001-08-05 49 Arsenal says to Wenger: Sign in 24 hours or you can go ARSENAL has had enough of the Arsene Wenger nonsense. The English club has given its high-profile boss 24 hours to sign a new deal or prepare to quit338 words
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Article, Illustration383 2001-08-05 50 SPORTS WHEN it comes from a top world athlete, you better believe it. British sprint hurdler Colin Jackson (above) last night revealed that athletics is riddled with drugs and world-class sprinters are cheating their way to glory. He believes at least383 words
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