The New Paper, 10 January 2002

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  • 32 1 the new paper THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 2002 r HI... Singspore Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asiaI.com.sg Email: tnp@sph com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 MITA (P) 106/03/2001 60 CENTS I I I 8 *****1******1
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    • 63 1 Open-book exam blues at Raffles Junior College A-level exam starts late. Why? >q Who's in line for China's top 'Jiang Zemin to remain as military chief' Itir s Jr Am Jffl #t V.->t3. Mj -IJ y* < JMH DRAIN MEN yM Singspore Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asia I.com.sg Email: tnp@sph com.sg
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  • 680 2 NEWS CHINA'S Communist Party Congress may be months away But the people who are to take over the leadership of the world's most populous country has been decided. Or so, reported the South China Morning Post. Chinese sources and western diplomats told the paper that Mr Hu
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    • 85 2 Sorry SIA chief teds staff... (TNP, yesterday): It was reported that SIA shares continued to soar the previous day, closing at $12.80 for a 20 per cent gain. It should have been a 20cent gain. Family gets nasty shock as rowdy youths kick their car (TNP, yesterday): The report quoted
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    • 561 4 Inside a deep monsoon drain, well-hidden by undergrowth, live a group of mysterious men. Our man observes their comings and goings... SEVEN men inside a drain. A monsoon drain. And the level that the men were on is about three metres below
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    • 205 5 WHEN The New Paper visited the area last Sunday, we ran right into eight men engrossed in a card game. They were in the shed, 70m from the drain hideout. For two weeks, we watched their comings and goings, carefully staying unobserved ourselves. Now, caught off-guard,
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    • 346 6 17,500 flats unsold in new towns No need to queue HDB will stop building for now 11,000 applicants in the queue. 17,500 flats on offer. That's the current situation with Housing Board flats here. And the reason: Half the Singaporeans who were in the queue last
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    • 63 6 THE National University of Singapore has relaxed requirements for admission into its medical faculty. For the new academic year starting in July, students applying need A-level passes in chemistry and two other subjects, of which one must be biology or physics. Before, candidates had to have taken
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    • 71 6 PASSENGERS using Changi Airport will have to pay for the tighter security measures introduced after the Sept 11 terrorist attacks in the US. The levy may take the form of a separate "security charge" or a straight increase in airport tax. The current departure tax is $15.
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    • 65 6 CITY TV channel, launched eight months ago, will stop transmitting tomorrow at lam, MediaCorp TV announced last night. Offering more than 80 hours of programming a week, the channel carries about 60 per cent sports programming and 40 per cent Chinese programming. Its sports programmes will be
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    • 79 6 NATIONAL servicemen who need to notify the authorities that they are going overseas can now do so by sending a SMS from their handphones. Until now, NSmen who were too busy to access the Internet or to notify the Ministry of Defence in person, had to make
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    • 62 6 AFTER years of debate and petitions from Indians living overseas, the Indian government is to allow dual citizenship. Some estimates say the Indian diaspora, comprising a mix of professionals and businessmen, has an annual income of US$3OO billion ($556.8b), comparable to India's gross domestic product. The move is
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    • 70 6 A US KC-130 military aircraft, on its way from Jacobabad to Shamsi in Pakistan, crashed while landing. There is no news of the seven marines who were on board. According to witnesses, the plane crashed at around 11.15pm Singapore time in the mountains north of Shamsi. The
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    • 103 7 Singapore and Malaysia can do what they want. But they must be cartful because they are dealing with religion... they have to be careful not to be used or influenced by the great powers because they are trying to make Islam the enemy. —Mr Din Syamsuddin, secretary-general of Indonesia's
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    • 268 7 OH THE THREE unlikely engines are powering the global economy. They are Russia, China and India. No kidding. Even a year ago, few would have dreamed that they would emerge as global economic locomotives. They are big, bulky nations, still shaking off the torpor of
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    • 129 7 The Straits Times: Rats unsold, so more choice for buyers The Business Times: Fundamentals rule analysts' top picks Lianhe Zaobao: No more queuing to buy a flat as new towns have oversupply of 17,500 units Berita Harian: Registered HDB applicants can get flats almost immediately NewsRadio
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    • 214 7 INVESTORS dogged by lingering worries about the economy backtracked from a solid rally on Wall Street yesterday and sold stocks sharply lower in late trading, The Dow Jones industrial average recorded its third straight loss, falling 56.46 points after rising as much as 120 points earlier. The market's
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    • 60 7 Dilbert /Scott Adams DO YOU THINK I S UfA. T acci imc SHOULD GROW A J THAT'S A GREAT OKAY. yC J A READY BEARD WHILE I'M f A BEARD A UNEMPLOYED? SENDS A MESSAGE n 1 ABOUT WHO YOU I 1 r H PP N 1 Jl J ARE
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 643 8  -  By Low Ching Ling BOXES of gifts, lovingly bought, speeding their way to reach loved ones at home in time for Christmas. At least, that's what seven Filipino maids working in Singapore thought. But the boxes never got home. And the maids have no idea
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    • 653 10 OPEN-BOOK EXAM BLUES AT RJC ...you can't have any notes in them. The rule was strictly enforced at Raffles Junior College. This delayed the GCE A-level exam. SANTOKH SINGH reports SOME of the 28 Raffles Junior College students who sat for
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    • 253 10 THE examination syllabus set by UCLES for the A-level English Literature contains these regulations for the Special Paper: "The texts used for open-text examinations must be without candidate annotation, but underlining and highlighting are permitted. "The use of dictionaries or other notes will not be permitted." These regulations
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    • 259 11  -  BY Jessica Cheam THE construction worker was digging at a work site off Bukit Timah Road yesterday when he struck something. Mr Kuan Boon Tiong, 33, soon uncovered an unusual looking object. He lifted the strange object out of the ground and took
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    • 518 12  -  SMALL INVESTORS GET SMARTER BY Eugene Wee WHEN business manager Yong Yoong Han, 28, started investing in stocks six years ago, his strategy was that of many small investors buy any stock that friends buy. He ended up losing close to $1,500, about 10 per cent
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    • 214 12 DESPITE a slow year in 2001, analysts say things seem to be looking up this year. Mr Song Seng Wun, regional economist at broking house GK Goh, has noticed a surge in activity by small investors in the past few days. "It
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  • 215 13 SPUKUP On Friday, we published a report on dead fish washing ashore off the jetty at Admiralty Road West The Ministry of Environment (ENV) has this to say about the incident: w YOUR FORUM AT about 3pm on Jan 3, a member of the public
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  • 395 14 SINGAPORE On Friday night, a City Cab taxi driver reportedly drove off with $10,000 worth of a French businessman's belongings. JESSICA CHEAM meets one City Cab driver who would not have done that TWO dollars. Is it worth turning a cab around over $2? It
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  • WORLD
    • 184 15 THEY are both Muslim states. And, they are both pro-West. But today, close allies Saudi Arabia and Turkey are at loggerheads over the destruction of a historic Ottoman fortress (left) in the holy city of Mecca. The 220-year-old fortress, built
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    • 201 15 Reuters. POLITICALLY, Indonesia may be battling chaos and insurgency. But economically, the country seems to be weathering all kinds of storms even global recession. According to Indonesia's chief economics minister Dorodjatun Kuntjoro-Jakti, the country's economic growth this year could be 4 per cent. When asked
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    • 448 16 SHIFT IN CENTRAL ASIAN POLICY? IN what appears to be a marked shift in President George Bush's foreign policy, the US military is set for the long haul on foreign shores. According to The New York Times, military officials say preparations are underway to
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    • 228 17 THE powerfully-built man loomed out of the darkness as a 17-year-old girl and her 19-year-old boyfriend sat in their car at the Ditchling Common County Park in the UK. Brandishing a gun, the masked man demanded the couple's money and
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    • 493 18 THE cars of the future may run on stored hydrogen. That's if the Bush administration gets what it wants. This is a shift from the eight-year-old, US$l.5 billion ($2.78 billion), project to develop cars that are more fuel efficient. Instead of focusing on mileage, the
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    • 264 18 HE was a puppy with no name until he was shot twice, run over by a car and left to die. No one bothered to name the seven-month-old dog before the incident but an off-duty Toronto cop who found it
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    • 255 19 THE seamen were supposed to intercept illegal immigrants heading for Christmas Island. But they were busy doing something else altogether. Sailors aboard Australian frigate HMAS Arunta face criminal prosecution after a probe into allegations of sexual assaults, nude romps, indecent acts and theft.
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    • 118 19 A female sailor was grabbed by two sailors, groped and pushed to the floor and an attempt was made to take off her top Another female crew member was "touched inappropriately" by a number of naval personnel at the Golden Bosun Tavern A navy patrolman who
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      695 20 SHE wanted to do her bit for charity by doing a car stunt in Hongkong. But now, actress Cecilia Cheung, 21, might be paralysed from the waist down after her stunt went awry last week. Cecilia isn't the first person to be injured in a charity fundraiser show
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    • 91 20 CECILIA was supposed to drive up a ramp and then fly over five cars before landing. Though she flew over the cars without any glitches, her car came to a rough stop after crashing into a wall of paper boxes. She couldn't move after that, and had back
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    • 438 21  -  BY Wendy Teo MANY bronzed hunks were flexing their muscles on the beach that day. But the bunch of pretty girls did not flock their way. Instead, the Denpa Shonen lasses headed straight for the medics with the first-aid kit. It was the second round
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    • 448 22 S Club 7's Bradley Mcintosh tells YEOH WEE TECK the group's not ready to disband just yet... GETTING connected to a hot pop star can be frustrating. And it gets worse when the pop star sounds like he would rather be sleeping than talking to
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    • 483 24 Women rule the airwaves on WKRZ 91.3FM, so YEOH WEE TECK checks whether catfights are the order of the day for Suzi Wonder, Kate Reyes, Chris Dripin and Howie ONE is a candle-burning shoe freak, the other a poker player who won't take off
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    • 193 25 KEVIN Spacey will probably be steering clear of fellow Oscar winner, Russell Crowe. The Gladiator star told USA Weekend magazine that Spacey is "the most charming man. He's the Oscar Wilde of our time". Now, Spacey is well-known for going to great lengths to staunch rumours about
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    • 142 25 Undoubtedly, the new suave leading man of today, Hugh Jackman (below, with Kate Leopold co-star Meg Ryan), is just as romantic off screen. He revealed to USA Today how he spent Christmas Eve with his wife, Deborra Lee-Furness. They had thrown a party earlier, and were "exhausted
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    • 105 25 THE 2002 Grammy nominations had everyone asking, who's India.Arie (right)? Well, if you listen to either Class 95 or WKRZ 91.3, you would have heard her songs Brown Skin and Video. Her album, Acoustic Soul, is also available here. She is up for seven Grammys, including
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 1088 26 PRIME-TIME TV THE MEW PiftPPyThursday, January 10.21 Shotgun offers a Highlights Reindeer Games barrel of laughs A cellmate's identity and rT>eets up A A GUY and a girl meet at cute) department store 4 .Mfrf WATm the beach in the heat of salesgirl, Chiyo, who's girlfriend's psychotic brother f f
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    • 647 27 THE NEW PAPER/Thursday, January 10,2002 PRIME-TIME TV 27 6 6.30: Akazukin 6.00: Hollywood 6.30: News 6.30: Singapore 6.00: Kong, The 6.00: Rasa Rasa 6.02:1 Am (Rpt) 6.00: News at 6 6.00: The ChaCha Squares (Variety) Today (News) Animated Series Ikan (Cooking) 6.30: Asian 6.32: Seruan Strikers DVYI (Cartoon) 6.30: Wheel
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  • 159 28 She makes sure everyone is happy—and she's full of surprises CAREER CHOICE/ what s my line? Ms Aisha S H provides her guests with the best service. It is her job to ensure that they are happy during their stay. So, she meets all their demands to the best of
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    • 424 35  -  On The Kranji Track With TAN THEAN LOON LAST-START beaten favourite Flawless Diamond was seen working with a vengeance at Kranji yesterday morning. Ridden by jockey Soo Khoon Beng, the John Meagher-trained four-year-old worked with gusto over 600 m in 37.8 sec on the fibresand track
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    • 180 36 $460,000 WINDFALL WITH JUST $13 Punter cashes in from seven successive winners Reuters A GAMBLER has won more than £177,000 ($460,000) for a £5 stake after successfully backing seven winning horses in England on Tuesday. The mystery punter, who has yet to claim his winnings, placed his £2.50 each-way bet
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    • 116 37 PRIZE MONEY (In Singapore dollars) Graphics/ HUP Source: REUTERS Doubles (Per Pair Men's Women's) Winners $393,000 Runners-Up $196,000 Semi-Finalists $98,000 Quarter-Finalists $49,000 Round of 16 $28,000 Second Round $15,000 First Round $8,400 Total (Men Women) $3,310,000 Mixed Doubles (Per Pair) Winners $110,000 Runner-Up $54,000 Semi-Finalists $26,000 Quarter-Finalists
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    • 457 39  -  S-LEAGUE 2002 BY Jeremy Au Yong FOR the last four seasons, V Sundramoorthy has been the main attraction for the Jurong Cobras. And this year, Sundram (surprise, surprise) will again be the top draw! "Most players in my team are unknown youngsters. We don't really have
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    • 313 40 EURO KICKOFF: ITALY, SPAIN FRANCE ITALIAN CUP Reuters. JUVENTUS 4 ATALANTA 2 Nicola Amoruso's hat-trick offered the fiery springboard for Juventus at the Stadio Delle Alpi. It outplayed Atalanta 4-2 in the Italian Cup quarter-final first-leg match early this morning. Corrado Colombo gave Atalanta the surprise
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    • 175 40 FRENCH CUP Reuters. MONACO 2 MARSEILLE 1 OLIVER Bierhoff struck a very late winner for Monaco early this morning. His goal, three minutes before the final whistle, edged Olympique Marseille 2-1 at home to allow Monaco to reach the third round of the French League Cup.
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    • 223 40 KING'S CUP IN SPAIN Reuters. ATHLETICO BILBAO 2 VILLARREAL 0 ATHLETICO Bilbao took a major step towards the last four of the King's Cup after a first-half double from midfielder Tiko. The two goals gave Bilbao a 2-0 win at Villarreal in the quarter-final first-leg tie on
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    • 570 41 MAN UTD CORNER: THE GREAT DEBATE Manchester united wheeled out Juan Sebastian Veron yesterday to deny mounting speculation that he is unhappy at Old Trafford. Veron normally not the most talkative of players opened up about life at United as he has never done before.
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      • 106 41 JUAN Veron has warned team mate David Beckham to control himself when England plays Argentina in the World Cup. Beckham was sent off for lashing out at Argentinian Diego Simeone in the last World Cup and Veron told onefootball: "I know Beckham wants revenge on
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    • 289 42 ..MORE ON CHELSEA 2 TOTTENHAM 1 Reuters. Tottenham Hotspur manager Glenn Hoddle shrugged off his team's 2-1 League Cup semi-final defeat to Chelsea. He pointed out that a single goal in the second leg would be enough to put Spurs in the final. Hoddle, whose club
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    • 198 42 Wire Services. JIMMY Floyd Hasselbaink said Chelse? was confident enough to go on and finish the job it had started after beating Tottenham 2-1. The Dutchman opened the scoring after ten minutes and sealed the win after Les Ferdinand's equaliser with a thunderbolt free-kick
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    • 742 43  -  MORE ON CHELSEA 2 TOTTENHAM 1 COMMENT EDWIN YEO IF there's one thing Tottenham's 2-1 defeat to Chelsea should teach Glenn Hoddle, it is that one quality striker can win the game for you. The difference between the two sides can be summed up in three
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