The New Paper, 23 December 2002

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1 71 The New Paper
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  • Title Section
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    22 1 the new paper MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2002 m ff*Singapore Press Holdings m$S EBQESSEXEESI MrrA(P)o44«>3/2002 |60 cents 8 *****1 *****1 the new paper
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Two heads of China trade dragon
      579 2 I IMPORTS EXPORTS w China's imports jumped* 33.4% to $44.4b in Oct r China demand shows it's not just a demon exporter IN recent times, China has appeared on the world scene as a demon exporter. Visit any supermarket anywhere in the developed world
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    • Article
      Lock icon 'Eurozone facing recession in the New Year'
      254 2 'Eurozone facing recession in the New Yea r' EVEN as Wall Street struggles to hold its neck above water, Europe's markets are facing a bad year ahead. Economists believe growth in the euro area slowed to a standstill during the final three months of this year and will contract in
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Don't try to fool him, he's a lie buster
    1446 4  -  ex-ISD I man's I polygraph I SINGAPORE Reports/ Joycelyn Wong YOU might not blink while telling a lie or two. But chances are you'll be exposed when you're up against this man and his machine. Mr Koa Fung Chew, 56, is
    Pictures/ Florence Tan  -  1,446 words
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  • NEWS IQ
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      Lock icon Loss of foreigners affects business
      225 6 THEY helped to propel Singapore's population above 4.16 million and gave a big boost to the economy. A fourfold increase from 1986 took the number of foreigners here to 785,400 in June this year. This excludes permanent residents and those who stay less than a
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      153 6 MARKET ROUNDUP LAST WEEK: The Straits Times Index declined 2.1per cent to a new low for the year. US markets rose slightly. Oil prices kept stocks on the defensive. Oil surged above $31 a barrel as a US attack on Iraq seems more likely and the oil workers'
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      Lock icon Pill problem
      69 6 DORMICUM is a highly addictive sleeping pill. And it spells profit for some doctors here because it can be sold for up to 10 times what it costs. The temptation has been fuelled further by rising demand. This year, three doctors have been suspended for prescribing Dormicum without
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    • Article
      Lock icon Study mamas
      65 6 THEY come from China to look after their children who are studying here. And some, who are divorcees in their 30s and 40s, turn to matchmaking agencies to find Singapore husbands, reported Streats. One People's Park Centre agency said it had more than 1,000 applications from these women
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    • Article
      Lock icon Tougher checks
      60 6 ABOUT 10 applications of Chinese companies to list on the Singapore Exchange are now on the backburner because China's securities watchdog is scrutinising their documents more closely. The tougher checks by the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) have resulted in unprecedented delays in getting approvals and no mainland
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      Lock icon Drink-driving
      62 6 THE blitz against drink drivers has begun. Between lam and 4am yesterday, 43 motorists were pulled over by the Traffic Police at two locations near pub areas. All had to take a standard breathalyser test. Seven men failed the test and were taken to the Traffic Police headquarters where
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      Lock icon Property demand
      71 6 THE economy may be down, but demand for new homes is up. It is estimated to have hit 9,500 units this year higher than the 7,300 new private properties sold on average annually over the last decade. It is also the best performing year in volume terms since
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      Lock icon CEO club in China
      62 6 The CEO Club has opened its first foreign chapter in China. The aim: To build better relations with Chinese entrepreneurs. The club is one of the most exclusive in the US for corporate chieftains. The China CEO Club was set up on Wednesday. It will have
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      Lock icon STAY RESILIENT, STAY VIGILANT
      106 7 QUOTEWORTHY The Government is putting a lot of effort and resources into fighting the terrorist threat, but it cannot do the job alone. Singaporeans have to play their part and continue to be resilient and stay vigilant. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan on
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      Lock icon Too silent night
      253 7 ON THE RACK Extract from BBC: Born and bred in Bethlehem, David Mansour has only one Christmas wish a way out. With a quick glance towards his wife, holding the youngest of their five children, he tells me that all he wants for Christmas is an American
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      Lock icon LOCAL HEADLINERS
      59 7 The Straits Times: N Korea ups the ante in nuclear stand-off with US The Business Times: Stricter China slows flow of listings to S'pore Lianhe Zaobao: A whole chain of anti-terrorism measures make Singapore a hard target Berita Harian: White Paper on Jl to be presented on Jan
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      29 7 International Herald Tribune: Iraq is said to face seaborne invasion Asian Wall Street Journal: Roh aims to push economic agenda New Straits Times: RTD issues secret numbers
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      Lock icon Well done, ladies
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon One X'mas tree idea that wasn't canned
      387 8 IT is not green, but it is. No need for a new brain from Santa, you read it right. Standing at the entrance of Royal Plaza on Scotts hotel is a Christmas tree made up of colourful drink cans. Created with more than
      Report and pictures/ Joyce Lim  -  387 words
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      Lock icon OTHER UNUSUAL X'MAS TREES
      68 8 NOTEASY: It took 14 students from the Singapore Management University five hours and 1.600 gM bears to make this tree at KKjjmrL Women's and Children's Hospital. JFyjH CREATIVE: (Far left) This tree outside the Quay Bar at Clarke Quay was made by the bar's general manager,
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      Lock icon Sad when parents behave badly
      383 10 SPEAKUP w* YOUR FORUM Mary Chan Pasirßis A 4-YEAR-OLD boy peeing in the train! And with his parent's support! Unbelievable. I was in the MRT that Wednesday morning trying to digest what I was reading in the newspapers what would I do if I saw
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Busking for charity
      557 12  -  Brain surgeon puts aside his white coat to sing for charity By Michael Lee WE'VE all seen and heard buskers on Orchard Road and near MRT stations. Some people may argue you don't have to be a brain surgeon to do that. If you think you are
      Pictures/ Choo Chwee Hua  -  557 words
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      Lock icon Man had to pay $80 to get $155 refund...
      529 13  -  ...because he didn't read the fine print on the warranty card BY Teh Jen Lee DURING this shopping season, be sure to read the warranty card before you clinch that bargain. A warranty card is a contract with the seller, so
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      Lock icon NEW FAIR TRADING ACT?
      95 13 THE Trade and Industry Ministry is debating a new fair trading Act to be passed next year. One of the issues is fine print that is difficult to read. Said Mr T Pillayof Case: "If the warranty card terms are in very small print and the
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      Lock icon The art of beating the odds
      578 14  -  Reports/ Cynthia Loh IMAGINE losing your eyesight. How do you create a piece of sculpture without seeing what you are doing? Miss Loh Sau Quen found out how hard it is at the Very Special Arts Bazaar Cairnhill. The 40-year-old art instructor tried her
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      Lock icon Epileptic, but also artistic
      219 15 Mr Roger Chia, 27, looks like any normal person. And when you look at the sculptures of hands he makes, and his Picasso-like drawings of his parents, you are struck by his creativity. Until his businesswoman mum, Ms Esther Teo, tells you that he is an
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      Lock icon Docs here not too hot about ice swimming
      939 16  -  Reports/. 'Ng Wan Ching HOW can she show all that skin in all that snow? Well, some think it's healthy to go swimming in those freezing waters. And she does look like she's having the time of her life. So should you
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    282 18 British Airways slashes prices to make up for cancellations WORLD SOME people in Hong Kong will be getting to London for a song this Christmas. In a bid to fill flights, British Airways (BA) has slashed return fares for its Hong
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Why are the Golden Arches losing their shine?
      334 20 BIG Mac, fiies and a Coke. A combo that few would fail to recognise. But McDonald's, which sells US$4O billion (s7ob) worth of burgers and fiies a year, is in trouble. Last week, for the first time in 47 years, it warned
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      Lock icon Mice grow a little more 'human'
      191 21 Israeli scientists successfully grow mini human kidneys in rodents WHEN Stuart Little washes up in the morning just like a human, we know it's computer magic. But, now, the movie mouse's dream of becoming more like his human family doesn't seem so outlandish. Israeli
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      Lock icon Peep into Beckham's Christmas stocking...
      264 23 and you'll find a $84,000 bottle of aftershave MOST wives wouldn't hesitate to buy their husbands a bottle of aftershave for Christmas. But when the wife is Victoria Beckham, the aftershave is worth £30,000 ($83,733). UK football star David Beckham will find in his Christmas
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      Lock icon There's more to Silent Night
      326 24 4 l M < M *11** *#>C A IT seems we have been singing one ofYuletide's favourite carols wrongly for more than a hundred years. Not only has Silent Night been sung to the wrong tune, three verses have apparently been 'lost" since 1838, reported
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon A slice a day keeps the doctor away?
      311 26 r i < i M 1 H M t»il* 4 1 Bread Wat' prevents diabetes and fights cholesterol may be on supermarket shelves in three years from now YOU'VE heard the saying about an apple a day. Now, get ready for a
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      Lock icon 'Let the fans control Manchester United'
      245 27 BANKERS have drawn up a plan to put Manchester United football club partly into its fans' hands. Under the plan, the iconic English club would be bought back from its shareholders with money borrowed against future revenues, and transferred to a mutual trust whose
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      115 28 v v r w .11.. T J TS a major international medical journal I tod/°lde Maya Kaczorowski was curious about ice-cream headaches. She said; "I like ice 5 cream and I get ice-cream headaches." After reading an article about the phenomenon on the medical
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        337 53  -  COMMENT ERNEST LUIS IN October, national coach Jan Poulsen announced Singapore's target for the Tiger Cup: To qualify for the semi-finals. It was nothing new. Previous national coaches had also set the same target. The only difference was that, on paper, Poulsen's team was
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      543 54 TIGER CUP 2Q02 ST. 1 MATCHPOIN"!S 15th min: GOAL! Thailand draw first blood. Issawa Singtong lashes a teasing cross into the Lions' box and big Worrawoot Srimaka arrives first on the scene to power home a near-post header. mim^m^wsmmm From the same right channel, Therdsak Chaiman brilliantly
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      529 55  -  |> TIGER CUP 2002 1 V y > COMMENT WANG MENG MENG THE Lions' aimless long-ball game is not the way to go if we are to make any impact in the region. Asean teams are beginning to attack Singapore on the ground and the Lions' "hoof-it-and-see"
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      477 56  -  ■Hy& J r•TjTw| VwSwSTSwS^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^MlßlWSlSiiltiMß By Wang Meng Meng IT was a bitter-sweet redemption for Singapore after a 1-1 draw with Thailand in the Tiger Cup last night. The die-hard fans showed that they were not an unreasonable lot, by cheering any player who gave
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      213 56 MALAYSIA 1 LAOS 1 IN another match, Malaria drew 1-1 with Laos to top Group B. The youthful Malaysian team, with their semi-final berth in the bag, had no reason to extend themselves against Laos and cruised through 90 minutes of football without extending themselves. The
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      385 57 VALENCIA 0 DEPORTIVOI VALENCIA will be moaning about their missed penalty. It proved crucial as they missed a chance to close the gap on Primera Liga leaders Real Sociedad after this dismal home defeat early this morning. Pablo Aimar missed a penalty which contributed to the rare
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      392 59 MONDAY mania ARSENAL will spend Christmas at the top of the English Premiership for the first time since the League was launched. They scored a comfortable 2-0 win over Middlesbrough. But it will be a gloomy festive season for West Ham, who blew their chance to move off
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      718 62 MM ON DAY MANCHESTER CITY v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR FOCUS ON MAN CITY'S SUN JIHAI PA Sport. WHO would have thought it... Kevin Keegan raided the international transfer market and picked up the bargain of the year. The facts laid bare make his achievement impossible to ignore.
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      141 62 SUN Jihai's career in English football began at Crystal Palace where he made an initially bright contribution but faded out of first-team contention before returning home. It took a couple of seasons at Dalian Shide for Sun to get over that disappointment and to recover some
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      132 62 MAN CITY v SPURS Manchester City boss Kevin Keegan has reported a virtual clean bill of health for the encounter with Spurs at Maine Road. Long-term absentees Jon Macken and Paulo Wanchope are still missing but defensive lynchpin Steve Howey has recovered from the tight groin which forced
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      751 63 MONDAY /nm^oL .v..,.,,.... v. ■■■■.v.v.^v.v.v.v;-,...,....:,....:-...-.^■•v,^;v:.^^^m BLACKBURN 1 (Garry Flitcroft 40th min) MANCHESTER UNITED 0 Crowd: 30,475 PA Sport. Blackburn boss Graeme Souness hailed the performances of his former Manchester United strike duo as Rovers ended the Reds Devils' eight-match winning run. Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke
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      252 63 Reuters. BLACKBURN Rovers' new Turkish striker Hakan Sukur broke his leg during a training session on Friday, the English Premier League club's website reported yesterday. Sukur, who only joined Blackburn three weeks ago, had been in line to make his debut against Manchester United this morning, but
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      359 64 MONDAY BLACKBURN 1 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 Wire Services, PA Sport. Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson bemoaned his side's missed chances Ruud van Nistelrooy being the particular culprit. Ferguson said: "I thought we did very well in the first half and could have scored four
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      567 65 Nearly there, Rooney (^MONDAY LIVERPOOL 0 EVERTON 0 EVERTON'S teenage striker Wayne Rooney proved this morning he is not overawed by the big stage. The 17-year-old front-man, who lives in the Liverpool district of Croxteth, almost celebrated his derby debut with a goal. The consolation
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      465 66  -  @MONDAY LIVERPOOL 0 EVERTON 0 By Edwin Yeo IT was supposed to be one of the most exciting Merseyside derbies in the history of Everton and Liverpool. This meeting at Anfield was supposed to be a cracker. After all, when was the last time the two sides
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      595 66 LIVERPOOL: Chris Kiridand: Comfortable game until being shaken in a collision with second-half substitute Wayne Rooney, after which there were one or two uneasy moments. Rating (6) Jamie Catraghen Came more into game after the break, with a few attacking opportunities as the
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      450 67 I ®MONOAY yyvux^ux. LIVERPOOL 0 EVERTON 0 AFP, PA Sport. LIVERPOOL midfielder Steven Gerrard has moved to defuse the row over his two-footed lunge on Everton's Gary Naysmith. Gerrard's challenge ensured the 167 th Merseyside derby ended in fiery fashion with players from both sides
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        377 68 FLASHPOINT: STEVEN GERRARD'S TACKLE Wire Services, PA Sport. LIVERPOOL manager Gerard Houllier has defended Steven Gerrard after the England midfielder's two-footed lunge on Everton's Gary Naysmith brought a sour end to Sunday's Merseyside derby. The 167 th meeting between the fierce rivals failed
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        370 68 PA Sport. EVERTON are proving to be one of the surprises of the season, heading into the busy Christmas period fourth in the Premiership. But manager David Moyes believes there is no reason why his club should not continue to perform well
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      476 69 &MONDAY Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier was not disappointed by the effort of his players in what he described as a typical Liverpool-Everton game. "Derbies are always like that, a lot of possession, commitment and physically demanding," he told Sky Sports. The match was certainly full
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      338 70 4»mkm. LIVERPOOL 0 EVERTON 0 Crowd: 44,025 Reuters. THE 167 th Merseyside derby between Liverpool and Everton ended in a goal-less stalemate this morning. The result left Everton fourth in the Premier League, one place and one point above their neighbours. Liverpool were again disappointing as the club's
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