The New Paper, 5 February 2004

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  • 31 1 the new paper THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2004 Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800-733 44 55 MITA (P) 025/03/2003 70 CENTS 8 *****1 *****1 the new paper
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  • NEWS
    • 369 2  -  MORNING LATEST: SINGTEL'S THIRD QUARTER RESULTS Sim Chi Yin tnp@sph.com.sg TELCO giant SingTel's 2003 third quarter results, which were announced this morning, hit a net profit (after tax) of $854 million. This a jump of 188 per cent compared to the same
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    • Article, Illustration
      616 2 The man had a name patch on his uniform. It could be his name or the name of the company he worked for. The police believe, that if they can figure out the letters on the patch seen in a video image, then they might be able to solve the
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 1006 4  -  Can't see well but represented school in archery m Same determination helps him climb corporate ladder By Lee Tee Jong teejoug@sph. com.sg THIS Singapore permanent resident who is blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other is the senior vice president of
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    • 907 6  -  By Angeline Song asong@sph.com.sg THE Hobbits are long gone from Middle Earth. But now the tourists are arriving in droves. Great news for the Alexander family, who own the farm that was turned into Hobbiton for the Lord of the Rings movies. And
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    • 112 6 THOUGH much of the movie set has been returned to its natural state, 17 of the 36 Hobbit holes, as well as some structures from the film, remain. Apparently, the builders who were supposed to remove the holes and restore the farm were delayed.
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    • 494 7  -  Man under expressway gets flat and meets long-lost buddy By Genevieve Jiang geneviev@sph.eom.sg THEY shared stories and reminisced about the old days. It was a housewarming filled with smiles and laughter, as the two old friends met for the first time in more than 30
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    • 314 7 HE no longer has to endure damp nights in the streets, or bathe in filthy canal water. Four months ago, Mr Tan Chue met a good Samaritan who helped arrange a home for him. He moved into a one-room flat at Bukit Merah View
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 656 9  -  Climber David Lim on his mountaineering team who are also disabled I By Jeremy Au Yong tnp@sph.com.sg FIVE years ago, going up the steps of Bukit Timah Hill was a challenge. Yet today, mountaineer David Lim has scaled much
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    • 411 10 This free seminar will help WTT-T- the polytechnics still be an option of choice over the Integrated Programmes? Which is a better route to A Levels the High School or the Junior College? If you want to know about the changes in the education system that
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  • 167 11 SPEAKUP SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM Ms Andrienne Tho, Corporate Communications Manager, Sing Tel. I refer to the feature on extramarital affairs exposed through SMS messages (TNP, Feb 1). The headline of one of the articles, "Service providers: SMS confidential but...", suggests that the confidentiality of customers' communications is
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 417 15  -  By Teh Jen Lee jenlee@spk.com.sg BIN'S poultry will have to go. I I But they won't be incinerated. Just cooked. The 700 birds will be eaten with relish by the Poultry Merchants' Association (PMA). The New Paper on Sunday reported the Government's plans
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    • 591 15  -  By Annabella Ng ngannu&flLcom.sg WHILE birds around Asia are having-a difficult time now, these three chickens have a whole neighbourhood concerned about their welfare. Residents at Chu Lin Road, a private estate in Bukit Batok, are in a fluster because of these
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  • WORLD
    • 295 17 Reuters. THE media has long been speculating on former South African president Nelson Mandela's health. But the international icon never seemed to be worried about it. And now, he even jokes about death. Mr Mandela told reporters at his home in Cape Town
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    • 135 17 AP. SRI Lanka's only international ■irpwt in Colombo remained shot after a cargo plane made an emergency wheels-up landing last night and slid to a stop blocking the runway. This affected passengers bound for Singapore from Colombo. They were asked to return to their homes as
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 587 19 THEN Man allegedly douses girlfriend with kerosene and sets her •1 on fire NOW PENALTY If convicted, he could face the mandatory death sentence under the firearms act. He can also be charged for attempted murder, which carries a 10-year jail term and a fine,
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    • 122 19 uiAjjhirt'tOWfib DURING a hearing on Mar 13 last year, Ma She Chun Yi told the court that Chen had drenched her in keroeene and thinner on four previous occasions and threatened to set her alight. On Mar 19,2001, he really carried out the threat, she said. Ms She
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  • WORLD
    • 358 20 Worker tells of the much tamer Janet Jackson and Justin Timberlake performance he saw AP. THE performance had started off well (above). But when Justin Timberlake-snatched off part of Janet Jackson'i bustier on stage, he revealed a breast clad in a "nipple shield"
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    • 271 21 AP. THE two Cubans had tried to do this before. Sail to Florida in the US in a vehicle converted into a boat. On Monday, they set out to sea in a seagoing 1959 Buick with four other adults and five children
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    • 472 21 Rubber tapper discovers her partly naked and thirsty in a Perak durian orchard Madam Ensah Pandak Mat Yassin's family must think it's nothing short of a miracle. The 81-year-old grandmother was found in her underwear in a durian orchard after being missing for eight
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    • 208 22 THAILAND'S government officials are living in fear in the south. Yesterday, an irrigation department official was brutally hacked to death in Pattani province. Thai police said that Mr Thavee Wuthiboon's murder may have been linked to the growing tension in the three
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    • 497 22 Twist: Peru beauty queen's family now admit they may have exaggerated allegation AP. HE tried to take the leggy beauty to his bedroom and seduce her. But Ms Ivette Santa Maria a 22-year-old Miss Peru America contestant fled, and spent 12 days
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    • 312 23 Arrested undergrad tells Penang officials she did so to pay for her studies THE undergraduate and a former university student were caught red-handed in a anti-vice raid. The women, both in their 20s, were from Kelantan and Kedah. The Kelantanese woman was caught "entertaining" a
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    • 313 23 AP. A BABY girl born with a second head will undergo a risky operation in the Dominican Republic tomorrow to allow her to live a normal life. Little Rebeca Martinez was born on Dec 17 with the undeveloped head of a
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 344 24 Lack of it may cause employees to see wage reforms as pay cuts: Labour chief THE words "restructured wages" may well cause employees to furrow their brow. After all, many here still perceive wage reforms as pay cuts. The root of this problem lies in the
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    • 319 24 OMTHE R Edited extract from The Japan Times: EVERY day, it seems, more and more Japanese want to communicate —in Chinese. One million Japanese, says Web magazine China Gate, are learning Mandarin and other Chinese dialects. At Japanese universities and schools, Mandarin has overtaken French
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    • 53 24 STORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 7.66/-0.14 Creative Technology 10.95/-0.55 Flextronics 17.96/-0.91 Chartered Semiconductor 9.82/-0.23 Stats 13.12/-0.28 Yesterday's Percentage ri action change uose Dow Down 0.33% (34.44 pts) 10,470.74 Nasdaq Down 2.52% (52.07 pts) 2,014.14 S+P 500 Down 0.84% (9.51 pts) 1,126.52 STI Down 0.57%
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    • 65 24 MPs have requested that the Government reassure Singaporeans and address the rumours about bird flu. National Development Minister Mah Bow Tan is likely to deliver a ministerial statement on the issue at tomorrow's sitting of Parliament. MPs Dr Teo Ho Pin (Holland Bukit-Panjang GRC) stressed: "It's
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    • 76 24 THE main contractor for an upgrading project in Telok Blangah Crescent has gone in the red. The latest victim, Hi-Tek Construction, is meeting its creditors over delayed payments on Feb 23, according to an advertisement in last Saturdays issue of The Straits Times. It is not
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    • 61 24 THE Government will award $700 million worth of information technology (IT) contracts this financial year. It will go to buy new personal computers (PCs), networks and software licences, said the Infocomm Development Authority (IDA) yesterday. Among the ministries, the Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs
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    • 72 24 BUDGET airline Thai Air Asia, a joint venture between Malaysia's Air Asia and Thailand's Shin Corp, will start daily flights between Bangkok and Singapore from Feb 16. It wiU be using Changi Airport. Air Asia chief executive Tony Fernandes is expected to hold a press
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    • 85 24 DROPOUTS got a shot at doing their N and O levels at a new secondary school in Telok Kurau but, a month after starting it, Mr Andrew Choo found that most of the 12 girls enrolled can't pay the $250 monthly fees, and they are sometimes defiant.
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    • 73 24 INDIA investors in Singapore, face another lean year, in stark contrast to at least 25 fresh plays expected from the other big Asian growth story, China. Bankers said they have only a handful of Singapore Exchange aspirants from India on their books. So far, no Indian
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  • TECH
    • 515 25  -  By Ian Tan tanyhi@sph.com.sg THIS Motorola smartphone is one sexy beast. Clad in glossy black and royal blue with a touch of silver, the MPx2OO looks right at home in Batman's wardrobe. Or Catwoman's, for that matter. For those not in the know, the groovy-looking
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    • 156 26 SMARTPHONES like the MPx2OO are chipping away at personal digital assistant (PDA) sales. According to research firm Gartner, worldwide PDA shipments totalled 11.5 million units in 2003, a 5.3 per cent decline from 2002. And sales look set to decline further. Said Mr Todd
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    • 708 27  -  Local firm Akira pushes quality goods for the cost-conscious TGCH GUy OO GIN LEE tnb&>st)h.com.se WALK into any electronics superstore today and you could snap up cheap consumer electronics products, such as DVD players which cost $99. And brands like Enzer, Wearnes and Akira come to mind. But
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    • 253 35 HE'S better known as a wacky TV host today, but Alan Luo really started out as a singer. Affectionately nicknamed Xiao Zhu (little pig in Mandarin, as he was a fat child), he had his break when he joined a Heavenly King look-alike contest
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    • 670 36  -  Some S'pore fans of 5566 can, as they submit over ideas for a grand entrance for the band. But in the end... AUTOGRAPH SESSION#! By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg IF fans of Taiwanese pop group 5566 had their way, their idol would turn into
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    • 336 36 AUTOGRAPH SESSION #2 ANOTHER autograph session that has created a buzz here is pop diva Faye Wong's first ever in town. Yes, the ice queen has finally warmed up to the idea of meeting Singaporean fans up close. To promote her new album,
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  • RACING
    • 264 59  -  WOODWORTH'S 18-MONTH BAN REDUCED TO 3-MONTH SUSPENSION By Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph.com.sg THE long-awaited appeal of jockey Benny Wood worth against an 18-month ban for his handling of Dreyfuss last October drew to a close last Tuesday. At his appeal hearing, racing stewards of the Singapore
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    • 383 59 GUIDE TO PENANG TRACKWORK GOING: YIELDING NST TWO-TIME winner Indian Dream showed plenty of speed in his workout in Penang yesterday. With that hot trial, the Dolphin Street gelding looks ready for his third success when he lines up in the Class 3
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    • 56 59 Australian Anthony Cavallo, 34: Has ridden more than 500 winners; can ride at 51kg. Australian Mark Miller, 37: Has ridden more than 1,000 winners; can ride at 52kg. Briton Russell Price, 36: Has ridden more than 600 winners; can ride at 53kg The trio have been granted freelance
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    • 162 59 NST MAGIC WIND, one of the seven unraced newcomers entered for the Penang Turf Club's February Meeting starting in Penang this Saturday, is the horse to follow. The three-year-old bay or brown Australian-bred filly by Bletchley Park out of Lady So Blue has been working extremely
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    • 68 59 Which horses should you keep an eye on at Kranji tomorrow night? Tune in to Track Talk, hosted by Singapore Turf Club race presenters Steve Levar and Michael Maxworthy, on Starhub's Super Sports Plus Channel 21 at 9pm tonight to find out what The New Paper's Racing Editor
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    • 211 59 WORKOUTS (on a good track) by horses engaged tomorrow: RACE 1: Tiptronic (S John) and Gain Prosperity matched strides over 600m in 37.7. The latter is running in Race 3. Tsugunai canter/pace work. Slow work: Sure Cut, Rio Du Jour, Seaside City (J Saimee),
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  • SPORTS
    • AFRICAN NATIONS CUP 2004 JAN 24-FEB 14
      • 623 61 Reuters. CLUB or country? The Premiership or the African Nations Cup? It's a tug of war. Yesterday, Nigeria began pulling. In doing so, they placed themselves on a collision course with Premiership clubs Chelsea and Portsmouth as well as German
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      • 233 61 MOROCCO 1 SOUTH AFRICA 1 Reuters. MOROCCO finished top of Group D yesterday after earning a hard-fought j 1-1 draw with South Africa. A The Moroccans, who had not been given much chance before the tournament by their coach Badou Ezaki, finished on seven points, fl They qualified
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      • 247 61 NIGERIA 2 BENIN 1 AFP. NIGERIA defeated Benin 2-1 yesterday to set up a quarter-final showdown with defending champions Cameroon. The Super Eagles finished second in Group D with six points from two matches. "It was a tricky encounter and we needed to win to stay in
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    • 504 62 EURO KICKOFF: ITALIAN CUP INTER-MILAN 2 JUVENTUS 2 PA Sport, AFP. JUVENTUS were indebted to Marco di Vaio as the Italy international scored twice to cancel out Adriano's double and secure the home side a 2-2 draw against Inter-Milan in the first leg of their
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    • 267 62 PA Sport. REAL Madrid are reportedly training their sights on Roma captain Francesco Totti. The Spanish champions are said to be in hot pursuit of the Italian midfielder as their seventh "galactico". Real Sporting director Jorge Valdano indicated to the Spanish media yesterday that Totti
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    • 370 63 EURO KICKOFF: ITALIAN CUP ■AC MILAN v lazio Reuters, PA Sport. AC Milan forward Filippo Inzaghi is set to make his comeback against Lazio in tonight's first leg semi-final. The Rossoneri forward will be in the starting line-up after a two-month absence caused by a muscular
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    • 376 63 Reuters. DENMARK striker Jon Dahl Tomasson, who will lead the line for AC Milan in their Italian Cup semi-final against Lazio tonight, says he is finally being rewarded for his patience. Tomasson joined Milan on a free transfer from Feyenoord in 2002 and was restricted to the
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    • 128 63 Wire Services. ALAVES v ZARAGOZA While Alaves have a chance of reaching the final, they are fifth in the Second Division and pushing for a swift return to the top flight. Therefore, they are likely to rest key players like Ruben Navarro and give others, such
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    • 516 64 EURO KICKOFF: SPANISH CUP (SEMI-FINAL, Ist Leg) REAL MADRID 2 SEVILLAO PA Sport. REAL Madrid coach Carlos Queiroz was on a high before the match. Wing-back Roberto Carlos had recovered from a thigh strain and Queiroz put him straight back into the side. But the coach's
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    • 182 64 Wire Services. DAVID Beckham tasted success in the <; semi-final of the Spanish Cup with < Real Madrid last night. 1 rHe then laughed off claims from a J topless model about his private life. Beckham was asked whether he was considering legal action against
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    • 435 65 EURO KICKOFF: GERMAN CUP Reuters. SECOND division Alemannia Aachen knocked holders Bayern Munich out of the German Cup quarter-finals with a spirited 2-1 win this morning (Singapore time). Dutch striker Erik Mejjer hit the winner with a headed goal nine minutes from time
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    • 567 66  -  4 Bjf GEORGE BOATENG MIDDLESBROUGH I WAS at the Riverside yesterday for Boro's second leg Carting Cup semi-final against Arsenal and it was a very nerve-wracking experience. For a player, it is so much better to be on the pitch than in the stands.
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    • 368 66  -  ns RYAN GIGGS ■7 MANCHESTER UNITED OBVIOUSLY, like all the Wales players, I am disappointed with Uefa'a decision to reject our appeal against the result of the Euro 2004 play-off with Russia because one of their players failed a drugs test. To be honest, I hadn't
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    • 51 66  -  Iwi WRESTON BOGARDE CHELSEA 11' i' Afl i can do now 1a tryto keep my spirits up and see out the remainder of -u it my contract with Chelsea. My contract expires this summer and then I will be free to resume my playing career.
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    • 780 67 FA CUP (4th Rd replay) FULHAM 2 EVERTON 1 PA Sport. LUIS Boa Morte let his football do the talking this morning as he set up both Fulham goals to dump Everton out of the FA Cup and clinch a last-16 clash with West
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    • FA CUP (4th Rd replay) TOTTENHAM 3 MAN CITY 4
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      • 713 68  -  TV VIEW 11 ■—'iw f THERE are some who believe that all Kevin Keegan knows about football management could be condensed onto a sheet of A 4 paper. An incompetent quitter who can't cope with stress and superstar egos.
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      • 367 68 PA Sport. TO Shaun Wright-Phillips, the turnaround came because the team played with their hearts. He said: "We went for it with our hearts, for the club and for the fans. And we just happened to pull it off. "The gaffer said
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    • 151 69 FA CUP (4th Rd replay) TOTTENHAM 3 MAN CITY 4 Spurs earn a free-kick just outside the box after a foul by Joey Barton on Michael Brown. Spurs' German star Christian Ziege brilliantly curls a left-footed shot over Arason and into the comer of goal Fantastic goal
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    • FA CUP (4th Rd replay) TOTTENHAM 3 MAN CITY 4
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        659 70 PA Sport. Manchester City produced one of the greatest comebacks in FA Cup history. They came from three goals and a man down at half-time to win 4-3. Their manager Kevin Keegan termed it "Incredible". Ledley King, Robbie Keane and Christian Ziege appeared to have booked Spurs a fifth-round
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