The New Paper, 15 February 2004

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  • 33 1 the new paper FEBRUARY 15, 2004 MITA (P) 026/03/2003 Website: newpaper.aBial.com.sg| jp mHw Singapore Pnss Holdings on Sunday 80 CENTS ill 8 "8871 81"*****9 > TR line: 1800- 7 33 44 55 the newspaper
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    • 1078 2  -  I Jjj^gkids... I want to REPORT SETO NU-WEN IN SINGAPORE REPORTS PICTURES NGWAN CHING IN BANGKOK IT had to happen. Selecting the gender of your future baby is becoming big business in countries like the US, South Korea,
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    • 750 4  -  By Ng Wan Ching REPORTING FROM BANGKOK tnp@sph.com.sg ON the ninth floor of Praram 9 Hospital, a bright and modern building in the heart of Bangkok, is the Blastocyst Centre where 35 Singapore couples have made their way to over the past two
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    • 140 5 IT is illegal in Singapore to choose the gender of your baby, said the Health Ministry. The exception: "Compelling medical reasons where there are severe diseases which are sex-linked such as haemophilia and muscular dystrophy". The decision was made after considering the views of the medical community
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    • 186 5 FOR some couples, sex-selection is a choice. For others, it's a necessity. A pilot project at Singapore General Hospital has started research on preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for thalassaemia cases. Thalassaemia is a genetic blood disorder that can be passed down to your children.
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    • 699 6  -  So is a child. They top wish lists of young S'poreans polled I Jj^3kids... J but career comes first V J2i By Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@sph.com.sg THERE'S a new 'C' on young Singaporeans' list of must-haves: Children. And they're willing to drop another 'C' condo
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    • 700 6  -  COMMENT By Lee Tee Jong Lee Tee Jong teejong@sph. com.sg THINGS in Singapore are no longer the same. Gone are the days of the iron rice bowl and the assurance of a regular annual wage rise. While bills and the cost of living remain somewhat
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    • 248 6 ENGINEER Gerard Theseira believes that the new five Cs car, condo, country club, career and children are achieveable despite the new reality of shorter economic cycles. The 29-year-old said: "It's achieveable because you put your mind to it and make sure you excel in your
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    • 798 7  -  iTjQ hubby... -1 but I want more V Hi REPORTS AND PICTURES JOYCE LIM ''IK WHEN the couple first saw the room, they were shocked. Two single beds. The barest necessities a wash basin, table and a single chair. The bathroom and toilets
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    • 481 8 RETROUVAILLE started in 1977 in Canada, as a French-speaking weekend away for people in struggling marriages. It's a live-in programme, with six post-weekend sessions, for couples who have problems communicating with each other and are drifting apart. The programme sees a success rate of more
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    • 941 9  -  I I iwF mv student.. Principal said No REPORTS JOYCE LIM com WHEN two people are in love, nothing can stand in their way. Mr Edward Fu believes he is testament to this; 38 years ago, he fell in love with and married
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    • 103 9 THEY were both new in He was a new Economics lecturer andehe was a axsfgs to be identified astottfahe and her lecturer are stiM-ui. the school. One day after tuition last had other plans, and I had wanted to gohome, bat
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    • 438 10  -  By Fawziah Selamat JbwziahsQsph. com.sg WE approached five teachers who have had relationships with students. All of them refused to talk to us, even when offered anonymity. They said they were uncomfortable. But if no laws are broken (for example, if there is no sex
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  • NEWS
    • 777 15  -  Restroom Association of Singapore's tongue-in-cheek approach is a breath of fresh air By Stephanie Lim tnp@sph.com.sg TOILET humour may be a dirty word. But Mr Jack Sim (right), founder and President of the Restroom Association of Singapore (RAS), and his 30-odd volunteers
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    • 262 15  -  COMMENT By Sylvia Toh Paik Chop Sylvia Toh Paik Choo tnp@sph.com.sg SINGAPORE got hope! It's cheerful news, indeed, to learn that a voluntary group of civic-conscious people have tackled bottoms up a dirty social habit and emerged flush with success. And all done
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    • 191 15 THE World Toilet Organisation (WTO) was formed in 2001 at the suggestion of Mr Jack Sim, making it the first world body to be founded in Singapore. Its activities are recognised and supported by the UN Environmental Program. It
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      1005 16 The drowning of 17 men and two women, all Chinese, while gathering cockles atMorecambe Bay has brought the entire issue of illegal immigrants in the UK into the limelight. One man recalls his painful and desperate struggle travellingfrom China to the UK as an illegal IT was
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    • 425 16 THERE was silence. It looked like there was no-one inside the house. The reporter from The Guardian did not give up. He waited after knocking at the door. A few minutes later, four or five thin-looking Chinese men cautiously opened the door. They
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    • 309 22 Statistics report paints the US as a nation of bookworms AP. Americans still prefer to spend their leisure time reading a book than surfing the net. That's according to the US Census Bureau's annual compilation of facts and figures that was released this week.
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    • 183 23 THE sight of a filthy man with curled yellow fingernails and a severe flaking skin condition hunched over in the carpark of a Boston grocery store was shocking enough. But when the police were granted permission by a court to enter
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    • 275 24 ALL she wanted was a flat tummy, but it cost her dearly. Mrs Lorraine Batt, 36, died from rare complications three days after a tummy tuck surgery, reported The Times. Her husband has started a £700,000 ($2.2 million) action against the surgeon. Mr
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  • NEWS
    • 362 26 ...Thanks to New York Fashion Week ANNA Nicole Smith (left) may be singing along to "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" at the close of a New York Fashion Week show. But for the city of New York, the recently-ended fashion week is her very welcome
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    • 384 27 ...then makes it look like a sex romp gone wrong SHE was cold and calculating. Accountant Carol Croydon, 37, of Nottinghamshire, England, wanted her husband out of the way so she could use his money to begin a new life with her
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    • 159 28  -  SxJ Fawziah Selamat fawziahs@sph. coift.s^f IT DIDN'T look like a big fire when security supervisor Sharil Mohd Mydeen called the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) at 10.30 am yesterday. He could see smoke,'but no flames, coming out of the factory of Bronson Jacobs
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    • 225 28 r—/ Anti-missile device to be developed |t| forSlAandSilkAirplanes OUR airliners could soon be as safe from missile attacks as warplanes. And terrorists lurking somewhere with a shoulder-borne launcher will no longer be a threat to our passenger jets. Nt two years, Singapore Airlines and Silk Air
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      • 97 28 Snapshots of the main news to save you time ANOTHER 18 cases involving "high-ranking individuals and decisionmakers" were awaiting further action in Malaysia's corruption crackdown, Law Minister Rais Yatim said. "The attorney-general's chambers is looking into some of them for prosecution while there
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      • 95 28 UN agencies have played down hopes of a quick end to the bird flu outbreak. Vietnamese officials have said they aim to declare the country free of the disease by the end of the month, and have suggested poultry sales could resume
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      • 147 28 THE healthcare industry needs you. It has at least 1,500 vacancies waiting to be filled. The Government is trying to help Singaporeans enter the industry "in as many ways as we can", acting Manpower Minister Ng Eng Hen said yesterday. Measures include
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    • 808 30  -  SUNDAY YOUR MAGAZINE WEEKEND I I jfy sex... !1 It you believe what m< you read in magazines v J.*- •>•• r Wi-taq. Is Valentine's Day all about sex? By Celine Lim celhf9tph.com.sg THIS month, three women's magazines Her World, Style and The Singapore Women's Weekly
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    • 219 31 WHEN The New Paper on Sunday aaked several readers whether sex, rather than romantic activities, was the main event this Valentine's Day, almost all of them said "No*. Student Felicia Kay, 20, said: 1 think of romance rather than sex when I think of Valentine's Day."
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    • 403 32  -  I 1 j^gsex... H !1 It you believe what ml you read in magazines She says: By Jeanmarie TAN jeanm9spk.com.sg LOVE is in the air, but sex is on the brain, it seems. Three popular local women's mags are talking about how to seduce, conquer
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    • 296 32  -  He says: By Michael Lee tnpQsph.com.sg STUPID Cupid! All this while he's been shooting arrows at the wrong organ. While he was flipping through three women's magazines this month, he suddenly realised his little arrows shouldn't have been aimed at the
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    • 26 32 I HAS MODERN ROMANCE COME TO THIS? I V i^ii l v A l he had a deejay jnftjTOflfflm^Tth" ffnfffy fifl|*MJrTjFai "t d
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    • 974 33  -  By Jodie Nei tnp@sph.com.sg VALENTINE'S Day sells a world of happiness, honesty, fidelity and true love. But sometimes a woman's true love is a guy who cheats, lies, steals and bullies her. And she keeps coming back for more. On Feb 5, The Straits
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    • 234 34 "THIS fixation on bad boys is a rather common occurance among women," says Dr Lim Kok Kwang, 38, president of the Singapore Psychological Society. Dr Lim has been a psychologist for 13 years. According to Dr Lim, there are four types of women who are
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  • HEY!
    • 205 39 How can I grow taller now I'm already 21 I'm turning 21 this year, yet I'm only 1.63 m tall. I want to grow taller. I've asked doctors and friends for advice about how to do this, but they just say it is impossible because my parents are short and
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    • 151 39 I'm 19 and have many stretch marks, each about 6cm long, across my breasts and my upper arms. They are so obvious, I don't dare wear a low-cut or sleeveless blouse. Should I have an operation? Can you tell me what to* do
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    • 441 40 I am a 22-year-old woman who graduated from Ngee Sometime in November, around the time my mum lost her job at a hawker stall, we fell out with each other. She wanted to enter a contest and asked me to help her send the required
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    • 102 40 WHAT do you think Jellyfish should do? Have you ever been in a similar situation? Do you have any advice? We are inviting YOU to act as counsellor to our Dear Aggie advice-seekers. Email us your advice for them before Tuesday to tnp@sph.com.sg or fax
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    • 352 40 KSU a 24-y ear-old NSman ._a. -.!i_ jftyr "Wi lose girunena qt Tour yiin ran uvukot nvs ntArx twlc®. iiiltl lili tmJtt Mrtu lan rm H Jlffl IQIi iNinlvf I. <T Lm M I Am®vK eigne monois laCvr• Now, *ln has
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    • 858 41  -  MTV ASIA AWARDS 2004 ANPERI Akbar eri@sph.com.sig By Jeanmarie Tan jeanm&sph.com.sg STICKY tape and more sticky tape. After Nipplegate in the US, celebs showing skin made sure nothing remotely offensive spilt out at the MTV Asia Awards here last night. Still, one woman's boob-boo
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    • 651 42  -  MTV Asia Awards 2004 By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg SHE may have been the surprise guest. But Mariah Carey's behaviour didn't surprise anyone. She got on stage only to pick up her award, without so much as giving the fans a song or two, and
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    • 289 42 SURPRISE of the show Mariah Carey appeared from backstage to whoops and yells, not because she continues to sell to teenagers but because Bhe was the surprise. The surprise was she was pretty much covered in a full length dress. She said her thank
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    • 92 42 Favourite Male Artiste: Gareth Grates Favourlta Femala Artista: Christina Aguilera Favourlta Pop Act: Blue Favourlta Rook Act: LinkinPark Favourite VMoo: Linkin Park Breakthrough ActatA.T.u favourite Alfltfe Singapore: Stefanie Sun Favourlta Art lata Taiwan: A-mei Favourite Artlata Hong Kong: Sammi Cheng Favourite Artista Koraa: BoA Favourite Artlata lndoneela:Audy Favourite Artlata
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    • 677 43  -  EDWIN YEO tnp@sph.com. sg THE name on everyone's lips right now is William Hung. If you've been stuck in a queue for the $10 million Hongbao Toto tickets for the last two weeks and don't know who I'm talking about, get a life.
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      • 123 56 DENNIS Bergkamp Returns from a calf injury. The Dutch striker missed last week's Premiership game at home to Southampton with a calf injury but is fit again. His recovery is a welcome boost to Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, who is still without injured trio
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      • 1668 58 CH DD Arsenal host Chelsea tonight in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Who will deliver the knockout punch in their bid to land silverware this season Our panel of experts tell ERNEST LUIS it's more a mental contest than a physical one at
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      • 899 59  -  By Alistair Grant SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport BOTH Fulham and West Ham's names go into the hat for the FA Cup quarter-final draw after a ding-dong capital cup clash ended goalless at Loftus Road yesterday. The Cottagers and the Hammers both had plenty of chances to seize
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      • 525 60  -  By PAUL BROWN SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT PA Sport BRANNY Dichio I ■celebrated making his deal permanent by firing Mill wall into the quarter-finals of the FA Cup for the first time in 19 years with the winner against battling Burnley. The Clarets were reduced to 10 men
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      • 594 61 MAN UN ITED 4 (Paul Scholes 34th min, Ruud van Nistelrooy 71,80, Cristiano Ronaldo 73) MAN CITY 2 (Michael Tamat 78, Robbie Fowler 86) M Crowd: 67,228 PA Sport. THE 15 minutes after Gary Neville was sent off were crucial. Manchester United were a goal
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