The New Paper, 16 October 2004

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1 77 The New Paper
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    16 1 the new paper SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2004 Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 the new paper
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      148 1 S 'pore foodies' latest delicacy Deadly, ugly fish® OCTOBER 16,2004 N w I Bigger expat schools in S'pore impose compulsory drug tests for students .Op HIV isuper spreader V*V r German ex-sailor goes on sex spree in Thailand, allegedly infects 400 young women ~.-v Sk@SSls E*- liSfc i jwpsa I
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  • SINGAPORE
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon Want to stay in school? Take these tests
      1168 2  -  Expat schools impose compulsory urine and hair tests to check drug abuse PARTY CULTURE CURE By Tan May Ping tnp@sph.com.sg THE school test begins in the toilet. Failure can be devastating. At stake: The student's reputation, and that of his or her
      Posed pictures/ KUA CHEE SIONG  -  1,168 words
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      Lock icon Taps and toilet bowls sealed for tests
      370 3 THEY are so serious about drug testing at UWC that they seal the toilet seats and taps in the toilet. "They have become more rigorous and strict over the years with drug testing," said Anna, a former student, who attended the school for
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      Lock icon Young & Reckless
      725 4  - Young Reckless Wealthy expat kids go wild at house parties... And so do locals PARTY CULTURE LURE By Tan May Ping tnp@sph.com.sg THEIR parties are like something you see in the movies. Music blaring loudly. Young people streaming in and out. Alcohol being served to underaged kids and people making
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    • Article
      Lock icon From 'no big deal' grad to jailbird
      787 4  -  is Wong tnp@sph.com.ig HE was hauled to court after being caught with two Ecstasy pills. But ne didn't think it was a big deal. He and his elder sister went to court with $10,000 in cash. Said Mark (not his real name): "I
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      Lock icon Then: So fat, 10 people had to lift him
      900 5  -  Now: He's 54kg lighter, can walk thanks to surgery By Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg MR Shukor Kadim (above) knew he was in trouble when he had problems breathing and could no longer walk. His 30-year-old legs were just not able to carry
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    • Article
      Lock icon What is lap band surgery?
      226 6 LAP band surgery involves inserting a band at the top of the stomach and dividing it into two. The upper pouch, which can hold only a small amount of food, is connected by a small opening created by the band to the lower pouch. The
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  • NEWS IQ
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      Lock icon 8 cholera cases in Singapore
      285 7 Five people still in hospital, but in stable condition HEALTH authorities are investigating a rare cluster of cholera cases after eight people contracted the illness in the eastern part of Singapore. They included two men and six women aged between 20 and 84. They fell
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      Lock icon 'Sniffer dog' to stop exam cheats
      64 7 STUDENTS sitting for entrance examinations to high schools in He Fei, Anhui province, China had better not try and cheat. Some have been known to sneak handphones into exam halls so they could call friends for answers. But they won't make it past this
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      Lock icon Drug suspects remanded
      70 7 THREE alleged key members of a drug trafficking syndicate have been remanded for another week as the cocaine seized is still being tested. The trio are Singaporean Marx Oh Chee Wee, 31, Tunisian Guiga Lyes Ben Laroussi, 35, and his Singaporean girlfriend, Mariana Abdullah, 24. CNB officers
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      Lock icon ERS shares deadline
      87 7 THE Government is giving out the third and final lot of economic restructuring shares (ERS) next year, but 650,000 self-employed and unemployed Singaporeans who do not top up their CPF accounts by year's end may miss out. A quarter of those who have not put the minimum
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      Lock icon Airport problem
      72 7 AIR traffic worldwide soared in the first half of this year, rising 10 per cent overall. But airports around the globe are bogged down by security problems. Low-cost airlines also want more runway and terminal space and lower landing fees, said Mr Robert Aaronson, director of Airports Council
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      Lock icon PSLE science not tougher
      70 7 THIS year's PSLE science paper was not tougher than before, the Education Ministry said yesterday, despite complaints from pupils, parents and teachers that questions went outside the syllabus. This year's batch was the first tested on the revamped science syllabus introduced in 2001. All questions were
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      Lock icon Gambling rethink
      68 7 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi is reconsidering a gambling concession granted to gaming tycoon Vincent Tan to start legal football betting. The concession, handed out by former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamed, would have earned more government revenue. Illegal betting is worth an estimated RM3 billion (about $1.3b) a
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      Lock icon Cheaper healthcare
      76 7 HEALTH Minister Khaw Boon Wan says hospitals need to shape up and learn from the manufacturing sector how to cut costs. He cited a new outpatient cancer treatment centre as an example of keeping healthcare cost in check. He said: "I understand that the National Cancer Centre and
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      58 7 Dilbert/ /Scott Adams IM Ml KUDOS TO TED FOR HOLD IT! I CALCULATE B UAWC Tr a 1D M HIS SUGGESTION TO I THAT THE ENERGY PUT MOTION SENSORS SAVINGS ARE OFFSET ™t ON THE LIGHTS IN f BY THE LOST PRODUC- 5 HEAT JUST TO THE BREAK ROOfA. 8
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Deadly, ugly? Serve it right up
      874 9  -  Singaporeans flock to Tanjong Katong foodstall to enjoy venomous stonefish By Tan May Ping mayping@sph. com.sg IT'S ugly and appears unappetising, to say the least. It has venomous, deadly spines that can kill anyone who steps on it. The stonefish, so called because it
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      Lock icon People eat them for a thrill and to 'improve' love life
      468 9 FISH SPERM Why people like it: Said to be an aphrodisiac, good for complexion. Taste test: Soft and smooth. Watery and slightly milky liquid inside with a hint of a bitter after-taste. First, there was fish roe. Is it
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      Lock icon You could eat bats & lizards here in the past
      332 9 You could eat bats lizards here in the past THERE was a time when the Singaporean palate was more atuned to exotic tastes. A trip to Chinatown offered the chance to consume monkey's brains and other delicacies. Trengganu Street was a haunt for those drawn to exotic tonic soups made
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      Lock icon Fancy coffee? Make mine sock kopi
      827 10  -  Send 4 cabbies on a designer coffee taste test drive and what do you get? By Syl via Toh Paik Choo. tnp@sph.com.sg SOME people read fortunes in tea leaves, but could you see grounds for a clash of civilisations in the sipping of a
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      Lock icon Order them by the right names
      88 10 KOPI Tl AM KOPI Kopi cino: Coffee with foamed milk —the "cino" taken from fancy coffee names Dinosaur Coffee topped with sprinkle of Milo Earthquake/Godzilla: A dinosaur with scoop of ice cream Nestlo: Nestle coffee with a stir of Milo Gajah: "Elephant", denoting a
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      Lock icon Cabbie's wife in rush-hour birth — in another cab
      572 11  - Cabbie's wife in rush-hour birth in another cab Report and pictures By 1 Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg THIS little baby boy's daddy is a cabby. But he was born on Wednesday in another taxi a Smart Cab. No wonder the company's calling him Baby Smart he's the first born in a
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      Lock icon Cruel pet owners you are to blame
      826 12  -  AVA in first adoption drive as more abandoned pets have to be put down By Andre Yeo andrey@sph.com.sg IN THREE years, the number of pet shops has more than doubled from 291 to 642. That jump has been matched by the increase in
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      Lock icon Hostel mix & match for marriage?
      450 13  - Hostel mix match for marriage? 'All undergrads should live in hostels GOVTS YOUTH CONSULTATION EXERCISE By Sim Chi Yin simcy@sph. com.sg STAYING in might be the best way to meet a mate. Staying in a hostel, that is. Undergraduate Lee Ti-Ting, 22, thinks making that compulsory for all university students
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      Lock icon 'Make Normal stream students work'
      300 13 TAKE the teaching out of the classroom and watch the students grow. Social worker Yogeswari Munisamy thinks that is the formula that will make a real difference to the future of Normal (Academic and Technical) stream students. Give them job attachments be it with carpenters,
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      Lock icon Give us opportunities, space, say youths
      443 14 WANTED: Ideas on how to create a better Singapore. Target: Singaporeans born in or after 1965. That was the clarion call the Government issued in August. And the youth have spoken. About 2,100 of them participated in the six-week consultation exercise which ended on
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      Lock icon THE Singapore I want would:
      140 14 Give employees a year off work to venture abroad or do something they like and get the unemployed to cover for them Have a President's Scholarship-equivalent for sports Have a flea market for youths to test their business ideas Have off-shore retirement villages with elderly-friendly
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      Lock icon Miss, can change my tyre?
      330 15  -  The only woman in the Automobile Association's recovery team doesn't always get a thanks from the men By] Low Ching Ling louocl@sph.com.sg SHE goes to the rescue of motorists wher their cars break down on the roads. But when male drivers see her, their jaws
      PICTURES MOHD ISHAK  -  330 words
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  • WORLD
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  • Hey! showtime&Lifestyle
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      Lock icon 'I don't know how to make up stories'
      1091 25  -  So Malaysian director of movie on inter-racial love Sepet shoots one based on her own experiences By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg LOVE transcends all races and social backgrounds. Take it from Yasmin Ahmad, the Malaysian director of the movie, Sepet, now showing at
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      86 26 Also stand to win one years' supply of FreshKon Contact Lens and a chance to be Mr FreshKon Beautiful Eyes for future FreshKon advertisements! It's simple. Just e-mail your name, phone number, photograph (max size 2MB) and your
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  • HEY!
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      Lock icon Queen of Mean: I'm not sorry!
      587 27  -  By Jeanmarie Tan jeanm@sph.com.sg WHEN it comes to reality TV bitchiness, Survivor: Vanuatu castaway Mia Galeotalanza is up there with the best of them. And she's not apologising for her bad behaviour. In the show's third episode, she erupted like one of the volcanoes
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      Lock icon Mia on other infamous Survivors
      192 27 JERRI MANTHEY (toft) (SURVIVOR: THE AUSTRALIAN OUTBACK) "I've never had a problem with Jerri only with how she came out crying to say she wasn't portrayed accurately but in a negative light. "You are who you are, embrace it and don't blame editing. But she
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      Lock icon Terror Gridlock
      740 28  -  Director Mikael Salomon revisits Ground Zero in The Grid By Jeanmarie Tan jean@sph.com.sg DANISH director Mikael Salomon seems to have a thing for TV terrorism. After winning an Emmy for Steven Spielberg's epic war drama, Band Of Brothers, in 2001, he went on to direct episodes of CLA-themed
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      Lock icon Wake up, all you bo-chap youth Can't be bothered, in Hokkien
      562 29 AMERICAN IDIOT Green Day FROM the get go, Green Day had me at the edge of the seat with their latest album, American Idiot. It's an album packed with the energy and cynicism that made Green Day great from
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  • Tech
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      Lock icon Mini with a punch
      602 33  -  The new Olympus Mju-Mini digicam wins new fans with its look and features T£CH MAD IAN TAN tanytoi@sph.com.sg THREE things always happen whenever I show people the new Olympus Mju-Mini digicam. Firstly, they would grab the pebble-shaped camera and gently stroke its gentle contours, all crafted
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      Lock icon Where to get cheap socks? Go to Froogle
      290 35 Google launches e-commerce search site Reuters. IF YOU are planning to head to London for holiday, don't forget to stop by at Google first. The Internet search firm has launched its Froogle price comparison website in Britain, expanding the company's e-commerce business
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    Lock icon A robot with whiskers?
    342 37 Researchers want to mimic how mice navigate TECH A MOUSE uses its whiskers to feel its way around. But what if you cut the whiskers out and stick them on a robot? A robot with real mouse whiskers could represent an important step towards developing simple
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    Lock icon Saint Bernards for sale
    576 39 Modern technology forcing Switzerland's noble TECH AP. Doggone it. Technology is causing man's best friend to lose its job. Switzerland's noble Saint Bernard, famous through the centuries for searching for and rescuing avalanche victims buried in the Alps, is finally bowing its sad, massive head the
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      339 53  -  By Danny Khoo dkhoo@sph. com.sg INDONESIAN Satia Naijadin got more than what he bargained for at Kranji last night. In town to watch his horse, Kilat Dharma, race for the first time the Jakarta-based businessman came away with a broad smile. "We have
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      1466 54 RACE 1 APACUKUP(Iame off-fore—tendonitis) was scratched. Due to a capacity field, FAST TYCOON was withdrawn. Permission was granted for jockey M Zahra to ride emergency acceptor INFINITY. HALO CHARLES was restless in the barriers and at the start, jumped awkwardly and was slow
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      108 54 TRAINER Laurie Laxon edged closer to the magical century mark with a popular double at Kranji last night. Wins with newcomer Kline (left beating the grey Second Wind) and Pan Express, both ridden by his promising rookie Jason Waddell, brought the Kiwi handler's tally
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      83 55 Bush range (Race 7 No. 3) An impressive first-up winner over the Ipoh straight dash over I,ooom, this promising son of Key Business should be on course to visit the winner's encl®sure a few more times. The big step-up from maiden company to Class 3 may look daunting
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      446 55 NST. ROYAL FORCE wrapped up his preparations for the Restricted Maiden Div 3 event over 1,200 m in Race 2 tomorrow with a pleasing workout yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding by Deputy Governor cantered two rounds on the sand
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      902 57 GOLF VIJAY Singh is the face of Fiji and our greatest export. "He is also our unofficial Minister of Trade, Minister of Tourism and, some like to add, Minister of Foreign Affairs." So said Firoz Khan, one half of Fiji's twosome who
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      331 57 WORLD MATCHPLAY LATEST Reuters. DEFENDING champion Ernie Els is 1-up over Argentina's Angel Cabrera after 27 holes of their quarter-final match in the World Matchplay Championship at Wentworjth yesterday. In other quarter-finals, Padraig Harrington led Frenchman Thomas Levet by three after 26 holes, while Briton
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      157 57 AP, AFP. VIJAY Singh, who last month ended Tiger Woods' 264-week reign as golfs No 1 player, was awarded his homeland's top honour, the Companion of the Order of Fiji, on Atfffeiiing to a citation published in FfluGovtrnment Gazette, Vyay, 41, M inwarded the honour for "enaHpl
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      574 60  -  EURO KICKOFF: SPANISH ITALIAN LEAGUE By Pete Jenson Special Correspondent SPAIN: First, David Beckham hadn't broken his ribs. Then he'd broken them and was out for six weeks. Then it was just 10 days. Then Real Madrid were lining him up to play today against Real
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        867 61  -  ihaamsMOW with Ivan Lim pjlim@sph.com.sg Bond were in Singapore this week for their Classified tour and the Tang Quartet met them at the lobby of Hotel Inter-Continental for a chat. The two groups of musicians warmed up to each other very quickly, Bond's astonishingly-beautiful female string instrumentalists were
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        475 61 THE WEEKEND SHOW J NICK Hornby said this in the introduction of his book "Fever Pitch" in 1992: "I now accept that football has no relevance to the Falklands conflict, the Rushdie affair, the Gulf War, childbirth, the ozone layer, the poll tax, etc, etc." Since then, sociologists
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