The Straits Times, 14 March 1999

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  • 21 1 The Straits Times March 14, 1999 82 Pages m tour parts MITA (P)065/12/98. %S A Singapore Press Holdings publication OO cents
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  • 754 1  -  M NIRMALA By THE red-brick building that houses the National Library m Stamford Road will be torn down. It has to go because a tunnel will be dug m the area to relieve traffic congestion m the city, said Mr Ho Kwon Ping, chairman of
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  • 608 1  - Emphatic win for NF at Sabah polls rejection of its Kadazan leaders. The biggest casualty was chief minister Bernard Dompok, who was beaten soundly by PBS candidate Clarence Bongkos. News of his loss was conveyed immediately to Dr Mahathir, who was attending a philharmonic orchestra performance m XL. Aides to
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 139 2 IN YESTERDAY'S Look Back m Wonder column, it was asserted that the Minister for Law did not mention, during the Committee of Supply debate on the Ministry of Law budget, the Securities Industry Act among the laws being reviewed. This is incorrect. The minister made
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    • 576 2  -  In the long-waited reform move, it also takes over seven state banks and announces plans to re-capitalise nine By DERWIN PEREIRA IN JAKARTA INDONESIA yesterday axed 38 banks as part of a longawaited re form drive to revive its ailing financial sector. In a move
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    • 221 2 THE Republic of Singapore Navy has unveiled the RSS Persistence, the third vessel m its new class of landing ship tanks (LST). The vessel was christened by Madam Kho Hui Suan, the wife of Mr Matthias Yao. Minister of State for Defence, at the Singapore
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    • 727 3  - Minor offences are often compounded MOLEST CASES SETTLED WITHOUT TRIAL LAST week, a former religious teacher Mohamed Nasir Mohamed Sali was allowed by the court to compound three charges of molesting a 19-year-old girl. He settled the case by apologising to the girl and paying her $5,000. A lawyer cited
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    • 138 3 She bowls her way to history JESMINE HO (left) made a couple of strikes for the history book yesterday. The Republic's top female bowler did what none of her male compatriots could do: win the Cathay Bowl Super Classic at the Cathay Bowl Eastside yesterday. The past 10 winners of
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    • 520 4  -  Manpower Ministry says employers will be cautious about hiring more people even if the economy picks up m the second half of the year Bk AHMAD OSMAN LOOKING far a job this year :.> not c.bout to get easier. Bosses will be cautious about
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    • 316 4 WHEN Mr Goh Chok Tong became a Member of Parliament m 1976, he sat next to Geylang Serai MP Rahmat Kenap for a few months as a backbencher, and was impressed by the Malay politician's humility and honesty. But he did not know then that
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    • 580 2 INSIDE World .5.7-9. 12 Dateline Asia 12 Fast Asia 14. 15 Indonesia m Transition 17 South-east Asia IS Malaysia 19-21 Weather 21 Home 22-30 Money 31 Family Money 32. 33 Review 34-39 Editorial 36 Sports 41-46 Racing 42 PLUS National Library porch: Many have fond memories Pages 10 and 11
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  • WORLD
    • 863 5 Want to live till 200? It's possible DR CYNTHIA Kenyon began looking for simple genetic alterations that could extend the life of the simple roundworm, C. elegans. It did not take her long to find one: mutations m a gene, called daf-2, allowed the worms to live for a month
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    • 444 5 Schroeder picks Eichel as Finance Minister Both men share the same views on German economy BONN German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has boosted his grip on government by appointing Finance Minister Hans Eichel, who holds similar economic views, after taking over the helm of his ruling Social Democratic Party (SPD). Outwardly
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    • 196 7 TORONTO Women may be divided on their opinion of Ms Monica Lewinsky, but many appear to agree on one point they love her lipstick. So much so that they can no longer find the Club Monaco lipstick or lipliner she wore during her Barbara Walters interview anywhere
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    • 393 7 Raising funds a job that fits the Bill perfectly While Clinton sees a future m raising money after his term ends, his wife is busy preparing to take on New York TEXARKANA (Texas) US President Bill Clinton has predicted that after he leaves office m 2001 he will have a
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 41 7 A TEAM of about 100 builders and painters knocked nearly one hour off a world speed-building record yesterday by constructing a house m Auckland m less than four hours, said reports from New Zealand. AFP
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      • 35 7 PALESTINIAN President Yasser Arafat has promised to review a death sentence which unleashed two days of riots m the Gaza Strip, a member of his Fatah movement said yesterday. Reuters
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      • 49 7 BANGLADESH, m a multi-million-dollar fight against rising pollution-related deaths, has drawn up a raft of clean-air measures, including a ban on the import of two-stroke engines which power the popular rickshaws and a requirement that government vehicles and city buses convert to gas engines. AFP
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      • 40 7 TWO British boys ooovicted of one of the country's most horrific crimes the murder of two-year-old Jamie Bulger have won the right to refer their case to the Eu- ropean Court of Human Rights. Reuters
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      • 31 7 THE British royal family's confidential medical records have been discovered dumped at the side of a road m south-west Scotland, Buckingham Palace said on Friday. AFP
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      • 34 7 THREE Canadians rode their camels into the capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, on Friday after a 40-day trek across the Arabian peninsula's scorching Empty Quarter. Reuters
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    • THE WEEK AHEAD ... AND THE WEEK THAT WAS
      • 96 8 MON D A V CAMBODIA'S Prime Minister Hun Sen is paying an official visit to Indonesia from today to seal an agreement on the "Promotion and Protection of Investment m Cambodia". This is Mr Hun Sen's first visit to Indonesia. During the visit, he will hold
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      • 92 8 US -Hanoi trade talks TI'F.SDA V A FRESH round of talks aimed at securing a landmark Vietnam- US trade pact is taking place this week. The two nations, enemies m the Vietnam War that ended m 1975, began discussions aimed at comprehensive economic ties soon after diplomatic relations were es-
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      • 102 8 B JP-led govt's first year Til U RS DAY THE Bharatiya Janata Partyled coalition government m India marks its first year m power this week. The fragility of the coalition government was thrust into the spotlight again last week after it was forcea into a climbdown over the sacking of
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      • 115 8 F R I 1) A V JAPANESE Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi will visit South Korea for three days, during which the North Korean issue is likely to be discussed. Last week, South Korean President Kirn Dae Jung said Japan should take a softer approach towards North
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      • 115 8 Monday HONGKONG is to overhaul its 180,000-strong civil service to bring it in line with market practices. Tuesday Khmer Rouge military strongman Ta Mok was charged over atrocities commited in the 70s. Wednesday Golkar party chiefs accepted a recommendation to delay committing the party
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      • 90 8 SATURDAY CHINESE President Jiang Zemin will make an official visit to Italy from today to March 25. Trade between the two t countries reached 11.974 tril- lion lire (5511.2 billion) last year. Mr Jiang will also visit Switzerland for three days starting on March 25. The
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    • 366 8 Y2K woes: Experts revise prediction Doomsayers, who only six years ago were warning of impending calamity come Jan 1, 2000, are now painting a happier picture LOS ANGELES After two years of doom-and-gloom pronouncements about the Year 2000 problem, a growing cadre of Y2K experts has begun to recast its
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    • 315 9 The authorities blame the nations worst blackout m 15 years on a bolt of lightning that hit a Sao Paulo substation, triggering a chain reaction SAO PAULO A flash of lightning that struck a Sao Paulo power substation was to blame for plunging some 60
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    • 501 12 As fireworks lit the sky m Warsaw, the Polish and alliance flags were raised side by side near the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier m Pilsudski Square. In Hungary, flags of the alliance members were raised outside the Defence Ministry. And m Prague, President Vaclav
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    • DATELINE ASIA
      • 149 12 CHI N A HUBEI AND BEIJING WANT HER CHINA'S golden girl, Fu Mingxia, holder of three Olympic diving golds, is caught between Beijing and Hubei. Fu, who left the competitive diving scene the pas* two years to study at Qjnghua University, wants to sign
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      • 148 12 TAMAGOTCHI DIDN'T SAVE YAMASHINA JAPAN TOYMAKER Makoto Yamashina must be a very bitter man. His late father had founded Bandai, the company that created the Tamagotchi the cute, egg-shaped electronic pet that swept the world by storm two years ago. Although Bandai claims to have sold 40 mil- lion units
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      • 157 12 PHILIPPINES PRESIDENT Joseph Estrada traded insults with the head of the communist insurgent movement last week. He said self-exiled Communist Party founder Jose Maria Sison was "enjoying a good life" m the Netherlands while his comrades-in-arms had to bear harsh conditions m the mountains. Mr
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      • 84 12 THAII A 1) THE Minister m the Prime Minister's Office, Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva, is suing an opposition politician for accusing him of having evaded military conscription. New Aspiration Party member Premsak Piayura had made the allegation after the Defence Ministry disclosed recently that thousands
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      • 88 12 M UAYMA FINANCE Minister Tun Daim Zainuddin is very dear about his role m the bid to free the RMIO million (554.6 million) of Clob shares. He told a press conference on Friday that the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange was responsible for talking to
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    • 428 5 Lightning has plunged some 60 million |m^l Thailand has lodged a protest against a j¥~ US President Bill Clinton will be k^^^F people into darkness m Brazil's worst 4 botched kidnapping bid on an ex-North raising money for Democrats blackout m 15 years. page 9 l^^^____ Korean diplomat and his
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 221 14 BEIJING The first trade union m China's private sector has been formed m eastern Zhejiang province, the official Xinhua news agency said yesterday. The union, set up m Lucheng district m Wenzhou city with about 200 members, is aimed at protecting the legal
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    • 78 14 rhe700 series Nozomi (left), Japan's latest bullet train, wowing the crowd at Tokyo railway station yesterday. Dubbed the "goose" because of its bill-shaped front section, the train can travel at a top speed of 285 kmh. Next to it is the older 300 series. The
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    • 619 14  - Women's group slams tax on sex trade A representative of women's issues m China's Parliament says the move by local governments would lend legitimacy to prostitution By MARY KWANG CHINA CORRESPONDENT BEIJING The All-China Women's Federation (ACWF) has criticised local governments for taxing the earnings of prostitutes, saying that the
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    • 324 15 SEOUL Former South Korean Finance Minister Hong Jae Hyong is m hospital after being beaten up dv two intruders who were allegedly seeking to punish him for leading the country into an economic crisis, police said yesterday. The former minister suffered two broken ribs and gashes
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    • 407 15 Millenum bash to cheer up Hongkong Let's forget the recession and celebrate the next millennium, say the territory's leaders, who expect their party to be among Asia's best HONGKONG Hongkong's government has announced a string of events to mark the end of the millennium, and urged residents trapped m the
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    • 206 15 US Congress to block China's entry to WTO LIGHTEN UP: WASHINGTON The US administration's policy of "engagement" with China has been attacked on Capitol Hill, with senior members of both parties supporting legislation allowing Congress to veto China's accession to the World Trade Organisation. The onslaught on Friday was spearheaded
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  • INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
    • 116 17 Workers attack newsmen PADANG Some 200 Indonesian timber workers attacked a group of journalists covering- the repossession of their company by a local court m West Sumatra province, injuring two of them. Police said on Friday that the attack on the 13 journalists from three national television stations and local
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    • 136 17 JAKARTA Ambon residents whose properties were burned or damaged m the two months of unrest there now find themselves with another burton hefty phone bills from misuse by others. Ms Fitri, whose house m the Silale area was burned down m January, said stateowned telecommunications
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    • Article, Illustration
      561 17 Gus Dur may be the most influential player m the shifting of allegiances and balancing of alliances m the country, says The Indonesian Observer JAKARTA Influential Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid has emerged as a kingmaker a position which makes him a much sought-after figure m the fight for
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    • 359 17 Police arrest 37 youths, find arms and written plan for night attack AMBON One Christian died yesterday during fighting involving hundreds of people m the island of Ambon, witnesses and church sources said. A crowd of Muslims stabbed and killed the Christian
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 96 18 PHNOM PENH King Norodom Sihanouk has formally appointed the President and vice-presidents of Cambodia's new Senate, according to a statement released yesterday. The President and Acting Head of State m the absence of the King is Mr Chea Sim, president of Premier Hun Sen's Cambodian People's
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    • 450 18 Thais protest against kidnap bid by N. Korea Bangkok condemns Pyongyang's failed attempt to abduct its own diplomat and demands a formal apology from the communist country BANGKOK Thailand lodged the "strongest protest" against a botched kidnapping attempt on a former North Korean diplomat and his family and called for
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    • 226 18 <■ KHMER ROUGE TRIAL UNITED NATIONS The Cambodian Foreign Minister has rejected UN proposals for an international tribunal to try former Khmer Rouge leaders for genocide outside Cambodia. At a meeting m New York on Friday with UN chief Kofi Annan, Mr
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  • SABAH ELECTION
    • 660 19  - Chief Minister loses uphill battle BRENDAN PEREIRA Bernard Dompok joined the National Front after being elected on a PBS ticket m 1994. The label 'traitor' has stuck since and likely cost him his seat INKOTAKINABALI.' m vertf hapvu that we nave achieved a clear victory. We will fulfil all our
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    • 155 19 POLICE detained four men believed to be Filipinos after they tried to vote m the Sabah election yesterday. police and witnesses said. Three of the men, who had fake Malaysian identin cards were arrested m Kota Kinabalu. The fourth man was seen being detained at a polling
      AFP  -  155 words
    • 108 19 VOTING went smoothly and peacefully at polling centres m Kota Rjnabalu after they opened at 7-30 am. There m a festive mood with many people seen earning food packets and bottled drinks. The weather was fine throughout the morning, enabling people to come out to vote. The
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    • 104 19 IT WAS a windfall for owners of hired cars and other vehicles as they were engaged by the political parties to ferry- voters to polling centres and back. Some of them were said to have been paid up to RMSOO (SS2IO) for the day. In
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    • 94 19 THOUSANDS of outstation voters thronged the Sabah Lmno office at the Kuwasa Building m Kota Kinabalu yesterday but left disappointed. The Star said that many had gone there m anticipation of getting fares to return to their hometowns to cast their ballot. However, they were
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    • 62 19 A GROUP of journalists at a polling centre near Bangunan Persekutuan m Kota Kinabalu was taken for a ride when told that a stall next to a political-party post was offering free air tapai, an intoxicating local drink. It turned out the air tapai was actually a fruit
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 628 20  -  DOUGLAS WONG Mahathir cites reports on the haze and pro- Anwar demonstrations by the world media, saying they had kept tourists and foreign investors away By IN KU> LA LUMPUR BAD PRESS ON THE HAZE AND PROTESTS MALAYSIA "lost quite a lot of money" m
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    • 271 20 Govt perks should not be linked to politics, says Rafidah PENANG A senior Cabinet minister has reminded bumiputra entrepreneurs not to use political clout to ask for incentives to help their businesses. International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Sen Randah Aziz said
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    • 298 20 Anwar aide who fled to Jakarta due back in KL THE political secretary to sacked Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim plans to return home to Kuala Lumpur today, after a six-month self-imposed exile, but fears that he may be arrested. "From the information I gather, they may arrest me,"
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  • 431 21 Illegals sneak in for jobs, not to flee turmoil Johor's Immigration Department says the Indonesians caught are not fleeing, but are attracted by news of the nations economic recovery Not to escape They are not running away from hostilities back home; neither are they worried about riots.' Immigration official Wan
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  • 153 21 Croc attacks man fishing in river KUCHING A man from Kampung Bakong. Lingga, .m Sri Aman, Sarawak, was feared killed by a crocodile while fishing m a river yesterday. A spokesman for the Sri Aman police station said Mr Selim Naruddin, .'37, was catching shrimps with a friend at the
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    • 517 21 WEATHER MALAYSIA UA7rU/ATrU Abidjan Z4/2K Cloudy Christchurch n/RC Cloudy Kuala lunpur 2V3ZC Showers Pssai VBC Rain 32 TOOAY: Showers with thunder over many HM^t WAl^n M/2K Clear Colombo 2V3K Cloudy Kucniwi M/3K Showers h^m -VK Cloudy areas m the afternoon and early evening. v Vn Algiers 5/I7C Cloudy Copenhagen 1/3
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  • HOME
    • 743 22  -  EDMUND TEE The space should he left alone to serve as a green lung and meeting point, say participants at an SMU symposium B}L *We are crying out to have a little bit of breathing space m the city. Mr Alec Tok, 33,
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    • CASE OF THE UNORTHODOX FORMER RELIGIOUS TEACHER
      • 1207 23 HOLY MAN or VILLAIN? The public couldn't accept my methods. Society condemned what I did. That was when they started calling me Ustaz Controversial, Ustaz Motor, Ustaz Rock. Mr Mohamed Nasir (above). This picture was taken outside court last week THINGS FELL APART: My family has left me, everyone shuns
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      • 119 23 Good teacher, brave man "He was a good ustaz m the sense that his way of performing dakwah was very effective." Mr Sam ad Tohari, who was a member of the mosque committee at Masjid }amae Queenstown "He is brave man, who has been able
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    • 1790 24  - Playing high stakes on the high seas... SHARON VASOO LESLIE KOH Casinos on giant liners are pulling m Singaporeans looking for a chance to make a killing at the tables By and CONSUMED BY ADDICTION: My wife and kids came to the ship to look for me 'IT STARTED off
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    • 966 25 Bored retirees. Thrill-seeking housewives. Desperate office workers. At any time, ordinary Singaporeans tike these can be found gambling awau on the Leisure World liner. SHARON VASOO takes you on board. The whole point of going on board is to gamble and not sleep. I spend 12 hours
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    • 795 26  -  ALLISON LIM The 370 entries for the Tan Kah Kee Young Inventor's Awards range from light-emitting plastics to a crab clamp Rej)t>rts }>t. Don't be afraid to fail "W» mmMJ tw wmw 'flue te try* iHHa*. ia ear Metat Everest and Attarctka 2000 teaan.
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    • 305 26 WHAT happened to the inventions produced by past Tan Kah Kee Young Inventors? The awards, which aim to create an environment conducive to innovation, have been around for 13 years. When asked, the National Science and Technology Board and the Tan Kah Kee
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    • 430 27  - Moulmein 'outcast' gets new look at last BRAEMA MATHI Block 69 was left out of the main upgrading programme, until residents saw their MP, who took up the matter Bu BLOCK 69 along Moulmein Road is the block that fought its way into the Main Upgrading Programme (MUP). It stands
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    • 682 28 SAFE PLAY IN THE PARK CONCERNS about safety m East Coast Park were sparked off by a recent incident m which a 12-year-old schoolboy broke his arm after he was knocked off his bicycle by a hit-and-run cyclist. Park users nave said accidents happen as cyclists, in-line
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    • 157 28 2 die in work site mishap TWO foreign workers died m an accident yesterday evening at Changi Aiq>oil's airfreight terminal six. Four others were hurt when a scaffolding collapsed and buried them m timber debris and wet cement, said a civil defence spokesman. The workers had been reinforcing a beam
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    • 276 28 SDP raps 'curbs on foreign TV' Dr Chee says recent moves will curtail the free flow of information THE Singapore Democratic Party yesterday criticised what it described as the Government's latest move to restrict foreign television broadcasts m Singapore. A statement signed by SDP secretary-general Chee Soon Juan condemned the
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    • 658 29  -  CINDY LIM Charlie Wong was a skilled negotiator who slept through meetings. Now his family wants to write a book about him By THE MAN: ffHHI HB TOOK off his shoes at meetings and dozed off. He played mahjong and spouted poetry. Sometimes, his shirt
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    • 229 29 Hole in road being filled NEW BRIDGE ROAD PIPE BURST TWO lanes of New Bridge Road opposite the Singapore General Hospital remained closed to traffic yesterday afternoon, after a water main burst on Friday, leaving a gaping hole m the road. Residents of Block 110 m New Bridge Road got
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    • 239 29 THEY were trailing behind Raffles Institution (RI) bymore than 100 points after three rounds m the finals of the Singapore Press Holdings' Geography Challenge 1999. But The Chinese High team made a speedy recovery m the last round, and ate up the difference to beat
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    • 471 30  -  SITI ANDRIANIE Laremie Tan battled cerebral palsy and the odds to make it to Sec 1. Now, he just wants to be accepted Reports hit 'His interests are different from other people his ape. He loves reading about ana discussing topics such as
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    • 358 30 THE battle is far from won. As Laremie Tan gets used to his school, the school also has to get used to him. He is Serangoon Secondary's first and only student with disabilities. Ramps and a specially-fit-ted toilet will be installed next week during the
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    • 298 30 A CHILD like Laremie with cerebral palsy ha.s few postPSLE educational options but to go on to a regular school. Special education here stops at 18. Ideally, there should be a separate special school for older students, said Spastic Children's Association School teacher Joana Yeo, because
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    • 302 22 Laremie Tan is one of a handful of those derrick Lee Pin Yeow's windows can slide NParks has issued 200 warnings between with cerebral palsy to make it to secondary and swing out. Now the Tan Kah Kee Young k- H December last year and February this year school. But
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  • MONEY
    • 393 31  - M1 to launch own loyalty programme TAMMY TAN The mobile phone operator plans to reward loyal subscribers at the higher end with discounts of up to 45 per cent *L AND THE WINNER 15... THE CUSTOMER THE mobile phone price war, which broke out m January with both operators offering
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      • 442 31 Van der Horst's debts far exceed its fund MARINE engineering and infrastructure group Van der Horst (VDH) is laden so heavily with debts that it may not survive as a going concern, warns Arthur Andersen, the mainboard-listed company's external auditors. Arthur Andersen says that VDH's debts and the unstable economic
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      • 213 31 MAINBOARD-listed Pacific Can Investment Holdings (Pac Can) is another company that may be m danger of going under. The external auditors of the can-making and construction company say that based on current cash flow estimates, Pac Can does not have enough cash to repay $20.6
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    • 189 31 BANKS/FINANCE COMPANIES AMOUNT ($> 1 MONTH 3 MONTHS 6 MONTHS 9 MONTHS 12 MONTHS Citibank Up to ***** 1.6875 1.8125 2.0625 2.1250 2.4375 *****-*****0 2.0000 2.1875 2.4375 2.4375 3.0000 DBS 1000-***** 1.0000 1 .2500 1.7500 1.7500 2.0000 *****-*****0 1.3750 1.6250 1.8750 2.0000 2.2500 Hong
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    • 215 31 DOW JONES THE Dow Jones industrial average closed weaker on Friday, as concerns about earnings tripped up the world's most widely watched stock index m its run towards the historic 10,000 milestone. The Dow closed down 21.09 points, or 0.21 per cent, at 9,876.35. The index
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    • 207 31 Singapore Electricity Pool Sole Prices 1/2 hour Ex Ante 1/2 now tx-Anfe Penod Pool Sale Period Pool Sole Ending Price Ending Price (S/MWh) S,/MWh) 14.03.99 1630 35 1435 0430 35 1380 1 700 35 1433 0500 35 1378 1730 35 1432 0530 35 1377 lgOO 35 1430 0600 35 1379
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  • FAMILY MONEY
    • 1276 32 Financial planner Leong Sze Hian tells X IB JOO that Madam Wongs situation is not as desperate as she hadjeared. IN THE rive weeks that we ran our series on Financial Planning, we received more than 70 letters, e-mails and faxes from readers
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  • REVIEW
    • 4152 34 Indonesia appeared to have offered East Timor independence an a platter, with President Habibie's 'autonomy or separation' offer. DERWM PERDRA examines the developments up to, and since, this policy reversal and whether the former Portuguese colony can really go it alone 'A
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      • 1163 35 Horta: We can learn from S'pore MR JOSE RAMOS HORTA. who won the Nobel Peace Prize with East Timor's Bishop Carlos Belo m 1996, is the chief international advocate for East Timorese independence. He is the deputy president of the Council of Timorese National Resistance (CNRT). He spoke to Sunday
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      • 387 35 DILI, East Timor Even before it has been born as an independent country, East Timor faces a lingering death as a viable state. Strangled by a shortage of food and essential medicines, and bled by an exodus of Indonesian doctors, teachers, administrators and traders, the impoverished
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    • The Sunday Times
      • 305 36 ANEW health insurance plan proposed by an inter-ministry committee to pay for long-term treatment of chronic conditions should be seen m relation to Singapore's demographic profile. By 2030, one m four Singaporeans or 26 per cent will be an aged person, defined as 60 years and above. The
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    • 906 36  - When times are tight give-and-take is a necessity ASAD LATIF MY VIEW By TWO recent incidents captured two aspects of recessionary Singapore. A bus was travelling quite some distance behind a taxi on a road that passes through a housing estate. A couple tried to wave down the cab. It
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    • 5 36 CHEST OF DRAWERS
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    • 1093 36 Manila's divorce Bill exposes paradoxes LETTER FROM MANILA By NIRMAL GHOSH A LONG-AWAITED Bill seeking to legalise divorce has been filed m the House of Representatives, setting the stage for a debate that is likely to prise the lid off an emotive issue that goes to the heart of Philippine
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  • REVIEW • FOCUS
    • 1286 37 The Asia Society Wherever Asia Society president Nicholas Platt goes m the region, he is ushered into the corridors of power. The former American diplomat gives an outsider's view of Asia m an interview with IRENE NG 1 think there are some people m my country
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    • 2200 37 The merits of globalisation was the topic of a BBC World Service radio programme last week. The panel discussion also considered whether 'hot money' or capital flows should be regulated and their impact on women. We present extracts below 1 think we
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    • 1604 38 Thailand's other Mr Telecoms Capitalist-turned-Social Activist From hard-driving telecommunications tycoon to politician, Dr Poosana Prernanoch has entered a newpfiase m life —as a social activist. Thailand correspondent EDWARD TANG reports DR POOSANA PREMANOCH: Biobox DR POOSANA PREMANOCH was born on July 29, 1954. He has a masters degree i b
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    • 391 38 Saved from pimps by 100 taxi drivers BANGKOK A Thai girl was abducted by two pimps and taken to a brothel. But thanks to the Hand-in-Hand Foundation, she was rescued within minutes after she sneaked out and made a telephone call to the radio station manned by the foundation. The
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    • 943 38  - The E U's big challenge: Cut farm subsidies KEVIN SULLIVAN But only dreamers believe the $86-billion figure can be reduced By IN SARAJEVO FARM ministers from the European Union's 15 member states have begun a new round of negotiations, after the latest talks at the end of last month ended
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  • REVIEW • BOOKS AND IDEAS
    • 1656 39  -  ANDREW PHANG Dissecting The Judiciary The second edition of The Singapore Legal System gives an updated survey of developments m law here m the last decade. These changes have been more numerous than at any other time since the Republic's founding m 1819 LEGAL
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    • 1062 39 Tell-all book by ex-Clinton aide raises questions of ethics and loyalty NEW YORK Soon after American political consultant Dick Morris quit his campaign post m disgrace and announced plans to write a candid book about his role m the Clinton administration, White
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 221 40 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS ROSALIND CHUA HWEE HUANG AGE: 42 Passed away peacefully on 12 March 1999, dearly missed and fondly remembered by family and loved ones. Husband: Wee Kay Kee Daughters: Godson: Charmaine Wee Li Ling Chua Scow How Charlene Wee Li Ping Father-in-law: Mother-in-law: Wee Ah
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    • 303 40 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS "Jesus said. I am the resurrection and the life, he who believes m me shall live even though he dies John 11:25 BABY SEAH MING NGOH Age: 58 Called home to be with the Lord on 12 Mar 99. Sadly missed by all loved ones. (Husband:
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    • 261 40 850 DEATHS 850 DEATHS CHENG TECK SWEE Age: 52 passed away peacefully on 13/3/99. Leaving behind loved ones: Wife: Josephine Cheng Son: Adrian Cheng Daughter: Olivia Cheng Father: Cheng Kirn Huat Brothers: Sisters: Teck Seng Siew Eng Teck Khoon Keng Keow Teck Joo Teck Guan Teck Leong brothers and sisters-in-law,
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    • 139 40 The Family of the Late VINCENT RETHINASAMY Departed 13th Feb 1999 wish to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to the management, staff and members of Singapore Cricket Club, relatives, friends and I colleagues for their kind attendance, i condolences, wreaths j and prayers during their j recent
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    • 51 40 The family of the Late CHUA AN PENG (Father of Director of BLUEGATE Technologies Pte Ltd.) Departed: 9 March 1999 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent
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      31 40 With Fond Memories Of TEO ENG SAN Departed March 14. 1998 Gone from o^.' ttl one so dear, But m our hearts forever near Dearly missed by family
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      74 40 IN LOVING MEMORY OF Mrs TEOW KEONG HEE nee CHAN AH YIN 14 Mar. 1985 You toiled all those years for us and suddenly you left us With a memory you left behind of a mother so hard to find. From her loving children. IN LOVING MEMORY
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 113 41 858 REQUIEMS 858 REQUIEMS The Family of the Late NELSON M. GOMEZ called Home on 9.3.99 wish to express our heartfelt gratitude and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their prayers, kind assistance, attendances, condolences, donations and wreaths during our recent bereavement. Special thanks to Fr. Leslie Raj of
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  • SPORTS
    • 477 41 GOLF Pak-led young stars learn a thing or two from tour's senior players TUCSON (Arizona) Dale Eggeling and Nancy Scranton, who together have played more than 38 LPGA seasons, surged past Pak Se Ri and other young stars to share the lead at the Welch's
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    • 253 41  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI CRICKET By ZUBIN SHROFF struck 124 as Singapore levelled the three-match Stan Nagaiah Trophy cricket series 1-1 against Malaysia at Kallang yesterday. After Friday's 12-run loss m the opening match, the host ensured that the annual series would be decided m the last game today
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    • 229 41 CORAL SPRINGS (Florida) Eric Booker, a 35-year-old PGA Tour rookie who downplayed his first-round 65, was singing a different tune after grabbing a four-stroke lead at the Honda Classic on Friday. Proving he is no oneround wonder, Booker posted a sterling six-under-par 66 for a 13-under
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    • 138 41  -  KENNETH M.O. SU SPORTS LETTER DR WANG KAI YUEN'S kind invitation of March 7 is appreciated. It is hoped that those among his incumbent committee members who have not contributed jconstructively will step down gra- ciously at the forthcoming AGM. In my Feb 28 letter, I mentioned
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    • 803 41 BADMINTON All-England q-finals Men's singles: Peter Gacle Ctiristensen (Den) bt Johan Hadikusuma (Indon) 17-15 15-8, Taufik Hidayat (Indon) bt Fung Permadi (Tat) 15-5 17-16, Budi Santoso (Indon) bt Indra Wijaya (Indon) 15-12 11-15 15-6, Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den) bt Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) 15-12 15-12. Doubles: Ha Taekwon/Kim Dong
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 112 41 IJAZ AHMED hammered an unbeaten 118 as Pakistan pinned lacklustre Sri Lanka against the ropes m the Asian Test championship final m Dhaka yesterday. Pakistan, replying to Sri I^anka's 'I'M. took advantage of its rival's depleted bowling and shoddy fielding to pile up 299-2
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      • 102 41 SOUTH Africa's march towards victory m the Second cricket Test against New Zealand was interrupted on the third day as rain prevented all but half-an-hour of play. The start of play was delayed for over nveliours and then, after just 6.4 overs, rain and poor light
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      • 71 41 A MYSTERY stomach illness has torpedoed Chinese swimmer Chen Van's hopes of adding to her array of honours at next month's short-course World Championships m Hongkong, the official media said on Friday. Chen, a double-gold medallist at last year's long-course World Championships m Perth and the
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      • 81 41 HENMAN'S OUT, MOYA ROLLS ON AMERICAN Qualifier Chris Woodruff again made the most of his good fortune at the Champions Cup tennis tournament by upending seventhseeded Briton Tim Henman m the quarter-finals. Woodruff. whose ranking plummeted out of the top 500 after a knee injury, surprised Henman 6-1, 1-6. 7-5.
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      • 40 41 SERENA Williams powered past France's Sandrine Testud 7-5, 6-0 on Friday, avenging a third round Australian Open defeat to reach the final of the Evert Cup. The American will take on Steffi Graf m the final.
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  • Page 41 Miscellaneous
    • 110 41 TODAY'S EVENTS ATHLETICS Ist SAAA Junior Meet (Singapore Polytechnic, 2.00pm). SAAA 2nd League Walk (National Stadium, 7.30 am). CRICKET Annual Stan Nagaiah Trophy: Singapore v Malaysia (Kallang, 10am). SCA Div 2: CSC vIA Hawks (CSC), SCRC v UWC II (SCRC), SCC II v SRC (SCC),UWCIIIvNUS (UWC). Div 3: SRC v
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  • RACING
    • 170 42 DOUBLE ACT: Treymane' s treat FOR the second time m six days. Kiwi jockey Catherine Treymane got the better of apprentice Crystal Ang (pictured right) m an all-woman race finish. Last Sunday, Treymane steered Ocean Star to victory after Ang had surged afiead midway down the straight astride Seaside Star
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    • 265 42 Race Marc Tan tajaj Khoo Tan Tncan Loop 12 Kim Counsellor 2 Kim Counsellor 4 Gorgeous Pete 1 Coolagee 1 Coolagee 2 Kim Counsellor 3 Good Opportunity 4 Gorgeous Pete 3 Good Opportunity 2 6 Highway Star 1 Golden Ivory 1 Golden Ivory 3 Geranium 6
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    • 97 42 Danny Khoo KRANJI PIONEER Race 6 No 1 Gunningfor third successive win and should achieve it on his eye-catching Singapore victory a fortnight ago. Should see out the 1,600 m trip on breeding. His sire Becquerel was a winner of the 1,600 m Sultan ofSelangor Gold Cup. Tan
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    • 335 42  - Corporate Lady calls the tune DANNY KHOO IPOH RACING Trainer Benny Lim's outsider tames fancied rivals m Perak Special Stakes Bij AUSTRALIANBRED mare Corporate Lady has some way to go before she takes on the circuit's top guns. But at Ipoh yesterday, the Benny Lim Hock Soontrained galloper showed she
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    • 906 42 RACE 1: Trainer U«e Seng Hap was fined RMII4 for failing to produce the declared colours on Mega Power EL Trainer John Brink was questioned about Terrell's improved performance. He stated that Terrell had returned to form after his last run where
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  • SPORTS
    • 571 43 BOXING Holvfield and Lewis bout will decide undisputed champion NEW YORK Like sevenyear locusts, more than 20,000 fans will swarm over Madison Square Garden this morning (Singapore time) for the biggest fight m years, the heavyweight unification battle between Evander Holvfield and Lennox Lewis. The
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    • 922 43  -  GODFREY ROBERT THE SPORTS EDITOR SAYS Bu MY GENERATION of Singaporeans would feel fidgety, suffering from psychological hunger pangs this morning. Especially during the hour when Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis slug it out m New York for the undisputed unified world
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    • 415 43 BASKETBALL INGLEWOOD (California) The lx>s Angeles Lakers introduced its jambalaya offence on Friday: Take a bunch of diverse and spicy flavours, mix them up randomly, then add Rice. It will burn you if you are not careful, especially if you have got
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    • 627 43  -  WILFRED YEO SPORTS LIGHTS nu IF YOU have nothing to do on Monday and Tuesday, you might want to gatecrash a hen party. The Women And Sport Conference at Anglo-Chi-nese School (Independent) was intended to be a hen party, until they realised,
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      • 450 44  -  SANTOKH SINGH Bjt A FOOTBALL coach is like a teacher the higher the level he wants to teach, the more qualified he must be. So said Football Association of Singapore general secretary Tan Eng Yoon, once a teacher himself, at a press conference
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      • 388 44  - Inspired, puzzling, loyal foreign choices S. MURALI Bo FOREIGN talent has helped make and break teams m the S-League over the past three seasons. Ask Singapore Armed Forces FC. For three years, it had the most potent midfield combination m the league m Ivica Raguz and Velimir Crljen. This helped
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      • 495 44  -  S. MURALI ...And why this may be a pain m the brain for its Dutch coach Alberts fly ONE point is likely. When Home United coach Robert Alberts wakes up today, has breakfast with his comely wife Thava Malar, scans The Sunday Times
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      • 473 44  -  SANTOKH SINGH *!L NATIONAL coach Vincent Subramaniam is probably the happiest with the distribution of local talent m the S-League clubs. All that Vincent has to do for the South-east Asia Games m August is put the defence together with the midfield and, m turn, link
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    • 520 45  -  SANTOKH SINGH s<x:cer By I FRIENDLIES: I Bi'^»iti!ti'riji JB I 1 THE players wanted to play 3-5-2, the coach 4-4-2. The players won the argument and lost the match. Tampines Rovers was beaten 1-2 by Brunei at the Tampines Stadium last night
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    • 166 45 ZURICH Lebanon risks losing the 2000 Asian Cup unless it can prove to the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) that it will be able to host Asia's football showcase to the rest of the world. According to AFC sources, political infighting within Lebanon
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    • 794 45 SOCCER Argentine ace is back but it will still be tough for Fiorentina LIVE ON TV FORGET the English Premiership, for the most appetising soccer action on television tonight comes from Italy. Look out for Gabriel Batistuta as he attempts to change the fortunes of
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    • 371 45 ZURICH Sepp Blatter has defended himself against allegations that he bought votes m his successful bid to become president of Fifa, world soccer's governing body. The allegations, made m a new book "How They Stole The Game" written by British author David Yallop, claim Blatter made
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      • 84 46 THIRD-PLACED Chelsea, beaten 0-2 by Manchester United m an FA Cup auar-ter-fmal replay on Wednesday, suffered its second successive home defeat when it went down 0-1 to West Ham United m an English Premiership soccer match yesterday. Results: Chelsea 0 West Ham 1, Coventry 1
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      • 35 46 A 77TH-MINUTE goal from Filippo Inzaghi gave Juventus a 2-1 win over Udinese m an Italian Serie A soccer match at Turin yesterday. In another match, AS Roma beat Bologna 3-1.
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    • 486 46  -  BEN NADARAJAN SFORTSPEOPLE Fiery Jesmine strikes big blow for fairer sex and Singapore §!L THERE ARE SO MANY GOOD WOMAN BOWLERS. I NAVE TO GET USED TO LOSING TO THEM, ALTHOUGH I DO NOT PLAN TO MAKE fl A HABIT.' Kao, who lost to Jesmine IF IT
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    • 600 46  -  ELAINE LO Michelle's punching her way into the most macho of male sports By SHE is no Xena, Warrior Princess. And she is certainly not cast m the mould of the Amazons of old. In fact, 19-year-old student Michelle Loh stands at just 1.56 m, has
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    • 306 46 BADMINTON BIRMINGHAM (England) Indonesian "wonderkid" Taufik Hidayat, 17, created a slice of badminton history yesterday when he became the youngest player to reach the men's singles final at the All-England championships. Hidayat routed Olympic champion Poul-Erik HoyerLarsen 15-13, 15-7 m another sensational performance after his elimination
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    • 317 46 WHY do women take up a "male" sport? Well, quite a few of them stumble onto it by chance. For Michelle Loh, her curiosity about boxing was aroused because one of her close friends boxed. National rugby player Serena Yeoh was also introduced to rugby by a
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    • 1141 4  -  Sumiko Tan Tube Talk Once, it spun a magic world. These days, with classy cineplexes and the Internet descending on us, who has time to be a true TV addict? Having a television m the bedroom is disconcerting. For one, it takes up a lot of
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    • 705 4 Etiquette is becoming bip business today m the United States DAVIDSONVILLE, Maryland The prim woman at the front of the room is unrelenting: It's "May I?" not "Can I?" It's "Excuse me" and "Thank you" and feet on the floor. 'This stuff is important,
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      • 795 6  - Don 't touch me, 1 might just hit you LEA WEE Oversensitive Kids Some children can't make sense of the information they receive. They have a common problem which is called sensory inteqrative dysfunction *L YOU can reach into your pocket and tell the difference between a five-cent coin and
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          • 72 6 EAT ALL YOU LIKE WITH SLIMMING PILL? THE so-called fat gene found in mice by researchers in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has a better chance of leading to a weight-control drug than other obesity-related genes. Tests with mice showed that the mutated MG gene allowed the animals to staj thin, despite a
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          • 76 6 HAIR-SPLITTING OPTION DIFFERENCES in hair structure cculd lead to a new screening test for breast cancer. Scientists in l Australia found under I X-ray that patterns of hairs from women with breast I cancer are different from those of healthy women. r The same tell-tale pat- tern is in the
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          • 64 6 HORMONE replacement therapy (HRT) may worsen heart disease in women who already have had a heart attack or who suffer chronic chest pain. The study was presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology recently. It is the second study in a
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          • 44 6 WOMEN with high levels of the hormones oestradiol and testosterone seem to be at a higher risk of breast cancer. But doctors say they can use this knowledge to identify women at high risk, and then try to prevent the cancer.
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      • 286 6 DURING the first two years of her life, Hana Beaty would cry inconsolably at the touch, sight, smell, sound or taste of anything new. Her mother, Mrs Judie Beaty, 46, recalls: "It was like her entire environment was upsetting to her." Hana would only drink milk
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        97 6 PARENTS should take their child to a doctor for referral to a therapist if they feel that compared to his classmates, their child seems to have some of the following symptoms: Very sensitive to touch, movement, sights or sounds Easily distracted Hyperactive, always moving about without any purpose
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      • 343 6 THE expert replies to ques- i tions from readers on selfmedication featured two weeks ago. THE EXPERT REPLIES 01 am a young athlete and have itchy and scaly feet. I have tried washing my feet five times a day
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    • 396 7 WITH a satisfying marketing career and an interest m reading, poetry and bicycling, Mr Chris Kosmides considers himself a pretty accomplished guy. "But my love life sucks, to put it bluntly," says the 32--year-old from Baltimore. "I never seem to
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    • 1170 8  -  Sylvia Tan Fussy Children This crisp Japanese pancake with fail-safe ingredients is ideal for kids, if only they were more adventurous MAD ABOUT FOOD THE children would like this, I thought, as I tucked into a thick fluffy pancake, filled with straight-ahead ingredients such as ham and
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      • 127 8 COOKS and housewives will have a wider choice of soya sauces to flavour dishes. Kikkoman, a Japanese company with a factory here, has introduced a Special Fragrance version. It combines modern fragrance and sweetness with the traditional flavours of naturally-brewed original soy sauce. It has a
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      • 115 8 GO TO NEW ZEALAND FOR FREE DINE at any of the 10 Jacks Place Steak House and Res- taurant branches this month and you may win a pair of return air-tickets to New Zealand m a lucky draw. To qualify, just order a set meal or main course. You can
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      • 106 8 HEALTH TALKS WITH HIGH-TEA SIGN up for Health Connection a series of health talks on improving the mind, body and soul at Au Petit Salut French Cafe Patisserie on Thursday from 3 to 5 pm. You will be treated to a free Garden High-Tea at the cafe at Jalan Merah
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    • 698 9  - Quick get that eel sushi off the belt Wong Ah Yoke Successful Re-entry Supermarkets started selling it and now conveyor-belt sushi bars are moving into the Orchard Road district EATS AFI'ER an abortive entry into the Singapore market m the '80s, conveyor-belt sushi bars are back big-time. One probable reason:
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    • 759 9  -  Edwin Soon Besides being affordable, they are also the best blends DRINKS By ANTIPODEAN wines are not new to us. They are good and even excellent, if a Tittle different m style from European ones which make up more than 50 per cent
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    • SUNDAY PLUS • COVERSTROY
      • 2292 10  -  REBECCA LIM Under The Balustrade It may be just a porch and a flight of steps to the National Library. But they hold lots of fond memories for many By IT IS a simple space an oblong terrace boxed m by red brick
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      • 217 10 THE boxy red-bricked structure of the National Library may be a familiar landmark m the minds of most Singaporeans now. But, when it was first built m 1960, the reactions to the building were not so positive. Some of the unflattering remarks from the country's architects
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      • 210 11 THE recent discussions about moving the National Library's balustrade with the setting up of the Singapore Management University (SMU) m Bras Basah brings to mind that of the archway to the former Nanyang University (NU) m Upper Jurong Road. In early 1987, there was
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      • 435 11  - I couldn 't forget bomb scare MAGDALENE LUM MRS HEDWIG ANUAR, 70, was the director of the National Library for 28 years and has some interesting memories of the building's staircase and porch. One unforgettable experience was of a bomb scare at the building during the Confrontation period in the
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      • 254 11 for Hedwig Anuar Who could have known This edifice, this heart, Mumming with the voice of Western ages, Was there, waiting beyond our Father's hopes and Eastern dreams. You grew, first a tentative Stranger, a custodian of the Word, then teacher, generous giver To our people,
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    • 231 12  -  ALAN LIM Ostriches In Johor A Singaporean businessman is farming fast-breeding ostriches, imported from Australia, for their lowcholesterol meat and fine feathers Story and Pictures By A SINGAPOREAN businessman has turned his hand to farming Australian ostriches, right next door m Johor. Mr Wong
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    • 738 15  -  Tea Pan Lin Talk Of The Town You don't need soap operas when the likes of Carey and Oprah Winfrey open up their past lives and experiences MIXED MEDIA I ll THE current rush of new programmes on Channel 5 spells nothing less than
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    • 256 15 Baby face just can't Believe it Houston, Carey to sing long version of Prince Of Egypt hit SINGERS Whitney Houston and Mariah Carey have said that they will sing the Kenny "Babyface" Edmonds version of When You Believe at the Oscars. This is the latest twist m a controversy which
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    • 957 20  - They are Mad about Maddy ELISABETH GWEE Big Hit After Sunday Plus featured Medaline Tan last week, she received 1,000 website hits but she has eyes only for her daughter and US boyfriend By] RESULTS: i Mac contest Altogether, 10,778 calls were received. Of these, 4,443 gave the correct answers.
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      • 974 3 F/x x li I r X Things to do, places to go, bargains to buy these great off ere for f\ you and your family to enjoy today m this Sunday Classified special W' yf HEPPLEWHITE GALLERY W^f^MMmMl&MimmMm Whether COE up or down it's time to service your car I
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      • 992 5 154 FACTORY/ WAREHOUSE SALES 3 DAYS ONLY! Lelonq brand new furniture 4 ft. TV cabinet 599 Bedroom set (9 pcs.) $299 Single bed (20 pcs.) 529.90 Queen size bed (15 pcs 549.90 -?ss 3 ft. 6 "(10 pcs.) $59 Dining set 6+l (6 pcs.) $99 Sofa set I+l+2 (8 pcs.)
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      • 2129 5 Personal Services Products Business Services Products Vehicles 158 GARAGE SALES 158 GARAGE SALES 158 GARAGE SALES 158 GARAGE SALES 158 GARAGE SALES Today, 9am spm Pick up some real bargains from these advertisers... 1 Lot 1 Antiques, toys, magazines. Lot 18 Toys, clothes, collectibles Lot 38 Stuffed toys, ornaments, Lot
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      • 1426 5 303 AUDI FOR SALE BRAND NEW AUDI A6 2.6 Ouattro at very special price with g'teed. COE. Call 282-8585 Sin Hock Lee, Authorised Audi Dealer. 1 OWNER. '96 Audi A4 1.6 auto. Tax 6/99. 2 airbags. Leather seat. OMV 520.8 K. S/nms. Done 50,000 km. Accident free. *****938 4/'9O AUDI
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      • 585 5 316 HONDA FOR SALE '95 CIVIC ESi, 4-dr. Auto. V-tec, deposit $10K. OMV $21,562. Nice no. plate. Low mileage, only 60,000 km. done. Agent maintained. Accident free. S/ rims. Alarm. 10-pc CD changer. Ong. turquoise green. No repair. $58.8K $800+ x 72 mths. Tel. *****00 $2888 DRIVEAWAY. NO extra cost.
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      • 3704 6 Vehicles 321 LANCIA FOR SALE 321 LANCIA FOR SALE 321 LANCIA FOR SALE 321 LANCIA FOR SALE 325 MERCEDES FOR SALE 328 NISSAN FOR SALE 328 NISSAN FOR SALE 328 NISSAN FOR SALE 328 NISSAN FOR SALE 328 NISSAN FOR SAIE 3/92 BENZ 200E convert E2ooau- j 1 to, full
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      • 657 7 341 SUBARU FOR SALE FEW MTHS. OLD. 1 owner. 7/ 98 tot preza. Manual. Silver. Lew mileage Agt. warranty. Showrm. cond. Tel: 9688-7977/ 458-5111. 3/93 ViVIO GLi. S Jr Sporty red. Beautiful condition. Low depreciation. Loan/ trade-in. Lot 3 Irving Rd. Tel: *****00 Scotts Motors 1 OWNER, END 94lmpreza1.6auto. CD.
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      • 737 7 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE BRAND NEW TOYOTA CORONA 1.6A $98,800 3.15% 7 YEARS *6utt> %i6Ksotediti #01-128 West Coast Way Hong Leong Gdn Shpg Ctr I 779 5581 :^r».To»OT».rororA-rororA BEST DEAL FOR ALL TOYOTA MODELS All kinds PARF or NON-PARF Japanese used cars/ Off Peak/ Continental Iterly Motor Trading Mr Onq
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      • 757 7 344 TOYOTA FOR SALE '90 MODEL CORONA CD auto. 01 transfer. New maroon, s/rims. COE 3/2009. *****82/ 469-5828 1 OWNER 12A95 Corona L6GLI manual, maintained by agt. Good cond. S/rims. $76,800. Pg: 9509-7050 11/96 COROLLA I.6GU Auto. 2 owners, accident free. OMV $22K. COE $47K. $75,800. Tel: 440-9633. 4/'B7 STARLET
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      • 729 7 356 OFF-PEAK CARS II BUY/ SELL ALL WEEKEND/ OFF-PEAK CARS Also normal cars *****19 Mr Soh Kanq Rong Credit Pte. Ltd. No. 2 Kovan Rd. #01-11 Simon Plaza, S *****8 3/94 SUBARU IMPRE2A S/wagon. 2/94 Subaru Justy 1.0 GL. Auto. 2/93 Hyundai Scoupe 1.5. 2-dr. i 11/92 Hyundai Elantra 1.6
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      • 599 7 383 VEHICLES WANTED TRY THE BEST FORGET THE REST T989-1995)apan"ese7 Continental makes. Able to pay any amount of cash. Viewing at your convenience. $2000 more than the market price call Ann (24 hrs) at br.«ii;,«!ttflroi VIEW AT YOUR DOOR-STEP We pay extra high price on all models of cars Consignment
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      • 888 7 383 VEHICLES WANTED CASH ON-THE-SPOT. WE pay high price for all model cars, with without COE (irregardless of owners) for a good offer. COE '2000 Japanese cars welcome. *****00 PROFESSIONAL JUST PASSED the Driving Test needs a vehicle range from 800-l6oocc. With/ without COE. Kindly call Mr Chew 9690-4502 No
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      • 755 7 393 MOTORCYCLES/ SCOOTERS FOR SALE SELLING CHEAP! FN Shadow VTIIOO with full accessories. Immaculate cond. Hp: *****081 12/97 APRILLIA. NEW road tax paintwork. Tip top cond. Asking 59,000. Call 9682-4775 Alvin HONDA M8X125 Selling cheap. S9OO neg. COE 2002. New insurance/ tax. Good cond. 9528-8522 HONDA STEED 400 for sale.
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      • 665 7 Vehicles Properties 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ 404 009-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN7 HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT Rk 1 serviced _M& 1f APARTMENTS I L^j j ~:Z IN THE HEART l < ~-hil e ntlill TOR LEASE FROM ONE WEEK TO ONE YEAR. powers FAR EA ST
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      • 537 7 Pi HOUSE! pj HOLLAND SUITES. 2-6PM. 129 hoiland Rd. New exclusive designer 2 bdrms. Apt. Pool, gym., golf furn Call: 783-1573/ 9303-2857 RW. "ASPEN HEIGHTS" 4 bedrm 1, 3 bedrm. +1. Pool/ city view $4,000 $5,000. Pis. call Winston 252 6897 DW (co-broke welcome) NEWTON MRT. BALMORAL Gate Casa Rosita
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      • 644 7 406 D11& 21 NEWTON/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI PTEAPTS-RENT A CALL TO *****61 2+l Hillview Green Si.ik 2+iSouthavenll $i.2K 3+l Hillview Green SUK 3+l Highgate/Parkview SI.SK 3+l Amston/ Hume Pk SI.SK 2+l Adams Place $i.SK 3/4+ l Chantily Rise SI.SK/S2K 3+l Springdale SI.6K 3+iNorthvale SI.6K 3+l Cashew Hgts SI.7K 2+l Balmoral Gate $2K
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      • 1950 8 Properties 408 012-14 BALESTIER/ 412 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 416 D 22-28 420 HOUSES FOR RENT MACPHERSON/GEYLANG PASIR RIS WEST S, NORTH PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT PTEAPTS-RENT 0.15 JLN. SEA View 2-storev semi-d. 4+2. F/,'en 'vated. Can pk. 4-5 cars. $2300. 9203 0214 agt. 0.14 EUNOS MANSION, 3 rms. 1400 NORTHVALE. 2-4 RMS.
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      • 1042 8 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT EXEC. MAIS. BLK 129 Pasir Ris. F/furn. Aircon. Rental: $1400 neg. Pg. owner *****239. RENTAL SPECIALIST! WHOLE units avail, for rent at all areas. With very good rates. Call 369-3552 WOODLANDS EXEC. APT. Blk 670, MRT/ Sengkang Bik. 123 C. Couple/ profebbional. *****131 Agt.
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      • 1053 8 422 HUDC/ HDB APTS FOR RENT $800. NEAR TIONG Bahn... MRT. 2 rm. 1 hall Moh Guan Terr. Renovated, unfurn. walk-up *****365 Agt. 4-RM. HOUGANG. BRAND new flat. Renovated. Furn./ unfurn. immed. Pg. 9505-2288 Kongqust 426 ROOMS FOR RENT ONLY $550 P/MTH. Common rm. m beautiful, new, 2-bdrm. condo. With
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      • 674 8 426 ROOMS FOR RENT BT. TIMAH NEW condo. Beautiful aircon rm. F/facilities. Convenient trpt Lady owner. Tel: 9835-6949 ANG MO KIO Aye. 3. F/furn. common room. Near MRT/ food centre. 4550-285/ 7588-625 Owner. ROOMS AVAILABLE IN all areas for all races. Immediate stay at reasonable rates. Call: 244-1797. JURONG W.
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      • 887 8 441 DOl-08 441 DOl-08 441 DOl-08 CITY SOUTH-WEST CITY SOUTH-WEST CITY SOUTH-WEST PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE Freehold Condominium No restriction to foreigners V^ Exclusive hilltop location W^£ v^r s^. •2 3 bedroom units tfy >l x^, 915 sq ft to 1.335 sq ft j S/"*v "^/N^ Quality finishes I Asc««. SHOWFLAT
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      • 437 8 445 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE Belmont 35,000 sq.ft. Elevated D.lO Land For Good Class Bunglw. 15,000-40,000 sq.ft. $5M up For those who set standards m life! 38,000 sq.ft. Ideal blend of convenience, privacy luxury Leedon Pk. 19,000 sq.ft. Sprawling gdn. Tropical haven. Pool Cornwall. 20,000 sq.ft. Rare vision
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      • 388 8 445 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND HOUSES -SALE D.lO 8000 SQ.FT. bunglw Beautiful cond. Good facing. Wide frontage. Nice garden. Quiet. Easy access. S3.BM. PH 9804-7165/ 7434-777 S/STOREY BUNGLW. SET m tropical greenery m Leedon Pk. vicinity. 5+2. 25,000/ 5500 sq.ft. Inground pool. *****89/ *****348 C 99 OFF STEVENS RD. 3-storey
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      • 989 9 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTE APTS-SALF. PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE sf~AT F W F IF c/r 1 Lt Li Ej ik.^so!i ji»i dfte J 1 SB' i 'ITS" I 1 -3! fe?-" Exclusive 54 unit development sr r <„ located m
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      • 862 9 446 DO9-10 ORCHARD/ I TANGLIN/ HOLLAND PTEAPTS-SALE D.09 THE CLAYMORE 3348 sq.ft. 4+l. American/ Tanglin Club. $1230 p.s.f. Jan *****820 ERA RARE OPPORTUNITY! THE Capri. F'hold. 753 sq.ft. Best value. Selling with tenancy. Wong *****939 ORCHARD TWR. F'HOLD. High fir. 1970 sq.ft. Foreigners eligible. Near MRT. *****092 CR D.09 ELIZABETH
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      • 2068 9 Properties 150 D11& 21 NEWTON/ 450 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 450 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 450 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 451 Dll 21 NEWTON/ 455 Dl 2-14 BALESTIER/ BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI BTTIMAH/CLEMENTI MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE PTE APTS SALE HOUSES SALE PSCTB^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M Bp>T^^^ "V Ground fir. 1227
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      • 1991 10 456D12-14BALESTIER/ 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 460 015-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COA<;T MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE
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      • 919 11 461 015-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST 461 Dl 5-16 EAST COAST PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE V) LUXURIOUS CONDOMINIUM rururc I imitc Showflah open for viewing daily FORIMMEDIATE idudin9 Sundays Public Holidays OCCUPATION I Tel: *****72 Located at Bayshore Road r BtDCK ll^^^T
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      • 745 11 465 S!7c"!n £H- ANG!/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ 465 Dl 7-18 CHANGI/ PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS PASIRRIS HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES SALE HOUSES SALE The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL
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      • 879 12 Properties 470 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 470 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 470 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 470 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON THOMSON THOMSON THOMSON HOUSES -SALE HOUSES SALE HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE oP'\cXu re- perfect Homes at fv/ttractive Prices Pyt rjj r^ Prestigious 3-storey Terraces and A\ PC 1 V T Semi-detached Bungalows
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      • 1325 12 471 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 471 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 471 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 471 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 471 Dl 9-20 SERANGOON/ 475 D 22-28 THOMSON THOMSON THOMSON THOMSON THOMSON WEST NORTH PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE HOUSES-SALE WOOOGBOVE NEW 3STOREY DETACHED HOUSE 9rHrfl| (AMERICAN SCHOOL) Efl 5554/ 4798 sq.ft EoB P^TP^3
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      • 818 13 475 022-28 475D22-28 WEST&NORTH WEST&NORTH HOUSES-SALE HOUSES-SALE CENTURY Realising v our dream home v-'V/ LJ "3 j AdjaceM tc Singapore American School. J Exciting features including root courtyards and w.ilk-m closet m master bedroom fn hoc ,ippk.ible). J Luxurious built-up ranging from 3064 3239 sq tt. I thin walking distance
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      • 652 13 488 HUDC APTS FOR SALE B B \*mH JBh EUNOSVILLEBLK. 822 coi er ,-t.ais. Well renovated. 3+l rms. Unblocked windy, mins to Eunos MRT/ amenities. Pq *****353 ERA lihl 0m kkvß T-^ 1 BHPIPWiwPBB mL EUNOSVILLE APT. 828. !636 sq.ft. Scacious Kitchen/ bdrms. Parquet, aircon. Opp. MRT/ interchange. Move-in cond.
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      • 1319 13 476D22-28 476 D 22-28 476D22-28 476 D 22-28 476 D 22-28 WEST&NORTH WEST&NORTH WEST&NORTH WEST&NORTH WEST&NORTH PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTEAPTS-SALE PTE APTS "SALE PTEAPTS-SALE Hfc!^l^ySs ßjß BMW Ij^i -^^iJiiM^rn^BBBTBH^ j^-.Tif'-^^lißli [«^|pwa HHHI IBfftj SSI lT>^ Hf^^^fiW Hlr" 1^? m fffll OISEf ■■tlc^ riTTfM^B^^^ I^^^" JBi^fMn I^BBHrBBW^ ■■■SI ~/mr~-~ rrmri i iiMiHi'
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      • 659 13 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) 3 'NG' BLK. 520 Bedok N. High fir. Valued. Convenient. Well kept. Windy. Hurry! 9575-8013 HSR 3 'NG74 'NG' Bedok N. Aye. 3. High fir. Move-in. Near Central/ mkt j Valued. neg. 9227-7788 Fait 3 'NG' BEDOK Blk. 554/ 128. Ceni tralised location/ amenities/
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      • 535 13 494 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BISHAN) ATTRACTIVE CORNER 4 NG Shunfu Blk. 313. Nicely renovated. Spacious aircon. Near mkt/ good schs Contra. $47K grant. 9606-0109 rJrT TODAY 1-4PM. EXEC. Mais. Blk. 134 808. Lift landing. Marble fir./ aircon. Unblocked. 3*l. Contact Thomas 9765-9959/ 9409-8773 2-SPM. EXEC. MAIS. Blk. 404 «03-279.
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      • 600 13 Properties 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKITBATOK) I shortest possible transaction Reliable trustworthy Creative marketing All enquires welcome No empty promises At Your Service WILLIAM WONG NO CASH! SELLING Below valuation! Exec. mais. Blk. 535. Renovateo. Near MRT/ mkt./ sch. Valued S39BK. Must view. *****077 UPL BEAUTIFUL VIEW! 5 T
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      • 715 14 Properties 493 HOB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE iBEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) (BEDOK/CHAICHEE) The Straits Times Classified PROPERTY GUIDE (HDB ESTATES) I X 505
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      • 372 14 499 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CENTRAL/CITY) 5 T BT. Merah Central blk 116. High fir. Move m. Well kept. Morning sun. Near amenities. 9218-3228 5-RM. PT. BLK 104. Spottiswood Pk. Renovated. Good location/ city. Valued S36OK. 9-509 5907 Agt. 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKITPANJANG) F^^m 5 'A' CORNER
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      • 477 14 500 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKITPANJANG) iforeSt] HOUSE 1 11AM.-IPM. ANY OFFER! No cash! New value! 5 T corner Blk. 514 CCX. 4-bdrm. Renovated. MRT/ shpg./ sch. Contra. *****013 UPL HOUSE Hi 14/3/99 3-6PM. BT. Panjang 5 1' corner Blk. 209. 4 'A' corner Blk. 123. Good facing, renovated,
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      • 589 14 500 HOB APTS FOR SALE (CHOACHUKANG/ BUKITPANJANG) OPEN HSE. BY appt. only, 2-spm. CCX Blk 703, 5 T beautiful cond. Sell below value. 9566-3889 DW OPEN HSE. 2-SPM. Corner exec, mais. Blk 135, Cashew Rd. ttO6-129. M.S. facing. Windy. 9666-6358. 3 'A' PENDING ROAD 223. LRT/ un- blocked. Can contra.
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      • 704 14 501 HDB APTS FOR SALE I (CLEMENTI/ WEST COAST) RARE! 5-RM. TEBAN Gdn. 35. 131 sq.m. Large master rm. with study bath tub. Face reservoir. Ameni- j ties. Genuine seller. 9514-5001 RN $500 DEPOSIT! AT value 3 rm. Do- ver Rd. blk. 2. High fir. Face s/pool. New renovation, future
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      • 509 14 SO2 HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) 3 V SIMS Dr. 54. Below value! High fir. MRT. Convenient. Good view. Windy. Serious seller. 9585-2989 3 'NG' ALJUNIED Cres. Valued $136 K. Renovated. Move m cond. MRT/ mkt. Barbara 9517-9257 SH 3 'NG' RARE! Sims Dr. Blk. 62. Mid fir. Facing
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      • 855 14 504 HDBAPTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) TODAY 1-4PM. 4 'NG' corner Blk. 702 High fir. Well renovated. Marble 100% move m. Must view. View by appt. only. *****022 ERA 3+l RMS. HOUGANG Blk. 23. Low fir. Simple renovation. Near amenities. Future MRT/ central. No blockage. Pg. 9324-1135 REA. 5 'I'
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      • 1162 14 505 HDB APTS FOR SALE (JURONG) OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 3pm. spm. Blk. 753 Jurong W. Registration Apr. 5 yrs. Corner. High fir. Unj blocked. F/aircon. Marble. Near i amenities. Must view! Viewing by I appt. only. Pg: 980b-2266 ERA BLK 472, EXEC. mais. Jurong W. 14tn fir., best facing, front
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      • 657 14 506 HDB APTS FOR SALE (KALLANG/WHAMPOA) INDIAN (ALL RACES) ELIGIBLE! 5 'A' corner Blk. 107. Jin. Rajah High fir. S.E. facing. Valued S4O2K Buying/ Selling/ Renting 3/4/5-rm/ Exec, or Properties of any areas Owners/ buyers pls.call Raymond BSc. (NUS) CEHA 463-5767 CR 01 OPEN ill jIHOUSE]| AT 3-SPM. 4-RM. BIK.
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      • 517 14 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE {PASIRRIS/CHANGI) HONG KONG AGENT More connection. Flexible 6 yrs' full tin-,.; HOB resne experience. Retlpro, updated market transacted price HDB Resale Net, pick your resale appointment date 1 responsible result 9317-8767 Mr Chan Sing Kong Real Estate (Licence no. AD4I I 'All races are welcome
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      • 798 15 312 HDB APTS FOR SALE iPASIRRIS/CHANGI) EXEC. APT. CORNER. M 583/ 584 KiHful sea/ pk. view. Tastefully renovated. MRT. 5 yrs. soon. Sole agt. 9595-8559 DW EXEC. APT. BLK. 713. St. 72. Full sea view. High fir. Bright breezy. Liv- ing m paradise! Beautiful home. 99. Hurry! *****804 HSR EXEC.
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      • 1065 15 Sl2 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) EXEC. APT. PASIR Ris Blk. 251/ 240. Low/ high fir. Near sch. 100% move-in. View to offer. *****969 EXEC. APT. ALL you want is Here! 6 years. Marble. High floor! b1k.238. F/ aircon. Move m. 9218 8613 DW EXEC. APT. BLK. 648
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      • 462 15 Sl4 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) lihl 5 T 387, 3-6pm. today. Unblocked, f/aircon. 3+l rms. 127 sg.m. 5 yrs. Malay eligible. Next to Tampines Mart. Face N.E. Valued 5337K BEST OF TAMPINES 5 'A' corner Blk. 339 137 sq.m. 4 bdrms., aircon Nice layout, square hall •■5 years,
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