The New Paper, 30 December 1995

Microfilm: NL20515
Total Pages: 61
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      Leeson won't appeal against sentence
      276 2 ROGUE trader Nick Leeson will not appeal against his six-year jail term. The 28-year-old Briton's disastrous deals brought down Britain's oldest bank, Barings, in February under debts of $1.7 billion. He was jailed on Dec 22 after pleading guilty to two charges of cheating. He
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      Lock icon Another Tory MP defects
      276 2 Reuter, AFP. BRITISH Prime Minister John Major's government suffered a fresh crisis yesterday. This happened when Ms Emma Nicholson, a Member of Parliament for the ruling Conservative Party, defected-to the Liberal Democrats. "Somehow in the '90s, the Conservative Party has taken a wrong turn. I don't
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    • Article
      Major may call for election
      116 2 1995 has been a year of blows for British Prime Minister John Major. But the worst, and perhaps the most fatal, was the one delivered today by Ms Emma Nicholson. The former vice-chair-man of the party has joined the Liberal Democrats, the country's third major
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      No paper on Monday
      89 2 THE New Paper will not be published on Monday, Jan 1, because of the New Year holiday. We will be back on Tuesday, Jan 2. Our Hotline Plus, 1800-*****55, will operate until 1 pm today. On Sunday, you may leave a message on our answering machine
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      30 2 Leisure Weekender: Pages 25-37 TV: Page 43 Comics: Pages 47, 48 r<^ ,'t fajyoecudcvety garf'tv /n/o Meir superior hrftiy Itpfanflur rwk |rt ||T !il UPTDH PIUS MIX rtA. fcmptrwMmjfm(fa wMtea/jaym#
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      We can't jump into politics
      229 4 Why are women politicians so rare in Singapore politics? Nominated MP Kanwaljit Soin speaks up in an article for Trends in the Business Times L hot J A I A Two major hurdles: Invisible, internal barriers, and external constraints. Internal: Culturally, women's primary role is
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      HEADLINERS
      143 4 The Straits Times: Central bank governor impeached Business Times: Capitalisation of S'pore bourse at record $265b Lianhe Zaotoao: 23 companies set up regional HQs here this year Bertta Marian: Singapore continues to attract MNCs RCS morning news: Syrian and Israeli negotiators are extending the peace talks in the US.
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      SM is Man of the Year
      78 4 The 72-year-old Lee is known for his hardline stance and stiff criticisms of Western values, which...remain highly debatable. Mr Lee's knowledge and moral authority have given him a very important position in international politics. Without doubt, he is the most representative heavyweight opinion leader
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    • Article
      DOW JONES
      22 4 The Dow Jones index of 30 blue chips rose 21.32 points (0.42 percent) to 5, 117.12 to close at 5,117.12.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • Article
        Rush for ICs
        80 4 TODAY is the last day for getting new identity cards, and the queues have lengthened at the National Registration Office. By noon yesterday, there were 500 people in the queue, 900 others had got their queue numbers and 500, their collection dates. Hundreds also crowded instant-photo booths
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        SES bans tycoon
        70 4 THE Stock Exchange of Singapore banned Indonesian businessman Johannes Kotjo from being director in any listed company but Van der Horat and ABR Holdings. Mr Kotjo violated SES rules by allegedly telling a news agency about takeover plans for United Pulp Paper, thus driving up UPP's share
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      • Article
        Living it up
        72 4 A BEIJING vice-mayor revealed details of a web of corruption that shattered the reputation of China's capital, saying its disgraced party chief was living it up in retirement. "He has not been locked up," Mr Zhang Baifa said. "His life is better than mine... The treatment he
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Zoe's wedding dress rehearsal?
    413 5  -  THENEWSTODAY By Jessica Leow THE wedding march starts, and Zoe Tay moves effortlessly, looking like a million bucks. With her megawatt smile, she holds her bouquet in one hand while gingerly adjusting her train with the other. She was in Seventh Heaven. You could very well
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • Police, arrest my son
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        Xmas Day misery
        420 6  -  Would you call the police if your son was a criminal? The parents of two men did just that By Rachel Tan IT broke their hearts to call the police but these parents wanted to prevent a tragedy. On Christmas Day, their 27-year-old son, Chew Hock Guan,
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        Son stole from dad
        372 6  -  By Jill Lim WHEN Mr Lim Kam Choon walked into his flat unexpectedly one evening, he was startled. At the same time, his 21-year-old son, Lim See Hor, panicked. Mr Lim, 46, had caught See Hor rifling through his cupboard. The young man had more than
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      228 7 Until now, it may have been %,-W I difficult to determine from the label on a container of Vitamin E whether the product was derived from natural or synthetic sources. The scientific name of natural Vitamin E is d-alpha tocopherol. If you cannot remember this name, there's a label that
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon No more heavy badges for cops
      386 9  -  By Ivy Ong POLICE uniforms are getting lighter even as the officers' responsibilities get heavier. Beginning Monday, embroidered badges will replace the old metal ones on senior officers' uniforms. The change is perhaps more obvious in the junior ranks. From June 1, the junior
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    • Article
      Risky home improvement
      471 10 Yesterday, Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) president Dr Toh See Kiat proposed a new board to keep an eye on renovation contractors. CRISPINA ROBERT speaks to one woman who ended up with shoddy renovation work Contractor wasn't registered Marble floor was stained Power points, lights, sink and
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    • Article
      Playing it smart
      179 10 MANY of Madam Sim's problems could have been avoided if she had: DONE HER HOMEWORK: She should have asked relatives and friends for more information. She should not have been in a hurry to sign an agreement with a contractor just because he had offered her a
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      PROPOSED BOARD
      104 10 A NEW and powerful organisation is needed to keep an eye on the renovation industry, said Case. The organisation should be given the legal right to "handle and solve all disputes arising out of shoddy work by contractors, among other things", said Case president Dr Toh See Kiat
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      CASE COMPLAINTS
      69 10 TO be a Case member, you pay a $25 membership fee (yearly) or $400 life membership. Case can help mediate if there is a dispute between its members and a service provider. If you are a non-member, you can still complain to Case and it will take down
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  • Article, Illustration
    'Tell Alan I'll be home at 3.30'
    628 12  -  SINGAPORETODAY POLICE Police have arrested the driver of the Mercedes. He is a 35-year-old used car dealer. He was slightly hurt and released on $5,000 bail. By Riana Zakik A PHONE call might have saved her life. Unfortunately, it never came. If it
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    This pub fined for selling beer to 3 girls
    314 14  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Khor Su Min THREE teenaged girls have got Ng Yong Hwee into serious trouble. The licensee of Riverbank Restaurant and Pub probably does not even know them. But he was charged with selling alcohol to the three girls, who
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Phuket twins: Full story from Thailand in 2 hours
      410 16 Two reporters race against time to produce their articles. ALETHEA LIM has the details behind two reports featured in The New Paper Story of the Year contest TWO hours was all The New Paper reporter Yvonne Lim had to file her
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    • Article
      SINCE THEN...
      110 16 MR Steven Tan, 31, came forward to say he was the father of the twins. He and his mother, Madam Chua Mong Chee, 51, together with Rebecca Kwek's mother, Madam Chua Ah Leong, brought the babies home from Phuket. Mr Tan and his mother are now looking after
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      Interview with a survivor... and more
      350 16 Story 306 This wouldn't have happened if... Publication date July 3 Reporter: Yaw Yan Chong FEELING the force of nature that had gone wild is how Mr Yaw Yan Chong sums up his reports on the Genting Highlands landslide. The New Paper correspondent spent
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      SINCE THEN..
      89 16 IN September, an inquiry panel ruled that the disaster could have been caused by hill clearing in the area. The panel was set up in Malaysia to investigate the cause of the landslide. The panel also cleared the Genting Berhad gaming group, which developed the resort, of blame.
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  • Article, Illustration
    Traffic cop foils robbers
    423 18  -  DARING JEWELLERY SHOP HOLDUP SINGAPORETODAY CHASE Corporal Tay was armed only with a night-stick, the standard weapon that traffic policemen carry while on duty. But that did not worry him. He caught up with the pillion rider after about 70 m. The man was about 1.8
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • Article
      LOOK WHO'S TALKING
      364 21 Hongkong, a traditionally Cantonese-speaking society, makes Mandarin a part of schools for upcoming shift to Chinese rule FASI FACTS Cantonese is the dialect spoken by 98 per cent of Hongkongers. Mandarin will be compulsory in all Hongkong schools bv the year 2000. THERE'S still IVt years to
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      PATTEN HITS OUT
      71 21 I think that the representativeness of the Preparatory Committee, or the lack of representativeness, expresses China's attitude to the territory,, J think there will inevitably be quite a lot of feeling in Hongkong that it's a great pity China didn't show more trust. Hongkong governor Chris Patten,
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      YOU'VE HEARD OF SINGLISH. BUT HOW ABOUT 'CHINCLISH'?
      103 21 MOST Hongkong schools use English-language textbooks and give English-language exams, but teachers explain the material in Cantonese. The result: Students master little more than what is derisively called "Chinglish." "We must stop pretending that English is not a foreign language in Hongkong,"
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      341 22 For endless fun-filled activities under the sun, Ponggol Marina has everything under one roof. yr' Mr J PPP' ,B *''S^'s jrj I L SlwiJvulHlilHSMl^^BKßijji^^ 4 BBPfe J JMI Ml fr'AHi in M TIT j^==D V V hen was the last time you got away At Ponggol Marina you don't even
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Run again? Yeltsin ponders
      299 23 Reuter RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin emerged from hospital yesterday to meet sightseers in the Kremlin for the first time in two months. But he was not saying yet whether he would run for a second five-year term in June. "I am still thinking about it," he
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      CONTENDERS
      69 23 Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov may be the strongest contender. His party won the Dec 17 elections. Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin may stand if Mr Yeltsin steps down. But he can count on only 55 seats for his centrist Our Home is Russia bloc. Ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has lost some
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      Lock icon 'No babies' sentence
      278 23 Reuter A WOMAN drug addict, who was found responsible for the deaths of three children, has been ordered to have no more babies if she stays an addict. The judge who sentenced her in Monterey, California, said she would face 11 years in prison if she disobeyed.
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      Lock icon US Budget: Gingrich may end stand-off soon
      253 23 Reuter US Congressman Newt Gingrich said yesterday he was ready to let goverment employees return to work without a balanced budget deal. Political pressure has built to end the shutdown of the US government the longest in its history as its effects around
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      Not enough time for family
      440 24 To millions around the world, public confessions of adultery by both Prince Charles and Princess Diana make for fascinating reading. But, to at least one leading British figure, they reflect a bigger problem the family in crisis Pain of parting: The Prince and Princess of
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      Concern at trend
      261 24  -  By Ben Barclay REPORTING FROM LONDON CHURCH leaders have long been concerned about the decline in family cohesion in Britain. No wonder. In a trend similar to the United States, one British marriage in three breaks down. iLittle shame is now attached to being a single mother
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      24 25 h I w Jf til for 4-0. We present 12 icons that are so Singapore, so "us". NwnlpM :I^BreS86ij|Wfe5^ ■•■"?,•'•<•>•'•>• watch—. /Pages 26.27.29.30.31 /P«ges31 wl
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  • weekender
    • COVERSTORY
      • They're your friends, right?
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          THE TCS ACTRESS
          234 26  -  YOU AND ME: You know many of them. In fact, we are sometimes like them, too. The shopper who buys because of free gifts, the karaoke singer who can't sing, and the jogger who can't jog. Read on and chuckle along By Carol Leong ONE day, on
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          HOME KARAOKE ENTHUSIAST
          296 26  -  By Teo Lian Huay LIFE'S mystery No. *****: Why must your closest neighbour who is tone deaf and proud (or ignorant) of it always be the one who has the most fanciful and loudest karaoke set? And has friends with the same passion and deficiency? They are
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          HANDPHONE/PAGERS
          238 26 By Teo Lian Huay YOU can run, but you can't hide. Because you're carrying a pager or/and a handphone. Your boss, your spouse, your children, your insurance agent. You're at their mercy. (Try saying that your pager has died on you, hence you can't return call. And hear them
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          Lock icon KING OF THE ROAD
          221 26  -  By Teo Lian Huay A SUB-SPECIE of bus/taxi drivers who don't look at other motorists. They eyeball them. Seem to dislike women drivers, a feeling which they express in their habit of driving into women drivers' paths and squeezing them out of their existence. Some are
          Fun captions/ Mike Chua  -  221 words
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  • weekender
    • COVERSTORY
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        Discount ah? Must buy
        298 28  -  By Teo Lian Huay MALE and female, of any age. The moment they can mouth the jingle of some fast-food ad and realise that hamburgers come with a toy, they are hooked. Most lethal at designer sales when, amid screams and squeals, they vacuum the shelves
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        THE SLEEPING COMMUTER
        234 28  -  By David Lim ANYONE who uses public transport can be transformed into this creature known as the Sleeping Commuter. Feeling tired? Eyes getting heavy? Yes, the transformation is well underway. The Sleeping Commuters (or Sleepers) are a joy to behold. The MRT is the best place to
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        THE BUFFET FREAK
        245 28  -  By Tan Chye Luan SOME people don't just eat. They buffet. Breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, supper. There is always a buffet spread for the occasion. There's even one for brunch (breakfast-cum-lunch) and tunch (tea and lunch). Check out the popular ones such as the high-tea buffets and
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        Hot numbers
        194 29  -  By Teo Lian Huay WHAT'S in a number? Plenty. It's an obsession. See how people throw good money to acquire auspicious numbers for their telephones, their licence plates, offices and houses. Any number which, when spoken in Cantonese, carries some auspicious meaning, is a number to own. Combinations
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        THREE-IN ONE
        113 29 ANY shampoo worth its lather must carry this tag three in one. Shampoo, conditioner, dandruff control, in one bottle for the price of one. Call it convenient, or it's "worth it", call it anything. It's a marketing strategy that works. There are lots of two-in-one, three-in-one products on
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        THE EAST COAST JOGGER
        228 29  -  By David Lim OBSERVING these joggers is like bird-watching. Wander down the metalled footpaths by the East Coast any weekend, especially between 5 pm and.6.30 pm, and you will find them. This is when they appear to flap their arms and weave in and out of
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        SINGAPORE SIGN
        177 29  -  By David Lim FOR a baffling piece of sign language Singapore-style, check out the broken-down vehicle. In some places in the United States, car owners carry flares to mark the zone near their vehicles. Germans use highly-reflective triangles. In Singapore, the ever-resourceful driver doesn't need to resort to
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        THE ARTS GROUPIES
        173 29  -  By Carol Leong A POST-MODERNIST is sitting at the Olio Dome in Park Mall with some like-minded friends. They've just seen a local play and now want to deconstruct it over supper. But post-modernist is hiccuping and can't stop. Cunning friend tells him: "I'll give you 100
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        Cast your vote and win watches
        198 29 OK, OK, you don't have to confess to be the Sleeping Commuter. Or the King of the Road. We just want your view: Which of the 12 icons featured the person or the object is most Singaporean, the one that best captures "us"? As
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  • DECEMBER Extra
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      Lock icon Myanmar women power
      508 30  -  MYANMAR UNFOLDING They are the unnoted faces of Myanmar. Yet, they will play a critical part in its future. In a special series on the country, The New Paper looks at thie women and youth of Myanmar WHEN a man is asked for a donation, he would
      Reports by YVONNE UM; Pictures by ALVIN TOH  -  508 words
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      BETTER LIFE
      357 30 NOT so long ago, Dr Stella Thetmun Chansu, 51, was just another housewife following her doctor-husband around the country. Today, she's country manager of a hip clothes chain and rakes in monthly more than what an average graduate in Myanmar earns in a year. Trained as a medical
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      WIDER HORIZONS FOR YOUTH
      356 30 IF you're a rich young thing in Yangon, you're likely to be hanging out at the Nawarat Concorde hotel lounge. Rich teens love the lounge (like any in Singapore) for its stage band, still a novelty in Yangon, and the dancing. That's one of the new
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  • Brian Miller
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      Kiss, kiss... urgh!
      87 31 I WISH the people running the MRT would set aside a couple of carriages for the huggers, kissers and cuddlers. I'm talking about the young couples who treat the train seats as if they were their living room sofas or the back seats of their cars. I
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      Eat clams at home
      84 31 I WISH people who frequent pubs and lounges would treat the bar counter with some respect. That long stretch of wood, marble, glass or what-have-you, is there for you to rest your elbows, your glass, the ash tray and, maybe, a bowl of peanuts. If you
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      Not together, please
      120 31 I WISH taxi drivers weren't such a closely-knit group of people. It's all right to be fiercely loyal, but it irks me when they insist on doing everything together. Sad to say, that's what it has become. Even their bowel movements are co-ordinated. I mean, how else
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      I wish, I wish, I wish...
      108 31 Tomorrow's the day. New Year's Eve. Come night-time, it'll be dinner for some. Dancing for others. It's also the time to make resolutions for the year ahead. I won't bother. It's pointless. I never keep them. However, and just to get into the spirit
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      Blacklist croakers
      133 31 I WISH that pub owners with karaoke facilities would get together and compile a blacklist of people who should be allowed to sing only in their bathrooms with permission from the neighbours, of course. The list will have names, a brief description and mugshots of people who insist
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      81 31 I WISH TCS would open their ears to public outcry and do something about the plots or sub-plots in its drama serial, Triple Nine. As it is, they're throwing a spanner into the police recruitment drive. However, the flipside looks good. If all WPCs especially
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      58 31 I WISH bartenders would be more specific in their questions. Otherwise, improve their pronunciation. I recently went to a bar and asked for a beer. The barmaid said: "Laugh." So I laughed. She stared at me. Annoyed. "Don't play joke," she chirped. "You want laugh beer or
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      93 31 I WISH waitresses at coffee houses would not ask me stupid questions. There I am, famished. I ask for a pork chop. She takes my order and disappears. Minutes later, she returns and says: "You ordered pork chop, huh? That one got pig, you know." Dearie, of
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    43 34 Crabs for dinner, Sir?: Some raffia string and a borrowed corner at a bus shelter are all that this elderly man needs to set up his crab business in Sandakan, Sabah. Talk about enterprising spirit and that's no crap! PICTURE SIMON KER
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      330 36 Gloria Canales, a 40-year-old Peruvian businesswoman, has been arrested on charges of heading a syndicate that smuggled up to 10,000 Asians and Latin Americans into the US through its elaborate network of corrupt officials in Central and South America. She awaits trial in Honduras where
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      120 36 AFP. A STORE worker lost his temper over Christmas bonuses and stabbed 10 people as he ran through a supermarket in Birmingham, England yesterday. Police said three of his victims suffered serious knife wounds and were in hospital. Police arrested the attacker, a man
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      134 36 CANALES reportedly charged up to $8,500 a head for the Indians and Chinese picked up by her contacts in India and China. They would often be flown to Ecuador to the capital, Quito, or to the port city of Guayaquil, where she would put them up in
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      127 36 US officials believe about 100,000 nonLatin Americans are smuggled into the United States through Central America each year. People-smuggling is not a crime in most of these countries and their officials are being bribed to help. A US report says in the past year "the immigration directors
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      254 37 Denny Kantano Anthomus (INA) Thomas Lund (DEN) Susi Susanti (INA) Camilla Martin (DEN; Jon-Hoist Christensen (DEN) Men's Doubles Champions Mixed Doubles Champion Ladies' Singles Champion Ladies' Singles Champion Men's Doubles Champion Chinese-Taipei Open (Jan '95) Korean Open (Jan '95) Yonex Japan Open (Jan '95) Swiss Open (Mar '95) Swiss Open
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      823 40 12.30 PM Saved by the Bell: The New NOON Twins at St Clare's (Cartoon) 2.00 PM Baby It's Yeu (Documentary) 1.00 PM Golf Ryder Cup 95 (Sports) Class-The Class of 2020 12.30 PM Ninja Boy Raiitarou (Cartoon) 3.00 Flavours of France 3.30 Chen San Wu Niang (Hokkien ,m L l
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      1023 41 hsmjijhci PfTOTTui«■■■■■ ITral IJ:'"JN:U r4HH 6.00 AM Rewind (Music) 6.00 AM Eastern Magazine (Magazine) 8.00 AM TV Innovations: Revolutionary 9.00 AM The Count el Monte Crista 7.00 AL's Time Travellers 6.30 The Xiao Gong Fa Exercise Home Shopping (Animation) "Mesopotamia" (Info-Educational) (Instructional) 11.00 Natnral Wonders of Enrope "Natnral 10.00 SMniag
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    480 44  -  Etcetera WITH RAHUL PATHAK EXIT 1995, pursued by guilt. Events during the last fortnight of this dying year have left a bad taste in the mouth. Many Singaporeans are stepping gingerly into with a conscience that pinches like an ill-fitting shoe. Before them stands the snivelling,
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      118 44 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bm Watterson rYEAK. I'M RESOLV\MG TO JVJST WN6 \Y AND SGE STMVKG V^r" y ST\CX Adam/Brian Basset r 1 I lUAMKMQUTOR jTHtUOTWIHEBATW- W. \6QMKaWa. I THATVIK \Att>sWti\iG Up YwwmiT \m smw." fill?II IfIHIJL FOXtrOt/Bill Amend AT THE COM- I MOM CONVINCED Mt THAT II THAT'S I 60ESS
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      372 47 2090 Personal Services/ 2090 Personal Services/ Products Piudustt —a—■— 1 l HDB SPECIAL OFFER! H CERAMIC 3-rm. 4-rm 5-rm. Ceramic $2000 $3000 $4000 Broken $2600 $3800 $5000 MwM« Old h'se: Kitchen 2 toilets, ceramic flooring $1300 Cornices ft light holder. Can start work immadiatalyl Tel: *****18 Lie: HB-05-1190-D RDM FOOT
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      254 47 2615 Lecturing/ Teaching PoeMone RELIEF TEACHER wanted to teach Accounts/ English in upper sec. classes Deyi Sec. (A M. Kio St. 42). <xx ><><><><> Interested persons with at least "A" levels pis. call *****08 2618 Tutoring Poeitiona lIMMED ASSIGNMENTS FOR GROUP TEACHING AT BOON LAY FROM PRI. TO 'A' LEVEL
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      150 48 2300 Vahlcl— 2300 Vahlcl— J protarj I 6/1993 PROTON ISWARA FOR SALE I 1 teacher owner, excellent cond. I Below mileage, agt. maintained, pte. carpark I Asking $55,000 0.n.0. ON SATURDAY ONLY: I View: Temasek Sec. Sch. canteen 1 3 pm. ON SUNDAY ONLY: I For enquiries, kindly: contact 449
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      188 48 2630 Sal— Positions required for Porcelain shop. Must spaak English fluently. $800 p From 10.30 am to II 7pm. Sundays off. Address: 13 Chun Tin Ct Opp. Baautyworld Bt Timeh. T»l: 466-3421 Supermarket urgent request RETAR. EXECUTIVES (Preferably between 20-30 yr« old) FULU PART-TIME SALES ASSOCIATES (Preferably between 16-25 yrs
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      233 49 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 2642 HoteV Restaurant/ 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions Lounge Positions i ——————=^===aa THE BASEMENT PUB THE LATEST UNDERGROUND ENTERTAINMENT PUB IS OPENING SOONIt ME REQUIRE: Captains Bar Men St Bar Maid Waitresses EXPERIENCE NOT NECESSARY PART-TIMERS WELCOME!!! COME PERSONALLY FOR INTERVIEW FROM 12 NOON TO
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      83 52 LIFE'S AJOURNtY. f jJm r i a f/i| M a&fKM^Sk& _•>< f Kv^r* < iia Ml 3^F B jSjS 'i' Ml Pi fl 1 Ml^fV |illl mRRHHHIHHHHHHSHHBBHHHHv SPORTS CONNECTION PTE LTD Ho««l—«r— repair. A ratoil at: #01 -22 Shaw Leisure Gallery Tel: 298 9435 ui^nc ORMMMH #02-01 Far East Plaza
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    554 53  -  SPORTS/RACING PREVIEW/ By The Three Musketeers WITH three seconds from as many starts, Lazzara gets his chance to go one better when he lines up against nine others in Race 3 at Bukit Timah tomorrow. The son of Kingdom Bay, who came with a
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      588 55 NYT. IT was the year of the tear in tennis. If it wasn't Pete Sampras breaking, it was Steffi Graf, or Monica Seles, or Todd Martin, or Tom Gullikson. All that lost composure helps explain why 1995 was also a year of resurgence for the
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      IA out to prove a point
      385 56  -  PREMIER LEAGUE HOCKEY: IA V SRC (Delta Stadium. 5 nm. today) THEEifIATipN This is SRC's last league match. If it wins it is virtually assured of the title. But if it draws or loses, then SCC and Police have a chance of taking the
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      BATTLE OF THE STICKS: HARVINDER (IA) V JUDE FELIX (SRC)
      112 56 HOW THE FANS RATE THEM It's simply lovely to watch this Harvinder. But at times, he tends to goreng (over-dribble) too much. Shill-wise, he can match Jude any day but he loses out on reading and experience. Sheikh Abdul Kader,
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      180 56 Reuter. BRITISH triple jump world champion Jonathan Edwards was voted "Champion of the Champions 1995" by the influential French sports daily L'Equipe yesterday. Edwards, who became the first man to break the 18 metres barrier at the World Championships in Gothenburg, received 183 points from the
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      All is not lost
      607 57 g&TURDAirj mzM How deep is the depth of football talent in Singapore? Judging from 1995, particularly the Lion City Cup tournament, JEFFREY LOW says there is reason to believe that... ON seven September nights of 1995 I plodded down to Jalan Besar thinking, when would Singapore
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      No worthy winner
      213 58  -  THE NEW PAPER-PIONEER FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR AWARD AWARD NQI TO BE GIVEN THIS YEAR Stories/. Jeffrey Low THE Pioneer-New Paper annual "Footballer of the Year" award will not be given out this year. The reason: There's no one worthy of the award. Mr Michael Chua, The
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      WHAT JITA SAYS
      108 58 "YOU can't give anyone such a prestigious award when the Lions were not in consistent form last year." So said former national coach Jita Singh on why there should be no "Footballer of the Year 1995" award. "You can't use the Premier League as a yardstick because
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      Young ones deserve it
      306 58 NFW AWARD FOR U-2 Is NEXT YFAR ATTENTION all young would-be football stars. Show your potential, and you could end up being selected as Singapore's Young Footballer of the Year. Starting in 1996, the annual award will honour the best of all Singapore footballers under 21
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      ONE MORE TO 100
      712 59  -  NEW YEAR FIXTURES MONDAY Coventry v Saints Leeds v Blackburn Liverpool v Forest Man City v West Ham Boro v Villa Sheff Wed v Bolton Spurs v Man U Wimbledon v Everton TUESDAY Newcastle v Arsenal QPR v Chelsea IBBMlHfli ov IAN BROWN LAN BROWN previews
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      'Oh no, not United again'
      627 60 MATCH OF THE DAY MAN U v QPR, Live on Premiere 12, 11pm tonight Man U's going to win the title again. Oh, give me a break, says CHRIS MATYSZCZYK in his preview of the weekend matches RING out the old year. Ring in the
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      Arsenal misses the Bergkamp touch
      331 60 ARSENAL WIMBLEDON So you're an Arsenal player. Somehow you're glad that 1995 has come to a close. Especially if you're goalkeeper David Seaman. Nayiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmmm! (In the European Cup-Winners' Cup final in May, Nayim lobbed the ball over Seaman from just 10 metres inside Arsenal's half
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