The New Paper, 27 January 1996

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    • 386 2 Km I it^— —i—ll— JURY A grand jury is a panel made up of up to 23 citizens. The jury will have to decide whether there is enough evidence to charge an individual with a crime. Source:
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    • 85 2 THE case centres on the Clintons' involvement in a money-losing land development project called Whitewater and a failed bank owned by their business partner. All the events took place while Mr Clinton was the Governor of Arkansas in the 1980s. Mrs Clinton, a lawyer, alfeo did some
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    • 87 2 SHE exuded confidence and composure as she appeared from the courthouse. But her appearance before the grand jury is something that her husband, President Bill Clinton, could do without, especially in an election year. After all, she is the first wife of a sitting US president ever compelled
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    • 131 4 f HOT ii MUSIC while you wait. This is what commuters at the new Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange can look forward to. There will also be bum rests on queue railings for their comfort. The interchange is below the Woodlands MRT station. You can
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    • 77 4 Empathy for the underdog is weak; a generosity of spirit, missing. Acknowledge this for a start. The Straits Times, in an editorial attacking the lack of social graces among certain Singaporeans. It said parents, assuming they are well-adjusted themselves, should make the effort to teach their
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    • 15 4 The Dow Jones industrial average jumped 54.92 points to finish at 5,271.75 yesterday.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 81 4 THE US will direct its Seventh Fleet to cruise the Taiwan Strait in March, a Hongkong paper said. US military sources were quoted as saying this was to ensure that Taiwan's first presidential elections run smoothly without threats from China. The US State Department declined
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      • 88 4 IRAN has blown the cover of a $25 million American Central Intelligence Agency plot against its government. It is taking action, though the mission, an idea of House Speaker Newt Gingrich that was secretly approved on Dec 31, is not even under way yet. Iran
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      • 82 4 THE Singapore Symphony Orchestra's long-time music director Choo Hoey will leave his post on Aug 1. Mr Ch00,61, has been with the orchestra since its formation 17 years ago. He will now be Conductor Emeritus, and so will conduct the SSO in several programmes and select a
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      • 89 4 MALAYSIA'S import boom sent its trade deficit soaring to $890 million last October. The deficit hit $5.42 billion for 10 months seven times that for the 1994 period and just over official estimates for the full year. A wider deficit weakens the currency, cutting value from
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    • 82 4 The Straits Times: Contain-China advocates 'put countries at risk' Business Times: Malaysia's trade deficit soars 7-fold to Ms9.Bb Lianhe Zaobao: Jiang Zemin: Resuming sovereignty over Hongkong is first step to reunification process of China Berita Harian: Package to promote Indonesian exports RCS morning news: US closely monitors the situation
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    • 371 5 Although men fight shy of donating to the National Sperm Bank, SEOW SU KIAN finds a couple delighted to have a child by an unknown biological father TWO years ago, administrative assistant Madam Lee gave birth to a boy. She does not know who
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    • 202 5 MADAM Ln: "We never worry that my husband ie net my eon's biological father. My husband loves Jonathan very much and treats him aa hia own. The issue never crops up." Mi Katleeal Sperm Beak: A sperm donor Donors are also not told whether they have successfully fathered a
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    • 53 5 1990: 51 volunteers; 16 accepted. 1992: 20 volunteers; five accepted. 1993: Six volunteers; three accepted. Last year: One volunteer, who was accepted. The sperm bank is launching a publicity campaign. Its target: NUS and NIE students. Said a hospital spokesman: "We chose this group because there is a ready
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    • 156 6 What does a donor go through at a sperm bank centre? Reporter ERNEST LUIS checks out the procedure A NURSE takes you to the sperm bank office inside KK Hospital. It is the size of a three-room Jlat. She gives you a small bottle and a re-sealable
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    • 196 6 A DONOR will have to take two blood tests and give five sperm samples before his sperm can be accepted. The blood tests check for diseases. Doctors check the quality of the sperm using the sperm samples, said Dr Loh Seong Feei, coordinator of the sperm donation drive.
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  • 311 9  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Chan Seet Fun PHEE Ai Cheng ruled every minute of the maid's life from the moment the maid woke up at 5.30 am to 9 pm when she went to bed. She mapped out a schedule fixing precisely what Ms Vivian Collado was expected to
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    • 365 11  -  By Julie Leong Jj The worms live in peat moss (more moist than soil), f covered by a piece of carpet and sealed with a BT, plastic cover. Food is put in and left 1 pj, for worms to digest. I 4|JJ E Empty tray catches 5 any
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    • 67 11 SINGAPOREANS produce over 7,000 tonnes of rubbish every day. The rubbish is burnt, then buried, but we are running out of space. Soon, our rubbish will be dumped into the sea at Pulau Semakau. The area will be protected at a cost of over $1 billion so impurities
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    • 63 11 WANT to recycle? Here's what you can do: Take your empty tin cans, plastic and paper to recycling points at some BP stations and MKT stations at Raffles Place and Yishun. There are recycling points in Jurong, Holland Village and other town centres. Clean cans and bottles
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    • 392 13 Cabby Lee Khong Huang, 45, quit his job as an electrician because he thought laying wires was too dangerous. But after nine months of driving his cab, he was nearly strangled by two passengers who tried to rob him on Thursday. RACHEL TAN reports WHEN
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    • 56 13 THE Commander of Jurong Police Station, Deputy Superintendent Denis Tang, commended Mr Abdul Rahim, the passer-by who helped Mr Lee and led police to the suspects. He said: "We hope others will also emulate him. Help search for, but do not confront, the suspects. Inform the police officers
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    • 314 15  -  We don't want to tell her that her classmate's dead, says survivor's father. "It will be too much of a shock. She cannot take it." By Crispina Robert A STUDENT was killed and another badly hurt when a car hit
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    • 62 15 A POLICE spokesman said the two students were crossing at the traffic light junction of Commonwealth Avenue and Clementi Road when the accident happened. A car, which was travelling towards Clementi Road, hit them. It is not known whether the lights were in the victims' favour. Details of
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    • 228 17 A year after opening for business, some tenants of Little India Arcade are complaining of poor business and demanding a big rent reduction. BERNARD PEREIRA reports NINE tenants of Little India Arcade are demanding that their rent be halved. The tenants claimed business was bad because
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    • 102 17 MR Anthony Yip, assistant general manager with DBS Land, of which RIL is a subsidiary, said the tenants agreed to the rental rate when the leases were signed in 1994. There was great demand for the units then. Normally, rentals are revised only after three years. "The place
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    • 446 18 Representatives of various organisations get together to discuss how to handle cases, usually difficult or complex ones. They will decide best ways to investigate, treat and rehabilitate victim and his/her family. This means that: •Victims don't have to make unnecessary repeat visits to organisations. (See
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    • 113 18 IT was decided that each Child Protection Team would have about seven members, including teachers, police officers, medical professionals and social workers, to help victims of child abuse. This idea came from the Chapter of Psychiatrists, Academy of Medicine, Singapore and SAFV's Child Abuse Research Action Team
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  • 278 21 Malaysia says: MALAYSIATODAY Bernama Malaysia is in no hurry to establish diplomatic ties with Israel. It will only do so once the on-going peace process between Israel and Syria is completed. The clarification was made by Foreign Ministry Secretary-General Tan Sri Ahmad Kamil
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  • 346 22 I^^RAMO^ORDER^NVE^G^O^J WORLDTODAY Reuter. THEY'RE Chinese ships... No, we're not sure...It could be pirates. A gunboat fight off Luzon island has sparked confusion over who was the identity of the alleged aggressor. First, the Philippine armed forces said in a statement two Chinese ships had
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    • 58 23 I Move over, neighbourhood nannies. Shops, restaurants and entertainment complexes are playing baby-sitter. And finding that there's good money to be made. Some look after t your children while you shop and eat, others offer Nr drop-off centres where you can leave them for a few hours. I^mt£stir," i !^BBIP^
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 472 24  -  REPORTS By YAMUNA PERERA MINDING children is no longer child's play. Corporate baby-sitting services are now being offered in addition to regular neighbourhood ones. From the Orchard Road belt to River Valley and Suntec City, they seem to be sprouting. They have supervisors to
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      • 375 24 THE BIG QUESTION: To leave or not to leave a child at a play area while the parents do their own thing? Two mothers give their views GOOD IDEA "CHILDREN can be innocent bloodsuckers," lamented Madam Oh Siew Ten, 29, an administration assistant. "At shopping centres, they
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      • 116 24 THE NTUC Child Care's Family Place At Liang Court offers a drop-off facility for children between 1 Vi and seven years old. Supervisors: Two staff members will take care of a maximum of 15 children. Fee: Non-members pay $6.50 for first hour and $5.50
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      • 74 24 KIDZ Station at Forum The Shopping Mall provides what they term a "walk-in session", a three-hour play group programme. For children 18 months and above. Supervisors: Staff of two for a maximum of 12 children Fee: $10 an hour per child Attractions: Singing, story-telling, role play and
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 338 26 BABY-SITTING for customers is not all sugar and spice, as a Hongkong children's wear company discovered. Its first outlet here, under the name Popi Kids, was used as a child-care place of sorts by some parents who left their children at its play corner. They
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      • 226 26 DESPITE problems, the play corner is still sound business strategy for the company which has the same feature in most of its outlets in Canada and Hongkong. Mrs Jackie Park, Popi Kids Singapore manager, said the Northpoint outlet had 200 to 300 regular
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      • 371 27 AN adult would feel like Gulliver crashing in on a private party for little people. The buffet table was knee-high and laden with goodies including fries, chicken nuggets, fried noodles and ice cream in a silver champagne bucket. Tiny chairs and tables. Toys, crayons
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      • 97 27 CHILDREN have a special place at other hotels, too. At Novotel Orchid Singapore, while parents enjoy Sunday Champagne Brunch at the Tropics Garden, children five years and below are bundled off to the Limelight Karaoke Lounge at no extra charge. There, they can stuff themselves with
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      • 175 27 CLINICAL psychologist Gerrian Wuts said it is healthy for parents to take occasional breaks from their children. "It is very important for them to interact as husband and wife, not just as mummy and daddy. Especially, since when kids grow up, they eventually leave the nest. "Parents who
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  • spotlight
    • 154 29 Wondering how to get around without a car or taxi this festive season? Here's the SMRT's "hongbao" to Singaporeans: The Woodlands MRT extension will begin its run on Feb 10. But wait other goodies are in store, too. YVONNE LIM and LEE HUP KHENG lay these
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    • 326 29 FASTER THE MRT will cut travel time from Yishun to Choa Chu Kang by almost two-thirds. What was a one-hour haul will become a 21-minute hop. It may be even faster than driving there. That's just one of the bonuses commuters will enjoy with the
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  • Brian Miller
    • 296 30 THEY call themselves The Cuban Boys. But don't for a moment believe that they're an all-male outfit. They aren't. You see, lead vocalist Mayra Leon-Garzon is all woman from her dreadlocks to the soles of her dancing feet. I understand that she gained most
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    • 123 30 THERE'S a "machine" that's doing "mischief' at Boulevard Hotel's lounge. But, I understand, the patrons at this outlet don't seem to mind. I'm talking about the Manila Machine the latest group to take the stage at Mischief Pub. This six-piece outfit from Manila is
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    • 211 30 THERE'S a new watering hole in Katong and it could turn out to be a crowd-puller. Called The Basement, it's located in the basement where else? of Seaview Hotel. According to one of its three owners, Mr Desmond Wong, the pub hopes to
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    48 33 PICTURE CHOO CHWEE HWA SEEN MY HAIR DRYER?: Rain or shine, when you have to run, you just do it. But it's a wise guy who keeps his hair dry. A Nike road relay participant at Macßitchie Reservoir last week has got it all in the bag.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 321 34 AFP. THE Duchess of York has the dubious honour of being the first British royal to be sued for not paying her debts. Indian-born socialite Lily Ratan Mahtani says the Duchess has not paid up $214,000, the Sun daily news paper said. The paper said it
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    • 133 34 Reuter. PAKISTAN has accused India of firing two rockets at a mosque in Pakistani-held Azad Kashmir yesterday. The attack killed 19 worshippers including three children, it said. About 3,000 people had gathered at the area for a "Black Day" procession to mark India's republic
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    • 189 35 JANUARY 28 (Sunday) FEBRUARY 11 (Sunday) 1 Music Station M 1.00pm Music Station 1.30pm Doll Ballooning 2.00pm Yamaha Music 2.00pm Rhythmic in Harmony Performance 3.00pm Fashion Show Hunt Prize Presentation 4.00pm Tenant's Time 3.00pm Jurong Point World Best M 0 (Cinderella) H B V uLTV a fl 4|HWiHi^^| 1.00pm Music
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      50 37 Breaking the ice: A fireman in the Dutch town of Roermond uses an axe to try and free a grebe (a short-winged diving bird) which is stuck in a frozen lake. Extremely cold weather over the past few weeks has struck various parts of northern Europe. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 186 37 Reuter. American officials yesterday rejected again a demand from Thailand for AIM-120 air-to-air missiles. They said Washington will not be the first arms seller to introduce such a high-tech weapon into South-east Asia. The AIM-120, costing $700,000 each, was used with devastating effect against Iraq's
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    • 182 38 AFP. EGYPT'S eye bank has been rocked by scandal. Officers have been found removing corneas from corpses. Without getting permission of relatives of the dead. Set up in 1986, the eye bank's illegal activities are being investigated by police. The scandal came to light when
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    • 274 38 INDONESIA'S award-win-ning director Wim Umboh, regarded as one of the best in the country, has died. Mr Wim, 63, was in a Jakarta hospital where he died on Wednesday. He had suffered a stroke and was also a diabetic, reported Berita Harian today. Mr Wim was
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  • 586 53 H H [SATURDA/J I^SPOTLIGHT^fl SPORTS You know that the place to be seen at this weekend is the Johnnie Walker Classic at the Tanah Merah Country Club. But then you do not play golf. Worse, you know nothing about the sport. What then
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    284 54  -  JOHNNIE WALKER BY Brian Miller GREG Norman, the worlds" No 1 golfer, has been called many things. ■J. Arrogant. Money-minded. ;•&< Proud, Now, there's another to i add to the lift: Magnanimous. South Norman didn't need a second invitation. f- "Ernie? Easy," he said. "He is what I
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    • 257 55 THANK you Chua Guan Soon. Had it not been for him, Singapore would not have been represented in the final two rounds of this year's Johnnie Walker Classic. Chua sneaked in to make the cut which was set at 143 when he carded
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    • 165 55 134 Ernie Els (South Africa) 67 67 135 Olle Karlsson (Sweden) 66 69 136 Paul Eales (Eng) 69 67 137 Anthony Painter (Aust) 67 70, Darren Clarke (Eng) 67 70, Wayne Riley (Aust) 70 67, Andrew Coltart (Scot) 69 68, lan Woosnam (Wales) 69 68, Fred Couples
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    • 100 55 For those of you planning to catch the action on Day 3, here are some of the "select" flights that you might want to follow: 9.30 am (First tee): John Daly, Russell Claydon, Doug Dunakey 10.30 am (first tee) Fred Couples, lan Woosnam, Wayne Riley 10.40 am
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    • 80 55 The Johnnie Walker Classic is held at the Garden Course, Tanah Merah Country Club. The Garden course: 6,455 metres, 18 holes, Par 72 It is adjacent to Changi Airport and is a 10-minute drive from Changi Village. If you're coming from there, drive along Changi Coast Rd. If
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    • 50 55 Asia One is the official web site for the Classic. Scores will be updated every hour today and tomorrow. The information can be accessed on the Internet on this page: http://www.asia 1 .com.sg/golf. There's also information on the tournament, the players and a description of the course
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    • 213 56 i FA CUP FOURTH ROUND SPURS v WOLVES THE fourth round of the Cup. Heightened excitement. The possibility of more upsets. Ah, but, I have a perfectly unreasonable, sneaky feeling about this one. Mark McGhee has tried to tread gently in his first few weeks at Wolves.
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    • 502 56 REAPING v MAN DTP AND so Manchester United carries on the strange journey through the season. This will not be easy. Reading was highly competent when Mark McGhee was its manager. Now, with Northern Ireland international Jimmy Quinn at the helm, it can still threaten. United has at
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    • 81 57 WHAT'S G0NE How yesterday's main matches went (seedings in bold): MEN (s-finals) 5 Michael Chang (US) bt 2 Andre Agassi (US) 6-1,6-4, 7-6 (7/1) 4 Boris Becker (Ger) bt Mark Woodforde (Aus) 6-4, 6-2, 6-0 There will be a delayed telecast of the men's final between Boris Becker
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    • 671 57  -  AGASSI LEFT BEWILDERED By Norman Stevens REPORTING FROM MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA Day? Well, you must be kidding. It looked more like China Day down under yesterday. And maybe they were even eating noodles and rice and chop-suey at the Yarra riverside barbecue bars! The Australian of
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