The New Paper, 6 February 1996

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  • 12 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6 1996 MITA (P) 024/04/95 60 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 359 2 WHITEWATER TRIAL Wire services Biltsinton can t>e asked fco testify at a criminal' trial involving a former a&ociate, a White House jafffaal said on Monday^ A defendant in a Whitewater criminal trial had asked an Arkansas court's permission to subpoena the President and a federal
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    • 79 2 FIRST Lady Hillary Clinton was grilled for four hours before a grand jury on Jan 27. It was investigating a controversy linked to the Clintons' financial affairs during their days in Arkansas in the 1980s. She said that most of £he questions revolved around billing records from a
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    • 69 2 Wire services. 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. A grand jury is looking into whether
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    • 381 3  -  By Riana Zakir YOU do not normally see flying egrets, swaying casuarina trees and the sea when you make a police report. But you will in rural Kranji at Singapore's last residential police post. Corporal Lum Yoon Kiong, 42, is Singapore's last policeman
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    • 125 3 CORPORAL Lum's family loves the se renity of Kranji, but misses having neigh bours. His 14-year-old son, Wei Khuan, said: "I cycle and play catching with my sister instead." His classmates who come to his house for a barbecue envy his spacious home and its
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 136 4 HOT STORIES FROM now on, School Health Service doctors who screen Primary 1 pupils every year will also look out for emotional and behavioural problems. The annual medical checks started last month. At such examinations, doctors usually check for eyesight, hearing and other physical problems. A teacher must
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    • 56 4 THE Health Ministry recorded more than 11,000 visits by under- 18s seeking psychiatric help in 1993 about a quarter more than in 1992, when there were 8,700 visits. Dr Cai Yiming, head of the department of child and adolescent psychiatry, said that last year, 2,204 new cases
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    • 213 4 STI INDEX SURGES TO ALL-TIME HIGH WHAT NEXT? The Straits Times Industrials Index surged 15.84 points to an all-time high of 2,484.01 yesterday. Brokers said the stock market was buoyed by an influx of foreign funds. Reason The markets are looking more favourable after the US central bank cut its
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    • 14 4 The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 33.60 points at 5,407.59 yesterday.
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    • 22 4 The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 9.7 points to 2493.71 points at 9.15 this morning from yesterday's close of 2484.01
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 73 4 THERE may be fewer car Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) for the 12 months starting this April. Trade estimates put it at 27,095, based on fewer cars scrapped last year and a three per cent increase allowed in vehicular population. The new annual quota will be 10
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      • 61 4 INDONESIA plans to sell off state-owned companies that are losing money and list the profitable ones on the stock exchange. A Finance Ministry official said there were more than 200 state-owned companies and some of them were unprofitable. Industry and Trade Minister Tungky Ariwibowo said yesterday
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      • 58 4 CHINA seems set to start a military exercise this week, involving 400,000 infantry, air force and navy personnel in coastal areas opposite Taiwan. Quoting unnamed sources, Hongkong newspaper Sing Tao Daily said yesterday the drill, which could last a month, showed the determination of China's military
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      • 62 4 SOME nightclubs here have hired women to act as bouncers or security officers. The Nova group now have female officers at their Canto and Fire discos. The women were hired mainly to deal with girls causing trouble. Other managers agreed that sometimes a softer approach worked well,
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      • 63 4 GERMAN Chancellor Helmut Kohl is pushing to turn the Group of Seven of the world's richest industrial nations of the US, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada into a Group of Eight, with Russia's full admission. The Financial Times quoted him as saying in
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    • 82 4 The Straits Times: Huge China drill likely this week Business Times: Syndicates ramping up M'sian IPOs: brokers Lianhe Zaobao: Singapore and the US must accept differences of views between the two countries and work closely together, says Singapore-US Consultative Group Berita Harian: China military drill near Taiwan RCS morning
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 314 5 The magnificent Red Arrows were on a 15 minute-long display at the Asian Aerospace '96 at Changi Exhibition Centre yesterday. ALETHEA LIM reports on this press preview with a difference SHOW INFO WHAT: Asian Aerospace '96 WHEN: Feb 10 and 11 WHERE: Changi Exhibition Centre TICKETS:
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    • 384 5  -  By Ben Barclay REPORTING FROM LONDON THE Red Arrows leader knows the consequences of one tiny mistake. So he and his team never make one. A while ago, I flew in the back seat of one of the Hawk fighter/trainers. And the stunts the
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    • 473 6  -  FROM PAGE 5 By Alethea Lim STAFF Sergeant Alice Webb belongs to a special breed. She is one of the few women avionics specialists in the US Air Force. One in 30 avionics specialists in the US Air Forcc is a woman, said S/Sgt Webb.
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    • 91 6 IN our Asian Aerospace contest last Friday, more than 700 callers to the Infoline correctly identified the four aircraft. The answers are: Picture A A-4SU Picture B Dassault Mirage 2000-C Picture C Sukhoi SU-27 Picture D Canadian CL-415 "Super Scooper" Twenty of those who made the correct matches
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    • 88 6 Congratulations to the winners of the Shiseido Benefiance Golden Draw IST PRIZE A Poh Heng gold and diamond necklace worth $3,000 was won by Ms Esther Seng NRIC No. *****71 G 2ND PRIZE A Shiseido Benefiance gift set worth $500 and a $200 Tangs voucher were won by Mrs Anna
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 153 7 Panasonic introduce a television with GAOO technology behind it. CaAQO ■■■i *j ||S (TYPE 29) TX-29GA30X W^r 3-D WOOFER WORLD 21 -SYSTEM COMPATIBILITY FAST TEXT CATV COMPATIBILITY WITH 100-POSITION Panasonic launched the GAOO Wide DDD, the technology which became the last word in picture quality. Now Panasonic introduce ASIA GAOO
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  • 266 8  -  pm^CKUnJoSTAG^RAMA SINGAPORETODAY PENALTY A person who attempts to escape from custody faces up to two years' jail and a fine. A person found guilty of murder or trafficking in more than 15 gof heroin faces the death penalty. By Crispins Robert THERE was
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 150 8 CAFE FI/)RA J>v nsss^j Have the BEST of both worlds at our 'East Meets West' buffet! Savour delectable items like Fresh Oysters on Ice, Pate Terrine, Beef Ravioli as well as local fare such as Fried Hokkien Mee, Satay, Masak-Lodeh more. $25 Adult $17 Child below 10 (Mondays to Thursdays)
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    • 195 8 mmmmm BM— Commencement: 26 February '96 Master of science (hrmi 15-month programme Directed by the University's faculty Understanding ot theories methodologies relevant to the work ot HR/Training practitioners Opportunity to integrate apply theories to workplace activities Graduate diploma (hrm) 12-month programme A logical progression to the MSc (HRM) Allows exemption
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    • 131 9 y/1 4 ?/V/ |ffl syva< a iiw hxcliuHve v Candies Sbugm /few only vin LUV 5 $60 Kitting monkey couple Her* bey't Kisses* Chocolate Lt/V 7 "Rose Garden" $60 LUV 2 "I Love You" $75 Exclusive card-bouquet with a bate of handmade rotes and a built "I Love You" charm
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 487 10 OLD-TIME PAP RIVAL DIES MR LIM Chin Siong, a one-time PAP member who later broke ranks with the ruling party, died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 62. Mr Lim was one of five PAP candidates to win a seat in the 1955
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    • 170 10 MR Lim Chin Siong made a name for himself as early as 1950. He was expelled from The Chinese High School for boycotting examinations. In 1954, he became a unionist with the Singapore Bus Workers Union (he had a job as a clerk in a bus company). He helped
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    • Article, Illustration
      275 10  -  By Irene Ng DR Lee Siew Choh, a long-time friend of Mr Lim, was shocked this morning when told of Mr Lim's death. "I just saw him a few days ago at his house. He was complaining of chest pains. He has been complaining of this all the time.
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    • 168 10 MR Lim Chin Siong, who was retired, spent most of his time reading. "He read all sorts of things on world issues, fiction..." his wife recalled. Many of his friends, such as the late Singapore ambassador David Marshall, would also visit him, or ask him out to
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 118 11 SINGAPORE IT'S THE BIRTHDAY BASH OF THE YEAR FOR US! Just For Today Only! $6nett: Cheeseburger and Coke. $6nett: All beers and housepouring beverages. The first 6()0 guests* after 6pm: A Sub Zero alcoholic soda on the house. Birthday on 6th of February: Produce your ID card and recieve one
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 356 12 About 1,500 old folk collected Lunar New Year hongbao at the Singapore Buddhist Lodge on Saturday. But some gatecrashers were also given hongbao. TEO YUN YUN finds out why THEY were not invited, yet they came and left $10 richer. For this, they can thank
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    • 144 12 ON Jan 26, The New Paper reported that up to a fifth of the people who registered for hongbaos for the poor this year at the Char Yong (Dabu) association are well-off. But this does not seem to be a problem at other associations which pick
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    • 293 13  -  GOLD BAR ROBBERY ATTEMPT The robbery attempt took place on April 18 last year at Changi Airport. The plan was to steal gold bars from a businessman, Mr Mohamed Sheriff Abdul Salam, who wanted to send the gold by couriers to India. By Bernard Pereira ANOTHER person
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    • 295 14  -  Madam Ong asked that we do not use pictures of her or her sons. She fears her family may be branded "freaks" by thoughtless people, who may not understand the condition. By Teo Yun Yun ONG Jian Jie used to be a shy baby who
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    • 158 14 THE Department of Hand Surgery at Singapore General Hospital handles about 100 cases of people born with hand deformities every year. Jian Jie's was the only case of split hands handled last year. Dr Teoh Lam Chuan, Head of Hand Surgery, said: "It is best to operate
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    • 84 15 FIVE callers won a four-day-three-night tour package to Phuket sponsored by Lifestyle Holidays. The winners were among those who called The New Paper Infoline on 1900-914-0002 last month. Their IC numbers as recorded on the Infoline: *****50* *****03 *****21 *****56 and *****15 Winners will also
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    • 108 15 HELP us rate the movies and win prizes. This week's movies: How To Make An American Quilt and Never Talk To Strangers Ratings: Awesome, Enjoyable, Flawed, Awful Prizes: 10 pairs of limited edition of The New Paper watch. What to do: Ring The New Paper
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    • 81 12 CHUN CHUN HERBAL TEA BAGS c. i i I CHUN CHUN Cooling Tea and CHUN CHUN Fever Flo Tea can be used individually or together. Convenient for travelling and handy in every house-hold and office. (5+5) 10 Bags-Handy Pack is now available. Manufacturer and Sole Distributor in Singapore Chun Chun
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    • 49 12 BRANDED WATC H FASHION SALES SUPERB VALUE UP TO 70% DISCOUNT LADIES FASHION SCALA FINE IMPORTED SHIRTS, TIES WALLETS r sth Feb '96 7th Feb '96 AN A 10 am 7 p m Ffl wivtw valley wo ad 60 Martin Road I Trade Mart Singapore Ground Level Function Room
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    • 82 13 fit" jtr* 4|Uff^|^HHl $5! JF^> Our aim is pleasant walking Our inspiration is nature and life Our shoes are for living people My Shoes mfk~. I VHR3Bp» Avoiloble now at: lakashimaya Singapore Departmental Store, Ngee Ann City lower Shangri-la Shoes Company #02-61 /57/K3 People's Park Complex HWP Singapore Daimaru Departmental
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    • 145 13 Ghost Stories Give Yourself A Scare Call 24 hours a day for world classical nerve-racking stories. Cotl: 30 cenlt minute RFililinc An SPH AudloTn Srrvue Everyone goes C'b'n 'iter o>e night at the JapaS B% Throughout February and March the Tapas Bar will go completely Cuban with the Cuban Boys
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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    • 621 14 Items to be sold consisting of unredeemed pledges from the pawnshops listed below including watches, gold chains, bracelets, rings, earrings, diamonds and other semi-precious stones, etc. pawned up to July 1995. Auction Dates 9. 2. 96 (Pawnshop S/No. 1 to 29) 10. 2. 96 (Pawnshop S/No. 30 to 59) Auction
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    • 144 15 opening a FedEx account and shipping with Asia One will prove to be very entertaining. Send your shipments with FedEx Asia One and Kaohsiung, Taipei, Seoul, Tokyo, Osaka, you could find yourself thrilled. Amused. Or JHH Manila and Subic Bay. Catching the latest perhaps even frightened. At the movies, that
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 306 16 <' a 0 p*. "3 1 gLJ HF' Dear Friends, And we have a winner here! Yup.That's me. But really, winning isn't everything at Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP). I've learnt to put my best foot forward and to be proud of what I do.Work aside, we have lots of fun
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      450 17  -  Girls in actresses-for-sex case were called By Siti Rohanah Koid REPORTING FROM KUALA LUMPUR THEY were referred to as "project girls". Their project? To serve men in bed at M 55,000 (about $2,750) each. The "girls": Models or actresses. This was revealed at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court
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    • 102 17 A LITTLE courtroom drama unfolded yesterday morning at the Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court 1. Haslinda thought her lawyer, opposition Democratic Action Party politician Karpal Singh, had left her in the lurch. The hearing was to start at 9 am, but an hour later, there was still no
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    • 82 17 FORMER Malaysian TV host Haslinda Marican, 30, and financial consultant Mohamed Amin Jamadi, 27, were charged with acting as pimps to four starlets aged 18 to 35 in a call-girl ring. The alleged offence took place on June 27 last year at Ming Court Hotel in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 31 17 Call for updates FOR an update of this case, call 1900-*****02 after 2 pm. For a wrap-up of the day's trial, call after 5 pm. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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    • 257 17 M you think j is like YOUR EYES are one of the most delicate organ of your body Neglect it and you will be courting disaster. So if you think contact lenses can be bought off-the-shelf. ask yourself these questions first. Are your eyes suitable for contact lenses' Are they
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      365 19 IT TELLS A POLITICAL STORY TO have an idea of President Jiang Zemin's political thinking these days, just watch what he is wearing, say some China-watchers. Mr Jiang usually wears well-cut Western suits with ties. But last month, China's leading newspapers showed Mr Jiang three times in
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    • 289 20 SRI LANKA TO AUSSIE CRICKET PLAYERS: Source: Wire Services SRI LANKA has promised Australia's reluctant World Cup cricketers top security normally reserved for heads of state if they agree to play in Sri Lanka. The offer was made by Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar
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    • 148 20 SRI LANKA offered the Australian cricket team several concessions to play in Colombo. They are: The President and Prime Minister will book VIP seats for the first game. The Minister of Sports will stay in the same hotel as the Australians. At least half the Cabinet (12 ministers)
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
    • 115 20 And Papa boomed, "Someone's been bathroom!" And Mama Bear shrieked, "Eek! Someone's justl^g^ And gj»if Baby Bear sobbed, "It's not fair! Someone else l(3^sv my FACO.J' f V Ba Happy Bathday UjQQQ] irs^j ,}•< Jr Suggested retail price $335 Wm^:.. f ACQ...and ill tetms* it'i iuil TicfrL ™LI£JLIJ~ From invigorating
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  • Showtime
    • 513 22 They call her the next Faye Wong and say she looks like Lin Ching Hsia. YONG SIEW FERN meets Hongkong's hottest new star Kelly Chen for a look-see Kelly Chen will perform a showcase of her songs at The Live House (at the Marina Mandarin Hotel)
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    • 413 23 ARTIS Ivey Jr wanted to be a star but lacked something essential a name that was slick enough for MTV. Until a friend taunted him one day. "Who do you think you are," the friend said when he saw Artis strumming a guitar, "Coolio Iglesias?"
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    • 398 24  -  By, Jessica Leow FOR those who find Jackie Chan's movie stunts too fast-paced, here's some good news. You can soon follow the action hero's exploits at your own pace, frame by frame, as he now appears in a comic book. Local comics company Komics Kreations
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    • 421 25 KEIKO the killer whale has made it, if not all the way to freedom, a£ least to a well-appointed halfway house. The 3 Vi-tonne star of the hit 1993 movie Free Willy has found a new home at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in the US.
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    • 104 25 THE Free Willy Foundation hopes to return 18-year-old Willy to where he came from. American experts are trying to find Keiko's group among the 600-odd killer whales off Iceland. They hope to use a satellite hook-up to allow Keiko and his friends of 16 years ago
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    • 60 23 be 4MMI H. 4 c/o^? Hundreds of Joji arc akandonrd at fkis lime of year. Like ike poor fellow akove. oflw| Please be considerate and don t abandon your doj tkis comin s Ck ncic New Year. \SgJ lOCIITV FOB THI PKVIMION Of CIUfITV TO ANIMAIS 11 MOUNT \rt BNON
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 170 24 wMalentine's Day Special o at Apollo f;r:) Relive the magical moments of Romance and make this a night to remember with the one you love. PO QO A#* 0? iCfP KINTAMANI h,K.M. -INDONESIAN RF.STAURANTValentine's Set Dinner valentine's Candlelight 6.30pm• 10.30pm Buffet Dinner $55.00 per person fV--, 6.30 pm 10.30 pm
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  • spotlight
    • 569 26 The new Woodlands MRT extension begins running next Saturday. Fancy a sneak preview? YVONNE LIM and photographer SIMON KER take you on a train tour of Singapore's newly-developing north-west THE scenery blurs into kilometres of orange earth, shrinking forests, half-constructed buildings and squeaky-new flats. Like
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    • 110 26 LOOK closely at the MRT map above. You will notice that stations Nl3 and Nl9 seem to have dropped off the map. Superstition? A typing error? Neither. Singapore MRT officials say it's to leave room for two more possible stations, between Yishun and Sembawang,
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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  • 554 28  -  Etcetera WITH IRENE NG YESTERDAY, we ran some excerpts of the get-well messages for Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. In all, about 300 messages poured in. The untold story: Many did not include their contact numbers. Some did not even give their names, but
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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  • 574 31 Valentine's Day is less than two weeks away and it's high time to start scouting around for a good restaurant and gift for your loved ones. Check out the options below. TO most food-loving Singaporeans, a romantic, candle-light dinner is an indispensable part of Valentine's Day celebrations. After
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    • 440 44 NEW STRAITS TIMES HEADLINE: In a bold attempt to separate sport from politics and rid itself of "outsiders the Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) proposes that anyone vying for the position of president should first serve two full terms as an office-bearer of the committee
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    • 491 44 WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT CHANGES NST. Malaysia's Sports Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin: He called for a detailed study to look into the implications of the Olympic Council of Malaysia's (OCM) move to shut the door on "outsiders" from becoming its president. Tan Sri Muhyiddin said
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    • 471 45 They may be years apart in age, but two American sports stars are out to show that the flame still burns inside them Reuter. CARL Lewis is gearing up for a run at yet another Olympics, and while it will be his
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    • 218 45 Reuter. AMERICAN teenager Jennifer Capriati is to return to the world tennis circuit next week after an absence of more than a year. Organisers of the Paris Women's Open 6aid yesterday that Capriati, 19, who has not played competitive tennis since November 1994, has been given
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    • 225 46 AFP. Brazilian international defender Branco arrived in England yesterday to discuss teaming up with compatriot Juninho at Middlesbrough. Branco, who would not cost a fee as he has bought out his contract with Brazilian club Internacionale, said: "Juninho is very happy here and said he would like
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    • 355 46 AFP. LEEDS United manager Howard Wilkinson denied reports yesterday of a rift with his £4.5 million ($9.9 m) record-signing Tomas Brolin. The Swede was dropped for Saturday's 3-0 defeat at Aston Villa. But Wilkinson refused to say whether the striker would earn a recall in
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    • 216 46 Reuter. MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson confirmed yesterday he is trying to sign South African defender Mark Fish. The player was watched by Old Trafford director Sir Bobby Charlton as he helped the host win the African Nations Cup with a 2-0 victory
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    • 71 46 FOURTH ROUND REPLAYS 1 Today Bolton v Leeds Huddersfield v Peterboro Ipswich v Walsall Tomorrow Charlton v Brentford Coventry v Man City Middlesbro v Wimbledon Forest v Oxford Port Vale v Ever ton Shrewsbury v Liverpool Southampton v Crewe Swindon v Oldham West Ham v
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    • 625 47 Besides striker Jan Janostak, sweeper Darren Davis was also outstanding in Woodlands Wellington's friendly match against Johor SEDC last Saturday. He has been hired to correct an imbalance in the team of attackers. Will he be a tower in defence? JEFFREY LOW reports DAVIS' MISSION STATEMENT
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    • 468 48  -  S-LEAGUE TEAMS: BALESTIER LOSES 1-2 TO AUSSIE SCHOOLBOYS ARMED FORCES LOSES 1-3 TO SAME TEAM By S Gulam CHOOSE your opponents wisely, field your best XI and avoid getting beaten by minor teams. And, if you are not ready, don't play any friendlies at
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    • 127 48 THE Go for Goals race continues. Twenty-four goals were scored in last Saturday's English Premier League matches and 144 callers predicted this correctly. These callers collected 24 points in their accounts. The eventual winner will be the caller who collects the highest number of points by
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    • 266 48 GOODBYE, John "Tubby" Hamill, a Singapore refereeing legend in the 1940's and 50's. He died recently in the Lake District, Aspatria Cumbria in England. Hamill, who made his mark as a referee and as a refereeing instructor, was 84. He refereed during the era that
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