The New Paper, 5 December 1996

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Total Pages: 59
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    11 1 the new paper THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1996 IffTA (P) 061/V96 60
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      139 1 -ii. w J THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5,1996 MCTA (P) 061/V96 A m Taj I W Jft 0 (l ll! M Home again: Mr Cheok Eng Kwee hugging and lifting his 10-year-old-nephew, Sam Wei Jei, as the boy got off the ambulance. v -mT' 1 IHI I I iki ■[Ilk Lr^ Vw
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon DRIVER ARRESTED RELEASED ON BAIL ARRESTED AGAIN I # * HELD FOR TWO WEEKS
      383 2 DRIVER ARRESTED RELEASED ON BAIL ARRESTED AGAIN I HELD FOR TWO WEEKS Source: Malaysian newspapers, Bernama DRIVER Rosni Faat will have to answer a lot of questions about the tour-bus crash that left 13 dead. And it's not just fielding questions from reporters. He'll have to answer to the Malaysian
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      Lock icon What was the driver's role?
      278 2 Source: Malaysian newspapers What time did you leave Singapore? Rosni Faat: I left at 11 pm with 23 passengers and one co-driver who was seated on the front seat on the left at the time of the accident. Where did you take over the driving?
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      'I took same bus 4 days earlier'
      287 2  -  By Teo Hwee Nak HE recognised the face. He remembered the registration plate. He knew that stretch of highway. He should, because Mr Zaini Mohammed, 27, had been in the same ill-fated tour bus last Friday just four days before the accident. And
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      How did the fire start?
      249 3 It's hard to say where the fire started because both the air-con engine and the bus engine are equally badly burnt. We will only know after our chemist finishes examining the parts. An investigation officer Back of bus caught fire first after air-con engine there
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      DEATH TRAP
      336 3  -  THE DEAD Eleven out of the 13 dead have been named: MrCheokHock Seng, 60 Madam Cheok Lay Eng. 38 Miss Cheok Lay Choo, 31 Mr Tan Kay Hwan, 72 OonEeTian, 10 Oon Ee Rou. 10 Mr Gilbert Yap Chia Fah, 40 Madam Doreen Chia Kim Huay, 40 Benjamin
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      Why is it taking so long?
      291 4  -  By Ivy Ong IT may take more than a week before all the dead bodies are identified. Question: Why is it taking so long? Reason: The 13 bodies are so badly burned that identification is difficult. Relatives have undergone two painful steps in trying
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      Fatal change of holiday plans
      228 4  -  BY Alethea Lim MADAM Tan Whe Heen, 40, had wanted to take her family to Batam for the school holidays. But her sons, Oon Ee Chung, 18, and Ee Sen, 16, said it would be too hot and opted for Genting Highlands. The change in
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      Lock icon WHERE'S MUMMY?
      466 5  -  4 I Question! By Ivy Ong LITTLE Wei Jei's T-shirt is splattered with dried blood and covered with gravel. But the 10-year-old refuses to change it because his Mummy bought it for him. From his hospital bed in the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital, Wei Jei said: 'The hospital
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      Mr Cheok's long and pain-filled wait
      402 5  -  BY Chan Seet Fun HE had already lost his father and two sisters. He was desperate to see the rest of his family. But Mr Cheok Eng Kwee, 39, a lorry driver, did not know when exactly they would arrive. So he sat at
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      269 4 ism. lowowil WEE]^^ Furama Palace proud!y presents the M'Herbal Health Food Promotion for a|l( f the month of December. M'/%/% Savour Braised Abalone Cubes with "Mjm/mMfWmjWWf Fish Maw and Cordyceps, Braised Mr \JUr s uperior Shark's Fin with Fresh Ginseng, Sauteed Scallops with Golden Lily and Fuctus Lycii (Qi Zi)
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Mosque politics
      87 6 HOT THE opposition party PKMS is playing a dangerous game. The reason: It was spreading its political agenda in mosques, said Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs Abdullah Tarmugi. The opposition party taxed statements to mosques after accusing the Government of using religious institutions for political purposes, he told Berita
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      Professional
      57 6 BE MORE professional in raising funds. Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan said this to both the National University of Singapore and Nanyang Technological University. Interviewed at the Universities Endowment Fund dinner on Tuesday he said fund-raising could not be left in amateur hands because they would
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      PKMS SAYS
      37 6 PKMS deputy president Mohammed Aziz Ibrahim confirmed yesterday it sent two press statements last week to various mosques. The statements include the party's criticisms of new PAP candidates, Mr Ahmad Magad and MrZainul Abidin Rasheed.
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      STI INDEX
      22 6 The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 3.17 points to 2197.53 points at 9.15 this morning from yesterday's close of 2194.36.
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      BT-SRI INDEX
      23 6 The Business Times Singapore Regional Index fell 0.15 points to 1096.89 points at 9.15 this morning from yesterday's close of 1097.04.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        One-stop furniture shop
        64 6 WANT to buy furniture? Just step into that shopping mall in your neighbourhood town centre. The Singapore Furniture Association plans to have such one-stop malls instead of small furniture shops. It plans to open three to four such malls in HDB estates over the next three to
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        Indonesia takes stand
        70 6 IF human rights and labour standards are included in any World Trade Organisation declaration, Indonesia will oppose it. Industry and Trade Minister Tungky Ariwibowo was quoted as saying this in the Jakarta Post yesterday. He said: "Indonesia will reject the inclusion of social issues, such as human
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        Murders worry Taiwan
        71 6 THE murder and probable rape of a Taiwanese activist has caused alarm on the state of law and order on the island. Ms Peng Wan-ju, 47, an eminent member of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party, was found dead in Kaohsiung county early this week. She had 35
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        Secret ballot
        70 6 CHINA will decide on Hongkong's chief executive by a secret ballot. Beijing-backed newspaper Ta Kung Pao yesterday quoted sources as saying the meeting will be held on Dec 11 to decide who takes over from British Governor Chris Patten next July 1. It said the result would be
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        Mutual respect lacking
        80 6 AUSTRALIAN Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister Tim Fischer has said there is a lack of mutual respect between Australia and its Asian neighbours. He said: "I am not yet satisfied that we have that balance and clearly there are times of difficulty in some countries in
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      HEADLINERS
      60 6 The Straits Timet: Bus crash: Return of remains delayed Business Tlnifs. Home sellers asking 'below valuation' prices UanheZaobao: New concessions for Suzhou industrial park will attract more foreign investors Bertta Harlan: Three die in Paris blast PCS morning news: Survivors of the Malaysian highway accident return BBC news: Huge
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      DOW JONES
      32 6 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 19.75 points to 6,422.94. It recovered from a loss of more than 75 points. The index of 30 blue-chips fell 79 points on Tuesday.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      46 6 WHAT'S HUP That girl just smiled at me! c m sure 7 Cannot be, lah. 11 She looked like Meg Ryan she did! That girl is a six-footer, 1 VV3II UD! 1 I T J has pouting lips and v 1 I' r Impossible very leggy
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Award almost did him in
      505 7 Businessman Mohamed Salleh Marican is due to receive the 1996 Lianhe Zaobao Endec (Entrepreneurship Development Centre) Entrepreneurship Excellence Award this morning. TEO YUN YUNfinds out that he has had more than his share of second chances OTHER WINNERS Mr Richard TayofYHI Holdings Pte Ltd, shares
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      Stole to look successful
      384 8  -  Pre-school officer spent $500,000 haul to impress siblings Sim was jailed 4'/j years for criminal breach of trust. She could have been jailed for up to seven years and fined. By Michelle Ang HER helping hand turned into a stealing hand. Sim Gek Hiah, 31, a
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      206 7 1 8 't i'-f 'ntr I <r»* Jafv 'w* l r -35^. j^BHB j/JK- I JJH^H tvd»i# i' »i At Timberland, we're one thing and one thing only performance. M We believe a watch should stand up to the rigors of the outdoors. The rain. The snow. The ice. And
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      235 8 I We promise you a sunny holiday, even if it rains at The Legend Report Cberating. bf v ((ftitt-.free Ultimate J lolnlay at RMIB.OO per person fcTW Check into the JCfgend Resort ('lterating and if there in fjS/JI t less than 4 ({ain-.free J lours between 7.00 am to 7.00pm,
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      606 10 'N'. 'O', OR 'A' LEVELS ARE ESSENTIAL RUT INITIATIVE, DETERMINATION AND V* v- W\ wmf TEAMWORK ARE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED. For future Naval Combat Systems they are the ones res P° ns b,e r keeping the automated phone answering service Specialists training on board a Missile our modern Naval Fleet afloat
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    Lock icon Er, does this tree grow Flash G or Body Shop?
    406 11  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Vivian Lim SOME children at Gracehaven thought that branded goods grew on trees. But the staff had to set them right. Children at the home, run by the Salvation Army, were invited by the Ministry of Labour staff
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      13 12 I LEVELS I COST I ONLY WITH SAF'S LEARN AS YOU EARN SCHEME.
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      220 12 The SAF Learn As You Earn Scheme will help you gain the O' levels you need to get on in life and train you for a secure, well-paid career as a Combat Specialist with the Army or Navy. So if you've just finished 'N' levels, apply personally to the SAF
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    Help make crossing here safer
    126 14 SPEAKUP n BP YOUR FORUM I WISH to inform the Land Transport Authority that the timing for the zebra crossing at Nicoll Highway needs to be adjusted. This will deter pedestrians from taking unnecessary risks by dashing across the slip road on the way to
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      378 14 SIN(»RE;SWEE^RESa^S> Draw No. 12/96 1st prize: 217 5610 $1.5 million 2nd prize: 283 7312 $400,000 3rd prize: 319 5696 $200,000 10 JACKPOT PRIZES ($10,000 EACH) *****55 *****14 *****73 *****77 *****08 *****25 *****66 *****54 *****49 *****04 10 LUCKY PRIZES ($5,000 EACH) *****39 *****61 *****16 *****79 *****92 *****07 *****86 *****76 *****47 *****60
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      A chance to win a Swatch
      74 15 CALL 1900-*****02 between 4 pm and midnight tonight and answer two questions. The first five callers with the right answers win the Swatch (model: Sayonara, Pop Up, costing $83) featured on Page 1 of The New Paper today, courtesy of Swatch. Look out for
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      His advice is not just talk
      297 16 More people are needed to counsel recovering drug addicts, says Assoc Prof Ho Peng Kee in a speech to be delivered today at the opening of a counselling centre. JOHN LOW speaks to an addict-turned-counsellor EIGHT months ago, Mr William Teo, 42, signed up
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      On the decline
      172 16 COMING down: Number of drug addicts, including first-timers, arrested, as well as those who return to their old habit. "It appears that we have turned the corner," says Associate Professor Ho Peng Kee in a speech to be delivered today. The Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Law and
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      384 17 -SjPj &e>rft rrtfss the 1m exciting finafs of the mm. •fcJr &&ach Voffeybaff Jjggjj 1® Championships ||M Hot bods. Hot moves. It's all happening this weekend, at the finals of the first ever Singapore Beach Volleyball 'Kf 1 Championship. The winners will then take on the famous New Zealand Olympian
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    Lock icon OH, MAMA!
    369 18  -  Surprise, Mum buys ad to announce girl's PSLE results SINGAPORETODAY BY Teo Hwee Nak TWELVE-year-old Pua Youli was shocked to see her face in The Straits Times yesterday morning complete with her PSLE grades. The soft-spoken girl protested. "Oh mama, but my results are ordinary only!" she told
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Home sellers asking 'below valuation' prices
      363 19 ITS a sign of the times sellers of private residential properties are asking for prices which they advertise as "below valuation". Random checks of The Straits Times Classifieds ads in the past week showed that 15 per cent of resale private residential properties fell
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      Lock icon Trump claims $28m bet win
      77 19 Reuter. E to ike Tyson in the heavyweight title million in Las Vegas where odds were 20-1 against Holyfield. New York's most valuable buiWingB, told the newspaper: "I made the one million-dollar bet even though I thought Holyfield would actually lose. "I must admit that
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      829 20 jHHjr Remember what matters fc^rllr^j most this Christmas. B J icved s t-e I ih«r« dttpite the daily hustle ana bos 1 e s g>» ng a n «lpi r g JML tc the less pnv ,ust make t>fe more meaningful And thee is no better time V,' Ifcr than
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      TOUGH-TALKING LADY
      63 21 MADELEINE Albright, 59, is the daughter of a Czechoslovak diplomat who moved to the US after the war. She has been Washington's UN representative since February 1993, making a big impression as a tough-talking lady in the 185-nation General Assembly. Most recently, Ms Albright led the crusade to
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      Lock icon She's HOT for top US post
      151 21 Reuter. SHE is US President Bill Clinton's top choice to be Secretary of State. UN Ambassador Madeleine Albright (left) will be the first woman for the "hot seat" in the White House if she gets the nod. Senior administration officials said she was "the
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      Lock icon Man crowned Miss Victoria Fundraiser
      273 22 Reuter. A MAN has stolen the spotlight from would-be charity beauty queens in the 1997 Miss Australia finals. Mr Brad Rodgers, 27, is runner-up in the Victoria State final. Although Miss Kylie Lewis became Miss Victoria 1997 in the long-running charity event, all attention was
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      Deadly 3-mile car chase
      285 23 A young British couple's "ordinary night out"on Sunday turned into a nightmare when the man was stabbed at least 15 times and his throat slashed. The killer was a passenger of a car the victim overtook earlier. The road rage attack came at the end of
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      Lock icon Slow down, stop the car!
      233 23 Source: Electronic Telegraph. MS Tracey Andrews said it was a frightening cat and mouse chase. She told police that she and Mr Lee Harvey found their Ford Escort turbo being tailgated by two men in a Sierra. "They were coming up behind and flashing their
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      When fat was fashion
      65 24 Ours is the first century to see fat as ugly. Successful businessmen used to aspire to be fat. The big space that a fat person occupied was a sign of intimidation and domination. Fat used to mean power. Mr Richard Klein, author of a new book,
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      Lock icon Shhhhh.... Mr President
      360 24 In the US, Thanksgiving is a public holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday in November. It was originally a day when people celebrated the end of the harvest and thanked God for it. Source: Wire services. PRESIDENT Bill Clinton must shut up. Those are doctors' orders.
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon WILL IT BE
      461 26 ITS here again! The New Paper's Flame Awards 1996, where you get to praise the best and roast the rest in local TV. Which local TV personalities lit fires in our hearts? And which of them acted like miserable wet blankets, dousing out the warmth of our
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      FLAME AWARDS '95
      56 26 As if you'd forget, but in case you did, here are last year's winners: Dude of the year James Lye Babe of the year Zoe Tay Funny-bone of the year Moses Lim Turn-off of the year Najip Ali Hit of the year Under One Roof Dud of
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      The exciting, the shocking
      344 27 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE NEW FLAME OF THE YEAR THEY are young, they want our attention and they are willing to work for it. They have fire in their bellies... 1. Hossart Leong (pictured) minutes to impress us as M, Vernetta's nerdy boyfriend in Jttj people remember
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      SHOCKER OF THE YEAR
      164 27 The piece of news that made your hair stand. Scandals qualify, of course. But sometimes, it's just the shock of the new. 1. Quan Yifeng punching up old man We knew she was a fast-talker on TV on Friday's Fun Discovery programme. But who would have
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      48 27 for next 500 customers. Ravensburger Star Line Puzzles (100 pes 1,000 pes) $12.70 $27.90 Floor Puzzle AMAV Art Craft (Gold Series) Up: $18 Offer: $12.36 $16.90 Foldable Hula-Hoop $7.90 Elefun $49.90 Jenga $19.90 English Mark Darts $41 Ramagon ***** System Anne Geddes Classic Puzzles $59.90 (500 pes) $31.90
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  • SHOWTIME
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      The show with bite and the dead fish
      244 29 HIT OF THE YEAR THE shows that had bite, action and quality. TCS can get it right sometimes. 1. Growing Up A nostalgia draw for many people who remember bell bottoms. 2. Tofu Street The Awakening of the '90s. No need for
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      Who should win?
      108 29 CONTEST DETAILS: TELL as who you think should win each of the seven awards. Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****02. A voice will tell you how to vote. The winners of the awards will be determined by the highest number of votes received. If your selection
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      108 29 sBmesr<x^2ZSl^^^H ra 24 december 1996 (ZAristntts £ve festive It's the Yuletidc season again! We would like to share with you the love, hope and peace that preside over the earth on this special night. Join us as we celebrate this Christmas Eve with a glorious party in our Amara Ballroom
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      Moneywise at the hospital
      691 30 What goes on during financial counselling at a hospital? GERARD WONG sits through a few sessions at the National University Hospital to find out THEY don't know very much about medical policies. They know they can use their Medisave, but they don't how. None of the
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      NUH bill estimates to get more accurate
      292 30 BY next March, NUH patients will get a more accurate estimation of their hospital bill. This will be achieved through its new "electronic bill size" system a computer database of historical information that is updated every six months. The system makes use of
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      WHAT I THOUGHT FINANCIAL COUNSELLING MEANT
      328 30 I ALWAYS assumed financial counselling meant informing patients about the healthcare options available and their costs. I thought it meant advising them to choose affordable health care if they didn't have very high incomes. Well, yes, financial counselling is about these things. But it
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    444 39  -  CAREERCHOICE By' T Ranganayaki WHEN she decided to hang up her lawyer's garb, she chose a "softer" profession. "I had been in law for more than 14 years and this seemed like a nice change," said Gerardine Pang, 40, who runs a store selling hand-made
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    477 42 CAREERCHOICE There's no point in being mad with new colleague Jane, Edwin discovers. She can be irritating one minute, but extremely sweet the next. LO TIEN YIN finds out how Edwin becomes the victim of Jane's guile and charm in this week's Situation Alert NEW colleague Jane
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      288 47 2636 Cuatomer Service Poeitiona —■—i^—■——linn i and highly motivated individuals to join our Retail Operations at Ngee Ann City for the position of: WZ* jf fyu f >7 i^iA#_U m Immediate employment Completed Secondary education I* Able to perform shift duties m Experienced in selling watches preferred B Age -18
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      285 48 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions CHINESE A/CS. ASSISTANT required urgently GCE '0' level or equivalent Conversant in English Mandarin Computer literate With working experience 5 days weak Interested applicants please call *****23 or Mk. 202S St. Sat ok Ind. Pit. A St 2S *02 110 WfP— *****8 i®Company near Macpher j®
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      175 48 2654 Technical Position* i« Mil II needed urgently '-J I Well ettebliahed plumbing company hat fancies for. Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or equivelent. Mm. years experience in plumbing k sanitary. Able to handle big protects. Min. 2 yaart ralavant experience. 6 Knowledge or AUTOCAD Al3. tlnfepereeea/ Ml may apjfy Intaraatad
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      657 51 ASIAN JUNIOR ATHLETICS: Dec 3-6. New Delhi The Junior Asian Athletics Championships in Delhi is a meeting place not only for the young aspiring champions but also for some of those who in their days blazed a pioneering trail. Our Delhi correspondent, RAMU SHARMA, meets
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      382 51 CHINESE athletes asserted themselves in an emphatic manner with their women in particular claiming the spotlight. Of the seven gold medals won by them, their women contributed five. But for progress one had to look to their men whose gold medals came in the wake of
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      65 53 FIRST-ROUND RESULTS Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) bt Mikaei Tillstrom (Swe) 6-4,6-2 Mark Woodforde (Aus) bt Andre Agassi (US) 63,6-4 Jakob Hlasek(Swi)btCedric Pioline (Fra) 2-6,6-3,6-4 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) bt Alex Corretja (Spa) 64,7-6 (7-3) Q-FIHALPRAW TODAY Boris Becker (Ger)v Jakob Hlasek (Swi) Tim Henman (Bri) v MaliVai Washington (US)
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      341 54 INDONESIA 2 KUWAIT 2 TEAMS KUWAIT Khaled al-Fadhli Osama Abdullah Yousif al Dakhi Wail al Habashi Bader al Halabeej Bashar Abdula/i/ Abdullah Seehan (Waleed Mubarak, 60th) Fawa Al Ahmad Esam Sakeen HaniSaqer Jassem Al Houwaid (Khaled Fairouz 80th) INDONESIA KurniaSandi (Hendro Kartiko, 79th) Agung Setyabudi Yeyen Tumera AplesTecuari
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      233 54 ASIAN CUP FINALS YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Group A UAEI (Khamis Mubarak, 40th mitt) South Korea 1 (Hwang Sun-hong, 9th) Indonesia 2 (WidodoPutro 20th, Ronny Wabia 41st) Kuwait 2 (Al Saqer63rd, Al-Halabeej 84th, pen) Reuter. SOUTH Korea's goalscorer Hwang Sun-hong could have won
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      636 55 Are local players asking too much, or are club officials getting smarter? It looks as if there will be some hard bargaining in the S-League transfer market, reports JEFFREYLOW. The S-League's guidelines for this year are the same as last season's where the salary caps are $5,000
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      536 55 I ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE Wire services. ARSENAL 3 SAINTS 1 Midfielder Paul Merson spurred Arsenal to the top of the English Premiership. He scored the first goal and contributed to the second in Arsenal's 3-1 win over Southampton. Merson grabbed the first goal, his seventh of the
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