The New Paper, 22 May 1997

Microfilm: NL20783
Total Pages: 66
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    12 1 the new paper THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1997 MfTA (P) 064/04/97 60 CENTS
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      26 1 ■HJiis is why 322 MM Kiy r|*p VV A^LjCll X w/ KranaJ^failed No show again, r Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings http://web3.asia I .com.sg/tnp
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Dethroned
      105 2 Reuter. HE lived like a king in more ways than one. Ousted Zairean dictator Mobutu Sese Seko had an ivory throne installed in one of his houses. The throne was in the house at the Tshatshi military compound. Mr Mobutu is accused of stealing from his country for three
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      Lock icon STOP MAKING HEROIN COOL
      296 2 tl CLINTON TP-LS US FASHIOIIINDUSTRY Source: Reuter. THE trend of using skinny models, who look as if they are high on drugs, in fashion photography has worried US President Bill Clinton. He regards it as a subtle attempt by the fashion world to promote heroin use
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      231 2 nil UK Hotline prci** ""*****55 Leisure MOwIMK Pages 41 to 44 Comics: Pages 38& 39 TV: Page 36 J Forget the stresses of working life. Spend a leisurely afternoon at the Wellness Spa and enjoy HHHHfIHHHffiBHHH M A Piece Of Heaven one of our most popular Wellness Spa Packages. You'll
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      384 3 v s?oin Us This Sunday Night Jonathan jVnd Win Million Prizes ■|plPw'® Mercedes-Benz E2OO $88,000 Cash EWB A 1 Kbi: jl i WithCOE Jfe?f f -11 ,|j ;j worth MdVC 'ar lj "TV* in iclchrjlion ol Ann'i\cr*jr\ I'" '"3* A •No minimum pure has* required "> -ffi Specimy CJ. I
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Up graders 2, Down graders 1
      205 4 HOT STORY For every one household that downgrades, there are two upgraders. Between 1991 and 1995, when 185,100 households shifted homes, 45.217 households downgraded, mainly to take advantage of the big surge in property prices during the five-year period and cash out. And 34.7
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      HEADLINERS
      81 4 The Straits Time*: Clinton imposes sanctions on Myanmar The Business Times: 20 Thai firms warned: Buck up or face delisting Uanhe Zaobao: Big fraud in Credit Lyonnais, cheated of $1.2b and lost $32.5b, reports French newspaper Berita Harlan: 10,000 move to bigger houses RCS morning news: University students to
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      DOW JONES
      26 4 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 12.77 points at 7,290.69 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 541 million shares
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Software sales
        57 4 SALES of educational software have risen 70 per cent in the past year. Software related to the school syllabus are among the most popular titles. But retailers said it would take time for software as a teaching tool to catch on in a big way at home. The
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        Migration cuts
        57 4 CONCERN over high unemployment has led to the Australian government cutting immigration intake for the second year running, bringing it to its lowest level in nearly 20 years. The number of migrants allowed into the country in the year from July will be cut from 74,000 to 68,000.
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        Babes in school
        48 4 MORE British children under two are in nurseries and pre-prep schools. Over 17,000 children now attend nursery or pre-prep classes, with the biggest jump among those two and under. About 4,900 children some still in nappies are in school for up to 10 hours daily.
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        Myanmar ban
        40 4 THE US has imposed economic sanctions on Myanmar. This includes a ban on all investments in Myanmar's oil and natural gas development. President Clinton announced the sanctions after opposition leaders in Myanmar were arrested by the military government.
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        Hanson case
        37 4 CONTROVERSIAL Australian politician Pauline Hanson is under investigation for suspected abuse of parliamentary benefits. It is believed she made travel claims for six trips that had nothing to do with either parliamentary or electorate business.
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        Budget cuts
        51 4 THE Thai cabinet has cut next year's budget by $1.5 billion, to help balance its budget and boost confidence in the economy. In January, the current budget was slashed by $3 billion when plans to buy new aircraft for Thai Airways International were dropped and arms purchases were
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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    home like Lentor
    328 5 You wouldn't have seen a nursing if they can lodic at the snowflat. Some even ask if there are units on sale. But this condo-like building isn't on the property mar- ket. Nor are its occupants the usual lot cf executives^ dence, can hewpxip to 160 CcJMtireea
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    Lock icon NO PEN, so no ransom note NO WATER, so hostage shot
    535 6 Four masked men kidnapped, a Singaporean manager and two of his colleagues in Cambodia last week in a robbery that went tragically wrong. Here is what happened: SINGAPORETODAY A SINGAPOREAN manager in Cambodia found himself involved in a bizarre
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon EXTRA TIME, FOLKS
      270 8  -  BY Woon Wui Tek THEY queued and beat the deadline to sign up for The New Paper's Big Walk. But don't panic. You can still sign up the deadline has been extended till Monday. Yesterday, by 1.45 pm, the line at the TNP Big Walk booth in
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      Great prizes
      110 8 MORE than 55,000 people have signed up for the Big Walk. You can still join them. The deadline for registration is now extended to Monday at Takashimaya basement, Tampines Mall, OUB Centre and SPH centre at News Centre, Genting Lane. So sign up quick, or you'll miss out
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      DON'T PARK IN MY BIKE LOT
      318 11 WELDER Loh Kai Seng was fed up with cars parking in lots meant for motorcycles. So, the 47-year-old motorcyclist took matters into his own hands. Loh used his housekey to scratch a taxi and a car parked at motorcycle lots at a multi-storey carpark
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      WHAT LAWYER SAID
      76 11 LOH'S lawyer, Ms Prabha Dube said he scratched the cars in a "fit of anger and frustration and with a feeling that his rights as a motorcyclist were being infringed". Loh's anger got him fined $10,000. He faced three charges of committing mischief. Two were proceeded against
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      Lock icon NO EASY RIDE FOR WORKERS
      262 12 On Monday, a foreign worker hired three bodyguards for a visit to the Ministry of Labour building. On Tuesday, more of his colleagues also bought themselves protection. WOONWUITEK reports YOU might think that there's nothing simpler than a trip to the Ministry of Labour Building
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      THE WORKERS
      179 12 THE Tamil-speaking workers, who work for the same company, are claiming at least $2,000 each in back-wages. They also claim they have been threatened by strangers since they filed their claims in April. So, on Monday, one of them reportedly hired three guards for $500. On Tuesday, his
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      153 12 -**52? rW74H Th« growth of hair on the head is divided into three i periods growing, resting and falling It is normal to drop I "Mii* I Bhotrt 50 strands of hair a day through combing But if the number of hair falling-off everyday is above 100 strands, it is
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      SELL SELL SELL
      546 14 lln Pasir Ris, it's L Many HDB flats in Pasir Ris are five years old and up for sale. RACHEL TANfinds out why so many owners are so keen to sell PASIR Ris has become a shoppers' paradise for those looking for Housing Board flats, that is.
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      THE COST
      175 14 A YEAR ago, an executive HDB flat at Pasir Ris could have fetched $700,000. Today, some owners are taking much less. Agents admit a $600,000 figure would be hard to get. At the peak of the boom last year, some flats sold for $100,000 above valuation. Those with
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  • SPEAKUP
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      Why fine when there are no parking lots?
      249 15 Ms Audrey Fang Hsueh Mei, 30 I have a few questions about my HDB parking summons on May 11. I have been parking along the side road of Blk 237 off Hougang St 21, within my HDB car park, for almost nine
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      Smooth talk, Florence
      110 15 Joanelle Teoh, 17, student Your article on Florence Tan, "Brash then Humble now" (TNP, May 15), did not lessen my dislike for her. Perhaps she wanted to make amends for appearing so cocky after she won Star Search. But I only felt more appalled. Maybe, this attentionseeking
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      Cool winners
      58 15 TEN readers have won four VIP tickets each to the Warner Brothers Family Entertainment On Ice show next month. They are (l/C numbers): *****99, *****27,*****74. *****34,*****61, *****27, *****81, *****33,*****00 and *****21. Winners will also be informed by post. The answer to the contest: The Rash was the odd
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Buddha's life — in a musical
      248 16  - Buddha's life in a musical By Khor Su Min IT was a Vesak Day celebration with a difference. An hour-long musical reenacted Buddha's early life for the 7,000 people at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night. And it was all to attract the younger crowd. Earlier yerrs usually featured a
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      TOUGH JOB
      94 16 THE show took about eight months to conceive and produce. Rehearsals started last month. The committee which organised the show invited groups such as Frontier Danceland and Indian dance groups from Bukit Panjang Community Centre Indian Acitivities Group to perform. Said the show's director, Tan Tiaw Gem, 44:
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      107 17 I 6^ I I is a f€ijn*. i of surprises I prizes]/ n on tho MRT today? CoNoct tho SCV COOEBREAKER g Manual. It's your passport to winning loto of grsat pHtt, Mko <1,000 cash daiy B or a brand now Daowoo Nubka! AI youH havo to do Is watch
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Cat killer at it again
      343 18  -  By Woon Wui Tek A GROUP of North Bridge Road residents is mounting a Neighbourhood Cat Watch. About 10 of them came together recently after finding a number of dead cats in their neighbourhood either bashed or crushed to death. The New Paper reported ten
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      SO CRUEL
      72 18 MADAM Jessie Chan said the cats were mostly killed in one of two ways: BASHED: Cats with their mouths smashed in began turning up some seven years ago. There had been no such cases for some time but yesterday, one was discovered. CRUSHED: Cats with their bodies thoroughly
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      235 18 Quattro Why carry a pocketful of pens and pencils when you could carry only one? Mff Reach for the Rotring Quattro. VM\ This elegant 4-in-1 instrument packs MV' 3 ballpoints red, blue and black and flLa a o.smm pencil into one single barrel. /Jf With a Rotring precision and quality
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Top guns 'looted' bank
      329 20 France's biggest fraud Source: AFP. TOP executives of Credit Lyonnais allegedly looted the French bank through "organised financial fraud" up to 1993. The allegation was made in a confidential document published by a French newspaper on Wednesday. The report had been prepared by a body created
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      THE NEW PAPER BIG WALK CONTEST
      163 20 MORE than half of the callers to our Big Walk contest this week answered our questions correctly (see answers below). Twenty readers won a pair of The New Paper watches each. They are (identity-card numbers as recorded on our Infoline): *****79,*****56,*****54, *****02.*****86,*****64,*****89, *****31,*****19,*****18,*****08, *****28,*****42,*****29,*****01,
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    Lock icon 'We'll let you OFF if you leave US'
    343 21 JUDGE TELLS DANISH MUM ON NEGLECT CHARGES: WORLDTODAY Reuter. LEAVE the United States by next week and charges of neglect will stay dismissed. That's what a judge told the Danish mother who had left her 14-month-old baby Liv in her stroller outside
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      172 23 I Introducing PageMaiPs I I "Do-Not-Disturb" feature. I Now your callers can be informed when you're not available. I ':~-j. J&-' '/t ,i>, i&* I mi f i 1 1F*B■ 8 PageMail the paging voicemail service now comes with you're not available. In turn, they won't be left waiting for
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Govt to pay for interpreters
      238 24 I DEAF WOMAN WINS LANDMARK APPEAL CASE AFP. A deaf woman in Britain yesterday won the right to have a sign language interpreter with her when she goes on outings. The move is expected to cost the British government a huge increase in social security
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      Lock icon Wheelchair Barbie
      68 24 WHEELCHAIR-bound Hannah Withers, nine, now has a new doll she can relate to. Barbie doll makers yesterday introduced Becky, a Barbie look-alike in a pink wheelchair. Said Mr Michael Goldstein, spokes- man for Toys 'R Us, which markets the U5519.95 ($2B) doll: "Showing children, regardless of what their
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      253 25 "We re buddies... so I couldn't just keep quiet about it. I had to help you quit smoking." ■f JIJuM We're best friends and best friends always stick by each other through good times and £3p\ bad times. So when you started smoking. 1 couldn't just keep quiet about it.
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    Oprah wanted to save the poor but lost $1.4m
    363 26 WORLDTODAY IF no one else could do it, Hollywood's best-paid entertainer Oprah Winfrey could. At least, that's what Oprah thought when she tried to "wipe out poverty" in the US. Never mind that all US governments since 1930 have failed to
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      562 27 w 1 lCHl^l*nHSyi4 T ilClri Mogkol City Hilday Camp I Launch Of Wanw Cookbook (CHy Sounds 95.8FM) (Warna 94.2FM) C^ n Jr°L so ***** 2-18 June Nanyang Academy of Fine Art* (NAFA) Saturday, 31 May 3.00pm •Le Meridien Hotel Here's something for your kids below 12 years of oge A
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    Lock icon British govt hopes to stop this
    285 28 'Every hour, another three people lose their lives or lose a limb from stepping on a landmine.' WORLDTODAY Source: Wire services. WAR was declared on deadly landmines by British Prime Minister Tony Blair yesterday. His Labour government pledged to: Destroy all of Britain's anti-personnel
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      65 28 {CM MZIJM -L'y IN S'POM ,-IH^- T( jit- li V ITINERARY @aniii35> I 0.45am Arrival at Changi Airport SQ 105 5.oopm Autography seesion at Muzika Rekod Blk I Joo Chiat Rd #01-1031 Joo Chiat Complex 7.00pm Recording of Manhunt International Final atTCS 5 10.45am Depart S'pore via SQ 108 PolyGram
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      340 30 RUSSIA'S ANTI-CORRUPTION DRIVE Source: Reuter. PRESIDENT Boris Yeltsin once owed him a favour for his support. In 1991, Konstantin Kobets had marshalled a few hundred troops to defend the Russian leader against hardline communists who wanted to take over. For that, Mr Yeltsin hailed him a hero
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      73 30 We have been accused of censoring our media which is absolutely untrue. We do appeal to the media to be responsible. Local newspapers have always felt a sense of responsibility. It is not censorship. Maybe you can call it self-censorship. Malaysian PM Dr Mahathir Mohamad, currently in
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      299 31 EX-EAST GERMAN SPYMASTER SAYS: FORMER East German spymaster Markus Wolf claimed the Central Intelligence Agency once offered him US$l million ($1.4 million) to be a double agent for the US. He dismissed the offer with contempt, The Times of London reported. The claim is made in
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    139 33 spotlight The Supreme Court processes about seven million pages of paperwork every year. If stacked up, the papers would reach about 700 m high more than three times the height of the Westin Stamford. Now, the newly-launched Electronic Filing System will allow lawyers to file court papers
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      49 34 Who is Prince William's Favourite Spice? J What does Geri hate most in a man? f^) aAi |yCS58lin/2k ca sa,8char 9^ ,i:^am (wb^,o3%Gs^BB®(^^B|MH^^^HP'ljByBli'5BP, .itm m llvlaS! 111 iCJ AAM on tor cardptona access Those An SPH Audio TeiSemee beta* 1810 seek parental pernisson III wl I I P I
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    511 36  -  Etcetera WITH T JEYATHESAN BUSES. I hate them. Take this trip to a foreign country. It was a more than 10-hour journey by bus. And I made the mistake of drinking a large bottle of beer at one of the rest stops. Beer, as everyone knows, makes you
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      456 39  -  By Hazel Tan HIS no-show last year led to a major controversy. This year, it may not even matter if Hongkong superstar Andy Lau again decides not to attend the Singapore Hit Awards. The reason: The awards show Itself may be ofT this year.
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      162 39 SPVA wants to focus on another issue this year: Anti-piracy. RCS said that SPVA sent a letter about this in early May. It is not known what the "anti-piracy" issue refers to. However, record companies were upset last year about an "unapproved" magazine, Idols, published by Television
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      88 39 CRITICS of the Singapore Hit Awards have said ft Is merely to please fans and record companies. They claim record companies buy voting coupons in bulk to vote for their own artistes. Or get fans to buy them from sponsors' outlets. Last year, there were allegations that results
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      273 40  -  By Eugene Wee HE huffed and he puffed, but he couldn't blow the house down. Performing on Tuesday at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Tuesday, Kenny G just couldn't ignite the 6,000 strong crowd no matter how hard he tried. He had a good start though,
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      117 40 TO Kenny G, there's nothing like a round of golf to get the sax rhythm going. "I love golf. It's also great exercise," said Kenny, 40, an above-average golfer with a handicap of seven. Jazz critics, however, often give him a bad time. But Kenny
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      399 41  -  RUNA LAILA By Rahul Pathak Neighbours bicker. India, Pakistan and Bangladesh bicker more bitingly than most. India and Pakistan have fought three wars. Bangladesh, once part of India, and later Pakistan, has left them both in a blaze of gunfire and smoke. Just in
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      162 42 DONT put up with molesters. Hongkong singer Kelly Chen (right) didn't. Recalling her encounter, she said: "I was 17 or 18 and on a plane to New York. The man next to me sat really close. At first, I thought it was because the seats
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      86 42 SIGH, when will "banished" actress Fann Wong appear on the gogglebox again? She has been pulled out of her first comeback filming project in July, Dan Shen Nu Lang (Single Girl). No, she isn't in trouble again. She has to promote her album, Fanntasy, in Taiwan. She
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      115 42 SHANGHAI-BORN, made-good-in-Hongkong director Wong Kar-wai (left) is certainly a cut above the rest when it comes to his latest film, Happy Together. The 100-minute movie, which stars Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Leslie Cheung as homosexual lovers, won him Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival on
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    387 45  -  CAREERCHOICE By T Ranganayaki HEALTH is the buzz word in Ms Margaret Hays' life. From food to exercise, she has got everything covered when it comes to proper nutrition for a healthy lifestyle. Ms Hays is a nutrition consultant who conducts education programmes for corporations. She also
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      148 45 The SGS Group Invites applicants for the following positions:I Requirements: Min. 'N' Level with credit In English Relevant experience in marketing/sales In a service industry Good interpersonal communication skills Possess vehicle with Class 3 driving licence Job Profile: Market a full range of Habitat Care services To increase client base
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    516 47 CAREERCHOICE It's the calm after the storm. Our heroine, Siok, who has just shouted at her boss, lives to tell her story in Diary of a Nine to Fiver. LO TIEN YlNflips the pages OH man, what did I do? I told the boss that
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      77 47 I I We are a well established organisation with its core business in trading of heavy equipment and spare parts. We invite suitably qualified applicants to fill the following vacancies: ACCOUNTS CLERK LCCI Intermediate Accounting Minimum 2 years experience in similar capacity Knowledge of computerised accounting essential RECEPTIONIST/CLERK j GCE
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      104 47 V 1 OS/VP Security Printing We are a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNP Corporation Ltd (formerly known as Singapore National Printers Ltd) printing security and confidential documents and providing financial printing services. If you would like to seek a career with a growing company, then come join us as: With NTC
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      203 53 2642 HotaV RastauranV Lounge Position* L. Japanese Restaurant requires: COON CAPTAIN WAITERS/ WAITRESSES WALK-IN INTERVIEW: MIOEN JUMIMH Restaurant Pta Ltd 30 Victoria Straat CHUMES #01-22 T.I 332 3003 3pm- spm r rNorth Indian Rastaurant requires urgently WAITERS/ WAITRESSES (12.30pm 4.30pm) Age 16 above Students welcome Walk-in interview at •01-11 Colombo
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      543 54 2648 Administrative/ 2048 Administrative/ 2848 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions Clerical Positions KOON CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORT CO. PTE LTD 178 PANDAN ROAD, S'PORE *****9 Min. GCE '07 'N' Level. PC literate able to type. To work independently willing to learn. At least 1 2 years working experience. Male Female are welcome.
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      205 55 2648 Administrative/ 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions n Min. 1 .year working experience Duties include preparation of catalogues, sourcing and general administrative work 'N' or '0' levels 14 days Annual Leave Alternate Saturdays 2 mins. to Redhill MRT Station Call tel: 479-3011 ext 16 for an interview. I —=1!
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      173 55 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions I A Chemical Co. in Jurong ia I looking for You muat possess GCE '0' or equivalent, 1-2 years admin experience We provide company transport from nearby MRT, 5 day week other benefits Interested applicants should call *****120 I for an appointment An Established Company Requires
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      173 55 2648 Administrativs/ Clarical Positions Established trading co. near Pasir Ris requires: FEMALE ACCOUNTS CUM ADMIN CLERK GCE 'N7 '07 'A' Level Posses booking-keeping certificate Knowledge of PC Able to type e Good career advancement with training provided Please call 54S 8292 JOBS ISLANDWIDE Temp 1 Perm. 'N7 '07 'A' Level/
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      140 55 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions A rapidly expanding Telecom firm near Columbo Ct. has I immediate vacancies (or: PC Literate Interested, pis. call 334-2112/ or fax your brief resume to 334-2S12 A Well Established Freight Forwsrder has immediate vacancy i for: SHIPPING CLERK Knowledge of Tradenet Computer literate Good working attitude
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      153 55 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions FEMALE I ACCOUNTS CLERK I Knowledge of Daceasy I I full set of accounts I Residing in Ang Mo Kio/ I Bishan/ Toa Payoh area I 39 Jin. Pemimpin •01-02 Tel Lee Ind. Bldg. I Tel: 353 7157 I FEMALE ADMIN. CLERK Chinese preferred Experience is
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      143 55 2651 Socrotary/PorsofMl Assistant Positions SALES SECRETARY required to provide secretarial support to mgt. sales staff GCE '0' or 'A' Level Good communication interpersonal skills Computer literate Min. 3 yrs working experience Bilingual in English/ Mandarin Salary $1500 $2000 Sh day week Plmm write willl resume tor The Personal Manager 243
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    838 60 Vintage: Not the teams, but individuals CHAMPION: Man United RUNNER-UP: Newcastle RELEGATED: Sunderland Boro Forest PROMOTED: Bolton, Barnsley Palace or Sheffield Utd (playoff on Monday) THE 1996-97 Premiership season may not go down in history as a vintage one in terms of team quality. But, individually, it was
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      1048 61 Malcolm Macd on a Id, the Seventies' shooting star for England and Newcastle, on manager Kevin Keegan, at the start of the season: Newcastle has no chance of winning the league. There is a catastrophe waiting to happen. It's my belief that Keegan cares more about
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        116 62 AFP. NEWLY-RETIRED French football star Eric Cantona seized a photographer's car keys and his equipment yesterday and had to be forced by police to return it later. According to an eyewitness, Cantona along with a friend took the photographer's keys and camera equipment after blocking his car
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        158 62 AFP. HE is having a rest, said Eric Cantona's mother. The Frenchman has sought refuge at his parents' home in a hamlet near the village of La Beaume. "He is hibernating, even if it is nearly summer. "But I don't really know what he is
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        258 62 ERIC Cantona has switched from football to boxing. On screen, that is. So said his brother, Joel, on French Radio RTL-2 yesterday. The former Manchester United star retired last week as captain of the Premier League champion to move into a career as an actor. Cantona, who
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      397 63 Wire services. ATHLETICS in the United States has been hit by two more positive drug tests. This comes just days after the emergence of cases involving leading Americans Sandra Farmer-Patrick and Mary Slaney. Athletics sources said yesterday that the US Track and Field association was
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      164 63 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON Sudirman Cup: Germany 3 Japan 2, Taiwan 3 Thailand 2, Australia 4 Austria 1, Hongkong 5 Finland 0, Ukraine 5 Czech Republic 0, Wales 5 Switzerland 0, Belarus 5 Portugal 0, France 5 Belgium 0, Ireland 4 Kazakhstan 1, Spain 4
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      349 64 ANOTHER accolade for Most Valuable Player Karl Malone. The Utah Jazz star was named in the All-NBA first team. Malone, a unanimous choice for the second time, and Chicago Bulls' Michael Jordan, selected unanimously for the fourth time, each received first-team votes from all 115 sportswriters and
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      380 64 UEFA CUP FINAL, SECOND LEG: SCHALKE 4 INTER-MILAN 1 (ON PENALTIES) Reuter. GERMANY'S Schalke beat the favourite Inter-Milan on penalties to capture its first European club trophy in 93 years. The visitors, 1-0 ahead from the first leg in Gelsenkirchen, won 4-1 in a penalty
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      58 64 INTER-MILAN: Gianluca Pagliuca; Giuseppe Bergomi (Jocelyn Angioma, 71st), Massimo Paganin, Salvatore Fresi, Alessandro Pistone, Javier Zanetti, Paul Ince, Ciriaco Sforza (Aron Winter, 81st), Youri Djorkaeff, Ivan Zamorano, Maurizio Ganz. SCHALKE 04: Jens Lehmann; Radoslav Latal, Johan de Kock, Olaf Thon, Thomas Linke, Michael Bueskens, Yves Eigenrauch, Andreas Mueller (Ingo
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      478 65  -  PRE-WOWLP CUP QUALIFIERS: SINGAPORE v LEBANON (NATIONAL STADIUM, SATURDAY. Bditi RESULTS Results so far in the Pre-Worid Cup qualifiers Lebanon 1 Singapore 1 Singapore 0 Kuwait 1 Kuwait 2 Lebanon 0 With Kuwait already having six points (two wins), Singapore (one point) must beat Lebanon and Kuwait to
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      186 65 TWO key Singapore players who played against Lebanon in the first leg 1-1 draw last month may be out with injury. SAF Warriors midfielder Said Salim, suffered a recurrence of an old right knee injury during yesterday's training session with the Lions. His S-League team-mate, sweeper Hairi
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      16 65 Doubtful?: Ghazarian taking it easy during yesterday's training Picture/ Alvin Toh
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      206 65 IT'S not true that the Lions are a bunch of schoolboys. So said Lebanese team manager Youseff Beijaoui at a training session yesterday. "People back home expected us to thrash Singapore when we met last month. "Even the newspapers kept saying that every day." Before the
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