The New Paper, 11 June 1997

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  • 11 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1997 MITA(P) 06UM/97 60 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 332 2 CHINA TELLS UNITED STATES Reuter. THE US is adding muscle to its spy network in Hongkong, says the Chinese army newspaper. The China Defence newspaper said in a front-page editorial that this is one of several steps the US is taking "out of a need to
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    • 161 2 AFP. CHINESE President Jiang Zemin and Premier Li Peng will attend the Hongkong handover ceremony. The reason: To show the importance the government attaches to the British colony reverting to China, Hongkong newspaper Ming Pao daily reported yesterday. Mr Jiang
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    • 98 2 AFTER Tamagotch, the virtual pet, here comes the virtual fish. What you see here is not a fish tank but a screen displaying a three-dimensional digital image of a fish. A playing device obtains pre-recorded images of the fish in motion from a disk and displays them
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    • 343 3 WOONWUITEK reports on the Malaria scare in mntan Anti-mosquito fogging. The use of mosquito coils. Rooting out possible breeding areas. Hotels in the tourist area of Lagoi, Bintan, are going all-out to minimise the risk of catching malaria. Yet many Singaporean holiday-makers have cancelled their Bintan
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    • 193 3 YESTERDAY, six Singapore travel agencies said a number of people had cancelled trips to Bintan. At one large hotel, 20 Singaporeans cancelled on Monday, followed by even more yesterday. Usually, about half the hotel guests are Singaporeans. One hotel manager, however, noted that other Singaporeans
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    • 197 3  -  By, John Low SO said a consultant at the Department of Infectious Diseases at Tan Tock Seng Hospital, of what ails the two Singaporeans lying dangerously ill at the Singapore General Hospital. He said the two were infected with the P falciparum parasite the most dangerous of four
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    • 23 2 Leisure index Dear Aggie: Page 30 Showtime: Pages 31 to 34 TV: Page 35 Comics: Pages 36&37 f' I M Call us. Hotline
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      152 4 Waterfrom the sea in... HOT STORIES SINGAPORE'S first desalination plant will produce 30 million gallons of water a day (one-tenth of current usage) when it is completed by 2003. The $1 billion plant will use a distillation method. Sea water is boiled and the salt-free vapour collected
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    • 149 4 JOHOR'S Chief Minister, Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman, called for a "new phase" in relations between Johor and Singapore yesterday. He said the two should work towards economic "complementarity rather than competition". M I think the two business communities can see for themselves what we all
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 63 4 PRICES of certificates of entitlement (COEs) for small and mid-sized cars have reached record highs for the second successive month. They are $41,008 and $62,208, respectively. And car prices may go up because some dealers say they cannot keep on absorbing the cost of higher COEs. COEs
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      • 54 4 SINGAPORE Telecom (Sing Tel) plans to buy into PT Telkom of Indonesia and into the Telephone Organisation of Thailand or the Communications Authority of Thailand, sources say. "These will be equity acquisitions in new companies, not companies that we already have stakes in," Singapore Telecom International chief operating
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      • 55 4 SINGAPORE'S nine-year-olds are among the world's best in mathematics and science. They tied with South Korea for top spot in mathematics in the Third International Mathematics and Science Study for the nine-year-old age group. In science, South Korea was first, and Singapore, seventh. Five hundred thousand pupils
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    • 129 4 TANG Liang Hong's immediate concern is looking for a place where he can live permanently with his family. He told CNN's Asia This Day programme this last Friday. Tang's wife and two daughters are here. His son is studying in Britain. Tang did not say if
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    • 74 4 The Straits Times: Water price to double by 2000 Hn Basinets Times: Companies spared brunt of water tariff hikes UaabeZaebao: Household water tariff to be raised gradually from next month over next four years Berita Marian: Water price to double by 2000 RCS morning nans: Philippine president Fidel Ramos
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    • 13 4 The Dow Jones industrials rose 60.77 points to an all-time high 0(7539.27.
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    • 156 4 CAN YOU TELL IF YOU HAVE WHITE SPOTS? White spots a skin fungal fHHHf which is very common in hot and humid -v Singapore. White spots can affect any age grou 111 f and occurs mostly in men who are exposed to an environment that is moist, hot and hi/mid.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 476 6 FAMILY IS NOW HOMELESS BECAUSE... THE two-room flat in Outram Park cost Mr Osman Rasaid $66 in monthly rent. But he turned it into a money-spinner by abusing the heavily-subsidised rental housing. He sub-letted the whole flat to seven Myanmar nationals at $750 about 11
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    • Article, Illustration
      202 6 THIS was how The New Paper found the family when we checked a tip-off by a hotline caller: Four adults and five children, including a one-month-old baby and a three-man tent. The children slept inside the tent. The adults took turns to sleep on the park
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 312 8  -  a month Br for y taking drugs ■nr. Jailed 3 years rWOr and a month for drug habit By Alethea Lim THIS teenager didn't clutch at straws. She smoked them. Last September, she was jailed a month for taking drugs, But Wong Yue Sim, now 19,
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    • 76 8 Wong preaded guilty to five charges two for taking drugs, one for glue-sniffing and two for failing to report for urine tests. She could have been jailed up to 10 years or fined $20,000 for taking Ecstasy and cannabis. For gluesniffing, she could have been jailed up to six
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 469 11  -  By Yong Siew Fern FOR five days, Michelle Goh tried to find out what was happening to her body. She thought she was going to die. And all this while, a doctor was desperately trying to call her to tell her she had dengue fever.
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    • 90 11 DENGUE fever is caused by the bite of the Aedes mosquito, which breeds in stagnant water. Symptoms include fever, severe joint aches, headaches, skin rashes, nausea and vomiting. Those with high fever are normally told to go to hospital. If they vomit continuously and have
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    • 374 13 Last week, The New Paper received two calls from commuters who complained that cabbies were abusing the Share-A-Cab scheme. KHOR SU MIN and WONG SHER MAINE report THE SHARE-A-CAB SCHEME The scheme was introduced on June 1. Up to four people may share a cab if
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    • 75 13 BOTH cases involved City Cab taxis. A City Cab spokesman said the company takes a serious view and is investigating. City Cab and Tibs had received complaints of this kind before these two. But Comfort said it had received two such complaints. Ms Sarah Koh, the public relations
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 348 15 Ok, lah. Fewer 7 showers for me! v Yesterday, Acting Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced new rates for water to bring home the message that the first drop is precious. The revision starts on July 1. IRENE
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    • 52 15 Give rebates ouutSties Mb if smaller HDB flats. I Revise service snd conservancy charge grants for tnesenais. Details wM be released on Budget Day next month. The lower-Income earners who do not live In HD6 flats can get help from their Citizens' Consultative Committee, which has a
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    • 129 15 TODAY, you are charged different rates for using different amounts of water. For example, you pay a lower rate for the first 20 cubic metres of water, and pay no conservation tax. From next month, the tariffs and tax will be revised over four stages so that, by
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    • 132 15 THE Government will space out, as much as it can, the rate adjustments by the different ministries, said BG Lee. This is so that, while there is a good rationale for each increase, they would not bunch up to cause a "sudden shock" to the Consumer Price Index,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 409 17 The neighbours thought they were just private people, Central Narcotics Bureau officers smashed a drug syndicate on Monday night. Among the 30people arrested was a 22-year-old who, if found guilty, faces the death penalty. MELVIN SINGH reports on how the group kept its neighbours in
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    • 78 17 IN another case, a bag containing more than 23,000 ecstasy pills, with a street value of about $1 million, was left behind at Changi Airport. CNB says a cleaner found the dark brown bag in the Terminal 1 transit hall last December. It was kept at the lost
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    • 384 18  -  BY Augustine Pang THE man said he could get work permits for foreign workers. He seemed like a godsend to technician R Samy, whose relatives in India had been pestering him for more than a year
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    • 121 18 DID you know that there are 90 orchids named after well-known Singaporeans and foreign dignitaries? Some of these VIP hybrids are on display at the new Celebrity Orchid Centre in Terminal 2 of Changi Airport. Match the orchid below with its namesake correctly and you
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    • 88 17 FORM RECORDS proudly welcomes... the arrival of fi >7 C The new album THE CULT OF...ANT DEC features all their UK Top 10 hits "Better v P|| Watch Out" "When I Fall In Love", Perfect 10 Top 10 hit "Shout" "Falling" Available in a Limited Edition Slipcase Format including 3
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  • 198 21 WORLDTODAY Reuter. IRAQI President Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday (left) using crutches to walk as he leaves a hospital six months after being shot. Mr Uday left the hospital on Monday after a "complete recovery", said the official Iraqi News Agency. Shabab, Uday's TV channel, cut
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 415 23 Aussie orphans tested with herpes, whooping cough, flu vaccines CHILDREN in orphanages and babies' homes in Victoria, Australia, were used in post-World War II medical tests, according to a recent report. The Age, a Melbourne newspaper, reported that the tests, which included trials on new vaccines
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    • 97 23 THE Australian Democrats party said a federal royal commission should investigate the testing. Spokesman Meg Lees said it should look at the role that Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) played. "The federal government has a clear responsibility to launch an investigation into what exactly went on in CSL, who was
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    • 130 23 BABIES were used in herpes virus tests and they later caught herpes, reports The Melbourne Age (Internet edition). Tests were done on healthy children between seven and 10 months from Broadmeadows Babies' Home. The Catholic home, run by St Joseph's Sisters, was about 20 km north of Melbourne.
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    • 133 23 A RESEARCH firm which conducted some of the tests defended their actions, saying that they were saving lives. Dr David Vaux, of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, said the researchers should be seen as "heroes saving lives" rather than as doctors using the children as guinea
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 250 25 Naturalised us citizen Mostafa Hefny, 46, an immigrant from Egypt, is classified as "white" on official forms. But he wants to be classed as "black". He believes he will be better off in almost every way when he is no longer considered a Caucasian,
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    • 122 25 Reuter. IT could be said that it was a case of a would-be bank robber in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the US, waiting to be caught. David Hindmarsh walked into a bank on Monday and handed the teller a note demanding money and threatening to
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    • 184 26 Reuter. MORE than 300,000 people with breathing problems flocked to a house in southern India on Sunday to swallow a fish. They believed the live fish, stuffed with herbs and water, would cure them. Hyderabad's Bathini family has been providing the medicinal herbal mixture for
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    • 109 26 Reuter. THE Philippine Supreme Court yesterday rejected a petition that sought to see President Fidel Ramos run for a second six-year term. When the Philippines rewrote its constitution 10 years ago, it made it clear that no president could stay in office for
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  • spotlight
    • 476 28 Experience both past, present and future. SETO NU-WEN takes a tour through the Singapore Discovery Centre and walks through different phases of time See the present Just like something out of a science-fiction movie. But this massive globe (right) is a lot smaller than it seems to
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    • 91 28 WHERE: The Singapore Discovery Centre (SDC) ADMISSION: $9 for adults and $5 for children OPENING HOURS: Tuesdays to Fridays (9 am to 7 pm), Saturdays and Sundays (9 am to 8 pm). Closed on Mondays HOW TO GET THERE: Take bus 192 or 193 from Boon Lay MRT
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  • 330 29 Dear Aggie I AM 19 and working. My parents were separated about five to six years ago. I spend three days with my Dad and four days with my Mum. But whenever I go to Dad's place, Mum'll scold me. She'll show
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  • 49 29 Call **********7 and leave your questions for our counsellors. You can listen to their earlier advice, too. This week's topics: Two-timer 19 years of bad marriage I get friendly, he gets nervous Lonely divorcee is too shy Too close for comfort? Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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  • 332 29 AFTER a year together, my boyfriend, a colleague of mine, broke off with me three weeks ago. He said it was because of my past. Two years ago, I had an affair with a married man. I left him when
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  • 133 29 MY boyfriend said he knew the withdrawal method, but I still got pregnant, and had an abortion. I hesitated when my new boyfriend asked for sex. But, in the end, I got pregnant again. Will a second abortion affect my plans to have children in the
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  • 86 29 MY steady, who is in my class, started sniffing glue a month ago. His results are good, but I'm afraid they will soon suffer. When I tell him to stop it, he keeps quiet. Confused Girl COUNSELLOR SAYS It is good you are concerned about your friend.
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    • 29 29 MS WONG SING CHEE, counsellor, Singapore Polytechnic If you need advice, write to: Dear Aggie, The New Paper Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road. Singapore *****5 Or fax: 737-5375
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    • 32 29 M SoT 912-0007 You can leave us your problems on the Hotline and listen to selected answers given by trained counsellors. Identities will be kept confidential. Calls are 30 cent* a minute.
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  • Showtime
    • 405 30  -  There will be 22 episodes and an "extended family" in the new season of Growing Up. The previous season had only 13 episodes. BY Yong Siew Fern THEY weren't at ease playing screen lovers. At first, it got so
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    • 148 30 DRINK-DRIVING does not pay. Even me a scene has its discovered 88 g Up team P l 6 t r > r Rebellious son Gary Tan, n knd riving g6tS into trouble The crew borrowed a car from a Television Corporation of Singapore producer for filming.
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    • 455 31  -  Sorry, bye-bye, lunch, sian, wah piang... BY Eugene Wee WAH piang, eh! This is a typical expression of surprise and shock in the Hokkien dialect. And it could be the reaction of the cast and crew of local Mandarin sitcoms to TCS' latest language
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    • 48 31 "Without the Singlish, it will be like drinking fruit juice without the taste of the fruit." Accounts executive Lee Li Yin, 25 "I don't think it will be as funny. Some things said in dialect are more comical and sound more Itfe-like." Secretary Pearly Ho, 53
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    • 41 31 "Idon't think there will be much difference. The main draw are the characters, and since there will be some Singlish, I think it will still be funny Ms Eunice Wqe, 21, project assistant for -V. convention V.W.V t y
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    • 251 32  -  By Pradeep Paul REPORTING FROM SALT LAKE CITY MICHAEL Jackson is history. Ancient history. At least, that is what album sales in the US indicate. His latest work, Blood on the Dance Floor: HlStory in the Mix, has sold just 35,000 copies since its release on May
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    • 84 32 JURASSIC PARK CONTEST ALMOST all the entries to our Jurassic Park contest last week answered the two questions correctly. ANSWERS 1. Dinosaur is the star of The Lost World: Jurassic Park. 2. Jeff Goldblum plays the chaos theorist lan Malcolm in The Lost World. Ten callers with
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    • 179 33 AT 12 she was part of Revlon'B Most Unforgettable Women in the World campaign. At 15, she was frolicking on the beach in Return to the Blue Lagoon. At 18, she won rave reviews for her quirky album, The Divine Comedy. But life's no comedy
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    • Article, Illustration
      211 33 We're getting married in 12 hours, Sly tells girlfriend WHEN Sylvester Stallone married long-time girlfriend Jennifer Flavin last month, the bride found out about the wedding only 12 hours beforehand. And the macho actor, 50, organised the whole affair himself from the flowers to the royal venue to the
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    • 157 33 WHERE would Seinfeld be without his sidekicks? This was what Julia Louis-DreyfuSs (Elaine), Jason Alexander (George) and Michael Richards (Kramer) were banking on when they demanded US$l million ($1.4 million) an episode each to sign on for the sitcom's ninth season. Last season, they earned US$l5O,OOO
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 883 34 tvpage L O SB 9M Suddenly Susan Q (Channel 5, 7.30 pm) CHANNEL Q I Susan falls passionately in love I m m nPr'M m with a man she hardly knows. NOON NmSToday/HoiiieSliopptiif NOON Fan Obcomy/MM-Oasr Nem m Jack's marriage, meantime, 1.10 PMRoseanne—Wait TM Your Father 1.30 PM The Things
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  • 472 35  -  IS} CETERA mjmm WITH BRIAN MILLER LAST month, just before schools closed for the June holidays, I played daddy bigtime. No, I didn't do wishywashy daddy things the way most daddies do. I did a serious daddy thing. I put my signature
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    • 286 40 FASTads A Special Focus Of The New Paper Fastads The ONLY portable airconditionar in South East Asia without putting/pouring water (800W only/*****TU) 13AMP (ordinary socket) Consume very little electricity. (10hrs. daily $6 per month) MEfIFI»«TgUBIiIBB«EUMPE For those who already own split units aircon with max. 20,000 BTU and cannot fix
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    • 300 41 2050 Personal Services/ 2060 Personal Services/ Products Products FACE LINE MEN'S SALON ESTABLISHED SINCE IM3 tSutt *2(/<%n4<X fa* Our skincare experts with 15 years of experience will prescribe specific program tor individual tkincare needs Swiss formulas of botanical extracts and science are combined to create a new perspective In advance
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    • 291 42 2630 Sales Positions ERIC^HOE^OUTIQUEI ASSISTANT I SALES SUPERVISOR 35 years above 8 Able to speak in English 8 Min. 3 years experience 8 Walk in interview 8 •01-2SA Peninsula Plaza 8 (opposite Bate) 8 Pnw: »3MOSW P JINSURANCE Min. requirements: I Age 21. 3 GCE *0' level I If you
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    • 459 43 2636 Customer Service 2636 Customer Service 2636 Customer Service 2636 Customer Service 2636 Customer Service 2636 Customer Service Positions Positions Positions Positions Positions Positions If you have a flair for bringing a smile to the people you serve, you could be the person we're looking for. REQUIREMENTS: facilities. Free transport
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    • 254 44 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 2642 Hotal/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions aoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaoaq < Chilly Buddya J The hottest outdoor restaurant > 2 in town wants: x 2 D Captains 2 2) Waiter*/ Waitresses t 3) Cashiers Q 4 Tel: 732 9108/ 736 3707 Q 2 Papa Joe'* 5 The funkiest restaurant
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    • 275 44 2642 Hotel/ Restaurant/ 2642 Hotel/Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Lounge Positions An established Japanese Members' Club with a cosy friendly ambience immediately requires: FULL-TIMER PART-TIMER with or without experience accepted Daily salary from $70 above plus attractive commission Pleasant sociable ladies, 18 yrs. above Working hours from Bpm to 1.30 am Transport
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    • 373 45 2048 Administrative/ 2648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions Clericel Positions M m An established company urgently requires: H H W A Min. O' level. LCCI or equivalent 1 I Computer literate 1 f Pleasant personality 1 A General admin, duties I A Knowledge of Import/Export Procedures I L A female preferred |l
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    • 299 46 2661 Bocrotary/Psrsonal 2681 Secretary/Personal Assistant Positions Assistant Positions ■Junior Secretory ino«oWj o» Below 26 years old 1-2 yeors working QjS|Q|l|fl experience c» PC knowledge J c» Meal provided ■c> Salary negotiable EEfISEQHfI o Sinaporean/PR only ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■a Required gce '0' To auist training department Able to do some admin, work Interested
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    • 425 47 2675 Drivor/Transport 267S Drivar/Transport 2675 Drivoc/Tr ana port Po«ition» Positions Positions Has a valid Class 4 licence Able to operate crane mounted on lorry Preferably with 3 years experience Interested applicants, please write-in with full resume, stating current and expected salary, contact number and submit to: THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
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    • 411 47 2689 Othor Positions 2689 Othor Positions 2689 Othor Positions POWER I GRID M A subsidiary of Singaporr Powrt PowcrGrid Ltd, a subsidiary of Singapore Power invites suitably qualified candidates to apply for the posts of: Qualifications Diploma in Business Management/Human Resource/Marketing or other related disciplines from any of the recognised
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    • 359 48 2689 Othor Positions 2689 Othor Positions 2689 Othor Positions i BPj Singapore Press Holdings Etf Scanning pictures into the Macintosh jjM Enlarging black-and-white and colour pictures jM f Printing of colour pictures in the mini-lab Housekeeping of processors, photographic equipment A The Requirements Ipr Min GCE 'O' Level pc/macintosh-literate I
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    • 477 49  -  JURONG SCORPIONS OTIONG BAHRU JAGUARS 2 (Steven Tan 2nd. Haris Sumri 91st) FIREWORKS Jurong coach Jimmy Pearson (above): What's all this nonsense? There must be some truth when speaking to the press, to the public. This game was ordinary, we were ordinary, you were ordinary. To
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    • 285 49 ONE of the greatest truisms in football was played out painfully like an instructional movie last night: The team who scores, wins. Set against the romantic leeside of Gombak Hill, the Tiger Beer S-League's Match of the Day became a night of misses and miscues. Steven Tan
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    • 339 50  -  GEYLANC EAGLES 2 (Jang Jung 56th min: Latiff Khamarudin. 90th) HOME PROTECTORS 0 By Ernest Luis THE Home Protectors really have no luck, even on a weekday. After six previous losses and one draw, the Protectors finally got their first win when they beat Tampines 3-0 two
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    • 468 50 Officials of the Football of Association of Singapore, S-League and Woodlands Wellington will meet tonight to discuss the Sandro Radun-Esad Sejdic compensation saga. Somebody has to pay. But who is responsible? ERNEST LUIS sets the scene... WHO is to blame and who is to
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    • 131 50 Early January: S League Board rejects Woodlands' applications for goalkeeper Sandro Radun and striker Esad Sejdic Radun for indiscipline and Sejdic for poor commitment Radun and Sejdic separately appeal to Fifa, claiming their signed documents with Woodlands should be honoured. Fab 19: Fifa Players' Status Committee in
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    • 443 51 PIPPEN HAS HIS... THE first thing you notice about Scottie Pippen are his fingers. They are slim and very, very long. Almost like ETs. Yet, it is these very fingers that make Pippen an extraordinary basketball player. They curl around the ball securely when he shoots:
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    • 771 52 Michael Jordan and Karl Malone do the same thing for a living.. .play basketball. That's it. Apart from that, they are as different as chicken rice and laksa. One is slim and likes dressing in elegant suits. The other is burly and prefers sleeveless sweatshirts and shorts. No
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    • 293 53 BRAZIL 1 (Romario 61st) ENGLAND0 Half-time (HI Attendance 40,000 Referee: John Jairo Toro Rendon (Col) England: Shearer, Scholes, Campbell Brazil: Ronaldo, Dunga, Celio Silva TEAMS I England; David Seaman, Martin Keown (Gary Neville 20th), Gareth Southgate, Sol Campbell, Phil Neville, Paul Scholes (Robert Lee 74th), Paul Ince,
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    • 429 53 Wire services. ENGLAND may have won the Tournoi de France, but it's Brazil which clearly showed it's the team to beat in next year's World Cup. Exactly a year before it defends the World Cup in France, Brazil erased any doubts about its quality with an emphatic
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    • 68 53 Brazil's Mario lagallo: We have improved tactically through the tournament and have remained unbeaten against three great teams. I cannot compare this team with the 1994 world champion because it plays totally differently. But this is a great boost... England's Glenn Noddle: It was a good lesson
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    • 396 53  -  By Ian Brown DESPITE the huge buildup, Alan Shearer and Ronaldo both had quiet games, without a goal attempt worthy of the name between them. One could hear the clink of moneybags as Shearer, currently the world's most expensive player at £15 million (s33m) lined
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    • 566 54 US OPEN GOLF: CONGRESSIONAL CLUB. MARYLAND: Tomorrow-Sunday Tiger Woods struck a blow against racism with an historic US Masters triumph. But there are some battles he is simply unwilling to fight as he prepares for the second major of the year, the US Open... AFP.
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    • 310 54 AFP. BIG BETS: If the sight of Tiger Woods on the fairways is enough to bring his fellow professionals out in a cold sweat, then the same could be said about Britain's bookmakers. They stand to lose millions of pounds if the 21-year-old lands the US Open this
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    • 153 54 AFP. DEFENDING champion Steffi Graf will miss Wimbledon later this month after undergoing knee surgery in Austria yesterday. The former world No 1 and 21 times Grand Slam champion will be out of action for at least four months and will also miss the US Open
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