The New Paper, 25 August 1997

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    10 1 the new paper MONDAY, AUGUST 25, 1997 MTA(P)O6UM*7 60 cons
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      58 1 Vl r 't u r O \A It fl let me tell you... ...about my son, my restlessness, my joy, my hard-learnt lesson my 3Cs /Pages 27-30 Our internet page I* r hi r 1 nt D ffi of c r> r U i rf U. r' 'h i 1
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Joint fund to fight off speculators
      293 2 f *< :w i-L————— Source: Bernama. A NEW weapons tirj. That is what the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) may get to battle speculators. Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday that Asean was prepared to set up a
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      Lock icon N Korean ambassador 'defects'
      152 2 Reuter. NORTH Korea's ambassador to Egypt has fled to the US embassy in Cairo. South Korean media reported this today. The Seoul foreign ministry said it was trying to confirm the reports. If confirmed, it would be the first defection of a Pyongyang ambassador. The influential
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      FACE OFF MAHATHIR/ SOROS
      103 2 All these countries have spent 40 years trying to t>uild up their economies $nd a moron like Soros homes along with a lot of money. 1 MalaysiakTrime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on American financier George Soros. Dr Mahathir has blamed Mr Soros for the speculative attacks on
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      THRILL SEEKER
      270 3 In h»r i She tells EDIiMYEO«M% F> ATNASARIDPWI WW Mahassan is looking for m some exciteme!H%i her life. If anyone offers to tie hetto a > bungee cord or throw a plane, she will most dennitflfy, ah, jump at the opportUMgr. "I really like things wffin are exciting,"
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      13 2 Leisure Index TV: Page 19 Comics: Pages 22 23 Pages 24, 26, 31&32
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      CPF withdrawal high
      168 4 IN the second quarter of this year, CPF members took out $1.44 billion to buy private homes and Housing Board (HDB) flats. This is the highest quarterly amount taken out in four years up 13.1 per cent from the first quarter, and 12.2 per cent against the
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      Sharp drop in brokers' incomes
      109 4 HOT REAL estate brokers appear to have been hit hard by the May 1996 curbs on property speculation. They have seen a sharp drop in income and their numbers are estimated to have halved. Preliminary findings from an ongoing survey of real estate agents that,
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Stone surprise
        56 4 RARE stones from caves in Guilin and Yunnan in China are on sale at a Singapore plant nursery. According to officials in China, it is illegal to remove the stones. The stalactites and stalagmites were sent when the shop owner asked his supplier for unusual rocks. The owner
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        Hongkong post
        41 4 SINGAPORE government officials have been appointed to five Hongkong advisory committees, the Express News says. The officials include the Environment Ministry's policy and management division director, Mr Tan Teng Huat, who will sit on the environmental problems advisory committee.
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        MAS delays
        48 4 SEVEN Malaysian Airways flights have been delayed as the haze over Sabah and northern Sarawak worsens. Many domestic flights were cancelled, leaving hundreds of passengers stranded. Visibility was reduced to 1 km in Tawau and Labuan, 2 km in Kota Kinabalu and 5 km in Sandakan.
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        Doctor cutback
        58 4 THERE are too many doctors in the US so the government will pay hospitals millions to cut down on training new ones. The plan was initially approved for New York but has been extended to all 1,025 US teaching hospitals. It is the government's first effort to limit
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        Sex scandal?
        64 4 I take a picture with some girls next to me, it does not mean that I am having an affair with the girls. It is always like that. I was once linked with a Chinese woman in Singapore. —Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad dismissing the
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        Daily teaching chores
        74 4 THE Straits Times Forum letter-writer Chin Ylh Ling said that teachers also have to Prepare lessons and mark students' work Conduct remedial lessons Counsel students and sometimes even parents Organise extra-curricular activities Attend meetings or workshops Do administrative work Conduct camps, ECAs and extra classes during school
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      HEADLINERS
      76 4 The Straits Timet: Singapore to cast net worldwide for talent The Business Timet: Welcome foreign talent, PM Goh tells S'poreans Uanlie Zaobao: PM Goh: S'pore govt to adopt breakthrough measures in roping talents Berita Harlan: PM outlines strategy to prepare for challenges PCS morning newt: PM Goh outlines strategy
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      112 4 I" 'MOOIsfCcJKT 7TS77Vc4£~^ I 25 August -16 September Savour delicious traditional mooncakes at Amara Singapore Lotus Paste with Double Yolk $28.00 per box of 4 Lotus Paste with Single Yolk $26.00 per box of 4 Plain Lotus Paste $22.00 per box of 4 Yunnan Ham with Assorted Seeds $28.00 per
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      42 4 Toll-free HgtWto HW-7PWS Ctfs are charged al 30 cents per minute fliWkM Inctifi Dear Angle INBHZOOO7 Matters o( the heart SpeakUp 1808-*****03 Youftofum Her Mr Wiley 1180-*****03 invaluable lessons i*]i" iMM-iiMni LWIUn %il Legal advice M NFS line KM Vm Km** 1m
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Their own eye on the sky
      439 5  -  By Jill Lim IS it a box? Is it a toy? No, it's a telescope. After all, if you build your own telescope, you can give it any shape you like. Six Nanyang Polytechnic engineering students have made one that's basically a box, long
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      Scope for star-gazing
      234 5 THE Italian scientist Galileo Galilei is said to have built the first telescope to look at outer space, in 1609. With his telescope, which had a lens of about 5 cm wide, he could see the Moon, Venus and Jupiter. Much more elaborate telescopes have been built
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    Showman vs Scholar
    836 6 SINGAPORETODAY It may be the closest the two men have come to a direct fight—a one-on-one between the Prime Minister and Mr J B Jeyaretnam over a defamation suit Then again, they had their Queen's Counsel standing in as 'proxies' in court. The two QCs had contrasting
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      305 7 KM Opportunity for an H v J Mg-1 Force wo^^lStf'Sfnen and Lxnen Call the Mce Career were not even more Impressive. Thats why, j r7. when you join the Police, we gjve you ample ift_« opportunities to develop your powers of K7 l orvMt intellect, leadership and management jA our
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Getai girl hurt in stage fall
      411 8 MADAM Lin Qi Xing was performing at a getai here when her pager started beeping. The page was from her 10-year-old daughter, who was performing at another Hungry Ghost Festival getai across the Causeway. The girl's buttock was pierced by a piece of wood
      Picture/ Shin Min Daily News  -  411 words
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      Lock icon Premier a winner at Tikam-tikam
      295 9  -  THE VISIT Mr and Mrs Li Peng arrived in Singapore yesterday for a three-day visit. They are accompanied by several ministers, including Executive Vice Foreign Minister Tang Jiaxuan and Deputy SecretaryGeneral of the State Council He Chunlin. By Ng Wan Ching A POPULAR local game
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      Boat people: Now, for the NEW story
      528 10 It is an old «tonr. Of how Vietnamese refugees fled their country in rickety boats, at the mercy of the high seas, faced with uncertainty. Many of them came to Singapore's shores. Now for the new stay. Of Singapore's hard-line approach to the
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      Before Operation Desert Storm, there was OPERATION THUNDERSTORM
      105 10 TWO Ministers were involved in what Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong described as "one of the early tests of the SAF" Education Minister RADM Teo Chee Hean and Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng were then in the Navy. Along
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      594 8 I TALKING YELLOW PAGES WISHES TO THANK ALL J n PARTICIPANTS IN OUR MONTHLY DIAL-IN V CONTEST FROM 1 JAN TO 30 JUN 1997^^^ /MEET OUR I 120 LUCKY M WINNERS VO Abdul Bln Abu Othman *****08 C LaeMulHoon *****93 C Quah Chwee Lan *****87 0 J Aisyahkirtn Binte Abdul
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Deadly SPLIT
      147 11 THE TELL-TALE WATCH /Next page Vlnai Chaipanidi: Owns multi-millior»-baht Quality Architect and Maintenance, a construction company. Described by Bangkok papers as "a good-looking guy in his 30s, with a dual personality of a playboy and a wealthy businessman". 11 I fl Tf >ai mother anrf aUfih,er of k
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      The tell-tale WATCH
      469 12 THE BETRAYAL THE FALSE TRAIL WHEN her daughter failed to return from school, Kloyjai Duncan made a police report. Vinai placed advertisements in the newspapers. On August 20, a month after her disappearance, a 'samlor' (motorcycle trishaw) driver called Mrs Duncan. He claimed he had seen Sherry
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      THE BREAKTHROUGH
      378 12 IT was an expensive Charles Jourdan watch with a dark brown strap and it was too good to resist. Having helped to murder its owner, Samak Thoopbuchakorn greedily took it. Later that night, he gave it to his wife. But years later, he made the mistake of having
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      357 11 Finalists Mandarin Finalists O Gardenia: the O Carven -fr#H O BMW: 0 Traffic Police £iiff JF£iftiß& Schweppes: Tongue Twister' 0 Carrier System 6: PI It O Pepsi: O Prudential 0 Traffic Police: 'If You Drink, Don't Drive' 0 Bengawan Solo ■I Remember, the mora you vote, the better your chances
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon They know they're going to die... All they want to do is spread Aids
      278 13 TEENAGE AiDS PATIENTS IN SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCE AFP. A IDS-stricken teenagers in South Africa's eastern KwaZulu-Natal province are deliberately infecting others. Why? Because they don't want to suffer and die alone. Some men are even raping
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      Lock icon 'Give US more money, then we'll go'
      222 14 MONTSERRAT MADNESS Wire Services. A VOLCANIC eruption could kill them at anytime. Yet, about 5,000 people in the British-run island of Montserrat in the Caribbean Sea have refused to leave. The reason: Money. The amount offered by the British government is not enough,
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      17 13 GINGA Is Newly-Renovated And Features A New A-ha-Carte Menu Still Serves An Old Favourite 'SUSHI TEPPANYAKI' 1300-23^9^
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      376 13 t Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Business Administration Awarded by The Association of Business Executives, UK Validated by The University of Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinations W Leading to a BBA decree from the City University Washington, USA T Certificate, Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Administrative Management Awarded by
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Riding high
      67 16 I was thinking that, If I'm riding one qfthe hones, I will look as grand as them... forgetting that I do not have the size and height of those men. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, saying his interest in horse riding started after being impressed
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      Lock icon Nurse accused of 18 murders
      347 16 AFP. SHE didn't want to be bothered with patients. She wanted "to enjoy some peace and quiet during working hours". That's what head nurse Aida Nur Eddin is claimed to have said after her arrest in Egypt. She is accused of killing 18 of her
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      Lock icon India says yes
      216 17 I HHAYY FIGHTING KASHMIR KORDKR Wire services. FIFTY-FOUR Indian and Pakistani soldiers were killed on the border in Kashmir, said Indian officials. A spokesman said 51 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 45 were wounded in gun battles which broke out on Saturday evening. "Such unprovoked firing from
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      Lock icon Pakistan says no
      205 17 AFP. PAKISTANI defence ministry officials strongly refuted Indian military reports yesterday. They denied that 51 Pakistani soldiers were killed in heavy fighting between the two armies along their border in disputed Kashmir state. "No exchange of fire has taken place in the past two, three days in
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      Lock icon Cambodian royalists make their last stand
      161 17 AFP. A SMALL group of Cambodian royalists were still clinging stubbornly to their last outpost as night fell yesterday. This came after a day of fierce fighting as Phnom Penh forces pushed the royalists to the gates of their stronghold. Witnesses at the border
      AFP.; Pictures/ Reuter  -  161 words
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      Swede surrender
      96 18 I signed because I knew I had to to get out... I was sent to Bollnas hospital where they took everything out. A Doctor Ingvarsson said to me f f you f re not very bright you can f t have children\ Swedish victim Maria Nordin, 72, who
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      ANGRY AND JEALOUS
      350 18 Daughter's crime against father and brother A JEALOUS daughter and her boyfriend robbed her family because she was angry about her widowed father's love affair and his favouritism towards her younger brother. Yip Lai, 22, stood lookout at the family's Tuen Mun home while her boyfriend, Yau
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      93 17 WE DON'T JUST POLISH CARS WE RENOVATE THEM TO SHOWROOM CONDITION 4kJMH We are not cheap. We do not accept peanuta and we do not monkey around with your car. We take a staggering 23 stepa to groom a car as required by Autoglym U.K. II value for money is
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      107 18 you do m 4kTliu r J m figM «ryp 0 m BEY/) N D /Tilfitet. series decftcaj:ed jtffttlfe iijTjsung heroes of Singapore Every week, spend a half hour tfrflteworld of theeveryd&V fi£ses among us. Whether their job is to heal the sick, pufout the cfcrard the dangerous-criminals of society, there
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      106 19 Book-keepers in Audit Firms: ir'j'rj! J FACT can make you far more productive ■AMI Look at it this way: your firm gets paid a fixed amount every month to do your clients' accounts. To use batch iH processing accounting software means that your costs are very high. With FACT, you
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      901 19 tvpage.,., r Q hMJJI 5q CHANNEL O Ross is upset when Rachel jQ| (Jennifer Aniston, left) decides to NOON News 5 Today NOON Entertainment Beat (Variety/r) get on with her life by returning 12.10 PM Home Shopping 1.00 PM Mid-Day N«ws/Money Week J\ some of his things and going out
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  • DEARWIJEY
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      Quick march to the top
      172 20 QI AM a Secondary 2 student of a neighbourhood school. I am interested in, and hope to take up, a career as an officer in the Singapore Armed Forces. Is it enough that I have just an A-level certificate or a polytechnic diploma, instead of
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      So hard to decide what's next
      179 20 QI DROPPED out of school halfway through Secondary 4. I have been job-hopping ever since. I have worked as a factory operator, waitress, telephone operator and sales assistant. A few months ago, I applied for a job as a general clerk in an electronics
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      Hard to decide between poly and JC
      156 20 QI AM taking my O levels this year. I do generally well in my subjects except for maths and art. I am not sure whether it is better to go to a polytechnic or junior college. Can I still go to university even
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      This course seems better for me
      297 21 CALL US Call **********3 and leave your questions for Mr Wijey. You can listen to his earlier advice, too. Calls cost 30 cents (plus an extra 10 cents a minute for cardphone calls). This week's Q&A: I Carelessness in exams Is K the right
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      How do I rate a poly?
      128 21 QIS there any rating among polytechnics? My son has a place at a poly. But my sister believes that this poly is not as good as the others. She also said the two local universities will take in only graduates from the better polys.
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      Should I boot up for this course?
      134 21 QI'LL be finishing my National Service this year. I am 20. After my NS, I would like to take up a computer diploma course in a private school. But I'm worried I may not qualify as I have only an NTC 3 certificate.
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      117 20 Do you have any questions regarding education? Write or fax your questions to Dear Mr WQey HThe New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5. Fax: 737-5375 Give us your name, address and telephone number. Call The New Paper Infoline, 1900-*****03. (Calls are charged at 30 cents a minute.) Help
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      209 21 CELEBRATING d YEARS OF A SECRET RECIPE a The infamous Long Jiang Mooncakes turn 3 thisyeMrl To celebrate this auspicious occasion, Long Jiang Sichuan Restaurant presents the delicious mooncakes in custom-designed collectible tin boxes and paper bags. There is a choice of Teochew-style yam paste or white lotus paste wrapped
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    TV shows don't tell whole story
    490 22  -  "(S^ Ui WITH TRUDY LIM A SINGAPORE police force scholar became a cop partly because of the movie Glimmer Man starring Steven Seagal. That simple fact in a report in Saturday's New Paper brought back memories. I became a journalist because of Lou Grant.
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      58 22 A Relaxing Experience —^3 C FLAME PE SAUNA Experience the Taiwanese Finger Press Encounter Japanese Siatsu First-class facilities 400tfssn 11 umi 111 IIIIIMIM ii 1111 fmBzia—I I 133 New Bridge Road #05-01 Chinatown Point Singapore *****3 (Enter from the 1 I taxi stand and take lift 9 and 10 to
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      71 22 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson pS* lijj Adam/Brian Basset WBM c I(P fi W fur s THAW r.M auompument. Foxtrot/Bill Amend PETER, I WANT YOU I'M 6MN6 W EACH I|j SoRRY. AND 3ASON "toOo $20 lb SPEND. I TRUST I ABSoU/TELT FEEL IT'S HARD BUY SCHOOL SUPPLIES YbuTRE MATURE ENOU6N
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      92 23 COMICRELIEF ft W V r* The Concrete Jungle/Colin Qoh tojrisSlkk' I IHSSJ |«P>' I Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce BAD. *'D —V HI. MR. T PLEASED s ANYWAY (\> W^. IC t <T (70 MEET I WHAT HAVE fIF SHE TO I V J IVE YOU, 7 yjs YOU HEARD DUMPS Dilberk/Scott
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    SORRY
    508 24  -  BOYZONE TO SINGAPORE FANS Showtime *We never want to offend our fans, disappoint them or make them angiy. We respect them because they put us there' By Avis Wong BOYZONE, the most popular boy band in the world after Take That, is taking a bow. It has apologised to
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      114 25 Star Cri s i ses THE LEADING CRUISE LINE IN ASIA presents The Leading Stars In Asia Live Entertainment '97 Roman Tam fl: N wlf 5 Sep Cruise Weilg HOHg V 2 Nights International Cruise 29^Aug One Goes Absolutely FREE!* This gorgeous Hong Kong-based celebrity has gone front winning titles
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  • SHOWTIME
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      'Spice Girls female version of Boyzone'
      326 26  -  FROM PAGE 22 BY Avis Wong "THE Spice Girls are the female equivalent of Boyzone!" Gately quipped, when asked if the band was the male equivalent of the British girl group. That's a bold thing to say, considering that the Spice Girls ei\joy phenomenal
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      Boys vs Girls
      138 26 BOYZONE formed in Nov 1993 Touted as Take That's successor Two albums (Said And Done, A Different Beat): Were number one on UK charts; Singapore sales at 20,000 Awards: None Endorsements: None Movie plans: None Claim to fame: Did soundtrack, Picture Of You, for Mr Bean's new
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      Buzz, buzz, buzzlines
      81 26 CHECK out these two lines: MOVIE MAMA: 1900-912-0005. Reviews of Face/Off, Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie, Scream and Volcano. CELEBRITY BUZZ: 1900-912-0004. News on Sean Connery, Jim Carrey and Tori Spelling. Did you know that Man In Black star Will Smith did so well in school that
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      271 27 BMVMMMMMnAdUHnyjKiMHWaiMiyJHH||^^^^^^Kfev.;4.. HHHHHBHHHIHHHHHHHMHHHHHfIH IMAGINE this: Reporting to a Chilean boea,i»ing Si™™™* w*v wm unhuwi n ■mf Jm Mi JHm[nff TrBl!t« driven by m Arab bus-driver and pubbing at Bugis BfljHl To welcome them, some changes wW bemad*. District with a host of foreigners. I i|Ljap iurongToWn Corporation, tor example, wis rent
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    Will my Jordan stand tall among foreigners?
    500 28 A father worries about the future of his only child as Singapore opens up to more compeonon LAST night I was jolted. The Prime Minister had just spoken about opening up our educational institutions to foreign students. All I could think of was
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    I feel some wind beneath my wings
    485 28 Jobs abroad: A yuppy tells it like it is WE'RE a little restless. So when we see other countries getting into high gear, we take notice. To PM, this means Singapore cannot relax. To my husband and me, it means more opportunities. It
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    Zingapore: That's the way (uh huh, uh huh) I like it
    243 28 Four Singaporeans, spanning the generations, look at the PM's National Day Rally speech... Hub for intellectual and cultural capital? A Generation Xer gets excited over tfee idea I LIKE the concept of going "cosmopolitan". So I like it that
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    Lock icon Let a 1,000 minds bloom
    264 28 A former principal learns the importance of encouraging new ideas the hard way I ONCE ran the school my way. As the school principal, I thought I had the best ideas. That was in 1969. Within two years of being a principal at Changkat Changi
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    241 29 FOR non-Chinese speaking Chinese households to know Chinese, as language is a key to their roots. But studying it cannot be too difficult, or the children will be turned off. For Chinese-speaking families, however, they must remember that every Singaporean also needs a working knowledge of English. Among
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    181 29 OLDER Chinese Singaporeans do not understand English and they should be reached out to in practical ways. But in 20 years time, English should be the common working language of aH Singaporeans, young and old. Steps should be taken to ensure that Chinese is stiH widely used and
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      406 31  -  SHOW INFO WHAT: Galilee (I Feel The Earth Move) WHEN: Aug 28 to Sept 6, 8 pm, Aug 30 Sept 6,3 pm WHERE: Drama Centre TICKETS: Available at Substation. $15, $18, $21, $24. For matinees, $13, $15 and $18. Call *****16 for more information
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      552 48 ATHLETICS: COLOGNE GRAND PRIX Seven world records fall in 14 days SBHUS Men's 800 m: 1: Wilson Kipketer (Den) 1:41.11 (world record) 2: Patrick Konchellah (Ken) 1:42.98 3:Hezekiel Sepeng(SA) 1:43.19 3,000 m 1: Bernard Barmasai (Ken): 7:55.72 (world record) 2s Moses Kiptanui (Ken) 7:56.16 3: Patrick Sang(Ken)
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      150 48 FINAL RESULTS Men's singles: SunJun (Chn)btJoko Supriyanto (Ina) 15-9,15-7 Women: Susi Susanti (Ina) bt Ye Zhaoying (Chn) 11-8, 11-5 AFP INDONESIA'S Susi Susanti used all her experience to down world No 1 Ye Zhaoying 11-8, 11-5 to win the Sanyo World Badminton championships. Susanti started sluggishly
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      THE TOP SEEDS
      48 49 Flushing Meadow, New York (Tod«y-Se|rt 7) MEN 1 Pete Sampras (US) 2 Michael Chang (US) 3 Yevgeny Kafelnikov (Rus) 4 Goran Ivanisevic (Cro) S Thomas Muster (Aus) ssoaM I Martina Hingis (Swit) 2 Monica Seles (US) 3Jana Novotna(Cze) 4 Iva Majoli (Cro) 5 Amanda Coetzer(SA)
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      209 49 FACTFILE Nmm: Andre Agassi Date of birth: April 29,1970 %K 27 Place of mhknfii Las Vegas, US Turned pro: 1986 Height I.Bom Weight 75kg Career poize money: US$l2 million ($18 m) Highest world ranking: No 1 in Feb 1995 Career highlights: Won 1992 Wimbledon 1994 US Open 1995
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      409 49 No, say his brother, coach and his agents USA Today. SINCE rising to No 2 in the world when he was 18, Andre Agassi has scaled as many peaks as he has skidded through valleys. "His career has always looked like a stock market chart (see chart below),"
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      199 49 TALK on the pro tour is that banking on an Andre Agassi comeback would be a bad investment. That is mainly because tennis stopped being a high priority with him after his April marriage to actress Brooke Shields, say his critics. "It's ironic that the
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      264 50  -  SEA GAMES COUNTDOWN: JAKARTA: OCT 11-19 By Gerard Wong ALICE Motorola Singapore Open ladies' masters title win could not have come at a better time for her. Singapore Tenpin Bowling Congress director of coaching Mike Boroskae made this observation last Saturday after watching Tay win her first
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      397 50  -  By S Gulam REZA Manesh, Hamidreza Estili and Martin Tierney are likely to be selected for Geylang United's first round, first leg Asian Club Championship match. The Eagles will play Kashima Antlers, the J-League champion, on Wednesday at the Kashima Stadium. The return leg is on
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      289 50 DAYDREAMING! That's the problem young national athlete Hiranisha Rasimuddin faced at the Indonesia Athletics Open last Friday. And it led to her failure in clocking a great time, reports Berita Harian. Hiranisha, the only woman participant from Singpaore at the championships, clocked 12.42 seconds in the
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      135 51 Soccer fans, pick you Matcn of the Week again. Just call 1900-*****01 before midnight tomorrow and indicate the match you think we should feature (see iisi oelow). It includes only tnose piayeo at the weekend. Tne matcn wim tne nighesi vote
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      202 51 1111 ;M IfiTIMCERMANY GERMANY: Hamburg 0 Bayem 2 K'tern3 Schalke 0 Dortmund 5 Bochum 2 DuisburgO VfB Stuttgart 3 Leverkusen 6 Karlsruhe 1 Bielefeld 3 Bremen 0 Borussia4 Cologne 1 HOLLAND: NAC Breda 3 PSV 3 Volendam OTwenteO RKC Waalwijk 1 Groningen 1 Utrecht 6 Maastricht 1
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      153 51 HOLLAND Reuter. CHAMPION PSV Eindhoven twice came from behind to salvage a 3-3 away draw against NAC Breda. PSV went behind after nine minutes when Arcil Arveladze, twin brother of Ajax's Shota, was brought down in the box. He converted the ensuing penalty. But the champion equalised
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      190 52 BARNSLEY 0 CHELSEA 6 Dan Petrescu 25th min Gustavo Poyet 38th Gianluca Vialli: 44th, 57th, 65th, 82nd Half-time: 0-3 Attendance: 18,170 Wire services. ITALIAN striker Gianluca Vialli scored four goals for Chelsea in its demolition of Premiership newcomer Barnsley. Vialli, often on the bench last
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      483 52 The Independent. FOR all the romanticism gilded on to Barnsley's elevation into the Premiership, harsh reality suggested its first brush with England's elite could end unhappily. Four goals from Gianluca Vialli ripped the heart out of the home side, who looked what everyone outside Barnsley predicted it would
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      NATIONWIDE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE
      304 52 Westßrom 1 Wolves 0 Birmingham 3 Reading 0 Bradford 2 Ipswich 1 BuryO Charlton 0 Middlesbro 0 Stoke 1 Norwich 0 Crewe 2 Oxford 0 Forest 1 Port Vale 3 Sunderland 1 QPR2 Stockport 1 Sheff Utd 2 Portsmouth 1 Swindon 1 Huddersfield 1 Nottingham Forest
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      118 53 BLACKBURN 1 (Dahlin 84th min) LIVERPOOL 1 (Owen 52) Half-time: OO Attendance: 30,187 COVENTRY 2 (Telfer 9, Huckerby 20) BOLTON 2 (Blake 69, 76) Half-time: 2-2 Attendance: 16,633 EVERT0N2 (Speed 67, Stuart 83) West Ham 1 (Watson 23 o.g.) Half-time: 0-1 Attendance: 34,358 LEEDS 0 PALACE 2
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      62 53 TODAY: Blackburn v Sheffield W TOMORROW: Leeds v Liverpool WEDNESDAY: Barnsleyv Bolton Coventry v West Ham EvertonvManU Leicester v Arsenal Saints v Palace Tottenham V Villa Wimbledon v Chelsea CHAMPIONS LEAGUE (2nd leg): Zagreb v Newcastle CALL 1900-*****13 Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 aftet6.3o am tomorrow,
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      330 53 BLACKBURN 1 LIVERPOOL 1 BLACKBURN'S ROY HODGSON: What pleased me more than anything was the way we came back. We found ourselves 1-0 down to a Liverpool side which is at its best when in the lead and which was defending very well. But we showed
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      371 53  -  BY Lan Brown IF ever there's a confident young striker, it is Liverpool's new sensation Michael Owen. Such is his confidence that he and teammate Danny Murphy argued over who would take the penalty at Wimbledon a couple of weeks ago, where his goal earned
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      604 54 Bergkamp makes Saints pay for 'rough stuff DENNIS Bergkamp's dynamic double in Arsenal's 3-1 win over Saints upstaged Ian Wright's big day out. And it had manager Arsene Wenger telling Southampton: 'You paid the price for winding him up." Bergkamp had been frustrated by the treatment he received from
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      381 54 TOTTENHAM manager Gerry Francis saluted the "fantastic skill" and the remarkable debut of his newcomer Jose Dominguez. He was the star in the 1-0 victory over Derby at White Hart Lane, reports Carling Internet. Said Francis: "Obviously I am very pleased for 'Joe'. "It wasn't
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