The New Paper, 10 March 1998

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  • Title Section
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    7 1 the new paper TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      BULLY?
      439 2  -  Prominent US speakers and columnists accuse Washington of bullying Indonesia By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYONEY WASHINGTON is treating President Suharto the way it had treated Iraq's Saddam Hussein. That's what commentators in the US are saying, the Australian Financial Review reported. This comes in the wake of Mr
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      MEANWHILE, IN INDONESIA...
      211 2 A hard line. That is what Indonesia's newly-appointed armed forces (AM) chief intends to take against protestors. New security powers. President Suharto was yesterday given these to counter unrest. A tongue lashing. Indonesian legislators blasted the IMF for delaying funds yesterday. Come home for talks. US Ambassador
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      Ministry expects more illegal immigrants
      116 2 THE tough times in Indonesia may prompt more illegal immigrants to slip into Singapore, said the Home Affairs Ministry yesterday. Responding to press queries, the ministry said the problem of illegal immigrants from Indonesia has been a serious concern to the Government over the past
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      This is Really Stupid
      421 3  -  By( Carol Leong Believe it or not, it's the name of this yo-yo trick and this American swears only four people in the world can do it. And he's one of them. "Watch," says Hans Van Dan Elzen (below). So he lies on the floor, kicks
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      12 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 17,18, 19,22 TV: Page 23 Comics: Pages 24, 25
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Do something quickly
      255 4 More should be done to stimulate the economy this year, said several MPs in Parliament yesterday. The main concerns: costs and jobs HOT STORIES FREEZE CHARGES THE Government should freeze all public-sector fees and charges immediately. And the charges should be reviewed to make sure they are
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      Top priority for Suzhou Park
      171 4 THE Chinese government has made the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) the top priority of all priorities". So said the newly-appointed Suzhou mayor, Mr Chen Deming, noting that the SIP enjoys Bering's top backing. He said several proposals have been tabled to ensure that project
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      WHAT'S HUP
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Please shed light
        65 4 WHICH Malaysian undergraduate scholars abroad are to return and how? Two Malaysian student bodies and a youth organisation want to know. They have urged Kuala Lumpur to clarify the matter that has arisen because of the current slowdown. The government and students' sponsors have put out conflicting
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        Govt's $5 b surplus
        57 4 THE Government had a surplus of nearly $5 billion last year. And that was after development spending increased by 55 per cent. According Ministry of Finance figures, an excess of $4.74 billion was available in the Treasury at end-December. This surplus is the money left over
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        Doubts over merger
        57 4 I don't think the government is going to force local banks to merge. The government may encourage us. To me, size is important but not that important. Mr Wee Cho Yaw, chairman, United Overseas Bank, expressing reservations over the push for local banks to merge. Overseas Union
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        If the price is right
        79 4 BUYERS will snap up new homes if they are priced attractively, it would appear. All 72 apartments at The Woodgrove in Woodlands were sold within 10 days of their launch, at the average price of $410 per square foot. The nearby 248-unit Woodgrove Condominium sold
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      DOW JONES
      26 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 2.25 points to close at 8,567.14 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 623 million shares.
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      HEADLINERS
      83 4 The Straits Times: MPs call for more moves to stimulate economy the Business Times: Is Suharto just talking tough, wonder analysts Uanhe Zaobao: MPs ask Dr Richard Hu to give details of off-Budget measures Berita Harian: Take off-Budget steps quickly if necessary DCS morning news: President Suharto gets special
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      545 5 MINISTW OF |j The future will bring intense competition and changing values. Education and training are central to how Singapore will fare in the new millenium. The Ministry of Education believes that the teacher will play a pivotal role in realising our vision for meeting the challenges of the future
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon O,so scared to face you!
      453 6  -  By Riana Zakir ADRIAN has every reason to be proud. The 16-year-old student has done really well in his O levels. But he's ashamed to show you his face. The reason: His battles with a mental illness. His terrible bursts of temper had forced him
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      THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OASIS AND ME
      36 6 Oasis (lefty the British rock group) can't control their temper and they are still so hot. I can't control my temper and I end up in a mental hospital. —Adrian
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      He crams a year's study into two months
      395 6 AFTER he left Woodbridge in late May, Adrian took his O-level Chinese exam in school. The E8 grade devastated him. "But I didn't want to waste a year. I also wanted to show that you can study for O levels in a
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      He snaps after failing maths test
      349 6 ADRIAN had never seen a red "FAIL!" scribbled on his test sheet before. He was a top student, winning a coveted scholarship as the best PSLE pupil. M I am a perfectionist. I must have flying colours," he said. His grades hardly slipped below
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      STAB, STAB, STAB
      338 7  -  After woman wants to break up with married man BY Danny Lim A WOMAN was stabbed three times after she tried to end her relationship with a married man. The 48-year-old woman was stabbed in the neck, chest and left arm with a Swiss army knife. She
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      97 7 I I 715-6 TAR %CEN S SPA I I Singapore's biggest and most luxurious open-spa. I 9 Step into Atlantis and leave all your H 111 worldly problems behind. Atlantis opens up a whole H If new world of super luxurious relaxation spread over 17,000 sq.ft at Hj Suntec City
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    Growing pains
    51 8 in 11 I'm 111* THENEWSTODAY British Horns Secretary Jack Straw's teenage so* was foimd guilty of tryfc* to ssl a snal amoMft of drags to an imimtmm raportor a fswmoNths ago. Ho said: Children make your arms ache when they are little and your heart ache when they're
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      192 8 MRS SINGAPORE PROUDLY PRESENTS PAGEANT 1998 l J& The search is on for that very special married lady. One who has charm, poise, and looks. She's also got to be a loving mother, a great wife, and a caring person with a heart for the community. HEAT 1 15 MARCH
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      137 8 m-\~ A| L Singapore's one and only duck restaurant at Hotel Negara Expcricncc Over 30 Duck Dishes at The Drake Pocket-Saver Lunches Renowned for its uniquely delicious cuisines and lovely country ambience, The Drake is the perfect place to bring your friends and business associates. Enjoy a feast that pleases
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  • PARLIAMENTTODAY
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      FET-FLY KING
      1059 9 He leads the way... IN PARLIAMENT YESTERDAY Mnews Didhego too far? As a civil servant, Mr Philip Yeo has gone further than most—as chairman of the Economic Development Board, he has been called the latter-day architect of Singapore's economic miracle. But yesterday, his "let-fly" tongue provoked and angered
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      THE CONTROVERSY
      122 9 IT began with an invitation to breakfast with EDB chief Philip Yeo early this year. Mr Chng Hee Kok, MP for East Coast GRC, had made a speech last October against the EDB's plan to publicly name scholars who broke their bonds. At the meeting, he was shown
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      THE CIVIL SERVANT
      76 9 Colombo Plan scholar, who holds an MSc (Systems Engineering) from the University of Singapore, and an MBA from Harvard. Joined the Administrative Service in 1970. Chairman of the Economic Development Board since 1986. Currently also chairman of Sembawang Corporation. Co-chairs the joint working committee of the China-Singapore
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      Is he getting too big for his shoes?
      432 10 EDB CHAIRMAN TELLS MP TO QUIT. UPSET FELLOW MP ASKS: WHAT right did Mr Philip Yeo, the Economic Development Board chairman, have to ask an elected MP to resign? And is Mr Yeo getting too big for his shoes? Those were the
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      2 MPs: We broke bonds too
      173 10 Mr Chng Hee Kok broke his five-year local merit scholarship bond after just a year for better opportunities in the private sector, he told The New Paper yesterday. The MP said: "We shouldn't encourage bond-breaking. "But times have changed and people want more choice.
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    Lock icon Sorry Mr President Reporter apologises for telling world Bill Clinton is a womaniser
    278 11 WORLDTODAY Reuters. FIRST, he told everyone that the US President was a womaniser. Now, he is apologising in an open letter to Mr Bill Clinton, 51, because his actions "will destroy everyone in public life". Freelance reporter
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    Lock icon It's AWAKE!
    91 12 THENEWSTODAY Reuters. FJV > •>.-% IT had been sleeping for six years. But yesterday, the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on France's Indian Ocean island of Reunion decided to wake up. However, the people need not run for cover. The lava streams are not threatening the populated areas,
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Soma, be our leader
      325 13 INDIA'S CONGRESS PARTY GOES FOR LEADERSHIP CHANGE Reuters. THAT'S the SOS call the Congress Party is sending to Sonia Gandhi, widow of the late Indian prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. The party made the call right after its president, Sitaram Kesri, announced his resignation yesterday. His move
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      The master of make-believe
      56 13 111 II Hill II I 4 The setting: The Directors Guild of America Awards. Director James Cameron wins the Feature Film Award for Titanic. Emcee Carl Reiner, noticing Cameron keeps putting his linger to his nose as he accepts his prize, says: Maybe you were checking
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      This TV show is fun, but it's pointless, too
      178 14  -  COMMENT/' Trudy Lim TELETUBBIES has again been attacked by critics as "dumb" television. Yet each evening, my four-year-old daughter prances around in front of the TV singing "Tinky-winky, Dipsy, Laa-laa, Po," as the TeletubbieB song plays. The bright colours, cheerful greetings
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      Lock icon No to 'dumb show'
      370 14 Reuters. WHATS red, purple, yellow and green, speaks a funny language and is bad news for children's TV? To some broadcasters, it's the newest cult TV programme with its four stars, the bouncy, cuddly Teletubbies. And they're refusing to buy the show. They think the quartet
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon He'll startle you
      463 15 His song, Freedom The Tainted Cross, won him the Perfect 10 Critics' Choice Award two years ago. Now singer-songwriter Kelvin Tan's back with nine songs that are set to establish him as one off the most exciting talents in local music. DAVE ANG meets the man IT
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      Novels, plays, music
      152 15 KELVIN Tan describes himself as a music fan first, then a musician. "I love music. I create music to avert my otherwise boring and uneventful life," he says. He has given himself over to his artistic endeavours, whether music or writing books or plays. Kelvin has published
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      Lock icon Nightmares that help them live
      332 16  -  BY Lee Yin Luen TWO young men, shirtless and bodies bloodied, eye each other like hawks. They are ready to strike at any opportunity as they circle. Their weapon: their teeth. A man in uniform hovers near, a vulture waiting for the first man to
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      A COMMUNAL CEREMONY
      100 16 PAX Bosnensis was performed seven times in Mostar and surrounding villages during the war. For its premiere on Oct 13, 1992, during a temporary ceasefire, some 600 people gathered in a dark hall. The men were cleanshaven and in suits and ties in bow ties, some of
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      Joke lah, Gurmit
      74 17 OKAY, Gurmit Singh, we heard that. The Channel 5 talk show host has put us on a list. How To Be A TV Critic by The New Paper would be one of the three shortest books, he said on Tonight With Gurmit last Saturday. But hey, he
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      Their concert's in April
      232 17  -  SAVAGE GARDEN BY Lee Yin Luen HOT Australian pop duo Savage Garden will stage their first concert here next month. They will perform at the Harbour Pavilion. Daniel Jones and Darren Hayes (above, from left) made it big, first in their country, then the United States
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      AOUAHAS LANDED
      67 17 POP group Aqua will be in Singapore by the time you read this. They were originally scheduled to land at 6.55 pm tonight, but a last-minute change in plans saw them coming in at about 7 this morning. The Danish group, famous for its hit song Barbie Girl,
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    Lock icon Tough times, tough choices
    335 18 lenscapes It's hard times in Indonesia. The rupiah lost much of its value when the currency crisis hit last year. Economic turmoil followed, plunging the country into a black hole ofdebt, food shortages and street riots. President Suharto, who is set to be returned to a
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    Lock icon Stitched up, 'butt' Kit's no longer afraid
    497 19  -  SHOWTIME By, Avis Wong KIT Chan may be making all the right moves now, but she used to be as accident-prone as Wile E Coyote. The most painful incident took place when she was just five years old, she told The New Paper
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    No phone zone a tough call
    490 21  -  £/iCEira_ mmm WITH NORENSHAH SAHARI HIS face contorted with pain. His hand gripped the thing like it was the most precious thing he ever owned. He started to drum his fingers on the armrest. He was getting agitated. All the signs were there. He
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    452 31 Is Brazil's crisis over after t*» matches in Rio de Janeiro? So it seems, with the appointment Mario Zagallo. But either way, JEFFREY W°tid Cup warm-up against Germany on Mariß&S, to rig^^Sjff(U^mm > f recent events... a first <L, Hp j- S "V* \i&Mst' lill9ttt« flftfflt
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      253 32 Chelsea defender assesses Red Devils Carlingnet. LEBOEUF said the England striker was "strong when he gets the ball with his back to goal." But he claimed that Sheringham had also been known to elbow opponents in the fflcG Midfielder Nicky Butt was "one of the best midfielders in
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      60 32 FRANK Leboeuf gay a that David Beckham possesses "great abilities" and is "hugely talented." But he also warned that the England midfielder, with whom he had a post-match tunnel bust-up and public slanging match earlier this season, could sometimes behave like a "spoilt child".
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      484 33 MORE ON THE RED DEVILS TOMORROW: Aston Villa v Bamsley Chelsea v Palace Leeds v Blackburn West Ham v Man United Wimbledon v Arsenal SATURDAY: Villa v Palace Bamsley v Southampton Bolton v Sheffield Wed Everton v Blackburn Man United v Arsenal Newcastle v
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      166 33 Wire services and Carlingnet. PATRIK BERGER: The unhappy Czech Republic winger will get his wish to leave Liverpool if the price is right. Manager Roy Evans had to leave Berger out of his plans against Bolton last weekend when the £3 million (s7.Bm) star refused to be on
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      378 33 AFP. AFP. Reuters. MORE'KEEPERS: A third goalkeeper can be called Into World Cup squads before and during the Finals in the event of injury, organisers said. The move applies to any 22-strong squad with one of their two goalkeepers injured. Squads v containing three
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      107 34 A FORMER beauty queen and a track queen on the same path? Not exactly. One is running for President while the other is gunning for gold. Mrs Imelda Marcos, the widow of former Philippine strongman Ferdinand Marcos, is on a run to win votes. And
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      243 34 COMMONWEALTH GAMES '98 C Bernama THE Commonwealth Games baton began its journey from London to Malaysia yesterday. Queen Elizabeth, as head of the Commonwealth, handed over the specially designed silver baton to former Malaysian All England badminton champion Datuk Punch Gunalan on the grounds
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      326 35  -  BOBAN LIKELY TO RETURN TO WOODLANDS Stories/ S Gulam WOODLANDS Wellington is on the verge of signing Croatian striker Ervin Boban, 32. If the deal goes through it will be Boban's second stint with the leading S-League club*. He had played for them in the league's first year
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      373 35  -  SELANCOR 4 GOMBAK UNITED 1 By Ernest Luis JUST how good is Gombak United? To put it simply, the Bulls have to learn how to defend before charging. But with four weeks to go before the S-League starts on April 11, the Bulls
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      195 35 THE man the Rams call the "Terminator" struck again in Manila yesterday. Jan Janostak single-handedly destroyed Taiwan's Tatung to put Woodlands Wellington on the verge of the semi-finals of the President's Cup Centennial tournament. The Czech scored both the goals as the Rams chalked up their second
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      132 35 Gombak manager Alan Wong I agree that our defence is a big problem. But today, our purpose was to try out the foreign players and gauge them. The teamwork is not there yet and some were too individualistic. We're still looking for a defender and also a
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