The New Paper, 23 March 1998

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 116 2 CAN the male strippers of The Full Monty, the corrupt cops of L.A. Confidential or the disturbed genius of Good Will Hunting prevent Titanic from sailing to Oscar success? Here's your chance to predict the Academy Award winners and win prizes. Just pick the winners of
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    • 340 2 Indonesian minister tells students on hunger strike Source: AFP. IT is a firm no to hunger strikes by students in Indonesia. Students protesting the economic crisis were told by Mr Wiranto Arismunandar, the country's education minister, that such strikes were unacceptable. "Hunger strike causes hunger and this
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  • JOKE TODAY
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      32 3 DO YOU HAVE A JOKE? Write to: The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Hoed Singapore *****5 Fax:737-5375 E-mail: tnp@aaialxonLac Call 1900-*****03 and leave yoar }ofces (cals cost 30 cents a minute).
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      222 3 A local business was looking for office help. They put up a sign on the window, that said: 'Help Wanted. Must be able to type, must be good with a computer and must be bilingual. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.' A short time afterwards, a dog trotted
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    • 94 3 A diver was 10 m below sea level when he noticed a man at the same depth with no diving gear whatsoever. Surprised, the diver went another 10 m below, but the man followed him a few minutes later. The diver went down another 20 metres.
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    • 77 3 What she says (and what she means) It's not you, it's me. (It's you) I'm concentrating on my career. (Even something as boring and unfulfilling as my job is better than dating you) I'm celibate. (I've sworn off only the men like you) Let's be friends. (I want
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      141 3 An Australian teacher whose students included some Asian immigrants—was trying to get her class to think harder. She offered them a Monday off for each correct answer they gave. First Question: Who wrote 'To be or not to be'. A girl from China correctly answered 'Shakespeare'. But when
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 172 4 i hot Lstories A SINGAPORE'S tourism industry may go bust if the haze returns. Singapore Tourism Board chief Yeo Khee Leng expected earnings to drop by about $1.5 billion this year and warned that some businesses could close down. And worse is yet to come. Said
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      63 4 HAW PAR VILLA: Even with entrance fees slashed from $16.50 to $5, it still lost $3.1 million last year. It lost $31.5 million in the last six years and may close down. v-.- SOfTOSA: Takings were down by $1.6 million for September and October last year. JURONG BIRPPARK:
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    • 111 4 FIRE-fighting plans have been around since the 80s. But Indonesia chose to ignore them. These reports and action plans produced then by the donor countries were not implemented fully, said specialists involved in technical assistance and the environment. Among the proposals: legal frameworks, satellite imagery to
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    • 106 4 OFFICE space rentals have also been hit by the recent economic crisis. Vacancies have hit a record 3.3 million sq ft, reported The Business Times. Said Mr David Ng, executive director of Chesterton International: "Now landlords are starting with incentives like more realistic rentals, longer fit-out and
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 53 4 FOCUS on managing water resources properly. That was the message on World Water Day from the UN to Singapore, the sixth most water-short country. Mr Gourisankar Ghosh, Unicefs chief of water, environment and sanitation said Singapore's billiondollar desalination plant would help. But the emphasis should be on cutting
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      • 64 4 SIX Singapore Bus Services' routes will have newspapers and magazines on board for commuters. They will be on 106 buses on services 10,12, 21, 65, 81 and 503. The pilot project is organised by SBS and Singapore Press Holdings. SBS said it hoped passengers would "think of
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      • 63 4 SHOPS in Johor Baru are still doing good business, thanks to Singaporeans. In other districts, many shops have closed or laid off workers. Supermarket operators in Johor Baru said four out of every 10 cars in their carparks on weekends are Singapore-registered. Cheaper goods there are now even
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      • 65 4 ITS now a double bonus for singles buying resale HDB flats. A single buyer gets a $15,000 CPF grant to buy the flats. Now, when he or she marries, the partner will get the $15,000 singles grant > and the Government will add another $10,000 grant. The total
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      • 66 4 THE thriving Philippine trade in human organs could be curbed soon. Manila plans to ban the trade in human organs and tissues and set up an official network to get and transplant organs. Patients from as far as Germany, Japan and Saudi Arabia, have been known to buy
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    • 63 4 The Straits Time*: Haze set to cripple tourism The Business Times: Renong unit may slash Johor land price by half Uanhe Zaobao: DPM Lee: S'pore's successful dealing with financial crisis boosts investors' confidence Berlta Harlan: BG Lee: Understand key regional issues RCS morning news: DPM Lee: S'pore must be
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  • 454 5 SAMMI CHENG'S SINGAPORE CONCERT THENEWSTODAY Yawn, Sammi Cheng's such a bore. Even poor Sammi must have realised that. Why else did she ask someone in the audience if he had slept well throughout her show? But why was the Hongkong star so boring at her first
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 456 6 She's five. She has cancer. She pounds her own medicine. When mummy's upset, she says: NO father. No money. No hope of living. Doctors gave her two months to live when she was diagnosed with advanced cancer of the
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    • 59 6 REPORTER SAYS... My eyes were wet when I Iqft their house after a two-hour interview —not just because I pitied little Ser Woon, but also because I wondered if I could ever climb out of depression if I was struck by cancer. —Reporter Riana
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    • 227 6 THE cancer has denied Ser Woon much of the simple joys of childhood. The first troubling signs were a stubborn cough, cold and fever that lasted for two months. Since her cancer was discovered, she has been to hospital "countless times", sometimes staying up
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    • 203 6 HER cancer cells are actually disappearing. But she needs further treatment. And the cost is taking its toll on her mum. Madam Chong earns less than $2,000 from her job in a karaoke lounge but the medical bills are about $6,000 a month.
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    • 494 7  -  By Ng Wan Ching JENNIFER (not her real name) regularly screams at her mother and hits her, hard. She also tells her mother she wants to die. But Jennifer, 13, is not a problem teen. She's a teen with cancer. All her life, she had thought
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    • 358 7 ONCE, when she was taking Jennifer to a medical appointment at Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, Mrs Lucy Tan ran out of steam, literally. Jennifer was so ill she had no strength to walk on her own. Mrs Tan could not carry her. She
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    • 67 7 A SINGAPORE woman today has almost twice the risk of getting ovarian cancer than a woman had a generation ago. About 85 per cent are the epithelial type, which generally affects women above 40. There is no effective screening test to detect ovarian cancer yet. Symptoms include abdominal
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    • 209 7  -  By Riana Zakir CHILDREN get bewildered when struck by cancer. "They don't understand what death and life is about," said oncologist Dr Ang Peng Tiam of Mount Elizabeth Hospital. "They only know they don't feel well and need medical treatment." Getting hospitalised for weeks scares
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    • 100 7 EVERY year, about 80 to 100 children are diagnosed with cancer here. About 40 per cent of them suffer from leukaemia. That's followed by brain tumour, lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes), neuroblastoma and soft tissue sarcoma, which affects the muscles and tissues. In neuroblastoma, the deadly cancer
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    • 504 8 Two female teachers, one in the United States and the other in Australia, were recently rapped for having sex with their students. How do women teachers here react when their students make advances? One tells RLANA ZAKIR the shocking story of a love-struck schoolboy HE was
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    • 97 8 ALICE found ways to fend off the schoolboy. Several photos of her hubby, now 40, and two young children lined her office to drop big hints. Her husband also sent her to work and visited her there more often. And when Alice talked to the boy, she
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    • 339 8 Interviews by Fong FoongMei and Rfana Zakir FALLING for an older female teacher is not always a search for a mother figure. Alice's first boy admirer was mature and came from a rich family. Students like him tend to be more mature and fall for older
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    • 67 8 As far as I know, there*B no official code of conduct we have to follow. But there's an unspoken rule that students are off-limits romantically. And teachers who abuse this are generally looked down upon by their peers. I doubt if they get far in their careers
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    • 112 8 Teachers these days are much friendlier and in some cases almost as young as I am. There isn't such a big gap compared to my parents' days. Obviously this may result in crushes and some sparks. Still, I don't see anything wrong as long as they both
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    • 138 8 I was just 20—barely older than my oldest student in Sec 5. That helped me get along very well with the class. But it also meant they came uncomfortably close. But I freaked out when a few of the boys offered to walk me home from school.
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    • 183 8 FORMER Seattle teacher Mary Kay Letourneau, 36, had sex with a 12-year-old student. She was convicted of rape last year. She was given a 7 Vt -year jail sentence and bore the boy's baby a daughter who is now looked after by the boy's mother.
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    • 117 8 I would be appalled, to say the least. As a parent, I trust the teacher not only to impart knowledge, but also to set an example of good social behaviour. Being the conservative sort, I would expect the teacher to uphold a high moral standard. How
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    • 129 8 HIGH school drama teacher Jodee Narelle Fricker, 28, had sex with a 15-year-old boy. But she got off scot-free. Fricker was found guilty. But her two-year sentence was suspended because the student had initiated sex. He had gone to her bedroom during a party one night,
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    • 33 7 ON THURSDAY i THE SHARED r pain 1 Mrs Jean Marshall L speaks about how she and her 1 A husband, Singapore's first Chief Minister Y David Marshall, dealt with his lung cancer.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 287 10 Attitudes towards sex may be more liberal these days. But female teachers having sex with their teen students? That is something that many, even in the West, find difficult to accept. On Friday, we asked you for your views on the issue after a jury found
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    • 46 10 WHAT about Singapore male teachers and their girl students? Are some of them hitting it off? Have you been in such a''relationship*' or know of one? Call us on HotllnePlus No: 1800-733-4455, or fax: 737-5375. You can also e-mail us at: tnp@asial.com.sg
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    • 138 11 s\f< lam told that when ourA-level students write essays about their generation, they refer to themselves as the future leaders of Singapore. Mind you the future leaders of Singapore —and not the future of Singapore. They are not aware that they come across as arrogant! Minister
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    • 483 11 It just seems that way —-1 SHE is in the Gifted Education Programme (GEP), lives in a two-storey private house and some of her friends' parents are influential people. Jen Wei Ting, 16, quotes Socrates and Chinese proverbs. She also studies German and reads the heavy stuff
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    • 232 11 XIE Shun Heng, 16, from Boon Lay Secondary School, said: "Once, we had to go to a top school for a sports event. We sat in a corner while the top school's students sat across us. They kept looking at us like we were some specimen
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    • 235 11 JWMBr Teachers say there might be a handful whose attitude may smack of arrogance. But, by and large, students here are polite, humble and are interested in more than just their own grades. DrOngTeck Chin, principal of Anglo Chinese (Independent): Some have aspirations to be
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    • Article, Illustration
      71 12 muifmui* Singaporean Monica Choon's 50-year search for her Japanese father is finaNy over. But she learnt that her father, Mr Kenji Mural, had died in 1972 at the a«s of 56. Even though she will never fat to know Mm, she was happy to have found out
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      407 12 HIEF Stealing from a baby is no child's play, as a thief finds out. WOON WUITEK reports THEY say that nothing is easier than stealing from a baby. But tell that to the man who took a purse from a pram. The alert mother raised a hue and
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    • 65 12 MOHAMED Sophian was jailed 36 months for theft, possessing stolen property and for the possession and consumption of a controlled drug. For theft, he could have been jailed three years and fined. For possessing stolen property, he could been jailed a year and fined. For possessing
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 440 13 Plane overshoots runway then... Reuters. THEY did not have airline tickets. They were not on a plane. But, they still died in a plane crash. The three, who were killed in an air crash in the Philippines yesterday, were on the ground. They lost their lives when
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    • 196 13 THAI women married through a matchmaking agency to British men have complained of abuse. The women said they were beaten and badly treated by their husbands in Britain, reports the Bangkok Post (Internet edition) In some cases, they claim they were forced to become
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    • 206 14 Bernama. THERE is a new wave of boat people in South-east Asia today. And the world needs to help to prevent them from affecting the region, Malaysian Defence Minister Datuk Syed Hamid Albar said yesterday in Malacca. He said the present Asian economic crisis,
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    • 81 14 INDONESIAN authorities are stepping up security efforts to stop illegal immigrants from entering Singapore and Malaysia. Batam police chief Jose Rizal said that the police, navy and other agencies had increased naval patrols in the last month. They have also intensified their watch on syndicates trafficking in
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    • 215 14 AFP RICHARD GERE had her don peasant's robes in his recent film Red Corner. But on Saturday night, Bai Ling wowed the crowd outside a Beverly Hills fundraising dinner by arriving in a shimmery, curve-hugging silver gown. And to just to show how up-to-the-minute the
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  • WORLDTODAY
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    • 356 16 MALAYSIAN SHOOTOUT RECENT CASES: Five robbers were shot dead by plainclothes police while fleeing, after they had robbed a bank at Universiti Putra Malaysia. Two gang members were shot dead by police after they had robbed a gambling den in Penang. Police said robbers have hit
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 199 17 QI AM a Secondary 2 Express student. I would like to be a designer when I grow up, so I am hoping to take an art course next year. However, my friend told me that I must be very good in art to
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    • 124 17 Q™ in Secondary 3 and I'm taking eight subjects: physics, chemistry, English, Tamil, E-maths, A-maths, literature and history. I'm taking biology as an extra subject outside school. I want to do medicine. How well must I do in my O levels to reach this goal? Which
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    • 130 18 QI AM in the Secondary 4 normal academic stream. Ill be doing the N levels in July. The problem is that I don't know whether I can get the 10-point aggregate. I'm good only in English, biology, ECA and mathematics. It's my ambition to
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    • 188 18 QI AM 14 and in Secondary 3. I am taking English, Chinese, elementary maths, add maths, geography and combined science (physics/chemistry). Based on this, can I go to a JC after my O levels? I did not do well in Sec 2 maths. But at
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    • 159 18 QI AM very poor in maths and science both physics and chemistry. But I am quite good in other subjects, like Malay, English, food and nutrition, arts and craft and geography. I scored A 2 for Malay in the prelims. I am keen
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    • 247 18 QI'M a Malaysian with SPM qualifications (the equivalent of the O levels in Malaysia). I want to seek a computer science or information technology diploma from Nanyang Polytechnic. I scored an aggregate of 13 points for my best six subjects in the SPM. I got
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  • Showtime
    • 458 19  -  ELSALIN By Avis Wong SO she's a budding star. On the campus, though, Elsa Lin is just another student. I could not identify her at first at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). It was only when she approached the Rock Records staff I was with that I
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    • Article, Illustration
      168 20 ITS tricky being a singer and a student at the same time. Said Elsa: "My studies are affected in some ways as I have less time to study now. But now that my album is released and things are settled, I can concentrate better." Just as well. She
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    • 131 20 HER seven friends, whom she brought along for the interview on my request, all agreed she is a confident lady and a talented performer. Said Ms Lim Boon Kiang, 23: "When she sings, you can see that she belongs on the stage. She's a born performer." Elsa agrees:
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    • 185 20 SHE would much rather sing. But she wants her degree, too. So she is preparing for her second semester examinations next month. "If my grades are very bad, my parents will be displeased. I don't expect to get distinctions, even though I still love As. I just
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    • 442 21  -  ...is no more By Lee Yin Luen THE writing was on the wall. In retrospect. Livonia, one of Singapore's hottest bands, has split up. The New Paper had been trying, unsuccessfully, to interview the band. But lead vocalist Joseph Tan just said: "I'm sorry. But the band
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    • 480 22  -  Maybe, many of the show's detractors seeabitof themselves in Mcßeal, and they hate it. Maybe, women hate the fact that despite their independence, they are still ruled by their desirefor companionship By Edwin Yeo ALLY Mcßeal is constantly stirring controversy, in reel and real
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  • 457 23  -  LOOK BY Jill Lim Backless. That's the look for some of the most gorgeous dresses by top designers in their Spring/Summer '98 collection. Yes, bared backs are definitely in. The more plunging the, er, back-line, the better. The more skin exposed, the sexier. For example, Donatella
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  • 463 25  -  BP™ CETERA WITH JILL LIM MONDAYS are the best days for TV but only if you like TV Shopping Network/TV Innovations/TV Media/Sellavision, whatever you want to call it. On Mondays, Prime 12 is on for 15 hours. Guess how much of that is TV shopping? Six
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  • 362 27  -  Itii Rachel Ian ARMY barracks and good grub hardly go together. Yet, this seems to be the case a the former Gillman Camp. Former detention barracks have been given a new lease of life as Caff Batavia, an Indonesian Chinese restaurant. There is no mistaking
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    • 33 27 Lunch guide inside Keen on ice cream rati prata? Try this cool offer at Sharina Jalan Kayu Prata and Thai Seafood Restaurant. Get adventurous atlGkuya Japanese Restaurant Try curry rice —Japanese style. rastaas
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    • 272 37 Sat 42 Hotel/Lounge Kesxauram rosiuons S2M2 HoM/Lounge Restaurant PosttJons VENOM I ULTIMATE DANCE STATE The Latest And Hottest UK Dance Club Requires An Attractive and Pleasant Looking Team FLOOR Attractive WAITERS, WAITRESSES and COCKTAIL WAITRESSES BAR BARTENDERS with relevant experience BARMAIDS with relevant experience Offering Excellent Wages and Conditions Walk-In
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    • 492 38 SQS 254« Administrative /Clerical Positions mm Administrative /Clerical Positions KSj 3S4S Administrative /Clerical PosMVwf (A) MARKETING ASSISTANTS You will liaise with customers on sales requirements and make customer E visits to follow-up on existing services. In addition, you will also be responsible for data compilation, writing sales reports and providing
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    • 318 39 j Security Positions 1/ SIN 0 A PORE 1 TURF CLUB I Security Officer I The Requirements: I Male or Female I Age below 45 years old I At least Secondary 2 education At least 1 year experience I Able to perform 3 rotating shifts. I Morning 6.45 am to
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
    • 654 41 The selection continues for Singapore's Official Coca-Cola Ball Boy at the World Cup in France. Last week, it was Hazmi Saptu. JEFFREYLOW reports FACTFILE Name: Mohammad Hazmi Saptu Age: 15■ Height 1.69 ml Weight6okg Education: Xin Min Pri, Bedok South Sec (Three) Family:
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    • 128 41 'ENGLAND TO WIN WORLD CUP' ENGLAND will meet Brazil in the final of France '98 and Glenn Hoddle's men will win it. That's the opinion of young Hazmi Saptu, who believes that favourite Brazil won't win its fifth title. Said Hazmi: "I just
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    • 122 41 ISMAIL Kajarkaswat idolises England and Manchester United midfielder Nicky Butt for his "determination" and "passing". "He's my hero," said Ismail. "So I hope I will be lucky. First I must win the Ball Boy title. After that, Nicky Butt. Shake hands, get autograph, alamak." But Ismail
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  • SCHOOLSPORTS '98
    • 500 42  -  SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS SCHOOLS RELAY CHAMPIONSHIPS: SERANGQON STAPH IM By Gerard Wong THE biggest regret of the day turned into the loudest sigh of relief in just 30 minutes. The Cedar Girls C division 4xloom team had won its race to make a clean sweep of
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    • 230 42 RACE OF THE DAY: FAST FACT Cedar Girls won the relay in 11:24.0. RGS was second in 11:24.4. HOW does it feel to start the final leg of your relay with a lead of over 70 metres and then to be beaten at the final
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    • 54 42 CU.U1.....I „J picture/ lYfcNNtlH IYDH Mgnmcant Win: The Braddell Secondary's B division 4x100m team hugging one of its teachers after winning the relay. The win helped Braddell (30points) to pip arch rival and last year's champion Cedar (27points) to the B Girls
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    • 234 42 RECORD OF THE DAY: THEY confidently strode across the finish line as they sliced a huge chunk off the old record. That's how the Singapore American School 4xBoom girls' team destroyed Anderson JC's 1986 A division mark of lOmin 33.1 sec when they clocked 10:25.00
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  • SPORTS
    • World Cup men on target
      • 347 43 ARGENTINA'S DIEGO SIMEONE HITS DOUBLE HOW OTHERS FARED Atalanta Bergamo 1 Empoli 0 Ban 0 Sampdoria 1 Fiorentina 1 Bologna 1 Lazio 0 Piacenza 0 Napoli 2 Lecce 4 Parma 2 Juventus 2 Udinese 3 Brescia 1 Vicenza 1 AS Roma 1 AFP. DIEGO Simeone and
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        174 43 GERMANY'S SCHOLL'S FIRST GERMANY Vfß Stuttgart 0 Bayern Munich 3 Werder Bremen 3 Wolfsburg 1 Hansa Rostock 2 MSV Duisburg 1 Karlsruhe 0 SV Hamburg 1 1860 Munich 2 Borussia Moencherv gfadbachO Reuters. BAYERN Munich restored its pride with a brilliant 3-0 win at Vfß Stuttgart in a
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      • 159 43 BRAZIL'S ANDERSON'S DOUBLE SPAIN Real Sociedad 2 Real Betis 0 Valencia 0 Espanyol 0 Deportivo Corona 2 Real Zaragoza 1 Sporting Gijon 0 Merida 0 Mallorca4 Celta Vigo 2 Barcelona 4 Athletic Bilbao 0 Racing Santanderl Valladolid 2 Salamanca 5 Atletico Madrid 4 AFP. BRAZILIAN striker Sonny
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      • 232 43 HOLLANDS' VAN HOOIJPONK'S DOUBLE BLAST ENGLISH DIVISION ONE Middlesbrough 3 Norwich 0 Soccernet, The Times. NOTTINGHAM Forest striker Pierre Van Hooijdonk destroyed Birmingham with a sensational late double blast. City looked on course to stretch its unbeaten run to five games potentially taking 12 out of its
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    • 110 44 OUT OFLEAGUECUP OUTOFFACUP OUT OF EURO CUP Is this man to blame? England watcher S Gulam on Man U's chances: Facing page RACE FOR THE PREMIERSHIP CROWN REMAINING GAMES I MAN U ARSENAL Saturday: Saturday: Wimbledon Sheffield W (h) (home) March 31: April 4: Bolton
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    • MAN UNITED TOP, ARSENAL HOT
      • 833 45  -  1 Ferguson's obsession with the European Cup 2 The long injury list 3 Loss of confidence ENGLANDWATCH SGULAM FOR the faithful, it's THE greatest club in the world, let alone Europe. But the events over the past few weeks must surely make even the
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      • 521 45  -  By Clive White HOW fickle is the fate of football fortunes. Last Saturday, Arsenal beat favourite Manchester United 1-0. And by Tuesday evening the destiny of the Premiership was anyone's guess. Arsenal's championship dreams were dealt a severe, self-inflicted blow when Dennis Bergkamp
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      137 46 After burning the tracks, Singapore athletes Hamkah Afik (right) and Mohd Yusuf Alias, go home and put the heat on another skill WITH the practise they've been having, Hamkah Afik is certain, that if nothing else, their culinary skills have definitely improved. Since they arrived in New Zealand
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    • 383 46  -  TIGER CUP: SINGAPORE v PHILIPPINES. Jurong Stadium, tomorrbw, Bpm FIXTURES Tomorrow Singapore v Philippines Saturday Singapore v Cambodia The Lions play the Philippines tomorrow in the Tiger Cup qualifiers. The Lions are odds-on favourites to win. But will there be a feast of
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    • 466 47 PAUL Gascoigne is finished. So says the man who, as manager of Newcastle, nurtured the prodigy's development. Jack Charlton fears that Gazza's dream of climaxing his career in this year's World Cup Finals will end, if not in tears, then certainly in bitter frustration, reports
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    • 17 47 QUEENS PARK RANGERS 1 Steve Slade 60 JAMAICA 2 Theodore Whitmore 34, Robbie Earte 63
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    • 148 47 AFP. WIMBLEDON'S Robbie Earle headed a second-half winner for World Cup qualifier Jamaica as it scored a 2-1 friendly win over English First Division struggler Queens Park Rangers yesterday. Theodore Whitmore fired the "Reggae Boyz" ahead from close range eight minutes before half-time after Andrew Williams
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