The New Paper, 9 April 1998

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  • Title Section
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    21 1 the new paper THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1998 MITA (P) 064/04/97 60 CENTS http://web3.asla1 .com.sg/tnp Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Using the NTUC Income car
      307 2 Off the MRT to your private condo... NO public transport to where you want to go? Slip behind the wheels of an NTUC Income car then... NTUC Income plans to introduce car co-ops at selected MRT/ bus interchanges. This is to make the public transport
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      WHY COE NEEDED
      99 2 WITHOUT the COE, ERP charges would have to be very high so as to prevent traffic jams. Dr Chen also says that the Government's balanced approach between the use of the quota system and the ERP enables motorists to make careful use of the road and prevents
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      New friends, new chances
      470 3  -  THE CONTEST Join this year's New Paper New Face contest. You have to be between 15 and 25. Look for the entry form in The New Paper or get one at Ml shops. You could win atrip to New York and $10,000 cash. Entries close on
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      Lock icon The Straits Times Readers' Pick of The Press Awards
      150 3 BOTH Kartina Kasim and Alice Guo liked the DHL ad, because it was cute. Sandy Guo liked the SingTel ad because it was eye-catching Chelsea Koh specifically mentioned the SingTel one, too, because she was in it. Give us your two
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      59 2 <0>Tnaruman Bring your game to a L X higher leuel UERI1Y PRECIO IRON tl (•3 Q. POJ. HID. SIDI UERITY WINSOME IRON 1*3 9. PU). HID. SWI UERITY UUF UJ000 It's easy with Ii Verity Winsome Verity WF m Wood and Verity Simply because they enhance the forgiveness of dispersion
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      57 2 George Michael caught for Hi lewd act N tnp /Page 33 TOMORROW The New Paper will not be published tomorrow, April 10, because of the Good Friday holiday. We will be back on Saturday. HotfinePfus: Our Hotline Plus, 1800-*****55 will operate until 3 pm today. You can call us again
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      $ $ $
      369 4 Money made the news today, as the economic crisis forced a scaling down off the interim upgrading programme, employers were given the choice off lower CPF rates for older workers they retained, and SIA waved the promise of US$l hotel room for travellers HOT STORIES Interim upgrading FEWER precincts will
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      HEADLINERS
      59 4 The Straits Times: Jakarta strikes IMF deal The Business Times: IMF wants action on new deal with Jakarta Uanhe Zaobao: Indonesia, IMF reach new reform agreement Berita Harian: Indonesia, IMF agree on new economic package RCS morning H0WS» Indonesia, IMF to agree on revised economic reforms BBC news: UN
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        China still a draw but...
        84 4 SINGAPORE investment in China was up a surprisingly strong 16.5 per cent last year. According to official Chinese statistics, Singapore investors pumped US$2.61 billion ($4.2 billion) in last year, up from US$2.24 billion in 1996, reports The Business Times. In contrast, China's national average went
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        Hawker's beauty quest
        93 4 SHE is a hawker and schoolbus driver and has just become a beauty contest finalist. Madam Joanna Law (right), 32, serves noodles at a hawker stall in Hougang in the morning, then drives a school bus. A finalist in the NTUC Club's Mrs Singapore Pageant 1998, Madam
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        Hostel doors widen
        86 4 ITS open doors to more undergraduates at NUS hostels from next year. The university's six halls of residence will adopt a common admission system and admit a wider range of students, not just those who take part in hostel activities. Those who take part in university and
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        Tat Lee off CPF list
        81 4 TAT Lee Bank is no more a CPF trustee stock. It was taken off the list after it lost $38 million last year. Tat Lee is merging with Keppel Bank through a share swap. One of the Trustee Act requirements is that a company must
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      DOW JONES
      27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 65.02 points to close at 8,891.48 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 616 million shares.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      It's only words...
      59 7 mui<mui< liil, I -M M -1niHi ooes i iMOicai ivim qo before taming in for the nffht? Said Dr Gok Slang Hiong, 35, senior registrar of Clumicl X-Flee: I hardly read any more, I stopped in junior college. Nowadays, the only things I read are medical research
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      This is a robbery! What is blood type?
      478 8  -  By Woon Wui Tek REMOVE your spectacles. Tell us your blood type. Have some packet drinks. These were the barked instructions of five robbers in Johor Baru to three confused Singaporeans. The crooks pretended to be trying to track down a friend's
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      PHONEY, PHONEY
      124 8 AT one point, Mr Paul Yap was marched off the football field to make a phone call home. This was after the robbers found they had the wrong PIN code. "I quicldy said my wife might have the correct code," recalled Mr Yap, who had deliberately given the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Slash
      457 10  -  Beauty salon girl needs 50 stitches By Danny Lim got slashed, and slashed and slashed. All over her pretty face and the upper part of her body. So badly slashed that she needed 50 stitches. And her pretty face turned into a shocking mess of blood and ripped flesh.
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      SUSPECT FOUND DEAD
      141 10 THE 37-year-old suspect was found dead about 45 minutes after the attack. His body was found at the foot of an HDB block in Bedok South Avenue 2, about 1.5 km away. The victim told Shin Min Daily News that the suspect was her boyfriend. She said
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  • SPEAKUP
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      Is splashing water at park forbidden?
      180 12 Y P Cheng, 21 y NSniM On Monday at about 11 pm, I was with two friends at the Istana Park. We were sitting near a small pond, and started splashing each other. It was less than one minute. We then decided to go
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      No caning if...
      130 12 Dominic Nagulendran I refer to your report, We'll surrender if we are not jailed or caned, (TNP, March 19). Mr Dian feared that he would be jailed and caned if he was caught. This is inaccurate. From your report, it seems that Mr Dian's social visit pass
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      142 15 SINGAPORETODAY DADDY UN-C00L He makes her life a misery 3 He does not care about her or her younger sister -P He beats up their mother He takes no responsibility -M He is their father She wishes him dead On Saturday, our attitude page deals a with the problem of
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    Hear their stories
    276 17  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Crispina Robert THERE'S a plaintive wail instead of a polished voice. A simple beat instead of a harmonious melody. But the album, True Stories, is not about how good the music is. It is simply about the struggles of teens not always on the starting
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      260 17 IT wasn't easy getting True Stories out. Record shops said it wouldn't sell. But Mr Gerard Ee, 37, Bukit Ho Swee FSC director, finally got HMV Music to stock it. "I know it won't be a bestseller, but it's worth the effort," he said. The CD sells for $14.99. >
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      HIS BIGGEST MISTAKE
      354 19 He forgets to take medicine for high blood pressure Strokes can happen to you, was the message of the recent Stroke Awareness Week. CAROL LEONG talks to a young victim MR Jeffery Pang made the biggest mistake of his life when he forgot to take his medicine
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      WHAT'S A STROKE?
      117 19 A STROKE is a brain attack, said Dr N V Ram an i, a consultant neurologist at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and the editor of Stroke Watch, the newsletter for the Singapore National Stroke Association. "It happens when a part of the brain is damaged, due to
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      Lock icon Cancer was the THING to happen to me
      473 20 This cancer story focuses on a happy note. How the dreaded disease made one man relook his life. Better still, he seems to have beaten it. TEO YUNYUN reports MR Ken Grant was holidaying on a Greek island when he started having
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      SERIES WILL CONTINUE
      66 20 THE cancer series will now continue on an occasional basis. We will still run compelling and inspiring stories. We will also run anecdotes on lessons learnt and friendships made culled from the notebooks of reporters who covered these stories. Do continue to get in touch with us
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      Simplify life, see the world
      340 20 SIMPLIFY life. That's Mr Grant's new outlook. Having joked in their younger days about going around the world, the couple decided to do it once he recovered fully. "While the cancer was a wake-up call, the trip forced a resolution," said Mr Grant. To prepare,
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      I BEAT CANCER! Now, let me tell you how...
      219 20 MOST people become more positive towards life after beating cancer. Said Mr Benson Soh, pastoral care co-ordinator with Gleaneagles Hospital: "The first thing they feel is, of course relief. Then, perhaps, triumph, luck, even success. 'They're usually very willing to talk.
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      182 20 fin [m Easter for Everyone 12 APRIL 1998 For oijce, you can tuck into a sumptuous spread of Easter ORCHARD CAFE Sunday Brunch and Easter High Tea without Ad'u"s»"» Ch^JlVoO having to worry about the kids running wild! Let us (With a glass of Mimosa Cocktail) take care of them
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Get the buckets
      229 21 I WATER RATIONING IN SEREMBAN FROM TOMORROW TIMES are tough for the people of Negri Sembilan. Water will be rationed to all districts in the state, starting with Seremban, from tomorrow. This is because water level in the Sungai Terip dam, which supplies water to the Seremban
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      Lock icon Beyond 200m everything here is just a blur
      113 21 MEANWHILE, IN BRUNEI... STEP out on to the streets of Brunei and you can hardly see anything beyond 200m. The raging forest fires on the island of Borneo has resulted in Brunei's capital Bandar Seri Begawan being covered with a thick haze.
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      292 22 COSMETICS FRAGRANCE fes 11 va i vii Po»r Homi Frsgroaco Coffrtt SOml EOT Sproy and 40g lath Soop 'iI '1E «Ik£^L Worth S*9 (MFEonly) 'if j TRUSSARDI &eetioa/ (Sjcc/muo* *66 JJ!H jII Ught faster z'sml EDI Sproy Now S9O B 1 H Bi j m Fiwto D«ikat« s«v« 20% &e6t£oa/
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    Lock icon In the arms of the law... again
    458 23 MALAYSIATODAY In 1995, Malaysian MPLim Guan Eng commented on a sex scandal involving a former Malacca chief minister. Now, those comments may make him the first MP to be jailed. HERBERT FERNANDEZ reports THE Kota Melaka MP was in a fix. The Appeals
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      223 23 OsBSs* j2&l i i 11 s Gtl these limited manoawn «woa»chw 1 s edition Mandarin i y i t t > I 5 Anniversary Wines I at any of our FScB Get down to The Boiler Pub J j Entertainment during April and enjoy these great deals! Deal 1. Paul
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    She has a way with WORDS
    113 24 SINGAPORETODAY SHE played with words and won some money. Madam Yeo Hua Tiang, 44, took up the challenge to make as many words as she could. Using the red letters on The New Paper's front page between March 25 and 28, she formed 24
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    She left home to work, then eloped
    361 25 More Malaysian teenage girls are eloping with foreigners. DANNYLIM talks to a man whose daughter ran away with her boyfriend MALAYSIATODAY MR Yeow Kim Voo wanted his daughter to go to university, get a good job and settle down. Now his hopes are
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    Lock icon Battle of the bells Ramos vs Clinton
    269 26 WORLDTODAY Reuters. FIDEL Ramos is settling an old score with Bill Clinton tomorrow. And it involves two church bells. The outgoing Philippine President plans to ask the US leader to return two bells which were spirited out of the Philippines to the US
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Woman marries man who abused and killed her daughter
      276 28  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY SHE stands by her man even though he abused her daughter for many years and then killed her. Sue Morris secretly married the killer while he was on remand in jail for the murder. The
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      Thanks, but...
      52 29 mun'mui* Thai Premier ChuanLeekpai sketched portraits of other leaders during the recent Asia-Europe Summit hi London. Mr Chnan later promised Chinese counterpart Zhu Rongji that he would improve on the Premier's sketch. But the Chinese leader repied with a ladle: I am not handsome, you cannot make me
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      Lock icon Australia to face early election
      404 29 LAND RIGHTS PLAN FAILS Wire services AUSTRALIAN voters are likely to go to the polls about a year early, after the Senate rejected the government's land rights bill. It was the second time the Upper House had rejected the government-controlled House of Representatives' 10-point plan
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      Guess who?
      221 30 PREMIERE The movie is to open in the US on May 20. Industry observers are reportedly speculating whether the film-makers will score as big a success with Godzilla as they did with Independence Day. Fans are said to be eager to find out. LIKE it or not, you'll
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      217 29 A high-tech theme park DISCOVERY I TgSfW• A til Blnrt m ill Of««an» I WUI nit# ruff# jOO nit? rrVMm/ touch for all the 4 f^ v °^s^i Omn 0 i Come to Singapore Discovery Centre (SDC) f ■> this Easter weekend (10-12 Apr,. '98) and SpeCIO/ f OSfer J
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon LA police: ‘We saw George Michael engaging in a lewd act’
      356 32 RED-FACED ARREST FOR POP STAR NOT THE FIRST GEORGE Michael is not the first star to be charged with committing a lewd act in public in recent years: Movie star Hugh Grant pleaded no contest to such a charge
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      From Wham! to legal bam!
      151 32 GEORGE Michael shot to fame in the pop duo Wham! in 1982 with hits including Wham Rap, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, Freedom and I'm Your Man. Turning solo, his 1987 album Faith sold more than 15 million copies and produced a slew
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      456 35 INDONESIAN FOOD SHORTAGE The World Bank says there is enough food in Indonesia to last only through this month. Asia's money woes and a very long, dry season are taking its toll on the common people Case 1: Prink less, son I tell my son. There is an economic
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      233 36 AFTER three weeks of talking, Indonesia and the world's leading lender have finally agreed to a new deal. And if all goes well, Indonesia can expect to receive US$3 billion ($4.8 billion) from the International Monetary Fund soon. The IMF, which last year agreed
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      220 36 WHY b a mw dwri wtth the IMF necessary? Mdnt the two sides sign one in January? Both sides had been unhappy with the way things had turned out. The IMF felt that Indonesia had not been serious in implementing its promises. Indonesia began having second
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      853 37 today 5 Vampire Family (Channel 8, 10.30 pm) This Hong Kong vampire family consists of three generations. In these modern times the vampires resort to the blood of chickens instead. The younger vampires cannot defy fate and fall in love with human beings. Stars Eric Tsang (left) and Sandra Ng.
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      795 38 tomorrow's tvpage— B River Wild (Channel 5, 8.30 pm) A struggling couple take their son on a white water rafting trip h° p ing they can pateh up their troubled marriage. But they are hijacked by criminals who need the wife's raftin* exDertise to set Meryl Streep and Kevin Bacon
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      172 39 PRECAUTIONS have been taken by Singapore Power to prevent such a massive blackout from occurring: There are routine patrols of its cable routes all over the island by its 20-member Cable Damage Prevention Unit. Up to 20,000 km of cables are checked every month. Checking is
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      65 42 CD ».Auwc>mjs PAwn at czLz&am ss asja date 17 April. 1998, Friday Time iopm onwards Cover Charge $15 nett inclusive of ONE STANDARD DRINK For more details, tune in to Class 95 FM lUJdll k' Q0 J a fc'l «l i '<) l? l t 4IV <1V -•<WftItII *3 VVA(.
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      285 43 LAST month, Lee Ann d'Alexandry was thrilled to find her picture splashed on the cover of Hongkong's leading gossip magazine, Eastweek. She thought the picture looked good and she clung onto it for a week. Until someone translated the headline, which was written in Chinese, for her.
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      290 44 They don't think they can ever become cops nor do they want to, reports AVIS WONG. But who among these four celebs Is most likely to fall short? Read on, then give our contest on the facing page a shot SUSAN Quah (above) never gave much thought
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      140 44 SIZE is also a, er, big problem for entertainer Moses Lim (right). "I've never thought of being a cop because of my size and weight. I am so obese that I was even exempted from completing my National Service. So how can I be a policeman when
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      45 45 Nrttfce i&W DJ», not PCm, my Mark van Cuylenburg and JocAugustin (far right). rd like to be the guy who can talk the bad guys into coming out of the building and surrendering." Mark van Cuylenburg 'A A Picture/ Mohd Ishak
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      284 45 THE Flying Dutchman doesn't want to be a policeman. The Class 95 FM deejay, Mark van Cuylenburg, quipped: "I'm a lover, not a fighter. "I don't like violence and when you watch all those cop movies, they are all so violent." But when he was
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      149 45 JOE Augustin could well have been a Sherlock Holmes, if the radio hadn't distracted him. And in true Holmes spirit, Joe, i 29, is obsessed with the truth, pi "I'm obsessive with finding i out the truth about things and m I'm good at solving'crimes. I M
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      401 46  -  Title: An American Werewolf in Paris Stars: Tom Everett Scott, Julie Delpy Scenario: Three American youths head to Paris for a holiday only to run into a pack of werewolves. One gets bitten and becomes a werewolf. Screening: Now showing Acting: Raspberries award Direction
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      77 44 Six players on the trail ol a hall million in cash. There's only one question...Who's playing who? "V k My 1 *1 PAM SAMUEL L. ROBERT BRIDGET MICHAEL ND ROBERT GRIER JACKSON FORSTER FONDA KEATON DENIRO Novi Shovhw) M tlclCIilC A Acadenn Award Nominee w J lllUtlJ. I R(A) m
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    505 47  -  ET CETERA wrra IVAN LIM I HATE eating. It is such a chore. Put food in your mouth, chew it until you can swallow it, then hope for the best. And before that happens, you have to boil it, cook it, steam it, fry
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      143 47 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson IWSSS) SEII®,HA Tmm.Jtmt, \2S» WlBnKP*-" ♦>««■ >w»»»«—» WMi Adam/Brian Basset OMV,TEAMWE WAVt A g AWD V4My li \T SOViE'U. Be ALERT UM,X WAS MC*e Bl& GAME TOMORROW. I IfAPOtTAMT IUAT O*O*lGM "TO RE#OAOeR AIQN6TWt UME OF VIM4T f £V«VCWE Gm A VWAT&&DTOGO Ift 00 iPTKe
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    423 49  -  CAREER CHOICE By Fong Foong Mei THE name of this person's job begins with a "t" and ends with an "r". Trainer? Torturer? After all, this person makes you sweat uhtil your pouchy flesh gleams. And stretch muscles until they scream. Trainer/torturer, what's the difference, many
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      543 50 Career ?oice ifffvyyir ADMINISTRATION ISO 100 a Certified 'Mmployment EPPU Registered Government Supplier- of Manpower (EPPU/ SER/19) Wj Senior System Analyst/ IT Programmer/ RPG Specialist Bt Merah, Beach Rd, Pasir Panjang, Alexandra $2.5K-$4.5K Admin. Asst. All locations $1.2K-SI.6K Accounts Asst. All locations $900-S2K Accounts Manager/Accounts Cum Admin. Executive Jin. Bukit
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    251 51 FROM PAGE 51 CAREER CHOICE Three things trainers hate to hear? I have no time for exercise. I want to lose 5 kg in a month. I want your abs/pecs/ biceps without effort. Strangest thing she has to do? Wash the toilet. "We all do whatever
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      400 57 >Come and get it! Your very own lungful of two jugs of beer at $35" night long. N fresh river air at Waterfront Pub. Those of you Tuesdays and Fridays get you two jugs at $50 who frequent Boat Quay can't miss it. Flower for all house-pours. h S p
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      411 59 Asl'l 1 A L toil's )I" 111 KN K W I'AP 1-; K\- A s TAD S fSOStSC/S 1 i One of Singapore's pioneering Bonanza Sale. Visitors can expect V%L-1 'f|T shopping complexes in the '70s is price reductions, lavish discounts J J 1 a. 1 Ivy shaping up for
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      124 66 Employers recruit through FASTads. aCMMViMv ReetaMrant Portions Fneac KesUnnu!n| gently requires: j| j| Working Hours: ft 3 p.m.-11 p.m. I I Working Hours: J 6 p.m. -11p.m. Previous exp. in Japanese I restaurant an advantage. Walk-la ialerview E""!U SUMIYAH•STAURANT I l Koek M #04-051 »ppa|e Plata *****21J Hun* Karaoke Requires
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      105 67 PHI $40; see $70; X $120 Horn# Tuition by experienced school teachers, graduates &full-time tutors MOVEN CFrCCnVD Ksmn assukm AN districts 758-1179/ 289-0834/ 451-5733/ 7444-171 (•ML-tlpa.) LUNCH GUIDE Make Lunch Guide Your Lunch Date! The most delicious ideas are served in Lunch Guide, every Monday. Xrrr# r#i~ tastaas Finding someone
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      50 67 s_. S=_J| ECKANKAR Religion of the Light and Sound cfGod You are warmly invited to join us for an introductory talk on Eckankar titled "Listening to God The Highest form of Prayer" Sahirday 11 April 1998 Furama Hotel 2.30pm 5.00pm Admision free. All are welcome. Sponsored by Eckankar Satsang Singapore.
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      128 68 f#| Enjoy a FEAST of business Sundays! For many of us, Sunday is the day f or relaxation. Unhampered by daily routined, mealtime also take on a different order on Sunday*. Early birds start the day with breakfast while those who sleep in longer usually have brunch or go —straight
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      122 68 tmp be a hit with music-lovers j# m i Qfftusic retailers out to score big hits with customers will groove to "THE MUSIC PAGE", an advertising special designed to keep music-lovers in tune with the latest offerings in hi-fi systems, CDs, LDs, VCDs, musical instruments as well as other musicrelated
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      88 69 When the heat is on the best way to keep up your energy levels is to eat some fresh fruit, especially bananas, which are rich in potassium and carbohydrates. Here, Lee Westwood (left) of England and Scotland's Colin Montgomerie help themselves to fruit and drinks from a
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      402 69 Tiger Woods is still the big favourite to become only the third player to repeat as Masters champion, given his record 18-under-par27olast year. But the name that keeps popping up as his biggest threat is South African Ernie Els. MASTERS 1995: Ben Crenshaw (US)
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      218 69 Tiger Woods' caddio, Mike Cowan, wiH not need to haul a legal limit, 14-dub set around Augusta last year Woods Hammered the course using only nine or 10 dubs I Utility wood II m b. I B 3 Wood Specialist club: n mmm Pro: 250 m 200 m 11 Average
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      343 70 HOT FLASHBACK: The New Paper March 6 V 1998 FACTFILE Nanc: Khairul Anwar %kl3 Bhihdajr: Aug 6 IWtffc 1.60 m W«igM:4skg Podboa: Striker Nanbarofc»als«coradMfar(ia 10aMlcliM):33 Favoarikt teaac Manchester United Favoarita ptayan Steve McManaman of Liverpool. "I like the way he runs, how he controls the ball and
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      429 71 33 GOALS IN 10 MATCHES FOR PIONEER SECONDARY The zone tournaments of the National Schools Football Championships ended last week. GERARD WONG checks up on the progress of Pioneer Secondary's Khairul Anwar, who caused a stir two months ago by scoring nine goals in
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      68 71 WEST ZONE First Round: bt Kranji Secondary 8-0 (Khairul scores 3) bt Chestnut Drive Secondary 11-0 (5) drew with Tanglln Secondary 3-3 (2) bt Chua Chu Kang Secondary 19-1 (9) SECOND ROUND: bt Hong Kah 5-1(1) drew with Bukit Batok Secondary 1-1 (0) bt Juylng Secondary 100
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      97 70 1 1 JOffMOMNl Heavenly Concoction You don't have to burn a hole in your pocket to savour our Buddha Jumps Over the Wall. For the month of April, Furama Palace is offering this gourmet's delight at just $20+++ per bowl. A nutritious combination of shark's fin, abalone, dried scallops, mushrooms,
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      150 71 Time 12.00pm 2.00pm. Venue SDC main entrance This special treat is limited to the first 250 taxis per day per driver only. ...To collect a free lunch pack and a bag of goodies. m i, FT .i y k m Special Promotions for Taxi-drivers... ml! J H Gain free admission
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    196 72 He's got them...but he settles for her... WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE Nadia Franca (left, in picture above), 23, and Viviane Brunieri (right, in picture above), 21, two former Brazilian girlfriends of Inter-Milan's Brazilian superstar Ronaldo, joke during a photocell in Rimini, in Italy. The two very blonde "Ronaldihnas",
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      310 73 C j/fai Every S5O you spend on any Canon camera, video -W camcorder or accessory now entitles you to a lucky draw that could see you sitting in the hottest seat in the sporting world! We're talking about a ticket to the World Cup France '98 Final that'll put you
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      75 74 TOMORROW: Man United v Liverpool SATURDAY: Arsenal v Newcastle Barnsleyv Sheffield Wed Bolton v Blackburn Chelsea v Tottenham Coventry v Aston Villa Crystal Palace v Leicester Everton v Leeds Southampton v Wimbledon West Ham v Derby MONDAY: Blackburn v Arsenal Derby v Bolton Liverpool v Palace Newcastle v
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      133 74 SPECULATION is high that Italian Serie A giant Roma is preparing a massive £12 million ($31m) bid Manchester United midfielder David Beckham. Beckham has yet to sign a new five-year deal with United even though most of his team-mates have already done so, reports The Guardian (Internet
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      271 74 LEEDS UNITED 3 Jimmy Hasselbaink 8,46 David Wetherall 22 CHELSEA J Laurent Charvet 10 Half-time: 2-1 Crowd: 37,276 Reuters. LEEDS took a step closer towards playing in Europe next season. Two goals from Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink sparkled in a hot-tempered clash at Elland Road yesterday. The
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      310 75 CMMPIONSmP CHASE TOMORROW: MAN Uv LIVERPOOL MAY 6: LIVERPOOL v ARSENAL AFP. Liverpool has taken on a new role in the fight for the Premiership crown. The Merseyside club is being hailed as kingmaker in the destiny of England's top soccer title. The reason: It has
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      218 75 Reuters. ENGLAND midfielder Paul Ince believes Liverpool has once last chance to revive its flagging season. It will come tomorrow when Ince makes his competitive return to Old Trafford against former club Manchester United. He accepts defeat there would finally extinguish Liverpool's lingering hopes of making
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      163 75 MANCHESTER United's No 1 goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel is a new injury doubt for the weekend's crucial match against Liverpool. He looked uncomfortable when kicking the ball off his right in the mid-week match against Blackburn (United won 3-1), reports The Guardian (Internet Edition). It showed that he has
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      THE REMAINING MATCHES
      211 75 LIVE GAME The Man United versus Liverpool match will be shown live on the Football Channel at midnight tomorrow. Premiere 12 will have a delayed telecast at lam, Saturday morning MATCH LATENT? Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am on Saturday for the result
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      19 75 FW91.3 The New Paper Sportsfile on NTUC Radio Heart 91.3. From Monday to Friday at 8.15am. Check it out.
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    478 76 WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE Reuters. THE indomitable Spice Girls will provide vocal support to England's bid to win the World Cup in July. The five singers, responsible for girl power, outlandish clothes and catchy pop songs, will team up with three other British pop bands
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      Watch your tackles
      504 77  -  REFEREES' WARNING ON EVE OF S-LEAGUE '98 SEASON: By Suresh Nair THERE'S good and bad news on tackles from behind for S-League players. The good news: The much-feared mandatory red-card for back-tackles (which will come into effect at June's World Cup Finals) will not be enforced. The
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      306 77  -  By S Gulam THE Philippines' President's Cup is almost a metre high and weighs five kilos in solid silver. To S-League title-contenders Woodlands Wellington, however, it is worth its weight in gold. The Rams (Woodlands' nickname) are so proud of winning it that they
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