The New Paper, 16 April 1998

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    6 1 the new paper THURSDAY, APRIL 16,1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon The man who did this is DEAD
      375 2 Wire services. THE man blamed for the deaths of some two million Cambodians in the mid-70s is dead, said senior Khmer Rouge officers. Pol Pot, once the much-feared leader of the communist Khmer Rouge, was reported to have died of a heart attack
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      From Ah Beng to E Beng
      313 3 These are no ordinary Ah Bengs. They use personal computers for electronic business (or e-business). Click! Click! Simple ah! But wait, there could be problems. (Seegraphics below.) That's why some new laws are needed, says a government committee set up to make it e-asy
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      123 2 I 4ft Study Table shoe Usual: TV Usual: I Cabinet $90 4ft j* r in B Cabinet $380 B I Children's Wardrobe Queen-Size Bed I I f nL$ 4 I I usual: H l 2 door Wardrobe 3 door Wardrobe Indian Queen-Size I 1 I Dining Usual: Usual: Usual: Aho
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      97 2 I Hotel Hamilton j I: 40 Hamilton Road, Singapore *****0 i I Tel: (65) 296 2296 Fax: 296 2996 I I QpettaQ 1 I Single from $58 nett I I Double from $68 nett j I I •42 rooms self control aircond 1 I Mini refrigerator 1 i IDD telephone
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      19 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 28,29, 32,35 TV: Page 36 Comics: Pages 37 35 u Callus. Hotline pniw I "*****55 I
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      141 2 LOOKING FOR A JOB? I HE sent out more than 20 resumes 1 in two months. 1 The answers came back: NO. 1 Frustrated, the 24-year-old 1 polytechnic graduate says: 1 "I knew the economy would affect JUi me but it's very demoralising. r| "jf "I thought I'd be qualified
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon SEE your doctor
      208 4 with the click of a mouse L hot a t STORIES i Making that trip to the doctor's may soon be a thing of the past. Just log in to the Singapore One network from home to consult your doctor from May 1. That's when Health Online,
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      WHAT’S HUP
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      HEADLINERS
      69 4 The Straits Times: Poverty may hit 20m more Indonesians The Business Times: Ekran boss to sell out his entire 55.7% stake Uanhe Zaobao: Poverty to hit 18 million Indonesians as the country's economic crisis worsens Berita Harlan: 18 million Indonesians poor RCS morning news: G-7 agrees to avoid big
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      DOW JONES
      27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 52.07 points to close at 9,162.27 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 682 million shares.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Rating slashed
        63 4 FOUR Singapore banks have had their public information ratings lowered by the credit rating agency Standard and Poor's (S&P) yesterday. The ratings reflected concerns over Singapore's economic outlook. The four are OCBC, UOB, Keppel and Tat Lee Bank. Ratings were unchanged for DBSBank and OUB. The outlook for
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        Ex-SDP man
        53 4 AN ex-opposition politician who contested four elections is in court. Former Singapore Democratic Party member Low Yong Nguan, 57, allegedly got an employment pass for Sri Lankan businessman Markus Don Gabriel Willibrord, 42, by making a false declaration. The Sri Lankan, jailed six weeks over a false declaration,
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        New boss
        53 4 THERE will soon be a new man at the helm of the Singapore Indian Development Association (Sinda). Mr S. Vivakanandan, 35, deputy director of corporate services at Sentosa Development Corporation, will take over from outgoing chief, Mr Vendesan Somo, on May 1. Mr Vivakanandan has been a Sinda
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        E-file glitch
        64 4 It's a good attempt, I appreciate it. But they have developed something based on last year's technology. It was very frustrating to keep trying and not have it work. Mr Aaron Chua,a newsgroup contributor, who said he had to send his tax returns by mail because his Internet
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        More dams
        62 4 JOHOR will build 11 more dams over the next five years. This is to ensure a continuous supply of water for the state and for distribution to other states, Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman told The New Straits Times. Johor has 11 dams supplying 900 million litres
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      MO & ME
      329 5 MO ME LEE HUICHIEH has been with The New Paper for just a few days. Yesterday, she got into the swing of things, rushing off to investigate when a caller told us of the "terror of Chinese Garden" BIG day. First time I'm going out on an assignment. Got everything
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      Some are scared, some feed it
      233 5 IS Mo really a terror? It seems he is, for some people. Mr Matthew James, 26, called our Hotline Plus to alert us to the presence of the monkey near the Chinese Garden MRT station. According to him, it has been "terrorising" people using
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon But I was pregnant then...
      513 6  -  EX-MODEL HANIS: ME A SOCIAL ESCORT IN 1989/90? By Woon Wui Tek THE Yellow Pages ad featuring her was for a social escort agency. That upset Ms Hanis Saini Hussey so much that she sued for defamation. Yesterday, the High Court ruled in her favour
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      DEFAMED
      125 6 THE picture in the Yellow Pages ad was not of Hanis, argued the defence lawyer. Also, said Mr Wilfred Goh, the caption (which mentions "charming and elegant ladies") did not defame her. And Mb Hanis was defending "a level of reputation she did not actually have". But Mr Lawrence
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon If only I had known...
      517 8 RIANA ZAKIR has been reporting crime stories for two years. Youths wanted for theft and illegal sex are part-and-parcel of the job. But this assignment was different. You see, the person in the dock was a friend... who had turned to crime I KEPT blinking
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      Theft and sex offences
      282 8 TOH (left) went wild last year. Once, he tried crawling out from his eighthstorey window to get to the corridor and meet his girlfriend at midnight. His grandmother had hidden the keys of their Jurong East flat, telling him not to meet the girl. Recalled his
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      JAILED
      42 8 LAST Wednesday, Toh was sentenced to 10 months'jail and fined $3,000. The maximum penalty for theft-in-dwelling is seven years'jail and a fine. For having pre-marital sex with an underaged girl, he could have been jailed for five years and fined $10,000.
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    Dear LTA...
    105 10 SINGAPORE!ODAY ERP has been in action for two weeks. But some motorists are still a little blur. One reader said she drove into the CBD without a licence, thinking her Cash Card andlU would do the trick. Here's a chance to clear your doubts. Put questions to the
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      101 10 h yoo TO HEAR: I*. M »i^l P ft Mi:', fc >', Rich, creamy, all-natural HBagmtDan ice-cream. In floats. In milkshakes. In coffee. In sinful concoctions. In a cake. In a cup. On a cone. On your own. On a date. On a whim. On the town. On a stroll
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    Shame, shame
    200 11 Two reports in Monday's edition of The New Paper drew attention. Several readers wrote in. Their response: SPEAKUP SHAME I Peter Boyd: Nothing is interesting these days except money. Whatever you do, want or plan requires money. If everyone is obsessed with earning more and getting better jobs,
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      5 11 SPEAK B P YOUR FORUM
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Just eat... and enjoy
      58 12 muKmui< Ms Doamia Jepson, an expert in eating disorders, hat written a book called Eat Ovgasmkato and SIB Lose Weight. And what doos she col a food orgaamT It is indulging yourself without guilt and devouring the foods that titillate your tastebuds to your heart's content,
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      Temperature’s UP. But something’s still DOWN
      310 12  -  By] Fong Foong Mei VEGGIES are still cheap. That's cool. What's hot? Why, the weather in Malaysia, of course. That's where most of Singapore's supply of leafy greens comes from. The drought has hit the quality of the vegetables. But not the prices, said
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      111 12 HCRETARIES' j Give yourself a treat thid year at our Secretaries' Week Lunch Extravaganza. Moses will out-do himself yet again at this party with stand-up sessions that take a crack at secretaries today Samantha plays brilliantly the piano, pipa and guitar, and together with a 4-piece band, will put on
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      If I have cancer now, at 25, will I have HALF OF HER COURAGE?
      471 14 We ran a series recently on how cancer had affected some people —and their loved ones. Now, our reporters tell what talking to these courageous people have meant to them I THE STORY: Two years ago,
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      Not easy to talk about it
      127 14 THE STORY: Singapore's first Chief Minister, David Marshall, died of lung cancer in 1995. We spoke to his wife of 34 years, Jean, who took care of him until his death. CRISPINA ROBERT SAYS: BOY, was Mrs Marshall tough to interview! She was careful.
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      Inspiring love for life
      128 14 THE STORY: Some cancer patients must not only bear the pain of the disease, but also hide it from loved ones who may not be able to cope with the truth. Mrs Sheela, a businesswoman, kept her cancer from her father and clients. CRISPINA ROBERT SAYS:
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      Unbearable for me too
      301 15 STORY 1: Teenager Jennifer cannot accept that cancer has denied her the chance of a normal life. In her rage, she screams and lashes out physically at her mum. And insists that she wants to die. STORY 2: He was dying. His wife, wanting the best
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      It’s a reminder
      115 15 H THE STORY: He was a workaholic who sometimes neglected his family. Cancer changed his life. Given the all-clear after five years, American Ken Grant is celebrating by taking his family on a world tour, which included a recent stopover in Singapore. TEO YUN YUN SAYS: LIFE
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      I pray that she gets the all-clear
      157 15 I THE STORY: Mrs Lisa Ng, 40, found out she may only have months to live. She did not let this get her down. Instead, she came to terms with the battle ahead. With support from family, friends and her religion, she seems
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      Family violence over a TV set
      389 16  -  Man asks brother to pick up new TV Brother refuses They quarrel on the phone Man grabs knife and goes to meet brother BY Woon Wui Tek HE slashed his younger brother with a knife. After a quarrel over a new television set for
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      FINED
      21 16 Choo Boon Ngee was fined $1,000 for hurting his brother. He could have been jailed for up to a year.
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      Confidence is high
      369 17 The Singapore team on Mount Everest has been facing its share of problems. How are their families and loved ones coping here? TEO YUN YUN checks MR Bobby Lean wasn't too worried when high winds ravaged the Everest Base Camp two weeks ago. That's despite his only
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      IN CONVERSATION
      66 17 Oh, it's nice compared to what we're having now. We've been having 35, maybe 36 degrees heat here... If only we can transport some of the heat over, it would be quite pleasant there. Community Development Minister Abdullah Tarmugi (left) in a telephone conversation with Everest team leader
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      204 15 J This is how we'll make you feel during J Secretaries' Week, 20-24 April. I The rolls out for you this Secretaries' Week at pendant is vows to win. If not, there's the 2nd prize of 2 return (The Pan Padfic#3otel. air tickets to Bangkok with 3 nights'stay at The
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      59 17 Tom mm I f mm quadmix l I i«I Rocking the 3rd Floor. "v-ali f JmM I S n v t pff m Exclusively at Tower Records from Ibth April The highly anticipated debut album from M.UQ- d ISi I Experience the earth-moving throbbing tune LIVE at Suntec City-i 3
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    Lock icon Now one is dead: Child has broken arm, cigarette burns, bite marks
    365 18  -  Parents take three children from grandmother MALAYSIATODAY By Michelle Ang POLICE suspect murder. Their investigations show that the children had lived all their lives with their grandmother. Then, a few months ago, their parents took them away. Now,
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      176 18 Secretaries' Week 20 24 April 1998 A GOOD VALUE TREAT NOT TO BE MISSED Bosses, it's time to REWARD your deserving assistant... Lavish her with a special Gourmet Buffet Feast of Asian and Western fare available for lunch and dinner. Enjoy our sumptuous spread with free flow of Evian water,
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      58 19 we'VE ADDED a DASH of Ii INTRODUCING THE LATEST f~~) ERICSSON PF 768. Q NOW EVEN MORE AFFORDABLE ON GSMIBOO THE NETW O R K M M~ pj FOR THE NEW M I GENERATION. K J """~ni P E A T U R ONIy <» r j $398* 5 SIN3TEL
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Did Leo’s BIG EGO sink a film?
      409 20 HOW big is Leonardo DiCaprio's ego? Very BIG, says one angry film producer. Titanic-sized even, implied the producer, who is suing the Titanic star for US$lO million (Ssl6 million). The reason given: DiCaprio, 23, is an "egomaniac" who's trying to block a film
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      I DIDN’T EXERT PRESSURE. SAYS TITANIC STAR
      136 20 THE Titanic heartthrob denies putting pressure on the studios to stop the film's release. He has said that he never agreed to make Don's Plum as a full-length feature. DiCaprio reportedly had agreed to perform in what he thought was a short film
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      She’s afraid to shower
      299 21 BABY GIRL SEXUALLY ATTACKED BY BOYS 7, 8 AND 111 A LITTLE girl in Dallas wants nothing to do with water anymore. Three boys from the same neighbourhood allegedly kidnapped her last Thursday and abused her in a way that is too horrible to imagine. The
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      ‘Something is badly wrong’
      222 21 THE vicious attack on the little girl in Dallas is a wake-up call, experts say. "Something is badly wrong with the way we raise our children," child health expert Clare Hudspeth told The Dallas Morning News (Internet edition). The attack in Dallas comes just weeks after
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      Lock icon Finally, Manila to get Marcos money
      223 22 Late Philippines president's $832 m in Switzerland Wire Services. AFTER 12 years of battle in courts, the money that late Philippines president Ferdinand Marcos tucked away in Swiss banks is ready to be handed back to Manila. Switzerland's highest court has turned down the
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      LAST DAYS
      28 22 Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown in 1986 by a popular revolt in the Philippines. He fled the country and died in exile in Hawaii three years later.
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      Zero effort – zero growth
      58 22 Zero effort zero growth ill U ******1* IMF director Michd ii, uwvMMisits iiyvvii nun to US$75 MHon ($1.2 Mlffon) tax cut announced recently by Japan It not enovgbto cat Its economy out of a recession: We have produced for Japan our provisional guess of zero growth. We would love to
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      Cheap sale
      211 23 Thai properties on discount at US temple IT rained cheap Bangkok properties outside a Buddhist temple in the US recently. The target of the sales pitch: Rich Thais based in the US. The sellers: Thai property developers who desperately need a boost for their slumping real estate sector.
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      104 20 A "p~ R I hilarious, unforgettable, melodic ffabulous! Feast on fabulous food, wine entertainment! April 3 to April 2". 1998, Chijmes, 50 Victoria Street FOR TIIIS WEEKEND: Please bring this ad to enjoy fabulously foolish prices at Bonne Sante. Gatsby Bar ft Restaurant Father Flanagan's Irish Pub ft Migen titOakEmmiMfejtosJrfand
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      399 21 0.2 Carat Diamond Ring Winners Fiona Lucas (*****7767) Tan Kin Hiang Betty (*****45J) ChanWahKhim (*****12F) Norazida B Johar (*****511) $50 Scotts Shopping Voochtr Winners Lynn Koh (*****260 Lynn Koh *****26 D Lynn Koh *****26 D Lynn Koh *****260 Lynn Koh *****26 D Lynn Koh *****26 D Irene Chan (*****01F) Ann
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      221 22 <M> ffiWK? I I «*T*l -atjuifrgr Five ways to thank your secretary I 20 24 April 1998 I 1' International buffet lunch-cum-fashion show at $45 nett per person. 2 4 Vt rajr «T Complimentary door gifts and daily lucky draws will be conducted. P 1 ,0| Fashion show is brought
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      364 23 you want to enjoy Good Food Good Mimic Fredh Air Romantic Atmosphere in a Garden by the river There L) only one place The River Garden Terrace at River View Hotel a lm r 732 9922 mil) CAM fII *****96/7/8 1800-*****70 I Food Shops e$ Serviced I I ilkM I
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      422 24 WHff'StfW it a The time to visit Thailand better and more exciting Q I /i IHn I I n A>| now. The Amazing than ever. With activities r" 111 111 II 111 /jt II Thailand Years 1998- 1999 and tours galore, there's I II I I I ■VA \A have
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      Lock icon TAX DODGE
      267 25 Paris sees red over Reuters. SHE cuts hair and now she's cutting her taxes. And she has the French government pulling its hair out. Ms Colette Patonnier is a hairdresser in the southern French town of Valence. But she has registered her small business in Wales. So she
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      SHE SAVES UP TO $34,400
      53 25 Ms Colette Patonnier would save between 100,000 francs and 130,000 francs ($26,400 and $34,400) by paying tax in Britain, a local businessman said. British firms pay around 10 per cent of an employee's earnings in national insurance contributions. The French firms pay between 40 and
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      HK’s poison harbour
      344 26 This large fish was killed, like hundreds of thousands of others in Hongkong recently, by a toxic algae known as red tide. HERBERT FERNANDEZ takes a look at the Fragrant Harbour's latest health scare FIRST there was bird flu, now it's red tide. And it has killed
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      HEALTH SCARES
      106 26 RED tide is the lalJfeln a string of health scares m that has hit Hongkong since it was handed over to China last July. In December last year, Hongkong was jarred by a scare over a bird flu that J| spread from chickens to B humans and killed
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    Lock icon Starving, he walked and walked
    88 27 SINGAPORETODAY and walked, till he could walk no more: That's what happened to this malnourished man in Sudan. Like many other villagers, he had walked up to two days to reach food aid distributed by the United Nations World Food Programme. But he collapsed, just
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      93 27 THE NEW PAPER/ CLAIROL HERBAL essences redemption jflFV* 1 Eartk-Shatterinq 6 I 1" Indulge in the greatest pleasure you'll ever k m. v/rqanic r,Xl)firi6llC6 lave in the shower. Introducing Clairol's new \li iHr 1 -T- Herbal Essences Shampoo and Conditioner. j> p fjjmti W r 1 Made with organic herbs
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      Lock icon ‘Is my lipstick smudged?’
      435 28  -  Singer Samantha Cole Hasan obsession: Her lips By Lee Yin Luen JUST look at her. Would you believe that American singer Samantha Cole does not go to the gym and eats whatever she wants? "And I don't diet or anything," said the 22-year-old star with the
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      Lock icon BRACE THE TITANIC!
      252 29  -  A big stand-up comedy act is coming your way! By Avis Wong YES, Susan Quah is taking over Kate Winslet's role in the movie Titanic. The Channel 5 funnywoman is doing the famous "flying scene" in a stand-up comedy act in Mandarin this Saturday. Her partner: Former
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      SHOW INFO
      37 29 WHAT: Stars Musical Extravaganza WHEN: April 18,8 pm WHERE: Kallang Theatre TICKETS: $50,5100 and $150. Proceeds will go to the Lions Home for the Elders. Call 295-2222 or page Ms Jan at 9415-8385 for tickets.
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      253 29 to Hlf Tone. I I Secretaries' Week: April 20th-24th« I I I I You deserve a reward for being such a great And whichever restaurant you choose, tM|e'll fl I secretary! So get your boss to treat you to a grand lunch be door gifts and lucky draws to thril
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    Lock icon River itual
    169 30 spotlight Seven million Hindus have converged on Hardwar, a sleepy Indian town in north India, for the Mahakumb festival. Despite fears that the world's largest gathering of pilgrims might turn nasty, the festival ended without any trouble. During Mahakumb, which falls once every 12years, Hindus take a bath
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    Lock icon Web baby nets TV role
    318 31 SHOWTIME THERE'S a child inside Ally Mcßeal. One who first took the Internet by storm. A remarkable child the first Internet creation to cross over to mainstream -media, reports The Washington Post. The Dancing Baby, aka Baby Cha-Cha, aka Baby Uga-Chaka (right), is reaching people
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      332 34  -  And they don't need words to make you laugh By Lee Yin Luen GLUB! Glub! This comedy act lives up to its name. You almost drown in laughter. And the actors were not even saying anything funny. Not a word was spoken by the Spanish troupe, Yllana
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    494 36  -  eT CETERA WITH T JEYATNESAN BROTHER and sister got into the big blue car, eyes wide in anticipation. They were off to the playground with daddy. As soon as daddy parked his car, they rushed to the see-saw. Up and down they went. Their screams of
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    366 38  -  CAREER CHOICE REPORT AND PICTURES/ < Chelsea Phua THINK of a psychologist. What comes to mind? A dark room, a couch in the room, a patient lying on the couch, the psychologist, his hand on the forehead of the patient. But my visit to the office
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      718 39 1 1 AS WE TAKE THE NATION'S FUTURE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY The Ministry invites applications for the posts of ADMINISTRATORS REMUNERATION PACKAGE As a School Administrator, you will assist the School Principal in financial, personnel and r general administration of the school. You will be supervising a pool of
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    272 40 FROM PAGE 39 CAREER CHOICE What makes your job most worthwhile? The children. They are always so appreciative. And they are not afraid to show their appreciation. (As she said this, she pointed to colourful handmade cards.) What are the low points? Sometimes, you can
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  • SPORTS
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      586 51  -  Stones/i Gerard Weng THE GRANT: The SPEX Study Grant was established to recognise and reward outstanding post-secondary student athletes who have achieved good results in both studies and sports. Its predecessor was the Esso Sports Scholar Award which was first introduced in
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      149 51 THE Singapore Sports Council (SSC) has praised the SPEX award recipients as "good examples for their peers". These students have committed much of their time to tough training schedules," said Colonel Kwan Yue Yeong, the SSC executive director, at the awards ceremony. "Singaporeans are a pragmatic
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      735 52 C?r rfa f. Wushu exponent and Asian youth champion Oh Chun Yon was one of the 15 recipients at last Saturday's SPEX study grant awards. GERARD WONG discovers the strange circumstances which made him pick up the sport HE doesn't play football. Nor does he
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      148 52 Age: 19 Birthday: March 14 Height and weight 1.73 m, 65kg School: Ngee Ann Polytechnic Course: Second-yew Chfl and Environmental Engineering studwit Other ECA* Plays the flute in his school's Chinese orchestra Other hoMMes: Reading, sleeping, listening to music Achievement*: 1997 Asian Youth Championship (taijiquan); Meritorious Award winner
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      Lock icon ‘Unknown’ leaves stars trailing
      392 53  -  OP BOWLING CHALLENGE: TILL SATURDAY. VICTOR'S SUPERBOWL FIRST DAY'S RESULTS (TOP FIVE ONLY): 1: Steven Ang 1,766 pintails (average 221) 2: Tom Hahl 1,680 (210) 3: Terry Ong 1,655 (207) 4: Allen Tan 1,654 (207) 5: Sebastian Goh 1,629 (204) HOW THE NATIONAL BOWLERS FARED 14:
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      LEADING WOMAN
      17 53 DorMiiPang: The Singaporean bowler is lying in 20th position. Women are not given any handicaps
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      HELP COMES FROM TAIWAN
      129 53 STEVEN Ang was quick to attribute his current success to top Taiwanese bowler Y C Ma. Ang said after finishing yesterday's action on top of the leaderboard: "This really wouldn't have been possible without Ma's help recently. "Before I met him, I was always averaging about
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      Lock icon Sprinter to take third drugs test
      108 53 Reuters. WORLD silver medallist sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe has been asked to appear at an inquiry by athletics chiefs after being suspended last week for testing positive for drugs. The Sri Lankan Athletics Board last Friday suspended Jayasinghe after the analysis of a second sample
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      Lock icon Pakistan shocked
      124 53 HOCKEY Reuters. UNHERALDED Kenya upset world champion Pakistan 4-3 in a hockey international yesterday. The Kenyans equalised (3-3) with five minutes to go and then scored the winning goal one minute from the final whistle. The match was the second of two test matches between the sides. Pakistan
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  • WORLD CUP ’98 UPDATE
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      Lock icon Israel stuns Argentina
      516 54 7 WSSSEiSEEEmm German formula one star michael Schumacher trains with argentina squad WORLD CUP WARM-UP ISRAEL 2 Najwan Grayev 64 Haim Revive 82 ARGENTINA 1 Diego Cagna 76 Half-time: 0-0 Crowd: 14,000 ARGENTINA TEAM German Burgos, Roberto Sensini, Mauricio Pineda, Gustavo Lombardi (Sergio Berti 69), Matias Almeyda,
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      KISS GOODBYE
      485 55  -  SAMMER GIVES UP HOPE Stories/* Jeffrey Low MATTHIAS Sammer, Germany's most important player, has finally conceded that hell never make it to France '98. The 30-year-old master libera has been struggling to recover from a serious left-knee injury since last October, but without much success. Now, six weeks
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      BLOW TO NEW BRAZILIAN STAR ELBER
      269 55 BRAZIL'S latest sensation Giovani Elber has suffered a big personal blow to his chances of making it to France '98. He will be out of action for at least six weeks. Which means his place in the Brazilian training squad will surely be snapped
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  • ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP ‘98
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      Who does this English writer pick as champ?
      747 56  -  CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE: MANCHESTER UNITFD OR ARSFNAI FOR THF TITI F? CLIVE WHITE IT was a championship race which at Christmas was so obviously a one-horse affair. And it forced a Manchester bookmaker to pay out in advance on Alex Ferguson's team (see
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      Lock icon BOOKIE PAYOUT
      189 56 If the Gunners win the title It is unlikely to dent Done's profits too much due to the extra publicity his premature payout has earned. But he told BBC Radio: "This year I'm going to Butlin's (holiday camp) rather than the Bahamas." AFP. BOOKMAKER Fred Done has not
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      ‘Arsenal reminds me of Ajax’
      283 56 DENNIS Bergkamp yesterday explained why he has decided to stay at Arsenal for life. It's because he thinks his club is about to dominate like Ajax Amsterdam at its best, reports Soccernet. The Players' Player of the Year returned from suspension on Monday to score
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      Lock icon WHY THIS CRICKET TROPHY IS CALLED THE ASHES
      268 57 There is no greater prize for English and Australian cricketers than winning the Ashes. These 'Ashes'are kept in a small golden urn, the type normally associated with carrying the remains of a deceased relative. But what "Ashes" are really stored in that
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      Lock icon No-surprise finalists
      221 57 EUROPEAN CUP FINAL: JUVENTUS v REAL MADRID: AMSTERDAM. MAY 20 MONACO 3 JUVENTUS 2 (Juvenilis wins 6-4 on aggregate) Reuters. JUVENTUS lost 3-2 to Monaco yesterday, but still managed to reach the European Cup final for the third successive season. The Italian champion won the semi-final 6-4 on
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      204 57 BORUSSIA DORTMUND 0 REAL MADRID 0 (Real wins 2-0) HE scored a hat-trick for Juventus in the first leg. And yesterday, he scored another and made one Reuters. REAL Madrid reached its first European Cup final since 1981. The goalless draw with holder Borussia Dortmund in Germany was enough
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      187 58 AFP. DAVID Beckham says it was a fear of embarrassment which led to him becoming one of the best players. The midfielder reveals his manager Alex Ferguson used basic psychology to bring on the youngster in his formative years. Beckham said: "He gives you the confidence
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      Player revolt at Tottenham?
      243 58 WORRIED Tottenham fans fear internal bickering at White Hart Lane will drag their club down into the First Division. Reports of a player revolt have surfaced at Spurs, with a trio of stars hitting out at coach Christian Gross, reports Carlingnet. Chris Armstrong, Darren Anderton and
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      Warriors to meet Selangor
      151 58  -  By S Gulam A CLASH between SAFFC and Selangor was on the cards for the S-League curtain-raiser two weeks ago. But the thriller never materialised. It was called off due to disagreement over the money to be paid to Selangor. And the Warriors played the Chinese
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      Lock icon Top China team fined
      160 58 Reuters. CHINA'S top soccer team Dalian Wanda has been fined $10,000 (S$16,000). The Asian Football Confederation slapped fine for refusing to collect the prizes after losing the final of the Asian Club championship to South Korea's Pohang Steelers in Hong Kong last weekend. Dalian players protested
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