The New Paper, 19 May 1998

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    7 1 the new paper TUESDAY, MAY 19, 1998
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      190 1 Ist Copy 1" TiV*MI SM M Jmf Parliament chief tells "Army boss says: ft Suharto: Resign Quit call is illegal What Nadya te wed nut**. fll h £> H A m mPßil—. \A £J L' gp /Pagw243 l I r»T. I. gg gsgaßKWi Baßwa *yiff*illff?HMfi 111H V) HBa| iMM 3fc
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Too many shadows Too little light
      319 2  -  It was a day of shocks in Jakarta yesterday. Parliamentary Speaker Harmoko and military chief Gen Wiranto issued conflicting statements regarding President Suharto's future. Their remarks signal that a new chapter in Indonesian history is being written, but no one can yet read what
      Source: Wire services,  -  319 words
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      THE GENERAL
      274 2 WHEN Indonesian military chief General Wiranto rejected a call by the Parliament Speaker for President Suharto to step down, many were shocked. Gen Wiranto had been regarded as being more sympathetic towards the people's desire for reforms. Some observers even said that Parliament Speaker Harmoko must have consulted
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      THE SPEAKER
      157 2 PARLIAMENT Speaker Harmoko had long been known as a Suharto loyalist. Thus, many eyebrows were raised when Mr Harmoko called a press conference to urge President Suharto to resign for the sake of national unity. Referring to the protests and riots of the past few weeks, Mr Harmoko
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      THE PRESIDENT
      204 2 PRESIDENT Suharto may help clear the air about his future when he speaks today. Mr Suharto was quoted as saying yesterday that he would respond to Mr Harmoko's call today. Since returning from Cairo last week, Mr Suharto, 76, has secluded himself in his Jalan Cendana home. Analysts
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      Loans delayed
      79 2 THE World Bank has postponed approving US$l.2 billion ($1.98 billion) of new loans to Indonesia until the country's situation becomes clearer. The money was supposed to be for a US$l billion structural adjustment loan and a US$225 million credit to help ease rural poverty. "We are ready to
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      No move
      97 2 THE US government will not intervene directly in the Indonesian crisis by pressuring President Suharto to leave office. This is despite President Bill Clinton coming under pressure from his own Democrat party members in the US Senate Foreign Relations East Asian subcommittee. A group of 14 House of
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      Lock icon Marching on
      92 2 Source: Wire services MUSLIM leader Amien Rais said the protests against President Suharto will go ahead tomorrow. "For sure, on May 20, a kind of people power will take place in different cities... The message will be very clear: Suharto has to go," said Mr Rais. 'There is
      Source: Wire services  -  92 words
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  • ESCAPE TO SINGAPORE
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon 'Everyone is running away'
      488 3 LIFE IN JAKARTA... Ms N Lint, 25, an assistant director with an electronics company, has fled Jakarta without her family. She tells MICHELLEANG how her country has changed in the past few days "GETTING money from the ATM was so easy before. But today, my younger
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      Sightseeing and waiting
      428 3  -  LIFE IN SINGAPORE... BY Yong Siew Fern HER husband, a businessman, is back home in Jakarta. She is in Singapore taking a vacation with their three children. Housewife Mrs Yenny Lauw, 40, is not all that worried about the unrest. Sitting outside Images of Singapore (the wax
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      Keeping the hope alive
      239 3  -  BY Yong Shu Hoong EVERY morning, at 5 am, Mr Heryanto Rudy (right) wakes up to get ready for prayer. By 6 am, he would set off from his hotel for the Kuan Yin Temple on Waterloo Street. The staunch Buddhist has been doing this since
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    Lock icon What reforms?
    650 4 INDONESIATODAY The R-word is very much in fashion these days. University students and intellectuals are demanding reforms. Even military chief General Wiranto has said that reforms are now part of the national agenda. But what kind of reforms are these Indonesians talking about? Source: Wire services 1 BRING
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Coming sooner
      176 6 ERP ON CTE FROM AUG 3 HOT STORY MOTORISTS, get ready. If you travel on the Central Expressway to the city, you will have to pay to use the section after Braddell Road from Aug 3. Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) will start then, a month before schedule. By
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      Public or private condo?
      182 6 Government ministers have already classified ECs as private housing; so why should URA continue to stick to its guns and treat them as otherwise? Just include them in its next survey y and this issue of whether ECs are private or public will be put to
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      WHAT'S HUP
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Your call's over
        59 6 THEY just never learn. Five motorists were caught using handphones without hands-free sets yesterday. Traffic Police confiscated the sets and gave them nine demerit points and a $170 fine on the day the new measures took effect. From January to April, phone-driving offences rose to about 220
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        Tham cleared
        60 6 THE ex-director of the defunct Pan-El group was cleared of assaulting his wife yesterday after she withdrew her private summons charge. Madam Kok Mei Yee, 39, a former air hostess and public relations officer, had accused Mr Peter Tham Wing Fai, 49, now a financial consultant, of hurting
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        Cancer drug
        58 6 A NEW drug that treats breast cancer is being hailed as a major breakthrough. Researchers in California say herceptin can reduce cancerous cells by up to half, compared to chemotherapy's 43 per cent. But it doesn't have the side effects of chemotherapy, such as hair loss and nausea.
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        To the top
        56 6 THE five climbers from the Singapore Everest Team are ready for a summit attempt. A team member, in an e-mail sent yesterday, said the climbers had reached Camp Four, 8,000 m above sea-level. Weather reports predict favourable wind conditions. The climbers are resting before setting out for
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        Widen rules
        54 6 EXPANDED trading rules are needed to cover an electronic world, Singapore has said to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Cross-border electronic trade could be worth $498 million by 2002. The WTO is holding a ministers' meeting in Geneva. On the agenda is how to push ahead its vision
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        US offers jets
        57 6 YOU can have the fighter jets you ordered, if you don't test a nuclear bomb. That's the carrot the US is offering Pakistan. Pakistan paid more than US$600 million (S$960 million) in 1990 for 28 F-16s. But Congress banned their delivery to "prevent" Pakistan developing nuclear weapons.
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      HEADLINERS
      84 6 The Straits Times: Suharto resign call 'illegal' The Business Times: Army rejects Speaker's call for Suharto to quit Lianhe Zaobao: Indonesian House Speaker urges Suharto to step down Berita Harlan: Parliamentary Speaker urges Suharto to resign RCS morning news: Indonesian armed forces commander, General Wiranto, has dismissed a call
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      DOW JONES
      27 6 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 45.09 points to close at 9,050.91 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 523 million shares.
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      74 6 AUTOGLYM ADDS A NEW SHINE WITH ISO 9002! AUTOGLYM^"" CENTRE /jOC m m Endorsed by Rolls Royce, Jaguar and Aston Martin cars, Autoglym has been awarded ISO 9001 9002. At Autoglym Car Grooming Centre we don't just polish cars but renovate them to showroom condition. Application of sealant ensures the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Bank on them to have fun
      288 7 THEY'RE more used to sitting side by side in the office. But these bank employees will be walking side by side on Sunday. They are part of the 618-strong company contingent from the Overseas Union Bank (OUB) taking part in this year's Big Walk.
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      SPOT OUB STICKERS
      98 7 "DRESS UP" in the yellow and purple OUB stickers and win on-the-spot freebies from OUB representatives at the walk. All you have to do is put the stickers over your clothes or body in a creative way. If your picture gets into a newspaper, you can also
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      Let there be light
      38 8 muifmui* New Singapore Indian Development Association chief executive officer S VKakanandan: I just believe that instead of complaining about the darkness, we should light a candle. I believe I should help light the candle.
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      What? No brand? Forget it
      276 8  -  By Riana Zakir SHE was a brand-conscious burglar. After helping her friends steal $1,000 worth of watches, Ellyanazaida Abdul Hamid, 19, decided that she did not want them because they had no brand. They looked "very cheap", she said. She acted as a lookout for
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      Catch the flowers
      103 8 HERE'S your chance to see lots of floral topiaries. Lots 6f what? Floral topiaries flowering plants cut into shapes. In this case, there are 15 of them, all figures of women, made with flowers. Catch them at the Wisma Atria, where you now have an Enchanted Floral
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      Share a joke
      83 9 SORRY, readers, the joke's on us. Yesterday, in Laughlines, we gave you your share of weekly laughs, but we didn't tell you where you could send your jokes. GET IN TOUCiT So, in case you have a joke to share, get in touch with us. You could
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      Lock icon Nobody wants to be your friend...
      262 10 SMOKE-SPEAK Hey Mr Smoker: There was a time when they could walk into a room and colour the air grey with their smoke. Not anymore. Our photographerJONATHAN CHOO found smokers have been pushed into strange corners for their puffs. Unable to light up at
      PICTURES JONATHAN CHOO  -  262 words
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      390 9 If you have found something, you can advertise for free in Classification 821. (Found) to seek its owner. Call C.A.T.S. at 1800-737-1166. Another Classified Service Check out the roots of your hair problem before it's too late. A s r! > v 9 I Brittle and broken m Dull, lacklustre
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon OOPS! What did I just say?
      504 11  -  By Riana Zakir and Woon Wui Tek A PRETTY young woman steps into the office. Most men, especially if they are married, will just admire her quietly, right? But Mr Saari Amri, 32, one of Malaysia's top composers, often couldn't keep mum. A compliment
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      HONESTY NOT THE BEST POLICY?
      173 11 SAARI Amri, whose real name is Saari Jusoh, was hit by a lorry while riding his motorcycle to work in Kuala Lumpur in October 1996. He injured his head. He has become forgetful and loses his temper easily, often throwing things in front of artistes.
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    Woman cries ROBBERY, but accused say she was their boss and did not pay them
    472 12  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Teo Hwee Nak ROBBERY! cried Madam Lim Ah Git when she was tied up by five Chinese nationals who took her money. But the "robbers" illegal foreign workers who claimed to be her
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      205 12 I Our rooms are special jflH even Stay us on the Stay fjg£ For tSnri and shopping vouchers worth RM2SO to spend as you 4^: please at Aktif Lifestyle Stores. raW •JT On top of that, you'll get an Aktif Lifestyle voucher fJfci -«•—which gives you 15% discount on your
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon What does this have to do with Bill Gates?
      261 13 Source: Wire services. THE US government wants Microsoft to include its rival's Netscape Navigator in Windows 98. That is, if it insists on including its own Internet Explorer software. Microsoft scoffed at the demand, saying that it "would be a lot
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      'OUTRAGEOUS LIE'
      124 13 THE suits against Microsoft will fail, says Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. And the charges that his company was trying to to divide up the Internet browser market was an "outrageous lie", he added. The US Justice Department had alleged that in May 1995, Microsoft tried unsuccessfully to persuade
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      Lock icon Fresh 'missile' attacks on Clinton
      296 14 REPUBLICANS V THE PRESIDENT: AFP. CHINESE rockets like these have been used to launch commercial satellites owned by US-based companies. Pentagon officials fear the Chinese could use the US satellite technology to improve their military missile accuracy, the New York Times reported. This has spurred
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      Self protection
      60 14 muifmui* Mr Nicholas Negroponte became famous by predicting the Internet was going to be a big deal before most of us knew it existed. The head of Media Lab, an academic research institute, says he never reads what is written about him in the press: The bad stuff
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      Lock icon DIANA DOLL
      418 15 MOVE OVER, BARBIE... HERE COMES THE BUT... IS IT LEGAL? DIANA PRINCESS OF WALES MEMORIAL FUND SUES US-BASED COMPANY FOR DOING SO WITHOUT PERMISSION OTHER DIANA ITEMS ADVERTISED FOR SALE BY THE COMPANY Princess Diana Tribute Plate Diana Princess of Wales Porcelain Portrait Doll (featuring a reproduction of
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      Lock icon Newborn baby buried alive, SURVIVES
      261 16 He grabbed my wrist and stopped crying. It was very emotional. What kind of sick human would do something like that? He still had his umbilical cord hanging from his stomach, f Ms Azita Milanian, who found the baby Wire services. A TWO-DAY old infant
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      77 14 I s 10.000 worth oy I of prizes to be /J I I awarded I(\ l Ileal* I Wijiiisl l')W Venue Vamaha Music School Finals 19 September 1998 (Sat) 1 Venue DBS Auditorium I E Classical Splo Division I i Open I JOIN NOW! J Closing Date: 30 June 1998
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon The groom who was nearly the best man
      492 17  -  MTV'S Nadya to wed in September BY Hazel Tan HE nearly became the best man at her first marriage five years ago. Now, Mr Jung Doo Hong is marrying the bride himself. The South Korean stuntman is marrying MTV Most Wanted video
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      Why he waited five years...
      259 18 WHY did Mr Jung wait five years to express his love? Nadya said she was seeing someone else then. She later married the man whom she now refers to as her son Tyrone's father. And Mr Jung didn't keep in touch because "he didn't have
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      26 18 Ist prize: $500 2nd prize: $300 3rd prize: $200 ri r n i ICE CREAM 1 <3£ APPLE PIE j® 4 jj« $>| i JL I I
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      91 18 I $24 00 Vv with unlimited helping of fiWte The Most Popular Dish of The Singapore Food Festival '96! %*Mfc (V /y yj (Daily 12.00 noon 2.30 pm) $15. 0 0 N J with a wide selection of mouth-watering favourites like: Free Flow Frfcfc Crispy flower Crab, Ktmmg, Calimansi Juice
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  • couple of the year
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      Lock icon She's the
      392 19 Plenty of girlfriends, plenty of choice. How does a free-wheeling bachelor know she's the one? Two Couple of the Year finalists tell FONGFOONGMEI HE popped the question on their first date. Twelve years ago, Ashley Stuart, 28, picked up Cora de Conceicao, 22, from church for their first-ever
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      THE CONTEST
      95 19 THE Couple of the Year contest is organised by The Furniture Mall and supported by The New Paper and the Social Development Service. The winning couple will get more than $13,000 worth of prizes. The prizes are in the form of furniture, watches and club memberships. Readers can
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      Too young for him?
      265 19 ANDY Lim wasn't thinking about marriage when he met Angeline Loh. He was 16. She was only 14, with pigtails. She was cute, but too young for me. I just treated her like a sister," said Andy, a sales executive. He was busy dating girls his
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      195 19 Guess which I i cxxiple will triumph JpL on 7 June and win the following prizes. TOP (for first correct entry drawn): Fella Design Sofa Bed worth $2,500 Elba Product Voucher worth $1,500 Carven Watch worth $1,000 Pkjs Additional 'Bonus Prize '(vobd oftfy with proof of mtnimmn f 100 pwcitata
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    Lock icon Theirs is a dictionary romance
    305 20  -  SHOWTIME By Hazel Tan WE carry Korean-English dictionaries with us, says Nadya. Yes, dictionaries to help them communicate. But they refer to the dictionary only when they come across difficult words that they find hard to express. Said Nadya: "I have five such dictionaries at
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Pick an MTVVJ, win a trip to Taiwan
      156 22 Listen to these eight finalists of the MTV Mandarin VJ Hunt, predict the winner and you could win a trip for two to Taiwan to tour the MTV studios there. There are also prizes from Apple, Motorola, JazzMattazz, Pepsi, Rayban and Clairol.
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      Lock icon Triplets+ 1 brother
      337 22  -  By Chan Seet Fun A SET of teenaged triplets and their elder brother started singing together for fun when they were barely out of diapers. Now they want more as The Moffatts. Three years ago, Scott Moffatt, 15, and brothers Clinton, Robert and David, 14, started making
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      103 22 i of fTfifl I Kmmslv SINGAPORE IiLECTONE FESTIVAL '98 Date :30 May 1998 (Sat) _w|fe®^U/ Time 7.30 pm V Hurrv Q et Venue World Trade Centre Aduiotrium 11th Floor-Lift Lobby C& D) tickets > Ticket $15.00 $20.00 jb now' tA i imN^ Organised By: Sponsored By: V y \l MUSIC
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    Truth behind the bargain
    494 23  -  Etcetera WITH IVY ONG THE bargain was unbelievable. I had been eyeing the clothes in this shop for the longest time. But bargain queen that I am, I could not bring myself to fork out the equivalent sum for five solid meals for only a blouse.
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      66 23 MP -j| Hotel Hamilton 40 Hamilton Road, Singapore *****0 Tel: (65) 296 2296 Fax: 296 2996 Sbeekrf SinglG f TOfTI $58 flGtt Double from $68 MOtt y 42 rooms self control aircond Mini refrigerator |DD telephone ColorT.V 24 hrS Security Free safe deposit locker 3 mins t0 Malacca Singapore Bus
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      151 23 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson IWOKWEVt* WNDER\FWE I \F TMW WAS "TRUE, KWD GEE. I PERSON IN TVE \S J DISAPPEAR SCOK AS TVE GUESS SO.\ fiEKL, W> 10WE JWST A PECSOH\NTMtmW£MCWED I WAWT P2 MM FK* WE WODIE, RIGHT f Q Adam/Brian Basset NOTRE IHfUKiMQi OF <j»V«Q UPYNRPIME fM
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      421 28 BrSm&lAii/itmit Restaurant Positions kgSM Restaurant Posittwis Steak Escape. American qulck-aervlca restaurant la looking for dynamic and aalf-drlven Individuala to fill the following position; "N" or "0" level Training will be provided Starting salary from $1100 to $1300 depending on qualification experience Interested applicant*, please writs in with full rawmi to
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      292 29 Temporary Positions Temporary Positions I* Male/ Female age 19-55 yrs Good working environment Full Training provided Attractive income incentive Interested pis contact Mr ZACK/IVY at 226 2941 ext 232 for interview. PHOTOGRAPHIC MODELS 83 urgently required Other Positions for TV commercials $*****000 nr USM. A, k ,U/. 16 -30 years
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      393 30 amm Technical S3 MMTechnical Sgg mm Technical SB MM Technical JjgJJ mm Technical Position# Positions Positions jggg| Positions. jgQ Positions Singapore Press Holdings is actively seeking highly motivated individuals as Newspaper Printing Technicians who will be responsible for the publication of newspapers in the four major languages: English, Chinese, Malay
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      210 30 Education Education Aviation Training Resource Centre I A""<B^mWwbb The Aviation Training Resource Centre is proud to represent Oxford Air Training School Europe's leading air training school. Oxford Air Training School provides training of the finest quality at competitive prices and has trained pilots for British Airways, Kuwaiti Airways and Singapore
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      135 31 't\j t jr.:. j»m V .%'> t 1.. n|l»' A I,» j#r\ Enjoy a FEAST of business on Sundays! #/v;r many of us Sunday is the day for total relaxation. Unhampered daily routines, mealtimes also take on a different order on Sunday*. Early birds start the day with breakfast while
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  • EUROPEAN CUP '98
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      105 32 BATTLE TO BE EUROPE'S BEST Amsterdam (Holland) Thursday morning (Singapore time) Reuters. EUROPEAN CUP UPDATES BARCELONA fans want arch-rival Real Madrid to lose to Juventus. A survey in the newspaper, The El Mundo Deportivo, showed said that 83 per cent of the Catalan club's supporters want
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      250 32 Real Madrid showed great form in Europe. Three opening victories 4-1 to Noway's Rosenborg Trondheim, 2-0 to Portugal's Porto and 5-1 to Greece's Olympiakos Piraeus gave them the big boost. Two German clubs fell in the two-leg quarter and semifinal matches Bayer Leverkusen, 4-1 on aggregate,
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      229 32 AFP. Juventus will be aiming for its third European Cup trophy in the club's history when it takes on Real Madrid in its third consecutive final. The Turin club will start as the favourite after winning the cup in 1996 in Rome and surrendering it to
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
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      130 33 MEET THE... PRESIDENT Nelson Mandela treated the South African World Cup team to tea and pastries at his home. He then wished them good luck for France '98. "On behalf of the entire country, I say to you: God speed," the 79-year-old President told the Bafana Bafana team
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      266 33 Wire services. OLIVER BIERHOFF: The German striker will join AC Milan next season on a four-year contract. Bierhoff leaves Serie A rival Udinese, where he has spent the last three years. He ended the 1997-98 season as top scorer in
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      17 33 You've seen him in the Nike ad, now Jeffrey Low meets him in person MORE DETAILS TOMORROW
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      84 33 SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC Commencement Date 2nd July 1998 to 17th Sept 1998 (6th intake) Duration 12 weeks Schedule of Lectures Every Tuesday Thursday Total No. of Lectures 20 (3 hours per lecture) Venue Singapore Polytechnic (Dover Road Campus) Course Fee $1,300.00 QBIEQTIVSS Train participants in systematic planning and organisation of maintenance
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      577 34 *5umMN v. pAAI ICPPPPRC. WINSTON BOGARDE (Barcelona), 27,12: soccer and judo until 16 and was three times UUMLIICCrCIiWi More often on the than jn the starting junior judo champion in his home province rnuuiuuAunrDCADiAi.«» line-up, a player who adds a bit of muscle and Limburg. Faces keen competition for a
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    433 35 When Dutch Guus Hiddink natjm a no-surprise Cup squad week, it only J reaffirmed reputation as ofm§?? J the strongest temS\ •> v jfs around. But Jftt A players deliveqf)&i J will its recent dissension itself? JEFFRMUuOm looks at the f possibilities TBHE "PitbdHs bfcfe, land Iserious Holland BfcjtX
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  • TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE '98
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      432 36  -  CROWD FIGURES April 11 (Round 1): 14,449 April 18 (Round 2): 12,341 April 21 (Round 3): 14,989 April 25 (Round 4): 16,005 May 2 (Round 5): 12,999 May 5 (Round 6): 12,340 May 9 (Round 7): 12,964 May 16 (Round 8): 14,721 TODAY'S ACTION All
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      331 36 YOUNG S-League star Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin has landed himself in trouble. And his Geylang United coach Douglas Moore is boiling mad. On Sunday, Latiff played for a team named Wellington in the Singapore Cricket Club Soccer Sevens at the Padang, which was telecast live on
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      153 36 "ITS about time we started steering the Rams to a safe parking spot." Those were the first words uttered by Woodlands Wellington chairman Ng Yam Boon to team manager R Vengadasalam yesterday. The two had a 60-minute private meeting to discuss the poor run
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      484 37  -  By Gerard Wong HOME United's Gusta Guzarishah did not just bring his dazzling skills onto the soccer pitch. He's also brought 80 new fans from the Jamiyah (Darul Islah) Halfway House. That's where Gusta spent the last six months of his rehabilitation for drug abuse
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      103 37 Resident OSMANICHNIN, 35, on his special moment After the dance, my two kids said they were surprised that I could dance. Then my five-year-old son said 'Papa, you're very good'. KTVELU, Home United team manager We definitely want them to put up more of these performances. It
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      308 37 IT was their way of saying "thank you". That was why the Jamiyah Halfway House residents went onto the Bishan Stadium field to dance to the 1970s hit song Staying Alive during the interval of the Home-Geylang match last Saturday. Said senior welfare officer Sofian Kayat
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      46 37 Bemama. Malaysia will host the Tiger Cup soccer tournament in Johor. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Jakarta in August. But Indonesia, has withdrawn as a result of its economic crisis. The date for the tournament will be fixed later. Bemama.
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      29 36 CALL INFOLINE Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after 8.30pm tonight for the half-time scores and after 9.30pm for the full-time results. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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  • SPORTS
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      221 38 LEUKAEMIA BUSTERS Reuters. ENGLAND'S Football Association launched a "Pride of England Rose" yesterday to raise £1 million ($2.6 m) for leukaemia research. A bunch of the red roses was put on display in the FA Cup at the world famous Chelsea Flower Show. The specially produced roses
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      207 38 Reuters. THE imcomparable Michael Jordan was named winner of the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player Award. He led the NBA in scoring for a record 10th time this season,. This marked the fifth time in his brilliant career that the Chicago Bulls superstar guard
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      49 38 DEL PIERO: The man who C 1 can give I Juventus its J jf third Cup RH||PR BIERHOFF: He signs H| 1T four-year deal E; Wlth lta,ian UttEL jMi giant l|HBfcgg' AC Milan Page 37 lauff: Douglas |9H9|t aMHi Moore is very §h|AAI H angry with him Page 40
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      37 40 I El papVf fit \t^r /ik. MUi rW tMIk r' < %flr v®» Exclusive Audition: 19 June 1998 Ipm to 6pm Only shortlisted applicants will be invited to the audition THE NEW PAPER NEW FACE 1998 ENTRY FORM
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