The New Paper, 17 June 1998

Microfilm: NL21207
Total Pages: 64
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Fake MCs: Workers ordered to court
      82 2 THESE people are gathered outside the Subordinate Courts this morning for the Seagate fake MCs case. About 40 former Seagate workers have been ordered to appear in court and are expected to be charged today. The crowd gathered at Havelock Road included spouses and
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      Lock icon Iran's World Cup upset?
      374 2 Source: AFP. AN old US movie starring actress Sally Field has upset Iran's World Cup team. The Iranians viewed the film, Not Without My Daughter, as an insult to the Islamic Republic and to Iranians in general. The film, based on the true story of a
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    • Article
      Stock Exchange computers down
      89 2 THE computer system of the Stock Exchange of Singapore (SES) was down this morning. A Stock Exchange of Singapore official confirmed this with Reuters. She could give no reason for the computer failure and could not say when the system would be back up again. Dealers
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      Lock icon I met Jacko because of you
      373 3 Come next Saturday, June 27, the Singapore Zoological Gardens will have been open for 25 years. JILL 11M speaks to one man, still with the zoo, who was therefrom the beginning THEY'VE both been there from the very beginning. Mr Alagappasamy Chelliyah, a senior
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      73 2 Leisure index ClfeMaiUntAi oifOmime. Pages 28-31 Comics: Pages 32A37 TV: Page 67 I WAREHOUSE I SAtE FREE gift for 1" 100 customers per day with purchases of $20 above <* oxm tfTZj French, USA, Paris /Z/i Hush Puppies, S+r designers watches Mickey Mouse W2il!r/ Jockey, Matdenform Arrow, Balenclaga, lingerie 6
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Don't have all the answers?
      409 4 Hey, relax, okay? It was a parenting seminar. Educators were there to tell parents and teachers how to teach their kids. But CRISPIN A ROBERT finds out that at least two of. these educators confess to have been fumbling parents HE is a professor of
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    • Article
      CUT THE PRESSURE
      187 4 ANOTHER well-known educator, Dr Shirley Lim, 49, agreed with Prof Gopinathan about being at a loss as a parent. 1 put a lot of pressure on my daughter to read and learn. So by four she was already reading. She enjoyed reading and was very bright, but
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Growth may shrink
      278 6 If conditions worsen, says MAS m THE government is changing the growth forecast for this year. It will be at the lower end of the 2.5 per cent to 4.5 per cent originally forecasted or worse. Dr Khor Hoe Ee, director of MAS' economics department said this
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    • POSSIBLE MEASURES
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        CPF CUT
        57 6 GOOD: A CPF contribution cut is the most favoured measure of the businessman, say economists. They say although a cut would be painful for employees, It would help Industrialists. BMh Analysts say since most housing loans are paid through CPF funds, any cut could mean Singaporeans would have
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        WAGE CUTS
        81 6 GOOD: Cutting wages would certainly ease business costs immediately. This is because wages make up about 35 per cent of total business costs here. MD: But some market watchers say a cut in wages may actually further depress the economy since consumption will fall as people tighten their
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    • News Break
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        Asian slump
        59 6 |ECONOMY ASIA is plunging into depression, a top regional official of the World Bank warned in Melbourne yesterday. And a global economic slump was months away if the handling was not careful. Tokyo had to play a role as its economic engine, said Mr Jean-Michel Severino. "One has
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        Islamic rescue
        59 6 BANKING MALAYSIA will take a big stake in Indonesia's first Islamic bank, which needs assistance. It will pay US$l5 million ($25 million) for 49 per cent of the shares of Bank Muamalat within the next three days. Malaysia has experience in developing banks based on Islamic laws and
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        Probe 'still on'
        52 6 INDONESIA INDONESIA'S new Attorney-General is likely to continue the probe into corruption during the Suharto era, sources said. Top military prosecutor Muhammad Ghalib is to take over as attorney-general from Soedjono Atmonegoro. His replacement was a surprise and critics suggested it was aimed at sabotaging the investigation'
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        Limit stays
        59 6 I INVESTMENT B THERE will be no change in foreign shareholding for Malaysian stockbroking companies, Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim ruled yesterday. The limit of 49 per cent was sufficient, he said. The Securities Commission wanted it raised to 70 per cent in some cases. "We need the capital,"
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      • Article
        $5.5b spent
        57 7 BETTING GAMBLERS wagered a record $5.5 billion on betting and sweepstakes last year. Singapore's favourite game of chance is still 4-D. Takings passed $3 billion for the first time last year. In second place was horse-racing ($1.37 billion), then slot machines ($561 million) and lastly, Toto, Singapore Sweep
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      • Article
        Divers missing
        61 7 MYSTERY TWO diving partners are missing after going into the waters off West Kalimantan on Saturday. One of them, Miss Shaw Su Ling, is the daughter of Mr Harold Shaw of the Shaw family. The other is Dutchman Phillip Lemette. The Indonesian navy and private helicopters, jets and
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        Actress wins
        66 7 DAMAGES ACTRESS Brooke Shields won "very substantial" but undisclosed libel damages on Monday from The Mail on Sunday over its allegations that she was subjected to an airport drugs swoop. The newspaper apologised to the London High Court for the May 24 report. It agreed that Shields did
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      • Article
        Bumper sale
        64 7 BOOKS THE National Library is selling 80,000 books as part of the Great Singapore Sale at Sun tec City. Singapore's biggest second-hand book sale is on tomorrow and Friday, 10am to Bpm. Some will be only $1. The books in English, Chinese, Malay and Tamil, for adults and
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    • Article
      world Head liners
      57 6 South CMm Morning Pott: Asia on brink of depression: Worid Bank T||a lII™ OjUilUj WVUVimiK iWlalUa Depression: The verdict on Asia The New Straits Timet: Lend or close down, banks told CNN: Starr attacks article —again BBC news: The US has described as irresponsible North Korea's intention
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      Tongue Cheek
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      local Head liners
      45 7 The Straits Times: Govt to revise growth forecast The Business Times: IPC Corp accounts qualified by auditors Llanhe Zaobao: Lead: Govt expected to announced revised growth forecast Barita Harian: Economic growth 'very low' PCS morning news: Japan's economic weakness could hurt US
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      News makers
      45 7 I expected many irregularities... The most that could come out of it would be that they say that Glenn Knight ran a very weak department, and they should sack Mm. Knight (above), on the mistakes made by the CAD which he once headed.
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      I was a figurehead for money matters
      188 7 FORMER Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) chief Glenn Knight yesterday admitted that there were "many irregularities" in his department's accounts. But these irregularities, he said, were in the way accounts were kept, had nothing to do with missing funds. He told the court yesterday
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      Ouote worthy
      50 7 I can't understand why is it that they don't believe in the economy of the country; if they don't believe in the economy, they might as well close down. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad taking banks to task for imposing strict credit conditions on borrowers
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      SENTENCE
      25 7 Knight was sentenced to three months jail on Oct 3, 1991. This was reduced to a day's jail and a $17,000 fine on appeal.
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      251 6 CONCORDE HOTEL Presents... WORLD CUP SERIES '98 CONTEST Join us at the LOBBY LOUNGE for the live telecasts and recorded matches of the exciting World Cup Series '98 and you could be a winner too! Order a bottle of BALLAN"I INE'S GOLD SEAL at J $118*+* or COURVOISIERVSOP at $128+++
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      85 7 TOMN i*ft \mnm Cans cos X cents a mole INMI2M7 light*™***. MMUiiS IMMINMI Cattscoa 50 cants a mnme HMHM i*!¥l« TEDDIES in SINGPOREI99B A Teddy Ifam Show Sale 20-21 Concorde Hotel 4 v*-" one cent coiuWHlMjrri oWia jU SA) .5^ Make your own EK 4i BP V (Holland) bear ,1
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  • Article
    Her Singlish GOOF
    455 8  -  ~~^^FILES You can love It Or you can hate tt. But you cant escape It What are we talking about? Local lingo. Every country has it If s English. But not quite. Ifs fun. If* street smart Our second expat-on-the-iine, MTV host Sarah Sechan, is a Singtish
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    WHAT IS SINGLISH?
    174 8 ITS simply English peppered with phrases like lah, har, meh and lor. Derived from local Chinese dialects, Malay and Tamil, Singlish has become a part of local culture. And many expats say using Singlish is a good way to break the ice with local people. Or send
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      357 8 Make a\C&jrsDL J VSmr IxC in our Qflftoffftzl @RH© w ki a tfiliMV■iViilfeifl\fc 1 J&£e UNICANE Furniture Pte Ltd World Cup Promotion Draw Rules and Regulations This contest is open hi all Singapore residents except employ errs of Unicane Furniture He Ud Singapore Press Holding Limned and their advertising ayem
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Unicane
      169 9 The One Stop Source for Quality Cine Furniture WHAT I LIKE ABOUT SINGAPORE SEAFOOD "I love seafood, and Singapore is so much like Indonesia with the type of seafood you can find here. jpl^ The Jumbo seafood restaurant at East Coast is one of my favourites." SURPRISING SINGAPORE CLEANER-SUfIS!
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      Lock icon SINGAPORETODAY I'm so tired , I feel like dying
      639 10  - SINGAPORETODAY I'm so tired I feel like dying NOTES FROM A MALARIA VICTIM Malaria is a disease transmitted through the bite of a female Anopheles mosquito. Symptoms include high fever, headaches and a rapid pulse. By Zackaria Abdul Rahim IRNAWATI Kalsom was a chirpy girl who could talk all day.
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      DOES HER SISTER HAVE IT TOO?
      203 10 SHE spent just three days in Batam on holiday. But it was apparently long enough for Irnawati to catch the malaria bug. Worse still, her family is now wondering if her 18-year-old sister is also suffering from malaria. Madam Jamilah said that the family
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      Oopsl Forgot my IC, darling
      44 11 ill 111******1* He *o*7 •Mtanfagw planata haw a pM*WlW«nalMMMriM«hg«a»MtlHN>««M hapwtaata*«tfcatit«Mt haw. SaU e«IMW Mknt Psmhll Ssak, 2k There's no saving you if you forget your identity card. That's the one thing you need most that the shop cannot provide.
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      Bus-tea
      377 11  -  Man bags coins from coin-boxes By Danny Lim WHILE others put coins into them, he took coins out. No, we are not talking about a hard-up teen fishing out tokens from an arcade game machine. It was something far more serious so serious that Mohamed Razali Mohamed Said, 35,
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      179 10 RSI Category Open Under-17 Venue g Level 9,Wisma Gutab, 27th 28th June Registration Reebok Concept Store, Suntec City Mall Closing Date -24th June, 9pm $50 Per Team (Max 5 Players Per Team) \4fap Free Reebok Soccerave Shoe Bag for MMr~ flflM each Registered Player I ST PRIZE SIJjISPI H I
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      327 11 I you are a I winner.« I THAMES Join Our List Of Winners.Sign Up Now! Administration Dec Pey Marketing Madeline Chew Business Communication Dec 95 CfMfcn Un Introduction to Business Joseph Thomas Business Communication I Communication Boh Siok Hoon Business Law Junaidi Business £pmmunication Soo Khim Ngoh Information Technology Management
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      414 12 r 1 1 1 1* 1 I. i i jrr t" With JVC, you're equipped for World Cup 98. Now $329 fcam woollen cop. -jt (Worn for good luck.) Cup holder (or liquid X- sustenance N UX-T2OO Micro Component System For listening to 'live' matches in the bedroom when your
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      104 13 w/ Ww j|r V I v V s w 40* J There's a safer way to win during lie World Cup i &m 4- %5E~| Z2& v r233^J^3| ■}&,%&>*'■ v ;IP ■"fmm- Ww j *4*3&I -f* .> J v -'WaWP' vJB £vV^H9 B 'jfS' J[ rJ. :„EI f 1 1
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      I thought I was beating the queue
      226 14 Three former employees of Seagate Technology tell MELVIN SINGH how they got their suspect MCs, which got them sacked HER fever was acting up again and she had already spent two hours waiting to see a doctor. But there appeared some respite when
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      My son got it for me
      135 14 MADAM Nirmala (not her real name), 40, related her own case: "I was given four days' medical leave by a private clinic at Wisma Maria in Johor Baru after a boil was removed from my head." She said she paid M 51,400 (about $600)
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      I didn't know it was forged
      57 14 ANOTHER woman who declined to be named, said when she failed to get an MC, she approached a friend in the company. M She told me she could get an MC for me for $15. With that, I got two days' MC." She claimed
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      MCs cost $5
      90 14 SOURCES SAY: SOURCES told The New Paper that MCs, purportedly from the Sultan ah Aminah hospital, were sold for prices ranging from Msl2 to Ms4o in Johor Baru. It apparently costs more for a blank MC with a signature. And the MCs were quite easily available sometimes
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      They're not our MCs
      173 14 HOSPITAL SAYS: THE medical certificates (MCs) are not from the Sultanah Aminah hospital. They are fakes and are not issued by any of the hospital's doctors, said hospital spokesman Dr Shamsiah Mohd Yusof. Police revealed that Seagate Technology became suspicious early last year when they realised
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      211 14 BE PAMPERED IN KUALA LUMPUR, AT THE HOLIDAY VILLA SUBANG 3 days/ 1 nights package For just s$ 1 20* nett per person for two nights, you can enjoy a weekend getaway at Holiday Villa Subang, Petaling Jaya. Your whole family will find so much to enjoy including: A magnificent
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  • HEALTHTODAY
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      Feet first
      467 15  -  This week, we're starting a new health column running every Wednesday. Our mission is to help you become more intelligent, thrifty, healthcare consumers. Hopefully, it will be news you can use. These reports are not the final words on health.lnstead, treat them like useful opinions. So, for these
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    • Article
      10 zones keep you on your toes
      249 15 IN reflexology, energy is said to flow through the body in 10 vertical "zones" running from the feet to the head and down each arm to the hand. Each zone corresponds to reflex points on the feet. For instance, the kidneys are reflected
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      Ticklish for doctors
      190 15 FOR doctors, reflexology is outside their knowledge, something they were not taught in school. Some remain broadminded, like Dr Moti Vaswani, a private practitioner. "I always say, keep an open mind. Western medicine does not have all the answers." He has noticed that those of his patients
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      174 15 H Nothing would piakt us happier than your participation hi our health series. We've arranged for a panel of doctors from the Partway group (which runs Gleneaste and Mount I**hwn e mm ■IIU ITWVIIII Elizabeth hospitals) to auswer your questions. If you have any other experiences to share which you
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon He helps clean up
      372 16  -  HE IS ACCUSED OF KILLING FAMILY. YET... By' Teo Hwee Nak m-M m iLV iiTTuL 11/U1 THIS man allegedly murdered his wife's parents, sister and brother in cold blood. Yet, five days after the murder, he returned to the scene of the crime to help clean
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      Lock icon Spice Girls go on solo projects
      160 16 BEGINNING OF AN END? AFP. FIRST, it was Ginger Spice. Now, will it be Scary Spice's turn to go? Spice Girl Mel Brown announced yesterday that she was about to make her first solo record. But she insisted this would not split up the
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      Lock icon Here's the head...,
      296 17 says doc as thousands watch birth on Net AFP A WORLDWIDE audience on the Internet watched this 40-year-old American woman give birth yesterday morning. Known by only her first name, Elizabeth delivered Sean, 3.4 kg less than five hours after being induced (given an injection to start
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      Lock icon 'We have had no time to grieve' — Sister of murdered black man
      300 18 'We have had no time to grieve' Sister of murdered black man Yesterday, ciara Taylor sat on the front porch, hoping for a brief reprieve from the endless questions, the ringing phone. The Sunday before last, her brother, a black man, had been dragged to his death behind a truck
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      Lock icon Look, it's mum-to-be Jodie
      137 18 AMERICAN Actress Jodie Foster (right), who is pregnant with her first child, arriving at the premiere of An Unexpected Life. The premiere was held at the Directors Guild Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday. Some might say the title of the movie was appropriate to Jodie's
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      234 18 4$ World Cup '98 Broadcast on Big Screen at Cinnabar Lounge. Hotel New Otam An occasion not to be missedl-Treatlthe most fevered man in your lifet* an experience of euliriai# pleasure and the finest of service in our 4 RestaOrants. h® J father's Day Gift Pack We «111 tafce of
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      94 19 for our <~3pecialUacfu HH E' 4 '-TOllr* 30% .ir Ttfl4o%«ff CMg; .„J, H* I J| W|flJ| ■™f tt H Jill Lowe lif 20% off perms. V J 9 KIM International IBW CTBf^^M m| ||1 colours LtfLfißly JT" #02 S9/ 2 Hi Tr~~.»i.i2 ,u aii, A JUyp JP* MBMBIWiM 70% ly
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Killer nanny FREE TO GO But baby's parents want to stop her selling story
      382 20 Reuters. FINALLY, British nanny Louise Woodward is free to go home. But the case that has aroused so many emotions and caused so much controversy is not without complications. Massachusetts' highest court yesterday narrowly ruled that
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      Lock icon Parents want court to gag killer nanny
      165 20 Reuters. THEY say she must not try to profit from their son's death. The parents of baby Matthew Eappen filed a civil suit against their former au pair Louise Woodward yesterday. Dro Sunil and Debbie Eappen filed a wrongful death suit in the
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      In the school of life
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      Lock icon Get tough in school
      167 21 AFP IF only British football fans had been caned in school. Then they would not have run riot during the World Cup in France, Britain's House of Lords was told yesterday. A measure to extend the ban on corporal punishment to private schools was up for
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      187 20 itlltlLi CODE I Are the secrets about the future coded in the Bible? Divine Warning Or Unfounded Speculations? What are the implications? Are you aware of the controversies that surround it? Is there a more reliable proof from the Bible? What is Armageddon? How will it unfold? Is there a
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    The yen sleeps here... And it's hurting the economy
    461 23  -  WORLDTODAY BUZZWORDS: Yen: Standard currency unit of Japan. From Chinese 'yuan' (dollar). As in: The slide of the yen's value could drag the yuan with it. Yen: A longing for something. From Cantonese 'yan' (craving). As in: The world yens for
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      103 23 Topics of conference: hHHHH The Economic Crisis, How to turn your finances ■wT^BI around, Problems in the Banking system, Keys to |T -'V Future investment, Getting out of financial debts, Happenings in the heavenlies and working with the i 22nd-26thJune• 7pmNightly Westin Stamford Hotel Stamford Room Rev. -jjjjjTjj® Day-Meetings from
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    Bill vs Bill
    447 25 WORLDTODAY BILL GATES: THE beet brains work for me. They make me and my company, Microsoft, Strang. Innovation and R&D (Research and Development) mean a lot to me. next century is going to be the century If yrototme have my way, Pll make it sodi that soon
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Deal to cure his fever
      410 26  -  By Avis Wong TICKET sales in Singapore for his movie, Forever Fever, have not reached fever pitch levels. So what? Glen Goei (right) isn't running a temperature with worry. He revealed that the film, which cost $1.5 million, has made about $600,000 since it opened
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      He just fell into film
      310 27 YOU can pretty much call Glen an accidental film-maker. "I've always wanted to be a stage actor since I was young," he said. "At that time, it was unrealistic to even think about making a film." He was inspired to turn film-maker only when he
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      Go retro and WIN
      130 27 GET into the look of the'70s and you could win prizes, and do your bit for charity as well. Orchard Parade Holdings and Tiger Tiger Films are organising the Best'70s Look Contest cum High Tea in aid of the Bone Marrow Donor Programme, The New Paper's
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      CONTEST INFO
      73 27 WHAT: Best '70s Look Contest cum High Tea. WHERE: Orchard Parade Hotel (Cafe Modestos and Black Angus). WHEN: June 20,2.30 pm to 5 pm. PRICE: $33 nett. Includes high tea and a free entry pass to Heaven disco (for the same day). Proceeds will go to the Bone
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      High as a Kite
      423 28  -  She's unfazed at HK concert BY Hazel Tan REPORTING FROM HONGKONG NEVER mind that the response from the Hongkong crowd was lukewarm. Homegrown singer Kit Chan was high last Friday night. So high that towards the end of the two-hour show, she lifted up the microphone
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      Lock icon Why model yourself on ELVIS?
      309 29  -  By Lee Yin Luen YOU'VE seen him prancing about in Elvis gear, wearing that quiff on top of his head. That's Jimmy Ray in his music videos, Jimmy Ray and Going to Vegas. But is that the real him? The 22-year-old British singer (right) was
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    474 30  -  mam CETERA WITH BRIAN MILLER IN the aftermath of Singapore's successful assault on Everest, people have been asking the expedition members what new challenges lie ahead. After all, they argue, now that they have scaled the world's highest mountain, what else is left to conquer? Anything done
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      207 30 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson 1 WDN'T MEAN A (SHffF) I'M VCLI, IM SOBW MTEfc KLi, IT WAS .iVJSV A (sh»PF) SURE...** ANOTHER P BREWC YOUR REMLI SOW. I IQI£D« tW PWfc OF B\HOO)U«S,. *Wt KALLI? J TEH tEARS,**JU /"V 1 UKt IS®. 1 *HE*tOF TU\W6S/mS y U PtoSSS Bt
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      35 31 112 I II 112 I and the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. I ImP mP And I thought Singapore's record high was bad. I II ,n This was hot enough to 1 I '<<' 1: ..fc^?W*-.
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    124 32 IN THE SUN Urban survival: Water shot out of a broken water pipe. So what did the street people build A concrete platform over the pipe. They stuck a pipe on it, then a bucket and... Hey! A poor-man's fountain for Mr Harphool Singh, 60. PsrK
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    26 33 Sun, man and ton: The only folks I met whfi didn't complain were running laundries. Clothes dried in a snap, then an afternoon nap.
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    49 33 Cool couple: Heat or no heat, urban couples still sneak out for a few moments alone... and for a little body heat. Cowering from the heat Leather hides they may have, but even cattle have to hide. Any underpass will do, till the sun passes on.
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    292 36  -  \m Goh handsome sailing ship named after adventure During lunch, all of its 20 passengers gather on the breesy deck to watch the cook sizzle the steaks. And each slab is done exactly the way you like it rare, medium or well-done. There are also juicy
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      45 39 M (t| Kstorf Just Fontaine (France) holds the record for tie mod goals scored io a World Cap tournament -13 goals ie Sweden, 1951. Maradonamode Cop with Argentina in 1986. Pele has the distinction of lining three WortdCnp finals in lis career •1958,1962 and ml
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      273 46 lIS OPEN GOLF AT OLYMPIC CLUB. SAN FRANCISCO: TOMORROW UNTIL SUNDAY IT is a rivalry for golfing supremacy that is starting to take on legendary proportions. But when the world's big guns world No 1 Tiger Woods, 22, and South African No 2 Ernie Els, 28,
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      71 46 THE Olympic Club will be all the test the premier players will want. In three US Opens there, only four players finished 72 holes under par, with the 3-under 277 by Scott Simpson the best. And if none of the marquee players is up to the test, then
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      YOUNG GUNS: BEWARE OF THIS COURSE
      90 46 I really relish this challenge. The US Open is the toughest Major to win in golf. At least at Augusta (The Masters) you know what to expect. But here anything can happen. It sounds simple—you have got to hit the greens and you have
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      166 46 SOLID golf will be required on the old-fashioned course that clings to a ridge overlooking the Pacific Ocean in San Francisco. The 6,797-yard Lake Course, named for nearby Lake Merced, has no water hazards and just one fairway bunker that is unlikely to come into
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      40 46 Reuters. A BACK injury to South African Ernie Els forced him to withdraw from the Buick Classic last weekend. And that opened the door for American Tiger Woods to reclaim top spot in golfs world rankings. Reuters.
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      52 46 1: Tiger Woods (US) 11.64 points 2: Ernie Els (SA) 11.11 3: Davis-Love 111 (US) 10.25 4: Greg Norman (Aus) 9.49 5: Colin Montgomerie (Sco) 9.18 6: David Duval (US) 9.10 7: Justin Leonard (US) 8.33 Fred Couples (US) 7.81 9: Mark O'Meara (US) 7.67 10: Phil Mickelson
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      182 47 AFP. THE Chicago Bulls management is prepared to offer star player Scottie Pippen a two-year deal worth between US$35 and US$4O million ($45-s6om). According to the Chicago Tribune yesterday, the Bulls would make the offer when Pippen becomes a free agent on July 1. w Pippen appeared
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      389 47 LAT-WP. Perhaps there's not supposed to be an encore. Maybe hitting your last shot, winning the game, claiming another championship, riding off into the sunset as the most fabulous athlete of your time is the way it's supposed to play out. Maybe this is the
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      157 47 WHEN MONEY TALKS LAT-WP. EVERY April through mid-June, the Bulls get sick of the stress, annoyed with the attention, worn down from the pressure. They get tired from playing more than 100 games. And then, after they win a title, there's a big exhale and they start
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    593 48 My briber's a |L A S?T G A-M E 4i@Si Eß iw» World Cup Special PAGE 1 SOUTH AFRICA v DENMARK GROUPC 11.30pm, tomorrow, Premiere 12 Reuters. FOR a man who says he is resigned to ending a glittering career on a losing note, Michael Laudrup looks decidedly
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      94 50  -  HERE'S MORE IF YOU WANT ANOTHER TICKLE... BjjflS If they must play with guns they might as well play with the real thing. That way, If they shoot themselves In the foot WMIJI there'll be one less football wannabe on the planet. As for
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      92 50 Chat show host David Letterman's 'How to make the World Cup more exciting to Americans' Countries play for the right to nuke each other Every five seconds, goal or no goal, have that nutty Spanish guy scream, "Goooooaaaalllir Use clever ad slogans like, "Soccer—You'll Get
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      29 50 Get Vanna White to turn numbers on a board every time a goal is scored. Get referee to do forfeits whenever he makes a wrong oiling.
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      Beckham was really left out of England squad
      114 50 Coach Glenn Hoddle believed the shirt and sarong combo just wouldn't work. David Beckham was sulking because World Cup record featuring the delectable Victoria 'Posh' Spice (his fiancee) went down in the charts. Blond hair might have made him look too puffy
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      81 50 Here's the real reason. Hoddle got in a huddle with a queer from Libya. They talked football and about Tunisia. Said the queer to Hoddle, "If you know what's nice, I can beckon the spirits for a whiff of some spice." Said Hoddle, quite shocked: "Which Spice
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      152 51 Reuters. COLOMBIA was rocked by another Faustino Asprilla tantrum. And now coach Hernan Dario Gomez is threatening to kick him out of the World Cup squad. The Parma striker reportedly criticised his substitution near the end of the match for young newcomer
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      Lock icon Time for a break
      156 51 Wire services. IT was rest and recreation time for the Dutch players yesterday. And what better way to spend their break time than with wives and girlfriends. And the bachelors? They headed for the golf course, of course. FLOWN IN The decision to allow women into
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      173 51 Reuters. BELGIAN defender Eric Deflandre has made only one mistake in this World Cup, telling a reporter that he brought an inflatable doll to France to cope with the loneliness. "I was asked which things do you take with you for a one-month trip, and I said
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      192 52 Aatch out for him m MATCH AUSTRIA V CHILE Live on Premiere 12, 11.30pm tonight M player ANTON POLSTER Date of birth: 10 March, 1964 Club: Cologne (Germany), since 1993 hwloMi dttbK Torino (Italy). RayoVallecano, Logrones, Seville (Spain) PodMom Forward QuaWter Has scored more top division goals than anyone else
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      385 53 THE LOCAL ODDS...BY BRIAN MILLER CHILE vAUSTWA 111-30 pmtonifM) Welcome to the Marcelo Salas roadshow! With two goals to his credit, the Chilean hotshot will be looking to make the Austrian defence eat dust. But the Austrians are not the only ones who are running
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      570 54  -  REWARD After this article was written, the jersey was left behind in a taxi. The writer is offering a $100 reward, no questions asked, for its return. She can be reached at The Straits Times, 390 Kim Seng Road. ■m The writer, an assistant editor
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      720 55 TOMORROW ONLY BAGGIO KEEPS STRIKER'S ROI F ITALY v CAMEROON Group B: (3am, tomorrow) Our Kalywatcher, S GULAM, reaches this verdict after watching the Juventus striker train with the team today. But Italy's coach says he may come on as substitute ALESSANDRO Del Piero has recovered
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      Unlikely hero set to sizzle on the wing
      330 55 WINGER Francesco Moriero is the unlikeliest of Italian heroes. In a country where footballers come into stardom at an early age, he came into the reckoning for Italy very late. Winning his first cap last year, he now has three one of
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      'Baggio! Baggio!'
      209 55 WHO do you think the Italian press want most? Coach Cesare Maldini or striker Roberto Baggio? Let me tell you how today's press conference went. As usual, it was supposed to be addressed by Maldini only. More than 200 reporters, radio and TV crew waited for him for
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        334 57 WHAT'S ON: Group B: CHILE v AUSTRIA (1130pm, tonight) Group B: ITALY CAMEROON (3am, tomorrow) ALL MATCHES LIVE ON PREMIERE 12 BRAZIL will be without midfielder Cesar Sampaio for its final Group A game, against Norway. Sampaio was booked in this morning's game against Morocco. He had also
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        492 57 LIVE ACTION GROUP A: SCOTLAND 1 NORWAY 1 JERSEY NUMBER CRAIG BURLEY The 26-year-old spent 12 years with Chelsea before his £2.5 million ($6.25 m) transfer to Celtic last year, having fallen out with Ruud Gullit. Formidable tackier. Reuters. SCOTTISH midfielder Craig Burley was overjoyed to have scored
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        746 58 LIVE ACTION TEAMS SCOTLAND I Jim Leighton 3 Tom Boyd 4 Colin Calderwood (16 David Weir 60) 5 Colin Hendry 22 Christian Dailly 10 Darren Jackson (2 Jackie McNamara 62) S Craig Burley 14 Paul Lambert II John Collins 7 Kevin Gallacher 9 Gordon Durie Yellow
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        155 58 Reuters. A SECOND-HALF gamble by Scotland coach Craig Brown gave his side a 1-1 draw with Norway. The result leaves both countries with a chance of reaching the second round of France '98 for the first time. After his team went behind to a Havard Flo headed
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      365 59 GROUP A: BRAZIL 3 MOROCCO 0 Bebeto gets a lashing from his skipper forcing Leonardo to step in. Is there more to it? THEY SAY... BRAZILIAN coach Mario Zagallo was delighted with his team's progress. They sealed top spot in Group A and a place in Round
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      'NO TROUBLE IN TEAM'
      265 59  -  BY Jeffrey Low IF NOT for Leonardo's calming influence, would Brazil have collapsed under Dunga's vehemence? That was the question an equally vehement Mario Zagallo refused to answer to what he described as an "unappreciative" Brazilian media last night. In the wake of its rout of
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      Lock icon JUST A DISCUSSION
      256 59 Reuters. NOTHING more than an ordinary argument between team-mates. That's how Brazil captain Dunga dismissed the fUrious row on the pitch with Bebeto during this morning's 3-0 win over Morocco. "It was just a discussion between two players, let's talk about the Brazilian victory," he said. "People
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      THE RETURN OF LEONARDO
      312 60 ABOUT LEONARDO BRAZIL'S Leonardo wants to finally lay to rest the ghost of USA "94. He is still trying to forget the fractured cheek he inflicted on Tab Ramos of the United States four years ago. Tor me, the 1994 World Cup remains something of a
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        13 61 LIVE ACTION GROUP A: BRAZIL 3 MOROCCO 0
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        215 61 Reuters. BRAZIL delivered a clear statement of intent to its World Cup rivals with a 30 win over Morocco that took It into the second round. Ronaldo ended a goal-drought with his first World Cup effort and Rivaldo and Bebeto joined in to
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        OUR MAN IN FRANCE RAVES ABOUT BRAZIL'S NIGHT OF MAGIC
        586 61  -  JEFF LOW A LONG standing ovation, the mark of appreciation reserved only for Cup finals, was the instinctive response to the theatre that unfolded at the Stade de la Beaujoire this morning. And that's because we had no choice. We
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        Lock icon 3 GOALS BRAZIL ROUND 2
        162 62 LIVE ACTION TEAMS BRAZIL ITaffarel 2Cafu 3Aldair 4 Junior Baiano 6 Roberto Carlos 5 Cesar Sampaio (17 Doriva 68) 5 Dunga (captain) 18 Leonardo 10 Rivaldo (19 Denilson 88) ORonaldo 20 Be bet o (21 Edmundo 72) Ytlov carts: Cesar Sampaio 36, Junior Baiano 87
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      23 58 GROUPA SCOTLAND 1 Craig Burley 67 NORWAY 1 HavardFlo46 Half-time: 0-0 Crowd: 30,236 Referee: Laszlo Vagner (Hungary) Official Hi-Fi, TV A Video Systems
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      24 62 GROUP A BRAZIL 3 Ronaldo9 Rivaldo4s Bebeto 50 MOROCCO 0 Half-time: 2-0 Crowd: 33,266 Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) Official Hi-Fi, TV A Video Systems
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