The New Paper, 15 July 1998

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Total Pages: 53
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    Masthead
    20 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1998 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://web3.asia1 com.sg/tnp Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings
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      431 1 measures no help Teens have no problem taking jabs in public /Page 10 IffYVRnM A cool, calm Malaysian PMi mlfr Picture/REUTERS MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS fl| n http://web3.asiai.com.8g/tnp Ano,her quahty P ublica,ion f Singapore Press Holdings 11 j 8******1 *****1 HEWLETT* WpPM PACKARD Buy an HP DeskJet printer* between
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon A Dr M Special
      448 2 was calm HO used simple language 1 spoke from the heart Source: Bernama. THE topic was a stormy one'— the economic crisis and whether or not it would unfold into facial riots like it did in Indonesia. But Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
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      FORUM MEMBERS
      92 2 THERE was heme of the fury cjf the Larry King-type forum Each expert! i; i interviewee respectfully put his questions across to Dr Mahathir. The racial riots issue came up from a question from forum participant, Mr Syed Amin Al-Jefri of the Malay Chamber of Commerce, in the
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      Lock icon Dow hits record high
      143 2 Source: Reuters. STOCKS on the New York Stock Exchange surged to record highs yesterday. Investors put aside their worries over the ailing Japanese and Asian economies and instead focused on US corporate earnings reports. The Dow Jones industrial average ended up 149.33 points, or 1.6 per
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      13 2 Leisure in do iffm' Good news 6 Bad news Callus. Hotline pi'jhV "*****55
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon 'Dad, I don't want you to die'
      434 3  -  Her words prompt dad to cut down smoking—and win him 500 BY Crispina Robert LITTLE Nur Diyana may be small. Bat she's no pushover when it comes to serious business like getting her father to quit smoking. And six-year-old Diyana's efforts to get
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      Lock icon HIT (and pick and drop) AND RUN
      500 4  -  By Riana Zaker HIT and run? Oh no, nothing of the sort. This couple helped the woman they had knocked down into their car and drove her to a doctor. It's just that while she was slumped in the back seat winded and
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      MYSTERY COUPLE
      49 4 THE woman is very fair, about 1.68 m tall, with shoulder-length hair. She was wearing a white T-shirt and dark brown skirt. The man is tall and thin. Both look in their 20s. They were driving a small blue car. Witnesses can call Traffic police at *****33.
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      Hoppy, hoppy birthday ha, ha, ha!
      144 4 Aww, come on! You can do better than these spoof lines sung at birthday parties. Write us some fun lyrics to go with the Happy Birthday tune and win a prize. Give your words a Singaporean flavour. You can tailor it for a specific
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      52 3 JOB PROBLEMS? Call us We II try to get you piofessional advice on hunting for jobs and copifig with them in our jobs page every Thursday. Just remember to include all your particulars. Write to: On The Job. The New Paper. 360 Kim Seng Road. Singapore *****5 Fax: 737-5375 or
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Beware credit card interest charges
      242 6 ifflr IF you accumulate debts on your credit card month to month, beware. That 0.067 per cent in daily interest charges can add up to as much as 27 per cent in accumulated interest paid for a year. So if you owe $1,000 and do
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      Lock icon The new sheath dress
      31 6 Picture This CMc OT cheek: This condom outfit, embellished with anti-impotence Viagra pills, is part of designer Gattinoni's autumn-winter collection unveiled in Rome on Sunday. Picture/ Afp
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    • News Break
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        Hawker rebate
        68 6 BUSINESS SOME hawkers here will get concessions to help them over tough economic times. About 1,400 stallholders whose market rent is not subsidised, will get a 10 per cent rental rebate this year, saving them from $40 to $800 a month. Also, 2,000 who own their stalls will
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        Internet case
        49 6 COURT THE former tutor who used his student's*sister's Internet account without her permission and downloaded obscene films, was fined $2,600 yesterday. Colin Phan Siang Loong, 21, was due to enrol at the National University of Singapore to study law. The conviction could cost him his NUS place.
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        Captains jailed
        57 6 COURT IT was jail and maximum fines yesterday for the captains of two tankers which collided last year, causing Singapore's worst oil spill. Michael Chalkitis, 59, of the Evoikos: Three months' jail and a $50,000 fine for breach of duty. Jan Sokolowski, 54, ofthe Orapin Global: Two months
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        Upgrade loan
        63 6 BANKS CITIBANK has a new loan package that allows HDB homeowners to buy a new home before getting money from the sale of their present one. With the "HDB Bridging Loan", buyers can raise the downpayment first. Thus, they can take advantage of the low property prices now,
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      world Head liners
      54 6 South China Morning Post ICAC arrests 16 over site scam Electronic Telegraph: Two held over Ulster arson CNN Interactive: Authorities scour woods after suspected bomber spotted USA Today: Dow surges to record high BBC news: Indonesian government to set up independent commission to investigate allegations of serious
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    • Article
      More babies needed
      201 7 Pmus The world's population is booming, but Japan faces population woes of a different kind reports ASIA WEEK JAPAN has too much money and too few people too few of the right age anyway. Japan's average age now is 40, and the birth rate is well below
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      Plane hit
      55 7 TRAVEL A SINGAPORE Airlines plane was damaged when it was hit by an aerobridge while docking at the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Saturday. An aerobridge is the manoeuvrable covered walkway connecting an aircraft to an airport terminal. None of the 85 passengers and 11 crew members
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      More homes
      56 7 AGED BY the year 2001,13 new nursing homes for the elderly will be built. This will bring the number of nursing home beds to about 7,000, helping to alleviate the current shortage, said Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong yesterday. The ministry is also helping voluntary welfare organisations set
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      Picked up
      60 7 I ROUND-UP EARLY yesterday morning, 19 Indian nationals sleeping in the open in Little India were rounded up. Three were suspected illegal immigrants. The rest were either abandoned by their employers or not provided with proper shelter. Police said residents and shopkeepers had been concerned about the men
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      Editor quits
      56 7 I MALAYSIA THE group editor-in-chief of Utusan Malaysia has resigned following what some officials called a conflict with the leadership of the ruling party. The officials said Mr Johan Jaaffar, 44, had quit following "political pressure" from the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), which is headed by Prime
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      local Head liners
      58 7 The Straits Times: CPF cut not needed this year, says NTUC The Business Times: Off-budget measures didn't help us, say companies Lianhe Zaobao: About 3,400 stallholders to benefit from rental and property tax rebates Berita Harian: Help for hawker stall tenants and owners RCS morning news: The
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      DOW JONES
      26 7 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 149.33 points to close at 9,245.54 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 690 million shares.
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      Tongue Cheek
      67 7 It is one thing for Albania to collapse; it would be quite another for China to start spewing refugees, weapons andfinancial scams... If Congress wants to do something useful on China f it should spare us the chest-thumping and instead, appropriate the funds sought by Mr Clinton to
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      Don't poke fun
      61 7 Quote Wworthy We regret very much the move by a Singapore newspaper to publish a full page e-mail making fun on Malaysia's KL International Airport. Mr Abdul Halim Ismail, vice-president of the Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia, urging Singapore to adopt a more positive attitude with Malaysia
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      211 6 The New Paper/CyberWay World Cup 98 II I C Jotnt Promotion t1 Congratulations to all 32 winners picked in the For My Shirt' contest. Winrfcrs will be notified by poafc Contest 1 Cm|wt 2 Diana Chan Siok Lan Toh Wet Chuan 11 l/C *****75-Z l/C Chun Keng Hao Ng Lai
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      175 9 Nothteg wo«M maka u» happier than yoar parbdpalloa hi oar health We've arT—fed for a paaal of doctors from the Parkway |nwp L a%a .aiwfiiCii runs "•ooin Elizabeth and East Shore hospitals) to Nyoa have any other experioaces to share which yoa fool woaM stroagly interest others, please write ia,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon 'We are not ashamed, we have nothing to hide'
      643 10  -  By Crispina Robert IN a crowded hawker centre, these boys calmly take out their syringes and poke the needles into themselves. People stare. Some are shocked. "Most people just stare, or they look away. They never ask us what we are
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      WHY YOU BECOME A DIABETIC
      76 10 DIABETES happens when the body is not able to produce something called insulin. This helps to regulate the sugar level in the body. When you eat something very sweet, the insulin in your body automatically adjusts the blood sugar level. But for diabetics, because there
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      Diabetes is a jealous companion
      421 10 There are kids like Thomas who have the discipline and the drive to take care of themselves. But there are others who simply give in to the temptations. Dr Fidah Alsagoff, who is in charge of the group, shares the story of one teen who
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      Giving confidence to face the world
      160 10 KNOW as much as you can about the condition and be comfortable about it. This is the philosophy behind the Touch Diabetes Support Association (Youth), which has given Thomas Loh and others the confidence to face the world. "When you are young, you hang
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    Lock icon 'Join us for a hand of gin rummy?'
    671 11  -  -mFILES Two guys. Both single. Both professional sportsmen. You'd expect them to party hard, right? Wrong. These Croatian footballers prefer quiet pastimes, like movies, shopping and playing gin rummy at home Reports: LAN TAN ON THE field, these high-scoring strikers are ferocious
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      414 11 SUNDAY SPECIAL: m m m THE SPG FACTOR: B m mm amma 1 uiwane The One Stop Source for Quality Cane Furniture HKi'' GREAT ESCAPES j UyT No, Singapore isn't just a concrete jungle. If you're willing to step off the beaten track, there are some spots where you can
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon 'Better than World Cup'
      361 12 Teen sends flood of e-mails for NDP ticket: HE e-mailed 35 entries in one day just to get tickets to the National Day Parade. And that did not include entries in his brother's name, his name, his uncle's name and the names of other relatives. So,
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      WIN NDP TICKETS
      79 12 SO, you queued for tickets to this year's National Day Parade in vain? Don't despair: Just take part in the next instalment of The New Paper's NDP '98 contest. On Monday, we ran our first set of questions (with 15 pairs of NDP tickets as prizes). And
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      203 12 Standard Rm $50 $60 Superior Rrn $55 $65 Complimentary Deluxe Rm $60 $68 nks Minimum Room Charge $18 12 Geylang Lorong 10 Singapore *****5 Tel: 842 0188 (10 Lines) Fax: 842 0388 I •<' <* V'- > I v There's no better place for authentic Taiwanese Porridge. For die-hard porridge
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      131 12 Q^breakfast GRAND DRAW Ist Prize: $2000 <1 2 return tickets to Sydney 2nd Prize: $JBBB 3rd Prize: $888 8 Weekly Cash Draws $500 each week The winners of this contest is as follows: Ist Prize: Ms Toh Kiat Huay *****03 J 2nd Prize: Mr Ng Chec Keong *****11G 3rd Prize:
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      303 13 "wr ——J »m>r 1 At Manna Squares Great Singapore Sale, thares as he orchestrates an in whfh you bid lower instead can enjoy a number of special savings and privileges at something for people of all ages. of ¥w could return home wsth a Whirlpool refngeratoe Manna Square. washing machines
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Soft metal grilles a soft target
      485 14 The latest aluminium grilles on your windows. Inside, the most expensive home entertainment system you could get your hands on. The attractive grilles provide adequate security, right? Think again, says MELVIN SINGH THE latest aluminium window grilles may look rather attractive. But a thief
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      BREAK-INS ON THE RISE
      145 14 THERE was a 36 per cent increase in the number of homes broken into between January and May this year, compared with the same period last year. Police said this rise was significant. But no syndicate seems involved, unlike last year, when the notorious Indonesian "underwear
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      Seven girls arrested for bashing her up
      234 15  -  Police say no gang involved in fight By Danny Lim POLICE have arrested seven girls in connection with an attack on a 16-year-old girl in Bedok on June 30. Siti Noor Nazarieah Shanusi had told Berita Harian in an interview that she was
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      Having fun? No, he's working hard for us
      91 16 muimui Mr Tan Chiang Seng, the rough-town ;'i building labourer who became Singapore's i,i. i,a ,I. 1« J ma rote vun£f oil ms nciu» I admire Lee Kuan Yew. He is the same as me, struggling to the end i of his
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      No help to us
      429 16 Developers Govfs off-budget measures The recent package of off-budget measures is of no help to the property market. And it does not adequately address the cashflow problems of companies. That is the message members of trade associations had when they met Feedback Supervisory Panel chairman Drjohn
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    • Help hotels, too
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        31 16 There will be another feedback session today with multinational corporations and SMEs. It will be chaired by Dr Wang Kai Yuen, vice-chairman of Feedback Supervisory Panel and MP for BukitTimah GRC.
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      55 15 MATING SEASON BEGINS. ..I I I F 11-- Xwfi JipTTil TOO-Sffis^-l^r.'iS tasj*^!fßßfff^.nr.• tfe#:f «35.- Mil'""' •wls® urnst-asE* m*M s. ©wrs-EM x.' »x 311 Ml'. i <9, IS.:c*iS3B3 Ki. 628 St wOtk> U 'v&zs2X■:HIUEN<B-L*CZ: -r::- "STtlf .llM£lie 3::= "so! r« fllilliK *TO9# $nR a r *HE$ BRAKCTO 1 I? Er" <\
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon So stupid. So sad
      415 17 First, alive birth on the Net Now, two 18-year-olds plan to lose their virginity live and on-line Reuters. SHE claims she is inspired by her beliefs in freedom of speech and action. And by the Florida woman who gave birth live on the Internet last month
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      Lock icon Does it matter where heroes are born?
      525 18  -  by YVONNE LIM THE French didn't win the World Cup. No, not if being French means having pure French genes and blood. Consider. It was the son of Algerians who headed home two of France's golden goals. It was a child of Guadeloupe,
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      Lock icon Tycoon heads new parly
      330 19 THAI POLITICS AFP. ITS called ThairakThai "Thai Love Thai". And its founder has promised to repair Thailand's devastated economy. The party was launched by former deputy prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra yesterday. "With our experience, I'm confident our party can solve the nation's problems," the telecommunications tycoon
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      Strong but not silent
      67 19 inui'iiiin' Britain's former prima minister, Baroness Margaret Thatcher, says siis shares soms common cronnd with Malaysian Prima KBnlitu Datnk Sari Dr Mahathir Mohamad: We both believe in speaking our minds. Neither of us is a stranger to controversy, nor have any fear of it. Milk-and-water leaders
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      228 17 If you don't have a National Fridge with partial freezing you might need this! ()x er-1n I/en l< m>< I riii il)c I win I work. So pick «i \«1 1 ioi wil 11 u lye instc»i( I. Willi «i special I'iirti.il I ree/ing conipiirlment, which keeps I In* leinpeiiillire
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      225 18 Com E\[dore Ik Oppoitvnitifs Of foterafatalutt 'oau Australia Britain Canada New Zealand Switzerland USA nrWBWKTFTTTifTTTWITiffInrfWTTn The University or Melbourne Swiibirae University of 4T75 TRINITY COLLEGE I SSSSS AMralla for more details Inundation Studies Program j cauwelteg Session on Tuesday. 21 July flfflfSMS Aradftllllf. Unit Sepl 98/ feb 99 Intake ta«4.3Op«io
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      69 20 k ir* rVW M¥ »»W' ivyv^j, v-/ w' MMMM \m m I M I I E wUr r <> H»i_ J Tune in to the Sights and Sounds of Spectacular Savings! With loads of quality choices to pick from, including Classical, fop Jazz CDs, VCDs, LDs, Accessories and more... M
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon ... and the woman who is said to be judge's lover
      301 21 and the woman who is said to be judge's lover II ISRAELI SPY SCANDAL Source: Wire services. ISRAELI Prime Minister Bei\jamin Netanyahu is now accused of meddling in a treason trial. His latest scandal over discussing the case with the trial judge is the worst yet. It's the talk of
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      HE SOLD POISON GAS EQUIPMENT
      119 21 NAHUM Manbar, 52, businessman and former Israeli paratrooper, is awaiting sentence. He was found guilty last month of selling the Iranians equipment to make poison gas. Manbar at first sold weaponry to Iran with the permission of the Israeli Shin Bet, the domestic security agency,
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      Lock icon MTV's ray of light shines on Madonna
      174 21 Reuters. MADONNA (left) has again proved her ability to stay at the top of pop, scoring nine nominations for the 15th Annual MTV Video Music Awards. It's just icing on the cake for the singer who is enjoying her biggest chart success in
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    Lock icon Give me a chance
    417 22  -  Showtime HENRY SAYWFacing Page By Hazel Tan HE has the looks of a matinee-idol. The makings of a star. The Leslie Cheung look-alike looked set to fill the shoes of ex-TCS hunk Thomas Ong. After all, he was the hot favourite to win last year's Star
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    Henry says...
    448 23 ON LOOKS "When I was in Star Search, everybody kept telling me: You'll win, youH win. Because of your looks. This is not what I want. It's not the look. I want to be known for being an actor. I want people to accept me (as an actor),
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      218 23 KM BUKIT PANJANG PLAZA f v mr £L tM m iflii rirm rv^^Ki^n■Hl La, h«UiL faiJ v Andy Lau's latest album. Be My Lady, is now out on CDs and cassettes Each CO comes with a FREE limited edition T-shirt proudy sponsored by BiJut Paniang Plaza 15-29 July 1998, The
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Lock icon TV after the Cup?
      349 25 Never say Off FOR five weeks, you kept yourself awake with a drug called the World Cup. It's over. It's time to move on. But what if you're wide awake at three in the morning? Don't stare at Premiere 12's test pattern. It won't stop your
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      WIN FREE CABLE FROM SCV
      61 25 Singapore Cable Vision is offering 10 readers three months of cable TV (Basic package) worth almost $100. Don't worry if you already have cable. These prizes are transferable so you give them to your friends or relatives. To win, call 1900-914-0801 and answer the simple
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      563 25 fl j. (/Electronic Labelling Machine fyV f It's time for the great mid-year P-touch bonus. Every purchase of PT 330 or S noW comcs acc NTUC voucher and g a chance to win wonderful mystery gifts at our on-the-spot mJ "Dip Win" instant draw*. Of course, the more you buy
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    Lock icon China's Border Bother
    156 26 Drugs. And it's a big bother if you are China, sitting on the edge of the "Golden Triangle"—one of the world's premier opium-growing regions which straddles Myanmar, Laos and Thailand. Once wiped out, drugs are making a big comeback in China. Under pressure from the West, China
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  • SHOWTIME
    • Is Singapore ready for Madonna?
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        22 27 If you want to support the I Want Madonna drive, attend the launch at Tower Records, Pacific Plaza, at 3 pmon Saturday.
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        6 27 Or is Madonna ready for Singapore?
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      PASSED WITH CUTS
      99 27 MADONNA'S Girlie Show (1993) featured scantily clad and topless dancers. With the stage piled high with bodies, Madonna, in sequinned bra and hot pants, sang hits from Erotica. It was aired on cable TV, heavilycut, a year later. In 1990, Madonna's Blond Ambition concert, Live in Barcelona,
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      381 27 Cheers To Good Hcoltti tk y in? v i Since time immemorial, humans have been known to use the gifts of nature for health and healing. In recent '*|L uiTjm years, we have seen a return to this practice and natural C ■■>'■ Wc present JSte health care has become
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  • Article, Illustration
    Life after the World Cup
    566 29  -  CtHHfl WITH BRIAN MILLER AFTER waiting for four long years, IT has come and gone. World Cup '98 is over. For many, there will be a void in their lives. For weeks to come maybe even months something will be missing. For many, it will
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      395 42  -  39TH MILO NATIONAL INTER-SCHOOL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: TAMPINES SWIMMING COMPLEX Stories/1 Gerard Wong FOOTBALL and swimming are two totally different sports. Yet football almost caused national swimmer Gary Tan to falter in his bid to crack the National Schools B Division 200m backstroke record yesterday. Blame it on
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      204 42 THEY may have won their individual races in resounding fashion. But when Raffles Junior College's Ignatius Goh and Kevin Kwek were asked which event meant the most to them, they immediately pointed to their A Division 4x50 metres medley relay triumph. RJC won the gold medal
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      443 42 BOYS A DIVISION (winners only): 200 m breaststroke: Kavan Lam (Temasek JC) 2:34.94 100 m butterfly: Terence Tan (Anglo Chinese JC) 1:04.65 200 m backstroke: Kevin Kwek (Raffles JC) 2:22.86 50m freestyle: Ignatius Goh (Raffles JC) 24.42 sees 200 m freestyle: ChiaT-Jian (Raffles JC) 2:11.74 200 m Individual
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      566 43  -  GEYLANG UNITED 1 (Zulkarnaen Zainal. 43rd min. pen) HOME UNITED 0 OTHER RESULTS Balestier2TanjongPager2 Jurong3Tampines 5 Marine Castle 0 SAFFC 3 Sembawang 0 Woodlands 2 SATURDAY'S MATCHES Home Utd v Gombak (Bishan Stadium) SAFFC v Sembawang (Jurong) TampinesvBalestier (Tampines) TanjongPagarv Jurong (Queenstown) Woodlands v Marine Castle
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      237 43 Wire services. SCOTT MARSHALL: The Arsenal defender yesterday became Southampton's sixth signing in two weeks. Marshall, 25, who rejected a new contract at Highbury, will sign a three-year deal later this week. He joins other new boys Mark Hughes, David Howells, Stuart Ripley, James Beattie and Mark Paul
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      50 43 TOGETHER,! I THE' ■a Net proceeds of every Singapore Sweep ticket you buy will go Zm towards The Espbnoda Theatres on the Boy' Draw No. 08/98 t 24,573 prizes to be won. Ml Here's an additional bonus. Premium Prize:$800,000 For more information, see your nearest Toto/4D outlet SINGAPORE FJ POOLS
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      245 44  -  By Ernest Luis IF Gey land's Neil Allison deserved to be sent off last night for elbowing Home's Stuart Young, then the match referees probably deserved the same treatment. At the end of half-time, the players from both teams walked out onto the Bedok Stadium pitch
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      390 44  -  SEMBAWANff RANGERS 0 WOODLANDS WELLINGTON 2 (MalekAwab, 7th min, Nicholas T Peverell, 64th) FAST FACTS The previous highest number of red cards in a S-League match was two between Tampines Rovers and Woodlands Wellington on April 21 (referee N San than, above)and between Home United and JurongFCon May
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      244 44 Reuters. MOROCCO'S Hicham El Guerrouj has broken the world 1,500 metres record. He ran an astonishing 3 minutes 26 seconds at the Golden Gala athletics meeting in Rome. El Guerrouj chopped more than a second off the previous best mark of 3:27.37
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      296 46  -  WO MORE PART-TIMERS Stories/! S Gulam SOME say it's the dirtiest job in football. Other says it's a thankless job. But after looking at the money the referees at France '98 pocketed, I wonder if their claims are true at all. Referees at France '98
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      192 46 THE move towards professional referees could come as a relief for the S-League officials who have been clamouring for better officiating. For our referees will now have more than enough incentive to brush up their game. Ask any of our S-League officials what they think of our
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      303 46 FCKJTBALL is all aiwwit- emotiwii FnnlhaH ia imwdon. Footbal is "human". As Bu|h, it must remain in th# hands djfhumans. Science, of rather TV and video, will no! b< alloweqj to take control of the game, r w With this statement, Fifa, footballs
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      78 47 Hot now: Roberto Carlos waves as fans ask for autographs We still love you anyway: What (right) seems to be saying to Ronaldo Star IOaSCOt Ronaldo and his dog walking down the gangway of a plane that brought them and five team-mates from Brasilia to Rio de
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      533 48  -  S. GULAM THE 1998 World Cup is over. But Brazil's stunning surrender of the trophy and Ronaldo's revelation of an attack of fits on the eve of the World Cup final has thrown up many questions over the future of the world's best player. There is no
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      295 48 Reuters. CRUSHING commercial pressures may prevent Ronaldo fulfilling his potential as the heir-apparent to fellow Brazilian Pele, the greatest footballer of his generation. Pele scored 12 goals in the 1958 World Cup as a precocious 17-year-old. He featured in three more Cups before retiring
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      164 48 AFP. WAS he poisoned? Or was it nothing more than a row with his girlfriend? Maybe it was both. Either way, conspiracy theorists are having a field day in Brazil over the "mystery" of Ronaldo's poor performance in the World Cup final. Following the Brazilian striker's own revelation
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      106 48 AFP. MASSIMO Moratti, chairman of Ronaldo's Italian club, Inter-Milan, accused the Brazilian authorities of incompetence and endangering his star asset. The Brazilian federation has handled this matter in an absurd fashion," Moratti said, complaining that Inter had still to receive any clarification regarding Ronaldo's condition. "Given the situation,
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      88 49 In England, it's abuse and hatemail for David Beckham (see facing Page). Fans are angry that he got sent off, subsequently leading to England losing in the second round on penalties. Back in Brazil, despite Ronaldo's poor performance during the final, he is still
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      600 49  -  JEFFREY LOW WRAPS UP FRANCE '98 WITH AN OPEN LETTER TO BRAZIL COACH MARIO ZAGALLO JEFF LOW Dear Mario: My heart feels for you, cries for you, bleeds for you. And yet my eyes can't weep for you. I don't know why why I am burying my
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      326 50 PARENTS ARE TARCETTEDBY HOOLIGAN GROUP INTER CfTY FIRM mt liMl iffljNi! Ih WORKINtg-CUSS 'Mill VANDALISED I f INTERNET SITE URGES OTHER TEAMS'FANS TO GIVE BECKHAM HELL DAVID Beckham's parents have become the target of physical and mental abuse since his sending off against Argentina at
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      263 50 DAVID Beckham's family has been victimised for has deeds. But his father, Ted, is not worried about it. He's more concerned for his son who resumed training with Man United yesterday. Beckham has been lambasted by both the media and the public since receiving a red
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      178 50 Reuters. Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson expressed fears for the safety of David Beckham after the midfielder became the target of abuse following England's World Cup exit. Ferguson has already called for extra security when United travels to London club West Ham on Aug 22. A
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      479 51 MTV VJ Sarah Sechan said Croatia would beat France in the second semifinal. She was wrong. As her forfeit, her colleagues gave themselves an art lesson, with her face as a canvas. CHAN SEET FUN reports SHE went to two "soccer-heads" for their opinion.
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