The New Paper, 18 July 1998

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 318 2 A Malaysian writer gives his view on why Singapore-Malaysia ties will always remain volatile. He also gives his interpretation of three issues MAKING a number of references to the Holocaust and Germany under Hitler, a Malaysian writer says ties between Singapore and Malaysia "will
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    • 129 2 IN his article, Mr Rustam also cited the row over Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew's remarks about Johor. Mr Rustam said: "When it (the People's Action Party) defeated a feared opposition leader during the general election and he took refuge in Johor, it had to depict Johor as
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    • 71 2 Even more interesting is that the writing and emphasis of the book, and the choice of quotationsfor serialisation, are clearly intended to describe certain parties and political figures in Malaysia as protoganists hostile to Singapore and key players in the Malays 9 oppression of other communities. MR
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    • 119 2 REFERRING to the National Education Exhibition, he suggested other motives. Mr Rustam said that there is a new enthusiasm for Singapore's "history" with the government portraying independence as the republic's "emergence as a just and multi-racial society after freeing itself from the communal clutches of Malaysia." He questioned
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    • 322 3  - Sun, Sand ECA BY Teo Yun Yun SOME are as young as nine, but you should see them sail. Once every week, these little sailors from St Hilda's Primary throw on their life-jackets, put on shades and sunscreen, and head for the sea to ride the waves. Sailing is the
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    • 44 3 Golf —St Andrew's Junior School Royal Academy of Dancing Ballet Classes Singapore Chinese Girls' Primary Survival swimming—First Toa Payoh Primary Angklung and ukelele fcedok Town Primary Chinese calligraphy Keng Seng Primary, Park View Primary Pottery North View Primary Mini-rugby—St Hilda's Primary
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    • 9 2 I IVi acntr'sM istress of (\/l assage /Pages 8.9
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    • 55 3 Who's been drilling around Singapore for 25 years? What' S reporter Fong Foong Met j doing on the dark streets of Macau? v How do axpat man identify an SPG? Which Hollywood Hunk did Avis Wong bump A. When i. imp. V\ 1 V 10th birthday? j f 1 All
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  • 589 4  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Danny Lim IF he is ever high again, it will be while leaping for a header. But no more "highs" that almost put him down behind bars. Marine Castle United mid-fielder Muhammad Razali Ishak is glad he has got a second chance.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 258 6 turn PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday rapped the business community for criticising the Government's off-Budget measures. Such negative reaction and criticisms without offering any serious suggestions to overcome the crisis, he said, is like "biting one's own tail". Mr Goh said: "By being critical without
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    • 53 6 THE Real Estate Developers' Association of Singapore have asked the Government for help before last month's off-Budget measures. Some suggestions: Allow the $40,000 CPF grant to apply to private homes, mortgage interest on owner-occupied properties to be tax deductible and a special fund for developers with
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    • 83 6 1- Card scam: Watch out if someone does this to your credit card. This device allows card cheats to copy the data on your card and use it to make fake cards. In the first case of its kind, Ong Wai Meng, 23, a waiter, was jailed
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    • News Break
      • 63 6 I SALE THE Library Book Sale of The Year starts today and ends tomorrow. The sale offers a total of 80,000 old library books including Malay, Chinese and Tamil titles. Held at the Suntec City Entertainment Centre, in front of the Carrefour supermarket, it is open from 10
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      • 56 6 I HONGKONG| KUALA Lumpur's not the only one having problems with airport rats. They were just another problem for Hongkong's new airport. However, the airport authorities at Chek Lap Kok say the rodents had been dealt with. So far, none of the equipment appears to have been damaged
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      • 66 6 BPROPERTYI ABOUT 8,600 households have not been able to pay their monthly HDB installments for three months or more as of May. This is 1.9 per cent of the 442,000 sold flats for which people are still paying, or one out of about every 50 households. The percentage
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      • 65 6 TRADE M. THE US trade deficit grew in May to a record US$15.74 billion (S$26.5 billion). President Bill Clinton blamed the Asian crisis for weaker demand for the nation's goods and services and the Hooding of US markets with cheap imports. He appealed to Congress again to
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    • 49 6 South China Morning Post Key airport figures grilled Sydney Morning Herald: Heroin: Our $1.6 billion habit The New York Times: Rising trade gap may sink economy BBC news: The United Nations Conference has agreed on a treaty setting up the world's first permanent war crime tribunal
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    • 201 7 in FSHSus THE Court of Appeal has raised from $20,000 to $100,000 the damages won by Prime Minister Uoh Chok Tong in his defamation suit against opposition leader J B Jeyaretnam. It also awarded Mr Goh full costs, ruling that it was unjustified for trial judge
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    • 58 7 1b headache I HONGKONG HONGKONG airport's cargo problems is costing about HK$4.6 billion ($1 billion) and could shave 0.35 per cent off economic growth So government and business leaders are calling for a review of the franchise of the main freight handler, Hongkong Air Cargo Terminals Ltd (HACTL). Meanwhile, HACTL
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    • 64 7 CRIME POLICE said robberies in which victims are assaulted are on the rise. In one case, a 13-year-old schoolgirl was slashed when she surprised a burglar at her home on Thursday night About 400 robberies were committed in the first five months of this year 49 more than
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    • 61 7 The Straits Times: PM Goh raps off-Budget critics The Business Times: PM Goh hits back at gripes about off-Budget measures Uanhe Zaobao: PM Goh: Government capable of leading country out of crisis Berita Harian: Have faith in Government RCS morning news: The Prime Minister says the $2b
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    • 60 7 PORTS LORRIES carrying goods to and from Singapore may have to pay a levy of up to Msl,ooo (Ss4lo) from the current Ms2oo a lorry. That is, if importers and exporters continue to ignore Port Klang, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Ling Liong Sik. The Malaysian government may
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    • 4 7 TREASURE D
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    • 73 7 Quote worthy Prior to the May riots, it was just like this. There were phone calls and anonymous letters threatening unrest. And it came true, didn't it? Ms Sandra Gunawan, a spare parts dealer, leaving on a boat for Hongkong from Surabaya. Fears of further violence have sparked
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    • 26 7 The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 9.78 points to close at 9,337.98 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 618 million shares
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    • 609 8 THEY call her Macau's Mistress of Massage. Ms Sandy Chow, better known as "Fa Che" (Flower Sister) runs the Lisboa Health Spa, one of Macau's premier massage houses. Fa Che says it's "clean". No funny business. All massages are conducted in cubicles with clear
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    • 116 8 TINY Macau, with a population of 450,000, boasts more than 200 sauna-massage parlours. This works out to one massage joint for every 2,250 residents. But patrons are more likely to be the 30,000 people who visit the colony every year, according to figures from
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      193 9 We've found our 10th anniversary babies yes, all eight of them. They are now 10 years old, just like The New Paper. Now, take a look at their pictures. See if you can match them. Their names: A. Tanya Gillian Beins B. Christopher Ashley Hendricks C. Lennard
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    • 78 9 YES, well be 10 on July 26! And we'd like you to be part of our celebrations! One thousand of these specially commissioned TNP Privilege Cards (above) will be given away on our birthday next Sunday. The card is produced in conjunction with Countdown, an
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    • 336 12  -  BY Teo Hwee Nak IN a single day, Suri Suah beat up two men. In one case, to extort just $2. And in the other, in a quarrel over a demand for 10 cents for the use of a toilet. Now Suri, 25,
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    • 50 kg gold bar robbery
      • 247 13 Fake paperwork was well-planned THE robbers certainly went to great lengths. They used the licence plate of a farm tractor in Johor on the getaway car. They also forged two identity cards and got another which was earlier reportedly stolen by a drug addict. Plus, they invented a company, the
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    • 500 14  -  Mother-of three HONOURED SOME 300 working adults will be honoured for their outstanding results in the Best and Wise programmes at 3 pm today. Special awards will be given to 15 organisations for their support. By Yvonne Lim YOU'RE 35 and you have just given
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    • 177 14 SHE left school 25 years ago to court her husband. Now, she's been rewarded by his love in return. Mr Balakrishnan, 41, an SAF staff sergeant, took the N-level exam with his wife but didn't do well. Instead, he urged her on. When Madam Jamunarani later
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    • 294 15  -  Jailed twice last year, yet she shoplifts again By' Teo Hwee Nak THE food was probably meant for her dinner. But Ho Siew Kim didn't pay for it when she walked out of the supermarket. Now she has to pay a high price for
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    • 51 15 HO was sentenced to nine months'jail. Despite her two previous convictions, she pleaded for M a second chance and the most lenient sentence". The judge did not make any comments while sentencing her. Anyone who commits theft in a building can be jailed up to seven years, and also
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    • 351 18 Prabowo on political kidnappings: HE appeared calm and friendly. But Lt-General Prabowo Subianto disappointed his "pursuers" the hordes of journalists surrounding him in Bandung yesterday by refusing to answer too many questions. They had been waiting eagerly for his comments on the issue of
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    • 79 18 Source: Suara Merdeka (Voice of Independence). Q: Are you ready to be investigated? A: My statement is like what I had said earlier (about his readiness to take responsiblity.) That is alitor now. Q: Is It tnie that in this case (of political kidnappings), you misinterpreted orders?
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    • 416 20  -  First-time sex on the Internet? by JILL LIM GET a life, that's all I can say. That, and grow up. That's to all the people who plan to log on to the Internet to watch two American teens having sex for the first time. That's their
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    • 50 21 Left pity: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharing a light, family moment with his son, Avner, as they play at Kibbutz Zova's playground, near Jerusalem. Mr Netanyahu and his wife were there to visit their children on their last day of summer camp. Picture/ Reuters
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      260 21 husband charged Reuters. FORMER Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto's husband has been charged with corruption in Geneva. Asif Ali Zardari, who is in jail in Pakistan, was charged with money laundering linked to contracts with Swiss-based companies. And there are now plans to issue similar charges against Ms Bhutto.
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      194 24 s Reuters. WHILE artist Gutam Paul works on this statue of Mother Teresa carrying a baby in his studio in Calcutta, the leader of her order of nuns has objected to it. It's planned as the city's tribute to the Roman Catholic nun who became famed for her
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    • 206 25 Jury grills them on sex, lies in White House Wire services. IT could mark the beginning of the end for US President Bill Clinton. Seven men who between them know almost every move of the President every day over the past year are to testify. Three
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    • 221 25 HE was the President's top bodyguard. Yesterday, Larry Cockell (above) was one of the three officers who walked into the supreme court to testify against their boss. But he left without testifying, said his lawyer, Mr John Kotelly. On Thursday, Mr Cockell had asked to be relieved
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    • 146 32 Jj^pMSlSMMtary/P^ SS Technical PoaMom Architectural Firm requires: A) ARCHITECTS Recognized degree Min. 3 yrs. relevant experience HOB design build experience preferred B) DRAFTSMEN Diploma/ ITC/ NTC 2 Fast cad Min. 2 yrs. relevant experience Pis. write with full resume, current expected salary t contact number by 29th July "9i to:
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    • 93 32 BamSeenta*/** SSB auWaMhoualnc/ inventory rosiuons FEMALE ASST. STOREKEEPER required at Outran) Rd. Must possess good organisational skills able or willing to learn to operate price tag/ bar-coding printer. 9212 9947 Cl—nor Poo Mont ™aTe"A^rT" NEEDED URGENTLY Part-Tim* MANY AREAS!!! 3 hours Job only ftftftftftftft***** ca> *****358/*****994 school/studio since 1986 prowling
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    • 47 34 I SucK a market -for choice jobs, 1 J i Any job. any Career. AVAILABLE ANY DAY. ANY TIME. ANYWHERE. The Straits Times the Sunday times business Times the new paper LIANHE ZAOBAO LIANHE WANBAO SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS BERITA HARIAN BERITA MINGGU MP Singapore Press Holdings
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  • 454 35  -  jr^a*/37RACING Preview By The Three Musketeers SPEEDY Wonder Planet comes up against a strong Class One field in Race 6 this afternoon. However, we reckon the four-year-old chestnut is retaining form and he should romp home for his fifth victory in 15 starts. We liked the
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  • SPORTS
    • 209 37 Reuters. THE USA is on the verge of a Davis Cup semi-final place. Yesterday, stalwarts Jim Courier and Andre Agassi put the US in a commanding 2-0 lead in their quarter-final against Belgium. Courier launched the best-of-five tie by defeating Filip Dewulf, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1), 2-6,6-3.
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    • 147 37 Reuters. THE Festina cycling team was kicked out of the Tour de France yesterday. This came alter its director was quoted as saying doping substances were made available to riders to maximise performance. In the biggest drug scandal to hit the prestigious cycling race,
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      192 38 SECOND ROUND: 137: Brian Watts (US) 68-69 138: Justin Rose (Brit) 72-66, Tiger Woods (US) 65-73, Nick Price (Zim) 66-72 139: Thomas Bjom (Den) 68-71 140: Davis Love (US) 67-73, Mark OMeara (US) 72-68, Fred Couples (US) 66-74, Stephen Ames (Tri) 72-68, Jim Furyk (US) ►70-70, Jesper Pamevik (Swe)
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    • 424 38 FROM SUNNY SKIES ON DAY OWE TO GALE FORCE WINDS ON DAY TWO Reuters. TIGER Woods had his magic battered by a brutal day of English storms yesterday. But he still managed to cast a last-gasp spell on the second day of the British Open at Royal
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    • 167 38 Reuters. CANADIAN-BORN American Brian Watts plays most of his golf in Japan even though he can barely speak the language. English remains his mother tongue but yesterday he let his clubs do the talking. He defied a testing wind to take a surprise halfway lead
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    • 104 38 It wasnt easy out there, that's for sure. It's really testing and I'm just so glad to have survived the ordeal. Being five under par at the start was a blessing. It allowed me to drop shots andstill be in the chase. I came out smelling of
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  • A SECOND LOOK
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      389 39 WHAT RONfILDO SAID AFTER THE FINAL I had the fits for about 30 to 35 seconds. I don't know why or how I got it ON THURSDAY Nothing happened. There was never something like that (the fits). YESTERDAY Why lie? What happened to me (the fits) could happen
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    • 157 39 BEFORE the start of France 98 last month, we asked readers to name their World Cup '98 Dream XI from the players we listed. Fifa has just released its selection: Coifcupiii. Jose-Luis Chilavert (Paraguay), Fabien Barthez (France) Dsffmdtre: Carlos Gamarra (Paraguay), Marcel Desailly (France), Frank de Boer (Holland),
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  • FRINCE Celebrities Chailfngf m
    • 352 40 Actress and VJAnna Belle Francis wins a handphone 'from Ml for backing France to win the World Cup. But her Forever Fever co-star Steven Lim was let down by Brazil and paid for it with a faceful of cake. CHAN SEETFUN reports THE loser had to
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      113 40 CHALLENGE No 1: Actor/rapper Sheikh Haikel won a handphone while Showbuzz host Lauretta Alabons overdosed on ice-cream and cheesecake as her forfeit for backing Scotland against Brazil. No 2: Actress Lisa Ang had to massage comedian Hossan Leong as her forfeit after he correctly predicted that Italy would beat
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  • SCHOOLSPORTS ’98
    • 435 42  -  EVIAN NATIONAL SCHOOLS TRACK AND FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS; NATIONAL STADIU M 8 RUNNER BREAKS RECORD TWICE, NOW... RECORD RUNS Ng Boon Keng broke the 400 m record with a 50.99-second run on Thursday. Yesterday, he broke it again in 50.245 ec YESTERDAY'S RESULTS (Finals only) BOYSC
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    • 236 42 YESTERDAY'S HIGHLIGHTS LOH Mun Hou emerged tops in the only final at yesterday's National Schools Track and Field Championships. The Chinese High School student took the gold in the C Division high jump with his 1.78-metre effort. Although his team-mate Lin Da Shun also
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  • TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE ’98
    • 668 43 What must SAFFC and Tanjong Pagar United do to win tonight as they race for the S-League title? And what must leader Geylang United do to hope the others don't win while it rests today. Since eight is considered a lucky number, ERNEST LUIS decides
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    • 68 43 Home United vGombak United (Bishan Stadium) SAFFC v Sembawang Rangers (Jurong) Tampines Rovers v Balestier Central (Tampines) TanjongPagarv Jurong FC (Queenstown) Woodlands Wellington v Marine Castle (Woodlands) AD matches at 7.30pm P W D L F A Pta 1 Geylang 18 11 5 2 30 14 38 2
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    • 425 44 Club has money woes THE BUST S-League club Jurong FC is in trouble. Both footballing and non-footballing. Off the field, it has money problems. Its players have been paid only half their salaries. On the field, its players and coach don *t seem to be
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    • TUESDAY’S DRESSING ROOM DRAMA
    • WHAT THEY SAY
      • 186 44 JURONG has set up a board of inquiry to investigate the club's player-coach crisis. "Well be calling the players, coaches, managers and administrators involved with the team to find out what really happened on Tuesday and the days preceding it," said Jurong
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        53 44 I decline comment on the matter. Please ask the club to comment on It. I'm the coach and my main priority is to prepare the team for the game against Tanjong Pagar (tonight). Resign?No, my contract ends on Dec 31 and I have a two-year option to renew
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      • 84 44 Morale has been very low the past few weeks. The players feel very bottled up because Pearson doesn't allow freedom of expression. He hustles the players and what's particularly disturbing is his bad language. A senior player in his 30 s Tuesday's dressing room incident was most unfortunate.
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      • 107 44 A JURONG management committee member said of Pearson, the Australian coach: "I've not met anyone with his soccer expertise for a very long time. He ranks among the best in the S-League today so far as tactical know-how is concerned. "He knows his soccer stuff. No two ways
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    • 128 44 ONE senior Jurong FX] player, who declined to be named, said that that before Tuesday's match Pearson reportedly lost complete control over some of the senior players during a training session. "He told a few of them to do the physical work-out They refused, claiming they were injured,"
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  • @home with Jessica Leow
    • 311 47 THE VERDICT FROMJHE PREVIOUSLY GROOVY retro have-beSSKSHBHSHBB $Bee Gees $Bananarama and the Sunshine Band Gaynor Chocolate Platform shoes, cheesy music and way too much eyeshadow. The retTO revival gripping Singapore is putting us in a time warp, but is it as fake as stick-on eyelashes? Here's the verdict
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      473 47 Judge: Brian Richmond, SI, radio deejay Nostalgia is excellent, said retro-man Brian Richmond. But NO Village People and Boney M puh-leeese! "They sound too commercial, like bubblegum, even in the 70s. Every time I hear them, I want to break their records," he revealed. Brian, who has been
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      394 47 Judge: Eric Khoo, director of 12 Storeys end Mee Pok Man What's the big deal, asked filmmaker Eric Khoo. A good movie's a good movie. Period. Asked what he thought of the slate of nostalgic movies like Forever Fever and Grease, the director shrugged: "As long as the
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    • 527 48 RETRO FASHION Judge: Thomas Wee, designer. In the trade for more than 20 years. Runs Made in Heaven boutique at Millenia Walk. You should be ashamed of yourself! That's local fashion guru Thomas Wee's scathing judgment on the fashion slaves lapping up the '70s retro look.
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    • 28 48 Make-up: Fake eyelashes, shimmery blusher, hair spray Print: Loud. Preferably in shades of dirty green and mustard Tinted frames. Big ones frFootwaar: Blister-inducing platform shoes
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      578 48 t Judge: Dennis Foo, 45, executive director of Europa Holdings He started running a single-unit pub in Changi Village with his late father, then went on to inject life into night scene with places such as Peppermint Park and Atlantis. Now, the Europa group is Singapore's biggest pub
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  • @heart
    • 131 49 I'VE been married for 17 years. Recently, I discovered that my husband is having an affair. I actually saw him with the woman. When I approached them, the woman just kept quiet. But my husband admitted to the affair. He says he wants
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    • 87 49 Sad Wife has problems with her 34-year-old mum and her in-laws. Since she got married, her mum and in-laws have not been on good terms. "My in-laws don't like my mum and the way she handles my children. My mum faces a lot of pressure. My in-laws
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    • 165 49 A reader responds... Dear Sad Wife, IT is more unusual for a woman NOT to have problems with in-laws! And when there are grandchildren involved, matters can get worse. Don't waste time thinking of ways to make them get along. Think of ways to
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    • 221 49 I'm 25 and my boyfriend is separated from his wife. He lives with his mum, but he spends the evenings with me. He needs another two years to be officially divorced. The problem is he owes her a lot of money. He gets angry when I
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    • 409 49 I HAVE a close friend of five years, Z. We are both 18. She confides in me a lot and I know her very well. The problem now is I'm really getting tired of her. I feel I have put up with her bad
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    • 41 49 HELP? If you need advice on matters of the heart, or wish to offer a solution to our problem of the week, write to @heart The New Paper Times House 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****9 Or fax 737-5375 Ore-mail tnp@asial.com.sg
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    • 51 49 :CALL us... I Call 1900-912-0007 and leave your questions for our counsellors. You can listen to their earlier advice, too. This week's topics; Uncomfortable about premarital sex How can I convince my I husband I didn't have an affair? I hate my horrible I brothers Calls cost 30 cents a
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    • 180 50 The one statement I live by is "I'm still alive. Waking up every morning V and knowing Wr that you are still a i alive is the most J wonderful thing you can ever experience. Life is interesting and we get to Huang Shinan, actor wHH "Live for today. You
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    • 189 50 (Q1 ease > watch it! Top grossing movies last week. And our ratings. ID Stars: David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson It's about: FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate a conspiracy involving aliens (what else?). ii if! Mu,an 0000 Stars: Ming-Na Wen and Eddie Murphy (or at least their
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  • Page 50 Miscellaneous
    • 1302 50 —I satunday Sunday movies current affairs movies current affairs 2.30pm Back to the East jh| 9.30pm Honey Weak Ipm The Last Outlaw 7pm Vaanamae EHal Set in the 18th century, it depicts an unusual Check out the latest market trends and When in the company of thieves, no one can
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    • 780 51 (cb~~\ TV > A- 'JL' O v ■'*>' ih Tj|. •> Saturday Sunday channel channel channel channel 6.00 AM The HMd«n World 6.00 AM Smart Spirit 6.00 AM In Care of Nature 6.00 AM The Three Gorge Project 6.30 Going Wild with Jeff Corwin (Last 6.30 Adventure of T-Rex 6.30
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  • @ease
    • 103 52 SAY THAT AGAIN "I guess I don't have the cleavage." Actress Winona Ryder, on waiting 15 minutes for drinks at a bar in France. "I like rock stars. I'm glad rock stars and supermodels are becoming popular again." Scott Weiland, Stone Temple Pilots singer "Bulls chasing me. Half the
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    • 86 52 Speaking of the Carrey pair, now that they are back together and even hinting about a repeat walk down the aisle, wonder what's going to happen to the US$9.6 million ($16.2 million) divorce settlement Holly got? Well, no way is she going to part with that
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    • 79 52 Incredible how much money one can make. Apparently, you don't even need to be a huge star you just need to be married to one. Like actor James Brolin.who married diva Barbra Streisand recently. According to the pre-nuptial agreement, Brolin will be paid U5532,000 for
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      388 52 THE MOVIE FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate a conspiracy surrounding a mysterious, deadly virflß THE truth is in here. Or is it? X-Files the movie offers nothing radically different from the TV series. Except a new tagline, Fight the Future, and a bigger budget that
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    • 91 52 TkTrsfM I Tune in to what people are Yau 22, student What are you listening W at the moment? 3 Material Girl by Madonna. o Who did yfcu last see in concert and how was it? J Bananarama. Pretty good. What is the worst act alive? Boyzone. ZZ Who is
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  • Page 52 Miscellaneous
    • 30 52 CLOSE TO HOME BY JOHN MCPHERSON "What? Oh, lh«m. They're here from that rn»w TV show Medical Bloopers and Blunders' just In ccwe something > j.. 'j* A. Jatrnflpg t>gppw*-1 A
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  • @ease with Jessica Leow
    • 547 53 THEY are called the Boys Band, but the ages of the six members add up to a sagely 200. Still, it does nothing to stop this Filipino band from giving the likes of Celine Dion a run for her money. Allow me to recount
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    • 12 53 The Boys Band performs from 8 pm onwards, Wednesdays to Monday.
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  • Weired
    • 153 54 Gr6<it bails offire WA ASTEROIDS! Deadly comets! Cosmic collisions! Whatever you call them, you have witnessed the havoc wrecked by these UFOs (which, in this case, reads "unfortunate flailing objects") in movies like Deep Impact and Armageddon. A Nasa website, simply named Asteroid and Comet
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      117 54 NOW, if the human race doesn't get wiped out by a killer comet, that doesn't mean that we are safe. We still have ourselves to contend with. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is a publication that keeps watch over international security, military affairs and nuclear issues. On
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    • 239 54 A PENNY for your deepest thoughts? Deep Thoughts is actually m book by John Handey containing his irreverent observations on life as seen on American television I programme, Saturday Night Live. The success of the book has spawned several Deep Thoughts websites put up by other aspiring
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    • 93 54 AFTER many red-eyed nights (and mornings) ogling at the TV, World Cup fever has finally subsided. In the soc.culture.singapore newsgroup, one World Cup fan wonders what had affecte< Brazil in its poor showing against France in the final match: "Injured players? No.training No mood? Low morale? Kelong?
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    • 97 54 STILL on the subject of "samba", do you know that the word means "to rub navels together"? A list circulating via e-mail includes some strange facts few people know about. For example: 1. "Stewardesses" is the longest word that is typed with only the left
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  • @night with Edwin Yeo
    • 404 55 STARRY, starry nights. That's what brand new club Studio East promises when it opens its doors on July 30. It's not just another big club, said Mr Simon Wee, the operations manager of the place. To be sure, it IS big. At 2,300 sq
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    • 116 55 While Studio East is about to open its doors this month, other dubs/pubs celebrated their anniversaries: Most prominently, The Jump threw a big birthday bash on Wednesday. At the same bash, it officially changed its name from The Jump to China Jump, to bring it in line with
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    • 73 56 NEW PAPER Saturday. July 18, 1998 chuamcQtph.conn.tg A Signs we'd love to see ls^ e Mike Chua 2km before Registry At a police station At the Archives Sci i of Marriages History Dept l"1 Up PARKM^j before ROM D E E ndl /TOU HAVE^LJ I £4 JUST PASSE >81 A
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    58 57 Ret roadH Would you 4 dare be seen on the road lH in these outfits? Especially at traffic-light junctions? The staff at JJ were game. H Retro was the H theme of H their fourth H anniversary party on B Monday. I Big hair, big dots, big fun. Party
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