The New Paper, 19 July 1998

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  • 16 1 J T SUNDAY, JULY 19. 1998 the °uiiday paper the sunday paper SUNDAY, JULY 19, 1998
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  • 355 2  -  If this happens, the Government will help workers and home-owners BY Yvonne Lim YOU felt relief when a CPF cut was ruled out of off-Budget measures earlier this month. Then worry when it was announced that with recession looming, CPF might be cut next year. Now here's yet
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  • 23 2 By possibly using schemes like those introduced during the 1986 recession, when the Government cut employers' CPF contribution by 15 percentage points.
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  • 115 2 ALL taxpayers enjoyed a 25 per cent tax rebate. They were allowed to use their CPF special accounts to repay loans, if necessary. For those with HDB housing loans: The Housing Board extended the repayment period, and allowed loans to be converted to easy-payment schemes. Those
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    • 50 2 CLUNK! JUNK! ■fjThat's the KMmdSBS drivers beard when That's the oaly way to describe the poison pea chanting gears 25 yean ago. Not any mere letters that a bo«»d fa MaUystaa poWcs Page* 6 7 hH«2O 21 t EXODUS „„22 Are Indonesia's fleeing ethnic C hinese victims of 'intentionally-spread rumours/
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  • 151 3 Picture: JONATHAN CHOO Outfits and location: ROYAL SPORTING HOUSE Styling: JUDY CHOONG and ELIZABETH LEE She's outspoken. She's adventurous. And she's planning for the future. Here's the sixth of our New Face 1998 finalists to kickstart your Sunday WHO IS SHE? Name: Quet Sok Ling Age: 23
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    • 38 3 HUNK! PUNK! Zjj Sexy Hollywood star Mel Gibson ctiats wfth He carries a Prada purse, A handphone. And a reporter Avis Wong on the set of Lotfcal Weapon 4 gun. He rules the streets of Macau N»24 Page*26*29
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 216 4 H I WHY? Education Minister Teo Chee Hean said in March that the school syllabuses would be cut to give teachers more time to provide computerbased learning, encourage thinking skills and promote national education. AT the end of next year, all primary school pupils, including those sitting
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    • 114 4 it THE Beijing woman accused of making a false declaration in her divorce affidavit has been acquitted. Ms Shi Fang was all smiles, and even removed her surgical mask when she stepped out of court yesterday. She had worn the surgical mask to court during the trial.
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    • 39 4 USA Today: Starr quick to quiz Secret Service CNN Interactive: At least 71 killed in Papua New Guinea tidal wave The Electronic Telegraph: Our monstrous crime, by Yeltsin BBC news: Gunmen kill five at KwaZulu-Natal vigil
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    • 10 4 Tongue Cheek
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    • News Break
      • 57 4 I WORLD THE creation of an international criminal court has been approved by overwhelming vote and over US objections at a United Nations conference. The court will come into existence in The Hague in the Netherlands, once 60 countries have ratified the treaty. Diplomats said, however, that the
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      • 55 4 HEALTH THE anti-impotence drug Viagra will be available in Malaysia from next year by prescription. Health Minister Datuk Chua Jui Meng said the anti-impotence pills would not be allowed to be sold over the counter at pharmacies. The patient's need for the drug would have to be
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      • 56 4 COURT THE developers of a China housing project in which more than 50 Singaporeans had bought units, is being sued for delays. New Dynamic Marketing, the Singapore marketing agent, is claiming at least $4 million in damages from Wuhan Jin Long Real Estate Development and Dragon and Sea
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      • 53 4 j RETAIL POOR business has forced NTUC Fair Price to close its seven supermarkets in Malaysia. The cooperative had a 40 per cent stake in the joint venture with Malaysia's Hong Leong Group. Confirming the recent closure, NTUC Fair Price chairman Chandra Das said: "It is due to
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    • 49 4 There should be a balance between the requirements of national training and the industry because both are equally important. Minister of State (Defence) Matthias Yao, who said that military commanders would be flexible so that only those who were needed would be called back for in-camp training.
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  • 301 5 NEWSABOUTUS ITS a birthday party. And you're invited! The New Paper will be 10 next Sunday! Yes, we've been on the newsstands since July 26,1988. And who else to share the joy with but YOU, our faithful readers! There are lots of prizes and
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  • 845 6 SINGAPORETODAY It was 25 years ago that Singapore Bus Services Limited Punched, its first ticket. GOH CHIN LIAN speaks to three drivers who were therefrom Day 1... and finds out what their jobs were like then 25 YEARS OF SBS THE Singapore Bus
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  • Article, Illustration
    775 7  -  7 days\ inthe 1 life of... J SHERRY CHEf XIUHUAN PERSONALITYTODAY Remember the alien supergirl in the Mandarin sci-fi serial, Star Maiden? Well, she surprised many by leaving Television Corporation of Singapore in 1995. She felt a decade was long enough in a first job. Now, Sherry's
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      519 11  -  r -V mc J|-*FILES The Sarong Party Girl... Singapore's answer to lonely expats? Or a figment of the imagination? We ask both parties involved. The expats. And the women of Singapore. Read 0n... The SPG... i as seen by some expats: Asian Sloe-eyed Long-haired Tanned Brown-streaked hair Short,
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    • 438 11 WOMEN HIT BACK... SHE is single. Attractive. And sexy. She is a lady whom any hot-blooded man would like to be seen with in public. But Miss Leo (not her real name) is not within every man's reach. Not
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    • 365 12 -•FILES Not all relationships between an Asian and a Caucasian should be seen in the SPG mould. There are genuine relationships that have come out of this cultural interaction. LAN TAN reports MR TERENCE Ho knows what it's like to be treated like a SPG.
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    • 351 12 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS THAT WORKED OUT WELL MRS ANGIE Chew Monksfield knows the SPG feeling too. After all, she is married to a Briton. And, once, was even mistaken for a escort lady in Thailand. A hotel security guard demanded to see
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    • 227 12 The book (The Official Guide to The Sarong Parly Girl) has etched a stereotype of the SPG in my head. It's hard to think otherwise. Ms Karin Ng, 21, NUS undergraduate Stereotypes are never fair. If anyone has a sexy body, why can't they flaunt it?
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    • 70 12 AFTER reading all the views published over these four pages, how do you feel about the issue of SPGs? Do you believe in their existence? Do you think it's all the figment of some deluded imaginations? Or are you still undecided? Either way, why don't you
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    • 547 13 He flunked his Primary 4 exams and ended up in the extended stream for hisPSLE. Soccer was more important than studies then. Now, he's getting an award from Sinda for showing a marked improvement in Maths and Science in his N levels! CRISPINA ROBERTfinds
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    • 67 13 THE Sinda Tutorials for Enhanced Performance (STEP) awards are not for top scorers or best achievers. They are for improved scores. This year, Bala is among 32 students receiving it. He is also one of three who are getting the best overall improvement award for showing marked improvements
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 192 14 Wire services. THE group editor of Malaysia's top newspaper, Berita Harian, has resigned. Mr Ahmad Nazri Abdullah resigned "with immediate effect", a statement said. He is the second editor to resign in less than a week. On Tuesday, Mr Johan Jaafar, group editor-in-chief of Utusan Melayu,
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    • 296 14 Wire services. There is no crackdown on the press. There was no political pressure for an editor of a top newspaper to resign. Both denials came from Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday. "That's the kind of thing they will say.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 258 16 AFP. A MASSIVE tidal wave struck Papua New Guinea's north-west coast yesterday. The deadly wall of water, 10 m high, struck without warning. It destroyed a 30 km stretch of coast where about 10,000 to 12,000 people live. There are conflicting reports on the number
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    • 193 16 AFP THE alleged leader of a gang which kidnapped a Taiwanese millionaire in Bangkok has been nabbed by police. The police identified him as Bancha Wanichbancha, 57, an unemployed man. They said his wife worked as an accountant for Taiwanese businessman Hsu Chung I. The alleged gang
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 547 17 The pen is mightier than the sword. Yes, a cliche. But when the pen contains poison, its words can be lethal and usually mightier than the truth. Malaysian politicians have long had to live with the poison pen letter menace you. had sex with an underaged
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    • 99 17 POISON pen writers have difficulty confronting authority. This is because of the non-confrontational nature of the Malay society, Professor Chandra Muzaffar told the New Sunday Times. So when they want to say something, they resort to smear campaigns, he said. "It is a problem in our
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 286 18 Indonesia's ethnic Chinese continue to flee Surabaya for Hongkong and Australia Their fear: Riots, like those in May when many were raped and killed Are they prudent? Or victims of"intentionally spread" rumours by groups wanting protection money? AFP. ARE "intentionally spread" rumours to blame for the exodus from Surabaya,
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    • 148 18 Wire services. INDONESIAN armed forces commander General Wiranto has warned of a crackdown against looters. His warning came as reports of looting poured in from various parts of Indonesia. "I need to warn all people that looting cannot be tolerated even if it is done
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 428 20 THE NEW PAPER VISITS THE SET OF AVIS WONG meets Mel Gibson during the shooting of Lethal Weapon 4 in Los Angeles WITH Mel Gibson, what you see (on screen) is what you get (in real life). Slouched in his seat,
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    • 71 20 GIBSON on Jet Li: "Jet's so fast. To begin with, he has to slow down a lot so the camera can see what he's doing. We also can't react as fast as he's moving. So we have to remember the moves and hope
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    • 73 20 GIBSON has a movie, Payback, which is expected to be released in September. He also has plans to work with Chinese film director Chen Kaige. Then, he will direct another movie, Fahrenheit 451, and do it on an even larger scale than Braveheart. In fact, Gibson might eventually
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    • 543 21  -  LETHAL WEAPON 4 IN LOS ANGELES BY Avis Wong REPORTING FROM LOS ANGELES PRANKSTER'S the word to describe director Richard Donner. He directs his movies much like he's instructing his friends on how to play his own little game at the playground. On the set of
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 554 22 Girls, Gangsters and Gambling... What are Macau's over 10,000-strong triad members going to do when China takes over the colony next year? Our reporter talks to a member of the 14Kgang, the most powerful triad in Macau FEW people would ask a Macau
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    • 446 22 He won't talk about his future BILLY'S working day begins at about 10 pm with him cruising around Macau in his Toyota spacewagon with his henchmen. Three of them are vacant-looking Thais kickboxers who regularly knock each other's brains out at a gym at Taipa. "We
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    • 285 23 Before I met him, my life was very simple. I was young and carefree. Now I have to open my eyes bigger than before and look out for possible dangers. I am worried that someone might appear from nowhere and point a gun at his head...
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      315 24 Macau's most powerful triad, 14K, has been hit badly in the last two months. With a Chinese crackdown after next year's handover, our reporter asks if this could be the beginning of 14K's end COPS on the take. The Macau police force has long heard such allegations. Even the
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    • 79 24 THE big boss of the 14K triad, Broken Tooth, is in Coloane Jail. Wan Kuok Koi is accused of attempting to kill the Chief of Police Judiciary, Antonio Marques Baptista. The 14K claims he was framed. On July 1, the court threw out his appeal against
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    • 127 24 Rumours of infighting between two factions of the 14K flared up when a fight broke out in Heavy Club in early June. Wong Lou Kit, the acting head of 14K, is said to be at odds with "Old Dad", a young rising star within the > triad groomed
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    • 72 24 At the urging of Macau's top cop, Mr Antonio Marques Baptista, China has been sending in reinforcements. Worse, Hongkong triads are moving into Macau, sparking off a war with local triads. Author Joao Guedes, who has a book about the triads, said in Time magazine: "One gang wants
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    • 53 24 Active triad members: 10,000 Security forces: 3,500 Top mafia Wm sad top cop Baptists: Wan Kuok Koi aha Broken Tooth (left) is the suspected head of Macau's most powerful gang, the 14K. Chief of Police, Mr Baptista (right) created a stir when he put him behind bars
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  • Salas
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      693 25 Goodbye. Marcelo Salas started France '98 in a blaze. He scored four goals in three matches. He didn't score in the second round. But who knows, if the Chileans had progressed, he might have got more. But we've not heard the last of Salas. He'll be back
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    • 533 25 (greatest moments in Italia '90, along with Roger Milla; one of the flops in France '98; age: 32, age 2002 WC: 36). CHILE: Ivan Zamorano (Captain Courageous, topscorer in qualifying rounds, created many goals for Marcelo Salas in France 98; 44 caps, 24 goals; age:
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      276 26  -  By! S Gulam He 110... France '98 was supposed to be Ronaldo'B World Cup. But it didn't turn out that way. Ronaldo, football's king in making, did not rule France '99. We wanted more, didn't we? After all, this is Ronaldo the greatest footballer of this generation. The Pele
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    • 185 26 ARGENTINA Arid Ortega (age: 24, club: Valencia, Spain) JuanVeron (23; Parma, Italy) BRAZIL Ronakio (21; Inter-Milan, Italy) I Denilson (21; Real Betis, Spain) CHILE I Maneio SalM (24; Lazio, Italy) COLOMBIA I Leider Preciado (21; Santa Fe, Colombia) DENMARK H Peter
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    • 742 27 Don't cry for England. For it will rise from the ashes of defeat in four years'time in the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Unlike other top teams in France '98, England has a very young team. A team full of potential and promise.
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    • 336 28 Every football fan has his own fantasy team, a WorldXl, perhaps selected to play against invading aliens for the future of Planet Earth. And what better platform to select this team than soccer's greatest show the World Cup. Many pre-tournamentfavourites to make the
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    • 85 28 S GULAM I Goalkeeper David Seaman (Eng) Defenders: Stefan Reuter (Ger), Laurent Blanc (Fra), Alessandro Nesta (Ita), Roberto Carlos (Bra) Midfielders: Marc Overmars (Hoi), Ariel Ortega (Arg), Luis Enrique (Spa) Forwards: Michael Owen (Eng), Ronaldo (Bra), Gabriel Batistuta (Arg) JEFF LOW S Goalkeeper David
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  • TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE '98
    • 242 29 TANJONG PAGAR UNITED 2JURONG 1 HOME UNITED 9 GOMBAK UNITED 3 SAJFFC4 SEMBAWANG RANGERS 0 TAMPINES ROVERS 8 BALESTIER CENTRAL 3 WOODLANDS 3 MARINE CASTLE 1 THE Tiger Beer S-League was truly on fire last night. The five matches produced the highest number of goals
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    • 392 29  -  By Ernest Luis THE Jurong Cobra showed it still had its venom. Last night, it put up a gutsy fight against Tanjong Pagar although it lost 2-1. Yesterday, The New Paper reported on Jurong's money woes and a recent dressing room fracas between coach Jimmy Pearson
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    • 116 29 NATIONAL referee Sri Kisan, who gave two red cards and six yellow cards at Queenstown Stadium said: "The flashpoint was in the 60th minute when I ordered off Balasubramaniam (Jurong) and Nahar Daud (Tanjong Pagar). "I also saw Nahar pushing Ishamudin Bharoocha and gave him the red card
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    • 435 30  -  8-3 VICTORY TO TAMPINES ROVERS BY Ernest Luis After news of Balestier's shocking loss to Tampines Rovers, some Tanjong Pagar fans were seen smiling wryly. One was overheard saying: "Ahh.-.see? Serve Balestier right for its unsporting conduct against us on Tuesday!" The response from Balestier
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    • 88 30 Defending champion SAFFC is now the favourite to win the S-League for the second time in a row. It beat a weakened Sembawang Rangers (because of suspensions) 4-0, on a night when Tanjong Pagar managed to edge Jurong out 2-1. SAFFC and Tanjong Pagar are now joint-leaders
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    • 279 30  -  9-3 VICTORY TO HOME UNITED By Suresh Nair PLAYING with nine men proved to be a major handicap for Gombak United in its worst defeat of the season. The 9-3 scoreline at Bishan Stadium was also the biggest scoreline in the S- League since the
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  • SPORTS
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      347 31 BIG SCARE FOR TIGER WOODS ON DAY THREE TIGER Woods was at the heart of a security alert after an ugly bust-up with a spectator. Woods, protected throughout the tournament by five SAS-trained bodyguards, was verbally abused by an autograph hunter yesterday, reported the Daily Mirror. He lurched
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    • 148 31 The Mirror Internet. LAUGH FOR POLICE: British police searching cars and trucks in heavy rain for suspicious packages had their lighter moments. They asked one man to open his boot and Poppy, a spaniel police sniffer dog, jumped in. The soaked but amused policeman ordered her out
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    • 154 31 EARLY THIRD ROUND SCORES: 215: John Huston (US) 65, 72, 75 > Shigeki Maruyama 77, 73; 215 Brad Faxon (US) (Japan) 70, 73, 75 67,74,74 220: Lee Westwood (Brit) tti t -i 71,71,78; Tom Kite (US) 72, 216. *,)tsuyoshi Tomori jg. p ayne Stewart (US) 71, (Japan) 75,71,70 yg. Eduardo
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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