The New Paper, 25 July 1998

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Total Pages: 54
1 54 The New Paper
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    Masthead
    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1998
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      65 1 From ALL OF US I to 16 I What to I What will BH do when happen you take I to my gj the train to 0 savings in H Malaysia J n POSBank? M /Page 2 ml /Page 5 FOR ALL OF US his O levels, I'k lun /CIKH)
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      MIXED SIGNALS
      427 2 September 1993: Malaysia agrees with Singapore's plan to transfer all Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) operations from Tanjong Pagar railway station to Woodlands (on Aug 1). June 1997: Malaysia changes its mind and wants to stay on at Tanjong Pagar. Yesterday: Much to Singapore's surprise, the Malaysian government
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      Going to KL by train?
      148 2 This is what you'll have to go through when the Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (C«Q) operations move to the Woodlands Train Checkpoint, from Aug 1 until further notice Tanjong Pagar railway station Your baggage will be checked by Malaysian customs officers, who have been allowed
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      Lock icon QUESTION: What smells like Chanel perfume? CLUE: Think of ginger
      188 3  -  By Goh Chin Lian HOW is earthy ginger like classy Chanel perfume? Finance undergraduate Andrew Thamboo, 25, thinks ginger smells heavenly. "It smells like 'Crystal' from Chanel after you've let the perfume set for an hour." He's talking about the
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      SHOW INFO
      58 3 WHAT: The Ginger Rower Show WHERE: Jurong Bird Park Avian Gallery. WHEN: Bam to 6 pm today and tomorrow, 9 am to 6 pm on Monday. TICKETS: $10.30 (adult), $4.12 (child three-12 years), $7.21 (senior citizen). Special family package at $20.60 for two adults and three children (three-12
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      80 3 He picks up one-and PNco o( fame and love five-cent coins to buy food Star Jazreel Low worker talks about how dreams JHg Read these storiee and more in our 10th anniversary issue tomorrow. Vlty tWm KWFf^ My We must go on My 10 wishes tor Bus crash orphan Joan
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon How POSBank is different
    134 4 (Before the proposed merger) Ilt is a statutory board, not a commercial bank. It is governed by the POSB Act and not the Banking Act. 2 Since it was set up to promote savings, it only has savings accounts, and no fixed deposits or overdraft facilities.
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    Why?
    273 4 Singapore's jn biggest local B bank, DBS Bank, will take over POSBank, the ordinary person 's savings bank. This was announced yesterday by the Government. NG WAN CHING and JILL LIM report COMPETITION. Becoming stronger. These are two reasons why Singapore's biggest bank, and the biggest in South-east Asia,
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    THE BIG FOUR
    23 4 0118 $4,042,000/148 $38,915,000/238 UOB $5,327,000/115 $49,362,000/204 OCBC $6,396,CXX)/103 $57,423,000/180 The figures below are given in Singapore dollars. DBS $7,197,000/90 $65,151,000/170
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    How big they are
    97 4 THE top five banks in the world this year are HSBC Holdings (Britain), Bank of Tokyo/Mitsubishi (Japan), ING Group (Netherlands), Credit Agricole (France) and Chase Manhattan (US). All have shareholders' funds of above US$2O billion or about $30 billion, according to the annual Euromoney/Fitch ICBA. The
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    Lock icon My savings still tax-free?
    400 5 Look through these lenses. You'll see two bank logos melting into one. What will this merger of banks mean to smaller POSBank customers? A cleaner, a young insurance agent and a student put questions to NG WAN CHING Ny savings account? r A No. The current
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Top talent can bring in in-laws
      173 6 NEW WORK PERMIT SYSTEM: SINGAPORE will have a new work pass system which offers privileges to foreign talent based on how much they can contribute. This is from Sept 1, when the Ministry of Manpower takes over the issuing of employment passes. Top talent
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      70,000 illegal workers turned away
      103 6 MORE than 70,000 foreigners were turned away in the first half of this year. They had forged documents or tried to pass themselves off as businessmen or tourists. They were identified at 10 immigration checkpoints as foreigners trying to enter Singapore illegally to look for
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      Quote worthy
      69 6 Small matter, big concern Once f someone cut her hand on a loose doorknob in the office. Everyone was informed, right up to the managing director. And we went into action immediately, replacing all the doorknobs that might have caused similar problems. Mr Chan Chee Seng, safety manager
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      Lock icon Down came the tree
      56 6 Pi (jure This Crushed: This red car was crushed by a falling tree while it was travelling along Eng Neo Avenue towards Bukit Timah Road on Thursday at about Bam. The driver and front seat passenger suffered minor injuries and were taken to the National University
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    • News Break
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        Cancer back
        57 6 HEALTH PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong began chemotherapy treatment yesterday after a medical test showed that his cancer had recurred. The President, 62, had a lymph node biopsy on Tuesday. This involves extracting fluids with white blood cells to test them for the disease. Mr Ong's physicians have advised
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        Special day
        56 6 SCHOOLS FROM this year onwards, all schools will celebrate Aug 9 with a formal National Day Ceremony complete with flag-bearers and a march-past. Students will sing a song specially written for the occasion and recite a poem on Singapore's history. This will lend greater solemnity and meaning to
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        All fake
        65 6 CRIME ALL 2,008 medical certificates sent to the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Barn for verification are fake. The hospital has lodged a police report on the matter. A circular had also been sent to all public hospitals and health clinics in Johor to monitor staff handling and
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        Fewer go BMW
        59 6 CARS BOOKINGS for the new BMW 3-series was about 100, about half that for the 5-Beries launch last year, said Performance Motors. Last year, the Sime Singapore-owned company sold a record 2,550 BMWs, reports The Business Times. But the company said it would have to be realistic
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      world Head liners
      49 6 South China Morning Post: Fung Shui master linked to deaths CNN Interactive: 2 dead, 2 hurt in US Capitol shooting The New Straits Times: British Telecom buys into Binariang BBC news: A gunman has opened fire inside the US Capitol Building in Washington killing 2 policemen.
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      in FOCus phone jam
      149 7 /?u<& handphone users have been in the news here. In Japan, a new form of control is being considered, reports NEWSWEEK HELLO! HELLO! Japanese concertgoers are fed up with handphones. That's why Japan's ministry of Post and Telecommunications formed an 18-man panel. Their aim: To decide
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      El Nino's sister
      67 7 WEATHER THE sister of El Nino, the drought-causing weather pattern, could be coming. La Nina is created by unusually cold ocean conditions in the eastern Pacific, as is happening now. The weather office said if La Nina formed she was unlikely to bring heavy rain again. Her
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      Closed shop
      60 7 MALAYSIA A COMPANY that took in a few million ringgit in Malacca to promote the Commonwealth Games appears to have shut. It is said to owe MsB,ooo ($3,180) to an entertainment company, M 540,000 in advertisements bills and Msloo,ooo in phone bills. Its office grille was padlocked and
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      local Head liners
      42 7 The Straits Times: DBS Bank, POSBank to merge The Business Times: DBS to buy POSBank for $1.6b Lianhe Zaobao: DBS acquires POSBank for $1.6 billion Berita Harian: DBS Bank, POSBank merge RCS morning news: POSBank is to be privatised
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      No blame
      58 7 SILKAIR AIRCRAFT maker Boeing did not blame Silk Air for last year's Palembang crash, said the airline. Recent press reports had said Boeing blamed Silk Air maintenance staff. Silk Air said court documents submitted by Boeing in a negligence suit contained no such allegations. The suit has been
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      No to $30b
      60 7 IMF THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has enough money and can get more, says US lawmaker James Saxton. He wants to block the US giving the IMF US$lB billion ($30.6 billion). The Business 'Hmes reports. An investigative arm of Congress has found the IMF has about US$9B
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      Quote worthy
      133 7 Treat guests, VIPs the same Imagine having to be seated 30 minutes before the VIPs were supposed to turn up! The organising committee "ensured" the punctuality of guests who might "live quite far from the Ponggol Community Club" by asking them to be seated 30 minutes earlier. Ms
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      DOW JONES
      26 7 The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 4.38 points to close at 8,937.36 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 688 million shares.
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      54 6 ■|MpH 1 fflgi** irW j Mst\ Please come personally to our office or send in/fax in the fj3sa official entry form. W 1 VANDA TOURS i PROMOTIONS PTE LTD \&J |SO(Kw.»«d.Si W r.2IW4SW:W2W7F«:m7()W Official Entry Form Name(According lo NWQ (M/F) NRICNo: Race: Birth dale: Occupation: Address: Tel No: (H) (P)
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      100 7 ToUw HrttePto 1»7844g Cakcost 30 cents a m* @»«rl^ n rS* INMIZM7 INMIWB ftrtHfclGSr Cafe art SOcentsa mnJe nnu«» immmmm TOee&eHct HIGH TEA Every Saturday, Sunday Public Holiday (3 6 pm) TiJith *?iee 'ptosUi "Blue Mountain" Gourmet Coffee Spend wonderful afternoon the local selection of dishes we're serving for selection
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      This genius has dyslexia
      938 8  -  16 years later, they find out By Crispina Robert THIS BOY is a genius. He has an IQ of 172, which puts him in the top 0.1 per cent of the population. In every test, every exam he has taken at secondary school, he has scored
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      Lock icon What are his chances?
      366 8 A LOT of what happens to Lek Keong depends on how well he does in November. Normally, a student must pass his English exam for a chance to enter junior college or a polytechnic. But if Lek Keong can't do it, there is still hope for
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      WHAT IS DYSLEXIA?
      72 8 CHILDREN who have serious problems with reading, spelling and writing may by dyslexic. Some of the common characteristics of dyslexics are: Mistaking the letter b for d and such misspellings as writing selection as section, or band as brand. Or simply jumbling up words, such as writing
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      Cops to the rescue? No, just con men
      415 9  -  By Danny Lim WILSON Loh smashed a beer bottle on a man's head and then punched him. He was about to hit him with a signboard when he was stopped. But security operations manager Tiwary Ram Manohar's problems were far from over.
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      JAILED AND CANED
      100 9 LOH pleaded guilty to four charges of voluntarily causing hurt, assault and theft. He was jailed 45 months and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane on Friday. He could have been jailed for up to five years for voluntarily causing hurt, seven years for
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      Hello, don't you know this is a crisis?
      402 10  -  But isn't this protectionism? Retailer hits back BY Fong Foong Mei LOCAL retailers are taking a beating, and the World of Sports (WOS) chain is hitting back. Sort of. The sportswear chain yesterday ran a full-page ad in The New Paper appealing
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      Other retailers say:
      76 10 It makes sense to support yourselves before others. Howeverj consumers have a choice and if buying overseas is cheaper f how can I make them buy my goods? Ms Elim Chew, owner ofyouthwearshop 77th Street I'm in favour (of WOS's stance). Hopefully this move will help lift
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      CONSUMERS SAY:
      47 10 Why should I limit my choices? I buy whatever is cheapest, wherever it may be. Mr Sebastian Tong, 25, journalist Oh please. Do you have any idea what the WOS price is versus Patpong's? —Miss Sara Pereira, 24, business development manager, on shopping in Bangkok
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      Sickening routine
      65 11 muKmuK Tonnta sttr Gown Ivtiiiscvicf who wfll bt in town in October, fcanperatltkMsatf bafcfcef It Bel not change M* routine if bo's winning: For example, in 1992 at Wimbledon, I ate at the same restaurant, the same food, at the same time. They were looking at me like
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      Now get these...
      408 11 TNP 10TH ANNIVERSARY HUNT: DAY FOUR THE TNP 10th Anniversary Hunt continues. These are today's items. Get 10 backdated copies of The New Paper (any issue, even same dates, as long as it's not today's). A big '10' on any material (minimum height: bigger than The New
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      Discounts and goodies
      99 11 The first 1,000 readers to go to Suntec City with tomorrow's The Sunday Paper will get TNP commemorative Privilege Cards and goodies. Just go to the TNP-Countdown booth, which opens at 5 pm, at the atrium facing Carrefour. The TNP privilege card is produced with Countdown, an
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      133 10 DON'T DELAY! PERFECT SLEEP IS JUST A PHONE CALL AWAY! C 9 773 2311, 776 6388 IT'S SURE TO BRING A 270 1123, SMILETO YOUR BACK. IMMEDIATE -{J /f* "i7-»lA« DELIVERY Hwabhawtv y Ijjm M SINGLE $87 Duniopillo IV A SPRING MATTRFSSM S $157 QUEEN H >► DON'T $187 MISS
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      154 11 Islam Buddhism in the Modern World H MD Sunday 2 August 1998,3 p.m. DBS Auditorium The Islamic View of the Return of Jesus Friday 7 August 1998,7.30 p.m. DBS Auditorium By Imran Hosein From Trinidad Tobago Jointly Organised by Pertapis, Islamic Fellowship Association, Singapore Pakistani Association, The Muslim Converts' Association
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      59 12 3Com Palm Pilots, SPA Valley memberships, Ericsson mobile I f *1 NTU/NUS spacial plaa and LltaSarf, activated UlllU Mm t loir 1 «agee» UN. at all *K pbeaes... art a whole lot more. raiietrati where ifs blltllf subscribers art eligible fer the ceeb prizes end Greed Draw. M '""tec mssss
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon This MOTHER'S world is EMPTY like her DEAD SON'S room
      538 13 The ex-traffic cop who killed her son in a traffic accident was fined $10,500f0r negligent driving yesterday. And she? Better now, "but I will bear this pain forever", she tells TEOHWEENAK THE bedroom in the corner of the flat still
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      PENALTY
      58 13 Anyone causing someone's death by a rash or negligent act can be jailed up to two years, or fined, or both. The penalty for hurting a person by a rash or negligent act is up to six months'jail, or up to $500 fine, or both. For the first charge,
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      THE SENTENCE
      140 13 DEPUTY Public Prosecutor Ms Tham Yuet Ming wanted Tan Yen Jam, 24, jailed. She said the then Traffic Police officer should have known the dangers of speeding. But District Judge Louis D'Souza said Tan might not have been solely responsible for the accident. Tan was banned from driving
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      Lock icon A double dose of happiness
      379 14  -  Pick Of The Press Awards win brings... BY Jill Lim IT WAS a windfall for Madam Lilian Ho, whose husband lost his job last year. She won $12,000 in The Straits Times' Pick of the Press Awards contest. Then, guess what: More good news. "Winning
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      THE CONTEST
      100 14 THE ad that received the most votes from readers was Biggest to Germany for SLA by Batey Ads. SIA wins free space for eight full-page, full-colour ads, and Batey the 20 per cent media commission $39,520.26. The next most popular ads were Tattoo for Hutchison Intrapage by Saatchi
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      JAIL, JAIL, JAIL Will he ever learn?
      315 15  -  By' Teo Hwee Nak THIS hardcore criminal has been in and out of jail every year since 1994. He had committed a few serious offences, including criminal intimidation and thefts. Now, less than two months after his release in March, Chua Poh Leng
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      WHAT CHUA HAD DONE:
      40 15 1994 —Jailed four months for criminal intimidation. 1995 —Jailed three weeks for theft. 1996 —Jailed six months for theft and fraudulent possession of property. 1997 —Jailed nine months for theft. NOW —Jailed two years for theft.
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      JAILED
      20 15 CHUA was sentenced to two years'jail for stealing. He could have been jailed up to seven years and fined.
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      He'll cook for you too
      333 16  -  He cooks for Japan's royalty By Irene Kew HIS restaurant is still almost all the way it was 400 years ago. Call it tradition. Chef Eiichi Takahashi is the 14th generation to run his family's 400-year-old Hyo Tei restaurant in Kyoto. One change: His patrons
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      JUST FOR YOU
      51 16 Chef Takahashi is in Singapore for the World Gourmet Summit 1998. He will be preparing two dinner menus at the Raffles Culinary Academy, Raffles Hotel from the 24th to 29th July. The menus are priced at $200+++ and $80+++ per person. For dining reservations, call *****42 or
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      153 14 at Riverside Point ART DEiMONSTRATIONB Watercolour, Acrvlic Oil rresaed Flower Craft Stenciling Paint Effects rapier MAch£ Ceramics Craft Parchment Craft Peranakan Crsift JBtk* Straw Craft r Wood Craft Jewellery Enamelling Beaded Fridge Magnets Portrait Sketchings® Ribbon Craft Print Making Chinese Knots Egg Craft tffft Seasons Craft Clay Craft Mf Dry
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      235 15 SINGAPORE DISCOVERY CENTRE —i \JV J(r ...Introducing the SDC *?avHiCic4 Singapore Discovery Centre (SDC) is a world class high-tech edutainment attraction that offers fun, excitement and entertainment for the entire family. Check out the thrilling rides, virtual reality games, interactive futuristic attractions and more... Sign up for the SDC Card
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      95 16 A P Thrill to the latest and most I amazing France bridal and groom designs ever displayed VMf 1 or sold in Singapore! VJJ Also, top bridal fashions It t9b from Japan and Hong Kong. T 1 For your descerning pleasure, j 1 there's an extensive display of 1> T||
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      Goodbye to good buys?
      354 17 You may be taxed for purchases in JB IF you like to shop in Johor Baru, get ready to pay tax for that "cheap" sugar, milk, flour and many other items that you often buy across the Causeway. Imposing taxes on "controlled items" at exit points
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      CONTROLLED ITEMS
      54 17 There are 23 controlled items In Malaysia. And the list may be expanded soon by another 11, reports The Star. Items currently on the list include petrol, diesei, wheat flour, chicken, bread and fAr4ilSfAr# DnrAC llinca Tern users. rnCvS ot xnese items are set and can be Increased
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      Cut Clob trade? That's OK
      155 17 MALAYSIA'S move to curtail over-the-counter trade of Malaysian shares will affect Singapore. But Singapore brokers "took it in their stride", reports The Straits Times. Clob or Central Limit Order Book International Market (Clob) allows Singapore investors to trade in Malaysian stocks. It was set up
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      Lock icon Construction lorries must use Second Link
      124 17 Source: The Sun. SOON all lorries carrying construction materials to Singapore will have to use the Second Link. The rule will be enforced after the Customs checkpoint moves there, Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani said. "We will wait until the Customs and Excise
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      28 17 f/i£7V dishes J~' i^ M -*&Am $28Adult $24Student/SAF $15 Child Reservations *****88 prtc ubJtctt im d KUBLAI KHAN MONGOLIAN BBQ RESTAURANT 9 PENAN6 ROAD PARKMALL »04-01 r?""^F™n^<T*TT"?HPT ,^FTT"7n^^T*7"T^F»"^%"
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Now China is a 'friend'
      331 18 Source: AFP. INDIA'S Defence Minister George Fernandes, who previously called China his country's "enemy number one", has changed his tune. He sounded very different yesterday when he called for better relations between New Delhi and Beijing. "We should make all possible efforts to stabilise relations
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      Lock icon Shootout at the Capitol
      305 19 Two cops dead, tourist hurt Reuters. A GUNMAN opened fire in a corridor of the US Capitol yesterday. He killed two policemen and spread panic in an area packed with tourists. Police said the gunman was shot and detained, and a woman tourist was also injured.
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      Lock icon Politics as usual ...unfortunately
      547 20  -  by JILL LIM I DIDNT mind Mr Joseph Estrada a month ago. Back then, one candidate for the Philippine presidency was much like another. Mr Estrada seemed all right even though he was an aging former actor. Now, one month later, I find the thought of
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      Lock icon Five found dead
      300 21 Women 'in suicide pacf HONGKONG Source: Wire services, South China Morning Post. THE notes left behind told of marriages gone bad and sad love affairs. They were addressed to relatives of the three women and two teen girls found dead on Thursday in a Kowloon Bay flat.
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      Lock icon 'You can always warm up cold pizza in a microwave' — Japan's PM-to-be
      311 22 'You can always warm up cold pizza in a microwave' Japan's PM-to-be What has the fast-food got to do with him? Source: Wire services. JAPAN'S new Prime Minister-elect is called a cold pizza in the West. In Japan, Mr Keizo Obuchi (above) is known as bonjin or ordinary man because
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      So what's new?
      30 22 mu^mu]* setter, on the problem caused by the Mm It's the rich people I feel sorry for. They have never known suffering. We are used to it
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      Lock icon When the North snoops...
      424 23 Why North Korea spies on its Southern enemy... ONE agent dead. Search for two others called off. Just what are the communist North Koreans up to? What do they get by sending all these spies into rival South Korea? Often, nothing more than what looks like
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      OTHER NORTH KOREAN MISSIONS
      182 23 IN a daring raid in 1968, 31 North Korean commandos wearing South Korean army uniforms got within 2 km of Seoul's presidential mansion in a bid to assassinate then-president Park Chung Hee. In 1976, a spy team went more than 100 km into South Korean territory
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      COLD WAR
      76 23 THIS refers to the period of intense ideological differences and power rivalry between the two camps led by the world's two then-rival superpowers, the United States and the communist Soviet Union. The Cold War, which began in the late '40s, ended in the late •80s. Some analysts said
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      35 21 ■HIH SHBHMMnP I m 91 You Can, It Matters jff Lsiijfl Your ideas matter as they can make a difference. Youth Movement t MWmw»l w m mRBHttBHUBUB^mBfrw ti?l /K |3l *->-*•»-%*9 NAIIONAL yfIUTH (MUCH --SONY
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      95 24 i *ul- <? 3f af 1, I '♦f 1 I 0 -SUP 4/ I -r T» y I Cor THE COOLEST DESIGNER STUFF ISN'T FROM MILAN, PARIS OR LONDON. IT'S FROM TENNESSEE, KENTUCKY AND 7-ELEVEN. I '»«t i ii» i i t, ii "it! i.» i i i l)V I
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    SAVE THE KIDS
    455 25 STAR SETS UP CHARITY TO FIGHT SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN WORLDTODAY LATEST STATS Figures from Hongkong's Child Protection Registry show a 21-fold increase in child sex abuse cases in just seven years. There were just 11 cases recorded in 1990,229 last year The police Child Abuse Investigation
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    523 26  -  BAT'S A SUNDAY Yummy ideas pott Sunday brteakfrasT, bnunch and Lunch I -is. A SOUPY WIN I Guess "What's I Cooking" in the pot and you could win one of three 1 Everbloom Superior Shiitake Soup gift A packs. Details inside. r t DRAW A
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    510 36  -  JS«J!«^RACING Preview By The Three Musketeers TRAINER Malcolm Thwaites seemingly holds all the aces in tomorrow's running of the $600,000 Emirates Singapore Derby. Seven runners in a field of 16 is tantamount to covering all the angles. And, as punters on both sides of
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      8 36 Mparsonn ion lln« once lorrwono hIU the Jackpot!
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      82 36 I I If you have found something, you can advertise for free in Classification 821 (Found) to seek its owner. .Call C.A.T.ST at 1800-737-1166. CATS. Another Classified Service Be the first 50 readers to produce the coupon below when you buy* your copy of on 26 July '98 at any
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  • ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP '98
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      Lock icon I will not bow to PLAYER POWER
      515 37 ARSENEWENfIFR: AFP. ARSENE Wenger is not going to stand any nonsense from any player. For that reason the Arsenal manager has called off his pursuit of Dutch star Ronald de Boer, reports Soccernet. The Holland World Cup star signed a contract with Ajax
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      49 37 Soccer fever A cyclist passes by a poster of the English national soccer team on sale on a Beijing street. China signed Briton Keith Blunt, a former coach of England's Under 16 team, to a one-year contract as coach of its Olympic team. Picture/ Afp
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      Lock icon Chelsea's new methods
      231 37 Reuters. CHELSEA has turned its back on traditional pre-season training methods. It is looking to Italy in its bid to land the English Premiership title. And club stalwart Dennis Wise says he could not be happier. The man behind gruelling new training methods at Stamford Bridge is
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      OPENING DAY TIES
      56 37 AUG 15: Blackburn v Derby Coventry v Chelsea Everton v Villa Man Utd v Leicester Middlesbrov Leeds Newcastle v Charlton Sheffield Wed v West Ham Wimbledon v Spurs AUG 16: Saints v Liverpool AUG 17: Arsenal v Forest 97-98 SEASON PREMIER LEAGUE Champion: Arsenal Runner-up: Manchester United
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      Boo-boys ready for Beckham
      209 38 DAVID Beckham is being promised a "baptism of fire" by Birmingham fans today. World Cup bad boy Beckham was sent off against Argentina at France '98, which dented England's hopes of making the quarter-finals. And he is now set for his return to English soccer in
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      Man U's demands
      111 38  -  NEXT STOP NORWAY By Ian Brown MANCHESTER United has hit tour organiser Erik Ostli with a detailed list of requirements for its visit to Norway next week. And it has everything on it from the length of grass to the menu. United meets Valerengen in the Bislet
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      Stuttering Spurs
      158 38 TOTTENHAM coach Christian Gross was "concerned but not worried" by his team's woeful pre-season form. On Thursday, Spurs were condemned to their third defeat in four games, this time a 3-2 loss against Birmingham City, reports Carlingnet. Spurs were 3-0 down after 35 minutes at St Andrew's and
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      Lock icon BORO AFTER ITALIAN...LIVERPOOL CHASES BARTHEZ...UNSWORTH JOINS VILLA
      387 38 Wire services. FRANCESCO MORIERO: Middlesbrough manager Bryan Robson has agreed a £5 million (sl3m) deal with Inter-Milan for the Italy star. Robson also confirmed that he has signed fullback Gustavo Lombardi from Argentine side River Plate on loan until Dec 31. He holds
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      Title to who scores more
      372 39  -  HOW FANS VIEW THE S-LEAGUE RACE Stories/ J Ernest Luis BY now, it looks like the S-League championship trophy is as good as SAFFC's. Though SAFFC is level on 40 points with Tanjong Pagar in the table, it's on top because it has scored 42
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        31 39 CALL INFOUNE Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after 8.30pm today for the half-time scores and after 9.30pm for the full-time results. J Calls cost 30 T cents a minute.
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      143 39 SOCCER IN THE REGION Bernama. MALAYSIA will give serious thoughts to sending a football team to the Asian Games in Bangkok in December. That's if the tournament is restricted to players below the age of 23. Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) general secretary Datuk
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      Lock icon VIETNAM'S TOUR
      87 39 AFP. VIETNAM will send its football team to Austria for a two-week training ahead of next month's Tiger Cup tournament. This last-minute decision was an about turn after an earlier request by new coach Alfred Riedl to take the team to his native country was turned down. Vietnam
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      TODAY'S MATCHES
      30 39 BalestiervGeylang (Toa Payoh Stadium) Gombak vTanjongPagar (Bukit Gombak Stadium) Jurong FC v Home United (Jurong East Stadium) TampinesvSembawang (Tampines Stadium) Woodlands vSAFFC (Woodlands Stadium) All matches at 7.30pm.
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      105 39 HOW THEY STAND PW D I f A Pt» 1 SAFFC 18 12 4 2 42 18 40 2 T Pagtr 18 12 4 2 31 12 40 SCkytang 18 11 5 2 30 14 38 4 Ham* Utd 19 8 4 7 41 36 28 5 Batetfcr 18 7
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      470 40  -  RUGBY WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS/ASIAN RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP: SINGAPORE OCT 24-31 Stories/ Gerard Wong New zealander Andrew McCormick will lead Japan at the Asian rugby championship. "Yes, it seems weird for a New Zealander to captain Japan," laughed the 31-year-old outside-centre from Christchurch. "But I think I'd feel a
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      CONSISTENT RUGBY
      143 40 JAPAN must learn to play consistent rugby if it hopes to win the Asian championship and qualify for the 1999 Rugby World Cup Finals in Wales. McCormick said: "We must learn to play 80 minutes of consistent rugby instead of losing our shape in the final stages." Japan
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      'A born leader'
      176 40 HE created Japanese rugby history early this year when he became Japan's first foreign captain. National team manager Ichiro Kono, 51, said there wasn't any public outcry against the decision even though Japan's homogeneous culture is guarded about accepting foreigners as its own. He said: "There is
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      246 41 DUTCH OPEN GOLF Reuters. ENGLAND'S new teenage golf sensation Justin Rose agonisingly missed the cut in the Dutch Open by one stroke yesterday. He had earlier bounced back from a miserable professional debut with a six-under-par 65. Rose's level-par 142 total after six birdies and
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      51 41 Trooping out The United States Federation Cup tennis team (from left) Corina Moriari, Monica Seles, Lisa Raymond and Mary Joe Fernandez arrive at the Neptuno fountain in Madrid for an official photo shoot before their Federation Cup clash against Spain this weekend Picture/
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      Lock icon VIP treatment for injured gymnast
      208 41 AFP. PARALYSED Chinese gymnast Sang Lan will have the support of one of the world's richest and largest media companies. Sang, 17, China's vaulting champion, suffered a severe spinal cord iiyury last Tuesday when she fell on her head after performing a forward vault during
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      1063 42 Tv TODAY r Turn NOON News S Today 12.10 PMVR Troopers (Drama) J I ZW 12.30 LAHoat Ey* Witness (Drama): A W LWJIMIg beautiful blind woman finds a Eat, Drink, Man, Woman OT Tile ClSy JW Channel 8,10.30 pm witnessed a killing. P9HMHB II 7Tfts is the one that made
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      131 43 L > THE SKATE RAGE! *0 A'Okli' •Ni !V A '00' *«0 w '\nn .'i\i"\nion [!;'r!»n\ So' A rww .it Bishjn Junction S, Open PLi:j, Woun em -l\ oliio and dots .r av t\ a da:;!mo Pro Demo I' \ou re aa've do?' t rv ss our s :;i no
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    38 44 The New Paper celebrates its I Oth birthday tomorrow wHIrai daily reach of 458,000 readers. Some 86 per cent of them read another daily newspaper. Hmm,-wonder I which one catches more... picture/ ALVIN TOH
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  • @issue by Calvin Low calvinlow@yahoo.com
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      The naked truth
      542 45 Unfair, sensational. So say critics about some reports carried by The New Paper in the past 10 years. Why run such reports when they give a headache and a heartache? CALVIN LOW asks TNP editor P N Balji UNFAIR, said Hotline Plus caller Wendy complaining about The
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      Accuracy top priority
      400 45 WHAT journalistic standard does TNP uphold? Public interest ranks high with TNP journalists. So does accuracy. In the case of the gay magazine model report, Mr Balji says the inquiry conducted by the NUS was highlighted "because it showed the seriousness of the matter". "As it was
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      The 10-year itch... Time to change
      324 46 HAS The New Paper sunk from being a "national afternoon newspaper" to a tabloid? Yes, said Hotline Plus caller Mr Chia, after TNP's coverage of the gay magazine model report. Other readers, however, have observed that TNP is different from the stereotypical Western tabloid.
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    635 47 r The thinking behind The New I Paper face (3) 1 Mieart Jessica Leow THE pages are loud. Their colours are loud. Their headlines shout. They are different and sometimes so stark that they become the talking point. They have to be "heard" by people on the move.
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    651 48 We mind their business by Ivan Lim THE trouble is that some local showbusiness personalities get upset when we tell it like it is. They can learn from foreign stars who seem to be more "media savvy". Foreign stars are more inclined to acknowledge the fact that publicity of
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    Eye power
    492 50 m cAJvinlow@yahoo.com glance by Calvin Low VISUAL journalism. This was new 10 years ago. It's still hot. Mr Ivan Fernandez, supervising editor of TNP's art and photo departments, explains: "Some reports are quite complex. They may deal with economic or political issues. Others are visual in nature: How
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      176 49 A E Nirw PAPER Saturday, July 25. 1998 J (QI 1 Bold headlines. Graphic ul„ pictures. Page One. CUoC That's the first thing here about The New Paper to WWW "BDO IfwlitvPfl fvicHi! s®! f^| hit you at newsstands. llfljfflB; IjlluMf |\l] I frU [ffflffijj |||gj Designed to create an
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    801 51 b Y Brian Miller SIR Roger Bannister, the first man to run the mile in under four minutes, once said: "Nothing is as dead as yesterday's sports pages. "But still, when I read today's sports pages, I see that there is much ephemeral reporting, sensational prose littered with
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    From purist to populist
    536 52 TNP's approach to sports: byT R Ramakrishnan TEN years ago, I would not have written this piece. More rightly, I could not have written it. I was, as my editor calls it, a "purist". (As a purist, I would never use the first-person pronoun, I, in
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    576 53 (a) r by* PeteriLim Peter Lim, the former chief editor of The Paper, looks back at the conception, delivery and nursing of thlDbabyfrom 1987 until 1990 p DSfff belWfc! The odds an gainst premature baby surviving. Born before they are due, early babies face too
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    They're all 10
    94 54 We look at the The New Paper pioneers journalists who helped to launch the paper, then saw it dip, and later take off. Through good times and bad. Sounds like they are married but mercifully, not to each other... yet (cu 1 with MikeChua &Hud The others
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