The New Paper, 8 August 1998

Microfilm: NL21215
Total Pages: 69
1 69 The New Paper
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1998
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      51 1 Panic 1H KT V Party Don't listen to rumours: Dr M /Page 2 Girl /Page 58 /ji ¥> JrH > m TITTIH^H IM^H lAAAa^AA J" 7 Mgatr»liMM J*»«--f i MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS ill;; http://web3.asiai .com.sg/tnp lAno,herI Ano,her quali,y pub,ica,ion of Jg~ Singapore Press Holdings 11 J1 I vy 8
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      PANIC CITY
      557 2 PANIC gripped many people in Kuala Lumpur and Klang yesterday as rumours from an impending outbreak of violence to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's resignation swept these areas. People flocked to shops and supermarkets to store up essential items such as rice. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad
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      LIGHTHOUSE ISSUE
      112 2 JOHOR Umno Youth is planning to raise another issue concerning Singapore. This time, it is over the status of a lighthouse operated by Singapore in Pulau Pisang, an island near Pontian. Johor Umno Youth wants to know "the true status of the staff at the lighthouse which had
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      Give us that Garfield smile at the NDP and win
      110 3 Are you gotaf to watch the National Day Parade at the National Stadium tomorrow? If yon are, make sure you get The New Paper on Tueeday. Our picture special vHsooMlnotttheipoetaftofs. And you could be among Hie 10 lucky spectators to
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      Yesterme, yesteryou, yesteryear
      82 3 One nation, one people, one Singapore. It hits you every time National Day rolls around and w the flags go up everywhere. Before the big day dawns tomorrow, how about a quiet moment looking back at some of the parades gone by? m Hefle*ltt^T/FHfidoutortPage2l. WALKING TALL: Stittwalkßr—
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      The nice one siad sorry before she slapped me
      598 4 THRASHED BECAUSE OF CROSS-EYED FRIEND So you think that if you don't mess with bad kids, they won't mess with you? Then, stop and listen to Siew Lee's story. Four months after being thrashed, she is still a sobbing wreck. Her
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      SHE LIVES IN FEAR
      173 4 THE incident has changed Siew Lee. Madam Leong said her normally bubbly daughter is quieter. She won't go to school or come back without a friend in tow. She hasn't been to the shopping centre. She would go out only with her parents or with a
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      This cili padi is not nice
      460 5 Who were the kids who beat Siew Lee up? CRISPIN A ROBERT sees one of them and gets a shock STANDING at just 1.5 m, with her teddy-bear bag and Calvin and Hobbes T-shirt, she looked like a cute, little kid. Walking about outside
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      106 2 ESSI""" 1 ifwSBl IMS"! W» I !SSSn Itmsm /JSC- amernMbecause of the National 5 release this S^AfiD^ Day public holiday. We H year's second f~ ECONOMIC St. ISfl 1800-733-4455 will on Tuesday. Ml operate until 1 pm I I Which sector /SMs today. On Sunday, you j I performed the
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      99 5 ■■■vl M HI Urn i MjHMIHh' Hiflwmsffimm* Kich, creamy, all-natural Hfiogtn-Daß ice-cream. In floats. In milkshakes. In coffee. In sinful concoctions. Jn a cake. In a cup. On a cone. On your own. On a date. On a whim. On the town. On a stroll with the cat. Jit the
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Less pay to keep jobs
      258 6 war TO save jobs, trade unions have accepted smaller wage increases, wage freezes and pay cuts in unionised companies. And more organisations are negotiating to freeze wages, National Trades Union Congress chief Lim Boon Heng said yesterday. Mr Lim quoted figures to show that union
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      SIA MANAGERS GIVE UP RAISE
      89 6 MORE than 300 managers of Singapore Airlines have followed in the footsteps of the company's top executives and volunteered to forego their annual pay rise. SIA said that its 316 managers will give up their 4 per cent service increment voluntarily from July 1 this
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      Lock icon Can you stomach this?
      127 6 ft YOU CAN LOSE MORE THAN 30 KG BUT... TUMMY BAND: This silicone band is part of a new Australian method to help very obese people lose weight. The National University Hospital may try it out soon. The lap-band looks like a tube with a stethoscope-like
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    • News Break
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        Net trades soon
        65 6 U SHARES M YOU and anyone else in the world will soon be able to trade in Singapore stocks through brokers at any time on the Internet. And trading charges may come down in time. The stock exchange will open its online trading system to stockbrokers and
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        Currency down
        68 6 MONEY VIETNAM has devalued its currency by 9.1 per cent. Bankers backed the move but said a bigger cut was needed to boost the export of Vietnamese goods. The central bank set the dong "interbank pivot rate" at 12,998 to US$l, from 11,815 and narrowed its trading band
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        Slow take-up
        61 6 PROPERTY THE sale of new private homes could hit a five-year low this year. Only 2,100 new units were sold in the first half. About 5,500 units being built were sold last year. Almost 1,900 homes (9.6 per cent) were unoccupied at end-June. Another 12,000 being built have
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        Tanker spill
        61 6 enviro^^^H AN oil tanker spilt about 400 tonnes of marine gas oil when it hit a shoal off Horsburgh Lighthouse on Thursday night. The Singapore-registered Ocean Gurnard hit the edge of the South Ledge shoal. The oil should evaporate quickly and there is no danger of beach pollution,
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      world Head liners
      59 6 South China Morning Post: 67 dead, 1100 hurt in US embassy car bomb blasts New Straits Times: Ensuring survival of ailing but viable firms The New Yoric Times: Dozens killed as terrorists hit two US embassies in Africa BBC news: There have been bomb attacks on US
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      Lock icon Right royal mum
      121 7 News makers Reuters. AT 98, Britain's Queen Mother (right) is the country's longest living royal. The mother of the current Queen Elizabeth celebrated her birthday on Tuesday. She has remained an enduringly popular symbol of the monarchy amid all its recent trials and tribulations. The feisty matriarch
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      Struck off
      67 7 U COURT m A LAWYER who tried to buy a property in 1993 also acted for the sellers. For this conflict of interest and grossly improper conduct, Mr Khushvinder Singh Chopra, 35, was ordered by a court yesterday to be struck off. Three sellers had engaged Mr Chopra
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      Slow recovery
      67 7 ■11 mTim I M THE nation isn't set to see an economic recovery in the fourth quarter this year. The economy will be "slow for a while", Trade and Industry Minister Lee Yock Suan said, reports The Business Times. Analysts have tipped a quick rebound in the fourth
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      Babies barred
      58 7 ENTERTAINMENT I PREMATURE babies are being barred from Hollywood. A new law prohibits the use of premature babies under the age of one month in television and films. There was growing alarm over handling them on movie and television sets, for re-creations of birth scenes. The penalty? Fines
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      Chimps axed
      63 7 lamina The US Air Force has "axed" 141 chimpanzees, many of them veterans of experiments that helped the US develop manned rockets and supersonic jets. On Thursday, the air force gave away 30 chimps to Primarily Primates, an animal sanctuary, where they could have a life of ease.
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      local Head liners
      67 7 The Straits Times: Unions settling for pay restraint to save jobs The Business Times: OCBC interim profit falls 40.8 per cent to $201 m Lianhe Zaobao: Bomb blasts hit two US embassies in Africa Berita Harian: Employers' move to freeze pay accepted RCS morning news: The death
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      Quote worthy
      79 7 For the record This is a personal history of a man who, almost single-handedly, built a great nation from a small island. This is the first textbook in the world on how to build a nation based upon the personal experience of the man who has truly been
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      Dow
      30 7 The Dow Jones index of blue chip stocks gained 20.34 points to 8,598.01. Volume was 760 million shares with 1,974 issues closing higher, 977 lower and 542 issues unchanged.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Maids get 'save water' letters
      273 8  -  By. Jill Lim FILIPINO maid Babilyn Albinto, 24, got a pleasant surprise the other day she received a letter from the Public Utilities Board, (PUB) and it was in her own language, Tagalog. The typewritten letter, which came with a pamphlet also in Tagalog, was
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      TIPS
      41 8 Don't leave water running when brushing teeth. Don't flush rubbish down the toilet. Wipe dirty dishes with tissue paper before washing them. Thaw fish or meat using a basin of water, not running water. Sweep the floor before mopping it.
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      113 8 nprajgj Crayfisji Saprcffle pasta. I So delicioa§ it will I 6a-ve yoa frool^ed. I ■I Reel it] mir dth< i<ms i)r\\ seafood s|>JL>|fe||i < ieati"ll Will' .1 n|>o|i A !2."leteil bronii, hatter-fried Cra-v fisf». \en Zealand Greeil Wassels ai]d —~~*i j weaii-frcsfi Squid all ill a taimy Neapolitan Satire flav»red
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Kitchen light off. Candle lit. Hack!
      288 10  -  By' Teo Hwee Nak A CANDLE was lit, the light switched off and Miss lordanka Apostolova was fed poison and chopped in the neck in the dim candlelit kitchen. Why did Shaiful Edham Adam, 22, switch off the kitchen light and light a candle
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      WIFE IN COURT
      150 10 SHAIFUL/S baby daughter was playing in another room of the flat when the murder took place in the kitchen. Shaiful's wife, Madam Hezlinda A Rahman (right), who was also in the flat, said this yesterday. She was called as a defence witness for Shaiful. The pretty, petite
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      47 11 I f fop I Ci\ I W Js I A Yf I I MflVli OPIMS 2D fIUEUsj I ■v. yy '■>./ > The Mi Shop is where the action is. Of course, much like the lady and gentleman above, you'll have to move very quickly to get it. B
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      No point
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      How many places left?
      132 12 PRIMARY 1 REGISTRATION THE Primary 1 registration is into Phase 2C Supplementary. Registration for this phase is on Aug 12. This phase is open to any child who could not get admission in the earlier phases. And if you are still unsuccessful, the Ministry of Education
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      123 13 v- ,w>»ij';3>y|?fx .^SIIL'' .Il vi' l -^—.wii If JJPWMPMBBHBIHPWiBPBHBiWOHBBpHWpBIWWIP m J Volvic Pokka Andy Lau Tronsiftlnk cord MinoralWator cWn w ond a pock* of long Gordon m 500 0 (180g) riMjj^.f Marigold Marigold SBi £3 S3 $9.9OW^S I 50 0 ***** sr~ W $o*4o JB^P^Psl«7o- «w.-»cfaw What's a party without
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    Lock icon Feeding the hungry
    357 14  -  Free meals for jobless Indian nationals here SINGAPORETODAY By Goh Chin Lian THE simple rice packet was grasped with grateful hands. After all, Mr Anandaraj, a jobless Indian national, had not eaten for almost a day. The bag was warm. Satisfied, he slipped away from the crowd
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      56 14 El K IV at THE HEEREN SHDPS sse3li Sii k jci| ic irt£» dm I ler 33ri I Nat innal Dray iET aCDat Ancl wl ien yen i I 11 ly 3 CDs •<jjl at this s| jecial price of $19.85, V you'll yet: an additional j IMV HMV discour
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    And what does he do?
    382 16  -  No money. No wedding. Frustrated and drunk... SIMGAPORETODAY By Riana Zakir HE gets himself into more trouble... by stealing a van! Hawker Ng Kok Ann (above) couldn't afford a honeymoon or the important Chinese wedding dinner. Even a simple bridal gown was out of his
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      41 16 ''!>, :.,4./ viSyjß^®^■ T 4V"Wfe Ik, v f Sk A V v *L V V rsW IBFI^^ Brought to you by; Premiere 12 is a channel of Singapore Television Twelve More information on Premiere 12 programme* at http //www ttv 12 com
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      561 17 ■SBIH L— f AJb fl T" a Singaporean; my forefather arrived here in the early I YY\ days, back in the 1880s. Through the years, my jt* X. XXX family's fortunes have ebbed and flowed, just like jP^ the tides of our shores. I am a true son of the
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      94 18 Pager 5108 «IW nth every2uunis IMMEDIATE ACTIV/CTIDN at Hutchison Counter at salaried Cold Storage Supermarket •Bugfai JunctiiiTi Cantrapamt HaUand Village Jalita King Albvt Park Norfhpaint Katang Tbkaahiinaya Tampinas Tkang Bahru Woodlands World Trada Cantra 2 cartons of 'Coca-Cola', 'Diet Coke', 'Sprite', F&N assorted flavours (24 cans x 330 ml) or
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      234 19 SINGAPORETODAY Buy Berita Minggu and get free pizzas Bite into the Berita Minggu... I and a free personal pan pizza Enjoy the new look BenU Mmggu. and prr»on*l pen pux* FREE from Putxa Hut every Sunday from now to 30 Aug Pick up your copy of Berita Harian on 7
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      177 20 I 1 ■■^"5 As Singapore's Very Own supermarket chain, NTUC Fair Price celebrates this 33rd National Day with our fellow citizens by helping you save even more 8 e the ~^^UF "Jf 4 Our list of 33 REDUCED-PRICE ESSENTIAL ITEMS k A helps you stretch your I JQ|| ||J CELEBRATING
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Island hatching from an egg?
      222 21  -  By Goh Chin Lian TO WISH Singapore a happy birthday, nine-year-old Pan Liting drew an island hatching from an egg. The inspiration? Her dinosaur .Tamagotchi. In the electronic toy, a dinosaur hatches out of an egg. The Primary 3 pupil from St Anthony's Primary School
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      Lock icon Don't bluff, he'll get you
      386 22 About 180 senior police officers were Promoted on Aug 1. JASON TAN speaks to one of them, Assistant Superintendent Paramjit Singh, whose job is hunting down white-collar crooks HE thought the uniform was very smart, so he became a policeman 14 years ago. Today, ASP
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      CASES CLOSED
      207 22 TWO big cases Mr Singh's team cracked The African money transfer syndicates In the past two years, a few African syndicates cheated several Singaporeans of up to $84,000 each by promising them large commissions if they agreed to participate in schemes involving the transfer of illegal funds from
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      520 21 i i i (31 i i pearl r,ver palace 1*1"I I U I -*w~' ££re& enting* illfia/iyfun, < /zechuan, f/iaaujasiy and fKang zJivu Gui&uie at fiwtec (Jity. Savour a myriad of subtle flavours and a tantalising combination of authentic fare from X>m Rhf China. 4Ht Feast on quality dishes such
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      214 23 J t.♦ '< 1' Ever wished for the freedom of using a tampon but weren't sure how to? The solution -j The biggest obstacle to using a < jf j j tampon 15... well, USing It. Inserting one ML the first time is not easy... you'll be 1 v frustrated
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    Cabby with a card
    240 24 SIN6APORETODA Y FOR taxi driver Billy Tay (above), it's not enough to just provide a comfortable ride for his passengers. He even sends them "Thank-you cards". It's his way of establishing contacts. Said Mr Tay, 36: "I wanted to come up with something unique." Though he
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      6 24 PUB disco 1 I ■^^^^■sundh^^HUGU^^^P^^B I^^^^^^N^ektrhchhrge^^^B
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      226 24 Draw Results CONGRATULATIONS Grand Prize A family trip for four (2 adults 2 Children) to Movie World, Gold Coast, Australia. Ms Ang Chyi Woe, (*****914 D) 2nd 3rd Prize ClipFone Ms Tina Goh (*****297-2) Ms Choo Way Jiang (*****934?) f 4th 9t sth Prize Warner Bros. Studio Store Plush Mr.
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    Lock icon He writes songs that make him cry
    436 25 WORLDTODAY .Vvv'f'tvr/rA'v'i Cambodian leader Hun Sen and his Cambodian People's Party (CPP) look set to control Parliament following the July 26 election. As Mr Hun Sen prepares to set up a new government, we look at a little-known side of the former communist
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      331 25 hr ,v^T?S. v SINGAPORE DISCOVERY i tyA CENTRE Touch th. future JBY SBC at i onii %S.So an® y«u May just walk awav witii Mm°& In celebration of the cscsrd National Day.sdc« offering > special admission rate of tSCTv** person on all weekends (Sat Sun) in August What's more, you'll
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    Lock icon He sells 20 chastity belts a day
    266 27 11l HE says it can prevent a woman being raped. Women's groups say only increasing public security can do that. An inventor reviving the Victorian tradition of a chastity belt is causing ripples in riot-bruised Indonesia, reported The Jakarta Post recently. Mr Simon
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      19 27 I yes; I WE DID IT, SAYS MONICA /Page 32 wßw \i A^Kk\^MH M VI i u uMit jJMmk
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      110 27 |g;&® W TO MAY GARDEN Taiwanese restaurant Special Promotion <A. Live Lobster each I Limited to one per customer TOjflE 1 Next order is priced at jjjJp Special ingredients, Unique flavour I Taiwan Dantze Noodles (is4i*fHft) Only at S 1.00 per bowl I Item A B promotion only for dine
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      191 28 > 'The 1 Storm Riders' The Hecren Shops m I 7 111 I 16 Alio i > Spend S5O and above in a single receipt and stand to win a Pioneer DVD home theatre system or a trip for 2 to Hong Kong. Accumulate your receipts to w redeem for
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  • WORLDTOOAY
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      Lock icon CLINTON SEX CASE 'YES, WE DID IT'
      536 31 Not once, but more than a dozen times Monica Lewinsky tells grand jury r i i i Source: Wire services. BUT there's one possible reason why the President has denied all this time that they had "sexual relations", the world's most famous former
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      Lock icon In trouble over job offer to Monica
      117 31 Reuters. THE Clinton sex case has claimed a new victim. Mr Bill Richardson, US ambassador to the UN, was last week approved to take over as US Energy Secretary. But now the chairman of the Senate Energy Committee, Senator Frank Murkowski, has asked
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      So strange
      48 31 muimui Frandi movie star Catharine Denenva, referring to US President BM Clinton's nHagad affair wltli former White lionet intern Monica lewtnihyr America is a strange country. Most pornographic films are made here, and yet you have the US President on trial for having an affair. Incredible!
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      Lock icon 'I heard a blast and the windows caved in'
      401 32 —a survivor of the Kenya bombing WERE MUSLIM EXTREMISTS BEHIND THESE TWO BOMBINGS? Source: Wire services. FIRST a loud bang, then plumes of smoke before it started raining pieces of glass. That was the scene at two US embassies in Kenya
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      302 33 ijf Ok ■L>^ > f M y W M 1 1 Pm r w UF M ><N^^; SEN AO and SINGTEL MOBlLe\^!J^| a J A celebrate Singapore's JJ fa National Day, j we are giving you 33% off the normal price ($9B) for your stay "'llSi 1 This includes return
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      596 35  -  by Jill Lim THERE'S a short story by Jeffrey Archer that I read once. Here's the gist of it (some details are probably different): The minister of, let's say Nigeria, has to find out which government official is siphoning money from the country and banking
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      330 36 MICHAEL DOUGLAS 'SLAMMED GOLF BALL AT CADDY'S TESTICLES...' Source: Wire services. IF true, the allegations in the huge lawsuit facing superstar Michael Douglas are a nightmare on a golf course. A New York caddy, Mr James Parker, claims he was not in a safe
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      304 36 The long awaited exhibition by Singaporeans, is now back for the 10th time with more exhibitors (250 booths) and more merchandises (1000 over items) We are proud, we are prestigious, because we are made fn Indonesia NATIONAL PRODUCT, NATIONAL PRIDC. NATIONAL PRESTIGE Hall 3, World Trade Centre Singapore 6-10 August
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    458 38 EATS A SUNDAY I Yuojcny ideas port. "Earing Out On Sunday A s my lunch companions and I walked up a IX.winding staircase, and stepped into what looked like a classy furniture showroom, I told myself, "They'd better serve good food here. It will be
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      83 46 ju• *VifWIWW* j ™If Birthday wishes from Singapore's future generation w gk y WUBfOtU^f Jasinta Lim Yin Jeseica Yong siong Yi Desmond K.wan Zhenyu Age: 11 yr» Goh Jocetyn Age: 10 yre Pun Liting Age: 9 yr» ;)OTi33 R ?ffl»7HMp i fS^ §1111 Jftej? Leong K.wok Ming Age: 11 yrs
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      164 47 Wt Birthday wishes from ■MR Singapore's future generation fly |f M£tSm£mOs I Tan Zi 11 yrs Desmond Fu shao&her Jane Chang Mei Qi Age: 9 yr» K.wan Wei Da Age: 6 yre Sng Ming Hong Joel Tay Age: 5 yre TeoWeiJian Age:6+yr& sherminTan Age:&yr» for more information and enrollment, call
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      135 48 If Birthday unshes from Ag^fc. Singapore's future generation fS f Mmm9w£^U& ft tr+^Sisl Af&AfO RE^^ Kellynn K.hor Age: 7+ yra Nazurah Fltrl EJte Age: 7 yr» Adllah Btc Saad Age: 5 yre HlfclZll Z^M^ZIZ Lin Wei Age: 12 NlcholaeTan Age:6yre Huang Yingyi Martin Age:6yre EngGoiKJiia Age::2yrs Elizabeth Ng Age:loyr» NeoKwokYang
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      160 49 r*<': Birthday wishes from f T^fT 'Hi Singapore's future generation Q f M£M9l£mU9 Yashini d/o R. Age:9yr® Nondiyana Samsudin Age: 9 Sgrgne Leong Wai Wan Melanie Tan Age:7yrs i Wong Hui Wen Age:7yrs NicholasYeo A|KOyV Tang Meow Lin Age: 6 yre <3an Wei Keong Age: 6 yr& Lin Min Age:
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      807 50  -  Preview By- The Three Musketeers LYRICAL LAD has to be the best bet in this afternoon's card of 10 races in Kuala Lumpur. The five-year-old Australian-bred gelding scored a thumping six-length win over the I,Boom trip last Sunday. Although he has been penalised skg
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      159 50 AFP. BRAZIL'S sacked coach Mario Zagallo is considering legal action against Romario. It is over an unflattering caricature adorning the walls of a toilet in a bar co-owned by the Brazilian striker. Zagallo said he was appalled by his depiction in the Cafe Gol. He rejected
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      ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP WARM-UPS: THE BIG KICKOFF AUG 15
      276 50 SCHEERENVEENI MIDDLESBROUGH 0 England international Paul Merson is set to miss the first three games of the new Premiership season. He was sent off in Middlesbrough's 1-0 defeat by SC Heerenveen in The Hague. He was shown the red card by Dutch
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      45 50 Call e 1900-911-0001 Horse Racing Results available I hr tfltr Ik* fail net 4D Results VIFBIinr SVO 4-tmnrn S~~ IU*h trntcn < tut lOSOmmm** iwhpecito J+ CSTy AJJuhh*,! I Of m mmiHif imn kurft for mm« Ihinr Mm III vtmn i*l*l iftimLI ifd IHtn nuil iwurNf
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      41 51 the big kick off: august 15 Flower power: Philippe Clemente performed well for Belgium at France '98 LAN BROWN continues with his countdown to the Premiership kickoffon Aug 15. Today we look at solid mid-table sides Coventry and Leicester. Picture/ Reuters
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      238 51 COVENTRY CITY LAST SEASON'S FINISH: 11th UKELY FINISH THIS TIME: 10th WHO'S NEW: Jean-Guy Walleme, £700,000 ($1.96 m), from Lens; Philippe Clement, from KRC Genk of Belgium (undisclosed fee); lan Brightwell, free, from Man City; Robert Jani, £2.6 m, from Real Betis (pending work permit); Paul Hall,
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      Hairy prospects
      184 51 LEICESTER CITY LAST SEASON'S FINISH: 12th LIKELY FINISH THIS TIME: 15th WHO'S NEW: Gerry Taggart, from Bolton Wanderers, free. PRESEASON: Wins on a pre-season tour to Ireland, and then also against Swindon and Norwich. And it's been going to the players' heads. Taggart opted for a peroxide rinse
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      Lock icon FROM THE SUMMIT OF THE WORLD CUP ...TO THE PEAK OF THE PREMIERSHIP PETIT HAS TO PICK UP FROM A WORLD CUP HIGH
      55 52 THE CHARfTY SHIELD: ARSENAL v MANCHESTER UNITED, Wembley, tomorrow After CALM BEFORE THE STORM: Petit relaxing on a bench hours before the World Cup final against Brazil
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      ...Now for the mental test
      586 53 DOUBLE winner Arsenal will welcome back World Cup winners Emmanuel Petit and Patrick Vieira for tomorrow's Charity Shield. And the midfield pair, still buzzing from their final win, are worried how long it will be before they are worn out by the rigours of English
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      Lock icon CHARITY SHIELD
      150 53 Carlingnet. LiveonSCV's Panasonic Football Channel (22) from Bpm tomorrow Also live on Premiere 12 from Bpm CALL INFOUNE Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after 10pm tomorrow for the result. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. MATCH UPDATE Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson will name his back
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      DRINK WITH GIGGS. SLEEP WITH BECKHAM?
      187 53 PREMIER PASSION: WHAT'S HAPPENING OFF THE PITCH? LAN BROWN FINDS OUT If you want both of the above, the Man United megastore is the place for you. Up to 9000 turn up on matchdays. David Beckham is still the most popular name on the
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      LEE DIXON LAPS UP THE BURGERS
      155 53 I gather jrov're about to open another restaarant in Manchester o# el placet? I asked. "Yeah, that'll be the fourth, I'm co-owner of three now in Solihull, Birmingham and Glasgow,* he replied. H One of your m«it£S tokl mp you lovf a or lvTvfa!|
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      BECKS AND POSH: WEDDING. HONEYMOON PICS
      166 53 Man United star David Beckham and fiancee Posh Spice have agreed a million-pound ($2.6 m) deal with OK magazine to tell the story of their glittering wedding. That's around seven times the reported fee which Hello paid for Gazza's shoot. I understand the two-part
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      BAD NEWS. MAN U FANS? COLE IS HERE TO STAY
      159 53 THE much criticised man has pledged his future to Manchester United. The 26-year-old Cole was the Premiership's top scorer with 25 goals in all competitions last season. He said:' 'There's no chance of me moving because I love it at
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      'A matter of life and death'
      285 54  -  EXCLUSIVE SGULAM MEETS S-LEAGUE CHAIRMAN KWEK LENG JOO The S-League decided on Thursday to cut the salaries of players, management, coaches and administrative staff by 20 per cent. And the savings for the clubs could be enormous. REPORTS S GULAM jp>AYCU^ACT^^| It is estimated
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      AND THERE IS MORE TO COME
      582 55 Cut in the number of foreign players (five to four) Reduction in the salary cap for both local (maximum $5,000 a month at present) and foreign ($6,000) players Cutting down on training and travel expenses especially overseas Change in the manner of recruitment of
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      SAFFC to fulfil Asian commitments
      255 55  -  By Ernest Luis S-LEAGUE champion SAFFC doesn't mind forking out about $30,000 for four matches. This, despite the recent 20 per cent pay cut across the board in the S-League, and the weakened financial situation of the clubs. That's the sum SAFFC has put aside
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      Lock icon FLIGHT OF LOVE
      550 56 TanjongPagar United coach Robert Alberts is getting married on Aug 17 to former flight stewardess Thava Malar Thanabal. ERNEST LUIS finds out how their cross-cultural love blossomed HE'S her Dutch watermelon while she's his Indian miracle. As Robert Alberts posed with wife-to-be "Diava Malar, he started singing:
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      WE'RE YOUNG AT HEART
      40 56 Thava: You're old! Alberts: I'm not. I've just lived longer than you!" Alberts: I like funk and jazz, like Earth, Wind and Fire, and Grover Washington Jr. Thava: I like rock. Guns and Roses, Bryan Adams.
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      SPG: Sari Party Girl
      361 56 SPGs usually refer to Sarong Party Girls local women who distinctly prefer the company of expatriates. The SPGs came to light after two controversial books written by Jim Aitchison and Theseus Chan —The Official Guide to The Sarong Party Girl in 1994 and Revenge of the
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      MOST ROMANTIC MOMENT
      57 56 Thava: When we went for a holiday at a resort in Malaysia. When I came back to the room, there was a bottle of wine with flowers and big heart-shaped card that read in Tamil: Naan unnai karthalikeran (I love you). Robert got the hotel staff to
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      WHY I LOVE HIM
      56 56 Thava: Even when we came to Singapore, people would say, 4 0h! Robert, the married playboy!' or Typical old man with young SPG...' I love him because he's down to earth and for the first time in my life, I've met someone who doesn't tell me
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      ROBERT ALBERTS: THE COACH
      105 56 ROBERT Alberts made his name first in Malaysia when he led Kedah to Malaysia Cup success in 1993 with a victory over Singapore, coached by P N Sivqji. Since he arrived in Singapore three seasons ago with Tiong Bahru (now known as Tanjong Pagar), he has
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      MIXED MARRIAGES
      159 56 THOUGH both Alberts and Thava are of different races, both share similar backgrounds. For one, both are from mixed marriages. Alberts' father is Dutch, while his mother is German. Thava's father is a Tamil Hindu, while her mother is a Chinese. Said Thava: "My parents fell in love
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      Confident
      129 56 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE SUNDERLAND missed the promotion boat last season. But it kicks off its Nationwide League campaign with optimism today with the visit of Queens Park Rangers. Sunderland manager Peter Reid is defiant that his side will complete the job this year to get back to the Premiership. Sunderland
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      Oh, to be there with them
      563 59 Five hundred dollars. That's how much some people would pay for a National Day Parade ticket, we reported last week. Others willingly queilC for 1 36 hours (as 150 did this year) at ticket booths. Or Call repeatedly when The New Paper's NDP "98
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      Why it's BETTER at the Stadium than on TV
      52 59 "It's Just more real. Ifs just tremendous. Everyone is THERE. When everyone cheers, you cheer along. Can't help it. If you were there, you'd do the same for sure. Especially when there's singing. It really is a birthday party!" Trader William
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      If Hamish organised show...
      138 59 Note: For the NDP, many items are sponsored, volunteered and discounted. "Package deals" can sometimes be arranged since this is such a large-scale production. AN NDP show is, of course, a national event. It is put together by a lot of people. Even more participate in
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      What I would like to have
      376 59 MR Hamish Brown was quick to point out that his plans and rough calculations are "very conservative" for the two shows the preview and the main show. Creative concept Coming up with an overall concept will not be easy as new and exciting ideas
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      Too MEGA to consider
      149 60 "The creative effort alone, the conceptualising, would be immense." Ms Mary Loh, managing consultant at Empire M+C Consultants APART from Journey Promotions, The New Paper spoke to seven other companies that organise concerts or other events. But the companies either did not respond or declined to
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        Lies, damn lies
        87 61 LONG before the Internet was born, people sent chain letters. It could be about a get-rich scheme or a sob story. With the Internet, Net surfers now have to grapple with chain e-mail which are no less bogus the biggest hoaxes being of course, those "friendly" virus
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        Computer virus mythskumite.com/myths/
        146 61 USUALLY the messages come with this dire warning: "Pass this to everyone in your address book so that this may be stopped." Most of these "deadly" viruses have the potential to wipe out everything on your hard drive. Take the Valentine Greeting virus for instance. The message
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        20 daft things to do in an elevator
        332 61 I) Make race car noises when someone gets on or off. 2) Grimace painfully while smacking your forehead and muttering: "Shutup, dammit, all of you just shut UP!" 3) Whistle the first seven notes of It's a Small World incessantly. 4) On
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      252 61 mm v/>ic«s the ■M HOW to cope in a recession and still not give up the 5Cs? Redefine your 5Cs, that's how. HEARD on $oc.culture.singapore, the new 5Cs are: Or as another Net surfer wrote: 1. Cheap imitation watch Car (model No 11) 2. Credit line withdrawn 2) Club (community
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