The New Paper, 24 October 1998

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 302 2  - 100 for child if you are retrenched BY Michelle Ang EACH school-going child of union members who have been retrenched will get $100 in financial assistance next year. The one-off payment will also be given to every child of union members who suffered pay cuts and those earning not more
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    • 549 2  -  BY Yvonne Lim YES, they may offer a "temporary window of opportunity" for Malaysia to get its economy up and going. But only for now. Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew says, full-blown capital controls are cumbersome and invite corruption. FALSE SECURITY "They induce a
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    • 66 3 thenewstoday What's cooking. Dp M? A people-friendly budget, election budget, one analyst I ~7 a/oreign^^ SPENDING BOOST I J C fe\ V MfllflYslflN DimPCT (iD s?> next year. Budget deficit seen I r IP tllpU|L I Tax on locally<nade home electrical I as a must to pull country out I
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 820 4  -  SELANGOR HORROR BUS CRASH BY Teo Hwee Nak AMID the tragedy of this horrific bus crash is a Miracle and a Puzzle. Five people, including two Singaporeans, died when their Singapore-bound tour bus crashed into a huge signpost around midnight on Thursday.
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    • 173 4 Mr Low Moon Chai, 54, retired truck driver. The Low family were going to have a reunion last night. Mr Low would be returning from Haadyai. His wife and daughter were due to return from a holiday in Australia. But the father of three sons and one
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 242 5 E3 IF the National Wage Council announces a wage cut, there won't be any exceptions. Not even ministers, said Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang to The Straits Times. The wage council is expected to recommend wage cuts, including lower bonuses and a CPF cut,
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    • 37 5 *Q»"> This On the run: This race horse escaped while being loaded on to a van near Malaysia's Selangor Turf Club. However, it was reined in before it could go far. Picture/ New Straits Times
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    • News Break
      • 67 5 M STOCKS M THE Stock Exchange of Singapore has delisted Mid-Continent Equipment because its shares are concentrated in too few hands It has also rapped OCBC Bank for not informing the exchange that 90 per cent of the stock was allotted to five people when it handled the
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      • 59 5 ACHIEVEMENT MR KELVIN Lim has been named the Young Executive of the Year by the Rotary Club of Singapore North. The prize recognises his achievements as a fast-rising sales manager with Thomson Consumer Electronics and also his volunteer work with the People's Association. Mr Lim, 29, hopes the
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      • 62 5 j BEHAVIOUR 1 MONKEYS can count, according to US researchers. The Columbia University team found that two rhesus monkeys could count up to nine by pressing on groups ol objects in sequence on a touch-sensitive video screen without being taught. The monkeys were rewarded with food if they,
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      • 56 5 HONOUR SHE won an international flag design contest. Next March, Faith Tay Suan Koon, 33, a Singaporean visual arts student, goes to Holland for the unfurling ceremony. The flag is for the Permanent Court of Arbitration there, which resolves disputes between states and private parties. Miss Tay's design
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      • 63 6 LIVING CONSUMER prices fell 1.4 per cent last month, compared to a year ago. It is the fourth monthly fall in a row, and mainly due to lower road tax and car prices, cheaper clothing and lower communications costs, said the Department of Statistics. Food was one of
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      • 61 6 FOOD BEWARE low-fat pork, the Malaysian Health Ministry has warned. About 10 per cent of the samples it tested were found to contain a banned chemical, beta-agonist, which could affect the heart, it said. Livestock farmers used the chemical, which is a poison, to enhance muscle formation in
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      • 58 6 sTa SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) reported a 24 per cent drop in interim net earnings to $468.3 million yesterday. It has been hit by a fall in passengers and cargo because of the regional economic downturn. But analysts noted that the figure was boosted by a $126.3 million surplus
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      • 61 6 U CONSTRUCTION WHEN contractors and property buyers argue over design and workmanship, the answer is to have a neutral party's opinion. So says the Society of Project Managers, which hopes to have a neutral evaluator system up and running in nine months. It would have an architect, surveyor
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    • 36 5 The police cannot be everywhere, but if we have public-spirited neighbours, there will be fewer crimes in Singapore. Deputy Assistant Commissioner Noor Mohamed while presenting plaques to people .who helped the police nab criminals
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    • 22 5 The Dow fell 80.85 points to 8,452.29. Volume of shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange was 637 million.
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    • 113 6 News makers ITALY'S got a new man at the helm and he's its first-ever communist prime minister. But even as Mr Massimo D'Alema (left) made his maiden speech on Thursday, there was hardly a raised eyebrow in Washington, reports Time Daily. Not like in the Cold
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    • 78 6 South China Morning Post Hopes high Beijing will allow trip by Dalai Lama New Straits Times: Budget to stimulate economy Berita Harian Malaysia: Towards prosperity TV 2: A five-pronged strategy outlined in the 1999 Budget to revive the economy TV 3: This year's budget to preserve Malaysia's
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    • 68 6 The Straits Times: KL Budget waives tax for 1999 income The Business Times: Dr M dishes out a tax surprise Uanhe Zaobao: Singapore Stock Exchange delists Mid —Continent Equipment Group in unprecedented move Berita Harian: Dr M unveils budget to beat recession RCS morning news: The Israeli
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 305 7  -  NG WAN CHINE'S MONEY TALK By Ng Wan Ching SHE quit a good job in June, took a two-year lease for the ground floor of a Tras Street shophouse in Taiyong Pagar and poured money into making it a dance studio. It is a
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    • 352 7 Aren't you scared to quit a stable job in the middle of an economic downturn? Economic blues or not, I feel this is the right time for me. I was not happy with my former job as a bank officer, so when this opportunity came along, I jumped
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 844 9 Everest climber David Lim used to stride the mountains confidently. Now, after a crippling illness, he slogs eight hours a day to regain strength enough to hold a spoon, read a book, wash his face and walk again. CAROL LEONG catches up with her old colleague at
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    • 156 9 DAVID Lim climbed his first mountain in 1992. It was called Weissfrau, and it was in the Swiss Alps. This year, he led the victorious 13-member team up the Everest. "David was the energy behind the whole expedition," said team member Mohd Rozani, 30, a technician. He
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    • 548 10  -  LAST MONTH: Students of MengHar International Academy of Aesthetics claim they did not get certificates after completing their courses NOW: Students from its earlier batches allege that their certificates are fakes By Danny Lim A 27-year-old hairdresser paid the school more than $4,000 for an internationally-recognised beauty
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    • 115 10 MENG Har first made the news when complaints made to Case by 19 people who had paid for its programmes surfaced. The complaints were about high pressure sales tactics, non-disclosure of information and hidden costs. Some students claimed that they were made to buy thousands of dollars worth
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    • 557 11  -  By Riana Zakir HOW was your wedding? When are you expecting a baby? Happy questions like these are often popped to newly married couples. But not to these two. Instead, this couple were pelted with horrified queries from angry relatives.
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    • 152 11 MADAM Fatimah used to meet her young lover secretly, said a relative who didn't want to be named. "She would leave the house, saying that she's visiting her sister. "When the family asked her if she was going steady with him, she would deny it." According to the
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    • 187 11 MADAM Fatimah has no blood ties to her husband. But he is her stepson, from her ex-husband. She bore her daughter, Hazadilla Abdullah, from that same ex-husband. That makes Hazadilla half-sister to Mr Hazakean, who then became her stepfather. Hazadilla found that difficult to accept. At
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    • 54 12 murmur South Korean plot Lee Joo Halt 28, who it making a solo flight aronnd the world in a 25-yoar-oW single-engine airplane, on hit creative way of answering nature's calk There's always the problem of looking for a place to relieve myself on long trips. But I've been
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    • 39 12 Madam Ayadurai Viya IKumari, head of department (Mathematics) at Park View Primary. Madam Trudy Um, an executive sub-editor at The New Paper whose son is in Primary 1 this year. Mrs Celine Fernandez, principal of Yishun Primaiy.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 657 14 The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Music and Drama Company is celebrating its 25th anniversary. It has nurtured many bright talents in the arts field. JILL LIM dredges memories ofNS days from two "graduates" MD£ Roll of Honour (Some names...) Dick Lee
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    • 132 14 THE SAF's Music and Drama Company was established in 1973 to boost the morale of soldiers and to communicate Mindef and national education messages through entertainment. It has put up road shows at army camps, done items for events like the National Day Parade
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  • 487 15 MALAYSIATODAY FROM PAGE 3 Source: Wire services. THE Malaysian doctor has done exactly the opposite of what a well-known international doctor had ordered earlier. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday prescribed Budget 1999 as the medicine to cure the sickly economy. The RM6S
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 506 16 BILL Gates (right) may not be a monster. He may be a genuinely nice guy, married, a kid, a home (what a home!). But if he proven to be a monopolist, or trying to be one, then, sorry Bill, nothing personal, but we
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    • 285 17 MALAYSIAN national badminton veteran Rashid Sidek had a rotten time in Amsterdam recently. He arrived at Schipol airport on Sunday, in transit for a connecting flight to Singapore departing at noon the next day. He expected to have a quiet time but ended up in
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    • 66 17 muAnuit "The weight stuff that goes on in the papers just makes me ill because there are so many young girls out there whose minds are being messed up by this, and I think it should just stop." Curvy Titanic star Kate Wlmlct, 23, was intently
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  • 310 20 THENEWSTODAY AFP. GERARD Depardieu, France's biggest movie star, faces disgrace. He may be stripped of the prestigious Legion of Honour and the Order of Merit because he was found guilty of drunk driving after a motorbike accident last May. The Order's Grand Master, General
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 284 21 AFP THEY killed babies in Denmark so that they could stuff the corpses with heroin. They then handed the "goods" to women who pretended to be the babies' mothers. The women then travelled to Norway to complete the smuggle. The gruesome details of a Vietnamese
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      230 21 EX-TEACHER WITH TEEN LOVER Reuters. MARY Letourneau, 36, (right) will not face new child-rape charges. Jailed in February, the ex-primary school teacher is serving a 7 Vi -year sentence after she was caught with the father of her two daughters an unidentified boy who's 15. She was
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    • 495 22 MID-EAST SUMMIT Source: Wire services. NOT enough sleep, eyes puffy, lots of cajoling and nudging. But President Bill Clinton proved himself to be a diplomatic genius. He brought together Israeli and Palestinian leaders this morning to sign a longdelayed security-for-land deal. (See
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    • 157 22 BITTER enemies signed deals which many thought were impossible today in Maryland before President Clinton. The two enemies Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat even shook hands. They agreed on a "land for security" deal which is being hailed as a breakthrough after 19 months
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    • 278 31 ASIAN VETERANS' ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS SINGAPORE'S veteran women athletes have hit it big again. This time at the Asian Veterans' Athletics Championships in Okinawa from Oct 14-19. The women won five gold, two silver and three bronze medals. Top among them was Oh Ah Kiaw.
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    • 123 34 DO foreign-born players have to dress like samurais during training in order to play rugby for Japan? Fijian winger Patilai Tuidraki (pictured above in a "flying" pose) who is playing for Japan in this week's Rugby World Cup Qualifiers certainly looks like one in that strange-looking
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    • 587 35 DERBY COUNTY* MANCHESTER UNITED (TODAY) FIXTURES TODAY: Aston Villa v Leicester Charlton v West Ham Derby v Man United Liverpool v Forest Sheff Wed v Everton Saints v Coventry Tottenham v Newcastle Wimbledon v Boro TOMORROW: Blackburn v Arsenal Leeds v Chelsea THEY say opposites attract. And
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    • 163 35 Reuters. JULIAN Joachim may be a hero for the goal which gave Aston Villa victory in a Uefa Cup tie against Celta Vigo on Tuesday. But he can still expect to w#tch today's Premier League match from the bench. The 24-year-old Joachim's 15th-minute goal gave the
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    • 600 36 DI CANIO OUT FOR 11 GAMES, FINED $27,500 PREVIOUS BANS 1 Billy Cook (Oldham; 1915): Received a 12-month ban for refusing to leave the field after he was dismissed when playing at Middlesbrough. 2 Billy McLafferty (Stenhousemuir; 1992): Banned until Jan 1,1993 (just over eight months) for
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    • 168 36 Reuters. MARK luliano's reputation for uncompromising tackles makes him an unlikely peacemaker. But the tough Juventus defender has turned soccer diplomat ahead of tomorrow's Serie A showdown against Inter-Milan in Turin. Six months after referee Piero Ceccarini's failure to award a penalty for luliano's bodycheck on
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    • 52 36 AFP. WORLD champion France has pulled out of the Confederations Cup, due to be played in Mexico next January. France was to represent Europe in the eight-nation tournament. The other countries taking part in the Confederations Cup are Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Bolivia, Egypt, Brazil, New Zealand and
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    • 54 35 TV ACTION TODAY Tottenham v Newcastle: Live on SCV's Football Channel (22); 9.55pm Also live on Premiere 12,9.55pm Derby v Man U: Delayed telecast on Channel 22; 11.55pm TOMORROW Blackburn v Arsenal: Live on Channel 22; 11.55pm Also live on TV 2, from 11.30pm Leeds v Chelsea: Delayed telecast on
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    • 429 37  -  TIGER BEER SINGAPORE CUP: Ist leg semi-finals TOOAY: Sembawang vs SAFFC I TOMORROW: Home United vsTanjongPagar (Yishun Stadium, 7.30pm) (Bishan Stadium, 7.30pm) By S Gulam FOOTBALL has a habit of throwing up the unexpected. That's what makes it the most exciting game in the world.
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    • 63 37 FORMER internationals S Rajagopal and V Sundramoorthy will make guest appearances for Singapore Indians in an exhibition match against the Singapore National Cooperative Federation tomorrow. The match, at the Ramakrishnan Mission Boys' Home in Bartley Road, is a Harmony Day community project by the cooperative. The residents of
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    • 899 44 THE NEW PAPER Saturday, October 24,1998 (fll TV Saturday Sunday channel channel channel channel 6.00 AM Wild Guide 6.00 AM Huka Muka 6.00 AM Extremists 6.00 AM Chinese Culture of Tea 6.30 Travel Travel 6.30 Bow 6.30 Pathfinders 6.30 Tea Brewer 7.00 AH Saturday 7.00 Good Horning Singapore 7.00 Newton's
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