The New Paper, 19 December 1998

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    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1998
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  • STRIKE AGAINST IRAQ
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      Lock icon 'We'll not kneel except to...'
      491 2 Saddam defiant in first TV talk since bombing Wire services. FOR nearly 48 hours after parts of Iraq were rocked by US missiles, the "mother of all targets" remained hidden from public view. Yesterday, President Saddam Hussein, 61, finally took to the airwaves even as
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      WHY DO THEY HATE HIM SO MUCH?
      106 2 THE US believes that Mr Saddam still harbours dreams of dominating the oil-rich Gulf with his military might. He plans to do this by secretly building up his stockpile of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons. Of course, other have such weapons, too. But
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      WIN PERTH TRIP
      59 2 A TRIP to Perth in West Australia awaits you if you help our cartoon character, Kong-Kong, guess what he's going to get for Christmas. Other prizes include a Superstar Leo cruise and trips to Bangkok and Jakarta. The contest is organised by NTUC Club, an organisation with
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      Debate gets bitter as oust Clinton vote
      239 2 WITH loyalties in the US Congress fiercely split down party lines, the atmosphere is bitter. The 228 Republicans and 206 Democrats are not mincing their words on the floor of the House of Representatives. It is a historic debate on the impeachment of
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      Missile War
      354 2 More missiles have been fired at Iraq in the past three days than during the entire 1991 Gulf War. Here's a rundown of what the state-of-the-art Tomahawk missile can do and the damage that it's caused in Iraq TOMAHAm<MISSI^AS^ACTS COST: Latest version with titanium-covered warhead and delayed fuse,
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      draws closer
      56 2 worthy people." Democrat John Conyers said: "Impeachment was designed to rid this nation of traitors and tyrants, not attempts to cover up an extra-marital affair." Mr Peter King was the first Republican to announce he would vote against impeachment. But other Republicans staunchly defended their stand. AFP. WILL
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      WHAT NEXT IN THE PROCESS?
      123 2 WHEN it is ready to meet, the Senate will ask the House for the articles of impeachment, or charges. The Senate will remain in session, likely from next month, until the trial ends. The trial starts daily at noon, with William Rehnquist, as Chief Justice
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      WIN HANDPHONES
      73 2 BE a Hotline Plus caller and you stand a chance to win one of 15 Motorola handphones. For the next three months, four handphones a month will be given away for the best tip-offs. Models include the Startac 80, Motorola D 368 and Motorola D 560. Another three
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    COME AND PARTY THIS CHRISTMAS
    283 3 SINGAPORETODAY WHAT: The New Paper X'mas Party WHEN: Christmas Day, Dec 25, 7-9 pm WHERE: Vogue Disco Pub and Wine Bar Central Mall, 7 Magazine Road WANT to spend your Christmas Day with MTV babe Belinda Lee? This is your last chance to et down
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      69 3 Canning Park Hotel A New Hotel With 175 Rooms A Christmas '■'v New Year Special *vht Ifr FREEGifish \slo voucher a bottle of drink on the house/ N. (voucher redeemable on next visit for overnight stay only) Christmas New Year (Eve Day) Rates Mm. charge $18,00 Overnight Rate <t*7Q Citl
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      No use knowing
      220 5 m ERP COMMUNICATION ZONE LTASAYS: THERE is a 10m communication zone, before the first ERP gantry. In this zone, the Electronic Road Pricing system first starts "talking" to your lU, telling it how much to deduct from your Cash Card. So if your Cash Card is not
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      Lock icon PICture This
      43 5 SECRET STASH: A customs officer showing how an illegal immigrant hid in a special compartment in this Malaysian-registered Audi. Looking on is customs officer Marai Malai, who discovered the suspect at the Woodlands checkpoint early on Thursday. Picture/ The Straits Times
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    • News Break
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        $1m scam
        60 5 COURT A CASINO manager with a Star Cruises liner planned to cheat his employer of $1 million with three others by cashing a forged gambling voucher. He worked with an agent who gets gambling customers for cruises, a gambler and his friend. Fong Choon Meng, 35, a Malaysian,
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        No proposal
        53 5 CAUSEWAYI THE Singapore Government said it has not received any official proposal from the Malaysian government on the development of a bridge to replace the Causeway. Engineering firm Transwater Corp Bhd had said the Malaysian government had given in-principle approval to the Gerbang Perdana Sdn Bhd consortium to
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        No more yet
        53 5 BUS NO big initiatives to boost the economy are likely to be unveiled in the coming budget. So said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. He said this was because i would be too soon, as the government is still monitoring the impact of its recently announced
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        More teachers
        60 5 JOBS THE Education Ministry is recruiting more teachers, I thanks to better pay and promotion prospects, and the economic downturn. From August to mid-December, 1,352 teachers were recruited. Only 365 teachers were recruited over that period last year. So the ministry is on track to meet its target
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      DOW JONES
      28 5 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 27.81 points to close at 8,903.63 points yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 835 million shares.
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      world Head liners
      48 5 International Herald Tribune: House prepares to vote against Clinton Philippine Daily Inquirer More bombs rain on Baghdad; 25 die Berita Harian Malaysia: US will still attack during Ramadan BBC news: US and British aircraft have been carrying out a fresh round of strikes against Iraq
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      Trade faces haiiy issue
      207 6 Pmus THE China-US trade partnership is being put to the test yet again with the discovery that dog fur has been used in winter jackets sold in the US. The South China Morning Post reports that Burlington Coat Factory, the largest coat chain store in the
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      More upbeat
      64 6 economy™ MOST Singaporeans who were polled eight in 10 are more confident about the economy now than when the crisis began, a survey by The Straits Times survey found. But many of the 461 are not confident about the next three months. The findings will be used for
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      Granny found
      56 6 JOBS THE grandmother of the toddler found at an Ang Mo Kio playground has come forward. The 38-year-old cleaner thought the child was with the babysitter and realised only on Wednesday evening, when she watched the television news, that her granddaughter, Nurul, was lost. The child had been
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      local Head liners
      51 6 The Straits Times: US steps up missile attacks The Business Times: HK acts to open up banking sector further Lianhe Zaobao: Gore: Strike may continue in Ramadan Berita Harian: US, Britain continue to bomb Iraq RCS morning news: The US House of Representatives opens debate to remove
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      Cheaper homes
      58 6 property I SALES of new private homes this year have reached 7,100 similar to last year's, says property consultant Jones Lang Wootton. Private apartments and condominiums in the prime belt fell 26.5 per cent to $735 per sq ft of floor area and non-prime areas dropped 16 per
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      Enough credit
      57 6 MALAYSIA^* MALAYSIA doesn't need a loan from Singapore because it's getting enough from Japan and commercial banks, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He wants to avoid a water-for-temporary-money deal and wants to "settle this railway problem, this CIQ problem, the Clob problem, the CPF
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      Tongue in Cheek
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      Quote worthy
      53 6 7" J K^ ed to 17° i n t° teaching as the m+rieiiifdiistry is in aslump. The pay's better f I get medical benefits and even my own computer. Acclaimed Hongkong film director Ann Hui (above) on her five-month teaching stint at the City University of Hongkong which
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      'Like looking in a dark room with a blindfold on'
      626 7 THE good professor is not a happy man. He looks tired and he's nursing a flu, but that's the least of his problems. The man in Prof Oetaijo Diran has seen body parts being lifted up and families crying. The
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      A heartbreaking sight
      252 7 WE were given permission to see the wreckage of MI 185, which lies in 42 brown boxes at an old hangar in Curug Tangerang, an hour's drive from Jakarta. And what we saw was heartbreaking. Tonnes of metal, all twisted beyond recognition. Seat belts torn to shreds.
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      Lock icon HEARTBREAK MEMORIAL
      529 8  -  Flowers will be laid... tears will be shed... but the memories will never fade away Report MELVIN SINGH in Palembang IT was as if the heavens cried yesterday. It poured at the site where a 10-month old Boeing 737 fell from the skies one year ago. On this
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      NO FIRM ANSWERS
      194 8 INVESTIGATORS into the crash of Silk Air flight MI 185 say they hav6#ofar ruled out terrorism. Unsatisfactory materials maintenance, weather conditions and air traffic control problems have also been ruled out as possible causes, reports The Straits Times. Professor Oetaijo Diran, chairman of the Indonesia Aircraft Accident
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      61 7 all»et\K chri J^'oay*• SwtourDm (tavours^^ of the feitfvc season H at Merchant Court Hotel 1 fJrOti"* o^1 Singapore's Only Uriw .rhristmas Day. I Chri^l^N.tW' o*'0*' I NewW* thF ,rstDrink 8 I MERCHANT CCXJRT si r°" E m MANACtD BY RjtfVi INTEIINATIOMAI V for 2 ad J/j? 20 MMCHANT ROAD SJNGAPC*£
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      149 9 SONY I I 4 4 V >~. I 1 1 m. MOV MACI c: NOWSI>IL I. I N INTO /<* EA I. LI IE 1 L I—J J 1 J Ixpcrience Ihe realism of Son\ Home I heater Systems and you'll ne\er settle lechnologv that recreates the exact acoustic experience
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      As I was ZZZsaying...
      372 10  -  LAWYER CAUGHT SLEEPING IN $1 MILLION CASINO CHEATING CASE By, Jason Tan HIS client was in the dock, and had pleaded guilty to a charge of conspiring to cheat in a $1-million scam. Defence counsel Kesavan Nair was sitting in the lawyers' bench, with his head
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      The one my
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      Free tickets to Fragile Forest
      202 12 WALK among African antelopes and giant iguanas. Check out the giant millipedes and rhino beetles. If you are lucky, you may even be brushed on the face by free-flying butterflies. The Singapore Zoological Gardens' latest exhibit the Fragile Forest offers all these and more. Get
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      Get ST weekly for quick news
      88 12 WHY subscribe to The Straits Times Weekly? To get the week's top news summarised for you. Subscribe by Jan 22 and you could win a $600 Brother Color Whisperwriter in a lucky draw. You get one shot at winning this prize with six months'
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      162 11 a An dip of mystery 'this Christmas at tfotef gtjL Fm^7A M $f 9rwtt [Standard Double Room] met appocacxa for uranw ava ana wv nar ava A mystery gift*, attractive goody bag and one (1) complementary bottle of sparkling wine for guests staying overnight > DDZVNII I A 2 W
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      75 12 I. DLI) 1 E A F I TA I WA N > R H< T I RA N T .1 I I- I I II I I' I N t i v i V \i o \i i ion *s 2(> <i ii i li c r I<m t i
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      212 13 ✓yT ak e H. a But most "shiok" of all is that X you will be given an entry I i :A# u 4.1 coupon to take part in the m "Shiok Shiok" X'mas Draw with jC.% MFTlhi 1 C m/m m l over $30,000 worth of prizes >FjH *I#.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Dad: I didn't think it was dangerous Reason: I had put my babies outside windows before
      825 14  -  NEWBORN BABY FALLS 11 STOREYS TO DEATH By' Teo Hwee Nak IT was not the first time that Mr Mohd Rashid Amat had put his newborn babies outside the llth-storey kitchen window. His reason:
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      No pictures of baby at all
      250 14 THE four framed family pictures on the wall were awaiting a fifth one including the family's fourth and latest addition, Ahmad Hidhir. But there would be no new pictures, for no pictures had been taken of the eight-day-old baby. And the smiling faces on
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      MUM COLLAPSES IN TEARS
      222 14 THE sombre mood in the four-room flat was only broken by the children, who were as noisy as ever. Then Madam Suriah Mohd Amin limped weakly in, her eyes red and swollen, her cheeks still wet with tears, and her hair dishevelled. And the flat went
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      EH... WHAT'S UP. DOC?
      274 15 GETTING any better? Yes, that's what the Ministry of Health (MOH) wants to check: How good are our doctors at making patients better? The ministry is coming up with standard tests to check on the effectiveness of treatment patients receve. Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister for
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      77 14 HELP KONG-KONG HELP KONG KONG ANDWIN FABULOUS PRIZES. 2WAYSTO ENTER: O MrttnvourMrvh •3CV2N stay at GMngHoM to-2 persons •30™»toy a ,Ba a m^a te„rt )< xJp.^s« m to nv^.K aallyßraMMt transler 3D/2N t CCa t^ ,iveria R ,or 2 pereons 00 t^Su P wStarLa |nB 1 Stateroom for 2 persons
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  • Page 14 Miscellaneous
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      148 14 I s v: <!^l, going > yet Well, if you're imaginative, Both! Why? Because if you drop it, B rne ls a '"strument which yoii can use it to illustrate 1 just one more 11 LJ it might not be able to f "A Jt X I can put .n
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      82 16 NOW SHOWING l, >!iligL magi* 7 i r~i n I'l'fJ fCE •:<" ,j v r |llM[l(NMI(l\\l \~Z T~| I )ki amW wks wwv\ PI IlkV I'l pi I nil tf pi< iuwis 1 1 I I PIC I I'KKS See individual cinem.i listings for showtimes Original soundtrack featuring the siiii»lc
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Taking frogs apart to putting loans together
      363 17 (NUS' new programme could have made this easier) Next year, the National University of Singapore will introduce a core curriculum programme. Students can take it on top of their majors and electives. One NUSgraduate now in the working world— tells WOON WUITEK why
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      WHY TAKE A CORE SUBJECT?
      93 17 OBJECTIVE: To produce graduates who: Have "finely-trained" and agile minds. Can understand different ways of thinking and can write, make decisions and reason well. SUBJECTS: History of Singapore and the Asia-Pacific, social and economic analysis, culture and contemporary societies, human behaviour, literature and biology. THOSE
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    It could happen to you
    156 19 SINGAPORETODAY RETRENCHED worker Mr Soh Kah Hock (above), 29, picked up his daily copy of Lianhe Zaobao at the Eunos Interchange Stop Press Kiosk on Wednesday. And found himself richer by a cool $1,000 cash. It could happen to you too. Just buy a copy
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      90 19 Y r Valw-ffor-<J\Umii% m Christmas INew $<ar International Buffet Menu Assorted Cold Cuts Ricotta Baked Mussel, Roast Turkey with Traditional Sauce Chicken in Mulligatawany Sauce Roast Leg of Lamb Fusili with Chicken Tempura Prawns many more 24, 25, 31 December 1998 01 January 1999 Lunch $15,80*" or Dinner® $22,80"* Lion
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      40 19 Know anything that touches your heart? my KU ppi 1 1 1 «P i You could win a Motorola handphone! M MO TOFtOL. A 'I I LAW AN V Wk> I PEDANGV T BOLEH, s* wSFLaju? BSBeh m P s
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    Punched, chased and whacked with a baseball bat
    216 21 BRITISH ROAD RAGE CASE WORLDTODAY A VICTIM of road rage was knocked senseless and has problems recalling his nightmare. The road bully allegedly bashed him repeatedly with a baseball bat in front of his family after a high-speed car chase in Britain.
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      295 21 IfVrwfM' s 9' v n 9 awa y a special treat with Singapore Zoo's admission tickets to our readers! DaU 119 Dec 1998 Time 2pm onwards Venue: SPH Stop Press Kiosks at Woodlands Bus Interchange First 100 tickets c«i be redeemed with any 5 Pa«r Ris Bus Interchange Th* New
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      202 21 Christmas Eve Buffet Dinner Thursday, 24 Dec *98,6.30pm to 10.30pm Enjoy a fine Christmas Eve buffet including ACT? A CA\T Roast Turkey with stuffing and gravy, Honey Baked Ham, .Roast Beef and Seafood Thermidor. Be entertained with performances by a balloon artist. K Tfj Y 10% discount for early diners
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      250 22 V**M W /jS*^ I »Mr2.(Bat) VV 7 9 I f, jpn 1 fi Comedy Night this Sunday at Marina Square. great prises, find in our Starry Qratit, you could he the I Snoopy Shotti I Catch your favourite sitcom stare ae they entertain you lucky one thinning the top prize
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    Lock icon Pay up or we'll sabotage trains
    292 23 WORLDTODAY CRASH AMGH-SPEED L. train aerailea tfi 200 Kmhintoa I. ,I,lm, l ron Dodge wnicn collapsed on tfvinl carriages. More than 100 people died in modem Germany s worst f, Ml 11 I«iM —t irani accmeiiL The crash was blamed on a AFP. GERMANY'S
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      92 24 The Sing Tel Paging 1998 Grand Dream Draw I Open to all existing and II6W Sing Tel Paging customers I /it g V w:-- v lr ~2n*P-,:e ,^1i8MPy.............,,M for 2 to Par and a free J| I, it'ih ":-"f P»9»>9 subscription i||l L Las Vegas Biva IJf 3ys"ars V y<
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    Lock icon Holy smoke! Smog hits HK
    274 25 WORLDTODAY AFP. A BLANKET of thick smog hung over Hongkong yesterday. It was so bad that health authorities urged people suffering from breathing and heart ailments to avoid areas of heavy traffic. There was not enough wind to disperse traffic pollution. It was the kind
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      40 27 Up tO^H Usual Price Frames, Sunglasses Lenses nalia P ar 3S Contact tenses available at: Titanium frames from Japan Compact handy. Suitable for reading. «">r-r~ f-—» > ■>!!! i< ■■> lIIIM* II 111 tuifj J-_U_JU,'«JUIIriMH l 1*"* !.»«>.. NiMH ifni>.ilfc.ll« «J«t «*»*m!»*h' '11 «i«i»»Ii<>»»IM
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      161 28 I I I d —J mm wA Promotion I I Now Jan I I Elegant, durable, TEFAL is the range I Ml] 1 I I quality cooking appliances from France. Cleaning after cooking has never been than the new range of I I TEFAL ovens. The walls lower I heating
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      816 29 TV i Saturday Sunday channel channel channel channel 6.00 AM Underwater Encouwtn 6.00 AMMukaHuka 6.00 AM Extremists 6.00 AM The Dragon Emerges 6.30 Traval Traval 6.30 Bow 6.30 AdvanturaßJo 6.30 21 it Cantury Is No Draam 7.00 AM Saturday 7.00 Good Horning Singapore 7.00 Storlos from My Childhood 7.00 Tibetan
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      91 30 has mmm This weekend, the moment of truth. Which band will capture the judges' hearts? And the $8,000 booty? Find out for yourself. Grand Finals 20th December 1998, Sunday Venue Fountain Court, CHIJMES Time: Bpm Special thanks to: BMC Studios Bobby Rubino's Chijmes Travel Services (Managed by Ambassador Tours and
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      632 48  -  Preview By The THE Three Musketeers THE action swings to Penang for the final meeting of the year. And, barring a washout should the skies open up and flood the Batu Gantong track, we reckon punters should end the season on a happy note. And
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      214 48  -  BLACKS ASIAN WOMEN'S RUGBY SEVENS; TODAY By Gerard Wong SHE led Singapore to its first-ever women's internatiomal rugby title last September. Now, national skipper Ennie Toh is hoping to taste the same kind of success with her club, Blacks, at this afternoon's inaugural Blacks
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      117 48 THE Second Leisuretron 8-Ball Challenge continues, in aid of our adopted charity, the Bone Marrow Donor Programe. The latest group leaders are: (Stomp A: Matahari Pub Wine Bar (16 pts) Group B: Mdm Wong's (12 pts) Group £Keno Pub (20 pts) Group Be Ice Cold Beer II (14
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      315 49 ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'9B ,Uj hjy Name Club Position Remarks Vy .>>■; -*Iffl^ii»ii»tmwinr l ww^ X'V I ?.???^!*f™' \Sbp\f 2. Dion Dublin Aston Villa S k JEJ-* N W 4 3. David Ginola Tottenham M SJSfcSSTtJSJrS 351^? iBO m Up 14; almost faultless 4. Sol Campbell Tottenham D d n* ******t*»*oai k*» If
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        270 50 TW»^PAPC>/Saturd8v.D9Qomtof iaiWi I Jeffrey Low ranks his Top 20 players of the English Premiership every Saturday, making his selection after studying the players'form over the previous week. Below were his choices last week: 1: J FHasselbaink 2: Gianfranco Zola 3: Dwight Yorke 4: Dion Dublin 91
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        109 50 I DISAGREE with the choice of some players. I feel some of them have not made much progress lately. One such player is Hamilton Ricard of Middlesbrough.. No doubt he's the top-scorer in the league, but he's lost his touch lately. Another player is Tore Andre Flo
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      288 50 EUROPE KICKOFF: FIXTURES Tomorrow. Cagliari v Bologna Empoliv Parma Juventusv Salernitana Laziov Udinese Perugia v Fiorentina Piacenzav Bari Sampdoriav AC Milan Vicenzav Venezia Inter-Milan v AS Roma AFP. INTER-MILAN will be hoping that Ronaldo's recent return to fitness will spur on his team-mates as they face
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      159 50 ANATOLY Byshovets was sacked as Russia national team coach after losing all six matches in less than five full months in charge. "Byshovets lacked a programme and strategy to give us hope for the future. "That is why the executive of the Russian Football Union (RFU) decided
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      575 51 MANCHESTER UNITED v MIDDLESBROUGH: TODAY WEEKEND ACTION TODAY: Chelsea v Spurs Coventry v Derby Ti Liverpool v Sheffield Wed Man United v Boro Newcastle v Leicester Forest v Blackburn Southampton v Wimbledon West Ham v Everton TOMRROW. Arsenal v Leeds MONDAY: Charlton v Aston Villa AFP. Middlesbrough
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      249 51 CHELSEA v TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR SPURS boBB George Graham is tipping Chelsea's multi-national squad to win the Premiership title for the first time in 59 years. And he will have no qualms about adopting Gianluca Vialli's foreign policy if it means turning Tottenham into contenders for
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      153 51 AFP. MARK BOSNICH: The Aston Villa goalkeeper's troubled season has gone from bad to worse. The shoulder injury which has kept the Australian Bosnich out of action for the last 12 matches has not improved. Now he needs surgery. And that means he will be sidelined for at least
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      43 51 CALL INFOUNE 1900-*****13 Call The New Paper Infoline 1.15 am tomorrow for results of today's English Premier League matches. Call after 6.30 am on Monday for Sunday's match and after 6.30 am on Tuesday for Monday's match. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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      50 51 TV ACTION TODAY: Chelsea v Spurs: Live on SCV's Football Channel 22; 10.55pm TOMORROW: Man United v Boro: Delayed telecast on Premiere 12 at midnight and Channel 22 at 12.55 am Arsenal v Leeds: Live on Channel 22; 11.55pm TUESDAY: Charlton v Aston Villa: Live on Channel 22; 3.55 am
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      298 52 There's a new Lion-tamer in town. And he's none other than Vincent* Subramaniam, the man who now holds the reins of the national squad. On Tuesday, striker Steven Tan gave you his thoughts on his coaches, past and present. Now, Vincent spills the beans on
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        135 52 Heonly 18, but he's shown great maturity and composure. Most importantly, he wants to be the best he can be. If I had to pick just one player for the national squad, he would be my first choice. They're the ones who have what it takes to go the
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        127 52 Yes, I know they're the stalwarts of the team, but their fitness levels are way below what they have to be at this level. Sure, Nazri is suffering from a back injury he sustained some time ago. But I think it's all in the mind. Kadirjust takes things, and
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  • 1998 Asian GAMES Dec 6-20 BANGKOK
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      DARKHORSE DARSHA TAMES THE DRAGON LADY
      440 53  -  YESTERDAY: DAY 13 And now, for Susan... TV VIEW by ERNEST LUIS DAMAYANTHI Darsha is lean, mean and sleek. No doubt, the hottest thing to emerge from Sri Lanka's athletics scene. And her name's on everyone's lips in Bangkok now. Not Li Xuemei of
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      150 53 Reuters. JAPANESE bullet train Koji Ito ran away with his third gold yesterday, crushing the opposition in the men's 200 m to become Asia's new sprint star. The 28-year-old had earlier in the week won the men's 100 m and anchored Japan to victory in the 4xloom
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      Lock icon Tea lady stuns
      386 54 ATHLETICS Reuters She had not been told to aim for a medal. Her only instruction from her team chief was to try and break her national record of 16 minutes 11 seconds. But Supriati Sutono, a 26-year-old Indonesian army sergeant who trains at altitude in the tea
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      THE LAST STRETCH...
      185 54 By Ernest Luis ALL eyes were on the battle between Sunita Rani and Wang Chunmei of China as the girls approach the last stretch. Sutono, in contrast, was lagging behind in third spot. Rani came out onto the last stretch first. But Sutono suddenly blitzed her way
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      108 54 BOXING AFP. THAI Olympic champion Somluck Kamsing gave a royal performance as he became undisputed king of Asian boxing yesterday. Somluck, watched by Thai crown prince Maha Vajiralongkorn, defeated Uzbekistan's Tulkunbav Turgunov 8-3 in the 57 kg final to earn Thailand its fifth gold medal of the
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      109 54 BASKETBALL Men's s-finals: China 82 Philippines 73, S. Korea 101 Kazakhstan 64. HOCKEY Men's 7th placing: Singapore 4 Hongkong 3. Women's final: S. Korea India 2-1. WATER POLO Gp D: China 6 Japan 5, Uzbekistan 24 Singapore 3, Kazakhstan 13 Iran 5. WUSHU Finals Men's nanquan: 1 Lang Rongbiao (Chn)
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  • A class above the rest
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      Lock icon For her, Asian gold is best
      362 55  -  LEE LAI SHAN Br Gerard Wong SINCE when is an Asian Games gold medal more important than Olympic gold? Or, for that matter, even more important than being the current world No 1 in your sport? Answer: When it's won by Hongkong's 1996 Olympic
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      140 55 AFTER completing her gold medal collection, Lee Lai Shan is now contemplating retirement. She told the South China Morning Post: "I haven't decided If I'll take part in the Sydney Olympics." Apart from the fact that she's won everything there is to win in windsurfing.
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  • 1998 Asian GAMES
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      Lock icon LAST TRAIN from, KERALA
      311 56 TODAY: DAY 14 ATHLETICS AFP. TODAY, Asia will say goodbye to PT Usha, one of its all-time athletics greats. Everybody but her immediate rivals will be hoping she can go out with yet another medal after a glorious career spanning two decades. Usha, from the southern
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      Can boys beat men?
      345 56  -  SOCCER FINAL Lira TV coverage of the Games starts at 2pm onSCVs Channel 24. By Ernest Luis CAN a bunch of amateurs beat a bunch of professionals, some of whom have played in the recent World Cup? Because that's really the situation in today's Asian Games
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      43 56 i |H ZOLA: Tops PALLISTER: VINCENT: DARSHA: EBBB fcl JEFFREY LOW'S Return of an old Sizes ud his Sri Lankan |ij||S Pick of the Week hero to Old Darkhorse tames chart Trafford ofUons the Dragon Lady /Page 52 /PageS4 /Page 55 /Page 56
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      35 56 CALL INFOUNE Soccer Thailand meets China for the men's third-placing today, while Iran takes on Kuwait in the final. For the results, call 1900-*****13 after 5.30pm and 8.30pm respectively. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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      60 58 IMi MAMZMI MCTIOM OF INI NBW PAKR Saturday, December 19.1998 *v M ki I A Which star is so GENUINE, you wished he or she would RUN FOR PARLIAMENT? 0 a What would you do if you had your way? We asked. You answered. Inside, you have your say... :V».'
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  • @ home with Calvin Low
    • Eeeeeee poll
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        Carrefour to the fore
        320 59 You eh? 1998 has been One helluva year. So decided to let you, the reader, have your Say to cap the year. The @poll was sent out, via e-mail and published in two earlier issues. Here then is how you responded to our... What kind of
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        Anything for Anwar
        261 59 IN a word: Anwar. Mind you, despite having been brought up in a sanitised environment, BO is not a misunderstood acronym among Singaporeans. But that doesn't mean they're soft-nosed either because 65 per cent of poll respondents said they're game to go blue-faced in the presence of
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        Remember Adrian?
        232 59 AND the most creepy crime of 1998 is the Adrian Lim murder case. It was picked by 30 per cent of those who specified cases in their nominations. Only, that trial took place in 1983. Clearly, the gruesome deeds of Adrian Lim live fresh in the minds of
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        Cut. Cut. Cut
        161 59 If you had the power, whose pay (individual or group) would you be happiest to cut? n READERS chose to be specific with this one, with 67 per cent identifying individuals or groups in contrast to 27 per cent who gave generic answers. The remining six per
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        Let's chew on the problem
        258 60 You eh? J LETS eat. Let's gamble. Let's use the money to find a job!. Down to the last $1,000, moat of our readers would 4g either be lull in the tummy or full in the piggy bank. The largest number about 46 per cent
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        Not Bill again!
        62 60 '^'--Sal A RARE near consensus here Bill Gates was the owner of the most wanted bank account, said 63 per cent of readers. x George Soros' bank book came in a poor second with 9 par cent of the tolas and the richest man in the world,
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        They weren't worthy
        111 60 i Which international footballer least 8 earned his million-dollar salary this year? 1 IN the year of greatest football show in the world, the World Cup, this question just had to be asked. And readers' replies were unequivocally tied to that event. So it was not surprising
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        Enough of sex already
        175 60 I What big news makes you want to hide like f an ostrich and shut the TV off whenever it's I I mentioned? I y-j READERS' answers show a tussle here between arguably the two biggest sex scandals of the year the Clinton-Lewinsky affair and the
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  • @ a Click with Yong Shu Hoong
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      soc.what?
      404 61 (Tell us of something you read in the soc.culture.singapore newsgroup that was so ridiculous it deserved to be flamed with the might of 100 meteorites. The Internet binds the world. And it's still (quoting the Energizer bunny advertisement) going and going and going... Nowadays, what you hear in the
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      COME AND YAK
      60 61 FOR those who have always wanted to enter the soc.culture.singapore newsgroup but don't know how, here's an easy way. Go to the Cyberway homepage at www.cyberway.com.sg and click on a section entitled "Free your mind". When you get to the next page, just click on the link,
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      Me? boring?
      301 61 opinion, would bore you to tears in an Internet chat room? pHr YOU would think that out ot sight would be out of mind. But memories of former TCS star Benedict Goh still linger on. Benedict gets the most votes for this poll question, chalking up 12 per
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      Let me see...
      419 61 Dear God, forgive me for I have sinned. I have this deep, dark, secret obsession to hack into this person's (or organisation's) computer system. FOR would-be hackers looking for an individual's computer to violate, nothing is more tempting than Bill Gate's machine. About 7 per cent of
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      That's entertainment?
      90 62 You CHEERS? With 1998 being a year of financial woe you'd think the toast would be reduced to jeers. But no, Singaporeans didn't just retreat into gloom and doom. Throughout the year, we somehow found the funds to pop into pubs and slip into cinemas; we took the
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      Plastic haven
      274 62 Whkh NIGHTSPOT is so full of Al PLASTIC PEOPLE you thought you ■■■■■I W had stepped into a "ty MANNEQUIN SHOP? ALL around us, economic myths and financial facades were shattered this year. But there were still places where false fronts could be kept up at least socially.
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      Bad showing
      285 62 1 Which LOCALLY-MADE movie made you PUKE in your POPCORN? MMflflH a |||i| TITANIC struggles may play out well on |ml| the silver screen. fffjffj But don't expect any showdowns in this IHgf category which showcases the best nggEj reasons to praise Hollywood. First, fully 30 per cent
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        What's with all that goo?
        338 63 You W eh? I Whose MAKEUP is so bad that it makes you think HALLOWEEN is a 365-DAY FESTIVAL? SHE may be our television guide to showbiz. But she could also do with a competent guide to makeup. So say our poll respondents. LAURETTA ALABONS
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        Singaporean or what?
        302 63 Which celebrity has an ACCENT so FAKE you thought she/he had a POTATO IMPLANTED in her mouth? IN sports, collecting two major prizes is sometimes called "Achieving the I Double". Well, as far as this year's @poll is concerned, it's Double Trouble for LAURETTA ALABONS. Her makeup
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        People's choice
        311 63 Which star is so GENUINE, you wished he or she would RUN FOR PARLIAMENT? THE winner is Tay. ZOE TAY, of course. With 16 per cent of our respondents' votes, that longest-enduring of TCS stars proved she was still the People's Choice: This time, to go from pop
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        Groovy to watch
        194 63 At Which RADIO DEEJAY looks so GOOD you want her/him to READ THE NEWS on TV? SINGAPOREANS like their deejays as deejays. Not as TV presenters. A quarter of our respondents couldn't even imagine their favourite DJs as anchors (a few didn't even know what they looked
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      Hate their shows
      220 64 Which LOCALLY-MADE TV programme qualifies as an INSULT to the intelligence of both Homer A jKMMMKSfBI Simpson and your SOFA? FOR an "award" that no producer would want, the competition was keen. At stake was the title of "Most Idiotic Idiot box Show (Made in Singapore)". For
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      Too much
      296 64 P Which celebrity WEDDING was such a TURN-OFF that it made you want to send a ONE-CENT HONGBAO? Are you the $300 winner? Here are the winners picked from the responses to our @poll. Winner of $30( cash: I Alvin Pang Winners of a set of an T-shirt
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    Oh no, not another silly poll!
    1055 64 Poll? What a waste of time! Suzanne Walker turns the table on ease with Suzanne Walker YOU know what it's like on Monday mornings. You feel weak and soft all over but you're not ill and you still have to drag yourself to work.
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      23 66 1998 kii \fvflrL I *> „zf. l i. t y i e coming to a newspaper near you. Premieres Saturday. Dec 26. An production.
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      62 67 "Edge-of-your-seat thriller" "Fiction that smacks of fact" Edwin Yeo, movie critic Jessica Leow, movie critic Vi/j //i:/j fn- j lb*/ i AWr a\ i fA\ n i "h nV /n\J %J0 vo%.vi iJ t d > b iiJii/Z/J rIL PG 1 I s 1 is a little Ah Lam in
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