The New Paper, 2 January 1999

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 500 2 WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THESE TWO BUTCHERS OF CAMBODIA? AFP. TO punish or not to punish? This issue over two ageing former butchers of Cambodia has Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen doing a flip-flop. Khieu Samphan, 67, and Nuon Chea, 71, both key figures in the murderous
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    • 255 2 SO who should be held responsible for the estimated 1.7 million people who died at the hands of the Khmer Rouge regime? Since the defections, pressure has mounted for the setting up of an international tribunal to look into the genocide. But close aides
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    • 395 3 You face heavier fines and demerit points if you are caught parking at two new areas from yesterday. And more areas will be added all over Singapore by March. DANNY LIM and CHENG PUAY KOON explain what these yellow zig-zag
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 481 4  - CONDO LIFT TRAGEDY BOY FALLS TO DEATH... ...if only he had waited By Carol Leong THE lift stalled and came to a stop between the second and third storeys. Trapped inside were three boys, including Almanzo Louis Toh, 16. At first, the boys did what they were supposed to do
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    • 199 4 IT was a sad sight at the hospital, said Francis who visited the family last night. Almonzo's father was not around, but his mother was weeping non-stop. "His father wasn't there," said Francis. "Apparently, he's a photographer taking pictures of a wedding. "They didn't want to let him
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 260 6 KHr NOT ALL TheLTA estimates that less than one in five motorists currently pays ERP charges daily. THE Electronic Road Pricing system will extend to more roads from mid-year. Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan announced in The Straits Times today: WHICH ROADS: It is likely to include parts
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      56 6 (g- NEW YEAR SURPRISE: The first baby to be born this year brought unexpected cheer to eight-year-old Qurratu 'Ain'» (left) family—her brother was three weeks early. Mr Aminurrashid Sayadl and Madam Tina Samat's as-yet-unnamed son was born just five minutes into the new year by Caesarean section at
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    • News Break
      • 64 6 BS A MURDER victim was found next to a building site near Bukit Panjang Plaza yesterday. The man in his 20s had one stab wound to the chest. He was wearing blue jeans and a blue shirt, but had no ID. The body was found near the junction
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      • 55 6 BESS SIX passengers suffered minor injuries in a bus crash yesterday. Singapore Bus Service's Service 291 hit a tree when entering the Tampines Central Bus Interchange at 10.10 am yesterday. The injured six were treated as outpatients at Changi General Hospital. Anyone with information should contact
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      • 67 6 BUS THE person who sent a junk e-mail to almost 20,000 Sing Net and Cyber Way subscribers on Christmas Eve could face charges. Officials from both servers are trying to trace the culprit and see if he can be charged. The message promoted the rival Pacific Internet
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      • 68 6 BUB THE repeat shoplifter whose successful sons were criticised for not looking after her by a judge last month has been sent to jail again. Tan Chwee Tee, 58, has been sentenced to a concurrent 20-month term for stealing clothes hangers worth $3 in October while out on
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      • 67 7 B!~9 MALAYSIAN Immigration says it is not aware of any Singapore passports being torn by its officers. This is in reply to a report that 48 Singaporeans have had their passports torn in the past four months. Singapore Immigration says it cannot tell when the pages were torn
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      • 66 7 9HPRS MINISTRIES won't cut back on the services they provide to the public this year, according to a Estimates Committee report. What they save in lower wage costs will offset the cut in their budgets, it says. Their budgets are set as a fixed percentage of the nation's
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      • 60 7 giRtgg THE number of babies born to Chinese parents in Singapore last year, a Tiger year, was down by 2,800. In the last Tiger year, 1986, about 4,000 fewer were born than in 1985. Many Chinese believe Tiger babies will grow up fierce and unfilial. However, for the
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      • 63 7 IRAQ IRAQ will no longer allow American or British citizens to work in the country as part of the United Nations' humanitarian programme. The news, delivered verbally to UN authorities in Baghdad, is said to be the result of bombing raids conducted by both countries against Iraq.
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    • 57 6 Hongkong Standard: Demonstrator arrested again for abusing flag New Straits Times: Limiting directorships to five only Berita Harian Malaysia: Criteria for holding directors posts changes to five companies only BBC news: Angola's military says 14 people reported missing after a UN plane crash are alive and well,
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    • 64 7 The Straits Times: ERP on more roads this year The Business Times: US$ set to fall against euro as new currency makes debut Lianhe Zaobao: PM Obuchi proposes new system amid fears that yen will eclipse with euro launch Berita Harfan: Zakat collection reached $8 m last
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    • 144 7 in F©€us THE regional economic crisis has spelt change for Asia's fresh graduates about to enter the workforce. Graduates from Jakarta to Tokyo are entering the meanest job market on record, reports the International Herald Tribune. In South Korea, students are doing all they can to avoid
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    • 68 7 Quote worthy JUST P0 IT Imtnessman Eddie Tay, 48, whose 100-strong volunteer group has been quietly helping the sick and elderly for 20 years. It is so low-profile that when he invited Parliamentary Secretary Chan Soo Sen to speak
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    • 35 7 Tongue c^r| k WHAT'S HUP Can I have some money} NEXT WEEK Can I have some money x v for shopping? Ifs the for shopping? Its the t post-Christmas salel I pre4 unar Year salei^J^^gfj
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 457 10  -  Some 20,000 revellers got wet, wet at the New Year Countdown at Sentosa, and it even rained indoors at a pub where folks duelled with water pistols. Cheers... to a new year BY Chan Seet Fun THE poor bubbles never stood a chance. There wasn't a bubble
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    • 307 10  -  BY Carol Leong MS Vicky Chin spent the first few minutes of 1999 wearing a red bikini and a transparent raincoat. Ponytail bobbing, she gleefully aimed her 60-cm "Super Soaker" and sprayed water jets on the squealing patrons at The Page, a pub on
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    • 731 11  -  days By Augustine Pang THE bookmarks cost $2 each, or $10 for a pack of five. In just 12 days, student Serene Woon Xin Ying, 15, sold more than 7,000 of these bookmarks to passers-by outside City Hall MRT station. She made $16,892.88
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    • 247 11 SERENE'S sales figures so impressed Youth Challenge executive president Vincent Lam that he "spied" on her. "I observed her from a distance on three different occasions," he said. "Every time, she was very persistent and polite. Everyone who passed by, she would approach, regardless
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    • 389 12  -  But she didn't listen... MUM WARNED DAUGHTER: By Danny Lim NINETEEN years ago, she saw a motorcyclist die right in front of her after he was run over by a lorry in Mandai. So, when she found her daughter was riding pillion on a motorcycle early last
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    • 35 12 THE motorcyclist involved in the accident was Shumei's hostel-mate. She was admitted into NUS last July. Her father said she was still depressed and declined to let The New Paper speak to her.
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  • 53 17 mui<mui< SINGAPORETODA Y Mr FabricedeBarey, 36,11m owner off Fabric*'* Worid Music Bar and the former Saxophone bar and restaurant, said that competition among the nightspots has benefited consumers. Said Mr de Barsy: If they are organised properly, ladies can go out every night of the week and get
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 336 18 FOUR people were injured when the van they were travelling in, together with five other people, was swept by loose earth into a ravine, after a section of the Malaysian East-West Highway caved in yesterday. The incident happened during the current rainy spell in Malaysia, which
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    • 402 19 Clob shares deadlock... THE status of Malaysian shares previously traded on Singapore's Clob International still hangs in the balance. And Singapore investors will not be able to resume trading their shares, worth an estimated $2 billion. In a New Year's Eve announcement, the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange
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    • 77 19 Reuters. ENGLAND'S soccer star David Beckham received a spanking new car for Christmas. The lfS$359,600 ($597,000) Ferrari 550 Maranello was given by Spice Girl fiancee Victoria Adams (left, pictured with Beckham during London Fashion Week in September), who is better known as Posh Spice. The Ferrari
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 54 22 mui<mui< The body at a German loner was found in his flat five years after his death. Social workers see this at reflecting an uncaring German society. Says a Bonn counseMhlf centre director, Mr Ralph Kirscht Fm sure that there are undiscovered corpses lying in apartments all
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    • 319 22 Wire services. IT was just after midnight when the massive wall of snow roared down a cliff. Up to 500 revellers had been seeing in the New Year in a remote village of an Inuit (native Esltimo) community. They were packed into the gymnasium that served
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    • 530 23 BRIAN MILLER on Judge Augustine Paul, the man presiding over the Anwar trial ITS strange how much a man can grow in stature in such a short time. When Judge Datuk Augustine Paul, 53, was thrust with the daunting task of dispensing justice in the
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    • 386 24 Source: Wire services. A FRENCHMAN wanted his dinner at a Champs Elysee restaurant to welcome 1999 to be real special. So, when his bill for a party of seven came at five minutes past midnight on New Year's Day he decided to pay it in the
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    • 130 24 SO how does the debut of the euro affect you? If you are planning a trip to one or more of the 11 countries, you can now buy traveller's cheques in euro. Then you would not have to change currencies as you move from one country to
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    • 31 24 HOW THEY MEASURE UP: (SUM 1 EURO USsl^ Rate set by EU finance ministers. US dollar may fall once euro begins trading on Monday. Singapore's euro estimate is based on US$l.
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 349 25 WHO WILL BE NEXT DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER? TO active politics, that is. So said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, referring to former Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib. Tan Sri Muhammad was acquitted on Tuesday on a charge of
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    • 196 25 Bernama. JUSTICE Datuk Abdul Wahab Patail announced the acquittal after an 11-day trial. Tan Sri Muhammad had pleaded not guilty in June 1997 to the charge of failing to declare aseeta belonging to him, hit wife and children, a* required under the Prevention of Corruption Act
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    417 26  -  EArs A SUNDAY Yuofjcny ideas pon. Ba-nng Out On Sunday Story/ Rita Danan from morning tp night but they do try and have their siesta. On weekends, whenever possible, they go to Sentosa and play soccer their all-time favourite recreation. They own La Smorfla, a new Italian eatery
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  • RACINGTODAY
    • 542 34  -  By' The Three Musketeers STAR MAGIC is a must follow in Race 6 at Ipoh this afternoon. Not too many horses get off the mark on local shores quickly even though they arrive with good credentials. But Star Magic, a grey New Zealand-bred gelding by Fiesta
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    • 189 34 AFTER 17 weeks of our contest, the winner of the Readers' Challenge contest is finally known. Each week, readers were asked to answer one question on the English Premiership and accumulate points when they got the answer right. The top prize is a five-day holiday in
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    • 142 34 AFTER last week's matches in the 2nd Leisuretron 8-Ball Challenge, the following pubs are leading their respective groups: Group A: Matahari Pub Wine Bar (20 Pts) Group B: Ice Cold Beer I (13 Pts) Group C: Keno (23 Pts) Group D: Wong San's (12 Pts) Next week's fixtures.
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 116 35 TOMY: Aston Villa v Hull Blackburn v Charlton Bolton v Wolverhampton Bournemouth v West Bromwich Bradford v Grismby Bristol City vEverton Bury v Stockport Cardiff v Yeovil Coventry v Macclesfield Crewe v Oxford Leicester v Birmingham Lincoln v Sunderland Newcastle v Crystal Palace Forest v Portsmouth
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    • 326 35 SOUTHAMPTON v FULHAM (Today) FULHAM manager Kevin Keegan will put his emotions aside when he walks to The Dell (Southampton's home ground) today. It was at Southampton that Keegan enjoyed some of his best playing moments in the 1970'5. Now Keegan will try and mastermind another
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    • 134 35 ARSENAL striker Dennis Bergkamp has an outside chance of making a shock return from injury today. Bergkamp suffered a hip and ankle injury during the Gunners' Premiership clash with Charlton last Monday, and initial fears were that he would be out of action for several weeks,
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    • 592 36 So another sporting year has just ended, and another one just begun. To commemorate the passing of'9B, The New Paper has its own special awards for the athletes who have graced our pages this past year. GERARD WONG plays Master of Ceremony... GREATEST COMEBACK: ITS a
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    • 38 35 CALL INFOUNE 1900-*****13 Call The New Paper Infoline after 1.15 am tomorrow for results of selected matches. Call after 6.30 am on Monday for Sunday's matches and on Tuesday for Monday's match. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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    • 62 35 TV ACTION TODAY: Bristol City v Everton: Live on SCV's Football Channel 22; 10.55pm TOMORROW: Southampton v Fulham: Delayed telecast on Channel 22; 12.55 am Port Vale v Liverpool: Live on SCV Channel 22 and Premiere 12; 9.55pm Man United v Boro: Live on SCV Channel 22 and Premiere 12;
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    • 273 37 ENGUSHPREMIERSHIP'99 Name Club Position Remarks 2. Dennis Bergkamp Arsenal S 3. Gianfranco Zola Chelsea S Leeds S 1 5. Michael Owen Liverpool S :> ._l 200 J 6. Franck Leboeuf Chelsea D WATTS I 'i i'*-". n n,n 1 Iyi W'ihv wpy B 1 7. Nicolas Anelka Arsenal S 1
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  • ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'99
    • 333 38 MATCH OF THE WEEK: MAN UNITED v MIDDLESBROUGH (Tomorrow. 11.55 om) And so the Premiership's annual "Christmas Crunch" is over, bringing on the third round of the world's oldest and most prestigious knock-out tournament —the English FA Cup. Are we ready for some upsets? JEFFREY LOW looks
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    • 143 38 Port Vale v Liverpool (tomorrow, 9.55pm) WELL, if you can't win the league, might as well go for the Cup. That ought to be Liverpool's stance since its seventh position in the Premiership, eight points adrift from leader Aston Villa, points to an also-ran season. If
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    • 479 38 ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'99 BROUGHT TO YOU BY MATCH OF THE WEEK: MAN UNITED v MIDDLESBROUGH (Tomorrow, 11.55 oml FT^^TTTI And so the Premiership's annual "Christmas Crunch is over, bringing on the third round of the l\ I 1 world's oldest and most prestigious knock-out tournament —the English FA Cup. Are we ready
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 618 39  -  Thanks, one and a 11... THE NEW PAPER'S Saved Jurong Campaign THANK you, readers! The good news: JurongFC is well on its way to survival in the 1999 S-League season. Because you have done your part (and often more) to see that the Cobras live on. When
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    • 271 40 STAR Cobra V Sundramoorthy still makes a lot of heads turn. The former international has been the key Jurong player who spearheaded the fund-raising drive to save his ailing club. He, yet again, rose to the occasion at the 73rd anniversary dinner and dance of the Singapore Statutory
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      180 40 SAVE JURONG LIFELINE: The New Paper Save Jurong Lifeline collected $3,524 from 1,762 calls received. All the callers to the Lifeline are eligible for a lucky draw to win the following prizes (results will be announced on Jan 7). DONORS OFFER: Twenty VCD players to 20 callers donated
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    • 541 40 ALL said and done, the Save Jurong Story can be told in three words. Malu, boleh and bagus. "It will be really main (shameful) if an S-League club has to die because of lack of money. "And that too in a rich country
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    • 167 41 SONY i I 1 J? *5 i T~ y P fc P- 1 3t*J ifi«» r~ 1 n oVIE M A G I C... N()W S P ILLI N(, INT() R E A L 1. IL E J I I |-.\|K-riciK<f the realism <>l Son\ Home I heater Systems aiul
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    • 63 42 flHf f^B V I V I y' V. i \s' #^v in v Sb i •s- '-V :1: "-•>•. tX\- Could it be true that ■:r Singapore's rebel of the f airwaves is mellowing? j Has X'Ho, angry young man, fighter of hypocrisy and double standards, critic of all things
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  • @ home with Woon Wui Tek
    • 1092 43 WITH the hangover still throbbing just two days into 1999, it's time to think about... 2000! If you are as typically kiasu as we are, you would be starting to think about the new millennium even as you survive the second day of the last year
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  • @ home with woon Wui Tek
    • 320 44 NOT all Singaporeans are caught up in millennium mania. Some have no idea what "the millennium" is all about. Or don't find it a big deal. Others like The New Paper New Face 1998 winner Gabrielle Dai just have more pressing things to worry about. So remember:
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    • 269 44 BIG Brother is celebrating too. Many governments sire organising official millennium extravaganzas. Two examples: This is how we'll do it: Britain Visitors can brave a huge Millennium Ferris Wheel or disembark from cruise liners docked at the Millennium Pier. But most will head for the spectacular Millennium
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  • @ a Click with Yong Shu Hoong
    • WEIRED
      • 319 45 www.onlineoriginals.com J 5 11 HOLD the axe. Now that we are moving into the g paperless age, we no longer need to kill the trees for a good read. Publishing books without paper is exactly what Online Originals does. This company only sells books
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        29 45 NOT ready to embrace paperless books yet? You can still get your favourite paperbacks at these online bookstores: Amazon.com (www.amazon.com) Barnes and Noble (wvnv.barnesandnoble.com) v Borders (www.borders.com)
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      • 176 45 A MAN was on trial for murder. But no corpse of his alleged victim was found. u Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, I have a surprise for all of you/' said the defendant's lawyer in his dosing statement. M Within one minute, the person presumed dead in
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      • 207 45 EVERY yuppie loves to laugh at Dilbert, a likeable white-collar worker who stars in the comic strip, The Dilbert Zone (www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert). Recently, a magazine ran a "Dilbert quotes" contest to get its readers to send in quotes from their real-life Dilbert-type managers. Here are some of the submissions:
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      • 70 45 EVERY Star Wars fan is talking about it the new Star Wars movie due to hit the big screens in 1999. Can't wait to get a glimpse? Try your luck in catching the 2-minute trailer of Star Wars: Episode I at a cinema near you. Or you can try
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  • @ heart
    • 194 46 I AM a married woman. My problem Is my in-laws. I have been having this problem for more than three years. I have no patience to bear with it. My motherand father-in-law are so dirty. I cannot bear to take it anymore. I have told my
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    • 160 46 Disturbed and his wife used to be a happy couple. But their marriage has been spoilt by a playboy who is a senior officer in the wife's former company. She was lured into a two-year sexual relationship with the playboy. It stopped when Disturbed found
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    • 197 46 Readers respond... No one is perfect. Not even your wife. Since you have already forgiven her, why think of the past? Ask yourself these questions: Under what circumstances was she forced to have a relationship with the officer? How did you find out about the affair? Did she
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    • 187 46 BEFORE I offer anything, can you ask yourself this: do you really, truly love your wife from the bottom of your heart? If the answer is NO, then remember that if anything happens to your relationship or yourself, the playboy is the cause but you are to
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    • 305 46 MY boyfriend and I had been going steady for two months before we split up. I love him a lot, but the problem is that his mum, a widow, doesn't approve of our relationship. Because of this, he is willing to break up the relationship. I do
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    • 243 46 I'M a 17-year-old girl and have gone steady only once. We broke up and I'm still hurt by it. I still think of him. Recently, there was a guy (A) who said he liked me. Some say he's serious about me and some say he's
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    • 51 46 HELP? If you need advice on matters of the heart, or wish to offer a solution to our Problem of the Week, write to @heart The New Paper Times House 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****9 Fax 737-5375 E-mail: npops@sph.com.sg (Please mark: @heart) Call: 1900-*****07 (calls cost 30 cents a
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    • 44 46 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or fax to (gheart by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special QT-shlrt and a New Paper cap.
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    • 48 46 CALL US... Call 1900-*****07 and leave your questions for our counsellors. You can listen to their earlier advice, too. This week's topics: She threatens to kill herself if he leaves H I want love, not just gratitude Foster brother is now mean Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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  • @ ease
    • 30 47 THE HOVIE Discovering that he is no prince of Egypt but a Hebrew, Moses leads his people out of slavery in Egypt towards the promised land.
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    • 299 47  -  YONG SHU HOONG IF Leonardo da Vinci had a Mac to replace his paint brushes, Mona Lisa would have a whole new face. Even more realistic and 3D, perhaps. But artistic? I don't know. For The Prince of Egypt, computer graphics
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    • 309 47  -  WOON WUI TEK WALT DISNEY'S Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs proved you could tell a long, complex tale using just drawings. Well, lots and lots of drawings. But the 1937 animated classic like its countless successors was aimed primarily at children. Recall how the
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    • 224 47 u "Nothing. Because I've never been able to keep them. Like I've resolved to improve my study grades in the past. Well, it didn't happen! "I think those countdown parties on TV that make such a big deal about resolutions
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    • 223 47 The most significant thing that happened to me in 1998 was... even winning i awards. (He won the Best Actor at the Hongkong Film Awards this K/Jff Tony Leung yjk Hongkong 1 "Winning the best female Hokkien singer award at the Golden Melody Awards in Taiwan. It has been a
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    • 253 47 it! |^™1^^ Top grossing movies last week. And our ratings. jan'<..rvfray.-^y Prince of Egypt Soldier Practical Magic Bride of Chucky A Bug's Life gyyy yy vu OQOQ Stars: Val Kilmer, Ralph Fiennes and Stars: Kurt Russell and Jason Scott Lee Stars: Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Katherine
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  • Page 48 Miscellaneous
    • 956 48 i J77V-V THE new PAPER Saturday, January 2,1999 m> (GU > TV Saturday Sunday ctenneLM channsL |j| ShsnnsL Q shannsL JJ AA AM Mlllr! Mulr 6.00 AN Extremists 6.00 AM The Dragon Emerges 600 AM Underwater Encounters 600 HukaMuka 63Q Advwitur#R4o 630 2 1 rt Century Is No Dream Tr,w,lT,,iV
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  • 1010 49 ALL ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM /a 2 a 3. a 4 with Suzanne Wa ker "B IT looks as though we're going to spend most of 1999 talking about the millennium. Another royal waste of time. The newspapers will scream about it. There will be
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  • @ ease with Jessica Leow
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      653 50 A DEAR friend told me this anecdote about X'Ho, Singapore's foremost music critic. "I co-hosted this RedifFusion programme with Chris (Ho, as he was formerly known) a long time ago. First time I met him, he asked if I'd like something to drink. "I was expecting beer, stout
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    • 165 50 "Just Imagine, Zoe Tay gets paid 10,000 just to sing two songs! (My royalty chocks for singing and recording ail thoso years don't even add up to $1,000!)" From "Getting tattooed on TV a very painful experience" "The guy with the fat biceps crumbles. Fann Wong
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    • 283 50 The Prince of Egypt (Soundtrack) Various Artistes Dream Works Records MARIAH Carey and Whitney Houston crooning a ballad together? Pinch yourself; you are not daydreaming. Dream Works' animated movie, The Prince of Egypt pulls the two singers together for the single, When You Believe a surprise pairing, considenng how they
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  • Page 50 Miscellaneous

  • 627 51 m edwin@sph.com.sg EdwinYeo WE probably wished a zillion people Happy New Year yesterday. The truth is, for a lot of club owners, the coming year hardly looks happy. Business is expected to drop but the competition looks to remain stiff, especially with several new clubs
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  • 297 52 (8) wrtt Vlike Chua Hup harangue: long lecture about dengue fever, haversack: hitch-hiker who was kicked out of the car. headcount mental sums. headrest no idea. headroom: swell headed. Eg: That celebrity sure has a lot of headroom. heartburn: a heart-warming experience. heartfelt a cardiologist's examination. heartthrob:
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    • 175 53 u r i *e tr c i* b Mt« j 4 V i« v' 4 4 HT (cb Here's a mask to HIDE THAT HANGOVER we embark on another year's X journey, we recall the v that famous Me j the people WJ I W\ the face \L worry. To
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