The New Paper, 9 January 1999
1999-01-09
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THENEWSTODAY
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Article, Illustration243 1999-01-09 2 The grassroots leaders, social workers, they give a lot of themselves in terms of time, money and energy and they expect nothing in return. That's the wonderful part. They do this because they feel like contributing in whatever areas they could, in any small243 words
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Article, Illustration235 1999-01-09 2 They're at it again. Less than a year after the republic's flag was planted on Mount Everest, a Singapore team is preparing to set off to Antarctica. Are they excited? Exuberant would be closer to the mark. JILL LIM met them before last night's official announcement235 words
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Article, Illustration556 1999-01-09 2 The Antarctic explorer FOR a bunch of people about to spend a month in the coldest place on earth, they're very light-hearted. They seem thrilled at the year of hard work ahead, cracking jokes and teasing each other. "It's going to be cold, cold,Picture/ Joyce Lim - 556 words
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123 1999-01-09 2 ICC, and more ice, 98 per cent covered by ice. Antarctica is also big, tome 14 million sq km, about twice the size of Australia. It will be summer in Antarctica when they're there (summer is roughly October to February) with sunlight all123 words
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Article, Illustration445 1999-01-09 3 Michelle Ang - SINGAPORETODAY By Michelle Ang FORMER High Court judge Punch CoomaraBwamy who died yesterday morning was a meticulous man. A lawyer recalled: "He was no-nonsense in court. He was very meticulous with procedure. He would even correct a lawyer's English in court," he said. The retired judge445 words
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QUICKNEWS
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Article258 1999-01-09 5 Doubling for aged KSr HEALTHCARE SINGAPORE will have to double its health care budget by 2030, says Health Minister Yeo Cheow Tong. By then, one in four people here will be aged over 65. "Improvements in medical science will improve the quality of life, but they will mean that health258 words
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Article, Illustration83 1999-01-09 5 A US marine pulling himself across a Singapore Armed Forces' double-rope bridge 13 m above the water. About 750 marines are using the stopover in Singapore en route to the Persian Gulf to run through rigorous drills they cannot do on ships. "These are outstanding, top-notch facilities," saidPicture/ The Straits Times - 83 words
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News Break
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Article56 1999-01-09 5 VANDALISM A FAMILY that spent $15,000 investigating who was repeatedly scratching their Mercedes-Benz E280 has captured a neighbour doing it on video. They spent $10,000 hiring a Private Investigator to watch the car in Shunfu Rd. But they finally caught her themselves after three months of video surveillance.56 words
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Article61 1999-01-09 5 JAPAN SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew's life story is being featured in 30 daily instalments in the Japanese business newspaper Nihon Keizai. The columns cover his life, political career and his thoughts on Japan. In the first, he expresses his admiration for the Japanese people, but criticises61 words
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Article67 1999-01-09 5 NTUC NTUC Income has cut its interest rate for mortgage loans by 0.75 percentage point to 6 per cent, and its interest rate on policy loans by 1 percentage point to 6 per cent. The new rate applies to both existing and new policy holders. It is set67 words
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Article60 1999-01-09 5 SINGTEL SINGAPORE Telecom says its investment in Thailand's largest cellular phone operator will allow it to offer more services and lower prices to subscribers in Singapore. Sing Tel president BG Lee Hsien Yang said this purchase, coupled with ventures in the Philippines and Vietnam, meant Sing Tel and60 words
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Article52 1999-01-09 6 crTme TWO tamarins and two marmosets have been stolen from the Singapore Zoo. Zoo keepers discovered the four highly-endangered animals missing on Tuesday morning. They were last seen at closing time in their complex the night before. The stolen animals were on a long-term breeding loan from the52 words
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Article52 1999-01-09 6 MALAYSIAI THE Federation of Livestock Farmers Association has decided to ignore the government's RM3-a-kg ruling and instead let "market forces" determine chicken prices. This followed the failure of talks on Thursday between the association and officials from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry as well as the52 words
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Article65 1999-01-09 6 STOCKS BROKERAGE commissions on all share transactions were cut by 5 per cent yesterday. It was one of the recommendations made by the Stock Exchange of Singapore Review Committee last year as part of a three-year push to deregulate the industry. The new scale ranges from 0.95 per65 words
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Article70 1999-01-09 6 CHINA ONE in six men in China, or a total of 111 million men, will not be able to find a wife. And the male-female ratio now stands at 120 to 100. These figures were given by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing, a government think-tank.70 words
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Article27 1999-01-09 5 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 105.56 points to close at 9,643.32 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 934 million shares.27 words
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Article46 1999-01-09 5 International Herald Tribune: Key Iraqis killed, US review shows New Straits Times: Abdullah is new Deputy PM Berita Harian Malaysia: Abdullah named DPM BBC news: The US Senate has unanimously approved of the plan for proceeding with the impeachment to President Bill Clinton46 words
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Article169 1999-01-09 6 in P®<Sus DO built-in and built-up mean the same thing? That's what a homebuyer is asking the courts to decide on Monday.. He claims the Avenue Villa bungalow he bought from City Developments Ltd (CDL) for around $8 million is more than a third smaller than the169 words
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Article50 1999-01-09 6 The Straits Times: Abdullah is DPM, Finance to Daim The Business Times: Bank stocks power rally in S'pore market Lianhe Zaobao: Abdullah Badawi appointed DPM as well as Home Minister Berita Harian: Mahathir chooses Abdullah RCS morning news: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad announces major Cabinet shake-up50 words
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Article79 1999-01-09 6 GOOD NEWS ON CHINA TIES i* These two breakthroughs are very important because they are new aspects which have moved okr relationship forward to a new phase. Chinese leaders and the government are very satisfied with the development of the two countries 7 relationship. China's ambassador to Singapore,79 words
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Page 6 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous38 1999-01-09 6 Tongue^ WHAT'S HUP My boyfriend 1 So soon? He said he can't J Wedding packages are just proposed I You just met him wait anymore I a bargain this month tcn-ne. J a week ago. V "y 138 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration562 1999-01-09 7 Jill Lim - By Jill Lim THE rain is not going to go away, and it will come again another day... In fact, the wet weather is likely to last for the next month or so. Last month was wetter than usual, and this month will probablyPictures/ Mohd Ishak; Picture/ Alvin Toh - 562 words
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Article, Illustration644 1999-01-09 8 Crispina Robert - Sift-*- ♦Reason: There has been a. etto BY Crispina Robert IMAGINE getting into the course of study you've dreamed of especially when it's a tough course where only the best get in. And then, after you have bought your books and started your lessons,Picture/ Jonathan Choo - 644 words
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Article199 1999-01-09 8 THE Engineering department at NUS offers three courses civil, mechanical and electrical with a common intake. All students, except those taking chemical and environmental engineering, who are admitted directly, are put on a general course when they enter university in July each year. They finish their199 words
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Article139 1999-01-09 9 The Family Life Centre, TNP's charity for this year THE Family Life Centre is our adopted charity for this year. After a gruelling week of deliberation, we have finally selected the two-year old, non-profit organisation to promote this year. It provides social and welfare services to the troubled and139 words
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Article, Illustration206 1999-01-09 9 Mike Chua - To The Bone Marrow Donor Programme... By Mike Chua ITS all systems go for you to rub wet-suited shoulders with Michelle Chia and other celebrities. The tank that allows you to do that, called the Seawalker, was launched yesterday by Dr Hong Hai, President and CEO of Haw Par206 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration613 1999-01-09 11 Riana Zakir - KALLANG RIVER TRAGEDY BOYFRIEND DIED FOR HER. BUT... By Riana Zakir HER boyfriend died trying to save her from drowning twice. Yet, Miss Lim Bee Huay claimed she couldn't remember anything about it. She said she had been drunk. For four hours before thePicture/ Mohd Ishak - 613 words
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Article134 1999-01-09 11 MR Yazri Juma'at hated her drinking habit. But Miss Lim didn't want to quit. Not even when she passed out a few times at their favourite Kallang Park after a drinking binge. Old bruises from stumbling home drunk with Mr Yazri's help can be seen on134 words
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Article, Illustration399 1999-01-09 11 Melvin Singh - By Melvin Singh HE found his love, and lost his life, at Kallang Riverside Park. It was only two months ago that Mr Yazri Juma'at, 26, had walked up to Miss Lim Bee Huay, 28, for a chat. Soon, the park became their meeting placePicture/ Mohd Ishak - 399 words
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Article80 1999-01-09 11 A PASSERBY might also have come to Miss Lim's rescue the second time she jumped into the river. Mr Mohd Noor Hassan, 35, was fixing street lamps nearby when he heard a commotion, according to Berita Hari an today. The father of two jumped in and helped to80 words
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Article, Illustration65 1999-01-09 12 mui<m ui* When Mr Um Swee Say, MP for Tanjong Pagar GRC r entered politics, Ms friends e-mailed him a piece of friendly advice—to improve his English and brush up on his public speaking. His reply: Look, that's me. If I were to go to Parliament andart/HUP - 65 words
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MALAYSIATODAY
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Article, Illustration489 1999-01-09 13 In the late 1980s, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was identified with the anti-Mahathir camp. But now, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad has enough confidence in Datuk Abdullah to name him the new Deputy Prime Minister during yesterday's mini-Cabinet reshuffle. Why? Source: Wire services,Source: Wire services, The Straits Times.; Picture/ Reuters - 489 words
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Article, Illustration155 1999-01-09 13 TWO other mqjor changes are to the Finance and Foreign Ministries. Tflp mwwwlc nMwrTnw Pfrhn Tat ~|J|M 111 L,„ 111 zainuooin Iran) whi now Deconre tne Finance Minister. And Defence Minister Datuk Serf Syed Hamid Albar (right) will head the Foreign Ministry. But why155 words
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Article, Illustration321 1999-01-09 14 Anwar sues Mahathir and claims he was... Sources: The Straits Times, AFP. DR M, as Home Minister, you are responsible for my whacking. You "instructed the police to act firmly, forcibly". So don't hide behind the sacking of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Tan Sri RahimSources: The Straits Times, AFP. - 321 words
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Article74 1999-01-09 14 BAIL DENIED AGAIN A NEW application for bail by Anwar was thrown out yesterday. The reason: Justice Augustine Paul said Anwar could still tamper with witnesses. As such, Anwar should be kept in remand until the case is over. The judge made the decision after Anwar's defence lawyers tried to74 words
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WORLDTODAY
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333 1999-01-09 16 Reuters. Senators have approved "a road map" an agreement on how to proceed for President Bill Clinton's impeachment trial. In a rare two-hour informal closed session in the Old Senate Chamber, they agreed to start the trial according to the timetable put together byReuters. - 333 words
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Article215 1999-01-09 16 Reuters. BRITAIN'S new Trade Secretary has admitted he fathered a son when he was only 17 years old. But Mr Stephen Byers, 45, does not regard this as a skeleton in his closet. Mr Byers said yesterday that he had never made a secret of theReuters. - 215 words
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Article, Illustration555 1999-01-09 17 Brian Miller - By Brian Miller IS America ready for a skirt in the Oval Office? Here, I stress, the Oval Office. Not some adjoining study. I reckon it is. After having four years of a fragile George Bush and almost seven years of a frolicking Bill Clinton,555 words
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Article, Illustration46 1999-01-09 18 mui'muK la aa attempt to stop the spread of Aids, the Indian araqr has released a haadfeook which argre soldiers to fhid forms of sexual i*lmm other thaa deeping with prostitutes: Sleeping around is neither a sign of manliness nor a soldierly attitude.46 words
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Article69 1999-01-09 18 MISS Sally Aw (right) took over the family business 44 years ago after her father died. Aw Boon Haw and his brother, Boon Par, founded newspapers in South-east Asia and invested in properties in Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Miss Aw is a member of the Chinese People's Political69 words
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Article, Illustration239 1999-01-09 18 A BANKRUPTCY suit has been filed against Hongkong media tycoon Sally Aw Sian. Miss Aw, the daughter of the late Tiger Balm legend Aw Boon Haw, has a legal battle to prove she can meet her financial obligations. It could be the end of239 words
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Article, Illustration252 1999-01-09 19 Article wrecked my reputation, says Pauline Yeung FORMER Miss Hongkong Pauline Yeung Po Ling is suing a fortune-teller for having painted her character as "sexually impure". In a High Court writ, Ms Yeung claims fortune teller Au Cheung Tak allegedly wrecked her character and reputation by252 words
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Article, Illustration246 1999-01-09 20 AFP. THEY heard a rumour and eventually went on a rampage. The result: One dead, at least three injured, and a trail of broken glass, smashed roof tiles and shopfronts. The trouble started on Thursday in the Indonesian town of Karawang, 80 km east of Jakarta.AFP.; Picture/ Reuters - 246 words
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Article, Illustration134 1999-01-09 20 AFP. THEY were radical Muslims against the recent British and US bombing of Iraq. So when they found out that British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in town yesterday, they demonstrated, gathering outside the Castle in central Cape Town in South Africa. Police said theyAFP.; Picture/ Afp - 134 words
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Article614 1999-01-09 29 The Three Musketeers - RACINGTODAY BY The Three Musketeers SCUD MISSILE ran a beautiful third to Key General over the 1,200 m last week. On that run, expect the Wilming Yeo-trained galloper to destroy his nine rivals in the Class 2 Div 3 1,400 m event (Race 8)614 words
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Article, Illustration281 1999-01-09 30 SPORTSTODAY WITHOUT a doubt, Ryan Giggs was the star of the week after how he mesmerised Boro. Michael Owen was a close second due to lower division opposition. Because the FA Cup means that lesser lights from the lower divisions can steal some of the show, the most281 words
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Article, Illustration440 1999-01-09 31 Saw Tek Meng - B ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL (Tonight. 10.55 pm) By Saw Tek Meng THIS clash at Arsenal's Highbury home usually serves up something special. Last season, it was Steve McManaman's spectacular volley that ended Arsenal's unbeaten home record. The season before, it was Robbie Fowler's vain appeal that goalkeeper David440 words
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Article, Illustration292 1999-01-09 32 ARSENALvLIVERPOOL Wire services. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger's oldest footballing friendship will be put to an acid test in tonight's fiery clash at Highbury. The Arsenal-Liverpool match has been billed, from the managerial point of view, as the "Clash of the Frenchmen". Wenger's bond with Liverpool manager GerardWire services. - 292 words
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Article, Illustration241 1999-01-09 32 Wire services. COME on, let's bury the hatchet. It will be on this note of humility that Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit looks forward to tonight's match against Chelsea. The former Dutch striker left Stamford Bridge (Chelsea's home ground) last season after a bitter exchangeWire services. - 241 words
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Article, Illustration221 1999-01-09 32 Wire services. THEY call him England's soccer escape artist. He has saved a number of Premiership clubs from the brink of relegation in recent years after taking over midway through the season. Now Ron Atkinson is set to do a similar number at strugglingWire services. - 221 words
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Article85 1999-01-09 32 AFP. WELL done, Brian Kidd. The new manager of Blackburn Rovers made a flying start by winning the Premiership's Manager of the Month award for December. Kidd, who took over at the struggling club at the beginning of last month after Roy Hodgson's dismissal, steered bottom-of-the-tableAFP. - 85 words
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Article247 1999-01-09 32 BLACKBURN v LEEDS Blackburn is without strikers Chris Sutton and Kevin Davies, which is likely to see Ashley Ward make his debut. Lucas Radebe should start as substitute for Leeds to help solve its defensive problems with long-term casualties Robert Molenaar (knee), Martin Hiden (knee) and Gary Kelly247 words
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Page 31 Miscellaneous
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Miscellaneous79 1999-01-09 31 TODAY: TODAY: Arsenal v Liverpool Arsenal v Liverpool: Live Blackburn v Leeds on SCV's Football Channel 22 I Coventry v Forest and Premiere 12; 10.55pm Everton v Leicester City mMOBftftW- Borov Aston Villa lUWUIUlwlf. Newcastle v Chelsea JJ Newcastle v Chelsea: Sheff Wed V Spurs 2*12Mam Saints VCharlton Channel 22,12^bam79 words
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Article, Illustration324 1999-01-09 33 UMEBMEBMM SPAIN; ITALY Coach tells Denilson: FIXTURES SPAIN Today: Barcelona v Athletic Bilbao Tomorrow; Valladolidv Real Betis Mallorcav Real Madrid Tenerifev Celta Vigo Atletico Madrid v Extremadura ITALY Tomorrow: Cagliariv Roma Empoliv AC Milan Inter-Milan v Venezia Juventusv Bari (Live on SCV Channel 22; Tomorrow, 9.25pm) Perugia vAFP. - 324 words
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249 1999-01-09 33 Reuters. ITALIAN Serie A leader Fiorentina takes on hot Lazio in Rome with the comforting thought that it was the last side to beat it at the Olympic Stadium. Fiorentina won 4-1 on the penultimate day of last season at a time when LazioReuters. - 249 words
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Article127 1999-01-09 33 MALLORCAv REAL MADRID Reuters. SIMPLICITY has been the key to Mallorca's rise to the top of the Spanish First Division. And there will be no changes to its game plan for the daunting clash with Real Madrid tomorrow. Former Spanish international Miguel Soler, who missed Mallorca's surpriseReuters. - 127 words
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313 1999-01-09 33 USA Today (Internet Edition). NOW that the NBA has peace between its owners and players, the league is turning its attention to making peace with its fans. Several polls indicate that apathy toward the NBA has developed among a large segment ofUSA Today (Internet Edition). - 313 words
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Article, Illustration528 1999-01-09 34 THE LIM SOON SENG INCIDENT On Thursday morning, Lint Soon Seng, the S-League's Young Player of the Year, was hurt in a motorbike accident. But why and how did it happen. ERNEST LUIS speaks to his fellow-Lion Tan Kim Leng, who sheds some light on the possibilities. MYSTERY528 words
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Article124 1999-01-09 34 LIM SOON SENG is more used to riding his 150 cc Vespa scooter, but he was on a different bike on that fateful Thursday morning. Ironically, the accident bike, a 200 cc Suzuki scrambler, was a second-hand buy from fellow-Lion Samawira Basri. And it is shared124 words
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Article, Illustration238 1999-01-09 35 ON THE ROAD TO RECOVERY NO BLOOD CLOTS FOUND LIM Soon Seng is all right. That's national coach Vincent Subramaniam's assessment of him, after he visited him in Tan Tock Seng Hospital yesterday. Only close colleagues and family members are allowed to visit Soon Seng,238 words
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Article135 1999-01-09 35 THE second Leisutron 8-Ball Challenge '98/99 continues, with the following pubs leading their respective groups: GroupA: MatahariPub& Wine Bar(2lpts) Group BiMdm Wong's (13) Group C:Keno (25) Group D: Ice Cold Beer (10) Next week's fixture (home team first): Monday: Matahari v Energy, Pier 78 v Now Then, Kinara135 words
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Article, Illustration381 1999-01-09 35 Ernest Luis - Reports/ Ernest Luis AFTER Lim Soon Seng's accident, some Lions are reconsidering their transport options. Team-mate Samawira Basri is one who is more determined to get a car now. He has a 150 cc Piaggio Vespa now, which he redecorated in the colours of Coca Cola. Said381 words
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Advertisement78 1999-01-09 37 Anytime is a good time to have fun, say pub owners, never mind the recession. Ms Vicky Chinjs one of t many who lsSNrc<,put their money booze is #k; > despite the economic wrAb* downturn, retail and W property slump. At least eight new pubs have opened in the past78 words
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Article, Illustration363 1999-01-09 38 How they stand: Some of the world's largest statues compared to the Maitreya Statue Superlatives are nothing new to Bodhgaya. This sleepy Indian town is the most sacred of Buddhist pilgrimage sites the place of Buddha's enlightenment and it belongs in Bihar, regarded as363 words
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Article, Illustration1097 1999-01-09 38 While thousands of Singaporeans marked the beginning of the New Year getting wet, wild or drunk, a small group of Singaporeans chose to spend the season in a place of great poverty. To usher in 1999, a dozen-Singaporean Buddhists journeyed to Bodhgaya in India, the sitePictures/ Calvin Low - 1,097 words
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Article, Illustration588 1999-01-09 39 HIS spiritual stature aside, the most arresting thing about being in the presence of Kundun (the Dalai Lama's title, which means "The Presence" in Tibetan) is to see and hear his spontaneous, free-spirited laughter. It's said about the 14th Dalai Lama that, when he laughs, all his 13588 words
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Article, Illustration264 1999-01-09 40 users.netreach.net/tre/l/psycho.htm BEFORE you check into your motel room, be sure that the person handing you the key does not look like the man in the picture (right). He is Anthony Perkins, the actor who played demented motel owner Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 thriller, Psycho.264 words
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Article50 1999-01-09 40 WANT a peek at the famous shower scene (the 1960 version)? Point your mouse to this link: www.geocities.com/Hollywood/1645/images.html If you are still psyched for more information, visit the following Psycho-related sites: Alfred Hitchcock Online (www.qumulus.nl/hitchcock) Sequels of Psycho (users.netreach.net/treyl/psycho/sequels/index.htm) The official site of the 1998 remake (www.universalpictures.com/psycho)50 words
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Article, Illustration178 1999-01-09 40 YOU say "Motor" and I say "Potato". Received via e-mail is this list of real-life Hongkong names collected over several years by a Hongkong engineer: Acne Chan, a female bank clerk Prick Chan, male (fortunately) Penguin Chang, a male employee at a fast-food restaurant Silicon Cheng,178 words
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Article, Illustration102 1999-01-09 40 TO ring in the new year, Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) suggested a "perfect" movie choice a 1989 film appropriately titled New Year's Day. But it's strictly for die-hard fans of X-Files' David Duchovny, warned a Net surfer who posted a comment on the site. He described the102 words
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Article126 1999-01-09 40 THAT famous quote "Play it again, Sam" is something this viewer would never say toTCS. The Net surfer complained on the soc.culture.singapore newsgroup about the reruns he had to endure on TV, citing The Mask, Rambo and Home Alone as examples. "How long wiIITCS continue to test the126 words
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Article, Illustration102 1999-01-09 41 MY husband speaks to me in a very frustrated tone even though I talk normally and friendly to him. I asked him about it and he said that he didn't know why. Sometimes, he would not even talk at all. It has lasted a few102 words
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Article164 1999-01-09 41 ROSE has had a problem with her in-laws for more than three years. Her patience is running out. Her motherand father-in-law are so dirty that she cannot bear to take it anymore. They do not want to keep the house clean. Their habit is to spit in164 words
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Article215 1999-01-09 41 A reader's advice... TO live with in-laws without problems is something unheard of, I think. It is futile for you to expect your in-laws to change what must be obvious lifetime cultivated bad habits their lack of personal hygiene, their untidiness, etc. If you want215 words
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Article365 1999-01-09 41 I'M 17 and my boyfriend is 18. We quarrel often, but I don't know what all the fighting is about. He often complains that I don't understand him well enough and often scolds me. He sometimes hurts me when he's really mad. But how can I365 words
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Article192 1999-01-09 41 WE have known each other for six years. But I've noticed that my friend is selfish. Apart from frequently boasting about her boyfriend, she often points out my faults, knowing that I'm sensitive about them. Is there a way to stop her behaving like this?192 words
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Article, Illustration820 1999-01-09 42 Is this the year of living soberly? You wouldn't think so, going by the number of new nightspots suddenly mushrooming in Singapore. This despite the economic downturn, and the retail and property slump. Are these pub investors crazy, intoxicated with their own boooze, or merely shrewd? CALVIN LOW goesPictures/ Mohd Ishak - 820 words
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Article, Illustration377 1999-01-09 42 WILL the new kids on the block make it past the recession? Mr Dennis Foo, whose company owns the largest pub chain in Singapore the seven-outlet Europa chain believes that when the going gets tough, the tough gets tougher. "In the pub scene,377 words
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Article, Illustration233 1999-01-09 42 CONCEPTS aside, the recession-induced lower rentals and more stable manpower supply and costs have fueled the growth of the pub scene. Mr Jeffrie Morias of Fever, Bar At Robertson's Ms Ming Yap and The Page co-owner Ms Vicky Chin all acknowledged this fact. For Ms Chin,233 words
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Miscellaneous892 1999-01-09 43 THE NEW PAPER Saturday. January 9.1999 M 1 fQj TV Saturday Sunday channel Q channel channel channeL 6.00 AM Underwater Encounters 6.00 AM Muka Muka 6.00 AM Extremists 6.00 AM The Dragon Emerges 6.30 Travel Travel 6.30 Bow 6.30 Adventure Rio 6.30 21 st Century Is No Dream 7.00 AH892 words
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Article, Illustration41 1999-01-09 44 THE MOVIE Two sisters, who are witches by birth, come under a family curse men they fall in love with will suffer premature deaths. Life's no picnic for the Owens sisters and the men they fall in love with.41 words
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Article158 1999-01-09 44 JESSICA LEOW ITS a show that gives men the chance to say: Well, what did I tell you, women are weirdos. Practical Magic sets up a clan of spell-casting females who thanks to an ancient curse see their men prematurely removed when a bug shows158 words
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Article153 1999-01-09 44 YONG SHU HOONG JESSICA, you're much too kind. I agree with you that the movie sits on the fence when it comes to choosing a genre. But I would go further as far as branding it the WORST film I've seen in 1998, period. Amazing,153 words
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Article, Illustration222 1999-01-09 45 The greatest Indulgence in my life is... "Doing things that I enjoy doing. For the past 16 years, I have been filming and am always filming those movies that I like. I think this is an indulgence in life." Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, 36, Hongkong actor "Drinking red wine and222 words
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Article, Illustration434 1999-01-09 46 /jmV— s m edwin@sph.com.sg V 5% EdwinYeo THERE'S a new joint opening up at Liat Towers called Latino's. Oh no, I hear you groan, not another Latino bar! But wait, says bossman Billy Willcox. As far as he is concerned, Latino's is the ONLY LatinPicture/ Mohd Ishak - 434 words
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Article243 1999-01-09 48 In the International Year of the Elderly this year, what more can be done for the elderly in Singapore? "People should give up their seats in the bus and MRT for them. "Once, I regretted not doing so when an elderly lady, carrying her marketing basket full of243 words
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Article, Illustration949 1999-01-09 49 Kenjallehjr PEOPLE educated beyond their intelligence often complain that I focus too much on nonsensical advice and too little on issues of educational value and relevance. So okay, here's something that may be of value to those of you seeking some idea of949 words