The New Paper, 15 January 1999

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    Masthead
    20 1 the new paper FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 1999 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://newpaper.asia1 .com.sg Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      50 DEAD More than 100 injured
      369 2  -  SOUTH INDIAN HINDU PILGRIMAGE TRAGEDY By Patrick Jonas AT least 50 pilgrims were killed and more than 100 were injured at Sabarimalai in southern India last night. The Hindu pilgrims were in a crowd watching the ritual of lighting of lamps from the top
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      SINGAPOREAN WHO WENT FOR PILGRIMAGE:
      216 2 SINGAPOREAN K K Nair was shocked to hear of the tragedy only three weeks ago he had returned from a pilgrimage to Sabarimalai. He said he was surprised to see the increase in the number of pilgrims compared to his previous visit in 1996. "Most
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      HOLY PILGRIMAGE
      73 2 THOUSANDS of Hindu pilgrims visit Sabarimalai from all over India and abroad starting in the month of November. Those who undertake the pilgrimage wear a chain at a temple and begin 41 days of abstinence no sex, meat or liquor. Two Singaporeans who went for the pilgrimage were
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      Lock icon Yeltsin's working from home again
      218 2 Reuters. IT'S happened again. Russian President Boris Yeltsin didn't show up for work yesterday. So Kremlin officials have been busy cancelling his meetings for two days and avoiding questions about his health. Spokesman Dmitry Yakushkin played down concerns. He insists that the veteran leader, 67,
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      Dow down
      94 2 THE tremor from Brazil's surprise devaluation on Wednesday and poor US corporate earnings has pushed shares down further. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 224.77 points, or 2.4 per cent, to 9,124.79 points at the close. The Dow index has lost 5.4 per cent since the beginning of
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      Lock icon Camera... ACTION
      253 3 Filming for Leo movie starts in Thailand today AFP. THE new Leonardo DiCaprio movie will not be beached. Cameras will start rolling on Phi Phi Island national park in southern Thailand today. The villagers on the island lost a battle to get producers 20th Century Fox off their
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      Lock icon Miss World's rape case: Man to be charged
      265 3 Source: Reuters, AFP. ISRAELI police said yesterday they expect to charge a 43-year-old travel agent with raping Miss World, 19-year-old Israeli model Linor Abargil (left). The suspect, Shlomo Nour, was arrested on Saturday night at Tel Aviv's Ben-Gurion international airport when he
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      45 2 Sorry Office of the future (TNP, Jan 14): We reported that yesterday was to have been the last day of Career Clean room 1999. This is wrong. The fair ended on Wednesday. Leisure Showtime: Pages 39,40, 42,43 and 44 Comics: Page 38 TV: Page 71
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      She was so high, she could not fight back
      665 4 Teens check into hotel for drink and drug party Girl, 14, passes out on bed Odd job worker, 26, rapes her Ever heard of drug parties? They are some teenagers' idea of fun. But many of these teens don't realise what
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      Havoc life turns into a nightmare
      233 4 SHE had been a havoc girl since age 12. But the parents of the rape victim knew nothing about her hellish life until the rape. They never suspected their daughter of glue-sniffing or popping Upjohn pills. They did not know that her friends were
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      Brush with death
      97 4 THE girl narrowly missed dying from a drug overdose. The amount of diazepam the chemical found in sleeping pills in her blood shocked even medical professionals. It was nearly four times above the sedative level, and three times above the level at which muscles get too weak
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      Drug parties
      146 4 DRUG parties had surfaced in 1996 and were held in certain pubs and discos after closing hours. Then, Ecstasy pills were dished out to selected patrons, who paid exorbitant prices for a jug of mineral water. Some parents complained that at certain discos, pushers were spiking their daughters'
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Easy driver
      270 5 m LTA PLAN TO MAKE YOU AN... MOTORISTS are likely to be able to get up-to-the-minute traffic information via their pagers and mobile phones by mid-year. The messages will be sent by the Land Transport Authority, which is merging its four traffic information systems into one, reports The
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      Lock icon Teh tarik trouble
      120 5 "It* SCORCHING ROW: Lorry driver Murugan Thurairaj showing the injuries he suffered when he fell into a pan of boiling oil during a row with a teh tarik stall owner in Malaysia last week. The 20-year-old claims he was eating supper alone when the stall owner and
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    • News Break
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        Illegal trade
        60 5 BESS REPORTED cases of illegal trade in endangered animal species are up. The Primary Production Department investigated 41 cases last year, compared to nine in 1997. The head of PPD's regulatory branch, Dr Leong Hon Keong, said the main reason for the rise was a better informed public
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        2 m pray
        62 5 BUS MORE than two million Muslims prayed in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Wednesday night to mark the day Islam's holy book, the Quran, was revealed to Prophet Muhammad in the year 610. The vast gathering at the Grand Mosque was orderly, reported the Saudi Press Agency. Saudi
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        Car buyer wins
        63 5 COURT ROVER franchise owner Intra-Motors paid $25,000 in an out-of-court settlement to a man who had sued the firm for selling him a defective Rover station-wagon in 1996. Intra-Motors will also repair the defective car and return it to the customer, Mr Jaya Kumar Lopez, 32. In
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        RM 3.8 b sales
        55 5 BUS A TOTAL of 14,452 properties worth RM 3.8 billion ($1.7 billion) were sold during Malaysia's month-long Home Ownership Campaign. This exceeded expectations, but there were fewer foreign buyers than expected about 2 per cent of the total. More than 90 per cent of the foreigners
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        Say in delisting
        63 5 TAKEOVERS A SAFEGUARD for companies after a takeover has been introduced. The Stock Exchange of Singapore has issued rules giving shareholders a say in whether a company can be delisted. This stops a company being steamrollered into a "voluntary" delisting by an acquiring company. There has been
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    • Article
      Fit to drink?
      143 6 F®<sus IS Hongkong's drinking water heavily polluted? Yes, says Civil Force, a lobby group that tested samples from the Dongjiang River in China, from where 70 per cent of Hongkong's water supply is drawn. No, says Hongkong's Water Supplies Department, which claims the group tested the water
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      Quote worthy
      105 6 It's not that I don't want to ask, but you know what the end result is. Opposition politician Dr Chee Soon Juan on why he has not applied for permission to hold a lunchtime talk at the National University of Singapore next Thursday. He spoke from a makeshift
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      Rudeness check
      55 6 IMRH JOHOR officials are looking into complaints that some checkpoint staff at the Causeway and the Second Link have been rude to commuters. They are also investigating complaints that not all the immigration and customs booths are open during peak periods, leading to massive traffic congestion. TWO CROSSINGS
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      Call cost cut
      61 6 internet! CHEAPER telephone calls to more than 50 countries can be made by the Internet. With a special telephony card installed in a personal computer, it is possible to speak for 30 minutes for $1.50 if there is a service gateway to the other number. Local firm
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      Raffles show on
      58 6 U LONDON THE life and work of Singapore's founder, Sir Stamford Raffles, are on show at the British Museum in London. Exhibits include two oil paintings of Raffles and other objects of Indonesian culture, which Raffles brought back with him in 1816 after his period as Lieutenant-Governor
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      Arctic blast
      68 6 BPS CANADIANS have been warned they risk frostbite by simply stepping outside as the temperature plunges below that at the North Pole in the eastern part of the country. In Quebec, it is between -30 and -45 deg C. At the North Pole, it is -22 deg C.
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      local Head liners
      38 6 The Straits Times: Markets in Asia shrug off panic over Brazil The Business Times: Morning Wall Street slide unnerves Europe Lianhe Zaobao: Brazilian, British and US stocks continue to plunge as Asian ones are affected
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      world Head liners
      42 6 International Herald Tribune: Republicans open case agains the President New Straits Times: Final tally: RM3.Bb property sales Berita Harian Malaysia: National Front confident of regaining control of Kelantan BBC news: US Senate begins impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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    Oops! Sorry...
    71 7 muKmuK SINGAPORETODAY Sgt Goh Geok Lye, a 27-year-old Traffic Police officer, on the top five excuses given by violators of traffic rales: I didn't know. I didn't see the sign. I got my licence many years ago. Forgot theory already. I have a very bad stomach ache. I
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  • attitude You talk, your peers answers, we listen
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      Reality hites
      473 8 You are here. When you are in school,you can't wait to get out to work. But as some students found out, the working world can be very tough I'M a third-year student at a polytechnic. Right now, my classmates and I are doing our industrial attachment, which is
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      Aids ads... Portray both sexes as culprits
      98 9 I REFER to last week's letter by Natalie Mok (Some Aids ads unfair to women, TNPJan 8.) Perhaps the campaign was meant to make both sexes aware that the disease affects everyone. I fully agree with the writer. The ads must not give
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      Don't treat me like a crook
      108 9 I'M very disappointed with the treatment some shops give teenagers. I go into stores as a potential customer and yet I feel there's discrimination against teenagers. Most of the time when I enter a store, the staff follow me or act real suspicious they
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      Tell us your wish for the year
      95 9 ITS the start of a brand new year! Write in and tell us what your big wish for this year is and why. The best three letters will win Golden Village movie tickets to the film, The Mighty, starring Sharon Stone. You can
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Prawns cheaper at Geylang than Zhujiao
      240 11  -  HOT TIP FOR FESTIVE SEASON By Michelle Ang IF you are going to stock up for Hari Raya Puasa, take note. If you are not, take note too. Tiger prawns at the Geylang Serai market cost $8 a kg but the same prawns at
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      GEYLANG CHEAPER
      41 11 LONTONG: Cost $1.50 each at Geylang Serai and $2 each at Zhujiao market. TEMPE: Just 10 cents cheaper at Geylang Serai. It sold at 30 cents each. M RED CHILLIES: Sold at $3 more per Kg at Zhujiao market.
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      ZHUJIAO CHEAPER
      65 11 TEN LARGE EGGS: Cost $1.60 at Zhujiao, $1.70 at Geylang Serai. DRIED PRAWNS: Sold at $13 per kg at Zhujiao, compared to $14 per kg at Geylang Serai. BELACHAN: Also $1 cheaper at Zhujiao, where it sold at $3 per kg TAMARIND: Was 10 cents cheaper at 50
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      ADVICE FROM CASE
      40 11 BE OBJECTIVE: Buy an item because it is the right one for your purpose and pocket. KNOW YOUR NEEDS: Buying the correct quantity is important. GUARD: Against impulse buying. BUY CHEAPER ALTERNATIVES: Such as vegetables and fish.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      TV brings bad news
      320 13 Two Singaporeans died in an accident in India on Monday after the van they were travelling in crashed into a stationary lorry. The two were part of a group which was making a pilgrimage to Sabarimalai. CRISPINA ROBERT speaks to the family of one of the
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      THE ACCIDENT
      59 13 THE van carrying seven Singaporeans slammed into a parked lorry and tumbled down a small ravine. The group had left Singapore on Saturday and set out late on Sunday night for Sabarimalai to avoid heavy daytime traffic. The accident occurred around 2 am, when all the passengers were
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      HELP FOR FAMILIES
      84 13 THE Singapore Consulate in Chennai is helping families of the accident victims. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) told The New Paper: "MFA was alerted to the accident by the family of one of the Singaporeans injured. "Our consulate in Chennai (Madras) is assisting all the families
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    Love on the Net
    98 15 SINGAPORETODAY YOU'VE got mail, but have you got romance? In the movie, You've Got Mail, hitting Singapore cinemas from Jan 28, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan (left) pair up as an unlikely couple who find true love over the Internet. In real life, many modern-day singles
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      He dropped BOMBSHELL about his other girl
      475 17 JAIL FOR MERC DRIVER WHO RAN OVER EX-GIRLFRIEND It seemed like a regular Singapore break-up. He was in national service. She was in university. He fell for another girl. She fell for a classmate. But they didn't just walk away from each other,
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      Head slumped..
      267 17 SMART student. Accomplished pianist. Selfless volunteer. These glowing praises can make any person swell with pride. But not Adrian Kwan Yew Hoong, 21. He stood slumped in court. Behind him sat 20-odd family and friends of the woman killed by his wheels. His head drooped. His eyes glistened.
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      Underwater walk for charily
      96 18 TAKE an underwater walk at Sentosa's Underwater World tomorrow and on Sunday. For a $120-donation to the Bone Marrow Donor Programme, you'll get to wear a special helmet which allows you to breathe normally in the five-metre deep tank. And you'll be accompanied by a TCS
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      NO CAR but she's paying for it
      432 19  -  1 NO 1 I CAR PROBLEM NO 2 By Toh Li Lin SHE drove the Saab Turbo 900 for only 10 days. Madam W Y Chew never had a chance to wash it. Or even take her family for a ride. Yet, she
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      15 19 Seen anything newsy? Heard anything interesting? You could win a Motorola handphone! M MO TOFtOL-A
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    Specs scam on the MRT
    355 21 First he bumps into you ...then he asks for money SINGAPORETODAY WATCH out when you next board the MRT train, because you may be taken for a ride. And you could part with your money. A man is said to be cheating people of their
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      207 22 Simply Red Blaze your way into the new year with red, absolutely this season's hottest colour ever. Red, considered the colour of energy and vitality is just the impetus you need to pull you out of the doldrums. So leave the gloom and doom of 1998 behind and embrace the
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      Lock icon This is Saturday night at Jakarta's Clarke Quay. So, Where's the crose.
      515 23 CALL it plain bad luck. This group of pubs and restaurants is located right next to the parliament building in Jakarta. Smack in the middle of town. You would think it was a prime location. But it is
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      BLOCKED OFF
      89 23 ROAD blocks appear often and suddenly in Jakarta. Whenever the army or police get wind of an impending demonstration, troops immediately block off major roads and junctions around the planned site to prevent demonstrators from reaching it. This causes daily inconvenience to residents and workers. "Sometimes, when you
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      46 23 Pilot's lead to offer better value I I Thumbs Up! ■Jk The Shaker H-1010 mm&i FREE 9°'l HED-XU ji mm PENCIL LEAD M (worth $1.20) Hurry! Only limited stocks available Available at leading bookshops, stationers, department stores and supermarkets Marketed by Pilot Pen (S) Pte Ltd
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    WORK ON NEW BRIDGE FROM NEXT JANUARY, SAYS JOHOR
    187 24 MALAYSIATODAY JOHOR will go ahead with the building of a 1-km long bridge to replace the existing Causeway between Johor and Singapore. Work is expected to begin in January next year, said Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman yesterday. When
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      420 24 New Philips RC 604 with Digital Sound Processor Classical to Pop DSP delivers it brilliantly! P* us many exclusive features! 8) Clock (unction 1) Digital Sound Processor(OSP) 2) CDM M 2 Mechanism Helps keep you on time For optimum sound quality according Scratch-free loading as it takes the CD by
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    Medals? Who cares?
    46 26 mui*mui< 1 WORLDTODAY French soccer star Emmanuel Petit, announcing the loss of his World Cup winner's medal, won last year Medals and trophies don't mean anything to me. I prefer to win every game. Medals are just little things, so I don't mind.
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    Lock icon So, who will get Kelantan?
    323 27 MALAYSIATODAY Source: New Straits Times. ONE has Kelantan on his mind. The other already has Kelantan in his hands. But when Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Kelantan Mentri Besar Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat met yesterday, they displayed little of the political rivalry that
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      562 27 ADVERTISEMENT The Shaw Times November 20 1998 February 14 1999 mi i \(f):<•/i im 1 (K) Beach Road Singapore *****2 Tel: 391 8011 Where Everything Comes Alive/ The art of Lift jo j /jt j fji i j rjLdficAetx (frontotton (11 Jan 99-14 Feb99) Grand iOraw <Mcku Wraw •Lucku [flip
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    210 28 WORLD TODAY For height comparison, Mr sink is even taller than NBA mega-star Michael Jordan. But at 172 kg, he is almost double Jordan's weight Reuters. SIR, I need your help to buy underwear. The extraordinary plea to Estonian President Lennart Meri came from an oversized man.
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      355 30 Economic woes force Brazil to let currency slide against US$ Global investors spooked Asia fears fresh trouble Sources: The Business Times, wire services. ON Wednesday, Brazil followed what Thailand did in July 1997 allowed its currency, the real, to slide against
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      535 31 With 1999 likely to be as eventful as, if not more than, last year, how well-versed are you in world affairs? Try this quiz 1) Anwar Ibrahim's lawyers sometimes talk about "mala fide" during his trial. What are they talking about? a) A queen-size mattress b)
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      348 32 PROSECUTION ON US PRESIDENT'S TRIAL... We are here today because President William Jefferson Clinton decided to put himself above the law not once, not twice, but repeatedly. Representative James Sensenbrenner, a Wisconsin Republican who summarised the case against the President Soure: Wire services. Republican prosecutors demanded
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      513 33  -  The trial will resume on Jan 26 By Brian Miller A THREATENED walkout by Anwar Ibrahim's defence team. An unusually long 12-day adjournment. A livid defendant and an overly distraught wife. These were just some of the developments which came about after Judge Augustine
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      145 33 JUDGE Augustine Paul ruled that all evidence relating to sex be expunged. This is the exchange. Mr Gurtachan Singh (Anwar's lawyer): If the evidence is irrelevant, Anwar will be prevented from denying the allegations. Judge Paul: If I rule that it is irrelevant, then the denial
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      1175 34 WANTED: Parents to play more active roles in their children's schools. A new committee called Compass Community and Parents in Support of Schools will explore ways of expanding the "collaboration" between schools, parents and the community at large. It will be headed by Education Minister
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      203 34 GULLIBLE PARENT: "Some parents believe their children can do no wrong. Once, a girl was caught smoking. She and her parent were waiting outside my office and I heard the mother tell her 15-year-old: 'Don't worry. They have no evidence'. Luckily, we had confiscated the cigarettes. Sometimes, of
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      178 34 complain that tome toachn art hard to deal with: INSENSITIVE TEACHER: "Sometimes, teachers don't understand students' difficulties." Clerk Rahimah Mohd, 42, whose two daughters are aged three and 15 1 c RIGID TEACHER: "Sometimes, a teacher's attitude can be irritating. My son got a question wrong in a
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    496 35  -  WSMM CETERA J WITH J RAJENDRAN IT could have been a short ride across the Causeway to attend the wedding dinner of a colleague's daughter. Yet despite leaving home at 5.30 pm last Saturday, my wife and I, and a colleague who hitched a
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      413 36  -  BY Avis Wong FIRST, they were out of the finals. Then, they were told they were in. This happened during the second round of semi-finals for the Golden Peony Cup children's karaoke contest held by the Provision Suppliers Corporation (PSC) on PSC Nite last Saturday (telecast over Channel 8).
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      242 37  -  FROM PAGE 39 BY Avis Wong MS Angie Koh is angry. She is the music teacher of the losing group Bu Dao Weng (Roly-poly), knocked out in the first semi-finals. Her grouse: That PSC could actually alter the results after the show. She even returned
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      126 37 First Semi-finals Second Semi-finals Entertainment 30 Bu Dao Weng 223 Xiao Dou Dou 241 Diction 15 Tao Qi Xiao Bu Dian...237 KuaiLeWaWa 243 Rhythm 20 Tian Le Yi Pai 235 Tong Zhi Meng 241 Stage performance 20 Opening y Mango Salad, Prawn Curry I)i.<be.i, Claypot Vermicelli Prawn**, Durian Glutinous Rice
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      90 37 I The exhibition displays all the top local P* I and overseas boutiques' IB creations, professional studio f'\>ly I consultants caterers. So, make a I H P Talk "Auipiciyu> P*<E» Jan 17 at 3pm by Mr Henry Wong. Bridal Bouquet Pemomlrttivn 1 -/-3* Jim i 9 at 3pm.H\ floral artist,
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      126 38 Axe you charming fun 0& good with words? Have you ever wished i j i tyou could chat online another person to go on a date with you k m If you've answered "Yes" to any of ...j|H■lp^gJJp^j Jg the above questions, then you U want w yßfc, 4 1
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      330 39  -  By Edwin Yeo YOU can be forgiven for wondering if the latest local movie, Lucky Number, is Money No Enough 2. The story is the same, except Jack Neo is not in it. The movie, which stars Lin Yisheng and Ng Kin Wah, traces the struggle
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      91 40 ITS NYPD Blue, Bollywood-style, as Hindi-movie heartthrob Shah Rukh Khan plays a police officer in an upcoming movie about cops. The yet-to-be-titled film will also star Jackie Shroff who has played policemen in several films including the forgettable Police Officer and Juhi Chawla, India's Premiere magazine
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      328 41 MALAYSIAN singer Amelina has had a lot happen to her last year. Most notable, of course, was her recent break-up with singer Iwan, who was also her manager. The couple were about to marry when they broke up. Now Iwan doesn't want to think about
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      159 39 Music live Radio Movies What's On Children's Edutainment R Sing Tel tof© 9 ft3»fe to MvM n zzT} f\ w/ m?.n/ p Tunc into a LIVE radio broadcast from your telephone with Y I f- Timeout. Now you can hear the latest music, news from RCS, i J Safra Radio
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      36 40 TITLE: Lucky Number STARS: Lin Yisheng, Ng Kin Wah SCENARIO: Two guys lose their jobs and go into illegal professions such as selling Viagra and pirated VCDs. SCREENING: Now showing RATING: Well, if there's nothing else.
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      78 40 rjy BRAND THE CINEMA REVOLUTION HAS ARRIVED JL j&&\ -Jij V t l Pf JJj; fr ft EXPERIENCE THE GV DIFFERENCE cold j) [mt CLA3G [WwwCßEcHj P* T»~E WORLDS 6 WALL-TO-WALL SENSATIONAL EXTRA «ICE MORE OF THE M OS T SCREENS A GV DIGITAL SEATS WITH POPULAR Luxurious sin c.
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      337 41 Mi walking ~S 2- o- comfort. Soft leathers and Clarks ENGLAND SPECIALIST SHOPS: Clarks Centre (Bugis Junction. Orchard Point) The Clarks Shop (Tanglin Mall) AUTHORIZED DEALERS: Agilie Trading (Tiong Bahru Plaza) Aido Enterprises (Thomson Plaza) Any Shoes (Far East Plaza) Beauty Shoes (Bukit Timah Shopping Centre) Bee Bee Dept. Store
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      437 42 I O I 11 I R I" W E 1 E K E N mm km¥II •uim Stars: Jennifer Tilly, Brad Dourif, Katherine Heigl and Nick Stabile Century: Fri 2.30pm, 7.45; Choa Chu Kang: Fri 12pm, 5.30; Hougang: Fri only 5.15pm; Jurong: Fri 12pm, 5.30; Lido: Fri 1.45pm, 6.45; Republic:
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      862 42 ■KSf MIGHTY I JOE ifHft YOUNG: Starring Wr Chartize ■L Theron (left). JM ASIAN MOVIES /Next ■■mh pa e I 1.40pm, 4.15,6.45,9.15; GV Tampines: Fri, Sat Sun ■HlnllFf 1■ nam. 1.30pm, 1.40,4, 4.15,6.30,6.45,9.9.15, Fri Sat 11.30pm, 11.50; GV Tkmg Bahni: Fri, Sat Sun Stars: Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton 11.40am.
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      416 42 12.25pm, 2.35, 7.05; GVTampines: Fri, Sat Sun 12.10pm, 2.30,9.20, Fri Sat 11. 35pm; GV Tiong Bahru: Fri, Sat Sun 12.20pm, 4.45,9.10, Sat Sun 10.10am; CV Yishun: Fri, Sat Sun 12.20pm, 2.35, 7.10; Jubilee: Fri only 2pm; Jurong: Fri 3.30pm, 9.30; Orchard: Fri, Sat Sun only 9.15pm; Suntec: Fri I.30pm, 5.30;
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      65 43 w I I Ik I In I D Miwituiia Centuiy: Fri 12.15pm, 2.30, 4.45, 7, 9.15,11.30; ChoaChu Kang Fri 2.15pm, 7.15; Empress: Fri only 3pm; GV Boon Lay: Fri. Sat Sun 4.15pm, 9, Fri Sat 11.35pm; GV Ptaxa: Fri 11.45am, 4.20pm, Fri, Sat Sun 9pm, Sat Sun 12.35pm; GV Yishun:
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      471 43 Orchard: Fri, Sat Sun 10.30am, 12.45pm, 7.30,9.45; Princess: Fri, Sat Sun 1.15pm, 7.15; Republic: Fri only 5pm; Suntec: Fri only 7.25pm; Toa Payoh: Fri only 3.30pm; Wast Mall: Fri 1.15pm, 5, 7.15; Whitesands: Fri only 7.20pm Stare Jacqueline Ng Century: Fri 11am, 12.45pm, 4.15, 6,9.30; Empress: Fri 1pm, 5, 7.15;
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      415 44 I wl. I-Ik I. In Id WW WIIM Golden: Fri Sat 11.30pm, midnight, Sat Sun 11.30am, 5.30pm; Yangtze: Sat Sun 5pm, 11.30, Sat 11.30am, Sun 11am Stars: Kate Winslet and Said Taghmaoui GV Marina: Fri Sat 11.45pm, Sat Sun 4.05pm; UA Beach Rd: Fri Sat 11.45pm, Sat Sun 4.20pm Star*
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      131 44 J I Pavilion: 786-5788 ■*lliMUIfcli JBBBWB Empress: 777-5867 Mandarin: 292-9401 TICK OF APPROVAL Shaw: 7384)555 rr~TT Studio City Riverside: 438-2838 Films with ticks are strongly Cash bookings only. Ticket pick-up: —/I recommended bv our reviewers 30 minutes before showtime V Edwin Yeo (EY), Jason Lee T (JL), Chan Seet Fun
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      203 45 &T&T,3,0 8 o AOO *Sb i V-: Lf 1 :> ||gR|| L Court MoU S pore *****6 m m TEL: 339 2128 1 your weekly guide to pubs and lounges t3StOOS —...r.j l«sA AUll v Mon 6pm 10 P m Fri 6 P m 9 pm m/m Beer House Pour
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      596 46 a good'time For pub-goers familiar with the pub scene in the eastern part of the *m island, the name Jantzen Corner will surely spring to mind. Situated in the well- JOKJJtj YBO" SBr known "Pub Row" of Paramount Shopping j 1 I I t i Mtk i j Centre, it
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      162 47 'V v V I mon Beer auggles at nappy f t i| R|Ta fc free no. orlsel!! LIT.'I I Join the fun at the only English Karaoke IP& enj U JT r Thoms Onl 1 iin>gj Tuesday '"I ported Beer Lights I Wednesday Ladies •Night clc I 7 1 Thursday
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      332 48 Si Z 4 v V# Orchard Road, 104-33 Orchart Towers, 5(*****5)a YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO PUBS AND LOUNGES ffjfjt*lffe Tel: 737 4666 m ii j ESESaSfflSEQE^fipj Qyl# If NtrulTiwmciineuk' jl H 1 ii HtffT HOWS ;:wa.«l i r^BBBSTsS I 1 ¥¥lt U I Vtodko N»te on Wednesday Vl ■CSBamESIZnBEEaEIT il-y
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      260 49 O a O A r* I L f W YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO PUBS AND LOUNGES fjgiStctCfS TO YOU IS Z 11 Rs r^ Regent Pool made I ".sal I Welcome Home 19 r S!^ n £%J Singapore! I I® h ""o«.. u* u„ T\ll A r I I C
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      553 50 i fi Free 16" Wall Fans/standing Fans For Purchases Of $1000 ft Above Trade-in Prices Worth $60 $700 TOSHIBA llf'lHa 1 SONY VEGA Made In Japan Projector TV KV-EF 29M61 KV-XF 29MN65 43G9UXE 50G9UXE I $2199 $1 6 gg ioooo So 1 n $1899 $1549 I $2998 S3G9B Trade-Infromsl6o-$3OO I
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      155 51 VL < >W/Y ffT A Cill/rl- E c#M#,rt Price Excellent QUI Excellent Service A 3/1 wK J > USASIQtBYSIOCFRIOGf V [HITACHI 29"TV! THOMSON I r Vll 3VCO PLAYER! skg $360/II IBS: '"T'b i M tusk# i i $1,938 I ZIZ I m S P VJV69»; H0^ 9 i I OOHTWSS
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      241 52 TOE NEW PAPER/Frtday, January 15,1999 fJJ* dH GRAYFORD FURNISHINGS 1\ V Hks IMPORTER EXPORTER, WHOLESALER RETAILER xJQJ SPECIALISTS IN CURTAINS, CARPETS UPHOLSTERY m i Installation, Cleaning, f f/(|j 'd®fK// ■fir' R I Maintenance and MW, T 'tß[( u H Service of Aircons f)/) Jlff 'M CR|B|' lIS* a 1-2 rms
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      754 53 I IC* Cftf AM, COOMCI Jfe <<§v, CAMDt£$ l|PF 4 SPECIAL FOCUS OF THE NEW PAPER FASTADS JSM$9tfe aBBHBBBBBBBBBBBBBIIr^ The earliest known appearance of a KjpTy jelly beap combining the two /gftj techniques was in an 1861 advertisement for William Schrafft of Boston that promoted the sending r 11 j
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      103 54 icf ems&Me cqqkms m. MNMI# 0 ASKCULfOCUSOrrHENEWPAKRFASTADS fastads (je/e/tfHitvu}; 25 ffri *Jin<pafior& %/WmCMMM (One OfJapan's Most Loved Companies) f I ilik: JIP •Ik- v m w ill? O Jl* *V X* "O %IL 5o Yummy Lovely That You Could Hardly Resist Any Of These Send your particulars to us and
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      630 57 i MB Health Centres mm Health Centre* UN Health Centre* 1 mm Health Centres Si nM SM42 HoM/Lounge Restaurant Positions 1 *1U» a/U aj food, cafjm and HUM*. Stwici Pivwiow Saumv Full-Time Crew up to $1,100 mih KnrcMßM Dwnw Saiawv Commte Cook up to $1,350 mth Part-Time Cook $6.50 to
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      458 58 S2M2 Hotel/Lounge SS 2*43 Hotel/Lounge K9 Hotel/Lounge Restaurant Positions Restaurant Positions Restaurant Positions BMB Karaoke Box, a pub/KTV rooms outlet at Parco Bugis Junction is looking for G3ITIG3 «\5 IT] RECEPTIONIST 4% CUM CASHIER 97 HBOXI [T] WAITERS/WAITRESSES Basic salary and attractive incentives Interested, pis walk in for an interview
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      160 58 SjjS M«2 Hotel/Lounge B3S 2842 Hotel/Lounge Restaurant Poiltioni Restaurant Positions rpVYi"^ Immediate vacancies for: PTf LTD FOOD COURT SUPERVISORS Working place at Suntec City Mall Able to perform shift work Able to speak and write simple English Salary commensurate with experience Preferably with experience in fast-food chains Walk-in Interview at
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      129 58 SS 2543 Hotel/Lounge D.,»f iiilint D(u itl/in, nesiauraru rosiuons Estab. Japanese Lounge requires FULL/ PART-TIME HOSTESSES Basic salary commission All races welcome Immediate employment Interested applicants, call personally aher 6pm from IS/1/99 -10/1/9* 321 Orchard Road •04-05/ 04/ 07 Orchard Shpg. Ctr. (Opp. OG Elite) HOSTESSES Seeded Urgently 9 Malay
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      269 59 MJ* I aft-- 2Mi Aunwnujuvo j /Clerical Petitions An international freight Forwarding Company requires 1) INWARD SHIPPING CLERK ITE cert, in Office Skills Min 1 yr. working experience Salary Stloo $1200 2) ACCOUNTS ASST. GCE O'level LCCi intermediate cert. Handle local a/cs receivable Mm 12 yrs. relevant experience PC literate
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      182 59 MM Technical Positions Prqjcd Manser i Eummi Diploma »nh mm 2-J yn minijiinf muliimcdu profit wdto cilinnf Quaotih SonftoriAljiuicdi Dip. in BM|. 1 >n op CTiinnt/ltmilt a Customer Sen ictAal i Taapiam Dip in Banking »ioi c\p in tanking ind DESIGN DRAUGHTSMAN Knowledge in Autocad Experience in mechanical, construction, architectural
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      99 59 Cleaner Positions Established Company URGENTLY requires DAY NIGHT CLEANERS GOOD SALARY RESPONSIBLE Interested kindly contact 9788 9608 2ES 2S7S Driver/ Transport Positions Forwarding company urgently requires classs PRIME MOVER DRIVER 1-2 years experience Attractive salary other benefits offered Interested parties. please walk in to Blk. 4002 Depot Lane. «01-29 SSS
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      468 60 MIKE Tyson reached new levels of depravity even by his standards on Tuesday when he launched yet another foul-mouthed tirade on day-time television. Tyson addressed the people of America live in the afternoon and uttered a whole string of expletives, reports Online Mirror.
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      911 61 CAN HE SAVE NOTTINGHAM FOREST FROM RELEGATION? AFP. ALL eyes in the English Premiership this weekend will be on Ron Atkinson. He returns to front-line football management with arguably his most difficult mission yet to prevent Forest from being relegated. Forest tackles title-chasing Arsenal at
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      170 61 AFP. ENGLISH champion Arsenal is expected to decide today whether to sign Inter-Milan striker Nwankwo Kanu. The Nigerian World Cup star underwent a rigorous medical in London yesterday. The Premiership club is understood to have agreed a £5 million (sl3m) transfer fee with Inter but
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      163 61 Reuters. ASTON Villa forward Paul Merson hit out at his manager John Gregory yesterday. He also hinted he would quit the Premiership title-chasers if they fail to come to terms with the fact that he is a recovering drug and alcohol addict. Merson has admitted he made
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      384 62 After all the hoo-hah about Paul Gascoigne this past week, it's only right then that tomorrow's match should feature Middlesbrough again. And if Gazza uses the match against Leeds as another opportunity to shine, then we'll be in for an exciting battle in midfield, says GERARD WONG...
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      146 62 SPURS v WIMBLEDON GAZZA should learn a thing about consistency fror Spurs skipper Sol Campbell The defender is having on of the best seasons of his career. He's even scored seven goals so far including twc bullet headers against Manchester United a few weeks back. No
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      366 63  -  Stories/ S Gulam Balestier Central has come to the support of Esad Sejdic. The Tigers' chairman S Thavaneson has written to the S-League Board backing their former player's appeal to be allowed to play in the S-League. He said last night: "I don't see why Esad
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      133 63 BALESTIER Central is in trouble over another foreign signing, Darren Stewart. The Australian footballer's former team, Johor FA, is demanding A 520,000 ($21,180) as compensation from the S-League club. Johor team manager Ahamad Mohamad said it was entitled to the amount "as Fifa rules allow
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      180 63 SERIEA FIXTURES Sunday: Bariv Sampdoria Bologna v Inter Fiorentina vCagliari AC Milan v Perugia Romav Vicenza Salernitana v Piacenza Udinesev Empoli Veneziav Juventus Parma v Lazio AFP. ITALIAN champion Juventus has clinched a deal for striker Juan Esnaider. The 25-year-old Argentina-born striker will move to
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      FESPIC GAMES FOR THE DISABLED
      129 63  -  Three more silvers for Singapore By Jason Lee SINGAPORE'S medal tally ballooned to six on Wednesday, as our disabled athletes claimed three more silvers at the seventh Far East and South Pacific Games for the Disabled (Fespic) in Bangkok. Amputee Mawjit Singh, who already has
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      394 65  -  Comeback with a bang PUNHILL CUP WARM-UP: S'P0RE3 (Azhar Baksin, 20th &71stmin; Steven Tan (pen), 66th) INDONESIA 1 (Andrian Mardlandhah, 82nd) FACTFILE FACTFILE Reports/ Ernest Luis AZHAR Baksin is not as famous as Steven Tan, Rafi Ali or Latiff Khamarudin. But the 22-year-old stole
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      187 65 INDONESIA'S German coach, Bernhard Schumn, says the current Lions squad looks as promising as the Malaysia Cup '93 and '94 squads. Schumn, who was then the Selangor coach, said the young Lions look confident and experienced. "They're all locals now and they have the skills, but I
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      390 66  -  Reports/ S Gilam IT was the most successful club last year. It won the Tiger Beer Singapore Cup and the Singapore Pools FA Cup. And it also finished runner-up in the S-League. But one by one, Tanjong Pagar United has been losing its top players this
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      ...AND OTHER BURNING ISSUES
      314 66 So who have you got for this year? RICHARD WOON: Don't worry. We have enough material to do well again this year. Who? Well, we still have Lim Tong Hai, Samawira Basri, Lim Soon Seng, Steven Tan, Basri Halis, Yeo Boon Cheng...are they not good enough
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      WILL BOUCHER BE NEXT?
      74 66 THERE has been speculation that Nicodeme Boucher would not be playing for Taiyong Pagar either this season. "Yes, he can go too," replied the Jaguars' general manager Richard Woon. PWCE "Why? Simply because I can't afford his asking price. "He's asking between $6,000 and $7,000. "That's
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      534 67 You're never too old to run. At least, not if you 're Lim Lian Hock who, at 49, is still making tracks fast enough to beat many half his age. Last Sunday, he finished fourth in the veterans' category at the Nike-Singapore Amateur Athletics Association Cross Country Championships.
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      NIKE DEAL
      103 67 LIM Lian Hock finished fourth despite being involved in a road accident just a week earlier. The scars are still visible. For his never-say-die attitude, he was awarded the inaugural Nike Just Do It award. Lim also received a one-year sponsorship deal from Nike, which will see the
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