The New Paper, 6 February 1999

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    21 1 the new paper SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1999 MITA 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://newpaper.asial .com.sg mm Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Family won't pull the plug
      315 2 Life-support machine for Jordan King will stay on Wire services. YOUR dear one is in a coma. Only a life support system keeps him going. You are faced with an agonising decision. Should you pull the plug that keeps him alive? That same decision was
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      Lock icon FUTURE KING
      154 2 Wire services. THE man who will fill King Hussein's shoes will be his eldest son, Prince Abdullah. He was installed as heir apparent only two weeks ago, replacing his uncle, Prince Hassan. Prince Abdullah, 36, resembles his father and is reputed to be of a similar character. The
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      Lock icon Stuck 3 days in lift
      139 2 AFP. A 75-YEAR-OLD French woman got out alive after she was stuck for three days in her house's tiny lift in Lyon. She survived without eating or drinking, thanks to a plate of stuffed tomatoes, she said. "I felt no hunger or thirst," said the
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      Lock icon Tyson jailed one year
      147 2 AFP. A YEAR in jail. That's the punishment a judge in Washington, US, thinks former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson should get for kicking one driver and punching another after a three-car accident last August. Tyson did not contest the charges. Judge Stephen Johnson yesterday handed
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      11 masks in 20 seconds
      259 3  -  By. Joyce Lim AND he does it in the split second that it takes to turn his head. With several masks on his face, 52 year-old Mr Peng Denghuai removes each, one after the other, while prancing about on stage. At Clarke Quay next Friday,
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      SHOW INFO
      51 3 What: Magic Face Change When: Till Feb 28 Where Lot 1 Shopping Mall (Feb 7,14) Eastpoint Mall (Feb 6) NTUC Hougang Mall (Feb 14) SuntecCity Mall (Every Friday till Feb 28) Every Saturday Sunday till Feb 28 Clarke Quay (Feb 15 to Feb 21) Sentosa (Feb 20,21) Admission:
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      Lock icon Furby rush
      346 4  -  BY Crispina Robert THEY queued for hours. Children. Grown-ups with children. And even, some grown-ups without children. And they got their Furbies at last. When these moving, talking toys went on sale yesterday, some 3,000 people waited eagerly. Mr Tari Yeow Boon, 27, carted away seven Furbies. And
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      WIN A FURBY
      68 4 HERE'S your dunce to be one of the first people in Singapore to win a Furbyl Just cal 1900-*****01 and Rstea to what the Forty's saying over the telephone. Ten calers with the correct answer wH be drawn to whi a Forty worth $79.90 each, courtesy of
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      58 2 Sorry This is the correct version of part of a BBC interview with Mr J BJeyaretnam on the recent Chee Soon Juan trial. The Singapore Democratic Party secre-tary-general was on trial for holding an illegal public rally. ThnLnrd (BBC): But he didn't get permission to hold these rallies? JBI: No,
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      123 4 AN ENEMY TNEY CAN'T 4ft* A NA ION UNDER SIE W> n A CRISIS THEY CAN'T CONTROL. EN2EI WASHINGTON ANNETTE BENING THE SIEGE ...BRUCE WILLIS *13*1., i»B^,IHISI.EIE 1WVM MUM*'MR. Mil TMBU K »•> <w i i M THE SIEGE BEGINS FEBRUARY 1 1~l THE SIEGE WORLD OF SPORTS STAND A
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      607 5 You've Got A D@te @Wisma Atria. Jan 22 Feb 28'99 Game? 6 D@tUl§ lom Hanks Meg Ryan £oujve Got A our I D@ting Game. Your mystery chat *9' I collectible "You've Got M@il" partner I s *Perlini's Silver celebrity! Winning a chance to Series, 4*4Hfc Sing Net subscription, *Jw Meyson
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      THINK BIG
      301 6 Mr PM Goti's warning to local banks... CHANGE your strategy or you may die. That was Prime Minister Goh Chok Tang's warning to local banks last night, reported The Straits Times today. Staying as you are could make you unviable in the long term, he said. Mr Goh
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    • IT'S RAINING MONEY IN NEW YORK
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        PacNet's $b debut
        174 6 in Focus LOCAL firm Pacific Internet (PacNet) exploded onto the New York Stock Exchange's second board, Nasdaq, yesterday. Its share price jumped 400 per cent to US$BB ($148) on its first day of trading. At that price, the market was valuing the issue of 12.3 million shares
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        Perot's $b week
        95 6 TEXAS billionaire Roes Perot (right) has made US$l.59 billion ($2.7 billion) in paper profits since his company went public on Tuesday. Mr Perot, 68, owns 38 per cent of Perot Systems, the sixth-largest computer services company in the US. Its US$l6 ($27) opening share price almost tripled
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        MPs jump in
        61 6 PHONE WAR THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore's handling of the mobile phone price war recently will come under scrutiny in Parliament next week. Two MPs Mr Ong Kian Min (Pasir Ris GRC) and Mr Chng Hee Kok (East Coast GRC) have tabled questions on the issue. Mr
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        Swap online
        60 6 BOOKS SOON, Nanyang Technological University students can buy or swap second-hand books on a free Internet service designed by two of their fellow undergraduates. Mr Ling Tao and Mr Chen Xudong wrote Book Hunt for a program-writing contest after they found it too much of a hassle to
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        Biased ads
        56 6 JOBS THE number of complaints to the Ministry of Manpower on job discrimination because of race, age and gender has more than trebled, from nine to 32, over the past three years. The ministry said that it would investigate such complaints. Those found engaging in such practices would
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        Back on shelves
        59 6 TEXTBOOKS THE textbook shortage is set to end soon. Publishers have been shifting unsold stock to shops when titles are in high demand and printing more copies of the unavailable books. Some students have had to resort to photocopying whole sections of books recently to keep up
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        Global code
        52 6 PIRACY ASIAN nations want worldwide rules on investigating pirate attacks. At a conference in Singapore on piracy yesterday, they urged the International Maritime Organisation to set such rules, saying attacks were under-reported. They said only one in eight attacks was now tracked. Guidelines to punish pirates were also
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        Herbal version
        75 6 VIAGRA A CHINESE medical firm is launching what it claims is a herbal impotence cure that works as well as Viagra. Shenyang Feilong Health Products' version, called Wei Ge, is expected to go on sale in China next month at 90 yuan ($18) for eight pills after being
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        Only on video
        55 6 LEWINSKY FORMER White House intern Monica Lewinsky will appear before US President Bill Clinton's Senate impeachment trial on video today. Excerpts of her testimony will be released for public screening tomorrow. The House voted against forcing her to give evidence in person. The Republicans feared that would
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        China influx
        58 6 HONGKONG MORE than one million mainland Chinese could move to Hongkong after a court ruled that children with parents in the territory have the right to live there. Using 1995 statistics, a pro-Beijing newspaper calculated that about 320,000 mainlanders have Hongkonger parents, and almost two-thirds of them are
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      DOW JONES
      27 6 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 0.26 points to close at 9,304.24 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 866 million shares.
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      world Head liners
      54 6 International Herald Tribune: King Hussein's long reign draws to a close Berita Harian Malaysia: Abdullah to perform duties of Umno deputy president New Straits Times: King Hussein of Jordan pronounced clinically dead BBC news: King Hussein is receiving intensive care in hospital in Jordan, where he is
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      local Head liners
      60 6 The Straits Times: Local banks told: Change to survive The Business Times: PM Goh to local banks: don't be complacent Lianhe Zaobao: PM Goh: Local banks will slide back if they don't move forward Berita Harian: Illegal immigrants rise 65% RCS morning news: The family of King
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      MALAYSIA: WHY WE'RE TAXING PROPERTY
      100 6 Quote Wworthy We defined property in that way as foreign investors could sell shares and put the proceeds into properties. And in $or 6 months down the road, they could sell them analake the proceeds out (without any levy). Bank Negara assistant governor Awang Adek
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      33 6 Tongue^ WHAT'S HUP I f SHOTS de T f" SHOi CLAMOUR They tried. GLAM I We'll make you look like Th6y Can only We'll make yot MSS£&> '"""'j 4 WTW if Qk MM
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      Nadya: It's just a piece of paper
      726 7  -  By Yong Siew Fern AFTER all the publicity and hype and the reams written about her romance, Nadya Hutagalung casually dropped a bombshell. Technically, the former MTV VJ is still single. Yes, she and Korean stuntman Jung Doo Hong (right) have still not
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      RUMOUR 1 Nadya started seeing another man after her wedding
      220 7 FOR months, Nadya was reportedly seen around town with a man known as "Brian Tiong from Citibank". According to one of Nadya's friends who did not want to be named, Doo Hong came here but was "devastated" by the rumours
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      RUMOUR 2 Didn't go to the US because she in debt
      161 7 "OF course I'm in debt, I just got married! Tell me someone who didn't get married who didn't have bills to pay," she quipped. "That has nothing to do with me not leaving the country anyway," she added. What
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      RUMOUR 3 She fell out with her friends
      237 7 NADYA'S bridesmaid, Ms Shabnam Melwani, MTV Asia's manager of communications, told The Straits Times' Life! that she has not been in touch with the former VJ after the wedding. Nor, she said, has the other bridesmaid, Wendy Jacobs. Wendy didn't want to
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      RUMOUR 4 She neglects her son
      228 7 "EVERYONE who knows Nadya would have taken care of her (four-year-old) son at some point," said a former MTV colleague who did not want to be named. A friend also said: "Nadya loves him a lot but doesn't know what being a full-time mother
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      A test of your love
      233 9 A) IF there's only one tent left In the MRT train and there are three people standing—yon (down with the fin), your date, and an attractive stranger carrying a heavy hag—you would: 1. Give it to your date; 2. Give it to the stranger; 3.
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      PS — Check these letters out
      125 9 PS Check these letters out IF your name has the letters P and S in it, hurry down to the information counter in Plaza Singapura with two copies of The New Paper and your identity card. Five lucky couples picked in a lucky draw on Feb 10 will get a
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      You're lovely as ever, my dear
      61 10 mu l'mui* Valentine' s Day to a day for lovers and romance, red rests and candlelight dinners. Madam Florence Yap, a housewife, teds Lifestyle! magazine what she considers romantic: Romantic is when I'm 50 years old, and nobody wants to look at me anymore,
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      238 10 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Hall 3 A World Trade Centre, Singapore 3 7 February 1999, 10.00 AM -10.00 PM; Saturday Sunday: 10.00 AM 11.00 PM Presenting a variety of products for celebrating Lunar New Year. j^ Since 10 years ago, Kompassindo's "Made in Indonesia" exhibition has JL.A proven to be
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    Lock icon You learn to cook in school?
    310 12  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Toh Li Lin THIRTEEN-year-old Hu Zong Yi looked confused. Why was there a cooking class in school, he wanted to know. "I learn cooking at home, but why do you learn it here?" the Beijing Hu\jia School student asked his host from
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    You won't believe what she took instead of her medicine
    346 14  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Riana Zakir DONT leave home without your medicine. And if you do, don't experiment with strange cures. This advice will never again be ignored by a cashier, who tried to substitute her normal medicine with get this Ecstasy.
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      50 14 A Comedy 85 Years In The Making Ift jf II v —l V'wHmSBL. i 11 THE MOVIE JACK NEO MARK LEE HENRY THIA PATRICIA MOK JOHN CHENG ERICTSANG SHEREEN TANC A-CU ZHAO WEI FILMS DAI Cnm 11 RA.NTREE PICTURES AFTERNOON AND MIDNITE SNEAKS TODAY (See individual cinema listings for showtimes)
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    We can help
    128 17 THE LEARNING OF CHINESE SINGAPORETODAY DO you know how your Primary 4 child can take up Higher Chinese when he goes to Primary 5? Or do you think the new syllabus CL 'B' should be implemented immediately in Secondary X instead of Sec 3? These and many
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      Lock icon 13-year-old sells his toy company for millions...
      238 19 Reuters. AND all he wants out of the deal is a new surfboard. The toy company Short Stack, founded by Californian teen tycoon, Richie Stachowski, in 1996, is being sold to Wild Planet Toys of San Francisco. The teen skipped a history class
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      BMW sacks both chiefs over big losses
      236 20 CAR maker BMW has dumped its two top executives. The losses in Britain from its Rover operation are too much higher than BMW's bumper profits. The move by the board of Bayerische Motoren Werke AG last night has shocked Germany, reports the International
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      52 20 WHAT'S HAPPENING IN "CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY" JURONG EAST '99 Contemporary Art Exhibition with over 200 original artworks on display featuring different kinds of mediums such as Oil Paintings, Chinese Ink, Water Colours etc. Venue CREATIVE RESOURCE Art Gallery Ground Floor 31 International Business Park Date :6to 7 Feb 1999 (11am 6pm)
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      Hanson asked to step down
      290 24  -  BY Peter Wilson Reporting from Sydney THE Australian party with an anti-Asian bias, One Nation, is now close to collapse. Three of its 10 sitting members of parliament (MPs) quit the party yesterday in protest of its undemocratic leadership. Two others have also indicated their
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      Lock icon One step closer
      171 25 Self-rule in Fast Timor! AFP, The Australian. THE technical details are agreed on troubled East Timor gaining some self-rule (autonomy). Indonesian and Portuguese negotiators have done this with the United Nations. The next step is to settle the political issues about autonomy for the province to the
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      Not just fluff
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      Round 2: On the ropes, Anwar
      577 26  -  by BRIAN MILLER I REMEMBER it well. It was a drizzly Monday on Nov 2. But outside the Kuala Lumpur High Court few of us noticed the drops of rain which fell like silver needles around the Muslim-styled courthouse. For us and for most
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      Lock icon Sorry Baby, no sorry
      459 28 death row 1 Yesterday afternoon, Filipino child rapist Leo Echegaray was executed by lethal injection. As all attention focused on the execution, his victim, Baby, suffered in private WHEN Leo Echegaray breathed his last, the step-daughter he was convicted of repeatedly raping was praying in a
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      Lock icon Freed, 16 years later
      226 28 DEATH ROW 2 AFP. FOR 16 years, Mr Anthony Porter stayed in death row, waiting for the day he would be executed for a double murder he allegedly committed in 1982. Once, the Chicago man even came within two days of being put to death by
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      BROKE DOWN
      85 28 Mr Anthony Porter broke down when he heard about the videotaped confession. "He began crying, saying Thank you, I love you. w said his lawyer, Mr Daniel Sanders. "He then put his arms around me. I think he realized he was going to go home in a matter
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      652 38  -  Preview By Marc Tan IF HIS eye-catching, tune-up fifth over the 1,400 m last Saturday was any indication, then Seremban Star must be followed in Race 3 this afternoon. The Grosvenor six-year-old is taking on 10 rivals in a Class 5 Div 2 affair over the
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      163 38 Reuters. PETR Korda is now banned from playing tennis in or for his home country, the Czech Republic. This is until further investigation of his positive dope test at last year's Wimbledon is done. Under the ban, Korda will not be able to play in professional tennis tournaments
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      140 38 AFTER last week's matches in the Second Leisuretron Eight-Ball Challenge '98/99, the following pubs are leading in their respective groups: Group A: Matahari (25 points); Gre«p B: Club Makati (18); Qnw* C; Keno (32); Group D: Ice Cold Beer II (13) FIXTURES Next week's fixture (home team first):
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      280 39 Reuters. THEY may never have been anywhere near Manchester. But that did not stop Manchester United fans from as far as the Far East from forking out millions of dollars on replica kits and other merchandise sold by the club. In fact, the revenue
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      159 39 according to a survey by accountants Deloitte and Touche (to nearest £0.1 million) 1 Man United (England): £87.9 m ($237.33 m) 2 Barcelona (Spain): £58.9 m ($159.03 m) 3 Real Madrid (Spain): £55.7m(5150.39m) 4 Juventes (Italy): £53.2 m ($143.64 m) S Bayem Manidi (Germany): £51.6 m
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    260 40 ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'99 For missing not one but three chances, Michael Owen is out of the list Any objections, Liverpool fans? And surely, Dwight Yorke must reign supreme again for his second last-gasp goal in a row. However, watch out for Darren Huckerby and Joe Cole, the two rising sons
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      478 41 wnrrnMCHAM FOREST v MAN UNITED (Live on Channel 22.10.55pm» TOOAY: Aston Villa v Blackburn Chelsea v Southampton Leeds v Newcastle Leicester vSheff Wed Liverpool v Middlesbrough Forest v Man United Tottenham v Coventry West Ham v Arsenal TOMORROW: Derby v Everton MONDAY: Chartton v Wimbledon
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      85 41 MANCHESTER United swept both the Manager of the Month and Player of the Month awards for January after its perfect start to 1999. Alex Ferguson was named as Manager of the Month a record seventh success since the start of the 1993-'94 season. Dwight Yorke picked up the
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      251 41 DENNIS Bergkamp believes Arsenal fans will drool when they see the skills of Nigerian striker Nwankwo Kanu. Kanu received his work permit on Wednesday and could make his debut against West Ham today, although he is more likely to start on the subs
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      217 41 Reuters. Fiorentina (Ist) v AC Milan (3rd) Leader Fiorentina seeks a repeat of its 3-1 victory at the San Siro earlier this season against a Milan side once again challenging for the title. Both sides have three consecutive league victories. Fiorentina has won all 10
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      46 41 TV ACTION TODAY: Forest v Man United: Live on SCV Channel 22; 10.55pm TOMORROW: Aston Villa v Blackburn: Delayed telecast on Channel 22; 12.55am Derby County v Everton: Live on Channel 22 and Premiere 12; 11.55pm TUESDAY: Chartton Athletic v Wimbledon: Live on Channel 22; 3.55am
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      580 43  -  By S Gulam WILL nippy winger Steven Tan ever be able to shed his super-sub image? He's done that with his club, Tanjong Pagar United. But what about the national team? After finishing as the best local marksman in last year's S-League with 17 goals, he
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      301 43  -  S-LEAGUE CLUBS ON THE LEGALISED BETTING SYSTEM BY Ernest Luis S-LEAGUE clubs will meet top Singapore Pools officials next Saturday to discuss the possibility of opening their own outlets to place football bets. With seven weeks to go before the 1999 season kicks off,
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      289 43 TAMPINES ROVERS CHAIRMAN QUAH KHM SONG (left):'' Why not? We'll support any idea that can help generate income for the club. We have a clubhouse next to our Tampines Stadium, in the Sports Hall. "We'll probably need staff to be trained in handling the betting terminals.
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      1008 44  -  EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH S-LEAGUE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER By: S Gulam AFTER two years in the red, the S-League is finally in the black to the tune of more than $100,000. This was revealed during an exclusive interview with the The New Paper by the S-League chief executive
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      'I PREFER A LOW PROFILE'
      477 44 MORE ON S-LEAGUE CEO Conld the dubs bo affected by the lack of funds? "Maybe. But there are many volunteers. They have to be tapped. From the grassroots, perhaps. "But they also need to be recognised. Not in terms of money, but in other forms.
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      545 44 certain decisions. There is no hanky-panky whatsoever." There Is tali that you are eyeing the top fob when and If the FAS and the S-l ssguw are morgsd. True? "What job? General secretary? CEO? I don't know what job there will be. So how
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      62 46 Who's^more m pfek. *>Jwl^^^^mF'■>:** i 'Hfe* 1 l ¥ww IF fl It Hp toy shaped like Winnie the Pooh or a soft cushion with yJ| Q >» P VTT|Fk il L i. MTV Vj Belinda's Who would Singaporeans grab? Dead giveaway p. Cute to be pooh pooh-ed. %ji Cute is
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      335 47 FOR serious toy enthusiasts, the place to be is at Clarke Quay. The Cannery building at Clarke Quay houses five specialty stores dealing in collectible toys Hourstor, Ng'a Collections, Paw Marks, Precious Things and Big Man Toys. Every Sunday, from 9 am to 5 pm, there is also
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      940 47 TOYS FOR ADULTS Pooh madness swept Singapore last month when people from all walks of life scurried to McDonald's in search of cuddly toy bears. But are toys for fun or for profit? Are they to have or to hold? YONG SHU
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      184 47 How Winnie the Pooh got his name: English author A A Milne (1 882 1956) based the famous bear character of his books on his son Christopher Robin's toy bear. Christopher Robin named his bear 'Winnie" after a black bear at the London Zoo while "Pooh" came from
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      148 48 j lAM 21 years old. Recently, I quarrelled with mjr parents and am on bad terms with them now. The thought of running away from home haunts sg me. I left home once, three years ago. I have changed actually, but there is a lot
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      377 48 A reader's advice... Last week's letter: TWO years ago, my best friend and I got married at about the same time. However, while she went on to have a happy and blissful life, my husband and I were hit by calamities such as retrenchment, long-term illness
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      225 48 WE worked in the same company, and he was my boss. Half a year later, he dated me. We fell in love and had a relationship. We are both married and the only thing to do was to leave the company. But we still contact each
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      303 48 I HAVE a problem with my aunt and her daughter. My aunt always brags about her daughter. Her daughter is in the Normal stream and always gets top position in class. I am in the Express stream and my aunt does not know how hard
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      37 48 CALL US... Call 1900-*****07 and leave your questions for our counsellors. You can listen to their earlier advice, too. This week's topics: Meddling ex-husband Be brave, dump him! Money or love? Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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      280 49 Wonder if you are compatible with your partner? The writing's on the wall, say handwriting experts. They pronounce the verdict on acting pair Jamie Yeo and Robin Leong. And MTV VJ Belinda Lee also puts the experts' character-reading skills to the test. THE truth is not out there
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      183 49 Mr William Pang's assessment: She's an unassuming person, hesistant to push herself forward. She may miss opportunities for promotions or other rewards She has achieved balance in the various areas of her personality intellectual, spiritual, emotional and physical suggesting mature development. She's never
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      163 49 Mr William Pang's assessment: He's smart and he knows it. He believes he should be treated extremely well, and is sensitive to people who don't think well of him. He's more pragmatic than romantic. He's also assertive and ambitious, and often speaks his
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      143 49 Mr William Pang says: They can make a good couple but there are fundamental differences. He is strongly affected by his emotions. There is a tendency to react before thinking. She is unassuming, cool and calm, seldom becoming emotional, even in the face of a
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      154 49 Mr William Pang's assessment: Belinda's mother has played a greater role in shaping her life than her father. She is cautious, emotionally controlled and needs space for herself. She's individualistic, preferring to keep a distance and avoid close encounters. Although this is a
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      239 49 Various Artistes Pitfif Fantastic Females ifiS# (Sony Music) Cw UNLESS you've been hibernating on another planet you'd know this year's Grammy action is all about female power. Thank goodness, it's not limited to the Spice Girls type although there is a Spice Giris track here (aptly titled Too Much). This
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      27 49 CLOSE TO HOME B Y JOHN MCPHERSON tt-ec >. )i i. ii u -n To help simplify the holidays, many families are opting for built-in, pre-decorated Christmas trees.
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      24 50 THE MOVIE Two New York bookstore owners are feuding rivals in real life. But in cyberspace, they unknowingly fall in love.
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      350 50  -  YONG SHU HOONG Sparks fly. And it's not solely because the movie is centred on the wonderful world of the Internet, where electricity must surely flow. Rather, it's due to the well-tested chemistry between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, who had previously paired up
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      313 50  -  JESSICA LEOW ITS politically unfashionable to dislike Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, just as it's almost uncool these days to not have an e-mail address. Hanks played a Ryan last year and got the world to sit for three hours watching bodies blown to
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      160 50 In the new millennium, will marriage remain relevent and necessary in orderto raise a family? M "A no-marriage trend might catch on if people see advantages like not having to hold wedding dinners, and not having to deal with lawyers should they fall out with each other. "If
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      150 50 watch it! Top {Tossing movies last week. And our ratings. a --f# '000 j —O© Elizabeth .K d Star#: Brad P<tS oopS P tt The 60 Stars: Dooa,d Suthertand and Jamie Lee 9*rs: Charlize Theron and Bill Paxton Stars: Cate Blanchett, Christopher r*g°y the "**«>**< not matter Curtis lt». about
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