The New Paper, 20 February 1999
1999-02-20
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Article, Illustration502 1999-02-20 2 /j 9 Would BG Lee be %f\w m Deputy PM if he ifc/ were not your son? BO 4aE Hsien Loong must await his Urn*. Mid Senior Minister Lee Kuan Ytw in response to a question from a502 words
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Article108 1999-02-20 2 TOP US columnist William Safire, 68, has had a long-running battle with the Singapore Government. He described the caning of US teenager Michael Fay in May 1994 for vandalism as "outright torture" in his regular column in the New York Times. He has also accused the judiciary here108 words
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Article, Illustration345 1999-02-20 3 YOU can imagine how tough it must be for the parents of these twins. Their boys were born sharing the same body. These type of twins are known as Siamese twins. Minding the 10-month-old twins is no easy task. But for Mr Rosli RahimPicture/ Nst - 345 words
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Article, Illustration382 1999-02-20 4 She's a Malay. She was a full lieutenant with the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Still, she has one wish, Madam AlinahAman tells MELVIN SINGH... IF there ever was an obstacle, it was her gender, never her race. "Because as a woman, I couldn't do some382 words
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Article218 1999-02-20 4 She also commented on remarks made by Indonesian President B J Habibie, who said no Malays could be officers in the SAF, in her e-mail to us I AM testimony to the meritocratic system in Singapore, particularly the SAF. If what he said was true, I218 words
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Article537 1999-02-20 5 Danny Lim - By Danny Lim HE may have gained a gangster image after playing baddie roles in a few films. But in real life, local actor Lee Han Kwan sounds like one of the good guys. Just listen to this actor who was on Thursday sentenced to537 words
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Article, Illustration58 1999-02-20 5 r JHBjot really sad, after all it death sentence. Actor Lee Han Kwan's (above) 22-year old wife of one month, who did not want to give her name, said in Mandarin with a smile. She will be staying with her parents in Pahang while LeePicture/ Shin Min Daily News - 58 words
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Article304 1999-02-20 6 You can deposit money instantly m COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD: SOON you won't have to wait in line at the bank just to deposit cash into your account. OCBC Bank will be introducing instant cash deposit ATMs nationwide, reports The Business Times. The machines, which count304 words
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Article, Illustration69 1999-02-20 6 "0» e PUTTING THE BODY TO WORKI Body calligraphy master Jin Zhong can wield a brush with 36 different parts of his body. It started 24 years ago. He said: "When I was on holiday in Suzhou I saw some handicapped people using their mouths and legsPicture/The Straits Times - 69 words
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Article54 1999-02-20 6 CENSUS COMPUTERS will save the Government $50 million for Census 2000. It will cost $20 million to do a register-based census with Internet filing and phone interviews. The old way, with door-to-door interviews costs $70 million. And the information collected will also be published much faster by the54 words
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Article63 1999-02-20 6 JOBS POLYTECHNIC graduates are still in demand, despite the tight labour market, according to a survey. Nearly eight out of 10 students got jobs within three months of graduating last year. They are earning about as much as fresh graduates from the year before. Also, 94 per63 words
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Article56 1999-02-20 6 TRAINING COMPANIES will get help to send 500 engineers and professionals abroad for training over the next two years to pick up cutting-edge technology and new skills. It is part of the Economic Development Board's $50-million Training and Attachment Programme. Trainees will be attached to multinational corporations in56 words
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Article66 1999-02-20 6 ISTANA THE Istana does not conduct paid tours of its premises. Paid tours of the grounds are done by a free agent and have nothing to do with the Istana, said a statement from the President's office. Admission to the grounds is free. Those who want to see66 words
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Article66 1999-02-20 7 SILKAIR CRASH FAMILIES of the Silk Air crash victims have formed a committee to push for crash investigations to go on until a conclusive result is reached. The pro-tem committee of 18, calling itself Families of the Silk Air Flight 185 met two weeks ago and aims to66 words
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Article59 1999-02-20 7 I MALAYSIA t MALAYSIA has said it is against piecemeal negotiations on the railway Customs, Immigration and Quarantine checkpoint issue. Malaysian Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said: "I have sent a letter to my Singapore counterpart saying that we are willing to proceed with the negotiations on the59 words
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Article58 1999-02-20 7 SABAH THE two main opposition parties in Sabah have ruled out joining forces to fight the ruling National Front coalition in upcoming state elections. The Sabah United Party (PBS) and the Federation of Sabah People's Front Party (Bersekutu) said they would field separate candidates in all 4858 words
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Article55 1999-02-20 7 1 JAPAN JAPAN'S Parliament yesterday passed a record US$6B2-billion (551.16-trillion) Budget aimed at pulling the country out of recession. Analysts said the Budget would be big enough to return the economy to a standstill during the April to September period. But they said another slowdown is expected in55 words
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Article27 1999-02-20 6 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 41.32 points to close at 9,339.95 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 696 million shares.27 words
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Article52 1999-02-20 6 International Herald Tribune: Kosovo outlook grim after Milosevic snubs US Berita Harian Malaysia: 5 agencies misused Umrah visas New Straits Times: Handphone cloning gang crippled BBC news: The US and France have warned the Serbs they have just hours left to reach a peace accord with the52 words
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Article160 1999-02-20 7 in F®€us AFP. IT is a prison. But there are no walls, no cells and no guards. Just 129 convicted murderers bent on maintaining a 36-year record of no escape attempts. The Sri Sampurnanand Open Air Prison in Sanganer, northern India, began in 1963 with 11 convictsAFP. - 160 words
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Article65 1999-02-20 7 The Straits Times: Tokyo passes record Budget The Business Times: S'pore doubles equity investments in Thai firms Lianhe Zaobao: Survey shows poly grads still in demand despite economic slowdown Berita Harian: Census 2000 to use high technology RCS morning news: The US trade deficit rose to a65 words
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Article, Illustration172 1999-02-20 7 News makers LAURETTA Alabons is leaving Showbuzz. She will say her goodbyes at the end of next Wednesday's show, reports The Straits Times. Lauretta has been the weekly entertainment programme's female presenter since the show began in April 1995. She said: M lt has been a great four172 words
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Miscellaneous38 1999-02-20 7 Tongue Chilk WHAT'S HUP 17 T 1* ")117 s My grandparents That's I Not really. I believe in recycling. J good. I This year they took my J -S-— hongbao and gave it \l away to other kids.38 words
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Article, Illustration868 1999-02-20 8 To all you mothers out there, who are pushing their children to get better grades in school, we have just one advice: Read on. It may change the way you look at life. RIANA ZAKIR reports Happiness is... When your sonPicture/ Mohd Ishak - 868 words
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Article276 1999-02-20 8 THEY live in a three-storey semi-detached house in Bedok without a maid. How do they manage? Especially since Mrs See's businessman husband, Mr See Ah Tee, works long hours and her two kids are tied up for long hours in school. The answer276 words
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Article59 1999-02-20 8 4V SHERWIN was cyclinj I near his then Eunos home when ne collided with a Mercedes Benz driven by Ms Lee Geok Chuan on March 25,1994. The High Court found the driver half responsible for the accident Sherwin, who was represented by Mr Steven Lam, was59 words
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Article, Illustration59 1999-02-20 9 murmur The first baby to be bom in the Year of the Rabbit was Baby Shana. Her mother, Madam Gladys Koh Mui Wow, 32, described her birth as "relaxing". Despite the apparent ease of the birth, her parents, who have an older daughter, are stopping at Baby59 words
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Article180 1999-02-20 9 TAMIL MURASU THE bad news is... that mole on your cheek could be cancerous. The good news is... you'll probably survive if you're alert enough. But what should you look out for? When should you run to a doctor? Where must you draw the line between180 words
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Article100 1999-02-20 9 IN our Battle of hawkers series launched on Wednesday, we tracked down the best hawker food in town. We started with the Kings of Char Kway Teow. The candidates Outram Park Fried Kway Teow at Saito Eating House and No 18 Fried Kway Teow at Zion Road Hawker100 words
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Article, Illustration607 1999-02-20 11 ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ROUNDED UP IN SINGAPORI Police nabbed 26 illegal immigrants in three separate sea patrols last month. Most of those caught are from Myanmar. FONGFOONG MEI speaks to three Myanmese illegal immigrants in Portsdown Prison MYANMESE farmer Kyaw, 42, celebrated New Year's Day byPicture/ Alvin Toh - 607 words
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Article112 1999-02-20 11 THE number of illegal immigrants and overstayers arrested last year jumped 65 per cent to 23,000. The problem is likely to persist in the light of the regional economic crisis, said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng early this month. "Singapore will appear like an oasis to112 words
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Article, Illustration229 1999-02-20 12 Jill Lim - By Jill Lim ALL Mrs Obla Kumaresh Maheshwari, 37, did was write a short story in Tamil, a simple story about a poor boy and his $20 bag. And it took her all the way to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).229 words
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Article85 1999-02-20 12 WRITE a short story and you could win $4,000 cash and up to $6,000 in an enrichment grant. Second and third prizes are $3,000 cash and $2,000 cash respectively. Your short story can be in any of the four official languages but must not be longer than85 words
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Article, Illustration451 1999-02-20 13 Melvin Singh - One minute too late By Melvin Singh ONE minute. That was all the warning they had. A minute more and they might have escaped. Malaysia's Search and Rescue mission coordinator, Mr Anthony Xavier, said Mr Patrick Dutrey had sent out his last radio transmission aPicture/ Nst - 451 words
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212 1999-02-20 13 Ng Wan Ching - BY Ng Wan Ching FOR years, he had wanted to learn to fly. And he had dreams of flying his own plane Dreams that remained unfulfilled for about two decades when he lived in other Asian countries like Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. But212 words
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166 1999-02-20 13 THE plane crashed into a hill in the Bukit Penda area, about 20 km north of Seremban in the Galla forest reserve. But the thick vegetation prevented rescuers from reaching the wreckage on foot. Explained Mr Xavier: "It's too difficult to reach on166 words
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Article, Illustration51 1999-02-20 14 nui *mu i courting couples hi PmMc wpas hi exchange far Ml charging them Atffc AAA. WVOI OOSC6M COOOHCl» UTBOnRf Ml bD Stop IMS pfBCQC€ f Calcutta Police ConMftMiaMr Mwh Chaadra Vateai added* J j! 1 v L Henceforth, lovers are free to sit together holding51 words
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Article352 1999-02-20 14 Peter Wilson - Record pollution fine for Singapore ship following oil slick in Australia By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY ANOTHER Singapore ship is in trouble with Australian authorities. This time, for causing an oil slick. The owner and master of the MV Asian Glory have been fined a352 words
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Article, Illustration516 1999-02-20 15 He killed many of his fellow countrymen. Yet Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan has established such a status among his people that Kurdish communities in the world mounted violent protests in many cities, from Vancouver, across Europe, to Sydney, over hisPicture/ Afp - 516 words
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Article, Illustration229 1999-02-20 15 RAPE is one of 13 crimes defined as "heinous" (evil) under a law passed by the Philippine Congress in 1994, which restored the death penalty. The others include murder, drug offences, kidnapping, violent robbery, bribery, arson, treason, and piracy. The first229 words
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Article, Illustration288 1999-02-20 16 Czechs react to First Lady's antics CZECH President Vaclav Havel's got a major headache his wife. That's how many fellow Czechs see Ms Dagmar "Dasa" Veskrnova, a former actress, who married Mr Havel two years ago. The First Lady is a walking scandal in her home country where288 words
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Article, Illustration350 1999-02-20 17 Philippine President Joseph Estrada: Iff she's my kid, what 9 s wrong with that? It's OK iff she claims that I'm her dad. Many have children by me. Reporter Is Josephine Rose Ejercito your illegitimate daughter? Mr Estrada: I don't know. It's up toPicture/ Afp - 350 words
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Article, Illustration67 1999-02-20 17 AFP SPICE Girl Mel B (left) delivered her 2.5 kg 'Baby Spice', named Phoenix Chi, just after 2 am Singapore time today. The singer, 23, was rushed to a central London hospital when she went into labour three weeks early. In September Melanie Brown married herAFP - 67 words
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Article, Illustration71 1999-02-20 17 AFP BRITISH supermodel Kate Moss (left), who earlier this week admitted to a decade of drugs and champagne while on the catwalk, has ended her lucrative contract as the face of Calvin Klein. After six years of catwalk appearances and advertising rampaigns, she and the fashionAFP - 71 words
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Article, Illustration434 1999-02-20 18 Cracks from mudslide anger students Source: AFP. ANGER over a mosque damaged by a mudslide led more than 1,000 students to stage an anti-government protest yesterday. The protest was held at a major intersection on the highway leading to Subang domestic airport. More than 100Source: AFP. - 434 words
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Article320 1999-02-20 18 THE controvery surrounding an alleged phone call made by Indonesia's president just won't go away. The conversation is claimed to be between President B J Habibie and Attorney-General Andi Ghalib. And although the Attorney-General says the transcript of the alleged phone call is fake,320 words
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Article, Illustration388 1999-02-20 20 Historic visit of Indian PM to Pakistan Source: Wire services. THIS bus will take an Indian leader into the history books. Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee will board it today on a journey of hope for better ties with arch-rival Pakistan. The Hindu Nationalist PMSource: Wire services.; Picture/ Reuters - 388 words
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Article, Illustration470 1999-02-20 20 BRIAN MILLER - By BRIAN MILLER THIS afternoon, a bus which began its journey in Amritsar, India, trundled across the Wagah border crossing point and stopped in Lahore, Pakistan. There, its doors opened and from it alighted a Very Important Passenger Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. Waiting to470 words
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Article645 1999-02-20 27 Marc Tan - Preview By Marc Tan EXCITING South African-bred Baruvka Abjar looks the one to beat in the RM500,000 Tunku Gold Cup for three-year-olds and upwards in Kuala Lumpur tomorrow. The Tommy Noordin-trained gelding, whose four wins back home included three over the Cup distance 0f2,000m, came645 words
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Article, Illustration348 1999-02-20 27 Gerard Wong - INTERNATIONAL RUGBY: WORLD CUP UPDATE BY Gerard Wong Australia's Rugby world Cup hopes have been dealt a huge blow even though the tournament is still eight months away. Reason: Its inspirational captain, John Eales, is in serious doubt for this year's World Cup after348 words
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Article, Illustration673 1999-02-20 29 MATCH OF THE WEEKEND: ARSENAL v LEICESTER (Today) AFP. WHO PLAYS WHO TODAY: Arsenal v Leicester Blackburn v Sheffield Wed Coventry v Man United Derby v Charlton Leeds v Everton Liverpool v West Ham Borov Spurs Forest v Chelsea Saints v Newcastle TOMORROW: Wimbledon v AstonAFP. - 673 words
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Article, Illustration197 1999-02-20 29 TOP TWO MEET RELEGATION CANDIDATES Sky Sports Online. COVENTRY v MAN UNITED MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson is prepared to wrap Ryan Giggs in cotton wool. Especially if it means having him available for the European Cup showdown with Inter-Milan next month. Ferguson is well awareSky Sports Online. - 197 words
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Article203 1999-02-20 29 Sky Sports Online. FOREST v CHELSEA GIANLUCA Vialli is trying his upmost to put his sending-off against Blackburn on Wednesday behind him. This as Premiership title-chaser Chelsea takes on Ron Atkinson's struggling Forest at the City Ground today. The Blues (Chelsea's nickname) have slipped-up recently and VialliSky Sports Online. - 203 words
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Article, Illustration482 1999-02-20 30 Urn Soon Seng, voted the S-League's Young Player of the Year for 1998, was injured in a motorbike accident a month ago. The TanjongPagar United player fractured his collarbone. He is now planning his comeback. For the first time since his accident, he talks about his experience to482 words
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Article127 1999-02-20 30 One thing we must clear up about Soon Seng is that he never had a problem with indiscipline, said Vincent Subramaniam. He was always there for training and he did well in the fitness tests. He was not dropped from the national team. He was not127 words
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327 1999-02-20 31 ...MORE ON THF S-LEAGUE'S YOUNG PLAYER OFTHE YEAR THE "New" Lim Soon Seng now treasures his life, family, friends and football more than ever. "I used to take things for granted. "I was surprised when I won the Young Player of the327 words
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Article, Illustration254 1999-02-20 31 S Gulam - Playing again in his wheelchair By S Gulam IT seems like only yesterday. But it's been almost two-and-a-half years since tragedy struck former S-League footballer S Anthonysamy. Then, the nippy winger came in as a substitute for Woodlands Wellington during a friendly against Selangor. Within minutes, he suffered a horriblePicture/ The Straits Times - 254 words
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Article101 1999-02-20 31 WOODLANDS Wellington player S Anthonysamy was paralysed from the neck down after he was hurt in a friendly soccer match against Selangor at Woodlands Stadium on Sept *96. Anthonysamy was hurt after he and Selangor midfielder Mubin Mokhtar went for the ball. The duo fell heavily in101 words
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Article, Illustration590 1999-02-20 32 CHELSEA COACH PLEADS GUILTY T0... Sexwitha 15-year-old girl on the eve of big game against Man U And indecently assaulting her CHELSEA coach and former England international Graham Rix was warned yesterday that he faces prison after pleading guilty to having sex with a 15-year-old girl. Forty-one-year-old590 words
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Article165 1999-02-20 32 Reuters. Petrol bomb threat: LUTON chairman David Kohler said he would quit the English Second Division club after a petrol bomb was pushed through the letterbox of his home yesterday. Kohler, who owns a 52 per cent share of the club, has come under increasingReuters. - 165 words
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Article, Illustration342 1999-02-20 33 PAUL Gascoigne has just been thrown an international lifeline. England's new part-time coach Kevin Keegan hinted that he may be ready to end the midfielder's exile, reports Sky Sports. Gascoigne, or Gazza to his fans, fell out of favour under sacked England coach Glen Hoddle. Hoddle, recently342 words
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Article210 1999-02-20 33 KEVIN Keegan hinted yesterday that he might continue beyond his four-match role as coach to see England through to the end of its Euro 2000 qualifying campaign. "If it works part-time maybe we could sit and look at it again because there are only210 words
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Article62 1999-02-20 33 FRENCH CUP Second Round: Wasquehal 0 Metz 2 Le Mans 2 Rennes 0 Saint-Georges-les-Ancizes 1 Sochaux 0 GFCO Ajaccio 1 Troyes 1 (Troyes wins on penalties) ENGLAND Division One: Sheffield Utd 2 Bradford 2 Division Three: Cardiff 1 Halifax 1 GERMANY Division One: VfL Wolfsburg 1 Hansa62 words
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Miscellaneous120 1999-02-20 33 TOOftV: (Selected programmes): 7:30pm: Golf: Nissan Open: Day Two (Star Sports Ch24) 8pm: NBA: Detroit Pistons v Phoenix Suns (ESPN Ch23 25) 10pm: Five Nations Rugby: Scotland v England (Live, Star Sports Ch24) 10.30pm: NBA: San Antonio Spurs v Los Angeles Lakers (ESPN Ch23 25) 1:30am (Sunday): Five Nations Rugby:120 words
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Article, Illustration496 1999-02-20 36 LOOK around: Have you noticed more unfamiliar accents and languages around your neighbourhood? Or boarded a bus or sat in a coffeeshop and wondered if you're in some foreign land? We're not talking about established foreign enclaves like Golden Mile Complex, Peninsula Plaza, Lucky Plaza or the496 words
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Article, Illustration105 1999-02-20 37 Lorong Hal US (BY KENNETH KOH): Egrets and other endangered bird species have found a home in this rubbish dump site along Singapore's northern coast. Their grace more than compensates the stench that wafts from the land fill for avid bird-watchers. ■I 1 WJI f Pulau105 words
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Advertisement242 1999-02-20 38 Party on Zoukettest THIS website Is alive with the sound of musk. It has to be. Alter all, this is the cyber home of Zouk, Singapore's super-cool dance club which has attracted to its turntable pulpit, world-famous guest deejays like Norman Cook, Paul Oakenfold and Alec Empire. When you enter242 words
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Article, Illustration172 1999-02-20 39 I WENT steady with a guy two years older than 1.1 was very happy to have this relationship and I love him very much. One day, when my boyfriend and I were having some problems, his ex-girlfriend came back and wanted to be reconciled with172 words
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Article461 1999-02-20 39 A counsellor's advice... SEX education. It can be sensitive. It can bring on the blushes. It can leave parents dumbfounded. Parents find it hard to broach the subject at home. And teens are sometimes left to rely on books, gossip or old wives' tales to answer their461 words
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Article385 1999-02-20 39 I'M very upset over breaking up with my girlfriend of 10 years. We planned to get married but three months ago, she said she wanted us to break up. I did not do anything unfaithful but I had not been keeping my promises to her.385 words
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Article289 1999-02-20 39 I'M 22 and in love with a 30-year-old divorced man. We met at our common workplace and have known each other for three years. I We are deeply in love and have talked about getting married. One day, he said that his ex-wife has come to know about289 words
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Article, Illustration40 1999-02-20 40 Liang Po Po The Movie THE MOVIE An 85-year-old grandmother leaves an old folks' home, only to find herself entangled in gangland crimes. Liang Po Po (left) getting a 'lesson' from Eric Tsang, who plays a triad consultant from Hongkong.40 words
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312 1999-02-20 40 YONG SHU HOONG - YONG SHU HOONG SHE wins, hands down, the title of Singapore's favourite grandma. But by the time the movie ends, Liang Po Po (and her trademark "hoo, hoo, h00..." that punctuates every line of her speech) was getting on my nerves. I312 words
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318 1999-02-20 40 JESSICA LEOW - JESSICA LEOW WHO cares, Shu Hoong? I'd tell you who. Eric Khoo whose Zhao Wei Films worked with Raintree Pictures to make the film. Ask yourself: Why does this arty-farty director (he climbed to fame with 12 Storeys) jumped into bed with that318 words
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Article188 1999-02-20 40 What's memorable about this year's Chinese New Year celebration? "Every Chinese New Year's Day is memorable because the festival embodies values that are still relevant to Chinese society today. But there's a danger it will become over-commercialised like Valentine's Day. "For instance, just look at the rabbits that188 words
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Article, Illustration497 1999-02-20 41 Food, drink and fame do mix. So say Planet Hollywood, Hard Rock Cafe, Stones Pub and two Elvis drinking holes here. And the theme outlet business is now targeting whole families rather than just the trendy or nostalgic. JESSICA LEOW checks out the scene. GUESS hoo, hoo,497 words
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Article101 1999-02-20 41 SURE: "Elvis is never out of vogue. Although I have a lot of his records, it's still fun to just hang out at a pub where there are other Elvis fans. My wife prefers Tom Jones." Mr Paul Wee, 60, retiree MAYBE: "If I'm in101 words
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Article, Illustration216 1999-02-20 41 NO, it's not a mere game of name-dropping with theme outlets. While the entertainers themselves have no real control over the daily running of these outlets, you could end up with a hefty fine if you bank on a star without proper sanction. As in theme pubs like216 words
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Article, Illustration260 1999-02-20 41 THEME pubs and clubs are harder to come by than theme restaurants. While there are concepts like retro (Lava Lounge and the upcoming Funky Town) and psychedelic (Phuture), relying on a name alone seems too much of a risk. Elvis appears to be the only fool-proof singer that260 words
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Article, Illustration349 1999-02-20 43 issue with Mike Chua Hup jurisdiction: the way judges speak. keynote: speech at annual locksmiths' dinner. lovesick: patient who has feelings for his doctor. milestone: a stone's throw away, repeated 10 times. negligee: a neglected manner of dressing. Eg: Gee, you look nice in your negligee.349 words
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Article, Illustration869 1999-02-20 46 In the year of the rabbit, let's have... large with KenJallhJr PETER and Jessica Rabbit were lazing about their cage chewing on the tips of their carrots, which is sort of the rabbit version of what some humans do with cigarettes after, er, you know, making869 words