The New Paper, 11 March 1999

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    • 44 1 £23^x1 17 break-ins: Yorke 'HQBI start i"wd turns 1 jKy HH scores cat KH burglar Z„, H mi in n MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS <u I I I http://newpaper.asiai .com.sg Another quah,y pubhca,,on Singapore Press Holdings I! II HI 8 la? tfflWxfl l
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    • 250 2 'Fuel check' three cars on fire Bernama. THREE cars burst into flames at a petrol station yesterday in Jalan Cheras, Kuala Lumpur. A man had allegedly used a lighter to ignite some fuel to prove the purity of the fuel that had been drained from the cars, said one of
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    • 517 2  -  REPORTS TEO HWEE NAK IN SABAH NOTHING makes sense in Sabah politics. That was what one Sabahan said to me at Kota Kinabalu Airport. When I was given the assignment to cover the Sabah state election this weekend, names like
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    • 158 2 THIS year's state election is set to be closely watched for several reasons. It is a first in Sabah history where three former chief ministers as well as the current one, Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, are contesting in different parties. The other three are Datuk Seri Joseph Pairin
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    • 536 2 MADAM Rasnah, 60, covered her face in embarrassment as she allowed me into her wooden hut. Two woven mats on the floor in a tiny bedroom, a sink and a portable gas stove outside the room make up the old
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 373 3 The young man you see here is responsible for 117 break-ins in three years. That's once every nine days. Last year, there were I,6B7cases of housebreaking—a 10 per cent jump over 1997. DANNY LIM tells you about a teenage computer nerd who turned cat burglar
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    • 437 4 EVEN his own mother is shaking her head In despair. And not just because her apparently nerdy son was committing crimes so regularly, but also because he was risking his life. So's housewife mother told The New Paper: "I don't know why he
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 196 5 tor COE PROPOSALS MORE certificates of entitlement, open bidding on-line and just two car categories are what we will see if the Government Parliamentary Committee (Communications) recommendations are accepted. LIFT CAP. The GPC wants the 3-per-cent cap on vehicle growth here reviewed, as Electronic Road
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    • 65 5 This SMASHED: This was what was left of the bus stop In front 0f81k586, Ang Mo Kio yesterday after a car rammed Into it smashing the stone seats at about 3.30 am. The driver of the car, a 20-year-old man, was unhurt, but his car
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        29 5 The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 79.08 points to close at 9772.84 yesterday. Volume of shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange was about 836 million.
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      • 63 5 JOBS NEW guidelines on hiring workers will be out soon. The guidelines are aimed at encouraging bosses in Singapore to be objective, and not choose on basis of race or other prejudices. No one could be forced to hire those they did not want, the Government said. But
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      • 61 5 MALAYSIA B The judge in the criminal trial of Malaysia's sacked finance minister, Anwar Ibrahim, yesterday issued his third gag order. He ordered the media not to report the names of people cited by a defence witness. The witness, Mr Nor Azman Abdullah, was testifying about meetings in
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      • 57 5 M COURT ONG Soon Kiat, the chairman of electronics firm Goldtron, was yesterday fined the maximum of $250,000 for rigging his company's share prices. The judge stopped short of jailing Ong, 50, but ordered him to pay prosecution costs of $42,337.94. The charges were brought by the Commercial
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      • 64 5 OLYMPICS UP to 10 International Olympic Committee (IOC) members were given free stopovers in Singapore. Australian newspaper The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Sydney's bid company paid for those lOC members and their partners to stay in luxury hotels here while they were on their way to Australia
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    • 59 5 International Herald Tribune: Holbrooke sees Milosevic as Serbian forces press offensive Asian Wall Street Journal: Asian downturn opens door to new funds New Straits Times: 300,000 people to get JE jabs immediately BBC news: Uncertainty surrounds the' talk in Belgrade where US and Yugoslav negotiators are trying
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    • 143 6 in FSRSus AFP. INDONESIA'S ruling Golkar party has narrowed its list of candidates for the presidential elections down to five, including President BJ Habibie. "Each of those five figures has a chance to be our national leader and as I have told you the strongest
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    • 58 6 iToum^^^S FOR years, many in the tourism industry have regarded Singapore as a stopover destination. But now, the Singapore Tourism Board wants to project the Republic as a place to visit in its own right. Its deputy director for destination marketing, Ms Magdalene Lee, said this was prompted
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      61 6 COURT THE managing director of the advertising business Take-a-Card was yesterday fined $4,500 and jailed a day for shoplifting. On Dec 26,1997, Gino Gobind, 51, (right) emptied the contents of some Bods brand boxes and stuffed the boxes with branded items instead. He paid the prices marked on
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    • 67 6 TERINGI LITTERBUGS are fined up to $2,000 or do three hours of a Corrective Work Order, the clean-up of a public area. Now, an Environmental Public Health (Amendment) Bill proposes to raise the fine up to $5,000 and impose a CWO. CWO time may rise to 12 hours
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    • 55 6 THAFRICf AN international search is under way to recover missing radioactive material. A flask containing a medical substance called molybdenum-99 went missing at Johannesburg Airport last Tuesday. The material is said to have no military uses. It is believed that the flask was snatched by thieves who might have
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    • 58 6 The Straits Times: Call to lift 3% cap on COEs The Business Times: BNP proposes menage a trols with SocGen and Paribas Lianhe Zaobao: Religious riots break out in Ambon again Berita Harian: Many Malay commanders in SAF RCS morning news: A new statutory board will be
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    • 75 6 Quote worthy Parenting is difficult. There are many f many joys and I love Monica dearly and support her forever. ibantsay that all her choices have been great hut she's a wonderful person and I support her. Dr Bernard Lewinsky, commenting on his daughter Monica's revelation
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 429 7  -  BY Toh Li Lin YOU could say they were stuck on him. Stuck on his enterprising spirit. Stuck on his creativity. That's why four Singapore Polytechnic students took up the challenge of recreating the glue that Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew once made and sold. The
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    • 45 7 YOU can see Stikfas (the recreated version) and StikPlus at Singapore Polytechnic's Department of Chemical Process and Biotechnology Open House. The open house cum exhibition will be held today and tomorrow, from 9 am to 5 pm at the Concourse, Lecture Theatre IA.
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  • ON THE JOB
    • 507 9  -  No problem. It's part of my job. WHAT YOU NEED There are no job or qualification details for case managers because it's a new area. But as a comparison, medical social workers must have a Bachelor of Art (Social Science or Psychology) with the following starting gross
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    • 199 9 I Playing detective Miss Ng also dealt with two grumpy old men, flat-mates who could not get along. The reason? One of them kept waking up at 2 am, making a lot of noise as he puttered around. Doing a little detective work, Miss Ng found out
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  • 260 10 WiffiiP' SPEAK B p YOUR FORUM Mrs Jennifer Ng Assistant Director DlaklU mmm rUKMIC ATTairS National Parts Board I refer to Beach Bully (The New Paper, March 5). Bicycle tracks in parks are for recreational biking and not racing. In designing and managing parks, NParks
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  • 301 11  - Come watch this match it's free &NBAPORET6UW By Edwin Yeo CELEBRITIES and football seem to go hand-in-hand these days. Besides the football matches for President Star Charity on March 27, some celebrities are mixing it up with Geylang United Football Club players tomorrow night. Personalities such as James Lye, Brian
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  • PARLIAMENTTODAY
    • 646 13 You are our army's heartware. Our security ultimately depends on Singaporeans like you. To make this point, Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan yesterday cited a letter written by a reader of The New Paper on what National Service meant to him. CRISPINA ROBERTS talks
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    • 163 14 HIS words stirred even the normally businesslike Deputy Prime Minister. Dr Tony Tan ended his speech to Parliament during the Budget debate, by quoting nearly the whole of 3rd Sgt (NS) Chong Yu Meng*s letter to The New Paper. (See letter on previous page.) But it was
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      331 14 MALAYS IN THE SAF Three MPs asked about the opportunities for Malays in the SAF. Dr Tan's reply: As Malays become more educated, more will qualify for higher posts. There are many Malay commanders today. The numbers compare well with Malay managers and professionals. More from each cohort of
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    • 67 14 A LEANER, meaner Mindef? A task force has been set up to do a thorough organisational review of Mindef headquarters, said Dr Tan. A new statutory board, the Defence Science and Technology Agency, will be set up by April 2000. It takes over some of the functions of the
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  • 793 15  -  SIIWAPORETOD/tY Member of Parliament Tan Cheng Bock said on Monday that the Government should tone down its calls to woo foreign talent and reassure Singaporeans that they came first. RAHUL PATHAK, an Indian national, gives his two-rupees worth on this RAHUL PATHAK SORRY Dr Tan,
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    • 556 16 1«* »v juii va i\ ,r- r 4 > TT*" j <itMV" Sfhi T^''^^il^Afrrf'^ißrrt Hffl THE MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE Wi'-V TEACHING AWARD SCHEME As a new millennium approaches, rapid globalisation will open up exciting opportunities and new challenges for our nation. It is important that Singaporeans possess a sense of
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      54 17 mui*mui* Strafe TImm rep ftei ZurakUk Efhlw taM MP Ya-FaaYtShoon «owhM —n Mm a mtHkur whtm she toM her during hrttndwr. You've got to ask yourself: You create wealth, for what? We must create life, For those couples who do not want children, I would ask them: Is
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    • 153 17 C'mon, do your bit EAT LOOKING for a new place to dine at Boat Quay? Now, there's Cafe Madelaine, a Parisian bakery-cafe that serves sandwiches, pizzas, muffins and scones, hot and cold coffee and sodas, as well as three-course French and Italian dinners. And if you eat in this evening,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 401 19 THE Taiwan-born scientist who has created a spy row between China and the US was a quiet worker. To his neighbours of 20 years, Mr Lee Wen Ho is a generous man who shares plums from his backyard orchard. He also took over steaming plates of
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    • 145 19 AFP BRITAIN'S Prince Chartes, dancing the tango with Zulema Menem, Argentine President Carlos Menem's daughter, at an official dinner in Buenos Aires on Tuesday. But the prince waltzed straight Into a diplomatic row over his apparent reference to the Britishheld Falkland Islands, which the Argentines call the
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    • 538 21 I REFER to the articles entitled No to Holy War, says Muslim leader, reported by Melvin Singh on March 5 and What's a Holy War? reported by C Shantheni on March 9. There were several inaccuracies in both reports, particularly in the interpretation and definition of the
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    • 398 21 I RUNAWAY DIPLOMAT Feb 19, N Korean diplomat goes missing amid swindling claims On Tuesday, he and family abducted by N Korean agents Van crashes while they are on their way to Laos Source: The Nation, wire services. FOR nearly a month, North Korean
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 338 22  -  MALAYSIA'S PIG VIRUS PROBLEM BY Woon Wui Tek THE bruises still sting but the Malaysian journalist who has them now chuckles over his ordeal. On Monday, several men hit him in anger over a report in his newspaper, the Chinese-language Sin Chew Jit
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    • 148 22 THERE have been 52 suspected Japanese encephalitis cases since October last year. At least 32 people have died from the disease. The JE virus is transmitted from infected pigs to humans by the Culex mosquito. To combat JE, the Malaysian government yesterday ordered the authorities to
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    • 153 22 ALTRON's School of Music Production con provide a world of opportunities with a career ih the music industry. Learn from Mr John Kuek, Principal Consultant Lecturer and Singapore's foremost music production professional. A much sought ofter Music Arranger/Producer in Asio, he is responsible for the creation of many popular TCS
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  • Showtime
    • 55 23 HIS STORY Since he entered the music scene in 1984, Jacky Cheung has established himself as best-selling Chinese artiste in Asia. He has released 36 albums, which have sold 10 million copies worldwide. STIRRING: Jacky Cheung, a boyishlooking singer-actor at 37, reaching out to young and
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      568 23  -  BY Jason Tan REPORTING FROM HONGKONG FANS of Jacky Cheung, get ready for a big surprise. The reigning King of Ballads has gone wild that when he went on stage at his Someone concert last week, I thought 1 was at the wrong place. Here was this man
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      528 24 HE'S only a boy. At six years 11 months, and standing at only 1.37 m in his trainers, John Megicks, Jr, doesn't look like much, one could say. One would be wrong. English soccer Premiership club West Ham has been wooing the gifted youngster since spotting him in
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      237 24 The New Paper spoke to soccer officials who spoke approvingly of development football programmes for young children: Jlta Singh (right)? ftnoral manac* of MmmmH KlaaU* CfS uemenn Mttsa ru "It's okay training kids so young, most clubs in Europe have their own development schemes where they start training
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 479 25 That best describes TCS actor Christopher Lee's debut solo album. AVIS WONG catches up with the actor on board a yacht CHRISTOPHER LEE'S album is out at last, but guess what, you'll hear him talk more than you'll hear him sing. The TCS actor croons only
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    • 424 26  -  THE SINGAPORE COWBOY By Edwin Yeo BELIEVE it or not, but this man is a legend in his own right. Many of you younger readers out there will probably not recognise Matthew Tan. Ask your parents and chances are, they'll go: "Singapore Cowboy." The
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  • 461 27  -  CT CETERA with IVAN LIM I CANT speak Mandarin. Well, I can, but not without inspiring uproarious laughter among my friends and looks of horror from others. I studied Chinese as a second language in school, but today I'm effectively monolingual. And I can barely
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  • CAREER CHOICE
    • 454 28  -  By' Tanya Fong WHATEVER it is, assume it's fake until you can prove that it's real. It's the principle that pawnshop valuer Steven Lam, 43, has abided by since he was 16. Mr Lam, who is the fourthgeneration owner of the Teck Hing (Ngee
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    • 53 28 JOB 1 ADS inside Love your < job: Blessed is he who loves his work, for he shall know great joy from day to day. Ponder this truth; "Work does more to dignify the individual than high office or public praise!" j John j Ruskin. I Happy job hunting! JTrm
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  • 503 30 FROM PAGE 31 CAREER CHOICE What was your most interesting experience as a valuer? A woman wanted to pawn a gold crown studded with precious stones that she won at a beauty contest. What are the more unusual items? Some people try to pawn
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    • 344 40 Now, that's a great comeback by Rashid Sidek AFP. AGE isn't on his side. He's 30. Neither is public opinion. He was written off by some people after a dispute with his national association kept him out of the Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur in August. But
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    • 140 41 HERE'S the real reason for Fergie's team selection on Sunday: He waa trying to show Gianluca Vialli whose team really has depth in squad. Both Chelsea and Man U have the largest squads in the entire League. They have more internationals in their team than all
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    • 230 42 AN OPEN LETTER TO ALEX FERGUSON DEAR Fergie,you would rather have a replay in London, wouldn't you? So you rested your deadly strike force of Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke. Why? Was it because the Devils wanted a shopping spree in London? Fergie, you
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    • 150 42 ITS amazing how players can make their managers be on the receiving end of criticism. Is Ferguson really to be blame? No. Blame it on his players. Blame it on Scholes for not finishing off clear chances. Blame it on Beckham for not putting the
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    • 156 42 H WHY doesn't Jeffrey Low just admit that Man U was plain lousy that night? If it's really a case of not having the two regular strikers, then the cause for Inter-Milan losing to Man U was because Ronaldo was not playing not the good performance of Man U.
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    • 263 42 ITALIAN CUP Reuters. FIORENTINA 2 BOLOGNA 2 (Florentina wins 4-2 on aggregate) Argentine Gabriel Batistuta returned from injury to inspire Fiorentina to a 2-2 extra-time draw with Bologna yesterday. The result put Fiorentina in the final with Parma, which beat Inter Nfilan 2-1 on Tuesday for a
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    • 159 43 Said Alex Ferguson: "I don't regret leaving (Dwight) Yorke and (Andy) Cole out last Sunday. We have to win every game and we certainly went for it here." Ferguson took the gamble and hit the jackpot. The Old Trafford manager was adamant he was right regarding
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    • 416 43  -  COMMENT BY JEFFREY LOW UNSTOPPABLE, unbreakable, untouchable. Very soon we might all run out of adjectives to describe the irresistable, irrepressible Dwigty Yorke, whose reign of goals this season past the quarter-century mark this morning with class drawn all over. Only twice in the whole night
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    • 369 43  -  YORKE FACTS: Trinidad and Tobago striker who's now acquired British citizenship; joined United from Aston Villa for record £12.6 million (s34m); age 27; goals this season 26. By Lan Brown HE was the last man off the Manchester United coach but the first name on
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    • 164 43 GIANLUCA Vialli tipped his hat to Manchester United after losing at Stamford Bridge. But the Chelsea boss hopes staying alive in the FA Cup will keep Alex Ferguson's men distracted from the Premiership race, reports Internet site Football 365. Vialli said: They are now going to play
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    • 444 44 FORMER LEADER VILLA GOES DOWN. DOWN. DOWN... DERBY 2 Francesco Baiano 17 Deon Burton 21 ASTON VILLA 1 Alan Thompson 44 HALF-TIME: 2-1 CROWD: 26.836 DERBY boosted its European qualification prospects with an impressive 2-1 win over Aston Villa. This defeat means Villa has now won
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    • 142 44 LEEDS United avenged its recent FA Cup defeat against former manager George Graham. It did that by inflicting on Tottenham Hotspur its first defeat in 17 matches with a 2-0 win at Elland Road. Teenagers Alan Smith (42nd minute) and Harry Kewell (68th) scored the
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    • 132 44 Reuters. EVERTON pulled away from the relegation zone and pushed Blackburn Rovers closer to the drop when it came from behind to win 2-1 at Ewood Park yesterday. Everton now moves up to 15th spot in the table, five points clear of the drop zone.
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    • 86 44 Reuters. DOOMED Nottingham Forest lost 1-2 at home to Newcastle United yesterday. This defeat means it has failed to improve on its meagre total of 17 points. Alan Shearer put Newcastle ahead with a 44th-minute penalty, and although Dougie Freedman equalised for Forest just before
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