The New Paper, 16 April 1999

Microfilm: NL21491
Total Pages: 77
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      SM LFF ON ANWAR CASE
      119 2 JUDGE: WHY I FOUND ANWAR GUILTY Page 35 It's been a sad saga for over six months. It's done some damage to, I think, the people of Malaysia most of all, who have seen the political landscape sdmetohnt battered as a result of these happenings.
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      Lock icon Two explosions in mid-air
      383 2 KOREAN AIR CARGO PLANE CRASHES IN 1997 crash was the afctne's first since 1997. Then, 229 people died as a If ,ra jfa fy B ||l WKcafi wr nigm crashed into a niRS9Qf, icpofTrfl the BSC. Wire services. A BOMB might have caused a Korean Air
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      Pam down sizes
      367 3 SILICONE IMPLANTS Silicone implants were banned in the US and other countries in the early '90s when women complained that their implants had ruptured. The leakage, they claimed led to various illnesses such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis. In Singapore, implants with hydrogel and saline are used.These
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      Breasts are beautiful, whatever their size
      352 3  -  COMMENT C SHANTHENI paEgJ,*\-yv'i: BIG, medium, small. Perky, rounded, flat. Breasts come in all shapes and sizes. They are as individual as hair colour, eye colour and the shape of your nose. And thank God for that. What a boring world it would be,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      What happened
      287 4 ON July 21 last year, four boys and two girls gathered at a flat. One of the boys complained that his 14-year-old girlfriend had broken off with him because she found someone new. He also said she liked to perform oral sex. Three of the boys two aged
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      Lock icon Brave teen acted like gangster to save her
      647 4 nF\r ESCAPE FROM THE RAPISTS' <■ < Three teenage boys gang-raped a 14-year-old girl and kept her with them for more than 15 hours. MICHELLE ANG speaks to the heroine who helped her escape IF you are a girl, and you hear
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      What kind of friends are these?
      357 4 JERI cannot forget the look of pride on the face of the rapist or the feeling of guilt it evoked in her. You see, she herself used to hang out with the rapists. She even thought of them as friends. One of the rapists
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Use CashCard at Causeway
      203 5 HOT STORY January2ooo COME the millennium, in January 2000, motorists won't have to buy coupons to pay for their toll charges at the Woodlands Causeway and Tuas Second Link. There will be a new automated system and motorists can pay the fees using Cash Cards that
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      Lock icon It's back
      55 5 WINDS FROM SUMATRA: Fires burning In Sumatra haa brought tha haze back to Singapore. Tha Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) want up to 60 yeaterday—tha hlghaat In recent months. Expect another one or two more hazydaya, the Environment Ministry said. Clear skies will return with a change in wind
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    • News Break
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        5 more years
        55 5 LAW I POLICE will continue to have the power to detain criminals when prosecuting them is not possible. The Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act was extended for another five years yesterday. It was enacted in 1955. The Act has been used to suppress secret society activities, drug
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        Lost suit
        60 5 COURTS A COMPUTER engineer, who sued City Developments Limited (CDL) for selling him a smaller house than what he paid $8.6 million for, lost his case yesterday. The High Court did not agree with Mr Roger Lim Bio Hiong, that the developer had shortchanged him by delivering a
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        Profit surprise
        53 5 NEWSPAPERS ANALYSTS were surprised st Singapore Press Holdings' result for the six months to the end of Februsry. Although the media giant's net profit fell 17.8 per cent to $139.7 million it was better than forecasts. Advertising revenues fell 18.6 per cent to $289.4 million, reducing group turnover
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        Jail for Benazir
        54 5 B PAKISTAN t BENAZIR Bhutto, Pakistan's first woman prime minister, was yesterday sentenced in absentia to five years'jail for corruption. Her senator husband, Asif Zardari, already in jail for corruption, received the same sentence and the couple was fined US$B.6 million (5514.6 million) for allegedly receiving kickbacks
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      world Head liners
      58 5 International Herald Tribune: Many, many' months' war predicted by US officials New Straits Times: US group: Business as usual Jailing of Anwar will not affect our commitment, says delegation head Asian Wall Street Journal: Politics takes centre stage in Malaysia BBC newt: Nato acknowledges that one of
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      Foreigner to head new S'pore exchange
      184 6 £®€us A FOREIGNER is very likely to head the merged stocks and futures exchange of Singapore, industry sources told llie Business Times. The exchange is made up of the Stock Exchange of Singapore and the Singapore International Monetary Exchange and it will be launched
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      Girls nabbed
      66 6 cmaiE I FOUR teenage girls who went on a one-week terror spree and robbed 27 other schoolgirls were arrested by the police yesterday. Aged 14 and 15, they would intimidate their victims, who were on their way to school or hanging out at shopping centres, by accusing them
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      New pork
      61 6 FOOD THE Government will help pork traders switch to selling chilled and frozen pork, as imports of live pigs from Malaysia may not be forthcoming "in the immediate future", National Development Minister Lim Hng Kiang said yesterday. The ban on live pig imports from Malaysia will continue until
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      Secret pleas
      51 6 LAW STATEMENTS sent to the Attorney-General's Chambers by accused persons or their representatives during plea bargain negotiations must stay secret and cannot be used against them later in their trial. In a landmark decision, CJ Yong Fung How said that this would encourage accused persons to make plea
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      Execs laid off
      55 6 MANAGEMENT THE economic downturn cost 5,800 executives their jobs last year. They included managers and technicians. A third of them were over 40 years old. In comparison, 1,779 executives went in 1997. In all, nearly 29,000 people were laid off last year, Minister of State (Manpower) Othman
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      local Head liners
      56 6 The Straits Times: Cash Cards to be used at Causeway The Business Times: Hong Leong, Wing Tai in major property deal Lianhe Zaobao: Police gets more power with Criminal Law Act extension Berita Marfan: Parliament passes Amla amendments RCS morning news: New measures to ensure the safety
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      THERE'S CREATIVITY IN SCIENCE
      80 6 Quote worthy away from science because they think scientists They do not know that doing research is like exploring a virgin forest. With so much empnasis in the education system on competition—in passing examinations and entering the best schools—not enough attention is being given to nurturing
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      DOW JONES
      39 6 The Dow Jones Industrial Average set its fourth record day this week, ending yesterday up 51.06 points or 0.50 percent, at 10.462.72 points. A volume of 1.08 billion shares was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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      142 5 Secretaries Week with Special Treats Bosses! Show your appreciation for your secretary this April 19 -23, vU with special treats at Palm's Asian Brasserie. Savour an exquisite buffet spread that includes our carvery station with Roast of the Day accompanied with fresh buttered vegetables and local favourites that will tantalize
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Thanks for the great attitude
      362 7  -  By' Toh Li Lin OUR e-mail was piling up. Our letter boxes were full. And our fax machine worked overtime Thanks to all you wanna-be Attitude counsellors. There were a whopping 210 nominations. We will be selecting five. Most wrote in to nominate themselves. But
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      WHERE ARE YOU?
      57 7 SOME of you forgot to give your contact numbers. Can the following wanna-be counsellors please contact us instead? SKI Nur Ain Saiehhudin, 15, Yishun Ave 2 Sim Afflzafariiana, 16, Ybhan Ave 2 Dnisy Morgan, 18 Afaza who wrote in to nominate Ms friend, Azrfl FernelTay Chun Wei
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  • attitude you talk, your peers answer, we listen
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      Lock icon Ideas, ideas... what next?
      239 8 Budding technopreneurs? Thafs what we have this week. Several readers wrote in with their ideas on horn to make it big. We highlight two of their ideas. The National Science and Technology Board chips in with advice on how to realise their dreams I LOVE to
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      National Science and Technology Board says:
      256 8 WELL, you've already taken the first step to innovation, that is you have identified a problem, or need, and you have an idea on now to meet that need. But to see your idea turn into an actual I product that works, requires a
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      National Science and Technology Board says:
      113 9 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE You will find that the first few times you try out the idea, you may not be successful. But through trial and error a better solution will emerge. Once you've developed a workable prototype, you should enter competitions like the Tan
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      My brother too was king
      279 9 After last week's letter... I'VE just read the article in The New Paper on Friday, April 9, titled "My brother the King" by Diana. I feel sorry for her because I know the way she feels. I feel that Asian parents prefer sons to daughters.
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      HAVE YOUR SAY
      64 9 DO you have an issue to raise? Or a problem you need help with? Don't be shy, drop us a line. Write to; The Attitude Page, The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5 Or mtM m at npops@sph .com. sg (Please mark: For Attitude) Cdfc
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  • PARLIAMENTTODAY
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      No clash of Muslim and Civil courts
      417 11 Parliament yesterday passed a key bill to amend the Administration of-Mttslim Law Act. YVONNE LIM reports NUMBERS Last year, there were only 38 guardianship applications to the Civil Courts by Muslims, and eight under general land laws. That's less than 3 per cent
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      SULTAN'S FAMILY STILL GETS MONEY FROM GOVT
      204 11 A SMALL group of people in Singapore receive money from the Government every year because of a man who died more than 150 years ago. They are descendants of Sultan Hussain, who once ruled from the Istana in his Kampong Glam estate. Soon,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      She used to beat others, now she beats the drum
      471 13 The Streetwise Programme was set up two years ago to help teens who join gangs and get into serious trouble. CRISPINA ROBERT finds out more DAISY comes from a well-to-do family. She's never short of cash because her father, a
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      Teens get help
      220 14 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE OF the 158 teenagers who have been placed on the programme since it started in November 1997, only 26 have failed to complete it. The figure indicates most teens are able to get the help they need with the programme. Said Mr Gerard Ee,
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      Call our Legal Line
      73 14 OUR Legal Library offers quick access to various topics. Call 1900-9144)014 and enter the topic codes below: When can I stop paying child maintenance? (*****3) Can I change my son's surname to his new father's? (*****4) Is it an offence to change the date of separation?
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      Friends take time
      61 14 m u »<m u Dr Kalyani Mehta, a lecturer, at the National University of Singapore's Department if Social Work and Psychology* says true and lasting friendships take years to develop: You do not retire and only then start thinking of makinp§|ends with people around you. By then,
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      Lock icon Bird on a wire
      190 15  -  By Seah Yi-lein EVEN birds are getting wired up these days! Don't ask how, but birds have been weaving metal-wire nests around Block 115, Jalan Bukit Merah (see picture, right.) The wire is believed to have come from a construction site nearby. Last week, workers pruning
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      He goes to school to play games
      107 15 COMPUTER games can help in your studies? Yes, if you are a student of Nanyang Technological University's Game Development Studio, like Huang Yi Long. He spends his school and free hours designing computer games. Friday Weekly finds out that his experience of having
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    Lock icon RARING TO GO—AT 72
    398 17 SINGAPORETODAY THIS granny is proof that you're never too old to try. Madam Goh Soh Har, 72, was among the 1,500 people who signed up for The New Paper Big Walk at Prudential Towers yesterday. Many, like her, were drawn by the free insurance cover of
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    Hero: I'm not sure I was brave
    386 19 SINGAPORETODAY MOST heroes would be able to recall their /]par] a But Mr Wee Boon Hwa, 27, is not even sure if he did anything brave. As an SBS bus, Service 231, veered dangerously towards a crowd at the Toa Payoh bus interchange
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    Lock icon Portuguese pedal power
    382 21  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Seah Yi-lein IF you go to East Coast Park, sure, youll see cyclists You might even see Portuguese cyclists. But it isn't often you'll see a couple of Portuguese who have pedalled their way across half the globe. Mr Goncalo Fonseca and his wife, Valerie,
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Golkar's chosen Habibie, but...
      285 22 It can't be made public yet INDONESIA'S President BJ Habibie will be the ruling Golkar party's sole candidate for the November presidential elections, says a report in The Business Times today. However, this cannot be announced till after the June general elections, BT quoted party sources
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      Lock icon Ex-president's men: We'll tell on Habibie
      161 22 Reuters. FORMER president Suharto's lawyers threatened yesterday to expose alleged corruption by President Habibie and other ministers who had served under Mr Suharto. "We will present the evidence if investigations against (Suharto) lead to him being made a suspect," said lawyer Indriyanto Seno Adji.
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      Lock icon UN officer, 64, gang-raped
      328 23 UN worried about workers' safety AFP. THE sound of shattering glass woke a senior United Nations official soon after midnight yesterday. Something was terribly wrong. Suddenly, several intruders appeared in the bedroom where she'd been sleeping peacefully in a supposedly fortified UN home in an affluent
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      93 22 JOHN TRAVOLTA "AN MOSSING, WELL-ACTED DRAMA ABOUT PRIDE AND CONSCIENCE. IT KEEPS YOU GUESSING TO THE END." 9 sn„ n Justice has its price A CIVIL ACTION Based On The Sensational True Story MMRCIURES m IitHSIOM P!CIURES--n WIIMOO EHBMSS SCOII Bl)Dllimbi«i JOHNIRAVOIIA "AMIACIIR" ROBERTDUVAU jMKSMM OAN HEDAVA JMIUW WIIIIAMH MAPI
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    Lock icon Found: A second solar system
    225 25 WORLDTODAY UCHT YEARS Light travels at the speed of 299,743 km a second. One light year Is the speed that light can travel in a year, believed to be about 9.46 trillion km. AFP. A TEAM of US scientists yesterday announced the discovery of another
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Will they change the face of war?
      364 27 NATO'S MISTAKES Reuters. FIRST, a passenger train was destroyed by mistake in a Nato missile attack on Monday at Grdelicka Klisura, Yugoslavia. Then yesterday, Nato admitted that 75 Albanian refugees were killed when civilian vehicles were nit during an attack over the village
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      WHY I FIRED: PILOT
      61 27 I 1 fill III ItoUtnon two passes (military get a close look... I make cmetitswi that these are the people respSHmblefor burning down the villages that rue seen so far. execute a laser-guided bomb attack. A Nato pilot who shot at a convoy carrying civilians. He
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      Don't miss the boat
      31 28 in ii I*lll II i* i deMMwnScctwhfy. Storms don't last forever. It will stop. And if you don't look beyond the storms, then youll miss the boat.
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      Squirrels shredded
      104 28 THE Dutch public was shocked that more than four hundred squirrels were shredded to death at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport. The animals, bound for Athens from Beijing, were killed under orders from the Dutch agriculture ministry because they lacked the proper import and health papers. They were thrown into
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    Lock icon WOMEN WHO HOLD THE KEY TO INDIAN PM'S FATE
    376 30 WHAT do they want? WORLDTODAY Mr Vajpayee's 13-month old coalition has the support of 258 members out of the 545 member lower house of parliament. It needs the backing of at least 271 members to continue in power. Ms Jayalalttha locked
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      479 32 China's top leaders hardly give live interviews to the foreign media. But Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongji broke with tradition and gave one on Cable News Network (CNN) on Wednesday. YONG SIEW FERN gives her impression of the man they call the Smiling Premier YOU
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      163 33 Gunman dead after shooting spree in library AFP. THIS woman survived the horror of the shooting, and walks out to safety. She was at the famous Mormon church's Family History Museum library in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Thursday when a gunman walked in and opened Ore, killing
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      787 34 Source: New Straits Times, The Straits Times. IT'S because of the many "inconsistencies, contradictions and afterthoughts". Justice Augustine Paul said heiound what the former deputy prime minister had said on the witness stand "unworthy of credence". In his 394-page written judgment, the judge also
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      187 34 UP next: The appeal. But are the Court of Appeal and the Federal Court likely to reverse the Anwar verdict? Not likely, three senior lawyers told The Straits Times, adding that the higher courts are reluctant to disturb factual findings by judges of lower courts. The
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    531 36  -  WITH CHENG PUAY KOON SO you have a different flag. Your God has a different name. You speak a different language and wear a different costume. Is that such a big deal? You feel the same. Your insides heart, liver, lungs, kidneys work the same. So
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    548 37  -  Director's first effort is 'insane' SOTM By Chan Seet Fun IN LOS ANGELES GARY Ross' first shot at directing a film almost drove him crazy. "I woke up panicked and horrified that I was basically leading everyone over a cliff," said the 42-year-old. "I felt that many times,
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      551 38 By Chan SeetFun HIS brown hair stood at attention. William Macy, 48, had a very short haircut that looked a little like a helipad. But his manner was anything but military He joked about his co-workers, he joked about himself, and he maintained an air of
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      424 38  -  By Chan Seet Fun JOAN Allen had to turn green for Pleasantville. "Greener than that," she said, pointing to a Perrier bottle. Allen, 43, thinks of her "green scene" with Jeff Daniels as her "most difficult." Her character, Betty the once goody-goody housewife, had turned from
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      335 38  -  Review/, Edwin Yeo A CHILL ran down my spine when I watched Pleasantville. No, ifs not a horror film. But it's still scary. It's about a pair of teenaged siblings being magically transported into Pleasantville's black-and-white TV world. The brother, David (Tobey Maguire), is a
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      163 39 A CIVIL ACTION Who's acting: John Travolta and Robert Duvall What If s about A lawyer's uphill fight to save children being killed by polluted water in a small town. UFE IS BEAUTIFUL (Italian, with English subtitles) Who's acting; Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi What If s
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      101 39 THE MATRIX Who's acting: Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishbume What If s about: In a world run by computers, humans are batteries for bio-electrical energy. Neo (Keanu Reeves) is desperately seeking the truth about The Matrix something mysterious and unknown that has unimaginable and sinister control over his
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    325 41  -  Edmund's By Edwin Yeo EX-CHANNEL 8 actor Edmund Chen will be starring in yet another movie to be filmed here. This one, however, is going to take him one step closer to Hollywood. The movie, Bandit, is a joint venture between local company Kona Dreamwork
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      152 42 Here's what some of you thought of the films that are now showing Zhu Lin, 19, and Su Wei Jung, 17, students WHY: "Both of us chose to watch it because we like love stories and we heard this was very romantic" HOW WAS IT: "It
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      137 42 Lei Ivy, 31, IT officer WHY: "I watch practically everything that is showing in the theatre!" HOW WAS IT: "I went with few expectations so I guess I liked and enjoyed it very much. There is nothing substantial about it, it's just a funny film." WHAT I UKE/HATE
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      167 42 Flrdaus, 22, technician WHY: WHY: "I like Christian Slater. I think he's a very good actor." HOW WAS IT: "It was great! It wasn't gory or violent. It was idiotic and funny. I read somewhere they gave the movie two stars. I think it deserves four!" WHAT
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    285 59  -  By Danny Khoo THE Queen Elizabeth II Cup and Patrons' Bowl, highlights of the Singapore Turf Club's meeting at Bukit Timah next month, will feature only local gallopers. Both races, though open to international participation for the first time, have attracted entries only from trainers licensed by
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      399 60  -  TRACKWORK YESTERDAY'S GOING AT BUKITTIMAH: YIELDING By Danny Khoo Oslo peak looks capable of going one better in Race 6 tomorrow, judging by his pleasing workout at Bukit Timah yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the three-year-old Australian-bred gelding showed good form when he reeled
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      142 60 TRACKWORK THIS MORNING'S GOING AT BUKIT TIMAH: YIELDING NOT many horses came out for trackwork early this morning at Bukit Timah. But one who caught the eye was Key Discovery. The Charles Leck-trained gelding looked very well when he cantered one round on the yielding track. Last Sunday,
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