The New Paper, 3 July 1999

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    20 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1999 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings http://newpapar.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS
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      58 1 The old woman who TVima™ blocked an ATM o v«,r2X*® i jttx <MI ifl 1 w ATA i a¥AT iKaHUß^Hil^BM^iWsi^^^^^^^^F jafc J g buster Leeson today. What's T-jl^B bars? ♦Lei san% the **^m SSte w.' i^B^^linilßlßßMMMMil i3j|i I Another quality publication of Singapore Press Hotding* http://nawpapar.aaia 1 .com.sg MITA (P)
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Jiang blasts the greedy
      353 2 President raps 'money-worshipping' parly members Source AFP Greedy. Corrupt. And power-hungry. That is what some of you are. Chinese President Jiang Zemin blasted members of the Communist Party with this on its 78th anniversary on Thursday. Tough words indeed. But there was more tongue-lashing to come.
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    • Article
      Lock icon Viagra overdose almost cost man his life
      166 2 AFP. IF one Viagra pill works so well, more must be even better. That's what one Argentinian man thought when he took three Viagra pills last month in an effort to increase his sexual prowess. The pills did their job, but the overdose
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      28 2 Intit Showtime: Pages 32-36, 41-43 Comics: Page 31 TV: Page 75 Coll us. Hotline pnov "*****55 •V YON EX Wear YONEX. Be a School Champ! j badminton CHAMP
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Bank buster to prison tailor
      1084 4 NICK LEESON'S LIFE IN PRISON After nearly four years, Nick Leeson will be released from prison today. How did the bank buster— who lived in a posh condo and handled billions of dollars downgrade to a simple life behind bars? RIANA ZAKIR reports WHAT Nick
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      £2m hidden? 'Absurd!'
      183 5 THE big question facing Leeson's lawyer was: Did the rogue trader really have £2 million ($5.36 million) stashed away? Did he really boast about it to a fellow prisoner, as the London Express newspaper claimed on Thursday? Mr Stephen Pollard sighed and said: The suggestion is absurd.
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      Nervous about future
      303 5 SURE, Leeson is happy to be out of jail today. But he is also nervous and uncertain. Said his lawyer, Mr Stephen Pollard: "He's a bit nervous about the extent to which the media will make his life uncomfortable. "He is also uncertain about his plans when
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • Article
      Lock icon Clob: S'pore to send plan to KL
      265 6 THE TELEKOM-UEM OFFER The companies have proposed that Clob shareholders exchange their shares for new second-class shares in the two companies. Clob investors here have given the offer the thumbs down, saying that the discounts of 42 per cent to market value were
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      Lock icon Airport MRT underway
      46 6 This DOWN UNDER: Work started on the tunnel for the Chengl Airport MRTIIne yesterday. It la due to Hnlah In mid-June next year. Twelve metres underground, the 3.5 km tunnel will go under one of Chang! Alrport'a two runways. Picture/ The Straits Times
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        JBJ let off
        56 6 POLITICS PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has dropped his petition to make Workers' Party chief and Non-Constituency MP J B Jeyaretnam a bankrupt. The petition was filed last year after Mr Jeyaretnam failed to pay Mr Goh $100,000 in damages. The damages were for defaming Mr Goh
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        Costly race
        49 6 I THE US ONLY one man may be able to afford to fight Texas Governor George W Bush in the race for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination multi-millionaire publisher Steve Forbes. That's because Mr Bush has raised a record-shattering U5536.3 million ($62 million) for his campaign already.
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        S'pore better
        63 6 I HONGKONG j A SURVEY has revealed that about 85 per cent of Hongkong youths prefer to live in Singapore. Most of those aged under 30 picked Singapore as an "ideal living place", compared to just 25 per cent who said home was best. About 55 per cent
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        Public apology
        53 6 M SERVICE A CITYCAB customer said sorry in an advertisement in The Straits Times yesterday for using "abusive language and vulgarities" on two of the company's customer service assistants. It happened while Mr Mong Ven-Sheng was making a telephone complaint against one of the taxi drivers. The quarter-page
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      DOW JONES
      29 6 The Dow Jones industrial average hit a record high yesterday at 11,139.52 points. A volume of 588 million shares was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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      world Head liners
      56 6 International Herald Tribune: Offer by Sinn Fein raises optimism Hie New Straits Times: Incentive scheme for government researchers The Jakarta Post General Session of the People's Consultative Assembly may be delayed: Habibie BBC news: The British and Irish Prime Ministers spelt out their blueprint on Northern Ireland
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    • Article
      How NOT to hang clothes
      185 7 in PHus HANG your clothes out to dry the wrong way and you could be fined up to $5,000. And what is not allowed? Placing poles outside the parapet walls to hang clothes along the corridors of HDB flats. Such makeshift hangers are dangerous. Recently,
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      Too much
      56 7 PESTICIDES JOHOR health authorities have found that chillies, brinjals, Chinese spinach, long beans, spring onions, salad and spinach mustard grown in Johor and exported to Singapore have high levels of pesticide residue. The department has also received a report from Singapore's Primary Production Department confirming that chillies from
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    • Article
      4%, says bank
      69 7 E GROWTH SINGAPORE'S economic growth this year is set to be better than expected, says a DBS Bank study. The growth rate is poised to "hit the upper end of the 3.5 to 4 per cent range", it says. Growth in non-oil domestic exports, industrial production and
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      Suicides up
      66 7 1 JAPAN ITS a traditional Japanese way of escaping shame or protecting loved ones. Economic woes have led to more suicides last year, a trend that is continuing. Police said a record high of nearly 33,000 people killed themselves 35 per cent more than in 1997. Of the
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      Lasting blooms
      62 7 ORCHIDS HIS orchids never die. Once treated, they will bloom forever, claims Gerald Lee Hock Kian, 54. The Singapore inventor showed off his flowers at a National University of Singapore seminar on orchid research this week. He treats the flowers chemically at his factory in Ang Mo Kio,
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      local Head liners
      64 7 The Straits Times: Easier to start high-tech firms The Business Times: SES to send plan for release of Clob shares to KLSE next week Lianhe Zaobao: Slew of measures to make it easier to start high-tech firms Berita Harian: "Incentives" to encourage technopreneurs RCS morning news: Deputy
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      ON ILLEGAL PARKING
      107 7 Quote worthy Ifjftepoltce keep the car fmtMu one day, it's just a mßßiconvenience to the qj^^Mers. If you keep the car for several days, their businesses will start to be qffected and they will feel the impact. —Photographer Allan Cheng, 47, on driven who park illegally /tfhnt
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      19 7 SNEAK PREVIEWS TODAY FANNWUN ■'amtMr the truth about JANE SAM ?3S4^cv OIJI n *sr«.. T2 £»<#%« o?.?ri M&t&jsi? RAINTRiI PICTURES
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      43 7 ffigk WHAT'S HUP Do you agree 00 you agree that Do you think Then, How did that sporty kids sports may bad equipment may give me $100 to he do mat? are healthy kids? cause iryunes also cause injuries? buy new shoes ~\l
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      78 8 I MEET FANN WONG AT THE HEEREN SHOPS 0 tomorrow, Sunday 4 July, at 2pm k U 1 jk L 2J I jfl lb Jl J k, w J AW. J| P^ rl L.J II V m wJ/4MA IX 1 1 I m K J J SI I V fljfl
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      154 9 Lucky Draw Redemption Stand a chance to win a trip for 2 to visit jjflgp the Warner Bros. Studio Tour at Sun Valley, California sponsored by Ananda Travel when you spend a minimum of $50 in a single receipt. Also get to redeem limited Babylon 5 premiums. Maximum of 10
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Bankruptcy worries you? Then read this
      445 10  -  BY Yvonne Lim YOUR business has failed and you owe your suppliers money. Or you've carelessly overspent and haven't paid your credit card bills for months. All it took, in the past, was a debt of $2,000 and you could be made a bankrupt.
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      THE CHANGES
      119 10 THE PREVENTION Minimum debt increased from $2,000 to $10,000, from today Creditors encouraged to use alternatives to bankruptcy, like mediation Under Voluntary Arrangements, debtor to be given 42 days instead of 28 days to propose a settlement THE CURE More bankrupts will be allowed to do business or
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      BANKRUPTS CAN CONTINUE TO BE COMPANY DIRECTORS
      186 10 EVEN if you do end up a bankrupt, all is not lost. Given permission by the Official Assignee, you can continue to do business or even act as a company director. In the past, bankrupts needed to get the court's permission to do
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      Changes to help businessmen
      134 10 THJ2 first set of changes to the rules was announced yesterday to help develop high-tech entrepreneurs. This is part of Singapore's Technopreneurship 21 plan. The T2l Private Sector Committee, headed by Mr Sim Wong Hoo, and Executive Committee, headed by Mr Teo Ming Kian, recommended: Changes
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      Social pass visitor turns serial burglar
      311 11  -  CROSSED CAUSEWAY TO STEAL By Tanya Fong FOR six years, he broke into offices, stealing whatever he could carry and sold them for cash. Sebastian Williams, 29, thought he could get away with it. After all, he does not even live here. And the
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      407 11 THAKK YOV FOR YOVR SUPPORT. <AH»<ATwl°99 SSt YOV AT SANPSATIOW 2000 BESSES" W MAY TVNt NIXT YIAR.' Special thanks to our generous sponsors: Hain^ontor Sfomort ■mw| P^HJ H Coppatone IB OMcial Show Producer Spomorc A 3s <5? B** TICKEICHARGt (pbiskposs <sai®s9@s ©swwssfif ooscssr mawsseas Most Votes Received for Great Wall
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Business = My hobby
      604 13 Business My hobby SINGAPORE TELECOM'S BOSS SAYS: GIVEN his love for gadgets, you shouldn't be surprised that his home is dotted with networked computers, on which he communicates with his children. It seems the kids even get grounded on line. Sing Tel chairman Koh Boon Hwee has four telephone lines
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      Stodgy? We're steady
      183 13 IS Sing Tel a "stodgy, under-achieving telephone monopoly"? Mr fcoh Boon Hwee retorted: "We don't think of ourselves as stodgy, we think of ourselves as steady." Reassuring, coming from the keeper of so many fortunes. But things can get a little tricky. "Almost everyone is a shareholder
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    Teacher friends pledge their loyalty
    271 16  -  SmAPQRETODAY Report and picture/ Genevieve Jiang DONT forget your army days, even as you get on with your day job. Mr Michael de Silva, 38, and Mr Lee Long Huat, 45, couldn't, even if they wanted to. They first met in 1991 when they were
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      127 17 1 The Magic Wo fid is comine to_. Singapore \Ji The Gathering V TQURNA^F.NT v ohAi^'pions 9 I *Xv 'w I A vy-V c iia." i J* r-i i Be a part of one of the most important Magic: The events^^^^^^ of the year and win great prizes-right in your
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Not teachers...just parents
      345 18  -  PARENTS TAKE HANDS-ON APPROACH AT MERLIMAU PRIMARY By' Toh Li Lin THERE'S this businessman with his handphone ringing incessantly. The busy executive in her proper suit and high heels. The housewife in her T-shirt and bermudas. This motley crew of people take over the assembly at Merlimau
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      SCHOOL HIGHLIGHTS
      279 18 What some schools offer Ang Mo Kkt Pr. The school has an Accelerated Information Technology Programme and offers art, violin, guitar and abacus outside curriculum time. All Pri 3 pupils go through the Basic Swimming Ahmad Ibrahim Pr. Students can learn to be computer savvy in the school's
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      144 19 Its true that the jo t of a PRISON OFFICER is not lor the laint-hearted. /Many repeat offenders are hard nut to crack and have thorns lilce cactus. $ut the joy of seeing the improvements they made is beyond description. will he wrong to think that there is only locking
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      She blocks ATM with chair
      365 20  -  BY Teh Jen Lee IT WAS no ordinary ATM queue. At the front was a chair with bags on it. And the owner of the bags, a 56-year-old woman, walked around the chair, preventing anyone from using the machine. She even had a radio on.
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      THE SHARES ON OFFER
      108 20 IT was a novel move to sell seven million shares to the public via DBS Bank and POSBank ATMs on a first-come-first-served basis. Buyers could get as many Raffles Medical Group (RMG) shares as they wanted, at $1.03 each, if shares were still available. The sale
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      Map is no good without directions
      74 21 mui<mui< A lawyer who received a road plan from the Land Transport Authority simply passed K on to his client, instead of advising bar of what tt meant She sued him. Said Justice LPThean: It would not suffice for the lawyer merely to send
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      See eye to eye with goodies in Scorpions contest
      97 21 ROCK band Scorpions has just released its new album, Eye II Eye. To win some Scorpions goodies, just call 1900-914-0801 and answer a simple question about the band. Each call costs 20 cents. Ten lucky winners will be picked from the
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      53 22 Built-in hands-trw speaker IHEH h Ward package Trade-in any existing handphone in working condition f OO (units with damaged LCD 3 cracked casing will not be accepted) S €#Cr Sing Tel Mobile subscribers who wish to upgrade retain their existing line *53 must be with Sing Tel Mobile tor the
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    More Muslim scholars against Megawati
    273 23 She's not capable, ifs against Islamic law INDONESIATODAY MS MEGAWATI Sukarnoputri cannot be president because it is against Islamic law and she is not capable of leading the country say more and more Muslim scholars and students in Indonesia. At least 52 influential Muslim scholars
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon 'The Godfather' author dies
      256 24 Source: Reuters. HIS name may not ring a bell but the actors who played the characters from his book-turned-movie may. Marlon Brando. A 1 Pacino. Diane Keaton. Mario Puzo, 78, who died of heart failure yesterday, wrote the bestseller The Godfather. It was turned into a
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      Lock icon Australian subs may need 'wonder bra'
      381 25  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY Australia is looking at fitting a kind of bra to its six new submarines to give them a sleeker shape for combat. It's part of the uplift in store for the nation's most traumatic defence project that has
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      SUBMARINE TROUBLES
      117 25 AUSTRALIA'S project for the world's best six conventional submarines is 30 months late. Problems include unreliable diesel engines, excessive hull noise, cracking propellers, periscopes with limited vision and poor communications systems. The Asl-billion computer combat system is unlikely ever to work. US navy help is sought. The six
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      Where's your no 2?
      58 27 murmur In Hongkong tfcese days, having a nMrtss wMI ym at a bmkmm dinnor hat bMM a war* of w—Hh md tuccets, uptrtwl Nawsweafc. Mt SMriey Hong, a todal waiter who it writing a tbaais on the aacond-wMa phanomanon, aahfc Men think that if you don't
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      Lock icon Porn star hauled in for drugs
      209 27 POLICE hauled in a Hongkong porn star because they suspected her of possessing die drug, Ecstasy. They questioned Ha Man Ki, 29, (above), for more than two hours. But that did not stop her from having a good time later. Ha, whose screen name
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    Yes, she has scored more goals than Pele
    466 28  -  I Jl with BRIAN gLlk MILLER with BRIAN MILLER THE United States of America can win the World Cup. And, mind you, I'm talking about soccer. Then there's this other thing. Do you know that the player who has scored the most
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      195 28 tmily Favourites :k out these Tamil programmes coming your way this July! The Adventures of Usop (dubbed in Tamil) Starts 3 July Saturdays 5.30pm It's the life and times of Usop and his little friends. Promising hours of fun, this cartoon will teach the kids a thing or two about
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      Lock icon All set for Posh Irish wedding
      448 29 Tomorrow's the day and Man U hero David Beckham is... AFP. FOOTBALL glory and celebrity glamour seal their match tomorrow. The occasion: The wedding of Manchester United midfield maestro David Beckham and his Posh Spice fiancee in the luxurious surroundings of an Irish castle.
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      Lock icon No German at EU meeting? Then we boycott, say Germany and Austria
      257 29 Wire services. GERMANY and Austria have boycotted a ministerial meeting of the European Union in Finland. The reason: German is not being used as one of the official languages. Finland, which took over the presidency yesterday, has refused
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    A look in the awful mirror
    488 30  -  et cetera WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ MEDIA competition in town is mounting, declares the latest issue of Scribes, a journal of the Singapore Press Club. Frankly, it is not the competition that worries me but the way I tend to operate. First, as news sources
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      206 30 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh S'foRSfcCKS WM 10UH&ftCTlW6 dfaiH? becm&ihanl ki/tt ...bemuse wel.icu6CTfffijjf TO? "J, gw HELLO.rrv) v ftftioOL OfRAIDUR llnnnr R*I)ROlbSWb anrtooA IcdKL\KE"IWT KIAKAKIN Tsr°> A 66, WAWIKIM.. IV® s otttß Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson BOC MOOOES, ISH\ (T RJNHXI IMEI VCRE S& REUBfED' fttfSMre ABC 9J& ugrßimflt LBUT
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