The New Paper, 24 August 1999

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    10 1 the new paper TUESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1999 the new„ paper
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    Lock icon Why, Mummy, why?
    27 1 gjRter Lim and his wife is over. two kids? They used to cry in their sleep, says mother paaffi} msmskm- 1 Picture/Kenneth Koh J'
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon #1 Syphilis spreads via on-line contacts
      412 2 HEALTH DANGERS ON THE NET Source: Reuters. YOU'VE heard about rapists lurking in Internet chat rooms. Now, health officials in the US have warned of a new danger of chat rooms being a source of infection for sexually-transmitted diseases. The authorities at the San
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      Lock icon #2 Addicts losing jobs, spouses
      225 2 Source: AFP. MILLIONS of Americans have discovered a new "drug" and it's called the Internet. According to a new study conducted in the US, 6 per cent of Americans who were surveyed were found to be addicted to surfing the Net. If the data is
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      Lock icon Found alive... after six days under quake rubble
      104 2 I didn't sleep. I fell down while I was playing with my toy truck. Ismail Cimen (left). The three-year-old boy whispered this to his uncle who found him under the rubble in the Turkish town of Cinarcik, one of many settlements destroyed
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      Lock icon Dad, 3 kids die in pool
      483 3 LOTUS HUNT TRAGEDY IN MALAYSIA Source: Malaysian press reports. AN outing to gather lotus seeds ended in tragedy when a lorry driver and his three children drowned on Sunday. Mr Wong Hon Wai, 36, had taken his children to an abandoned mining pool to
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      Lock icon The victims
      93 3 THE father, Mr Wong Hon Wai, 36, was a lorry driver. He worked in Kuala Lumpur and visited his three children once a month. He is divorced from their mother. The children, sons Seng Loon, 13, and Seng Yuen, 11, and daughter Siew Mei, six, lived in Batu
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon 'Their love for the kids I has taken a back seat'
      925 4  -  JUDGE IN PETER LIM'S BITTER DIVORCE CASE SAYS: By Tanya Fong IT IS time to end the children's suffering. And Madam Venus Teo Geok Fong intends to do just that. Her son and daughter, aged six and eight, have
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      'He bought me a Rolls-Royce for Valentine's Day'
      426 4 HE was a most impressive man. And he made her feel like the most important person in his life. Madam Teo met Mr Lim at a Lions' Club function in 1988. He asked her to dance, and love blossomed. He told her
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      THE CASE
      213 4 HE was king and she, his queen. For five years, Mr Lim and Madam Teo lived in bliss. Then he began an affair with former TCS actress Cherie Lim. In 1995, Madam Teo filed for divorce on two grounds that he had a girlfriend, and that he was
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      The husband
      82 4 Justice Chao said that Mr Peter Lim (left) behaved unreasonably. "In my opinion, the carrying on of such a relationship with another woman amounted to unreasonable behaviour on the part of a husband. Because she (Madam Teo) objected to him carrying on the relationship with Cherie, of which
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      The wife
      82 4 Justice Chao understood Madam Teo's (left) actions. "Since her husband had so much money as to squander it on another woman, she might as well help him to spend his money. While I do not think such behaviour was helpful in resolving the marital dispute, one can certainly
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      The mistress
      80 4 Justice Chao had no doubts that Mr Lim and Miss Cherie Lim's (left) relationship was intimate. After all, he had returned home with lovebites, and had new colourful underwear. Justice Chao said: "I have no doubt at all that the marriage between Teo and Lim failed because of
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Electronics jobs on the line
      264 5 m SEAGATE Technology, the world's biggest maker of computer disk drives, will be laying off 1,600 staff in Singapore. This is part of a restructuring of its global operations. It will conduct the retrenchment exercise in stages over the next few weeks, reported The Business
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      Lock icon This is no DHL ad...
      26 5 *C This HIGH WATERS:a man wading through floodwaters In Hongkong's New Territories In the aftermath of Typhoon Sam yesterday. Picture/ Afp
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        DBS mistake
        68 5 MAIL AN Ang Mo Kio resident got lots of mail last Thursday 1,000 letters. But though they had the address of the resident, identified only as Mr Chew, they had names of people he didn't know. The 1,000 letters, from DBS Bank, were part of the 5,600 that
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        Shanghai move
        68 5 BANKS THE Overseas Union Bank has got the go-ahead to set up a Shanghai branch. It will open early next year. The bank will then have two branches in Hongkong and two in mainland China. The bank's move is part of a drive by Singapore banks to expand
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        $60m buy
        65 5 STOCKS DBS Land bought five million Sea View Hotel Ltd shares from First Capital Corporation yesterday, at $12 a share. Reaction to share market talk about the purchase pushed the stock up a dollar to close at $10.30 yesterday, reports The Business Times. DBS Land now has a
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        Night session
        69 5 SYARIAH COURT THE Syariah Court held its first session at night yesterday. The move to hold night sessions is one of the court's efforts to speed up its operations. It has a backlog of about 250 cases, which it aims to clear by the end of the year.
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      Dow Jones' record close
      50 5 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 199.15 points, or 1.79 per cent, to end at a record 11,299.76 yesterday. The previous record close for the Dow was 11,209.84 on July 16. A total volume of 679 million shares was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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      Quote worthy
      74 5 THEJPFOPLE'S PRESIDENT President Ong reminds us of a Chinese bamboo the higher he reaches, the lower he will bend to serve the people. He is the People*s President. One of the tributes that volunteer welfare organisations penned for a special book to record President Ong Teng Cheong's involvement
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      Watch out wolves and buayas
      111 6 in F®€us HEED this warning, if you're working in Malaysia. Its Ministry of Human Resources has come up with a guide book that defines forms of sexual harassment. You could be charged with sexual harassment if you're guilty of: Offensive or suggestive remarks. Leering or
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      Payoff anger
      63 6 INDONESIA PRESIDENT B J Habibie has said that each of 500 MPs will be compensated up to $30,000 when their term ends three years ahead of schedule. Most of the 500 MPs were elected in the 1997 poll under ex-leader Suharto. The official statement has angered critics. They
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      Tycoon on trial
      63 6 TAX THE taxman has alleged that a property developer has not declared $1.3 million he earned in interest. Multi-millionaire Chng Gim Guat, 65, a director of Hong Leong Finance and Singapore Finance, didn't declare the money he earned in interest in 1995 and 1996, the Inland Revenue
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      New services
      56 6 TRANSPORT FOUR new express-bus services are to start soon. Singapore Bus Services will introduce three express services from Monday. Trans-Island Bus Services, which has three express services, will add one from Sept 1. This is to encourage more motorists to switch to public transport, especially once Electronic Road
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      Tourist rescued
      66 6 AUSTRALIA A TOURIST was found in Australia's Great Sandy Desert yesterday after he went missing a month ago. Mr Robert Bogucki, 33, an Alaskan builder, was found walking in a creek bed in Western Australia, not far from his campsite, which was discovered on Sunday. He had attempted
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      Quote worthy
      73 6 1 1 I hope there is, I pray so, that there is US$l3 billion ($22 b)... It is possible because Ferdinand Marcos was such a great genius in terms of finance, economics, trading and high-yield investments. Former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, on the possibility that her late
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      local Head liners
      54 6 The Straits Times: Electronics jobs at stake The Business Times: Index re-weightings set S'pore market abuzz Uanhe Zaobao: Plane crash at HK airport: Taiwan sanctions China Airlines Berita Harian: Panel studies issue of Madrasah dropouts RCS morning news: Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong explains again why
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      world Head liners
      50 6 International Herald Tribune: Two big banks in Germany discuss plan for linkup The New Straits Times: 'Unwise to ignore small South nations' Asian Wall Street Journal: Firms brace for higher wages in Asia BBC news: More than 200,000 survivors from Turkey's earthquakes could be experiencing appalling conditions
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      163 6 HoflinePlus ToWrw IW-7MMB CalU co«s 30 cents amrtute ©Hart Matters of the heart INMI2M7 MM Hi Teens' forum i M il aw lwium Legal advice INMIMI4 Cans cost 50 cents a minute aigg^ Black Pepper Crab cuit/2 every (Seroinys /Bunc/i*! Ttfus a serving of Braised Superior Shark's Fin wiin3 treasures
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Alamak!
      76 7 Soy it all in one word. Along with a short explanation. That was the challenge thrown to the journalists of The New Paper who were asked to react to Prime Minister Goh Chok Tongas National Day Rally speech. Here are some of the words that came up, starting with
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      Don't forget the heartlanders
      489 7 The PM's National Day Rally Speech on Sunday night touched on a broad spectrum of topics, m such as restoring CPF cuts earlier and getting the cosmopolitan crowd and heartlanders to understand each other. EUGENE WEE speaks to some Nominated Members of Parliament for their reactions
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      222 8 til ti m r»«\ mAi\\ «>tf>o» w m- 1 I porrv, ajic- \«>ml»*H» vo»»i ;,lk: vn u, i ,a l It's all part of the "BIG TOYS BIG BOYS LOVE" Promotion at Plaza Singapura, August 20 -29 I D° you know a Ram bo who irons clothes? Or a James
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      Cool
      95 9 lIILm II I ftny tuts worn: The PM's serious about us having a funky good time. Yesterday's rally speech had loads of laughs. From our very proper, very serious-minded PM. And look at some of the Singaporeans he mentioned. Mr Fried Rice Paradise, gender benders (Glen Goei and Ong
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      Bridging
      117 9 Why this word: It seems this underlies all the issues he raised plus It points to the tensions some evoke. One of the most striking things to me is his recognition of the cosmopolitarvheartlander divide, a growing problem and one reason he's urging the bridging process. Yet there's a
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      Lock icon Here's a touching tale of a son — and his mum who isn't...
      840 9  - Here's a touching tale of a son and his mum who isn't... BY Toh Li Lin HOW much do you care for your mum? Well, this report could make you feel ashamed of yourself. It is a touching yet heartwarming story of Samsul Kamar. His father died when he was
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      'If your child is a slow learner, don't give up'
      306 9 HE proudly shows off his primary school report books. And you'd think it's because he used to score strings of As. Or that he was top boy in his class. Well, you couldn't be more wrong. Samsul's report card is
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      Move
      61 10 Wlqrthiiwanfc There's no such thing as a comfort zone. We have to MOVE away from the Singlish that we are comfortable with. We have to MOVE towards a Silicon-Valley type economy. And to MOVE real fast in this direction, we need to have foreign talent. —ftaMfci Safcartfa, 37, aanM
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      Commitment
      56 10 Why this word: We can attract the best brains to make a first-world economy. But Singapore will be in trouble if many of us, especially the younger ones, continue to believe the grass is greener overseas. Maybe we should have mora "boys" and "girts" schools close to each other,
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      Don't wait to be invited
      64 10 muKmuK The Straits Timet columnist, Ms Chua Lee Hoong, on women in politics: If women want to see more women in politics, the most crucial to recognise tnat power *raiteon no one. Women who want their lliare should just get out there; they can't have
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      Clock or no clock?
      595 10 gantries are to have digital clocks, so drivers will know whether its operating hours are about to begin or end. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) revealed this after a letter in the Forum pages of The Straits Times called for such a measure. Wrote JEFFREY TAN
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      Win a Swatch for the millennium
      183 10 SENSES OF THE CENTURY IT seems everyone has the "M" word on their minds. So Swatch has come up with a creative contest to mark the millennium. What do you think is the sight, sound, taste, smell and touch of the 20th century? We
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      Build
      55 11 Why IMb wank Even after 34 years of natkxvbuikHng, we're still a work-in-progress. Still building: A knowledge-based, first-world economy, a global network and foreign talent base, a world-class home, a robust education system and a vibrant arts and cultural scene, even a new way of speaking informally (which I
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      Passport to a whole new world
      438 11 The Malay-Muslim community is abuzz with talk of the knowledge-based economy (KBE). What does it mean to an ordinary worker? AZHAR GHANlfinds out Many Malay-Muslim workers have not understood what the KBE means. "Sections of the community feel a sense of pessimism and helplessness,"
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      'You must choose to venture out'
      200 11 SUCCESS STORY #2 MR Rahmat's colleague, Mr Muru G K, is living proof of this upgrading trend. Mr Muru, 39, started working with UPS as a despatch driver in 1989, soon after completing his A levels as a private candidate. Since 1994, he has
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      Liberating
      109 12 wWisy mis Right now, everyone is panting after the dot.com, Bill Gates kind of intelligence. But to be really world class, you must value people with different kinds of intelligence. A housewife who is a talented mother has a kind of intelligence that's damn important. So has a potter,
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      Relax, big daddy is here
      467 12 "Fathers"and "sons" will be paired under the Technology Incubator Programme (TIP) initiated by the National Science and Technology Board (NSTB). What's it about? IRENE KEWspeaks to a "father-and-son "pair to find out HE had a tough time with his first "baby". Now, he's looking forward
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      HELP PROGRAMME
      179 12 THE Technology Incubator Programme (TIP) aims to help companies developing new products and services with strong commercial potential get established. Under the programme, new technopreneurs will be matched with more established mentors, or "incubator managers". The National Science and Technology Board initiated the programme in September last year.
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      207 10 I I mii.. mt.. —-*8— —m*." —«c fe A branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine with over 5000 years of history and a Qigong Inner Exercise Ancient Chen Tai Chi Qigong Art V I, l-Qigong Ancient Qigong Art since The Sung Dynasty 3^ A form of Qi Circulation Exercise within the
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      136 11 v »L S flotn our established UWS education centre with over 1000 students preparing for the r I I nternat ooa 'fy accredited qualifications from UWS Nepean 4 UWS Mocorthur. 0 k We are offering 20 scholarships to our top graduates in 1999. Bachelor of Business Administration Bocheior of Engineering
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Ambitious
      75 13 WortMtwonl: First-class economy. World-class Home. Sports. Arts. English, not Singlish. We're aiming to be "worlteiass" in almost everything we can think of, including ornamental fish export. As usual, the government is taking the lead to chase these visions in systematic, methodical fashion engineering success, even in having "fun". A
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      Sex in Sydney: The S'pore connection
      318 13  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY TWO Singapore travel agents are said to be involved in a bigtime sex-slave ring in Sydney. And some of the women are said to have entered Australia using fake Singapore passports. The Chinese and Thai women also use
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      proves critics wrong
      184 13 WHO says you need spice to be the flavour of the month. Just ask Geri Halliwell. Also known as Ginger Spice of the now disbanded pop group, Spice Girls, she has scored her first solo number one. Critics had written her off after her first single did
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      Status
      98 14 View from outslde wny uiis wora. It seems from this speech that Singapore suffers from what Australians call our cultural cringe. Feeling second-class as a nation to such countries as UK and America. This not only for pride's sake in sports, entertainment, education, but to get the "status" to
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      Lock icon Hey cops, look after my baby while I go on a holiday
      500 14 Source: AFP, BBC (Internet) MR WAYNE Jackson, 35, is a charity worker. But last Saturday he seemed to have done an uncharitable thing. He left his baby at a police station in Leeds, northern England, saying that he
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    Ignore the sarong, note his stature
    517 15  -  H m>S\ ci ii ha WITH J RAJENDRAN THE humble sarong generated quite a buzz in our newsroom recently. Actually, it was a picture of President-elect SR Nathan in a sarong that caused the stir. A few readers phoned to vent their anger at
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
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      137 15 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh jfflSS ten ISfrl [iffiSgj |^g| Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson iOO KNOW ViUtfS UM.T C* K< GCoO VfcAKENS, WWW KIHD ""N/ I S€EM "TC> I OOHT REHEHBSi KUO* UFt IS A OF SICKO VKWD OCS\, MA I RECMJL OFNWUMC ,ip, m ODHPUETE »N T?f AND *W*T
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      Lock icon School's out for this funny girl
      496 16  -  By Seto Nu-wen SHE quit school at 16 to be a singer. And after nine years in the business, Norleena Salim has no regrets. She's now a household name as Rosnah in the hit sitcom Under One Roof. "It's not that I think education
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      Anything, but funny
      241 17 THOUGH she's a Tuesday night staple on our TV sets, the real Norleena Salim seems to yearn the anonymity of being an average person on the street. She cut a sombre, nondescript figure as she strode into the dimly-lit Anywhere Pub for the interview, dressed in all-black
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      REACHING OUT TO THE YOUNG
      135 17 YOUNG people are being encouraged to discuss issues raised in the one-woman play Life Choices. Written by Ovidia Yu, it promises a mix of drama and live singing. The National Youth Council is involved in the play as part of its Channel Y project. Channel
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      126 17 It's time to get a drink, go dancing, listen to the latest hits and catch the hottest bands in town. It's all happening in AFTER 5 in The New Paper Fastads. MW This special focus, published every Friday, provides The New Paper readers with a comprehensive guide on where to
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      Food soldiers
      301 18 They guard us against unsafe food Meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. The job of the Primary Production Department is to make sure that all these foods don't make us sick. So how do they do it? CAROL LEONG finds out HOW much pesticide is in my favourite coriander
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      TESTING MEAT
      334 18 AN adult eats about 33 kg of meat a year in Singapore. Meat is a dicey food. It can contain nasty bacteria like Salmonella, Listeria, E coli and Trichinella. The PPD also has to check if the meat contains growth hormones, antibiotics, chemicals and pesticides. It also has
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      TESTING VEGGIES AND FRUIT
      172 18 THE PPD has calculated that an average adult eats 88 kg of vegetables and 101 kg of fruit a year. Pasir Panjang wholesale market is the main checkpoint for fruit and vegetables sold here and PPD officials are there every day to collect samples. In the
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      THE FUTURE
      59 18 IN 2002, the PPD will move to a new $32 million building in Lim Chu Kang. It will be nearly five times the size of the present building in Jurong. The demand for food testing is expected to grow by 15 per cent each year and the present
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      Musical explorer
      404 19  -  BY Ambiga Raju ME'S only 20, yet has been singing in Tamil in local TV shows for eight years. Now Murali Krishnan Rengan, who learnt to sing when he was six, hopes to make it big with an album. Tamil albums are generally from Madras, where the film
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      LYRICS TO... LISTEN FOR
      180 19 YOU can't make out some of the lyrics in Murali's Vasco da Gama. But that's all right. He is only following a trend in Tamil film songs. On his favourite, Murali said: "I love nature, Ali Baba Jimrajim." "Jimrajim doesn't mean anything. It's just a sound
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      Razzle, dazzle and all that fun
      414 20  -  WHAT: Forbidden Broadway WHERE: World Trade Centre Auditorium WHEN: Sept 7-12,14-18. (matinee on Sept 11), 8 pm (matinee at 3 pm) TICKETS: $56, $46, $36, $26, $16 (inclusive of GST) available from all Sistic outlets. By Seto Nu-wen IT had its humble origins in
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      373 24 S3 2*m Prafoaalonal/ JSS MM Ptofoadonei/ SES am Professional/ SB aaaa Profeasiowal/ SB mm Prafoeakml/ Executive Positions Executive Poatttows |2sfl Executive PoaMons Executive PmMom Executive PoaMew MINISTRY OF Office of the Ministry of Education invites applications for the position of PROJECT MANAGER Your work involvement includes: assisting the Senior Project
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      69 24 Sato PMMoih An Established computer retail outlet at Sim Lim Sguare requires: SALES EXECUTIVE ($l3OO and above) Able to work long hours Experience in sales Preferably knowledge of computer hardware HARDWARE ENGINEER ($l2OO and above) Able to assemble and troubleshoot PCs Knowledge of networking preferred OFFICE ASSISTANT ($6OO and above)
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      213 29 That's how much Penang washout costs Singapore Turf Club THE rain that disrupted the Penang races last weekend cost turf clubs a bundle. The race cancellations on Saturday and Sunday due to the adverse track conditions saw a totalisator turnover reduction of about $26 million for the Singapore
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      403 29 AP HORSE owner Michael Tabor's luck is certainly rolling. Stravinsky won him the Nunthorpe Stakes at York last week and now heads for the Breeders' Cup Sprint. Montjeu, already the winner of the French and Irish Derbys, is the 2-1 favourite for the Prix de l'Arc
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      213 29 Reuters BRITAIN'S 59 racecourse owners are to launch their own online, tax-free betting business which they say will bypass the country's high street bookmakers. The business will be run by a new company, UK Racing Online, and will earn millions of pounds of extra
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      132 29 AP GODOLPHIN'S supremo Sheikh Mohammed must have been disappointed by City On A Hill's performance in the Group 1 Prix Morny at Deauville on Sunday. But he did at least see Kayf Tara take a Group 2 race for his powerful organisation. Facing just four rivals
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      505 30 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE MAN CfTY 6 SHEFF UTD 0 Manchester cityis on a roll. And it showed early signs that it is aiming for next season's Premiership with a resounding 6-0 win over rock-bottom Sheffield United. The Blades (Sheffield's nickname) collapsed after the dismissal of goalkeeper Simon
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      85 30 BLACKBURN manager Brian Kidd was fuming after the 2-1 home loss to Barnsley. He believes his players need to toughen up mentally if they are to overcome the fear of playing in Division One. Rovers is still searching for the first victory after taking just one point
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      99 31 Reuters. KENYAN Christopher Koskei (left) powered to gold in the 3,000 metre steeplechase title at the ML World Championships yesterday. He pulled ahead compatriot Wilson Kipketer to win in 8: J 1.76 minutes. Morocco's Ali Ezzine won the bronze. Koskei is being investigated by the world governing body
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      614 31 400 m record holder to be at his best on 'judgement day* TODAY'S FINALS Women's events Hammer throw Triple jump 800 m Men's events Discus throw 10,000 m 1,500 m. US sprint superstar Michael Johnson fired a chilling warning to the men who covet his 400 m crown
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      413 32 Reuters. TODAY'S ACTION: Middlesbrough v Leicester Watford v Aston Villa TOMORROW: Arsenal v Bradford Coventry v Man United (Live; Football Channel, 2.40 am Thursday) Evertonv Wimbledon Newcastle v Sunderland Sheff Wed v Derby West Ham v Southampton CALL INFOUNE: Call 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am tomorrow
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      233 32 Wire services. MAN UNITED: Third-choice goalkeeper Nick Culkin is on stand-by to step into the side for tomorrow's trip to Coventry. The club's backroom staff are in a race against the clock to get reserve Raimond van der Gouw fit for the Premiership clash. With Mark Bosnich already out
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      355 32 EUROPE KICKOFF: ITALIAN SERIE A WEEKEND FIXTURES SATURDAY: Bologna v Torino SUNDAY: Fiorentinavßari; Inter-Milan v Verona; Juventus v Regglna; Lecce v AC Milan; Perugia v Parma; Piacenza v AS Roma; Venezia v Udinese MONDAY: Lazio v Cagliari AFP. RONALDO has put a smile back on
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      818 33  -  LEEDS 1 Rigobert Song, 20th min, og LIVERPOOL 2 Titi Camara 45 Lucas Radebe, 54, og LIVE WATCH by JEFFREY LOW THIS is Gerard Houllier's day. You can't take it away from him. Not even Titi Camara or Patrik Berger, his two outstanding performers last night, could
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      216 33 IAN BROWN REPORTS LEEDS badly missed Dutch striker Jimmy Hasselbaink, a marksman who could score when maybe doing little else and rescue a bad night. Leeds boss David O'Leary has invested in young strikers such as Michael Bridges and Darren Huckerby with a view to
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      101 34 SCORERS: 1-0: Tommy Mooney (71st min) HALF-TIME: 0-0 CROWD: 15,564 WATFORD STATS: Shots on target: 6 Shots off target: 2 Comers: 4 YELLOW CARDS: 2 RED CARDS: None REFEREE: R Harris MAN OF THE MATCH: Tommy Mooney WATFORD: Chris Day DesLyttle Mark Williams Robert Page Paul
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      252 34 PREMIERSHIP FOCUS: by lAN BROWN THE warriors from Watford will be no pushovers in the Premiership. This warning comes from former England manager Graham Taylor, now managing the Hornets (Watford's nickname). With six points in the bag, Watford is not just talking of survival in his Premiership debut.
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      203 34 HERWIG WALKER: The 27-year-old Austrian goalkeeper is on trial to give more defensive strength to the Hornets. STEVE PALMER: The hardworking midfielder is known as 'The Professor'. He is one of the few professional players in the Premiership with a Cambridge degree. ALEC CHAMBERLAIN: The injured goalkeeper is
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      500 35  -  By Lim Han Ming GEAR up for some Danish dazzle when the Konica Cup gets underway here tomorrow. Denmark, which has often trailed traditional badminton powerhouses China and Indonesia, will attempt to challenge the Asian supremacy by fielding a stellar cast for the five-star US$l5O,OOO (*****,000) tournament. The
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      73 35 Men's singles: 1 Peter Gade-Christensen (Denmark) Fung Permadi (Chinese Taipei) 3 Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Denmark) 4 Peter Rasmussen (Denmark) 5 Budi Santoso (Indonesia) 6 H. Hendrawan (Indonesia) 7 Ong Ewe Hock (Malaysia) 8 Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) Women's singles: 1 Camilla Martin (Denmark) 2 Ye Zhaoying (China) 3 Gong Zhichao (China)
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    218 37 AFP. AMERICAN sprint queen Marion Jones' four gold medal dream at the World Athletics Championships in Seville, Spain, has come down to earth with a bump. It happened in a controversial long jump final yesterday. An upset Jones, who 24 hours earlier
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    170 37 ENGLAND boss Kevin Keegan is backing under-fire captain Alan Shearer but has ruled Paul Gascoigne out of the Euro 2000 qualifiers next month. Shearer's rift with Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit and his poor form during the Magpies' miserable start to the season have cast doubts over the
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