The New Paper, 27 September 1999

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  • 20 1 the new paper MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1999 MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS Another quality publication Singapore Press Holdings http://newpaper.asia1 .com.sg
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 451 2 THE answer to that, my friend, is anybody's guess. And you can blame the rich men's club, the Group of Seven (G-7), for the yen's uncertain fate, which had given investors around the world a jittery weekend. G-7 ministers
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    • 90 2 A rising yen makes Japanese cars, electronics and other products expensive and thus less attractive to overseas buyers. Since exports play a key role in Japan's economic growth, a strong yen will hurt the economy. But Asian economies may benefit from a stronger yen If it
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    • 87 2 Japanese officials are banking on a weaker yen to help the economy recover from a decade-long recession. Since Japan is the second-biggest economy after the US, a re-energised Japanese economy wil also benefit its Asian neighbours. Asian economies, which are slowly recovering from a two-year-long economic
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    • 131 3 FIRST, he had to endure having his ear pierced with a screwdriver. Then, a lock was attached to it Such was the punishment meted out to 16-year-old Milon Passah. And his crime? He allegedly raped a nine-year-old girl in Jowai, Meghalaya, reported The Week,
      Picture/ Utpal Baruah/ The Week  -  131 words
    • 567 4  -  SATURDAY'S BIG BLACKOUT AT KRANJI RACECOURSE COMMENT BRIAN MILLER SO, the lights went out on the Turf Club's big party on Saturday. And, as expected, there were moans and groans all round. That's the "oh-where-to-hide-our-faces" bad news. But here's
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    • 127 4 IT was bright as daylight during last night's races at Kranji. The glitch which caused Saturday's power failure was rectified within 24 hours after the Singapore Turf Club took "immediate corrective action". A prepared statement from the club said that intensive tests were conducted on the
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    • 263 4 The lights and air-conditioning failed. The betting machines didn't work. VIP Wee Kim Wee had to wait in the lobby near the main lift. It was a dark and chaotic night when a power failure hit the new $500-million Kranji racecourse on Saturday night. NG WAN CHING,
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 281 5 Higher ERP rates fewer taxis m GONE are the lines of taxis at taxi stands in the Central Business District during peak hours. They have been replaced by long queues of people who have to wait for an average of about 30 minutes for a taxi. The switch took place
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    • 39 5 ft HANGING ON: A Mercedes Benz teetering on the edge of a highway in Kuala Lumpur as traffic bustles 10m below. Passing motorists helped pull the driver to safety. Picture/ Mingguan Malaysia
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    • News Break
      • 62 5 CPF YOU could know how much more you will get in CPF contributions by the end of this year. Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang said the Manpower and Trade and Industry ministries may be able to recommend the actual percentage before the year's end. He said
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      • 70 5 TRAINING A PILOT project here next year will train and redeploy people for jobs in growth industries such as information technology. The IT industry has a yearly shortage of 1,000 workers. The project will offer a training course of less than a year for graduates who are finding
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      • 60 5 7>r THE first e-Business Park here will offer broadband multimedia access under one roof. It is to be set up by 1-Net Singapore Pte Ltd, the infrastructure provider for the SingaporeONE network, reports The Business Times. Running on the "backbone" of SingaporeONE would give tenants low-cost multimedia access,
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      • 54 5 ECONOMY SINGAPORE'S manufacturing output rose 18.3 per cent last month, compared with August 1998 Manufacturing activity was boosted by a surge in production of electronics components and chemicals. For the first eight months of the year, manufacturing output has grown by a brisk 12.6 per cent over the
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      • 54 6 ILLEGALS ILLEGAL immigrants were linked to a recent kidnapping of a 14-year-old girl here. This underlined the need for tight checkpoint security, said the Government. Illegals bring in social problems, it said. So while checks often delayed traffic, they were vital. Efforts were being made to speed up
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      • 67 6 SUZHOU THERE must be full co-operation if the Singapore and Chinese teams in the Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) are to achieve success. They must work well for a smooth handover on Jan 1, 2001, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew said. He said the Chinese side must find the
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      • 59 6 ITALY A CALF, believed to be the first male cloned animal in the world, has been arrested because cloning males is illegal. Italy's health ministry said the calf, Galileo, and its seven-year-old "father" had been seized because the experiment that produced the calf was illegal under a 1992
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      • 60 6 m drL r^m THE big bangs in overtures and finales are damaging the hearing of orchestra players. One example is the clashing of cymbals. An Association of British Orchestras' survey said it was a dangerous situation. Musicians don't use earplugs because they need to hear the other players.
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    • 49 5 International Herald Tribune: G-7 sends message: Yen is too strong Asian Wall Street Journal: Habibie agrees to postpone security law New Straits Times: Controls unlikely to be reinstituted BBC news: Finance ministers agree on a new framework to relieve the debt of the world's poorest countries
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    • 130 6 in FSRSus AFP. A MAN stole clothes in a raid on a shop in Manchester, north-west England. He and his gang then took photographs of themselves modelling the stolen clothes and sent the film back to the very store they had raided for developing. Roland Tough, 22,
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    • 99 6 Wherever I go I use PaciflelHternet. Every tiMe the tine breaks downor doesn't get through, the CEO gets hellfTom me... whether lam in Timbuktu, if I call and the damn line doesn f t get through f Nicholas (Nicholas Lee, CEO of Pacific Internet) gets a clobbering from
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    • 59 6 The Straits Times: Timor militias can return minus guns The Business Times: GIC takes 11% stake in Thai 7-Eleven chain lianhe Zaobao: Yesterday's aftershock of 6.8 on Richter scale causes 10,000 buildings in central Taiwan to be rated 'dangerous' Berita Harlan: Racial conflict in Kalimantan RCS morning
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 581 7 Look how this teen copes ByNgWanChing HE'S just 16 but this secondary school student has a high-gear schedule that can put some executives to shame. Li Jingfa is the head of the community service unit in his school's prefectorial board and captain of the Air Rifle
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    • 81 7 THE Champions of the NKF Award aims to instil positive values —such as care for others, social responsibility and integrity—in children and young people. About 100 primary, secondary and post-secondary schools took part this year. The Governor's Board has almost finished interviewing all shortlisted candidates. All winners will
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  • singaporetoday
    • 459 9  -  By Chua Wei Yng BUOY, does he have a good time. Mr Masnawi Bin Dari, 43, gets the sun, sea and fresh air and gets paid for it! It's better than when he was young. Mr Masnawi, whose son is a contractor and daughter
      Picture/ Dominic Ong  -  459 words
    • 107 9 WHAT do crane operators, baggage specialists and chefs have in common? The Model Workers Award. They were among this year's winners. One hundred air- and sea-port workers won the award this year for dedication, commitment and going the extra mile. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong will
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 47 10 mui^muK Taiwanese singer A-mei at a Saturday night: Love isn't something that can happen at your command. And because I am Chang Huei Mei, even if thcrre are many men who are interested in me, they have no guts to woo me.
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    • 406 10  -  Report and pictures/] Florence Tan impressions of Singapore THE task: To survive on a budget of $20 a day in Singapore as a tourist. Most of us locals, will find it quite impossible. But two tourists from the Netherlands have done it. Brothers Micheal, 25,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 460 11  -  COMMENT BY MELVIN SINGH In Jakarta, Indonesia THE Australian trooper dived behind a lamp post for cover. Ten metres away, the Indonesian soldier leaned back on his chair, his 20-year-old rifle resting precariously on his lap. Scenes like this one makes you
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    • 340 12 Tycoon bets $30m and loses AUSTRALIA'S richest man is a big-time blackjack player, as practically everybody in the country knows. To him, losing or perhaps even winning a few million dollars per gambling session may be quite an ordinary occurrence. But even media tycoon Kerry Packer, 61, must have felt
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    • 72 13 muifmu* President Bill Clinton, who keeps bouncing back from one scandal after another, has asked his Democratic Party not to lose hope. Many think his party will not win the presidential elections due next year because off money problems: Don't you believe all these people who
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    • 34 13 YES, TONY: British Prime Minister Tony Blair joking with some of his party's 101 female Members of Parliament after addressing his first Parliamentary Labour Party meeting in May, 1997. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 461 13 Source: BBC (Internet) and AFP. WHAT is the use of having so many women members of parliament in Mr Tony Blair's Labour Party? One hundred and one to be exact. They have all failed to focus on women's issues and are nothing more than "babes", sitting
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    • 462 14 EARLIER this month, a Roman Catholic priest was brutally murdered in his hut. In January, a Baptist missionary and his two small sons were burnt to death. These murders, which took place in remote Orissa, eastern India, are not isolated incidents, reported The Washington
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  • 494 15  -  Etcetera WITH GLORIA CHANDY WHO would have thought that coming home would be so stressful. Home. It's the haven that beckons, whether you are moving your counter around a Snakes Ladders board or jetting into Changi from foreign climes. This is a word so
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 309 17 I AM 22 and doing my National Service. Before my enlistment, I pursued a diploma in business studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Business, however, is not really my cup of tea. I want to do computer animation. I have heard this is a risky field
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    • 111 17 r I AM 21 and have T 4 just finished my National Service. I have O levels, but do not qualify for a polytechnic course because I failed maths. I am thinking going to the Signapore Insititute of Management. Shafik IT all depends on the career
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    • 145 17 f I AM 18 and doing a business diploma. However, I am thinking of fulfilling my dream of becoming a chef, by going to the Singapore Hotel Association Education and Training Centre (Shatec). But my family want me to continue with the business course, then apply to
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    • 300 18 I AM 27, working full-time JP and retaking O levels as well as doing the Institute of Technical Education certificate in business studies. The purpose of attaining both certificates is to be able to enrol for a part-time certificate in legal studies at
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    • 176 18 I AM in the army, serving a six-year bond. I want to do a part-time electrical and engineering degree in order to upgrade myself for better career prospects. I have a diploma in electrical engineering from Singapore Polytechnic. Where can I do a part-time degree in
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    • 121 18 I AM 17 and was retained in Secondary 3 last year. So, I LmJ quit secondary school as I have been retained before. In 1999, this year, I studied NTC2 at one of the technical institutions. But I am not really interested in mechanical servicing. I
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    • 131 18 I AM studying ITC electrical i engineering at the Institute of Technical Education. I will be in second year soon. My main interest, however, is information technology. I took electrical engineering because my O levels were bad. Can I do information technology at
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  • showTime
    • 608 19  -  By Hazel Tan Eye-popping costumes. Sexy come-ons. But the real eye-opener was not the revealing lady, but the boy who made the vamp blush. There was A-mei, the singing sensation from Taiwan, playing the sexy siren to the hilt, touching him, teasing him... And who
      Picture/ Shin Min Daily News  -  608 words
    • 218 19 KALLANG came alive last Saturday night. And Chinese pop history was made. A-mei sent the temperature soaring at the National Stadium with her powerful vocals, flirty dance steps and unbelievable rapport with the 35,000-strong crowd. We rocked and we partied. Other than the National Day Parade
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    • 114 20 THE wedding hopes and dreams of Cameron Diaz (far left) just went up in smokeagain. Not too long ago, she was waiting for former boyfriend Matt Dillon to pop the question. But he never did. So she cried and went on to current boyfriend Urban Legend's
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    • Article, Illustration
      70 20 KATHLEEN Turner is not amused. Her Romancing The Stone co-star, Michael Douglas, 55, (right, with Turner) wants another leading lady for the second sequel. It's his new lover, Catherine Zeta Jones, 30, reported Australia's New Weekly. "Who does she think she is, coming over here and pillow-talking him
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    • Article, Illustration
      69 20 FIRST Warren Beatty, now Cybill Shepherd (right). The outspoken former Moonlighting actress is keen on a big political role. Attorney Gloria Allred, who is also Shepherd's pal, said she is considering the presidency. Said Allred: "She would provide a voice to issues that are not being discussed in
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    • 161 20 WANT to meet Brett Anderson? The lead singer of British group Suede and his band mates will be here this week. The band, whose latest album is Head Music, will perform for one night on Thursday at the Harbour Pavilion. The New Paper is giving passes to
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    • 24 20 1. Brett Anderson 2. Richard Oakes 3. Simon Gilbert Hamfl Swede's latest albam: 1. Beautiful Ones 2. Coming Up 3. Head Music
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    • 244 21  -  BY Seto Nu-wen MAMBO regulars at Zouk on Wednesday night must have wondered: Who's that? Had the material girl materialised on the disco floor? No. it was actually a full-size wax figure of Madonna. In a slinky, sequinned gown, no less, and with one white glove
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    • 41 21 WHAT: Madame Tussaud's Singapore WHERE: World Trade Centre, Hall 2 WHEN: Nov 9 to Jan 15, 10 am-6 pm (weekdays), 10 am-10 pm (weekends) TICKETS: $15 (adult), $10 (child), $39 (for a family of four), available at Sistic outlets
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  • spotlight
    • 511 22 They dream of life on the fast track. When two New Face 1999 finalists told us they lovedfast cars, we tried to make their dreams come through if only for a day... NEW Face finalist Vivian Chia knew she was going for a fast drive. But
      REPORTS AND PICTURES Dominic Ong  -  511 words
    • 216 22 OWN a Porsche! I dont think so! New Face finalist Michelle Toh and the car of her dreams did get dizzily up close and personal (left). But only for a fling. A whizzy, breezy joy ride. This 19-year-old had the privilege of flirting in one of
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