The New Paper, 10 October 1999

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    • 46 1 Fever didn't kill baby Charmaine Lim. Medicine did. (Jgjj The i v 4 JPt M Spore gang. Ah Gong. M based in Amsterdam wear Hugo Boss suits. But underneath, they are as as society members here Ex-gangster (left) says what Ah Gong did to him for
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  • NEWS
    • 525 2  -  DEMANDS Some of the demands outlined in the memorandum: A review of the Internal Security Act A review of the University and Colleges Act (with student representation) The setting-up of a body to conduct an investigation whenever someone is shot dead by the
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    • 243 2 THE months of waiting must have burned away the urgency. After so many false alarms, election fever has lost its grip On Kuala Lumpur. Taxi drivers, waiters and housewives interviewed said they no longer speculated on when polls might be called. "You can still see some spirit at
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  • NEWS
    • 601 4 Is S'pore a good place for retired folks? ERNEST LUIS on a survey of young Singaporeans' retirement plans... 70% of S'poreans say YES Older S'poreans are more likely to think so. TWO out of five younger Singaporeans say that, when they grow old, they want to
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    • 94 4 FOR th« 25 people The New Peper spoke to, Australia seems to be the ideal haven wlMpi It comes to retirement. Why? One young person summed It up best: "Simple. I just want to retire in peace. I want to retire in a place where you
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    • 43 4 in i i^—— I don't want that. No, not erten if someone paid for my travels. I want to stay here. MrChuaEng Hock, 70, when asked if wanted to smell the roses, to see the world, like ang moh (Caucasian tourists)
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    • 280 4 CALVIN LOW on what older Singaporeans want MADAM Yong Siew Lan has spent half of her 80 years as a single mother. The petite woman, her hair dyed black, wore gold earrings, a wedding band and a jade bangle. She looked 20 years
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    • 217 4 AT the corner of Keong Saik Street and New Bridge Road, youll find a sweet old man perched parrot-like on a steel stool. As he sells newspapers, he watches, with a bo-chap (don't care) look, as young girls shop for the latest in skimpy togs at
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    • 672 5 A gangster turned food and beverage consultant tells NG WAN CHING about his painful journey out of a Singapore triad 9L based in fiiK Amsterdam. mm The first step, sometimes also ljgk> involved facing the anger of Hik other secret members LIKE a doomed
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    • 263 6 B BLOOD MONEY DIDN'T LAST LIVING in the shadow of death makes you superstitious. Mr Tan raked in more money than he could handle. And now, he's lost it all. He believes he lost it because it was bad money. Blood money. He said that
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    • 162 6 THE Ah Gong does not usually bother using human carriers for the drugs they sold. Instead, they'd "buy" luggage handlers in Asian cities, who would be told which bag to look out for and tag. The bag, which usually holds about 40 kg of heroin,
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  • NEWS
    • 366 7 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE SINGAPOREAN gangsters started migrating to Amsterdam in the '50s. By the '70s, they had become the deadliest part of Amsterdam's underworld. Many of these gangsters belonged to a Singapore gang called See Tong. They form the core of Ah Gong.
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    • 219 7 THE Singapore authorities said they have received various reports of Singaporeans arrested in Europe for drug trafficking. When Singaporeans are arrested for importing controlled drugs or drug trafficking in foreign countries, the foreign drug enforcement agencies may inform the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB). But Mr Muhammad Azni,
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    • 29 8 HAVING SO MANY MOUNTAINS AT OUR ALPINE WATER SOURCE..., 1 EVERY BOTTLE# I«a«|»«tt fI I M»it tlmi< <1 I• x leading supermarkets, convenience s tores <S petrol kiosks. POKKA
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  • 904 9 Our New Face winner is a first timer at race course and HDB block parties C What a way to spend a Saturday evening! Our very fresh New Face Madeline Yeo and reporter IRENE KEW were at two great but vastly different parties last night. The
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
    • 175 10 v How tough are we t One of the world's oldest* tropical rainforest (even older than the Amazon), lies just next door in Johor, Malaysia. The Endau-Rompin Park is home to a large number of plants and animals, many exotic. But can city-born Singaporeans last s three days in this
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    • 622 11 ADVERTISEMENT Hair under attack by yeast gone berserk. Getting to the root of the dandruff menace. Ever thought of nipping dandruff where it happens, c means is that the smaller ZPT instead of having to cope with removing it n particles can now reacn a more Dandruff is a common
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  • NEWS
    • 408 12  -  Police deny that they forced her to admit that she had given birth BY Augustine Pang and Shazalina Salim THERE is a big riddle waiting to be solved. While
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    • 273 12 WHAT HAPPENED? NOR Maziah was arrested on Nov 2,1996 at her cousin's house in Simpang Empat, Perlis. She was later taken to a police station in Alor Star. In her statement of claim, Nor Maziah said she had maintained her innocence right from the start. She
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    • 781 13  -  How is paracetamol (fever medicine) dangerous? By Calvin Low THIS story has a sad ending. Baby Charmaine Lim died at the age of eight months. The cause of death recorded by the hospital was "acute liver failure, caused either by paracetamol or the use
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    • 247 13 ONE of the functions of the liver is to detoxify poisonous substances in the body. To detoxify paracetamol, the liver breaks it down to its metabolites before converting it into harmless substances. While paracetamol itself causes direct damage to liver cells, the greater danger
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    • 390 14 EKIN-MAGGIE BREAK-UP TNI MW mm ON lUNMY October 10.1999 SINGER-ACTRESS Gigi Leung arranged gatherings with the cast ana crew of a movie she was starring in with Ekin Cheng. Why? So that she would have more chances to meet Ekin, said a report in Eastweek magazine.
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    • 269 14 KK WOMEN'S ASD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, the Hospital of Choice for Women and Children, invites you to join us. WALK-IN INTERVIEW 11 (Mon) 12 (Hie) October 1999 9am 12pm, 2pm 4pm Food Service Assistants Responsibilities: Take food milk orders from patients and collate them in Diet Requisition as well as send/fax
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  • EXPAT
    • 599 15  -  By Patrick Jonas IT HAS been two years since it happened. Even now, whenever I pass by Bendemeer Road, I never cease to wonder what she is like, why she responded the way she did, and most important of all, who she is. No, it's
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    • 76 15 In the course of your stay in Singapore, have you encountered any good Samaritan who has enriched your life? If you're a Singaporean, have you been a good Samaritan to any expat? Well, if you have nasty encounters, do let us know, too. Feel free to drop us
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 274 16 FROM next year, bright undergraduates at the National University of Singapore will be able to get two degrees at the same time. Students will be able to take two basic degrees from different faculties in 4Vi years instead of in six. Double
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    • 77 16 TAKE THAT: It was a fight with a difference. No police were called. No blood was spilled. And the weapons were large, fluffy pillows. Furniture retailer Courts gave out 10.000 pillows at Plaza Singapura yesterday. Contestants had to battle it out with pillows. They were
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    • 273 16  -  WITH TRUDY LIM IT was all about people. Last week, that is. In Parliament, the President spoke about how the focus is now on people, and making the most of this precious resource. And during the rest of the week, the spotlight was on different
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    • 92 16 DANCE TIME: Find out about the new versions of international folk and recreation dance. The workshop is on at the People's Association auditorium from 10am to 5pm. It costs $12.36 for People's Association members and $18.54 for non-members. DOG TIME: Spend the day with the dogs. Canines
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 104 16 A 28-YEAR-OLD transport worker from China is half-a-million dollars richer now. All because he could prove he is a great-grandson of a Singapore businessman who left a $30-million legacy. Mr Huang Jieming will receive about $540,000 from the estate, after the High Court here ruled last week
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      • 102 16 MORE Malay and Muslim women are dumping their husbands. The reason: They don't want to take care of their ageing spouses, and they have children to support them. This trend was highlighted at a seminar held by the Association of Muslim Professionals yesterday. The women interviewed said their
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      • 40 16 MEET THE TIP TUK: tt»/» vehicle Is beeed on Bangkok's well-known tuk-tuk, which used to be the most popular form of transport In Bangkok. The new Tip Tuk Is alr-condltloned and has six seats. Picture/ Reuters
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      • 119 16 CABBIES worried about the cost of diesel are now getting some help. The Comfort Group, has started a new business of buying diesel in bulk and selling it at below market prices to its cabbies. The other taxi operators Tibs and CityCab have taken steps to
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      • Article, Illustration
        97 16 There has been one big blackout every decade in the last SO years. That's not a bad Record, though a single blackout is one too many, as far as we are concerned. And though I cannot give you an open-ended guarantee, I can at least guarantee that for
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      • 91 16 Reuters. RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin was taken to hospital yesterday with flu and a high temperature. His press secretary Dmitry Yakushkin said: M He is undergoing regular treatments for when someone gets the flu." Mr Yakushkin said press reports that Mr Yeltsin intended to undergo an operation
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      • 98 16 Reuters. POP stars are gearing up for Saturday's three simultaneous anti-poverty concerts to be broadcast on radio, television and the World Wide Web. Called NetAid, the extravaganzas, the project brings together pop stars in New Jersey, London and Geneva to raise money for the poorest of the
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
    • 62 16 WEATHER TODAY ~~J Shown wtth thunder expedid in Hn lots iwofniny and wly gfttriww. ovtf many ports of Singapore O o o o. "V north foundrstonre 549 on, weit iwuZZZZISSF ""J" 1 ?T noon rise 7.22 am »uth ikurinsmm nmsD 7.42 A TV»i m J>f tin in i 6QST imwioefSTWim
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  • 664 17  -  Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Today, Wee Soon Hui, better known as Mrs Tay in the earlier seasons of the local TV series Growing Up, takes a look at modem
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  • NEWS
    • 361 18 They lie lie) to get a job JEFFREY Papows desperately wanted a high position in IBM. So, when he applied for the job with the computer giant, he sent them his impressive resume. Actually, it was way too impressive. He listed his exploits as a fighter pilot in the Marines.
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    • 99 18 THE applicant who claimed chief financial officer (CFO) experience in the restaurant industry when he was actually a cashier at Taco Bell. The guy who listed a three-month stint in the county jail as a "sabbatical". And the now-infamous story of M Larry Lawrence, former US ambassador
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    • 396 19 SOMETIME late last year, nine-year-old Alex Silverman started asking his mother for extra pocket money. He told her he needed it to buy packs of toy cards. His mother, Ms Janet Silverman, thought nothing of it. Toy cards? It seemed so harmless. The money Alex wanted was
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    • 295 20  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY SHE has won Australia's leading literary prize for an unpublished young writer with her novel set in Singapore. It's a book that she couldn't write until she visited the Republic last year. Sydney academic Dr Teo Hsu Ming,
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    • 234 20 SHE draws on her family's stories for her book but she makes one thing clear. It's definitely not about her family. Dr Teo tells of a migrant family going to Singapore for a dead mother's wake. The story switches between Malaysia, Singapore and Sydney as its
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    • 189 20 THE next time you wear a sleeveless dress, don't fret if you can't find anything suitable for those naked arms. Just pop into the kitchen and borrow mum's oven gloves! For the humble kitchen wear has been elevated to a high-fashion accessory by
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    • 567 21  -  By Shanoo Maharaj THESE women carry cyanide capsules in pendants around their necks. They prefer suicide to surrender. They won't hesitate to kill. Last month, an entire hamlet was massacred in Sri Lanka: 56 people men, women, and children. The butchery was
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    • 62 21 THE Tamil Tigers have been fighting for a separate Tamil homeland in Sri Lanka since 1983. Tamils make up 12.6 per cent of the population. Mr Gandhi became a target for the Tigers after Indian troops tried to disarm them in 1987 in a failed peace initiative which
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  • Feature
    • 1023 23  -  by Suzanne Walker WE may each belong to different and distinct ethnic groups. The ones that are printed in our ICs. But take an honest look around and see how Chinese, Malay or Indian we really are. Aren't we all already fusion cases when it
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    • 53 23 "Ask any of your Chinese, Indian or Malay friends if they would fit in China, India or Malaysia. They'll probably hesitate to give you a firm affirmative reply. But ask if they would fit in the US and the answer will likely to
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    • 387 24  -  THE MIXED DEBATE What's it like being the product of a mixed marriage? New Face 1999 contestant Shelly Apps talks about her experience by CHAN SEET FUN SHE speaks English, Malay, Mandarin and a Portuguese dialect. People wonder if she is Indian. She is Eurasian.
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    • 560 24 A READER SAYS: HALFWAY through Ms Suzanne Walker's article (The New Paper on Sunday, Sept 26), It's not easy being a half-halT, I had half a mind to put down the papers. No, not because I was bored, but because the feelings that
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  • 497 25  -  3 Column ACTOR LIM KAY TONG WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN thanks to another child of a mixed marriage. They are creating niches for Singapore. Yet I know such people haven't always been made to feel included by Lim Kay Tong ONE of my
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  • Aggie matters of the heart and body
    • 143 26 I'M 19 years old and a single mother with one child. I got to know a guy, but I did not mention to him that I have a child. I know that some guys may not be able to accept that. Can
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    • 166 26 Last week's letter: TROUBLED Pebble has been married for four years. Her husband is facing the most difficult time of his life. He has a lot of bad debts due to his failed business. On most nights, he will go out drinking and will only come
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    • 220 26 Reader's reply: IT is sad for you to have a husband like this, but do you really understand or find out why he comes home late at night a few times a week? If you really love or care for him, find a chance
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    • 285 27 I'M 20 years old. I got to know a guy who Is seven years older than me. I can't say that I like him but I think of him when I'm alone. My friends feel that he looks like the flirty type. But
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    • 190 27 I'M from an all-girls school. I have a classmate who is driving me crazy. She keeps following me like my shadow. She's childish, gets excited easily and is a show-off too. She irritates me by talking about things that I hate. She likes to
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    • 303 27 IT'S been five months since I broke up with my boyfriend, but I'm still waiting for him. I haul asked for the break-up because I found out that he was going steady with another girl. He told me that he would leave the girl, but
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    • Puberty
      • 235 27 Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues MY girlfriend often taJks Q about oral sex and she expects me to do it for her. She's not a bimbo or anything. She just lacks parental love. She is rich and can have
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      • 217 27 I'M a 12-year-old Q schoolgirl. I know that it is illegal to smoke, but my friend just gave me a Marlboro Ught and I smoked. Another friend told me that if boys smoke, their sperm count will decrease. In girls, smoking will cause them not to
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    • 46 27 I CALL US If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****9. Or fax: 737-5375. e-mail: npops@sph.com.sg (please mark Aggie) or call 1900-*****07 (calls cost 30 cents a minute).
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    • 2081 28 (< You never know when you need the extra protection..." CPF members would be glad to hear that they have been When Madam N L Bong's husband a received a lump sum of $36.(XX) to help them receiving top-rated telephone service from the Board for the hawker suddenly passed away
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 925 29 [TVtoday] 7.00 AM Talespin (Cartoon/r) Turn 7.30 Down at the Zoo (Children's I Rv-arl Piff educational/r) W ft 8.00 Disney's Doug (Cartoon/r) I Rf Legends of the Fall 8.30 All Dogs Go to Heaven (Cartoon/r) nf fhp m. J Channel 5, 10 pm 9.00 Sylvester Tweety Mysteries Ul 11IC M
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  • 257 30  -  CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET-CONSCIOUS By Carol Leong canol@sph.com.sg YOU know how it is we love padding around the house barefooted? Well, how about making your feet as erotic looking as possible while at it? Try these delicious toe thongs!
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  • CookieJar THE PLACE TO DIP FOR HOMEMAKING TIPS
    • 575 31  -  Edited by Trudy Lim trudy@sph.com.sg IT is probably the largest item in your kitchen. It takes up a lot of space, and is used every day. So have you spared a thought for that very essential refrigerator, and how to make the most of it, inside
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      • 47 31 COLD medicines seem to go down better with young children. When it comes straight from the fridge, the liquid is so cold it numbs the child's tongue, and so the taste isn't as strong. And it is a bit like eating runny ice cream.
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      • 61 31 MAKING pastry in your warm kitchen? Of course your butter and liquids should come straight from the fridge. But warm surfaces and warm hands mean that your biscuit or pastry dough can sometimes get soft and sticky. Try kneading the dough on a granite or marble slab. And
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  • 721 32  -  ISoSueMe I SUZANNE WALKER WRITES A FORNIGHTLY COLUMN L J A by Suzanne Walker OCTOBER used to be the month I looked forward to. In recent times, however, it has become a dreadful reminder of how long I've been around... I
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  • Seen Heard SHARP
    • 321 33  -  THE MOVIE Eyes Wide Shut R(A) by CALVIN LOW After learning of his wife's flirtatious behaviour and a fantasy she once had while they were married, Dr William Hartford goes on an odyssey of his own, a path that offers sexual
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    • 116 34 Alice (Nicole Kidman) telling her husband Bill (Tom Cruise) about a navy officer she once saw at a hotel: M At no time was he ever out of my mind. And I thought if he wanted me, only for one night, I was ready to give up everything..."
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    • 234 34  -  by ERNEST LUIS Edited by Ernest Luis emest@sph.com.sg I WAS fooled by the hype surrounding Eyes Wide Shut. I expected real-life married couple Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, to do the rumpy-pumpy stuff all over the place. Yes, you get to see full-length shots of Kidman
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    • 207 34 Roger Ebert in his online review; 44 Iff like an erotic daydream about chances missed and opportunities avoided. Kubrick's great achievement is to find and hold an odd, unsettling, sometimes erotic tone for the doctor's strange encounters. The film also resembles a nightmare; a series of strange characters
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    • 775 36 Highlight of the Week blood and sweat MTV takes you behind the making of this month's Artiste of the Month 98 Degrees and their latest music video The Hardest Thing. Check out what quirks these guys from Ohio have, while filming their videos. mvSEAe* wed MTV Host Wanted: 98 Degrees
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  • 814 37  -  [-1 FUJI FILM Venue I 00 Bangkok is a city like no other. The stark contrasts will get to you. The same street where saffron robes weave about in the day will have skimpily-clad girls strutting about at night. The maddening traffic and
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  • Page 38 Miscellaneous
    • 899 38 [Playground] aLi* dave@sph.com.sg What do you do with a dead i Dakota Indian tribal wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount However, we tend to approach things differently. 9RHHHK We suggest that in future, the following courses of action
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  • 645 39  -  [singeColum^ by Jason Tan jasont@sph.com.sg WHY should I? Yes, I know many people still think that the Social Development Unit is a government-run marriage agency. And that SDU members are Single, Desperate and Ugly, as my colleague Lela Jalii
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 124 40 mOUr ALTERNATIVE HUMOUR ON ALTERNATE WEEKS Exam blues ARE you highly stressed because it's exam time again? Miko Do you get worked up easily during this period? Are you tense and nervous? HuD Hey, PARENTS, relax. Remember, you're not sitting for the exams your child is! And how do you
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    • 2139 46 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD Going forecast: Good to yielding No. L-t»runs How Wt lUMng Joctov Bwrtor (Ag«/ortflWwi, minorowner) 1 *****8 STRIKE VICTORIOUS 57 (60) Rangasamy 1 (4ag KH Lim-Strike Victorioos) 2 -2-800 NO DOUBT ABOUT IT 55.5 (57) 'Salee 14 (5nzg Robert-Wish Master) 3 RED WINE 55.5 (57) Chavez 9
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    • 217 47  -  BY Tan Thean Loon SPEED is a deadly weapon in races. And that is what Lucky Eighty One and Green Dragon are likely to wield in Ipoh today. The two speedsters are reported to be in sizzling form and can be hard to catch once
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    • 414 47 MARC TAN Town Winner (Race 7 No. 9) Two decent runs after an eight-month break have tuned him up nicely for another victory. Kiwi jockey Catherine Treymane should do a good job astride the two-time winner. DANNY KHOO The lineman (Race 7 No. 15) This last-start winner looks
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    • 424 48  - It's Ouzo by a shorthead! ...and star trainer Thwaites gets his first Raffles Cup By Danny Khoo Trainer Malcolm Thwaites tasted his first Raffles Cup win at Kranji yesterday and, in the process, continued his amazing streak in the major features in the Republic. But unlike his wins in the
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    • 108 49 REIGNING champion jockey Saimee Jumaat had more than one reason to celebrate at Kraqji last night. For apart from winning the $350,000 Raffles Cup on the Malcolm Thwaitestrained Ouzo, he also equalled his personal best of four winners in a day. His three other winners
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    • 57 49 GIFTED CLASS, one of three winners saddled by reigning champion trainer Charles Leek last night, became the first horse to register two wins at Kranji. The five-year-old achieved his feat in Race 5 with jockey Azhar Ismail aboard. Gifted Class' earlier win was on Sept 26,
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    • 1592 49 10 RIVER PHOENIX 52 (22-6) •Salnul (7) 3 3 1 (462) 11 SUMMER GARDEN 52 (7-5) Woodworth (3) 2 2 2 (510) 4 CHARMING SUCCESS 52 (51-10) Salmaa (1) 1 1 3 (503) 2 SUPER LEADER 57 (44-9) *Soo (4) 4 4 4
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    • 1267 50 RACE 1: V Sivan was dislodged from Tian Shan and travelled a short distance before being restrained, causing a delay in this race. Acting on vet advice, Tian Shan was withdrawn. Tian Shan was impounded. At the start, Marvic Star jumped awkwardly.
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    • 727 51 ARSENE Wenger has 50-50 vision, one deaf ear, and an ability to reason only one way. If you are an Arsenal fan, I can sense your blood pressure rising. This is the manager who in three years has brought Arsenal the League title and the FA Cup.
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    • 167 51 HEADING for the bank perhaps to OWN it is Martin Edwards. Last week the Manchester United chairman explained that he had to curb Sir Alex Ferguson's wish to buy Brazilian star Rivaldo because United had already spent £40 million over three years on building
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    • 104 51 LAILA Ali is a 21-year-old American who has changed jobs. She was a beautician, now she admits her facial beauty is liable to get bruised and blotchy. "Dad isn't comfortable," says the novice female boxer. He doesn't want me getting hit. He's sceptical." I wonder why? Hie sceptic,
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    • 431 52  -  ENGLAND v BELGIUM (9.55 pm today, live on football channel 22 Reports/. Lan Brown ITS the match noboby wanted, few players are fit enough to play in and with its relevance hinging on events in Sweden. "Why not give 'em a bucket and spade and
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    • 566 52 ENGLAND (probable lineup): David Seaman, Martin Keown, Gareth Southgate, Tony Adams, Paul Ince, Kieron Dyer, Frank Lampard (or Dennis Wise), Paul Scholes, Steve Guppy, Kevin Phillips, Alan Shearer Steve Guppy has not won an 'A' England cap. He previously won two caps one England
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    • 372 53 SWEDEN 2 POUND 0 AFP. THIS result in Stockholm must have created the biggest roar in England. Sweden's 2-0 win over Poland last night ensured England of a play-off berth in Euro 2000 championship. Poland needed only a draw to knockout England. It adopted an ultra-cau-tious
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    • 485 54  -  SECRET TO DEFENDING TENNIS DOUBLE CHAMP'S SUCCESS By Lim Han Ming ON the court, they are a perfect match. One is a lefty, the other is a right-hander. One terrorises their opponents with his excellent net play while the other charms the supporters with his boyish looks.
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    • 380 55  -  TODAY'S BIG MATCHs IRELAND v AUSTRALIA (9.30 pm today, live on Star Sports) POOLE: Australia and Ireland scored massive opening match wins. Australia beat Romania 57-9 in Belfast and Ireland beat USA in Dublin. By Nigel Whitefield THAT'S Irish hooker Keith Wood's vow as his
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    • 305 55 LAST NIGHT'S ACTION AFP. FIJI 38 CANADA 22 WATCH out for Fiji as one of the surprise packages. It impressed with its second win with a hard-fought 38-22 score against Canada in Bordeaux last night. But the victory was marred in the dying minutes when
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    • 540 56  -  Skipper Bucs: I told Ernie he would score HOME SWEAT HOME BUT ONE GOAL IS ENOUGH... HOME UNITED 1 Ernie Tapai, 16th min Main sponsor Super Coffee Equipment sponsor Uhlsport JURONGO Main sponsor WSA Lines Equipment sponsor Kronos By S Gulam HIS captain told him that he
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    • 740 56  -  By S gulam HE was the S-League's nearly man. So often near to success, yet not one to boast of. From his arrival here in 1996, it has been one close brush with glory after another for Robert Alberts. The Dutchman came here with a
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    • 91 56 ROBERT Alberts has been rewarded with an improved three-year contract for ending Home United's search for glory. Home chairman Tan Boon Huat revealed this last night at the post-match press conference. Said Tan: "It's not easy to be champion. It's even tougher to remain at the
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    • 208 56 WARRIORS SAY WE will deny you the Double. This was the fiery warning from SAF Warriors manager Kok Wai Leong to Home United. "Home was the deserving winner against Jurong. We congratulate them for winning the championship," he said. "We must now pick ourselves up and look to
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