The New Paper, 7 November 1999

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  • 23 1 the new paper NOVEMBER 7, 1999 70 CENTS Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings I on sunday http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 107/03/99 lIH >
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  • 589 2  -  J The New Paper wishes all Hindu By readers a Happy Deepavali i*^Q My Chinese blood The law and my family by Indonesian President Since he became president, we've not seen him much. I'm joining him on this trip so I can spend time with
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    • 52 2 MM WE launch Straight Talk today, a no-holds-barred, question-and-answer r column, where tough questions are S®wfllK asked. v' Each Sunday, we will feature a player or an official who doesn't believe in mincing his words. Today, we kick off with S-League Jlj club Woodlands Wellington chairman Ng Yam Boon. See
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  • NEWS
    • 976 4  -  THE AGEING MALE AND HIS MANHOOD WOES by Calvin Low YOITVE read the tales of anguish about the manhood woes of the ageing male. But while you can't stop the ageing process, you can delay that shrinking sensation. Even if you're well
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    • 568 4 NO one escapes ageing. Yes, it affects you too even if you think you're Mr Macho. The process starts the moment you are born. And, from the experience of Mr R Huang, executive director of the Society for the Study
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  • NEWS
    • 808 6  -  THE MEN WHO LEAD THE CHARGE OF THE RACEHORSES BY Brian Miller ONE night, some 42 years ago, this former Old Guard minister had a dream. No, it wasn't one of those inspiring dreams that shaped the history of Singapore. He
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    • 760 7  -  by Brian Miller WILD horses couldn't have dragged him into the Turf Club. So it was, until he was appointed chairman in 1994. Until he took over from Mr EW Barker, Mr Herman Hochstadt
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    • 450 7 WHAT do people do when they go to the races? That's easy. They go there to bet on horses. To tempt Lady Luck and, hopefully, go home richer. They go there to gamble. That's plain and simple. If they win, they would have had a good
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    • 472 8  -  GOING. GOING, GONE- Sharon Au's Japanese doll $180 Chang Huei Mei's autographed CDs and poster $100 Chan Chung Ling's paintings $126 Nicholas Tse's Killer Loop sunglasses with autographed case $212 James Lye's LooneyTunes jacket $112 Leslie Kwok's windcheater and race goggles $250 Thomas Ong's
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    • 196 8 WHILE Fann was tops, Sharon Au wasn't far behind in pulling in the bucks. But what was surprising were the successful bidders for Sharon's Japanese doll (right)... Zalina M F, a 34-year-old property consultant, and her husband. Both of them hardly watch any
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    • Article, Illustration
      236 8 Celebrity auctions in the West are expensive affairs where bids can break records. Last month, a record U551,267,500 ($2.14 million) was bid for a dress that belonged to Marilyn Monroe. The screen siren wore the slinky, flesh colour dress when she sang a breathy "Happy Birthday Mr
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    • 363 9  -  By Azhar Ghani A WOMAN was found dead at the foot of a Housing Board block, with a cleaning rag near her body. Three hours after Madam Chan Chin Kit, 58, was found at the foot of Block 289 in Bishan on
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    • 121 10 SOCCER: Which London arch-rival will triumph when Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal clash tonight? Our coverage of the English Premier League will bring you reports on this match in a special holiday edition of The New Paper tomorrow. Plus reports on the other matches. SHOWBIZ: Actor Robin Leong
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    • 297 10 Cheng Wak Heng Robin, General Manager, Tampines Town Council WE refer to your article on Oct 31. Rodents are always a problem where food supplies are available. While the problem cannot be eliminated totally, our town council is doing our best to contain and minimise
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  • 711 11 Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the week's headlines that happen to catch his or her eye. Today, R CHANDRAN, actor, writer, director and co-founder of ACT 3, tells us about the news items that struck him Guest editor R
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 209 13 MADRASAHS, or Islamic schools, are important as they provide religious ballast. As such, Islamic bodies should come up with a masterplan to make sure these schools can continue to operate smoothly. So said Mr Sidek SanifT, the Senior Minister of State for the Environment. There has been concern
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    • Article, Illustration
      27 13 LAST-MINUTE RUSH: Crowds fill Little India as shoppers soak up the atmosphere and pick up festive goodies ahead of Deepavall today. Picture/ Zaihan Mohamed Yusof
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    • 297 13  -  CV-% /m V —1 LAST WIIK IN A MINUTI^J by Trudy Lim THE past week can be summed up in just three words: Sad, bad and rad(ical). For me, most of msyor newsbreaks fit into one or other of those three categories.
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      99 13 HOBBIES GALORE: Find out about all kinds of hobbies, from 3-D card making to fabric arts and other handicrafts. It's all happening at the Hobby Fair at the World Trade Centre, Expo Gateway, from noon to 9 pm today, and it's free. MZZ MUSIC: Enjoy the music
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 185 13 THE law ministers of all 10 Asean countries have agreed to work more closely together, exchange legal information and official visits, and boost ties and cooperation. They agreed on this at the fourth Asean Law Ministers Meeting which ended here yesterday. In a joint communique, the ministers encouraged
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      • 105 13 Reuters. AUSTRALIANS have voted to keep Britain's Queen Elizabeth as head of state. With over 70 per cent of votes counted, the movement to establish a Republic of Australia looked bound for defeat by around 56 to 44 per cent, with only one of the six
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      • 93 13 AFP. POPE John Paul II received assurances of religious tolerance in India as he began a two-day visit yesterday amid tight security. The Pope met President KR Narayanan, who stressed India's multi-ethnic and multi-cultural character. "Religious freedom exists in India," a Vatican spokesman quoted the President as
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      • 88 13 AFP. TAIWAN'S leading pro-independence opposition Democratic Progressive Party has proposed the island and the mainland set up a "common market" in a turnaround of its China policy. Ties with China ought to be regarded as a special state-to-state relationship," party chairman Lin Yi-hsiung said. On that basis, Taiwan
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      • 158 13 JURONG will get a very special park in two years time. The 8-ha park will have a sports complex, complete with a swimming pool and a stadium in it. The park, at the junction of the Pai Island and Kranji expressways, is a result of the
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      • 103 13 TWICE this year, the Housing Board had to step in and fix serious faults in a Hougang apartment block that the ward's town council had not repaired. The faults were serious enough to affect the building's structure, and would have affected residents' safety if they had not
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    • 277 13 Digital Lifestyle in the 21st Century 18 21 November 1£99 11.00am-B.oopm 'f Allll Suntec C.„, H,„ 403 404, L*« 4 A \U I Com* and im the latest rang* of personal computers, m J f notebooks, scannars, printers, computer peripherals f and consumer electronics products and services from major industry
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  • EXPAT
    • 896 14  -  She savs: By Jackie Kraus-teo FRIENDS always ask me: "Why did you marry a local? Why not an Australian man where you come from?" These questions always catch me off-guard. My immediate reaction is: Why not? What's wrong with a local? On
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    • 284 14 AUGUSTINE PANG. MUCH has been said about Caucasian men marrying Singaporean women, particularly Chinese women. Rightly so. Chinese women saying "I do" to Caucasians is a growing trend, according to figures from the Department of Statistics. Cross-cultural marriages between Caucasian men and Chinese Singaporean brides form
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    • 562 14  -  He savs: BY Theodore Teo AT the hawker centre, hawkers often ask: "Ni de nu peng you hui chi la ma?" (Mandarin: Does your girlfriend eat chilli?) I would reply in Mandarin, with a smile: "She's not my girlfriend. She's
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  • NEWS
    • 847 15 Source: Daily Mail SO you think life begins at birth? Look at that tiny hand. It belongs to a baby yet to be born. It is reaching out of its mother's womb to clutch another hand. The hand of a surgeon who
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    • 349 16 THE judge at the centre of the major Microsoft case didn't know much about computers just two years ago. Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson only got his first computer from his son-in-law when the US government's anti-monopoly case against Microsoft began in 1997. The gruff and burly judge
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    • 93 16 IF Microsoft has to open up its operating system code, Windows could fracture into many different versions and it could become an awful lot cheaper. Microsoft is known to charge computer-makers high prices to install Windows on their machines, while giving away products like the Internet
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    • 252 17 JOEY'S getting a real doll as a gift. The problem is, she has to stay inside her wrapping. Thick, baggy bundles of cloth that will hide her curves, cover her oomph and disguise the Body that launched a thousand sighs. No fair! No
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    • 123 17 CROCODILES are swimming from Papua New Guinea to northern Australia, where experts say they could pose a threat to human beings. The crocodiles will be hungry and very dangerous after their long trip, Mick Pittman of the Cape York Consultancy Group, told Radio Australia. Mr
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    • Article, Illustration
      280 18 Say it with rotten fruit, dead flowers MONEY can't buy love, but it can buy revenge, and a Cape Town company is thriving on it. Hate'em Flowers and Fruit provides the ultimate revenge for jilted lovers or anyone who wants to get back at someone who has
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    • 947 19  -  AS JUST A LITTLE RED DOT? OR A RESORT GOLDMINE ACADEMIC HAVEN CULTURAL DESERT FINANCIAL CENTRE By Mochtar Buchori WELL, it depends which Indonesians you have in mind. To the rich and the affluent, Singapore is a nice place for shopping and a wonderful weekend
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    • 104 19 THE writer, Mr Mochtar Buchori (left), 73, is a member of Indonesia's House of Representatives (parliament). A well-known personality in the country, he is also co-chairman of Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri's Indonesian Democratic Party-Struggle (PDI-P). Mr Mochtar is a Harvard-trained academic. He is a Professor of Education at
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  • Feature
    • 510 22 Most single I singaporean flj women are fp bright. JK articulate sophisticate4^iHy but the mejko&j|2 are a bunah JSHD of deaSM^H The knives are out, Singapore men. You may be a great planner. But you are also boring. You lack polish. And this is only the tip
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    • 684 22 THE LOONEY LOSER CHARGE "I'm amused. They are very strong words. She probably hasn't had good experiences with local men. There are some good ones who are not pigeon-holed in their outlook, but I'd say the majority are dead-beats." Ms Angeline Ng, 23, public relations executive
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    • 566 23  -  By CALVIN LOW THERE'S something terribly wrong with Singapore men. Or is there? Action Theatre's play, entitled "Gay, married or dead", highlights the oft-heard complaint from Singapore women that all the intelligent, eligible local men are already either married, or gay, or deadbeats
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    • 612 23 OKAY, you're under pressure. But it helps to see you're not totally hopeless, nor blameless. Miss Chong said: "Women tend to be too intense in their search for a boyfriend. They've been conditioned to approach it like their exams. If you can't catch one, you're
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    • 324 23 INTER-marriages are again on the rise in Singapore. (See report below.) The phenomenon mirrors the situation in pre-independent Singapore of the *****. But the causes are quite different. An NUS sociologist Dr Paulin Tay-Straughan attributed this '90s development to the observation that these days, women are
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    • 449 23 "The foreigners I've met Dflfon just aion c interest me. So fcr, I've been dating local guy*. They've come a 5 long way. You can find a couple of SNAGs (sensitive new age guys), who are not afraid to express their feelings, who are sensitive
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  • 713 24  -  Ommmm w •y* V /A'A Ol U m ACTOR LIM KAY TONG WRITES FORTNIGHTLY COLU by Lim Kay Tong IN my late teens, you could say I was a hormone-raging WOG (Westernised Oriental Gentleman) or, as some of my army friends put it,
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  • 664 25 > lit* WHERE have all the good men gone? Is it true that they are either all gay, married or dead? Judging by the caustic comments surfacing these days, many women seem to think so. Seems like they've looked everywhere
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 221 26 MY girlfriend of five years has just broken off with me. Her reason is that she wants to try out a relationship with another guy. She says I had been neglecting her and did not spend enough time with
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    • 110 26 Last week's letter: Confused and her boyfriend have been going steady for almost four years. They plan to marry soon. However, they often argue over trivial matters. She gets jealous very easily even though her boyfriend assures her that he loves only her. She often feels insecure
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    • 159 26 Readers reply: I FELT the same way a few years back. I was over-suspicious, and flared up whenever I felt insecure. I often dreamt of him going out with other girls. I hated the idea and we kept quarelling. But he assured me that he loved me,
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    • 89 26 FOR a start, have more confidence in yourself. I believe your boyfriend loves you because of something that you possess which the other girls don't have. Let him have his freedom. Make him feel that you understand and trust him. Although his father had an affair, that doesn't
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    • 129 27 I'M short! I don't mean just short, but very short! People tease me, and It hurts. I have a really low self-esteem. Help! Shortfe AGGIE replies: First, Btop calling yourself Shortie. As you are conscious of your height and sensitive about people's remarks, it
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    • 392 27 I'VE been with my girlfriend for four months. We quarrel every time we meet. I wanted to change her attitude, and have talked to her about it, but she has not managed to change. Now, I want to break up with her, but
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
      • 269 27 Ql HAVE a problem in school. A girl who sits next to me consults me every time she does not know how to do something. After I've helped her, she tries to reward me by asking me to touch her anywhere on her body
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      • 169 27 I'M a 15-year-old boy. QFor the past two years, I have noticed prominent veins on the left side of my scrotum and on my penis. What are they, and how do I get rid of them? Also, my scrotum also feels like a bag
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    • 44 26 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or fax to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special @T-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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    • 44 27 CALLUS 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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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 812 28 mm [f™ TV today] K Turn 7.00 AM Mummies Alive/Disney's 9.00 Sylvester Tweety Mysteries m. M /Casper 10.00 Sci Squad/Beast Wars 11.00 New Adventures of Robin Hood Ul lllc America's Funniest Home Videos Assault on Castle Dundeen Channel 5, 7 pm NOON VIP— Valeric of the Dolls (Drama) ?<> prizes
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  • Cookierjar THE PLACE TO DIP FOR HOMEMAKING TIPS
    • 647 29  -  Edited by Trudy Lim trudy@sph.com.sg BE prepared: The school holidays are almost here. Whether you are taking the family overseas, or just spending time in Singapore, plans do have to be made. Bored children stuck at home can drive parents crazy. So if
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    • 98 29 Sock it to dust mites OLD socks make great dust gloves. Just stick your hand into an old sock, dampen it, and you are ready to dust odd corners and crevices. This works well for louvred doors and the odd corners of cupboards. Wipe it DO you have stacks
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  • Seen Heard SHARP
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      124 30  -  Edited by Ernest Luis emest@sph.com.sg THE MOVIE Fight Club (RA) You are not your job. You are not how much you have in your bank. You are not the contents of your wallet. The movie is about one man's struggle with the demons in his head, and his purpose
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    • 278 30  -  by CALVIN LOW I HATE violence. But I find I love Fight Club. Sure, the movie can, at one level, be perceived as male bonding taken to its masochistic end. An end which sees men lynching each other ecstatically in puddles of their own
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    • 207 31  -  by ERNEST LUIS RIGHT from the open, director David Fincher makes you squirm in your seat, even during the lighter moments of Fight Club. He presents the everyday demons we fight in our head superbly through Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and Edward Norton's character, as
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    • 217 31 James BerardineHi in his online review: "In a time when so few motion pictures leave an Impact, Fight Club refuses to be ignored or dismissed. Those who think Brad Pitt can't shad his pretty boy Imaga will suffer a change of heart altar this film. Pitt's co-star Edward
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    • 561 33 Highlight of the Week wed NBAs Trailblazersvs Jazz (LIVE) 9am Scottie Pippen joins a talent-laden Portland team with tide aspirations. This may be the last tide shot the Jazz H have of riding on the back of reigning leaeue Most Valuable Player Karl mighty United States Navy aircraft Gandhis carriers
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  • 912 34  -  E-l FUJI FILM /enue VR Little known and, until recently, a languid beauty that is rarely visited, Laos shares her beguiling charms with FLORENCE TAN Edited by Rachel Tan rachel@sph.com.sg LAOS is known as the Jewel of the Mekong. And what a scintillating jewel it
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  • 232 35  -  rv. n I nin I CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDOET-C 0 N S C I 0 U S L P J A By Carol Leong caroKoSDh.com.sB WHEN it comes to shoes, Singaporeans want three things trendy, comfy and cheap! For some time, I'd been hearing
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  • Weired SUSHI FOR TECHNO HIPSTERS
    • 230 36  -  By Yong Shu Hoong shyong66@hotmail.com At. you ready to step into the futuristic hallways of the Starfleet headquarters? With the Star Trek World Tour slated to roll into Singapore next month, perhaps it's the right time now to take a virtual tour of this 24th Century centre
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    • 129 36 IF you've always been intrigued by the huge expanse above us called space, here's a site you'll want to linger in. Space Watch is a Net TV channel devoted to the exploration of (quoting a line from Star Trek) "the final frontier". Launched on the 30th anniversary
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    • 373 36 [cool Stuff] THE Internet has made searching for the right word a breeze all thanks to the many online dictionaries that you can easily call up on your Net browser: Dictionary.com (www.dictionary.com) Need to search for a particular word to use or to unravel a word's
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