The New Paper, 4 January 2000

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1 44 The New Paper
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Daddy's girl gets the boot
      377 2 No room for Yeltsin's daughter in new govt Source: Wire services. UNTIL just a few days ago, ex-computer engineer Tatyana Dyachenko (right) was said to be the most powerful woman in Russia. After all, she is Mr Boris Yeltsin's favourite daughter who had the power
      Source: Wire services.  -  377 words
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      Lock icon DAD LISTENS TO HER
      108 2 Wire services. SHE was officially listed as Mr Yeltsin's "image adviser". That post gave Mrs Dyachenko access to her father in an official capacity and a great deal of behind-the-scenes influence. For many, she embodied The Family", a group of shadowy figures, unelected and unaccountable to
      Wire services.  -  108 words
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      3 2 YONEX lightweight citampiot
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      86 2 Sorry In the report, "Better Pay for Teachers" (Dec 31), we said that about 23,000 educationists will get an immediate pay rise as their salary scales are adjusted to provide more rungs on the career ladder. This information, from a news source, is incorrect. The Education Ministry has clarified that
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  • SIN6AP0RET0DAY
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      Lock icon This dog can't get lost
      550 3  -  So, could implanting microchips in all dogs here reduce the number of strays? By r Leong May Ling WHEN the romance fades, these soulful eyes no longer say: "I'm your best friend, to someone Then, the dog owner might simply remove the licence tag, take
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      Lock icon DUMPED DOGS
      61 3 THE PPD rounds up about 5,000 dogs each year. Those without licence tags are advertised in the Lost and Found section of The Straits Times' Classifieds for two days. Those unclaimed but suitable for adoption are sent to the SPCA. This is decided according to the dog's age,
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      Lock icon Locked in after a visit to her old school
      518 4  -  By Irene Kew ATRIP down memory lane turned into a bumpy ride for this woman. Nan Chiau High old girl Madam Wong Siew Lian, 40, wanted to take a stroll through her old school. After all, the school was going to
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      574 5 ADVERTISEMENT NEW IN SINGAPORE -NOW AT BEIIA BELLA INIRODUttS A NEW MSIIS, EASIER WAY TO GET RIP OF UNWANTED HAIR I The advanced technology targets melanin in the HHHHHar hair shaft and uses a heat conductor to transfer energy deep down to the follicles to interrupt the hair jflHP* growth
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon No Y2K bug, stock market soars
      254 6 Mir SINGAPORE shares roared to a record high of 2,582.94 yesterday, thanks to the non-existent Y2K bug. Investors here joined others across Asia, toasting the millennium-bug-free rollover by grabbing technology stocks. As a result, the market saw the biggest single-day rise in 11 months.
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      Lock icon STOP TRAFFIC!
      27 6 Picture This PILE-UP: Two people were killed and 70 Injured In this 100-vehlcle motor crash between Fulda and Wuerzburg, near Bad Brueckenau In Bavaria, yesterday.
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        73 6 ASSAU^^J THE MAN accused by a doctor of assaulting him in a McDonald's restaurant on New Year's Day has claimed that it was the doctor who provoked the punch-up. Mr See Chet Ping, 45, a lorry driver, said that his 20-year-old son had been elbowed by Dr
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        57 6 NTU JOB for a six-member task force: Propose how Nanyang Technological University can capitalise on life sciences. To this end, NTU may set up a medical school. The task force, to submit its report to the Government by September .would have representatives from NTU, Singapore General Hospital, the
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        Lock icon Mr Ong treated
        58 7 CANCER FORMER president Ong Teng Cheong is being treated for cancer. He wore a cap to a National University of Singapore ceremony yesterday. His sons said their father was having "little treatments". "Cancer is always there and it only goes into remission," said Mr Ong Tze Boon.
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        Lock icon Recognition
        51 7 lEATRE THE finest plays staged in Singapore this year will be honoured. The Life! Theatre Awards, the local version of Broadway's Tony Awards, will also commend the best actors, directors, playwrights and others involved in full-length productions staged here each year, between Jan 1 and Dec 31, by Singapore-based
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        57 7 COURTS POLICE Sergeant Lee Chye Huat, 27, was yesterday cleared of two charges of corruptly getting a nightclub manager to buy him two bottles of Martell VSOP liquor and various other items. Lee was acquitted of fetting the bribes, totalling 710, from nightclub manager Eng Choo Kiong, 40,
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        Lock icon Climb starts
        62 7 ANTARCTICA THE four mountaineers in Singapore's Antarctica 2000 team have started scaling Mt Vinson Massif. Bad weather had delayed them by two weeks. They should take five to six days to climb the 4,897 m mountain, the highest in Antarctica. Four trekkers who reached the South Pole on
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      Lock icon New ERP rates
      110 6 IF you drive through the CTE or PIE gantries at morning peak hours, here's the good news news—you'll have to pay Jess from Monday as part of the Electronic Road Pricing rates revision. M you use Thomson Road, there's bad news, you'll have to pay more: Cars
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      55 6 South China Morning Post: Mobile phone price-fixing fears probed New Straits Times: 16 No contest advice for top two posts BBC news: The United States has given a warning that it expects no early breakthrough in talks between Israel and its long term adversary Syria which have
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      Lock icon Woman almost tossed out of window
      161 7 in Focus A QUARREL over money nearly led to a 27-year-old woman being tossed out of an 12th-storey kitchen window in Hougang. The incident happened when she returned to her ex-boyfriend's flat to pick up the remainder of her belongings. Kelvin Chang Choon Meng,
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      61 7 Tlie Straits Times: STI blazes past 2,500 to new high The Business Times: Punters syndicates ram up STI 100 points Uanhe Zaobao: Singapore and Hongkong shares soar, with both STI and Hang Seng Index reaching new high Berita Harlan: Biggest STI gains in 11 months RCS morning
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      Lock icon Goodbye, Charlie Brown
      158 7 THE last daily Peanuts comic strip (above) by cartoonist Charles Schulz appeared in newspapers yesterday. And it seems Scnulz (left) is going to miss Charlie Brown and gang, as much as the fans of the world's most widely syndicated comic strip. He told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat
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      Lock icon DOW JONES
      28 7 The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 139.61 points to close at 11,357.51 yesterday. More than 927.1 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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      276 6 "k, 7.11pm JP 1 Enrolment is oSk for GCE 'o', 'A' level and Poly Diplomates Feb 2000 July 2000 M Date Thur, 6 Jan 2QOD AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA at7flh TERRITORY University of Adelaide H Venue:4thLavalßOut Australian National University Flinders University of SA H Building. 30 Oranga I mvcrMty of
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      27 7 HofflnePlin Ton-tree IW-7PMS6 Calls costs X cents ammote @Hnrt Matters of the heart IM-H2M7 MMIUa Teens forum LhHUR Legal advice INMI4HI4 CaNscost 50 cents a minute nisik
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      88 7 V 1900-912-4567 V ftiSSZ**" Call Vole. un. for v.tc. ...ly.l. coapoUbdty and winch MMcal MUwrat ."IT ■alchc* yott voce .Ml by fut uw; f 1 Unr vou utvif** ■yV Hfc 1 fenHQUQircflss Tltti PdlauMnl Pie Lid' There should be more tbon hue to I > welcome the millennium. Simply present
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    Lock icon Growing apart, then something clicked
    475 8 SINGAPORETODAY Technology this. Technology that We have heard it all before. How wonderful new technology is going to change our lives. Like computers and such. Big deal. Well, it IS a big deal to 15-year-old Rowena Yee. NG HWEE KOON tells you why ALTHOUGH she
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon He's NOT a cabaret girl
      64 10 mu»mu» TCS actor IX Shen, 28, on how he came to have Ms amasaal mm. Ho we nicknamed Nnmher Ntos hocato of the number on his footbal Jersey. He asked people to cal him DC (the Roman nvmeral version) instead: People will yell hao' (number
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      Lock icon Fire, then death fall
      305 10 Mystery deepens: HE fell to his death after the Millennium Swing party ended. But he may not have been there to welcome the New Year as one of the 500,000 revellers. Ee Chein Hian, 45, fell to his death from Lucky Plaza at 3.30 am. It
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    Lock icon Virtually Ridiculous Man
    157 12 SINGAPORETODAY These TCS stars caught our eye at the Millennium Swing. One looks spaced out, another is in orbit, a third doesn't want to miss a call for a thousand years. And then Chew on this: If this is going to be the fashion of the millennium,
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    Lock icon Eye test in the great outdoors
    406 13 S'pore students in Cambodia THENEWSTODAY IT was an eyeopener for these students, you might say. The 19 optometry students from Singapore Polytechnic spent two weeks on a hearing and vision screening project for Cambodians living in rural parts of the country. They saw an
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      29 13 2000 '<* /4u4tnati* VA) s hnotogy (PIBT) jary 2000 stin Plaza Hotel oom nts stgraduate studies /results for assessment, considered. ise contact: \N [WAEO) rhe Adelphi Singapore *****3 >73 sg
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      221 14 TO Which is why so many top executives choose The Face Spa for their skincare and facial needs. Our proven facials are customised to prime ft M M every man's skin and deliver instant results. After just one session, the appearance of dark circles and fine lines will be visibly
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Why they want no-contest rule
      480 16 Umno's concerned with party unity MALAYSIA'S biggest political party, the United Malays National Organisation (Umno), has closed ranks. I No open splits. No quarrels. I No contest for the top two posts currently kield by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his deputy,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Guess what cut power supply to some parts of Melbourne?
      175 16  -  By Peter Wilson ►REPORTING FROM SYDNEY WHEN the power went out in Melbourne yesterday, everyone's first thought was that it was the millennium computer bug. But it turned out to be just a millennium party Daiioon worth just a few
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      Lock icon No more old goats
      33 17 muifm.ui* Mill) Hhiilmi nil Illur Mm PnaMN*VMMrMIM7,««M MiiMn ituli >» «*i M» priiMirtri «tocMwih LißitiirHn waiter Nnmdm IfIHHIHHIMR*-*, Those old goats have no M|fince at all. We've had of them.
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      Lock icon Quit smoking, I'll pay $8,000
      378 17 DAD TO DAUGHTER: SMOKING kills. But who heeds that warning on cigarette packs? Not the hardcore smokers digging into their packs for the next nail on their coffin. For every ex-smoker, there seems to be one new smoker. How do you make them quit? That
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      Lock icon 3 'caught out' at Clinton party
      202 17 THREE guests at the White House New Year's Eve party were caught having sex in a bathroom. Stars and celebrities mingled and danced at the White House New Year's Eve party hosted by US President Bill Clinton. But some guests were doing much more
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      Lock icon Who'll make it on Hell island?
      463 18 Who'll lead, who'll quit among the TV castaways? A deserted Scottish island, treeless and unprotected from Atlantic gales, will be turned into a backdrop for a TV show by the makers of soaps such as Hotel and Airport. The $5.4 million 10-part television series
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      Lock icon THE ISLAND
      101 18 THE only way to get to Taransay, one mile off the west coast of Harris, is by inflatable boat. The island is treeless, has no protection from Atlantic gales, has been uninhabited for 20 years, and is often cut off by heavy seas. It supported a community of
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      Lock icon THE AMENITIES
      79 18 THEY will live in farmhosues and turf-covered buildings. And one of their first tasks would be to dig their own toilets. They can breed pigs, cows and chickens which will be slaughtered by the resident butcher. They will have specially constructed tunnels to grow vegetables. Water will come
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      Lock icon Shake-up for Cabinet? Not yet, but...
      434 20 THE big guessing game in Jakarta in recent days is this: Who's going to get fired from the Cabinet? Rumours are rife that President Abdurrahman Wahid is going to reshuffle his Cabinet, which was sworn in only in late October last year. Among some
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      Lock icon WILL HE GET THE BOOT?
      78 20 YES FORMER Indonesian Military chief Gen Wiranto and the President reportedly cannot see eye to eye over various government policies, including on how to deal with the unrest in Aceh and Ambon. NO BUT it's highly unlikely that Gen Wiranto will be out because he
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      Lock icon Scary Spice's hubby snubs $2.7 m offer
      325 20 MEL G'S MARRIAGE BREAKS UP SPICE Girl Mel G is offering to pay estranged husband Jimmy Gulzar a £1 million ($2.7 m) kiss-off to get him out of her life. But dancer Jimmy, 31, is going to hold out for a lot more
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      257 16 Ist Draw: 22 November 99 Minolta Vectis 2000 Camera Choy Chee Wan (l/C No. *****41/ C) Sony Mezzo MD/CD Player Leong Choy Wan (L/C No. *****23/ D) $500 worth of The Heeren Shops Shopping Vouchers Boey Hai Pbh (l/C No. *****47/F) 2nd Draw: 29 November 99 Minolta Vectis 2000 Camera
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      919 19 BRIGHTER future m Building and Construction I I [jJlj il fll lwZ HJ]D ilij Lff] With the increasing complexity of today's construction projects, project managers must possess I better knowledge to manage their projects effectively order complete I I ill them on time and within budget. I course enables consultants,
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    Lock icon TV 2000: Hits or more misses?
    594 21  -  showtime By Michelle Choh LAST YEAR was one of hits and misses for local television. The hits being the usual suspects, including Under One Roof (UOR), Phua Chu Kang (PCK) and Growing First of all, kudos to the group in UOR In their fifth
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    Lock icon VENICE OF THE EAST
    276 22 SINGAPORE RIVER PROMENADE The $16-million J Singapore River j promenade is 1 officially opened. j Now, you can 1 walk from Kim Seng 1 Bridge to Anderson j Bridge 3km-long on j both sides. With J so many things to j see along the route, J
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      Lock icon What's age gut to do with it?
      432 23  -  Comment C shantheni LOOK at the main picture closely. Now forget that these two famous faces belong to Hollywood stars. Forget that the man is.Michael Douglas, the star of Wall Street, Fatal Attraction and a string of other blockbusters. Forget that the beautiful
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      196 23 FOR that matter, what does Lara Flynn Boyle, of TV series The Practice, see in Jack Nicholson? Boyle, 29, is no supermodel, but look at Nicholson. He's 62 and looks it, yet behaves nothing like it! From Anjelica Houston to Rebecca Broussard, who is the mother of his
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      Lock icon Something old, something new
      440 24  -  Homegrown boyband goes 2-D By Seto Nu-wen HE'D stay up until 2am with his brothers, playing the guitar and singing. His mother would have to interrupt to tell them to keep the noise level down. Thankfully, he didn't keep mum. Instead, Ruslighani Iskandar and his brothers,
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      84 24 HOMEGROWN crooners 2D's first mini-album of seven tracks, Epilog Cinta Terlarang (Epilogue of Forbidden Love) sold 3,000 copies locally. At the launch of Dimensi II on Dec 26,300 copies of the album were snapped up in two hours. Said the group's producer, Zaharian Osman: "One couple even
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      125 23 Study in Australia Melbourne Education 2000 Information Day Saturday, 8 fan 2000 11am to spm Carlton Hotel, Esplanade Roam A, Level 4, Bras Basalt Road Staff from the following institutions will be interviewing and making offers to qualified students for courses commencing February/July 2000. Bring along your results for assessments.
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    545 25  -  ET CETERA WITH SHEELA NARAYANAN I want to talk about blubber. You can call it fat. But I call it blubber. Why do I want to talk about it? It's a subject closest to my heart. Actually) it's surrounding my heart, but let's not get into that.
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      340 30 JAPANESE RESTAURANT REOUIRES Singaporeans Must complete National Service Pis. walk-in Interview to: KIKUZUSHI RESTAURANT #82-01 TAKASHIMAYA DEPARTMENTAL STORE NGEE ANN CITY. Intarvlaw Time: 3pm-6pm Different Taste Cafe t Restaurant requires: PART-TIME Morning: 10am-4pm Evening: 6pm-Tlpm $4.50 per hour, meal provided Intamtad ca11:241*6518 or woHt-in parsonolly to: 5428 East Coast Road
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      163 30 k^RMMRniDM English Karaoke Pub in Tanglin area has immed. vacancies for part/ full-time: Cad 9737-1882 Dark FREEDOM HOUSE CAFE has Immediate vacancies for MATTERS/ WAITRESSES FLOOR SUPERVISOR Malaysians art wttcorr* Walk-in interview on 4th sth Jan: N*. 9 Circular N (MM Boat Quay) Tet 4ia aais Indian PUB In ML
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      180 30 ggrrrL Pub at Tanjooq Pagar has immediate vacancies for 1) Supervisor 2) P«rt-Tlm« PROs ft Singaporean only Cuvtict DoiiiM it HiTAOftAHT Jwiii CuiTOK (Walk In interview between 3-6pm. daily) 1) Fan-time part-time WAITERS/ WAITRESSES 2) COMMIS COOK (MtR. 1 yr. experience) No age limit Omty He. 3 Temeeek Boulevard 803-00*
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      59 30 THE COTTAGE requires WAITRESSES/ WAITERS Singaporean Walk-in: 3-6pm. 131 Tallin Rd. Tudor Ct. URGENT VACANCIES 1. FULLTIME RESTAURANT KITCHEN HELPER 2. BAKER Please come for Interview Yatare Bakery Glnn PU« T»l: *****11/ *****40 WAITRESSES/ WAITERS DANCERS/ BARTENDERS required Interested please call: 9623-9164 Walk-in on 5A 6/1 16 Mohd. Sultan Rd.
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      77 30 QQ N*OMHnim«M Require:HAIR INSTRUCTOR With at least 3 yri. experience. Bilingual Age 25 above can apply PlMMcaa 338-1415 (Jolyn) required. 'N'/'O'level Bilingual in English Mandarin sw-day Walk-in interview at No. 71 Tannery Lane 906-01/02 Cltylntf.BM«. (Off Necphenon/AJJunled Rd) Frtsh scft. leavers may apply. Ttl: 742-3955 An Alrcon Co. urgently requires:
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      140 30 S/SZSS* An established garment buying agent working days week has MMCMATC vacancy for. AOMIN ASSISTANT ASSISTANT MERCHANDISER GCE -0' level Computer literate Relevant working experience preferred Interested applicants, please fax your complete CV stating current and expected salary to: Tke Admtn Manaeer at Stt ST7S Estab. German Co. requires ADMIN.
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      501 31 ggsr gar- kA da I«GAK)B£ M P A /owLrn class SINCAPOtI The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore invites applicants for the post of: COMPUTER OPERATOR You are required to handle batch processing jobs, print reports and bills, monitor systems performance and man helpdesk for end-users. iHfl REQUIREMENTS Possess a
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      242 32 Co. requires 5 AMBULANCE DRIVERS SaHry $1500. Class 3 licence. Walk-In interview: Mk 11, Jin. It Mtrail, •03-4458. Transport Co. requires: CLASS 3/ 4 LORRY DRIVER with PSA experience Cell personalty to: OS Canting Una. «OS-02 C|(Kn Una WaraiiiMi*• n www ww Tel: 743-2770 Urgently required Class 4 Delivery Driver
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      307 32 B a— An international Japanese Freight Forwarder in Changi has immed. vacancy for L IMPORT BUILD*NC CURK (Chanel Soutti) Interested applicants, pis. call Christina Lim at 548 7598 for interview X. IMPORT SUPCRVISOR/OTFICCR (Cargo CanptM) Interested applicants, call Patrick Llm at *****20 Or Mr Alan tee at *****90 Residing in
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      237 32 Marine Safety Co. requires Class 3 lie. interested please call 748-3105 or walk-in to DRI 1004 801-23 Canoe Ave 8. MOBIL requires CASHIERS 2. PUMP ATTENDENTS Rotating shift Training provided Interested pis. call Tel: *****38 or walk-in: 384 Lorong Clwan SBS bus. 73.136. 315. 317 MO§!L Strttm at £a»r Ctosf
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      168 33 Workouts by horses engaged tomorrow: RACE 1: Stellar Fiji s— cantered before ■printing impressively over 600 m in 38.1. Slow work: Super Wolverine. RACE 2: Top Seed did pace work. Slow work: Bold Sue e see (D Walker), in good shape, Conglomerate, Super Emperor, looking well, Silent Star.
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      365 33  -  By Danny Khoo THE job is done. But another awaits top stayer Ouzo. Despite adding the Singapore New Year 2000 event to his impressive list of wins, the Oregon gelding will not be rested just yet. Since resuming last October, he won the Raffles Cup
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      98 33 SlXunraced newcomers have been entered for tomorrow's Kranji night meeting. The two racing in Class 4 are: Deo Volente, a three-year-old brown/black NZ-bred gelding by Touching Wood out of Miss Ballarat. Eclat, a 3YO bay Aust-bred gelding by Euclase-Dashing Blue. The other four are handicapped in the Maiden class.
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      494 33 *****3 Wonder Planet 57 (109) (6ag Busuttin-BG Han) *****2 Celebrity Dancer 52.5 (100) (5ang Brink-Kimmui's) 9014-3 StonewaM Jackson 52.5 (100) (5ag Kent-Fairdeal LP Stud) 131 AWe Tycoon 51.5 98i 4ag Baertschtger-Emperor) *****7 Breed To Glory 51.5 198 (Sag Bnnk-One Seven) *****6 Latin
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      4863 34 n BOSS MAGIC 57(57) D Holland (1) (3nzg Busuttin-True Magic) By Deputy Govtnor-Starsha; Chestnut; landed29.08.98. VMM third of tear raaaara 57% la IOMm Mai oa Dec 2ft. wm IOTA 57(57) Efl MFenton(5) (3agThwaites-EresTu) By Ignatius-La Meilleure; bay; landed 04.06.99; lrOO-O, 01.0100 MS Hottand 57
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      715 37 •***** River Channel 57.5 (65) (4nzg D Chua-Channel) *****1 No Doubt About It 54 (58; (5nzg Robert-Wish Master) Air Bank 53.5 (57) (4nzg KH Lim-Super Dam) *****1 Ooatari 52 5 (55) (4ag KL Chong-Ms Saon Sawae) -***** Ocean Onyx 52 (54) (4nzg J Breukefen-Hydrocartxxi) *****4
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      1009 37 Kinta Valley Special Stakes -***** CHak»-Niro 57 (83) (6ag SB Tan-Floating Outfit) 9004- Klevens Wings 56 5 i82. (5amg V Nathan-Klevens) ***** Marchettl 56 5 82 3ag J Breukelen-Hydrocarbon) 15-603 Double Scoop 55 5 80) >4ag Loh-Scoop) 700-9 Imperial Talent 55 (79) (6irg M Breukelen-Fairdeal)
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      504 38  -  Hockey players from China told BY Wang Meng Meng THEY came to Singapore only last year. Their aim: To become Singapore citizens and represent Singapore in hockey at international level. The six Chinese girls became Permanent Residents last November and represented Singapore in the King's Cup invitational
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      212 38 NBA COttIEST WANT to watch your favourite NBA stars live? Here's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to catch all the top stars at one game. This is the NBA Ail-Star Game in Oakland. One lucky reader will be there on Feb
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      54 39 i! I'll' r; 1 > AL-NASSR CORINTHIANS MAN UNITED (Saudi Arabia) (Brazil) (England) V f These are the 184 players registered for the inaugural Fifa Club mj? World Championship. Track them down with the jersey numbers, which will remain unchanged during the tournament. MELBOURNE NECAXA RAJA CASABLANCA REAL MADRID VASCODAGAMA
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      331 40 SECURITY SURPRISES IN BRAZIL FOR MAN U THE organisers of the World Club Championships in Brazil are taking no chances. The stars of Manchester United will be guarded 24 hours of the day by gun-toting Becuritymen during their 13-day stay in the Latin American country,
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      264 40 FOR the Red Devils, half the battle is going to be in getting used to the stifling heat and humidity of the Latin summer. But for fans of Manchester United, there's a different kind of heat, reports Skysports. So
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      319 40 WHAT: The championship, starting on Tnursday, is the first RFA competition in 50 years to be organised in Brazil. It is being done with state-of-the-art technology and some unique innovations including special media stands, new seats and dressing-rooms. WHO: Eight of the world's best: Manchester United (winner of
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      280 41 Manchester United will probably be wearing broad smiles in the Rio sunshine as its championship rivals Leeds United, Arsenal, Sunderland and Liverpool —fail to cash in on its absence early this morning HOW THEY FARED Derby County 2 (Branko Strupar 2, 72) Watford 0 Everton 2 (Don
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      689 41 Red Devils have > the last laugh in Rio BIG UPSETS IN NEW YEAR'S KICKOFF OF THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP SHOCK No 1: TOP-OF-THE-TABLE LEEDS UNITED FLOPS AT HOME SHOCK No 2: ARSENAL HELD BY CLUB AT THE BOTTOM Reuters. ASTON Villa was the first champion of the last century and
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      79 41 LEEDS UNITED manager DavM O'Leary: Ail the other results went for us. But I think the team that's laughing the most is Manchester United in Brazil. The Red Devils are the best team in the Premiership. They've been the yardstick all along. But we were disappointing
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      180 41 Reuters. Chris Armstrong, 23 CHRIS Armstrong's 50th goal in Tottenham colours ended Liverpool's best run of form for four years. It was Liverpool's second league defeat in 13 matches as it went down 1-0 in the heavy rain at White
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      227 41 Reuters. SUNDERLAND manager Peter Reid was furious after this surprise away defeat by unfancied Wimbledon early this morning. He was particularly angry at the referee, who denied his team a clear penalty after Nicky Summerbee looked to have been brought down by Ben
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      604 42  -  LIONS ON TOUR SINGAPORE 5 UAE UNDER-23 0 SCORERS Indra Sahdan 55,65 Basil Halis 72,75 Latiff Kamaruddin 85 S'PORE Rezal Hassan, S Subramani, Aide Iskander (Rafi Ali), Robin Chitrakar, Tan Kim Leng, (Mohd Noor Ali), Hasrin Jailani, Nazri Nasir, Zulkamaen Zainal, Bash Halis, Indra Sahdan (Razif Mahmud), Latiff Kamaruddin
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      68 42 SHY, soft-spoken Basri Halis (left) was a big hit with the Lions last night. Some wanted to pose for a "photograph" with him, others wanted his "autograph". The reason? The two goals he scored. They were his first ever goals for Singapore. Both came off headers. Asked how he
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      80 42 VILLAIN In one of the most bizarre decisions I've ever seen, Robin Chitrakar (right) was sacked last night. He was brought down by a nasty tackle to his ankle after an UAE midfielder went for his knee. Robin lay on the ground writhing with pain, then got up and faced-off
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      121 40 (AN Singapore time) Tliai wl«r Real Madrid v Al-Nassr (4.4sam)Corinthians v Raja Casablanca (7.15 am) Friday: Man United vNecaxa (4.15 am) Vasco da Gama v South Melbourne (6.45 am) Satariar Real Madrid v Corinthians (4.45 am) Raja Casablanca v Al-Nassr (7.15 am) Umiap Man United v Vasco da Gama (4.15
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      80 44 I COMING SOON A CHANCE FOR SINGTEL PAGING CUSTOMERS TO WIN FREE MOVIE PASSES. ANGELINA JOLIE Hr '<&' ™f f f Fa' aJ .■A m j- J .jiMMk, iHb -r fx j| JW? T iH|npipr For his victims The nightmare only ends when death finally comes. *j» .w -r^ jar.
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