The New Paper, 16 January 2000

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    Lock icon Parents, does this worry you?
    476 2 British government wants to clean up this fad NE *P. THE Singapore girl in this file picture would be tongue-tied if she only knew what her British mates have been going through. Teenage Britons with pierced noses, tongues, belly buttons and, yes, genitals, are turning
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Safe in the arms of an angel in white
      955 4  -  ABANDONED BABIES She took care of more than a dozen abandoned babies until they found a home and left her. Meet angel-in-white Sister Teo Ai Huay BY Woon Wui Tek UNLUCKY to be born, lucky to be found, the abandoned babies
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      Lock icon What's in a name?
      198 5 ABANDONED BABIES WHEN Sister Teo began working in children's wards, an abandoned baby would be referred to simply as "Unknown". "It didn't sound nice," she recalled, with a chuckle. So Sister Teo decided some years ago to take action. She decreed that any abandoned baby placed
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    • Article
      Lock icon Dumped like old toys
      269 5 WITHIN the last month, two abandoned babies have turned up. Dumped, as though they were old toys. Earlier this year, a newborn girl was left near a Housing Board flat staircase in Ang Mo Kio (above). Believed to be only a day or two old, even
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      Lock icon Blush, blush Jamie's hair-raising, er, -washing experience
      416 6  -  By' Tanya Fong ACTRESS Jamie Yeo was blushing to her roots when asked what it was like to shampoo a stranger's hair. "I havt shampoo >d my boyfriend's hair before. "It's a vary endearing, nice feeling because It's a simple act that bonds
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      Lock icon This nasty flu kills
      810 7  -  Looks like we were worried about the wrong bug at the turn of the millennium. The flu is mowing down people in their prime in many parts of the world. In Singapore though, the number of flu cases actually fell. Small comfort for those who did
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      Lock icon Down and out over j Christmas
      483 7  -  TNP JOURNALIST HIT BY BUG FROM THE US BY Pradeep Paul SHE arrived on Dec 18, ready to party and sightsee in Singapore. But she felt a little unwell. She sneezed. She complained of bodyache. She kept feeling nauseous. Ah, jetlag, we told her.
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      Lock icon Health Ministry says...
      233 7 11l II IN SINGAPORE MBBUimmmhm EUROPEANS and North Americans may be facing a flu epidemic. But Singaporeans shouldn't panic. According to the Ministry of Health (in response to queries from TNP on Sunday), the flu virus spreads easily in winter conditions. This is because windows are shut
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      Lock icon WHAT FLU IS
      118 7 DEADLY influenza outbreaks have taken millions of lives in the past. The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed more than 20 million worldwide. It infected one-fifth of the world population. A 1989 epidemic killed 25,000 British people. But most strains aren't so deadly. Influenza is a viral
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      159 8 LEARNING CHINESE THE FUN WAV jfsgj:.y■ JM&k< ..j Thumbs Up, a New Chinese Weekly for Primary School Students. Ii(l( 'i j 4*Mi J;lit Jlmflßfliv?- Y/i V t(» Icmii (-1 litt( I VCIV pk Holm i \V( II VU V k iiK'i k < ink iunriil 11 lit! v\\ < ill!
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon Farewell, Mr Case
      1027 9  -  by Brian Miller PRANKSTER. Pragmatist. Comrade. Achiever. Leader. Outspoken. Misunderstood. These were just some of the words which cropped up when I spoke to people who knew or had come into contact with the late Mr Ivan Baptist. Mr Baptist, the man who came to be known
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      Lock icon DON'T YOU KNOW HIM?
      1329 10  -  WHO'S THIS MAN FEATURED ON NEW S'PORE NOTES? By Ng Hwee Koon SHAME on you. I mean, really, there is no excuse. His face stares at you every day. On $2, $5, $10, $50 and bigger bills. But of the 20 people polled, only half knew
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  • EXPAT
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      Lock icon I treasure 1 Fs
      823 11  -  5 Cs are great, but so what? By. Jennifer Castelino YOU live in nice apartments, drive big cars, eat at posh places, shop at boutiques. What more do you want? This seems to be the perception of expats. Well, we may eiyoy these luxuries, but we
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      Lock icon Ramadan queries: Let us help
      95 12 Last Sunday; we featured a query from a reader; an IT expert from Pakistan, who was spending his first Ramadan in Singapore. Malik, who e-mailed us, wanted to know several things: B The food places that are open at 4am so that he can eat
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      Lock icon CHINESE NEW YEAR
      99 12 IT'S one festival after another. After Hari Raya Puasa, the next festive celebration is the Chinese New Year on Feb 5. We invite Chinese expats to share their stories with us. For example, how different are the celebrations here compared with those back home? What are your
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      Lock icon Some choices for sahur
      180 12 MY name is Adam Mah, a convert to Islam who does not understand Malay. Islam is not a Malay religion, thus there should not be any constraints. I've read about your requests to have a smoother Ramadan in Singapore. Depending where you stay, there are some
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      Lock icon WHAT MUIS SAYS
      58 12 To oMm/i the address of the nearest mosque, timing for prayers and other religious advice, expatriate Muslims can call Muis at 256 8188 or visit our website. We also advise them to interact with the local Muslim community as they will find many Muslims here more than
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      422 12 PruCash HorK^ao year after year This Lunar New Year, when your child says iongXi Fa you'll have the perfect red packet for him or her PruCash Hong Bao a special savings plan that gives your child a big Hong Bao, every year after the second year. And a nice little
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon They speak up en SINGLISH
      389 13 Moses speaks up against Singlish in English A forum on Singlish was held recently at the National University of Singapore Society's Guild House. In true Singaporean style, it was light-hearted yet spicy. YONG SIEW FERN took some notes on what the three panel speakers had
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      Lock icon HOW IT ALL STARTED
      208 13 AT a National Day dinner in mid-August last year, Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew criticised the use of Singlish and called on Singaporeans to speak and write Standard English. He said that local TV sitcoms had popularised the use of Singlish. Five days later, the Television
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      Lock icon Oops, should I have written 'Goondu?
      205 13 SHE'S famous for her "Goondu" books that were among the earliest glossaries on the use of Singlish. Yet Sylvia Toh said: "I don't speak Singlish. I only wrote those silly books." (Her humour books, Eh Goondu and Lagi Goondu, were written in proper English,
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      Lock icon Singlish is our identity
      405 14 YES, Associate Professor Kirpal Singh sees Singlish as a cultural symbol, an identity which connects Singaporeans. And Prof Singh wants us to be proud of it. "As the US 'McDonaldise' the world, we should also 'Singaporeanise' our language. We should tell foreigners (who don't understand us)
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  • @ A GLANCE
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      Lock icon If you're good in sports...
      246 15 ...YOU could run away with a new Edusave award. That's the good news for students who excel in the arts, sports and community service. About $2 million will be set aside for a new award meant for these non-academic fields. The award will be introduced
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      Lock icon You've done us proud!
      55 15 CHEERS ALL AROUND' Supporters welcoming home the eight Antarctica 2000 adventurers at the airport yesterday morning. The heroes are (front row, from left): Edwin Siew, Khoo Swee Chiow, David Urn, Kuak Nam Jin, Dr Robert Goh, Lee Ling Yen, Ang Yau Choon and Dr Mok Ying
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      Lock icon QUOTE WORTHY
      89 15 i I'm glad the (Education) Ministry has studied this and is able to offer the exam next year. Maybe this will take some load off the students and they can concentrate better on more realistic targets for themselves. Deputy Prime Minister BG Lee Hsien Loong (right), atthe launch
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  • INFOCUS
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      Lock icon What's hot: Technologybased unit trusts
      132 16 UNIT trusts and technology stocks. Those were the buzz words for investors in Singapore and regional markets last year. Buoyed by the markets' bull run, many had put their money in unit trusts for technology stocks. Like UOB's United Global Telecoms, which was launched last
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      Lock icon FOR THE FAMILY
      82 16 MOUTH MAGIC: Watch China's Guinness world-record holder Jiang Guoying, 22, juggle nine ping-pong balls with his mouth. He's performing at Chinatown Point today at 2pm, 3.30pm and spm. It's free. I ÜBIN DELIGHTS: Coconut trees dancing in the wind, kampung houses on stilts «nH ferries at jetty.
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    • BRIEFLY
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        Lock icon N-arms change
        76 16 RUSSIA sees the West as a growing military threat. That's why it is lowering its threshold for using nuclear weapons". This revamp in the country's' security strategy means that the nuclear state will be more trigger-happy if it feels the need "to repel armed aggression". This includes not
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        Lock icon Ex-cop jailed
        74 16 FORMER Probationary Inspector William Fong Ser Joo was found guilty yeste relay of accepting bribes from Geylang businessman Chua Tiong Tiong, or "Ah Long San". Fong, 32, who used to be attached to the Ang Mo Kio police division, had twice accepted money for helping Chua make inquiries
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        Lock icon Talks on Lama
        67 16 INDIA and China have held their first official discussions concerning young Buddhist leader Karmapa Lama, who arrived in India from Tibet last week. An Indian foreign ministry official met Chinese ambassador Zhou Gang in Delhi, and requested details of the Karmapa Lama's secret departure. China had earlier
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        Lock icon Back in politics?
        69 16 FORMER Malacca Chief Minister Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik has offered himself yesterday as a candidate for the Umno Supreme Council. He said he was standing because of widespread support. He stepped down after a scandal involving an underaged girl. Said Tan Sri Rahim, 48: "Before there was
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        Lock icon Spy puzzle
        66 16 HOW does one become a 007 nowadays? Just by decoding website puzzles, it seems. That's what the British intelligence is inviting job applicants to do in its latest recruitment drive. Applicants must crack a code involving five sets of five letters of the alphabet, including one written in
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        Lock icon $6m 'dud' cheque
        64 16 CONWOMAN Kalimahton Mohamed Samuri, 38, is in the news again for another alleged multi-million-dollar scam. Three pawnshops are now accusing her of writing them a dud $6 million cheque. Police reports have been filed by the pawnshops, and the case is now under investigation. Kalimahton was jailed
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        Lock icon Leave Gus Dur alone
        64 16 OUST President Abdurrahman Wahid and face international isolation, American Ambassador to the United Nations Richard Holbrooke has warned the Indonesian military. The remark comes after reports of rumours that the army is hatching plans to overthrow the president. Said Mr Holhrooke: "We would view with the
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        64 16 TWO powerful earthquakes struck south-west China yesterday morning, killing four people and injuring about 400. The first quake registered 5.9 on the Richter scale, followed 90 minutes later by a 6.5-rated aftershock. An official told AFP: "At the present time, we estimate that between 7,000 and 8,000
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    Lock icon The world is STILL your oyster
    864 17  -  Every Sunday, we invite a personality to comment on the past week's news. Today, Basskaran Nair, head of financial and investor relations firm Gavin Anderson Co, gives us his views [th^Week] Guest editor Basskaran Nair THIS being just the turn of the century, I
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  • NEWS
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      Lock icon So strange, this Along case...
      689 18 It's a strange case involving Malaysian singer Sabiul Malik Shafie, better known as Along. A rotting body has been found but Along's dad says it is not his son's. And there're claims of jealousy involving a cop's wife. ERNEST LUIS finds out more A MISSING
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      Lock icon DNA TEST RESULTS NOT KNOWN
      251 18 THE DNA test results on the parents of missing Malaysian rock singer Along are not known yet. His father, Tengku Shafie, told The New Paper on Sunday that the results were expected in about two weeks, though it may take up to two months. He
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      Lock icon Japanese teens drive parents into a panikuru...
      298 19 JANGLISH. It's certainly jangling the nerves of parents in Japan. Oh, you panikuru too much, their teenage kids might say. "We what?" ask the exasperated parents. Panikuru ah to panic. Janglish is a form of half-English, half Japanese words teens are using. It's
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      Lock icon One wrong move and you're out
      433 20 US SCHOOLS GET TOUGH NO second chance. One mistake and you're out. That seems to be the new attitude of school principals and administrators in the US. They are not willing to take any chances following the spate of shooting incidences from Colorado to
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      Lock icon Whiz kid turns to fraud
      401 21 Swindles thousands out of Net users V XT Kindergarten was where he first learnt computer skills. By the time the Japanese student had reached sixth grade, he was already committing Internet fraud. The 14-year-old whiz kid turned cybercriminal was arrested yesterday on suspicion of swindling
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      Lock icon Clip! Chop!
      316 22 Molesters beware WOMEN bus conductors in Hyderabad, India, are already adept at the art of clipping. Bus tickets, that is. Now they are going to add chopping. The kind associated with karate, according to the Hindustan Times. This is to help them fend off troublesome passengers who often
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      Lock icon Cool killer of Big Tiger
      890 23  -  BY Brian Miller IT was late last year. In front of him stood a woman. She was just 10m away. Minutes earlier he had blindfolded her. Now, as she stood there, he calmly raised a machine gun. Taking aim, he pulled the trigger and three
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      22 24 Tt» N«w Papar On Sunday January I 2000 Space 2 gether or a world apart jjjß rmmm M ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■iHHBHHi VJL' YOUR WEEKEND
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    Lock icon Why the fuss over musicals?
    868 25  -  CATS, LES MIZ, PHANTOM AND NOW CHICAGO... CookieJarJ I THE PLACE TO DIP FOR HOMEMAKINQ TIPS m *i A By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg HOUSEWIFE June Chiam, 58, has never been to a live musical performance before. No, Madam Chiam does not feel that there's
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BOD
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      Lock icon My in-laws are driving a wedge between us
      236 27 I'VE been married for two years and am pregnant with my second child. I've got a good husband. We love each other and we're both working. But my in-laws are always throwing hurtful accusations at me for nothing, even In front of
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      Lock icon Nothing to talk about
      111 27 Last week's letter: OUT OF WORDS is 16 years old and have known this girl for less than ayear. They have been talking on the phone almost every day, and were very close. They used to have a lot of things to tell one another. However,
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    • Article
      Lock icon Have you lost interest?
      127 27 Reader's reply: YOU cannot merely imitate people and be like what they are. First and foremost, you are too young for a relationship. The time is not ripe yet. You should concentrate on your education rather than a relationship at this tender age. Don't let your
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    • Puberty
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        Lock icon He keeps lying to me
        364 28 I'M 23 and my boyfriend Is four years older than me. We've known each other for two years. He'sa caring person and we love each other very much. We are planning to settle down in three years' time, and have already applied for a flat.
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        Lock icon can't face her, but I like her a lot
        503 28 I'M an 18-year-old guy who is enlisting for national service. I feel very stressed. I like a girl who was considered the most beautiful girl in my former secondary school. She has a great figure, beautiful hair and fair complexion. I've
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      • Article
        Lock icon Fatal attraction?
        180 28 im ln c ears the air over teen sex issues I AM an 18-year-old guy. Q Recently, I met a woman during a party and we hit it off pretty well. She led me to the back and we started kissing each other. Although we did not have
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        Lock icon Boy-to-boy questions
        318 28 I AM a 14-year-old boy. Q Recently, my friend asked me if I wanted to masturbate with him in his house. Is masturbating in a group legal? Also, is it okay for me to have oral sex with another boy? Will I be branded a gay? Will I
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      44 28 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 *****5 Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: npops@sph.com.sg (please mark: Aggie) or call 1900-912-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute).
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  • Feature
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      Lock icon SPACE OR SPLIT?
      80 29 American media mogul Ted Turner and his wife, actress Jane Fonda (above), announced their separation after nine years of marriage on Jan 4. Their reason: The need for "some personal time" for themselves. This need for "space" often signals a break-up, ending in divorce. But is this
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      Lock icon Space: 2-gether or a world apart?
      133 29 COUPLE ONE- DavM Hglau (right), 26, a radio producer-presenter with a regional station is engaged to Denise Chong (left), 25, a journalist with The New Paper on Sunday (and the writer of this report): "I guard my personal time Jealously!" David's and Denise's politically-correct
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      Lock icon DAVE'S WORLD
      194 29 WATCHING the film The Last Temptation of Christ had David quivering with admiration for the film-maker Martin Scorsese. That's not the only film he loves. This night owl watches about four VCDs a week by himself after midnight at home. He regularly reads reviews from American movie websites
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      Lock icon DEMISE'S PLANET
      148 29 ITS almost like an adventure when I get a whole day to potter around by myself. I stuff my things in a bag and set off to walk or take a bus aimlessly. I love staying silent and watching buildings, people, cats. The world experienced by myself is
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      Lock icon UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL — YET ON MY OWN
      170 29 UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL YET ON MY OWN SO km do w pt pwl thit whit ttayfcn dm? It helps that we're not living under the same roof. Come and ask me after we're married and living together whether I'm still eyeing his favourite films critically! It's simple for now.
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      Lock icon Personal time? We've more than enough...
      236 30 COUPLE 2: Ms Naur Hwm Wah, 27, flight attendant with a major commercial airline. Mr/UMTok, 39, lecturer in hospitality with a local polytechnic Married to each other since April last year. lis How: "Every month, there's at least one long haul of over four
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      Lock icon Free time with the frogs
      551 30 COUPLE 3: IT is 10.30 pm. Ms Elizabeth Su's kids are asleep and dreaming in bed. She pads off softly to the pool to swim. That's personal time as most of us recognise it. Ms Su's husband Ole Johan Dale describes personal time as time
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    392 31  -  [puj|% I CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET-CONSCIOUS P J. A By Carol Leong canol@sph.ccxn.sg SOME weekends, I just want to veg out and eat at home. That's when I reach out for two kinds of canned comforts and localise it to my tastebuds! To me, this
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    529 32  -  I Column I ACTOR LI M KAY TONG WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN by Lim Kay Tong I'VE become immune to handphones going off. When performing on stage or watching a film or play, I expect some clown's mobile phone to start chiming as a matter of course.
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    760 33  -  1 SoSueMe I SUZANNE WALKER WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN. by Suzanne Walker I WISH I were a man. Why? Because I am being stalked. By a person who whispers obscenities at my door, who hangs out along my corridor at 2.30 am, who has secretly pried open
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      63 34  -  Edited by Ernest Luis emest@sph.com.sg THE MOVIE Metade Fumaca Mountain Leopard (Eric Tsang) returns home to Hongkong from Brazil. He's diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease. He gets Smokey (Nicholas Tse), a small-time hoodlum, to help him take revenge on a former rival gangster who took his woman (Shu Qi) from
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      246 34  -  by DEMISE CHONG METADE Fumaca the title loosely translates as "half a cigarette" in Brazilian-Portuguese. So I thought I was in for a Latin American art film. I expected absurd events in the film to be.left unexplained. Sweat-slicked Latin babes to make frequent passionate love
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      142 35 Mountain Leopard (Eric Tsang): "I came back from Brazil.** Smokey (Nicholas Tse): "Brazil? Where girls with feathers on their behinds walk around ell day?** Mountain Leopard: M l had a neighbour in Brazil. He's called Ronaldo.** Smokey: "The soccer player?" Mountain Leopard to Smokey about how much his
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      320 35  -  by ERNEST LUIS SORRY Denise, I don't think the boys will like this one. The Brazilian-Portuguese title may loosely mean "half a cigarette" but I was half-asleep halfway through the movie. The character development was half-developed too. Mountain Leopard (Eric Tsang) is supposed to
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      234 35  -  with Jessica Leow i iVarious Artistes 'THE same hip tunes and funnier moments .inserted. The same smelly cat Does anything •ever change on Friends? Does anyone ever ]have a bad hair day? Oh well, why change the formula when •this is one of the
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      262 38  -  TEXT: Toh Palk Choc IT is not new, it is south, and it guarantees you a whale of a time. I cannot get cheesier over New South Wales. Like everyone else I made extended plans for the Millennium. But unlike most people I did not cancel, and so
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      637 38  -  (okay, in New South Wales) Edited by Crispins Robert crispina@sph.com.sg Singaporeans together, in a health-aware green tea flavour. Fortune noodles, one up on birthday mee; chocolate toffees wrapped in star trivia (you can collect all 60 stories); not just Kit-Kat but mint flavoured, and not just Kit-Kat
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      72 38 Getting There: New South Wales is served by Emirates (from end-March), Gulf Air, Singapore Airlines, and Qantas/British Airways. For special packages on Sydney, check website <www.sydney.com.sg> Staying There: For Port Stephens, the Tourism New South Wales office in United Square has an excellent brochure. Sporting Life: Ultimate Quad
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      734 45 7.00 AM Mummies Alive (Cartoon) Turn 8.00 Bobby's woHd (Cartoon) IWI America's Funniest Home Videos 8.30 New Adventures of Winnie the Channel 5, 6 pm ~o 3TI, of fhp Yeah, yeah, so sue me for indulging in this cheesey home-made 10.00 Sci Squad (Children education) til UtYWUr. 10.30 Beast Wars
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      147 46 E Fowl Play]-Sy)) with Ravi Veloo (ofThe Media Campus) and Hup (hup@sph.com.sg) Singapore handled the Y2K bug In Its own unique way, I Being the only country in the world to pre-record its street J stage show, and have singers mime like silly robots. Only three people were allowed to
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      224 47  -  V Yong Shu Hoong shyong66@hotmail.com I REMEMBER how I had once bought a brass photo frame in an antique store in New York. It was nothing unusual, except that the frame had someone's old photo still in it. And there was, of course,
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      174 47 AS music walkmans get smaller and smaller with each new model, notebook computers are also looking for ways to shed weight. Fujitsu's new A5-sized notebook computer is sleek and slim at a mere 1.4 kg, so it doesn't break the back of the
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      282 47 THE first day of the new millennium came and went. The world did not end. There were no major upsets caused by the infamous Y2K bug. And some people were, quite frankly, disappointed. A Net surfer said, in an e-mail sent out to
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      1133 48 TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: GOOD Race 1 2.00 Cl.iss 5 Div 2 1200iii Stakes: RM25.000 WW 1 *****8 1 CAN FLY 57 (47) SH Lee 5 (6ah IsmaW Can Fly) 2 •0-0-RKJHT ACTION 57 (47) MGopal 1 (4ag Tlang-Richgold) 3 0660-6 AWESOME BELLE 56.5 (46) MMarzuki 11
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      285 49 PICK OF THE DAY He may be getting on in years but Victory Giant is certainly not over the hill yet. The eight-year-old Zabaleta gelding, the oldest galloper in the field of eight, has been a model of consistency chalking up four seconds in
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      84 49 RACE 1: King Romance, Praiseworthy. RACE 2: Victory Giant, Imperial Scholar, Rich Strike. RACE 3: Secret Formula, Gifted, When You Believe, Nasib Gaya, Empire Enforcers. RACE 4: King Boleh, Win Melody, Mr Quick, Super Billy. RACE 5: Hippo Prospero, Just Brilliant, Joyful Hunter. RACE 6: Farrago, Voltage Surge, Golden
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE RESULTS
      923 49 4 SEASIDE STAR 54 (21-7) DO'Heara (2) 4 1 1 (451) 11 TRIANGLE 50 c 51 (12-7) S Marzukl (1) 3 3 2 (491) 12 EASTSIOE HIGH 50(23-8) BWoodworth (8 7 4 3 (423) 8 TOP CROWN 50 c 47.5 (68-16) *MM Cheah (11) 12
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      979 50 RACE 1: Trainer K Velu was fined RMIOO ($45) for failing to produce the declared colours on INFLUENCE. BONZER dislodged jockey M Zaidi on the way to the start and broke his reins. A new set of reins were fitted and he was passed
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      323 50  -  By Danny Khoo THE first running of the $180,000 Committee's Prize ended in dramatic fashion at Kranji last night. Pacific Prince finished the 1,600 m race IVi lengths ahead of Con Air (Eddie Wilkinson) but was relegated to last after his rider Darryll Holland returned
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      1170 51 1 VRONTEROS 57 (7-6) JAzh* (4) 2 2 1 (479) 6 TIP TOP 54 (21-8) KLOo (2) 1 1 2 (510) 5 CfTY TWER 54 (291-55) YHUm (1) 6 6 3 (452) 4 ECLAT 54.5 (111-28) JINnton (5) 4 3 4 (473)
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      1282 52 RACE 1: PIECE OF BILVER was scratched when found to be lame near-fore. TIP TOP jumped awkwardly. MACAU ISLAND was slow into stride. At about the 300 m, ECLAT ducked out away from the whip and had to be straightened. CRYSTAL CHILAVERT drifted out
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      375 52 3 IRISH AIR 55.5 (39-10) .Tim StubterfMd (3) 1 4 OVER QUALfflED 54 (15-6) Paul Harvey (6) 2 5 CHIEF WNJ) EAGLE 53 (38-11) Patrick Carbary (8) 3 AIM ran: DANCE HIT Danny Miller, NATIVE AMERICAN Troy Turner, GALA BOY Jason Brown, NASSA PRIDE Link Robertson.
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      34 51 4-D DRAW SATURDAY: Jan 15.2000 FIRST SECOND THIRD 7934 2625 7105 I J, 1610 6650 1064 8844 9662 3108 3422 3908 1825 1713 STARTERS 7370 1607 5058 8704 9514 7664 1701 5599 7992 9723
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    445 53  -  [sporW] REPORTS S GULAM CULTURE, money, desire and a strong will. These are the four factors that helped the United Arab Emirates (UAE) qualify for the World Cup in Italy in 1990 in only its second attempt. That y«ar, UAE, handled by Brazilian Mario Zagallo, pulled
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    373 54 Transport, gear, even cash to train at age 7 ASHRAF Hamid is only seven years old. He goes to school in the morning and gets home around 2pm. Then, three times a week, a bus comes to take him to a training ground which
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    604 54 The f, ■libIBI atraigvn Talk column will be back on an occasional basis "But we didn't stop with just plain talk. We went into action. We decided that we would leave no stone unturned in this mission. "Money was the least of
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      555 55 Tyson, a 13.5 m winner even before a punch is thrown COMPARED to Mike Tyson (right), the British government consists of men of straw. Downing Street had reportedly threatened that the moment the Big Bad Dude of American boxing stepped off the Concorde in London to- day
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      215 55 HARRY Keweli is another kind of alien in Britain. He is a law abiding Aussie who came to Leeds United from the New South Wales sporting academy at the age of 16 and is, surely, the most talented Socceroo of all time. Last Sunday, he was
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      105 55 ON the fairways, the name Palmer ie legend. But last week, as Tiger Woods won his fifth 1 successive US Tour win, I the new God of golf wee compared to Elvis Presley. "He's going to be bigger than Elvis by the time he's 40," observed Ernie Els,
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      273 56  -  ATHLETICS CRISIS; WHERETO FROM HERE? BY Peter Siow WHAT must Singapore athletics do to be back on track? Come up with a long-term plan to develop young talent, said Col Kwan Yue Yeong, executive director of the Singapore Sports Council (SSC), yesterday. Athletics was taken off the
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      178 56 By Peter Siow SUNRISE shone brightly at S-League club Clementi Khalsa during yesterday's sponsorship-signing ceremony. The apparel company has agreed to equip Clementi with its Ascot sports brand for two years. The sponsorship is both in cash and kind, and is said to be worth about
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      179 56 NBA UPDATE Reuters. IT had to end sometime. The Los Angeles Lakers had won 16 in a row and was looking almost unbeatable. Until it came up against Larry Birds' Indiana Pacers that is. Reserves Austin Croshere and Travis Best combined fovftr--20 consecutive points in the
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      76 55 TODAY: (Mtocted RfOfrnwm) 11am: Table Tennis: ITTF Pro Tour final (LIVE. STAR Sports) lpm: Golf: Mercedes Championship (CNBC Ch 15) 6pm: EPL: Watford v Liverpool (Repeat, Football Channel 22) «K73opm: Spanish Football: Vallecano v Atletico Madrid (Repeat, STAR Sports) Spue Bowling: Grand Slam Finals (LIVE, ESPN) EPL: West Ham v
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    477 57  -  Everest conquered Antarctica aced New ministry for sports New priorities for sports By Peter Siow SINGAPORE sports will take on a higher profile in the new millennium. For a start, the long called for sports ministry will finally happen. Yesterday, the Minister for Community Development Abdullah Tarmugi
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    338 57 SPORTS POLICY: I see our sports policy as aiming to make Singapore: A nation where sports excellence strengthens national pride; A society where sports bonds our multi-racial community; A people who exercise regularly and enjoy sports for a healthy lifestyle An attractive destination for the hosting of
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      275 58 ON IMPORTING FOREIGN TALENT... FOREIGN athletes came under the spotlight yesterday at the Sports 21 seminar. Minister for Community Development Abdullah Tarmugi spoke at length on the subject. He said: "Foreign athletes can give our sports a boost and lift them to a higher level.
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      245 58 COLKWAN YUEYEONG (SSC executive director): I'm happy that all this is happening during my time. The government's support is a real signal to help SSC to do its job better. CHRIS CHAN (S-League CEO): With more funding, my wish is for Singapore to set up a gladiator
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      246 58 THE Sports Council regularly reviews Its programmes and services to keep up with the changing Singaporean lifestyle. Through this, the Sports Council will develop more innovative solutions and new strategies to meet its objectives and continue to provide leadership for the building of a
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      592 59 FOREIGN talent made the difference for Arsenal in its 4-1 win over Sunderland. Croatian striker Davor Suker and Frenchman Thierry Henry both scored twice as Arsenal put its English Premier League championship challenge back on track with a comfortable win. Arsenal was without injured Tony Adams, Dennis Bergkamp and
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      29 59 No Adams, no Bergkamp, no Overmans, no Kanu. Who cares? ARSENAL 4 Thierry Henry 3, 81 Davor Suker 28, 33 SUNDERLAND 1 Niall Quinn 49 Half-time: 3-0 Croud: 38,039
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