The New Paper, 28 February 2000

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 477 2 Proportion of them speaking English at home almost doubles MORE Malay/Muslim families are now using English as their main language at home. And the standard of Malay could suffer, reports Berita Harian. Figures from the Ministry of Education show
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    • 79 2 STRIKE a balance between Malay and English in the home. That's the advice of language experts and educationists. One observer, Haji Muhammad Ariff Ahmad, said: "Ideally, families should have a formula. Perhaps the mother can speak Malay and the father can use English. "What is important is that
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    • 308 2 BATTLE FOR HK TELECOM GIANT WHEN it comes to making money, family ties sometimes have to take a back seat. That seems to be the thinking of Singapore Pools, the Republic's No 1 gambling company, and three units of the Keppel group,
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    • 417 3  -  .who aren't Chinese By Kc Wong AFTER the performance ended, the lead lion dancer removed the lion head from his shoulders. And he said "Hurt ah!" (strike it rich in Hokkien) like any seasoned lion dancer. But, wait a minute. This guy doesn't look
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  • 407 4 SINGAPORETODAY Singapore's most famous forensic pathologist, Professor Chao Tzee Cheng, will be cremated today. The 65-year-old doctor died in his sleep in New York on Monday. His only son, Dr Alexandre Chao, talks to DESMOND NG about his father I HIS LAST WISH PROF Chao wanted
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 247 6 HSU SAFETY on its mind. The Land Transport Authority (LTA) has introduced new measures to make Singapore roads safer. These include making road dividers brighter and more visible to motorists, and installing shock absorbers at expresswav exits to cushion the impact of vehicle crashes An overseas
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    • News Break
      • 61 6 THREAT A death threat was made against the baby son of footballer David Beckham and his Spice Girl wife, Victoria. A source close to the couple said that a letter had been sent to Beckham's mansion in Hertfordshire showing a doctored picture of Brooklyn with a bloody bullet
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      • 56 6 ONLINE General Motors, Ford Motors and DaimlerChrysler plan to open an online store to handle the supplies that they buy each year. The three car-makers said they would begin moving all their purchases totalling nearly US$25O billion ($429.7 billion) a year to the new venture, potentially making it
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      • 66 6 DISEASE COVER all open wounds and don't go barefoot. These habits can help prevent people from getting soil disease or melioidosis. The disease, caused by bacteria in wet soil, killed nine people last year alter infecting 81 people. Ten years ago, little was known of this mystery killer
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      • 66 6 LOANS LETTERS of comfort given by companies to banks to reassure the banks, when handing out loans to third parties, are not binding. So said the High Court here in a landmark ruling. The letters are not the same as guarantees, which can allow the bank to sue
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      • 54 7 INDONESIA INDONESIAN tycoon Liem Sioe Liong faces prosecution over alleged illegal land deals. The Indonesian Forestry and Plantations Ministry has called on the Attorney-General's Office to initiateproceedings based on a report handed in last Friday on alleged violations. Mr Liem, also known as Mr Soedono Salim, controls
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      • 56 7 HEALTH PRIVATE doctors may soon be treating prisoners in Singapore. The Prisons Department is reported to have plans to contract out for medical service providers to give basic medical and dental care to all 16,000 inmates. At present, inmates are treated by a government medical staff of
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      • 60 7 ANIMALS DOGS and cats from 22 countries will be able to enter Britain without being quarantined, from today. Britain is launching a scheme to spare them a six-month stint in quarantine. During the pilot phase of the programme, dogs and cats from 22 European countries will be eligible,
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      • 53 7 I SECURITY INDIA is beefing up security at eight of its airports to prevent hijacking of planes. It is going to deploy a 25,000-strong elite commando force, said a Minister. The announcement comes after a mock hijack staged by security agencies in Bangalore. The mock hijack exposed major security
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    • 48 6 New Straits Times: Creating IT awareness The Asian Wall Street Journal: PCCW makes two proposals to buy HKT International Herald Tribune: Beijing's aggressive stance on Taiwan blindsides US BBC news: UN aid agencies appeal for more aircraft and money to be sent urgently to Mozambique
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    • 161 7 in FSSus THE hair on your head or the lack of it may be an important factor in determining if youH suffer heart disease in future. Harvard Medical School researchers have found that a man's increased risk of cardiac problems can be predicted from how fast
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    • 58 7 The Straits Times: C&W decision on HKT sale today The Business Times: Firms get ready for next e-wave: m-commerce Lianhe Zaobao: Rumours that Sing Tel plans to sue HSBC Holdings in Hongkong today Berita Harian: Gus Dur's visit to East Timor opens new chapter PCS morning news:
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    • 99 7 The (JS report also criticises almost every other country for its human-rights situation, but is silent about the human rights problems in the US. The American government needs to keep an eye on its own human-rights problems, mind its own business, and stop interfering in the internal off
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 77 11 mu i<m ui< Ba+mmVmu twin Oirii ntrtwl, Is—«Hd» ilwtwtwttwf to jtwi itiff Is hrtsmutopwilhm Mmi umiili For over 25 years... the dealers in banks' foreign exchange departments have been earning big fat bonuses and driving flashy cars, but that did not result in an exodus
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    • 317 11  - Shoplifter goes back for fiancee and gets caught BY Chua Wei Yng THIS chap is probably wishing that women wouldn't take so long with their shopping. Especially one woman his fiancee. He had stolen a pair of jeans while she was shopping. Later, he outran a security guard and nearly
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    • 569 12  -  i_v, v By Edwin Yeo NOBODY seems to have heard of this couple having any problems. Nobody could recall having heard them quarrel or fight. One neighbour did hear a scream and a thud early yesterday morning. But others didn't know of the double tragedy
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 899 14 After 12 years, neighbours have had it with karangguni family in HDB flat The first thing that hits you when you enter this three-room flat in Bedok North Street 1 is the sight ofcockroaches. They are everywhere on the floor, weaving in and out ofplastic
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    • 461 15 SIA'S PASSENGER SERVICE IS TOPS AGAIN Singapore Airlines has done it yet again. It won the Passenger Service Award of the year from Air Transport World Magazine recently. Who are the people who help the airline win such awards? KOH ZONG FEN finds out
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 347 17 AFP. CASE 1 THE match-made newlyweds were only 10 days into their marriage when he did this: He hit her unconscious on the head with a stool and then dug out her eyes. The unnamed man did this after his wife,
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    • 208 17 Source: AFP. THE snowboarder dangled upside-down from his board. Worse, he was sandwiched in a deep crack in the Swiss Alps, 30 m below ground. And he had head injuries, and his body was getting frozen. Fortunately for him, help was on the
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    • 601 18  -  WHO'S JUST TWO STEPS BEHIND BILL GATES? BY Patrick Jonas HERE I come, Mr Bill Gates. I may not be able to catch up with your billions, but I am now the third richest man in the world and I am from the Third World. Until a
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      251 18 WHAT'S THE NEXT BIG THING AFTER E-COMMERCE? T)ID you know that thare are 450 million handphones in the world? That's three times more than the 150 million personal computers there are around the world. So, the bigwigs have started putting their money on what they feel will be the
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    • 49 20 I muifmu A Thai school hat begun rearing frogs to help feed hungry students. They export ip hoppers they grow to restaurants In Said Prom Hosoongnoen, 12; All of us are proud flßMng our own food and earning ouNHh money through the profits from frog farming.
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    • 170 20 HE'S just 11 years 01d... and a kidnapper. And like any other criminal, he's got to pay for his crime. So the bully, believed to be the youngest kidnapper ever in Britain, has been sentenced to nine months in a delinquent centre. The boy took
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    • Article, Illustration
      194 21 DFD YOU have heard of smart cars, smart houses and smart buildings. Next up: Smart fashion. It comes with built-in wireless cameras, microphones and computers. The idea is for your fashion items to "know" your environment and react to help you. For example, a camera in your glasses can
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    • 420 23 US SECRETARY OF STATE FLED Ms Albright, who is fluent in Czech, was a L m Imi kAfl* MDj Wflofl nw II MM f■lliaa 01ptOflMl lOvJlCi fled Prague and the Nazis who had put her father ona death list She returned u|lS4f rTagu€
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    • 591 23  -  eT CETERA WITH HEATHER MCKINNON WOULD you invite someone to share your home on the basis of a 20-minute interview? Well, it's often the process when it comes to choosing flatmates. Which means flat-sharing can be hell. It's common to house-share in Sydney, as it's
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  • WIJEY
    • 285 25 I'M 17 and I've done my N levels. I got a grade lin geography, grade 2 for E maths and combined science, grade 3 for principles of accounts and mother tongue and a grade 4 in English. I was eligible to go to
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    • 176 25 I FINISHED 0 levels and got 18 4 points for my preliminary exams. I'm keen on chemical engineering, but though I got B4 for A maths and chemistry, A 2 in E-maths, I got a D 7 for my physics. Can I take
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    • 136 25 I'M 18, working and 4 retaking O-level English and E-maths. I flunked E-maths and got a C 6 for English last year. I hope to get B4 or better for English and credit in maths and combine the certificate with last year's result.
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    • 163 26 I WILL be doing my O levels. But I'm really feeling puzzled as to which direction I should head in afterwards. I am really interested and have a passion for fashion design, or to be a make-up artist and a hair stylist. But the big question is
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    • 80 26 I WILL be taking N levels next year. i I want to do the mass communications course at polytechnic but what course should I take at the Institute of Technical Education first? MM N I A _w_ C/iaan AI ■MitllAAa im insuuiie of iiyciinvcai tmicraovi ivpwos. THE institute
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    • 205 26 I AM working as a clerk. I did my A 4 levels about a year ago but couldn't get into university because of my results. 1 seem to have nowhere to go. I hope to get a degree but I am not very sure
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    • 173 26 I AM 13, and poor in maths, Chinese 4 and history. All my other subjects are above average. I would like to know if failure of these three subjects at O level will prevent me from continuing my studies.
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  • 540 27  -  By Carol Leong THINK about your head as a zone for accessories. These "hair" pictures are from the Guvinda show at the recent London Fashion Week. The designer is a Brit of Indian extraction and this is his first major show. He's chosen hair (and braids)
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  • Showtime
    • 701 29  -  Arabian Nights will be shown on Itelbvisrti (Singapore Cable Vision Channel 36) on April 16 and 17, at Bpm. By Yong Siew Fern JASON Scott Lee could not decide whether he's a "ladies' man" or a "man's
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    • 23 29 IHkwerftea I Doing thing in every movie. It's rather repetitive. On why he stays away from being an action star
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    • 22 29 loved t^BKkdJetLi J playing it. On missing the chance to play Koto in a movie remake of The Green Hornet
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    • 55 29 a Bruce dad took JHBe) his films. At that time, everybody was cutting up broomsticks to make nunchakus, people would have posters Of him on their bedroom walls, everybody was screaming *eee-ahf"... He really madekungpi mainstream. On whether he was influenced by Bruce Lee before he filmed
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    • 436 30  -  By Hazel Tan YVONNE Lim now regrets giving up the piano. She said her knowledge of music had come in handy when she took over the microphone. But she wished she had learnt more. She started on the keyboard at the age of six,
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    • 184 30 IMAGINE sweet-faced Yvonne with a coquettish smile or flirty eyes. Even the star finds it hard to visualise herself like that. "Being flirty isn't an easy job for me. It doesn't come to me naturally. I am actually quite a tomboy," said Yvonne who prefers flat
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    • 136 30 YVONNE Lim realised that cutting an album was no child's play. She had the help of a nine-year-old veteran, Zheng Yi, in her maiden effort. But it also made the TCS actress feel the heat. "The first time I heard Zheng Yi sing, I went 'wow'. She
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    • 343 31  -  Report*/ Hazel Tan WHAT do most nine-year-olds love? Hamburgers, french fries and soft drinks probably top their list. But nine-year-old Zheng Yi (above) hasn't munched french fries for ages. Neither has she sipped Coke nor savoured a scoop of ice-cream for months. Her mum wouldn't allow
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    • 90 31 Zheng YI, Singapore's own Little Heavenly Queen, has seven albums to her credit. Hp! last Mandarin album, a compilation of Chinese New Yoar songs, sold more than 100,000 copies in 8ingapor*andMalaycia. Saidex-TCS actor Yang Junhe, her singing coach: "She may not be my child,
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    • 1385 45 RACE 1: WISH MASTER and GO BABYDIN GO were tightened shortly after the start when MATRIARCH jumped awkwardly in and BENZENE jumped awkwardly out, resulting in GO BABYDIN GO being slow into stride. GO BABYDIN GO raced wide in the backstraight and on the
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      504 46 EUROPE ROUND UP IN SPAIN AFP AP. Wire services. COACH Louis van Gaal blamed everything from his players to the referee for Barcelona's humiliating 3-0 drubbing by Real Madrid on Saturday. But he insisted, for the umpteenth time, that his strategy could not be faulted. "My system
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    • 398 46 MICHAEL Owen is a walking poster boy. No, really. And in a new British television series, no less. In Hero to Zero, he stars as the Michael Owen who steps out of a poster each time his troubled fan Charlie Brice needs advice. In the
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    • 202 46 OWEN appearing out of a poster to address the complex questions posed by Charlie in Hero to Zero have some child experts in Britain worried. "Footballers, and Michael Owen especially, can be great role models, but people forget that there is great child poverty
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    • 96 46 Two former football stars have gone one step further than Owen and thrown themselves full-time into acting: Former France and Manchester United star BBCCMfTONA (left) appeared in the film Oscarnominated film Elizabeth as the French Ambassador who tried to matchmake star Cate Blanchett. He has also starred
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    • 407 49 Tiger and Clarke level after first 18 holes AP. HIS talent is beyond question. Now, his fortune is beyond millions. Tiger Woods is on course to become the first billion-dollar sports star, according to his father, Earl. The 24-year-old American earned a staggering $86.4 million last year,
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    • 196 49 SPORTSMEN IN TROUBLE ENGLISH FOOTBALL CHELSEA star Jody Morris spent five hours in police custody after being involved in a boozy street brawL The England Under-21 midfielder was arrested for being drunk and disorderly on Monday afternoon less than 24 hours after he scored in Chelsea's 6-0
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    • 74 49 NBA AFP. CHARLOTTE Hornets star Anthony Mason was arrested on Saturday. He was charged with third-degree assault after fighting outside a bar in Manhattan, New York. However, Mason maintains he was acting as a peacemaker: 1 have a bull's-eye on my back. Fm supposed to be a hometown
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      254 50  -  'Singapore rugby is on the right track to international success' I By Wang Meng Meng THAT is the assessment made by the International Rugby Board officials. The board's chairman, Vernon Pugh, and his chief executive officer, Stephen Baines, were in Singapore for a two-day Rugby World Cup meeting.
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    • 337 51 ALAN Shearer last night named Emile Heakey as the striker to fill his England shirt and scoring boots. The England skipper's shock decision to quit international football this summer at the age of 29 will be a massive loss
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