The New Paper, 23 March 2000

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1 61 The New Paper
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    7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, MARCH 23 2000
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon 'I am not going to talk to you if you BEHAVE THIS WAY'
      513 2  -  BATAM/BINTAN GOVERNOR UNDER SIEGE REPORTS MELVIN SINGH THE governor of Riau is in no mood to talk to protesters who stormed his official building and broke doors and windows. One of them threw nasi bungkus (a packet
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      Lock icon Students from Jakarta?
      219 2 Over the last three months, several demonstrations have broken out in Bintan and Batam. The most troubling one in Bintan recently was also over land compensation issues. No one was injured but scenes of angry protesters carrying machetes made investors wary. But it is unusual that trouble
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon Hey kids, your parents know...
      312 6 HOT STORY Net link with school lets parents: Check on children Meet teachers online and give feedback Keep tabs on children's performance SO you wanted to go to a movie after school but were afraid your parents wouldn't like that. So you told them that
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      Lock icon 'Then I did not hear her cry any more...'
      163 6 in FSRSus THE MOTHER, Madam Preeti Kaur, 36, couldn't stop crying, clutching a pair of slippers to her chest. They belonged to her dead daughter, Saachi, eight. And it was Sukhna Kaur Sawhney, 12, (left) who told the police how the
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        Lock icon Cutting cost
        44 6 MAS MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) is planning to trim its international operations by terminating flights to some destinations, or reducing their frequencies, and closing several offices to cut costs. The national carrier was considering the moves because of low demand in certain sectors.
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        70 6 PROSTITUTION TAN Kian Peng who also called himself Peter, Jimmy and Ah Peng, was sentenced to 12 months'jail and a total of $40,000 in fine. His crime? For befriending three girls on a telephone chatline, and getting them to work as prostitutes. He found them clients and they gave
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        64 6 ESCAPE PRISON officials believe an inmate in Texas, used dental floss or a similar coated string to painstakingly cut his way out of his cell and kill a rival. Antonio Lara was accused of crawling out from under his cell bars and killing Roland Rios. It wasn't known
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        56 6 CARE THE Hotel Phoenix, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Singapore Tourism Board have introduced a multi-purpose Intelligent Key Card. It has been encoded with a fixed $20 value that can be topped up. So starting next month, tourists in Singapore can take a holdiay from
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        Lock icon US STOCKS
        28 6 The Dow Jones industrial average went down 40.64 points yesterday, to end the day at 10,866.7. The Nasdaq Composite index jumped 153.01 points, closing at 4,864.69.
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        Lock icon Get them cheap
        52 6 MAGAZINES YOU can get cheaper magazines on a Singapore website. At asiaBmart.com, magazine prices are 20 to 50 per cent lower than newsstands. The website is offering subscriptions to 600 magazine titles by airmail. The titles include Vogue, Details, PC World, Vanity Fair, Fast Company, Wired and
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        75 6 CRIME HE thought it was a black plastic bag. "I opened the door at 8 am and saw some black things. I thought it was a black plastic bag," said the 40-year-old welder, who only wanted to be known as Mr Hong. It was actually the charred remains
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        Lock icon New statistics
        62 6 CLOB CENTRAL Depository urged brokers in Singapore to continue processing up to the end of this week-end acceptances of the Effective Capital scheme to migrate the frozen Clob securities. The call comes in the wake of the latest statistics, which show that the bulk of Clob investors, almost
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        Lock icon 'Beijing fixed it'
        60 6 MERGER CHINA made it possible for Pacific Century CyberWorks to mount a successful merger bid for Cable Wireless HKT, says the Far Eastern Economic Review. The latest issue of the magazine, available today, says it was really Beijing that "worked behind the scenes to ensure that C&W
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      63 6 The Sun: Bar cracks the whip Council seeks to stop those without certs from practising International Herald Tribune: Pope affirms support for Palestinian State Asian Wall Street Journal: Lee to resign Friday as Party Chairman BBC news: The US government has agreed to pay more than half
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      55 6 The Straits Times: Sentosa tragedy The Business Times: Effective set to clinch 90% Clob acceptance Lianhe Zaobao: Chen Shui-bian invites Wang Daohan to inauguration Berita Harian: MOE and IBM set up education grant PCS morning news: Taiwan President Elect Chen Shui-bian's Democratic Progressive Party postponed its decision
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      139 6 A FILM-MAKER'S BLUjPU Just yesterday, you were driving through Indonesia with children starving along the road. Today, you are back in comfortable Singapore. It can be disorientating. Homegrown film-maker Abdul Nizam Abdul Hamid on how he felt, when he returned to Singapore after making a documentary on the
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  • Giordano
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      Lock icon Be part of our winning team
      470 7 Recruitment Photo Essay 15 years on and Giordano is still in fashion with leading-edge designs and unrivalled excellence in customer service. Recruitment Photo Essay For many of our customers, some of the best things about stepping into any Giordano store are seeing the staff
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      64 8 A fulfilling career begins at Giordano. Pick your position now! 1. Retail Executives x 2. Trainee Senior Customer m*L Service Associates 3. Customer Service Associates Sjw 4. Shop Assistants F&Olfr Position (jHti/i/h iilioii nurkdinjj 2 Diploma > I U'U'l I siu wilh ri'lrvanl cxiHTHiur Come on down to our Recruitment
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon It's not needed, says Case
      405 9 TAXI AIRPORT SURCHARGE HIKE On March 15, Singapore's four taxi companies announced that the airport taxi surcharge would be increased from $3 to $5 from April 17, to help cut passenger waiting time. This has sparked a public discussion on the issue. Many feel the
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      Lock icon THE TAXI DEBATE
      308 9 SEVERAL readers have written in to The Straits Times Forum Page to protest the taxi airport surcharge. All seven readers' letters published were against the hike, although one reader felt cabbies should not be blamed for the hike. And some had other suggestions for cutting waiting time
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      Lock icon It's too good to be true?
      426 10  -  but NOT FOR LONG By Eugene Anthony Look at this. A great offer? You bet. But there's one catch. It's a misprint. The ad offered a trip for two to New Zealand for just $1,118, including three nights' accommodation and return flight. A return
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      Lock icon Web posting wasn't Jams' work
      225 11 SPEAK B P YOUR FORUM In our Quicknews section on March 20, we reported that Ms Lydia Lu started receiving e-mail from strangers after giving personal information to Jams 2000, a pub in Clarke Quay, when she applied for membership. The details were posted on
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      128 10 There's a ,i m>'■ m 1 \;V* V 't <■ :"'V IPMRMHRI 7 i* /'W v Ml Organising a big event? Or preparing a simple get-together? What you really need is eGuide a comprehensive online guide to products and services in Singapore. With handy cross-references to suggest related items you
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      103 11 Extra Smoothness Even While Shampooing... jj Softer^ Smoother After Dry I Bio-Soft Nourishing Shampoo £r Bio-Soft a, Breakthrough! The only Shampoo that contains the unique nutrients cxJl^H. of 21st century-BMA (Bio-Mineral Acid) lended with BMA »Bio-Mineral Acid), which /Ihß provides Vitamins, Amino Acids Enzymes to nourish i»——mm—.i >-.-;■ condition hair.
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  • Great Eastern Life We take cane of you for life
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      493 12  -  Even your bed can be a dangerous place... By Genevieve Jiang HE walks with a limp. His hands tremble. And he has weak eyesight. Muhamad Azrin Mohd Asmawi is only three. But when he was two, he thought he was spiderman. The tot opened the hinged glass
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      Lock icon A safe home for kids
      98 12 Here are some tips from the Child Safety Centre at KK Women's and Children's Hospital: InthtMtchw Keep items like detergents, matches, medicines and sharp objects out of reach. Avoid using tablecloths, which children can easily tug at, causing sharp objects on the table to fall.
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      112 12 SF! nri i In 1998,1 in 12 school children jft/jtiE Child-related illnesses are on the rise. So is the cost of treating them. Now there's MeduCare. The only education savings plan that covers the following: Severe Asthma Insulin-dependent Diabetes Mellitus Leukaemia Rheumatic Fever with Valvular Impairment Bone Marrow Transplant Kawasaki
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    313 13  -  DEATH IN HOUGANG SIMGAPORETODAY By. Jason Tan How? How did our beloved 14-month-old baby fall from our third-storey flat? How could it happen when she could barely walk? A sad young couple in Hougang must be asking themselves these questions over and over again.
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      Lock icon I didn't like maths
      423 15  -  EDUCATION SEMINAR, organised by FTMS and THE NEW PAPER Yesterday we introduced Mr Balbeer Singh Mangat. one of the speakers at the seminar. Today, meet another, accountant Fung Chee Kong By Koh Zong Fen BORING, conservative, penny-pinching. That's what accountants are like, right? Wrong, said Mr
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      101 15 Mr FUNG Chee Kong will be speaking at the last of two education seminars jointly organised by FTMS Business Computing School and The New Paper. This seminar is for those aged 16 to 20 who have just completed their O levels or A levels, especially those who
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      295 15 PUBLIC FORUM on 'Stroke and diabetes' organised by the Diabetic Society of Singapore come and listen to three experts and learn about What is stroke? How stroke is treated in the 21st century. How do we help stroke patients and their families return to normal life? SfMim Dale Saturday Bih
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      616 16 EXPRESSIONS Join us as we celebrate 10 glorious years of Wellness and success! -T~k Expressions would like to say 'thank ffissioNs Iwm IaLLUI most lavish events by Expressions, this yy A J y. 2-day Millennium Wellness Lifestyle Celebration Bash will impress Ofcltyl® with its extravagant Ime-up of surprises. There will
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      Lock icon Parents, too, have a role
      494 17 PRE SCHOOL EDUCATION DEBATE Jsay^ f that,/ Kagaii^ SO you were worried about your child's first day in primary school? You should have seen the teacher. It turns out the primary schools have a tough time too licking into shape the mixed bunch of six-year-olds
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      Lock icon Exercise your choice
      141 17  -  I SAY, I SAY I COMMENT ABHIJIT NAG SO is there a need to regulate pre-school? Yes. Psychologists say children learn quickest between the ages of two and six. So pre-school is important. Parents must do their part, but education isn't simply the three Rs and IQ.
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      Lock icon Was Mozart really an old fart?
      74 18 mui<mui< yjw ■■>\ >'■' "fff Emmanud Natban, c< pi*—tarof Symplwy 92AFM, plan to make thdr mooring thow, Bagab I Bugle*, appealing t» ■■dhacMi Ai 7fwjjwfi The great thing about classical music is that it has no liluSMj A lot of people say they listen
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      240 18 WcitoK the Jy Hottest 1 dance on the planet... ot Liang ComH v TKe kottest moves, tke coolest grooves it's oil Kip and happening at Liang Cout^l I TKis weekend/ some of Singapore's best solo dancers are competing at tke Singapore Planet Dance™ Okampionskips finals! A L Watck tkeir coolest,
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Hand gesture trouble in by-election
      439 20 PAS VS UMNO The Sanggang by-election is a straight fight between Umno candidate Redzwan Harun, 49, and PAS candidate Datuk Hishamuddin Yahaya, 60. Umno stalwarts, like Mr Adnan, have been working tirelessly to make sure Sanggang does not fall into PAS hands. PAS won two
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      Lock icon Monica bags more attention
      169 20 Reuters. MONICA Lewinsky's 15 minutes of fame, it seems, aren't over yet. Hundreds of people turned up on Wednesday for the former White House intern's appearance at Henri Bendel, an upscale New York store that is exclusively selling her line of handbags. While a few shopped,
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      Lock icon Just hot air in there?
      72 21 Hnusmutf Britain's Queen Elizabeth and husband Prince Philip, now visiting Australia, came face-to-face with a traditional Aboriginal didgerldoo player. The prince asked trainee museum curator Robert Siockee If there was anything inside that tube: No, you play it with your mouth and lungs. I learned
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      479 21 Wire services. BY Tuesday night, gunman Joseph Palczynski had held the three hostages for nearly five days. He had continually threatened Lyn Whitehead, 40, her boyfriend Andy McCord and Mr McCord's son, Bradley, 12. US police had surrounded the house in Maryland, US, ever since
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      Lock icon $10 BILLION gone in a flash
      438 22 So what does tycoon say? "IT feels like nothing, actually. I mean, it comes, it goes, right?" Billionaire Michael Saylor's fortune of more than $10 billion (US$6 billion) was wiped out yesterday in just a few hours of trading one of the worst one-day
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      274 22 CRIMINALS, perhaps, are expected to behave badly in court. But lawyers?! This happened in a court in Calcutta on March 15: Lawyers went berserk, ransacked the chief metropolitan magistrate's office and even beat senior police officers. They also stalled court proceedings that Wednesday. They were "protesting" against
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      335 23 Toronto University police break up students' resistance by playing Backstreet Boys loud MUSIC usually lifts the mood. This once it is being used to "kill softly". Student protesters at the University of Toronto in Canada have been facing a different kind of music for the past six
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      235 23 After forcing a boy to have sex with his sister THEY said "the idea to kill just came to us". But you don't kill friends just like that? they were asked. "We were friends, but we killed them." Call it coid-bioodedness or monstrosity, three
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      121 21 second night's stay. Your wish for a longer holiday just came true. Frankly, a day at our resorts sQ) is hardly enough to take it all in. So if you do not want to leave disappointed, take advantage of this second enticing bonus. From 22 March 4 April 2000, you'll
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      455 22 Call Uoice Line for uoice analysi^^ 1900-912-4567 When you say these three little words to our Voice Line, you'll get a fascinating voice analysis of your personality, J job compatibility and which musical instrument matches your vioce. All by just saving "I Love you" iu)veyou* Call are charged 90 cents
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      421 24 How do you make a student fall love with a sonnet? Or see the painting behind a poem? Enthusiasm certainly help. As a there are many ways to make lessons JH WjmtA interesting. If you are passionate about what you teach, it will rub off on your classes. 4^PMH The
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      411 25 Less able men hired instead LAW SUIT 1 Source: AP. FOR more than 20years, two US agencies fixed their hiring processes to discriminate against women in favour of men. In some cases, the agencies even resorted to changing application test scores and destroying
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      Lock icon 'Beer job made me an alcoholic'
      277 25 LAW SUIT 2 Reuters. THE job as a beer-taster involved years of "tasting" up to 12 litres a day (about 24 mugs). That job turned him into an alcoholic, claimed Brazilian brewer Bernd Naveke. So he sued his former boss, the Brahma beer company.
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      Lock icon No, no, no, US secret service
      425 26 THEY are used to getting their way, whether in Guatemala or Gabon. The men and women of the United States Secret Service are considered the world's best threat-busters. They know it and, they figure, the rest of the world should know it, too. Which
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      189 26 SURE, it was the Taj Mahal and all that but US President Bill Clinton didn't let the eternal lover's monument distract him. For the umpteenth time, during his speech to the Indian Parliament, he urged the Indian government to talk to Pakistan about its dispute over Kashmir. Despite
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      32 25 W4 $OQ specially selected models on mens' and ladies' Hush Puppies footwear. From 24 26 March HUSH PUPPIES* Puppies Boutiques Ngee Ann #02-21 Tampines Mall #01-09 Great World City #02-10 OUB Centre
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      82 27 MM .Sunday 2000 May zi 10km Entry Fun Walker Walker Draw I a. 2nd 3rd Prizes 4th Prize A 60 Holiday for two RANGER I Nolr 68? Notebook Goodie Bags c i k H 2 m, sth 17th Prizes 18th 32nd Prizes limited edition G Shock wotch AGFA 1712U %<onnei
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    Lock icon Another day, another movie
    505 28  -  E T CETERA WITH YONG SIEW FERN I HATE the Oscars. For a whole year, I have to put up with movies about scheming teens, horny teens, bumbling adults, evil forces, loser brides and bachelors... Then in just the past month, I ended up asking the
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      133 28 COMTCHtU'cf The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh IMF Is 1 ISsW lam® I IH^lsr Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson IHit NO U UKHL /Tl\ HOT WTW MFTtR I'M DC>U£ WATCHING WOW SMS X UGU, I ONLI tfrjjf I XOUft VWCWORK SKTUfc HERE. "IN, UtU Ttll ME VWAT TMt >W SVOULD UKE NATURE isootc.
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    Lock icon Just pure luck
    774 30  -  BY Teo Kuan Yee GO within a 3-m radius of Michelle Chia and you'll feel this sudden zap as if you've just been hit by electric currents. It starts the moment she arrives, all slim figure and long hair, with eyes like large sparkling pools. She extends
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    263 30 Attracting foreigners "I was at New York's airport with a friend. My boyfriend was a distance away. This cool, tall, Afro-American dude came ud and said: 1 don't know much about algebra, I don't know much about science, but one thing I do know is that you're
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      37 30 IN FOCUS TOMORROW FOR FRESH, CONTEMPORARY VIEWS in zb fc3fch«iP J>Xi NOW E IS FOR EXHIBITION Welcome 10 the exciting The mighty computer will change the way we lead our lives. Find out how in zbNOW. ;v:'i
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    683 31 is/plow I Ulg/hlt j WE'RE talking about life behind prison bars. Some prisoners have to take turns sleeping because there is no space for them to lie down together all at once. Others have to spend days and nights eating, working, watching television and sleeping in the
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Lock icon Pass the towels, please!
      502 32  -  By Teo Kuan Yee IF you are a Wu Bai fan, don't make the mistake of hugging your idol immediately after his concert. Especially if you don't want to get soaked. 'Hie Taiwanese rocker perspires like an open tap. "I have this habit of leaving lots
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      Lock icon WANT TO SEE AQUA?
      105 32 WATCH Lene and the rest of Aqua perform soon in Singapore. The group from Denmark, best known for dance-floor hits like Barbie Girl and Turn Back Time, will perform in a showcase at the Sentosa Music Fountain on March 31. It will be singing songs from
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      Lock icon When men become boys
      123 33 HERE is what the manly stars of Friends do for male bonding. They slug it out with Play Station games during film breaks. "They are your typical boys," said co-star Jennifer Aniston on Matt Leßlanc, Matthew Perry and David Schwimmer. "If you were to look up
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      Lock icon OFFSCREEN JOKER
      42 33 Off-camera, he's all Jokes. He tells jokes up to the point where the director yells,'Actionl' And then he goes Into character so easily. Wes Bentleyon American Beauty co-star Kevin Spacey (left). Bentley plays Spacey's troubled young neighbour in the movie
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      Lock icon AAAAGH, NO
      44 33 Less fun than you might imagine. A group of journalists just asked me what I'd do if they all turned into John Malkovich. I'd run screaming. —John Malkovich, (left) star of Being John Malkovich, on what it's really like being John Malkovich
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      Lock icon SHE WORE THAT?
      33 33 I don't care who wins. I just want people to wear bad clothes so that I can ridicule them. —Actress Jamie Lee Curtis (right) on her picks for the Oscars
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      Lock icon JUST LIKE BABIES
      29 33 For most men, most of the time, you Just rub a pair of breasts in their faces and they're pretty happy. Species star Natasha Henstridge (left)
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    Lock icon One dream Netted
    305 34 1 i (lias sail LIVE your dreams and make them come true. That's what entrepreneur Alvin Sabai did 10 years ago. Today, the 35 year old is venturing into yet another business of his own ifood.com.sg an Internet website that provides online point-of-sale systems to cafes, restaurants,
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      39 34 JOB ADS inside Many Aspire, Few Attain Be part of a dot.com start-up Bold and Beautiful Join the team at Popolos Bar Restaurant Draw, Doodle Design If these are your forte, we have something for you. j fastadt j
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      661 35 Career 'mice Established shipping company in Jurong (near Jurong East MRT) requires: 1) ADMIN. ASSISTANT Speak and write English Good typing skills Computer literate s'/i day work/ week 2) OPERATIONS ASST7 BOARDING OFFICER Portnet/ Marine Net literate PSA/ Immigration clearance procedures Work irregular hours Experience in handling conventional cargo 3)
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    Lock icon Determine your destiny
    253 36 FROM PAGE 36 CAREER CHOICE Have you always wanted to set up your own business? Yes, I've always wanted to run my own business. When you run your own business, to some extent you determine your destiny. Unless you run the business as if it's your own,
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      184 36 Rainforest Cafe is a combination Retail. Restaurant and Entertainment experience. 5Ai fF are now hiri ng for the first Flagship unit in Singapore, opening soon at Liang Court in April 2000. Experience all the sights, sounds Tand smells of a real rainforest including daily ««t. thunderstorms, elephant stampedes, gorilla gatherings
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      126 50 .LIVE FROM DUBAI LOCAL racegoers will now have the chance to cheer for the circuit's megastar Ouzo on Saturday when he tackles an international field in the Godolphin Mile in Dubai. The 1,600 m listed race on dirt will be telecast live from
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      296 51  -  BY Tan Thean Loon SINGAPORE racing has received another boost thanks to Seagram, distributors of the popular Martell cognac. Sponsorship is the mainstay of racing in most countries and Seagram will add glamour to local racing with The Martell Cup on April 8. The 1,400
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      890 51 RACE 1: RACE FOR GLORY was withdrawn when found to be lame near-fore. SONIC JET jumped awkwardly out, brushing the outside gate, was slow into stride and showed no pace. SUPER WOLVERINE jumped awkwardly with his head in the air. Near the 900 m,
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      322 52  -  KRANJI TRACKWORK By Danny Khoo IT MAY be worth keeping a close watch on True General when he lines up in the Maiden Class 1,400 m race on Saturday. For the three-year-old by Festal looked much improved when he cantered a lap with New Zealand jockey David
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      193 52 Dubai World Cup AP. SAINTS HONOR, taking a fast gallop around the track, earned an approving nod from his California-based trainer four days before the US$6 million (5510.2 million) Dubai World Cup. Craig Dollase, 30, won the 1998 Breeders Cup sprint with outsider Reraise,
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      441 52 NST LUCKY KEIKEI should give a good account of herself in Sunday's Maiden Stakes for two and three-year-olds over 1,200 m, judging by her stylish workout on a yielding track in Ipoh yesterday. The three-year-old Australian-bred strode out fluently over
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      459 55 Wire services JACK Wong, cyberstar? That's a distinct possibility for Singapore's veteran bowling champion (right) if a bold plan to launch bowling in cyberspace takes off. A trio of Internet millionaires yesterday bought the Pro Bowlers Association (PBA) from its 2,800 members in the United
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      284 55 Wire services HE'S a national hero and a veteran of 41 rugby internationals for Scotland. But now it seems that David Hilton isn't even Scottish. The veteran prop has been ruled ineligible to play for Scotland after relatives tracing their family tree made
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      971 56 LEAGU CHELSEA RARELY can qualifying for the Champions League quarter-finals ever be such an anti-climax. Poor Chelsea succumbed to its first-ever home defeat in Europe in 42 years when it went down 2-1 against Italian Serie A club Lazio at Stamford Bridge early this morning. But
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      108 56 The big betters now have less faith in Chelsea after its shock Stamford Bridge defeat early this morning. The Blues (Chelsea's nickname) have drifted to 12-1 from 7-1 in Champions League betting with bookmakers William Hill after the 2-1 loss to Italian club Lazio. The latest betting
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      276 56 IB UU-A cupß LEEDS manager David O'Leary fears a potential Uefa Cup semi-final showdown with his former club Arsenal. He is bracing for the prospect of an explosive "Battle of Britain" clash if the two Premiership clubs get past to the last four of the tournament. The mouthwatering
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      514 58 SINGAPORE ATHLETICS IN CRISIS ITS high noon. The guns will be drawn on Friday next week. Two lawyers who are not the best of friends will square off against each other. In one corner is Loh Lin Kok (above left), the embattled leader of
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      104 58 SAFFC v Marine Castle (Jurong Stadium) NURULAINIARIFFIN, girlfriend of SAFFC goalkeeper Rezal Hassan: if the Warriors can play to their high standards, Rezal and his team-mates can win 3-0. No disrespect to Marine Castle, but I think the Warriors have better players. Geytang Utd v Clement! Khalsa
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      281 58  -  By Wang Meng Meng JASON AINSLEY will be back in Singapore tomorrow morning. But who will he play for Balestier Central or Jurong FC? A source said that the former Jurong midfielder, who netted 19 goals last season, is likely to sign for the Tigers (Balestier's nickname),
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      201 59 OBITUARY The most spectacular bicycle kick is when a player has his back to the goal but still manages to score while being'Mind'. AP. CARLO Parola, the Italian soccer star credited with inventing the bicycle kick, died yesterday in Milan. He was 79. A family spokesman
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      153 59 Wire services. YOU can never be quite sure what you are going to get when you sign a foreign player. Ask English First Division club Bolton Wanderers. It has been stunned by the news that new signing Con Boutsianis will stand trial in his native Australia
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      407 59 AFP. Remember this? Michael Jordan floating through the air and dunking the ball effortlessly into the net. Well the secret is out. The former Chicago Bulls superstar cut his finger so badly in his final season (1998) that he was unable to grip the
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