The New Paper, 9 April 2000

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  • 23 1 the newpaper APRIL 9, 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings I on Sunday 70 CENTS I http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 107/03/99 8IIH >
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  • NEWS
    • 274 2 BUT a London Court of Appeal found that the crimes of which he had been convicted "certainly never happened". He spent almost 15 years in jail for the alleged rape and assault of a student nurse. Roy Burnett, 56, a
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    • 396 2 ALL may not be well between Taiwan's president-elect Chen Shui-bian and his deputy Annette Lu Hsiu-lien. Taiwan's newspapers are abuzz with rumours of a rift at the top, says the South China Morning Post. Mr Chen and Ms Lu, the vice-president-elect. deny any friction. But the
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    • 347 3 Everybody's rushing for the seafood spread. Wonder if they're aware that the highlights aren't found on the menu? Come join us from 7 to 9 April as we kick off the Clarke Quay Food Festival with a fantastic weekend launch! Opening with a bang! ie y transform mundane meals into
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  • NEWS
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      864 4  -  THE MEN WHO DARED TO TELL SM LEEWHATTOPO You could call it a dream assignment. A chance to photograph Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Two photographers got just that chance and to 'direct'SM Lee in the process by Gloria Chandy FEW men would dare tell Senior Minister
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    • 531 5 He asked SM to change tie THE MEN WHO DARED TO TELL SM LEE WHAT TO DO AND Mr Lee Kuan Yew did! Veteran lensman K F Seetoh was photographing Mr Lee for official pre-Election poster portraits in 1996 when he made the request. He had been given 10 minutes
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    • 634 6 THE MAN HIS LIFE Turns 60 on Dec 8. Got diploma in architecture from the Singapore Polytechnic School of Architecture. Staunch advocate of urban centres a mix of commercial buildings with homes, recreation and other facilities. His Tropical City concept was tested in 1989. He was
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    • 302 6 'THEY did the wrong things for the right reasons." That's how Mr Tay Kheng Soon sees Singapore's planners. High-rise towers do not impress him. He mourns the loss of authentic architecture, old buildings and the memories tied up with them. "All we know is to make
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    • 423 7  -  mA BIG WALK 2000 WALK SHOP The next Walkshop is at Suntec City, April 22. Be entertained by American singer Winzel. Get some tips from Reebok on shoe shape and the proper footwear and be energised by the Reebokxercise demo. The show is from 12 pm to
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  • 501 8  -  What's IT? Read 0n..ml Guest Editor Diana Ser Former TCS compere THE WEEK NEXT WEEK; TCS actor Tay Ping Hui I WAS sixteen and going on my first date, and my mother was zipping me up in my brand new Rest Relax dress.
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    • 107 9 THERE are 171 inmates aged from 15 to 40 studying in the Kaki Bukit medium-security prison school. They can study for 0, N and A levels or take up NTC3 (National Trades Certificate III) vocational training. Worker Improvement Through Secondary Education (Wise) classes are also offered
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    • Article, Illustration
      494 9  -  By Chua Wei Yng HE wanted to go to prison. To teach, that is. After teaching in normal schools for four years, Mr Harcharan Singh (left), 30, specially requested to teach at the prison school in Kaki Bukit Centre. "It's a very challenging environment because here I get
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    • 177 9 SEAN (not his real name) was from a top school. But the Secondary 4 student, charged with four counts of molest, pleaded guilty in August last year. He had attacked and molested his female victims in Housing Board lifts in the Übi estate around midnight. Although
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  • NEWS
    • 695 11 ONE YEAR AFTER: HOW PfITIN 'NO MONEY' IS DOING It's been a year since The New Paper on Sunday was launched. And on our front page was the story of Madam Sandra Ng, estranged wife of millionaire Datuk Peter Kuah. They are still embroiled in a
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    • 91 11 MADAM Sandra Ng is fighting Datuk Peter Kuah over assets and shares worth more than $15 million. Datuk Kuah, in a court statement, defended his position in their soured-up marriage, saying that she drove him into the arms of other women by preferring the company of her
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    • 535 12  -  I ONE YEAR LATERE: REPORT WOON WUI TEK ONE evening during the last Hari Raya Puasa, a man and his wife sat down together for a hurried meal. They had just 15 minutes to gulp down cold home-cooked dishes (though they weren't even at home). Yet,
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    • 49 12 If people in her constituency (Permatang Pauh in Penang) accept her as their leader, we accept that. But... she's poisoning the minds of the people. Criticising the government without giving good suggestions... No, she hasn't changed at all! Mr Mohamad Suparadi, Information Chief ofUmno Youth.
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    • 63 12 (At a recent Chinese New Year l#nch) r twas impressed by the way she could go up to the stage and give a Chinese New Year speech without a text. That 1 8 rarely seen in a politician's early stages. Dr Rust am Sani, vice-president of the
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  • 427 13 Politics has changed her a little HOW ANWAR'S WIFE IS FARING IN HER FAMILY AND POLITICAL LIVES IF you ask Dr Wan Azizah a direct question, expect a blunt answer. Might more people now believe her husband was guilty (of corruption or sodomy)? "It's hard to say. All the propaganda
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    • 364 13 Explore llem Teachin? G Learnin? Experiences at Singapore's Largest Educational Event he /earning 7-11 April 2000 Level 6, Halls 602 603 Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre 7 April: 2 pm 9 pm *8-10 April: 10 am 9 pm 11 April: 10 am 6 pm Visit The Learning Metropolis, the most
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  • EXPAT
    • 950 14  -  By Shelley Taylor I STEP into the lecture theatre. I walk into the tutorial room. Everywhere I turn, I see so many young faces. I think: "God, am I the oldest student on campus?" I wouldn't be surprised if I was the
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    • 309 14 I HAVE never lived in a hostel. Now I do. I have a room to myself, instead of sharing. I usually wake up between 6.30 and 7.15 am. Sometimes It's really difficult to wake up if I had only a couple of hours sleep due to
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    • 465 14 Bom in the gym AS far as I can recall, this is the second time in the last three years that the paper has featured expatriates on a regular basis. The first, in 1998, was a series of 12 reports profiling expat personalities in sports, entertainment and business. That series
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    • 122 14 @home FOR those who are new in town, and those who are not so new, the expat page is just for YOU. Even for those who are reading this from our website (http://newpaper.asia I .com.sg/pages/expathtml) and are planning to move here. It's a place where you talk to us. tell
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 217 15  -  By Brian Miller LOOK at the picture. What strikes you? Receding hairlines. The unmistakable paunch. Wrinkles. Crow's feet. Bi-focals. It's just a picture of a group of old men posing with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Or is it? Look harder. Away from
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    • 230 15 YOU, as the parent, will have to go back to school. Yes, don't be surprised to find out that you, too, will have to attend rehabilitation programmes. Because when the Children and Young Persons Act is amended later this year, it will become compulsory for
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 73 15 LUFTHANSA and Singapore Airlines are likely to lead a bid by the Star Alliance group of carriers for a stake in Thai Airways International. Lufthansa's chairman Karl-Friedrich Rausch announced this at a meeting organised by the 11-member Star Alliance yesterday Thailand's government, which now owns 93 per
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      • 69 15 THE Government will match public donations, dollar for dollar, up to $40 million, for medical research. The fund, called the Health Research Endowment Fund, was set up this month. The money will be on top of the $50 million a year given out by the National Medical
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      • 80 15 THREE smokers in the US have been awarded nearly US$l3 million ($22.1 million) compensation in a ruling which could pave the way for much larger damages against the tobacco industry. A jury in Florida found the tobacco firms responsible for causing cancer and other illnesses in the
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      • 78 15 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair and his pregnant wife, Cherie, have turned down several six-figure offers for the first pictures of their fourth child due in about six weeks. Instead, the Times said that the Blairs has decided to hire a photographer to capture the first
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      • 61 15 SINGAPORE biotechnology company, Genelabs Diagnostics, is fighting France's Pasteur Institute and pharmaceutical company, Bioßad Pasteur, in a multi-million dollar High Court case. Genelabs is appealing against an earlier judgment, which found it guilty of infringing the patent rights on test-kits to detect a new HFV virus, by making
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      • 67 15 MALAYSIA'S central bank said yesterday that criminal syndicates were behind a rash of automatic teller machine (ATM) thefts with "cloned" cards. And this has sparked fears of a run on the country's banks. Bank Negara Malaysia chief Ali Abul Hassan Sulaiman said his bank had been directed
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    • 114 15 SUNDAY VOCAL JAM: You don't have to be a professional singer to join in this jam session of a cappella songs. So, drag that family member who likes to sing in the bathroom down today to the YMS Arts Centre, 54 Waterloo Street. And get set to
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 59 15 Showers with thunder expected over most areas in the predrawn hour* and early morning. Gusty winds are expected in showers/thunderstorms. fas. north Thunderstorm sunrise 7:02 on west Thunderstorms sunset 7:llpm centrol Thunderstorms moonrise 10:59 om south Showers moonset 11:32 pm eost Thunderstorms (MM..! 2.9 m: 1:30 a mimmur 24 C
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  • NEWS
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      339 18 ITS hard to imagine a more horrific death. Death by fire. But it wasn't an accident. No, this was murder. Murder of the worst kind. What happened to Mrs Yoko Fukaya, 64, and Ms Katsuko Takahashi, 59, is enough to give anyone nightmares. Their killers forced the two
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    • 431 19 FRIENDSHIP can be a powerful healer. The longer schoolboy Alistair Bannon lay in a coma, the less hope doctors had of him making a recovery. The lively eight-year-old had suffered multiple skull fractures in a road accident. He had brain swellings
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    • 162 19 EMPLOYERS, today's your last chance to nominate your maid for our Maid off the Year contest. Remember, your maid bought you time time away from housework to do other things like go to work or spend more time with your spouses and your kids. It's time
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    • 451 20  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY THE sailors were merrily drinking cans of beer to celebrate their return from East Timor and partying with a female shipmate. She was clad in a T-shirt and underpants, and laughing with them. One hugged her,
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    • 121 20 SIX other sailors, including the sailor who went overboard, combat systems operator AB Gibbons, were fined at an earlier hearing for breaching orders with their party. The chief of the navy, Vice-Admiral David Shackleton, said in February the navy was "saddened" by the incident, which was contrary
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    • 284 21 Dog's paw pads torn off Wire services. THE dog refused to get into its owner's car. So the owner decided to teach it a lesson. Thai Nguyen, 53, allegedly tied the chow mix dog's leash to the bumper of his car and drove off
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    • 931 22 In April last year, 15 people were killed when two students went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in the US. Three months later, in a quiet suburb in Chicago, another madman —Benjamin Smith (left) went on a shooting rampage that left
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    • 138 23 ri- 1 v CT I "T* I http://newpaper.asial.com.sg :J What's It about: §Yes, It Girl. You're part of x The New Paper's It Squad. It is where it's happening, what it's about and what we think people want to see. events which are interesting, Indeed, and on the Internet^aswelK^^^^^^^^ M
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    235 24 http://newpaper.asia I .com.sg THIS IS Louis Vuitton spent $1.5 million on a lavish party at the Four Seasons Hotel to celebrate the opening of its first South-east Asian concept store at Takashimaya. The It Squad was there to catch some of the action. Photographs by HO KEEN FJ
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  • Article, Illustration
    198 25 It was an energetic performance with lots of high-kicking legs and wonderful music. The It Squad was at the cast party at the Marina Mandarin to ask some people what they thought about the show. Photographs by KENNETH KOH Chen Han Wei: Your hair's longer than mine Ivan:
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  • 195 25 The It Squad was at Audi's launch of its TT Coupe and the opening of its new showroom. Photographs by HO KEEN FI Ivan: Lovely showroom. Eileen: Wait till you see the car. Ivan: Isn't that what we're here for? Eileen: Oh, I thought
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  • THIS IS
    • 544 26  -  http://newpaper.asia! .com. sg THE soundtrack of The Swimming Instructor features a new remake of the Abba song Honey, Honey [by John Klass, performed by John and Jamie], Victims [an original song by Klass sung by EchoßoysJ, and Dive [an original song by Ken Low sung by
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    • 104 26 Meet Jamie co LOG on and win with The Electric New Paper and Action Theatre. You could be one of five lucky winners to get: A pair of tickets to the Sunday matinee performance of The Swimming Instructor at 42 Waterloo Street on April 16 An autographed CD and poster
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    • 128 26 The It Squad would like to thank Style consultant Georgie Vam (left). Make-up: Dily Wang from Beauty Image. Tel: 733-9909. Hair Leongand Kervin Lau of the Salon, Georgie Yam. Styling: R S Danny, Pager: 9276-0208. Wardrobe: Eileen's outfits Emporio Armani at HPL House and Rachel B at Hilton Hotel. Ivan's
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  • 674 31  -  Cookiejar By NgWan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg IF you love food, read on. World Gourmet Summit 2000 (WGS 2000) starts today. You can take part in chefs' master classes and high-level cookouts where internationally-acclaimed chefs will put together mouth-watering concoctions. This is the fourth year that
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  • 1049 33  -  By Michelle Choh michchoh@sph.com.sg BE happy. Very happy. Your wildest dream is about to come true. Earlier this week, I did a little shopping after work. I was eyeing this white T-shirt. Didn't matter that I've got another 10 similar ones in
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  • 390 34 PhotoFeature FRIDAY night's a snap when it comes to shooting. Shooting the young and the restless. The bold and the beautiful. Girls. The babes. Single and professional. Professional singles? Your guess is better than mine. I only take the pictures. Fresh off the boat myself from
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  • SingleColumn
    • Article, Illustration
      358 36  -  After one year of single-minded pursuit... Edited by Lela Jalil lela@sph.com.sg TRUTH: This column in The New Paper on Sunday might never have seen light of day. The idea came about when a group of us brainstormed for ideas for the launch of this paper. Every one
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    • 185 36  -  by JASON TAN I'M now wary of introducing myself as Jason Tan from The New Paper. On Wednesday, I interviewed a vice-principal because one of her teachers had asked students to slap other students in class. Halfway through, the worried-looking VP went: "Er, are you
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    • 163 36  -  by NORHAYATI ABDUL AZIZ WHEN my first Single Column was published in May last year, I received several e-mail from other singles. One thought my piece was very calm and collected. Another thought I was brave to reveal my feelings. To quote her: "I salute you
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  • SeenHeard
    • Article, Illustration
      68 37 East Is East THE MOVIE George Khan is a proud Pakistani and chips-shop owner who thinks he's raising seven children to be respectable Pakistanis. But his children are caught between bell-bottoms and arranged marriages. And George's English wife, Ella, is caught between trying to honour her husband and wanting
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    • 362 37  -  by MICHELLE CHOH EAST Is East made me laugh so hard, I almost fell off my seat. But it also made me want to cry You will identify with many of the issues the characters face, either as someone's child or
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  • 409 38  -  Freeze Frame: Maneer Khan (Emil Marwa) is at a pub, drinking beer for the first time in his life. Maneer "It's me stag night. I'm getting married." His friend: "Who are you getting married to?" Maneer "I don't know, my father hasn't bothered introducing us yet."
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  • 180 38 The Wolf from Inside Out Film in his online review: "Ayub Khan-Din has opened out his play brilliantly, recreating the feel of being half Pakistani and wholly English, living in a house without a bath or inside toilet at a time when brown feces were not so common.
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  • JOKE, JOKE
    • 64 38 MR SMITH goes to see his supervisor in the front office. "Boss," he says. "We're doing some heavy house-cleaning at home tomorrow,and my wife needs me to help with the attic and the garage, moving and hauling stuff." "We're short-handed, Smith," the boss replies. "I can't give you
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    • 47 38 RESOLVING to surprise her husband, an executive's wife stopped by his office. She found him with his secretary sitting in his lap. Without hesitating, he dictated: "...and in conclusion, gentlemen, shortage or no shortage. I cannot continue to operate this office with just one chair."
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    • 57 38 "WHEN I was a youngster." complained the frustrated father, shaking his head, "I was disciplined by being sent to my room without supper. "But our son has his own colour TV, phone, computer and CD player." "So what do you do when your son misbehaves?" asked his
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    • 54 38 AFTER the party, as the couple is driving home, the woman asks her husband: "Honey, has anyone ever told you how handsome,sexy and irresistible to women you are?" The flattered husband says: "No, dear they haven't." The wife yells: "Then what the heck gave you THAT idea
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  • Page 39 Miscellaneous
    • 541 39 f"! CALL: 873-3333 k" I sm6AFOMCA.iI vision 24-hour subscription sales hotline movies boss' ancestral roots for the advancement of his political career. thur Money Kings What Marcy does not count on is v I Oprn Vinnie is a local bar owner who being stuck in a Matchmaking festival, J supplements
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 512 40 1.. 7T. |T 7TT A f 7 YukYuu to carry out his conspiracy. Li Highlight Of the Week becomes a changed man. He covets for power and authority and forgets all gratitude and friendship, harming those who are against JVBIOM family current affairs/education today SO Years of I Love Lucy
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  • Venue
    • 818 41  -  3»| FUJI FILM JET, SET, GO Shopping. The one word that can send some people okay, mostly women into a feeding frenzy. And one place where you really can get dizzy is Thailand, where loads of stuff are cheap
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    • 73 41 TOUR agencies offer very good prices for accommodation and flight. Depending on which hotel you stay at, a three night four day package (which includes breakfast and transfers) can cost anything between $250 to $390. Shop around for the best deal. Thai Airways and Singapore Airlines
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  • 386 42  -  C l A P AND HIP: STYLE FOR T II t li u i> I i < u u r i ft n V;V2*hsSXK' vV Chip hy Cuol leong BpBWBCT' DURING my mother's generation, a woman waited for a man to buy her a diamond. Now, who
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  • What's the point?
    • 416 43  -  SINGAPORE'S LAZIEST HUMORIST A. r ßy Toh Paik Choo paikchoo@sph.com.sg FIRST up, call it Ministry ofYoof. Why? Because it is at once both gawky and insolent, which should just about cover any pair of Levis aged between 13 and 23. (24? You've done two laps
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    • 392 43 HOW other people make love, is, frankly, their business. But no, clearly this is too simplistic a thought for the scatter brain of Ally Mcßeal. So what does the stick insect do? In the season opener, she mistakes a carwash for a
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  • Aggie
    • 290 44 MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY I'M taking my O levels this year. Although my dad has a bad temper and is unable to manage his finances wisely he'd rather splurge on his friends than help my mum pay the household bills he is
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    • 138 44 SICK of life is a 18-year-old girl who is being controlled by her family. She said her parents have never respected her feelings and her grandmother is a fierce lady. Whatever she does has to be according to her grandmother's wishes. She feels
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    • 108 44 NO parent or grandparent fin your case) like to be talked back to. Neither do adults or teens like yourself like to be treated like children. There is no easy solution to your predicament, except I should think, communication. I'm sure you are a level-headed
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    • 144 44 GIVE your elders time and talk to them. Maybe I am much luckier than you. My elders are much more open-minded. But I can still sympathise with your situation. Perhaps you should first talk to your grandmother and parents about your views and unhappiness over their over-assertive
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    • 585 45 I'M 17 and will be sitting for my O levels this year. About a month ago, I got to know a guy, F, who is 19 and taking a diploma course in business studies. I am now deeply in love
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    • 268 45 I AM 30 and single. I have never had a relationship with a single woman. I'm not good at communicating with my female peers. After a short conversation, they mostly tell me that I am boring. Is there any way that I can improve on
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    • Puberty
      • 281 45 n c ears the air over teen sex issues I AM a 16-year-old boy. Ql feel like a pervert. I like to wear a bra and panties and pretend that I'm a woman. I even wear pantyhose and stuff tissue paper into my bra. I also
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      • 160 45 0 DO you wear women's clothes and wonder why? You could fall into one of four categories. Fetishism: Here, an object, garment or part of the body becomes the sexual attraction. For instance, it might be a bra, used underpants, rubber or
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    • 45 45 CALL US 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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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 933 46 [rv oday] Tlirn The Matchmaker Before Sunrise |W I Cinemax (Ch 59), 9 pm Variety Vision II (Ch 56), Barcelona HQ Marcy is a loyal campaign staffer for a 5.15 pm n m senator who is having a hard time Qiang goes to the mainland to visit his A nerdy
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  • 719 47  -  SUZANNE WALKER WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN I A SoSueMe by Suzanne Walker LONG before Hello Kitty, I have longed to visit Japan. I've been told the KFC tastes better there, the ice-cream sundaes heavenly, shopping centres better planned and the people gorgeous-looking. In secondary school, I daydreamed
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  • 647 48  -  ACTOR LIM KAY TONG WR,TES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN Column by Lim Kay Tong I LOVE browsing. Through old things, old neighbourhoods, old documents. There are still areas in Singapore, a street or a row of buildings, which have kept their character, and I love
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  • Tune in, Decibels chill out
    • 137 49  - Ayu-mix II (US Euro Version) Ayumi Hamasaki (Avex Trax) All reviews by Ming Kang LOVELY. And I'm not just talking about her looks. Beautiful new J-Pop idol Ayumi Hamasaki has a sweet girlish voice that goes well with both her acoustic sessions as well as club remixes. This album is
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    • 131 49 FOR those of you who like dark humour with an Oriental twist Madam What's Next may just be the local play you have been waiting for. A fresh modem adaptation of the classic Chinese legend, Madam White Snake, is what this play is
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    • 146 49 THIS album is part of the I Oth anniversary celebration of Class 95. What an idea to gather some of the most overplayed songs for the last 10 years on this easy-listening station. Many winners here, like classic love songs Everything I Own (Bread)
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    • 132 49 OLD-TIMER Santana still manages to make newcomers to the pop-rock scene seem like nubiles searching for direction. This is a group that knows what it's good at and sticks by it Thus its recent comeback was duly rewarded at the Grammy Awards this
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  • 434 53  -  A SATIRICAL ROUT AT EVERYDAY LIFE Farout By Mike Chua chuamc@sph.com.sg The newspaper business, like any industry that has evolved over the years, is peppered with slang and words that can either help or hinder. We feature some of the key words of the trade and what
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  • 756 55  -  RECALLING OUR BIRTH... @large by Ken Jalleh Jr EVER so often, the cleaning lady in the office would ask, in Hokkien, whether I've eaten or not. What she really wants to know is: HOW DID YOU BECOME SO FAT? The time has come to address the
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  • RACING
    • 1249 56 10 TITLEIST 54.5 (20-7) E Merchant (9) 2 2 1 (437) 4 COOL STRIKE 56 (40-11) JSalmee (10) 1 1 2 (482) 2 KOTAMARUDU 57.5 (16-7) lAzhar (5) 5 5 3 (494) 6 NATURAL BLACK 55 c 52 (261-51) 'YFLeong (0) 7
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    • 142 56 Reuters. PAPILLON, ridden by 20-year-old jockey Ruby Walsh and trained by his father Ted in Ireland, won Britain's Grand National steeplechase at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool yesterday. In the process, the nine-year-old gelding thrilled punters who backed him from 33-1 to 10-1 at the "off'. Second
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    • 264 56  -  By Lionel Lee IT seems that one would need more than just a double dose of luck to upstage the Prince these days. Two starts back, he had finished second in the $180,000 Fischer Stakes but was surprisingly awarded the race in the inquiry room.
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    • 1087 57 RACE 1: MASCOT was scratched when found to have anorexia. AD VALOREA stood flat-footed, jumped awkwardly with his head in the air and was slow to begin. Shortly after the start, STAR DRAGON was inconvenienced when tightened on the outside of SIR BENTON, who
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    • 702 58 RACE 1: Trainer YF Lee was fined RM4OO ($180) for failing to declare the use of pacifiers and tongue strap on JUST MAGIC at declaration time. Before the start, CONVICTION was withdrawn acting on a report that he had failed his pre-race blood test.
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    • 904 59 nwr—— 2 SWIFT JUSTICE 56 (9-5) SMarzuki (6) 5 4 1 (435) 3 ICHIBAN FIGHTER 55 (40-8) N Day (3) 4 5 2 (460) 6 JUST MAGIC 54 c 51.5 (15-6) 'RUm (2) 1 1 3 (447) 7 MAXLANGE ATTACK 54 (361-41) *MWT«h (1) 7
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    • 463 59 YESTERDAY'S PERTH RACE RESULTS Going: Firm 1 EBONY MAGIC 55 (9-6) Paul Harvey (10) 1 3 JOHANN'S DREAM 55 (24-7) Stephen Miller (2) 2 6 IT'S THE BUSINESS 54 (42-9) Troy Turner (1) 3 Also ran: CHESTNUT DREAM Paul King. GENUINE GIRL Paul King, JOSALIE Peter Knuckey, KRYSTAL STORM Ivo
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    • 235 59  -  By Marc Tan LAST Saturday, Binjai Park revelled on a heavy track in Ipoh to outclass a Class 2 field of 15 rivals over the 1,400 m trip. He carried 50.5 kg then with jockey Leong Kar Wah aboard. Yesterday, he was
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    • 154 60  -  BY Tan Thean Loon THE Dato Ronald Khoo Teng Swee Memorial Trophy in Race 8 at Kuala Lumpur today looks like a renewed clash between three horses Magic Wish, Mathieus and Seaside Bank. The trio finished in that order last time out over the Penang 1,200 m
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    • 102 60 RACE 1: House On Aces. RACE 3: Ichiban Reflex, Secret Formula, Professor Marvel. Ocean Topaz. Golden Smile. RACE 4: Wooly Bully. RACE 5: Alfred's Princess. Hello Girl, Lucky Gem. Blue Grass. Our Machal. B RACE 6: Confidence V. Renegade. Flint Zest, Corporate Lady, Tippederry, Win Again, High Wire. Sparkling
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    • 1317 61 No. Last 6 run* Horte Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Aji/otlfllH/Mii tralnf-ownar) 1 07-605 HOUSE ON ACES 57 (48) SSani 6 (5ag Nicholls-Full House) 2 -0600- CANTON EXPRESS 56.5 (47) VSivan 12 (3ag Murray-Pegasus Express) 3 *****6 ZANZ1 KHAN 56.5 (47) 'MHuzain 9
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  • SPORTS
    • 846 62 LAST Wednesday night turned from a brilliant shade of blue to mournful black in the space of a few hours. At Stamford Bridge in London's fashionable West End, I spent the evening marvelling at the way little Gianfranco Zola and tall Tore Andre Flo,
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    • 96 62 THIS has to be a first, the website opened up to the celebrity baby of 2000. On Wednesday, Ronaldo received some good news in a Paris clinic. He was told his knee ligaments are ready to take the strain of returning to the On Thursday, he was in
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    • 235 64 S-League cruncher and offers... Bp what they didn't show you on tv head-band war une Wft fk brigade ml [Si The stadium is divided jm I Hr* I came just in time to see the M |M into zones according H| N,, 4—i J—teams warming up. They were an vM
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    • 239 65 THE Goal Rush is on again! WSA Sport's Goal Rush, the phone-in S-League score prediction game, will re-open its phonelines today. To take part, call The New Paper Infoline (1900-914-0801) between today and Thursday 6 pm to register your predictions for the six Tiger Beer S-League
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    • 362 65 ASIAN CUP QUALIFIER AP. THAILAND 3 Therdsak Chaiman 14, Tananchai Boriban 24,67 MALAYSIA 2 Rusdi Suparnan 35, Nizareudin Yusof 60 WHAT a close shave for Thailand. It made it through to the final rounds of the Asian Cup in Lebanon after a thrilling 3-2 win over arch-rival
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    • 280 65 Scores after Round Two: 138: David Duval (US) 73, 65 139: Ernie Els (SA) 72, 67; Phil Mickelson (US) 71, 68; Vijay Singh (Fiji) 72, 67 141: Steve Jones (US) 71, 70; Tom Lehman 69, 72 142: Bernhard Langer (Ger) 71. 71; Loren Roberts (US) 73.69;
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    • 810 66  -  TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE SAFFC3 AzharSalleh 9th min Latiff Kamaruddin 45th min Mirko Grabovac 87th min) GEY LANG UNITED 0 MAIN SPONSORS: Ponggol Marina, RTW EQUIPMENT SPONSOR: Nike Gulam: So Mr Vest, why is Zul playing in central defence? "Why? Because I want to field him there."
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    • 570 67 BRADFORD 1 SOUTHAMPTON 2 BRADFORD CITY 1 Robbie Blake 77 SOUTHAMPTON 2 Chris Marsden 56, Marian Pahars 76 Crowd: 17,439 LEICESTER CITY 1 Gerry TaggartB EVERTON 1 Don Hutchison 27 Crowd: 18,705 SUNDERLAND 2 Niall Quinn 54, Kevin Kilbane 82 WIMBLEDON 1 Michael Hughes 73 Crowd: 41,592
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    • 79 68 Three foreigners have been with the S-League since it was set up in 1996. WANG MENG MENG turns the spotlight on them in this three-part series. This week Tampines Rovers' Croatian-bom midfielder Marko Kraljevic reveals how it was the spirit of adventure that brought him here,
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    • 719 68 TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE LIFE must go on. A simple comment that speaks volumes about Tampines Rovers midfielder Marko Kraljevic's bittersweet tale. The much-travelled Cro-atian-born PR is one of the three remaining pioneer foreigners in the S-League. The other two are Brazilians
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    • 214 68 What does Unda like about Marko? Marko is a very positive person, even when things are not going right. I love his fighting spirit. He always thinks about the future. At first, I thought he was joking when he said that he wanted to
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    • 53 65 sco fe SAFFC IBALESTIERI MATCH vs vs GEYLANG CLEMENTI STADIUM JURONG TOAPAYOH DATE 8/4/2000 8/4/2000 •FULL-TIME MATCH 3-0 1-1 RESULTS II •"Full-Time" includes injury time but not extra time or penalty shoot-outs. SCORE RESULTS IX2 SAF FC DRAW 119 rnAI SAFFC CLEMENT l/Z GOAL [.ji,] (*i1 2 TOTAL 9 GOALS
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