The New Paper, 24 April 2000

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  • 21 1 the new paper MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2000 Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings http://newpaper.asia1 .com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 419 2 MAKING and losing money in the stock market is all part of the game investors play. But when the Malaysian Examinations Council which prepares the national examinations starts to dabble in the market, eyebrows are bound to be raised. Especially when it
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    • 301 2 IN 1991, actor Pierce Brosnan lost his wife, Cassandra, to ovarian cancer. On Saturday, the latest actor to play James Bond came close to losing their son, Sean. Sean Brosnan (above left), 13, was hospitalised and in serious condition after the sport utility vehicle
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    • 263 3 'It's a great way to stay healthy and maintain your weight' YES. I will be there for The New Paper Big Walk, says Fann Wong (above). "I want people to know that exercise is very important," she said. Despite her busy filming schedule, the Princess of
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    • 82 3 PUBLIC registration for the Big Walk ends on May 14. You can register either for the fun walking ($4) or competitive ($5) category. Fun walkers can sign up at any of seven registration centres at Takashimaya Square, Jurong Point, Tampines Mall, North Point, OUB Centre, SAAA and News
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    • 615 4  -  ONE YEAR LATER, THE MAN HIT BY PIG VIRUS IS SULLEN, ANGRY AND SHORT TEMPERED REPORT LEONG MAY LING HE was once a jovial, loving father and husband. Now, Mr Puspalingam Perumal is a sullen, angry man who doesn't want his family
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    • 67 4 A SPOKESMAN for Primary Industries said that some of those infected with the Nipah virus were contract butchers. Since then, the company has made it compulsory for butchers to wear protective equipment. This includes face shields, elbow-high gloves, masks and helmets. When told about Mr Puspalingam's gratitude to
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    • 120 4 THE Nipah virus cannot be transmitted through human contact. So far the only form of transmission is through direct contact with a live pig. So says Dr Leo Yee Sin, Clinical Director of the Communicable Disease Centre in Tan Tock Seng Hospital. "There is no •vidtnct off
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    • 328 4 AT the height of his illness a year ago, Mr Puspalingam Perumal was shivering through four layers of clothing. He also became dennous, before finally slipping into a coma He remained in a coma for eight days at Tan Tock Seng Hospital's Intensive
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 174 5 m New committee to see: WHY won't Singaporeans have more babies? That is the question facing a new a high-level inter-ministry working committee. The 11-member committee, headed by top civil servant Eddie Teo, was formed recently to look into what is holding Singaporeans back
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    • 39 5 1- SING, SINGAPORE: Health Minister Um Hng Klang and singer Ramil Sarlp belt out a song together. Mr Um had stopped by Ramll Sarlp s concert during a community visit yesterday. Picture/ Berita Harian
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    • News Break
      • Article, Illustration
        60 5 TRANSPORT TAXI fares are likely to rise by year's end, following the price hikes in bus and MRT rides announced on Thursday. Three taxi companies are looking to increase fares. Basic taxi fares have not risen since 1994, and fears that the deregulation of taxi fares in
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      • 63 5 COMMUNITY WHEN you see this logo (left) on a Residents' Committee noticeboard in Hougang, it means elderly or disabled residents live in that block. Rescuers will then know that they must pay particular attention to these homes in an emergency. Fire-fighters can check with the Neighbourhood
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      • 64 5 LIBRARIES SEMBAWANG will get its own library soon in a shopping centre in the estate. Mr Christopher Chia, Chief Executive of the National Library Board, told Berita Harian that as more housing estates are coming up in northern Singapore, there is a need for a library in the
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      • 52 5 INTERNET PRIME real estate on the World Wide Web is going under the hammer, in an auction for the simple names biz.com, bonds.com, deposit.com, income.com, savings.com, stocks.com and taxes.com. Because US website addresses do not end with a country suffix, they are the most popular as they have a
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    • 56 5 The New Straits Times: Exam council hit in KLSE International Herald Tribune: Elian back with father, but fight goes on Asian Wall Street Journal: Renault wins bid for Samsung Motors BBC news: The authorities in Iran have stepped up the campaign against the pro-reform press, jailing two
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    • 134 6 in FSKSus FOREIGNERS now can buy units in more low-rise developments. All because the height controls on private housing have been relaxed, reports The Business Times. What it means is that sites that previously could only have developments of four storeys, can now be built
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    • 64 6 RELIGION POPE John Paul, 80, has an illness that is slowly paralysing him, the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris said. It is making the Pope a prisoner in his own body, Archbishop Jean-Marie Lustiger told the French media. He said the Pope was still mentally sharp. His comments were
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    • 60 6 I MALAYSIA SIX Malaysians who have made a name for themselves and their country will be given fully-furnished condos. Four of them climbed Mount Everest while two trekked to the North Pole. The mountaineers are M Magendran, N Mohandas, Mohamed Fauzan Mohamed Hassan and Gary Choong Kin Wah.
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    • 63 6 B MORE than 300 of South Korea's richest people have been convinced not to leave their money to the children. The anti-inheritance movement, which persuaded them not to, feels the money should go back into society, to institutions such as universities or churches. The movement said it
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    • 60 6 BRITAIN SPICE Girl Victoria Beckham, better known as "Posh" Spice, had her luggage stolen at Heathrow Airport, after returning to London from Miami last week. British Airways has offered compensation for the loss of the baggage, said to comprise three £2,000 ($5,400) Louis Vuitton designer suitcases. Britain's Sunday
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    • 70 6 The Straits Times: High-level fertility panel setup The Business Times: Easing of height controls opens sale for foreigners Lianhe Zaobao: Lim Hng Kiang: Those who take care of senior citizens at home should be given aid or special benefits Berita Harian: High-level panel to study low fertility
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 44 6 £KSB Ma'am, the meal is cooked, the toilet is clean, the laundry is hung, the car is washed, the children are bathed, the dog as well. Is there anything else you'd like me to do? V oT f It's ok, I'll do it myself!
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  • 664 7  - Their Aids test in context, that is SINGAPORETODAY BY Yong Siew Fern Nominated Member of Parliament Claire Chiang goes for regular Aids tests. So does her husband and chairman of Singapore Power, Mr Ho Kwon Ping. They've been doing it for the past five years the test, that is. Yes,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 477 9  -  JAILED Ang Renjie (above) was jailed two months' and fined $20,000 for living on the earnings of a prostitute. If he can't pay the fine, he'll have to serve six months'jail. Sui Peng Soon was fined $18,000 or serve five months'jail in default
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    • 161 9 THE time has come. You've read about all the 10 finalists below in our Maid of the Year contest. Now it's time for you to root for the maid that has impressed you most. Vote for her by calling 1900-*****01 before midnight on Wednesday. (Each
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    • 550 10  -  1 CROW SHOOTERS UNDER FIRE. THEY RESPOND By Michelle Choh HE clutched the dying crow in his hands, blood splattered all over his beige trousers. When the crow breathed its last, Mr Chuan from the Buddhist Tai Pei Home for Dogs and Cats gently put
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    • 137 10 I SAW the shooting of the crows in Ang Mo Kio on the nightly news. What I don't understand is why is the PPD (Primary Production Department) using such an inefficient and cruel method to reduce the crow population. I have noticed the increase in crows in recent
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    • 182 9 —DIPLOMA IX ECONOMICS] ■jBjHHBfI Lead College: London School of Economics Stansfield School of Business has been granted permission from London School of Economics to teach the Diploma in Economics in Singapore The diploma is a one year full-time or two year part-time programme After completing the Diploma in Economics, successful
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  • 44 12 niui<imn< SINGAPORE Actress Anna Belle Francis when asked to test-smeN Ferragamo's pour homme perfume: Smells very old, very vintage. Like opening my grandmother's drawer where she keeps all her jewellery and old hongbao packets. Actually, I smell my grandmother. For men
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  • 361 13 WORLDTODAY THE fireman surveying the scene (above) is no doubt just as amazed as others that no-one was hurt when this police helicopter crash-landed. All three crew members escaped after the crash into the roof of a semi-detached house in the city of Cardiff, Wales on
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 55 16 mil i*inn i* There's a big difference between Bank of Nova Scotia and Internet coMfMHlts, which count the number off "eyeballs" they cm attract to their websites. Explains bank cMnnaii Peter Godsoe: We have 11 million real customers. And that's quite We've got the whole body. We'v£
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    • 249 16 SHE was only 12years old, but she was dying. And she knew it. Daksha Parmar, from Ahmedabad, India, was suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. Though ilm was in terrible pain, she still had the courage and tha strength to make an amazing decision all on
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    • 445 17 THE ELIAN GONZALEZ RAID The Elian Gonzalez raid. Mr Alan Diaz, a freelance photographerfor The Associated Press captured the most dramatic moments of Saturday's three-minute raid on film. Mr Diaz, a 43-year-old of Cuban descent, was inside the Gonzalez home in Miami. This is his account AP.
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    • 316 17  -  Comment/ Ambiga Raju ITS a good thing that six-year-olds have such short memories. Otherwise, I dread to think of what Elian Gonzalez, the boy from Cuba who is caught in a tug of love between his father and his cousin, would
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    • 140 18 LEGALLY speaking, Elian Gonzalez is almost certain to go home with his father, Mr Juan Miguel Gonzalez. The Asian Wall Street Journal said he has a "strong legal position". But his relatives in Miami are not likely to make the process easier. An appeals court will
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    • 176 18 Gonzales, who wants to take him home to Cuba. Told him of Elian's cousin, who thinks the boy will have a better life with her in the US. I do believe that a child belongs to his parents unless it is proven that they are abusive.
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  • Article, Illustration
    503 19  -  e t cetera WITH MELVIN SINGH I'M not with it, where it's at or happening. My friends say I'm IT an Idiot with Technology. (I'm into counter-culture, so it's cool to say I'm a buffoon.) Yes, I do surf the net. But that's all I do. It's
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 193 21 I'M going to be 18 4 and I need direction for my future. I got a shock when I found that I scored a six in English when I usually got a one or a two. I've been offered secretarial courses in the Bishan and Clementi
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    • 171 21 HOW do I get into a pure science class? I am 13 years old, and I will be going to Secondary 2 next year, under the express stream. My school does not provide biology for the Upper Secondary. I am weak in
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    • 221 21 I AM waiting for my 4 O level results. I have been put in the art course for the first three months, based on my preliminary results. As I did not take up additional mathematics, my choice is thus limited to the arts stream offered
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    • 139 21 I AM 16 years old and waiting for my O level results. I am working and also studying at Informatics School. I have taken up subjects which lead to a Multimedia System Engineering (MSE) certificate in Nanyang Polytechnic. The question is, can I apply for a
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    • 313 22 1 AM 18 and I've dropped out i of school (Temasek LmmJ Polytechnic). I have a total of five credits for my O levels. I'm interested in advertising. The problem is, I don't know which school I should apply to. Should I go to Nanyang Academy of Fine
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    • 118 22 I'M a Secondary 4 student taking the O levels this year I hope to do either hospitality or tout ism management in a polytechnic. What is the difference between these two courses? Would doing either help if I want to become an air-hostess? Rach Temasek Polytechnic replies:
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    • 160 22 I'M 16. I would like to take up psychology Is the course available in a polytechnic? Do I need to go through junior college and then to university to take up psychology? Would I need to score exceptionally well in certain subjects such as English or science,
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    • 183 22 I WISH to ask a few 4 questions on behalf of my brother. He was previously a Singapore Polytechnic student. But he was dismissed from his course (diploma in computer and information technology) last year, for failing his supplementary paper. He is now in NS, but
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  • ShowTime
    • So, who are the true divas?
      • 233 23 Ihe Konsert Diva last night saw first-class performances from four powerhouse lungs of Malay pop. SETONUWEN was at the Harbour Pavilion to rate these artistes for their diva quality Diva Counterpart: Tina Turner. Diva Wear Hot, slinky purple number and stunning black
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      • 202 23 Diva Counterpart: Brandy. Diva Wear Traditional as usual. Long flowing red dresses, never showed a bare elbow or a bare ankle. Diva Repertoire: A good variety, including Celine Dion's That's The Way It Is and Bollywood hit Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
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      • 373 23 VERDICT LIKE a bottle of fine wine, the secret to diva-ness lies in age. Veterans Anita Sarawak and Hetty Koes Endang aren't releasing hit albums or topping the charts anymore like Sheila Majid and Siti Nurhaliza are doing. But, they definitely
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      • 192 23 Diva Counterpart: Sade. Diva Wear Chic and sophisticated in a white sequinned dress and a spring yellow bare-back gown. Diva Repertoire: Award-winning Ku Mohon (I Ask) and jazz favourites Warna (Colours) and Sinaran (Shining). Diva Voice: Crooning, jazzy quality Diva Style: A mix
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  • 493 25 SHOWTIME Local talent Tanya Chua was caught off-guard at a promotional event in Taiwan recently. But her first instincts were just so natural, as TEO KUAN YEE reports FANCY locking lips with your lover before a live audience? Especially if you have always been
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