The New Paper, 11 June 2000

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  • NEWS
    • 650 2  -  By Seto Nu-wen JAPANESE dolls that warm the cockles of my heart are porcelain figures with red cheeks. But the cheeks of the living doll I saw left me cold. Rouge is horrible on an 18 year old just out of school. But for Michiko
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    • 53 2  -  SETO NU-WEN I have hated the smell of alcohol since then. I can drink a little but not much. But still, it f s worth it. Michiko, who says she doesn't like drinking much because, when she was 14, she got drunk at a friend's party
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    • 422 2  -  By Seto Nu-wen THE Japanese are blase about their sex industry. Manga comics with nude drawings are sold openly in bookshops. On trains, men read them without batting an eyelid. Never mind the girl baring her bosom on the cover. Along main streets, even in
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  • NEWS
    • 1151 4  -  SAVE OUR KIDS CONSEQUENCES: A child (above) is rushed into Children's Emergency, Basement 1. On the wall are some X-rays of injuries, including the broken skull of a baby that rolled off a bed. On the right are some of the instruments
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    • 125 4 Here are a few tips: Plug up all exposed electric sockets; Make sure there are no exposed cords of heavy appliances which a child can pull. Buy corner protectors to put on sharp corners like those on tables and cupboards. Keep all washing liquids, bleach, poison, medication
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    • 63 4 TO increase awareness of potential dangers to children, KKH is hosting a child-safety awareness campaign from June 9 to 17 with a public forum on the last day on how to deal with childhood injuries and their prevention. You have to pay $10 to take part in the
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    • 366 4  -  By Ng Wan Ching I HAVE two daughters, aged 3 1 /2 and two. And I know just how accident prone they are. And just how fast accidents happen. My girls can get themselves into trouble just by walking, running or even sitting. Once, Rui En, my
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    • 658 5  -  ARE LANDLORDS PJCKY? Yes, says a Caucasian-Indian couple in our Expat column last week. No, say most of the 60 housing agents surveyed by The New Paper on Sunday. Money will open all doors in the soft rental market. But not all landlords are colour-blind By Gloria
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    • 557 5  -  By Gloria Chandy "DO you have children or pets?" The British couple hesitated. They wanted the three-room apartment going for $2,200, but they first need to pass the landlord's screening test. "One child but she is very well-behaved. No pets," said Mr Smith. "OK, do you want
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    • 350 6  -  By Michelle Choh IT'S one of the worst kept secrets in the rental business. There are typically about 70 rental ads per day, like the one above, in the classified section of The Straits Times. It's puzzling because the renting of entire HDB flats is not
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    • Article, Illustration
      212 6 Take my car gait—. For the high-end market, like houses a long Stevens Road, extra things are sometimes thrown in. The landlord might include the use of a car or even club facilities like membership to Pinetree Club. Mr Paul Yeap, 33, director of Louis Yeap Realty. As
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  • 637 7  -  [[free BROUGHT TO YOU BY ■fa. Free Speech is a fortnightly series of interviews with interesting personalities held at H2oZone. This week's guest: Author CATHERINE UM By Ivan Lim lvanl@sph.com.sg I MY date with Dr Catherine Lim was a certianty, unless Sean Connery appeared in
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  • NEWS
    • 425 8 HOW TO WAKEBOARP The wakeboard is larger and more buoyant than a waterski. To move, the wakeboarder holds onto a rope tied to the back of a boat and gets pulled along. ITS called wakeboarding a hybrid between surfing and snow-boarding, but done behind
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    • 287 8 ONE loves the sun, the other hates it. But their passion for wakeboarding has brought them together. Sun-lover Vincent Ng and sun-hater Jerry Chang both got hooked on the sport a year ago. Said Vincent, 24, a double gold medalist in Wushu at the 1997 SEA
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  • 284 9 WORLDTODAY AP. SYRIAN President Hafez al-Assad, (above) had ruled his nation for nearly 30 years. He was largely credited with shaping modern Syria. Mr Assad died on Saturday evening, at the age of 69. His death was announced on Syrian television. He had been suffering from
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  • NEWS
    • 730 10 New Economy workers who are turning heads of Spore unionists in Europe I MORE TALES FROM 'NEW ECONOMY' In his third e-mail to unionist friends from Europe, NTUC deputy secretary-general Matthias Yao gives another example to debunk the idea that all European workers are
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    • 220 10  -  Picture and report/ Drew Fritz TRISHAW men can become a dime a dozen for an American who's been here for over three months, as I have. But Mr Benjamin Damion (above) stood out from the crowd. At 77, he must surely qualify as one of
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    • 531 11 Spore boy plays for Chelsea A SINGAPOREAN boy is weaving a bit of Kallang magic in the south of England. Mohd Shazarie Abdul Rahman, 14, has already caught the eye of talent scouts from clubs such as Wimbledon, Milwall and Chelsea, reports Berita Minggu. Shazarie, better known
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  • NEWS
    • 130 13  - MEMORY QUIZ What do they mean to you REPORT GLORIA CHANDY ANSWERS 1) b 2) a 3) b 4) c 5)c 6) b I. He lived in: Disneyland (like Bambi) Neveriand (like Peter Pan) Fairyland (like Goldilocks) 2. They ware: Cliff Richard's back-up group ma I, ■■■Ail,. i moonngnang as
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    • 388 13 History Museum is buying most of the 2,000 posters he collected over 30 years Remember? POSTER power. It's something Danny Tan, 60, has been building for half his life. And now he has given it all away for a good cause. His collection of more than
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    • 62 13 DO YOU remember? The Kingston Trio? No, they weren't some reggae band and they weren't from Jamaica's capital, Kingston—though they did "leave a little glri in Kingston Town". (Clue!) And the Harlem Globetrotters? Some people remember them for their acrobatic stunts and their amazingly springy shoes, long before
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  • THE WEEK
    • 638 15  -  GUEST EDITOR Actress Selena Tan "MARRY a civil servant, a government man, every day five o'clock, hell be home already!" That's what mothers and aunties always tell you. Urrrggghhh. I used to laugh, snicker, sneer even. Me! Gosh, I couldn't possibly ever be
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    • 64 15 WHAT: PS21+positive signs WHEN: June 19 to 22 (but tickets to the first two shows on June 19 and 20 are already been sold out), and July 3 and 4. Every night at 8 pm WHERE: DBS Auditorium HOW MUCH: Tickets at $20, $30, $40 from SISTIC. You
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      7 15 Mr S Vivakanandan, Sinda CEO
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  • EXPAT
    • 789 16  -  By Robin Leong I'VE been thinking about women lately. A couple of Sundays ago, there was an article on whether an Asian or Caucasian model would create a better image for product marketing. Some said a Caucasian model would lend a more upmarket and international
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    • 65 16 For all expats and locals wanting an evening of fun and free food and drinks, plus a great chance to interact and network, join the Expat Singapore happy hour. A carpet auction with great bargains will also be held. TIME: Friday, June 16, from 6.30pm. PLACE:
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    • 290 16 Last Sunday, we featured the house-hunting blues of Caucasian-American Anusha Sathe and her Indian husband. She wrote that house owners would rather rent to locals or people of the same race. Here are two of responses: You may start a wonderful relationship I WOULD like to let
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    • 83 16 If YOU have any thoughts, ideas, response to letters carried in the Expat Page, whatever... feel free to talk to me. The Expat Page is for YOU. You can write, e-mail or contact me at: The New Paper Expat Page 390 Kim Seng Road Times House Singapore
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 327 17 New university draws talent from NUS, NTU IT'S the new kid on the block. But already, about 20 lecturers have left the older varsities to join the upcoming Singapore Management University (SMU). The exodus has been a blow for the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Nanyang Technological
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 93 17 SUCCESS breeds copycats. That's why condominiums in Singapore are starting to look alike developers borrow from well-received designs for their own projects. Like the vertical glass strip down the middle of the condos at Four Seasons Park in Cuscaden Walk, which was built in the early *****. Recent
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      • 104 17 Reuters. MALAYSIA'S ruling party has won a parliamentary by-election. The Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition held the Teluk Kemang constituency in Negeri Sembilan. But, it had a reduced majority. BN candidate S Sothinathan polled 24,500 votes. It was 5,972 more than his rival, Ruslan Kasim, from Parti Keadilan
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      • 101 17 DONT be too happy if you pick up a big note on a street. It must just be fake. According to the police, more than 100 counterfeit $100 notes of the new ship series have surfaced, and more may still be circulating. Most of the notes that
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      • 91 17 TO ensure the safety of students and property, problem-prone secondary schools in Malaysia will be guarded round the clock by watchmen. This is also targeted to prevent problems like students setting fire to schools and outsiders harassing students. Education Minister Tan Sri Musa Mohamed explained that the move
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      • 96 18 MORE than $660,000 worth of illegal mind-altering drugs were seized at a MacPherson apartment by the Central Narcotics Bureau t(CNB) on Friday evening. It is the biggest seizure of such drugs so far. About $17,000 in cash was also found in the second-storey apartment, which appeared to have
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      • 102 18 THE good times are back again. Even for pawnshops. Singapore's 72 pawnshops are doing a brisk business these days, with more customers returning to redeem the jewellery, diamonds and gold they had pledged when they took loans during the economic downturn. The Registry of Pawnbrokers said that about
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      • 104 18 Wire services. ONE of the world's leading drug firms is recalling many of its painkiller products in Australia. The move came after two people who took its head-ache pills fell ill. Last week, British pharmaceutical company SmithKline Beecham withdrew its Panadol capsules from sale after it received a
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      • 101 18 AP. ABOUT 40 people, mostly tourists, are reported to have been injured, eight of them seriously, in a train crash in southern Germany. One train driver whose legs had been crushed was flown by helicopter to a nearby hospital. Police say two mountain trains collided head-on in a
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    • 147 17 EN£>us| HERE'S one way to curb garbage: Make people pay for their trash by weight. That way, not only will they dump less trash, more would be inclined to separate bottles, paper, plastic and cans for recycling. In Switzerland, this practice has help cut down garbage and
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    • 47 18 HEFTY BIRTHDAY: Chai Yai, the world's largest captive crocodile In the Guinness Book of World Records, celebrating her 28th birthday yesterday. The 6 m-long, 1,114-kg reptile is ridden by the managing director of Sumatprakarn crocodile farm, Mr Charoon Yangprapakorn. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 81 18 PICTURE PRETTY: Take time off your weekend to enjoy some 180 artworks by members of the Singapore Life Art Society. The Annual Art Exhibition 2000 will be on at Paragon's exhibition hall, fifth level, from 11 am to 8 pm. Free. BOOK THIS: Wondering what books to
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 68 18 Mainly fair and warm except for showen with thunder expected in the late rooming and early afternoon mainly over northern and western Singapore. E&aHHSZai north Thunderstorms tunriu AM nm west Thunderstorms sunset 7:11 pm cen a moonrise 2:56 om soulh E Partly Cloudy 2:32 pm east Partly Cloudy mn m
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  • NEWS
    • 372 19 This copter snatches 3 convicts from jail THIS high-security prison was supposed to be helicopter proof. After a series of getaways in the early *****, anti-helicopter measures were applied to all French prisons. But three prisoners, two of whom are convicted murderers, found a way out in
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    • 271 20 SHE'S not sick But she obviously likes being in a hospital. So the 29-year-old woman has made bizarre visits to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, report British newspapers. Her antics include pretending to be a patient, dressing in medical clothes, sleeping in empty
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    • 488 21 This top female Korean cop is waging an all-out war against teen prostitution DRESSED in her dark pressed uniform and short hair, Korea's only female police chief Kim Kang Ja cuts a stern figure. The image isn't far from the truth. Ms Kim, 55,
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  • 429 22 Feature] Wmm A South African tycoon wants to build a replica of the cruise ship which sank in 1912 killing more than 1,500. CHENG PUAY KOON looks at what to expect if you are yearning to strike a pose on the look-alike ship, like Jaqk and Rose
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  • Feature
    • 1012 26 Youth, music and expression will unite this Saturday evening at Hype at Ngee Ann City. The main highlight will be band performances but there's an equally-entertaining and eye-catching fringe highlight to this event. SETO NU-WEN reports MEET the newest kids on the block. And literally
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      72 26 CATCH these boys in full force at Hype this Saturday. The event, organised by the National Arts Council as part of this year's Arts Feet, will showcase talents from the local hip hop scene. Local bands Concave Scream, Humpback Oak, Throb and Fishtank will also perform. SHOW
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  • 575 27  -  Itbcjarj the place t |p F R T|ps We are in the midst of the Great Singapore Sale, and everyone is raring to go. Pete and Pepe have great plans too. They want to get the best buys. If you are planning to hit
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  • Feature
    • 453 28 YOU heard right: IJ. First came the DJs (disc jockeys) of the '70s. Then came the VJs (music video jockeys) of the MTV generation. Now... (drum roll) here are The Electric New Papers Net jockeys. These familiar New Paper columnists will take on a new
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    • 408 28 NG WAN CHING catches The Electric New Paper's Net jockeys in action IJ made me think of CHLJ Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus. A bit of a mouthful. But, unlike a DJ, the mouth is not the main asset of the IJ. It is all
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    • 180 28 Net jockeys show their stuff during a dry run. First up, IVAN LIM and EILEEN WEE Ivan: Where do we start? Eileen: How about today's paper? I: Good idea Dear reader, This is Ivan Lim and Eileen Wee, we're the It Squad, and here are today's top stories
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    • 140 28 SUZANNE WALKER chats on the Net: "You know, I've got a peeve. Something that's been bothering me for the past year. I'll let you in on it. I've been hanging out at a certain place that's considered alternative. All right, everyone calls it a gay bar. And
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    • 314 28  -  by MICHELLE CHOH KAREN Tan, 20, (left) is in love with her job. With skin the colour of honey and enough energy to outlast the Energizer bunny, Karen is poised to carve a niche for herself. So, how did she become a net jockey? Said Karen:
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    • 249 28 I FROZE. I was not just camera-shy, I was definitely not net jockey material. But I had gone to the Vivamusic audition last Saturday for a peek. I was to host short video clips on the Vivamusic website, meet celebrities and review concerts.
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  • Article, Illustration
    644 29 j CHEAP AND F E BU D G THE clean, pure lines of the "Zen look" is very calming. The tatami is a deeply traditional Japanese design, yet it manages to look extremely modem. Tatamis are made from the igusa weed, which the Japanese have been using for
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  • 507 30  -  FsingleColumnl by Janice Wong WHEN my best friend Nicole broke the news that she is blissfully attached, I was glum. I should be happy for her as she deserves it. She was a pillar of strength during my last painful break-up. I recovered, in part,
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 256 31 I AM a 15-year-old guy and I have done something really stupid. At school, I accidentally entered a girls' washroom to wash my hands. It was totally by mistake. I really did not mean to do it. I was not alert that day
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    • 191 31 WORRIED Boy's lather has become a totally changed man, one he can no longer respect. His father doesn't seem to talk to his mother anymore. This hurt his mum deeply. Worried Boy has always believed that his parents would retire together. He never thought that a China
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    • 232 31 Readers' advice: WHEN I was 18, my dad started living a double life. He did not have any money to take home, having spent most of it on night activities and womanising. He lost interest in work and came home only past midnight. Things
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    • 148 31 YOU must be wondering why you have a father like that. That's natural. But don't keep your feelings bottled up. Share them with someone you really trust or respect. In this situation, your mother is the one who is really affected. Try to shower more care on
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    • 445 32 I'M 32. My girlfriend is 28. We've been living together for the past 10 months. We love each other deeply. Recently, I asked her to marry me. She has yet to give me a definite answer. She says she's happy with
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    • 418 32 I AM 22 this year. I have been keeping a problem hidden in my heart for the past five years. My first relationship happened when I met girl A in secondary school. I got to know her at a notice board. We were both
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
      • 111 32 I AM a 14-year-old boy Qand I have a few questions: First, cam a boy my age buy condoms? Second, if a male I swallows his sperm accidentally, will he contract any disease? Finally, if a male masturbates very frequently, will that affect his chances
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      • 138 32 I AM a teenage boy. Q Of late, I have noticed that the colour of my sperm has changed. It is now a mixture of yellow and white. This was not the case in the past. Ido not feel any pain in my groin, even when
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      • 108 32 I AM a 15-year-old girl. Ql feel comfortable around my 26-year-old uncle. But recently, we had sex. First, he asked me to touch him. Then he kissed me and became increasingly excited. Now, I am worried that I may be pregnant. Please help me. Mad girl
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    • 44 31 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or hue to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special @T-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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    • 61 32 callus If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road. Singapore *****5 Or fax. 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg (please mark Aggie) or call 1900-91 2-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 437 33 CALL: 873-3333 I I iimatou camj vimom 24-hour subscription sales hotline movies sat Metade Fumaca I Opm Pao Ge returns to Hongkong after hiding in Brazil to search for a girl he today Les Miserables had a brief encounter with just to 9pm Tale of Jean Valjean, who. having remember
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 461 34 ~r-f Highlight of the Week current affairs/education mon Dogs with Jobs: Dogs Tales Bpm Watch Greyhounds on and off the dog-racing arena. Take a look at dogs which were once bred hunt bears and are now helping to manage bears throughout the world. Witness how dogs participate in a unique
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  • seenHeard SHARP
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      76 35  -  THE MOVIE Edited by Michelle Choh michchoh@sph.com.sg Set 65 million years ago, the film follows the adventures of an Iguanodon named Aladar who is separated from his own species and raised by a clan of Lemurs instead. When a meteor shower destroys their home, they have to set out
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    • 353 35  -  by MICHELLE CHOH SURVIVAL. That's what Disney's summer hit Dinosaur is all about But who survives? There are two camps here. One believes in the Darwinian theory that only the fittest should survive. The weak must be sacrificed for the
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    • 59 36 After Aladar gets ticked off by Kron, Neera (Kron's sister) says to Aladar "This Is how my brother treats newcomers... no matter how charming they are.** When Kron keeps pushing the group at an impossible pace. Neera complains; "If we go Ilk* this, we'll lose half the herd."
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    • 360 36  -  by SETO NU-WEN THIS latest offering from Disney seems all grown up. The themes are no longer black and white, good and evil. They tread on the grey line between two extremes. For example, the "bad" guy is first made out to be a bad leader.
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    • 152 36 Roger Ebert in his online review: "The visual look of Dinosaur is a glimpse of wonders to come. The movie sands the message that computer animation Is now sophisticated enough to mimic life itself In full motion, with such detail that the texture of reptilian aldn seems as
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  • Venue JET, SET, GO
    • 502 37  -  TEO KUAN YEE Edited by Crispina Robert crispina@sph.com.sg YOU don't have to travel by plane to any exotic location around the region to eiyoy idyllic peace. Try Pulau Sibu, an off-shore island off East Johor. This island is just a relaxing two-hour's drive from Singapore. If
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    • 212 37 DRIVING to Pulau Sibu is in itself a rush. It is a 130 km stretch to reach the Tanjung Leman jetty in Kota Tinggi, Johor, via the second link at Tuas. You pass palm oil plantations and a sprinkling of land development projects. Every once in a
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  • 923 38  -  r i 1 (Column A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S BUSIEST FUNNYMA NM L J by Siva Choy A ARRGGHH! 1 have been IM invited to a sit-down dinner two people I know and six others I don't know, and I am once again stricken with fear.
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  • 732 40  -  r 1 i I A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S THEATRE TEASE mm by R Chandran I KNOW how we laymen can start a world war! Got you interested, right? But wait... The telecommunications companies in Singapore, in order to win our
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    • 855 42 rvvocj A f Turn Snake Eyes The Wishing Tree Star Movies (Ch 58), 9 pm Hallmark (Ch 36), 10 pm Sunday Late Night Movie m M ■m.B A thriller about police detective Rick Clara returns home to Savannah, Scream Q Santoro, who joins his old friend, Navy where she begins
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    • 767 43 MEG BY GREG CURFMAN I Q u e K I by H«rl»y Schwadron i4e_* "Good report, Ferguson, but change ,„„r.„,. all the he/she's to she/he's." woMVtf.cofnlcs.com/comics/meg/ab.html ///>t r* l i» J s s »»•••••»••»*»••••»•*»»»•••»»»»»••»»•»•»»»•••••»••••»»»»»»»••»••»»»»»»•»•»**»»»*•»»»»»••»•»•»»»»»•••••»»»e»»»•»•••»*»»••»»••»•••••••»»••••••••••••• 7l I SI ~>T .NNIMfc MWUKSOIt CHMK S r r X f~\ Cdlw 1 nobbFf fi
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    • 147 44 COMMITTED j M QUIGHANS j^Jhj^Jgdwaw Impossible childhood feats #223 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••a*** l~n /II THE BETTER HALF by Glasbergen /i I, (Htßt YOO GO, YOU A 7 >A CKANC> > /r'u u/jt //I DUCKS! /oH-OHMUGONE! ENJOY THE N°T WAIT J i I OnYaP QLD.m£WfAt>'. 1 GO SHOWDOWN V' V^ HA y 'INNEI?6tCW
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  • RACING
    • 1085 45 TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD Going forecast: Good READY AGAIN: Reinstated, seen above after the first of his two triumphs with local Jockey M Suhaimi astride, looks due for another win following his pleasing fourth last week. Crack Australian jockey Craig Carmody, who rode the John Sargent-trained gelding last Sunday, gets
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    • 525 46  -  By Lionel Lee THERE'S no reason why Hydrocarbon Stable, owned by Singaporean Tang Weng Fei, should not dominate the races at Penang again this afternoon. The powerful outfit, which races most of its horses in Malaysia and enjoyed a winning
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    • 65 46 RACE 3: Magic Gold. RACE 4: Dr Jack, Reinstated, Ranking Ahead, Really Quiet, Ocean Onyx. RACE 5: Big Splendour, Renegade, Vibrant Virgo, Happy Co-Operation, High Wire, Hippo Prospero, Sir Caversham, Flint Zest, Pride Of Glory. RACE 6: Shanghai Broker, Super Happy, Courting Dancer, Imperial Talent, Happy Fella. RACE 7:
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    • 354 46 EPSOM OAKS Reuters TRAINER Henry Cecil landed the Epsom Oaks for the seventh time on Friday when the lightly-raced Love Divine showed a devastating turn of speed to win with breathtaking ease. The victory by a filly who had only raced three times
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    • 133 46 CORONATION CUP Reuters CHAMPION jockey Kieren Fallon and trainer Michael Stoute did at least receive some compensation for the lastminute withdrawal through iiyury of King's Best from yesterday's Epsom Derby. They combined to land the Group One Coronation Cup with the Aga Khan's much-improved four-year-old
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    • 870 47 YESTERDAY'S PENANG RACE RESULTS Going: Good 5 SCYTHIR 57 (21-9) UtFonwHr (4) 2 1 1 (537) 7 WW AND WIN 485 (7-6) SM (6) 6 2 2 447) 6 DOCTOR ABJAR 56 5 (52-15) „.KLOo 4 5 3 (485) 2 EAGLE SKY 57 (54-20) NBSalvan (1) 5 6 4 (506)
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    • 583 47 YESTERDAY'S PERTH RACE RESULTS Going: Firm 3 HOLLY BELLI 535 (9-7) ...Troy Turner (3) 1 4 BIG CLOUD 53 (3*9) MmkSmM) (6) 2 9 SUPER MOSS 52 (161-37) Danny HIM* (9) 3 Alto Ran: FRATELLO DC BEAU Patrick Cerbery, FTVEMOLY MANNA Daniel Stuck, OR KAORU Pam Dyaon, BALTIMORE JACK Jason
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    • 292 47  -  By Lionel Lee JOCKEY Kevin Forrester must be one happy man. Only last Sunday, the 39-year-old from Australia bagged a winner on his very ride in his first local riding stint. And the horse that made it all possible was Gippsland, a five-year-old
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    • 1344 48 PENANG TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT JOCKEY M Gopal has failed in his appeal against a two-year ban over his handling of DIAMOND CITY last january. The race meeting stewards of the Penang Turf Club on Friday heard the jockey's appeal against the two years'
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  • SPORTS
    • 422 49 rnigm WOMEN'S singles FINAL Mary Pierce (Fra) bt Conchita Martinez (Spa) 6-2,7-5 TODAY'S MAIN MATCHES Men's singles final: Gustavo Kuerten (Bra)v Magnus Norman (Swe) Women's doubles final: Virginia Ruano Pascual (Spa)/Paola Suarez (Arg) v Martina Hingis (Swi)/Mary Pierce (Fra) AP. NEW French Open champion Mary Pierce was
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    • 277 49 NBA FINALS-CAME l: LOS ANGELES LAKERS I I I INDIANA PACERS 104 AP. SHAQUILLE O'Neal was face down under the Lakers' basket. Another fierce foul had knocked him horizontal with seven minutes to play. After lying motionless on the hardwood just long enough
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    • 649 50  -  AS there are no athletes in Singapore capable of winning a medal at the Asian level, the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) has imported five young Chinese athletes to give the country sporting glory. Some feel this is not a move in the right direction
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    • 213 50 THE Chinese invasion is likely to continue. It's not going to stop after the five young Chinese athletes brought in by the SAAA stole the show at the Swift track and field championships, which ended last Sunday. Three of them virtually trampled the opposition.
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    • 89 51 JEM's Guide to Euro 2000 Arf/s/ Jeremiah looks at the championship in his own style. YELLOW CARD RED CARP "PINK" CARD "You stink... (push, push)" "Why y0u...! (poink!)" Ooops. "Kick anywhere you like buddy, it's FREE "AAAAIIIYYYOUUUUCH!!!" "Coach said to practice my corner-kick. So here I am." "Here he comes,
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  • EURO 2000
    • 144 52 OFF-PITCH: BRIAN MILLER looks at the lighter side of EURO 2000 FRENCH goalkeeper Fabien Barthez has heaped scorn on the new, hi-tech football being used for the first time. Barthez said that the ball was too light and took off at odd trcyectories. "This ball has
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    • 169 52 PLASTERED "Oranje" fans can wear support on more than just their sleeves. Yes, Dutch fans who break a limb during Euro 2000 will be looking forward to getting plastered afterwards at an Amsterdam hospital. Casts in the national team's orange colours will be put on the
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    • 159 52 FRENCH defensive stalwart Laurent Blanc is categoric Euro 2000 will be his last hurrah. The 34-year-old Blanc, with 89 caps and 15 goals to his name, is retiring from international football and he wants to go out with a bang. "I did think long and hard over whether
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      127 52 SLOVENIA President Milan Kucan sent a good luck message to his country's players, who are the most unexpected qualifiers for the tournament. Meanwhile, the team's star player Zlatko Zahovic believes football is the victim of a plot by the upper classes. "There's a political lobby against football," he
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    • 171 52 SPAIN'S Euro 2000 squad showed their preference for local customs when they got on their bikes after their morning session yesterday. The much-fancied Spaniards preferred two wheels to the traditional team coach to travel the admittedly short distance of 600 m between their team hotel
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    • 677 53 TODAY'S MATCHES: TURKEY v ITALY, FRANCE v DENMARK HOLLAND v CZECH REPUBLIC: Played 13, Holland won 2, drew 3 and lost 8 TURKEYv ITALY: Played 7, Italy won 6, drew 1 FRANCEv DENMARK: Played 7, France won 3, drew 1, lost 3 AP. AP. AP.
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    • 380 53 Wire services. ENGLAND captain Alan Shearer said he fully expected to play in Monday's Group A opening match against Portugal in Eindhoven (Tuesday in Singapore). "At the moment I feel 100 per cent and yes I expect to play," he said.
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    • 659 53 TOMORROW'S MATCH: HOLLAND v CZECH REPUBLIC As the beer flows, the bets naturally follow. To help you win a few wagers, ANDYPENDERS, Chief Editor of Internet site ZoomSoccer. com gives some tips on the next three matches. For detailed information, check out
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  • Page 53 Miscellaneous
    • 23 53 TURKEY v ITALY j. (Sportscity, from Bpm) \>\l FRANCE v DENMARK (Sportscity, from 11.30pm) HOLLAND v CZECH REPUBLIC SPORTS (Sportscity, from 2.15 am)
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    • 224 54 EUR*****FUNPAGE L|S£ T The a time t0 P 6 oal scorers W"X J M m"W f 1B|£j Championships are K M MMJM JPNI Germany's Gerd Muller and W%/W |U Holland's Marco van Basten r3m Spain's dictator General \/M MMM mm** Franco banned his country J 1/ WPf from playing USSR
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    • 131 54 Predict the score and win... mjjMwSlBF f. ft BECKHAM wears them. Zidane kicks it. We're talking about the latest soccer gear from adidas: The adidas Predator boots and the official Euro 2000 ball. Now, how would you like to pull on those boots and kick that ball too? All you
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    • 94 54 i. name 4. Country coached by Srecko Katanec 6. Country coached by Humberto Coelho I 6 I I 7. Germany's captain in Euro *96 8. Country that 42 goals Hi PIHH 8 DinoZoff used to play u 10. Only country to have won mtt j^H^Hj I iMVj' 2. Club Turkey's
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  • SPORTS
    • 165 59  -  BY Peter Siow THE sad saga of Nicodeme Boucher (left) and Tan Kim Leng (right) has been settled. It was resolved yesterday when Boucher, who was alleged to have punched Tan after a Tanjong Pagar-Singapore Armed Forces FC match, paid $3,000 in compensation. The incident
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    • 439 59  -  TANJONG PAGAR1 Davor Dzelalija 7th Main sponsor JVC Asia Equipment sponsor Puma HOME UNITED 3 Aide Iskandar 9th minute, Duric Aleksandar 14th, Rene Andersen 25th Main sponsor Super coffeemix Equipment sponsor Diadora By Peter Siow HE is often called the Rock. And not without good reasons: Dragan
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    • 58 59 SCO* 5 TAMPINES IHOME UNITEDI MATCH vs vs SAF FC TANJONG PAGAR STADIUM I TAMPINES 3ISHAN DATE 10/6/2000 10/6/2000 ♦FULL-TIME TT~ MATCH 1-1 3-1 RESULTS •"Full-Time" includes injury time but not extra time or penalty shoot-outs. I SCORE RESULTS I IX2 DRAW W*«ni» *lt% Mil TAMPINES HOMEUN'TEC i/Z ViUAL (*ih)
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