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Title Section21 2000-07-23 1 the new paper JULY 23, 2000 70 CENTS Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 019/03/200 on Sunday21 words
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Article, Illustration576 2000-07-23 2 Woon Wui Tek - NEWS BY Woon Wui Tek THE flash of emotion did not come as he chided scholars who planned to break their bonds. Or when he began his final comparison between scholarships and marriage vows. No, only at the very end of his speech yesterday576 words
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Advertisement319 2000-07-23 3 Trusted Quality for over 100 years LeV's iwe ouv wqeh. Sometimes they are little angels. Sometimes little devils. We find them everywhere, children whose faces are filled with emotion. If you have a photo that captures one of these faces, enter Konica's "Hello Kids of Asia" contest. It's open to319 words
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Article, Illustration362 2000-07-23 4 Why not? It might just arm them with enough vocabulary to say: "Mummy, uncle touched me and I don 't/eel good." NG WAN CHING reports on the various viewpoints The New Paper on Sunday asked five kids around the ages of three362 words
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346 2000-07-23 4 MRS Valerie Lee, a 36-year-old mother-to-be has also been pondering the questions of sex education for kids. She said: "Anything we do as parents affects the child's development. "Regardless of whether it is handling sex education, death, honesty, compassion and so'on,346 words
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Article475 2000-07-23 4 DR Suwanna Vorakamin is preparing ways to educate Thailand's kindergarten pupils some as young as four years old on sex and their bodies. Dr Vorakamin, who is also Thailand's director of family planning and population division in the Public Health Ministry, said: "We will475 words
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Article171 2000-07-23 4 SENIOR Minister of State (Education) Dr Aline Wong said in February this year that the Education Ministry is reviewing the teaching of sex education in schools. The review is part of the ministry's on-go-ing policy reviews. Part of the review will be done to171 words
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Article, Illustration1142 2000-07-23 5 The straight As celebrity student is neitherJamie Yeoh nor Mark Lee butJoeAugustin. LINGAMPONNAMPALAM gets them and three others to dust off their report cards to learn whether our stars value paper qualifications or whether talent needs no tutor and what the payoff is ACTRESSPicture/ Simon Ker; Picture/ Simon Ker - 1,142 words
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Article, Illustration480 2000-07-23 5 KUMAR CV: One of Singapore's most famous comedians Schools: Cairnhill Primary, Monk's Hill Secondary H|0Mst qoaMlcithw Four Olevel passes At a ihdiot, I wok "Never ever funny in school. I was too insecure and tried to fit in. Even tried to play football once, then found480 words
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Article, Illustration695 2000-07-23 8 Ng Wan Ching - And he is not alone. Several S'pore gamblers get VIP treatment as they spend millions in casinos y aboard v. By Ng Wan Ching STILL paying the bank for that $350,000 housing loan? The one that's going to take you 20 years to695 words
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312 2000-07-23 8 Peter Wilson - By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY TRY thinking about plonking down about A 55.2 million in a single session at the tables. That's how much another Singaporean laid out in one gambling session. According to casino insiders, he "kept his cool and was fairly312 words
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Article360 2000-07-23 9 USING CASINOS TO LAUNDER BIG MONEY THE fifth Singaporean on the list of high rollers is a man who now lives in the Sydney suburb of Narwee. He is Sunny Liu Soon Kat, a 37-year-old who now runs two legal brothels, one in Fairfield and one in360 words
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Article542 2000-07-23 10 Ng Wan Ching - Good news for Asian men By Ng Wan Ching SIZE, of course, is not everything. But this finding by Singapore researchers might put minds at ease: A man's penile erection does not get smaller with age. We're talking about both the length and circumference of542 words
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Article132 2000-07-23 10 Researchers here have sized up 208 local men of different ethnic backgrounds over 10 years and found that the Singapore man does not fall short Prof Adaikan was assisted in his research by Professor S C Ng, head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology and132 words
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Article, Illustration173 2000-07-23 10 WHATS the driving force behind this idea of big is better? According to Prof Adaikan, the background music that is constantly playing to all these men's worries is very likely evolutionary instinct. That's the age-old instinct to reproduce, to procreate, to make babies. "There's a subconscious173 words
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Article71 2000-07-23 11 THE penises of two groups of men were measured when flaccid and when erect: Group A: 100 men, 40 years or younger; Group B: 108 men, 41 or older. MEASUREMENTS: Group A B when flaccid Circumference: B.6cm B.7cm Length: B.3cm B.2cm Group A B when erect71 words
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Article332 2000-07-23 11 ONE man imagined that his wife's vagina was growing bigger and bigger and his penis was getting smaller and smaller, until he could not perform in bed anymore. He sought help from alternative medicine experts until his wife dragged him to see a psychiatrist.332 words
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Article, Illustration398 2000-07-23 11 Sheela Narayanan - She can take an M-16 rifle apart in 22 seconds and put it back again in 40 seconds. Next... By Sheela Narayanan SALUTE Cadet Lieutenant (CLT) Daphne Chan (above). Just 17, she will he first female parade commander at today's National Cadet Corp398 words
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Article, Illustration748 2000-07-23 12 GLORIA CHANDY - HAVE A DRINK... WHILE YOU CAN... COMMENT GLORIA CHANDY MR JIMMY Tan is visibly upset. A way of life is coming to an end. For all of his neighbourhood certainly. But especially for him and his family. The Katong Bakery, or Red House Bakery as it isPictures/ Alvin Toh - 748 words
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Article, Illustration205 2000-07-23 13 YUMfItLSUNPAE! It was the place to go for a wonderful Knickerbocker skyscraper sundae. It was a focal point in Katong. used to hang around there like most St Patrick's boys and most Katong residents. Mr Brian Davenport, president of the Eurasian Association SEEJfIJJ THERE, DEAR...205 words
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Article191 2000-07-23 13 THE Katong Bakery and five other units next to it on East Coast Road will cease to be rent-controlled premises on April 1, 2001. This is in line with a 1997 government announcement to lift rent control by this date. Mr Syed Omar Alsagoff, the trustee for191 words
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Article, Illustration830 2000-07-23 14 Saleh Saqqaf - By: Saleh Saqqaf IT was a scene replayed. The sanitised smell and the cheery signboards at the duty free shops at the Changi Airport arrival lounge greeted me moments after I stepped off the plane. With a hand-held bag and my well-worn jacket,Picture/ Drew Fritz - 830 words
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Article320 2000-07-23 14 A few weeks ago, actor Robin Leong wrote to say he finds Asian women more attractive than Caucasians and asked advertisers to use Asian women in their ads. Here are some responses: Asian problem I am a young Chinese Singaporean working in Munich, Germany. Asian culture is320 words
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Article116 2000-07-23 14 WE receive many letters from Singaporeans living and working overseas. Many shed new light on issues raised in the Expat Page. Living abroad enhances one's world view. We want to feature Singaporeans who are expats overseas anyone from students to executives to homemakers. As long as116 words
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Article224 2000-07-23 15 THE 12 families were torn across countries because a spouse was a foreigner who had contracted the Aids virus. But there's been a reunion for one of them. A Thai national in her early twenties repatriated early this year, was reunited with her husband in224 words
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Article64 2000-07-23 15 In less than a week, I got confirmation my wife was coming back. We are very happy. lam looking forward to having her home. She can also continue her treatment here. A 37-year-old technician, who has been separated from his wife for two years. They have a64 words
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266 2000-07-23 15 EN^>us] MORE nursing homes by private operators, that's what the Government hopes. To get them started, the Government will release 13 to 15 plots of land, over the next 10 years, to build new nursing homes. The Government wants to encourage more private participation266 words
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Article72 2000-07-23 15 CHARITY WHEELS: Skate and do your bit for charity by registering and completing the 8 km route along the Singapore River Promenade. For every registered skater, $5 will go to the Touch Community Centre. Tomorrow, from 8-10 am. Free. RIVER FIESTA: Go on down to Clarke Quay72 words
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Article75 2000-07-23 15 THE Singapore Medical Council has censured a doctor who certified that a maid was not pregnant, when she was in an advanced stage of pregnancy. Dr Khoo Hun Swarn, who runs his own practice at Khoo Medical Clinic and Surgery, Blk 143 Teck Whye Lane, had told the75 words
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Article98 2000-07-23 15 A MAN lied that he was selling his Housing Board flat and made three men pay him a total of $13,000 in deposits. Peh Poh Seng, 44, was jailed 18 months by a district court on Friday on three charges of cheating. Two other charges were considered in98 words
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Article63 2000-07-23 15 WANT to know more about insurance in Singapore? Check www.insurancesupermart. com.sg That's the new website said to be the world's first such industry-wide initiative. Launched on Friday, the website has information on Singapore insurers, insurance policies and careers, plus tips on what to look for when buying insurance. You63 words
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Article70 2000-07-23 15 VICTORIA school will offer the Gifted Education Programme from next year. It will have two Secondary 1 gifted classes, This was announced by Dr Aline Wong, Senior Minister of State for Education, in a speech given at the school. It will be the seventh secondary school to offer70 words
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Article, Illustration113 2000-07-23 16 THEY tried to sneak out of Singapore in a car, but crashed into a tree at the Woodlands Checkpoint. Shortly after 1 am on Friday, the Malaysian driver, 19, sped off from the checkpoint when the police tried to check his Malaysian-registered car. TherePicture/ The Straits Times - 113 words
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Article81 2000-07-23 16 AP. THE stork is creating problems for Thai Airways. So many of its stewardesses are having babies this year that it has to launch a recruitment drive to find replacements. "Normally the number of stewardesses taking maternity leave averages 120 a year. "But this year it has shotAP. - 81 words
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Article84 2000-07-23 16 AFP. POLICE in Bangladesh found a large bomb close to where the Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, was due to address a meeting yesterday. Officials said a device weighing more than 70 kg was found about 50 m from the venue a college in Gopalganj, the Prime Minister'sAFP. - 84 words
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Article73 2000-07-23 16 AP. OUSTED Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has been sentenced to 14 years jail for corruption. He has also been fined 20 million rupees ($696,000) and barred from holding public office for 21 years. Mr Sharif is already serving a life sentence for hijacking and terrorism. He hasAP. - 73 words
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Article84 2000-07-23 16 AP. A FORMER US Navy sailor who the police say confessed to murdering prostitutes in the US and several Asian ports, including Singapore, has been ordered to stand trial. John Eric Armstrong, 26, will be tried in the first of five murder cases in the Detroit, MichiganAP. - 84 words
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Miscellaneous52 2000-07-23 15 Showers with thunder are expected in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over eastern half of Singapore. Party cloudy thereafter. north Thunderstorms sunrise 7:06 om west PartlyCloudly' sunset 7:17 pm central Thunderstorms moonrise south Thunderstorms moonset 12:03 pm east Thunderstorms mihii ISISBHBIi minimum 25 X maximum 32( 24 m:52 words
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Article, Illustration516 2000-07-23 17 KUMAR - T^eek] Guest editor KUMAR Entertainer FIRST, thanks to The New Paper for giving me this opportunity. This platform. It's great that you invite people to be valued guests in your paper. Today, I'm writing about the "normality" issue in Singapore because it516 words
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Advertisement392 2000-07-23 18 Join us at die T j- A r rrr r r\ r JJ I |gj OFFICIAL LAUNCH 22 JULY, 2000 LIANG COURT, ATRIUM, LEVEL ONE by the Guest-Of-Honour "n Mr Mah Bow Tan 4 S> ~§> Minister for National Development mHt ;,v *2SEW> Ez citing festivities await you at the392 words
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Article, Illustration292 2000-07-23 19 Orchard Point at H2O Zone held a Fashion Frenzy last week for its new outlets. The It Squad's EILEEN WEE hosted the show. IVAN: What was it like, hosting a fashion show? EILEEN: I was impressed with the turnout, there was a lot of media attention forPhotos: ALVIN TON - 292 words
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Article, Illustration143 2000-07-23 19 Europa East Coast was the venue for the semi-finals of Manhunt Singapore 2000. The It Squad's IVAN UM and EILEEN WEE hosted the event Gotcha! The It Squad sneaks into the contestants' waiting/ changing room. Sorry, boys! Eileen appears delighted as she leaves the guys to theirPhotos: MOHDISHAK - 143 words
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Article, Illustration196 2000-07-23 20 The It Squad is IVAN LIM and EILEEN WEE. The It Squad is a variety-show style entertainment concept in print as well as on the Internet. Sometimes we're part of the fun, at other times we show you some of the fun, and quite often, we make196 words
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Article, Illustration327 2000-07-23 21 OVER the centuries, many animals have been used as attackers in battles. Horses, of course. Elephants, too. Even dogs. But ducks? Whoever thought that ducks could be aggressive? The Chinese government did. It used about 700,000327 words
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Article, Illustration210 2000-07-23 21 WHAT safer place than a police station in which to take shelter, whether it be from criminals or from the pouring rain? A four-metre-long, 40kg python certainly chose correctly when it slithered into a police station in Kuala Lumpur. The Sun newspaper210 words
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Article, Illustration332 2000-07-23 21 AP LOOKS like even the pets at the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are the brainy kind. A professor at MIT and a handful of students are trying to keep their parrot from becoming bored, by teaching it to surf the Net. TheAP - 332 words
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Article, Illustration301 2000-07-23 22 IT was supposed to be a local humour magazine. And it was free to school children. But 700 pupils in a top primary school in Kuala Lumpur got a shock when they flipped the pages. It contained an explicit story of a youngPicture/ The Sun - 301 words
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Article, Illustration348 2000-07-23 23 KC WONG - It took the garbage avalanche at the Payatas dumpsite to wake people up to the fact that so many Filipinos live with death as their neighbour. These people live in different parts of Manila but have one thing in common. The place where they348 words
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Article, Illustration38 2000-07-23 24 WHEN THE RIVER OVERFLOWS: Little Roberto Is used to wading In ankle-deep water. WIRY MESS: Power grids that are too close for comfort. UNTIL THE TRAIN COMES: Residents using the railway track.38 words
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390 2000-07-23 24 RUDY Lores and his family do not have any problems getting electrical power for their home. Their shack, like hundreds of others, sits just below a power grid and they seem to tap it for electricity. There are unruly cables coiled390 words
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Article, Illustration439 2000-07-23 25 THEY all love Hillary Clinton. In an outpouring of support for the US First Lady, Hollywood has again showered her Senate campaign with cash. A list of Mrs Clinton's financial backers reads like a seating chart at the Oscars. Tom Cruiso and Nicolo439 words
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[Aggie] MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
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Article, Illustration262 2000-07-23 27 I'M a foreigner working in Singapore for six years. Last year, someone from the United Kingdom sent me a letter. He said he wanted to befriend me. He also suggested further commitment. He said he saw my photograph in a pen-pal column published262 words
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Article159 2000-07-23 27 Last week's letter: HEARTBROKEN has a girlfriend he loves very much. Before they met, she had other boyfriends and slept with them. Early on in their relationship, she urged him to have sex with her. But, he turned her down because he believes that they159 words
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Article147 2000-07-23 27 Readers 9 advice: IT is good that you have such great respect for your girlfriend. Abstinence is the best way of honouring your partner. However, the problem here is this may not be your girlfriend's belief and she may have "sexual needs" in this relationship that147 words
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Article152 2000-07-23 27 I SALUTE your beliefs in this modern generation where many people seem to be compromising their values. You have taken a bold stand and there is nothing to be heartbroken about. A relationship cannot be based on sex alone, even after you are married. There is much152 words
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350 2000-07-23 28 I GOT to know this guy recently due to business matters. I've developed special feelings towards him. He's the only one for whom I have these kinds of feelings for after a failed marriage, although I have also met other guys. He350 words
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412 2000-07-23 28 I'VE had this problem that has been bugging me for the past IV2 years. There is this girl, A, whom I like. She knows about it. I've asked her to be my steady girlfriend but she keeps asking me to412 words
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[Puberty] Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
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Article272 2000-07-23 28 I AM a 17-year-old guy. Q Starting from about three weeks ago, I have noticed a clear, sticky secretion coming from my penis. I am worried. It happens twice daily, even when I am not sexually stimulated. The secretion will sometimes come when I am playing272 words
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Article202 2000-07-23 28 I READ one of your Q columns recently. In it, you said that "studies show that girls who start having sex at an early age face an increased risk of getting cervical cancer later in life". But how early is early? Does "early" mean the teenage202 words
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Advertisement59 2000-07-23 28 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 markAggie) or call 1900-912-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name, but59 words
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Article, Illustration570 2000-07-23 29 MICHELLE CHOH - MICHELLE CHOH is. Sportsi6 Ihe new any wear. Take a hikexiown Orchard Road. The Nike swoosh and the adidas stripe rule A-Cffc \i r Rubbing heel to toeajongside the Ferragamos and theißnuno Maglis are the Reeboks andjthe Asics. And sports fashioms current statement is570 words
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Article, Illustration428 2000-07-23 29 HE was born in the Year of the Centipede, apparently. How else do you explain the more than 50 pairs of shoes in his cupboard? To say Mr Yasser Suratman, 27, is a serious collector of sportswear is to put it mildly. And when it comes down428 words
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Miscellaneous828 2000-07-23 30 t/~ Turn Female Weekend on MTV God ofGamblers "WW MTV South-east Asia (Ch 11), Channel 8,7.30 pm w Ik 2pm Just two months before his duel with The Siege Two hours of non-stop diva assault another gambler, Gaojin accidentally Star Movies (Ch 58), 9pm I starting with Celine Dion to828 words
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Article, Illustration778 2000-07-23 31 Shirley Tan - [singleColum>n n< laoJz oil jfOA. 04t lite CuAail the &ta\t of my Viain jawutey. 91 leAemJUel a p&Uo+t'l jaututey life f 9 lapfuMe. wlty iometimel (joUuj, thsuouqJt the. Curtail e*pe>Ue*toe U a little icafiy. Ifou may end up aoina t/t*oaaU the whale jausutey and wot find778 words
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Article, Illustration1113 2000-07-23 32 Ng Wan Chine - £cookiGjcirjj e place By Ng Wan Chine wanching@sph.com.sg DOES this sound like you? Under 21, certainly don't earn $30,000 a year and in a hurry to enjoy a glamorous lifestyle of dining and shopping. Now with the slew of new debit cards which have hit1,113 words
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Article, Illustration682 2000-07-23 33 MICHELLE CHOH; Michelle Choh - No losers in this film everyone wins X-Men mutants led by Professor Charles Xavier (Patrick Stewart) are out to battle the evil Brotherhood of Mutants to protect the human race. Cast: Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman, lan McKellen, Halle Berry, Famke Janssen, James Marsden, Bruce Davison, Tyler Mane, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, Ray682 words
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Article, Illustration298 2000-07-23 34 LINGAM PONNAMPALAM - by LINGAM PONNAMPALAM EVER watched The Electric Company? Well, that kiddy show had its version of Spiderman. He couldn't talk. He was too "drama". And instead of webs, he shot out from his wrists the sort of nets fishermen use to trawl tuna. He was good298 words
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Advertisement237 2000-07-23 34 Rocky Halloween ONE Halloween, a trick-or-treater came to my door dressed as "Rocky", in boxing gloves and satin shorts. Soon after I gave him some goodies, he returned for more. "Aren't you the same 'Rock/Who left my doorstep several minutes ago?" I asked. "Yes," he replied. "But now I'm the237 words
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Miscellaneous476 2000-07-23 35 [T ill CALL: 873-3333 C 1% I I 24-hour subscription sales hotline movies sat The Truth About Jane and Sam I Opm This romantic boy-meets-giri story today The Siege features Singaporean star Fann Wong. 9pm Denzel Washington is Anthony Director Earnest Er aJsd%xplores the Hubbard, the head of the Joint476 words
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Miscellaneous526 2000-07-23 36 Highlight of the Week 1 thurs Viva Las Vegas 9pm The quintessential Elvis movie. The jr[. King meets his match in Ann-Margret fflhp' %if M a stunningly sexy and talented dancer W H who's cool on him at first Elvis is a race jggjKHKyE|t jF car driver who wants to526 words
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Article, Illustration832 2000-07-23 37 DENISE CHONG; Crispina Robert - Dizzy from the screaming pink and blue tiny T-shirts and flounced frilly skirts, I realised that bigger-sized women had no place there. But hey, there were enough rings, beads and trinkets to re-surface Singapore's beaches. by DENISE CHONG EdKedby Crispina Robert M WHERE'S the Tokyo of Ekin832 words
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Article, Illustration546 2000-07-23 39 All Time Greatest Movie Love Songs 2 Various (Sony) WHAT a long title. And what a long list of songs a whopping 19 tracks in a compilation that again dares to call itself "greatest". This new album tnestocovertwo decades of movie themes. However, placing Kenny546 words
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Article, Illustration411 2000-07-23 39 with Eugene Anthony - with Eugene Anthony Rave I HAVE yet to find a band in Singapore which can play at least one Steely Dan song. But when I was in Chiangmai a few weeks ago, I walked into this pub and heard a Thai band playing With A Gun, from Steely Dan's Logic411 words
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Article, Illustration549 2000-07-23 40 Siva Choy - Siva Choy I refer specially to thow pflfftrngrrft who work themselves into a rage and then assault airline staff This is inexcusable behaviour, especially when you consider that the cause of the rage is drunkenness, and that the passengers got drunk549 words
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Article, Illustration717 2000-07-23 41 R Chandran - Column A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN BY SINGAPORE'S THEATRE TEASE w by R Chandran I AM sorry for misleading you with the headline. This piece is NOT about such a person. I just wanted to experience the feeling of having my photograph on the same page as that proclamation. This717 words
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Article, Illustration553 2000-07-23 42 Carol Leong - p n I nin I CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET-CONSCIOUS I V 111 K I m By Carol Leong orolQspliconug HAVING a glamorous photo of yourself can be pretty useful. You can use them for passports, scan them in for use in internet relay chats,553 words
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Article, Illustration16 2000-07-23 43 ..Js heawy. So ttils NDP dancer takes time out for some shut-eye PICTURE DREW FRITZPICTURE DREW FRITZ - 16 words
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Miscellaneous632 2000-07-23 45 "l WHAT THE STARS DIDN'T TELL YOU Paik Choo Cancer (June 22 to July 21) Libra (Sept 24 to Oct 22) not g° od y° u s et u g h up in a crowd. So for this week, leam to love your own company. Who's fooling whom, Crab? Crustaceans632 words
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Article, Illustration420 2000-07-23 48 Danny Khoo - By Danny Khoo IT WAS third-time lucky for the connections of Uncle James at Kranji yesterday. The Westminster four-year-old entire, who found one to beat narrowly in his first two starts, posted a popular win in Race 7, a 1,400 m event for ClassPictures/ David Tan - 420 words
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Article405 2000-07-23 48 RESULTS Going; Yielding 3 COUGAR ROAR 53.5 (13-7) Michael Ryan (8) 1 1 VICTORY TRUMP 60.5 (23-7) Henry Barnabas (7) 2 7 ERIN PAK 52 (83-19) Alana Sanson (6) 3 Alto ran: CABIN CRUISER Shaun McGruddy, ALL DILLON Patrick Cartery. CHAMPS ELYSEES Paul King. COUNT HIGGINS Danny405 words
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Article151 2000-07-23 49 Reuters SYDNEY trainer John Hawkes broke one of Australian racing's most revered records on FYiday. With just over a week of the 1999-2000 season to go, Hawkes overtook the previous mark of 306 winners set by David Hayes in 1991-92 when his gelding Massive won aReuters - 151 words
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Article153 2000-07-23 49 Reuters JOCKEY Ray Cochrane made a winning comeback to the saddle on Friday at Newmarket racecourse where he narrowly escaped death last month in a plane crash. Cochrane swept to victory with a perfectly-timed late run on Glowing, trained locally by James Fanshawe. "You alwaysReuters - 153 words
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Article, Illustration1358 2000-07-23 49 TOO LATE: Highland Fling staves off the fast-finishing Auriferous (No. 5) by a shorthead In Race 8 yesterday. Picture/ David Tan w—mmmm first 5544 SECOND 7047 ■■■■■i THIRD 1307 STARTERS CONSOLATION 8582 3824 7227 6536 5870 9280 9853 0173 0895 9430Picture/ David Tan - 1,358 words
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1566 2000-07-23 50 RACE 1: RED TAURUS was inconvenienced on the outside of ORIENTAL GOLD, who jumped awkwardly outwards. POWER GENERAL jumped awkwardly inwards and was slow into stride. DIAMOND KING jumped awkwardly outwards, brushing the outside gate, causing jockey C Carmody to loose the use of1,566 words
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Article, Illustration500 2000-07-23 51 BRITISH GOLF: ST ANDREWS ROUNDTWO BEFORE this British Open began, Tiger Woods set the agenda for the week in his own words. He doesn't just win major titles now, he does the script treatments, too. "If there are any two tournaments you want to winPicture/ Reuters - 500 words
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Article186 2000-07-23 51 AFP. MYANMAR'S Kyi Hla Han suffered a nightmarish exit from the British Open. He landed five times in fairway divots and nearly got struck twice by stray balls in a second round, nine-over-par 81. The 39-year-old Han, winner of the Asian PGA Order of Merit last year,AFP. - 186 words
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178 2000-07-23 51 TRI-NATiONS RUGBY: NEW ZEALAND 25 SOUTH AFRICA 12 NEW ZEALAND 25 (Christian Cullen 2 tries; Andrew Mehrtens 3 penalties, drop goal, Tony Brown penalty) SOUTH AFRICA 12 (Braam van Straaten 3 penalties, Percy Montgomery drop goal) AFP. JUST too good, especially in defence. Christian CullenAFP. - 178 words
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Article, Illustration961 2000-07-23 52 Mike Rowbottom - 'If he's Superman, I 'm kryptonite' Maurice f I Greene on Michael Johnson i before the super j duel in the 200m By] Mike Rowbottom NYT. MICHAEL Johnson hasn't at all done badly as an athlete so far. So just imagine what he will be capable of once he getsNYT.; Picture/ Reuters - 961 words
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Article, Illustration717 2000-07-23 53 ABOUT half of England think Everton football club has gone stark raving mad. Others pity the club and reckon it is throwing good money down the drain. Maybe one per cent of us believe signing Paul Gascoigne when nobody else will touch him MIGHT turn outPicture/ Reuters - 717 words
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Article75 2000-07-23 53 IN two blinks of an eye, Lennox Lewis retains his world heavyweight crown and says: "I reign supercilious over boxing." Beg your pardon? I reign supercilious over Mike Tyson and the rest. Maybe he meant superior? Or maybe, because Lennox tells us he's the educated champ. The word75 words
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269 2000-07-23 54 Wire agencies. LEADING British nightclub Cream has banned former England soccer star Paul Gascoigne. No, not for his bad behaviour. But simply because the owners want him to stay fit. Earlier this week, Gazza, whose extrovert lifestyle has never kept him farWire agencies. - 269 words
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Article, Illustration308 2000-07-23 54 LUIS FIGO TO REAL MADRID? WHY ANELKA IS MOVING TO PARIS Reuters. Newly-elected Real Madrid president Florentine Perez has reportedly insisted that Luis Figo will join the European champion tomorrow. And the fee will be a world record. "On Monday I will have Figo.Reuters. - 308 words
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Article, Illustration199 2000-07-23 54 Reuters. NICOLAS Anelka is "super happy and proud". He is returning home to the French capital of Paris. He is back at his old club, Paris St Germain. "After three years away, playing far from my country, my family and my friends,Reuters. - 199 words
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Article, Illustration200 2000-07-23 54 Wire services. CHARITY SHIELD: Man U v Chelsea (August 12) Manchester United will begin the defence of its English Premier League title with a home game against Newcastle. Saturday, Aug 19: Charlton v Man City Chelsea v West Ham Coventry vMiddlesbro Derby v Southampton Leeds v EvertonWire services. - 200 words
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Article, Illustration511 2000-07-23 55 Wang Meng Meng - BY Wang Meng Meng WHACK! A swing of a hockey stick. A badly-bruised knee. A death threat. Yes, ardent S-League fans would have probably heard about the sensational attack on Woodlands Wellington midfielders Ivica Raguz and Max Nicholson by now. Twenty-four hours on, howPicture/ Lim Han Ming - 511 words
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Article, Illustration134 2000-07-23 55 The daring assault took place on Friday night at about Bpm as the players were returning to their Orchid Park Condominium in Yishun. Ivica Raguz was hit on the left knee by an attacker wielding a hockey stick. He suffered a badly-bruised knee and had to sit outPicture/ Jonathan Choo - 134 words
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Article, Illustration681 2000-07-23 56 Wang Meng Meng - HOW THE MATCH WENT GEYLANG UNITED 2 Scorers: Zulkarnaen Zainal (6th), Indra Sahdan (43rd) Main sponsor Ponggol Marina/RTW Equipment sponsor Nike WOODLANDS WELLINGTON 0 Main sponsor None Equipment sponsor Lotto BY Wang Meng Meng THESE are two S-League teams that suffered a severe jolt to theirPicture/ Jonathan Choo - 681 words
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Article139 2000-07-23 56 THE WSA Sport's Goal Rush continues! The phone-in S-League score prediction game reopens its phonelines today. To take part, call The New Paper Infoline 1900-914-0801 and register your predictions for this week's six matches: Tanfong Pager United v Clementi Khalsa Marine Castle v Geytang United Woodlands139 words
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Advertisement53 2000-07-23 56 SCflfe' CLEMENTI GEYLANG MATCH vs vs SEMBAWANG WOODLANDS STADIUM CLEMENTI BEDOK DATE 22/7/2000 22/7/2000 •FULL-TIME MATCH 2-2 2-0 RESULTS II Full-Time includes injury time but not extra time or penalty shoot-outs. SCORE RESULTS IX2 DRAW GEYLANG 1/2 GOAL SH J B SJI*" 6 G E ?y NG TOTAL 4 553 words
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Article, Illustration755 2000-07-23 57 Gary Lim - MEET JURONGFC'S TWO GRADUATE S-LEAGUE PLAYERS By Gary Lim THEY are a rare species. On the pitch, they let their feet do the talking. Off the pitch, they let their brains take over. Moot Jurong FC's Joseph Pragasam andPicture/ Kenneth Koh - 755 words
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Article342 2000-07-23 57 BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND THREE: THE LATEST SCORES TIGER Woods made his first bogey in 64 holes of major championship golf early this morning. But he held onto his lead in a suddenly much tighter British Open. Woods' four-foot putt on No 2342 words
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Article49 2000-07-23 58 Name: Goh TatChuan Date of Birth: Feb 6,1974 Height: 1.75 m Weight: 66kg Favourite Club: Manchester United Favourite Player Roy Keane and Nazri Nasir Name: Joseph Pragasam Date of Birth: Jan 30,1974 Height: I.Bom Weight 78kg Favourite Club: Manchester United Favourite Player: Marco Van Basten and Velimir Crljen49 words
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Article192 2000-07-23 58 WE need more thinking footballers. So feel the men at the helm the S-League coaches. Tanjong Pagar coach Tohari Paijan has even decided to specifically seek out footballers from universities. He feels this breed of footballers has that rare X-factor. Said Paijan: "Tanjong Pagar still depends192 words
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