The New Paper, 30 July 2000

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  • NEWS
    • 75 2 LATEST Bernama. THE "hunter" who stole a police submachine gun in Kuala Lumpur was caught last night. The suspect was nabbed at his elder sister's house in Gombak at 11.30 pm. About 15 policemen went to the house following a tip-off from members of the
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    • 116 2 OVER three days last week, we asked you to listen to the voices of three of The New Paper on Sunday Guest Editors and guess who they are. Twelve correct entries were picked each day to win a Swatch Fall-Winter 2000 Collection watches each. Here are the answers
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    • 512 2 FIVE whole days with no food and no water. On the concrete floor of a dark, cold storage cupboard. A terrible ordeal for anyone, however fit and healthy. How much more terrible it must have been for Mrs Mavis Pratt: The great-grand-mother is
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    • 201 2 Sorry In our report "Pay change" yesterday, we said that nurses' pay will now be revised yearly. This is incorrect. Their pay will be reviewed at least annually. A Long History of Unsurpassed Support, Now Even BETTER! For years. Spinal Guard sleep sets have been satisfying the needs of those
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  • NEWS
    • 778 4 How much sex education should you give your pre-schooler to keep her safe from perverts? And are there any books out there which can help you explain the birds and the bees to a five-year-old? GLORIA CHANDYand NG WAN CHING report GRAPHICS TO HELP
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    • 439 4 NG WAN CHING THE answer to "Where do I come from, mummy?" is not out there, in local bookshops. At least not for parents of the very young who will at some point, starting from around three, ask the question. There are books on sex education, but
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    • 389 5 t J5 > Join us at the Singapore Fiesta 2000!* Exciting festivities await you at the Singapore River Fiesta 2000 from 22 July till 5 August 2000! Cj I ft* Trtatw* Cevt Sftd&l FiMs i time with any purchase of the Siemens C 351 River Market r> rj ($338), M
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  • NEWS
    • 575 6 It was touted as a means of being at more than one party at the same time. But MICHELLE CHOH has other ideas IT could have driven the typical party animal up the wall. Four hip parties happening at four hip places. All at
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    • 137 6 TO make best use of the kind of services Iteru (www.iteru.net) offers, you need a phone that has WAP. Iteru lets you set up what it calls a "colony". A colony can be public like what we used at Siam Supper Club or personal say, for you
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  • NEWS
    • 831 8 Five years after the drug-bust that nearly broke its back, Zouk is still happening. UNGAMPONNAMPALAM talks to Andrew lng, the man behind the club ZOUK (CLUB) /ZO:OOK/ ADJ. All things on the bleeding edge of popular culture. ING (ANDREW) /EE:ING/ PERS. PRO. Action figure; quite a character.
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    • 507 9 VOLUNTEER MUMS MRS Patricia Ho is in the middle of her third pregnancy. But, she things nothing of spending her days running around asking for donations. The memory of her son Matthew, who died of cancer in 1999, is what keeps her going. And, the love
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    • 125 9 This year, Children's Voice is organising a golf and dinner charity on Aug 24. The golf event wttl be at the Tanah Merah Country Club. And dinner will be at the Westin Stamford Hotel. The golf event is sold out There is still limited seating available for the
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  • 587 10 Matthew's tragic battle THIS is Matthew Ho (picture, left) when he was seven. The big picture below is his. It's his idea of the fight between cancer and himself. His family loved him dearly. He died in 1999 on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Before Matthew died,
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  • 50 10 There are about 100 new cases of childhood cancer diagnosed in Singapore each year. These children go through a tremendous amount of physical pain and psychological trauma. To recognise their courage, the Children's Cancer Foundation started a day just for them called Tulip Hearts Day in 1996.
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  • 528 12 111 irtibli NEWS ITS a tough job. And hopefully they won't have to do it. For these are the men of the Singapore Prisons Emergency Action Response (Spear) force. Their job, in a nutshell, is to prevent all hell from breaking loose inside Changi Prison. And
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  • EXPAT
    • 1111 13  -  I left Singapore for my husband Five years ago, this Irish woman came here to get married to her Singaporean husband. The marriage broke down, and she returned home to save her marriage. Now, she's back... By Hazel Larkin THE plane touched down at 5.15pm,
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    • 164 14 WE'VE received many letters from Singaporeans living and working overseas. Many have shed new light on issues raised in the Expat Page. We thank you for your input. Now, we want to feature you. You, the student who is studying overseas. You, the homemaker who has
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    • 239 14 Two weeks ago, we told of a British lady who came to know of Singapore through her doctor-husband, Dr Ernest Wong. After he died—of cancer— in 1996, friends asked Miss Anna Clark why she stayed. She said Singapore is her home. Here are some responses. She's a
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 343 15 Deported wife with Aids returns SHE thought she would never see her family again in Singapore. She has Aids and was deported in May, under the Immigration Act. Her social visit pass had expired and was not renewed. But last Friday, 30-year-old Ellen (not her real
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    • Article, Illustration
      47 15 MAURILIO de Oliveira of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro cleaning the skeleton of the 110 million year-old Santanaraptor dinosaur, beside a replica of the prehistoric creature. The remains were discovered earlier this week in the state of Ceara, northeast of Brazil. Picture/ Afp
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    • 90 15 Unnntxl MALAYSIAN taxi drivers have been warned to steer clear of politics or risk losing their licences. Cabbies displaying stickers or flags of any political party or playing anti-government cassettes will have their permits revoked. Entrepreneur Development Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz has said: They can support any
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    • 98 15 TODAY is the deadline for Noah's Ark Lodge operator Raymund Wee to vacate the former premises at Seletar West Farm way 5. He has spent the past few weeks moving the 300 animals to his new sanctuary in Pekan Nanas, Johor, now called Noah's Ark Natural Animal Sanctuary.
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    • 111 15 KRISHNA: THE BLUE QOD: The life of Krishna in paintings, sculpture. There will also be games for the children. Now on till Dec 10 at the Asian Civilisation Museum, 39 Armenian Street. Tickets at $3 and $1.50 (concession). Today's opening hours: 9 pm to 6 pm. SEEING
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    • 37 15 Showcn are expected in the late morning and early afternoon affecting most areas. north Thunderstorms w«t Thunderstorms 7:06 om central Showers pjooiliii""" east Showers moonset 6:34 pm minimum 25 C fcltk. 25m112)0n maximum 32 c sundtk. 29mlQI6pn
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  • INFOCUS
    • 301 16 OUR youths would rather go to friends for advice than to ask their parents. And in times of trouble, it is mum they would turn to, rather then dad. A survey findings show that only about 7 per cent of those between 15 and
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    • 96 16 A BRAZILIAN thief picked a bad day to rob passengers on a bus. After snatching more than US$800 (S$l,360), Jose Roberto Rocha jumped off the bus right into the arms, as it were, of 410 police gathered in a square for an official ceremony with the Rio
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    • 106 16 AFP NEW Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark was handed a parking ticket in Auckland on Friday. Her ministerial car was parked illegally for over an hour during the launch of a campaign for promoting local music. Asked who would pay the NZ$6O dollars ($46) fine, one
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    • 84 16 SINGAPOREANS are not all that "kia-su* afraid to lose. Over the last two financial years, about $32 million in tax relief for cash donations to charities went unclaimed by taxpayers. So the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras) will introduce new software to provide automatic tax deduction for
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    • 85 16 THE United States will try and help Indonesia to end bloodshed in the troubled Maluku islands and other hotspots. The assurance was made by US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright during a meeting with Indonesian Foreign Minister Alwi Shihab yesterday. Ms Albright said: "I reiterated US support for
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    • 88 16 MILLENIA Walk will get a $6-million makeover. High fashion will be replaced by trendy restaurants and drinking holes. The shopping centre's owner and developer, Pontiac Marina, hopes this will reverse the fortunes of Millenia Walk, which is next to Suntec City. The original concept in 1996 was for
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    • 96 16 A 13-YEAR-OLD junior high school boy in Japan, has filed a lawsuit against two classmates, their parents and the Kobe Municipal Government, claiming he has been bullied by the classmates on at least 600 occasions during the past year. In the suit, the student in Higashinada-ku demands
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  • THE WEEK
    • 621 18  -  And a challenge to big Singapore companies to adopt a promising player each Guest Editor KEN CHIANG Managing Director ofWSA Lines (sponsor of S-League club Balestier Central) GOAL 2010! Is this just a dream? Well, I guess now it is a national project. As a kid, I
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      5 18 Abigail Chay, Actress
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    • 299 19 1 fit s| Sfe 8| 8 K A« HIISRSfiS®BSH '':ii^ B July 26, Garden Restaurant, Hotel Phoenix Singapore: S While others are struggling to launch their new newspapers, The New Paper marked its S 12th year of prosperity and success at the home of the famous Hotel Phoenix prata. Almost
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    • 328 20 01.188 B showtime saocm M■■■■■ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■MMMMMMMM B^P^HBP*^y|K^F^|^Mfi^v r |%T x ■■I J IjUMbC*. j' 1 Sfßfe? vflSrajrlEP^r^^i9f j^H di ■■■■■■■■■■■■ESSPVBHHHHHHi l**Ml^* SALUTE: whogotridof %m *j|m S than you can H 59®5- :3f *<';' H| say Gofcttocksikß Jm SKA lEuf T The It Squad is IVAN LIM, lif>;j{ r, Creative of
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  • 643 22  -  FREE SPERCH BROUGHT TO YOU BY Free Speech is a fortnightly series of interviews with interesting personalities held at H20Zone. This week's guest: Actress and comedian LOKE LOO PIN, who stars in Action Theatre's Viva Viagra!, now playing at the Drama Centre By Ivan Lim lvanl@sph.com.sg SHE'S
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  • NEWS
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      838 23  -  BY V k santosh Kumar TRY cycling 160 km over ordinary terrain in one go. ItH take the wind out of you. Try cycling the same distance over hills and winding roads after a bout with testicular cancer. Youll keel over dead. Competitive cycling is no simple
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    • 536 24 Think again. Most kids won't find a good income I without I a degree Source: AP. STUDY well, get into a good university, land a good job and live happily ever after. For generations, that was the standard recipe for the
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    • 432 25 TERROR IN TORONTO Source: AP, Toronto Sun. THE parents of two Taiwanese teens wanted them to study English. So, the sisters, aged 14 and 18, were sent to the "safe" Canadian city of Toronto to study the language for two months. Never in their wildest
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    • 148 25 WHEN the girl's father heard the news, his first reaction was one of disbelief. Toronto is such a safe city, how can it happen? How can it happen to these two girls?" Mr Antonio Chen, the bearer of the grim news, quoted the father as saying. They are
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      563 26 Myanmar's military rulers this week re-opened all university classes, including those suspended since 1996 following anti-government demonstrations. SURESH KUMAR reports MYANMAR closed its leading universities for "major repairs" in 1988 the year when street protests rocked the country. The idea was to suppress stu-dent-led demonstrations and clip
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    • 198 26 UNIVERSITIES in Myanmar are faced with the problem of survival. It was not just the students who ran away. Many lecturers fled to Bangkok or the United States or anywhere safe," said Mr Bertil Lintner, author of five books on Myanmar. The Education
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    • 600 27 STEP-MUM WAS A MAN Source: AP, Kansas City Star. HE IS fighting for his share of US$2.5 million ($4.3 million). That's how much his late father's assets are worth. What's unusual about that? He's fighting his step-mother for it. Unfortunate, but still not unusual.
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    • 380 28 SO you wish to see more of Cindy Crawford? No wonder you're looking at a newspaper. Sure, you could see the supermodel on the Internet, too. In fact, she wants you to visit her website, babystyle.com. There, she even offers tips on the most
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    • 432 28 SINCE July 3, tired executives and foot-weary tourists and shoppers have been making their way in growing numbers to a shabby building in a courtyard, off a quiet street in the Mitte district of Berlin. For DMB ($6.70), they buy
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 312 30 I HAVE a boyfriend who is a great guy on the whole. But there is one issue bugging me. Previously, whenever we went to the pub, we would either take the taxi, or one of his friends might drive us home. That was
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    • 222 30 Last week's letter: LADY in Red is a foreigner who has been working in Singapore for six years. Last year, someone from the UK sent her a letter. He said he saw her photograph in a magazine's pen-pal column. He said he wanted to
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    • 162 30 Readers' advice: FOR you, the blossom of love came and disappeared in a swift moment. In my opinion, this British guy is one who falls for women based on their appearance, charm and seductive powers. He must have been communicating his fantasies to you. He must also
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    • 199 30 YOU have found a beautiful treasure in the vast ocean of life, but it's not yours to keep. Yes, he truly felt for you, enough to travel sill the way here to see you. And he just had to check out his feelings for you, which
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    • 451 31 I GOT to know my boyfriend through a good friend and we have been together for three years. He is 33 and 10 years my senior. I've been through a lot to have what I have today because he was quite indecisive in the past. That
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    • 446 31 I'M 28 and have been married for six years. My husband and I have a foster daughter. He leaves me to go to his mother's place whenever we have a misunderstanding. So his family gets involved when I ask him to return home. Besides talking
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
      • 148 31 WHAT causes a woman Qto have an orgasm during sexual intercourse? I have heard that the clitoris is the most sensitive part of a woman's private parts. So, must the penis touch and rub the clitoris for her to reach an orgasm? LL Orgasm is a
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      • 182 31 SEVERAL readers have asked recently about circumcision. Here is Dr Um Su Min's answer It is the surgical removal of the foreskin the flap of skin that covers the tip of the penis. Basically, a piece of skin the size of a postage stamp is removed.
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    • 45 30 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or fax to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter wfM be published next week. The writer of the best reply wW receive e special QT-shirt and a New Paper cap. j§
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    • 44 31 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 *****9. Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg (please mark Aggie) or call 1900-*****07 (calls cost 30 cents a minute).
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  • 966 32 At three, she was reading; now she's writing. Meet eight-year-old Sydney a playwright in the making Feature FOR 24 hours, we were held in captivity on the Starship Virgo. Eighty people on a cruise to nowhere, armed only with imagination and laptops. (Except for one little girl
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  • 611 33  -  Cookiejar THE PLACE TO DIP FRO TIPS By Trudy Lim tnjdy@sph.com.sg WHENEVER Pete has to go abroad on a business trip, he worries about Pepe. Keeping in touch and making sure Pepe is well-cared for are Pete's main concerns. And Pepe is just a dog.
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    • 427 35 tl l lift f J| IA I 881 24-hour subscription sales hotline movies sat I Opm A renowned swindler intends to today The Book of Stars publish a book recording his feat but is 9pm Mary, a girl with a life-threatening unsure how to end the story. Just then, W7
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 557 36 Highlight of the Week L** Tr^ N *s^?» M,w 6 10.30 am vs Australia (LIVE) Sitting at the top of the standings, All Blacks had the sweetest revenge when they defeated the Wallabies with a tight score of 39-35 in the opening of the Tri-Nation Series. They will have sat
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  • SeenHeard SHARP
    • 434 37  -  THEHOVIE GODS AND MONSTERS A film about James Whale (lan McKellen), creator of the original Frankenstein, and his deteriorating health and friendship with a young gardener Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser). Cast: lan McKellen, Brendan Fraser and Lynn Redgrave. t>y MICHELLE CHOH HE
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    • 74 38  -  Edited by Michelle Choh michchoh@sph.com.sg james Whale (Ian McKellen): "You must think I'm terrible, Hanna." Hanna (Lynn Redgrave): "I don't think you're anything anymore. Just out from the hospital and already chasing boys." Clayton Boone (Brendan Fraser) after Whale asks him to modet "You don't want to draw
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    • 325 38  -  by LINGAM PONNAMPALAM JAMES Whale, famous director of horror movies (Frankenstein and others). Blatantly gay at a time when homosexuality could not speak its name. Cast off too early from the Hollywood franchise, he frittered away many productive years alone. Seen in his last days, he's
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    • 214 38 Roger Ebcrt in his online review. "Gods and Monster* it not a de«p or powerful film, but it Is a good-hearted one, in which we sense the dapth of early loss that helped to shape Whale's protective style, and the California openness that allows Clayton Boone to care
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  • Venue JET, SET, GO
    • 762 39  -  GREENWICH PARK: Report and pictures/ Tanya Fong Edited by Crispina Robert (crispina@sph.com.sg) YOU know the time-honoured saying about how time and tide waits for no man? Well have I got startling news for you! I recently returned from just such a shining spot where time HAS
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    • 133 39 I TOOK the London Underground (like our Mass Rapid Transit) to North Greenwich station from London Central. The ride was only 20 minutes, and costs about £2 (about $5.60). The first thing that strikes you when you surface from the station is the great and much
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  • 478 40  -  Chip CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE SUDGET CONSCIOUS By Carol Leong carol@sph.com.sg AS a fashion reporter, I get to sniff out new scents in men's fragrances. So what's Old Spice doing in this week's CHIP? How many among us even remember the nam*? It hasn't been
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  • Article, Illustration
    917 41  -  Column MU-SICAIN ART FAZIL SOUNDS OFF by Art Fazil THE Scots have the bagpipe; the Australians have the didgeridoo; the Japanese, sakuhachi; and the Turks, the ney. So what do Singaporeans have? Which musical instrument can we call our own? The angklong maybe? The pipa, perhaps? Or
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  • 303 42  -  with Jessica Leow Rave rVBTbjen hstening to Anika Paris' debist album On Gard ner Street non-etop, aad l simply cannot get over the fact that she comes across as a perfect morph of BillieMyer, Natalie Imbruglia, Alams Morissette *nath. Brooke. K "Oh, She's one of these
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  • 565 42 Tune in, G Decibels B chill out a I m Voyage: The Essential World Beat Collection Various (Warner) IF you need a crash course on some of the more prominent New Age-ish/World Music tracks over the last few years, this would be it After all, where else can you get
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  • Article, Illustration
    847 43 SoSueMe SUZANNE WALKER WRITES A FORTNIONTLY COLUMN IF I have to tell some new date how I like those crunchy orange prawn crackers when we're standing in front of the kacang putih man in Orchard Cineleisure again, I think 111 explode. I wish I could just slap on
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  • 667 44  -  SingleColumn by Lela Jalil lela@sph.com.sg UNWANTED attention can come in all shapes and sizes. And not just from men in a foreign land. I felt compelled to write this piece after Shirley Tan's column last week in which she talked about her travels alone, and
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  • Page 45 Miscellaneous
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    • 814 46 [TVtoday] Lion King II: Simba's Pride A Child's Cry for Help TUrtl Disney Channel (Ch 33), Bpm Hallmark (Ch 36), 10 pm I**Ll Simbc has grown up and is the proud A female medical expert at,a hospital W Hk Daddy of the playful and headstrong hasto fight doubt and resistance
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  • 64 47 Inaflash THERE has to be an Itsier way to hang your curtains out to dry. Well, for one, the pole should be horizontal rather than vertical.. But not for this band of fine young men, who prefer the precarious to the predictable. They are the well-balanced
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  • RACING
    • 394 51  -  Each scores a treble which includes a feature event By Danny Khoo LAST night belonged to treble heroes Saimee Jumaat and Greg Childs. And for good measure, one of their three wins came in the two feature races. Saimee took the $100,000 Republic of Peru Cup astride Star
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    • 414 51 RESULTS Going: Good YESTERDAY'S PERTH RACE 3 BLUE HEED 54 (18-7) Peter Knuckey (2) 1 1 SKY'S YOUR LIMIT 56 (13-6) Paul Harvey (6) 2 4 DANCE HIT 54 (24-9) Danny Miller (4) 3 Also ran: CHRONOLOGY Noel Rudland, PALACE BELLE Paul King, PETITE ANGEL Michael Ryan, SHE'S GOD'S GIFT
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    • 1361 52 YESTERDAY'S KRANII RACE RESULTS Going: Good 7 SKY WARRIOR 55 c 53.5 (78-15) *CAng (4) 7 5 1 (488) 1 BRILLIANT STAR 55 C 52.5 (37-9) TOng (7) 8 6 2 (437) 4 ISLE OF LUCKY 55 (20-7) DO'HMT# (8) 3 3 3 (459) 6 SECRET SUCCESS 55 (32-9) OCtwv«
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    • 1699 53 RACE 1: SUPERB ACES was scratched by the vet when found to have colic. In terms of MRA regulation 17.2, SUPERB ACES must be presented to a vet before racing again. SKY WARRIOR was restless in the barrier, hesitated at the start
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    • 1695 54 TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD Going forecast: Good No. Lwt 6 rum How Wt Rittng Jocfcty Benier (Ag«/ortghV»+x, tralnf-ownw) 1 036-60 IMPERIAL STAR 57 (48) M Clarke 3 (7nzg PK Leong-Ng Kian Choon) 2 0-09-- BETTER HEALTH 56.5 (47) 'H Mohammad 7 (4ag Yashaiya-lchiban) 3 *****0 CEPAT-CEPAT 56.5 (47) D
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    • 593 55  -  By Danny Khoo A CHANGE of venue could bring a change of luck for Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Michael Clarke (below) at Kuala Lumpur today. The 37-year-old rider of At Talaq fame, who has had limited opportunities at Kranji so far, has a chance
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    • 714 55 Wo. L—16 mn« Horn Wt Rating Jocfcty Barrttr (AgaterigtrWfx, trakwf-ownf) 1 *****8 MAGIK WIRA 57 (72) DO'Heare 3 (6ag Landers-True Magic) 2 242-2 TRUE BANKER 57 (72) K Forrester 11 (3nzg J Breukelen-Hydrocarbon) 3 01-7-1 AQUAMARINE 56.5 (71) *M Djulkifli c3 2 (6nzh J Breukelen-Aquamarine)
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  • SPORTS
    • 533 56 Thinkthe Porsche Turbo is very fast? Try riding this 600 cc bike A Porsche 911 Turbo accelerates from 0 to lOOkmh in about 4.ssec. You think that is fast? Then try the latest 600 cc sports motorbike. It can do the same in 3.8 sec leaving Porsche
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    • 470 57 PREMIERSHIP KICKOFF: AUGUST 19 ITALIAN soccer giant In-ter-Milan has agreed a £13 million ($35. lm) fee for English club Coventry's Robbie Keane. It comes less than a year after Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson said the young
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    • 390 57 THE English Premiership is playing second fiddle yet again to the Italian Serie A, at least in terms of transfer fees. Another day of frantic spending saw English football lose further ground, reports Soccernet. As Arsenal and Coventry accepted bigmoney bids from the giants of Spain
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    • 217 58 CHARITY SHIELD: AUGUST 12 KEVIN Phillips (above) was judged the hottest striker in Europe last season. The Sunderland man is the first Englishman to win Europe's prestigious Golden Shoe award, reports BBC Online. The prize, formerly known as the Golden Boot, is judged by ESM,
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    • 959 58 IF Roy Keane, captain of Manchester United and highest paid footballer in England cannot stop behaving like a thug, he might have to consider a transfer to Hollywood. Last week, there were two announcements concerning the violent face of English soccer. One was a
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    • 68 59 SYDNEY OLYMPICS: SEPT 16-OCTI THE Olympic flame is on a 100-day run across Australia. To mark its 50th day, the torch was carried by the country's oldest man, 109-year-old Jack Lockett, on July 27. Thousands of people gathered in Bendigo, Victoria, south-east Australia, on
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    • 520 59 AFP. AUSTRALIA has enjoyed an abundance of sporting success in the last four years. But 26 years ago it was a woefully different story. Then prime minister Malcolm Fraser was so embarrassed that Australian athletes could win only four medals at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, he
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    • 68 59 The Australian Institute of Sport is training 600 would-be olympians in 24 sports. The country has spent $98.5 million to set up the institute. Australian taxpayers would have forked out $40 million for every medal the country wins at the Olympics. The institute lays much emphasis on
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  • Tiger Beer S-League 2000
    • 273 60  -  By Peter Siow USE your field only for S-League matches. Only then can it be in tip-top condition. That was the appeal the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) made to its 12 S-League clubs when they met on Friday. Tanjong Pagar general manager Richard Woon,
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    • 382 60  -  LAST NIGHT'S S-LEAGUE ACTION: SEMBAWANG RANGERS 0 Main sponsor Hyundai Equipment sponsor Grandsport JURONG FC 0 Main sponsor None Equipment sponsor Mikasa By Lim Han Ming JURONG FC paraded a new captain last night. Local boy Goh Tat Chuan was given the honour of
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  • SPORTS
    • 51 61  -  TWO BRIGHT STARS Hop down to the Serangoon Stadium and you will find eight athletes training. Six of them are Chinese imports. LIM HAN MING gets a pleasant surprise when he finds out who the other two are TRAINING HARD: Dallon Kang. Picture/ KC
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    • 692 62 ON SINGAPORE'S ATHLETIC HORIZON TWO.. .four... six... eight? Wait a second. I thought the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) only imported six China-born athletes? How come there's eight of them training at the Serangoon Stadium? Has the SAAA secretly shipped in another two? "Great
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    • 90 62 Name: SIM U BING Ace: 19 Date of Birth: April 23.1981 Height 1.75 m Weight 64kg Occupation: First-year engineering student at NUS Event Discus Personal best 32m Honours: Won discus gold at 1999 National Schools' Track and Field Championships Name: DALLON KANG ZHEN UN Age: 16 Date of Birth:
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    • 83 62 THE Singapore Amateur Athletic Association (SAAA) has not forgotten local athletes. SAAA honorary secretary Sarvindar Singh said: "Basically, the development of the local and foreign athletes must run in parallel. "We try to use the foreign athletes to spur on the locals to greater heights.
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