The New Paper, 12 August 2000

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    25 1 the new paper SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 2000 Singapore Pnaa Holdings Email: tnp@ sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon US TV network's Bush boo-boo
      342 2 LOVE them or hate them, this is no way to treat a US presidential nominee. Who knows what ideas it could put into people's heads? Especially in a country where a number of presidents have been assassinated or almost killed by some maniac. US TV
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      Lock icon Here comes Rickshaw Robot!
      53 2 WHAT advantages does a robotic rickshaw puller have? Well, for one, it won't tire. Or sweat. This robot is thrilling little children at Pre-RoboFesta Kansai 2001 in Osaka, Japan. Developed by Daihatsu Motor, it has motors built into its head and chest. Funny though. It wears
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      322 3 www.ml.com.sg The hottest deal In town. IJjJI 4 Sign up MI r orever /paging and get a skate scooter Jjfi for only $20! A special deal that won't Buy a new forever pager Ht;l p v ft you'll be the proud owner of a $188 N ft skate scooter for
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      Lock icon 'SAVE BOY-BOY'
      706 4  -  mum shouts to grandma to flee with baby WALL COLLAPSE AT IMM By' Tanya Fong Joycelyn Wong WHAT a near-miss for this baby boy! There eight-month-old Joshua was, safe and snug in grandma's arms when... Crash! the huge brick behind them came tumbling down. The shocking incident occurred
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      Lock icon Workers rushed to help
      160 4 SOME employees at the IMM building rushed to help the injured when they heard of the crash. Said a woman who wanted to be known only as Miss Malarvelize, 29, a cashier: "It was so scary. I was helping another lady whose head was bleeding and
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      Lock icon THE TRAGEDY
      165 4 ■AT about 3pm yesterday, a partition wall on the ground floor of IMM Jurong collapsed. The brick wall was about 2m from the escalator near the main entrance. On one side, construction workers had been hacking at the wall. Metal benches had been placed next to the wall
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon Curriculum changes for madrasahs
      260 5 tffir THE six madrasahs (private religious schools for Muslims) have revised their curriculum. From next year, more teaching time will be set aside for English, Malay and mathematics to prepare students for the national examination. Time spent on Quranic and Islamic studies will be cut to
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      39 5 FLOOD?: Looking as though the was clinging to a potato save her from flood watara la llttla Tiffany Underwood of Hattiesburg, US. Llka many othara who araatartlng kindergarten, aha la bagging mum totakahar home pla-a-a-aaa. Picture/ Ap
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        Lock icon Final phase
        51 5 SCHOOLS COME Monday, parents can register their child in schools with available vacancies under Phase 2C Supplementary, the final phase for children who are Singapore citizens or permanent residents. The majority of these vacancies are in schools which are undergoing the Programme for Rebuilding and Improving Existing Schools
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        Lock icon Longest tunnel
        45 5 EXPRESSWAY WORK on Singapore's 9 km underground expressway will begin middle of next year. When completed, it will be South-east Asia's longest underground expressway. The $1.6 b project is Singapore's single most expensive road project. The tunnelled dual-carriageway will mainly be three lanes.
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        Lock icon Asian targets
        59 5 CHICAGO THE suspect who targeted Asian women in Chicago, appeared in court on Thursday and was held without bail. Mark Anthony Lewis, 33, was charged with five counts of home invasion and three counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault committed in a three-month rampage. Prosecutors said that he
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        Lock icon Riding safely
        59 5 S-LEAGUE ALL S-League players who ride motorcycles will now have to undergo a compulsory defensive riding course conducted by Singapore Safety Driving Centre on Aug 28. This comes after the wake of motorcycle accidents involving several players, and after Timesport raised the issue in March. The course will
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      35 5 New Straits Times: Eleven in the running to be MB International Herald Tribune: Bank of Japan lifts rates in defiance of the Government BBC news: UN soldiers were killed in East Timor
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      53 6 If it's done properly, it would be a fabulous addition to the curty scene f considering the dearth of custom-built theatre spaces i Singapore. Mr Gaurav Kripalani, general manager of the Singapore Repertory Theatre on the $3.5 m plan to turn Capitol Theatre into a performing arts venue
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      224 6 $tS£k Nasdaq rose 29.48 points to 3,789.47, erasing an early loss of more than 1 percent. The index was up only 2 points for the week. Blue-chip stocks are seen as having more stable profit growth In herky-jerky market times. Cisco Systems Inc helped the Nasdaq secure a
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      60 6 COLLAPSE THE Kuala Lumpur High Court has ruled that negligence caused the collapse of Block One of Highland Towers in 1993 which killed 48 people. Residents of the two remaining blocks can collect damages of about RM50 million ($22.6 million) from the defendants. The disaster was caused by
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      58 6 HONGKONG TWO aircraft with almost 300 people aboard avoided a mid-air collision narrowly, off Hongkong's Lantau island. The close "encounter" was the second time this year, near the territory's international airport. The pilots for Dragonair and China Southern airlines flew with just 152 m of vertical space
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      Lock icon Giant website
      58 6 RETAIL AMAZON.com, the largest Internet retailer, and the online unit of No 1 US toy chain Toys *R' Us agreed to become partners in a website to sell toys, video games and eventually baby products. The alliance would combine the brand recognition and marketing strength of Toys Us
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      Lock icon Sold for $13m
      64 6 IyiADAiyTwONG'S THE premises vacated by Madam Wong's pub along the Mohamed Sultan Road nightclub strip has been sold for $13 million, just days after it was put on the market. The popular pub's site could be developed into a 10-storey apartment block, said Mrs Susan Ye, manager
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      56 6 The Straits Times: Exchange raps bank over IPO The Business Times: ABN Amro may pull out of S'pore consumer market Uanhe Zaobao: IMM wall collapses, killing one shopper and injuring four others Berita Harian: Questions remain over impending Indonesian cabinet reshuffle RCS morning news: The Indonesian President
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      Lock icon Asthma: 1 in 5 kids suffers
      129 6 in FSHSus MORE children in Singapore suffer from asthma than anywhere else in Asia. A worldwide survery revealed that about one in five children here suffers from asthma, a respiratory disorder characterised by breathing difficulties. It was also found that less developed countries like
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    Lock icon Principal: Come back, we'll all help you. And what about your PSLE orals?
    499 7  -  GIRL, 12, MISSING FOR 10 DAYS SINGAPORETODAY By Amy Chiew HER school wants her back. But Erica Elaine Roper is still missing. And today is the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) oral* examination. Which is why the
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      Lock icon This fell off my ceiling
      370 10  -  The Aljunied Town Council did not reply to queries about this incvaevn. By Tan Hui Leng "POP!" went the ceiling. Madam Doreen Chan was sitting in her living room two weekends ago when she heard something fall outside her door. "It was a very loud
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      Lock icon What a man's gotta do...
      85 11 muitmuK 11m Sballi Tints' Forum Pigs wvUmt Woog Yew Mb, hi ntptatt to /Imps pnnirimt Dmm LmkTn'i tirMor remark Hurt nffttimil imict Is a banftsm Although I never enjoyed national service, I won't call it a burden. Someone has to defend those who cannot pick
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      88 11 POLICE are appealing for the next-of-kin of a man whose body was found floating in Lower Seletar Reservoir on Aug 3, to come forward. The man, believed to be Chinese and between 50 and 60 years old, was about 1.6 metres tall and had short
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    Lock icon Get lop marks with a Full Score Beanie Baby
    237 13 SINGAPORETODAY CANT get enough of those "cuddly wuddly" Beanie Babies? Brace yourself because a new addition has just hit town. Meet Full Score Beanie, part of the Thumbs Up family. He's the Thumbs Up Scholar because he always get full marks
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      Lock icon When a girl makes her debut
      682 15  -  By Ng Wan Ching THE big day finally arrived. After months of dance lessons, gown fittings and getting new shoes to break in, Miss Tina Tan, 17, was ready to face her big social debut, together with 21 other debutantes and 22 beaux. Beaux?
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      141 16 TOMORROW ET who Changedj your music world Plus our guide on how to get free music from the Net And X-Men, the bondbreakers! thenewj&per CAN you recognise these S-League Top Guns in their school days? We have marked out three of them. See if
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      18 15 SHOWROOM SALE Place: OSSIA BUILDING (Ground Floor) 10 Changi South Lane Date: Everyday Time: 11 am -6 pm
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    Lock icon NO wedding after groom loses two siblings
    665 18 SINGAPORETODAY A brother dies in a freak accident A sister dies of grief. And their old mother is crying all day. How can anyone in this family think of a wedding feast? They can't, reports GENEVIEVE JIANG, so they called it off TWO
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    361 21 She knows it won't happen INDONESIATODAY JUST a few days ago, Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid indicated that he was ready for the rise of "Megapower". He told the People's Consultative Assembly on Wednesday that he would surrender his domestic administrative duties to Vice-President Megawati Sukarnoputri. Yesterday, however, Mr
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      81 22 Announcing the launch of A A r! Jproject eyeball Newspaper on August 12th, 2000. Fantastic Movie Extravaganza and loads of fun. v Come down to Shaw House Amphitheatre, on August 12th ■f jB between 12 noon and 6pm. And win cash prizes Bk. M I Br <&\ #1 V /i|
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    Lock icon Lover, wife walk free
    466 23  -  1998 SAUDI DIPLOMAT MURDER IN AUSTRALIA WORLDTODAY By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY THE four of them went to Canberra to frighten off the high-ranking Saudi diplomat, who was being offensive. "Saudi Bill" Al-Ghambi was a nuisance, constantly harrassing his former girlfriend with threatening phone calls.
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    Lock icon Sporting skinwear
    302 26 WORLOTODAY ONE looks like Jerry Hall at a photo-shoot. The other looks like Greta Garbo on a merry-go-round. Both look like lingerie models in a Victoria's Secret catalogue. Now comes the surprise both are members of Australia's Paralympic athletic team. Want more? How about a tattooed naked man
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      Lock icon 'When I stop blinking, let me die'
      442 29 JUDGE AGREES TO PARALYSED TEEN'S PLEA MERCY killing, as made famous by Dr Kevorkian of the US, is a topic of furious debate is it cruel or kind to let somebody die? That question may not have a definite answer. But nobody could
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      Lock icon Lift hits ceiling at New York's trade centre, 8 hurt
      201 29 Wire services. IT was an accident with a difference. Usually it is about lifts that fall. This time, at the World Trade Centre in New York, it was a lift that hit the ceiling. It happened when the lift overshot
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      Lock icon The President got played out?
      61 30 mui*mui< Sri Lanka's President Cfcaiidrika Kumaratunga has failed to pass ber peace plan for the nation. Ms V Anandasangaree of the Tamil party, her view. She had moved heaven and earth to find a solution to the (civil war) problem. But the opposition took her
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      Lock icon Baby boy for Madonna
      311 30 Source: Reuters, Sky News. POP star Madonna had her wish fulfilled yesterday. She gave birth in the US. The singer, 41, wanted to do that rather than give birth in England, where she has been living with her partner. A statement from Madonna's record company, Warner
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    Lock icon Zoe to invade India?
    850 32 WIV A m J I I^Mn Zoe Tay and Gurmit Singh big in India? Why not? Indian companies are negotiating to buy4,4oohours from Singapore of Mandarin and English drama shows and dubbing them for viewers there. If played day and night, it's over 180 days worth
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    Lock icon Women who have learnt to ...in reel life be strong ...in real life
    637 33  -  With Miharu Chang CALL Takako Tokiwa the modern-day Oshin. Like the 80's TV character who overcame all kinds of difficulties, the 28-year-old actress is an expert at playing weak women who learn to be strong. Dumb girl,
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      578 47 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK TRAINER John Meagher's promising youngster Always Mine merits respect in the Class 4 Div 11,200m race at Kranji on Wednesday. The three-year-old Australian-bred gelding by El Moxie looked none the worse for his winning effort as he cantered one lap
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      224 47 RESULTS of five barrier trials conducted over 1,000m on the fibresand track at Kranji yesterday. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 Kentucky Pink (apprentice M Hairin) 2 Cheers Up (YH Um) 3 Bright Era (0 Chavez) 4 No Drama (E Marchant) 5 Wingo Star (A Spiteri) 6 Jevoretto
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      1040 48 TONIGHT'S KRANJI (COURSE C, LONG COURSE) RACE CARD Going forecast: Good ONE TO WATCH: Last-start winner Hanks can go two-up In tha opening event tonight. Picture/ David Tan Wo. Urt«mm Horn Wt RiBng Joctoy Bfriw (Agdortglnfrti, tn*wf-owmr) 1 -351- HANKS 59 (61) E Wilkinson 1 (4nzg Laxon-Oscar Racing) 2 -*****
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      84 48 THE Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) uses four courses A, B, C and D to differentiate the location of the rails. For Course A, the rails are at their original position. For Course B, they are four metres away from the original position. For Courses C and D f
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      472 49  -  By Danny Khoo MAKE a date with Hanks (Race 1) at Kranji tonight. The four-year-old New Zealand-bred, who is named after Hollywood star Tom Hanks, looks good for a second successive win over his winning 1,600m trip for Class 4 horses. A 3.5kg rise in
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      162 49 MARC TAN Super Nidoking (Race 3 No. 3) Lady Luck has not been too kind to this game galloper in seven starts so far, he has notched three seconds and two thirds. Although he is meeting another tough lot tonight, I reckon he is ripe and ready to
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      223 49 AP. BOLD FORBES, the 1976 Kentucky Derby and Belmont Stakes winner, was humanely destroyed due to intestinal problems and kidney failure. The 27-year-old stallion, who was the oldest living Derby winner, was euthanized on Wednesday at the Kentucky Horse Park, said
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      253 50  -  BY Tan Thean Loon SINGAPORE ace Saimee Jumaat will ride in four of the six events in the £400,000 ($1.05 million) Blue Square Shergar Cup series at Ascot, England, today. And he has a great chance in the Clive Brittain-trained Shadowless in the 1,600m
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      446 50 NST. CONVICTION was all speed in his winding-up gallop in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. On that workout, he looks set to break the duck in the Class 4 Div 6 1,200m event in Race 2 tomorrow. Taken out by a track rider, the five-year-old New Zealand-bred
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      175 50 n STAR GENERAL 57(48) Wilkinson (4) (4nzg Baertschiger-Star General) By Waikiki Slar-Maazel; bay; landed 6.198; 8r 1-04 (KRsl700fl:49.153.5) 12.12.99 CS Soo 55 (42) (5) 9 9 4/11 ($23) 1 Paris Amour KHb1800g 1:52.1 (416) 05.01.00 C5 Wilkinson 53.5 (40) (1) 5 3 1/8 ($11)
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      1054 62 ITS Charity Shield time again, and a mouth-watering match between Manchester United and Chelsea lies waiting. Ha, ha. I'm only kidding. We all know that Charity Shield matches are as exciting as hammering nails into a door frame. Unless, of course, Tottenham Hotspur was playing!
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        675 63 Melanie Martens and Sheik Alauddin have shed blood, sweat and tears in the quest for excellence. Now, ifs time to sit back and bask in well-deserved glory. WANG MENG MENG speaks to them SHE was peerless as a hockey player. He was, and still is, Singapore's icon for
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        181 63 International debut in 1974, aged 14 (Singapore's youngest ever hockey international) One SEA Games gold (1993), four silvers and one bronze Named in Asian All-Star team in 1994 Played in the Australian League for Perth. Named Players' Player of the Year in 1995 at the
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      313 64 Transfer fees Europeans and Fifa set to clash Reuters. CHAOS loom* for soccer's transfer market European regulators are on a collision course with Fifa, the world's soccer body. The European Commission is ready to outlaw the existing system. The commission is concerned that the system breaks European Union (EU) rules
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      291 64  -  By Lim Han Ming IT was a surprise phone call yesterday for Fandi Ahmad. From national coach Vincent Subramaniam. No, the Singapore Armed Forces FC coach did not gat a national call-up. Rather, he was told by Vincent that the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has named
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      263 64 INC NEW MPOfc Congratulations, Fandi. FMM: I didn't expect to win. It comes as a bonus to me. My job is to prepare the team in training and for matches. It is the players who win the matches for the club. But Tm honoured
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      283 65 FORMULA ONE: HUNGARIAN GRAND PRIX With six races left, Schumacher is still clinging to the lead at 56 points, Mika Hakkinen and Coulthard are tied at 54, followed by Rubens Barrichellowith 46 LATEST TIMES AP. FERRARI'S front-running Michael Schumacher is under even more presssure. Not so long ago,
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      170 65 WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING AP. EVANDER HOLYFIELD believes he should be the world heavyweight champion. And John Ruiz thinks he's the best challenger around. If both (pictured above with Holyfield on the left and promoter Don King in the centre) were right, their fight
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