The New Paper, 13 August 2000

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  • 26 1 the new paper AUGUST 13, 2000 70 CENTS Anothar quality publication of Singapoi* Prms HokMngt on Sunday http: //na wpaper.asia 1 com ag MITA (R) >19/03/2000
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    • 36 1 ■L y jfl Girl-next-door types want photos of -jfi "v% their youthful bodies as keepsakes ~jHk M for their eyes only. /Page 4 ~7m* s 7 7 6 J /Page 10 I /Page Picture/ Joyce Lim
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  • NEWS
    • 489 2  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY THIS man made himself out to be a religious leader, charmed young women into marrying him and made them have children for him. Alistah Laishkochav's plan was to use his 63 children from his nine wives
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    • 113 2 LAISHKOCHAV was born lan Lowe in New Zealand. He first worked as a baker, and then as a police constable. He fashioned a new life with "spiritual powers" when he arrived in Sydney in 1969, after his marriage of 14 years failed. He held meetings in a
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  • NEWS
    • 851 4 S'pore photographer: Some women want arty nude portraits as keepsakes In China, young women are reportedly having arty pictures of themselves taken in the nude as for-my-eyes-only mementos. Is this happening behind closed doors in Singapore? MICHELLE CHOH makes a startling discovery WHY do women
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    • 277 4 SHY, reserved and hesitant. That's what Sally sounded like on the phone. Yet this was a woman who had bared her body in front of Ms Lilian Lee, a commercial photographer. What made Sally (not her real name) do it? "Lilian was recommended to me
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    • 296 4  -  BY Ian Tan and Michelle Choh WILL you take pictures of nil in the nude? Sally asked the question. But Singapore's photographers aren't exactly overwhelmed by young women wanting the same. The New Paper on Sunday spoke to nine commercial photographers. One has
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    • 77 4 HELD ransom by Polaroid photographs taken some 20 years ago. That's what happened to a couple who took nude pictures of themselves for fun, just after they were married. On April 9, 1999, burglar Tay Chin Chye broke into their Hougang flat. His loot included the pictures. He phoned
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    • 476 5  -  BY Yeoh Wee Teck EVERY time The New Paper photographer lan Tan spotted them even an arm's length from each other, he'd quickly lift his lens. And find only one of them in the viewfinder. Daniel Chan and Cecilia Cheung were just
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    • 632 6 SUZANNE WALKER (below, with model Alan Toh) was guest celebrity at Jeffrey Chung modelling agency's big bash. She gives you an inside peek into the prattle in the wings "SUZANNE Walker, right?" A pair of perfect eyebrows arched, a pair of heavily kohled eyes widened,
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    • 261 7 He spoils the market. He is bad for the industry. He makes the modelling scene look bad. These are just some of the accusations made by nameless detractors. But Jeffrey Chung Models celebrated its 10th anniversary on Tuesday at Venom Disco. IVAN LIM was
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  • NEWS
    • 736 8 TV "sporting"stars play ball in a small town in Malaysia and get mobbed. FLORENCE TAN caught the action both on and off the court THEY camped at the hotel, they surrounded the restaurant, they even waited it out in a durian plantation. All for a
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    • 60 8 THE charity match raised $200,000 for the Chan Kok Hiang stadium. "Previously, we borrowed the stadium in Chinese High School (a primary school in Batu Pahat) for matches," said Mr Kng Ann Hua, 33, assistant secretary of the organising committee. "We welcome any basketball teams to come here
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    • 158 8 AGAINST the young Batu Pahat players, the Celebrities Team's chances of winning were slim. For one, they were no spring chickens. The sporting prime is 20-25. Also, they had trained only five to six times before the match. But they put up a good fight. It helped
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    • 75 8 ANYONE who is or was a celebrity can join the Celebrity Sports Club, Singapore. Even TCS Chief Operating Officer Chang Long Jong is a member. You can play golf, volleyball, soccer or basketball. At present, it has 60 members under the leadership of chairman and TCS artiste
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    • 712 9 JUST as your child is waking up at 6 am to go to school, 14-year-old Filipino boy Ericsson Iloria is already up and running. Not on his way to school, though. He's huffing and puffing along the railway tracks
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  • 757 10  -  [th^Week] Guest Editor Noel Hawkes General manager Phoenix Hotel YOU only live once but if you work it right, once is enough Joe E Lewis. I was elated and counted myself privileged. Here I was, an Irishman, seated at the VIP stand at the
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  • 342 11  -  C M rrO Claims he was hit by Asian crisis HEAVY debts, school fees to pay for two sons, and a business that went belly-up. Those are the reasons Peng Jinli gave for becoming a pimp. But they didn't prevent the 43-year-old Singaporean from being
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 299 12 IT seems that clothes aren't the only good bargain that attract Singaporeans to Thailand. A three-month-old "buyers' club" has been formed to import anti-HIV drugs from the popular shopping destination. The reason: Prices are up to 70 per cent lower than in Singapore.
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    • 220 12 ENpCUS] THIS year, the Taxman's cup is set to flood over. In the first half of the year alone, the Government collected $15.5 billion in tax revenue. That's $3 billion more than in the same period last year. The full-year's collection is expected to
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 85 12 THE Singapore judicial system is highly regarded by expatriates here, according to a recent survey by the Hongkong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (Perc). Chief Justice Yong Pung How said this yesterday at a National Day observance ceremony for the Supreme Court Bench and the Singapore Legal Service.
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      • 90 12 JAPANESE candy maker Lotte has received threats that its products would be tainted with poison if it did not pay 50 million yen ($795,150) in cash, local papers there reported yesterday. This is the third time the company has received such threats. The news comes a day after
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      • 80 12 TWENTY people were killed in an exchange of fire between members of a Christian religious group and army troops in the Bukidnon province, Philippines, an army spokesman said yesterday. The fighting took place at around 3.45 pm on Friday on Mindanao island, 1,400 km from Manila. The troops
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      • 79 12 FORGET "Who wants to be a millionaire". How about "Who wants to be a cosmonaut?". Investors trying to turn Russia's ageing Mir space station into a money-spinning tourist destination have come up with their latest scheme to keep the 14-year-old orbiter aloft: A TV gameshow, where the winner
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      • 93 13 MALAYSIA'S defence ministry will re-enact the recent arms heist by members of an Islamic sect, to debunk opposition claims that it was staged by the government. Defence Minister Najib Razak said some groups had claimed that the three four-wheel drive vehicles used by the Al-Ma'unah group members
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      • 80 13 THE National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas) will no longer help customers with complaints against Natas non-members resolve their disputes. Previously, complaints against all local travel agents were handled by the Natas Travel Services Bureau, regardless of whether or not they were Natas members. The bureau, set
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      • 72 13 MALAYSIA yesterday protested to criticisms of its judiciary by several countries following the controversial verdict against former DPM Anwar Ibrahim. Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said his ministry has sent protest notes to the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the European Union for their statements attacking
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      • 90 13 MANY general practitioners do not know enough about Alzheimer's disease and tell their patients to accept it as part of growing old as little can be done to treat it. And this is untrue, said Dr Christopher Chen, a 9 senior consultant neurologist at the Singapore General
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    • 56 13 PILLAR SUPPORT: Some Malaysian women peeping through the windows of a building to catch a view of the demonstration by supporters of jailed politician Anwar Ibrahim In Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Malaysia's opposition parties are urging that citizens be granted stronger protection following the ex-deputy prime
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    • 75 13 LISTEN UP: Lay out the picnic spread and let Frock, an exciting jazz ensemble from Europe, entertain you with their unique sound. At the Botanic Gardens, from 5.30 pm to 7 pm today. Free BOOQIE ON: For those who are more active, get down and boogie with
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    • 180 12 I *1 Western Australia in 2001 I DON'T MISS this OPPORTUNITY to speak with academics and representatives I from Perth Institutions. For Secondary. 'N\ 'O' 'A' levels, ITE, diploma degree holders who want to study In Perth in 2001 or later. H Institutions attending: I Universities University of Western Australia
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    • 90 13 LRVMHR^hhhhhh^ 1-31 August 2000 Tiffany Coffee House will be celebrating National Day with Singapore's famous local delights NEkiWL^JHES^^aA JB^j pHH^IIi^^^H^HHHHHSI^^vSMiBSSBHHHMHHII Chilli crabs Fish head curry Curry laksa with boiled chicken Cuttlefish and kangkong Ayam zTrrTPnroM Nasi lemak r HMfIW Century egg porridge Seafood mee goreng Nonya kueh and mouthwatering desserts
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    • 66 13 Stamen in the late morning and early afternoon mainly ower southern, eastern and central parts of Singapore. Sight chance of thunder. y J k north Partly Cloudy ■■■fflißnßß west Partly Cloudy sunrise 7:05 om central Showers sunset 7:15 pm south Showers moonrise 5.53 pm east Showers moonsel 5:23 om minimum
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  • EXPAT
    • 1090 14  -  SINGAPOREAN EXPATS: New four-part I series BY Tina Tan I DECIDED I had had enough of life in London one morning while I was midway through a game of sardines with half the British population. The 8.06 am train to Richmond was late for the third consecutive day
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    • 217 14 LETTER TO GUS I'M Elise, a Singaporean who moved to Norway last June. I found your page while surfing the Net. I find it very interesting as it's full of great stories by both Singaporeans and foreigners. I put together my homepage a few months after I
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    • 164 14 Contact us TODAY, we begin a new series featuring Singaporeans living abroad yes, You, the Singaporean expats. Over the last few months, we've received many letters from You. You've read our stories online (newpaper. asial.com.sg and click Expat) and have sent in your responses. Your letters and e-mail are important
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  • NEWS
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      612 15  -  Three are top S-League men By Gloria Chandy by Gloria Chandy Recognise any of the boys in this picture? If you don't, add 30 years or so to the faces, and you may come up with the names of a few ex-Singapore internationals and even SLeague football bigwigs.
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      532 16 THE girls, few as they were, returned to this masculine domain in 1969. "Remember they had stopped admitting girls to Raffles for a time?" said Ms Betty Koh, head of Group Audit at OCBC. "I think... they were totally unprepared for us. Those terrible toilets! And there were
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    • 487 16 SO, did the sportsmaster ever ask Brig-General (NS) Boey Tak Hap (left) to "drop 50"? "No," said Mr Boey, who was a prefect and a longtime member of the softball team. "But Mr Puhaindran punished the whole school with his PE regimen EVERY morning." The boys
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  • NEWS
    • 1040 17 FREAK TWINS Round the world, the average number of Siamese twins is about a pair per country in a decade. The word "Siamese twins" originated from two brothers Eng and Chang bom in Thailand (then Known as Siam). Eng and Chang means "left" and
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      611 18 In 1991, toddler Ben Needham went missing on the Greek island ofKos. Nine years on, the search for him continues but with an updated picture of how he probably looks like now HIS face is now longer, his baby fat gone. But the eyes are as blue as
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    • 332 19  -  By Shanoo Maharaj IN GUJARAT. INDIA CLANS can kill. Romeo and Juliet's story taught us that one. In Itola, an Indian village in the north-west state of Gujarat, elders are teaching young lovers a harsh lesson. There, couples who marry against the elders' wishes are
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    • 408 20 THE ethnic-Chinese are trying to re-start their businesses in East Timor. But they are having a hard time. The indigenous East Timorese do not want them there. They feel it is too early for the Chinese Indonesians to return because of their
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      521 21  -  By Seto Nu-wen FOR the last few months, singer Ziana Zain has shunned the limelight. The Malaysian pop starlet now sports a different glow. That of motherhood. No post-pregnancy blues for this svelte 32-year-old. It's hard to imagine that her first child, Muhammad Aiman, was born just three
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    • 544 22  -  By C Shantheni SHE must be the ultimate feminist. Liberal, ambitious, intelligent and articulate, Mrs Hillary Clinton has demonstrated, more than once, that she is no ordinary woman. Such a woman should be a role model for the women of New York, where she is
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 245 24 I AM a secondary school student. I have a brother who is serving his National Service. What bothers me is that he Is going to have a child! I found out one day when he was out of the house. I had secretly read a
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    • 267 24 Last week's letter: HEART in Turmoil is a 20-year-old girl. She got to know A, a 27-year-old foreign guy, through the Internet relay chat (IRC). After about a year, he expressed his feelings for her. She admitted she loved him, too. They drew closer to each other by
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    • 119 24 Readers' advice: YOUR Internet relationship seems to be more infatuation than love. A sudden change of heart over such a short period of time cannot be called as love. Furthermore, you have met neither of them. It is too risky to base your feelings on a relationship
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    • 118 24 THERE are plenty of guys out there. While you have known A and B for some time, I feel that you should get to know them better first before making any decision. IRC friends may not turn out the way you think they are because they are
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    • 499 25 I'M 16 and studying In ITE. I feel very depressed now—all because of a girl. I met her seven months ago. She's 14. She's studying at my former secondary school. She looks nice and many guys are wooing her. For two months, we got
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    • 410 25 lAM 21, and have been in a relationship with my boyfriend for nearly four years. I have broken off with him. My reason: I had tolerated enough of his jealousy when I go out with my best friend —a girl —whom I
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clear the air over teen sex issues
      • 338 25 RECENTLY, I went to a Qred light area to buy medicine for a problem I have. Although I am 22, my penis is much shorter and smaller *'than those of my friends. At the red light area, I bought a preparation that would enlarge my
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      • 144 25 I THINK I have Q developed a skin disease. My groin area used to be dark in colour. But when I was scrubbing hard one day t it suddenly turned white. These days, it itches terribly. Whenever I scratch it, it turns grey. Worse, the condition has
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    • 44 24 CAN YOU HELP? H you think you can help with tome useful advice, write or fax to Aggie by Wednesday. The beat letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special QT-shlrt and a New Paper cap.
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    • 60 25 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 1900-912-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name,
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  • Feature
    • 1105 26 "HI, I'm Napster." It's a pick-up line that Shawn Fanning, 19, has been working on, blushing every time he says it. Before the software, Fanning was Napster nicknamed for his curly, "nappy", hair. Then it became the user name he used in Internet chat
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    • 545 27 NAPSTER is giving away the goods for free. Thatfs hitting sales. And, according to compromising quality and artistic control. Upon closer examination, Napster has also opened up a whole new distribution channel for music. Making the industry's position of power shaky. And the recording
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    • 48 27 r Music off the Net Napster style a ynapster m j ft) S. 7 MiMBfR COMPUH" I Download 3 Napster free software tells you home member computer I computers MEMBER have the song COMPUTER j 4 The music AM copied from the computer's hard A GUS y y|
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    • 710 28 Napster's not legal. But PlanetMG is. And depending on where you dick, you can get or Death in Vegas. Choice —thafs the buzzword when it comes to getting tunes off the Internet. LINGAM PONNAMPALAM gives you the bare bones to I downloading music, the rest is up to you DOWNLOADING
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  • 989 29  -  [cookie"l THE PLACE TO DIP FOR TIPS By Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg HAVE you lost a lot of weight suddenly, always feel very thirsty and find that your cuts heal slowly? You may be one of the about seven to eight per cent of people
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    • 130 30 W The New DBS Money Smart MaittrCurd SL_JB The new Card that comes without bills and worries. Debt-fnee means I'm free Free to travel the world, because it's accepted whenever I see the MasterCard sign. Free to enjoy local banking convenience at (MV ATMs, because I can use it as
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  • SeenHeard SHARP
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      49 31 THE MOVIE A sweet little romantic comedy about Bob (David Duchovny) whose wife dies in an accident. He later falls in love with Grace (Minnie Driver) who also happens to be the recipient of his dead wife's heart. Stars: David Duchovny, Minnie Driver and Joely Richardson.
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    • 332 31  -  by MICHELLE CHOH IT must be hard to be David Duchovny these days. There are the millions of The X-Files fanatics who are constantly on the prowl for the truth that is supposed to be out there. How's this for the truth? When Duchovny tossed his trenchcoat
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    • 56 32 Bizabeth (joely Richardson) to her husband Bob (David Duchovny): "You are cute!" Bob: "You spend aH day with an ape, what do you expect!" Bimbo at a party to her date: "I'm going to run and put on a little more lipstick." Bob (almost to himself): M l»
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    • 379 32  -  by LINGAM PONNAMPALAM Edited by Michelle Choh michchoh@sph.com.sg IS David Duchovny talented? Why, where have you been? Abducted by aliens? Of course, he is. This is a man who has gone through seven seasons of The X-Files with stunning constancy of emotion. You think that comes easy?
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    • 187 32 [1 Roger Ebert in his online review: "Here's an old-fashioned love story so Innocent, so naive, so sweet and sincere, that you must leave your cynicism at the door or choose another movie. Bonnie Hunt's Heturn to He'could have been made In I fSS, starring Doris Pay and
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    • 102 32 THE new inmate at the mental hospital announced loudly he was the famous British naval hero, Lord Nelson. This was interesting, because the hospital already had a Lord Nelson. The head psychiatrist later decided to put the two men in the same room. They were introduced and then
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    • 101 32 A MAN observed a sign in the window of a restaurant that read Unique Breakfast so he walked in and sat down. The waitress gave him his coffee and asked him what he wanted. "What's your Unique Breakfast?" he w asked. "Baked tongue of chicken!" she proudly replied.
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    • 50 32 "ER. Excuse me, Stewardess." "Yes. Sir?" "I want to complain about this airline. Every time I fly, I get the same seat I can't see the in-flight movie and there are no windows blinds so I can't get any sleep." "Captain, shut up and fly the plane."
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    • 559 34 J' i_«• r %a I the table and could come within one M Highlight Of the W66k point of Argentina if they beat Chile Band Argentina loses to Paraguay. But I) with Salas and Zamorano up front, "ipr Chile has just the right ingredients to cause an upset. Repeat telecast
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  • 837 35  -  mmm 1 I JET, SET, GO 1 Venue I HHHI What is it like to be at the Great Wall of China, the subject of countless history books? A wall made more than 2,000 years ago. One which, till today, is still one of
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  • 417 36  -  Pchipl L P J i By Carol Leong carol@sph.conri.sg THIS might sound terribly "Ah Soh" and hopelessly "Auntie". But I firmly believe one of the cheapest, hippest ways to spend a Sunday is to watch Cantonese TV serials. Only $2.50 a tape! I ask, where else
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  • 715 37  -  fsoSueMeJ SUZANNE WALKER' WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN by Suzanne Walker TO cry is an expression of emotion. When adults cry, we're apt to describe the emotion that triggered the tears. A cry in pain, hunger, distress. Or, tears of sorrow, bitterness, disappointment... You get
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  • 907 38  -  C Cc,lumn fry ART FAZIL LOVE to eat. I As a Taurean, it is supposed to be part of my sensuous nature, so I've been told. As a Singaporean, it becomes an integral component of my life philosophy I eat, therefore I am. But
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  • 527 39 Tune in, c Decibels WD chill out a U Missile Sophia (Toys Factory) ONE of the most under-rated visual rock bands around, Sophia is a five-piece outfit that is one of the most popular in japan, This is its long-awaited six-track EP since the band's massive Material album. The key
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  • 308 39 I Rave EVERYONE'S waiting to jump on Tae's diction. Why? Because this 18-year-old guy is a Thai singing in Mandarin. It's so typical of listeners to pounce on artistes not singing in their native tongue. A flood of criticisms: This particular word is pronounced incorrectly,
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  • 495 41  -  [jSingleColumn] by Sharon Tan IT is hard getting a date these days, my male friend lamented. A good-looking guy in his late twenties let's call him Josh, he tells me that girls are put off by the fact that he left school when he was 16, and
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    • 650 44 I C If* I WHAT THE STARS DIDN'T TELL YOU J^^^PSlkChoo Leo (July 22 to Auo 23) colour brown; lucky number 11. that eensy weensy tiny miny flaw pass you by now. It not only won't go away, it could very well Mow 'em down! Anyone who gets in the
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    • 117 47 HH I'd like to subscribe to I Project BYeball. 1 have op/nions (and correct I A. V"'.'.*ones, mind You) on everything and everyone. I And Mould like to share them tfith as many '1 people as i can. (it's got absolutely nothing to*"™™l fV£<? WAP handphone or the J Universal
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  • RACING
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      316 48  -  Top Super's Nidoking and Goldluck make it finally SAI MEETS ASCOT STINT t>o By Lionel Lee FOR Top Super Stable, it must have been one big relief to see both Super Goldluck and Super Nidoking finally making their breakthrough last night at Kraqji. Especially in the case of Super
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    • 103 48 JOCKEY Aaron Spiteri (right) is now a freelance rider at Kranji. The Singapore Turf Club has granted the 22-year-old Australian's request to convert his licence with effect from today. Spiteri was orginally sponsored by trainer John Meagher. The talented rider won on his first two mounts, Always
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    • 1153 48 CS3MMHHHHHHEESZHB3B3I 1 HANKS 59 (14-7) E Wilkinson (1) 5 4 1 (498) 6 NOBLE LIGHT 56.5 (151-32) OChmz (4) 3 3 2 (448) 5 CHAMPJONRANGER57(42-12) .AD*pech (6) 7 7 3 (477) 10 THE POINTHAN 53.5 (72-18) KLOo (9) 8 5 4 (480) 7
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    • 1811 49 EXCERPTS OF SINGAPORE TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT RACE 1: SNOW PEAK jumped awkwardly, was slow to begin and was further inconvenienced when squeezed between STAR ATTACKER and THE POINTMAN, who jumped awkwardly out. SNOW PEAK showed no early pace. DIAMOND BROKER jumped awkwardly out. STARBUZZ,
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    • 1735 50 TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD Going forecast: Yielding to soft No. L—t 6 runt Horn Wt BMIm Jodm Bmrttr lAgtMaHmx, tnkm+mm) 1 -***** SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 57 (61) SHlee 8 (4nzg Sargent-Owner) 2 *****5 WARRIOR ABJAR 57 (61) SSam 12 (6nzg Noordin-Smafl Abjar) 3 *****0 CONNIVANCE 56 (59) "MHuzairi 13
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    • 623 51  -  By Lionel Lee JOCKEY Catherine Treymane (bottom) looks set to end her five-week jinx this afternoon when she hops on the Gavin Kellytrained Time Sharing in Race 11 at Kuala Lumpur. From her three mounts, Time Sharing appears to have the best chance. A seven-
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    • 136 51 RACE 1: Another Chapter, Olympic Village, Unpredictable. RACE 2: No Doubt About It. RACE 3: Secret Formula, Must Invest. RACE 4: Really Quiet, Rich Strike, Squawk Box. RACE 5: Ichiban Reflex, Another Effort, Diamond City, House On Aces, Mega Success. RACE 6:
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    • 581 51 n. I t -«i fl. --1 fin. III ilirf, L wo. Up m nj#i» norm in fining vouwji ammm nWnWW) 1 1 BABY LOVER 57 (61) SHLae 10 (3rug Saryert-KuaJKy Mas) 2 1 BIG PICTURE 57 (61) VEtongovan 11 (4nzg YF Lee-GoWen Jade imperial) 3
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    • 502 52 YESTERDAY'S PERTH RACE RESULTS Going: Firm 2 DEL FRtSCO 52.5 (84-22) Shaun McGruddy (9) 1 6 MAN FROM MEMPHIS 52 (70-16) Alana Sanson (5) 2 9 TOUCH AND GO 52 (56-12) JaffNoaka (4) 3 Aiso ran: BO DtDLEY tvo Fry, EXBURY FAIR Troy Turner, EXCLUSIVE CHAMPION Paul Harvey. PENNY CALL
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    • 118 52  -  By Tan Thean Loon SINGAPORE champion Saimee Jumaat secured two thirds from four rides in the Blue Square Shergar Cup challenge at Ascot, England, yesterday. His best chance, Shadowless in the 1,600 m Shergar Cup Juvenile, went down by only two heads. His other third
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  • 277 53 SYDNEY OLYMPICS Sntl6 to Oct I [spo^l TEARS of joy will flow as athletes step up to collect their gold, silver or bronze medals at next month's Sydney Olympics. And it won't just be the athletes placed first, second or third wholl be weeping. At the
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  • CHARITY SHIELD 2000 RED DEVILS v BLUES (Wembley, tonight) LIVE ON FOOTBALL CHANNEL, from 9.50pm
    • 513 54  -  ZOOMIN by SCOTT FERGUSON Chief Sports EditorZoomSports.com THE summer break is over, Euro 2000 has come and gone, we got excited about the S-League for a month, but now it's time for the real action to start again. The off-season has been relatively quiet
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    • 308 54 THHE first words Fabien Barthez uttered on arrival at Old iTrafford was: "I'm relieved." How appropriate. That's exactly what Man U manager Sir Alex Ferguson and the millions of fans worldwide must have felt too. Signed for £7.8 million ($20.28 m) on a six-year contract, with
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    • 952 55 CHARITY will be the last thing in the air at Wembley when Manchester United plays Chelsea in the curtain raiser to the English Premiership soccer season. Sure, some profits from this shield game perhaps as much as £1 million (s2.6million) will be dispersed to the
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    • 138 55 IS this horse trading too? Arsene Wenger, angered by agents luring Emmanuel Petit and Marc Overmars from Arsenal to Barcelona, complained: "The rights go too much against the clubs. Money has taken over, but we must obey basic rules. "If fans fear loyalty has completely gone then the
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  • STORTS
    • 608 56 The National Football Academy will be officially launched by Deputy Prime Minister Brigadier-General (NS) Lee Hsien Loong at the National Stadium this afternoon. LIM HAN MING talks to Goal 2010 director Jan Poulsen the man behind the mega sports institution HE has been waiting for
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    • 64 56 WHERE: The National Football Academy will be housed temporarily at the National Stadium until it moves to Jalan Besar Stadium, which is expected to be ready in 2002. IWNPRE MVOLVEfc WVIW BWfc IfVwWIIVBVI National age-group teams ranging from the llnder-12s totheUnder-235. WHAT TO EXPECT: Sports museum, library, exercise
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    • 414 57  -  SINGAPORE FOOTBALL'S TOP 20 SUNDRAM MERITS ANOTHER CHANCE TO PLAY FOR THE LIONS COMMENT PETER SIOW ITS almost every coach's dream to be the country's numero uno. Just as it is every sailor's to be an admiral. And every soldier's to be a general. So deep
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    • 321 57  -  Titter Beer srCiaGUE GEYLANG UNITED 0 Main sponsor Ponggol Marina, RTW Group Equipment sponsor Nike TAMPINES ROVERS 0 Main sponsor Star Cruises Equipment sponsor Mikasa By Gary Lim GEYLANG United needed a win badly. Three points last night at Bedok Stadium would have put the
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    • 238 58  -  THESE ARE THE BEST LIONS: Who are they? We asked the coaches of the S-League teams for their pick. Six had the guts to put pen to paper. The rest, well, just didn't 'want to. So, here's the eventual tally. BY Wang Meng Meng BETTER safe than sorry.
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  • 178 59 leaving a trail of defenders in his wake while Kim Leng has been pumping deadly crosses all season long. There has also been calls for some old favourites to be recalled. Lim Tong Hai (Tanjong Pagar), R Sasikumar (Home), Kaair Yahaya (Geylang) and V Selvaraj
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  • 295 59 SAFFCTEAM MANAGER KOKWAJ LEONG: Won't think it's fair for me or Fandi to make a selection because it would affect the morale of our national players if we did not include them in our choices. BALESI1ER CENTRAL PC COACH SIVAM: I was the national
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  • 378 60 A «■?^g-MK^K^Mi up for ...and it's easier THE WSA Goal Rush ls te na pnow m if And the prize money may A stand at $15,000, if there are <r no winners to last week's con- &MfcA/jB. r 1 ■^rf^ We re-open the score prediction phonelines
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