The New Paper, 17 August 2000

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1 68 The New Paper
  • 7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 2000
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    • 197 1 France I Th»m I [RRHBcI.I. "fa Jig* (MB*"*' stars jfilSlG^^^l" molesting B M I •Jk'i M v/TTI woman H A A THIS is rap with a twist. H H H The victim is a woman. the surprise: The Maude Rankine, was charged yesterday another woman in an MRT station. This
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    • 470 2 Bernama. THERE was a loud bang. Then it was chaos. This was how the New Straits Times part-time reporter David Dinish Matthew described the situation at the Pyramid shopping Mall last night. Eight men armed with handguns and assault rifles staged a daring RM2.7
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    • 301 2 AP. A MAN protesting against government policies pushed a paper plate full of whipped cream into the face of Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien yesterday. Mr Chretien, 66, had just arrived at a convention centre in Charlottetown and was greeting supporters when the man dressed in a
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    • 395 3 They are called the old-old. Some were born before World War 1. They have lived through most of Singapore's history, says a recently released Singapore Department of Statistics report. These living history books tell LEONG MAY LING their memories. WoHdW«rl I was about 18 when the
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    • 121 3 The Singapore Department of Statistics defines the old-old of Singapore as those aged 85 and over. The report also says: In 1999 there were 16,000 residents who were aged 85 years and over. This is six times higher than 1970. This is partly due to better
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      637 4 He played in the World Cup They escaped from rebels through the jungles of Zaire ByChuaWeiYng Fantastic is his name and conning was his game. But he should not have offered to split US$2 million (about $3.4 million) with a churchman. Who was expected to pay US$6O,OOO in good,
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    • 173 4 WITH a name that fantastic, it'll be hard to miss Fantastic Yakubu Tabi (above) on the soccer pitch. His lawyer, Miss Nor'ain Abu Bakar, told the court that Tabi, 23, was one of Cameroon's national players. "He instructs me that his career will be jeopardised as
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    • 197 6 kj YES, Singaporeans are materialistic, but I am not, says the man in the street. THEY ARK MATERIALISTIC: That's according to a survey of 605 Singapore citizens and permanent residents commissioned by The Straits Times. Nine in 10 of those surveyed said Singaporeans
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      34 6 This READY TO EAT: Ms Iris Wagner tatting a grilled praying mantle during an Ineect exhibition In Germany. The Ineect was prepared with garlic, basil vinegar, red wine and caramel. Picture/ Ap
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    • News Break
      • 61 6 CONSUMERS THE Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) is launching a membership drive next month that will protect your family's consumer interests for just $30 a year. For that amount, two adults and two children up to the age of 12 can become members, and seek advice
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      • 58 6 I INVESTMENTS SINGAPORE is the top investor in Vietnam. Singapore has investments there worth more than US$6.7 billion ($11.5 billion). And seven Singaporean investment projects worth more than a total of US$9.2 million have been licensed in the first seven months of the year. This takes the
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      • 51 6 STOCKS THE Singapore Exchange (SGX) yesterday suspended all trading in the sky-rocketing shares of reclamation company Links Island Holdings over recent "irregular" trading activity. A founding shareholder, Mr Winstedt Chong (right) created a stir when he sold 100,000 of his shares at $1.12 a piece in February. f
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      • 50 6 DRUGS A TOTAL of 188 suspected drug offenders and seven traffickers were rounded up on Tuesday in two islandwide drug swoops. The areas raided included Woodlands, Marsiling, Jurong, Bukit Batok, Bukit Panjang, Holland Road, Jalan Bukit Merah, Tiong Bahru, Ang Mo Kio, Yishun, Hougang, Geylang, Bedok and Tampines.
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    • 50 6 New Straits Times: Three for MB's post International Herald Tribune: Attempts to reach Kursk sailors fail Asian Wall Street Journal: Philippines' growth is threatened BBC news: Hopes fade for the Russian sailors still trapped in the submarine after four days at the bottom of the Barents Sea
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    • 51 7 Quote Wworthy COMPLEMENTARY Singapore and China complement each other because China has abundant resources and manpower, while Singapore has the know-how. Since the Singapore economy has picked up f now is the best time to develop bilateral trade as economic opportunities abound. Outgoing Chinese Ambassador to Singapore Madam Chen
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    • 56 7 COURT WHEN a car is stolen, the loss should be covered by insurance. And this should be so for car-rental and finance companies too. So said Chief Justice Yong Pung How when he dismissed a company's petition to reverse the forfeiture order on its car, which had been
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    • 57 7 WEATHER M EXPECT more rain in the next two weeks. The wet spell over the past fortnight produced above-average rainfall over about half of Singapore, the Meteorological Service said. And there will be up to six wet days in the next fortnight. We'll probably see showers with thunder
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    • 69 7 ISRAEL CLEAN up after your dog, and you could be rewarded. Tel Aviv has launched a campaign promising dog-owners a bag of dog food, a collar or a toy bone, if city inspectors see them cleaning up after their canine companions. It is part of the city's efforts
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      53 7 CORPORATE M STARHUB'S senior vice-president of commercial operations, Mr Peter Kaliaropoulos (right), has quit. He'll be chief executive officer of New Zealand's Clear Communications. Clear Communications is New Zealand's leading online service provider and a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Telecom, which also holds an 18 per cent stake
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    • 69 7 The Straits Times: North-east Asia set to take off: SM The Business Times: SGX to probe if Links was cornered Uanhe Zaobao: SM Lee: Singapore and Malaysia should restore Asean's international standing with other original members Berita Harlan: Positive reaction to PSLE benchmark for madrasahs RCS morning
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    • 124 7 in FSHSus THE 18-year-old girl took part in the chilling and systematic torture of a teenage friend over 17 days And now she has been jailed for six years. She is the oldest of the group of teenagers charged with assaulting a 14-year-old girl, and she
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    • 115 7 $!s* k BLUE-CHIP stocks stumbled lower yesterday as worries about a slower pace of consumer spending dogged retailers for a second day in a row. Investors also continued to sell to take advantage of recent price rises. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 58.61 points to close at
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    • 263 8  -  Husband takes a chopper to wife By Joycelyn Wong HE had met up with friends for drinks at a pub. And told his wife that he would be back in half an hour. But Tan Kok Huat, 38, lost track of time. He was 15
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    • 274 8 IN a bizarre twist, earlier that day, Mariammaa Narayanasamy was also convicted of the same offence. The 32-year-old mother of three had also attacked her husband with a chopper. This one was 29 cm long. Her reason: She was suffering from back pain,
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    • 29 8 Both Tan and Mariammaa were fined $1,000 for voluntarily causing hurt. They could have been jailed up to a year or fined a maximum of $1,000 or both.
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  • 585 10  -  SINGAPORETODAY Fairfield Methodist Girls' School was ONE school with ONE principal until 1983. It then separated into TWO schools —Primary and Seconday, each with its own principal It was also in 1983 that the school turned co-ed By- Tan Hui Leng SHE must have been the most
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    • 922 12  -  THE NEW PAPER HELPS FAMILY REGAIN CONTACT My daughter wants her dad. Where is he? A former maid asked The New Paper to help find her ex-lover last month. This man finally calls. JOYCE LIM reports
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    • 113 12 THEIR love blossomed nine years ago when she was in Singapore working as a maid, and he, as a watch salesman at Lucky Plaza. When she had to return to Philippines in 1992, the man followed her back to her hometown and proposed marriage. But when
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    • 482 14  -  So mother hands over drunken son to police By, Andre Yeo AS a husband Leow Choon Meng, 32, was supposed to look after his wife. As a father, he was supposed to set an example. But whenever Leow hit the bottle, he would
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    • 700 15 Race is a big factor when people look for life partners, says a recent survey. TAN HUIYEE speaks to one parent LING'S mother objected to her daughter's chosen partner. Ling (not her real name), a teacher, said her mother "couldn't accept the fact that
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    • 235 15 THE results of the survey on marriage, conducted by the Social Development Service (SDS), were surprising. Race emerged as one of the major considerations when people look for life partners. When the 510 people surveyed were asked to choose from a list of what they would look for,
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    • 257 18 Tougher laws from next month: Environment Ministry LETS clear the air. It's pretty healthy as it is, by US Environmental Protection Agency standards. And it will get better still. Once we clamp down on the few smoky vehicles still on the road. Mr Sidek Saniff,
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    • 62 19 mui<mui< LaSaOa-SMgradaate Kali NaaHaa, who aiatfhMd $2,000 for replacing the SZ plate oa M* ranted (torn wHh a private car number plate that was stolon: I used the licence plate because I was vain and wanted to show off to my ex-girlfriend. I had no
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    • 59 19 ON Celebrity Buzz (1900-912 0004) this week: FUNNYMAN Martin Lawrence can't share in the laughter as millions of fans flock to see his blockbuster comedy Big Momma's House. His own beloved mother is locked in a life-and-death battle with cancer and her agony is
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 636 22  -  WOON WUI TEK IN KUALA LUMPUR SENIOR Minister Lee Kuan Yew unleashed the Tiger on his 500-strong audience yesterday in Kuala Lumpur. Not surprisingly, the Tiger he referred to is Tiger Woods, THAT golfer. Tiger's name popped up at a forum organised by the
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    • 243 22 WATCH out, South-east Asia. The last regional crisis has caused the nations of North-east Asia (China including Hongkong, Korea, Japan and Taiwan) to emerge as more formidable economic competitors, warned Senior Minister Lee. Speaking on East Asia's status in the 21st century, Mr Lee drew a
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 190 23 Source: Reuters. THE situation in the crippled Russian submarine, Kursk, does not look good. That is the grim conclusion made by US surveillance, according to an intelligence official in Washington yesterday. US surveillance also indicated that the nuclear submarine sank on Saturday because
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    • 457 23 Librarian recounts submarine terror Forty years ago... TOTAL fear amid total darkness. That is the kind of feeling that engulfs a mariner trapped in a submarine at the bottom of the sea, said Dr Hayim Sheynin, 62. The elderly librarian from a Jewish college in Philadelphia,
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  • 362 25 Five siblings starved to death in suspected cult ritual WORLDTODAY ANOTHER shocking case of multiple deaths in Japan. Another case of suspected cult rituals. The police discovered the decomposed bodies of four women and a man, probably siblings, yesterday, in their home in
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 424 27 Rarely has anyone walked out of the jungle after meeting bandit king Veerappan. He is wanted for nearly 130 murders. But he makes one exception with a journalist who, strangely, sports the same kind of moustache as himself TAMIL journalist R Gopal (right)
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    • 391 28 BEWARE: SPIES AT WORK IMAGINE you have a moment to spare at the office. You send an e-mail to catch up with your boyfriend or sister who is studying in Australia. Or pass on the latest office gossip. Or catch 40 winks. But lo
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      63 29 muifmuit North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il is partial to French wins, swims and rides horses. He would have been a Mm-maker If he hadn't become a politician, South Korean media reported. He told media chiefs: When it comes to wine, French wine is the best and I drink
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    • 284 29 Wire services. YOLTVE lost a precious baby. Would you let doctors extract brain tissue from your dead infant to further the cause of science? In Japan, some bereaved parents did not have the luxury of making that decision. Senior researchers at the National Institute
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 458 32 NOW, perhaps, the so-called "lost-cause wimp" has a better chance to be the next US president. Until yesterday, analysts were saying presidential hopeful Vice-President Al Gore had been dismissed by many as a wimp fighting a losing battle against Republican George W Bush. But now Mr
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    • 42 32 AFP She speaks Spanish. She is married to Dr Andrew Schiff. They have a son, Wyatt, one. She graduated from Harvard in 1995. She loves water-skiing. She has been working for her father behind the scenes for several years.
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    • 880 33  -  By Seto Nu-wen AT age 11, Perfect 10 deejay Daniel Ong was selling curry puffs. Not because his family was poor. But because the business bug bit him at an age when his peers were more interested in playing cops and robbers. At 14, when he
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    • 297 33 WHEN I went on a recent working assignment to Taipei with Daniel, he couldn't stop talking about his wife. Daniel calls Lynn, who was his schoolmate, his "first true love". "I began courting her when I was 13," he declared proudly. "I got her phone number from
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  • 70 34 sports The Olympic torch's marathon run ends on Sept 15, the day the Olympic Games begin. By then it would have travelled 62,000 km through 13 countries with 13,300 torchbearers helping it on the way. We trace the torch's path, the unusual modes of
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    • 395 36  -  By Denise Chong POOR Joan Chen. The actress-turned-film-maker is facing bad to lukewarm reviews of her first big-budget Hollywood film. She directed Richard Gere (above right) and Winona Ryder (left) in MGM's US$5O million ($B6 million) film, Autumn in New York.
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      134 35 So what if Jennifer Aniston has snared Brad Pitt? Hollywood darling Gywneth Paltrow (left) isn't crying her eyes out for her ex-fiance. Singing her lungs out is what she's doing instead. According to USA Today, Paltrow has recorded three songs on the soundtrack of her latest film, Duets.
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    • 139 36 WINONA Ryder drops all her clothes for the FIRST TIME in her acting career in Autumn. But studio execs dropped the nude scene. Then, they wouldn't pre-screen the romantic drama for critics. So, word got out that the movie sucks so badly that the studio wanted
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  • 401 37  -  EB" WITH T JEYATHESAN RAIN. It played a tattoo against my window. As I lay sleeping. Musty thoughts long dead stir. A curious unease. And a sepia-tinted scene began to play. Grubby eight-year-old fingers wrapped around a book. A magical book about pixies,
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  • 497 38 CAREER CHOICE WHEN I stepped onto the orchid farm on a sunny Sunday, a sense of tranquility and calm overcame me. The farm is a little over 2ha, set among the greenery of Lim Chu Kang. A dog barked in the distance. The sound of water gushing from
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    • 500 57  -  Kicks home Kota Marudu and Blossom By- Tan Thean Loon AT LAST, former champion jockey Oscar Chavez has ended a near two-month drought. And for good measure, the 25-year-old Panamanian made good at Kranji last night with a running double from only three mounts.
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    • 398 59 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO YESTERDAY'S KRANJI TRACKWORK THE nice-looking True General is inching close to scoring his first win going on his stylish workout at Kranji yesterday morning. With Malayan Racing Association-licensed rider David O'Heare up, the New Zealand-bred showed a nice turn
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