The New Paper, 12 December 2000

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  • 27 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2000 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS Ill
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  • 25 1 SUN VISTA SINKING Bahamas Maritime Authority whacks almost everyone involved with I cruise ship which sank lastyear. JlSlt^0.IS Picture/ AFP
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 310 2  -  NINTENDO GENERATION Yet another case of Nintendinitis injuries resulting from long hours of playing Nintendo By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY IT was her very first time playing Nintendo. And this nine-year-old girl was so enthusiastic and excited, she
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    • 87 2 Some boys wet themselves during the game. Dr Koh said he knew of three such cases: 'They were so preoccupied with their game that they ignored the call of nature, their bladders filled and overflowed. They had to change their pants." An 11-year-old diabetic boy ended up with
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    • 113 2 AUSTRALIA could become the fattest nation on earth by the next generation, with 20 per cent of children now overweight or obese. And more Australian teens are being diagnosed with sleep apnoea, high blood pressure, heart disease and diabetes. Professor lan Caterson, of the University of Sydney's Department
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    • 173 2 ONE would have thought that the Walkman would be Japan's greatest accomplishment for the 20th century? No! say the Japanese. It's instant noodles. About 2,000 people aged 20 years and older living in the Kanto region were asked the same question. The popular choice was instant noodles, reports
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 930 4  -  Would wearing seat-belt have saved this five-year-old S'pore girl? SEGAMAT CAR ACCIDENT By Tanya Fong THEY have travelled on that road, across that second-last bridge near the Sungei Gerchang Palm Estate countless times. It was, after all, one of the landmarks near
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    • 151 5 THREE weeks ago, Darren Chua, 9, died and his older brother was hurt when both of them were flung out of their father's car. A door flew open when the car crashed in Johor. The Singaporean family was travelling on the North-South highway towards the
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 227 6 B What's up, Doc? UNHAPPY with the outcome of your medical treatment or surgery? Sue the doctor! That seems to be the approach more disgruntled Singaporeans are taking. A Straits Times study found that more people were entangled in lawsuits with their doctors, charging them with negligence when
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    • 36 6 m- Nobei Literature Prize winner Gao Xingjian of China dances with the wife of a Swedish Foreign Service officer at a bail in honour of this year's Nobel laureates. Picture/ Reuters
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    • News Break
      • 62 6 AIRLINES U IT'S the world's first legal action of its kind. Ten Australian passengers have decided to launch a class-action lawsuit against Air France, Air New Zealand, British Airways, Emirates Airlines and Qantas. It's for allegedly suffering the effects known as "economy-class syndrome" being exposed to
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      • 60 6 HUNDREDS of Malaysian facing a 16-year waiting list for a kidney are going to China to buy one. The kidneys come from executed criminals and cost about $18,900, reported British TV's Channel Four. The criminals were said to be allowed to die under anaethestic in the hospital which
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      • 62 6 I MATCH-FIXING I GEYLANG United's former goalkeeper, Lutz Pfannenstiel, 27, has denied fixing matches. The German told the court yesterday he did not ask golf instructor Sivakumar Madasamy, 27, to raise money to bet on the matches. He said he just given his opinion on how the
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      • 61 6 B CRIME A TAIWANESE tourist was caught with $150,000 worth of stolen goods in his Geylang hotel. The tourist had broken into several houses since his arrival on Nov 24 and stole gold and jewellery. He was arrested yesterday at about 2am, while driving along Guillemard Road. The
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      • 69 7 I RESEARCH WARNING to parents: Shake your babies for even a fraction of a minute, and they may have brain damage. British paediatric expert Robert Minns has headed a team that studied 25 SBS (shaken baby syndrome) victims for 4V2 years. In 20 of the cases, the
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      • 61 7 I ELDERLY I THERE will be a new daycare centre for the elderly in Clementi West by next April. It will be the second such centre set up with aid from the Tanjong Pagar Community Development Council. At least 67 elderly in the area will benefit. The
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      • 71 7 SALARIES M SINGAPORE'S economic growth is almost 10 per cent this year. Yet, real salary rises here are expected to average 3.6 per cent this year and 2.9 per cent in 2001, reports The Business Times. This compares with real rises of 7.8 per cent in Hongkong, 5.8
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      • 61 7 I JAPAN JAPAN'S newest subway system, which will carry 800,000 passengers daily, starts operating today. The 41-km Ohedo line loops around Tokyo. It took 13 years to build and cost one trillion yen ($15.3 million). It runs on magnetic power and is equipped with the latest computer technology.
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    • 55 6 New Straits Times: No to Suqui demands International Herald Tribune: High court prepares momentous ruling as US waits Asian Wall Street Journal: Fate of Gore, Bush heads to High Court BBC news: The US Supreme Court is considering its ruling after hearing arguments that could determine the
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    • 135 7 in FSflfus THE National Association of Travel Agents Singapore (Natas), is unhappy with Singapore Airlines (SIA) for not paying travel agents here for promoting and selling its tickets. Natas also believes that SIA was soliciting other airlines to do the same. So the travel
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    • 72 7 STOCKS witnessed a dramatic rise with Nasdaq topping 3,000 at close. The Dow Jones industrials gained 12.89 per cent to hit 10,725.80. The Nasdaq rallied Monday with a striking gain of 97.14 points (3.33 percent), rising above 3,000 to 3,014.57 at the closing bell. SINGAPORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ
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    • 75 7 The Straits Times: Complaints against doctors on the rise Tlie Business Times: Bahamas delivers damning report on Sun Vista sinking Lianhe Zaobao: Ministry of Environment sets up sentry posts with the participation of 300 doctors to monitor new contagious diseases Berita Harian: Loansharks in flat sales: Action
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    • 42 7 Ouote worthy offer my apologies... (Their) disrespect for the other communities makes them similar to the Al-Maunah. Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad, apologising in Parliament to the Malaysian Chinese, explaining that his recent criticism was only directed at a pressure group.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 621 8  -  LYCOS ASIA'S MODEL SEARCH 2000: IS ONLINE VOTING FAIR? By] Fraemone Wee THE entire voting process seems questionable. And we aren't talking of the US presidential election. This is all about Lycos Asia's Model Search 2000. It is a contest running in several Asian
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    • 240 9 ONE female contestant, known only as Grimlord, garnered 33,480 votes in less than two months thanks to the work of computer experts. In a message posted on the Model Search 2000 forum page by the one of the self-confessed culprits, DotComGuy detailed his little
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    • 119 9 THE Lycos Asia Model Search 2000 contest was launched in September this year, and is open to residents of Singapore, China, Hongkong, Malaysia, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines. When we checked, 633 people including 284 Singaporeans had their photos posted on the site. The top prize is
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    • 358 10 TRUTH ABOUT SUN VISTA SINKING Bahamas Maritime Authority delivers damning report ALMOST everyone involved with the Sun Vista came under fire after an investigation by the Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA). The BMA's report on the Malacca Straits sinking of the Singapore cruise ship last
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    • 56 11 I .1 t t L t t I I ,11 I, Wl !,y Minister of State for Information and Arts David Urn on the arts scene: Development of the arts follows a pattern that is imjm''' unlike stock markets i one day, down the nextlWljf
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    • 88 11 IN our contest last week, we featured six Miss World finalists and asked you to guess where they are from. The answers: A) Philippines B) Australia C) Switzerland D) Hongkong E) Taiwan F) United States. Out of 851 entries, 358 answered correctly. Three correct entries were picked
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    • 352 12  -  By Amy Chiew HE WAS just waiting at the bus stop, on his way home. But he got the shock of his life: A car knocked down a cyclist right before his eyes. Recounted the technician who declined to give his name: "I saw the car
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    • 36 12 Police have confirmed that a man has been arrested for suspected drink driving. Anyone with more information can call 547-1818. Drink drivers can be fined between $1,000 and $5,000 or jailed up to six months.
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    • 323 14  -  Report and picture/. Michelle Choh IMAGINE selling Mikimoto pearls in the dark. And what if you can't even open your shop because there is no electricity to work the shutters? All that's been happening at Centrepoint since Sunday evening when it was hit by a
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    • 164 14 AT spm on Sunday, a transformer that supplies electricity to most of the shops broke down. That's about the time a "tornado" was wreaking havoc in Jurong where zinc roofs were ripped off and empty containers of six to seven tonnes each tumbled down like Lego blocks. Said
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 49 16 Sunlight has replaced stones as the weapon of choice for Lebanese taunting Israeli border troops. They use mirrors to reflect sunlight straight intc the soldiers' eyes. And into the lens of surveillance cameras. One of the demonstrators said: This is our weapon for the 21st century.
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    • 1000 16  -  Beauty is no longer that gorgeous dimple. Or a zillion dollar smile. There's politics, economics and plenty of arithmetic behind why, where and who will win the coveted Miss World crown Woman wants her 'unfaithful' lover dead Offers a man $1,400 to
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  • 376 19 WORLDTODAY Thai police bust luggage-ransom gang that target Indian clothes traders arriving on flights INDIAN traders arriving at Bangkok's international airport can now breathe a sigh of relief. Until yesterday, these cloth traders were highly vulnerable to a gang of Thailand-based Indian extortionists, reported Bangkok's
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    • 132 19 Connecting U to the world of sports IS J JL 0 M Qj It's Christmas time, it's Christmas cheer Ofr r ound the corner is the Happy New Year, sil' liSt HC Wifi so much to choose from choices galore, IWhy da you want ta buy Christmas gifts |p Hi
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    • 57 20 :jjjt I J I ■■•AVr.' >/ Ik r w Yup, our Sports pages have that. Edited by Yap Koon Hong, who does not pull any. You get your sports news and views straight, with a wallop. In one of our five handy sections. j |r|:-; I r My 8 tea
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  • 510 24  -  ET CELTERA WITH TRUDY LIM MY son likes Thursdays. All because "mummy roasts chicken and potatoes for dinner" on Thursdays. I make it a point to cook my children's favourite meals regularly, and I have fallen into a routine. With all the talk recently
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    • 608 26  -  A. Hopeless with names? B. Scared of heights? C. A loving hubby? Answer: A All of the above 1 By< Chang May Choon BOBBY Au-Yeung Chun Wah doesn't know who Li Nanxing is, and can't recall which show he saw Fann Wong in. At least
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    • 361 27 Acting is like a game to me, something which I hope I cattsdboforever. A guy can play different roles, first as then brother, father, and finally, when heGmhis 70s, grandpa. Every one is a challenge. Well-loved Hongkong comedy king Bobby
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      530 28  -  She is MIVs newest W By 1 Yong Siew Fern TS unfair, you may say. First, Mariam I Adam (right) got away from having to I answer tough interview questions at the MTV VJ Hunt in Kuala Lumpur last month. Then the 18-year-old Malaysian-Australian model went on to
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    • 321 29 THE judges may not admit it but Mariam Adam probably won the VJ contest because of her pan-Asian looks. Daughter of an Australian father and a Malay mother, she has been modelling since she was 14. Chicken Rice War director CheeK who is also vice-president of MTV Asia's
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  • 638 30  -  TO CLICK OR NOT TO CLICK spotlight Bless the good or phone. It's cheaper, faster, convenient By Fraemone Wee SOME things are better done the old-fashioned way. Despite the rise of e-commerce and the IT boom, pizza places still swear by the good ol'
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 529 31  -  Asks Taiwanese singer Chyi Yu's daughter By Teo Kuan Yee FROM singing folksy tunes to a strict mother. That is what Taiwanese soprano Chyi Yu has become. The singer, remembered for classics such as Olive Tree, does not believe in being soft to daughter Candice, seven.
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    • 309 32  -  By' Teo Kuan Yee SHE may have been in showbiz for 10 years but she's no flaming hip, haughty diva. Wan Fang (right) is low-key, from her soft and gentle voice to her no-frills dressing. And that's the secret of her long
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  • the new paper RACING
    • 536 42  -  By] Michael Lee ULTRA-SMART sprinter Bocelli's triumph in the $100,000 Vanda Trophy last Saturday was not the only reason to celebrate for his part-owner Dato Terry Lee of Fairdeal Stable. Not that the Paddy Busuttin-trained gelding didn't deserve any kudos for his signature killer of
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    • 121 42 YESTERDAY'S workouts on the Kranji fibresand track by horses engaged tomorrow night: RACE 1: Slow work: Rosegreen, Brilliant Polo, Condor Hero and Secret Budget cantered one lap each. RACE 2: Slow work: Top Seed cantered two laps while Gold Digger and Scholarship cantered one round each. RACE 3:
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    • 332 43 2000 INTERNATIONAL JOCKEYS'CHAMPIONSHIP IN HONGKONG JOCKEY Saimee Jumaat will be delighted to find out that one of his three mounts in tomorrow's 2000 International Jockeys' Championship races in Hongkong has a good chance to the judge. Last-start winner Chinesesport Glory, Saimee's draw
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    • 454 44  -  By Michael Lee OUZO and Superb Effect will not be the only runners representing Singaporean connections in the Hong Kong International races on Sunday. In a bold bid, English-bred Daliapour was bought for an undisclosed sum by Singaporean property tycoon Ng Teng
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    • 194 44 CHILEAN import Pure Silk suddenly died of colic last Sunday morning. A rescue operation was undertaken in a desperate attempt to save the Malcolm Thwaites-trained entire's life but to no avail. Brought over by Eres Tu No. 2 Stable with the big races in
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 271 50 Reuters THIS IS not a typo: Arsenal thrashed Liverpool 11-0! Arsenal's women's team, that is. The female Gunners now top the premier league. Arsenal also claimed a first yesterday by launching its female academy. Open to girls aged 16-19, it
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    • 413 50 MANCHESTER United has joined Arsenal and Chelsea in a £10 million (s2sm) battle for the right to sign Japanese superstar Hidetoshi Nakata. Nakata, 23, currently plays for Roma in Serie A, but has revealed to friends that he wants a move to one of the giants
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    • 264 50 Wire services SOL CAMPBELL The Spurs' captain is considering a remarkable move across north London to arch-rivals Arsenal. Chelsea has also declared interest in signing the England central defender. Campbell is able to sign for any foreign club from January 1. But it is looking likely now that
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    • 1439 51  - Ranieri the Bridge over troubled waters? By CLIVE WHITE NEWS of the alleged training ground punch-up involving Dennis Wise and Gianfranco Zola a perfectly matched pair of bantamweights if ever there was is yet further evidence of the growing disharmony at Chelsea. This is threatening to destroy not only its
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    • 299 52 GIANFRANCO Zola (right) welcomes the appointment of Sven Goran Eriksson as England coach, and believes he is the man to stimulate England's international game. "Football now is about challenging teams from all over the world," said the Chelsea striker. "If things are not going
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    • 828 53 Number ZINEDINE ZIDANE (France and Juventus) AFP, Reuters. AMONG France's many soccer legends, not even the great Michel Platini has a comparable resume. Zinedine Yazid Zidane, who was today named Fifa World Player of the Year for the second time, is much more
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    • 222 54 Wire services. THE individuals were not the only ones winning awards. European champion Real Madrid was voted the Team of the Century. Real won the award with 42.35 per cent of the vote, way ahead of Manchester United in second place with 9.69 per cent. The
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    • 463 54 Reuters. DIEGO Maradona walked out of the Fifa awards ceremony yesterday before his great rival Pele got up on stage to receive recognition as one of the two greatest players of the 20th century. In what appeared to be a snub to the Brazilian,
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    • 472 55  -  NATIONAL SOCCER JAN POULSEN'S FIRST DAY WITH THE LIONS By Gary Lim Affable. That was the general consensus among the national players who had their first meeting with caretaker coach Jan Poulsen yesterday. When the players emerged from the meeting room, most were encouraged by Poulsen's
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    • 123 55 DISCIPLINE was foremost in Jan Poulsen's mind when he spoke to the Lions yesterday. Said the Dane: "I briefed them on the need for discipline and their responsibilities on and off the field. "I also asked them to think 'we\ and not 'me'. I think we had
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    • 265 55  -  By Peter Siow HE had planned his vacation so that he would be available for this week's national team training. But right-back Tan Kim Leng, who returned from a five-day trip to Phuket on Saturday, waited in vain for the call to
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    • 217 56  -  S-LEAGUE UPDATE BY Peter Siow JURONG FC has a new trick on the cards for its fans next year. The western club is finalising plans to visit Turkey in February for a few warm-up matches against Antalys Tor, a Division One team now lying in mid-table. And it
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    • 461 56 LEAGUE CUP QUARTER-FINALS TOMORROW (in Singapore): Birmingham v Sheffield Wed Crystal Palace v Sunderland (Live on FC 22 from 3.45 am, repeat at 10pm) Man City v Ipswich THURSDAY (in Singapore): Liverpool v Fulham (Live on FC 22 f from 3.45 am v repeat 10pm) INFOLINE:
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    • 62 56 IN our EPL contest last week, we asked if Terry Venables would help Middlesbrough beat Sunderland. The answer: No, in fact Sunderland beat Middlesbrough 1-0. Out of 1,121 entries received, 551 guessed correctly. Three callers were picked to win a super-cool Swatch Dark Moon watch each. They are
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    • 405 57 Soccernet. Why not him or the other South Americans? ROMARIO is clearly miffed. The veteran Brazilian master reckons the Fifa Player of the Year accolade is hollow because it's a "private party" for European clubs. Haven't they heard about some useful performers
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