The New Paper, 6 May 2001

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    27 1 the new paper MAY 6, 2001 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@$ph.com.sg I on Sunday Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.isia I .com.sg MITA (P)103/03/2001 70 CENTS
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      92 1 WATCH OUT. BAD DRIVERS k Fed-up doctor takes 70 photos of motorists breaking rules. Others say: Great! They want to join him •-.J.: V': v' a; *>5 :«Bf3fc*r X M J i >u3fl 'vr-.r-v iv? ss jar 5 of* #S w^aigit 31 ■rs V&T; f- v JjJBV.-f area now green-light
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      Lock icon Thanks Doc... Now I can hug Mum
      250 2 A YEAR ago, this little Malaysian girl was born with only a stump for her left hand. But help came in unusual circumstances for little Chong Lih Ying, reports The Malay Mail. Her twin sister was found to suffer from a brain disease
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      Lock icon Scrambled SCV channels irk viewers
      470 2  -  Some worry about missing live Arsenal-Leeds clash but glitch lasts only 45 min By] Dawn Chia SO you got home yesterday afternoon to start a long weekend. You flopped down in front of the telly and hit the Singapore Cable Vision (SCV) remote control... but
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      Lock icon SCV CHANNELS
      29 2 SCV has more than 40 channels. The cost for a basic plan (22 cable channels and 11 free to air channels) is $33.94. SCV has 265,000 subscribers.
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      Lock icon Bus jumps over divider ...and into his path
      415 3  -  11 hurt as bus slams into tree By Dawn Chia IT was like an elephant coming out of nowhere and running across the road, said Mr Anuar Mohd Isa. He saw the bus run out of control. Instead of turning left at
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      Lock icon THEN Red-light area NOW Greenlight area for chic shoppers & smart lunch crowd
      768 4 THEN Red-light area NOW Greenlight area for chic shoppers smart lunch crowd A DARK Mercedes pulled up at Keong Saik Road. Three middle-aged men in smart white shirts, dark pants and ties emerged. They strode past several colourful conserved shophouses and a brothel, into a coffeeshop steeped in history. Two
      REPORTS & PICTURES JASON TAN  -  768 words
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      Lock icon Snapshots of a fed-up driver
      716 6  -  j Heart doctor acts as a mm 'private By Ng Wan Ching INCONSIDERATE motorists drive him round the bend. So, cardiologist Leslie Lam temporarily set his cardiograph aside to pick up his camera. Result: He has photographed 70 people driving illegally on the bus lane
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      Lock icon Why did he swallow diesel?
      587 8  -  Lee Tee Jong N EARLY one and a half years after his death, those who knew him remain^baffied. Why did Mr Muthu Tamilarasi, a worker employed by Hon Siah Construction, swallow nearly two mouthfuls of diesel? And did that trigger bronchopneumonia of the windpipe), which
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      Lock icon Beware of flying object
      666 10 Hazard by HQB K families living next to y football fie Id/ THEY were just about to tuck into their Sunday dinner when wham! A football flew in, shattering a glass window pane. The glass splinters rained down on the dining table in the balcony. The
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      Lock icon Town Council says...
      151 11 THE Tampines Town Council is planning to build a fence to prevent balls from flying out of the field. The fence is due for completion later this month. The Town Council is also seeking permission from the Housing Board for the construction of a toilet at the
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    Lock icon Sunny smile after three awards
    404 12  -  By Teo Kuan Yee SUN'S up and smiling too. Surprised at eclipsing the stars at night. Yes, the Sun shone bright last night in Taiwan. Our Sun Singapore's very own Stefanie Sun. For the first time, a Singaporean was Best New Artiste in the so-called
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    Lock icon Aisle be there for you
    543 13  -  Modern match-maker steers singles from pitfalls of dating i t'c-4 V f \I; the new sure By Sheela Narayanan HER job involves a little push here and a gentle prod there along the road to true love. Mrs Joan Pereira also guides people away from
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  • [EXPAT]
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      Lock icon My dream: Gliding in Singapore
      1016 14  -  By Katherine Power EVEN before I enrolled at my home university, the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS), in 1999,1 had dreamt of studying here. Well, I nearly enrolled at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), but the Aussie lure of a five-year double-degree course in Communications
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      Lock icon S'porean lawyer makes it in London
      375 15 NICHOLAS Woo, a regular writer in the Expat Page, has been appointed a partner in a top-20 law firm in Britain. Mr Woo, 37, is the first Singaporean to be made a partner in Richards Butler and possibly the "first Singaporean partner specialising in
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      Lock icon Contact Gus
      44 15 FEEL free to contact Gus, the Expat Page editor, at: Gus, Expat Page editor <guspang@ yahoo.com. sg> The New Paper Expat Page 82 Genting Lane News Centre Singapore *****7 Tel: 1800-733-4455 Fax: 737-5375 To read previous stories, visit <newpaper. asiaone.com. sg/expat/ expat.html>
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  • [AT A GLANCE]
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      Lock icon Boon Heng's timetable for monthly variable wages
      232 16 IF you're working for a unionised company, here's a change that will affect you and your pay in two years' time. That's when all unionised companies are expected to adopt the monthly variable component (MVC) system, said NTUC chief Lim Boon Heng yesterday.
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      Lock icon What a blast, this water ride...
      82 16 Ten-year-old Nurul Suhaila was all smiles yesterday while taking the Blaster Boat ride at the Escape Theme Park at NTUC Lifestyle Downtown East Nunil and 160 other children were at the Spastic Children's Association School and Singapore Airlines Staff Union's May Day celebration at
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      Lock icon Look at how much tar you're smoking...
      223 16 INFOCUS SMOKERS, beware. The amount of tar you breathe into your lungs each year is equal to 66,000 tonnes, enough to lay the whole stretch of Orchard Road from Lucky Plaza to Centrepoint. Tar, a brown sticky substance, is a component of cigarette
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    • BRIEFLY
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        Lock icon Praying in the park
        107 17 ON weekends, they come to the Jurong Crocodile and Reptile Paradise, not to play, but to pray. Worshippers like businesswoman Kong Siew Ling, 30, head straight for the shrine of a 2m-high golden Buddha, which is beside the iguana enclosure, instead of checking out the reptiles
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        Lock icon Faster, cheaper care
        101 17 PATIENTS of several hundred GPs can now be admitted directly into the wards of Singapore General Hospital and Chang! General Hospital. In by-passing the Accident and Emergency department before being admitted to the ward, they save the $65-$ BO charge and a long watt. This comes under
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        Lock icon NS for Malaysians?
        91 17 AP. MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has hinted that compulsory national service may be introduced for Malaysia's two largest minorities to boost their numbers in the country's defence forces. More than 90 per cent of Malaysia's armed forces comprise Malays, and the government has lamented the lack
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        Lock icon Population drops again
        101 17 Reuters. THE child population figures for Japan has fallen for the 20th year in a row. Children aged 14 or younger numbered a record low 18.34 million as of April 1, about 240,000 less than a year earlier. The number represented 14.4 per cent of the total
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        Lock icon Highest payout
        97 17 A FOREMAN who fell from the roof of a building under construction was given the highest payout for an industrial accident victim last year. The 38-year-old married man got $195,750 in compensation for the accident in 1999, which left him paralysed from the waist down. The Manpower Ministry's
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        Lock icon India's movie draw
        103 17 EX-boxing champ Rocky Selvarajoo, 48, has gone from jailbird to a film star. And his first role is to play a villain. He joins a handful of Singaporeans who have left the Republic to make it big in India's thriving movie industry. Tamil stars earn from $100,000
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        Lock icon 10 die in Japan fire
        100 17 Reuters. TEN workers are dead after a dormitory in Japan caught fire. The overnight fire ripped through a house for construction workers in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, Kyodo news agency said yesterday. One person was still missing after the blaze broke out after midnight in
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        Lock icon Rebellion vow
        89 17 Reuters. PHILIPPINE President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo vowed yesterday to lift a state of rebellion by tomorrow. This is even if all those accused of plotting to kill her and take power in violent protests are not found. Thousands of supporters of former leader Joseph Estrada stormed the Malacanang
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      Lock icon FOR THE FAMILY
      126 17 WILD AND WACKY WONKA WEEKEND: Take home lots of. goodies from Nestle and take part in a face and body painting session. At Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza, from noon to 10pm. NAVY OPEN HOUSE AT CHANGI: Make your way to Changi Naval Base from 10am to
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      55 17 Generally warm Showers in the late morning and early afternoon mainly over northern and eastern Singapore. -V Holt 1 Showers sunrise 6.56 am Soi ni j sunset 7.07pm central Partly Cloudy moonrise 6.12 pm 2f ef moonset 5.45 am east Showers minimum 25° C firsttide 2.8m:1026am maximum 33 °C second
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    783 18 EDMOND PEREIRA LAWYER GUEST EDITOR WHEN I was invited to be the Guest Editor, I decided to embark on a safe topic the Government's recent announcement to create a Sports Ministry, which has generated much interest. By the way, I am a keen follower
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  • [NEWS]
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      Lock icon Internet, Viagra and the war in Sri Lanka
      731 20 Sri Lanka is on the charm offensive. SETO NU-WEN and MELVIN SINGH spent a week there to assess if the country is on the road to recovery IN war, truth is the first casualty. And truth is the battleground where wars are
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      Lock icon In his words... Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar
      689 20 Q: Your government needs a two-thirds majority to push through the proposals for peace. Is the opposition proving to be a stumbling block? A: The main opposition party is the United National Party (UNP), which has been in and out of
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      410 22 They don't know they're being used by parents who get paid Some recent busts: I A mum caught smuggling 3.6 kg of tobacco in her baby's pram I kg of tobacco found in an infant's clothes WHAT would you expect a five-year-old to bring home from a holiday
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  • WITH JOANNA HUGHES
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      Lock icon Sleepy? Blame the cake!
      305 23 Falling asleep at your desk after lunch is no way to impress your boss. Here are some tips for eating yourself awake BY three o'clock, you're feeling very, very sleepy. Your head begins to dip towards the keyboard of your computer and you would give anything
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      Lock icon This week's quick tips
      234 23 Emr, what was that again? If your memory is getting a bit rusty, you might want to try gingko biloba. The Chinese have traditionally used this herb for repairing faulty memories and for increasing mental acuity. Research has shown that gingko biloba actually increases blood flow
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      103 23 club [SSa FREE MEMBERSHIP 8 Members will receive exclusive newsletters filled with delicious recipes and helpful 1 hints on how to bring sweetness and health to your life. Just complete this form and 8 s mail it to: CLUB EQUAL Merisant Singapore Pie Ltd, 103J<allang Avenue #03-01 /02, AIS Industrial
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    Lock icon Britney Spears is a ... physics teacher?
    257 24 Britney Spears is a physics teacher? [NEWS] YES, indeed. She is an expert in semiconductor physics. No, you're right. It's not quite true. It is the clever idea used by a university physicist in Essex, Britain, to sell his "product". Physics lessons. After all, when the pop princess endorses a
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    Lock icon Fad diets may be bad diets
    767 25 Dear Diary, Was watching the Oprah Winfrey show recently and they featured this guy who lost something like more than 90kg by just eating sandwiches for 11 months! Of course he was grossly overweight to begin with 192.5 kg but still! J is terribly
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    Lock icon SECRETS OF A SENSIBLE, BALANCED DIET
    41 25 Eat two servings of fruit and vegetables daily Your total fat intake should not be more than 30 per cent of your total calories (forexampje over several days) Reduce the amount of unsaturated fat eaten
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    Lock icon Indian techies losing dream jobs in America
    450 26 [NEWS] THEIR skills were in high demand to help fix the Y2k bug. America beckoned thousands of these Indian hightech workers as dotcom companies flourished. Now the dotcoms are gone and the US eponomy slowing. And the Indian workers on temporary visas are
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  • the new paper MAID OF THE YEAR 2001 WESTERN MONEY UNION TRANSFER
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      Lock icon She's a marketing whiz
      501 27  -  CANDIDATE NO 4: By Lim Lee Ching Resourceful deaimaker. That's just one -of the many roles that she has taken on in the 14" months that she's been with Madam Rafe'ah Salleh's family. Meet the fourth finalist of The New Paper-Western Union Maid of the Year
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      Lock icon THE CONTEST
      90 27 MS Yati is the fourth of six finalists of The New Paper-Western Union Maid of the Year contest. The remaining two finalists will be featured over the next two Sundays, after which you can vote for the 2001 Maid of the Year, who will win $5,000. The first
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      166 27 HI m jB I jj^^pn'nV;' M I 1 wf IF THE MONEY DOESN'T ARRIVE, 1 B I SHE WON'T HAVE AN ADDRESS. .»':^^^^Hr."; sill Bp bel HB iSlsisrasfe -iiil^^^^^sir Jiila^^^BF flhill .1 IWmTTTTnnfflMß^^Mil SgggHBEL She's guaranteed to receive the money, if her husband uses Western Union to send it home
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  • [NEWS]
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      Lock icon The van stops suddenly...
      307 28 He's sitting in the van with piping hot curry THIS poor boy didn't land in hot water. He landed in something hotter curry fresh from the stove. It happened while he was helping his father deliver food. The boy's father was going to deliver food to
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      Lock icon $ I m piano insurance scam
      218 29 I m piano insurance scam THIS is one grand piano that has gone places. It travelled from New York to Israel and back. No ordinary piano, it is- described as "the finest in Israel" and is now threatening to put its owner in jail. High-living Israeli Yosef Fadidah is charged
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      110 29 On 13 May, Mothers deserve a treat at Cafe Vic's Long High-Tea and Buffet Dinner with a delectable choice of International Cuisine. Long High-Tea $28.00 (Adult) (includes a stalk of carnation W for every mother) ,s $14.00 (Child) 1 Buffet Dinner I $35.00 (Adult) (includes a stalk of carnation for
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      170 29 every Paper One P- ..fcnase *>ives you tne »h.»nco to win po/e o! a rnp tr>< two n> LV-iiii'/iinii!, IJ.S A You also stand to win jewellery, spa treatments .is wo J! ;:> snooping vouchor**; Aj! you Pave to do »s to p«ck up an entry form f> on\ any
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      488 30 There are plenty of reasons to tune in to Singapore's 2 newest free channels. If the (T"~lii IS|H enticing spread and exciting entertainment on Channel U and TV Works isn't enough, CI|FAM Wo<k. how about a chance to win $10,000 every week just by tuning-in. Just look out for our
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  • Hey! YOUR MAGAZINE FOR THE WEEKEND
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      Lock icon Tap your pains away
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      Lock icon New dawn for New Age
      823 32  -  by JOANNA HUGHES THE days of brown rice and sandals are over. Now it's all about New Age power lunches in minimalist noodle bars and karma consultancies run by entrepreneurs with one eye on the stock market and the other on the latest astral projections.
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      Lock icon Tap therapy
      334 32  -  's. s ;nvpOr 1/ ERI AKBAR |iEW Age energy therapists swear you can literally tap away your troubles, make phobias, addictions and even physical pain go away. Singapore-based corporate trainer Niale McLoughlin is one such energy therapist who taps from home. Said Mr McLoughlin: "Don't confuse me with
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      Lock icon Your guide to the vibes
      270 33 Reiki: Japanese for "Universal Life Force Energy". A form of healing that anyone can do once they are "activated" by a master. Not only can you jieal yourself and others (even at a disfpace), but practitioners claim that reiki can balaiibe the whole person. My
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  • HEY!
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      Lock icon A colour for your ache
      337 36 FROM PAGE 33 Reports/ERI AKBAR THERE may be some truth to the expression "purple with rage" now that Aura Soma is all the rage. Aura Soma is not the next top model for Victoria's Secret but a "colour balancing system". For example, if you can't
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      Lock icon Don't ask for 4D numbers
      398 36 A CAR salesman consulted numerologist Peter Ortg far a "good" for his new car's licence numbers to bet SB 435 rich. returned to thank the Mr Ong was furious. ljj#f!irmcked me. Many people ask.** for lottery numbers but I never*** them because numerol^^^^^^ done was:
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      Lock icon Spice up your spuds
      626 37 THE Indians are masters of cooking potatoes. According to Madhur Jaffrey, the British cook and author, it's no exaggeration that India has several thousand recipes just for this humble root vegetable. I repeat, thousands. When Jaffrey wants to teach her students how to use spices, she
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      160 38 Last week's letter: TROUBLED Girl's father beats her and scolds her with vulgar words. Of late, he stopped beating her but still hurts her with his words. He looks down on her as she has failed her N-level examinations twice. She is re-taking them this year. Even though
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      136 38 Readers' advice: HAVE you tried talking to your mother about how you feel about your father? If she has little influence over your father and if he is not willing to change or even listen to you, Fm afraid there is little you can do now
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      147 38 IS your father really that mean? He loves you enough to say no when he knows you would hate him for it; to insist you spend more time studying than talking on the phone; to protect you from experiences you don't need and to prepare you for
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      526 39 AFTER all that we have bee* through hard times, great times, always never giving up, my partner has picked up and left. She came to Singapore two years ago. A few months later, I followed. We stayed together and during this time, we helped
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      334 39 I AM a 16-year-old girl in Secondary Four. My boyfriend and I have been together for almost five months. Recently, he told me we should separate for a while because he has many problems to work through. It's been a week since we parted,
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      209 39 I AM a 16-year-old boy Qand I want to know why I love talcum powder so much. I like applying it to my face. I even enjoy putting some into my mouth, then blowing it out. Am I gay? I also love
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      135 39 The worry about S M Readers' queries answered: SOME readers have written in asking about "S M" and its dangers. S stands for sadism, a condition in which a person gets sexual pleasure out of hurting others. M stands for masochism, a condition in which a person gets perverse pleasure
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      1419 40 Executive sub-editor C SHANTHENI, who visits London yearly with her daughter and British husband, writes about her affection for a place she can never call home without fear. THE wheels of the plane touched the tarmac and my daughter, who was looking out of her window, squeezed
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      830 43 EVERY year around this time, the phone rings and my mother reminds me to keep a Sunday free. For the whole afternoon, we'll visit cemeteries. The soon to be developed Bidadari, and later Chua Chu Kang. Well spend the day cleaning out the grave
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      452 44 VASSILI Zaitsev, a Russian soldier and superb sniper, quickly catches the attention of Soviet political officer named Danilov. Danilov decides to use him as a poster boy for the Russian resistance during the Battle of Stalingrad in World War 11. The Nazis then send a sharpshooter
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      44 38 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or fax to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special @Tshirt and a New Paper cap.
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      60 39 CALL US If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper; News Centre, 82 Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg (please mark Aggie) or call 1900-*****07 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name,
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      890 46 TODAY, rd like to explore the possible origin and beginnings of the word BELL. By sheer conjecture, I would suggest that it was first uttered in English at a common Anglo-Saxon school in London, a year after the hybrid language evolved in the ninth century.
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      383 47 I KNOW Bounce, the movie starring picture perfect tabloid favourites Ben Affleck and Gwyneth Paltrow is nothing to shout about. But I say, the soundtrack of Bounce is a good buy, for the fact that that it is a showcase of feel-good tracks. Best
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      944 48 (HEY/ 1 Presentation Ceremony lflHsj 9 Viewers are in for a treat Catch this very recent 20th Hongkong Film Awards Ceremony in the original lEJ LE 1 language —Cantonese. Also witness the battle for THE BEST OF THIS WEEK'S CABLE TV m awards between highly-acclaimed films Crouching Tjger AT A
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      878 53 CONTINUED ON PAGE 54 No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 8-068 KING LARK 57 (48) TAsogan 5 (6ag T Tan-C C) 2 ***** ROMAN MAX 56.5 (47) lAzhar 8 (4ag Sargent-Antonius) 3 -***** TOUCH BY THE
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      57 53 PICK OF THE DAY A horse on the upgrade, winning his last two starts in fine fashion. Both his successes at Kuala Lumpur, same venue as today. Looks like a hat-trick is on the card, especially against this lot. Couple him with the consistent
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      85 53 RACE 1: King Lark, That's Good, Bold Mission, King Romance. RACE 2: Alfred's Princess, Desert Warrior, Big Two. RACE 5: Winmic, Better Health, Spunky Dasher. RACE 6: Our Machal, Man U, Bright Gold, Jovena's Joy, Storming Eagle, Wooly Bully. RACE 7: Darumasan, Big Secret, Great Dream, Forcest. RACE 8:
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      1383 54 No. Last 6 runs Horse Wt Rating Jockey Barrier (Age/origin/sex, trainer-owner) 1 3 COINCIDENCE 57 (53) MZaidi 8 (3nzg V Nathan-Confidence) 2 -0-0 GAYATANJONG 57 (51) LSofhan 6 (3ac Velu-Gaya) 3 0-04 MIGHTY PYRAMID 57 (50) lAzhar 3 (3ag Murray-Owner) 4 OREGON
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      155 55 ENGLISH galloper Moun£ Abu has been withdrawn from this Saturday's $1 million Singapore Airlines KrisFlyer Sprint, paving the way for local rising star Bocelli to get a berth in the 1,200 m feature. The Patrick Busuttin-trained four-year-old has been unbeaten in his last five starts, all
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      242 55  -  By Michael Lee PURPLE Josh's victory in the $100,000 1,000m Lightning Stakes at Kranji last night must have startled a few pundits. Not that the John Brink-trained galloper had no proven record over the fibresand track his sole win in 10 starts before last night's was scored
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      1116 55 7 PRECIOUS DIAMOND 53.5 (326-45) E Wilkinson (8) 6 6 1 (508) 5 MAN OF TOMORROW 57 (73-14) CCamwdy (7) 4 3 2 (436) 6 JANGANTAKUT 55 (61-13) JGeroudis (2) 3 2 3 (444) 9 SLONIM 53 (25-7) MduPlessis (3) 5 7 4 (466)
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      1632 56 RACE 1: RADIANT was scratched by the vet when found to be lame near-fore. In terms of MRA Regulation 17.2, the horse must be presented to an official vet before being declared to race again. Apprentice R Lim, the rider of BOSS
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      722 57  -  The New York Knicks hadn't ever lost in the first round of the playoffs. They weren't expected to this year, especially since they were playing Toronto Raptors. Only, Vince Carter (right) had different ideas... m PRADEEP PAUL I L DON'T know mm many of you recall this I
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      1809 58 BRITAIN'S OLYMPIC CHAMPION AUDLEY HARRISON Audley Harrison, Britain's Olympic super-heavyweight champion, makes his pro debut on May 19. Is he boxing's new messiah? Or another false prophet? NEITHER ex-king Lennox Lewis, nor Naseem Hamed, the artist formally known as Prince, both
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      902 60 SATURDAY SLAM HOME UNITED PROTECTORS 3 Egmar Goncalves (41st, 88th) Yazid Sawal (86th) TANJONG PAGAR JAGUARS 2 Steven Tan (63rd) Davor Dzelalija (90th) Your top assassin is out of action. You need a new hit-man. Fast. That was the situation that the TanjongPagar Jaguars faced almost a
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      191 61 28th min: Tanjong Pagar striker Davor Dzelalija beats Home United 'keeper Adi Salleh to Erza Aripin's high cross but his header hits the cross bar. 40th min: Home Protectors draw first blood. Egmar Goncalves wriggles outside the Jaguars' box and cracks home low hard drive towards
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      234 61 Marcelo Da Silva (36th, 49th, 90th) Mirko Grabovac (80th) MARCELO Da Silva has repaid a huge chunk of the money invested in him by Tampines Rovers. The premier Brazilian player plundered a hat-trick to send the SAP Warriors tumbling to their second defeat of the season.
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      689 62 HE LEARNT HE MISSES AS REFEREE I MOST NOW FAIR LH FAMILY FIT U FOOD FIRM LH FRIENDS f HE religiously follows the three famous Fs for football referees. Fair. Fit. Firm. Three words the men in black will honourably swear by when they take up the whistle.
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      Lock icon PREMIER LEAGUE Coventry down, Derby safe
      495 63 AFP. PERENNIAL straggler Coventry City lost its Premiership status last night after drawing 2-2 with bitter rival Aston Villa. The result at Villa Park brought to an end Coventry's 34-year stint in the top flight. Moroccan international Mustapha Hadji scored twice in six first-half
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      425 63 Reuters. MANCHESTER United lost the match yet ended up lifting the trophy after the match. Its championship party was spoilt yesterday by Derby County, which defeated the champs 1-0. It was a rare home defeat for Man U at Old Trafford. For Derby, the
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      596 64  -  REPORT EDWIN YEO WHEN the season ends, David O'Leary will have to look back at last night's 2-1 loss to Arsenal and wonder if he made the right decision by resting several key players. Of course, this was because he placed more emphasis
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      782 65 LEEDS UNITED 1 lan Harte 58 ARSENAL 2 Fredrik Ljungberg 17, Sylvain Wiltord 56 Football365. MICHAEL Owen destroyed Newcastle with his second hat-trick of the season to power Liverpool to within sight of the Champions League. With Leeds losing, Liverpool can claim third spot
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      119 66 Coventry City's 34-year stay in English soccer's top flight ends with a 3-2 loss at Aston Villa Derby County celebrates an upset 1-Ovictoiyat newly-crowned champion Manchester United to ensure safety Middlesbrough gains a 1-1 tie at doomed Bradford but is still not safe. Arsenal ensures a second-place finish
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      60 60 $U$ TAMPINES HOME UNITED MATCH vs vs J SAFFC MJONGffIGAR STAPH!" TAMPINES~ BISHAN DATE 5/5/2001 5/5/2001 iiiiirrliiif niw/tWHs? A A HATCH 3-1 3-2 RESULTS *"Full-Time" includes injury time but not extra time or penalty shoot-outs. HAI J J ■1■ ■HBIXiIiIUSUUHi IX2 T>WFtfJES HOMEUNfTH) 1/2 GOAL W TOTAL A I HAltft
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