The New Paper, 18 November 2001

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    • 52 1 Finance 'surprise*? New Cabinet line-up /pl 3 It I! 8 181 "*****9 > HEARTBREAKING TALE OF EUNOS FIRE BOY SHATTERED If/ FAMIUT# His 3 siblings in children's home Parents divorced Grandpa he hardly knew |jj| j I S^»orft woman IpSfere# rare illness called... Biteofatvoif 4#: l^iHoOTfinish iast-minute equaliser in Spurs
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  • NEWS
    • 580 2  -  SHATTERED FAMILY By Irene Kew THIS three-year-old boy hardly knows his grandfather. Yes, little Marcus has parents and siblings and grandparents. But his is a shattered family. His three elder siblings are living in a children's home. His parents are divorced. And when his grandfather
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    • 120 2 LITTLE Marcus was rescued from his flat when a fire broke out at around 12.30 am on Friday. Neighbours who saw thick smoke billowing out of the flat helped to put out the fire with buckets of water. A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) spokesman said SCDF officers
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  • NEWS
    • 862 4  -  By Jason Tan THE 24-year-old narcotics officer had been on raids before but none quite like the one on April 11. It involved a dramatic struggle with a desperate trafficker inside a moving car which then plunged 10m down a slope. But despite
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    • 170 5 CORPORAL Sufian is one of 12 CNB officers who were injured during operations between January and October. These officers were singled out for praise by Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng (right) during CNB's 30th anniversary dinner at Orchid Country Club on Nov 8. Said Mr Wong:
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    • 971 6  -  REPORTS DAWN CHIA WHEN Lee Pyng Shy overslept on Oct 11, she knew she would miss the bus unless she made a dash for it. Though she made it, the rush for the bus may
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    • 120 7 IN MILD cases of systemic lupus erythematosus, the disease attacks the skin, causing a butterfly rash which spreads over the nose and cheeks. The rash has been likened to the bite of a wolf, hence the name lupus, which means wolf in
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    • 791 8 When a child runs away from home, the parents are often stunned. Yet, there are danger signs that mark the potential runaway. FRAEMONE WEE reports If you see Angela, please call the police on 1800-255-0000. HER 13-year-old has been missing for
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    • 573 8 A mother 'goes through hell' FOR five long years, she searched every young face she saw on the streets every day. Madam Goh is a teacher in her 50s. She did not give us her real name because she does not want
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    • 740 10  -  By Dawn Chia WHEN taking care of a paralysed father, even kindly actions can be counterproductive. For instance, over the last five months, this devoted daughter has had to remember not to give her dad water by putting a cup to his unmoving lips. Instead,
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    • Article, Illustration
      352 11  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck AFTER Andy Lau's concert last night at the Singapore Indoor Stadium, no one can accuse him of being stingy with dramatics. In his two-and-a-half-hour long concert, he unleashed tonnes of confetti, appeared in a silver convertible, exposed one nipple, got drenched in water and
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    • 171 12 Here is the new line-up, released by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday. One "surprise": The new Finance Minister. Seven of the 25 new MPs will be Ministers of State or Senior MOS. The Cabinet will be sworn in by the President next Friday PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARIES Yatiman
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    • 243 13 COME March 25 next year, Associate Professor Yaacob Ibrahim (left) will be taking on a heavier role. He will be the Acting Community Development and Sports Minister, and also Minister-in-charge of Muslim Affairs. The current minister for both portfolios, Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, will then
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    • 459 13  -  Reports/ Azhar Ghani IT has to be "somebody whom the market will have confidence in". "You must have a Finance Minister who can give the market confidence." So said Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong at a postelection conference on Nov 4. And, yesterday, he
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    • 213 13 THERE'LL be a new Ministry of Transport. It's actually the old Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT), which has its Information Technology and Telecommunications portfolio transferred to the Ministry of Information and the Arts. The Ministry of Information and the Arts will be renamed Ministry
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  • AT A GLANCE
    • 189 14 CAN human beings be cloned for reproduction? No. Can embryos be used for research? Yes, if they're not more than 14 days old. These are some of the rules recommended by the 11-member Bioethics Advisory Committee that was set up to look into the ethical concerns
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    • 111 14 THE Bioethics Advisory Committee (BAC) is prepared to accept the cloning of embryos for research as long as it leads to the production of tissues and organs which are compatible for medical treatment. But it is against cloning of human beings for reproductive purposes as this is "greatly outweighed
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    • 47 14 Barbie has grown up! The fong-haired, wide-eyed doll called "Rikachan" in Japan is now an expectant mother, like Japan's Crown Princess Masako, in the latest edition byJapanese toymaker Takara Co. She comes complete with maternity dress and rounded belly. Picture/ Reuters
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 99 14 HERE'S a warning from Chief Justice Yong Pung How: Don't assume that, because there are no checks on you, you can get away scot free if you abuse your maid. Singapore, he noted, is in a unique situation as most people here can afford to employ a
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      • 93 14 MORE cleaners have been deployed to clear and clean the cutlery and crockery at Chinatown's newly-opened Food Street. And, part of an empty shop is being converted into a washing-up facility. Food Street, in Smith Street, opened only last Tuesday, the eve of the Deepavali public holiday.
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      • 94 14 HE posted inflammatory articles on the Internet during the General Election last month. Now, Robert Ho Chong has been remanded at the Institute of Mental Health for psychiatric evaluation. The 51-year-old, who was arrested on Friday and produced in court yesterday morning, allegedly posted the articles from the
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      • 86 14 STALLHOLDERS can kill frogs at their stalls again. In February, the Environment Ministry (ENV) had stopped the slaughter of frogs and turtles in markets for hygiene reasons. But some stallholders found it difficult and expensive to source for licensed abattoirs. And resorted to selling them "live" to
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    • 178 15 INFOCUS MOE and student's parents differ over accident in school PRIMARY 1 student Lim Hon Liang had to undergo two operations after his right eye was hit by a door when he was in school. Yesterday, the Education Ministry (MOE) denied grilling the boy about how it happened.
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    • 99 15 INDIA'S most wanted bandit Veerappan has eluded the police for three decades. But he has now offered to surrender along with his gang members if the authorities would call off a massive police hunt for him around his jungle hideout. The notorious bandit said he would hold talks
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    • 84 15 Reuters. THE letter bore Australian stamps, but had no postmark. Inside, contained a small amount of white powder. The letter was sent to Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirajuda, said an official yesterday. Foreign Ministry spokesman Wahid Supriyadin added that the letter had been sent for testing. This is
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    • 98 15 WE'RE closing down, why don't you take in some of our staff? In a surprising move, Morgan Stanley's human resources department sent e-mails to half a dozen of its American and European rivals in Tokyo, asking if they would be interested in employing some of its 100 dislocated
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    • 86 15 THE worsening pollution in Hongkong is causing a rise in deaths, a new study released yesterday revealed. Based on government records of air pollutants and deaths between 1995 and 1997, the study linked the territory's serious pollution problem to premature deaths for the first time. Air pollutants
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    • 332 15 GEORGE Bush's new enemies are scattered all over the world, so he's cast his net wide to catch new friends. He's charmed 19 world leaders, including unexpected new gillies like Serbia's Zoran Djindjic, and Algeria's Abdelaziz Bouteflika. These are leaders of
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  • EXPAT
    • 638 16 HAJARASHIKIN AIKSAN recently joined the handful of Singaporean expats living in Budapest, Hungary. She speaks of what life is like IT had been a good day. Bright sunshine was heralding the end of the cold Hungarian winter. Overcoats and woollens were giving way to blouses
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    • 240 17 TO Singaporeans going to Budapest to check out business opportunities, I say this: Hungary is still a relatively poor country. The low cost of living is reflected in low salaries for local staff. This makes for cheap employment, but offers a limited local market. ATTRACTING
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    • 40 17 EXPATTALK Siving in > I have made on to dispel ignorance of Singapore by explaining as much as lean about the history, politics and economy The writer, on Hungarians who generally know very little about Singapore
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    • 93 17 EXPATVIEW: TO all who wrote in to talk about Vietnam in response to last Sunday's column, a big thank you. This week, the focus is on Central Europe. If you have worked and conducted business there as a local or expat, we want to hear
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    • 190 17 1.5 billion trade with Hungary SINGAPORE has become Hungary's third-biggest trading partner in Asia with a trade turnover last year of US$B4O million ($1.5 billion). As a result, a permanent Hungarian embassy has been set up in Singapore for the first time. Dr Gyorgy Nanovfszky, 59, is the first resident
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  • NEWS
    • 317 20 NEW YORK CRASH ON Monday, the vertical tail section of American Airlines Flight 587 cracked off when its plastic "composite" fittings failed, The Washington Post quoted investigators as saying. Data recovered from the doomed plane indicated that the flight was thrown off course twice by
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    • 136 21 UNHAPPY that they were not consulted before the arrival of British soldiers at the Bagram airbase near Kabul, the Northern Alliance leaders have demanded that most of the troops must leave. The Alliance said the feelings of the Afghan people and the countries surrounding Afghanistan
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    • 118 22 Wjk GODZILLA the ostrich, that's who! Apparently the bird missed his 12-year-old human companion so much that he escaped from his enclosure at an animal sanctuary, trotted almost a kilometre through busy East London streets and waited outside the gate of Bower Park School. As
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    • 744 22 Stock markets are down, and investors are giving hedge funds a cautious 100k... with good reason WHAT IS HEDGING? It means setting a price today for a commodity that won't be available for delivery until sometime in the future. It's how investors try to minimise risk in
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    • 388 23 ROBOTS may not be taking over the world, but they're certainly taking over the classroom. In the US, children as young as nine are building their own robots during science classes, reported the Los Angeles Times. Highland Oaks Elementary School in Arcadia, California, is testing a
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    • 101 23 HE said he was at a party when someone slipped a balloon full of cocaine into his drink. And he accidentally gulped it down. The next morning, he straightened a coat hanger and, tilting back his head, worked the hooked end down
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  • Hey!
    • 279 24 SUNDAY# YOUR MAGAZINE FOR THE WEEKEND Ruth Soh THEY £ire Singapore's premier photographers. They spend their days, and nights, lensing impossibly goodlooking, glamorous and famous folks. In fact the likes of Russel Wong, Wee Khim and Mark Law have become celebrities themselves, thanks in
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    • 183 24 THE newly-crowned Fashion Photographer of the Year has looked through the viewfinder at just about every local celebrity. But Geoff picked this composite picture of movie star Christy Chung as his favourite. The picture appeared in this year's September issue of East magazine. For Geoff, the satisfaction comes
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    • Article, Illustration
      163 25 MEN would kill to be in Mark's shoes. One of Singapore's top fashion photographers, he spends his days looking at leggy, beautiful women, and he gets paid for it. One of those beautiful women is none other than Taiwanese sex bomb, Shu Qi (above). Shot for women's fashion
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      253 26 YOU can't discuss celebrity photography without mentioning Russel Wong's name. The lensman has captured the likes of Joan Chen, Faye Wong, Oliver Stone, Isabella Rossellini, Luciano Pavarotti and Michael Jackson, to name a few. The publications he's photographed for are just as illustrious Time, Fortune, Newsweek, Elle, GQ,
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      235 26 NO-ONE in Singapore has photographed Caldecott queens Zoe Tay or Fann Wong more than celebrity shutterbug Wee Khim. In fact, when it comes to local celebs, Wee Khim reigns. So you can imagine what a difficult chore it must've been when we asked him to pick out his
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    • 455 27 CALL it fate, destiny, chance that you meet your soulmate. In the movie Serendipity, Kate Beckinsale plays a woman who meets her soulmate while shopping for gloves. Actor Lim Kay Siu, 45, met his soulmate, wife Neo Swee Lin, 38, an actress, at rehearsals for a play where
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    • 131 27 Patricia Mok I believe in soulmates but more as good friends rather than lovers. But I don't believe in letting destiny decide if two people should be together. The world is much too big. And you should fight for what you want. Cynthia
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    • 421 28 What's bright, bold and dripping off the necks and limbs of celebs and the trendy? Glamorous yellow g01d... Gold is good. Gold is glamorous. And gold is back with a vengeance. But we're not talking about the old, heavy 916 gold, the kind they made Krugerrands out
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  • 749 30  -  HEY! By Saw Tek Meng MUSICAL phases are to Bob Dylan as hairstyles are to David Beckham. With Love and Theft, Dylan flips through the musical back pages within a 58-minute album. Rolling Stone magazine sums it up best: "Love and Theft takes
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous

  • 615 31 I tvm owwUsU Andrew Fang digs snow and hates mud. ERIAKBAR finds out more about the national bowler and Sportsman of the Year IMAGINE Andrew Fang in a fur coat, lugging bowling balls through the snow. No, the hunky national bowler isn't shooting a commercial
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  • HEY!
    • 211 32 I AM in my late 20s and have been married for about two years. We have no children yet and are planning to have one. Recently, we have been quarrelling over him chatting with girls on the Internet. He says that he is just making
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    • 164 32 Last week's letter: S GOT to know a married man, A, after being with her boyfriend, B, for seven years. A has children but loves S very much. He said he will divorce his wife to be with S. S tried to break up with B
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    • 201 32 Readers' advice IT seems like you and A are the most ideal pair. You love each other so much that you are willing to give up your respective spouses to be together. But wait a minute. Ask yourself the following questions before you decide
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    • 96 32 YOU are right. What you are doing isn't fair to your husband. The longer you wait to reveal the truth to him, the more complicated this will become. If divorce is on your mind, bring it up with B. Unless you want to continue this illicit relationship
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    • 339 33 I KNOW R from my work place. He is 15 years older than I am and is married. Although there is this big age difference between us, we get along well. At first, we had a brother-sister relationship. He treated me well, we were both
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    • 359 33 I HAVE known my boyfriend, who's 20 years old, for 11 months. Initially he was very nice. Now he's becoming paranoid and possessive. Worse, whenever we argue, he calls my mother to complain about me. He has even called my mum to say I am
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    • 253 33 Ql HAVE been living with my partner since October last year. We started having sex in March this year. We have sex about three times a week but I have never become pregnant! My boyfriend is 10 years older than I am. He has children
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    • 245 33 Ql AM 21 years old. From the time I was a child, I haven't been able to retract the foreskin of my penis. The opening of my foreskin is too small and tight for me to retract it. Does this affect the erection of my penis? My penis
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    • 72 33 Sexuality affects many teens to adults. So, if you have a question or need advice on sex and heart issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, News Centre, 82, Genting Lane, Singapore *****7. Or fax 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.Bg Mark your envelope: Aggie or call 1900-*****07 (calls cost
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    • 372 34 Page 34 n <(< HEY/)}* REAL men really do wear pink. And we're sure Martin Tonkin, bartender and bar manager of Pinkk at Club Street, will drink to that. Ladies love the fact that Martin, 20, dons a fuschia velvet shirt as his uniform.
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
    • 408 34 Highlights Dad Channel 5,3pm A man returns home to look after his ageing parents and finds himself re-evaluating his relationship with his own son as well. Stars Ted Danson, Jack Lemmon, Ethan Hawke, Olympia Dukakis and Kevin Spacey. A Daniel Chan Special Channel U, 9.30pm Hongkong singer Daniel Chan performs
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  • HEY!
    • 448 37 "THE doctor is in" is a sign I wear, but invisible rather like the emperor's new clothes except to my fellow travellers. The tour manager's lot is a chameleonic one, this being before multi-tasking became a buzzword. Or buzzword itself became one. In
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    • 1336 42 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY SETTO SPARKLE AGAIN: The grey Lucky Gem, with Saimee Jumaat astride after her maiden success back in 1998, is worth each-way consideration in the National Stud Farm Silver Bowl (Race 5). sure of his rivals in this race for Malaysian-breds. The
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    • 1124 43 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD GOING FORECAST: SOFT TO HEAVY STRONG CHANCE: Jockey Loh Kin Kuen will have plenty of admirers when he climbs atop Everybody's Dream in the final event. Wo. U«t 6 runs Horae W» RiBng Jockey Bwritr tnkm-cmtm) 1 *****2 AFTER ME PLEASE 59 (112)*RLim 8 (6nzg YF
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    • 313 44  -  By Lionel Lee Apprentice Richard Lim may have won himself more fans for his perfect ride in the day's main feature yesterday. But after Dungowan saluted in the final event of the eight-race programme at Ipoh, there was little doubt as to who
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    • 1523 50 In just 10 games, England coach Sven Goran Eriksson has used a staggering 38 players in his World Cup campaign... Now he has just fourfriendlies left before he has to pick a squad 0f23 for the flight to Japan and South Korea. Who will make it? SCOTT WILSON
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    • 131 52 There are booby-traps, minefields and friendly fire on the England manager's route to the World Cup Finals I April: FRIENDLY FIRE Pepending on what the draw holds out Eriksson will be keen to arrange a friendly. He will want a top quality opponent bet not one
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