The New Paper, 31 December 2001

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1 39 The New Paper
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      Lock icon S'porean miner
      388 2 EVER heard of niobium? An almost unheard of metal, but a potentially exciting one. Technological breakthrough has spawned new uses for it in telecommunications and aerospace. And Singaporean Lim Chong Kiat is mining this shiny, white, exotic metal in Greenland. He is leading a company that has acquired
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      Lock icon Security lapse shuts down US airport
      401 2 PANIC is the least of the ills plaguing airport officials around the world after the attacks of Sept 11. The latest to fall victim is Honolulu airport, which was shut down yesterday by Hawaii state officials after what they saw as a breach in
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    Lock icon PICTURES It will reflect badly on my family'
    947 4  -  TALIBAN MO LONGER IN POWER. BUT WOMEN ARE STILL GRIPPED BY FEAR THE NEW PAPER TEAM IN AFGHANISTAN REPORTS A SETO NU-WET HER dazzling smile and dark exotic eyes can never be captured in a photograph. Her father would not allow it.
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      Lock icon Patients choose cheaper health-care
      318 6 YOU may have bought fewer Christmas presents this year. You may be taking the bus instead of a taxi on a rainy day. But cutting back hasn't stopped there for Singaporeans. More have been spending less on health-care this year by choosing subsidised hospital and polyclinic
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      Lock icon I said I wanted iced water... but this is ridiculous!
      65 6 PICTURE THIS Talk about chilling out. Ivan Dmitrieva Knows all about it. His mother, Yelena, is giving him his first dip in the icy cold Moscow waters. Almost 100 amateur swimmers opened the traditional winter swimming season yesterday. Hope they
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      Lock icon Get fit, fight cancer
      72 6 PROMPTED by growing evidence, the American Cancer Society is recommending regular exercise as a form of cancer prevention. In guidelines on diet and exercise to be released next month, the cancer society for the first time says that exercise is as important as nutrition. But while
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      Lock icon Fostering older kids
      68 6 THERE are plenty of foster parents who want to take care of babies or toddlers. But those willing to take in older children and teenagers are desperately needed. Only about five of the 62 children currently being fostered were older than 10 when they were taken in.
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      Lock icon Missing calendars
      70 6 HAVE you noticed something missing from this Christmas? Try diaries and calendars. Usually given out free by businesses and hotels, the recession has made their days numbered. Orders are down by between 25 and 70 per cent, according to five local manufacturers and printers. As Mr Joseph Sim,
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      Lock icon Floods claim twins
      60 6 TWIN brothers were among four children killed by floods in Malaysia. Ahmad Noor Amin Mohd Bakri, five, and Maisarah Mohd Izam, four, perished in Benut, Johor, after falling into drains. The five-year-old twins Hassan Shapie and Hussein Shapie also drowned when they accidently slipped into a drain
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      Lock icon Student drowns
      72 6 AN 18-year-old Singaporean student drowned after falling into a river while trekking near Kota Tinggi, Johor, on Saturday. The Malaysian police said her name was Wong May Chen and that she attended Anderson Junior College. She was in a group of 24 trekking to Kota Tinggi waterfall. Her
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      Lock icon Eco-friendly laundry
      67 6 A CHINESE manufacturer has developed a machine that cleans clothes without detergent and cuts water and electricity consumption by half in the process. Beijing Tuiji Science and Trade claims its machine can clean clothes dirtied with oil and vegetable juice within 40 minutes. An "atomic oxygen generator" electrolyses
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      Lock icon QUOTEWORTHY
      83 7 Polygamy is basically a good practice. What makes polygamy bad is when H is abused for sexual needs. But we propose that men be afflowetl to marry a minimum of two women, according to their cafWmlities. Malaysia's People's Progressive Party Youth chief T Murugiah, suggesting that because the national
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      Lock icon SIA hits the high spot
      247 7 OM THE RACK THIS is the time of year when Far Eastern Economic Review readers are asked to rate the top corporations in this region. Singapore Airlines (SIA) came out as the winner. 2001 was one of the worst years on record for the airline
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      Lock icon LOCAL HEADLINERS
      81 7 The Straits Times: Vajpayee forges a united front The Business Times: Currency wars may erupt in new year Lianhe Zaobao: PM: Be prepared for another tough year ahead Berita Harian: Bush urges India and Pakistan to talk peace NewsRadio 93.8FM: Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong's New Year wish;
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      56 7 International Herald Tribune: An "invulnerable" US ignored terror alerts Asian Waif Street Journal: Militant groups in Pakistan thrive despite crackdown New Straits Times: Big rise in renal failure BBC news: Pakistan says it has arrested the leader of a Kashmiri militant group blamed by India for this month's
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      Lock icon PM Goh: Chin up, Singaporeans
      216 7 IN FOCUS DONT lose heart. That's what Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong wants to tell Singaporeans. In his traditional New Year message, to be released today, hell focus on keeping the fighting spirit, even if the outlook is bleak. PM Goh said yesterday: "Basically, it
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  • ASK DR MONEY
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      Lock icon LAST WEEK'S MARKET ROUNDUP
      157 10 LAST week was a short but outstanding week for Singapore markets. The STI rose in each of last week's four trading days to close at its highest level in three weeks. It gained 3.1 per cent for the week and outperformed US markets. There were no
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      Lock icon 'Capricorn effect' makes the bulls run
      500 10  -  DR MONEY LARRY HAVERKAMP EWhat is the so-called "Capricorn effect" all about and how can I make money from Hf? The Capricorn effect, named for the star sign which covers the first 19 days of January, is the tendency of stocks to rise in
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      332 10 ;IVi H! 1:1 'Jl] I IL 1 13Y1 >] w wkom« oth«r mobU« phoo« umtsl Cm 1 rj. rwwvon®.f«owa, mciion. awia'iM'iiii gyi'iWTiiif t-»M.iig-n««i.»]i.wi»Bii«a J s C*K> VMOK pnonn I MCvDM r For tago: hc*n, E/icaaon, EMS Wo»|«iw*o[«¥*»*cw you parol and NOT pwmnM Celebrate 2002 with a BANG!!! Kufie z&xssxzzl, g&*mk
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      Lock icon Suffer the flasher's family
      352 11  -  How long can his mother support us, wife asks By Genevieve Jiang SASMAN Mohd Salleh, 31, turned flasher in a moment of folly. And now, his family is paying the price as he has no job. Sasman lost his job as a Cisco officer soon after
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      Lock icon Dirty Laundry, anyone?
      523 12  -  By Amy Chiew GIVEN a chance to make a movie, what would yours be about? An elaborate bank robbery? Or perhaps something on a famed child wizard? Well, what about a movie on incontinence? Incontinence is a condition that makes some people unable to hold their urine
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      Lock icon Oh no, my shorts are damp
      301 13 You can contact the Andrology, Urology and Continence Centre on 472-0688 and the Society for Continence (Singapore) on 787-0337 for more information. AT the tender age of seven, he had to deal with urinary incontinence. Though he had had the condition since he was
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      Lock icon TRAPPED!
      413 14 Latest death toll: 276 and rising, 180 injured FIREWORKS HORROR IN PERU PEOPLE trapped behind security bars on the second floor of this building pushed their arms through broken windows and screamed to be rescued. Most of them became victims of Lima's deadly Saturday night blaze. So far, 276
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      Lock icon Cash for failing to get into uni
      268 15 Japanese govt pays for blunders SOME Japanese students failed to get into universities through no fault of their own. Some of the 461 students were rejected by five national universities over the past five years because of mistakes in marking. Others for mistakes
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      Lock icon Boy survives crash and icy night
      145 15 THIS little boy was in a car with his mother when it plunged over 30m off the top of a cliff. His mother, 24-year-old Tobi Gabriel, died, but three-year-old Gage lived and survived alone all night on a freezing Canadian beach next to her
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      Lock icon Hunt for Taliban chief deep in the mountains
      233 16 AFGHAN fighters, along with US Special Forces, are heading towards a mountainous Afghan province north-west of Kandahar, in pursuit of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. According to ABC News, the Afghan governing body in Kandahar called together all the local chieftains and
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      Lock icon Pre-euro splurge to evade the taxman
      431 16 Wire services. ALFONSO Bermudez is on the shopping spree of his life. The Spanish has U5522,000 ($40,670) worth of pesetas and less than 24 hours to spend them all before they become worthless. The euro becomes legal tender in 12 countries tomorrow, replacing pesetas,
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      Lock icon Did wanted man fake his own death?
      291 17 Probe into disgraced gynae accused of sexually assaulting patients THE British police will start the new year chasing after a wanted man. To be specific, they are looking for the body of Mr Rodney Ledward. Mr Ledward is a disgraced gynaecologist who was
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      Lock icon $76m dud dollars
      95 17 AFP COLOMBIAN officials and the US Secret Service carried out what may be the largest counterfeit seizure in the world "good quality" US dollars (left) with a face value of US$4l million (s76m). The fake notes would have been distributed in various countries. No arrests have been
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      Lock icon BATTLE ROYALE
      740 18 These Singapore lasses will be competing for a chance to represent Singapore in Japan's version of the reality TV show Survivor. But do they know what they are in for? CHANG MAY CHOON doubts it ONE guy was locked up in a spartan room without food or clothes
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      Lock icon Three men's refusal to give up...
      60 18 Japanese comedian Nasubi kept TV viewers riveted for more than a year when he appeared on Denpa Shonen. Here's how he did it... Only eat food you win Appear in the buff Show emotion The duo who call themselves Saruganseki (right) hitchhiked across half
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      Lock icon Are Singaporean contestants too soft?
      371 19 STRANDED on an island with strangers who don't speak your language. Forced to hunt for your own food, build your own shelter, protect yourself against snakes, and find your way out. Sounds tough? You bet. But one Singaporean is going to face all these challenges.
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      Lock icon Talentime's over, now for romance!
      267 20 ONE cherry chocolate candy is making a lot of noize these days. Cristal Simon (right) of Cherry Chocolate Candy is dating Triple Noize's Shahfil Ali, (far right) and their romance started to blossom at last month's pre-Talentime 2001 Glamour Camp, held on Sentosa. When approached
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      Lock icon Stars monkey around for calendar
      230 20 TALENT management company Fly Entertainment has found a way to keep its entertainers in the minds of friends and clients the whole of 2002 get everyone topless for a poster/calendar. From big name Irene Ang to newbie Rachel S (who played Robin Leong's girlfriend in
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      Lock icon Kiasu, a dad-to-be
      228 20 IF everything goes as planned, by early April, Chew Chor Meng will be holding his firstborn daughter. That means soon it will be time Chor Meng and wife Deon (right) to come up with a name for their princess. He claimed he couldn't think of one, and
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      409 21  - Twins keep nr lfflll fl|l £j|| IIQ yuu VII vu&c PRIMS-TIME TV I WATCH J IT W§ fHflfi M«r CHOOK EVER wondered what it would be like to have a twin? Someone who looks exactly like you. Someone with whom you could share all your dark secrets. And someone so
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      639 22 THE NEW PAPER/Monday, December 31, 2001 PRIME-TIME TV Page 23 6 6.30: Akazukin 4.30: 6.30: News 6.30: Singapore 6.30: Mazhalai 6.00: Masak 6.02: 6.00: News At 6 6.30: News In ChaCha Pre-Holiday Today (News) Vanam (Children) Apa? (Cooking) Correspondent's 6.35: Mimpi Di Mandarin (Cartoon) Movie: First 6.30: Piramid Yearbook 2001
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      Lock icon Make your vote count!
      326 23 THIS YEAR'S NOMINEES TURN-OFF OF THE YEAR 1. Lum May Yee 2. Allan Wu 3. Fiona Xie 4. Li-lin SCANDAL OF THE YEAR 1. Fly Entertainment stars want out 2. Mark Richmond and Vernetta Lopez split 3. Michelle Saram's contract woes 4. Glenn Ong and Kate
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      67 23 VOTE in each category of the Flame Awards and win a $179 classic Timberland watch. It doesn't matter if your choice is not spot-on with the majority's vote. Just call 1900-914-0801 for a chance to win one of five water-resistant watches. Each call costs
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      652 29 RACE 1: JET DANCER jumped awkwardly out, making contact with VICTORY RANGER. Shortly after the start, TIMELESS KINGDOM and LADY KINGDOM made contact. RACE 2: COUNTESS VENETIAN was withdrawn when the vaccination was not in order. Trainer D Williams pleaded guilty to negligence
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      390 29  -  By Danny Khoo CONFLUENCE, the only mare in the rich Governor's Gold Cup, led an all-outsider finish with a dramatic last-to-first win in the richest Malaysian classic at Penang yesterday. The Francis Nathan-trained stayer, who was some 20 lengths behind the
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      1246 30 YESTERDAY'S PENANG RACE RESULTS GOING: GOOD This would not have been possible without the backing and understanding of my owners. Trainer Marinus van Breukelen (left), who edged out his brother Johann by a solitary winner to bag the Malaysian trainers' championship. 8 KIKOS DESTINY 52.5 (13-7) SSani (8) 6 6
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      224 30  -  By Danny Khoo IPOH-BASED trainer Marinus van Breukelen is the new Malaysian champion trainer. The affable horseman's tally of 40 wins was one more than his elder brother Johann, who finished runner-up for the second straight year. The battle for
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      117 33 BY 1960, everybody who knew Cassius Clay, as Muhammad Ali was previously known, realised he had a chance to make the Olympics and win a gold medal. But he was afraid to fly. The Olympic trials were in San Francisco. "Before he took
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      519 35 Tm staying at Leeds' FOCUS ON LEEDS UNITED THE Spice Boys could be back bringing more trouble to controversial Leeds United. Real Madrid midfielder McManaman is about to return to England to join Leeds in a f 7million ($17.5 m) deal, according to the Sunday Mirror newspaper. And that
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      482 36 THE COLE MOVE TO BLACKBURN ENGLAND assistant manager Tord Grip has backed Andy Cole's decision to quit Manchester United for Blackburn Rovers, in a bid to obtain regular first-team football. With the World Cup Finals rapidly approaching, the 30-year-old had to make an agonising decision over his
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      202 36 MANCHESTER United is believed to be set to plunge into the South American transfer market. And Independiente's Diego Forlan is the leading candidate to be moving to Old Trafford. Reports by Football 365 quoted a club source as saying a deal was 90 per cent done
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      556 37 FULHAM 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 Sylvain Legwinski (45th min), Steve Marlet (89) Ryan Giggs (5,47), Ruud van Nistelrooy (44) Crowd: 21,159 Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson hailed Ryan Giggs after the Welsh wizard engineered Manchester United's 3-2 win over Fulham.
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      572 38 ...MORE ON FULHAM 2 MANCHESTER UNITED 3 RYAN Giggs scored twice last night to inspire Manchester United to a 3-2 win over Fulham, its fifth straight victory. And that really sets up a mouthwatering clash on Wednesday against second placed Newcastle.
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