The New Paper, 10 August 2002

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  • NEWS
    • 607 2 Less dependent on US as trade within region, personal consumption increases SINGAPORE At least 3 per cent economic growth, wages to go up by 2 per cent, negligible inflation. CHINA GDP growth of 7.5 per cent. THAILAND GDP growth of 4 per cent. KOREA
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    • 247 2 A RECORD number of Japanese children are skipping school. The number is so great that it has alarmed the government, reported Japanese newspapers. Nearly 139,000 elementary and junior high school students were absent from school for at least 30 days without good reason dining the
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    • 623 3  -  Her mum suspected something was wrong when phone calls not returned BY Michael Lee NO matter how busy she was, Madam Saratha Sangeo would call her 75-year-old mother every day without fail since she got married six years ago. But no
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    • 225 3 A MALAYSIAN businessman who was kidnapped on Wednesday made a clean break for freedom from his captors yesterday. The three men had demanded RMIQ million ($4.65 million) ransom for his release, reported the New Straits Times. The 38-year-old Chinese, who is in the construction business and
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    • 44 2 JB We salute Singapore on Her 37th Birthday! Wishing all Singaporeans a Happy National Day! KOMALA VILAS RESTAURANT No: 76 78 Serangoon Road. Singapore *****1 I Tel: 6293-6980 Fax: 6392-9385 82 Serangoon Road, Singapore *****7 Tel: 6294-3294 12-14 Buffalo Road. Singapore *****5 Tel: 6293-3664
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 609 4  -  By Arul John FOR two weeks, these three children went to a lighted walkway to study and play. Their four-room HDB flat was in darkness every night, except for the light from four candles. On July 24, their electricity was disconnected because
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    • 286 4 JOHN and his wife have turned down or found themselves unsuitable for several jobs. TAXI DRIVER "I was told I had to settle my debts before they would grant a licence. I couldn't do so. That option was closed." FIREFIGHTER "I cannot return to being a firefighter
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    • 413 4 THE TOWN COUNCIL: A PROPERTY manager at STC said John owed conservancy charges for almost two years, at $47 a month. STC even took him to the Small Claims Tribunal for $700. An instalment scheme of $50 a month was worked out but John did not pay.
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    • 403 5 LIGHTS ON AGAIN: On Aug 7, staff from Power Supply interviewed the family. The next day, the electricity was reconnected. e-mail message. She said John met them on July 29 and told them he was going to the CDC for help. Since then, they have
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    • 349 5 And you could win $1000 cash! I Adam King has a lot in common with his favourite drink, Guinness. And like Guinness, he can be found all over the world, because his job as a photojournalist takes him far and wide. When he travels he likes nothing more than making
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 230 6 50 per cent more issued compared to 2000 ECONOMIC slowdown. Consumer confidence. Singaporeans didn't care two hoots about that when it came to credit cards. A total of 353,500 new credit cards both main and supplementary were issued here. That's a 54 per cent jump over the
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    • 59 6 PICTURE THIS OUCH!: Ms Karen McKenzie, a graduate student at the University of Florida's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences, holds her hand in a cage full of mosquitoes to find out why the pesky insects are more attracted to some people than others. The results
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    • 67 6 WHILE others were celebrating National Day, more than 100 people in Woodlands camped out at an air-conditioned hall in the Woodlands Civic Centre. They wanted to be the first to choose from 1,196 five-room and executive Housing Board flats offered for sale under the HDB's Walk-In-Selection scheme.
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    • 70 6 THE Malay Village's refurbishment over the past five years, is reaping rewards. It has since gone out of the red. The number of visitors has steadily increased and tourists from China are now regular faces at the 13-year-old cultural attraction. Last year, about 600,000 visitors passed through the
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    • 78 6 SINGAPORE is not just about roti prata and other local delicacies. Food, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, is not the way to forge a strong national identity. He was replying to junior college students asking what was needed for people to be rooted to
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    • 76 6 SIA is in the ÜBS Warburg's Global 50 listing which spotlights firms expected to offer superior returns in the medium term. This is the first time a Singapore company has made the list. It is one of only six Asian companies to do so SIA has
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    • 67 6 JOHOR will channel excess water to the commercial sector after 2011 when the first water agreement with Singapore expires. Johor Mentri Besar Abdul Ghani Othman said this was because the sector would need more water with an expected industrial boom in the state. He said they
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    • 64 6 A FREELANCE computer security consultant has discovered an "unfixable" flaw in Microsoft's Windows operating system that could leave desktop PCs open to serious abuse. Hackers can exploit the flaw to copy a desktop PC's passwords and files, or format its hard disk, reported New Scientist. To fix the
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    • 67 7 Giving formal acknowledgement to one religion, directly or indirectly, will certainly lead to disintegration. Leaders ofNahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah, Indonesia's two largest Muslim groups, in a joint statement warning against the introduction of the Islamic syariah law as part of the country's constitution. Despite strong lobbing by some other
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    • Article, Illustration
      261 7 OH THE RACK BY the end of 2004, the quota system imposed by the US and Europe on Chinese garment imports will come to an end. This is a result of China becoming a member of the World Trade Organisation. But, to beat the quota system now in
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    • 49 7 The Straits Times: CHEERS! to 37 years... and Newater The Business Times: ST Telemedia seals deal to take over Global Crossing Lianhe Zaobao: Moving towards a caring future for Singapore Berita Harian: Towards a New Singapore NewsRadio 93.8FM: S'poreans mark National Day with non-stop music and dance
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    • 41 7 International Herald Tribune: WorldCom trouble runs even deeper New Strait? Times: Jail, rotam for defiant illegals BBC news: Leaders of six Iraqi opposition groups meet US officials to discuss their possible role in US plans to overthrow Saddam Hussein
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    • 224 7 BLUE-CHIP stocks shrugged off early losses to rack up their fourth day of gains yesterday, but technology stocks slid as a sales warning from data storage equipment Emulex Corp reminded investors the profit outlook is still cloudy. Emulex's stock price fell US$8.26 ($14.50), or 35 per cent, to
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 1055 8  -  Beware of potential pitfalls Byl Teo Hwee Nak DREAM: A resort-home. Swimming pool and jacuzzi. Tennis courts and fitness centre. Parties in function rooms and barbecues by the pool. Swaying palm trees lining landscaped walkways. Ah, your own condominium unit. Suddenly, it's not a dream
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    • 239 8 DONT overspend on property. Prudently put aside money for retirement. This was the message from the Government to Singaporeans. Then, the 150 per cent withdrawal cap for CPF was announced. But even as buyers, developers and housing agents moaned, came the surprise ruling that we can
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    • 240 8 ■Mr Low's Gross Monthly Salary: $5 > 900 'Mr Low's current CPF Ordinary Account balance: $30,000 ■Mr Low's Nett Monthly Salary: $4,720 'Mrs Low's current CPF Ordinary Account balance: $0 ■Couple's monthly expenditure: $3,000 ■Valuation of family's 5-room HDB flab $300,000 (Likely to rise as cniidren get older) ■Cash Savings:
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 465 12  -  BY I Genevieve Jiang A FOUR-STAR hotel sacked five part-time employees and offered a guest, who held his wedding banquet at the hotel, a 10 per cent discount off his $25,000 bill. Drastic measures as compensation for a celebration that almost ended n disaster. A guest
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    • 71 12 IF you swallow pins, you could die, said general practitioner Dr Lawrence Cheah. Said Dr Cheah: "If he had swallowed the pins, they could have scratched his throat and stomach walls, caused internal bleeding, and eventual infection." "Immediate death would be rare. "But if the pin
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 594 14  -  A German family (one of them a Singaporean) attends their first National Day Parade By Desmond Ng PASSION. It shone in the short video clip of Mr Lee Kuan Yew at a rousing rally from independent Singapore's early years. And it was caught in the fleeting glimpse
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    • 100 15 IT was colourful. It was fun. And it was heartfelt and stirring. Last night's National Day Parade was a chance for young and old (left) to celebrate together—as families and as Singaporeans. Thousands of participants (below left) moved together as one on the field.
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    • 63 16 THE Butterfly Lovers is a contemporary version of the tragic Chinese love story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai. The play will be staged at Bpm on Aug 13 and Aug 14 at Kallang Theatre. Tickets can be obtained at: Temple of Fine Arts
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    • 451 16  -  By Arul John YOU cannot buy tickets for this show. Nor can you buy them for other productions by the Temple of Fine Arts (TFA). Yet, TFA does not do free acts. One has to ask for tickets to their shows. And a
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    • 259 16 THREE performing arts groups here commend TFA's philosophy but will not or cannot go that way. Said Ms Ruby Lim-Yang, director of Act 3 Theatrics Pte Ltd: "Over 20 years, TFA has earned a good reputation and has proven this philosophy can work for them. But
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    • 169 18 ANOTHER PRESIDENTS CHALLENGE 2002 PROJECT WHAT: Be Yourself Day. If your school joins in, you may come to school dressed in the manner that best expresses you. WHY: To express yourself and help the less fortunate. Your school may set an
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  • 289 20  -  SINGAPORE BY Fraemone Wee THIS thief tested his modus operandi on a friend before going on a handphone stealing spree. On May 8, Muhammad Nur Ali Hamzah, 18, asked to borrow Mr Mohammad Jumain Mohd Nor's handphone while at his Woodlands flat. Then he
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  • 202 24 WORLD BATAM officials have blamed the increase in the number of nightspots on the island for the spread of HIV/Aids. It has appealed for help from the Indonesian government after two residents died from the disease in the past month. The first woman Rukiyati, 36,
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  • WORLD
    • 907 26 At least one gang member is at casino 24 hours daily to monopolise slot machines Eyewitness says that syndicate rakes in about $16,000 a day, paper sees one day's takings to be $40,000 Gamblers who hit the jackpot claim syndicate told them to
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    • 107 27 TWO Bangladeshis became the first foreigners in Malaysia to be sentenced to whipping under the new immigration law for staying illegally in the country. Each was sentenced to two years'jail and one stroke of the rotan yesterday, reported the New Straits Times.
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    • 286 28 Wire services. WHAT these parents did to their own children will break your heart. They e-mailed each other pornographic photos of their children, traded tips in chat rooms, and sometimes even met in person to swap children between 1999 and early 2002. All this
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    • 323 30 INDONESIA and Malaysia signed an immigration deal on Thursday that promises passport-free travel between the two countries. This will be made possible with an electronic system to be developed and possibly launched early next year, reported The Jakarta Post. Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir
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    • 743 32  -  Ule Koreay SETO NU-WEN MANY South Koreans, especially the young, want to learn English. But when it comes to speaking the language, well, most of them just don't. Both pride and diffidence stand in the way. They are proud of their own language. Speaking
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    • 232 32 AS the Korean economy opens up and grows, young people increasingly look to the West. Undergraduate Choi Jin Hae, 25, sees English as a ticket to a more promising future. "I took night classes to improve my English. I want to work in a hotel one day and
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    • 1054 33  -  BY Dylan Boey OVER the past two months, nail bars around Singapore were quietly swept up by a funky new line of nail-care products called Voxy. Manicurists are clamouring to stock up on it and tai-tais (wealthy women, usually housewives) are dropping more established
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    • 237 34 AT 16, after her O levels, the then Vanessa Ong was determined to travel the world. So the ex-St Hilda's schoolgirl worked part-time as a candy salesgirl and a vet's assistant, before taking off for Canada. There, she. found work at a friend's restaurant
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    • 347 35 By Chang May Choon TAIWANESE rocker Wu Bai is a man of many talents. But public speaking isn't one of them. The 7,000-strong crowd at his concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on Thursday night can attest to that. One moment he was
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    • 253 36 THEY may be mini celebrities now, but the four young actors from I Not Stupid prefer to be themselves. The hit movie has been adapted into an 18-episode drama serial which will be shown over Channel 8 from Aug 24. At the press conference, the
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    • 222 36 MARK Lee is trying hard to start a family, so he's careful about protecting his family jewels. The actor had to go rafting in Cairns for the variety show, One Fun Day 11, when he came close to a mishap. When sliding down, his instructor had
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    • Article, Illustration
      206 37 Politician dad speaks up for son who's linked to gangsters SO, practically the whole world knows about Sanjay Dutt and those tapes. Bugged conversations between him and a Mumbai gangster were recently made public, making him Dodgy Character No 1 in the Bollywood city. But that's not stopping
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    • 78 37 AISHWARYA Rai (above) must be riding on some wave. The former beauty queen is No 1 on the UK top 10 "hotlist", winch is featured on a Channel 4 television poll. The hour-long show is thought to be the first where an
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    • 74 37 AMITABH Bachchan (left) and new starlet Esha Deol are India's hottest vegetarians. Both of them were voted by more than 15,000 people for Peta India's 2002 Hottest Vegetarian Alive poll.. They edged out Esha's own mum, Hema Malini, and South Indian star Madhavan, who was recently
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    • 563 51 GUIDE TO IPOH TRACKWORK NST. TRUST AN ANGEL looks ready to shed his maiden status in the Class 5 Div 2 event over 1,200 m in Race 4 tomorrow going on his impressive workout in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by a track
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  • 547 59 In the final part of this week's series on the local-based fan clubs of the more popular English Premier League clubs, ERNEST LUIS tracks down the Singapore Arsenal Football Supporters' Club. More EPL fan clubs out there? You bet. Keep track of these pages
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  • 127 60 SOME ARSENAL FAN SONGS... (To that old Disney tune...) Chim chiminy chim chiminy... chim chim cheroo/ Who needs Anelka when we've got Kanu? (repeat) (To that famous Italian tune Volare) Vieira, whoawoh/ Vieira, whoa woh woh woh!/ He comes...from Se-ne-gal/ He plays for Ar-se-nal. SOME ARSENAL FAN JOKES
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  • 721 61 jS/ COMMUNITY SHIELD 2002: ARSENAL v LIVERPOOL TOMORROW J|ipl THEY may be the best of French friends. But Gerard Houllier and Arsene Wenger prefer friendship to take a backseat in tomorrow's traditional season curtain-raiser at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium. Both top club managers have described the Community
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    567 63 Wire services. AFP. BRAZIL coach Luiz Felipe Scolari, who led his team to its fifth World Cup win in June, resigned yesterday. The man known as Big Phil, who took over 14 months ago with Brazil at one of the lowest ebbs in its history, said he
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