The New Paper, 12 August 2003

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  • 27 1 the new paper TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2003 Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800-*****55 MITA (P) 025/03/2003 60 CENTS 8 the new paper
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    • 95 1 F M 3 6 It •v«fc 1 THE RUNNING MIAN Political honeymoon ends as Arnie dodges media bullets w Political honepoon ends as Amie dodges media bullets rg^sr, T t-' m •.a.-: f. f,. m* ,-iV V t'BK is: m£ *t «s >-3" 1 :> **4 mi £9 H ffi
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  • NEWS
    • 833 2  -  HINTS THAT CPF MAY BE CUT By Tan May Ping THE government has been dropping hints that it is considering lowering the employer's portion of the Central Provident Fund (CPF) contribution from the current 16 per cent, instead of gradually restoring it to the original
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    • 55 2 PM Goh Chok Tong pointed to a bright future, provided we made changes, including a "retune"of the CPF, in his National Day address on Friday. NTUC secretary general Lim Boon Heng yesterday said even the employers' current 16 percent contribution rate was too high for companies in trouble or
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 940 4  -  By Angelese Song AN English homework assignment about voodoo, given out to Primary 2 pupils of a school, has upset some parents here. The comprehension exercise (left), was given out to three classes, or around 120 Primary 2 students, of Ai Tong Primary School last week.
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    • 239 5 BE very clear what can or cannot be included in the homework assignments set by teachers to supplement the chapter Witches and Magic Charms. This is what Dr Lewis Lee, a dentist and concerned parent of a Primary 2 child, thinks the Ministry of Education
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    • 232 5 THE content is not suitable for 8-year-olds. Its conclusion is also very controversial, said Dr Brian Yeo, a child psychiatrist with more than 10 years' experience. "Eight-year-olds have difficulty differentiating between fantasy and reality, and still have fears about the dark, so voodoo is not
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    • 116 5 A FURORE erupted last year when some parents objected to the chapter on witches and magic spells in the Primary 2 English textbook, Celebrate English Book 28. The New Paper had published an article on this in its Jan 7,2002 edition. The Ministry of Education (MOE)
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    • 744 6  -  RAFFLES TOWN CLUB LEGAL BATTLE: FRUSTRATED MEMBER ASKS... By Karen Wong IT HAS been over six years since Madam Florence Lim signed up and paid $28,000 for membership in a "premier" Singapore club. The problem: She was one of 19,000
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    • 322 6 THE current dispute goes back to the court action between the club's previous shareholders and former remisier king Peter Lim., It was during that court battle in March and April 2001 that the penny dropped about the actual size of the club's membership 19,000 members.
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    • 564 7  -  ivz'z*. ."sm* v* iww.. Singapore boys win first ever Crush Gear contest By' Teh Jen Lee BOY, oh boy, did they nip those Nippon dreams. Not Ah Boy but our boys. Jameson Teh and Shawn Goh may be too young even to apply for a driving licence,
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  • SINGAPORE
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      542 10  -  S'porean students go to US and find out By Cassandra Chew THEY went to the US to understand others and came back convinced that home is the best. Lucy Davies, Leon Toh, both 16, and Marc Khoo, 20, represented Singapore at the Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC)
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    • 248 10 THE Global Young Leaders Conference (GYLC) is a leadership development programme for secondary school and junior college students. Held in Washington and New York, four programmes are run every summer, where 350 students are invited from around the world. Those selected must have
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  • WORLD
    • 197 15 THE burglars had it all planned. Their target was a pawnshop in Johor Baru. But they did not break into the shop first. Instead, they went into a vacant shop next door where they opened up a hole about 0.6-m wide (about
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    • 458 15 Pirates fire 200 shots at Taiwan ship THERE'S been a sharp increase in pirate attacks on ships in the Straits of Malacca off the Indonesian province of Aceh. The attacks over the last few months have all involved automatic weapons. The incidents were confirmed
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  • WORLD
    • 204 17 AFP A FIVE-STAR seaside hotel in South Wales seems to have an embarrassing record: Football teams that stay there lose their matches. So the management is calling in a celebrity feng shui expert to break the jinx. The Saint David's Hotel and Spa in Cardiff Bay hopes Mr
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    • Article, Illustration
      327 17 Israel's new assault rife replaces the Uzi Reuters. ISRAEL'S latest contribution to weaponry is a lighter, compact weapon soldiers can fire with both eyes open. The Tavor named after a mountain where biblical Israelites did battle is replacing its world-famous Uzi sub-machinegun and US-supplied M-16. The design
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  • WORLD
    • 332 19 A WEST Australian woman tried to hang and drown her little girl, as well as have her run over. A jury in Perth was told yesterday that Amy Janet Crane, 23, thought no-one would care for her four-year-old daughter if she committed
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    • 260 20 HE says he was simply too honest and unwilling to cheat on one girlfriend with another. So, he proposed to them both. And remarkably, both accepted after becoming friends and agreeing to live under one roof. So on Sunday, Mr Samchai Wangsakul, 23,
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    • 269 21 They are part off II terror group HIS head was found on the fifth floor of the Marriott Hotel that was bombed in Jakarta last week. Now the Indonesian police say they believe that Asmar Latinsani was a member of Laskar Khos (Special Force), whose members
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    • 156 21 Reuters. A RUSSIAN-MADE private jet once used by Jiang Qing, leader of the Gang of Four and disgraced wife of the late Chairman Mao Zedong, has been bought by a doctor who plans to turn it into a restaurant. The Wenzhou City News reported
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 135 25 MALAYSIA'S civil service needs to bring corruption to a halt immediately, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi yesterday as this is attracting more public attention. New Straits Times reported that of the 1,342 people detained for alleged involvement in various corrupt
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    • 188 25 AT MALAYSIAN RAILWAY STATIONS! PEOPLE are more honest when they know they are being monitored. That's why the Malaysian Customs Department will install X-ray machines at the cost of about RM6 million (s2.Bm) each at train stations near the Thai border and in Johor. They will
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  • WORLD
    • 414 27 27 oil workers and crew feared dead, sparking mass walk-out Wire services. HOPES were fading as a search continued overnight in rough seas off India's west coast for survivors of a helicopter crash that is feared to have killed 27 people. The 25 oil workers and
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    • 264 27 IT sounds like the plot of a horror film. A 14-member family watched in horror as red liquid oozed through the floor of their kitchen, bathroom and verandah. Forensic officials later confirmed it was human blood. But there were no cracks in the
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 268 28 CAUTION is a word that probably best describes the way Acting Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan is proceeding these days. He is giving plans for two new hospitals in the western and northern parts of Singapore another look. He wants to know if Singapore really needs
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    • 374 28 OM THE HACK Edited extract from The Telegraph: Ian Rankin doesn't have much time for the Edinburgh Festival. It's not that he has the contempt of his famous creation, Detective Inspector John Rebus who, he says, "absolutely loathes the festival". His attitude is more one
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    • 50 28 S'PORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 6.68/-0.05 Creative Technology 8.14/+0.13 Flextronics 10.71/+0.04 Chartered Semiconductor S.9/M-0.14 < i Yesterday's action Percentage change Dow Up 0.29% (26.26 pts) 9,217.35 Nasdaq Up 1.06% (17.48 pts) 1,661.51 S+P 500 Up 0.31% (3 pts) 980.59 ST1 Up 1.24% (19.1 pts)
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    • 67 28 DREADED long-term deflation is unlikely in Singapore, despite 10 quarters of weak growth, according to a study by two Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) economists. Deflation is when the prices of goods fall over time, leading to spending cuts as consumers wait for further falls, resulting in
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    • 64 28 715,000 wind-up bid HOUSING Board contractor Chip Huat Construction is facing a wind-up petition over debts totalling $715,000. The 24-year-old mid-sized contractor has worked on many HDB projects and is currently working on one in Sengkang. The company is understood to be opposing the claim, reported The Straits Times, and
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    • 69 28 HONG Lim Park's Speakers' Corner may be a failure, but Singaporeans voice their opinions regularly in the letters' pages of newspapers and on the Internet said Associate Professor Ho Kong Chong of the National University of Singapore. The "place" is not the important factor in strengthening the
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    • 80 28 SOON, youll have to remember only one phone number when you want a cab from ComfortDelgro's fleet of some 16,000 taxis. The company, which owns Comfort, Yellow-Top and City Cab taxis, is working on an integrated service line to make it easier for commuters to call
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    • 79 28 HAIR loss has turned into a big gain for local researcher Lee Chee Wee. He has found a multi-million-dollar backer for his hair lotion, Biolyn Hair Serum. He has already been flooded with orders in Singapore, and with the backing of Hong Kong-based Lo Hong Ka, he
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    • 81 28 OWNERS of Le Chateau, a condominium at Cavenagh Road, could reap a collective sale premium of more than 50 per cent in an en bloc sale the kind of price such sales fetched in its boom days. The 43,150 sq ft freehold estate could fetch $40.5
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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  • Hey!
    • 864 29 Tonight on TV, young geniuses will pit wits to lay claim to be Singapore's Brainiest Kid. But are they just a bunch of rote-learning nerds who have no life outside their textbooks? J FAN MARIE TAN finds out Louise Chng, 11 CHI J Katong Primary
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    • 93 29 CONTESTANTS aged 11 and 12 are selected based on how well they score on the online self-test, which comprises 50 general knowledge questions. They then participate in a total of six shows: Three for boys, three for girls. There will be three rounds of competition,
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    • 128 29 What is collected by a numismatist? What is Wilhelm Konrad Rontgen credited to have invented? Which musical term means "return to the beginning"? What is a clavicle more commonly known as? Which country did Xerxes rule in 485 BC? What is the title
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    • 737 30  -  ON BITCHING, BACKSTABBING AND BETRAYAL.. By Yeoh Wee Teck THE path to the top never did run smooth and 32-year-old Fann Wong knows all about that. She's been backstabbed, betrayed, and bitched about to the point where she's broken down in tears. Caldecott Hill's
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    • 116 30 IT began with her first magazine cover for Her World. Ms Pat Chan, who was the creative director of the magazine then, said of Fann: "She had star quality from Day 1. She was not as slick then, but she looked good and was very smart."
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    • 317 31 Korean actress Kim Ha Nul (left) is everyone's favourite teacher. In a recent Internet poll in Korea, she was voted "The actress whom I most want as my tutor". The star of Romance and My Tutor Friend is one of the most highly sought-after actresses in the
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  • HEY!
    • 148 33 ANIMAL-LOVING pop star Pink (left) is urging the editors of fashion bible Vogue to ban fur from their pages. She has faxed a handwritten note to editor Anna Wintour, urging her to "modernise your magazine and stop promoting fur". Pink suggested that if the magazine can't
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    • 119 33 LIZ Hurley (right) has proven that she can't cut it as an actress. Her latest movie, Double Whammy, in which she plays a bucktoothed bespectacled chiropractor, has flopped at the UK box office, grossing a mere £29,000($82,000). Execs mounted a promotional campaign for the film, focusing solely
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    • 233 44  -  Sprint ace is now highest-rated active galloper By Danny Khoo THE sensational Ninetyfive Emperor (right with regular rider Saimee Jumaat aboard) is now the highest-rated active galloper at Kranji after his latest conquest last Saturday. The Holy's Jester four-year-old's rating shot up
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    • 283 46 ENGLAND: DIVISION ONE NOTTS FOREST 2 SUNDERLAND 0 RELEGATED Sunderland faced an acid test last Sunday of how they will fare in the First Division. And they came out firing blanks. But in the wake of the 2-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest last
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    • 244 46 WALSALL 4 WEST BROMWICHI LAST season, former England midfielder Paul Merson was Portsmouth's hero. He led them to Premiership promotion. Now he has started a similar mission at Walsall. Two brilliant goals in the 4-1 win over relegated Premiership club West Bromwich Albion on Sunday showed
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    • 506 47  -  By Ernest Luis IF Singapore wants Spanish football live on our shores, Kelme is ready to arrange it for us. The Spanish apparel sponsor who made their debut in the S-League this year by providing kits for local clubs Sinchi and Sengkang Marine are planning
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    • 181 47 FIXTURES: THURSDAY Geylang v Balestier (Bedok Stadium) Sinchi v Home (Jurong) FRIDAY Young Lions v Woodlands (Jalan Besar) Sembawang v Sengkang (Yishun) SATURDAY SAFFCv Jurong (Choa Chu Kang) Tg Pagar v Tampines (Queenstown) CALL INFOUNE Call 1900-*****13 after 8.45pm tonight for half-time result and after
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    • 185 48  -  EAST-WEST CHALLENGE LAST SUNDAY When the top guns of the S-League clash, there's bound to be edge-of-the-seat action. As these pictures tell you, the East and West teams didn't spare an inch even though the occasion was a novelty match. West were indeed very serious as they
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      • 789 50  -  fßy LES FERDINAND I LEICESTER THE new season is almost upon us. And even at my age, I don't mind admitting I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve. It's over 15 years now since I started my professional career, but the sense of anticipation you get
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      • 409 50  -  [By JASON EUELL CHARLTON LAST season, we had a particularly poor opening couple of months to the campaign. And we were tipped to go down at one point. It took us up until Christmas to really get going. Injuries as much
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      • 1085 51 JUST WHERE SHOULD HARRY KEWELL THE JEWEL PLAY? Logic suggests that left-legged midfielders usually play on the left flank. But football is an evolutionary game. And coaches do have their own ideas as to how to get more out of their new buys.
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    • 292 54 MSK ZILINA v CHELSEA AP. CHELSEA'S Russian owner, Roman Abramovich (left), has splashed out US$l2O million ($2l lm) on new players. Now he wants to see some results for his money. Armed with seven new players, the Blues go to Slovakia tomorrow for a
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    • 663 55 DAVID Beckham is set to give the boot to the world's biggest sports personalities including Tiger Woods. British newspapers have reported that German boot-makers adidas will offer the England captain the biggest commercial deal in football history. The
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    • 377 56 TRANSFER TRAIL Wire Services. PAOLO di Canio will be starring in the Premiership again this season. This time hell be wearing a Charlton jersey. The former West Ham midfielder, 35, joined the Addicks on a one-year contract after agreeing terms and passing a medical yesterday.
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    • 248 56 Wire Services. CMSTMNO RONALDO: The Red Devils look to have sealed the transfer of the Sporting Lisbon star. Reports suggest that an £8.4 million ($15.6 million) deal has been agreed. Ronaldo is reported to have agreed a five-year package. The Portuguese national is believed to have travelled
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    • 190 56 AFP. LIVERPOOL have denied that they want to sign Valencia's Argentinian centre-back Roberto Ayala. Reports said manager Gerard Houllier had spoken to the defender after the Spanish side's 2-0 pre-season win at Anfield. But the club insisted yesterday that Croatian midfielder Igor Biscan was being
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    • 311 57 Wire Services. Manchester united expect to complete the signing of Kleberson within the next 24 hours. The Brazilian international has been granted a work permit, the club said yesterday. United confirmed their application to the British government's Department of Employment for a
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