The New Paper, 16 December 2003

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  • 30 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2003 Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA (P) 025/03/2003 60 CENTS a the new paper
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    • 80 1 The amazing story of how one family sat on S'pore land worth millions for 60 years and almost gave it away for each 10 LATEST TWIST TO SILKAIR CRASH SA WE'RE SINGAPORE'S DECEMBER 16. 2003 A RECEIVED 1 SB i fi 9, **.r m r 4* r ■am > V
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    • 1053 2  -  SILKAIR Ml 185 CRASH: Boeing agrees to settle outof court MAY EXCLUSIVE: The New Paper broke the news in May that American aviation experts had found Ml 185's flight data recorder had not stopped recording minutes before it plunged into the river on
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    • 230 2 THE Silk Air case may have concluded, but the first lawsuit involving the passengers who died in the SQ 006 Taiwan crash has been scheduled to go on trial in the US next month. Mr Tom Ellis, director of litigation support at Nolan Law Group
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    • 426 3 HOW THEY FOUND SADDAM IN the first sweep of the courtyard of a rundown farm in northern Iraq, US troops found nothing. They didn't give up. They combed it again. A piece of fibre protruding from the dirt caught the eye of a
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    • 236 3 AP. HE was described by neighbours as "an ordinary farmer". But Mr Qais Namik turned out to be not ordinary. He is believed to be the man who harboured Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi dictator. The rundown hut where Saddam was found is part
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    • 628 5 Famous last words OPEN LETTER TO GEORGE BUSH SR Yoy, President of the US, have chosen to be a liar. You have lied to your people. The man you hate most is Saddam Hussein because his trutltfkilness to his principles, to himself, to his
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    • 234 5  -  By AlviN Chiang alchiang@sph.com.sg UNLIKE his sons Uday and Qusay, Saddam Hussein was not exposed by an informer eager for money. The US government had promised to give US$25 million ($42.8 million) to anyone with information leading to his capture, The reward
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 342 7 T HEY will make the news. Instead of being passive newspaper readers, 32 students will become news editors for a day. These lucky students will be putting their news sense to work this week in the newsroom of Friday Weekly (right), the Chinese
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    • 824 8  -  AMAZING LAND DEAL BY J OSEPHINE CHEW jochew@sph.com.sg THE CAST: 10 beneficiaries of Mr Nordin Kassim's estate his widow, eight children and one grandchild A family friend A businessman. THE PLOT: On the eve of Hari
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    • 294 9 IN a report by Berita Harian on Dec 13, Mr Mohamad Sani claimed that, contrary to the family's claims, he had been asked by Mr Mohamad Nor to help locate the land. COST MONEY This attempt to "save" the family's inheritance cost him
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  • 332 10 Bi-lateral agreement on in-flight security NEWS ARMED sky marshals can guard passengers on board flights between Singapore and Australia from today. The two countries signed an agreement yesterday that allows air marshals to travel on flights between the two countries, reported ABC radio in
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    • 547 12  -  NUS FORUM By Josephine Chew jocheu>@sph.com.sg CONTROVERSY is brewing in NUS again. This time it's over the sudden removal of the one-week semester break. The postings have come in fast and furious on the NUS student forum asking why the seven-day recess, which
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    • 148 13 PROFESSOR Ivan Png, Vice-provost at NUS, replied with these comments: "Our university's strategic intent is to globalise in line with Singapore's globalisation efforts. "One key aspect is to align our calendar with North American universities. "This enables joint programmes with major international partners and facilitates student and
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  • 313 18 Her 2-year-old son has rare illness WORLD HE is only 2 years old yet he weighs 38kg three times that of a normal baby his age. Little Archie Thompson suffers from a rare condition called Momo Syndrome, which only three other people in
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    • 328 26 AP. A QUICK jab of digoxin (a heart medication) allegedly sent the patients struggling for their lives. Charles Cullen (above left), 43, has been charged with murder after he confessed to killing 30 to 40 patients during his 16-year career
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    • 367 27 US Vice-President Dick Cheney has got animal activists flapping mad after it slipped out that he went on a bird-hunting trip. Last Monday, he and nine others headed for the exclusive Rolling Rock Club in Pennsylvania. His party shot 400 out of
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 185 31 3Q unemployment rate: 5.9% THE labour market is finally showing signs of recovery. Private sector job openings rose by 9.7 per cent to 13,117 in September, and job prospects look better in the next six months as Sars-affected firms especially those in
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    • 328 31 OM THE RACK Edited extract from The Guardian: It often comes as a surprise to leam that Brazil has some of the world's most advanced computer infrastructure. Its election system is 100 percent electronic. Its banking system uses uniquely sophisticated software. And now it
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    • 55 31 S'PORE COMPANIES ON NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 6/+0.15 Creative Technology 10.66/+0.24 Flextronics 14.27/-0.1 Chartered Semiconductor 9.32/-0.2 Stats 12/+0.11 Yesterday's Percentage Pl w 10 Sv action change Dow Nasdaq S+P 500 STI Down 0.2% (19 pts) Down 1.6% (31 pts) Down 0.6% (6 pts) Up 0.89% (15.44
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    • 74 31 THE days of fixed high wages are over for employees of Singapore Airlines (SLA.), but they can expect to be paid according to how the company fares in their year-end bonuses. SIA chairman Koh Boon Hwee told employees in a staff newsletter that this was not
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    • 74 31 THE surgeon who co-led the surgical team that separated Nepalese twins Ganga and Jamuna and, later, the failed attempt on the Bijani twins from Iran, is moving from Singapore to Hong Kong. Dr Keith Goh will assume the post of associate professor of neurosurgery at the Chinese
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    • 75 31 SINGAPORE Airlines (SLA) pilots have been found to have made basic calculation errors which caused the tail of a 747 to drag almost 500 m along an airport runway in New Zealand earlier this year. The wrong weight was used in calculating the speed, resulting in a take-off
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    • 79 31 AT least 20 more sites for bungalows and terrace houses on Sentosa will be open for bids over the next three months. The bungalows will be on one of three man-made islets in the northern part of Sentosa Cove. There will also be a separate condominium site
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    • 76 31 THE Institute of Mental Health (IMH) has asked for more time to reply to a woman's request for compensation. The 26-year-old woman, who was a patient in a mixed-gender ward at IMH in May, was molested by another patient while restrained and sedated. The perpetrator
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    • 76 31 THOUSANDS of investors have been receiving letters from their brokers, informing them of their trading rights. The move was prompted by the new Securities and Futures Act, which came into effect on Dec 1. It includes a clause requiring brokers to obtain a written acknowledgement from customers that
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous

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    • 969 32  -  Newly crowned Golden Horse Best Actor Tony Leung talks about trains, ashtrays and loneliness Showtime&Lifestyle By Wendy Teo teowyw@sph.com.sg HE'S a ying di (King Of Movies in Mandarin) many times over. Yet, Tony Leung who just won his second Best Actor trophy at
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    • 318 33 IN her latest movie, Sound Of Colours, Miriam Yeung plays a blind girl who's looking for love on the MTR. But in real life, she avoids the subway. The Hong Kong actress-singer is still recovering from an unfortunate incident which happened 11 years ago.
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    • 671 34  -  By Chang May Choon changmc@sph.com.sg HONG KONG comedian Dicky Cheung flies first class and stays in five-star hotels. He is always welcomed by top TV station officials, and escorted by security. After all, an A-lister like him should deserve nothing less. Said the household face fondly
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    • 177 35 THEY met on the set of a period drama five years ago, and have been a couple since. Last year, there was even talk of an underwater wedding between Dicky Cheung and Chinese actress Zhang Qian, because he loves diving. But, when quizzed about marriage, his
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    • 648 36  -  The final part off to Lord Off The Rings trilogy is spellbinding Lord Of The Rings: The Return Off The King Starring: Elijah Wood, lan McKellen, Viggo Mortensen, Liv Tyler, Orlando Bloom Directed by: Peter Jackson Rating: V V/Vs (out of five) By Tan
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    • 156 36 Director Peter Jackson calls The Return Of The King his favourite book in JRR Tolkien's 1,000-page epic, and the most filmable of the three. Besides getting matching tattoos, the key cast members got to keep mementos from the film. Elijah Wood, who plays the ring-bearer Frodo, got to
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    • 303 37 Crazy First Love Starting: Cha Tae Hyun, Son Ye Jin, Yoo Objrtg Geun. Directed by: Oh Jong Rok. Rating:// /(out of five) Love is crazy. And yon have to be too, to appreciate this silly slapstick flick masquerading as a romantic comedy. While My
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    • 291 37 Perverse or wildly romantic you decide Love Me If You Dare Starring: Guillaume Canet, Marion Cotillard Directed by: Yann Samuell Rating: S/S (out of five) SOME have accused first-time writerdirector Yann Samuell of copying Jean-Pierre Jeunet's Amelie with his debut film. Indeed, the stylistic similarities between them are uncanny: Whimsical
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    • 132 48 Paul Scholes (above) scored two great goals on Saturday in his first Premiership start since his hernia operation and it's all down to playing hockey! Scholes looked awesome as United dismantled local rivals Manchester City. And boss Sir Alex Ferguson revealed: "Paul is a quick healer and
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    • 111 48 Inside word from Old Trafford on Thursday's crucial Rio Ferdinand hearing is that they will accept a three-month ban, but will fight anything more harsh. Ferdinand missed a random drug test at the club's Carrington training ground on Sept 23, and could face up to two years if
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    • 334 48 DAVID Moyes, 40, has spent the week pumping iron in the Goodison gym to fulfil a promise... to himself. The Everton boss has taken training every day in track suit and trainers since arriving at the club as boss 21 months ago. But visits to the
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    • 165 48 England will be playing with a Samba beat in years to come if Arsenal star Edu has anything to do with it. The Brazilian star and his wife Paula are expecting a baby boy in three months and Edu reckons his son could wear the Three Lions of England
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    • 142 48 Spanish giants Real Madrid are to aid the creation of a sports school at Diwaniyah in war-torn Iraq, Spain's defence ministry said. Club president Florentino Perez and Defence Minister Federico Trillo are due to ink an accord to aid the funding of the school in a
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    • 135 48 THE world's top referee, Pierluigi Collina, can always head for Hollywood when he hangs up his whistle... largely due to his frightening looks. The Italian official is reported to have been approached by an Italian director to make an appearance in a
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    • 285 48 Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich (left) was recently watching Arsenal play his favourite Russian club, Lokomotiv Moscow, at Highbury in the Champions League. But all the Russian's billions could not get him into the Lokomotiv dressing room after the midweek Euro clash in London. Abramovich, having seen his
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    • 149 48 AFP. Bayern Munich are embroiled in a row with German pay-per-view broadcaster Premiere and are threatening to boycott the channel if they continue to use Marcel Reif as a commentator. Reif is the chief commentator for Premiere and Bayern are furious about his constant criticism of the
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    • 327 48 Reuters. Germany midfielder Sebastian Deisler, who is being treated for depression, has accused his Bayern Munich club of spying on his friends. "Who has the right to spy on me to see who my friends are?" Deisler asked in an interview with Berlin daily Tagesspiegel. "Who has the
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      • 359 49 SEMIFINALS mom ARGENTINA 0 BRAZIL 1 (Dudu 65th min) A SECOND-HALF goal from striker Dudu booked Brazil a spot in the final of the Under-20 World Cup yesterday with a 1-0 win over arch-rivals Argentina. Dudu's (right) fourth goal of the tournament came in the 65th
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      • 225 49 SPAIN! COLOMBIA 0 AN Andres Iniesta (left) penalty sent Spain into a final showdown with Brazil after thev overcame an impressive Colombian outfit in the second semi-final yesterday. Spain created early chances even though the Colombians had more of the ball. Iniesta tested the Colombian
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    • 447 51 PA Sport. GARY Neville has pinpointed the presence of Paul Scholes as the key factor in Manchester United's assault on their ninth Premiership title. With David Beckham and Juan Sebastian Veron leaving and both Kleberson and Cristiano Ronaldo still finding their feet after moving to Old
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    • 283 51  -  STAR EXCLUSIVE By RYAN GIGGS MAN UNITED IN the end I think we won the Manchester derby pretty comfortably, but City gave us a few scares in the second half. At half-time we were delighted with how it was going, being 2-0 up and in
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      • 450 52  -  UK TIPSTERS (Quarter-Finals) By Luke Pachymuthu npsports@sph.com.sg Everything Arsenal touch seem to turn to gold. The Gunners are coming off one of their most successful weeks in their history. They qualified for the knockout stages of the Champions League last week at the top
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      • 493 53 (Quarter-Finals) WESTBROM v ARSENAL Today, high-flying Arsenal travel to the Midlands for their League Cup quarter-finals against West Bromwich Albion, while Bolton Wanderers host last season's FA Cup finalists Southampton. Tomorrow, Chelsea face Aston Villa at Villa Park, while Tottenham Hotspur take on Middlesbrough
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      • 190 53 Reuters, PA Sport ARSENAL'S clash at the Hawthorns should be an intriguing one between a gaggle of Highbury teenagers and a battle-hardened West Brom side. The Premier League leaders fielded eight reserves with an average age of 19 in the last round against
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      • 439 54 (Quarter-Finals) BOLTON v SOUTHAMPTON PA Sport. Midfielder David Prutton believes Saturday's win at Liverpool can give Southampton the platform to reach a cup semi-final for the second successive season. Southampton, who finished runners-up to Arsenal in the FA Cup in May, face Bolton in the Carling
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      • 156 54 Reuters ASTON VILLA V CHELSEA: The Blues made their trophy ambitions clear by fielding a particularly strong side in their 1-0 victory at Reading in the fourth round. Taking no chances against First Division opponents, manager Claudio Ranieri threw the likes of Hernan Crespo and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink in.
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      • 432 55 PA Sport. CELTIC FANS CELTIC'S fans received Fifa's Fair Play Award. The Scottish giants made it to the final of the Uefa Cup in Seville last season where they suffered heartbreak against Porto, losing 3-2. The travelling supporters from Glasgow helped create a festive atmosphere in
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      • 117 55 PA Sport. BRAZIL have been named Fifa's Top Team for 2003 after finishing the year ahead in world rankings.# The currenfc-World Cup holders held off > the challenge of France for the accolade, with I Spain coming in third to mark a repeat of last year's results. It is
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        1136 57 Wire Services. REAL Madrid's silky French midfielder Zinedine Zidane has been selected the 2003 Fifa World Player of the Year. The 31-year-old won the prestigious award for a record-equalling third time yesterday after earning 264 points from the votes cast by 142 national team coaches. He beat off the
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      • 210 57 French international Zinedine Zidane won the FIFA World Player of the Year award for the third time on Monday REUTERS 1988 Joins AS Cannes, Scores six goals in 61 league appearances for the club 1992 Joins Girondins Bordeaux. Scores 28 goals in 139 league appearances for the club
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      • 235 57 PA Sport, Wire Services. He is reluctant to publicly discuss religion. When once asked what role Islam played in his life he retorted: "It's because of questions like that that I don't like giving interviews." Zidane's reluctance to discuss politics and religion
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    • 664 58 That's our question to you as we come towards the half-way point of the season. Tell us your choice of the best player and why. ARSENAL: Arsenal have treated us to some truly exhilarating football with Arsene Wenger combining the best of British with the top
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    • 317 59 PA Sport GERARD Houllier remains confident Liverpool can claim a place in next season's Champions League. The Airfield manager is under increasing pressure following Saturday's 2-1 home defeat by Southampton. Liverpool legends Tommy Smith and lan St John have criticised Houllier, especially over his
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