The New Paper, 13 April 2004

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    35 1 the new paper WE'RE SINGAPORE'S NO.1 TABLOID TUESDAY. APRIL 13. 2004 Press Holdings Website: newpaper.asia I.com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Hothine: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MITA (P) 025/03/2004 70 CENTS 8 *****1 *****1 the new paper
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    Lock icon Three daughters serve in Iraq, one twin dies
    543 2 NEWS AP. THE Witmer family was very familiar to television viewers in Wisconsin, US. That's because all three daughters have been serving in Iraq. All three joined the National Guard to help pay for college. Now the family must bury one. Father
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Leave if not happy Welcome them
      938 4 FACE-OFF IT was a controversy waiting to be ignited. A flame war has erupted in cyber-space after a posting by a China student was reported in The New Paper on Sunday two days ago. The 18-year-old student, who goes by the nickname "diab*****4", also
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      Lock icon CHINA NATIONAL: Ask not what Singapore can do for you
      383 4 SOME Chinese nationals rallied around the China student who said "Singaporeans' brains are fed with pigswill". One forum writer said: "We don't deny that there are some Singaporeans who are good, at least they don't look at China people differently.
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      Lock icon What MPs say
      308 5 BukitTimah MP Dr Wang Kai Yuen (right) This sounds like a teenager venting his frustrations on a website for Chinese students. It may not necessarily be a reflection on all Chinese students. I feel that it's regrettable that he has not had the chance to have a
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      Lock icon You're now entering the twilight zone ...of a shopping mall
      1116 6  -  Plans to attract more visitors to Chinatown are already in place. A new night bazaar with more than 200 stalls selling a mix of antiques, aits and crafts and fashion accessories will start in June, snaking from Pagoda Street to
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      Lock icon It's the same story here
      336 6 TENANTS at two other malls appear to be just as badly affected. Over at Basement Two of Lucky Chinatown (opposite People's Park Complex), despite the clean and spanking new look of the place, there were hardly any shoppers, even on a Sunday afternoon. Mr Mark
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      Lock icon This 'umbrella' prevents strokes
      402 7 Top cardiologists from around the world were in town recently to discuss the latest advances in the field of heart care. Reporter TEH JEN LEE and infographics. journalist CEL GULAPA look atone interestingdevM FOR the first time, a tiny plug that can help prevent strokes has
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      180 8 it Jt lUi v J 4 I) </ V I i; j Think you're Singapore's biggest EURO fan? Prove it at the Hard Rock Cafe audition on 16 April at Bpm! f w IT** And win a trip to the UEFA EURO 2004™ Grand Final in Portugal. Show us yom
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Mister Wedding's death draws 600 mourners
      574 9  -  100-year-old US pastor's death touches many here By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph.com.sg HE was a bachelor who had never tasted married life. But that didn't stop Pastor John Bordi Willis from being a blessing to many married couples here. The Bartley Christian Church (BCC)
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      Lock icon HE WAS LOVED BY ALL
      228 9 Pastor Willis wasn't only well loved among the couples he helped marry. Others were equally fond of him. He would continue to shake everyone's hands at the church's entrance every Sunday morning before the service, even when he was already wheelchair-bound. And though he never
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      Lock icon Thanks to TNP readers...
      518 10  -  She now has her own set of wheels REPORTS AND PICTURE By Sim Chi Yin tnp@sph.com.sg DISABLED Malaysian teen Wong Lee Foong finally has a new set of wheels after 10 years of sitting in a child-size pram. And that's thanks in part to The New
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      Lock icon A SEAT FOR EVERY DISABLED CHILD
      186 10 THAT'S what the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore wants. It's been making customised vinyl-covered foam seats for children with cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy since 1985, said association executive director Edmund Wan. The association has a "seating workshop", run by three staff members, making
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      Lock icon Cossstly missstake
      419 11  -  By Teh Jen Lee jenlee@sph.com.sg SINCE the beginning of this year, three people have been caught in possession of illegal reptiles. The first two cases happened in January and involved iguanas, geckos and star tortoises. The owners were fined $300 and $100 respectively. But in the third and
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      33 12 Reality TV, rTf S'pore style Singaporeans may be ready to take on reality TV-type challenges. But are the organisers up to it? The New Paper's Hey! team asks the question on Page 34.
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    Lock icon BOOM! Then van ablaze in Hougang carpark
    225 13 SINGAPORE IT happened so quickly he could only stand and stare in shock. The driver had just eased his delivery van into a parking lot between two cars. Minutes after he alighted, smoke began billowing from the bonnet. Suddenly, a deafening explosion was
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      Lock icon 'Plain girl who achieved nothing'
      862 20 BECKHAM'S 'SINGAPORE FLING' SO SAY FRIENDS MALAYSIA-born model Sarah Marbeck may be the talk of the town. But, if friends of hers are to be believed, the 29-year-old was leading an obscure life in Melbourne till recently. Ms Marbeck was in fact a part-time student
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      Lock icon Aunt: She gave her strict family trouble before
      552 20 I PARENTS IN SPOTLIGHT AFTER retreating into their modest Perth home for 26 hours, Ms Sarah Marbeck's parents finally ventured out looking tense and upset yesterday. They were thronged by the waiting media as they stepped into their car. Mr Terrance Marbeck
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      Lock icon A sad, sad sham
      669 21 Teen pop duo not lesbians Each earns only $500 a concert Families living hard lives But manager living in luxury THEY courted controversy with their sexy videos and lesbian antics on stage. And their latest single, Not Gonna Get Us, is still getting airplay here. Just
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      Lock icon Chinese kidnapped in Iraq freed
      276 22 AFP. SEVEN Chinese citizens taken hostage in Iraq were released late yesterday and were being looked after by an Islamic clerics' group, state media reported. The seven workers, who were reportedly fishermen and farmers back iirChina, entered Iraq from Jordan early on Sunday. They were
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    Lock icon 'Crime-fighter' mistakes robbers for cops
    260 23 MALAYSIA SHE is a widow in her 50s. And she's earned a reputation among the residents of her posh Bangsar neighbourhood as a crime-fighter. But Tunku Zahiah Sulong never dreamed that she'd be robbed in front of her home, reported Malay Mail. To add insult
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      Lock icon No law degree but she fools court for two years
      303 24 SHE hasn't even cleared her first year exams as a law student. But she has acted as a lawyer in Australian courts more than 100 times in two years. She appeared in front of judges in the Supreme Court, at
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      456 25 Brothers from US fool Canadians Claim they were brought up in forest TWO brothers from California, US, have taken the mickey out of the Canadian press and caused a lot of red faces among Canadians with their elaborate hoax. They are now facing the wrath of
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    Lock icon HK gang puts fake cash in terminals
    345 27 Banks shut down machines WORLD THEY deposited money at the banks. But the banks did not welcome that kind of cash the fake kind. A gang has made a rash of fake deposits at the quick deposit terminals of HSBC and Hang Seng
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    Lock icon 'I saw women fall.... they didn't get up'
    316 29 FREE SARI TRAGEDY WORLD THERE were about 15,000 people in the tiny park in Lucknow, India. They were there yesterday to collect free saris. And as the organisers began throwing out saris, the women surged forward. Suddenly a child fell. His mother
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  • NEWS IQ
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      Lock icon A new gem: Marina Bay bridge
      202 30 ITS beingteuted as "the new jewel'of€Bagfepore". A new bridge across Marina Bay, along with the area's waterfront promenade, is set to be developed. An international hunt for the best design of the promenade is now on. The 280m-long bridge for V pedestrians and vehicles
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      Lock icon New Sing $ policy: Stock market dips
      268 30 New Sing policy: Stock market dips NEWS of a stronger Sing dollar has hit the Straits Times Index yesterday. The local bourse dipped below the 1,900 mark (see chart below), as investors were fearful of local exports being more expensive, and therefore, less competitive after the change in monetary policy.
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      55 30 S'POBECOMPANIES OK NASDAQ (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 12.67/-0.121 Creative Technology 10.92/-0.09 Flextronics 18.3/+O.lB Chartered Semiconductor 10.39/+0.12 Stats 10.31/-0.15 Yesterday's Percentage C l ose action change D< Hi SS1 3W asdaq i-P 500 c Up 0.70% (73.53 pts) Up 0.61% (12.60 pt$) Up 0.52% (5.90 pts) Down 0.19%
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      Lock icon Changi picks up
      75 30 CHANGI Airport has recorded its first increase in weekly flights since Sars hit Singapore a year ago. It handled more than 3,400 flights a week on average last month, thanks to extra flights introduced by 12 airlines, including SLA. Another boost came from the pick-up in the
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      Lock icon Private schools get OK
      72 30 The Chinese High and Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) have been given the go-ahead from the Ministry of Education to set up private schools next year. Both schools aim to open in January and will offer programmes starting at Secondary 1. Hwa Chong International will prepare students for
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      Lock icon Roundtable disbands
      66 30 THE Roundtable, a pioneering political discussion group here, has disbanded after 10 years. The group, set up in 1993 by 10 professionals, had aimed to give Singaporeans a non-party-affilitated space to discuss national issues. This, it has carried out, it said, and having achieved its objective, its work
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      Lock icon Newton hawker scam
      81 30 A NEWTON hawker stall has been slammed by the National Environment Agency for inflating the bill of 25 diners. The group, which included Japanese tourists, paid $880 for six bowls of shark's fin soup and five plates of abalone at Newton Food Centre on Mar 3. These
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      Lock icon Shoplifting on the rise
      78 30 MORE people are shoplifting here with the number increasing to 5,252 last year a 4 per cent rise over 5,050 in the previous year. Many are attracted by the Great Singapore Sale as there were 94 cases during last year's Great Singapore Sale from May 30
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      Lock icon MLM safety net
      74 30 IT has low start-up costs, offers flexible hours, good returns, and does not discriminate against age. Many Singaporeans in their 40s and 50s are turning to multi-level marketing (MLM) as a source of supplementary income. Last year, about 100,000 Singapore residents were in MLM up from 40,000
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  • Are we ready for reality TV type of challenges?
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      Lock icon Are we ready for reality TV type of challenges?
      1209 31  -  By Wendy Teo teowyw@sph. com.sg ARE you ready to outlast, outwit and outplay? Many Singaporeans are, it seems. From playing castaway in a pool, surviving altitude and motion sickness to live in a cable car for a week, to digging around
      Pictures/ Kelvin Chng. The Straits Times; Picture/ Choo Chwee Hua  -  1,209 words
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      Lock icon Other challenges S'poreans survived
      152 31 Surviving The Sky To live in a cable car cabin for seven days while it travelled continuously between Mt Faber and Sentosa for the $50,000 grand prize. Organised by the Singapore Cable Car for its 30th anniversary. ■Subaru Impreza All-Wheel Drive Challenge To plant your hand
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      Lock icon Michael learns to...
      439 32  -  translate Chinese songs into English make electronic dance music 1 become a lawyer Find out who learnt what! By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg HONG KONG Heavenly King Jacky Cheung has found fans in the unlikeliest place Denmark. Thanks to Danish band Michael Learns To Rock, his karaoke hit
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      Lock icon 'We are like kids'
      367 33  -  M'SIAN SINGING DUO AIAI NURUL --ft .> V- By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg SHE has been said to look more like his older sister than his wife. But Nurul, who's two years younger than her hubby Ajai, is not bothered by it. After all, the famous Malaysian
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      Lock icon This goon squad not goofy enough
      507 34  -  By; Tan Dawn Wei dawntan&sph.com.sg tk NYONE who grew up in the '70s mjk watching Starsky Hutch wouldn't recognise TVs coolest buddy cops in Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson. The red and white car's there, the crotch-hugging pants, the sneakers, even the perm. But
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      Lock icon FAST FACTS
      175 34 The costume department went to great lengths to match the costumes with the TV show's, down to Starsky*s rings, the cut of the jacket, the jeans and even the shoes, which were all remade. Said Ben Stiller: *"1116 outfits were definitely tight... But it does give you a
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      505 48 READING 0 NORWICH 1 PA Sport. THE last thing a referee ever wants to do is to come in the middle of a controversial goal. Certainly not in having a hand in the match-winner! Referee Neale Barry had an unhappy experience at the Madejski Stadium early this
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      114 48 CRICKET: Reuters. WEST Indies captain Brian Lara became the first man to score 400 in a Test innings on the third afternoon of the fourth and final match against England. Lara, who had earlier passed Matthew Hayden's world record individual test score of3Bo, swept off spinner Gareth Batty
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      340 50 AFP. MANCHESTER United's hopes of overhauling Chelsea to clinch second place in the Premiership and automatic qualification for next season's Champions League have been hit by an extension of Ruud van Nistelrooy's (right) injury lay-off. The free-scoring Dutchman had been expected to return
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      267 51 TEAM UPDATE MAN UNITED v LEICESTER: KEY striker Ruud van Nistelrooy will be missing for Manchester United. He failed to recover from a knee injury. But the big boost for the Red Devils comes with the return of midfielder Roy Keane who missed the win at Birmingham.
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      1096 52 AND DAVE JONES BLASTS REF WOLVES 1 (Henri Camara 44th min) BOLTON 2 (Henrik Pedersen 43, Kevin Davies 90) Crowd: 28,695 MIDDLESBROUGH 3 (Juninho 23rd min, Nemeth 32, Maccarone 49) SOUTHAMPTON 1 (Beattie 70) M Crowd: 30,768 PA Sport. Furious Wolves manager Dave Jones branded referee Uriah Rennie
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      543 52 WHILE BRUCE SLAMS REF PA Sport. FURIOUS Birmingham manager Steve Bruce admitted he was baffled by referee Barry Knight's decision to send off goalkeeper Maik Taylor for handball outside his area in first-half stoppage time at Portsmouth. It led to a free-kick which Dejan Stefanovic drove past deputy
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      649 53 TOTTENHAM 1 (Jermain Defoe 52nd min) MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Nicolas Anelka 25) B Crowd: 35,282 PA Sport. TOTTENHAM fans called for the head of acting manager David Pleat for the first time this season as their team came from behind to earn a point against fellow stragglers City. Nicolas
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      312 53 PA Sport. DAVID Pleat shrugged off the criticism of Tottenham fans who called for his head shortly before half-time of their 1-1 draw with Manchester City at White Hart Lane. The supporters were having a go which is their right," said acting manager
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      792 55 LIVERPOOL 0 CHARLTON 1 (Shaun Bartlett 63rd min) Crowd: 40,003 LIVERPOOL: Dudek, Riise, Henchoz, Hyypia, Carragher, Kewell, Gerrard, Hamann, Diouf (Smicer 57), Owen, Heskey (Baros 57) CHARLTON: Kiely, Kishishev, Hreidarsson, Young, Powell, Fortune, Holland, Jensen, Konchesky, Johansson (Euell 86), Bartlett PA Sport. LIVERPOOL'S Champions League dreams
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      636 56 VILLA 3 CHELSEA 2 IT wasn't too long ago when they were soaring. They had beaten Arsenal in that "All-England" Champions league quarter-final. Suddenly, it seemed, the Chelsea Express was on a fast track. Claudio Ranieri was the toast of the town. Chelsea
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      22 57 CLUMSY, SLACK SLOW VILLA 3 (Vassell 39th min penalty, Hitzlsperger49, Lee Hendrie 52) CHELSEA 2 (Crespo 11,90) Crowd: 41,112 -j I r
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      52 58 VILLA 3 CHELSEA 2 YOU FOOL: That s probably what Chelsea boss Claudlo Ranlerl (far right) must be thinking o1 his defender Mario Melchlot, whose silly act resulted In a penalty for Villa (see graphic on facing page). That goal started the Chelsea rut
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      611 58  -  TV VIEW ERNEST LUIS r*r v CHELSEA may have beaten Arsenal in an epic Champions League quarter-final last week. And they may have been held to a draw by Middlesbrough over the weekend. But they cannot be forgiven for walking to Villa Park last night and acting
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      402 59 IT was to be a romp in the park. Second versus ninth. An easy three points which would have helped Chelsea's Premiership cause. But, what do you know? After having got all dressed for the party, Chelsea forgot what they had to do. So they waved their wands,
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