The New Paper, 8 June 2004

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1 65 The New Paper
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      54 2 IT'S TIME TO BE SINGAPORE'S Ist1 st FOOTBALL MILLIONAIRE! f 1 ur,- rr\ i( 5 1v yniit; WAV ta 000 ££>:• I %**y i i"% I i %y* %#r 6 V T* 1 $waF IBS The player who scores r X the most will win $500,000! the helper TNP TICER
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon Try discipline with love
      589 3 Acting Education Minister Tharman: My kids, their Mandarin and their future in China FOUR canes hang in a cupboard in Acting Education Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam's home. They are for his three sons, aged 10,12 and 13 and an 8-year-old daughter. "I bought the four canes a
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      Lock icon Psst, want to buy a passport?
      778 4  -  Serangoon Rd man asks undercover reporter: By Zaihan Mohd Yusof zaihan @sph .com.sg IS there a black market in passports here? The New Paper worked undercover for three weeks to see what would turn up. Yes, Singapore passports are popular in the murky world
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      Lock icon Forgers have a tougher job these days
      173 4 WHILE it used to be possible to get some foreign passports forged, it's harder to forge the new ones. Since October 1999, Singapore International Passports have incorporated digital photos and special ink to foil forgers. In the old days, forgers used simple methods
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      Lock icon Paid for new car... ... and stuck with his old one
      555 5  - Paid for new car... and stuck with his old one By Kor Kian Beng IMAGINE being unhappy that you have two cars. That's the extraordinary situation Mr Christopher Law finds himself in. A year ago, Mr Law, a product engineer, sold his old Porsche to a used car dealer and
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    • Article
      Lock icon More complaints lodged against M Cars Leasing
      311 5 THE New Paper reported on Mar 23 that seven car buyers had lodged complaints with the Consumer Association of Singapore (Case) against M Cars Leasing. They had taken car loans for more than the value of their cars. The buyers claimed M Cars
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      Lock icon Should there be a limit?
      341 7 MPS TAKING UP DIRECTOR POSTS: YES, say companies. No, say MPs. A National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School poll of 102 firms showed eight out of 10 want a limit. However, a poll by The Straits Times of 22 People's Action Party (PAP) MPs
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      Lock icon Sold: Katong house where swimming champs grew up
      129 7 SINGAPORE'S former swimming greats Alex, Roy, Vicky, Patricia and Mark Chan, have at one time, called this white conservation .bungalow (left) home. The house, which sits on a freehold 55,000 sq ft site in Katong has been sold to developer Simon Cheongfor
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      Lock icon Stock watch
      50 7 s'porecompanies ON naspaq (Close in US$/Change) Pacific Internet 10.01/+O.lB Creative Technology 10.14/+0.43 Flextronics 17.15/+0.20 Chartered Semiconductor 8.51/+0.39 Stats 8.44/+0.31 Yesterday's action Percentage change Close Dow Up 1.45% (148.26 pts) 10,391.08 Nasdaq Up 2.12% (42 pts) 2,020.62 S+P 500 Up 1.61% (18.03 pts) 1,140.53 STI Up 0.75% (26.3pts) 1,843.7*.
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      Lock icon 5-power terror drills
      76 7 DEFENCE ministers from Australia, Britain, Malaysia, New Zealand and Singapore have agreed to expand military exercises to include anti-terror drills. The first will be a maritime exercise in the South China Sea later this year. There will also be regular intelligence exchanges on terrorism and other common
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      Lock icon Accident-prone cabs
      72 7 IN the past few months, taxi drivers from the four main cab companies have been in about 70 accidents altogether, a figure which the Land Transport Authority (LTA) considers to be too high. This figure includes cases under investigation, but excludes accidents which were not caused by the
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      Lock icon PM Goh: Freer skies
      75 7 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong has urged governments to remove unnecessary restrictions on air travel to reap the benefits of air traffic growth. He said that restricting access to foreign carriers to protect national airlines, will lead to big losses in investment and tourism dollars. By
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      Lock icon Jurong port's $1b deal
      71 7 SEMBCORP Marine subsidiary Jurong Shipyard has clinched a US$62B-million ($l.OB-billion) deal from Dutch energy company Petrobras Netherlands. The contract is to convert a crude carrier into one of the world's largest oil rigs, which can output 180,000 barrels per day. Work will begin in August and
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      Lock icon Poll not for freesheets
      67 7 ADVERTISERS say that Media Index, a survey for traditional newspapers here, may not be suitable for freesheets like Today and Streats. This is because these newspapers are largely distributed directly to households and some offices or placed at MRT stations and convenience stores. As a result,
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      Lock icon NCSS snubs MLM firm
      80 7 THE National Council of Social Service (NCSS), which manages Com Chest, is 'upset' that a new multi-level marketing firm (MLM) is carrying a listing of Com Chest beneficiaries on its website. NCSS does not want to be associated with the company, apparently because of the controversial
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  • SINGAPORE
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      Lock icon The much loved babe of Chek Jawa
      547 8  -  There was something in the way she smiled and wagged her tail By Desmond Wong destvong@sph.com.sg PRISCILLA, the much-loved wild boar of Pulau Übin's coastal reserve, Chek Jawa, has died. Her passing touched a group of Chek Jawa volunteers so much that they
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      Lock icon Now I tracked 'dead man'
      672 9  -  I wanted justice, says lawyer who blew the whistle By Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@sph.com.sg WHEN he first raised the alarm that a dead man might be alive, nobody believed him. He himself didn't believe the rumours at first because they were just that rumours. Mr
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      Lock icon He handled 'dead man's' estate in late '80s
      187 9 FORMER lawyer Mr Yogendran came to know about the case because he was asked to handle "dead man" Gandaruban Subramaniam's estate in Singapore in the late 1980s. He was handed a Sri Lankan death certificate that indicated Gandaruban died in October 1987
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    Lock icon Test your investing IQ
    795 10  -  See how you fare with these 20 basic and advanced investing questions ASK DR MONEY DR MONEY mumhuniiiii Basic 1 Why is it better to have many investments instead of a few? 2 What is the easiest way to diversify your investments? 3 How much does
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    Lock icon Do we really need Uncle Sam?
    778 12 WORLD Top leaders including PM Goh Chok Tong and SMLee Kuan Yew have said that the US plays a vital role. The world's stability, security and prosperity depends on US involvement. Why? SETO NU-WEN (seto@sph.com.sg) reports FATES INTERTWINED FROM the high casualty rates in
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    Lock icon Rotting flesh, pussfilled wounds
    396 13 That was condition of dogs in breeder's care. He gets $90 fine dogs are returned to him MALAYSIA IT was a dog's life for them. But the 13 dogs finally had their day when their owner was convicted in a magistrate's court in Malaysia yesterday for
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon What a girl doesn't want
      500 15 ...hip-hugging jeans and skimpy tops, that's what, says one US teen who's pushing for 'modest fashion' AP. Eleven-year-old Ella Gunderson is frustrated. The US teenager doesn't want low-cut hip-huggers or skintight tops in her wardrobe. Yes, you are reading this right. Some teens DON'T want
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      Lock icon Fill it up — with recycled veggie oil
      317 16 Fill it up with recycled veggie oil AP. AS car owners across the US grapple with pumped-up petrol prices (US$2 a gallon or 92 cents a litre), some are turning to recycled vegetable oil for a solution. Environmentalists have used vegetable oil for years to cut back on sooty emissions.
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      Lock icon Iraqi petrol: 2 cents US petrol: 46 times more
      418 16 Irony: US taxpayers subsidising Iraqis COMPARE THIS Petrol price in Iraq: 5 US cents a gallon (around 2 Singapore cents a litre) In the US: US$2 a gallon (around 92 Singapore cents a litre) In Singapore: Around $1.40 a litre (before
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      Lock icon Beyonce's chicken wing crazy beau
      371 17 He has special chef follow him everywhere Millionaire j ay -z can afford to eat at the world's finest restaurants. But he is to picky when it comes to food. The Grammy-winning rapper has added a new member to his entourage a dedicated chicken-wing chef,
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      Lock icon TV remote main reason for UK family fights
      213 18 REMOTE RAGE AFP. Football or chick-flick the choice of television programme has become the number one cause of arguments between couples in Britain. Half of all women in a poll released yesterday said they argued regularly with their partner over the TV.
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      Lock icon Temperatures rise over garden fence
      236 18 ROSE RAGE A NEW phenomenon called rose rage is sweeping through UK gardens. According to a poll commissioned for BBC Gardeners' World Magazine, gardens are a source of conflict with neighbours for almost a third of the population. The Internet poll found 28 per cent
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    560 20  -  Tech TGCH MAD IAN TAN tanyhiolsfih.cotn.se FOR picky music lovers, digital technology is often seen as bad news. When audio CDs were introduced in the early 1980s, many lamented the death of analogue records, which people claimed sounded more realistic than "sterile"
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon Trash for cash
      607 24 Old handphones can be recycled for money in the US something that won't bring users big bucks, but can prevent more environmental damage A CAMPAIGN has been launched in the US to urge people to recycle their handphones. That's better than leaving them at home, or worse,
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      Lock icon Handphones now banned in North Korea
      251 26 Authorities fear invasion of 'foreign culture' AFP. IF YOU have a friend in North Korea, and have been trying reach him on his handphone, well, don't bother. North Korea has recalled handphones from its citizens, nearly 1 1 1 years after the service was
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  • TECH
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      Lock icon Now, Hong Kong has fake soy sauce
      272 30 FAKE CLOTHES FAKE WATCHES FAKE DVDs IN a city awash with rip-off DVDs, music CDs and computer software, some Hong Kongers may now be seasoning their lunches with the latest fake counterfeit soy sauce. Customs officials said they have arrested three men after
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      Lock icon Watch Venus cross the sun
      619 32 AFP. HERE'S the chance of a lifetime to get a glimpse of Venus, the planet named after the Roman Goddess of Love. From between noon and 6pm today, people here will be able to witness a rare phenomenon known as the Venus transit as it
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      Lock icon Transit of Venus led to Australia's discovery
      185 33 THE air was perfectly clear, so that we had every advantage we could desire in observing the whole of the passage of the planet Venus over the sun's disk, wrote Captain James Cook about the transit of Venus in his diary while at
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      Lock icon Angry NZ man sends over 80,000 SM Ses
      267 34 He's protesting against a hike in SMS rates Wire services. A New Zealander sent over 80,000 text messages from his handphone last month an average of 2,580 messages a day in protest against a hike in short message service (SMS) rates. Allowing
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  • Hey!
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      Lock icon Men can't get enough of 'lad mags'
      786 36  -  As Maxim S'pore prepares to hit the shelves, other magazines say they are ready to meet the challenge Hey! By Zhou Junlin Wendy Teo ju nlin@sph. com. sg/teowyw@sph. com.sg WE'RE sure you've heard. Maxim, the lad magazine that gives guys the world over
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      Lock icon More babes, more skin, better content, please
      280 36 WHAT do local men want in their magazine? Lots of babes, lots of skin and less censorship, thank you very much, say men's magazine readers. Undergraduate Weng Shurong, 23, hopes Maxim will be more raunchy than the current men's magazines available in Singapore.
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      Lock icon It's a little different, but all the guys love it'
      509 37  -  Rob of Linkin Park on its model track, Breaking The Habit BY Jeanmarie Tan jea n m @sph. com.sg OLD habits die hard, but Linkin Park's latest single proves it can get with the programme. Fans addicted to the Southern
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      513 52 SOUTH AMERICAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS: CHILE 1 (Reinaldo Navia 89 pen) BRAZIL 1 (Luis Fabiano 16) BRAZIL retained top place in the South American zone qualifiers for the 2006 World Cup finals despite dropping two points to a late penalty against Chile in Santiago yesterday
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      240 52 Wire Services. THERE is, indeed, life after Jose Luis Chilavert. And, this point was drummed home yesterday when a 10-man Paraguay side drew 0-0 with Argentina in a World Cup qualifier in Buenos Aires. For more than a decade, Chilavert has dominated the Paraguayan national
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      236 52 Wire Services. BRAZIL coach Carlos Alberto Parreira has criticised the timing of the Cvpa America and said the world champions would rest *M*eral of their top players. The tournament, featuring the 10 South j American nations plus Mexico and Costa Rica, will be held in Peru
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    • EURO FEVER June 12-July 4 FROM THE GROUND
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        778 53 What are the major Euro 2004 sponsors doing to whip up the fever for fans here? What have they tied up using their official connections with the world's second-biggest soccer tournament? How hard has it been to arrange accommodation and tickets for contest winners and
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        133 53 TIGER Beer, a name synonymous with local soccer, is also organising activities in conjunction with Euro 2004, with winners standing to make a million dollar fortune. The "first-half" of the Tiger Beer Millionaire Challenge ran from May 3 to May 31, offering $500,000 to anyone who could
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        615 54 SPAIN v PORTUGAL With such a rich history of maritime exploration, and such closeness in geography, it is only natural that the Iberian neighbours became great rivals, in politics, commerce and, eventually, sports. Spain, with the titans of soccer in Real Madrid and Barcelona and, now,
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        1139 55  -  In the second part of our series on the most recognisable star from each of Euro 2004's top teams, our guest analysts, writers and tipsters argue if that star player is simply going to be a hero or a dud for his country. Today,
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        322 57 Reuters. EURO 2004 will provide Ruud van Nistelrooy with the chance to display the uncanny goalscoring talents that have made him such a hit at Manchester United. With injury ruling him out of Euro 2000 and his country failing to qualify for the World Cup two years
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        237 57 NAME: Ruud van Nistelrooy POSmON: Striker FROM: Holland BORN: 01/07/1976, Oss HEIGHT: I.BBm WEIGHT: 80kg HONOURS: The complete striker, van Nistelrooy combines determination with strength, ball-playing ability and lethal finishing. One of the most feared attackers in wbrid football, he made his debut for Holland against Germany at
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          299 58  -  By MARC OVERMARS HOLLAfsK) IT IS being said that Holland are in disarray after our 1-0 defeat against Ireland but that is not the case. This is what pre-tournament friendlies are all about trying to find the right formation and formula. We may not have clicked
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          112 58 Reuters. IT makes perfect soccemomics: The Dutch soccer team deserve to win this month's European Championship because the Dutch economy stands to benefit most. On the other hand, England and Bulgaria least deserve to win as their economies are fine. Dutch bank ABN AMRO's economics department makes
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          397 58  -  La LARSSON LARSSON THE European Championship is a stage that every footballer wants to perform on. This is a massive tournament and, for Sweden, it is a chance to forget Euro 2000. We did not play to our potential in those Finals, losing to Italy
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          233 58 PA Sport. HE may have one of the best scoring records of all the strikers playing in Euro 2004. But Fernando Morientes believes he is not a certainty in Spain's starting line-up. He has an impressive record of 22 goals in 33 games for
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        286 59 AP. PORTUGUESE winger Cristiano Ronaldo has defended his individualist playing style. Some critics charge that he lacks team spirit. But he argues it is sometimes called for in football. "Sometimes people accuse me of excessive individualism, but I think it is for a reason," he
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        115 59 AP. PORTUGAL'S star midfielder Luis Figo missed a morning training session yesterday with the rest of his team-mates due to a light leg muscle strain. The 31-year-old Real Madrid player was confined to the gym at Portugal's training camp at Alcochete, some 25 km east of Lisbon.
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        170 59 Wire Services. NO SEX PLEASE CROATIA'S players have been warned against indulgingin "acrobatic" sex during the build-up to the tournament. Team medics have given them the green light to romance their partners but only within the confines of "normal" sexual behaviour, less they get muscle injuries. PERSONALISED BALLS
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        748 60 PA Sport. Michael Owen win undoubtedly spearhead England's f attack at Euro 2004 and is ,jf likely to be partnered by Wayne Rooney following the Everton M youngster's double jflr against Iceland last Saturday. But manager Sven-Goran H Eriksson does appear to established the f J
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        399 61 WHEN England finalise plans for a major tournament, there is usually some controversy. In 1990, it was the mass blanking of the media. In 1996, it was the dentist's chair drinking incident. In the last World Cup, it
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        308 61 AP. DAVID Beckham alilacty is the epitome of style. And now, the midfielder and his English team-mates will team up with Giorgio Armani at Euro 2004. The Italian designer yesterday unveiled the formal and casual outfits the England players will wear when they are not training or
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        309 62 PA Sport. GARY Neville drew on the lessons of Euro 96 to warn England's youngsters to conserve their energy during the European Championships, or risk mental Neville is one of just four survivors from the squad who took England to the brink of success eight years ago, only
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        133 62 PA Sport. ,«/> < rl«?■; tl?- >v. '•'<•• *Pr«* DEFENDER John Terry is facing a race against time to be fit for Sunday's Euro 2004group opener against France. f However, even though the centreback's hamstring injury is ctearty now a cause for genuine ruled him f^o^s S
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        343 62 Wire Services. FORMER England captain Alan Shearer is backing Paul Scholes to end his goal drought on the international stage and take Euro 2004 by storm. Shearer himself went into Euro 96 on the back of 12 internationals without a goal amid calls for him to be dropped.
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        168 62 Wire Services. MICHAEL Owen says he would not shirk the responsibility of taking penalties for England despite his terrible spot-kick record at club level. Owen has missed 10 of his last 23 for Liverpool and has been usurped by Danny Murphy as club penalty-taker, but he
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      513 63 FRANCE v ENGLAND Monday, 2.35 am (on TV) Wire Services. THE French fear no one. Not Michael Owen. Not even Wayne Rooney. And, if England want to believe they can breach France's back four, then they do it at their own risk. Because, when all's done, England's
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      40 63 Dm NBA (FINALS) LAKERS v PISTONS Ch 23,8.30 am, Friday EURO 2004 PORTUGAL v GREECE Ch 21 5,11.50pm, Saturday SPAIN v RUSSIA Ch 22,2.35 am, Sunday SWITZERLAND v CROATIA Ch 22,11.50pm, Sunday *AU LIVE unless specified TV listings provided byTelecasler
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