The New Paper, 5 January 2005

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  • 27 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 2005 in S pore Kiver: Q) Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 I W Kf I JillTOFll V 1 |the ■new
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    • 40 1 f\, t fHHHO«h v I y p JL fffßt flft. *^fc!f^ ill] M M i i] I£R H KILLER WAVE AFTERMATH S 'pore phor saves Indian villas t i P l OO( rWhat's Michelle Chia doing in S'pore River? I
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  • 622 2 KILLER WAVE... AFTERMATH NEWS Indian working in S'pore alerts his village about tidal wave, they evacuate in time HE killer waves left a trail of PI 1 death and destruction along I the east coast of India. (IKA But one small fishing village escaped without
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    • 203 2 News IQ: Page 9 Hey!: Pages 18-29 TV:Pages 26-27 INSIDE I Dearest daddy, you're a hero/ Pages 4,5 Hawker donates entire $1,000 earnings/ Pages 6, 7 Student power to raise money/ Page 8 Don't delay! Perfect sleep is Just s phone call sway I f 1 M 3t f^All J
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    • 746 4  -  Son writes a poignant note to dad KILLER WAVE... AFTERMATH By Tay Shi'an shian@sph.com.sg IB R Richard Fong was a hero in the lafl eyes of many. IWI He died on the road while on his way to deliver aid to victims of the tsunami
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    • 206 5 "WE lost a good person while he was doing something for a good cause. It's so tragic," said his cousin, Mr Dennis Chan, 50, a store supervisor. The loss hit the Fongs hard he was the only brother for six sisters. More than a hundred people came
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    • KILLER WAVE... AFTERMATH
      • 615 6  -  By Arul John tnp@sph.com.sg J J TS tough work dishing up I bowl after bowl of fish ball I noodles. Hawker Lim Gek Meng says he earns barely $1,000 a month sweating it out daily in these hot, humid conditions. It's hard-earned money that many
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      • 263 6 FOR the next two weeks starting today, staff and volunteers of Assisi Home Hospice and the Mount Alvernia Hospital (MAH) hope to raise $250,000 for the Singapore Red Cross Society's "Tidal Wave Asia" relief fund. The hospital will also match the
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      • 434 6  -  By Zuraidah Nazeer zubaidah@sph.com.sg A RICE merchant yesterday gave what he thought was the best gift to starving tsunami victims rice. Mr Jaffar Sadik (right) brought 400 sacks of rice, weighing 10 tonnes, in two lorries to Singapore Press Holdings' News Centre in Toa
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    • 32 6 I LEARN EFFECTIVE 11 'It H I N E S E mil Business Conversation (Chinese-English translation) Jf" ✓Banking >, Finance i; Accounting Investment Trade /'i Insurance IK ✓Letter Official Document Invitation Letter Report
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  • 781 7  -  Students from all overS f pore joining relief efforts SINGAPORE KILLER WAVE... AFTERMATH By Veena Bharwani veenab@sph. com.sg MEET the JC3s a batch of recently-graduated students who are back at Raffles Junior College (RJC) to help the tsunami victims. They are part of a growing
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 327 8 THE US dollar, which has been taking a beating last year, is expected to fall even further this year. The only thing uncertain is this: How much further it will fall and which currencies will benefit most from the fall this year. Analysts agree
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    • 51 8 store companies C|oS€ ,n US$/Change) Pacific nternet 6.95/-0.11 Creative Technology 14.30/-0.59 Flextronics 13.01/-0.49 Chartered Semiconductor 5.73/-0.27 Stats 5.97/-0.19 Yesterday's Percentage r action change Dow Down 0.92% (98.65 pts) 10,630.78 Nasdaq Down 2.06% (44.29 pts) 2,107.86 4 S+P 500 Down 1.12% (13.52 pts) 1,188.56 ST! Down 0.08% (1.66 pts)
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    • 118 8 YOUTHS should not be afraid to say what they think, says Acting Minister for Community Development, Youth and Sports Vivian Balakrishnan. Urging youths to show "intellectual honesty, moral courage and compassion for fellow citizens and for humanity in general", he said the Government is a lot more
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    • 117 8 SINGAPORE has maintained its No. 2 spot on the 11th annual Index of Economic Freedom, which ranks the freest economies among 155 countries. At No. 1 again is Hong Kong, which has held that position since the study began by American think-tank Thje Heritage Foundation, and The
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    • 118 8 A TOTAL of 4,190 people were made bankrupt in the first 11 months of last year. This is a record 19-year high, says data from the Insolvency and Public Trustee's Office in the Ministry of Law. There was an average of 381 bankruptcies a month, above the
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    • 91 8 UNITED Overseas Bank's (UOB's) high-profile deputy president, Mr Koh Beng Seng, quit yesterday. His resignation comes just a day after the bank stunned the industry by hiring former DBS veteran Chong Kie Cheong as its senior executive vice-president. Mr (Phong's appointment had re-ignited market speculation that
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    • 105 8 BY year-end, the number of export-processing zones (EPZs) secured yards where cars meant for export are kept will go up from six to 12. This will triple their combined storage capacity to about 15,000 units, says the Land Transport Authority (LTA). But more EPZs are wanted.
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    • 120 8 A NEW $8 million ferry terminal at Changi Point opens today, making it safer and faster for travellers to board a boat to Pulau Ubin or Pengerang town in Johor. Its sheltered gangways and floating pontoons can move up to 2.5m with the rising tide, allowing passengers
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 561 9 Some $3b will be spent on Sentosa just to attract visitors to the island by 2012. Infographics journalist CEL GULAPA reporter DESMOND NG bring you an up-to-date guide on what's in store for the island ITS not just glamour girls and shopping centres. Sentosa too
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    • 118 9 Harbour Front Development This will comprise offices, accommodation, cruise and ferry terminals. Spanning 24ha, it will be one of Singapore's largest retail and lifestyle hubs with an office park, cruise centre and the St James Power House, which may house theme pubs and entertainment outlets. Estimated cost: $2
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    • 555 10  -  Up to 70 new names are added to the street directory annually By Chew Feng Yi fengyi@sph.com.sg STAGMONT Ring doesn't have a diamond. But it nas plenty of tar. And now part of it is called Bistari. Confused? Reach for the street directory. Lorong Bistari
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    • 236 10 Know your roads? Take this quiz 1 ANSWERS to the quiz below can the only road in Singapore to Ibe found at the bottom right have two different names. comer. In true testimony to its name, Mr Amaijeet Singh also Marsiling Industrial Estate Road J provided The New Paper with
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    • 209 12 AFP. MR James Wolfensohn (right), president of the World Bank for the past decade, confirmed on Sunday that he will retire from his post later this year. In an interview with the US television network ABC, he said that the time had come
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    • 473 12 AP. MR Brennan Taylor, 34, has a good job, but don't expect him to spend US$200($330)on his daughter's 7th birthday. "I'm trying to set a strict budget for the household," said the web designer from Madison, New Jersey. "It's pretty stressful." j
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    • 333 13 Investors shaken by Fed concern over inflation Wire services. US stocks dropped sharply overnight after minutes from a December Federal Reserve meeting showed that the policy-making committee was concerned about the potential for inflation. The drop placed the msyor indexes well below their 2004 highs and triggered
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    • 320 14 No studies prove claims in ads, say US researchers THERE is little evidence that commercial weight-loss programmes help people lose weight, according to a new study by US researchers. They scoured 40 years' worth of medical journals, contacted weight loss centres and searched other
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    • 146 14 Reuters. EAT healthily, save money. That's what a Dutch health insurer is promising its policyholders. It announced yesterday that it will allow them to claim up to 40 euros ($54) a year for food products it considers helpful in reducing the risk
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    • 411 15 She's 96 and she's the... AFP. THINK that models should be young, glamorous with a porcelain smooth complexion? Get real. Meet Madam Irene Sinclair, 96, the latest model for Dove soap. The Guyana-born pensioner living in London, is appearing on billboards around Britain this month
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    • 231 15 AP. ...FOR now, that is. Under an agreement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Mr Stanford Wallace, known also as Spam King and Spamford, will stop infecting computers with advertising programs until a federal lawsuit against him is resolved. Mr Wallace and
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  • 1087 16  -  Bj mm mm Showtime&Ufestyle g| Shedding her ska-punk roots for the old-world glamour of screen legend Jean Harlow in Martin Scorsese's latest film has made Hollywood sit up By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg GWEN Stefani's time is now. As vocalist of the
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  • 649 18  -  HEY! By Yeoh Wee Teck weeteck@sph.com.sg IT was 3.30 am on Monday morning, and Michelle Chia was getting ready to jump into the Singapore River. For at least 12 hours before the moment, the sky had been weeping alternating between a slight
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    374 20  -  MediaWorks stars say goodbye with hugs and autographs HEY! By Yeoh Wee Teck weeteck@sph. com.sg GOODBYES were foremost on their minds. Gathered at their office on New Year's Eve, the stars and staff members of MediaWorks were not only saying goodbye to 2004 but also to their station.
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  • HEY!
    • 384 22 TSUNAMI TRAGEDY AFTER a slow reaction to the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster last week, Bollywood celebrities are coming out of their glamorous holes to help out. Movie industry bigwigs like actor Vivek Oberoi and actress Aishwarya Rai are doing what they can to help the
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    • 141 23 SHAH Rukh Khan (above) admitted that he had made a mistake in getting mixed up with the Salman Khan (inset) and Aishwarya Rai row. Over two years ago, Shah Rukh, 38, fell out with Salman, 39, after the latter had a fracas with his
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    • 163 23 SHAHID Kapur is counting his lucky stars. He told The Times of India that he and Kareena Kapoor were meant to be in Phuket to film a new movie on Dec 24. HOTEL DESTROYED But the 23-year-old actor asked his director to hold off
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    • 691 24 Page 26 PRIME'TIME TV THE NEW PAPOVWednesday, January 5,2005 Award-worthy watch jjjgb.' I AM starting to believe that Huang Lucky with eligible bachelor Tian x Biren is the most hardworking Ming (Zheng Geping), and Li Xiang L ■I' ac tress in Singapore. with celebrity chef JK Ma (Allan Wu). y
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    • 663 25 THE NEW PAPER/Wednesday, January 5,2005 PRIME TIME T\f 6.00: American 6.30: Singapore 6.00: Totally Spies 6.00: Masak 6.02: One Deed 6.00: 6.00: The 6.00: Lost Cities 6 Idol III: Special Today (News) Apa?— One Lifetime Gensomaden Simpsons —Journey The Final Five QSEEO9IHH Qualifying 6.32: Amazing Salyuld 6.30: The Drew Through
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  • 756 27  -  Tech TECH MAD IAN TAN tonytN@spf).com sg OVER the past few months, there has been a sudden rash of biometric consumer gadgets. From personal digital assistants (PDAs), handphones, keyboards to even door handles, somebody wants you to put a finger to it... and start
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    • 433 42  -  By Michael Lee fnanyan@sph.com.sg BARZURA, the only raced newcomer entered for this Friday's Kranji season-opener, is a country galloper from New South Wales, Australia. From 10 starts, the five-year-old son of TV Heart Throb and Bandarilla scored twice, once at his debut in July
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    • 368 43 NST MOKSHA geared up for Saturday's Maiden event over I,Boom with a nice barrier practice in Ipoh yesterday. Taken out by jockey V Sivan, the last-start Leslie Khoo-trained runner-up jumped out smartly from the gates and then finished just slightly
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      • 108 43 KRANJI-BOUND dual Singapore Gold Cup-winningjockey Mark du Plessis received the perfect farewell gift in New Zealand last Saturday by capturing the NZ5350,000 ($409,500) NZ Herald Auckland Cup at Ellerslie aboard Bazelle. "It's great to leave New Zealand winning a big race like this. It's the first time
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    • 148 44 EXCLUSIVE m\\ [EPL RADHIJAIDI, Bolton's cult hero defender, reveals his likes and dislikes Favourite film? Scarface Favourite computer game? I don't play Favourite book? Koran Favourite film star? Denzel Washington What's playing on your car stereo? French hip-hop, Tunisian songs, and some English music What newspapers do you
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    • 224 45 TRANSFER TRAIL PA Sport. JIRI Jarosik (right) has agreed to a loan deal which will see him join Chelsea until the end of the season his agent claimed. Agent Viktor Kolar insists a deal is in place and is dependent on the CSKA Moscow midfielder
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    • 212 45  -  STAR txCLUSIVE By. JIRI JAROSIK I AM a little bit nervous. My trip to London is the first step to what could be a special time for me. I know that I will start from square once in London and two wonderful years in Moscow will count
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      591 45 PA Sport. BIRMINGHAM: They have formally completed the signing of Burnley striker Robbie Blake in a £1.5 million (s3.lm) deal. The two clubs had agreed a fee over the weekend for the 28-year-old player, who has scored 13 goals this season. Now, Blake has reached agreement with the
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      • 408 46 ARSENAL 1 MANCHESTER CITY 1 Crowd: 38,086 PA Sport. ARSENE Wenger has insisted it would be "criminal" for Arsenal to give up on their title bid even after falling seven points behind leaders Chelsea. Wenger admitted the Gunners' task is now more difficult than ever
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      • 559 46  -  TV VIEW GARY LIM npsports@sf>h rorr sg LIFE as a footballer has never been easy for Shaun Wright-Phillips (right). With his scrawny 1.68m frame, the 23-year-old winger already has enough on his hands making his mark in the robust English game. It doesn't help that he
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      • 683 47 ARSENAL 1 (Fredrik Ljungberg 75th min) MANCHESTER CITY 1 (Shaun Wright-Phillips 31) PA Sport. ARSENAL, who were struggling to come up with the sum to buy Shaun Wright-Phillips before this match, would surely be unable to prise him away from Manchester City now. While the
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      • 74 48 Crowd: 38,086 (Above) Patrick Vieira is forced to mispass after he is harried by Joey Barton. The ball falls to Shaun Wright-Phillips. The City winger lets fly an exquisite shot which gives Manuel Almunia no chance. Robin van Persie's cross is headed on by Richard Dunne. Thierry
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        716 49 DEADLY DROGBA DOES IT CHELSEA 2 (DidierDrogbalsthmin, 17) MIDDLESBROUGH 0 PA Sport. DIDIER Drogba kept Chelsea on course for their first title in 50 years with a first-half double against Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge. The Blues striker struck twice in three minutes as rampant Chelsea ended the holiday
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        723 50 CLARKE: PERFECT CHRISTMAS Crowd: 40,982 PA Sport. CHELSEA agaisto^t insisted the team would continue to focus only on their own results after a perfect Christmas and New Year programme left them seven points clear in the Premiership. The Blues brushed Middlesbrough aside with two goals inside three first-half
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      • 562 51 EVERTON 2 (Alan Stubbs 29th min, Leon Osman 90) PORTSMOUTH 1 (Aiyegbeni Yakubu 31) Crowd: 35,480 PA Sport. AN injury-time winner from Leon Osman (left) got Everton back on track for a Champions League berth after suffering two painful defeats over the holiday period.
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      • 482 51 BIRMINGHAM! BOLTON 2 PA Sport. BOLTON striker El-Hadji Diouf (left) was involved in another spitting row during the first half of tonight's Premiership clash which brought a much-needed win for his team at Birmingham. Diouf put Bolton ahead in the 17th minute, and statements were
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      • 316 52 MANCHESTER UNITED 0 TOTTENHAM 0 Crowd: 67,962 PA Sport. WHILE Man United may have escaped defeat, it remained a bad night for Sir Alex Ferguson and Co. Star man Ryan Giggs (above) limped off with what appeared to be a hamstring strain during the
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      • 245 52 CHELSEA: Jan 15: v Tottenham (a) Jan 22: v Portsmouth (h) Fab 2: v Blackburn (a) Fab 5c v Man City(h) Fab 12: v Everton (a) Fab 26c v West Brom (h) Marcb 5c v Norwich (a) March 19c v Palace (h) Apr h v Southampton (a)
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      • 732 53  -  MANCHESTER UNITED 0 TOTTENHAM 0 A goal is scored when the whole of the ball passes over the goal-line, between the goalposts and under the crossbar, Provided that no infringement of the Laws of the Game has been committed previously by the team scoring the
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      • 540 54 Crowd: 67,962 The whole country knows it was a goal, except the referee. It only re-enforces what I think should be done video evidence. Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger TOTTERHAM manager Martin Jol called for the introduction of video technology after his team were denied victory at
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      • 204 54 Wire services. EVEN Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson is backing the call for video technology to help improve football matches. Ferguson has up to now been against the use of video technology. Ferguson's response came after a linesman's huge blunder deprived Tottenham Hotspur of a match-winning
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      • 104 54 FIFA president Sepp Blatter said he is against the idea of video assistance for offsides but favours electronic devices to decide whether the ball has crossed the goal line. "One thing that is possible and for which we're looking for an acceptable solution is the control of
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      727 56  -  By Brian Miller npsports@sph. com.sg CHELSEA have sealed it. This, you had better believe. Yes, Jose Mourinho has done it and from today, a everything else Sir Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger say is just rhetoric. When Chelsea beat Middlesbrough at Stamford Bridge this morning, they hit the
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