The New Paper, 7 February 2005

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  • 33 1 the new paper MONDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2005 m ft* Singapore Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asial.com.se EmiH:tnp@1^ P Hotline: 1800- 7 33 44 55 MICA (P) 025/03/2004 I tocents 8 111 111! II11 p
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  • NEWS
    • 745 2  -  Compulsory test in English for all maids by April. Supply of suitable maids becomes an issue. Maid agency association calls for hike in salary, placement fee. By Sim Chi Yin simcy@sph. com.hg; PAY higgler wages and agency/ fees anct keep
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    • 439 3  -  ggh SANTOKM SINGH SO what do we want, Singapore? Cheap foreign domestic workers (FDW) who will do basic housekeeping or quality caregivers who may cost more but come with the right qualifications and training? Consider the more than 100 maid deaths in
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    • 425 3 FINDING maids for Singapore has become troublesome, said Indonesian suppliers. Those who are the right age may not have enough education. And those who have enough schooling may not be old enough. According to the Manpower Ministry's entry requirements, all new maids must
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    • 86 3 Is your domestic worker outstanding? Or, if you're a maid, is your employer a real gem? Nominations are open for the "nationwide foreign domestic worker and employer of the year 2004" award, held by Aeas. There will be cash prizes for the top
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    • 128 2 I Training Tomorrow's Psychologists and Bioscientists. I jllL r 4k Central Queensland -JwiNiW The "SoSS*" 1 Braduat* Starting Salairy UNIVERSITY t ißtarnatlonal Enrolmant AUSTRALIA Bachelor of Biomedical Science Advanced standing for Biotechnology, Biomedical Sciences, Medical Sciences and closely 1 allied fields from Polytechnics (16 Feb'os,7pm Broad-based curriculum incorporating Chemistry, Biology
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 993 4  -  EXCLUSIVE In fit of rage, father causes death of month-old twin sons For that, he was sentenced to 8 years' jail 6 strokes of cane But his wife forgives him.Why? By Chan Tau Chou tnp@sph.com.sg OTHERS might move on after such a horrific family
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    • 656 5 SITI treasures memories of Jamil strumming the guitar and singing along to Malay sentimental songs over the radio. "I got him the guitar for our first Valentine's Day together," she said. Jamil was always quiet and polite to his elders. "My aunt says it's
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    • 1084 6  -  As relatives mourn, anger rises over missingjewellery and money of couple MORNING LATEST: By Fatth Teo wenli@sph.com.sg THEIR only child stood in stoic silence between the two caskets. One contained his father's body, the other, his mother's. Nimallankannan, 19, lost both his parents
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  • The news watcher
    • 197 8  - Thaksin victory some dark clouds SETO NU-WEN sttatepkwmjft AS the first Thai leader to be re-elected, Mr Thaksin Shinawatra's landslide win is an historic one. But even as he and his Thai Rak Thai party celebrate their 399 seats (out of 500) in Parliament, several issues need to be dealt
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    • 115 8 Challenge for MalayMuslims WHAT makes a modern Muslim? One who is in touch with his Islamic principles; and yet is able to adapt in a secular society. Malay leaders have attempted to ifeffine what Malays should aspire to be. The Islamic Religious Council here has listed 10 desirable attributes of
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    • 134 8 EXPECT the next US budget to be one of the tightest yet. President George Bush plans to cut spending in up to 150 programmes. The good news though is that Mr Bush plans to keep to his promise to halve the swelling budget deficit in
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    • 101 8 THE number of pirate attacks worldwide last year has gone down but the violence of these attacks have gone up. Indonesia and the Malacca Straits remain the top trouble spots. While the tsunamis dealt a blow to piracy operations, crime syndicates have now entered the
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    • 102 8 SINGAPORE'S 22.6 offshoring projects per million people puts it ahead of 59 other countries, says a study by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). CEOs polled also ranked Singapore as the fourth most attractive outsourcing location, behind India, China and the Czech Republic. The ranking looked
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    • 137 8 Last week: All markets rose. This year's January effect was a weak one with the STI gainingjust 0.1 per cent for the month while the Nasdaq fell 7.7 percent. The government announced health insurance reforms that will add more coverage for persons hit with large hospital bills. Sing
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    • 88 8 THEY are German, and their world is miles away from Malacca. Yet, this couple chose to get married in the traditional Chinese fashion yesterday. The 56-year-old fireman and his wife, a 57-year-old florist, were married in Germany last October. Yet, they wanted to also have a
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 795 9  -  Prize of free makeover and shoot but they're unhappy. Why? By Tan Mae Lynn maelynn@sph. com.sg THEY went for a photo shoot believing they would get a complimentaiy v makeover and some pictures. Later, they were told they would have to pay $1,800 for the photos. Did
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    • 471 10  -  REPORT AND PICTURES BvZaihan MnwiMini 1 Zaihan Mohamed Yusof zaihan@sph.com.sg T seems a little odd I is the only tree left I standing amid an expanse of barren land once lush with vegetation. Joggers say the other trees on this reclaimed land in
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  • NEWS
    • 613 12 Youngsters openly smoke shishas at KL hawker centres restaurants Teenagers in Malaysia are freely smoking flavoured tobacco (shisha) in Arabian-style pipes (the hookah). The teens, who cannot buy cigarettes unless they are over 18, are smoking shisha at hawker centres and food outlets in Kuala Lumpur. The
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    • 189 12 SINGAPORE teenagers who are not allowed under the law to smoke cigarettes have been picking up the shisha habit, not realising that it is also legally considered as "smoking". The New Paper had reported last February that in some shisha joints or restaurants, underaged teens
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 372 13 THEY at first demanded a multi-million-dollar ransom. But they set the victim -r who has alleged underworld links free despite getting less than half that amount. A Malaysian businessman, who owns a chain of hardware shops in the Klang Valley, was released by his
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    • 169 13 SINGAPORE will have to gear up for more competition.. This is because Malaysia's Subang airport will be turned into a maintenance, repair and overhaul hub for aircraft in the region, reported the New Straits Times. Currently, all Malaysian aircraft landing gear is serviced
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  • WORLD
    • 547 14 Neighbours at Natashay Yvonne Ward's apartment complex in Huntsville, Alabama, in the US often saw her walking her three children to school. Though the family kept to themselves, neighbours saw them as a normal loving family. Until last Friday when the three children 11-year-old
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    • 116 14 MS Connie Carnes, executive director ofHuntsville's National Children's Advocacy Center, said help would be offered to the dead children's schoolmates to help deal with grief. "I'm sure there will be some confusion over how three of their playmates could suddenly be gone," she
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  • WORLD
    • 365 16 IT had wanted to become the world's most dynamic economy by the end of the decade. But now the European Union (EU) has abandoned that target and wants to cut the continent's massive unemployment instead. The European Commission's new economic strategy, which promotes deregulation and
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    • 297 17 US govt website lists genuine schools and warns of diploma mills Reuters. A "doctor" who killed an 8-year-old girl by taking her off insulin. "Nuclear engineers" in top-security positions. These are some of the increasing number of people in the US who falsified a degree to
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  • 293 19 WORLD Wire services. THEY all gathered at a mountain hostel for a Saturday night birthday bash. For 18 of them, the evening ended in tragedy, when they died in their sleep from an apparent gas leak. The victims aged between 20
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    • 852 20  -  slang for talent) v f v .y v® i i h > ■■■>'> V ,|f f :...i. V J..|g By Eri Akbar eri@sph.com.sg FOUR years ago, when Eminem stormed the music scene, a 10-year-old girl secretly went out to buy his "mature content" CD
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    • 264 21 EMINEM was called the "Great White Hope" in the gangsta rap circle during his early days. Eminem, 33, may not be a pioneer there was Vanilla Ice in the *80s but he's making history as a best-selling rapper. His albums have sold over 30 million
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    • 495 22  -  By Chang May Choon changmc@sph. com.sg Sometimes, one hit song can go a long, long way. For Sam Lee Sheng-jie, it was his karaoke hit, Absolute Infatuation, which withstood the test of time and eventually earned him a new recording contract after two years of
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    • 369 24  -  MIHARU CHANG chcngmc@sph.com.sg GOING by album sales, Korea's Queen Of Ballads, Lee Soo Young (above), looks set to be the country's favourite singer. She lost out to compatriot Rain in the Favourite Artiste (Korea) category at the MTV Asia Awards last week,
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    • Article, Illustration
      113 25 "Dear Miharu, I'd like to ask ahoutRyoko Hirosue's (pictured) i news. It has been qirite some tone since we all heard from her. Is she still acting?"—Chilli Dear Ch i 11 i, Ryoko made her comeback on TV in a variety show aired in Japan on Dec 23, which
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      93 25 SEXY is the new BoA (picture) image. Clad in skimpy garb for her first compilation album, Best Of Soul, the 18-year-old popster shows off her midriff and legs a far departure from her usual bubblegum image. Get your copy from stores here from tomorrow onwards. FANS of Lee Byung
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      67 25 The Dorama Encyclopedia By Jonathan dements Motoko Tamamura IF you are a big fan of Japanese drama, or dorama, this encyclopedia is a must. It features over 1,000 dorama titles since 1953, ranging from romance to action, horror and samurai. It also has an insight into the history
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  • 718 28  -  Tech Is Canon's y„**' flagship digital SLR camera 1 F V 'I; •WW** It'TrV. 1 1 '"A worth the $14;799 •*T price tag? By Ian Tan tanyki@sph.com.sg I WILL be honest. There is little point in reviewing a $14,799 camera body in this paper.
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  • 298 32 Aussie woman found guilty of selling Duff brew on eßay TECH AP. THE offer was too good to be true selling products that were used by the cartoon family in the hit TV series The Simpsons. A woman was found guilty in Australia of
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  • TECH
    • 310 35 It surges ahead of Japanese giants in digital-camera market AFP. AFTER a stumbling start in filmless photography, Eastman Kodak has chalked up its first win on home soil in the annual digital-camera derby. Helped by a late kick, Kodak surged ahead
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    • Article, Illustration
      363 36 Motorists who talk on handphones while driving have the reflexes of the elderly: US study Reuters. DRIVERS who talk on handphones end up driving like elderly people. They have slower reaction times and a tendency to miss what is right in front of them, researchers at the University
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  • 331 37  -  1 Lunch .'.2* Guide Written by Lunch Guide Reviewer Sylvia Paik Tomorrow is Chinese New Year's Eve. It will be time for the whole family to gather for the reunion meal. Many families have traditional steamboat dinners, eating from the same pot
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    • 252 44  -  By Marc Tan marc@sph.com.sg FORMER Kranji galloper Superb Classic will be hard to topple in the Tunku Gold Cup on Sunday. In his tune-up over the Cup distance of 1,200 m in Race 4 at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, the Cecil Robert-trained six-year-old was hardly extended
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      • 203 45 AP. PHIL Mickelson (left) finished a triumphant week in his second home, winning the FBR Open yesterday by five strokes for his largest margin of victory in a PGA Tour event. Mickelson struggled with his driver somewhat in a final-round three-under 68, but
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      • 572 45 Wire services. AUSTRALIA'S Craig Parry, who played at the Heineken Classic only because his wife prompted him, admitted that he had ridden his luck to defeat compatriot Nick O'Hern in a thrilling play-off. Parry revealed that he had considered not playing as his three
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    • 741 46 EURO KICKOFF: ITALY PA Sport. AC MILAN 2 LAZIOI HERNAN Crespo's priceless poaching, four minutes into injury-time, gave AC Milan a vital win early this morning. The victory moved them to within two points of leaders Juventus in the topsy turvy race for the Scudetto.
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      434 47 SEME A CHAMPIONSHIP RACE PA Sport. PALERMO IJUVENTUSO THE puncture that threatens to derail the Juventus title bandwagon is in urgent need of repair after a r second defeat in four days for the Turin giants. This time at the hands of sorry Palermo. "We gifted Palermo with Brienza's
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    • 840 48 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN BARCELONA 0 ATUETICO MADRID 2 REAL Madrid must be full of smiles, smiles, smiles early this morning. Atletico Madrid threw the Spanish title race wide open when a Fernando Torres brace consigned Barcelona to a 2-0 defeat their first home loss of
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    • 539 49 PRIMERA UGA CHAMPIONSHIP RACE PA Sport. REAL MADRID 4 ESPANYOLO VANDERLEI Luxemburgo led Real Madrid to its sixth straight Spanish League victory to tie a team record and close to within four points of leader FC Barcelona. Luxemburgo has won all six League matches since he
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    • 88 49 CELTIC remain on course for a second successive double after drubbing Dunfermline 3-0 in the Scottish Cup fourth round I yesterday. John Hartson put Celtic I ahead in the eighth minute, with 1 Chris Sutton adding a second two minutes later, before I Hartson put the tie out of
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      • 530 50 MONDAY SOUTHAMPTON 2 (Peter Crouch 36th min, Henri Camara 55) EVERTON 2 (James Beattie 4, Marcus Bent 90) Crowd: 31,509 PA Sport. HARRY Redknapp voiced his frustration with Peter Crouch after the striker's eye for goal cost Southampton dear against Everton.
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      • 475 51 MOM CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER CITY 0 The New Paper's soccer analyst TOHARIPAIJAN tells GARY LIM that it is too premature to talk about Chelsea's losing their grip of Premiership lead IT wasn't down to a poor Chelsea performance. Instead, it was the heroics of Manchester City, particularly
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      • 429 52 CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER CITY 0 MOW* Crowd: 42,093 PA sport. CHELSEA goalkeeper Petr Cech, who has gone 871 minutes without conceding a goal, warned his team-mates to guard against complacency, claiming the Premiership title race is far from over. The goalless draw against Manchester City this morning
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      • 378 52 PA Sport. might pan out for Chelsea and i i WUJOffSIERIMIED: I*v WWvwWMNr WV wVWVfIMfV Mi3vMMdlyM:Aderby United cannot afford to lose and shouldn't. Win, 59pt$ 8 Tiili Tft w nutuwgNitli IMt Pompey will not provide much In the way of opposition away from home. Win, 62pis r
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      • 476 53 Wire Services. THE FA Premier League are to launch an inquiry into claims that Chelsea made an illegal approach for Arsenal's full-back Ashley Cole (right). Cole is alleged to have met Chelsea CEO Peter Kenyon and manager Jose Mouiinho at a London hotel to discuss a potential
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      • 172 53 PA Sport. ASHLEY Cole insists he is committed to Arsenal. The 24-year-old is currently in negotiations on a new contract and has two-and-a-half years to run on his existing deal. Cole told the club's official website www.arsenal.com: "I'm under contract here for another two years so
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      • 224 53 PA Sport EVERTON manager David Moyes believes football is fighting a losing battle to maintain long-established transfer regulations which are proving impossible to police. According to Premier League rules, clubs must gain the permission of other clubs before speaking to players or their agents. The issue of
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      • 109 53 Reuters. JOSE Mourinho (left) insists he has nothing to hide as the FA Premier League launched a formal inquiry into claims that Chelsea's management made an illegal approach for Ashley Cole. Reports also claimed that agent Pini Zahavi, who has a close relationship with the Chelsea hierarchy,
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      • 903 54 Robben plays, Chelsea win CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER CITY 0 Crowd: 42,093 His absence means: Lack of flair Lack of goals Lack of firepower Wire Services. EVERYTIME Aijen Robben limps, all of Chelsea goes "ouch". And, by the looks of things, the Blues could be in pain for
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      • 177 54 Wire Services. ARJEN Robben was certainly missed when Chelsea were held 0-0 at home by Manchester City this morning. Even if manager Jose Mourinho was loathe to put the result down to the Dutch winger's absence with a suspected broken foot, his opposing counterpart
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        52 56 CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER CITY 0 On the pitch Petr Cech may have kept his ninth successive Premiership clean sheet, but it was his opposite number David James who excelledfor Manchester City. He produced a string of stunning saves to keep out Chelsea 1 MONDAY Crowd: 42,093 Ct&9&*fW&B&
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      • 603 57  -  THE PRESSURE PITFALL TV VIEW GARY LIM ggh THE signs were there. They manifested themselves in the form of heated arguments with the referee, expletives hurled in frustration, and animated gestures aimed at the sky. Huff and puff they did. But still, the three points
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      • 314 58 CHELSEA 0 MANCHESTER CITY 0 Crowd: 42,093 PA Sport. CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho will not let anything distract his squad as their season enters a critical phase. Mourinho's side now have a nine-point lead at the top of the Premiership
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        465 58 HOW THE MATCH WENT PA Sport. C listless display against Blacjimn earlier, suffered aildther produced display to 'eara kfcotnt at Stamford BndjjMihis morning. The loss of inapitatfonal Dutch because of afoot injury was clearly evident as the league-leaders created plenty of chances but failed to fiiosfe But Man
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      • 316 58 Reuters. MANCHESTER City boss Kevin Keegan believes Jose Mourinho must be prepared to face' sto&g resistkncdfrom' visiting teams as they press for trophies. "We didn't come here and park the bus," Keegan said. "From front to back, I thought we looked like
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    • 342 59  -  BY Brian Miller npsports@sph. com.sg THEY said last week, the deathwatch might be on. Now, it seems, it's on hold and, what do you know? A reprieve might come. What's with Chelsea? After looking so cosy on top of the tree, the bough looks like it might
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