The New Paper, 16 February 2005

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  • 37 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2005 mm Singapore Press Holdings I Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg Ema|l;tnp@sphcomsg J.UII JOII:I,I,LWCg E»-V mica p) 025/03/2004 I |70 cents I IMII I I 111 1111| 8 *****1 '*****1 the ptper
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  • SINGAPORE
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      873 2  -  More parents seeking support from grown-up children who k. refuse to help By Dawn Chia dawnchia@sph. com.sg IN their old age, more and more parents are seeking support from their children. But not many are having their wishes granted. Heartbreaking stories of poverty and desperation have been presented to
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    • 438 3 THEY were in their 60s, in poor health, and were about to have their electricity supply cut off. When the elderly couple realised that they could not handle their problems any longer, they went to Care Corner Family Service Centre (Queenstown) for
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    • 548 4 WHERE should those with chronic mental illnesses go for follow-up treatment? It could soon be the neighbourhood polyclinic. "Patients with chronic diseases, including chronic mental illnesses, are better looked after in the primary health setting," says Dr Balaji Sadasivan, Senior Minister of State for
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 639 6  -  By Desmond Ng desmondn@sph. com.sg MOST private home owners look forward to an en-bloc sale. After all, the prospect of a profit is usually enough to convince them to sign on the dotted line. But for some unhappy home owners in Kim Tian Plaza, it could
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    • 158 6 NOT everyone will be satisfied during an en-bloc sale. So, what happens if an owner objects to such a sale? According to the Strata Titles Board's (STB) website, a unit owner who has not agreed to the sale can file an objection with the board. He
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  • The news watcher
    • 158 8  -  COMMENT SETO NU-WEN seto@sph.com.sg A STABLE and prospering Indonesia will benefit Singapore immensely. Singapore followed that line while concluding negotiations on an investment guarantee agreement (IGA) with Indonesia yesterday. Singapore businesses can now invest in Indonesia with confidence, for they will have legal protection. In recent months Indonesia
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    • 112 8 DRUG companies will now be allowed to run disease-awareness campaigns. But they cannot use those campaigns to promote their own products. Drug firms run big businesses here, relying on an ageing population and people well aware of maintaining their health. The booming health supplement industry,
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    • 112 8 THAILAND Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to get tough in southern Thailand. Sources at a security meeting held yesterday revealed he wants a crackdown on religious teachers suspected of masterminding violence and full implementation of martial law. Mr Thaksin believes fighting fire with fire works.
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    • 123 8 DRUG arrests have fallen drastically in Singapore. But that does not mean users are not looking for new kicks. Of particular concern to the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) authorities is the surge in the usage of synthetic drugs. They point to the increasing availability
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  • 108 8 A thief in Selangor, Malaysia, thought he was smart. He was quick to snatch the handbag of a woman (right in the picture) at a market in Kajang yesterday. Then his plan was to make a quick getaway on his motorcycle. But the smooth operator's scheme
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  • 143 8 LEADING business figure Mr Wong Kok Siew underwent emergency brain surgery yesterday after suffering a massive stroke. The deputy chairman and chief executive of SembCorp Industries collapsed while entertaining guests on Monday evening. He suffered two brain haemorrhages and is in intensive care at Singapore General Hospital.
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  • 24 8 I Yesterday's action 0/ /o change Close Dow Nasdaq Up 0.42% Up 0.30% 10,8 2,08 37 9 STI Dn 0.07% 2,16 3
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  • SINGAPORE
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      513 10  -  THE NEW PAPER'S By Kor Kian Beng kianbeng@sph. com.sg THAT orange tick you see every day on the cover of The New Paper is a trademark. It's a tick of approval from readers and fellow-journalists for the way we cover human-interest Singapore stories and soccer. And the
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    • 137 10 MR MOHD Ishak is also remembered for covering conflict hot spots such as Iraq and Afghanistan. But the JI school assignment was particularly satisfying for him. Mr Melvin Singh, TNPs news editor, said: "Ishak and Zaihan did the impossible. "They got inside the JI school that gave birth
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    • 135 11 Mohd Ishak's unforgettable snapshot captures horror of Nicoll Highway disaster The New Paper's coverage uncovers hero of disaster We all know about the foreman (Heng Yeow Peow) who lost his life while saving his workers during the Nicoll Highway collapse. We all remember his name,
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    • 447 12  -  Mum of missing girl found at women's shelter speaks to The New Paper By Esther Au Yong and Joycelyn Wong tnp@sph.com.sg SHE had mysteriously disappeared following her driving lesson on Feb 5. Her parents spent sleepless days and nights searching for her and even placed advertisements
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  • WORLD
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      728 16 OLD v YOUNG: WHO'S THE BETTER DOCTOR? HARVARD STUDY SAYS... THE older a doctor, the more experienced he is. But he may not be better. So says a provocative study from the Harvard Medical School that is sure to set tongues wagging in the medical world. According to
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    • 207 16  -  BY Karen Wong karen@sph.com.sg DOCTORS here do keep up with new developments in the medical field. Dr Lee KhengHock, executive director of the Coßege erf Family Physicians, told The New Paper this morning that ifs a "given thing" that doctors have to keep up
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    • 464 17 THAKSIN FOCUSES ON ECONOMY THE man who won his country's elections big is now thinking big on the economy. He wants to propel Thailand into the ranks of developed countries in the region like Singapore and South Korea. To Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra (right),
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    • 417 18 AP. THE little boy's brain tumour was a horror to him and his family. But naming it after a horror character captured the imagination and attention of donors around the world and helped the American boy get a pricey medical procedure for free. Now, David
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  • 256 21 Frantic mum forgets combination lock number WORLD •y THREE-year-old Tiger Fawley thought that a suitcase was the best place to hide when he was playing hide and seek with his 9-year-old sister, Scarlett. He just didn't realise that he would be trapped in it for
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  • Hey!
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      1049 22  -  Showtime&Lifestyle By Jill Lim jilllim@sph. com.sg SLOWLY but surely, the Asian star is rising in Hollywood. And it's not just shining on Lucy Liu, who now regularly gets non-race-specific Jf I roles, like the one ii| she had in Charlie's Angels. Kelly Hu, for one, believes it is
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    • 252 23 Ming-Na The 1993 film The Joy Luck Club made her famous and led to starring roles in films like Street Fighter and '90s sitcom, The Single Guy. Relative silence followed but the Macau-born actress (above) re-emerged as the voice of Disney's Mulan and of Dr Aki
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  • HEY!
    • 192 25 IT looks like Leonardo DiCaprio (inset) is finally ready to hang up his party shoes and enjoy some domestic bliss with Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen (right). The Hollywood actor known for his drunken night outs and strip joint jaunts reportedly said: "I've been with Gisele for
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    • 552 26  -  After breaking his neck in an accident, singer celebrates life in new song By Sheela Narayanan sheela@sph. com.sg FOR a guy with a reputation for being energetic and talking your ear off, Daniel Bedingfield was succinct and tranquil. In a recent interview with The New
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    • 134 29 FOREIGN talents in Mumbai are apparently under some heat from the authorities. The Hindustan Times reported that ever since Iranian-born Bollywood starlet Negar Khan was deported from India, other foreigners like singer Adnan Sami and actress Katrina Kaif are under official scrutiny. Negar, a Norwegian citizen,
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    • 95 29 AAMIR Khan has been receiving anonymous hate mail. It has given the 40-year-old Bollywood actor enough shivers to make a police report. The Indian Express reported that Mumbai police have not released the contents of the letters to the media. The Deputy Commissioner off Police
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  • Tech
    • 566 32  -  Inflict serious pain with brutal methods TECH MAD IAN TAN tartybi@sph.com.sg THE Punisher video game is not for everyone. It has been on sale here for a few weeks now in both PC and Xbox versions, so I assume it has gotten the green
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    • 227 34 AP. MICROSOFT Corp is investigating a malicious program that attempts to turn off the company's newly released anti-spyware software for Windows computers. Mr Stephen Toulouse, a Microsoft security program manager, said the program, known as Bankash-A Trojan, could attempt to disable or delete the spyware
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    • 277 34 Wire Services. STEPPING up its fight against computer threats, Microsoft Corp is to give away a programme to combat privacy-stealing and PC-clogging spyware and other virtual pests. Co-founder Bill Gates also unveiled plans to release anti-virus tools on Tuesday for consumers and make a major
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  • 407 36 Reuters. SO you think it is only your computer that is prone to electronic viruses. In the near future, even your car engine will not be spared as these malevolent codes spread to a far wider range of devices. A survey published by
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  • TECH
    • 632 38 I RECENT STUDY: LAT-WP. YOU can hardly follow the news these days without running into mention of blogs, bloggers and blogging. But many people remain mystified by the blog phenomenon, despite the publicity. Small wonder, because so many news accounts fail to even mention
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    • 441 40 AP. THAT is what the Thai Prime Minister's partymen are saying anyway. The populist policies, deft handling of the tsunami and an improving economy are credited for Mr Thaksin Shinawatra's landslide victory. But the ruling Thai Rak Thai party also
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    • 590 48 KRANJI STAKES B— 1,400 m: Golden Rule (M Kellady) sped over 600 m in 39.8 sec, paced by Man Of Vision (Open Benchmark 401,400 m). The duo cantered first. Steal A Scene (A Fiezan) canter/39.3, fluently. Light Easy (K Sara) and Iron Eyes Cody
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    • 357 48 OPEN BENCHMARK 97 1,200 m: North Flight 36.3. Slow work: River Centaine (M Pumpa), Much Coveted, Golden Ace, Wasabe (K Sara). PROGRESS 1,400 m: Nothateasy (RT Maiden 1,200 m), Zuchero (CSDI 1,200 m) and Breed To Victory (M Pay) canter/36.6, in that order. The
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    • WHIP HAND
      • 161 49 TWO of our best-known gallopers joined the elite millionaire club following the running of last Friday's EW Barker Trophy at Kranji. Seasoned campaigners Que Expresion and Lead To Victory may have had to settle for the minor spots in the Group 21,400 m race, won by
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      • 119 49 WHOEVER is chosen to be our Mystery Tipster on March 13 meeting, which highlights the running of the Committee Prize, will have an unenviable task. Since we introduced the column on Feb 4, our guest tipsters have enjoyed a 100 per cent record in the feature
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      • 154 49 FORMER Kranji-based jockey Johnny Geroudis will be on the move again soon. Now plying his trade at Nad Al Sheba in Dubai, the South African hoop, who turns 33 tomorrow, has secured a three-month licence as a guest rider of the Macau Jockey Club. His
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    • 1092 50 CARLSBERG MALAYSIAN OPEN WORLD OF GOLF JYOTI Randhawa of India is using this week's US$l.2l million (s2m) Carlsberg Malaysian Open to sharpen his game ahead of the Visa Dynasty Cup showdown with Japan in April. Randhawa won all his matches as Asia
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    • 483 51 EURO KICKOFF: SPAIN PA Sport. Barcelona striker Samuel Eto'o believes the problem of racism in Spanish football has escalated to the extent that authorities could never appoint a black referee as fans "would kill him". The Cameroon international, who has retained his
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    • 308 51 Reuters. RONALD INHO (right) turned on the style as his side beat Andriy Shevchenko's XI6-3 this morning (Singapore time) in a tsunami relief benefit match expected to raise 8 million euros (sl7m). The ever-smiling Brazilian gave a virtuoso display of his dazzling skills in front
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      • 552 52 ENGLAND'S TWO CHALLENGERS: BORO NEWCASTLE Wire Services. RAY Parlour is enjoying a new lease of life at Middlesbrough as "father figure" to the club's young players. The former England international believes the future is bright on Teesside and he is delighted to be playing his part under
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      • 373 52  -  STAR EXCLUSI,E By SHOLA AMEOBI NEWCASTLE THERE is no doubt that we now face the most crucial week of our season. The Uefa Cup and FA Cup are our last chances of silverware, so with ties against Heerenveen and Chelsea to come, it's vital that we perform
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      • 370 53 AUSTRIA VIENNA v ATHLETIC BILBAO Reuters. ATHLETIC Bilbao will hope to take their domestic form into the Uefa Cup tonight when they visit Austria Vienna for the first-leg of their last 32 clash. Ernesto Valverde's side have avoided defeat in their last nine Primera Liga encounters
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      • 173 53 PA Sport. AUXERRE travel to Holland to face Ajax hoping to continue their good form in both Europe and the domestic scene. The French outfit, fifth in Ligue 1 having won three of their last five games, are still in the hunt for a Champions
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    • UEFA CUP (3rd Round 1st Leg) VALENCIA v STEAUA BUCHAREST
      • 531 54 Reuters. CLAUDIO Ranieri goes into the Uefa Cup Round-of-32 first-leg tie against Steaua Bucharest knowing that his future may well depend on the outcome. The under-pressure Valencia coach has recently been watching his team implode in the Primera Liga and are in dangeß OF SLIPPING OUT
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      • 206 54 Reuters. PARMA must leave their Serie A troubles behind when they return to European competition in tonight's Uefa Cup clash against Stuttgart. Pietro Carmignani's young outfit are struggling to survive in Italy's top flight and it appears they have accepted the idea
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      349 55 UEFA CUP (3rd Round 1st Leg) SHAKHTAR DONETSK v SCHALKE PA Sport. SCHALKE will be without influential Brazilian duo Marcelo Bordon and Lincolh for the first-leg of their last 32 Uefa Cup clash against Shakhtar Donetsk tonight (tomorrow morning, Singapore time). Bordon is short of match fitness after
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      • 684 56 PA Sport. Manchester united bagged all three points against Manchester City with consummate ease last Sunday. But that was not the case when they played their cross-city rivals at home last November. The goalless draw then was the first hiccup in their drive towards the
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        215 56 PA Sport. RUUD van Nistelrooy (below) could be back for Manchester United at Everton on Saturday. That is if he comes through training without a problem this week. The 28-year-old Holland striker will make a well-timed return to United's Carrington training base yesterday after almost three months on
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      • 685 57 THERE'S fun and games in Jose Mourinho's dressing room and it sums up the camaraderie in the Chelsea squad., John Terry has revealed how he and Frank Lampard are gunning for dressing-room pranksters Mateja Kezman and Aijen Robben after they keep on
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      • 248 57 ATLETICO Madrid coach Abel Resino is making a plea to all Premiership strikers: Beat Petr Cech. Chelsea's superb goalkeeper —just 315 minutes shy of breaking the world record for league clean sheets is closing fast on former Atletico star Resino's incredible unbeaten run of 1,275 minutes.
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      • 141 57 PA Sport. CHELSEA have made a clean sweep of the Premiership awards for January, with the efforts of Jose Mourinho, John Terry and Petr Cech ail recognised by the league's sponsor. Mourinho collects the Manager of the Month award after the Blues reeled off four straight wins. They
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        754 58 THIS LINE-UP: RIGHT OR WRONG? ARSENAL'S STARTING XI AGAINST CRYSTAL PALACEJens Lehmann (Germany), Lauren (Cameroon), KoloToure (Ivory Coast), Pascal Cygan (France), Gael Clichy (France), Robert Pires (France) Patrick Vielra (France), Edu (Brazil), Jose Reyes (Spain), Dennis Bergkamp (Holland), Thierry Henry (France). Substitutes: Phillipe Sanderos (Switzerland), Manuel Almunia (Spain),
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      • 202 58 ITALIAN CUP PA Sport. ATALANTA must turn around a 1-0 deficit in today's return leg against Internazionale if they want to become the first semi-finalists in the Coppa Italia. Inter and Atalanta will rest their top players for the encounter at the San Siro with both
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      • 209 58 SPANISH CUP PA Sport. ATLETICO Madrid coach Cesar Ferrando has promised he will not be taking any chances as his names his side to face Numancia in today's Copa del Rey quarter-final. Atletico are clear favourites against the side who are bottom of the Primera Liga. However,
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    • 579 59 PLAYERS' union boss Gordon Taylor has launched a stinging attack on Arsenal's David Dein for failing to back Uefa quota proposals. The Professional Footballers' Association chief executive refused to condemn Arsene Wenger for failing to include a single British player in his squad for Monday night's 5-1
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    • 455 59 ARSENAL have a handful of English youngsters in their ranks, but the vast majority of their emerging stars are from abroad as shown by their entirely overseas first-team squad against Crystal Palace. The Gunners' reserve team has this season included players from Sweden, United States, Holland, France,
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