The Straits Times, 10 January 1999

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  • 540 1  - Reasoning tests for university applicants SANDRA DAVIE By*. From 2002, Scholastic Assessment Test results will make up 25% of entry scores, a panel has proposed THOSE who hope to enter the two universities here from year 2002 will have to take reasoning tests nowused for admission into American universities, going
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  • 588 1 New team will be my legacy, says PM SUCCESSION AFTER YEAR 2000 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong wants to leave behind a team of successors to keep Singapore going, as his contribution to the country. In an interview with Television Twelve aired last night as part of a programme on
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    • 323 1 Abdullah Badawi may he next Prime Minister, says Mahffiir-^ha^ad page 2 Km Mm^saßlm™maßl m^aa^ B^UanPaFißiM BFf%f Wm as/ «t Bj *M%£ BE J ltMtF* ■Bi BJ^S. a ßL3e^ \m' i^» -B^ai bbb»' *^bb*TT?sk^^ jaßf/I^s aE."* Kg ."sfl G^^aß a^ ajj|g^^^^Bß BK^Smbv bXI **%^b« i (jSb^^a* Kim' 'Ta i ,4.- 1
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  • PRIME NEWS
    • 431 2 He indicates that his new DPM is likely to succeed him, and says giving up the Home Ministry will lighten his load 'l HAVE HAD THREE DEPUTIES WHO DIDN'T BECOME PRIME MINISTER. NOWADAYS, IT'S DIFFICULT TO SAYJ'M SCARED TO SAY, BUT NORMALLY, YES.
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    • 84 2 Keeping it ail m the family are these siblings bom Greenridge Primary, in Bukit Panjang. Among its 400 Primary 1 pupils, 255 have an older brother or sister showing them the ropes. From showing them where to line up during assembly to holding their hands during recess
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    • 349 2 WASHINGTON The Senate averted a possible showdown over President Bill Clintons impeachment trial, approving a bipartisan plan that calls for opening arguments this week and deferring a decision on witnesses until later in the month. Republican majority leader Senator Trent Lott also promised
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    • 73 2 IN OUR report yesterday. "Health-care budget set to double by 2030", we said that the Government spent roughly S4 billion on health care in 1.997. This is incorrect. The S4 billion is in fact the total national expenditure on health care, which includes spending by
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    • 677 3  - Courts score high for speedy work TAN OOI BOON 1* E N IN G F LEG A L YEAR 1999 Bu They have shortened drastically the waiting time for cases to be heard whi e resolving many others through means like mediation, says CJ Yong Picture: 'TO THINK THAT NO
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  • WORLD
    • 120 4 Sick of it all Politicians self-deluding Politicians like to boast that our heakli service is the envj of the world They are deluding themselves. It isn't' Consultant cardiologist, Dr Duncan DTBMfIM how can there be no beds? t am devastated I can't believe that in a civilised country there are
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    • 570 4 Hospitals are facing immense difficulties coping with patients because of a serious staff shortage and a severe outbreak of the flu LONDON The British government has admitted for the first time that the National Health Service (NHS). the jewel in the ruling Labour Party's historic
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    • 157 8 Protests dog Blair in S. Africa CAPE TOWN Police used toargaa and stun grenades to disperse Muslim demonstrators on Friday during protests sgainsl British Prime Minister I'onv Blair's first official visit to South Africa. Police confirmed that three people were injured, but the demonstrators failed to get anywhere near the
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    • 548 8 Key officials in Iraq killed in recent air raids US intelligence estimates that 1,600 of Saddam's elite Republican Guard troops were also wiped out WASHINGTON US intelligence indicates that last month's damaging air raids on Iraq killed key government officials and have left President Saddam Hussein increasingly desperate, the Pentagon's
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    • 308 8 Life term for man who gave Aids to son ST CHARLES (Montana) A man found guilty of injecting his 11-month-old son with blood tainted with the Aids virus was sentenced on Friday to life in prison by a judge, who said real justice might come only if the defendant burned
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    • 159 8 COCOA BEACH (Florida) Two children jealous ol then father's new girlfriend shot her to death after planning her murder for two weeks, and arranged the crane seem 1 to make it look like an accident, police said on Thursday. A 1.3-year-old girl and her 12-year-old
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    • 373 9 There is every likelihood that there will be further large bombs and other kinds of attacks and more must be done to stop them, says report WASHINGTON Special panels set up to investigate the bombings of two US embassies in Africa have called
      New York Times; Washington Post; AFP  -  373 words
    • 47 9 are not AN6ELS, They Charlie's Angels but Angels, nonetheless. The undated photograph (top) from Spanish-language Telemundo television shows actresses from the show Angeles (Angels) striking a pose similar to that in the popular 70s' American show. Above are the three actresses from Charlie's Angels.
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    • 174 9 PARIS Everywhere else in the world. "Euroland" has caught on as a brief and handy collective nickname for the 11 countries that are phasing out their national currencies in favour of the euro. But everywhere else is not France. Not especially the Academic Francaise. which
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    • WORLD FILE
      • 50 9 BRITISH carrier British Airways will install heart defibrillators and cardiacmonitoring devices on board several of its planes in case of passenger emergencies, the company announced on Friday. The electrocardiogram equipment, for monitoring heartbeats, would he linked to specialists on the ground via a satellite. AFP
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      • 68 9 ARGENTINA'S biggest supermarket chains have asked the government 1 for protection after a spate of nn identa m wiucfa mobs of poor people have forced them (0 gIVC out food, the industry said on Friday. The mollS have appeared Bt supermarkets throughout Argentina run b) tag
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      • 80 9 L\W tMitorcrment and intelligence officiala said on Fricla\ that the] remain adamanth opposed to shortenina tin- life sentence ol Jißiathan Pollard, a tJnntT Navy intelligence analyst convicted of spying for Israel. Last month, the White House asked the agencies to submit their recommendations on
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      • 65 9 A NEW study of census data shows that the number of immigrants living in the US has almost tripled since 1970, rising from 9.6 million to 26.3 million today and far outpacing the growth of the native-born population. As a percentage of the population. immigrants
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      • 57 9 A 63-YEAR-OLD suspected paedophile was hospitalised after Being attacked bv the mothers or his alleged victim-, at the main courthouse in the northern town of Antwerp on Friday, judicial sources said. The six women rained blows on the Dutchman in front of a police officer
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    • 298 10 The sophisticated anti-missile weapons are operational in the troubled region of Kashmir and the northern desert state of Rajasthan NEW DELHI India has deployed a USSI billion (Ssl.7 billion) air-defence artillery system procured from Russia, according to a report here yesterday. The Business Standard daily,
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    • Article, Illustration
      12 10 Model family man Wakanohana stunned the sumo world last week.
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      143 10  -  Kwan Weng Kin Wakanohana leaves wife after quarrel CHAMP BACK TO SUMO STABLE JAPAN'S conservative sumo world was rocked last week by the revelation that Yoko/.una (or Grand Champion) Wakanohana has been living apart from his wife since the end of last year. Wakanohana, who was elevated to the
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      135 10  - INDON E S I A Derwin Pereira ENVOYS AND POOR VISIT GUS DUR WHEN Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, had an open house recently, his visitors were not only local politicians and foreign envoys, but also parents who wanted a name for their newborn children and
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    • 130 10  -  Luz Baguioro CAR WOES OVER FOR ESTRADA AIDE HE HAS been in his job for the last five months but some guards at the presidential palace still do not recognise President Joseph Estrada's spokesman Fernando "Gerry" Barican. The avuncular Barican. who rides a taxi to work since his car
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    • 91 10  -  Derwin Pereira MINISTER TO EAT LESS AND KEEP HT AGRICULTURE Minister Soleh Solahuddin's New Year resolution is to exercise more and eat less. "I have not had enough time to exercise in the past seven months because of mounting workload. The only sport that I can play now is
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    • 133 10  -  Mary kw ang INTERPRETER nNDS WORK 'VERY HARD' FOREIGN Ministry interpreter Zhu Tong. who shot into the limelight last March with her flawless performance during Mr Zhu Rongji's first press conference as Premier, has described her job BB Yen very hard work". The China Youth l)ail\ reported recenth that
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    • THE WEEK AHEAD ... AND THE WEEK THAT WAS
      • 227 11 MON DAY India and France discuss defence issues INDIAN Defence Minister George Fernandes start- a four-da] \isit to France to discuss bilateral defence cooperation and exchange iews on international security issues. Mr Fernandes would be accompanied on his Jan 11-14 \isit In a five-member delegation which would include the wce-chiets
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        98 11 Menem on state visit to US ARGENTINE President Carlos Menem will be in the United States on a state visit that is expected to include trade issues and efforts to encourage region-wide economic growth. The Peronist leader is one of Washington's firmest allies in Latin America. This will be
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      • 138 11 US, S. Korea in security talks THE United States and South Korea will hold a high-level defence and military meeting in Seoul on Thursday and Friday. The annual meeting, known as the Military Committee Meeting and the Security Consultative Meeting, was postponed two months ago because of the crisis
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      • 118 11 Anew govt in Turkey? TURKISH veteran politician Bulent Ecevit, who was appointed by the President to form a government, faces a confidence vote today. The Democratic Left Party" (DSP) leader has expressed confidence in winning the vote. Mr Kcevit, 73. had already been appointed to the task once before
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    • 96 11 Monday The euro debuted with a bangb) driving down the greenback against most Asian ciinvmic^ President B.J. Habibie said Indonesia will inject 300 trillion mpia It SSfiO biOkm) into suk banks US and Iraqi warplanes clashed for the fust time in six years as President Saddam
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    • 428 11 Teachers committed to secularism protest after officials ordered that a student wearing a religious garment be allowed to attend classes PARIS Teachers at a school in western France have gone on >trike over a -Ntudent wearing the Muslim headscarf, arguing that the garment violated
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    • 210 11 CAI Re Egyptian women will soon be able to buy a divorce even if the husband objects, under a draft law outlined by the government daily Al-Ahram. .Justice Minister Faruq Seif an-Nasr told the newspaper that a new law on personal status was being drawn
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    • 841 4 [ndonesia V^ 'Execute Rapist' Drive Big Blow For Saddam Govt officia,s 'Involved' IbbH^b^*""^^^^ Manila students are campaigning to fc\ The recent air raids on Iraq have left IjffißL^ J Government officials m.iv have been v v convince (aiiigress to allow a convicted s^aßMßMPfcW'* President Saddam Hussein involved in the recent
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  • CLINTON'S IMPEACHMENT
    • 131 6 Tripp seeks help with legal bills W VMIIW, l'u\ Ms Linda rripp, the woman v» ho betnued t'ormer White House intern Monk a lem insky and broke the sexual scandal thai threatens to bring down the President, b appealing for money for her legal bills. Despite bei US$9O,OOO--i ft ai
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    • 188 6 I S SENATE staff on their way to the White Mouse on Friday to deliver the summons notifying President Bill Clinton or his impeachment trial. But the President was not at home. Senate Sergeant at Anns James Ziglar (extreme right) delivered the summons shortly after 5.30
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    • 473 6  - Senior senator gets Senate into line LOUISE BRANSON By IN WASHINGTON Byrd warns it to avoid unseemly wrangling over trial procedures, prompting a compromise on the divisive issue of calling witnesses A CANTANKEROUS, idiosyncratic senator from West Virginia elderly Democratic Senator Robert Bvrd may have saved the day. at least
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    • 603 7 Ignoring the impeachment trial proceedings, he uses new data on low unemployment rate and number of new jobs created to rally for support CASHING IN ON GOOD NEWS Unemployment rate fell to 4.3 per Welfare rolls are the lowest as a cent in December and 378,000
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    • 100 7 CHIEF Justice Rehnquist was assistant attorney-general when President Richard Nixon named him to the High Court in 1972. Ho had previously served as a law clerk at the court after graduating first la his class from Stanford University law school in California in 1952. The climate
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    • 412 7  - Rehnquist is an expert on impeachment Louise Branson THE PRESIDING JUDGE THE man presiding over the Senate impeachment trial of President Bill Clinton L'S Chief Justice William Rehnquist is set to take a televised centre stage with his commanding and fairminded presence. Even though he is a conservative appointed by
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  • EAST ASIA
    • 341 12  -  China s economy coasted to a comfortable 7.6 percent growth last near, according to the State Statistical Bureau SSn). The East Asian Institute annual report, released yesterday, rates its 1998 performance: Bumper harvest of sweet corn for. farmers in Anqui city in Shandong province, who now grow
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    • 630 12  -  SUNNY GOH By An 18-page report by the East Asian Institute in Singapore warns of a politically eventful year for China 'Jiang's top priority in 1999 is for order and stability. That is why he easily gets jumpy over even a few democracy
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    • 380 12 RESTRUCTURING OF STATE ENTERPRISES The Chinese Premier is not using any tougn moves in the reform CHINESE Premier Zhu Rongji is backing off, for political reasons, from forcing state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to restructure too quickly, Professor John Wong said yesterday. The East Asian Institute
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    • 82 13 South Koreans, attempting to improve their singing abilities, belting out a tune during a one-day clinic at a department store in Seoul on Thursday under the supervision of their coach Lee Byung Won. Such techniques as singing with a bucket on their heads and while upside
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    • 106 13 BEIJING A hospital in China's southern Shen/hen t ii\ is selling human bones. often from amputees, to patients in need of bone grafts and transplants, official media said. "Some ol the boms in the human-bone storage facility come from amputees, while others come from people
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    • 321 13 High costs have caused 84 firms to either reduce their presence, close down or move their regional headquarters out of the territory HONGKONG Hongkong is facing an exodus of foreign companies due to high costs and the increasing attraction of rival cities, and the
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    • 329 13  - China's satellite technology not stolen, says envoy WENA POON By IN \r.\V YORK ACCUSATION'S by the United States that Chinese engineers had stolen American satellite technology were an insult to China, said the Chinese ambassador to the US. During a speech to the National Press Club, Mr Li Zhaoxing said:
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
    • 193 14 Ex-beauty queen's lawsuit thrown out again LOS ANGELES A federal judge here has again thrown out a lawsuit filed farj a former beauty queen against the Sultan ot Brunei, claiming she was hired to the oil-rich kingdom to he se\ slave. Former Miss California and Mts.s USA Shannon La Rhea
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    • 510 14 Petition drive to urge rapist's execution Schoolmates of girl raped by her father begin signature campaign aimed at persuading Congress to not delay his execution any further MANILA Students have started a campaign to gather a million signatures aimed at convincing Congress to allow the execution of convicted child rapist
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    • 187 14 HANOI Crime rose slightly in Vietnam last year and more than 21,000 criminals are on the run, a senior police officer has said. Mr Hoang Tan Viet, deputy chief of the Vietnam Police Criminal Department, said new types of criminals had appeared, which
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    • REGIONAL FILE
      • 53 14 THAI police are preparing to help protect Hollywood heart-throb Leonardo DiCaprio who is now staying in a luxury resort in Phuket for his new movie. The Nation yesterday quoted the Krabi district police chief as saying that Twentieth-Century Fox had asked for coordination for the
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      • 54 14 400 FLEE HOMES IN PHILIPPINES ABOUT 400 have fled their homes in several southern Philippine villages after an attack by Muslim rebels, the military said in Zamboanga yesterday. At least 60 guerillas from the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front Pkiday attacked several remote villages in North Cotabato using small rockets
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      • 46 14 FROM today, residents in Bangkok and other outlying areas will have less or no water as a water crisis, the worst since 1993, hits the countn. Dailv water supply will be cut by 10 per cent, The Bangkok Post reported yesterday.
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      • 55 14 THE top UN human-rights official for Cambodia held out hope yesterday that Khmer Rouge leaders could be brought to account for crimes against humanity Mr Thomas Haramarberg said there was still a chance men like Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea would face "some
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      • 40 14 SWEDEN signed an agreement with Cambodia yesterdav granting the countn t USS'io million (SS33 million) for a two-year reconstruction and development programme. The money would go towards rural-development projects, education, landmine removal and humanrights promotion. Reuters
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    • 266 14 Thai children think poorly of politicians SURVEY RESULTS BANGKOK Thai children think politicians do not set good examples because they insult each another and trade verbal attacks, a survey of 3,472 children found. In a survey last month of children below the age of 18, they were asked about their
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  • INDONESIA IN TRANSITION
    • 334 15 Several of them have been named as instigators by police investigating disturbances across the country JAKARTA Investigations show government officials and legislators might have been involved in the recent unrest in various parts of the countn. saiii police. Officials may have incited crowds into burning
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    • 160 15 JAKARTA Representatives from Indonesian student groups met at a national library here to try to unite their strategies on the June election, press reports and student sources said vesterday. All 300 representatives of seven main groups at the meeting on Friday agreed to push for
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    • 116 15 Tommy fails to show up JAKARTA Former President Stlhaito's youngest son has failed to appear for questioning over his alleged involvement in a land scam and faces a further summons from the Attorney -General's office, reports said yesterdav Mr Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra. in a letter signed by his lawyer
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 749 16 BOUQUETS AXD BRICKBATS FOR THE NEW DEPUTY Postponing Umno polls will also let him face a general election without having to worry about any challenges from party dissidents NEWS ANALYSIS 'He do not want to be in a state of flux. Tfie .stress on unity
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    • 309 16 New minister vows continuity in foreign policy KUALA LUMPUR New-ly-appointed Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar pledged continuity yesterday in Malaysia's external relations and said he was bullish about resolving all outstanding bilateral problems. Datuk Syed Hamid, who moved from the Defence Ministry, was named on Friday to take
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    • 163 16 KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Norian Mai has assumed the duties of the In-spector-General of Police following the resignation of Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Noor last week. "I confirm that I have taken over the duties of the IGP. However,
      New Straits Times  -  163 words
    • 824 17  - Bar Council vs the judiciary BRENDAN PEREIRA By l\ kl ALALOMPUB NEWS ANALYSIS The gloves are off. The Bar Council and the judiciary look set to resume a long-running battle after two years THE honeymoon is over. The two-year initiative to improve relations between lawyers and the judiciary is all
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    • 128 17 A SPECIAL meeting of Malaysia's Bar Council to debate contempt proceedings against a lawyer acting for ousted Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim was called off yesterday, officials said. There were not enough members to make a quorum, said council president Cyrus Das, adding that the large number of
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  • HOME
    • 541 18  -  CHONGCHEEWN An anonymous phone call has led to the recovery of one of four primates missing from the zoo since Tuesday A MYSTERIOUS phone call shortly after midnight roused Singapore Zoo's senior curator Subash Chandran from his reading yesterday. The anonymous male caller left a
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    • 287 18 Si NGAPO RE has received no report from thc Malaysian authorities about its lorries dumping toxic waste illegally in Malaysia, the Environment Ministry (ENV) said yesterday in a statement. "Singapore does not condone illegal dumping of wastes," it said. "If the Malaysian
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    • 873 19 The committee on University Admission System announced yesterday that A-level holders will be assessed for university admission based on four requirements GCE A-level results, the SAT I reasoning test, project work and extra-curricular activities. SIH ANDRIANIE takes a closer look at each of these
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    • 326 19 No extra stress on students, says committee NO, THE new university admission criteria does not mean more work and more pressure on students. They do not have to study tor the reasoning tests. Also, project work is not new to pre-university students. Professor Shih Choon Fong, deputy vice-chancellor of the
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    • 183 19 THE committee proposed that bonus points be given for good performance in ECAs. These bonus points will add no more than 5 per cent to an applicant's total admission score. Why: ECAs should be included as an admission requirement because they develop leadership and teamwork and encourages character-building.
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    • 390 20 Some children have their brother or sister with them in school, but at Greenridge Pritnan/ School, at least 500 students are related. So, is it fun or a chore fiaving a sibling around in school 0 SITI ANDRIANJE finds out. GREENRIDGE Primary b like a family business in
      JOYCE FANG  -  390 words
    • 163 20  -  Un Yuan Xiao Saravanan Sammy Thevarajan Shairul Jamal 'My twin brothers can be a real headache. Sometimes they follow me around to annoy me, anal have to chase them away. My parents told me to keep an eye out for them, but
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    • 631 21 Do graduate women and non-graduates have different attitudes towards motlierlwod? Two women who mirror the results of the latest Soeial Development Unit survey on parentingtalk to JASON LEOW. THE NON-GRADUATE: Madam Vanessa Francis VANESSA Francis, 30, (right) had planned to have her fu^t child when
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    • 232 21 WHERE THEY AGREE Most surveyed say one to two years alter marriage is the ideal time to have the first child. Graduate mums are just as likelv as non-graduate mums to give up careers tor baby's sake. I ia.lt the mothers say thev would
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    • 456 21 EXPANDING FEMALE GRADUATE POOL IT IS an old concern: Graduate women marrying later and having children later. But it is a growing concern given the expanding female graduate pool, said Social Development Unit director Susan Chan. In 1997. 51 percent of university graduates in Singapore were women,
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    • IN SHORT
      • 27 21 GRADUATE women tend to read parenting books for tips, while non-graduate mums are more likely to put their trust in mothers and mothers-in-law.
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        44 21 MOST women want just two children, but their husbands want more. "We are the ones who have to bear it for nine months." quipped Social Development Unit director Susan Chan, when asked why women just will not budge. Cartoons bv MIEL
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      • 29 21 THAT is what some married women without kids say. But mothers say that kids are not brats, but lovable creatures who are easy to bring up.
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    • 489 22  -  ALLISON LIM By Stallholders at Kallang estate market are setting aside everything from fruit to toilet paper for a scheme that benefits several welfare homes EVERY Saturday for the East nine weeks, the stallolders of the Jian Fa Roasted Meat stall have made it a
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    • 330 22  - Top public pay formula here 'wise' CHUA MUI HOONG By TALK BY LKY VISITOR 'SINGAPORE IS VERY WISE. YOU HEED TO ATTRACT GOOD PEOPLE INTO GOVERNMENT, AND PAYING HIGH SAURIES REDUCES THE INCENTIVE TO CORRUPTION.' Political analyst Joseph Nye EMINENT political scientist Joseph Nye has given the thumbs-up to the
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    • 293 22 OPPOSITION politician Chec Soon Juan will again be charged in court, on .lan 22, with giving a public talk without a licence, a police statement said yesterday. This time, the Singapore Democratic Party chief will be joined by his fellow party official,
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    • OPENING OF LEGAL YEAR
      • 423 23  -  TAN OOI BOON LIM SENG JIN Rt'poris by and The new higher minimum claim sums for litigants to have the automatic right of appeal to a higher court are meant to deter "non-serious" appeals RECENT changes that set much higher minimum
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      • 401 23 Four lawyers made Senior Counsel ONLY four lawyers were appointed Senior Counsel this year, compared with 13 in 1997i the first year such appointments were made, and eight last year. But several senior lawyers, including some senior counsel, interviewed by The Sunday limes yesterday said that they did not think
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      • 25 23 for late Punch colleague Coomaraswamy, CJ Yong and the Bench observe a minute ol silence at the legal year's opening.
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      • 623 23 DEATH OF JUSTICE PUNCH COOMARASWAMY CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How broke with tradition and paid his respects to a late "brother" judge in a sombre ceremony at the opening of the legal year yesterday. Before the traditional speeches were delivered, he invited the 500
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    • 352 25 So drunk, she could not recall tragedy Miss Lim Bee Huay's boyfriend twice saved her from drowning in the Kallang River before he drowned MISS Lim Bee Huay's boyfriend twice saved her from drowning in the Kallang River before he drowned. But she cannot even remember clearly hat happened on
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    • 240 25 A MAN in army physical training attire gained entry into his former military camp early one morning, siieuked into a room in the camp, and molested a man who v, a.s asleep there. Scow Chiu Hong, 23, a fi-nal-year polytechnic stulent. also used
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    • 122 26 With open arms 'WE ONLY have three million people and with three million people you have to run the judiciary, an army, air force, civil service and private sector. It's not possible. J So I thought it's important to give a clear signal that we embrace foreign
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    • 631 26  - Liver surgeon imparts expertise ALLISON LIM Reports bu He says he chose to set up his practice here because of the good doctors, state-of-the-art technology and a solid reputation in medicine RIGHT PERSON "LIVER Burglary was identified as one 3 of the sub-specialities that had the potential to be developed
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    • .. .in Singapore with their talents
      • 435 27 Teaching the finer points of cooking This chef, who is from Hongkong, is so sought after that he has not had to interview for a job in the last 17 years VERY TASTY' THE dishes are simple and wholesome and very tasty'. In fact my whole family likes the food
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      • 367 27 'GOOD LEADER' WITH his leadership, we have put in place a business unit with a full team of sales and marketing and technical people.' -MrLimChon Ptiuna, general manager for HP's South Asia enterprise accounts organisation WHEN Hewlett- Packard Singapore wanted to market its top-end high-perfor-mance computers
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      • 325 27 'SPECIAL' 'PHILLIP has got special skills in financial markets... We could have tried to search locally. But... other than investigators of the Barings collapse, there is no one else.' Mr Steven Lim, country managing partner, Arthur Andersen MR PHILLIP Stralev is just 31 \ears old,
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      • 598 27  - PR who has decided to make S'pore home CHUA CHIN HON '111 and perhaps, inspire generations to come. And less than a year after this Herculean task, Mr Khoo has taken on the mantle of leading Antarctica 2000, an expedition which will see two Singapore teams trek on foot to
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    • 378 28  - NTU graduates to have own clubhouse SHI VNDRIiMI ALUMNI LOOKS FOR SITE CLOSE TO CITY By GRADUATES of the Nanvang Technological I'niversit\ ma] soon have a clubhouse of their own to rival that of the National Universitv of Singapore's Guild House at Kent Ridge. The NTU alumni is looking for
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    • 441 28  -  GERALDINEYEO 52 Except for luxury cars, COE prices for small to big cars went down. Analysts say even sharper falls are expected CUTS to bonuses and employers' Central Provident Fund (CPF) contributions have hit the car market, going by results of the
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  • MONEY
    • 469 29  - Hotel did not make CPF payments WALTER FERNANDEZ By Katong Park Hotel, owned by property developer Tan Hock Keng and his family, owes the CPF Board about $141,000 in unpaid contributions KATONG Park Hotel, one of the oldest hotels in Singapore, which was closed down and put up for sale
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    • 415 29 OVERWHELMING RESPONSE TO ST MONEY DESK, CITIBANK CONTEST DISADVANTAGED children and their families received a post-Christmas present on Friday, thanks to a heartwarming response to a contest organised jointly by The Straits Times Money Desk and Citibank. The competition required people to pick the top news
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    • 358 29 Dow Jones climbs to new high NEW YORK The stock market took a volatile ride to a new high on Friday, finishing a week marked by an Internet stock frenzy, a surge in other technology stocks and new economic data that showed the US economy is refusing, so far, to
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    • 312 29  -  MARY KWANG Ba CFUNX CORRESPONDENT BEIJING Eka Chemicals of Sweden, a leading supplier of chemicals and systems for pulp bleaching and paper manufacturing, is the latest foreign multinational to announce that it is setting up a factory in the ChinaSingapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP).
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    • 562 29 Pundits predict mild recovery for region ECONOMIC OUTLOOK Economists and analysts who spoke at a one-day economic forum are of the view that the economies in die region have bottomed out. But recovery will be dow, they said at the 1999 Regional Outlook Forum on Friday organised by the Institute
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  • FAMILY MONEY
    • 972 30 Hold cash, and invest excess in unit trusts With the STFs recent surge of more than 10 per cent and poor fixed deposit rates, financial specialists tell JEAN CHIA why investors should renuiin prudent. YOl' think the recent rise in stock prices is envy-making and would like to start 1999
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    • 88 30 Jan 10, 1999 BUSINESS LOANS Local Enterprise F. nance Scheme LLEFS) and Local Enterprise Finance Overseas Scheme (LEFSO) oans are avaiiaole tram 30 oanKS and finance houses. Export Factoring i' year* 3 Domestic Factoring (1 year) 6 Equipment/Factory (up to 4 years) 6 i* Equipment/Factory (4-tO years) 6H*
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    • 297 30 UNIT trust sales in this first quarter are expected to be paltry, but there appears to be a growing consciousness among investors of the long-term benefits of buying collective investments. Ms Stella Chua, a divisional director and head of unit trust marketing at Schroder Investment
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  • REVIEW
    • 23 32 REVIEW 1 in Sunday Times i E-hKiil: si"c\ \r\\ a spli.coin.s^ January 10, 1999 i .1 in i i .i r i ■fcw.—
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    • 2242 32 STAMPING OUT THE OLD WAYS WITH V-POST Virtual Mail Virtual post is fast becoming a reality worldwide. Just what is it and how will it affect you TAMMY TAN of the Money Desk finds out STAMP licking? That's passe. Try stamp clicking instead. Postal agencies worldwide are gearing themselves up
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    • REVIEW • FOCUS
      • 2047 33 Soft sells and wins POWER AMONG STATES The IT revolution has toppled some long-held beliefs about power, says Harvard professor JOSEPH S. NYE Jr. Below is an except from his talk, Power In The Information Age at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang University, on Friday ATTENTION BECOMES
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      • 1899 34 Community Leader Mr Ridzwan Dzafir, the highestranking Malay civil servant, retired last week after 46 years in the public service. In a rare interview, he talks to ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM about his job as ever-vigilant trade negotiator and his role as Malay community
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      • 1046 34 As a young man, he knew little about the community 'You must also start with the right background. Parents must decide what kind of future they want their children to have and help them make it/ Mr Ridzvf an's advice to younger Malays MR
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    • The Sunday Times
      • 294 35 So where to park? NEW refinements in managing traffic offences are always welcome, as bad parking causes more stress and loss of man-hours than is commonly imagined. Since Jan 1, more streets have been designated noparking and no-stopping zones, and penalties increased for double parking, possibly one of the worst
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    • REVIEW
      • 927 35  -  LEONG CHINC By MY VIEW ALMOST without anyone noticing, the Health Ministry slipped some fairly strong medicine into Singapore's health-care system recently. Two months ago, it announced that it would adopt Case Mix, a system of monitoring public hospitals which will
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      • 1136 35  -  KWAN WENG KIN Bi, LETTER FROM TOKYO TOKYO If you saw the hordes of bargain hunters on the streets of Tokyo the morning after New Year's Day, you would not believe there is a recession in Japan. But it could be precisely because
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    • REVIEW • PROFILE
      • 1878 36 TV-land's Mr Clean gets the dirt out Singapore Pioneer Famous for his no-sex-no-violence TV network, Mr Robert Chua went regional before there was any rezionalisation drive. He became an entrepreneur long before the term became a buzzword here. LEONG WtHG Hl finds out more about the man behind the TV
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        1978 37  -  GWEE U SLI Bardolatry *L Old Will is a secular god and the father of Western civilisation, argues controversial critic Harold Bloom, who is as puckish as ever in his latest work LIKE IT OR LOATHE IT, THERE IS ENOUGH IN BLOOM'S RESERVOIR OF SHEER AUDACITY THAT
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    • OBITUARIES
      • 982 38 LEE HOCK LEY passed away peacefully on Bth January 1999 Wife: Julie Daughters: Marise and Nicola three brothers, five sisters, relatives and friends Body resting at the Crystal Room, Singapore Casket Company,
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      • 56 38 'He who believes has everlasting life.' John 6:47 LIM HOCK CHUAN We, the family of the late Lim Hock Chuan wish to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all relatives, friends, colleagues, pastors and members of Zion Gospel Mission for their thoughtful condolences, prayers and service rendered
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      • 208 38 The family of the Late TAN BAN HOCK Departed 5/1/99 wishes to express their heartfelt tnanks and appreciation to all relatives colleagues and friends for their Kind assistance attendance condolences nightly visits and donations during their recent bereavement Special thanks to: all doctors, nurses and staff of ward
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    • SPORTS
      • 23 39 STEVEN LEE Challenging task ahead for Singapore Island Country Club president Ong Leong Boon to renovate The New Course
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      • 1328 39  -  TAY CHENG KHOON GOLF By Major facelift will put SICC on par with some of the world's best *We want to bean eco-friendly club. Right now we are planting about 500 new plants. But we feel that more can be done.
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      • 323 39 CRICKET MELBOURNE The Australian Cricket Board was following policy by hushing up the bookmaker scandal involving star players Shane Warne and Mark Waugh and was not guilty of a cov-er-up, former chairman Alan Crompton said yesterday. Crompton and retired Test off-spinner Tim May testified
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      • 2754 41 AMERICAN FOOTBALL Jan 31: Superoowl XXXIII i.Miami Florida) ATHLETICS Jan 10: Nike-SAAA X-Country C ships (Macßitchie Reservoir) Jan 30-31: AAA Indoor C'ships (Birmingham) BADMINTON Jan 12-17: South Korean Open .S---\. Jan 19-24: Taiwan Open (Taipei) BOWLING Jan 10: Champion of Champions Jan 16-17: ESPN Asian Bowling .ind
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        • 82 42 man tennis ace Steffi Grafs Australian Open preparations suffered a joh yesterday when she was forced to pull out ot' an exhibition event m 1 longkong with inspected gastric flu. Graf aas level al 2-2 against Vine* ica's Venus Williams in the final of
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        • 55 42 SECOND-SEED Patty Schnydci al Switzerland beat top-seed Man Pierce of France to win the Australian women's hardcourt tenni> title at the Gold Coast yesterday. Schnyder collected her sixth tour title with a t-o. 7-6 (7-"> 6-3 win. It was her first success in tour dashes
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      • 390 42 Duval's eyeing new car GOLF USPGA'stop money earner continues hot drive in and for Mercedes KAPALUA (Hawaii) According to his girlfriend. David Duval has been shopping for a new car. And whoever wins the Mercedes Championship this weekend will be awarded a 1999 Mercedes-Benz SL 500 coupe-roadster. Apparently, Duval has
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      • 12 42 at Changi is American professional Micah Buzianis MUHAMMAD SHAH
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      • 324 42  -  S. ML'RALI BOARDSAILING By! PROFESSIONAL boardsailor Micah Buzianis withstood his Asian challengers as well as their protests to win the first shortboard race of the Tudor International Championships yesterday. The 28-year-old American had won the final by a clear margin in 18-knot winds off the Cafti Fire
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      • 215 42 TENNIS PERTH Australia overpowered Sweden to win the Hopman Cup mixed team title for the first time yesterday. At Burswood Dome, the home nation's Mark Philippoussis and schoolgirl sensation Jelena Dokic both won their singles clashes, beating Jonas Bjorkman and Asa Carlson lyDokic, a 15-year-old
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      • 237 42 SOCCER WEST HAM UNITED'S 17-vear-old teenager Joe Cole could be on the verge of a sensational English Premiership debut against Manchester United at Old Trafford today, as several members of the Hammers squad have been struck down with flu. reported Carlingnet. Cole, a cleaner
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      • 622 42 CRICKET First one-day international in Taupo, NZ: India 257-5 (S. Ganguly 60, R. Dravid 123 n.0.), New Zealand 200-5 in 38 overs (C. McMillan 73, M. Home 57: Srinath 2-35). New Zealand won on better run rate after floodlight failure. GOLF Victorian Open in Melbourne (Australian unless
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      • THE SORRY STATE OF WEIGHTLIFTING
        • 1155 43  - Where have all the weightlifters gone? HAKIKAT RAI Stones hi/ THE MEDALS 'i\A m J 1 ASIAN 30 ASIAN C'WEALTH 'CQ §XD#§># Oil OLYMPICS UL C'WEALTH 03 SEA '§\k UO ASIAN 969 I^ ,m nn I V C'WEALTH '71 m I I SEA '7Q a 10 SEA 'ye m <§>©
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        • 203 43 Golden harvest until 1993 SINGAPORE weightlifting baa always been in the forefront at the South-east Asia Games level at least, until 1993. Between 1959 199.". the Republic almost always featured among the winners. i fold medals were won by Chua Phung Kim. long Chye Hong. Chua Peng Kim, Tan Howe
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        • 305 43 CAN the Singapore National Olympic Council, of which the SAWLF is an affiliate, do anything to put weightlifting back on the glory trail? The SNOC, as a rule, does not interfere in the affairs of an affiliate. But, at the request of a member, it
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        • 389 43 SINGAPORE'S key weighlifting officials appear to have taken up running from the press that is. Neither Singapore Amateur Weightlifting Federation president Denis Tan, a lawyer, nor the body's secretary Michael Koay, a businessman, would talk to Timesport despite countless attempts. Attempts to contact
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        • 663 43  -  WILFRED YEO SPORTS LIGHTS NEWCASTLE United and Chelsea apparently have more in common than a present and former manager in the Dutchman Ruud Gullit. The common denominator is not the sexy soccer that Gullit is try ing to propagate but the sexy
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      • 863 40 GOLF US magazine must accept US Presidents Cup defeat sportinglv I WAS rathei intrigued to read bow the respected or Should that be "once respected" American magazine Golf World described last month's Presidents Cup as a "glorified sills -season event**. I thought it was one
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      • 1169 40 PERAK TURF CLUB JANUARY MEETING, 4TH DAY RACEI Res Terms Div 2 1,200m (LC) 1.00 Three-year-olds only Stakes $20,000 1 Blazinq Abjar 4 (3nzq Noordin-Smart Abjar) Azhar 57 2 9 Captain Midnight 10 (3nzq O'Hara-Auric) SH Oh 57 3 Fire Draqon 7 (3nzq Landers-Owner) Sivan 57
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      • 373 40 BEST BETS Marc Tan SIR CAVERSHAM Race 8 No 4 Was not disgraced icheti second to Northerly Wind over the mile last Sunday. Won over this distance and course last September. All-weather galloper is ripe for his fourth career success. Tan Thean Loon PHENOMENAL Race 4
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      • 895 40 RACEI CLASS 4 DIV 7 1,200m 12 VICTORY PLAN 50 c4B (24-7) C Anq (2) 1 1 1 7 BLUE FLYER 52.5 (47-13) Treymane (5) 2 2 2 2 BRAVE PERSIAN 54.5 (201-38) Anandan (1) 3 3 3 Others In flnisnlng order: Vigilante (10-6) Tai, Top
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      • 288 40  -  TAN THEAN LOON IPOH RACING THE National Stud Farm Fillies Mares Stakes over 1,400m produced a predictable result at Ipoh yesterday. The four highest-rated runners in the 11-horse field dominated the finish and nearly ended in their numerical order. Topweight Kuala Lady, earning saddle-cloth No. 1,
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      • 382 40 RACE 1: Vigilante and Baba Harry were slow into stride. At about the 700m mark, Wi inlays steadied in a tight-ly-bunched field when Blue Flyer (Treymane), who was (Hilling hard, rolled out. Shortly after, Brave Persian steadied when held tight on the
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      • RENEWING SICC'S NEW COURSE
        • 705 44  -  TAY CHENG KHOON GOLF Stories bt/ THE Singapore Island Country Club has spent more than $11 million in two attempts at renovating its New Course. Today, the once-popular course remains a nightmare. SICC will soon embark on a third try. What lessons can this premier club,
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        • 413 44 DO NOT stinge on the couple of million dollars needed to install sub-soil drainage pipes and to construct a sandy base for golf course fairways, greens and tees. Ideally, this half-a-metre layer of sand should also be used for the rough. "Two million dollars may
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        • 118 44 THE LATE NEWS PETRESCU GIVES CHELSEA TOP SPOT A 38TH-MINUTE goal from Dan Petrescu gave Chelsea a 1-0 win over Newcastle and ton position in English soccers Premier League yesterday. Chelsea has 40 points, the same as Aston Villa which was held 0-0 by Middlesbrough but leads on goal difference.
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        • 387 44  -  SANTOKH SINGH SOCCER Bi, THE missing-Lions saga continued as Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin failed to showup at the Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Singapore missed thc 18--year-olci striker sorely, struggling to hold a Marine Castle side which had just begun pre-season training to a
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  • Sunday PLUS
    • 8 1 Sunday PLUS The Sunday Times anuaky 10, 1999
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    • SUNDAY PLUS • COVER STORY
      • 1408 2  -  E MSABFTH GWEE Have A Treat If things are moving fast and stress is building, why not check out of the madness and into a wellness centre? WHEN the going gets tough, marketing executive Nora fan. 28, often feels like "crawling under
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      • 285 2 Not all claims can be substantiated, they caution WHAT do doctors think af this growing number of wellAetM centres? Dr Alexius Chee, a con--»uhant physician and gastroenterologist in private practice, says: "Going for treatments like aromatherapy massage can be a good thing, especially if it provides
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      • 540 2 The trend can rejuvenate everything, even hotels NEW YORK The wellness biz is in strapping good health and growing like a weed or rather, a gingko tree. These days, invoking the word "spa", with all of its associations pampering, cleansing, oases,
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      • 1004 4 Coffee Crazy Who can escape the seductive scent of coffee now that so many Java joints have sprouted all over town? The only problem is caffeine-overload Sumiko Tan OhJ HOW I yearn for those pra-fcoffee club days. All my life, I had relied on
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      • 488 4  -  LAURA DEMPSEY *L Millennial madness grabs the masses SO DO we start from scratch, or what? This isn't the first time you've heard this, but hey: The end ofthe century is coming. It's right around the corner, in fact, and by the time
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      • 724 5  -  FRANCIS CHIN What A Draw *L Or how about getting a vision of nulear warfare or the future of Singapore? Or watch artists at work? It's all happening in Teluk Kurau Studios WOULD you buy a corpse for $20,000. or rather a fibregkuss
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      • 382 5  -  LEA WEE '±L The exhibition is spmisoretl by t)antax/Britisli Airuays. British iiiiik il. Michi'lb \ii and Hotel Inlet -continental Sin n ai)(>rc WORKS from ancient Egypt, including a wrapped female mummy in a painted wood coffin and a cat mummy, will be flown
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      • 570 6  - It you itch, please don' t scratch LEA WEE Agony Of Eczema By Those tiny watery bubbles on the skin t^at itch like crazy may tempt you to apply balm or pour on the hot water. See your family doctor instead 'See your general practitioner, do not self -medicate. Clinical
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      • HEALTH SNIPPETS
        • 235 6 BREAK THE ICE, GO KARAOKE HONGKONG doctors have .found that karaoke-singing may be more effective than simple singing in helping chronic schizophrenic patients overcome their social phobia and brush up their social skills. But they warned, in a report published in the Singapore Medical Journal, that it
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        • 144 6 The bad news. THUMBS DOWN FOR GAME ADDICTS "NINTENDO thumb" has reared its ugly head among children addicted to computer games, British experts noted in a London Sunday Times report. A British physiotherapist found the phenomenon, which causes swelling and pain at the base of the thumb to be common
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        • 466 6 New website links to latest research on these substances WASHINGTON The burgeoning dietary-supple-ments industry, with a natural substance to treat nearly everv ailment and a store to sell it in nearly every mall, has had severe shortages in one area: facts. Whether it is ginko biloba to
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      • 846 7  - Sold out but I can whip up more Elisabeth Gwee Durian Delights CHEAP EATS By Desserts at the cafe in China Square Food Centre sell out fast but the owner does not mind going the extra mile for those who love his specialities PERANAKAN durian-devo-tees will think they have died
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      • 282 7 QUESTION: Should a martini be shaken or stirred? Answer: James Bond always demands that his martinis be "shaken, not stirred", but that is just to show what an individualist he is. Would-be Bonds across the country are emulating him in the misguided belief that a pulsating
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      • 707 7  - The world' s hungry now for Hungary' s dessert wine Edwin Soon DRINKS By Tokaji Aszu is wine of Kings and the King of wines TYPES OF TOKAJI WINES Tokaji Aszu Classic dessert wine made using both healthy and botrytised grapes. Tokaji Aszu Essencia From the best years and best
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      • 186 7 VANILLAS KIFLI 3 t cup butter; unsalted, at room temperature 1 2 cup sugar 2 egg yolks 2 tsp vanilla 2 cups all-purpose flour > 2 cup icing sugar 60 g chocolate AFTER the Goulash, sip Tokaji while nibbling on Vanillas Kifii. BEAT butter with
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      • 360 8 Lucas cuts short his space war He's hanging up his light sabre after the sixth episode PERHAPS he is tired from 1 "j years of mulling over and working on his new Star Wars movie. Creator of the spaceopera series. George Lucas saya that he will call it quits for
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      • 99 8 Love's OK but not greed TODAYS SCV HIGHLIGHTS AGAINST ALL ODDS HBO Ch 60, S pin Repeat: Sat, Jan 21 6 2.9 JEFF BRIDGES takes on a job for petty hood James Woods to locate runaway heiress Rachel Ward. But the pair fall deeply in love, and also into a
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      • 81 8 SINGAPORE KARAOKE CHALLENGE (FINALS) VarietyVision 1 Ch 55, 10pm SIT back, relax and gape in awe at the 10 finalists of the Singapore Karaoke Challenge. After rounds of tensionfilled tests of their vocal talents, these are the 10 singers not to be missed. Expect outstanding performances
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      • 117 8 THIS is the story cf the world's first modern mass conflict, the Great War of 1,914 18, also known as World War I. During its four years, 70 million men from 20 countries were put into uniforms and sent to fight in the battlefields
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      • 92 8 VEGAS VACATION Cinemax Ch 59, 10 pm Repeat: Fri, Jan 23 if 27 CLARK (Chevy Chase) and Ellen (Beverly D'Angelo) and their teenage kids head for Las Vegas for what he bills as a chance to bond and an opportunity to renew Mum and Dad's
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      • 61 8 Royalty at your service DISCOVERY SHOWCASE: THE FIRM EPI Discovenj Ch IS, B pm THIS is an intimate look at modern-day British royalty. The role of Britain's Royal Family has changed during the 20th century. Today. Queen Elizabeth and her relatives consider it their duty to serve Britain as a
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      • 58 8 THE GIANTS WITHIN i1 YatietyVision 1 Ch 55, 10.30am CHINESE literature in the early 20th century, with its complicated history, has had a deep and lasting impact on modern China. This documentary introduces 12 of the most influential writers of China's modern literature, including Lu Xun.
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        526 10  -  TAN SHZR EE New Facades, New Shells Bui I HtN! Traditional ang ku kueh being steamed to perfection at the roadside (top). The bean-paste-filled cake, enclosed in dyed-red glutinous rice-flour, was just one ofthe street foods visitors could count on, at any time of year. Like other hawkers,
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        445 11  -  GEORGE GASCON Pictures by ingapore Tour* nhancing and the area withi pia/as a Vjf net ozone- prtiK e no more real, reet life, what advent of plagthese heritagegs, some argue. point out th«t i i f.ven the cramped, dark and isintegrating dens for a home, which residents would not
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      • 1180 12  -  FRANCIS CHIN Amoy Street Memories By Life was simple for a child growing up in Chinatown in the r sos. Granny ruled the house and escape came in the form of games and movies CHINATOWN specwl 77, AMOY STREET remains etched in my mind a
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      • 705 13  - Meet mee tonight Wong Ah Yoke Steamy Affair mm EATS Before Maggie Mee, there was ramen and what a variety of tastes can be found at the Kado Man outlet UNLESS you read Japanese, the menu at Kado Man, a tiny ramen house at the Grand Plaza Parkroyal, can be
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      • BITES
        • 101 13 STARBUCKS may be synonymous with coffee for most people but tea drinkers can now find something to attract them there, too. The latest drink from the place is a line of ice blended tea called Tiazzi which is simply a mix of tea and fruit juice.
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        • 73 13 BREWERKZ has come up with a new lager the Dark Lager (Dunkcl), made from a combination of Pilsner, Munich, Wheat, Caramunich and carafa malt with Hallertauer hops and German lager yeast. According to the microbrewery, it is characterised by a "spicy maltiness that is neither
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        • 92 13 IF YOU still have not eaten at Au Jardin Les Amis, there is yet another reason to check it out today and tomorrow. The restaurant at the Botanic Gaidens has a guest chef Dieter Kaufmann from Germany. The restaurateur, who owns the two-Michelin-star Zur Traube,
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      • 926 14  - Thief, you are just too much Ong Sor Fern Whims Of Fancy MIXED MEDIA By Sometimes, it works, sometimes it just doesn't, when a show goes overboard with exaggerated moves LET'S talk about camp. Not the close-encounter-with-the-outdoors, row-of-tents variety, but the-aesthetics-of variety. There is much debate among pop-culture scholars on
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      • 457 14 An account of cellist's life has drawn fire from some LONDON A storm is brewing around a film about virtuoso British cellist Jacqueline du Pre which portrays her as a manipulative woman who slept with her sister's husband. Hilary And Jackie is based on
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      • 816 20 The Real Prince Charming The Queen's last bachelor son has lived a more charmed life than others in the royal family. He is often said to have more brains and good looks than the other Windsor men while less attention has meant
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      • 518 20  -  NEVILLE STACK By IN LONDON The writer is a Londonbased freelance journalist who contributed this article to Sunday Plus. THE British royal family is acquiring its very own spin doctor by marriage. And they hope that Sophie Rhys-Jones, a publicrelations expert, who is to become
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    • 32 5 Tomorrow's Realism art exhibition is on at Telok Kurau Studios (a former school building), 91 LorongJ, Telok Kurau. daily from II am to 7 pm, until Jan 31. For details, call 348-0535.
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      • 970 7 ——_____i 383 VEHICLES WANTED BEST DEAL IN Town! We buy all brands of cars (1000 1600 c.c >.< .v tnout viewing. Free valuation with fast results. Cash on the spot. Kindly call 732-4122/ 9201-3472. Jo. No obligations. G TEED HIGHEST OFFER for 78 to 85 COE 2000 above. Eg. Datsun
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      • 4403 9 433 Dl2-14 BALESTIER/ 43« DI2-14 BALESTIER/ 460 Dl5-16 EAST COAST 460 Dl5-16 EAST COAST 465 017-18 CHANG!/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 465 017-18 CHANGI/ 463 Dl7-18 CHANGI/ 465 017-18 CHANGI/ MACPHERSON/GEYLANG MACPHERSON/GEYLANG HOUSES -SALE HOUSES -SALE PASIR RIS PASIR RIS PASIR RIS PASIR RIS PASIR RIS PASIR RIS
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      • 1288 10 Properties 470 Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ 470 019-20 SERANGOON/ 470 Dl9-20 SERANGOON/ THOMSON THOMSON THOMSON HOUSES -SALE HOUSES SALE HOUSES -SALE Affordable Pricing, Prestigious Living Am I 58 semi-detached bungalows AM beside Peirce Reservoir < behind m Nemesu Avenue) fcjL™ f ■>** Choice of 2 storey or 2 storey with attic CHIJ
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      • 736 11 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE 493 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) (BEDOK/ CHAI CHEE) The Straits
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      • 659 11 496 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BUKIT BATOK) 5379K ONLY! EXEC. mais. blk. 512 802. Renovated. Malay owner. G'teed. move in. 9704-1920 agt. 3 '17 'S7 NG7 A'. Low cash. Bik 127, 131, 136, 225, 249. 324, 363, 374, 417. Mr Lee 9289-5538. 3 'NG' BT. Batok 225, 212. MRT/ i
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      • 717 11 497 HDB APTS FOR SALE (BT MERAH/OUEENSTOWN/ TELOK BLANGAH EXEC. APT. AT Mei Ling St. Just 5 yrs. Corner. Unblocked. Near ame- nities/ MRT/ sch. Pg. 9306-2578 EXEC. APT. BLK. 419 Mei Ling St. High flr. Tastefully renovated. View to appreciate. *****766 JPG MUST SELL! AT value! 3 t Telok
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      • 2964 11 Properties 800 HDB APTS FOR SALE (CHOA CHU KANG/ BUKIT PANJANG) EXEC. APT. PT. Blk. 134. Teck WHye. I High flr./ renovated. Unblocked, LRT. Grant $49K/ $39K. *****681 EXEC. MAIS. CASHEW Rd. Blk. 135. I Hiqh flr. Renovated. LRT. Sell at value S4O3K. *****255 PW EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 108 Teck
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      • 645 11 502 HDB APTS FOR SALE (GEYLANG/EUNOS/ MACPHERSON) BRAND NEW EXEC. Apt. Joo Seng Blk. 8. (5 years). High fir. Unblocked Renovated. 9559-6726 agt. DAKOTA CRESCENT. 5 A Mais 3+l Lift level. Marble flooring. Aircon. Renovated. Call Maha 9507-3536. EXEC. MAIS. SIMS Ave blk. 846 MRT/ amenities. Spacious. Wer kept. SSOK
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      • 1871 12 Properties 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) BEa Hi_Li____fl SELL/ BUY 9815-8004 Call for free consultation Andy Onq BEST LOCATION! SERANGOON Ctrl. 81k. 205. Onq. cond 2nd flr. 3 mns interchange/ shops/ MRI Deposit SSK. Seii below value! All I races. Pg: 9205-4366 NC [JTopenTol [ol house/ 2-SPM.
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      • 755 12 504 HDB APTS FOR SALE (HOUGANG/ SERANGOON/ YIOCHUKANG) 5 'A' CORNER Blk. 135 Lor. Ah Soo. High floor. F/renovated. Valued S3SOK low cash! *****684 Jireh 5 T CORNER Blk. 503 Hougang. 806. Early move-in. Contra. Shop/ mkt./ NTUC. Andy 9815-8004 ERA 5 T 442 Houqanq Ave. 8. Opp. fu- ture
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      • 1130 13 ProbGrttes 512 HDB APTS FOR SALE (PASIR RIS/ CHANGI) EXEC. APT. CORNER Blk. 157. De- i wmdy. Nice no. Beiow Valued. 9320-6419 YES EXEC. APT. PASIR Ris Blk. 460. High flr. Tip top cond.! Unblocked. Victor Tan 970-***** ET Co. EXEC. APT. BLK. 605. Next to Elias Mall. High fir.
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      • 569 13 514 HDB APTS FOR SALE (TAMPINES/ SIMEI) MISS EXEC. MAIS. BLK. 325 Tampines. Corner, Unblocked. Designer's decor. Marble. F/aircon. Pk view, Tampines Mart. Mature. *****810 excellen-H EXEC. MAIS. SELLING below valuation 5455K. Tampines St. 81. High flr. Good facing. Windy. Near mkt./ sch. Musl sell! *****989 SRN NEW LIST. CORNER
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      • 453 13 517 HDB APTS FOR SALE (WOODLANDS/ SEMBAWANG) JUMBO CORNER BLK. 832 WOODLANDS Mid flr. Marble. Lift landing 189 sq.m. (2034 sq.ft.) 5 bdrms., 3 toilets. Aircon. 6 mins to MRT/ school/ wet market/ amenities Valued 5463K, 100% movein Any races S4OK/ SSOK grant Pg *****843 BL WOODLANDS SPECIALIST OPEN HOUSE
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