The New Paper, 17 February 1993

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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Peacekeepers: Bigger force after polls?
      272 2 AFP A LARGER UN security fore# could be needed in Cambodia even after general elections scheduled for May, says the UN chief. The UN will have no choice if various Cambodian factions continue to refuse to demobilise their forces during the period between the May
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      IN OR OUT?
      77 2 The UN wants more peacekeeping troops and wants them to stay on even after the May elections. Cambodian leaders are criticising the UN and its decision to carry on with elections T JLn order to tell the UN and the world that they have succeeded in their
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      Lock icon Boutros: May polls should go ahead
      192 2 Wire services. ELECTIONS in Cambodia should go ahead on May 23 despite the poll boycott by Khmer Rouge guerillas, says the UN chief. Several Cambodian leaders have criticised the UN for going ahead with the UN-su-pervised election without fufilling the terms of the 1991
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      UN forces molesting women: Sihanouk
      289 2 THE United Nation's peace-keep-era are sexually abusing women and causing social, economic and racial problems in Cambodia, says Prince Norodom Sihanouk. The force, officially known as the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia (Untac), is more interested in saving its face than saving Cambodia, said the
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      Lock icon His world in eight trolleys
      603 3 An elderly man lived for three months at the void deck of an HDB block in Bedok South Ave 2. He had set up "house' there with, among other things, a mattress, a stove and eight tfolleys for his clothes. MICHELLE ANG reports HIS pillow
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      A DAY IN MR LIM’S LIFE
      181 3 ME Lim spoke of his simple life at the void deck "I deep at about 3 am every night. I wain up at about 5 am and make coffee," ha said. "Then I walk to the market a few blocks away. I use the
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      115 2 SORRY -Concert tickets out inort" (TIm New Paper. Raises 18, Jan 28): In our report, we attributed several 19, 20, 21 remarks to Mr Ong Beng Huat of Lushington £3 Entertainments. Those remarks were in fact made by anoth- 22 er director of the company. Ctwici We apologise for the
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Seven uncovered in six weeks
      185 4 Foreign workers found with Aids virus after compulsory test implemented here in January: HOT STORY THE compulsory Aid® test for foreign workers hasproduced quick results after just six weeks. At least seven have tested positive for the HIV virus that causes Aids, a checkJfry >
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      HEADLINERS
      97 4 Thl Straits TtMf: Tax hikes a must, Clinton tells middle class BniMSt Times: TDB takes stake in well-linked China investment company Umlm Imfcae, Bertta Marian: Clinton: Need to raise middle-class Americans' taxes to help cut deficit and revive the country's economy SBC Mrabtg hw%: A report from the UN
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Piracy curbed
        69 4 PIRATES have stopped attacking ships in the Singapore Strait since the middle of last year. Co-ordinated patrols by Singapore and Indonesia and arrests, made largely through Indonesian efforts, reduced the number of attacks to zero, Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan said yesterday. Piracy in the area was rampant
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        Stakes abroad
        92 4 THE Trade Development Board and Nat Steel have together taken a 12.5-per cent stake in a foreign investment firm. Hongkong investors and 13 Chinese state enterprises are the other partners in the Hongkong-based New China Hong Kong Group Ltd (NCHK). NCHK has been set up for trade and
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        Feedback on GST
        86 4 MORE than half of the participants at a Feedback Unit dialogue yesterday were in favour of excluding certain basic items from the Good* and Services Tax. Many Mt that rice should not be taxed, while others said items such as milk powder, sugar, chicken and transport services
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        Human-cargo case
        68 4 THAI police have cracked down on a gang smuggling people out of China through Thailand. They arrested 68 Chinese nationals near Pattaya beach resort. The Chinese were about to set sail for either Hongkong or Taiwan. Police estimated that 40 Chinese had already been ferried out to the
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        Memory clinic
        71 4 A MEMORY Clinic for aged people will be set up by the National University Hospital before the end of this year. Doctors will be asked to refer patients who suffer from memory loss to the clinic. A recent study shows that about 3,000 elderly people suffer from dementia,
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      New German focus
      93 4 n JLJeiore the Berlin Wall came down, every month I would meet a German industrialist, a German banker, a German state minister or state prime minister, or even the federal chancellor. That was the level of their interest. But the last group of Germans I saw came
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      Budget on Feb 26
      37 4 PARLIAMENT will sit on Friday, Feb 26, at 12.30 pm. Finance Minister Richard Hu will deliver the Budget statement, which sets out the Government's economic policy for the year, later in the afternoon.
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      ‘He disturbed family'
      207 5 FROM PAGE 3 A SISTER-IN-LAW of Mr Lim Boon Chiang, 73, said they did not want him to live with them because he was a disturbance. Madam Sim, who did not want to reveal her full name, said: "For example, if he wasn't happy with what we
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      WHAT TOWN COUNIL SAYS
      146 5 MS Karen Chan, a senior property executive at Bedok Town Council, said the council knew Mr Lim was living at the void deck. "Residents told us h<? was there, and we went to visit him. We told him he could not stay at the void deck.
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      WHAT MINISTRY SAYS
      216 5 MR Lim "is quite calm, but appears confined", said the Ministry of Community Development. Yesterday morning, ministry officials took him to Woody Lodge, a home for destitutes, vagrants and beggars. Mr Lee How Sheng, the ministry's deputy director (corporate planning and public affairs) said he was under
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      THE KILLING
      477 6  -  rYouths' paths! /cross accidentally... An innocent boy's life^^ brutally B| snuffed By Yaw Yan Chong THE decision to take a nap at a bus-stop in Marina Bay cost a 17-year-old boy his life. A bunch of youths who were complete strangers to the sleeping Lim Keong Keong, set
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      Lock icon Mum: It’s just so senseless
      686 7  -  By Yaw Yan Chong 'IT'S just so senseless. There was no reason for them to beat up my son. He didn't do anything to them. He didn't even know tiiem," Madam Yeo Geok lamented the death of her, son Ileong Keong. 44 Just because someone
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      THE CRIME AND THE SENTENCE
      109 7 ALL eight pleaded guilty to a charge of being an unlawful assembly whose common objective was to cause grievous hurt to Keong Keong. Mohamad Ibrahim bin Mohamed Noor, 17: Five years' jail and 10 strokes of the cane. Haji Muhamad Faisal bin -Johar, 16: Three
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      I DON Y THINK ABOUT THE FUTURE'
      194 7 LIFE without her only son is empty, says Madam Yeo. But it goes on. She work& as a babysitter, looking after three young children. Her daughter, Lay Hoon, 19, is studying but also works part time as a sales assistant. Madam Yeo said:
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Impotence: Hotline on the way
      283 10  -  By Ng Wan Ching A HOTLINE on impotence will be open to the public on March 1. The telephone service is being set up by medical suppliers Somedico, which sells medical aids to treat impotence. Mr Benjamin Ho, Somedico's director of sales and marketing, said
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      SOME WAYS TO TREAT IMPOTENCE
      704 10 Several readers called Hotline Phis after reading our special reports on impotence in the Jan 30 Weekender section. They were seeking a cure for their condition. Counselling is usually the firs t step If that fails, these forms of aid can be tried MEDICATION VASODILATORS:
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      215 11 Sonar detects new underwater contact. An enemy submarine. The timing of your attack is critical. I n.L H flB B IB wBHm H^B^ m H| wBBP tBBP: I^wp a s You don't have much time to m JH BU|I BB BB1 Bi you MHb B B B Naval B IB
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon $5m of fake games seized
      398 12  -  By Augustine Pang MORE than $5 million worth of counterfeit Nintendo and Sega video games were seized from two warehouses yesterday. It is believed to be the biggest seizure of its kind in recent years. In December last year, about $900,000 worth of counterfeit goods
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      SINGAPORE THE MODEL COUNTRY
      89 12 A LAW introduced in 1987 has transformed Singapore from the "world capital of software piracy" to a "model country" for protecting copyright. Software piracy is illegal copying of computer programs. Mr Eric Smith, executive director of the US-based International Intel- lectual Property Alliance, has praised the
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      362 12 NOW B TK GST FM» TWIN OUR PHEBHT DOIECT TAX SVSTBMT £sf A Some people, mainly those who are self* employed, do not declare their full income or may not declare their income at all. So, they pay less tax than they should, or do But everyone will have to
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Clinton plan pulls stocks down
      317 14 AP vSHARE prices in the US dropped like a stone yesterday after US President Bill Clinton outlined the harsh medicine of his economic package in an 11-minute TV spe*>ch. A big reason for Wall Street's concern: A fear that higher taxes will stall an economic
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      MARKET VIEW
      76 14 IN the US, the Dow Jones average of 30 industrials fell 82.94 points to end at 3,309.49. In Tokyo, the 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 201.67 points, or 1.18 per cent. In London, the FT-SE 100 index closed down 33.7 points, or 1.2 per cent lower. Share prices
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      Lock icon Ban on German athlete eased
      80 14 UPI. A 72-YEAR-OLD German athlete had his four-year ban for using steroids reduced to a year. Javelin thrower Arthur Dreher was said to have taken a substance to counteract impotency. He tested positive for steroids at the German Seniors Championships in September, but appealed successfully
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon 2 die in vain bid to save friend
      195 16 Reuter. TWO hikers were killed when they plunged into an icy whirlpool in a vain bid to save a friend. Police said the weekend tragedy occurred on a hiking trail in the mountains south of Palm Springs, in the desert east of
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      Lock icon Was boy killed by 'friendly' strangers?
      308 16 Wire services. A TWO-YEAR OLD bay toddied away from his mother into the deadly arms of strangers. Two days later, little James Bulger was found dead battered to death and run over by a train in Liverpool. Police believe the toddler was killed before
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      Lock icon It's your move
      33 16 Teen chess prodigy Judit Poigmr making a move during the Umtgame inixMt former World Chen 16-year-oid Hungarian giri won the 10-gmme match again/at the Russian. She won $192,000. Picture/ Reuter
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      Lock icon Boy steals ambulance
      167 16 AP. AN 11-year-old boy stole an ambulance and took off on a 90-miniite joyride in the United States. After a chase which included a police helicopter, the boy was arrested. The drama came to an end when the ambulance struck a parked car during the chase The
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      Lock icon ‘Boat people would have died’
      350 17 AP. DEATH hovered over the more than 500 Chinese boat people, being smuggled to the United States in the locked hold of a cargo ship, when the US came to their aid. 4 in my opinion, these people would have died," said Lieutenant-Commander Dan McCloud
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      Lock icon Alien influx: Sweden seeks help
      345 17 AP. AFP SWEDEN is seeking help from Russia and the Baltic states to stop the smuggling of hundreds of refugees across the Baltic Sea. The Government also plans to tighten its liberal immigration laws officials say. Since October, at least five ships from Russia,. Estonia
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      187 17 DOMT JUST ASK FOR VriMVHN C 1 ASK FOR HMTER-C Ji a .Jjj&aMr f jHKJ WwSf -Jj$7 Supplementing the Vitamin C you need in your diet is one To start with, I is abeobed qucldy into your body system way to git tfw nutrient for good heath. As a result
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  • Showtime
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      No lines for Kari
      658 18 It's tough to speak non-stop on stage for two hours as Margaret Chan did in the play, Emily of Emerald Hill. But it seems equally difficult keeping quiet. Young actress Kari Fine tells LO TIEN YIN about her mute act in Stars' coming play, Miracle Worker
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      Li Nanxing faces up to period role
      599 19  -  By Vivien Chiong ***** people whe met SBC wSbor Li Nanxing in th# last fortnight did one thins -r* laugh in his face. Naming, 28, is now acting in hi* Ant period drama, Battle of the Lotus, after sevenyMaa with the TV station.
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      ACTION STATIONS
      463 20 SBC promises more gongfu and action serials this year. TV movies will be made for the first time. Possibly more foreign Stars will act in local productions. VIVIEN CHIONG finds out what else is in store for TV viewers MORE action can be expected on TV this year.
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      CONUVPORARV ACTION DRAMAS
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      NEW TYPES OF DRAMA
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      TV MOVIES
      196 20 IN April »»C will produc* their firetever TV aiovie. Hit will be mjut# h IS VMf. ThiAm«iBbi aiiad m Deeem bar. Bach SO minutee km*. thaee are foww mtdf for ttiwiwon. "Than it a market demand for TV wm« bwwN tout vW«tn joe* donH km the to* and
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      COMING ATTRACTIONS
      311 20 *****111 TWIN (March 2G to May 0): fllanfaj. Bdmund Chen, Chen Lipin#. Wei dong. Tang Mmoling Mmk Pdniniid plays a struggling lawyer »hc exposes Liang We. ion* another lafvyer, in the course at duty. To complicate mattan. Lining, also a lawyer, fails lor Kdrnund but Wei dung is
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      52 18 Kao MERIT Qwtnpoo The No. 1* Anti-Dandruff Shampoo in Singapore Kao Merit contains micro Zrpt that works effectively on the whole scalp to control dandruff and scalp itch. And its special conditioning formula moisturizes your hair, leaving it soft and manageable. jfl ■i 'Bye Dandruff, Bye' nt KQO^) *SRS Petad
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      104 19 You will enjoy special discounts when you buy package tours to China/Japa K Korea/Malaysia /Vietnam/USA/Taiwan/Philippines /Thailand Australia K£[ Hong Kong/Indonesia/New Zealand/Nepal/Europe '31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 000 0 *****0
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      725 21 IA 1.55 PM Optaiag followed by PHI Text (Stereo) 2 30 Adfereafc 3.00 T1m Wtui I Marry (Mandarin drama with English subtitles/episodes 11 12 of 30): Johnny accepts Jieming for the Mingzhu's sake. Jiali and Wenjie are still not sure of each other. 4.20 Peter aad tfce We# (Cartoon) 4.50
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Names for fame
      297 22 What's in a name? A lot, it seems. Whether you like it or not, your name says a lot about you and it may not always say what you want. We look at some Malay and Chinese stars who underwent that crucial name change NO Malaysian rock
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      TWO WORD STAGE NAMES
      165 22 CHINESE stars often like to give themselves two-word stage names. This started in the 60s. But the trend changed a decade later when many artists used their original names and added an English name, such as Andy Lau Tak-wah. Jackie Chan -(right) not only gave himself
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  • DEARAGGIE
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      Are we ready for marriage?
      577 23 i AGGIE gives advice on Wednesdays. QpuHnw Aggie caanot answer are pat to otter experts sack as doctors, psychologists and parchietriaU You can write to: Dor Aggie, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. You oust give year name aad address. We wiß
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      I want to break off with fiance
      179 23 I have been working here for almost four years. After I had been here for a year, I fell in love with a man. We are now planning to go home and get married. I have been engaged for a long time to
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      Parents treat me like a kid
      425 23 I am 20 years old and my parents still insist on treating me like I act two. They will not leave me alone they have to get involved in everything that I do. They read my letters and diary, eavesdrop on my phone calls
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      Should I reveal my past?
      215 23 I have met a man with whom I have fallen in love. He has aaked me to marry him but I have not given him an answer because I dare not tell him about my past. Four years ago I had sex with my boyfriend
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      I’m too shy to ask for dates
      229 23 I am a 19-year-old boy and 1 have never had a steady girlfriend. When my friends ask me for the reason* I just don't know what to say. Now I hardly ever join my friends because most of them bring their girlfriends along,
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      The trouble is my hearing
      211 23 I am a hearing-impaired student. I have a friend, a hearing student, who says that he likes me. But I am afraid of befriending him, even though I like him. Whenever I see him with his friends, I avoid him. Most of his friends know
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      108 24 COMKFBJEF ALSO CAN /r Showcase For Singapore Cartoonists Beng'Jr/Daniel Chua J' [aiMwawtiT YMEK W CRtWbR \S MOT M A MOOD TD #> owai3bsr *u UXK W WOWBJ Tok Guru /Sofiyan Yahya I LOOK AT AUL THEHlTWEY SHOULD AUL II TOX, »t4 TM»6 VIOLENCE \M SroCT "SIUAT 4 IT K TEACU6S
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      497 24 SOUNDWAVES FM90.5 Han on the Hnt MOON piMir 12.i5 Hi Baaa Taa Yaar LaacMatc ITl 1 15 taSrlT Y 1 llh ,U S.00 Vlaa la IWa"'• M9 What's Oa M mjTwmom* fun AMU MM M M 5.05 TIM Ptrt«f King S4»w Mlli (caBt'rf) 5.3i Traffic Bapart 7 ii SET?? B,,ry
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      266 25 Your son is studying overseas. And you want Mm close to home with news from home. Someone cioee has been living in Canada for some years. You've mm writing tnosc UAI1> talma »w long letters. tv» piiaiij Ti iv. straits Times i H8 straits Tunes u/aai/Ki a. inrin Weekly tells
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      598 35 England needs goals 10 of them at least to keep up with group leader Norway, which beat San Marino by a similar margin. And the men entrusted with that task are an untried striking pair... TODAY'S TIES (European group*) GROUP 1: Scotland v Malta GROUP
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      38 35 j3efore every game we are afraid of a record score. The first 10 to 20 minutes is vital. If we start conceding goals then, the final figure could be anything. San Marino swMper William Guerra
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      90 35 England's 13-0 victory over Northern Ireland in 1882 remains the biggest scoreline in a full international involving a British side. But England has not always struck it rich against the lesser nations 1950 US 1 England 0 1975 Cyprus 0 England 1 1981 Norway 2 England
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      475 36  -  By Chris Matyszczyk ELEVEN men from England and 11 from San Marino. It sounds like the beginning i of a joke, not a football match. The sad thing is that in tonight's World Cup qualifier, the joke is on the football fan. Admission prices for
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      162 36 AFP. BEFORE leading England for the first time today, David Piatt will b« sparing a thought for his ilPiatt was told be will be captain only hours after Moore, who akipperad England to its only World Cup victory in 1966, revealed ha is
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      365 37 She's 10 years old. She's a 10-gold swimmer. But Phua Shu Yan is no tenderfoot, as ABDUL SHUKOR finds out SHE was not keen to be photographed and gave a little growl as she leapt out of the pool. "Come on lah, Shu," said her
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      26 37 FrMCtyte: 50m, 100 m, 200 m Butterfly: 50m, 100 m >>clutr>M: 50m, 100 m Br*aststrok« 50m, 100 m M M«d: 200 m
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      201 37 AP. THIRD-SEEDED Michael Chang advanced to the second round of the US Indoor Tennis Championship in Philadelphia yesterday. He defeated Emilio Sanchez of Spain 6-1, 2-6, 6-1. After splitting the first two sets, Chang broke through Sanchez's service in the opening game of the third set and served
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      299 37  -  By Brenda Chia LELA Zainal crashed out of the USIIO 000 ITF Women Satellite in Bandung, Indonesia yesterday. Fifth-seeded in qualifying, Lela fell to third-seed-ed Indonesian Dewi Wijayanti 6-2, 7-6 (9-7) in the third qualifying round. But Lela has another chance to get into
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      194 38  -  Tyrwhitt tells FAS By Abdul Shukor TYRWHITT coach Michael Urukalo said this morning that if the Football Association of Singapore wants to sign on midfielder Ahbas Saad for its Semi-Pro campaign, it must discuss conditions with the club. Singapore's national coach P N Sivaji had said
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      415 38 Reuter. FIFA is considering awarding three points for a win in group matches in next year's World Cup Finals in the United States. This is to encourage and reward attacking soccer, said Fifa general-secretary Sepp Blatter yesterday. Said Blatter: "I am in favour of
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      291 38 Wire services. PETER Reid has signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract which will make him Manchester City's highest paid manager ever. Club chairman Peter Swales said: "The new contract for Peter is well deserved. We feel we have got one of the top managers in English football, who is be
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      498 38 Wire services Results of yesterday'a international sports: SOCCER \utoglass Trophy, Area Q-fi-nal: Swansea 1 Ley ton Orient 0, Stoke 2 West Brom 1. English I)iv two: Burnley 2 I'rest on 0, Mansfield 2 Hartlepool 0, Stockf>ort 2 Port Vale 0, Wigan 1 Huddersfield 0. I)iv Three Chesterfield 1 C.illingham
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