The New Paper, 13 September 1997

Microfilm: NL21044
Total Pages: 54
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    7 1 the new paper SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1997
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      58 1 r How did this man ever get to drive Princess Di's car? lINIIII 8 *****1 1 %0000l" A I -{J V (_j[ 1 3 SEP 1997 Brian Miller reports /Pages ■HI K "t,/' H flj B S If I Watch contestants pit their and strength AGAINST OUR games great entertanient
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Parents sell daughter for sex... for $22
      226 2  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY HER parents sold her to a 67-year-old man for sex. She is only 11. The reason: They wanted the As2o ($22) he offered... to buy cigarettes. And the effect: The girl has gone mad. The parents were
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      US—Japan security cooperation Taiwan Leave Out
      392 2  -  BY Yvonne Lim LEAVE the Taiwan Strait out of the new guidelines for US-Japan security cooperation. So said Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew last night. He was commenting on the recent row between China and Japan. It erupted after Japan's former Chief Cabinet Secretary
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      Lock icon PAINTED in PRISON
      357 3 Some unusual paintings are on exhibition at Sentosa. The artist did them while in prison for the killing of her husband. TEOYUNYUN reports IT was the first time museum curator Suzy Pennington was viewing paintings in such a setting. She had passed through a security check and
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      The artist’s story
      85 3 IN 1992, Ngahuia Tawhai (left) and Wallace Waru lopata who was then living with her family were charged with murdering her husband, Erueti Tawhai. They had taken part in a religious ritual which went wrong. Mr Tawhai, 79, died as lopata poured boiling water on him. lopata
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      SHOW INFO
      70 3 WHAT: Sacred Sites, an exhibition of paintings by five New Zealand artists. Part of New Zealand Inspiration, a promotion of the country's native culture. Four of Tawhai's paintings are on show. WHERE: The Beaufort hotel, Sentosa. WHEN: Till Sept 20. It started on Monday. AUCTION: Two paintings from
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Foreign talent: The issues
      283 4 HOT STORIES We should welcome foreign talent, said the Prime Minister in his National Day Rally speech. But what does this mean for Singaporeans? Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng discusses this in The Straits Times today Why are they needed? Singaporeans are not producing enough
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      Haze hits a high
      142 4 THE haze worsened yesterday and the Pollutant Standards Index (PSI) reading hit a high of 127 at 7 pm, reaching an unhealthy level. This is the highest level recorded since the problem started in late August. The PSI scale runs from zero to 500. Most people
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      DOW JONES
      27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 81.99 points to close at 7,742.99 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 547 million shares.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Jump in bike deaths
        73 4 THE number of fatal motorcycle crashes rose steeply in the first half of this year, according to police figures. As many as 69 motorcyclists and pillion riders died on Singapore roads. That's three more people each month than the same period last year (which had 48
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        Change for Blanco Ct
        60 4 BLANCO Court is to be converted into Raffles Hospital, Singapore's second biggest private hospital, by 1999. Pidemco Land and Raffles Medical Group will spend $90 million converting it into a 428-bed hospital and medical centre. To be located at the corner of North Bridge Road and
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        Pay rise? Forget it!
        58 4 FORGET about asking for a pay rise, Malaysian Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said yesterday. The government would not entertain any demands for a wage increase until the country's economic woes were over, he said He urged private sector workers not to make demands for
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        Strike and be paid
        69 4 INDONESIANS can now go on strike and still keep their wages under new laws. They can also set up a labour union at their work without a majority consent. And bosses risk fines if they try to punish workers for strikes over bad conditions. It has
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      HEADLINERS
      68 4 The Straits Times: Expect temporary economic hardship, Jiang tells nation The Business Times: $90m earmarked to convert Blanco Court to hospital Lianhe Zaobao: Economic reform needs new breakthrough, says Jiang Zemin Berita Harlan: High savings, strong economy RCS morning news: SM Lee says Beijing should reassure that the new
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    Lock icon City of Grief
    503 6  -  CALCUTTA I REPORTS BRIAN MILLER DAVBAL is 22. He's jobless and he's a Hindu. But, yesterday, in front of Mother Teresa's Home for the Destitute and Dying, he could have been mistaken for a devout Catholic. In the wretched slums around Kalighat road, where the mission stands,
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    Brian shares the grief...inside Mother House
    591 6 THE tears have already dried. But the grief is still quite evident more so at Mother House where Mother Teresa died on Friday night last week. At the House on Thursday, nuns from the Missionaries of Charity order moved around silently in their Japanese
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      314 7 QpThe, Hfipotect ou* mwwtcwm&nt I J I I I CLEAN AIR I I j j j 6Q < j 700 !l j |$1 L a message to the world that you care for the environment. Every effort to care for our environment counts. More This year's issue is even more
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      ‘I was in a corner, so I named him’
      465 8 A footballer in a match-fixing trial claimed in court yesterday that he had lied to investigators from the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau. He now says his childhood friend, another footballer, never agreed to fixing matches. MELVIN SINGH reports TWICE he referred
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      THE CASE
      74 8 Maran is alleged to have received $41,000 from Pal to influence match results. Of this, $38,000 was payment for losing to Sembawang Rangers on May 8 last year. Maran claimed this amount was betting winnings. The remaining $3,000 is alleged to have been for the match with Balestier
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Heartbreak after break-ins
      403 10  -  Parents of toddler jailed for spate of burglaries BY Teo Hwee Nak Mummy and daddy will be away for about four years. But the one-year-old girl was too young to understand what was happening. She played happily in the Subordinate Courts building yesterday while her father Ong
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      JAILED FOR HOUSEBREAKING
      123 10 THE doting parents were serial housebreakers. They would leave their Ang Mo Kio Ave 9 flat for their targets after putting their daughter to bed. Armed with a cutter, screwdrivers and a pair of pliers, the couple broke into more than 11 cofTeeshops and canteens in the
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      288 11 .nj TO IMPROVE THE TASTE OF OUR MOONCAKES, WE'VE ADDED CLAY, INK, PAINT ROPE. for Mooncake from the Singapore Children's Society to take IB! Festival where they do a little more than part. Join us on the short walk a just sell mooncakes, there's only one place V around Chinatown
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      380 12 I i*T l }I*>m% (13 TO 30 SEPT '97) Come celebrate with Centrepoint! We are throwing a housewarming party to introduce and celebrate the opening of Homepoint on Level 3 and you're invited! To mark the occasion, 22 of our home furnishing tenants are extending special promotions and exciting offers
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon The offer: Abalone for 80¢ The response: Notes from hell
      409 13  -  By Danny Lim A SEAFOOD restaurant got more than it bargained for when it held a promotion offering abalones at 80 cents each. It got $50 million in the mail in "hell bank" notes. These notes are traditionally burnt at
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      250 14 WHAT: The Sprite Event WHEN: Today from 3 pm to 6 pm WHERE: The Heeren Shops, 260 Orchard Road NEED to get something off your chest? Want to tell someone how much you love them, or just let off steam? Just walk down to The Heeren Shops at Orchard Road
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      144 13 Celebrate this Mid-Autumn Festival with Golden Xin Mooncakes 24 August -16 September $33 30nett 'Single Yolk White Lotus Seed Paste $31.20 nett 'Red Lotus Seed Paste nett Mini Egg Custard C 22 90 Introduced in 1993, Xin Cuisine's famous Golden Xin Mooncakes have generated a following of discerning customers with
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    Lock icon Coach worked so hard medal... ...only to throw it into the sea
    450 16  -  SINGAPORETODAY DONATIONS Send donations by cheque, money order or bank draft to: The New Paper's Mother Teresa Fund, c/o The New Paper, Times House, Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 A painting of Mother Teresa by Indian artist Sanjay
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      102 17 j omflfn6iitdl pldiitS/ 3s;|l|9j| p Jj ft?. rfillfifillilA I*l3l aw d (111 ill lillßliuoA I ft'' fl l§ iT llfA fb ghs sipl y*" rj Above events are catered free to visitors except for registration where applicable. Programme subject to change without prior notiee R illtlllAi F° r more details
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    Lock icon Out of Deng’s shadow
    292 18 WORLDTODAY Reuter. SINCE his mentor died six months ago, the big question China-watchers have been asking is: Can President Jiang Zemin ever emerge from the shadows of Mr Deng Xiaoping? Yesterday, Mr Jiang, who is also the Chinese Communist Party gener-al-secretary, showed he could. Mr Jiang,
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    • COVERSTORY
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        In search of an icon...
        468 20  -  like Mother Teresa and Princess Diana who can move the to give to those in need REPORTS ALETHEA UM THE Collins Cobuild dictionary defines an icon as someone important as a symbol of something. It cites, as an example, Princess Diana as a favourite fashion
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        FACES of charity
        374 20 SAY charity and one name springs to mind. Right up to his death in 1994, Dr Ee Peng Liang, affectionately known as the Father of Charity, was inspiring in his dedication to charity work. "He was the personification of selfless service," said Mr Koh Choon Hui, chairman
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        For Dr Ee, charity was a vocation
        230 20 DR Ee Peng Liang dedicated his whole life to charity. Said his son, Mr Gerard Ee, 47: "My father made it his life mission to help others. It wasn't by the way or when he could find the time. It was a vocation
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        Fundraiser for health
        152 20 MS Lee Siok Tin's work for charity goes as far back as the '60s. The millionairess' first feel of charity work was raising money to build a home for the Association for Retarded Children. Ms Lee, the daughter of philanthropist Lee Kong Chian, was up to the
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        Face, hope and charity
        854 21  -  IALLEH IR at lar^g SIXTY-FOUR people died in a Vietnam Airlines crash, about 400 drowned in a sardined coffin, yet millions continue to mourn the death of two people. Such is our capacity for sympathy, our sense of perspective, our infatuation with fame. One lived a
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      63 21 GOLDHEAHT PLATINUM BRIDAL JEWELLERY You'll Never Be The Same Love Doves Orchard Towers Tanglin Mall Parkway Parade Tiong Bahni Plaza Parco Bugis Junction Junction 8 Liang Court Wisma Atria Thomson Plaza Marina Square Marina (Yaohan) East Point (Simei MRT) Lot 1 (Choa Chu Kang MRT) Jurong Point (Boon Lay MRT)
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      69 22 MOTHER TERESA The face of selflessness and tireless compassion. The face the world knows so well... yet so little of. Channel 5 presents an insight into W e 9 ac y °f Mother Teresa. p or ose touched by her humanity. JHK: SJm For those who want to know more.
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      74 23 1p i M i"i 1 11 1 HV hK To celebrate our 15th anniversary, away our WESTERN WHOPPER JRf jH ■Hi for For a we're giving away a fun, I KHKjNgA commemorative button badge with I each purchase. There are 10 in all, KUiUjiSiß^m get them while stocks last! H^HHk
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    Top nightspots, all of’em
    512 24  -  weebwider r laiMNr YEO at nigljJJ ABOUT this time every year, the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) gives out an award called Nightspot of the Year. As you might have guessed, it's to do with clubs, discos and bars fighting for the honour of being this
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      200 24 fKina Kbir wgvamßfc h come and discover Mexico... AT NG£I ANN CITY AND SHANGRI-LA HOTEL Achai Dance Group and Mariachi Band MHb VP divan spring' plus by Mexican Restaurants in Singapore (>NM HIu>BOARI> al l^^Vo/— IS Shangri-la Hotel DON'T IU( BT J, INI FIBM Achai Group and Mariachi Band MISS
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      49 25 I >1 Vr Ed I jS *^^gl a good deed today and do <os^ any purchase Available in trendy colours, you'll |V look absolutely ultra-cool in them. BpF So hurry and get one now, before jv Your old* tee will be donated to the Salvation Army to :-'^^B rorn
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      84 26 Classified ads can get you stereo Classified ads are purr...fect for Classified ads put home-seekers equipment for a song. finding lost little kittens. on soiid g roun( i Classified ads make vacation Classified ads can speed up Classified ads make just about hunting relaxing. your search for the right car.
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  • SPOTLIGHT
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      The famous die young
      353 27 SOME people are willing to do anything to be famous. Yet, many celebrities ultimately come to see their fame as a curse. The late Diana, Princess of Wales, was one of those celebrities whose fame had brought her more heartache than joy. "Fame tends to be
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      Once upon a time there, were heroes
      517 27 THERE was a time when the world loved heroes. Today, it has eyes more for celebrities. Douglas Mac Arthur, Nelson Mandela and Winston Churchill they were all heroes. Each showed courage in their own way and helped make the world a better place.
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      1171 29 sunaaytv page.™ L O SH2S& Yang Kukuh, Yang Runtuh O (Prime 12, 8.30 pm) CHANNEL Q WL .Ai&j love. But when Mira s elder sister 6.00 AM Pathfinders (Educational) 9.00 dies, she is forced into a marriage 6.30 Underwater Encounters (Educational) -mc# HB£m| with her brother-in-law, Burhan. 7.00 Jack Hanna's
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      918 30 .1 11 1 'IHUjfMM' solurdoytv page„ rj^^SSj HH Mother Teresa (Live coverage (Channel 5, 11.30 am) 1130 AM Mother Teresa (Live coverage of NOON tntertJHimwrt news txpress/uragon Mother Teresa, the Albanian-born 11.30 AM Mother Terna (Live coverage ol M nun who devoted most of her life pm w j l
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Please, not another one
      135 32 HAITI FERRY TRAGEDY Router. LAUGHTER and love. This man, floating dead in the water, could have felt these senses just a few days ago. Cry and mourn. That is about all his relatives can do to grieve his senseless death. His body and that of four
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      Lock icon BUSTED Internet soccer betting ring
      186 32 AFP MALAYSIAN police have broken up an international soccer syndicate based in Penang which used the Internet to accept bets. Initial investigations showed the syndicate was raking in up to M$200,000 per match in the World Cup qualifying rounds, the English Premier League, FA Cup
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      218 33 Congratulations to the winners of our $50,000 J September Lucky Draw. you can see, Cash Card isn't Just the smarter way r to pay it's also the smart way to win cash! And there's as much as $100,000 in cash to be won in the Cash Card Lucky Draws every
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Who will win?
      184 34 THE Emmy Award winners will be known on Monday. But before that, let's do some predictions. And if yours are right, you stand to win prizes. Three lucky winners will each walk away with an Ericsson 318 GSM handphone. Another 10 correct entries will win a pair
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      ‘Many knew they were not here to teach piano’
      325 34 MANY of the Asian women involved in a crippled sex-slave ring in Canada and the US were young. But they were no sweet things. Most, if not all, knew they were being brought to North America to sell their bodies, a
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      46 34 Read All About It at Bugis Junction, Novvwei -Victoria Street w r\\ or Junction 8, *1 Bishan MRT Exit. 'W^ ft "y— L_ W JL t a''j 1 I AM tfri IT if Newspaper vending \l i WwitfilMAiiMMH I «rn *ftik«Ai I IB I II s
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      Killer cocktail
      378 36 He was drunk. And he had taken drugs to fight depression. This man should never have driven Princess Diana's car, say experts HIS reflexes were probably slow, but he was feeling confident and masterful. His vision was not at its best. And, he might not have been thinking
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      DRINKS AND DEATH
      106 36 HE had gotten off duty early and spont the evening drinking in a bar. He had even told fellow-drinkers he was accompanying Mr Dodi Fayed and Princess Diana to Britain the next day. But Mr Paul was called from home at the last minute to drive the
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    Thinking more like readers
    481 37  -  Etcetera WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ ARE women getting to think like men? For years, women's magazines outsold anything similar produced for men. But the tide is turning. Cosmopolitan, the standard-bearer of women's glossy mags, has been elbowed out of the top spot in Britain by FHM, the
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      69 37 HELP -J save the^7vT\\l\ EARTH, (And get paid for doing V^3l J J Give the Earth and other \ir Singaporeans a helping hand offer A (J someone a paid lift 1 V j^V to work each day! J I 1 To experience the rewards of saving A the environment, call
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      186 37 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson CHON. I TW\M FIVE. Ho.")| U* IF WUCMIMtI F IERSESIX: UEJ DCWH VviUKfcM VtRStS EXTOIi\NG <XU,VM( NAMB.VOO "TK&RSMZENM&E WE ROPE ff REST OF WE I TIGERS IS J VOO lOOSI, WMtTOSTKW AND UWrONTHBRTOES, ll LADOER. J PASSVOW)! FLEM. XOU ROTTEH, OVER AT TV\E. W ASPECT
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      43 38 Your lunch time reading pleasure. Get a copy now! i»m M@bil Mart Select at Shell Station I I H (0) £g—2BJiSj ft Cold Storage (MV Singapore Press Holdings i Impress your feSfe? friends with an interesting snippet. Ru4 SaiJay Classified this araakaad. y^j
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      73 38 CARD GAMES^ ANYONE? ,U° /©> If you're into phone and MRT cards, get in touch with other h/^ enthusiasts through 1 jy f Classification 76. I l4>V/Zo>M Play your cards right- VlW' W W/f SS 6 < Classification 76 Phone/MRT Cards H. vxEYv', [jMd S2M3V2 Csi?§j ll»J*caifc. the ice with
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    618 47 Preview Byl>ie Three Musketeers THIS weekend's races look a little tricky. So if you can exercise a little patience, wait till the final event on both days before making your way to the tote counter. In today's nine-race card at Bukit Timah, we reckon Dumont
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      113 48 SINGAPORE A OAJK STOCKHOLM 4 AIK Stockholm's Harun Bircan will be the man to watch in the Lion City Cup Under-16 final against Perth at the Jalan Besar Stadium tomorrow. Lanky Bircan, 15, showed his class and delightful skill last night to score four goals to inspire the Swedish
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      380 48 I ASIAN WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS RESULTS ASIA GROUP B South Korea 2 Choi Yong-Soo 15th, Lee Sang-Yoon 87th Uzbekistan 1 Oleg Shatskikh 74th United Arab Emirates 4 Hassen 17th, Hamdoun 49th, Bekhit 77th, Saad 85th Kazakhstan 0 TODAY ASIA GROUP A China v Iran
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      167 48 uiuuiia uicicich Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports; BADMINTON US Open Men's Singles (q-flnals): Peter Gade-Christensen (Den) bt Alan Budi Kusuma (Ind) 17-18,15-2,17-14; Jeroen van Dijk (Hoi) bt Hermawan Susanto (Ind) 15-9,15-5; Luo Yigang (Chn) bt Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (Den) lfi»ll, 15-7; Poul-Erik Hoyer-Larsen (Den) bt Marleve Mainaky (Ind)
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      159 48 NEXT WEEKEND SATURDAY 1: Aston Villa v Derby 2: Bolton v ManU 3: Everton v Barnsley 4: Leeds v Leicester 5: Sheffield Wed v Coventry 6: Southampton v Liverpool 7: Tottenham v Blackburn 8: West Ham v Newcastle 9: Wimbledon v Palace SUNDAY
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      119 49 What's hot, what's not, who's in, who's ouL..NIGEL WHITEFIELD'S weekly roundup of what's going on in the English league EUROPE KICKOFF ITALY Today: Brescia v Sampdoria Leccev Udinese AC Milan v Lazio Tomorrow: Bologna v Inter-Milan (delayed telecast on Premiere 12 from 11pm tomorrow) Fiorentinav Bari Napoliv Empoli
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      668 49 HUGHES RUMOUR, BOOZING BARNSLEY; SPURS TARGET COSTA; BET ON HESKEY HOT MARK HUGHES: The Wales and Chelsea striker has demanded showdown talks with boss Ruud Gullit after rumours that he is being sold to Division One struggler Sunderland. Hughes was a sensation partnering
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      189 49 LIVERPOOL'S teenage sensation Michael Owen is in hot water with the Anfield club for an ugly butting incident. The 17-year-old striker was sent off for head-butting an opponent in an Under-18 international against Yugoslavia. To add insult to injury, the young firebrand was wearing the England
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      107 49 Reuter. HE is 39 next Tuesday, but Neville Southall is the veteran star who just wgn't go away. The Everton hero chalks up another impressive milestone in the match at Derby today becoming the first player to play 200 Premiership matches. Southall is also just seven short
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      150 49 -AFP. ROY Hodgson's superb start as new manager of Blackburn has earned him Carting's award for Manager of the Month in August. Arsenal striker Dennis Bergkamp wins the Player of the Month award. Former Inter-Milan and Swiss national coach Hodgson was appointed to the Rovers helm before
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      129 50 TOOAY: Arsenal v Bolton Bamsleyv Aston Villa Coventry v Southampton Palace v Chelsea Derby v Everton Leicester v Tottenham Liverpool v Sheffield W Man Uv West Ham N«a*castlev Wimbledon TOMORROW: Blackburn v Leeds LIVE ON TV: Newcastle v Wimbledon (Premiere 12 today, 10pm) DIVISION
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      Lock icon MATCH OF THE DAY: BLACKBURN v LEEDS
      226 50 BLACKBURN: 1: Tim Rowers 3:JeffKenna 4: Tim Sherwood 5: Colin Hendry 7: Stuart Ripley 8: Kevin Gallacher 9: Chris Sutton 10: Martin Dahlin 11: Jason Wilcox 12: Lars Bohinen 13:JohnFilan 14: Anders Andersson 15: Gary Flitcroft 16: Per Pederson 17: Billy McKinlay l&lanPearce
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      427 50  -  REPORTS: IAN BROWN WHEN George Graham took over at Leeds less than a year ago, he couldn't believe his luck. He's a manager who likes it tight at the back with a "Mr Dependable" between the posts. Luckily, he had the right man already installed there in
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      The wing way
      521 51 MATCH OF THE DAY BLACKBURN v LEEDS LAN BROWN'S PREDICTIONS: ARSENALv BOLTON: 3-1 BARNSLEYv VILLA: 1-2 COVENTRYv SAINTS: 1-1 PALACE v CHELSEA: 1-3 DERBYv EVERTON: 2-2 LEICESTER v TOTTENHAM: 1-0 LIVERPOOL v SHEFFWED: 2-1 MANUTDv WEST HAM: 1-0 NEWCASTLE v WIMBLEDON: 2-0 BLACKBURN'S flying start to the
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      162 51 UP DOWN KEVIN GALLACHER: The Scottish striker is another Ewood Park star making up for lost time. Two leg-breaks interrupted the pacy striker's career. "It wasn't a waste of time," insists the bespectacled forward. "I was able to watch my baby daughter grow up a
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      116 51 Roy Hodgson has signed Norwegian central defender Tore Pedersen from German Division Two side St Pauli of Hamburg. The central defender, who has over 40 caps, was desperate to leave following St Pauli's relegation. Rovers feel they have a bargain at £500,000 ($1.2 million). Hodgson also moved quickly
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      476 52  -  S-LEAGUE AWARDS NO: Says S Gulam and many players, officials and other experts COMMENT S GULAM THE choice of Nazri Nasir as the S-League's Player of the Year ruffled more than a few feathers. A better choice would have been Nazri's team-mate Velimir Crljen, whose daring
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      214 52 THE Lions will be limping all the way to Perth today for a two-week training tour. Four players have been ruled out. And six others will be carrying injuries with them. Tiong Bahru United midfielder Samawira Basri was the latest to pull out. He was admitted
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      300 52  -  Stories/! SGulam WHERE is P N Sivtgi, who ended his seven-year stint with Tiong Bahru United officially yesterday, headed? He doesn't want to reveal yet. "I've a number of offers. But it's too premature to reveal any of them," he said yesterday. His former club's
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      365 53  -  COUNTDOWN TO SEA GAMES: JAKARTA. OCT 11-19 M Jairaikumar Jevabal 20km walk —1:36.21(1:38.10) M Nurulaini Ariffin 100 m —12.37(12.40) MALAYSIAN OPEN '97 Reports/1 Ernest Luis WHEN national walker Jairsykumar Jeyabal woke up in Kluang, Johor, yesterday, he could see only as far as 200 metres. Yesterday's
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      243 53 APART from Jairajkumar Jeyabal, sprinter Nurulaini Ariffin also had a new personal best timing in the 100 m. She achieved it in the heats at yesterday's Malaysian Open. Her time was 12.375ec. This beats her previous best of 12.40 clocked at last year's
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      104 53 Bern a ma. FORMER Malaysian national sprint queen G Shanti proved that she is still the queen of the track. She easily won the 100m women's finals yesterday, clocking 11.64sec. Shanti defended her title which she clinched last year in Kangar. The 30-year-old sprinter even outclassed two
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      62 53 COMPETING TODAY 4 x 100 m men's relay Hamkah Afik (also 200 m) Yusof Alias (100 m) Timothy Yeo (100 m, 200 m) Aaron Huang (100 m) U K Shyam (100 m) 4 x 100 m women's relay Hiranisha Rasimuddin (100 m, 200 m) Nurulaini Ariffin (100 m)
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      29 48 CALL 1900-*****12 LION CITY CUP Singapore A will meet Hongkong for the third placing (5.30pm) while AIK Stockholm meets Perth in the final (7.30pm). Both matches will be played
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