The New Paper, 23 April 1998

Microfilm: NL21184
Total Pages: 57
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Only you are covered
      153 4 INSURED IN SINGAPORE BUT DRIVING IN MALAYSIA? TAKE NOTE: L HOT A THE ACT In Singapore, the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks and Compensation) Act requires car-owners to take out third-party insurance to compensate passengers injured in road accidents. Yesterday, the Appeal Court ruled that the
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      HEADLINERS
      61 4 The Straits Hmk Jakarta "meets reform targets" The Business Times: Indonesia enforces major IMF reforms Lianhe Zaobao: China and Japan leaders agree to take the lead in managing the Asian financial crisis Berita Harlan: Indonesia: Confidence In economy recovering RCS morning news: A worldwide campaign to warn youth about
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      Lock icon Merc cabs that fit six
      65 4 THE MaxiCab went into service yesterday. It is the latest addition to CityCab's fleet of Mercedes-Benz taxis. Booking charges for these six-passenger taxis are $8 and $12 for current and advanced bookings, respectively. Flag-down fares are similar to those charged by standard taxis. Airport limousine
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      DOW JONES
      26 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 8.22 points to close at 9,176.72 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 699 million shares.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        2 feces, 1 aim
        71 4 BOTH faces of speed cameras on the roads now look the same. This is to counter the tactic of speeding motorists who slow down when approaching 8peed cameras, but take off after passing it. Previously, the back of the six cameras were plain. Now, they look
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        D-Day today
        69 4 THE judgement on the wharf war in Australia has been postponed to 3pm today (Singapore time) by the Full Bench of three judges of the Federal Court. But Prime Minister John Howard said yesterday there will be no retreat; his government is determined to reform dockside work practices
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        SilkAir wins
        58 4 SILKAIR is the best regional airline, says trade magazine Travel-Asia. European judges from well-known tour operators rated SLA's regional carrier No 1 in professionalism, long-term commitment and consistent quality, putting behind it the December crash which killed all 104 people on board in Palembang. SLA won Best Airline
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        Tax relief
        71 4 THE Income Tax Review Board has made a landmark ruling and this has saved a developer paying about $12 million up front. Developers will not have to pay income tax until the temporary occupation permit of a project is granted so that actual taxable income can be calculated
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        Relief in sight?
        65 4 RELIEF should be on the way, says Jakarta. It has met April reform deadlines set by the International Monetary Fund and US$3 billion ($4.8 billion) in loans should be released, it says. Economic chief Ginandjar Kartasasmita named seven companies to be privatised by March, withdrew a ban
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        Sex pill rush
        77 4 AMERICAN men are rushing to get a new drug that cures impotence. Up to 40,000 prescriptions a day are being written for the pill Viagra. It is also said to be able to boost the sex drive. Viagra costs about US$10 ($16) per pill. Most takers said
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      WHAT'S HUP
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    Lock icon Snakes in my shirt
    471 5  -  THENEWSTODAY BY Danny Lim HE opened a dustbin and almost jumped out of his skin. Without knowing it, park-keeper Faruq Montaz had roused a bunch of snakes at Pearls' Hill City Park off Outram Road. While he stood stunned, his nightmare began. Two green snakes jumped
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon It's deadly quiet here
      480 6  -  6AM MEETING WITH DEATH Byl Teo Hwee Nak GRRR... Scary, really scary! My heart thumped furiously as I stood at the eerily early hour of six this morning at the very bus-stop where Madam Poh Bee Eng was murdered. To say the place is deserted is
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      Mystery meeting with death
      406 6 IT was dark, barely 6am. But it isn't unusual for Madam Poh Bee Eng, 42, to meet people at remote places at such an early hour. She was a part-time hair and make-up stylist involved in the advertising and production industry. And friends say it is
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      153 7 I ■•fi Jfe J -Jt J IHE NEW SE r PE &f) fJ I NOKIA 613S (.vMISfIO -i > dTJ| ft i > JP saw- ANO I HER SI PER Bl'Y Willi SIi\GAPORES \IOSI f f AEI ORDAKI E\E I W'ORk-CSNI ISOO \ll Ik- MiimiiMi! fc.uuics \ou \c .il\\ ,i\
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    Lock icon Goodbye, Auntie Sally
    429 8 WOMAN MURDERED AT MARINA SOUTH SINGAPORETODAY DEAR, dear Auntie Sally is gone. When nine-year-old Jane heard about Madam Poh Bee Erig's death from her mother on Tuesday, she ran back to bed and cried the whole morning. Madam Poh (above) her Auntie Sally was a friend of
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      355 8 Hlo w| many wo r d s tmmmmm i 69Em EBH BH HI BmBI can you form?! DU Create as many words as you can from the red letters in the front page of from 20-25 April '98. And you could well be $2,000* richer this week I This weekly
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      96 9 SONY" THE NCW SONY DISCMRN WITH CSP I THE REl/ OLUTIOH V ESP' SETS 0611) IP OlSCdl/in SHOCK PROTECTlOn PliCnTl^n j ERH/incine the oiscm/ins to digital is better at UI-JLIiIQII &.*snMimutr Bl .*li A RREi/ErmnG skips -*no better /it recoi/eriog ei/eo in shockiog conoiTions its J BETTER /IT (Tl/iKinG SURE
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      MOL Ministry of Labour MOM Ministry of Manpower MOH Maids... Oops... Headache
      426 10 The Ministry of Labour is no more. Now, it's called the Ministry of Manpower. But the change in name created a headache for over 5,000 employers of foreign maids. MICHELLE ANG tells you how WHEN an administration manager
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      Not my problem, lah
      78 11 mui<mui< An American columnist came out with a tongue-in-cheek Hst of what secretaries want their bosses to do. We ask 71m New Papar Editor's secretary Ms Ihrrsim safrai. to picli Iwr fnwiiiilli Do walk out of the office without telling us where you are going or
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      She sees red — and wins
      115 11 She sees red and wins MISS Yeo Bee Cheng, 21, a Temasek Polytechnic student, is the third weekly winner of the words contest. With the help of her family, she formed 36 words using the red letters on The New Paper's front page between April 6 and 11. She's richer
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      29 11 I FREE! If you have found something, you can advertise for free in Classification 821 (Found) to seek its owner. Call C.A.T.S. at 1800-737-1166. f§t CATS. Another Classified Service
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  • SPEAKUP
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      For safety
      175 12 Mrs Jennifer Ng, Ant Mmtor/Tiibit Affairs, National Partis Board: I refer to the letter Is splashing water at park forbidden? (TNP, April 9). It is the duty of our park rangers to make sure that our parks are being used properly. In the case mentioned by Mr Y
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      Protect the kids
      159 12 Aishah (e-mail): I refer to the article Would you dare touch this mask? (TNP, April 21). I nearly cried when I read about that little boy's condition. I felt that society should not be so cruel, but sometimes, parents (like myself), can't help it. We tend to
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      Return to school
      91 12 Eva Ho (e-mail) I refer to the article Don't Waste your life like me, sis (TNP, Apr 14). It is never too late to learn. Go back to school as soon as you can. I have been working for more than 10 years and I am still
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      22 12 Write to The New Paper 390 IQm Sena Road Singapore *****5 Of fax to *****75 1900-*****04 cab coti 30 certs a minute
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon He's accused of using PAP card to pose as COP
      416 13  -  By Riana Zakir IMAGINE passing off an expired People's Action Party membership card as a police identity card. Then acting like a cop and milking an old unsuspecting woman for free beer. Sounds bizarre? Well, the man accused of doing
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      WHY WHITE?
      97 13 WHY is he in white from head to toe? Chan grinned and told this reporter outside the court: "I like white very much and have been wearing the colour for many years." A thick goldchain peeked out from his white collar. Big jade and diamond rings flashed from
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      PENALTY
      16 13 The maximum penalty for pretending to be a public servant is two years'jail and fine.
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      Lock icon Inside the gamblers' den
      292 14  -  Yesterday, police raided an illegal casino at the Golden Mile Complex an air-conditioned 4-bedroom apartment Sixteen people were caught. The women who gambled there were mostly housewives. And the man who ran it: a toilet attendant at a hawker centre By Fong Foong Mei THE apartment
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      ONE THAT GOT AWAY
      54 14 SOMEWHERE out there, there's a man who thinks he's escaped a close call. This man, a Chinese in his 308, is believed to have escaped during the raid. However, he dropped his handphone on the roof above, in his flight. Police are using this tell-tale evidence
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      44 15 A "J/ 'A' 4* 1 0 T.* 1 ESZKOMI I W I||l]|T|| 1 The 'Mask' Every Superhero With A Car Should Have One r I M 9 1 KENWOOD MASK RETRACTABLE AUDIO TECHNOLOGY JUST ONE TURN OF THE KEY DEFEATS VILLAINS AND THIEVES »*><*•<: kwc-MSW
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Teen mother pleads guilty to manslaughter
      420 17 These two high school sweethearts were charged with the murder of their newborn son at a motel in the US in 1996. Yesterday, the... Reuters. Amy Grossberg I choked back tears as she admitted for the first time that she was responsible for the
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      WHAT HAPPENED
      102 17 GROSSBERG and Peterson were accused of murdering their newborn son on Nov 12,1996. It happened shortly after his birth in'a motel room near the University of Delaware campus on the US East Coast, where Grossberg was an art student. The baby's body turned up a day later in
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      Is South Korea's Mr Nice Guy president seeking revenge?
      481 18 NO revenge. That's what Mr Kim Dae Jung promised when he became South Korea's president earlier this year. To prove that he really meant to wipe out vendetta politics, he even unlocked prison gates for two former presidents Mr Chun Doo
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      Lock icon Baby dies, Nanny held
      357 19 Wire services. AN Australian nanny could face a murder charge in London after a baby girl in her care died from head injuries. Louise Sullivan, 26, from Sydney, had been minding six-month-old Caroline for five months for an investment banker and his wife, a financial analyst.
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      Takes a jean-ious to figure this out...
      54 19 inin*mui+ Mr Pntrr ItoM, pmldwrt md tTft of I rrl Strauss, on the Jeans-maker's cautious approach to sxpartding In China: Just because there are a billion people there, it does not mean they are all panting and waiting desperately for us to show
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      Cold WAR
      352 20 Two Thai ministers who are supposed to help fix the economy, hate each others guts. Their feud could affect Thailand's recovery WHEN they meet, they hardly speak. When one minister was not present at a meeting, the other took the opportunity to blast his policies indirectly. The hatred
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    Lock icon Sell first, lease later
    147 22 NEW PLAN FOR MAS To cut maintenance costs, airlines sometimes sell their planes to another company, only to lease them back later. But when Malaysia Airlines (MAS) chairman Tan Sri Tajudin Ramli proposed a similar plan for the carrier, eyebrows were raised. Some say it is
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    Lock icon How did Linda McCartney die?
    248 23 WORLDTODAY Wire Services. EX-BEATLE Sir Paul McCartney last night strongly denied reports that his wife's death in California had been "assisted". Linda McCartney, 56, died of breast cancer at her home in Santa Barbara, California, last Friday. Her husband and their four children were by
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      191 23 Vf JT TIIIC This Secretaries' Week, show your 1115 appreciation to your secretary and a inir 1 brine her to the Melting Pot Cafe for a Secretaries Week, sumptuous meai. Show A Little Act Pro 9 rammt Buffet Lunch X V"" Thrill her with a scrumptious spread of A j•y'
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      212 23 RENT OR HIRE PURCHASE THE CONVENIENT WAY TO CATCH ALL THE EXCITEMENT! The Latest Range Colour TV/VCR/Compact HvJj Laser Disc Players and Cfryj| 1 flfl Consumer Products for mNH our selection. HMfeiMaßi «n|l We also provide Also available: Refrigerators/Washing HHwH Machines/Fax Machines/ i Quality Reconditioned TV/VCR HMMHHBH j REDIFFUSION 6
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon REIRO is in
      667 24  -  By Lee Yin Luen JEAN Tan was standing at a bus-stop in town, a Discman plugged into her ears. I asked her what she was listening to. The 21-year-old polytechnic student, who was wearing her father's flared jeans, replied: "Retro stuff, lor. The kind they play at
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      RETRO CONTEST
      133 24 How well do you remember the '70s and '80s? Try out our little quiz and win prizes. A. Name the odd one oat 1. Han Solo 2.Darth Vader 3. Indiana Jones 4. Chewbacca B. Which movie won John Travolta his first Oscar nomination? 1. Saturday Night Fever 2.
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      RETRO MEMORIES
      85 24 AT home, we have Glen Goei (right) making his first film, Forever Fever, based on his memories of life in the late 70s. Said Goei, 34, in an earlier interview with The New Paper: *1 started going to discos when I was 13. In 1978, after Saturday Night
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      318 24 The New Paper/Reebok Jackie Chen PUMP FURY Giv* way sh o g wll h 3 n «-u~« (tcnnn are us by 2 May jf more than {DOGGO Paste the entry coupon on the back wfr and IFREE pairs of the Pump Fury an enve '°e o or pootconi »™i ™n
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      45 25 TOMMY HE JONES WESLEY SNIPES f**" ROBERT DOWNEY JR. The co'p who won't stop is back. But this time he's chasing down 't a lot more than a fugitive. 1 MMJHIS gsSk ■iTniir if ifi i T j/p*. PD 'V- ft SlNCnet I? OPENS TODAY
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Leading man? This short baldy?
      329 26 B frgS short and stocky, with hair that ■Vthinned early. I I Raised in a gritty London suburb, he left school at 15 to dig ditches. Hardly the credentials to make it in Haywood. Recalled Bob Hoskins: "In those days, say!rfg you were gonna be
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      GONE BIGGER — HIS TUMMY
      81 27 GONE BIGGER HIS TUMMY If s hard labour being pregnant or coping with weighty problems, as these Hollywood stars will tell you... JEFF Bridges, 48 (left), literally let his body go 8^ «o. "I just let it go. I ate Haagen-Dazs. I did whatever I wanted to do. Not working
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      Reelly pregnant
      96 27 FRIENDS star Jennifer Aniston (right) now knows what it's like to be pregnant without having to go through the nine-month process. She plays a mum-to-be in the romantic comedy The Object of My Affection, which just opened in the US. "It was really strange. I wore pregnancy pads
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      REALLY PREGNANT
      96 27 LISA Kudrow (left) is having a miserable time with her first pregnancy. Her Friends co-stars are worried about her panic attacks and emotional outbursts. In one instance, Kudrow, 34, was rushed to hospital after she had difficulty swallowing. "She was panicky and in tears... It turned out there
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      GOING SMALLER— HER TUMMY
      80 27 SPEAKING of bingeing, pudgy Roseanne (above) has gone to extremes to stop overeating. The former sitcom star has had her stomach stapled, reported Star. The delicate operation reduces the size of the stomach so that the patient will eat less. If all goes well, the stomach
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      212 26 Get these limited r T rnM edition Mandarin ''i;'' i»>*■ i t Anniversary Wines at any of our FAc B jam f 11 'fr JCBtJP" •iMpnr I Get down to The Boiler Pub Entertainment during April and enjoy these great deals! Deal 1. Paul and Diana Wong decided it was
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      161 27 Time 12.00pm 2.00pm. Venue SDC main entrance This special treat is limited to the first 250 taxis per day per driver only. > ...To collect a free lunch pack and a bag of goodies. 2 saftiiii T~~YB| Special Promotions for Taxi-drivers... V// Gain free admission to SDC from April December
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      162 28 I■! J "41 A ONE NIGHT ACCOMMODATION FOR 2 PERSONS j ■H I IN OUR DELUXE ROOM V. ATtlflll /*-T~ 7. .rfV If you have found ||l something, you can LbJ r/A food voucher worth RM20.00 to dine in cellincs advertise for free in Q ■/II welcome brink Je paily
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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      942 28 tvpage_ The Donny Lee Show CHANNEL O CHANNEL 8 (Channel 5, 8 pm) (flfc J Hossan Leong (left) plays Donny NOON NaarsSToday NOON Rlgkt Frequency/A Date with CM U Xkt Lee, who produces, directs and 12.05 PM Home Shopping LOO PM Midday News/Sporty Spotty hosts his own variety show. In
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  • When the scales are down, call Dr Fish
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      490 29  -  By. Jessica Leow DR Frederic Chua is not an ordinary doctor. That's because his patients are not ordinary. They are not human or even mammalian. Dr Chua, Sentosa's Underwater World's curator, tends to sick fish and other marine life. "Fish are more vulnerable than mammals as their environment is
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      UNDERWATER WORLD
      31 29 Opening hours: 9 am 9 pm daily Admission duties.' $13 adults $7 children below 12 Exhibits include: Turtle Pool Vertical Tube Creatures of the Deep Reef Colony Ocean Colony
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    On a hunt for refugees
    475 30  -  Etcetera WITH JEFFREY LOW IT was an offer too tempting to resist: Let's roam the Straits of Malacca. And the incentive was as magnetic as any sportsloving guy could imagine: "Come aboard a luxury yacht." The thrilling prospect of sailing at night was a challenge
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      128 30 Concord Associates is proud to offer the NEBOSH National General Certificate in Occupational Safety and Health. The National Examination Board in Occupational Safety and Health (NEBOSH) is a major occupational safety and health (OSH) examining body in the United Kingdom. The Certificate programme is specifically designed for safety professionals and
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      17 30 The Straits Times CLASSIFIED Where buyers and sellers meet Find a used furniture at a bargain. CATS.
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
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      175 30 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson II READ TWAT A CHEETAH OF REALIM? OW, I CAN'T J IEAH? -f TM NOT VOTING CAH RUN 65 MILES AM HOOd COURSE. l£Ts SEE s ,-X WW ORAfc CHUTE. CAN TIGERS I XX) DO IT. l 4 >—I ■£7TI RWTNAT gF* \.W t r.i
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      239 31 SB mmm iIJHIPPiB Km I V mm •"I fift \i I Bil Ht&KL w 1 ISviV p .lAYHBIHHH a little more me 1 I wji JH you believe you're a winner and got p the L° of(S t0 9° Wlth it- Aged between 15 and 25, you possess a radiant
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      168 32 iVFINE AND DEMERITS Q|jS points. cT^. Non Battery Operated No Static Long Lasting Fits Most Model f\ VvJ jrijfYlK NOKIA/ALCATEL/MOTOMXA/SCMKM/NK A LOTS MOtt J J Payment Enquiries 555.00 Postage i ASTROMAC TECHNOLOGIES SON BHD fSfi&f/ 85-2 A, OG Biwlimm Park, Taman Ten Yaw Lai, ***** Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA. Tal: 603-795
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      35 32 your boss read f Your last chance to win a luxurious 3D/2N suite stay at the Royal Crowne Plaza Singapore worth $3,000. And your boss a seminar package worth $1,300. j ROYAL ThgßusinessTimes SINGAPORE I
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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      94 32 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh SMSKBI SMEOjaSOS I I HOfEWT, I MEIOi) I I*o HUNK STOKNB? sciu*s»ka»i9tiaKS uiarrHffl&J I JLh-i sSse<, mIK? oohstckkb wwu*. Aj£lN6fc£E»fc*lWE HERE! 1 WJCNT FSl«).„ smM?^ Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce i &ATT6R t w-ayihg for a team Z iid 11 called \>oe* chicked J7i Ur I* REALLY
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    993 48  -  MR CONTROVERSY: i WOODLANDS' VENGADASALAM TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE '98 COMMENT BY S GULAM HE'S FAMOUS FOUR years ago, few people knew Vengadasalam. Today, he's as easily recognised as Fandi Ahmad or V Sundramoorthy. Controversy, big-talk and an unbelievable air of arrogance have shot the
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      475 49  -  FIRST ASIAN SCHOOLS BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS: ORCHID COUNTRY CLUB. ENDS TOMORROW BY Gerard Wong THEY created local bowling history by s bagging Singapore's first Asian Schools gold medal yesterday. And they did it in style too thumping nearest rivals Malaysians Jonathan Lim and Jackson Ting by a massive
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      238 49 SHE was the heroine for her country on Tuesday when she bagged the girls singles gold. Yesterday, Chinese bowler Ke Yan Wei found herself having to depend on her doubles partner Liao Pei Shan to perform the heroics instead as they captured the doubles
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      190 49 ASIAN SCHOOLS BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS TOP THREE ONLY: BOYS DOUBLES: 1 Daniel Lim and Dominic Lim Zhong (Singapore) 2,421 pinfalls (average 202) 2 Jonathan Um and Jackson Ting (Malaysia) 2,205 (184) 3 Martien Budinan and Ryan Leonard Lalisang (Indonesia) 2,203(184) OTHER SINGAPOREANS: 7 Alvin Kwang and Justin Teng
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
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      75 50 IRELAND 0 ARGENTINA 2 Gabriel Batistuta 28, Ariel Ortega 40 IRELAND: Shay Given (Alan Kelly 46), Jeff Kenna (Rory Delap 75), Stephen Staunton, Lee Carsley. Gary Breen, Ian Harte (Phil Babb 46), Mark Kinsella, Gary Kelly. Niall Quinn, Robbie Keane, Kevin Kilbane (Denis Irwin 46) ARGENTINA: German Burgos, Roberto
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      186 50 Reuters. ARGENTINA'S record goal-scorer Gabriel Batistuta increased his international tally to 38 as the World Cup finalist easily beat Ireland 2-0. The Fiorentina striker scored in the 28th minute, after Claudio Lopez exposed some poor Irish defending with a neat low cross. Batistuta has been Argentina's leading scorer
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      235 50 USA: Kasey Keller, Frankie Hejduk (John O'Brien 80th), Eddie Pope, Mike Bums, Thomas Dooiey, Ernie Stewart (Jeff Agoos 87th), Brian Maisonneuve (Preki Radosavljevic 70th), David Wagner (Brian Mcßride 46th), Cobi Jones, Chad Deering, Claudio Reyna Reuters. THE
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      164 50 SWEDEN 0 FRANCEO AFP. GOALKEEPER Bernard Lama put in a fine performance for France in its 0-0 draw against Sweden yesterday that surely sealed his World Cup place. Without being flashy, Lama, playing his first international match for more than a year, was efficient and effective and made some
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      103 51 ENGLAND 3 PORTUGAL 0 GOOD 'ol SAS did the trick again. And that would surely be the way to go for England in France *98. For there is no other striking partnership as lethal as Shearer and Sheringham, no other pair who can rescue England from languishing in mediocrity.
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      87 51 ITALY 3 PARAGUAY 1 FOR the first time in recent months, it's not the Alessandro Del Piero show. What it really means is, Italy has tremendous depth in its striking reserves alter how Inter-Milan's Francesco Moreiro scored two stunning goals on his international debut this morning. Best of all,
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      87 51 GERMANY 1 NIGERIA 0 SURELY, this is the beginning of the end of Jurgen Klinsmann. Benched, and not given even a minute's chance to play substitute, Klinsmann will find himself in similar dire straits in France. Still, Germany seems to have problems in the scoring department, notwithstanding the presence
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      99 51 SWEDEN 0 FRANCE 0 WHAT a disappointing result after such high expectations from the French. All the talk about Nicolas Anelka and Christophe Duggary fizzled out this morning as they rarely came close to scoring. And then coach Aime Jacquet decided to replace them with another young striking pair
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      106 51 AUSTRIA 0 USA 3 FOR those who thought the Americans scored a fluke 1-0 win over Brazil in February, think again. Three goals past a rising European team like Austria, without any reply at that, is one of the finest results the US has recorded since reaching the second
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      92 51 IRELAND 0 ARGENTINA 2 TAKE heart, fans of Argentina. Last week's shock 1-2 defeat by Israel ought to be erased from the memory after this morning's cruise in Dublin. It is not easy to beat the stubborn Irish at home, but Gabriel Batistuta came back to scoring form to
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      55 51 Who will be the men to watch in France '98? Which are the teams to focus on? Last night's warm-ups gave some strong indications of the shape of things to come. JEFFREY LOW submits his report card... Fltt guy: Italy's Paolo Maldini scores early in the
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      41 52 Just as there are two sides to any story, ERNEST LUIS provides you with his antidote for the World Cup fever, so drink up Double joy: England's captain Alan Shearer scoring his second goal against Portugal Picture/ Reuters
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      83 52 ENGLAND 3 PORTUGAL 0 SOME starving Portuguese men-of war came to Wembley thinking they could have some delicious English fish and chips for dinner at Wembley. But England chef Glenn Hoddle laced his main course with his trusty old SAS poison, the Shearer-Sheringham connection. But his meal was quite
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      79 52 ITALY 3 PARAGUAY 1 ABOUT 25,000 Italian fans had breathing problems after their team's win. Doctors blame it on one man and roll your tongue for this Fran-cesco... Mo-rie-ro. With a stunning bicycle-kick goal and a 25 metre blaster, what an international debut for the Inter-Milan winger! No wonder
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      87 52 GERMANY 1 NIGERIA 0 WHEN Germany wins, it's not a surprise. But when its coach Berti Vogts says his side was nervous for the first 30 minutes, now that's a surprise! Aren't we talking about sauerkraut here, the famous sourish German pickled cabbage dish? Ever cool and just filling,
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      85 52 SWEDEN 0 FRANCE 0 SO French veteran goalkeeper Bernard Lama did well enough to seal his World Cup place. Even after being out for 14 months, after a suspension for smoking cannabis. As Lama had to pull off many fine saves, coach Aime Jacquet must be worried. Because the
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      55 52 AUSTRIA 0 USA 3 THERE'S no business like show-business! That's how the famous Hollywood saying goes, but on the football field, the Americans are getting better and better all the time. First, they scalped Brazil, now Austria. I get the feeling they're starting to say: "Listen up boys, let's
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      73 52 JS233SSS IRELAND 0 ARGENTINA 2 WHO'S the best footballing dancer of the tango, the Argentinian dance of passion? Si...amigos...Gabriel Batistuta is the man of the moment for Argentina. With a terror name like that, no wonder his opponents are left battered badly. With 38 international goals now, he's now
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      263 53 UPMTF luilCADrD'""- VI I H| H#f Beto's head into IHHK||LJ I HnV J U HJWy Hpß H|K\ Shearer's path. Shearer I^^BpsE;' I MiMll takes a couple of steps tHHi v VVIILrtIILII ENGLAND 3 PORTUGAL 0 J jHHBI Two outstanding goals from Alan Shearer and one from Teddy Sheringham I I
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
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      92 54 ENGLAND 3 Alan Shearer 5,65 Teddy Sheringham 46 PORTUGAL 0 Red Card: Capucho 80 Half-time: 1-0 Crowd: 63,463 ENGLAND David Seaman, Gary Neville (Philip Neville 81), Tony Adams, Sol Campbell, Graeme Le Saux, Paul Ince, David Beckham (Paul Merson 46), David Batty, Paul Scholes, Alan Shearer, Teddy Sheringham (Michael
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      290 54 LAN BROWN REPORTS: The three centre-back system did not work for England. Wingbacks Graeme Le Saux and David Beckham found their roles too demanding. An interval switch to 4-4-2 made all the difference. England's redrawn backline of four coped better with Portugal's men
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      379 54  -  TV VIEW: FROM THE ENGLAND WATCHER COMMENT BY S GULAM ALAN Shearer is back to his best. And that's bad news for England's World Cup rivals. Just when even the England faithfuls began to wonder if their answer to Brazil's Ronaldo, Italy' Alessandro Del Piero, Holland's
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      Lock icon TRACK 4 COUPE DU MONDE
      570 55 ITALY 3 PARAGUAY 1 nan Angelo Peruzzi (Gianluigi Button 46), Alessandro Nesta (Luigi Sartor 50), Paolo Maldini, Dino Baggio, Fabio Cannavaro, Alessandro Costacurta, Francesco Moriero, Demetrio Albertini, Christian Vieri (Pierluigi Casiraghi 50), Alessandro Del Piero (Fabrizio Ravanelli 62), Roberto Di Matteo PARAGUAY Jose Luis Chilavert,
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