The New Paper, 30 April 1998

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    • 338 2 DR M'S RESPONSE Malaysia has the means to send Indonesian illegal immigrants home. So, there's no reason for the government to resort to mass-poisoning, as claimed by two British newspapers. The Observer and the Independent recently carried reports that Malaysian authorities had mass
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    • 491 3 Forget the Spice Girls. Here comes the Whirl Power, aw all-girl supergroup. Yes, we're talking about Madonna, NamieAmuro, Faye Wong and Aqua's Lene Nystrom. Far-fetched? Not for us if you think of them as representatives of the China and Europe. With their combined
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    • 15 2 Iraat INDEX TV: Page 42 43 Diiowuinc. Pages 44,48, 50 51 C—lii. Pages 52 54
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    • 47 2 Labour Day Holiday m The New Paper will not be published tomorrow, May 1, because of the Labour Day holiday. We wiH be back on Saturday. HoMhuPhi: Our lluUhnPhil, 1800-*****55 will i oparato until 3 pni today. Tomorrow, you can call from 10 am to 7 pm.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 226 4 I'M Goh: Get set for greater wage DOW JONES The Dow Jones industrial average was up 52.56 points at 8,951.52 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 641 million shares. DONT expect wages to keep rising. That'B the gist of the Prime Minister's May Day message
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    • 178 4 Not a bad thing, this HOT ki SINGAPORE is "very unlikely" to slide into a recession this year. This forecast was made by Mr Flemming Larsen, deputy head of the International Monetary Fund's research department. He was presenting his views at a briefing hosted by the Monetary Authority
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        69 4 PUT on 3D glasses and look into your new house before it's built (right). You can with the Mirage virtual reality system. The Far East Organisation is using it in the conversion of the Fullerton Building into a five-star hotel. The building has been reproduced to scale in
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      • 72 4 IT is now up to the banks here to decide whether to charge fees for the use of cheques, and how much. The Association of Banks in Singapore had moved to introduce such charges. But it said yesterday that it did not plan to set rules on what
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      • 63 4 BRITISH scientists have developed a vaccine that prevents tooth decay. It is plant-based and painted onto the teeth, and is safe for children and adults. The vaccine produces antibodies that stop harmful bacteria sticking to teeth and causing cavities. Scientists at Guy's Hospital in London, where the vaccine
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      • 61 4 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore will change its tender submission process. Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan has asked TAS to look into the fact that consortium members need not be present when submitting bids. On Dec 31, P2P Communications did not turn up with all its partners when
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 561 6  -  By Melvin Singh and Lee Hui Chieh SOME of the women who live in the Geylang Lorong 24A boarding house keep strange hours. Like Winnie Low Toong Lin, who worked at a nearby brothel and returned in the early hours of the
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    • 258 6 WINNIE was popular with the Japanese clients at the brothel in Geylang Lorong 14. But because Ms Low thought "Winnie" too common, she took a new business name: "Anchor". "She thought at least that way if a client recommended her to a friend, it'd
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    • 249 6 UNTIL two months ago, Ms Sepiah Hussen had a live-in boyfriend. And scrawled on the walls and mirrors in her room were messages supposedly from the boyfriend. One was a Hari Raya message and another, a poem. Lying in a corner of the room was a suitcase of
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    • 37 8 muKm u Auctioneer May Sri, 39, on the one rale she mu«t always remember during You must never, never forget the reserve price: Knock a property down below that and you pay the difference!
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    • 674 9  -  WHY? Because she's scared to see his expression when he looks at their CPFstatements WHY? Because she bought stocks using their CPF savings and the stocks have lost value WHY? Because she tried to play the stock market without a clue about the
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  • 328 11  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Woon Wui Tek A MAN on foot and a cyclist were classed as "motorists" on Sunday. Oh no? Oh good! A petrol station just decided one didn't have to drive to be good enough to win its goodie bags. Power 98FM deejays Hamish Brown
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  • 434 13  -  SINGAPORE TODAY One man didn't want to. He claims the hawker's dirty thumbnail was sticking into the gravy So he threw it away The angry hawker and his brother beat up the customer on another day Now, both brothers and the injured
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  • SPEAKUP
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      • 158 14 Samuel Gan (e-mail) I refer to the article Shameful Parents (TNP, April 27). I find it alarming the extent to which some parents over-protect their children. There must be a limit to jumping to your children's defence, especially when the children are clearly
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      • 141 14 Pauline Tan (e-mail) I refer to the article Would you dare touch this mask? (TNP April 21), about John, whose son Billy has the Aids virus. Other parents whose kids are also infected have kept a low profile. If your own child has this kind of disease, would
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    • 54 14 niiii ifi jfctefiit Ifrtti ir* BE HI '-m QJ I ■jE&w ■tfr_ 1 ***** I LABOUR DAY SPECIAL 1 THURSDAY 30 APRIL |«w of Labour Day) I @PHUTURE I DRUM N BASS WITH DJs RAMESH, STINGRAY KIAT. MC MARZ K 1 "17 JIAK KM STREET SINOAKMC IN4IO PHONE T3» 2M
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    • 85 15 SINGAPORETODAY In the fimHIREI page this Saturday 10 simple truths to survive the teen years One parent comes with the list for you Don't miss it! -fan* cud "to sheu>er~tc Mv.pUtt fyour day ifaKC a &f£o Sh*t*)ersihi s<n>-HijL fitter- oarer <uoay < t 4 A J I PS. At least
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    • 70 15 WHAT'S 1 fi In Hw New Paper this Saturday GARY FISHER CANNONDALE 199t Htitlf it ipicbl dlmwi m¥MUI 26" K#vlar folding tyros s panarlCEß 1Q 00 M A LYCRA gloves with padding (S, M, L) 12 TANOi suspension fork (1 1/8*) *11 8 NORTHWAVE M 49 Best Value Stylish IT
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    • 107 18 MR Sim Bee Seng, 23, is the winner of last week's words contest. Mr Sim, an export coordinator, formed 44 words using the red letters on The New Paper's Page 1 from April 20-25. He pockets $880 ($2O for each word he created). The contest ends
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    • 510 19 Why would the National Youth Council hand out good money for our young to visit India's slums? CRISPINA ROBERT speaks to one group and learns about its experience SHE lives in a huge bungalow and has only travelled to "glamorous" places like the US, Canada* Australia and
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    • 115 19 IN one year alone, the amount of money given to youth organisations to do good deeds has doubled. The National Youth Council's special Youth Development Fund was set up by the Government in 1993 to fund projects by young people to help society. In 1996, $198,310 was
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    • 140 19 «Bibi& Baba^ When was the last time you Accept this invite immediately because you can now experience traditional Nonya cuisine right here at the Furama in the heart of Chinatown. Feast on the likes of Ayam Buah Keluak, Itek Sioh and Sayur Nanka Lemak. Hurry, do not disappoint the Bibi
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    • 137 19 4 T 1 s ,v". v "v-.*-';• Singapore Phuket I $465* RETURN FOR 2 HAPPY NIGHTS AT Le MERIDIEN PHUKET j (The days, of course, will be as much fun) u4• v V j L Smiks WUS or c a V s sun arH sea at Phuket for a mere
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    • 87 20 SINGAPORETODAY J Crossword champ! MR Ong Swee Kiat, 38, has cracked the mystery... and, soon, he will be on his way to Sherlock Holmes' homeland! The general manager is the happy winner of a pair of air tickets to London, courtesy of Qantas-British Airways. His was among the 1,580 correct
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    • 311 22 Don't miss this Mr Mrs She's a contestant in the i Mrs Singapore contest. And he's the husband who's helping her along. TEO YUN YUN reports WHEN Mrs Michelle Mahendran cooks, her husband is always on hand to help prepare the ingredients and look after their eight-month-old son. This Friday,
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    • 92 22 THE NTUC Carnival will be on from 9 am to 6 pm at NTUC Pasir Ris Resort. Activities include a children's art competition, children's karaoke, branded apparels sale, games and a bazaar. There will also be performances by Television Corporation of Singapore and NTUC Radio Heart artistes
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    • 248 25 SINGAPORETODAY Call our legal line When do you not have the legal capacity to get married? (*****3) Is an overseas marriage certificate valid here? (*****1) How does one become a bankrupt? (*****1) What happens when you become a bankrupt? (*****2) Calls cost 50 cents a minute. OUR Legal Library offers
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    • 54 25 1 1 V' l*ir i V V fIL 2 H t^ BARBARIC, ISN'T IT? _jX Before you put the boot in, *r Jj| I j put yourself in the victim's shoes. Stop animal abuse. FRIiNOS FOR UFi SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION Of CRUELTY TO ANIMALS 31 MOUNT VERNON ROAD SINGAPORE
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  • 293 27 WORLDTODAY TffE currencies of Singapore and Malaysia were both up yesterday. And it was all due to rumours that Malaysia had agreed to sell to Singapore the land owned here by the Malaysian Railway, The Business Times reported. The
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  • 461 28 MALAYSIATODAY Last week, The New Paper's Chief Photographer, Philip Urn, gave you a peek at Klang Valley's water woes through his lenses. Today, Kuala Lumpur resident MICHELE FERNANDEZ gives you a first-hand account of the water blues M WHEN our taps ran
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      387 31 RUSSIA'S ONE of the young politicians is so savvy with the ways of the modern world that has launched an Internet home page for users to talk to him directly. The other is such a greenhorn in Russian politics that his wife refused to believe it when he
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      173 32 Reuters ELLE "The MBA Body" Macpherson is the richest supermodel, according to a British financial magazine. Business Age valued the 34-year-old Australian's worth at £23 million ($6O million). She beat American Cindy Crawford into second place with £21.5 million. Third was German Claudia Schiffer and fourth, American
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    • 348 31 Create as many words as you can from the red letters in the front page of rom 27 April to 2 May '98 And you could well be $2,000* richer this week! All entries received from 30 March to 2 May "98 will be eligible for the Grand Lucky Simply
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    • 308 32 The King is back! At the Goodwood Durian Festival. j B Whether it's the rich durian pulp in the Durian Mousse Cake and Durian Puffs, or our new Durian I Cream Roll, we know you'll love the sensational I taste of our durian creations. I And remember, it's also the
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  • 490 34 Singaporean drug king jailed for life in Sydney WORLDTODAY Singapore national Wing Chung Piew, 44, a drug dealer and killer, was Jailed for life in Sydney on Tuesday for trafficking in 63kg of heroin, worth about Aslso million ($l5l million). But that deal was just
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 294 36 Reuters. ITALIAN Members of Parliament traded blows in the House yesterday over soccer. The brawl came when MPs were debating a controversial decision by a referee in a match between Inter-Milan and its rival Juventus last Sunday. The issue: Why didn't
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    • 70 36 THERE have been many suggestions in the media that referees can be influenced by powerful teams. Juventus is owned by the Agnelli family of Fiat fame. Italians feel last Sunday's call was the latest in a series of calls that have favoured Juventus. Z Since Italian soccer
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    • 300 37 MAN WITH TAPERS THAT PROVE DIANA WAS MURDERED* Source: Reuters. Austrian police have arrested a 67-year-old man whom they say tried to sell documents which he says showed that Britain's Princess Diana was murdered. The suspect is believed to have tried to sell the
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  • 229 39 WORLDTODAY Source: Reuters. THIS message rang loud and clear when Filipino action star Bong Re villa rode on his white horse on his way to his wedding. He is one of scores of showbiz personalities riding on their popularity and hoping it will get
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    • 898 41 tomorrowsttfpagft_ H Interview with the Vampire (Channel 5 t 11 pm) A must-watch movie about the modern-day vampire who relates his dark life history spanning 200 years to a reporter. Tom Cruise (left) stars as vampire Lestat and he is supported by hunks Brad Pitt and Antonio Banderas. >. ow
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    • 46 44 The Soong Sisters swept the recent 17th Hongkong Film Awards by taking six out of the 17awards. But the night's highlights belonged to some loud brothers and sisters who were out to be seen and heard. YONG SIEWFERN reports pictures/ Apple Daily
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    • 211 44 AFTER winning Best Actor for Happy Together, Tony Leung Chiu-wai revealed how its director Wong Kar Wai had "abused" him during filming. He starred opposite Leslie Cheung in Happy Together, which was filmed in Argentina. "Wong Kar Wai was too much. Tricked me into
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    • 47 44 CATEGORY 111 actress Pang Dan (above) can always be relied on for her eye-popping, jaw-dropping fashion sense. For this night of glamour, she spent HK$2O,OOO (about $4,000) on a 1-o-o-w cut dress and topped it off with a huge rose tattoo on her chest.
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    • 178 44 JACKIE Chan and Michael Hui openly attacked the Hongkong government's failure to tackle piracy, which is killing the movie industry as the guest-of-honour, Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa, watched on. The most awkward moment was when producer/comedian Michael Hui revealed how he had
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    • 277 45  -  BY Chan Seet Fun JACK Neo is going into feature films. The veteran comedian featured in the Mandarin TV series Comedy Night was named Best Director at the Silver Screen Awards Ball last night for his short film, Replacement Killers. Jack told The New Paper
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    • 112 45 TELEVISION AWARDS Beet made for television movie: Grandpa's Meat Bone Tea (Director: Kuo Jian Hong, Singapore) SINGAPORE SHORT FILMS H *iporlal Achievement Award: Shadow of Death (Leonard Yip and Lim Siew Ping) Best Director Jack Neo for Replacement Killers Special Juiy Prize: Little Lane in the Winter Beet
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    • 468 78 Chen Zi Hui may be one of Singapore's top Under-15 crickeeters. But the St Andrew's Secondary Two student didn't even know the sport existed last year. GERARD WONG meets the rising star... A CLASS excursion to the National Library. A moment of sheer desperation. And
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    • 396 78 THEY were practically the worst team in the National Schools Under-14 Cricket Championships last year. Not only did they lose all their matches, they were getting beaten by about 30 runs each time! This year, however, the St Andrew's Under-14 team won
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    • 494 80 Tanjong Pagar United's Basri Halis is our next Young Player of the Week. He has caught the eye with his hard running and his two goals in three matches. ERNEST LUIS discovers that the bashful midfielder isn't afraid to reveal his secret likes and wants JERSEY
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    • 134 80 VINCENT SUBRAMANIAM, SAFFC coach: Basri played very well when Tanjong Pagar beat us last week. He was quick, and his runs caused a lot of problems for us down the left line. He is one person who has been improving in every match and if he carries
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    • 150 80 Defenders he fears: Sasikumar (Geylang United), because he's tall and big-sized, while I'm thin. (Nathaniel) Naplah too, (Balestier Central) because he's a very good, solid tackier. The biggest lesson he has learnt Not to tackle anyhow. I did that in 1996 and I got eight yellow cards in
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    • 58 81 MOREONBASRIHAUS T 'V> ■"TASTIMr— Paper [7. PASSION Joystick Joe: His latest passion is his Fifa '98 computer footbollgame [-.ENTERTAINMENT Sml MM: His ideal entertainment listening to music and watching television. Vou ..CORNER Going green: Nothing like spending a quiet afternoon relaxing in his cosy corner, the gardens around
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    • 72 80 BEST YOUNG TALENT The Young Ones is a weekly feature that puts the spotlight on an outstanding young player in the S-League. Every player who is featured will receive a $100 gift voucher from Royal Sporting House. TODAY: OUR SECOND WINNER BASRI KALIS At the end of the season, readers
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  • ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP '98
    • 284 82 ARSENAL 1 Emmanuel Petit 34th min DERBY COUNTY 0 HilMlaw: 1-0 Cm* 38,121 TITLE-CLINCHER? SBSSL Arsenal v Everton i Reuters. FRENCHMAN Emmanuel Petit put Arsenal within three points of winning its 11th English league title. He scored the winning goal in its 1-0 yictory
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      80 82 Dennis Bergkamp (above) limped off the pitch with a pulled hamstring in the 30th minute. The injury could put him out of the FA Cup final on May 16. Manager Arsene Wenger said the full extent of Bergkamp's injury would be known later today. "Hq doesn't feel too
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    • 256 83  -  ...MORE OH THE ARSENAL-DERBY MATCH By Lan Brown ARSENAL stole Man United's record for successive league wins when its ninth win in a row saw off Derby 1-0 yesterday. And the Gunners will dispossess the Red Devils of the title with any win
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    • 171 83 'Missing Cantona' CRYSTAL Palace midfielder Sasa Curcic believes the reason that Manchester United is unlikely to win the championship this season is simple it is missing Eric Cantona. The Yugoslav international maintains that United has failed to fill the huge gap left by the
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    • 163 83 PHIL NEVILLE, Man United defender If we don't win, it isn't the end of the world. We have got to give credit to Arsenal. I don't think it has lost a game since Christmas and the run it has been on is championship form. The only thing
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    • 390 83 AFP. CHELSEA 0 BLACKBURN 1 Kevin Gallacher 48 Half-time: 00 Crowd: 33.331 COVENTRY 0 WIMBLEDON 0 Crowd: 17,969 LEICESTER CITY 0 NEWCASTLE UNITED 0 Crowd: 21,699 CHELSEA 0 BLACKBURN 1 Blackburn boosted its fading hopes of a Uefa Cup place with a 1-0 win at Chelsea.
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    • 48 83 FANS, CALL US Crystal Palace midfielder Sasa Curcic believes the reason behind the Man United collapse is that it is missing Eric Cantona. What do you think? What other reasons could there be? Tell us by midnight on Monday. Fix: 737 5375 Telephone: 1800-733 4455 Email: tnp@asial.com. sg
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  • SPORTS
    • 660 84 Triple Olympic champion Michelle de Bruin had hoped 1998 would turn out better than a fraught 1997. But a doping controversy is now jeopardising her career. The 28-year-old Irishwoman launches an impassioned defence in Dublin against allegations that she might. have tampered with a
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    • 263 84 MICHELLE De Bruin has always said she has never used drugs. But the vexed issue has dogged her by innuendo ever since her spectacular late advance in the sport which brought her three gold medals and a bronze at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. She became a
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    • 227 85 Reuters. INTER-MILAN'S suspended ace Ronaldo has defied Italy's soccer authorities again. Yesterday, he repeated allegations of biased refereeing in favour of arch-rival Juventus. Ronaldo has been suspended for two Serie A matches after describing Sunday's refereeing of the championship decider as "shameful" and biased. The Brazilian was
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    • 99 85 Reuters. A REFEREE was banned for six months for making wrong decisions in a Romanian First Division match. The referee's decisions appeared to give defending champion Steaua Bucharest a clear run for the title. The Romanian Soccer Federation said referee Marcel Savaniu was suspended for committing w four
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    • 265 85 NBA PLAYOFFS: MINNESOTA 98 SEATTLE 90 THE Minnesota Timberwolves was supposed to be too young, too small, too depleted by injuries. Now it's starting to look like it just might be too good for the Seattle SuperSonics, reports CNN (Internet Edition). Playing with all the poise
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    • 188 85  -  LOCAL VIEW By Suresh Nair FACE the stick if you take a crack at soccer referees in public. The Football Association of Singapore (FAS) has warned it will not tolerate any S-League manager, coach or player who make disparaging remarks against the men in black.
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    • 55 85 ■ITSYOUR CUP GUIDE Ifeam previews Group by Group Managers who can make It Magic Moments from past finals World Cup oddNes FuNy Detailed Hxturos Schedule Where Ifi At: Guide to dties and grounds History of the World Ct*> Pictures grioref Ml colour gloaey production on ma, MG pagesl THCQIIgATO flllCllf
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
    • 234 86 1997 SINGAPORE NATIONAL OLYMPIC COUNCIL/SINGAPORE SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTS AWARDS 4PORVSMAN Of THE YEAR: LEE WUNG YEW (Shooting)" Sportswoman Of the YEAR: JING JUN HONG (Table tennis) KHORTECK LIN (Yachting) 4PORTSGIRL OF THE YEAR: JOAN HUANG (Yachting) OF THE YEAR: WOMEN'S TABLE-TENNIS TEAM (Jing Jun Hong, Tan Paey
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    • 465 86  -  By Gerard Wong AT the rate top trap shooter Lee Wung Yew is going, it looks like the Lee family could see yet another shooting champ in the future. The 1997 Sportsman of the Year has been buying water pistols for his six-year-old son, Joshua.
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    • 189 86 I will be naming him at the next AGM as my successor. I've known him for a long time and I'm sure that he will have your unanimous support in taking over the position. Or Yeo Ning Hong, tHfftttlm hit rtw iiion
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    • 309 87  -  HoT Stories/ S Gulam GOMBAK United has reprimanded its team manager Alan Wong for making "wild, baseless statements to the media*. Wong, who played a key role in helping the club get into this year's S-League, was rapped by the club's management committee, headed by chairman John
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    • 287 87 GOMBAK'S problems so far have been its lack of staying power which have led to some calling it a "first-half team". It led 2-1 at half-time against Tampines Rovers before losing 3-2. It led 1-0 against Sembawang Rangers before losing 2-1. It gave a good fight to
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    • 146 87 EUROPE tOCKOFF; AC MILAN BEATEN IN ITALIAN CUP FINAL Reuters. LAZIO 3AC MILAN 1 (Lazio wins 3-2 on aggregate) LAZIO scored three times inside 10 minutes to lift the Italian Cup for the first time in 40 years. The team from Rome wiped out a
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    • 52 87 BRAZIL O ARGENTINA O (At half-time) A 160,000 full house saw Brazil play a tentative first half in its World Cup warm-up against Argentina at the Maracana stadium this morning. At the interval the score stood at 0-0 thanks to some surprisingly good defending by Argentina. JEFFREY LOW,
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