The New Paper, 5 May 1998

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    17 1 the new paper TUESDAY, MAY 5, 1998 http Aoother q ua ''ty publication of Singapore Press Holdings
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      67 1 S|| bB HywriA^^^V/ P1 Ip 1 iliyAl v family's |J^fj tnaqedv fp! From hope to despair Christine Tan, who needs a liver transplant, with her son Darius, in an album photo. Her family members have tried their best to save her. is beyond words B Page 10 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon PUMPED IN: $1.6 billion to Indonesia
      164 2 Source: Wire services. SOME US$l billion ($1.6 billion) will be making its way to cash-strapped Indonesia soon, courtesy of the world's biggest lending body. The Washington-based International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced the release of the funds to the Indonesian government this morning. It added
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      Lock icon PUMPED UP: PRICES
      330 2 What's going up: PETROL by 71 percent DIESEL by6o percent KEROSENE by4o percent ELECTRICITY by three instalments of 20 per cent each BUS FARES by6o percent Source: Asian Wall Street Journal, The Business Times, wire services. MR Rudi Suwadi spent more than two hours at a petrol
      Source: Asian Wall Street Journal, The Business Times, wire services.  -  330 words
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      Are you PREGNANT?
      132 2 If you are, and have Great Expectations of your child, you could win one of eight special Mother's Day Swatch watches We know that for mums-to-be, these are days of hope, dreams, anxiety and some pain. What will baby be like? What are the expectations of expectant
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      These used to be big, juicy durians
      166 3  -  THEVIEWTODAY A photo essay by Mohd Ishak HE used to make MsBoo ($340) a day during durian season. But this year Mr Miasan Haji Liamat's 174 durian trees are bearing only stunted fruit, like those in his hands. The fruit farmer at Sipitang,
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      17 2 Leisure index TV: Page 21 Comics: Pages 24 25 Showtime: Pages 26-29 Call us. Hotline pniv "*****5S
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  • QUiCKNEWS
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      WHAT'S HUP,
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      HEADLINERS
      93 4 The Straits Times: Abri says it again: We will get tough The Business Times: SES overhauls audit panel rules a*.er feedback Uanhe Zaobao: Indonesian Defence Minister warns that the military will get tough with students who break the law Berfta Marian: 40,000 pirated CDs destroyed RCS morning news: The
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      Pay via the Net
      111 4 cheques HOT 'i SPEEDY and paperless payments through the Internet may be possible by year-end. Three local banks DBS Bank, United Overseas Bank and OCBC Bank are interested in introducing electronic cheques. Hewßnorio:! Get an Internet-ready computer, a smart card reader and an e-cheque account. A
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      Easy on firms
      167 4 Stock exchange LISTED firms will get more leeway, now that the Stock Exchange of Singapore has relaxed its rules. The SES has come up with the Best Practices Guide, replacing the Listing Manual's 18-month-old Chapter 9B which firms said was an "overkill". Chapter 98, introduced in late
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Almost $ 1b up in smoke
        59 4 Almost 1b up in smoke HERE'S a rising trend that's not too healthy. Last year, smokers lit about $935 million worth or 3.46 billion cigarettes. That's almost $100 million more than in 1996. But the trend could reflect people turning to legitimate sources as smuggling syndicates are busted and to
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        President's pardon
        53 4 PRESIDENT Ong Teng Cheong has saved Mathavakannan Kalimuthu, 19, from the hangman. Mathavakannan was awaiting execution of his death sentence for killing a 25-year-old gangster in a fight in May 1996. The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment after President Ong gave the pardon on the advice
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        2020 out of reach now?
        60 4 MALAYSIA had a target to be a developed nation by 2020. But the country may not meet it, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. "We are not so certain now, because of the currency and economic turmoil we are facing," he told
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        Your mail... at last
        58 4 THERE'S been some slowdown on the mobile phone infohighways. This relates to messages sent by voicemail or "short message services". Some reasons for the delays, sometimes lasting several minutes: congestion, whether the phone is switched on or the receiver's memory is full and whether the handsets
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      Powerful woman
      81 4 as elsewhere, once you worked hard and proved yourself, you are accepted. —Professor Chan Heng Chee (above), Singapore's ambassador to the United States, who received the inaugural International Woman of the Year Award of the Organisation of Chinese American Women (OCAW) in Washington. She was honoured as the
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      DOW JONES
      27 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 45.59 points to close at 9,192.66 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 555 million shares.
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      15 4 i j This morning's 20 Your relief from haze allergies. Hepa-Filter Air Cleaner from PHILIPS
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  • THENEWTODAY
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      This used to be a river
      277 6 ONCE fish swam where villagers now walk in the village of Matunggong 200 km from Kota Kinabalu. But then came the drought. It dried up the river, and now villagers dig holes into the river bed to draw clean water where they once caught
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      Living on wild tapioca
      150 6 NO visitor was going to go unfed even though there was little food in her hut. Madam Moulusum, 38, offered me a coconut. That's more than she can usually feed her five children, aged seven to 14. They have been mainly living on wild tapioca for
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      THIS USED TO BE A POND
      107 7 LITTLE Sinilia, seven, seems pleased with her catch. But the bad news is there won't be any more fish to harvest after this because the pond is drying up. It is the only area in padi farmer Mazukit's 1.2 hectares at Matunggong that still
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      THIS USED TO BE A PADI FIELD
      85 7 Mr Mazukit, who says he used to make about $800 a month from his padi crops, now hunts for wild tapioca and bananas to feed his wife and 13-year-old son. He's glad his other three children are grown-up and able to provide for
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Where got handsome...
      439 8  -  says this sprightly old man when we wanted to take his picture. He was found wandering near his home by the police By Jill Lim HE was eventually sent to the old folk's home. He lives there because his family are finding it difficult caring for him.
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      THE FAMILY
      130 8 THE Ministry of Community Development told The New Paper yesterday that Mr Poh's family had asked them for help to put him into a nursing home. He will stay at the Bukit Batok home (for destitute people) until arrangements have been made. His children couldn't be reached. When
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      LOST HOPE
      599 9  -  This story is beyond words ...Christine Tan is dying and needs a liver transplant. But her father's liver is too small. Her mother's is too old. And her younger brother's is infected with the same disease. All hope was on elder brother Tan Chye Seng (below) but on
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      INHERITED DISEASE THAT COMES FROM BOTH PARENTS
      140 9 WILSON'S disease is an inherited disorder where excessive amounts of copper build up in the body. The result is the failure of the liver to rid the body of copper, which then builds up in the brain and other organs. This disorder affects
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      Disease made her mistake husband for father
      311 10 IN just two months, Madam Christine Tan changed from a healthy, chirpy housewife to a mental and physical wreck. She was diagnosed with the disease on March 12. By April, she was mistaking her husband for her father and day for night. At
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      Brother hopes for a donor
      315 10 "I FEEL like such a bad person," said Mr Tan Hung Seng. Sometimes, his thoughts shock him. Why? "Because what I'm really hoping for is that someone will die, so Christine can get a new liver," said Mr Tan, her youngest brother, in a voice
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      70 8 m Through Us, a Better Tomorrow University of Adelaide, Australia University of Sydney, Australia McMaster University, Canada University of Otago, New Zealand Hawaii Pacific University, U.S.A. University of Western Australia, Australia Queensland University of Technology, Australia Flinders University, Australia University of Woliongong, Australia Jflß Griffith University, Australia JfL&nm .others hui&kuahpteltd
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Out of Depp
      47 12 mui'muif It must have been the furthest thine from his mind. Actor Johnny Depp was stunned when asked what he thought off Singapore women. He deliberated before saying: They're beautify. And after some prompting from a public relations person, he added: Yeah, and intelligent.
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      Learn to sell yourself
      343 12 THE interviewer says: "Sorry, you lack experience." He means something else, possibly. Ms Lynne Ng feels it's often the polite excuse that companies give for turning down job applicants. "I don't think companies are so dumb as to call you for an interview, when they can
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      Let us know
      76 12 Looking for a new job? Or just wondering whether you are in the right job and want to know what your options are? Write to us about any job-related problems and we'll try to get you professional advice. But remember to include your particulars and contact numbers.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon 'I'm not afraid of anyone'
      645 13 In a dramatic series of early morning raids last weekend, Macau police arrested 20 people believed to be involved in triad activities. Among them is Wan Kuok Koi, Macau's most notorious gangster and alleged chief of the toughest triad gang in the Portuguese-run territory. Who
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      CAR BLAST
      111 13 WAN was arrested just hours after the car of Macau police chief Dr Antonio Marques Baptista was blown up last Friday. The top crime fighter (left) escaped the blast when his explosives-sniffing dog ran away as they approached the car. Detectives said the blast was aimed at intimidating
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      156 14 *«»i i n > < x J 1 4 I Now you can hop on board the direct link from I City Hall MRT Interchange to Suntec City. I Step Into The Future. Step Into Suntec City. ir B eCITY HALL MRT INTERCHANGE Bus stop opposite Capitol Building at North
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Spain's river of death
      376 15 Spain's Donatio, National Park, one of Europe's greatest wildlife reserves, is threatened by poisonous mud, released after a giant waste-water reservoir burst its banks. A huge operation to remove the 20 million tonnes of mud started on Sunday. PATCHIA takes a look at what happened. Where
      Source Reuters, AFP, The Guardian  -  376 words
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      The long and short of it
      81 16 muifmui* German Chancellor Helmut Kohl iW attend a European Union summit meeting in Cardiff, Wales, fci June. Aides were recently sent to check If the hotels there have beds long enongh to accommodate his 1.93-m frame. Said a spokesman: Chancellor Kohl is quite a
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      Lock icon Can this man save the baht?
      321 16 Source: Reuters. THIS is the man the Thai government is putting its faith in to save the baht. Mr Chatu Mongol Sonakul used to be the biggest critic of Thailand's central bank. Yet, Mr Chatu Mongol is to be nominated by the Cabinet tomorrow
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      EXPERT HELP
      51 16 BANGKOK has invited two foreign experts to be part of a panel that has been set up to advise the central bank, The Business Times reports. It has roped in Former Monetary Authority of Singapore deputy managing director Koh Beng Seng and former US Federal Reserve chairman Paul
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      Claudia crashes car for £3 million
      147 17 MODEL Claudia Schiffer received £3 million ($7.7 million) to drive a car into a rockface for an ad. The German blonde ploughed the Citroen Xsara into solid stone at 32kmh, crushing the bonnet, to show how fast the airbags inflate. Claudia came out unscathed,
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      Lock icon Life Life Life Life
      488 17 For nearly two decades, this man, known as the Unabomber, spread terror. Now he is sentenced t0... Theodore Kaczynski appeared to have taken an anti-technology stand. In September 1995, The New York Times and The Washington Post published his lengthy writings on the evils of technology
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      553 16 E&tliUs Mother's Day Buffet Lunch Sunday, 10 May 1998,12 noon to 2.30 pm Give mum a break! Bring her down to The Claymore Cafe and feast on a wide spread of Asian delights, featuring Japanese Maki, Smoked Salmon, Fresh Oysters and Chicken Rice, while unttching the funniest antics of "Ballon
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Pope's chief bodyguard killed
      170 19 Source: Wire services. ONLY hours after Pope John Paul II made him the new head of the 100-strong Swiss Guard that serves the Pontiff, Colonel Alois Estermann was found dead. He was shot dead at his home yesterday, the Vatican's press service said. Also found shot
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      Lock icon Minister plays hard ball
      623 19  -  Court backs dockers in waterfront dispute, but By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY NO reform, no money. That is the hardline stand Workplace Relations Minister Peter Reith is taking while accountants try to get Australia's waterfront back to work today after a month-long dispute. Mr Reith
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      18 20 YourlC may win you Cash! Pick up a copy of Lianhe Wanbao and Shin Min Daily News today!
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
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      846 20 tvpage }-—o saaaaa 5 P Dreamers Backslide (Channel 5, 8.30 pm) An ex-convict (Andrew Seow, left) comes home to a child he has not seen before and a wife who has turned to prostitution. He wants to live a normal life with them but his brother constantly pressures him to
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  • couple of the year
    • WILL YOU MARRY ME?
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        Lock icon A romantic proposal is a must, See
        336 21 Proposal, proposal. One a dazzle, the other a fizzle. What puts the sizzle into marriage? Two finalists in TNFs Couple of the Year contest tell FONG FOONG MEI MUAAAi THAT'S what Gina Lim told boyfriend of seven months Jay See Sin Wah when
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        Loke before the leap: Time we start a family
        315 21 AFTER eight years of steady dating, the proposal was simple, straightforward and expected. Peter Loke (right), then 26, said: "I think it's time we start a family." And that was that. This no-frills proposal 10 years ago was characteristic of the
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        THE CONTEST
        92 21 The Couple of the Year contest is organised by The Furniture Mall and supported by The New Paper and the Social Development Service. The winning couple will get more than $13,000 worth of prizes in the form of furniture, watches and club memberships. Readers can also win prizes
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      175 21 Guess which oouple will triumph on 7 June and win K. <Ji the following prizes. V ({or first coirad Mty 4mm): Fella Design Sofa Bed worth $2,500 Elba Product Voucher worth $1,500 Carven Watch worth $1,000 The Furniture Mall Voucher worth $I,ooo* '(valid only with proof of minimum SlOO purchase
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    That slap was abuse, no less
    479 22  -  ET CETERA WITH TRUDY LIM RECENTLY, a primary schoolboy misbehaved in a bookshop, and a shopper slapped the boy. The incident became a talking point after the eight-year-old boy's mother lodged a police report. Much has been said about how children often misbehave in
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  • Page 22 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      111 23 COMICRELIEF 1 1 I j The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh hpARD "THAT moRE DONOOIHINK WAftftH.JWK IT ™mPI MbMKSIMWfc THIS 15 ft\JEST)taYIA6UM!SE t uS&IJI «•'■/>« IS?"™* J Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce \l^y, r \fry\ «ir SNUGGLES F AH„r. S==fcfe 3 pj^tfe= Ttmmy, I Kntw this K"gW *PW tg to be V "lord versation
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  • Showtime
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      GREASE is still the word 20 year on
      668 24 OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN AS SANDY Olivia Newton-John, or om as her fans called her, was the woman of the moment then. Already a successful singer, ON«Ts duet with Travolta in the movie, You're the One that I Want, also became a No. 1
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      Aargh, they're back ...Look who sang them
      667 25 The '705... The songs... The soundtrack for Glen Goei's retro flick Forever Fever will be officially launched on Saturday next week at 3 pm at The Heeren. The soundtrack consists of retro songs sung by local singers. A few of them tell CRAN
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      Forever Fever: The plot so far
      136 25 FOREVER Fever is Glen Goei's salute to the '70s. The movie is expected to hit cinemas here at the end of this month. Set in Singapore, the plot centres on a dreamer named Ah Hock, who is in his 20s. Ah Hock enters a
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      282 24 The King is back! At the Goodwood Durian Festival. -f H Whether it's the rich durian pulp in the Durian 4 J Mousse Cake and Durian Puffs, or our new Durian lyH* Cream Roll, we know you'll love the sensational taste our durian Ik And remember, it's also the perfect
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      242 25 gM From cows to ninjos and evil pirates, they hod Results will be announced on stage at obout 10.30 am Form when you register on Big Walk day at the all joined in the fun at previous Big Walks. Now on 24 May 1998. All winners have to be present
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      REPORTER WANTED
      355 33 CALLING ALL YOUTHS WANT to catch the World Cup atmosphere "live" in Paris next month, attend clinics conducted by world-class coaches and maybe even meet the best footballers in the world? And on top of that, write about this great experience for our readers back home in Singapore
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      135 33 The Nike Park is a state-of-the-art sporting environment. It is dedicated to celebrating and encouraging creativity, daring and spontaneous outburst of self-expression and skill on the pitch. It is made up of several interactive display stations which will give teenagers the chance to measure
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      Soccer player back in hospital
      390 33  -  By Gerard Wong TALENTED national Under-16 footballer Mahathir Nasir has been hospitalised again just one day after returning from Pattaya. The St Gabriel's Secondary Four student, who had an emergency operation in Pattaya on April 25 to save his life, flew home last Friday. But
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      397 34  -  PSYCHOLOGIST AND PERFECTIONIST The man mm— his ideas ONWENGER Date of birth: Oct 22 1949, Strasbourg Clubs (player): Mutzig, Mulhouse, Vauban, Strasbourg "Clubs (manager): Youth coach Strasbourg, Assistant coach at Cannes, Manager Nancy, Monaco, Grampus 8, Arsenal Honours (all as manager): 1988 French title, 1991 French Cup, 1996
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      333 35 I DOING IT WENGER'S WAY HIS labours first bore fruit in Japan when he turned a nuisance of a player, Dragan Stojkovic, into an inspiration. And Stojkovic went on to win the J-League's Most Valuable Player award. Arsene Wenger feels that if he
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      253 35 Reuters. WENGER has a wonderful way of getting the best from players. French star Emmanuel Petit is a perfect example. Wenger knew all about him from his spell as manager of Monaco. But at that time Petit was a left-sided or central defender. Yet Wenger knew he could
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      182 35 WHO PLAYS WHO Today Crystal Palace v West Ham Tomorrow Liverpool v Arsenal Sunday Aston Villa v Arsenal Bamsleyv Manchester United Blackburn Rovers v Newcastle Chelsea v Bolton Wanderers Crystal Palace vSheff Wed Derby County v Liverpool Everton v Coventry City Leeds United v Wimbledon Tottenham
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      Now Wenger wants to win in Europe
      338 35 HE had just a few minutes to savour the joy of title glory before turning his mind to greater heights. Nine months of sheer hard work ended with the ultimate triumph. Even two hours after the final whistle, the narrow roads surrounding Highbury
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      612 36 In the wake of Brazil's home defeat by Argentina last week, World Cup followers are now savouring the prospects of seeing fresh favourites take up the gauntlet. JEFFREY LOW says the new winner could well be Holland Nsass Dennis Bergkamp Ape 28 MssfblrtfcMaylO. 1969 FtaeesfMrtlK Amsterdam Mdgkfc I.BBm
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      74 36 DENNIS Bergkamp is warned his hamstring injury willrule him out of the FA Cup final against Newcastle on May 16. He missed Arsenal's 4-0 title-clinching win over Everton on Sunday after injuring his hamstring against Derby last Wednesday. There are only 12 days to go before the final
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    ...and so the ref talked
    629 37  -  'WHY I SENT JENS OFF', REF EXPLAINS TALK, SAID FAS... The FAS gave referees the green light on Sunday to talk to the press a practice previously forbidden. It's part of a move to educate the public on decisions made by the men in black.
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      461 38  -  Stories/ Ernest Luis HE made it clear he would not attend Saturday's post-match press conference. "I was not being a sore loser and keeping everyone waiting in vain," said Geylang coach-manager Douglas Moore. "I had said earlier that win, lose
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      231 38 DOUGLAS Moore says it's not true he almost came to blows with fellow Geylang official Syed Kadir Alsree on Saturday. The reported incident took place in the tunnel just after the Geylang-SAFFC match, when Moore and Syed Kadir got involved in a heated argument.
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