The New Paper, 16 July 1998

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    22 1 the new paper THURSDAY, JULY 16, 1998 MITA (P) 151/04/98 6o cents gj* Singapore Press Holdings http://web3.asia1.com.sg/tnp MP U WP° n 9
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Hostage to property?
      341 2 SlOOb tied up.in mortgage loans and CPF 670,000 people affected JUST consider these mind-boggling numbers: Some $100 billion in mortgage loans and CPF money nave been sunk into the Singapore property and construction market. Some 670,000 people withdrew their CPF savingB to either buy property or to
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      Banks' big fear
      210 2 WHEN property prices fall steeply it can be a nightmare for banks too. This is especially so for property bought with up to 100 per cent financing before the 80 per cent loan limit in mid-1996, reports The Business Times. Take a $1 million condo bought in
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      No butts,.. Oasis wild man pays up
      261 2  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY OASIS wildman Liam Gallagher has paid as much as A 5160,000 ($168,000) to the fan he assaulted while touring Australia in March. In return, British backpacker Ben Jones, 19, has dropped a civil court claim he had
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      Lock icon THENEWSTODAY Save water with rain water
      393 3  -  By Goh Chin Lian SAVE on rainy days for a dry day. That's what Mr Look Khuai, 58, is doing. He won't be without water even if his tap runs dry. Not when sticking out on a bamboo pole, from his three-room Tampines flat
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      141 2 ft Call um. L-wwg 1 Pages 27,28, 29&30 Comics; Pages 31&32 IVi Page 47 f. Ol savour Italian pasta. French wines and gourmet j I At Robertson Walk (next to UE Square), things are done Mediterranean-style. /JBHH There are restaurants, shops and wine bars, so you can spend a lazy
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Help yourself, businessman
      500 4 r\ t m -i j '£--\V£ xs One woman s voicc siuod out at yestevday s feedback session for businesses chaired by Dt Wang Kai Yuen, vice-chairman of the Supervisory Feedback Panel and MP for Bukit Timah GRC. NG WAN CHING reports AMONG those clamouring for the
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      Her tips for firms:
      205 4 FORM consortiums. They have more clout in looking for business opportunities and credit lines, both at home and overseas. "A manufacturer may not be good at marketing or logistics or finances, so he needs partners who can help him. Instead of doing it all yourself, form
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      GOVT THE KEY: SMEs
      98 4 MERE cost-cutting measures will not help. What's needed: Leadership from the Government. That was what most SME representatives felt. Said Mr Wong Ah Long, CEO, Suntec City Development: "What direction should we take? the esteemed Senior Minister said we should spend, then the Finance Minister says
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Don't just axe jobs
      228 6 HOT STORY COMPANIES should think hard before downsizing. It may hurt their basic strengths and competitiveness, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said yesterday. Take a longer view and ready yourself for the next wave of growth, he said. His advice: Reassess your old strategies, restructure your
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      Lock icon Want to live like a PM?
      99 6 For sale: This building, originally meant to house the offices of Pakistan's Prime Minister, is up for grabs now that Pakistan is on an austerity drive. The country is coping with sanctions imposed after it conducted nuclear tests. The state Privatisation Commission invited potential
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    • News Break
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        Not fussy
        49 6 EMPLOYMENT FRESH polytechnic and university graduates, and even people with postgraduate degrees, are turning to part-time and temporary jobs driven by fierce competition from retrenched and experienced workers. For temporary jobs, university graduates can earn about $7 per hour compared to $1,400 per month for permanent posts.
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        Paid, no work
        63 6 AUDIT THE Education Ministry kept paying 54 teachers and other staff a total of $232,350 after they quit between July 1995 and last December. The Auditor-General's Office, which uncovered this in a payroll audit, said the money has been recovered and stricter controls have been put in
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        Pay rise
        62 7 BRUNEI *r BRUNEI is giving Bsl billion ($1 billion) in pay rises as "cost of living allowance" for those in the lower-income group. The pay increase ranges from Bsl4o a month for the lowest-paid government worker to BsBo for those receiving below 856,800 a month as from July
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        China's view
        56 7 INDONESIANS BEIJING has said it is "concerned and sympathetic" about the plight of Indonesians of Chinese origin. It was the first time it has spoken about the victims of the May riots. Beijing said it had noted that Jakarta was investigating and hoped it would take measures to
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        Offer taken
        50 7 IPROPERTYM FTVE property developers have taken up the Government's offer of extra time to complete private residential projects without penalty, reported The Business Times. Applications from AFP Land and the Hong Leong Group have been approved. More developers are expected to ask for extensions despite the holding costs.
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        Bali for $1.70?
        62 7 TRAVEL PAY US$l ($1.70) to stay in an Indonesian hotel? This could be one of the deals on offer during "Magic Month", when hotels, restaurants and airlines will offer cheap packages to attract tourists. Visitors flying Singapore Airlines would pay just US$l on the first night of
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        EPF okay
        51 7 MONEY SINGAPOREANS working in Malaysia can withdraw their Employees Provident Fund contributions even before reaching 55 years of age upon leaving the country, said EPF. Foreign workers can submit an application to take out their contributions before leaving Malaysia. This special permission has been provided for since October
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        Lawyer sacked
        62 7 U COURT LAWYER Edmund Nathan can no longer practice after being struck off on Tuesday for cheating. Nathan, 48, was fined $10,000 in May last year for giving a bank a false property price in 1991. His lawyer argued against the striking, saying Nathan had paid for his
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      DOW JONES
      26 6 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 11.07 points to dose at 9,234.47 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 729 million shares.
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      Gang rapes in Indonesia = Terrorism, says human-rights group
      343 7 Gang rapes in Indonesia Terrorism, says human-rights group in PSRSUS Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights recently ended an inquiry into reports of rape and sexual abuse of Chinese women during the May riots. Its vice-chairman Marzuki Darusman discussed the findings with the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: Q: What are thfc
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      world Head liners
      54 7 South China Morning Post Cargo crisis 'for next six weeks' Philippine Daily Inquirer Palace: Ramos cronies had billion-peso deals New Straits Times: 14,000jobs for retrenched workers BBC news: Indonesian's foreign minister will ask the United Nations special envoy to reconsider a visit to East Timor as tension
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      local Head liners
      49 7 The Straits Times: Avoid 'dumbsizing', says PM The Business Timos: 100b of CPF funds and loans in property Lianhe Zaobao: Companies should avoid 'dumbsizing' Berita Harian: Don't be discouraged by weak economy PCS morning news: PM Goh ChokTong says Singaporeans should think beyond the regional crisis
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  • ON THE JOB WHERE TO LOOK WHAT TO ASK FOR HOW TO COPE
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      THE JOB COUNSELLOR IS IN
      490 8 0■ H m Our guest counsellor: Jays Nithiyanandan, branch manager of personnel consultants Business Trends: I HAVE O levels and an NTC-2 certificate in motor vehicle mechanics. For six years, I have worked as a general clerk in the motor industry. The only computer programme
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      Too old at 40
      377 9  -  BY Teo Yun Yun HE is a business graduate and was an accounts manager for more than 10 years. But he is also over 40. And that is why Daniel, now unemployed, has written to us in desperation. He has not worked for several months. All
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      I'm 40, I'm jobless. How can I get back on my feet?
      200 9  -  Q A By Yvonne Lim TIPS that personnel agencies give include: Try a new field. Don't stick to the same kind of job. Perhaps you could do something related to your old job if it was sales, try
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      TRAGEDY
      337 10  -  Safety drill turns into a... By Melvin Singh and Yong Siew Fern IT was to have been a simple fire drill at a hospital. But the drill ended in tragedy on Tuesday morning. Now a 29-year-old woman is lying in a coma in Tan Tock Seng hospital. Madam Liew
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      She's 'brain dead', says sister
      167 10 MADAM Liew Ai Ling got married last month to her boyfriend of seven years. She has been working at the childcare centre at the Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's hospital for only less than a year. She used to work in another childcare centre in
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      Lock icon WHAT A GRUESOME SIGHT
      550 12  -  WORKERS NOTICE FOUL SMELL THEY FIND A BODY POLICE ARRIVE By Teo Hwee Nak FOR Mr Neo Meng Hin and his colleagues, it was a shocking end to a week of foul smells. A stench had been troubling the workers at the Singapore-Johore Factories Building at
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      The young and the corrupted
      38 13 mutfmutf principal of Kttong Secoodwy Sdiool, on bow There is the view that children are like animals and you must train them, but it's not so. It's the grown-up's world that corrupts them.
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      Want to join our party?
      172 13 Happy Birthday to you No one does things you do You are kiasu Verykiasu Always first in the queue THE New Paper reader Surahman Talip dashed off this entry to The New Paper's Happy Birthday song contest. You can have some fun, too. Write your
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      Lock icon My buddy helps me to see
      393 14  -  By Irene Kew IT takes two to tango but doing the tango is the last thing on the minds of buddies Mr Osman Mohd Amin and Mr Ravi bin Monil. One cannot see where he goes. The other is prisoner to the wheelchair. But
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      Home has special features for disabled
      149 14 TUCKED in a quiet corner of Telok Blangah,the Moral Welfare Home started operations last May when the Woodlands Home for the Aged was closed. It is one of the four replacement homes that Ministry of Community Development (MCD) built. Funded by the MCD and
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  • SPEAKUP
    • SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM
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        Show owners usage time
        148 15 MOBILE PHONE BILLS Henry Lira U Shun: I realise that the usage time units for mobile phones are not presented in the bills by both Sing Tel and Ml. The total monthly charge for using the mobile network is based on total time units used, minus
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        Punishment not enough
        142 15 Quek Slew Liang (e-mail) I would like to express my disappointment about the case of the 61-year-old man who used a paper-cutter to scar his wife's face "He slashed her face and hands with a paper cutter" (ST, July 5) and "Gambling made my good husband turn
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        Picking your school
        130 15 PHASE 2B of the Primary 1 registration exercise is on July 21 and 22. This is for any child whose parent: Belongs to a church or clan association linked to the school; Has volunteered at the school; Is a grassroots leader in the constituency the school is
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon They walk through HISTORY and clear up mysteries
      260 16  -  By' Toh Li Lin NOT only did they enjoy the show, some also discovered things that they never knew before. Like specific dates. Said student Louis Lin, 15: "I knew Raffles came to Singapore in 1819. But I never knew the exact
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      OTHER HIGHLIGHTS
      84 16 Live actors. A Japanese soldier appears on stage in the first theatre. A young girl takes the audience through various thoughts of the people as they contemplate the merger with Malaya. "It made it very real," said Joyce. A video of then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew on
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      'Lethal' thoughts
      53 20 imnHmn* m l#Hlill in i i m v3Di€ news (vhri rcc6nuy issued 8 public tpirtiffly flawed report alleging that US troops used gas savin during a 1970 raM into Laos. Tod Turner says the debacle has upn|§!|Pbfy much: If committing mass suicide would help, I would have given
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      Thai woman: I'll fight case from Bangkok
      335 20 E^L£CTO^UND^CANDAL THE Thai businesswoman accused of illegally funding the US Democrats is going to fight her case from Bangkok. However, the US Justice Department is trying to ask the Thai government to order her to the US for trial. Ms Pompimol Kanchanalak, 47,
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      JOURNALIST TO HIGH-FLYER
      97 20 PORNPIMOL "Pauline" Kanchanalak, started off as a junior Thai Foreign Ministry official and journalist. She qulickly made important Washington connections. In the 1980s, as an aide to then Thai ambassador to the US, Kasem S Kasemsri, she established herself as a vital contact at the Thai embassy.
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      Best protesters are people with empty stomachs
      282 21 What Jakarta agitators think Analyst YOU can't get people who are more ready to vent their anger and frustrations than the jobless. And in Indonesia, there are millions of them. These workers are now the targets of political organisations that want to widen
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      Lock icon Four months in hell
      444 22 Businessman escapes kidnappers watching World Cup Chained to a table since March 1 Not allowed to go to the toilet Given only one meal a day Source: AFP, The Nation, Bangkok Post. HE had been held hostage in hellish conditions in Bangkok for more than four
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      71 21 i I I /I'lev^n/ 9th Graduation Diploma Show'98 International School of Fashion Studies Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Friday 17 July Zouk showtime 10.30pm hair by pkHfortr. coming soon Renaissance Worldwide: Singapore B Friday 24 July ZouK DJs Dave Seaman and Nigel Dawson mm 1 zouK and strut fre T
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    Lock icon Slow & steady ... and I did it!
    584 24  - Slow steady and I did it! spotlight By. Joyce Lim THE Singapore team which scaled Mt Everest in May spent four years training for the expedition. But if you are relatively fit and want to experience being on the top of a mountain, you might want to try climbing the
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon My name is Diana, Sir
      436 26 TV artiste and "thinking man's sex symbol"Diana Ser is back in school —for her Masters in Mass Communication Studies at the Nanyang Technological University. But guess what? Her classmates don't give a damn. AVIS WONG reports THERE'S a babe in the class. But does anyone
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      Lock icon She won't quit TV... yet
      454 27  -  BY Avis Wong IS Diana's going back to school a hint she may leave TCS when her contract expires next May? Tve been working for about four years and it has always been on my mind to do my Masters," Diana told The New Paper.
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      'I don't need to prove anything to anyone'
      244 27 DIANA has always been seen as the brains and not a bimbo. This is perhaps due to the fact that she was a writer and producer with TCS first before she filtered into hosting and acting. She wrote and produced the shows,
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      So sweaty
      94 28 REMEMBER how Whitney Houston (right, with husband Bobby Brown) made Singaporeans sweat through an air-con-less concert here in 1995? Well, she was at it again recently in England. In a concert in Manchester's Nynex Arena, the singer demanded that the temperature be set at a sweaty 24 deg
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      RAPE CLAIM
      88 28 BUT Houston might have more to worry about soon than the temperature. An American woman claimed she was raped at the singer's home on Sunday night, reported CNN. The 19-year-old, whose identity has not been released, told New Jersey police that she was attacked at the house during
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      LATES ANGELS
      92 28 REMEMBER Charlie's Angels? That classic '70s television series of three lovely female private investigators working for a mysterious and unseen boss? Well, the three actresses to play the Angels in the updated movie version have been announced and what a politically-correct list it is! Jill Munroe, originally played
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      110 27 QUACK-QUACK... QUACK!!! Tuck in at Uu Hsiang Lou during July 1998 and feast on ALL DUCK DISHES! To add on to the uniaue all duck menu 3 types of whole duck will be offered at UNBELIEVABLE price of $20.00 each for both dine-in or take-away: Camphor Tea Smoked Duck "Sichuan"
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    Goal: Human rights for all
    503 29  -  KftjH CETERA l» WITH MATTHEW THOMMEN TUVALU has won the World Cup. Tuvalu? Yes, I read it in The Observer recently. And it wasn't the World Hula Hoop Championships or something like that. It was what the British newspaper called its World Cup of Human
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  • SCHOOLSPORTS '98
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      596 38 39TH MILO NATIONAL INTER-SCHOOL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS: TAMPINES SWIMMING COMPLEX FOUR records bit the dust on the final day. The Methodist Girts School *C* Division 4x50m freestyle quartet wasn't the only relay team to break a mark. Raffles Junior College set a Boys 'A' Division 4x50m freestyle record
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      235 38 HE may have finished second in his two individual races. But Anglo-Chinese School (Independent) swimmer Kenley Kwan is definitely a double gold-medal winner. A gold medal for bravery. A gold medal for undying loyalty to his school. Because despite suffering from a badly sprained ankle, the 15-year-old
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      413 39  -  MORE ON NATIONAL SCHOOLS SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS By Gerard Wong PARAGUAY'S colourful goalkeeper Jose Luis Chilavert has a snarling bulldog face on his jersey when he plays club football. According to him, it symbolises his fighting and never-say-die spirit. Now guess what Anglo-Chinese Junior College swimmer Terence Tan was
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      YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
      244 39 BOYS A DIVISION (winners only): 100 m freestyle: Ignatius Goh (Raffles JC) 54.93 100 m breaststroke: Terence Tan (Anglo-Chinese JC) 1:11.49 100 m backstroke: Kevin Kwek (Raffles JC) 1:03.60 4xsom freestyle: Raffles JC 1:39.63 (new record) OVERALL CHAMPION: Raffles JC B DIVISION: 100 m freestyle: Mark Chay (ACS
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  • TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE '98
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      635 40 On Tuesday, Tanjong Pagar accused Balestier Central of unsporting behaviour in its 2-2 draw. Balestier coach PNSivaji stood by his decision and his team. ERNEST LUIS asks S-Leaguefans if they agree with Balestier's actions, and if they will continue to watch the team MOST fans
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      WHAT HAPPENED
      233 40 ON Tuesday, Tanjong Pagar accused Balestier Central of unsporting behaviour in its 2-2 draw. In iqjury time, with Tai\jong Pagar leading 2-1, its defender S Subramani fell down injured after a Balestier attack. His goalkeeper Dragan Talajic kicked the ball out so his team-mate could receive treatment. Balestier'B
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      AT THE WORLD CUP
      90 40 Each time a ball was sent out to allow a player to receive medical treatment, the ball was returned to the opposition. The most memorable sporting gesture was by French midfielder Emmanuel Petit. During the quarter-final against Italy, the Arsenal player kicked the ball out of
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      FAIRPLAY AWARD
      56 40 England and France are joint winners of the 1998 Fifa World Cup Fairplay award. Norway takes third place. They averaged 828 points during the tournament and will each collect a trophy, diploma, medals and £15,000 ($39,000) worth of equipment for youth football, which will be presented at a
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      180 40 Wire services. KEVIN GALLAGHER: The Blackburn striker could miss the start of the season after undergoing a hernia operation, manager Roy Hodgson revealed yesterday. ARSENEWENGOt The Arsenal manager has confirmed he would be interested in returning to Japan to coach,the national team when his contract with the English Premier
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      294 41 Press Association. FALLEN idol Ronaldo rounded angrily on fans who say he is "more yellow than his Brazil shirt". The tormented superstar flew into a rare rage and replied: "Don't you dare call me a coward." The attack came after Ronaldo, 21, was apparently reduced to a
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      142 41 PERHAPS Glenn Hod die was right after all. Perhaps the England coach's decision to nurse Michael Owen into international football will ensure that he never suffers the same fate as Ronaldo. Had England progressed further, the pressures on 18-year-old Owen would have grown and the burden
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      OWEN v RONALDO
      141 41 While Owen relaxes in the Florida sunshine and prepares for the coming Premiership season, Ronaldo has a date with a doctor to find out if the convulsion he suffered before the World Cup final will, at 21, threaten his career. Hoddle carefully rationed Owen's appearances in front
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      157 41 Reuters. BRAZILIAN striker Ronaldo displayed a rare bout of ill-temper when tracked down by television reporters yesterday. "How long are you going to chase me? What kind of life is this?" the angry-looking 21-year-old shouted at a cameraman from his car. Newspapers were filled with speculation over the
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      Lock icon BRAZIL STILL NO 1
      141 41 Reuters. Brazil remains the best team in world soccer, according to Rfa's rankings. But France has Jumped 15 places to second after beating the Brazilians 3-0 in the World Cup final. Fifa said yesterday that Brazil was now in danger of losing its No 1 spot
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      97 41 Reuters. Fans of the world's No 1 sport may miss out on the next World Cup on television because the rights may be bought up by pay TV companies. Fifa has sold the worldwide television rights for the 2002 and 2006 World Cups to the
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      CONTEST WINNERS
      59 41 BRAZIL got the taftt com**** in the An* Of Ftanoe '9B teat Monday. Thot^h HCRdn't help it wtnthe Wile, It helped ftve cattmto our contest Hne test week ww» a Swatch Chronograph Goooal watch each, oouttesy of Swatch. The ft* cafere are amon|lhe 1.006 out of2.239 who predicted
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      439 42 DAVID Beckham will be offered round-the-clock police protection, reports Soccernet. The 23-year-old Manchester United star on Tuesday had a frightening glimpse into a future now clouded by his World Cup sending-off against Argentina. He was greeted by the bizarre sight of police cars positioned at junctions on
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      'David is strong enough to face all this'
      421 42 FORMER team-mate Gary Pallister sent his good wishes, reports Soccernet. He said: "I know David will get the support he needs. Becks is used to stick he took a lot of flak last season because of his personal life. I don't think
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      99 42 Source: Internet During his Transatlantic flight to New York to be with Ms Posh, David Beckham probably spent the journey in quiet contemplation, staring out of the window. He certainly wasn't templed by a video off One Foot In The Grave, nor the
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      317 43 Penalty shootouts cruel THE FANS' PAGE France 98 certa inly generated a lot of emotion for fans around the world—Singapore was no exception. The New Paper received many e-mail messages, faxes and letters from fans either complaining or complimenting our coverage; bringing forward interesting talking points; or
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      ARGENTINA WOULD HAVE WON ANYWAY!
      218 43 WOULD it have made a difference to the end result if David Beckham was not sent off against Argentina? Coach Glenn Hoddle felt that if Beckham had not been sent off England might have gone on to win the game based on the spirit the
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      BRAZIL MDN'T LOSE—FRANCE WON
      189 43 I'M disappointed with TNFs coverage of the final. Why was a picture of a dejected Ronaldo used on the front page? Why not one of Didier Deschamps kissing the coveted trophy? Why wasn't there more on the French fans? How can TNP label the French as
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