The New Paper, 28 July 1998

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1 37 The New Paper
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    23 1 the new paper TUESDAY, JULY 28,1998 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS L1 M., htt P ://web3.asiai .com.sg/tnp Anoth9r qua,,ty pubhcat,on of Singapore Press Holdings
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  • THEMEWSTODAY
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      'Two signatures are not enough'
      351 2 PR MAHATHIR: WE'RE NOT MOVING TRAIN CHECKPOINT Any documents signed by those who were not the heads of government would not suffice* That's our stand and will remain our stand, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad on why Malaysia will not move its Customs, Immigration
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      Lock icon Who smoked? Pilot quizzed for holding passengers
      283 2 Wire services. SOMEONE had been smoking secretly in the airplane's toilet. So, when the plane landed in Milan, Italy, its British pilot told passengers that none of them could leave until the culprit owned up. For this, the Go Airline pilot was questioned
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      127 2 Leisure index Showtime: Pages 18,19, 22 23 Comics: Pages 24 25 TV: Page 39 BLAUPUNKT RfIDIOPHONC World's First Car Radio Cassette Player integrates the GSM Mobile Phone Handsfree kit thai lets you make telephone calls All you need to operate is your GSM SIM Carl. Come to eiperience it! w\Tmnti%
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      75 3 Only one person is responsible for our success F i la 7 7 V jM Yes. You, the reader. You, who've demanded the highest standard of news JV reporting and the most extensive sports coverage in Singapore. You're the JK B phper reason we consistently strive to offer a more
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    Lock icon SANDWICHED!
    256 4 between BMW and Toyota 4 KIND SOULS KNOCKED DOWN IN PIE DOUBLE CRASH SINGAPORETODAY Four men who stopped to help a BMW driver after he crashed along the Pan-Island Expressway at about 6 pm on Sunday were hit by a Toyota that crashed into them. Three of them were
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  • THENEWSTHEN
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      This came between them
      404 5  -  By Toh Li Lin INDUSTRIAL strikes put ex-unionist Michael Fernandez behind bars and left him with twin aches. First, his then girlfriend asked him to choose: Marry me now or never. (See report at right.) But Mr Fernandez was a political detainee who didn't have the
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      PRUDENTIAL TIME LINE
      42 5 PRUDENTIAL was among the early multinational companies here. It set up operations in Singapore 67 years ago. Then, it had three people on its staff, and one agent. Today, the staff strength is 280, and there are 2,800 agents.
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      Love dilemma
      162 5 THE "now-or-never" letter from Mary shook Mr Fernandez. She was the woman he wanted to marry. But he could promise her nothing. Then aged 30, he was serving his seventh year in Changi Prison. Said Mr Fernandez: "I took the biggest risk of my life. I told her
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      CONTEST
      59 5 WHICH year did Prudential set up business in Singapore? 1.1931 2.1941 3.1951 Win a Prudential 150 th Anniversary commemorative Transit Link card with a stored value of $21. There are 25 to be won. Call 1-900-914-0801 before midnight on Sunday. Each call costs 20 cents. Results will be published
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      KELONG?
      287 6 S-League calls in CPIB iffir "QUESTIONABLE performances". That is what officials of the S-League observed in some players during league games. Arid that is why it has alerted the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) to keep a close watch on these soccer players. Said S-League chief executive officer Chris
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      Lock icon Big mouth
      44 6 Picture This GIVE ME SATAY: Mr Anuar Minhat preparing to eat more satay after winning the "Eat the Most Satay" competition in Kafang, Malaysia's famous satay town, on Sunday. The 138-kg driver ate 36 sticks of satay in five minutes. Picture/ Afp
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    • News Break
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        Sprinter quits
        56 6 sportsJH SINGAPORE'S fastest runner Muhamad Hosni Muhamad has retired, citing "personal and work-related" reasons. Hosni, 26, said he may take up coaching. He had earlier applied to the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association to do athletics full-time but later wrote in to say he was quitting. Hosni holds the
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        More better
        54 6 I AUSTRAI INCREASE immigration and you will get jobs, says a new Australian study. The Australian National University study said rather than stealing jobs from locals, migrants boosted prospects for the unemployed. The extra spending that migrants brought to the economy meant about one extra job was created
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        Let's review
        65 6 POLICI WE must completely review our strategies, says Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, and change policies where needed to beat the regional crisis. BG Lee met union leaders privately. He said the CPF might be cut as a last resort, if the economy worsened. He assured the
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        Time off
        66 6 llr THERE'S no school for two weeks for students of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls' School. All its 3,000 students were given the time off to get 2,000 projects in a massive project fair off the ground. The projects include science experiments and art and craft and will be
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        Fewer deals
        57 7 A SINGAPORE businessmen are making fewer China investment commitments. Commitments tumbled 42 per cent to US$l.45 billion ($2.5 billion) for the first six months of the year compared to the same period last year. However, actual investments in the period jumped 65 per cent to US$l.4B billion, unlike
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        Free no more?
        52 7 TOURISM THE National Association of Travel Agents (Natas) seeks to get travel agents to charge customers for services now provided free. Natas said it was studying fee-for-service guidelines for companies and individual travellers. Industry sources said services such as visa applications, ticket delivery and transfer arrangements could
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        Share probe
        59 7 INVESTMENTS THE stock exchange is investigating the trading of Mid-Continent Equipment Group shares. The 18 million shares were floated at 15 cents each last Wednesday. They rose as much as 32.5 cents, to 87.5 cents, yesterday, and ended at 77 cents. Dealers said traders were repeatedly buying and
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        Media accused
        58 7 ■jVIALAYSIAIH A MALAYSIAN minister has accused foreign and local media of plotting "an ongoing conspiracy" to bring down Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. Deputy Information Minister Datuk Dr Suleiman Mohamed said one way to counter the foreign media was to "black out" their negative reports and
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      Lifelong learning
      244 7 in FSKSus THE Government is setting up a National Lifelong Learning System to help Singaporeans constantly upgrade themselves. This is due to be announced by Manpower Minister Lee Boon Yang at the Singapore Poly graduation ceremony this morning. Dr Lee says: "This system will enable public and private
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      world Head liners
      53 7 South China Morning Post Security chief Peter Lai puts family first in resignation Philippine Daily Inquirer Erap: Govt is bankrupt The New Straits Times: Global bond only when conducive BBC news: US State Department has made a scathing attack on the Greek Foreign Minister accusing him of
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      local Head liners
      56 7 The Straits Times: ERP fees won't cost more for most The Business Times: Scrapped USs2b bond opens KL funding needs Lianhe Zaobao: Details of ERP charges announced Berita Harian: ERP: Same pricing at CTE and ECP RCS morning news: The ASEAN regional forum makes clear their disapproval
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      Quote worthy
      91 7 The EDB has always been a key public institution powering Singapore through many economic crises and changes. lam happy to be part of the change process as EDB shift gears quickly to repond to the current crisis. With dedicated staff who are focused and energetic, lam very confident
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      DOW JONES
      15 7 The Dow Jones Industrial average was up 90.88 points (1.02 percent) at 9,028.24.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Disgusting!
      656 8  -  They can't smoke at Temasek Polytechnic (above) So, some students loiter around nearby flats Residents say their behaviour is REPORT& PICTURES JOYCE LIM TEMASEK Polytechnic students are keeping the campus smoke free by puffing across the road. Since the poly bans smoking on campus, some teenagers take their habit
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      Be strong to be different
      82 9 nil i I'm i J it A Pr Lw Choy Vom, tlmfcui aad nilcil director of Riffles Mcdicsl Gixmp, 49 t on |iwn*nHi ■ihltliui A faint heart will never get you anywhere. If you want to do anything different, people will always gossip, backbite, criticise,
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      Lock icon 'PM and the President'
      280 9  -  t S 1 JL. y k NATIONAL DAY PARADE By^ Woon Wui Tek AS his jeep purrs down the track at the National Stadium, he is hailed as the President of Singapore. And he Captain Winston Ng Leng Fong, 29 coolly accepts the cheers. No, there's
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      STORY OF SINGAPORE
      96 9 AT NDP '98, the story of Singapore and the Singapore River will unfold in a four-part mass display segment: 'River of Life' The murky river will turn blue signifying our progress in nation-building. The final scene: A bridge spanning a clean, calm Singapore river symbolising our common
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      Answer these and win parade tickets
      193 9 ARE you hungering for a Parade ticket? Take part in The New Paper's NDP '98 Contest and win one of 15 pairs up for grabs. First, find the answers to the three questions below. Answers can be found in our story. The questions are:
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      50 9 V At MM Guess The World Cup Final Score Contest Results Congratulations To The Following Winners Of The Redßull Guess The World Cup nnal Score Contest Tan Leong TecK Abdul Jalil Bin Idros MRIQ n<? *****98 A LYeo Thiam Dong II Winners Will Be notified By Post. I Singapore *****5
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      How it affects you
      441 11 I might leave earlier I will just pay more The Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) rates for two more expressways and the restricted zone were released yesterday. Two motorists one who works in the restricted zone and the other whose job requires him to be on the
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      Plan your journey and save
      316 11 IF you are willing to go to work earlier and plan your trips more carefully, the ERP could save you some money. The present Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) in the restricted zone in the Central Business District (CBD) costs $60 a month, $3 for a
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      A TNP-Raffles Hotel sizzling offer for you
      222 11 THE New Paper's 10th anniversary celebrations continue! Together with Raffles Hotel, which is celebrating its 111th anniversary, we have come up with some sizzling offers just for you. In fact, you may be able to walk away with great goodies from the Raffles
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Want to know how much fat is in this laksa? Now you can...
      184 13 HOW many calories and how much protein, carbohydrate, fat and fibre do you get in a bowl of laksa? Get the figures from the new Healthy Lifestyle Centre website. You can also share your own experiences on
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      Lock icon Boy, 15, YOUNGEST drug offender JAILED
      237 13 IN MALAYSIA Bernama. A 15-YEAR-OLD boy yesterday became the youngest person in Malaysia to be jailed for a drug offence. He was sentenced to five years'jail and 10 strokes of the cane by the Malaysian Sessions Court for having drugs. Judge Mohamad K Abdul
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      WHY JAILED
      47 13 The Dangerous Drugs Act (DDA) 1952 overrode the Juvenile Act 1947, said the judge. Hence the boy should be sentenced under the provisions of the DDA. He was sentenced under Section 39A(2) of the DDA which carries a maximum five years' jail and includes caning.
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      Lock icon No escape
      107 13 AFP. THE police and rescue workers tried to rescue this elephant, which had fallen into a manhole. But the 72-year-old elephant died hours later. It had stumbled into the manhole on a busy Bangkok road late on Friday and suffered severe injuries to its right hind leg, said
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon 'Prince of IN Darkness' gets key post
      338 14 TONY BLAIR'S CABINET RESHUFFLE Reuters. THE man some called "Prince of Darkness" stepped out of the shadows in British Prime Minister Tony Blair's first cabinet reshuffle yesterday. Mr PeteFMandefeon, a key ally to and close friend of Mr Blair, was promoted to the
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      Lock icon Sony, Miss OUT
      242 14 AFP. FRANCE was hoping to send Miss Tahiti to run as Miss France in the Miss World contest. But the organisers of Miss World won't hear of it. "Tahiti, like Macao, Hongkong, Gibraltar etc., etc., are regarded as separate countries in terms of Miss World," Britain's Mr
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      Gates open to Windows piracy
      61 15 nuiKmii^ Microsoft CEO BUI Gates b not too Mliappy that software piracy b widespread in China. He beieves that piracy gets tensers used to Windows, and that they wfll Iff a M h, ii n n«i«lni AffOHßk uiuiiiaxe«y Dccofnt c usxoniors. As long as they
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      Lock icon Hun Sen's party: We'll win
      136 15 AFP. STRONGMAN leader Hun Sen's Cambodian People's Party (CPP) has claimed if b headed for victory. CPP said this yesterday as international monitors declared that the elections on Sunday were Tree and fair". The party predicted it has won 66 of the 122 parliamentary seats.
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      Lock icon Suicide or murder?
      449 15 DEATHS IN HK FLAT Three women and two girls were found dead in a flat in Hongkong last week. Three suicide notes were found. But, as TEO HWEE NAK reports, there may be more to the case A MYSTERY man and a large sum of missing money
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      BOTH MISSING
      136 15 ONE of the three women found dead was the wife of a wealthy Hongkong businessman. Lam Chun Lek, 49, was a managing director of her husband's company. Lam is survived by her husband and three daughters. She told him on Tuesday she was meeting a client, but went
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      Suffocated having sex
      321 16 A MALAYSIAN businessman went to a hotel and told his wife he wanted to have sex. She accompanied him to a room. While having sex, he placed a pillow on her face and suffocated her. On Monday, he was jailed for 18 months by the High Court
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      JAILED
      23 16 P Kanatazan, was JaWed for 18 months by the High Court in Ipohfor committing a rash act, which amounted to culpable homicide.
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Off to Canada with her Mango Man
      581 17  -  Money and fame are going to be nothing at the end... Your tombstone won't say that you're the one who appeared in what-and-what magazine. Michelle Goh, 24 BY Avis Wong THIS is it. Michelle Goh has decided to leave the crazy world of
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      AN IMAGE THAT HAS STUCK
      152 17 SHE'S seen as the bimbo, the sexpot. Mainly because of the role that shot her to fame in 1995 Bunny, a smouldering prostitute, in Eric Khoo's Mee Pok Man. Her TV debut as a sexy nurse in a Channel 5 sitcom, My Grandson, The Doctor,
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      Two years and six serials later
      246 17 MICHELLE is the latest in a string of Channel 5 artistes such as Jamie Lee, Wong Li-lin, Benedict Goh and Darryl David to bid goodbye to the station. She thinks she has done "okay" in her two years with TCS, with three Chinese and
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      Lock icon Spinning High
      536 18 Ever been suspended in mid-air as high as 41 storeys above ground? Reporter TEO HWEE NAK, who suffers from acrophobia (fear ofheights), went on one of the world's tallest ferris wheels in Osaka, and lives to tell the tale A BREATHTAKING view of the harbour and Osaka City
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      Crazy about ferris wheels
      149 18 FERRIS wheel rides are the craze in Japan especially in Osaka. In fact, you can find some of the world's tallest ferris wheels there. One has just sprouted out in the middle of Osaka City's busy Umeda district from right on top of a new 10-storey
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Lock icon KISS AND TELL
      503 19  -  Karen Mok has found her Prince Charming By Hazel Tan HER rumoured romance with comedy king Stephen Chow is history. Karen Mok (above) has been seen kissing actress Anita Yuen's boyfriend, singer Julian Cheung. But no, she isn't in love with him. Her Prince Charming, she says,
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      A budding Roze
      326 20  -  By Lee Yin Luen DICK Lee waxed lyrical about Roze Seet's singing prowess at a recent press conference. So when Roze performed last Friday at the Esso Campus Concerts, held at the National University Of Singapore, 1 had to be there. On stage, next to the grand
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      29 20 All merchandise are available only at Isetan Scotts, While stocks last. H A U| ISETAN SCOTTS Shaw House TEL: 733 1111 Opening Daily: 10am 9.30pm MOt Ift 11 SINGAPORE
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    Here are my car-ing views
    510 21  -  ET CETERA WITH DAVE ANG A LITTLE self-criticism is good. So I'll begin with the soon-to-be apparent conclusion that this piece is really about, well, nothing. Nothing. As in no thing. As in a little like the new season of the excellent Channel 5 series,
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      186 21 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson I HERE'S OJ\TE (K BREEZE up IXJWM WW CM* AKfoNE. WE? ..QU.XENI JBi HW PAREKTSI HERE. I'M REMT< MCW\H(j. IMK/W IBL MD6BES HE CAHT fW NUtt HWBtED. TUtRtS TUt RWE* HAKE IS W G*UC BX*S JUSTCMS TOO. RLRm? AND TUE TOWN (m CALM .'TEL IM
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      162 22 COMICRELIEF H" The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh ,A"Sj?r SJK.i W£.a®s r |(6M«»nwta>i 'I ItvanufflS?] wwduBig Nate/Lincoln Peirce WHAT'S BROCHURES. I THINK THIS IS THE HEY. WHY DONT WE i !p ALL I'M GONNA ONE I'LL SIGN Up GO TOGETHER I MEAN, HUT THAT USE SOME FOR! IT'S A GOOD YOU'VE GOT
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      164 28 Temporary Positions All looks/ (Mights/ ages (No regn. fees) NEW EXPERIENCE 841 7705 Other Positions Marine Processing Co. in Sembawang requires Preferably bilingual in English Chinese Computer literate Accounting experience Full/ part-time positions Experienced in sales ol marine products or corporate (retail sales Prefer with own vehicle full/ part-time positions
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      133 28 Other Positions Other Positions An established Japanese cleaning co. urgently requires Able to-speak write simple English Pleasant good attitude Preferably Chinese Salary negotiable Working place: OUB Centre Working hrs.: Bam. spm. 5V4 day Benefits: Annual leave, bonuses, CPF contribution, medical hospitalisation reimbursement, etc. Walk-In Interview Monday to Friday (10am. 12pm.
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      767 30  -  NO TRAINING: COACHES NOT ARDIJND: PI AYFRS DROPPING OUT. ALL SEFMS SO HAPHA7ARI") NATIONAL TEAM UNDER-19 SIDE Stories/ Ernest Luis THE Tiger Cup is on next month (Aug 25 to Sept 6), yet the Singapore soccer team has not trained at all this month. The Lions used
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      160 30 TEAM MANAGER OMAR IBRAHIM: He said he was not told by coach Barry Whitbread to monitor the national players' performances in the S-League while he was away. But he added: "Still, we have an understanding that if he's away, I will do It
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      112 30 WHO accompanied the national Under-19 team to Haadyai? Assistant coach Hassan Ismail took charge in the absence of coach Sies Senan. The team manager was former national assistant team manager Collin Chee, and William Lee was their tour agent. Who is Lee then? Replied
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      943 31 MORE ON THE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP'S COMINGS AND GOINGS Yes, the new English season is almost upon us again (the opening Premiership matches are on Aug 15). And while much of the talk of player movements does not come to anything, some big-name players have signed up
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      80 31 Manager John Gregory appears resigned to losing Dwight Yorke to Man United in exchange for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer and £9m. VUia wanted Andy Cole but United manager Alex Ferguson was firm in holding on to him. Gregory, meanwhile, got defender David Unsworth from West Ham
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      194 32 NEWCASTLE UNITED: Manager Kenny Dalglish's signing spree has culminated in the signing of German World Cup midfielder Dieter Hamann. Hamann, 24, signed for £5 million (sl4m) from German club Bayern Munich. Among Hamann's favourite past-times are quiet walks with his dogs, Cashmere and Bernie, listening to
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      411 33  -  NATIONAL SCHOOLS BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS (Till Friday: at Singapore Bowling Academy) REPORTS GERARD WONG B GIRLS SINGLES SHE really tried her best. But Methodist Girls School's Meryl Xu just couldn't stop the tears from streaming down her cheeks after winning the B Girls singles title
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      100 33 A BOYS 1 Jared Yeap (Anglo-Chinese JC) 592 pintails (average 197) 2 Daniel Lim (Raffles JC) 578 (192) 3 Danny Lee (Anglo-Chinese JC) 554 (185) B BOYS: 1 Zhang Kai Lun (Dunearn Secondary) 557 (186) 2 Izad Ghalid (Bedok View Secondary) 545 (182) 3 Yow
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      525 34  -  MORE ON NATIONAL SCHOOLS BOWLING Byl Gerard Wong B BOYS SINGLES Thanks dad, i wouldn't have done it without you. Dunearn Secondary's Zhang Kai Lun, 16, was certainly wearing a huge smile on his face yesterday. And it wasn't just because he'd won the B Boys singles
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      325 34  -  f^EAGufuPDAT^I BY Ernest Luis JURONG FC midfielder Jason Ainsley has been accused of abusing Home United officials during last weekend's match. Yesterday, Home club manager Noordin Rahman sent a letter of complaint about Ainsley's verbal abuse to the S-League. Ainsley had just been sent
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      268 35 DAVID Beckham is safe for now. Beckham, whose red card against Argentina has been blamed for wrecking England's World Cup hopes, was pulled out of a highly-charged return in front of Birmingham's hate mob last Saturday. The midfleld star's first appearance since that moment
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      316 35 "B' Wire services. TWO of the biggest names in United States track and field shot-putter Randy Barnes and sprinter Dennis Mitchell have been suspended indefinitely for drug use. The International Amateur Athletics Federation conducted random out-of-competition tests that caught both 32-year-olds on April 1. Barnes,
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