The New Paper, 12 November 1998

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  • 7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 651 2 This week is supposed to be a defining moment for Indonesia when some 1,000 lawmakers meet in a special session to draw up plans for the country's political future. However, the meeting has raised temperatures in Jakarta again. TOH LI LIN looks at what is happening
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    • 89 2 FRIDAY the 13th. The day tomorrow is widely anticipated by Indonesians. That's when the assembly is expected to decide on several key issues: Mr Suharto's fate: Lawmakers are now debating whether to pass a decree to investigate the ex-president's wealth. Military's role: Many Indonesians would like to see
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    • 52 2 H| VjjJtvp Call us. Hotline Pl'll'H* "*****55 Leisure index Showtime: Pages 31-34 Comics: Page 30 TV: Page 51 H Because the best place to catch them isn't in the underpass. Singapore Kiver Buskers leslival oS. I rom Nowmlvr 14 jj Clarke Ouav Riverside Point Kobe 1!son Walk' 4 lime: opm
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  • ANSWER ON TRIAL Day 8
    • 533 3  -  By Brian Miller PROSECUTION witnesses have lied and others will lie on the stand. That is what Anwar Ibrahim's lawyer said yesterday, vowing to expose them. A packed court room fell hush when Mr Christopher Fernando one of Anwar's lawyers said that crucial witnesses for the
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    • 77 3 WAS Anwar Ibrahim the victim of a political conspiracy? But that's not what the case is about, said Judge Augustine Paul. He agreed with the prosecution that the trial should remain focused on the corruption charges. He told Anwar's lawyer to stop trying to prove that there
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    • 97 3 WAS Anwar's lawyer making a political speech? The prosecution said he was and the judge stopped him, but not before these fireworks: Senior DPP Datuk Abdul Gani Patail: The defence is politicising this matter. Mr Christopher Fernando: We are saying there's a conspiracy as to how
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    • 107 3 A LAWYER'S VIEWPOINT: ANWAR'S lawyers scored points yesterday. "Not in the conspiracy debate and the talk of perjury," said a lawyer. "But when they asked DSP Abdul Aziz Hussin of the Special Branch to explain why he and his team took almost six hours to arrest Ummi
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    • 38 3 Assistant Commissioner of Police Mazlan Din will continue his testimony when the Anwar Ibrahim trial resumes today. The New Paper Infoline, 1900-914-0002, will bring you updates of the trial from 1 pm. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 245 5 m NEW HOSPITAL SUBSIDY SYSTEM THE way hospitals get money from the Government will be changed. And it will affect how much you can withdraw from Medisave for your hospital bills. By the year 2000, all public hospitals will adopt a new system called Casemix funding.
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    • 35 5 "£r WINDSWEPT: Brandon Gelster, 16, hanging on to a pole at a bus stop in downtown Buffalo, New York. Western New York state was hit by a storm and strong winds yesterday.
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    • News Break
      • 63 5 DEFENCE US naval ships will berth at the future Changi Naval Base, when it is ready by the end of 2000. Singapore does not need the berths, but the US had indicated that its navy would find it useful to berth there for maintenance and logistics support. Singapore
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      • 52 5 I MALAYSIA! TOP advisers to Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor project have quit. They are author Alvin Toffler, who wrote Future Shock, and Kenichi Ohmae, an info-tech expert. Both quit with protest letters to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad about the Anwar case, the Far Eastern Economic
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      • 68 5 SNOW CRAWL Invent through four or five pairs of gloves and had insulated clothes on. Knee pads helped alsolt was really exciting. People driving by hooted. Students chanted as I got closer. Some even crawled with me right at the end. US school principal Ken Luke, 42, who
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      • 69 5 [LIBRARIES! NEWER books in the National Library Board's 56 public libraries are drawing more readers. Loans more than doubled from 10 million in 1994 to 22 million last year. The average age of its 5.6 million books is about six years, compared with 11.5 years three vears
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      • 59 5 RETAIL BORDERS is, well, expanding its borders. The US bookstore chain is looking for a location for a second store. Borders sold over 600,000 books in its first year since it opened its store here at Wheelock Place in Orchard Road last November. The figure works out to
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    • 145 6 in F©<Sus Reuters. WANTED: A national poet for Britain. Must be modem, accessible and politically "on message". Salary: £100 a year ($270) plus a case of wine. Britain is looking for a new poet laureate. But finding one who is in tune with Prime Minister Tony Blair
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    • 61 6 COURT A BUSINESSMAN tampered with Singapore Airlines tickets so that he was able to use them to go to Paris, although the correct destinations were Kuala Lumpur or Penang. Abdul Aziz Moulasa Maricair, 39, managed to do this three times in 1992. He pleaded guilty last month
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    • 55 6 I MALAYSIA IT'S good medicine for Malaysia's ailing banking industry. A fifth of its problem loans will be taken over. That's M$11.2 billion ($4.8 billion) owed to 11 banks and finance companies, including MBf Finance and RHB Bank. In return, Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional will give 10-year, zero coupon
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    • 59 6 The Straits Times: $10b package to cut costs The Business Times: Committee plumps for $10b broad-based plan to cut costs Lianhe Zaobao: Business cost savings of $10b through cuts in tax, rental and CPF Berita Harian: $10 billion package to cut business costs RCS morning news: Details
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    • 63 6 CORPORATE I SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) announced the official opening of its Sydney office yesterday. SingTel president and CEO BG Lee Hsien Yang said A$3.5 million ($3.6 million) has been invested in the Australian unit. It's part of a $100-million plan to expand SingTel's support to its multinational
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    • 55 6 JOBS SIXTEEN employers have interviewed 50 French graduates for about 100 jobs, mainly in scientific research and in engineering. The graduates flew in to attend a three-day recruitment fair that ended yesterday. The Productivity and Standards Board was among the 16 employers. It needs up to four
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    • 27 6 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 40.16 points to close at 8,823.82 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 713 million shares.
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      4 6 Tongue CHeek
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    • 70 6 South China Morning Post Stage set for air strike on Iraq The New Straits Times: No political speeches in court, says judge Berita Harian Malaysia: Stop arguing about conspiracy TV3: The Malaysian King Tuanku Ja'afar left last night for a dinner party and the 180th meeting of
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 319 7  -  By' Teo Hwee Nak TWO pregnancy kits, one box of Durex condoms, a body spray, a can of beer and a bottle of Nivea cream. On 20 occasions between July 1996 and July 1997, Corporal Gurmit Singh, 26, kept these and other stolen items, called
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    • 16 7 Anyone who commits forgery can be jailed up to two year*, or fined, or both.
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  • SPEAKUP
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      • 111 8 Goti Shih Yong Head, Public Affairs for Director of Primary Production Ministry of National Development I REFER to the article 494 words, but no 'Sorry' in The New Paper (Nov 9). We would like to clarify that the PPD sincerely regrets the unfortunate accident that resulted in
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      • 200 8 Associate Professor Bernard Tan, Dean of Students, National University of Singapore: I refer to the letter from Mr Charles Chan, Too noisy to study! (TNP, Nov 5). The construction of additional student housing next to Kent Ridge, Raffles and Sheares Halls has commenced
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      • 63 8 It's about time... such a long wait.. muifmui* Gallon Lo Ka Leung, Hongkong Television Broadcast's top actor who wM he in Singapore for a show later tMs month, married his sweetheart of 16 yMnin September. SaU We had lived together for a while, so married life's the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 715 9 Mrs Tang Liang Hong lost her case yesterday. The wife of the fugitive opposition leader failed to get compensation for the distress which she said was caused by a court order which froze her assets. RIANAZAKIR reports on the mother of three who has a
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    • 468 10 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE SHE didn't win her case. But the simple woman clearly won the judge over. In an unusual move before giving his judgment, Justice G P Selvam said to Mrs Tang Liang Hong: "You have been a wonderful woman, but I have to
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    • 81 10 "THE only reason she is in this situation now is because Tang has run away and is not maintaining her." This was what Mr Davinder Singh, lawyer for the PAP side, said in arguing against Mrs Tang's claim for compensation. He added that for compassionate reasons, his clients
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    • 353 11  -  I BEAUTICIAN MURDER CASE By] Danny Lim TENGKU Jonaris Badlishah allegedly murdered a make-up artist for her Rolex watch worth $7,500 (right). But all the while, there was a Rolex watch in his house. The watch belonged to his mother, Madam Elizabeth Seet. "I
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  • ON THE JOB WHERE TO LOOK WHAT TO ASK FOR HOW TO COPE
    • 584 13  -  He's an A+ grade student He's made the Dean's list four times He's confident, hardworking and savvy He's a business grad By' Yvonne Lim STANLEY Kee has sent out over 400 resumes in the past 10 months. Gone for about 10
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    • 450 13 STRANGE. He seems to be doing everything right in his job search. So is Mr Stanley Kee just unlucky? Our counsellor, Ms Annie Lim, assistant branch manager at Adecco Personnel, comments. Being open-minded: Mr Kee is open to any post: Marketing executive, financial analyst or executive trainee. Hours?
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    • 49 13 Have you a job for Stanley Kee? Or do you have a similar experience to share? Write in for advice from our guest job counsellors each week. WRITE TO: On the Job, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 FAX TO: 737-5375 E-MAIL: npops@sph.com.sg
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  • 321 14 SINGAPORETODAY Cut business costs by $10 billion a year, says the Committee on Singapore's Competitiveness (CSC). This can help to save jobs. Government charges should be lowered but workers must also make sacrifices by taking a 15 percent wage cut. NG WAN CHING looks at how a
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 370 16 Uncle Sam is sending warships, bombers and 3,000 troops to the Gulf Wire Services. EVEN as you smile, the US is sending 129 more warplanes, including big bombers and Stealth jets, and more than 3,000 troops to the Gulf. Aircraft carrier Eisenhower and more than
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    • 81 16 THIS is the likely US-led United Nations military strike scenario, The Washington Post reports: With the addition of the Enterprise group in the Gulf, the US will have the firepower of 20 ships, 200 aircraft and 300 cruise missiles on standby. The attack is likely to begin with
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      460 17 Philippines minister explains his country will continue to speak out about neighbours Thou shall not meddle in thy neighbours' affairs. That has been a key commandment of Asean, the Association of South-east Asian Nations. But the sacking of Malaysian former deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim Is putting a
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  • MALATSIATODAY
    • 434 18  -  By' Teo Hwee Nak THE clock struck 12, the door went "click", and the boy started howling. He was trapped. Moments earlier, 12-year-old Phang Chee Keong had been playing happily inside the ATM auto-lobby in a two-storey complex in Sungai Dua, Penang.
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      122 18 CHEE Kong was really out of luck that day. The auto-lobby has a release button on the door which the customer can press, in case he is locked in. It is not known if the boy knew there was such a lock. But that day, the device
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 399 21 CASHCRUNO^SOGANGy r?ECRUrH£ENAGER^^| Teenagers are hired as cheap hit-men in India's financial hub of Bombay. "For just 5,000 rupees ($200) and a gun you can get a young unemployed man to kill," said former top police officer Aftab Ahmed Khan. "They kill to make an impact, to instil
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    • 125 21 Bernama. TWO children died when fire broke out in a double-storey house in Taman Desa Jaya, near Johor Baru yesterday. Firemen found the charred remains of four-year-old Nordalila Kadir in a room on the top floor. Her five-year-old brother, Lufar Rahman Kadir, suffered serious
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    • 620 22 It's like a fairy tale romance when one of the world's most eligible bachelors marries one of the world's most beautiful supermodels. Lachlan Murdoch was born to fame and fortune while his intended, Sarah O'Hare, is a beautiful girl who has had an amazing rise straight into the
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    484 24 spotlight A tiny island off Batam is home to 26 families who make do with very little. Recently, a group of Singaporean and Indonesian youths toiled to make life a little better for these sea-faring villagers. Photographer JOYCE LIM was there CHILDREN can once again swing high up
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 412 25 Wire services. HE chose his clothes carefully for his court appearance on fraud charges after one of Britain's biggest financial scandals. After all, appearances are so important when seeking the sympathy of a court. But only the studious glasses hinted that Peter
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      30 26 mu^mu* superstar. Never once did we discuss the possibility. I think anyone who makes that his or her personal goal has a tragically misguided version of parenthood.
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    • 245 26 HE hadn't gone home or called his family for three weeks. His wife and three children thought he was dead. Until he turned up at his own wake and spooked them all. On Sunday night, Mr Delfin Urbeso, 41, passed by his coffin and mourners in a makeshift
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  • 443 27  -  Etcetera WITH WEE NGIAP HIANG NIPPON Maru sailed into Singapore for the 26th time last month. The Japanese goodwill ship brought back sweet memories for me and time seemed to roll back... The year was 1987. I was on board Nippon Maru, cruising to the five
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 149 27 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh V s S \jmnt6BIWRBSMIS •a (£T) Twffiu ;a,C£: Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson l TMIKK PEOPLE WOfiRX TOO ML TUEI DO IS MAKE \fc.| V4WM GET AN LIKE TUE BOOK T" 1 HUCH ABOUT LITTLE THINGS. THEMSELVES UNHAPP"/ P ULCER O/tR TWK3S REPORT IOkJ'RE EXACTS. THAI
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  • Showtime
    • 597 28  -  By Hazel Tan YOU have seen him act. But you probably didn't know Lim Kay Siu croons and composes, too. Well, you can judge for yourself which craft the man is better at when he performs at Acoustic Vibes '98 concert tomorrow. And Kay
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    • 406 29  -  Money No Enough woes By Hazel Tan IT'S no problem for them to pay Jack Neo, says the executive producer of the hit movie, Money No Enough. If the money is in their hands, that is, adds Madam Sophia Hsiao. The problem, according to her, is
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    • 399 30  -  INTERNATIONAL POP SINGER ANGGUN: By Jason Lee SHE may be making a name for herself internationally, but pop singer Anggun, 24, has her roots firmly planted in her native Indonesia. "I'm definitely an Indonesian artiste first and foremost," she said in a phone interview from Paris, where
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    • 370 31  -  SURVEY ON MALAY TV PROGRAMMES By Chan Seet Fun MALAY TV viewers want shows that reflect multi-cultural Singapore. A survey of 500 Malay viewers has found that more than 45 per cent felt local Malay programmes did not adequately reflect cross-cultural values. Among them, 94 per cent
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  • 350 32  -  CAREER CHOICE By Irene kew AT this clinic, a general check-up costs only $7. And there are no bitter pills to swallow. But you would have to be a plant. Malaysian-born Dr Yik Choi Pheng (left), 51, who has a masters degree and a PhD in plant
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    • 68 32 JOB ADS Inside 1 Musk and books If you have a passion for books, you will enjoy working at this bookstore. Find out more In Page 37. counts This job needs someone who can run an office independently. Turn to Page 36. I International You will meet I students from
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    • 124 33 Career Choice SHIPPING ASSISTANTS (2 vacancies) Familiar with import export documentation/ tradenet Female preferred 2 years working experience Please call 464-9831 or fax resume to: 464-9835 Walk-in interview Sat. 14/11 between 9-11 am at: 30 Old Toh Tuck Road Sembawang Kimtrans Logistics Centre #04-01 (Bus no. 106, 173 5 bus-stops
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    • 305 33 Many substantial achievements begin with a smart decision. No doubt, the inception of Seraya Chemicals was one such move. A joint-venture between two industrial giants, the Shell and Mitsubishi groups, this billion-dollar enterprise is equipped with 4 world-class process plants forming an integral part of the Second Petrochemical Complex of
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  • 438 34 FROM PAGE 35 CAREER CHOICE Do you believe that talking to plants will help them grow? I don't. In a way, it's a selffulfilling prophecy. If you talk to a plant, you would take good care of it. But plants have a
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    • 458 41  -  BUT ARSENAL MANAGER ARSENE WENGER IS NOT SO WORRIEP...WHY? WORTHINGTON CUP Fourth round ARSENALO CHELSEA 5 FranckLeboeuf3sthmin, penalty Gianluca Vialli 49,73 Gustavo Poyet 65,81 Half-time: 0-1 Crowd: 37,562 EVERTON 1 (John Collins 74) SUNDERLAND 1 (Michael Bridges 29) After extra time, 90 minutes 1-1 Sunderland won
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    • 275 41 MAN UNITED 2 FOREST 1 OLE Gunnar Solskjaer proved there is nothing second-string about him by cutting down Nottingham Forest. The win took a Manchester United reserves line-up through to the last eight of the competition, reports Football 365. The Norwegian international, out of favour because of the
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    • 195 41 Reuters. EVERTON 1 SUNDERLAND 1 (Sunderland wins 5-4 On penalties) Sunderland, which lost last season's First Division playoff on penalties, triumphed at the expense of Walter Smith's side. Sunderland goalkeeper Thomas Sorensen was the hero, saving Ivory Coast striker Ibrahim Bakayoko's penalty kick. Michael Bridges had
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    • 289 42 INTER SCRAPS INTO QUARTERS INTER-MILAN needed a controversial penalty to reach the Italian Cup quarterfinals yesterday. And this after scraping a 1-1 draw with minnows Castel di Sangro. Referee Daniele Tombolini awarded Inter the penalty after striker Nicola Ventola went down in the area in the 79th minute.
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    738 43 IT seems an endless argument, doesn't it? It looks like all Manchester United fans agree that they are the best and can't accept Aston Villa being at the top. Maybe Jeffery Low should avoid such topics because, being a United fan, his views are somewhat bias. The Premiership title
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  • 113 43 LOOKS like Jeffrey Low is finally admitting that Villa is a serious force to be reckoned with. Manchester United dropped two points at home to Newcastle, a fixture where Villa took three points; Liverpool lost to Derby, a fixture where Villa also took maximum points. Liverpool's
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  • 106 43 DION Dublin was the main difference when Aston Villa played Tottenham Hotspur at Villa Park last weekend. He showed he was a world-class striker who was bought at a bargain price. With Dublin's form, Villa is set to hit the right note. He is a diamond.
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  • 142 43 AFTER successive big victories in recent days, Manchester United was finally held to a tame draw at Old Trafford (United's home ground). United is my favourite club. But its 0-0 draw with a below-form Newcastle was certainly a disappointment to all United supporters.
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  • 171 43 I do not agree that Jesper Blomqvist is a poor replacement for the injured Ryan Giggs. In fact I think he has done a remarkable job on the left flank. Yes, he did not have such a good game last Sunday but let us not forget his
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  • 305 43 REDDER THAN RED I'M a true Red fan, probably redder than the jersey. I'm been following Liverpool's fortunes since I was in Primary 3. My heart bleeds each time Pool (Liverpool's nickname) loses, especially to smaller teams like Derby County last week. But the Derby County
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    • 651 44 MEET TOHARI PAIJAN: COACH OF SINGAPORE CUP FINALIST TANJONG PAGAR UNITED Last month, ex-national footballer Tohari Paijan was flung into the hot seat when Robert Alberts left Tanjong Pagar United for Home
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    • 181 45 THEY don't call Tohari Paijan "Mr Dedication" for nothing. When he says his first love is soccer, he really means it. Quipped his wife, Asiah Jaffar, 35: "Yah, he even left our wedding to play soccer!" It was 1983 and the wedding ceremony had begun at
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    • 328 45 'In my time, we never imagined a professional league. Now, you see players earning $3,000-55,000 a month just playing soccer. Last time, what money? But still, everyone played their hearts out.' TOHARI Paijan says football has given him so many
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    • 263 45  -  SAVE JURONG CAMPAIGN By Irene Kew THE Jaguars are storming the soccer field, training hard for this Saturday's Tiger Beer Singapore Cup final. But they haven't forgotten their fellow club in need, Jurong FC. Tanjong Pagar United collected $703 at its
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    • 318 46 INTERNATIONAL VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION SETS NEW RULES: Reuters. MANY fans at volleyball's world championships in Japan were not watching the ball. Instead, they were staring at the new women's outfits denounced by some players as sexist. In a bid to make the sport more attractive to spectators,
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