The New Paper, 29 December 1998

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    22 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1998 MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http ://newpaper.asia1 .com.sg Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings
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      36 1 Did Iraq I the Owen's 2 d wn o US new lucky strikes plane? I rvtrVor* £*J After bitter 18-montli j this mum gets v'» custody of j J ||L daughter. 4. f® But mum ii'Sw
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon We hit one: Iraq No way: US
      418 2 War of words over downed plane Wire Services. IS Saddam Hussein telling the Mother of All Lies? Yesterday, Iraq claimed that it had shot down "a hostile Western plane" overflying its skies. But the White House quickly denied any such casualty. The war
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      Lock icon HAVE YOU SEEN OUR MATES?
      507 2  -  SVDNEY-HOBART YACHT RACE TRAGEDY By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY THIS was the cry of two yachtsmen to their naval helicopter rescuers as they were lifted from a shredded liferaft in angry seas during the night. "They were pretty frantic and concerned about the other
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      Winner: Not again
      241 2 HE won the classic yacht race for the second time today, but he won't be back. The stormy conditions were too much for American billionaire Larry Ellison. He said the race should not have gone ahead. "Everyone lines up for this race expecting a difficult race, but
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      Tug-of-love child missing again
      522 3 He's Pakistani, she's Japanese. They met and married in Singapore and had a daughter. Eighteen months ago, he filed for divorce and so began a bitter tug-of-love for their daughter. And just when this battle, which spanned two countries, seemed over, the saga takes a new
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      From sweet girl to strong woman
      393 3 AFTER more than 16 months of frustration, Ms Aya Sasaki finally saw her daughter again in October (see picture above). The Lahore High Court granted her access for three hours every other day. But by then she had to rely on translators to speak
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      Where's the father?
      210 3 MR Faheem U1 Islam, 39, is supposed to be in Singapore. But no one seems to know where he is. His passport was impounded four months ago. He is due to appear in court here on Jan 7 on the charge of falsely declaring to a Commissioner
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Cheaper B2 and C
      132 4 m HOSPITAL REBATES FROM Friday, some hospital patients will receive rebates. Patients in B2 and C class wards and those admitted for subsidised day surgery in public hospitals will get a rebate of 5 or 10 per cent on their bills. The rebates will be for
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      FROM JAN 1
      78 4 The rebates take effect from Jan 1 at: Alexandra Hospital, 5 per cent for Class B2,10 per cent for Class C Ang Mo Kio Community Hospital, 10 per cent Changi General Hospital, 10 per cent K K Hospital, 10 per cent National University Hospital, 5 per cent
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      Lock icon Don't park here
      154 4 *k- FROM Friday, look out for these yellow zig-zag lines. A single line means you can't park there, while a double line means no stopping. The zig-zag lines will be introduced in 76 areas where illegal parking is rampant. It is part of the Traffic Police's crackdown
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    • News Break
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        Flats for sale
        68 4 I HOUSING I THE HDB is offering to sell 129 upgraded two-room flats in Block 323, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, to tenants from tomorrow. The flats will be sold at between $40,500 and $52,500. Tenants will get a discount of 3 per cent for every year
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        Jailed for hoax
        62 4 COURT FORMER political opposition candidate Wee Lai Seng, 46, was yesterday jailed for 18 months for making hoax phone calls saying he had planted bombs at the CID headquarters. He had been on the run for almost 13 years, after making the calls on Feb 21, 1986,
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        Earning more
        56 4 FINANCE SINGAPOREANS generally are better ofT now than in 1990, a Department of Statistics paper shows. The average family income in 1990 was $3,076, but was $4,716 last year. About two-thirds of households earned more than $3,000, twice the proportion in 1990. Families earning more than $10,000 a
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        Numbers down
        56 4 TOURISM TOURIST arrivals to Singapore were down 5.3 per cent this November compared to last November. The tourism board said it was 16.7 per cent less from Asean countries. There were more from China, but not as many Malaysians, Japanese or Indonesians. Arrivals from Britain and Germany had
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      DOW JONES
      27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average rose rose 8.76 to close at 9226.75 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 526 million shares.
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      world Head liners
      63 4 Hongkong Standard: Mass transfer of prisoners after 53 prisoners hurt in brawl New Straits Times: Very good response to house sales Berita Harian Malaysia: Only RM 5b in real estate not sold yet BBC news: The US says its warplanes have fired three missiles at an anti-aircraft
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      Stole for friend
      61 5 COURT A BANK clerk who stole more than $30,000 from her employer to help an Internet friend has been jailed 12 months. Irene Maria Ooi May Ling had befriended the man over the Internet in June. He said he had money problems. She stole US$22,502 ($36,077) from
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      No bridge... yet
      68 5 I CAUSEWAY MALAYSIA'S Economic Planning Unit is to decide if a suspension bridge will replace the Causeway. It had been said that the government was about to sign a deal with a company in Kuala Lumpur to start on the bridge. But the government said no construction
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      Still falling
      57 5 PRODUCTION OVERALL industrial production here fell 3.3 per cent last month, compared with that a year ago. It was the seventh consecutive monthly fall. The engineering industry had a 10-per-cent year-on-year fall last month. The manufacturing sector output has fallen by 0.8 per cent this year, compared with
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      Levy to be cut
      65 5 MALAYSIA MALAYSIA will cut its yearly levy on foreign workers in most states from RM1,500 ($650) to RM1.200. In Sabah and Sarawak, and tax-haven Labuan, it will be cut to RM960. The move covers all foreign workers except domestic help and plantation workers. The levy for
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      local Head liners
      53 5 The Straits Times: Police get tough on illegal parking The Business Times: Pressure mounts in Japan to curb rating agencies Lianhe Zaobao: Annual average household income growth is 6.3 per cent Berita Harian: Rebates for B2 and C patients RCS morning news: US warplanes exchange fire with
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      WHAT'S HUP
      4 5 Tongue CHeek
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      Quote worthy
      49 5 ALL TIED UP You would have to be a contortionist to spill food on bow ties... (and) they are good for guys who are short. Hongkong's Financial Secretary Donald Tsang on why he wears bow ties. He keeps at least 60 on three racks for daily wear.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      THE CASE
      151 6 A 22-YEAR-OLD factory worker says she was gang-raped by three men in a room at ANA Hotel on Sept 20 last year. The accused are Saari Kator, 30; courier clerk Shahrom Sabar, 27, and Ahmad Mahamood, 27, who is unemployed. A fourth man, a friend of the three
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      Huh, what did you say about the bed?
      452 6  -  AS LAUGHTER BREAKS OUT, JUDGE ASKS PROSECUTOR: By Jason Tan IT was 4.45 pm, seven hours after the hearing began yesterday. Deputy Public Prosecutor (DPP) Karen Loh was cross-examining Saari Kator. Saari, 30, is one of three men on trial for allegedly
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      Operate this and get a gift
      135 7 THERE are 500 gifts worth $5 each to be given away at Suntec City Mall today. But we're not telling you what they are because you'll have to look for an i-One kiosk, like the one in the picture above, at the shopping centre
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      Cruising into Casino ERP
      100 7 m u i<m ui< The Straits Timet Form page totter writer Soh Ghn Chuan doesn't take chances since being lined for not having Me Cash Card in the fat-vehicle unit off his car. Ne had taken his card out to top it up and fagotton to
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      Lock icon The story of two
      453 8 My students are all my 'bao bei' (precious ones) At the first inaugural appointment ceremony for principals on Dec 21, Minister for Education Rear-Admiral (NS) Teo Chee Hean stressed the importance of a principal's role in the school. TOH U LIN speaks to a veteran principal
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      Control over school's destiny
      247 8 HE is the youngest principal to be appointed this year. But Mr Koh Chin Nguang, principal of Ngee Ann Secondary School, is not worried. At 34, he feels age and lack of experience are no barrier to doing a good job. 'Teachers form the bulk of
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      333 9 ADVERTISEMENT Is modem cosmetic living causing SSIL p Wchologists* believe that the over-use of chemical hair products, designed to 1 I H II make the hair appear shiny and healthy, can actually dry out the scalp and lead to follicle damage. Simply stopping the use H of such products may
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Travellers' cheque scam
      450 10  -  Serial numbers tampered with By Danny Lim THE serial number on one of these travellers' cheques has been tampered with. Can you tell which one? Mr Abdul Rawoof, a money-changer for 15 years, can't. Neither can many other money-changers, he said. And these American Express cheques, which
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      WHAT AMEX SAYS
      83 10 AMEX spokesman Janet Loh said she had recalled the cheques and would be recommending some of them for reimbursement. However, this is subject to approval by Amex's US office. She advised money-changers to reject cheques whose numbers had been altered. But she could not see what to
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    Lock icon 'Help, help... please help us'
    258 12  -  THENEWSTODAY By Melvin Singh PLANS for a long weekend in Malaysia for two young Singaporean women ended in tragedy. On Sunday afternoon, one of them was killed in a road accident. Miss Janice Wong Shumei, 22, was thrown off the motorcycle ridden by her friend
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      287 12 WIN A 48-inch TV set DID you try your luck in our Alamageddon "movie" contest? You may be in luck. All callers last weekend qualify for the lucky draw, even if their answers are wrong. The contest asked for the page where the name Electric City (not the logos) is
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      Lock icon Fisherman's mystery catch
      616 13  -  His wife's Malaysian, he thought NO, SHE'S NOT Her name's Sok You, he thought NO, IT'S NOT By Michelle Ang THE name on her Malaysian identity card read Lim Sok You. The picture was of her face. She spoke fluent Hokkien. She had just started working in
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      HIS OTHER 'WIFE'
      68 13 WHEN the MCA placed a missing persons ad, the real Ms Lim Sok You turned up. She's married with two children. But the records say she's also married to Mr Lim Soon Aun. Mr Chong said: "We now have to help her clear her records. We don't
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Churches hit in 'Nobel winner' row
      315 14 Source: Wire services. CHRISTIANS in the Indian state of Gujarat have been having a horrible Christmas season. Churches and Christian-run schools were attacked by Hindu militants. A militant Hindu leader even accused Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen of plotting to promote Christian-run schools in
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      WORST AFFECTED AREA
      130 14 MOST of the attacks on Christians have taken place in Gujarat. This western state is ruled by the BJP, the same party which heads India's national government. In the latest attack, yesterday, a mob torched a Pentecostal prayer hall in Ahwa town. On Christmas day, mobs had
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      Foreigners snap up homes
      297 15 MALAYSIA RA^eal^I Discounts of 10 percent on marliet prices. No stamp duty. Foreigners can get half the from local Hiiitltii, foe rmaemm properties. Normally, they cannot use local hanks Foreigners wM not have to wait for the Tin rorwgn Committee (F1C) to approve PTC In tCH
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      Mine, not mine
      52 15 mui'mui' 0m of Hongkong's richest mM,llrUK»4Mii(, 70, haUstkb pMooophy: In life, I only ask for peace of mind. If it's my money, I'll take it even if it is HK$l (about 20 cents). If it's not my money, I won't take it even if it ifc at
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      Lock icon What are they inside?
      171 16 :is«63f M f T" AFP. COLOMBIANS have long claimed to have the world's best coffee. Now they long to make another claim about scoring a world-size achievement. They have the largest condom on earth, they say. Filled with air, the giant contraption stretches 1 km. Nicknamed
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  • Anwar on trial Day 34
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      Lock icon YESTERDAY IN COURT
      193 17 DAY 34 of the Anwar trial saw: The defence failing to impeach key prosecution witness Ummi Hafilda AH. The impeachment attempt failed because the judge learnt that the transcripts of a potentially explosive tape of conversations between Ms Ummi and National Front MP Sng Chee Hua in
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      Tape setback for Anwar's lawyers
      656 17 CALLUS FOR UPDATES Will the mysterious tape conversation between prominent businessman Datuk Sng Chee Hua and prosecution star witness, MissUmmi Hafilda Ali reveal a political conspiracy? The defence team is asking for more time to prepare a transcript as the trial of former Malaysian deputy
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      Unconscious act
      317 17 Two of Anwar's lawyers, Mr Gurbachan Singh and Mr Christopher Fernando, tried to show that sperm could have been taken from Anwar when he was unconscious Gurtoachan: Would you confirm that the sperm of a person can be taken from him if he is unconscious? Dr Halim: It's
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    Under the Banyan Tree
    742 18 Fill up your senses spotlight The Banyan Tree Hotels and Resorts won the most innovative linked product at the 13th Tourism Awards. TOH LI LlNfinds out how a former tin mining area was transformed into a therapeutic spa resort IMAGINE an area filled with blackened soil.
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  • Showtime
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      Kidman in her prime
      504 19 NICOLE Kidman gets her hands dirty with some hocus pocus with Sandra Bullock in the movie Practical Magic. And Kidman, 31, who has starred in such movies as Dead Calm, Days of Thunder, Batman Forever and The Peacemaker, enjoyed teaming up with Bullock. She told Movieline
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      He's a different kind of psycho
      404 20 A^OH^SYCH^REMAK^^ THERE was plenty of hype about Vince Vaughn, who stars as Norman Bates in the remake of Hitchcock's 1960 classic Psycho. But it seems that he would have to wait for his next movie to make it big, seeing that the film has
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      Bye, bye, my TV lover
      370 21  -  By Hazel Tan HONGKONG actress Kenix Kwok Ho Ying is kissing her long-time on-screen lover goodbye. She and Michael Dao Tai-yu will no longer act in Hongkong TVB's long-running TV drama Detective Investigation Files. Michael, her on-screen husband, has left the station to join ATV,
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    Count down to a bubbly party
    327 23 SHOW THE "biggest and wildest party of the year" will be on a newly spruced up $8-million beach. The Siloso Beach at Sentosa is where it will happen on Thursday, New Year's Eve. The 1.2 km stretch of beach enlarged to double its area
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    A journalist, and proud of it
    507 24  -  Etcetera WITH CRISPINA ROBERT A RECENT opinion poll in Britain asked young people between the ages of 16 and 21 which professions they thought commanded the most respect. According to the poll, I'm sad to say, journalists are next to politicians in the unpopularity
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      420 28 Sate# PosWons Sates Positions An established International Marine Co. urgently requires SALES MARKETING EXECUTIVE Dip. or Tertiary education in Marine or Ship Building Engrg. Min. 2-3 years of sales experience in a Marine field preferred. Class 3 license possess own car. For male candidates, age below 32 years. INDOOR SALES
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      82 28 Established KTV in East Coast urgently requires Ha Ma Sen GROs Call *****448 European Bistro has vacancies for: i) COOKS (Full/ Part-time) 2) PART-TIME SERVERS Walk-in interview at: Sense Bistro 133 Amoy Street #01-01 Far East Square required Must be outgoing pleasant personality Salary from $1200 onwards. Walk in interview:
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      202 28 aaja I flmlwlalialli n 2Wi Aaminisiraiive /Clerical Positions Co-ordinate enquiries, order entries general administration With basic accounts krtowldege PC literate Interested, please call or fax your resume to: 14 Arumugam Road SOB-01A Peck Chiang Realty BMg 5<*****9) Tat 842-9092 rax: 842-9093 ADMIN/ ACCOUNTS ASST. Computer knowledge, electric typewriter. Initiative. $1200
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      232 28 Temporary Positions *****0000 A/I arcliow Model studio provides you opportunities to be a fT? J professional U J model -4M in the fashion Industry any race between 12-3S yrs |H selected applicant will be sponsored 264 A South Bridge Rd (No lees raquxed) *****0000 STUOENTS! (Indoor/ Outdoor) Only Ist 20
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      196 29 Education Edition Education Education I. mm m^.ihwniiiwnmi—■ ■MMMMMMMMBMHHBBB iji| «mr i m T IT'W T m Cr C W *0* LEVEL Leading to tlie !«>*>*> KxaminntMHi Private Secretary's Diploma A Hi III MDIPLOMA IN I IFfTTfTI Mil MARKETING t>, MilMMlfl fENGLISH^ I S i ACCOUNllWGl lor Foreign S<ttdt-Hl$ ■HS J^S!
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      85 29 Cert in Office Skills y W r Cert in Business Studies P W V>| ccount^H i I Secretarial) I M COS/CBS Diploma in Accounting Iv> u M [Upgrade& 'A' Level"| FULL-TIME I PART-TIME WEEKEND CLASS SDF Subsidy /^^RESULTS ACM (Yishun/Bishan) C GUARANTEED) Tel: 758-0122/3 x x BfiB 2MO Announcements I'VE
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      139 29 Education Education Education Goinig to Pursue an American Decree! 1 Undergraduate Qiptaft Fully accredited courses Earn credits and work towards an American degree in Singapore Open to holders of 5 'O' Level passes Preliminary admission scheme for students with school's final examination results Advanced standing for 'A' Level holders Ehgjfel))
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      Sunderland goes under
      654 30 NATIONWIDE FIRST DIVISION: IN ENGLAND SATURDAY'S RESULTS QPR 2 Norwich 0 Watford 1 Bristol City 0 Bolton 0 Bradford 0 Stockport 0 Barnsley 1 West Brom 3 Port Vale 2 Birmingham 1 Sheff Utd 0 Crewe 3 Bury 1 Huddersfield 2 Grimsby 0 Ipswich 3 Portsmouth 0
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      Foster inspires Palace
      147 30 HE USED TO PLAY FOR SINGAPORE... OXFORD 1 PALACE 3 TERRY Venables' side grabbed only its second away win of the season to pile on the agony for cash-strapped Oxford. Australian Craig Foster, who used to play for Singapore in the Malaysia Cup, broke the deadlock when
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      REST OF THE ACTION
      287 30 BIRMINGHAM 1 SHEFFIELD UTD 0 Paul Furlong's penalty after 21 minutes proved the difference between the sides as Birmingham ruined former Manchester United defender Steve Bruce's return to St Andrews. Bruce, who left Birmingham to manage Sheffield U last July, watched in despair as Furlong, having
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      So, just what is happening in Lions camp?
      321 31  -  New coach Vincent faces withdrawals, absentees, injuries... By S Gulam WINSTON Yap has pulled out. Bashir Khan has withdrawn. Indra Sahdan has been dropped. Zakaria Awang is gone too. Now Zulkarnaen Zainal is in danger of being axed. And Kadir Yahaya didn't
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      294 31  -  THE NEW PAPER'S SAVED JURONG CAMPAIGN: ENDS ON DEC 31 By Jason Lee JURONG FC had an encounter of the feathery kind yesterday. Well, sort of. Yesterday, Mark Muslim Restaurant, the first in Singapore to offer Halal-prepared duck meat, announced that it will be donating
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      202 31 3 PAYS TO GO JURONG LIFELINE: The New Paper has set up a Save Jurong Lifeline. Each time you call 1900-*****07, $2.40 will be charged to your phone bill, of which $2 will go to Jurong Football Club. The rest covers admin costs. All callers are eligible for a lucky
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  • ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'98
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      HOW THEY FARED
      153 32 ASTON VILLA 2 Gareth Southgate 7, Ugo Ehiogu 85 SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 1 Benito Carbone 8 Red card: Dejan Stefanovic (SheffWed) Half-time: 11 Crowd: 39,217 CHARLTON ATHLETIC 0 ARSENAL 1 Marc Overmars 53pen Red card: Patrick Vieira (Arsenal) Half-time: 0-0 Crowd: 20,043 DERBY COUNTY 2 Dean Sturridge 29,
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      Hat-trick hero Armstrong
      375 32 JH TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR 4 EVERTON 1 SPURS Walker, Carr, Nielsen (Clemence 46), Fox, Anderton, Ferdinand, Armstrong (Iversen 89), Ginola, Sinton, Campbell, Young EVERTON Myhre, Ball, Dacourt, Unsworth, Collins (Oster 76), Barmby, Hutchison, Short (Cleland 6), Bakayoko (Cadamarteri 33), Dunne, Bilic A SECOND-HALF hat-trick from Chris Armstrong left
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      Vieira's moment of madness
      275 32 CHARLTON 0 ARSENAL 1 ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger fears for the future of fellow Frenchman Patrick Vieira. Yesterday the midfielder was sent off for a moment of madness in Arsenal's 1-0 win at struggling Charlton. Vieira, 22, received his marching orders for appearing to elbow Charlton's
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      600 33 LIVERPOOL A MICHAEL OWEN 67,80 KARLHEINZ RIEDLE 71, 84 NEWCASTLE O NOLBERTO SOLANO 29 M ANDREAS ANDERSSON 56 LIVERPOOL: James, Staunton, Babb (McAteer 59), McManaman (Gerrard 25), Owen, Redknapp, Riedle, Heggem, Berger, Bjornebye, Carragher, Gerrard (Thompson 46). NEWCASTLE: Given, Pearce, Howey, Shearer, Speed, Hamann, Charvet, Glass (Georgiadis 67),
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      380 34 Aston Villa: Oakes, Wright, Southgate, Ehiogu, Watson, Taylor (Draper, 53rd), Joachim, Dublin, Barry, Hendrie, Scimeca (Collymore, 53rd). Sheff Wed: Smicek, Atherton, Jonk, Walker, Carbone, Booth, Stefanovic, Hinchcliffe, Thome, Rudi (Humphreys, 88th), Alexandersson (Briscoe, 88th). Wire services. ASTON Villa scored its winner late in the game yesterday, but that's
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      TONIGHT'S BIG MATCH: CHELSEA V MANCHESTER UNITED
      262 34 TODAY Chelsea v Man Utd Leedsv Wimbledon CALL INFOUNE 1900-*****13 Call The New Paper Infoline after 6.30 «m tomorrow for the results. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. IT could be a "monster" victory for Chelsea. World Cup winner Marcel Desailly, known as
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      TOTALLY
      508 35  -  Reports/I S Gulam THE Lions are an unfit bunch. In fact, even a number of local referees are fitter than the local footballers! Shocking? Well, that is what a fitness test conducted last week shows. None of the 29 Lions passed the Cooper's Test conducted by national coach Vincent
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      GEYLANG STOPS LIM
      216 35 NATIONAL coach Vincent Subraniam has to look around for a new assistant coach. His chosen one, Robert Lim, is not available. Lim has turned down the offer to assist Vincent after he failed to secure release from his club. Lim, who had assisted former national coaches Douglas
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