The New Paper, 25 March 1999

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  • 10 1 the new paper THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999 the new paper
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    • 143 1 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://newpaper.asia1 .com.sg Another quality publication of Singapore Pres 8 *****1"A***** IN JUST A FEW WEEKS YOUIL SEE HOW FAST MARIE FRANCE WORKS! "The mirror never lies! Sign up now at Mane France and it won't be long before you like what you see. I know -1
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    • 16 1 B 4 O I M I B I E I D US missiles attack Yugoslavia T
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  • 11 1 Malaysia turns away 410 refugees PfcturWUtusan Malaysia
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 666 2 Source: Wire services. FOR months, the US and its partners had threatened to punish the "Saddam of Europe" for his refusal to end the bloodbath in his own country. This morning, the US-led North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) made good its threat by launching an air
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    • 646 2 Wire services. THE ATTACK The strikes start at 8 pm (3 am Singapore time), and again just before midnight. Reports say about 80 planes from Nato are involved in the attack. The planes are back at their bases in Italy. THE AIM To knock out
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    • 63 2 SYDNEY JJULBREAK wmnHH prlaoa abort T —i it Lands on theSfemlv uunmiK IMMMCIwsm ef anoad sheatfc«at police, )wnps on bMrtMrfk Will Mm nortb Lands at Uahwrty, abort lOtaa from prison m m Coop*# Mhckacarat minooint and drive SOUlll HarfcaarMfet, SfcWHViM proas Podcedonot famatfthajr escaped on foot or acfced anetfcarcar Leisure
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  • SIMGAPORETODAY
    • computer owners If computer repairmen
      • 552 3 HIS computer started acting up just as its three-year warranty was running out. Like most Singaporeans, Mr William Ong had bought his computer from one of the many shops in Funan Centre and Sim Lim Square that offer "great deals". Mr Ong, 58, a retiree,
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      • 155 3 MR Peter Francis, 29, freelance writer: "I went to a shop to upgrade my PC and told the guy what I wanted. He said I could save money by modifying a chip to make its speed faster. "He said I could get it for $300 when a new
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      • 539 3 SOME computer owners are so "blur" they often have themselves to blame for having to fork out money needlessly. Often the problem can be solved simply, but owners insist on a house call and then balk at the charges, say computer shop operators. "We always
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      • 149 3 TWO computer companies, when contacted, said they sometimes have to do "cleanup" jobs on computers wrecked by incompetent technicians. This is what Mr Lawrence Loh, Hewlett Packard Service Centre manager, said: "Yes, we do see such cases. The machines end up with bigger damage after
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • Article, Illustration
      306 4 Mir IN SINGAPORE Abattoirs to be left bone dry for two weeks WILL the abattoirs be re-opened? That decision will be made in two weeks' time, when the question of opening the abattoirs for the slaughter of animals other than pigs will be considered, said Primary Production Department
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    • 33 4 DERAILED: This train came to grief early yesterday morning between Mombasa and Nairobi in Kenya. At least 32 people were killed, and more than 100 were injured. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 44 4 International Herald Tribune: Nato forces mobilise for attack against Serbs Asian Wall Street Journal: Nato forces hit Yugoslavia with air strikes New Straits Times: DPM heads expanded task force on JE BBC news: Nato has begun intensive air attacks on Yugoslavia
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    • 49 4 The Straits Times: Japan fires warning shots at 'spy ships' Hie Business Times: Expiring Freight Links warrants get extension Uanhe Zaobao: Nato and America poised to bomb Yugoslavia anytime Berifta Harian: Nato troops ordered to attack Yugoslavia RCS morning news: Nato's bombing campaign begins in Yugoslavia
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    • News Break
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        62 4 POLICE THE police force in Singapore is going "on-line" to give crime prevention and road safety tips. Anyone wanting to join the force can apply via the website and National Servicemen can apply for exit permits. Simulation games to see if you have what it takes to be
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      • 63 4 JOBS WITH the publication of guidelines for recruitment ads earlier this month, fewer companies are specifying race, gender of age preferences. A survey of last week's Classified sections of The Straits Times found that, on average, only about 3 per cent of job ads stated race as an
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      • 64 4 TRAVEL I SINGAPORE Airlines is marking the International Year of Older Persons by giving discounts to the elderly. From April 1, people aged 60 and above can fly to 61 popular holiday destinations at less than half the usual fare. Their spouses also get these special fares
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      • 57 4 COURT A COUPLE have been fined $60,000 each for providing a direct dial international phone service without a licence, the first such prosecution under the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore Act. Salwant Singh, 36, pleaded guilty to a private summons of providing the service. His wife, Zuraini Abdul Rahim,
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    • 27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 4.99 points to close at 9,666.84 yesterday. About 764 million shares were traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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    • 191 5 MORHDfO LATEST Reuters. SINGAPORE Airlines will buy half of Ansett Australia, it was announced today. SIA will pay Assoo million ($545 million) for a 50 per cent stake in Ansett Holdings, subject to regulatory approval. SLA will buy the shares in Australia's second major
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    • 55 5 the' us PROPOSAL: Give San Francisco's beggars credit-card machines so that they can "swipe" in donations from generous, but cashless, passers-by. "What we're looking at is creating a means for homeless people to sustain themselves," said Ms Karen Gatter, who dreamed up the idea. It is now before
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    • 54 5 ~ir THE new panel of the Committee on the Family met for the first time yesterday. The committee was set up by the government to look at family-related policies and programmes and identify areas needing research. Its 21 members are from the private and public sectors and normally
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    • 55 5 MALAYSIA JOHOR Baru businessmen have commended the state government for taking swift action to abolish a rule requiring Singapore tour buses to use the Second Link to enter Malaysia. The chamber said Mentri Besar Datuk Abdul Ghani Othman and State Tourism Committee Chairman Datuk Low Boon Hong had
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    • 61 5 ICHINfIM CHINA has 84,800 reservoirs, and about 33,000 of them are "time bombs" waiting to burst. Many of the reservoirs were built quickly between 1957 and 1979, and now pose a huge danger, the China Daily newspaper quoted a Ministry of Water Resources official as saying. About 33
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    • Article, Illustration
      92 5 Someone should tell me these things before they happemtt is lucky that lam present tonight... d<m*t deserve (the award). I'm just lucky I've got friends in Singapore who have got money. Raffles Hotel general manager Jennie Chua (left) on receiving the new Champion of the Arts Award which
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous

  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 121 6 muKmuK la* Agk AAI i 4IAC IP© s%iwii VMvS oniffi pfl§« wiwr WiuQi ifir vvovig noonj #%n in i vipunw w *n oanrar ktterby DiCl—a L*n—irtwHwr th^r»«rti—««llaw i»ny»nH» JErintthi I seriously wonder who can really answer this question. We cannot really make an announcement to
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    • 416 6  -  EVENT WHAT: Gillette MACH3 Celebrity Shave-Off WHEN: March 27,3-5 pm WHERE: Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza By' Tanya Fong THEIR facial hair, that is. These furry-faced guys will be taking it all off, in your face. They are some of the faces behind The
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    • 111 6 YOU don't need to have a beard to take part. All you need is a little stubble and some spontaneity. Just slide the MACH3 Gillette's new high-tech, triple-blade razor along your jaw line, above your lip, against your chin, and $200 will be donated to the Family
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  • 443 8 ON THE JOB A reader e-mailed us his hard-luck tale, and our guest counsellor replies DMr Counselor, My name is Ajit, I'm 30. I have just returned from Australia, where I did my Master of Commerce at Curtin
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    • 39 8 Tell us Have you a hard-luck tale? A story to inspire others? Or questions and issues to raise? Write or call us. CALL: 1800-733-4455 EMAIL npops@sph.com.Bg FAX: 737-5375 WRITE TO: The New Paper, 390, Kim Seng Road, S'pore *****5
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 315 9  -  The spelling is wrong... but the spirit is right BY Toh Li Lin Students of xishan Primary School have made pledges. One, as the headline shows, is to fight the tendency to be late. Another read: "It's good to be self-discipline." Sure, the spelling and grammar
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    • 532 10 THE GREAT SAP Smart? Sure. Popular? Hardly. Arrogant? Perhaps. They are SAP students as seen by neighbourhood school students, who agree with Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong that SAP students should mix more with others. Ex-SAP student TEO HWEE NAK reports NO chance
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    • 408 10 DIVIDE SAP students are like a clean bowl of rice, and we're like rojak. Yes, that's a neighbourhood school kid talking about the mixed bunch she and her friends are, from various races and backgrounds. Unlike the Special Assistance Plan (SAP) students, almost invariably Chinese.
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    • 181 10 MOST Special Assistance Plan (SAP) students agree they do not have many opportunities to mix with non-Chinese students in school. But many The New Paper spoke to say they still have Malay and Indian friends. Said 15-year-old Wu Ming-che, who is in Secondary 3: "I have
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    • 401 11 BELOW is the unedited version of a letter written by a student from Chao Yang Special School. She had approached a teacher to have her views heard after reading "Don't they just make you smile?" (The New Paper,
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    • 80 11 Ms Deirdre Moss, Executive Officer, Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals I REFER to the letter by Zan M in "I had a problem watching Ann Kok with a... terrified kitten in her hands" (The New Paper, March 18). I would like to
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 482 13  -  Reports/. Jason Tan Why? Why did this young lawyer throw away her bright future for no apparent reason? Why did Wee Wei Fen, 29, forge a High Court document when she could have easily applied for an original one? Why did she forge a cheque
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    • 189 13 SHE stood in the dock, all calm and serene. The bespectacled Wee showed no emotion when jailed for four months. Dressed in a white blouse, bluejacket and beige pants, she simply smiled and shook her lawyer's hand. But she broke down when she turned around
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    • 269 13  -  BY; Augustine Pang IT was by sheer chance that Mr Cheong Soon Chong engaged Wee Wei Fen to act for him. Mr Cheong, 47, needed a lawyer to apply for a court order to give him and his sister authority over their sickly mother's
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 259 14 WHAT HAPPENED TWO 30-m ships, which resembled fishing boats, were spotted early on Tuesday in Japanese waters in the Sea of Japan. They escaped after Japan's Self-Oefence Forces fired warning shots and planes dropped "warning bombs'. The vessels are believed to be from North
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    • 123 14 Reuters. THE 'spy ships' incident may benefit Japanese Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi and the US, analysts said. It strengthens Mr Obuchi's hand in winning changes to the rules governing Japan's military. Defence has always been a sensitive issue in Japan. Parliament has begun a heated
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  • 394 15 MALAYSIATODAY Source: Bernama. SO many bad things have happened to baby Darshini: Her mother was killed in the fire (see story above). Her father has disappeared. The hospital where she was born just before her mother's death refused to allow her aunt and
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 574 17 SHE was pregnant with her first baby. But she had to flee her burning house, crowd herself in a rickety boat and hope for the best. For Madam Syariah Markidin, 21, things could not have been worse. She was sitting in a crowded refugee boat
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    • 160 17 INDONESIA'S West Kalimantan was tense yesterday. But no fresh violence was reported as hundreds of fresh troops arrived. Residents in the Sambas region, centre of the violence, said many schools and shops reopened for the first time in a week and public transport had resumed
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    • 338 17 WILL there be more boat people to come? This question must be on the mind of Indonesia's neighbours after the first wave of Madurese refugees turned up in Sarawak on Tuesday night. The Malaysian authorities turned away the 411 who were seeking refuge from the ethnic clashes
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    • 301 17 THE youngest son of Indonesia's former president will go on trial next month for his alleged part in a multi-million-dollar land scam, says a public prosecutor. It's a move to bring members of the Suharto family to justice over their alleged corruption, analysts
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    • 57 18 muifmuif Panic Nat grippal todia't In MMby foHawing five months of dmghL hi desperation, a few planter* In Assam have taken to Ilia traditional system of manyhig all frogs to appnse the rain gods. Wndn legend has It that frog ma rriagesconld end proloegU MtraPathsfc, a
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    • 400 18 In Indonesia, when charismatic Muslim leader Mr Abdurrahman Wahid speaks, people listen. Yesterday, the leader of the 35-million strong Nahdlatul Ulama (NU) addressed academics, businessmen and journalists. And as MELVIN SINGH learnt, almost nothing was sacred "ITB nice to see all of you here." This seemingly innocuous remark
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  • 522 19  -  wss^m WITH BRIAN MILLER MY friend Alan is an all-round good guy. He drinks hard. He plays hard. But, when it comes to kids, he's got a soft heart. A photographer by profession, he's got an eye for adventure and he will soon be
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  • Showtime
    • 593 20  -  TRIPLE NINE'S NEW GIRL BY Yong Siew Fern FORGET the '70s frock, the overly made-up face and those wavy locks that accompanied Anna Belle Francis' (left) undemanding role in the Glen Goei movie, Forever Fever. See her in fitting tops with her wonderfully "selfless"
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    • Article, Illustration
      658 20 If the cast of Triple Nine applied to be real-life cops, not all would cut it. And not because they have too much muscle or make-up. YONG SIEW FERN interrogates them about their worst crimes Worst crime: "I chew gum." (Ed note: As long as Robin doesn't import or
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    • 170 20 "LIFE Is beautiful. Today, this moment, every organ in my body is moving again even more strangely this time. For it Just cant believe they have this second opportunity to behave in this manner." He lost us towards the end, but that's exactly it.
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  • 506 21  -  sports By] Ernest Luis EVEN the toughest soccer player might turn to jelly if you put him about four storeys high on a wooden pole. A wooden pole that's broad enough for him to stand on both his feet only. Then, with him attached to a
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 423 22  -  BY Jason Tan VIEWERS were outraged when the serial was aired in October. The Chinese newspapers blasted the use of crude language in Channel B's Living in Geylang. The serial came under fire again early this month. "The language used was not suitable
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    • 98 22 Prank shows: In FUN TV, TCS and viewers play pranks on friends. The show puts people in vulnerable situations and films them without considering their rights and feelings. Children's Karaoke Competition: Kids wear elaborate costumes and sing adult songs. The show is highly commercialised and TCS
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    • 78 22 Continue working with non-TCS local talent: This will benefit both and help expand the TCS pool of directing and acting talent. Start a new Mandarin news channel: This will raise the quality of programmes and expand the range available to viewers. Develop informed critics: There is a
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    • 435 23  -  By\ Yong Siew Fern THE first time Singapore freelance photographer Eric Chun tried to take pictures of Andy Lau, he ended up scolding the Hongkong Heavenly King for being stuck-up. Nine years on, Eric's pictures are on the cover of Andy's latest Chinese compilation album
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    • 419 37 HK RUGBY SEVENS (March 26-28) The Singapore Anchor Reds left for Hongkong yesterday keen to erase the bitter memory of their performance at last year's Hongkong Sevens. But national winger Gary Tan has an even more painful personal memory to erase there. GERARD
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    • 178 37 SINGAPORE will be gunning for at least a semi-final spot in the Bowl Competition. The Anchor Reds' early opponents are Samoa, last year's runner-up, Asian Games champion South Korea and Uruguay in the early rounds. As such, they're not expected to make either the Main or the
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      251 38  -  Swimmer makes big splash, winning Sportsgirl award BY Peter Siow SHOCK and puzzled. That was how 14-year-old swimtaer Christel Bouvron felt when told yesterday that she had won the Sportsgirl of the Year 1998 award. The reason: She was not even recommended for it. But the selection
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      • 403 40 IS DAVID GINQLA GOOD ENOUGH TQ WIN the footbai ifr ofthf yfar award? Letters came thick and fast for a truly emotional subject which Jeffrey Low raised on Monday in NEAR POST. He asked: Is David Ginola good enough for the England's Player of the
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      • 152 40 YES HOW many players have performed consistently and made headlines with top-notch performances, not to mention having crowds crying for an encore and even rival players praising him? Emmanuel Petit? He is definitely a favourite but I don't think he can because he is a savage player,
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      • 174 40 NO MAYBE MY TOP TEN 1 Yorke 2 Petit 3Giggs 4 Campbell 5 Keane 6 Desailly 7 Ginola BStam 9 Fowler 10 Gordon NGZIJIAN JL Where's Bevfkamp? THE last time a Spursman won the Player of the Year award was J urge n Klinsmann in 1995. He had
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      • 127 40 TRUE, David Ginola is probably the most exciting winger in the world today when he is on song. Problem is, he is as unpredictable as the weather! One moment, he can be brilliant (amply exemplified by the wonder goal against unfortunate Barnsley), illuminating the sombre
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      • 340 40 DID you actually say we, the new League Cup champion, are only workers? We did knock out both, Liverpool and Man U enroute to our win. Think about it Jeff, Man U may play us Spurs in the FA Cup final AND you guys still have to play us,
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      • 85 40 AFP. BRAZILIAN striker Ronaldo splashed out US$3O,OOO ($81,000) on a 50th birthday treat for his mother on Tuesday evening. The 22-year-old Inter-Milan star staged a huge party, inviting to the party all her childhood friends and neighbours from the Rio district of Bento Ribeiro. Also present were former
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      • 264 40 Wire services. ERIKMEUER: Bayer Leverkusen's Dutch striker will sign a pre-contract agreement with Liverpool by the end of this week. The 29-year-old Meijer is expected to sign within the next two days but he will not train with Liverpool until the end of the season when his
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    • 571 41  -  TODAY: FOR THE SPORTS EXCLUSIVES, READ TNP ANOTHER BLOW FOR ...FIRST, HOSNI WALKS OUT, SINGAPORE ATHLETICS NOW HAMKAH FOLLOWS HIM Singapore's star sprinter Hamkah Afik calls It a day after a dispute over an increase in monthly allowance mv full-time iob last year
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    • 135 41 MONEY was also the key factor which forced national record holder Muhammad Hoeni to quit He said: 1 may be the fastest man in Singapore. But what's the point if my pocket is empty. Today, it's no money, no talk. "Maybe you put aside
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    • 332 41 SAAA REACTS HAMKAH Afik's accusations are not true and they are unfair. So said Steven Lee, the SAAA vice-president for training and selection. He said today: "What he says is not true. "You better check with him if he still wants to say such things. He
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    • 118 41 KRONOSCUP: So you think you're can be a champion at 5-a-side soccer? Then join the Kronos Cup on Monday and see how good you really are. There's attractive prize-money and Kronos gear to be won. Lucky draws will be conducted during the tournament. When: Monday. Where: Indian Association,
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    • 388 42 ACCORDING TO lAN BROWN EURO 2000 QUALIFIER: ENGLAND v POLAND Live on FootbaH Channel: Satunlav. 10.55pm WHO will be in the England team this Saturday? There's no guessing game about the strikers Alan Shearer and Andy Cole will definitely start up front because they're the
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      223 42 KEVIN Keegan should not lose sleep over the absence of injured Michael Owen. Andy Cole can fire England. So says former England star Allan Clark, who scored against Poland in the infamous 1-1 draw in 1973, reports Soccernet He reckons Andy Cole (left) is the man to
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    • 58 42 SATURDAY: GROUP ONE: Belarus v Switzerland Denmark v Italy GROUP TWO: Greece v Norway GROUP THREE: Northern Ireland v Germany Turkey v Moldova GROUP FOUR: France v Ukraine Armenia v Russia GROUP FIVE: Sweden v Luxembourg England v Poland GROUP SIX: Spain v Austria GROUP NINE: Scotland v
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    • 176 42 Wire Services. ENGLAND caretaker-manager Kevin Keegan has called up Tottenham Hotspur striker Chris Armstrong. He is to provide cover for England's injury-hit strike-force in Saturday's Euro 2000 qualifier against Poland at Wembley Stadium. With only Andy Cole and Alan Shearer as the squad's only recognised
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    • 38 42 TODAY: (selected programmes)! 10.30pm: Tennis: Upton 0-finals (ESPN Ch 23,25) 6pm: World Wrestling Federation Raw (STAR Sports Channel 24) 7.30pm: European Football Weekly (ESPN Channels 23 25) 10.30pm: Boxing: Fight Time At The Forum (STAR Sports Channels 24)
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    745 44 ENGLAND v POLAND; Live on Football Channel (Saturday. 10.55pm) CARETAKER-MANAGER KEVIN KEEGAN SPEAKS HIS MIND: People dont Ike the fact that yonVeonfy taken the Jeb part-time... But it's not a part-time job and I certainly don't see it that way. Managing England is a full-time job and I know
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