The New Paper, 10 August 1999

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1 43 The New Paper
  • 7 1 the new paper TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1999
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  • 146 1 Wmi Remember Me Or i| lH year 2000 (1 Day 1000 baato) .D6lt It fcl* A^l |K>W.'"y■ HH -i c -^oo^^^^f 1 nU an ln» Tfl I W ijj^^ggjiß I'Va I 11 Ii m 11 9 I *****11 E!!!!!!!!!!!!! c fe B ri* 1 T(C HflV fl|
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 388 2  -  S'pore's economic growth for April to June: Everything is rosy but... BY Yvonne Lim WAIT, wait. Yes, the graphics above paint a pretty picture. Don't jump for joy yet. Yes, our overall growth for the April to June period is a massive 6.7 per cent
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    • 402 3  -  By Ng Wan Ching SHE made it to the top. Miss Wong Weng Ling's arms are deformed. But that did not stop her from climbing a vertical three-storey-high rock wall. She did it during summer camp in the US last month. "Camp mates I didn't know before
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    • 106 3 THIS character development programme was started by the National Kidney Foundation (NKF) in 1997. This year, the programme was launched in March. It aims to transmit values such as social responsibility and integrity to children and young people. Outstanding students who have made positive contributions to their families,
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  • 551 4  -  Tiny beginning for them THE MILLENNIUM PARADE' 99 THEIR FIRST PARADE AS S'POREANS By Genevieve Jiang HE wasn't familiar with the lyrics of the National Anthem. Or the words of the pledge. But Mr Narayanan Balasubramanian, 37, did not feel like an outsider. His fist was
    Pictures/ Joyce Lim Florence Tan David Tan; Picture/ Genevieve Jiang  -  551 words

  • QUICKNEWS
    • 286 5 m CPF RATE CUT THE CPF employers' contribution rate could go up as early as January. Yes, part of the 10-per-cent cut in CPF contributions could be restored then. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that the Government would look at the state of the
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    • 58 5 FUNERAL: Guinean boys Yaguine Koita, 14, and Fode Tounkara, 15, who died while stowing away on a flight to Belgium, being buried in the Conakry cemetery. The boys froze to death In the undercarriage well of the Sabena Airbus last week. The incident focused attention on
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    • News Break
      • 64 5 B DEFENCE B AN advertisement for Singapore's army yesterday featured the first glimpse of its new assault rifle. The gun, which has an optical sight built into its carrying handle, is likely to replace the Ml 6. More details on the gun are not available, but experts
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      • 59 5 I PHONES B PRE-PAID mobile phone cards are a hit with Singapore callers. In the first month they have been available on both the GSM 900 and GSM 1800 networks, 25,000 cards have been sold. This demand exceeded even the most optimistic forecasts of operators, The Business
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      • 61 5 U CHARITY COMMUNITY Chest donors are each being asked to bring in another donor for its Share programme, which last year raised $16 million. The target is to have 400,000 people involved to raise more fluids to help needy people. Donors agree to contribute a certain sum every month
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      • 66 5 M MALAYSIA A GOOF-UP is delaying the rail link between Malaysia's showcase Port Klang and West Port. The wrong type of sleepers were laid for the 36-km RM3B3 million ($174 million) line and this has posed derailment risks for the cargo and container line. It is understood
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      • 58 6 RUSSIA RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin appointed his fifth prime minister in 17 months yesterday. He sacked Prime Minister Sergei Stepashin and picked former KGB spy Vladimir Putin and wants Mr Putin to also succeed him as president next year. Mr Putin could protect Mr Yeltsin from criminal
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      • 55 6 CATI FEWER students equal more marks? Not always, although smaller class sizes have helped US students score slightly better in maths, a study has found. But it had little or no effect on maths students in 10 nations, including Singapore. Large classes were defined as 19-29 students,
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      • 56 6 PHILIPPINES AN investigation into a fatal landslide at a Manila housing estate has revealed the developer knew the ground was unstable. Government bodies that cleared the project also came under fire for not demanding greater safeguards. Heavy rains toppled about 25 houses in the Cherry Hill estate last
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      • 60 6 B GERMANY CONFLICTING court rulings made in east German cities on Friday, sparked by department stores opening their doors for the first time last Sunday, has increased pressure on the government to reform the nation's muddled trading laws. Sunday trading was banned in Berlin and Dessau while dozens
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    • 27 5 The Dow Jones industrial average fell. 6.33 points to close at 10,707.70 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 678 million shares.
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    • 46 5 CNN Interactive: US drought preparedness faulted The New Straits Times: Faulty rail sleepers to be replaced for free South China Morning Post: Exam passes rise against backdrop of poor economy BBC news: Boris Yeltsin sacks another prime minister, the fourth in eighteen months
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    • 48 6 The Straits Times: 34 years, one heartbeat The Business Times: Share buybacks: smart moves or cop-outs? Uanhe Zaobao: Fireworks in the sky; lofty ambitions in our hearts Berita Harian: Moving forward towards 2000 RCS morning news: Singapore's economy grew by 6.7% in the second quarter
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    • 148 6 in FSKSus RICE has been made even better for you. Scientists said that they have made the grain more nutritious by adding genes from the daffodil and other plants. The aim: To prevent millions of cases of anaemia and blindness. Swiss scientists who developed the genetically-modified rice
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    • 98 6 That f$ the sort of President whom we are lookingfbr. We look forward to working with him... (Mr S RNathan) understands what fnatces Singapore work f what our challenges are f and he has the experience and the judgment to reach his own conclusions and his own views.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
    • 52 6 Tongue c *Mjt k WHAT'S HUP My daughter who is a I f~ That's great Sorry, you got it What I meant was H tennis champion now C Her dream will all wrong. she wants to be a I wants to turn PROI finally come true Public Relation Officer at
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 49 7 mui'mui' Ms Wena Poon, 25-year-old lawyer and journalist working in New York City on Singapore: Contrary to what the Western press has said, we are not automatons. We are diverse, lively, shy, lacking the urbanity of older nations but still multi-cultural and cosmopolitan. We are Singaporeans.
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    • 503 7  -  BY Tanya Fong HE was outraged by what the molester did to his wife. A molester who pretended to be drunk as he reached out to grab his wife's breast in public. In fact, right before his
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  • OUR NATIONAL DAY SALUTE
    • 217 8 Mr Goh Ee Kong, 101, retiree M Y STORY: I was working as a farmer back in China. I came to Singapore alone in 1925 and worked as a rubber tapper for a while. Then World War II came. It was tough. I didn't have a
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    • 707 9  -  Madam ZainabJais, 73, housewife Mr Richard Koh, 73, retiree Mr Selamtara, 90 MY STORY: I was bom in Batu Pahat, Johor. After the war, I came here with my husband. My husband worked for Alexandra Hospital. I sold kueh around the Queenstown
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 1087 12 This girl's story is so touching because of this woman driver Would you take a stranger's child to school and back, even if it's out of your way? Even if it means that your own kids have to wake up earlier? IRENE KEWspeaks to a woman whose one small gesture
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    • 115 12 Mrs Ong's days are hectic now. She wakes up at 5.45 am and prepares a simple breakfast of bread and cheese for her children in their Springdale condominium home in Bukit Timah. She takes her daughter, 13, to Nanyang Girls' High and her son, 12, to Nanyang
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    • 282 12 NURZAFIRA'S mother is so touched by Mrs Ong's gesture that she was almost in tears when we spoke to her. Nurzafira is one of four children in the family. She has been on crutches since she fell from monkey bars at
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    • 237 13 IF our wages are high, do we lose investments? No. Not as long as we offer high quality and productivity, says Mr Lim Boon Heng, Minister without Portfolio and NTUC Secretary-General. In a speech he is to make at a National Day
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    • 334 13 What did we set out to do during the crisis? We had two goals. Our first goal was to be among the first Asian economies to recover from the crisis. This we have achieved. Our second goal was to come out of this crisis stronger and better so
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    • 381 14 Say that again SEX on the line is a real danger. There have been recent reports of men raping young girls they got to know through phone chat-lines and Internet Relay Chats (IRC). So what's the solution? Curb them, said ALOYSIUS SIM CHEE HOCK.
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    • 341 15  -  A blaze threatened, to engulf the Geylang Serai Market and neighbouring shops late last night. People in the neighbourhood pitched in to try to put it out, then fire-fighters arrived quickly and confined the damage to a small area BY Eugene Wee HE just stood there and
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 63 16 muKmui* US Air Force Lt Ryan Barry faces re-assignment and a legal battle with the Air Force over his refusal to share underground nuclear launch control bankers with women. He said it would be a violation of his Roman Catholic beliefs on avoiding temptation: For
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    • 198 16 Crack found in British Royal Air Force check, all Chinooks grounded Source: Reuters. THE Chinook helicopter (above) was to have made its debut at the National Day celebrations. Instead, two Fennacs helicopters escorted the Super Puma helicopter with the state flag
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    • 436 17 Source: Bernama. THE Malaysian Prime Minister wants to prove that he is still the people's No 1 choice, despite the unhappy events of the past year. To do that, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad needs to win at least two-thirds of
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    • 338 17 THE trial of a well-known Malaysian businessman and a prominent newscaster is going beyond used bras and panties. The businessman, Datuk Abdullah Hishan, 41, told the High Court in Malaysia that Sharma Kumari Shukla, 38, was an adulteress. Datuk Abdullah said she had
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    • 390 18 Robbers use forklift truck to rip ATM out of the ground and nuike off with it Source: Apple Daily. r ,-;y HIS was a cash withdrawal I u^pFdifference. fejjpTtwo men didn't bother with an ATM card or a PIN (pefsonal identification number). just used a forklift
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    • 183 18 AFP. AN Egyptian doctor got the shock of his life yesterday. He opened a refrigerated compartment in a morgue in Alexandria... and had his hand grabbed by its occupant. According to the police, Mr Ahmed el-Sayed Ali, 29,
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  • 658 21 CARS AND SOCCER STARS sports Like it or not, cars are often seen as status symbols in Singapore. CELINE LIM went on the prowl to check out the carparks at the training grounds of various football clubs. Not surprisingly, the higher-end cars the "babe-magnets"—belong to the top players. These players—Fandi
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    • 166 22 WELCOME to Lolliwood, where the stars are setting a new trend as "lollipops". The increasingly emaciated bodies of Calista Flockhart, Paula Devico (Party of Five), Lara Flynn Boyle (The Practice) and company appear dangerously incapable of supporting their too-big heads. The message from actresses
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    • 59 22 soulmate, so I'm really happy —JH about having his M name on my leg. Shannen Doherty, commenting on a cross tattoo that bears the name her ex-fiance Rob Weiss (director of Amongst Friends). The former resident ***** of fJkflvijn Beverly Hills ***** plays eldest sister Prue in
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      31 22 balloon onto the JN Dome. But I still agile side in the 19th James Bond movie The World Is Not Enough (opening this year bhd). Shaken; not stirred.
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      517 23  -  By Seto Nu-wen THEY looked like schoolboys, sitting in front of me in their loose shirts and baggy jeans. They admitted they were unused to giving interviews. Which isn't surprising, since they came together as a band only last December. But Singapore group vAßnish seems pretty confident about
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  • RACINGTODAY
    • 356 32  -  By Tan Thean Loon ALIBI is certainly a horse on the upgrade. It will pay to keep following him. For the second time in a week last Saturday, the V Nathan-trained French-bred annihilated his rivals, albeit in a Class 5 race again. As in the
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    • 320 32 AP ONE of Britain's leading jockeys was missing on the continent last Sunday night. Darryll Holland, who has ridden in Singapore before and was the youngest man to ride for the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, was uncontactable in Sweden, where he had missed rides on
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    • 171 32 AFP ENGLAND CITY, sired by the miracle horse Lammtarra, made a disappointing debut in Sapporo Japan last Sunday. The colt finished third in the 1,800m rookies' race at the Sapporo grass course. It was the first time that a Lammtarra's descendant has competed in Japan. England City,
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 437 34 WORLD CUP 2006 Reuters. A ZULU warrior and flag-waving school children heralded the start of the race to host the 2006 World Cup as England, South Africa and Morocco officially presented their bids to Fifa yesterday. What was supposed to be a low-key event with
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    • 562 34 AFP. SOUTH AFRICA: WITH the backing of Fifa president Sepp Blatter, South Africa is seen as the frontrunner at the moment. 'This is Africa's time," urged Danny Jordaan, head of the South African bid. "Our bid is not just for South Africa, but for all
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    • 422 35 TOTTENHAM 3 Iversen29 Ferdinand 45 Sherwood 61 NEWCASTLE 1 Solano 16 SPURS: Walker, Carr, Perry, Scales, Taricco, Anderton, Sherwood, Leonhardsen, Ginola, Ferdinand, Iversen NEWCASTLE: Harper, Barton, Goma, Hughes, Domi, Solano, Dumas, Speed, Dyer, Ketsbaia, Shearer Tottenham Hotspur rallied from one goal down to score its first Premiership
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    • 279 35  -  By Ian Brown ENGLAND midfielder Darren Anderton can look forward to a better contract with Tottenham Hotspur. Thanks to the Bosman rule, the 27-year-old midfielder who is more familiar with beating defenders on the flank, is now trying to talk more lucrative terms with the
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    • 183 35 Reuters. FORMER England skipper Paul Ince will make his Middlesbrough debut at Wimbledon tonight. Boro boss Bryan Robson will hand his £1 million ($2.7m) signing a first start at Selhurst Park after the shock 1-0 loss to newly-promoted Bradford at the Riverside Stadium on Saturday.
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    • 384 36 'I won't ran away' says FAM President Sultan Ahmad Shah MALAYSIAN FOOTBALL IN DISARRAY AFTER SEA GAMES DEBACLE The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) has been slammed since the national team was beaten by Singapore and then thrashed 6-0 by Indonesia at the SEA Games. The calls are becoming louder
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    • 100 36 Bernama. MALAYSIAN coach Abdul Rahman Ibrahim has slammed those who blamed FAM president Sultan Ahmad for the fiasco at the SEA Games in Brunei. He said the FAM had given him full authority in selecting players to mould a strong national squad for international competitions. "To
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    • 206 36 FAM deputy president, Tengku Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah has offered to make way if that's what it will take to improve Malaysian soccer. He refused to blame the State FAs only for the decline in standards, adding there should be collective responsibility.
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    • 209 36  -  By Suresh Nair SEMBAWANG 3 POLICE 3 Ending a season of 20 matches on an unbeaten note will give anyone a rousing high. To its credit, Sembawang Sports Club maintained its immaculate 100 per cent record after Sunday's six-goal thriller against arch-rival Police Sports Association.
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    • 276 36 Wire services. MAN UNITED: SIR Alex Ferguson is planning another swoop for Brazilian superstar Rivaldo. It would allegedly cost United £20 million ($54m) plus a big wage packet to prise the midfielder away from Barcelona. As rumours were circulating about the Rivaldo move, Fergie yesterday tried to
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  • BRUNEI BASH SEAGAMES AUG E7.15, 1999
    • 514 37  -  SHOOTING DOUBLE TRAP INDIVIDUAL: 1 Khamgasem Puai (Thailand) 184; 2 Lee Wung Yew (Singapore) 173; 3 Tan Chee Keong (Singapore) 168 DOUBLE TRAP TEAM: 1 Singapore 375; 2 Thailand 351; 3 Philippines 340 REPORTS GERARD WONG HERE'S the good news: Singapore captured its first gold in
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    • 456 37  -  ATHLETICS Four years ago, Thailand's Reanchai Seeharwong promised to break the SEA Games 100m men's record. He finally did it. Not once, but twice. First, in the heats. Then, in the final S GULAM SHE was dubbed Thailand's latest sprint sensation. And she was
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    • 467 38  -  SWIMMING REPORTS GERARD WONG SHE'S good. There's no doubt about that. And, now, she's starting to enjoy herself too. Look at that smile (and the ones pictured on our Page 1 today, if you don't believe me. The Joscelin of old didn't crack those smiles too often. But,
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    • 384 39 IN front of ecstatic home fans, Joscelin Yeo burst onto the scene in 1993 with seven individual and two relay golds, breaking eight SEA Games records along the way. The Methodist Girls' School student was just 14 years old. She went on to make another
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    • 203 39 SWIMMER Christel Bouvron knew she had won the 400m freestyle silver when she came in ahead of third-placed Joscelin Yeo and behind Thailand's Pilin Tchakittiranan. What she didn't know: She had set a national open record! Her time of 4:21.85 was almost two seconds faster than
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    • 151 39 MARK Chay redeemed himself yesterday. On Sunday, the 17-year-old ACJC student had caused the 4x200m freestyle relay team to be disqualified when he was judged to have dived in too early. But yesterday, Mark made peace with himself with a bronze in the 100 m freestyle. "I
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    • 267 39 RICHARD Sam Bera proved that his "old body" could still deliver the goods when he destroyed his opponents in the 100m freestyle yesterday. Many had thought that the 27-year-old Indonesian four-time 100m champion was already past his sell-by date in the pool when he
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    • Article, Illustration
      194 40  - SINGAPORE 2 ZulkarnaenZamal 32nd Nazri Nasir 82nd CAMBODIA 0 Singapore: Noorisham Zainon KadirYahaya RazifMahamud Robin Chitrakar BasriHaiis Nazri Nasir AzharSalleh (Aide Iskandar, 62nd) Zulkarnaen Zainal Samawira Basri RafiAli (Gusta Guzarishah 46th) Indra Sahdan Ahmad Latiff, 72nd) REPORTS S GULAM INDONESIA 3 BRUNEI 0: The Indonesians served yet another warning to
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      556 40 Semi-final cruncher: SINGAPORE v THAILAND (Thursday) HE'S the coach with the biggest reputation in this SEA Games. After all, he had played for Aston Villa and England, and scored a winner in the European Cup final. And when he said he wasn't worried about the Lions, everyone believed him. "No
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    • 575 40  -  WORRIED LIONS? By S Gulam REPORTING FROM BRUNEI MISSION impossible? Waiting to be slaughtered? Forgone conclusion? Now, hold it. Don't rule Singapore out so easily. We are capable of pulling off the biggest upset yet. So said three key people in the Singapore camp yesterday after it
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    • 78 41 WHOjSHOT <| Joscelin Yeo in the J 100 m freestyle in ■■I record 56.05 sec Joscelin Yeo in the 200 m IM in record 2min ■BH 17.175 ec o Discus specialist James Wong with a record 59.50 m heave 4B Bowler Lim Zhong who scored 1,328 points 51 Joscelin
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    • 54 41 7B Gary Tan in 200 m backstroke in a new national mark of 2:05.795 ec; 4x200m women's freestyle relay Swimmers Christel Bouvron in 400 m free, Daniel Liew in 100 m breaststroke and women's 4xloom freestyle relay. Shooter Lee Wung Yew in the double trap individual. Bowlers Jesmine Ho
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    • 55 41 81 Christel Bouvron in the 100 m women's freestyle. Badminton men's team. Shooter Tan Chee Kong in double individual; women's double trap team. Bowlers Sam Goh and Andrew Fang in men's doubles and Valerie Teo and Yap Seok Kim in women's doubles. Swimmers Joscelin Yeo in 400 m free.
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    • 274 41  -  MORNING LATEST IN ATHLETICS: By S Gulam SINGAPORE lost one of its sure-bet golds this morning. James Wong, Singapore's undisputed strong man of track and field, suffered a shocking loss in the hammer. He was pipped to the gold by Malaysian Wong Tee Kue. The Malaysian threw
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    • 325 41 RECORDS tumbled like dominoes as Thailand held off Malaysia for top spot. Though swimming and athletics attracted the most attention, it was bowling which grabbed the spotlight with a world record. Thai bowlers Kritchawat Jampakhao and Prot Nilkanist surpassed the World Championship mark in the
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  • Page 40 Miscellaneous
    • 203 40 SINGAPOREANS IN ACTION: ATHLETICS: James Wong (hammer). Wong Yew Tong, David Woon (high jump). BASKETBALL: Singapore vs Malaysia. BILLIARDS and SNOOKER: Tan Tiong Boon/Ricky Chong (pool 9-ball doubles). Alan Puan/Freddie Soh (English billiards doubles). BOWLING: Men's and women's trios. GOLF: Lam Chih Bing, Jimmy Aw, M. Gopal, Steven Yeo (2nd
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