The New Paper, 8 July 1989

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  • 19 1 the new paper WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY JULY S/SUNDAY, JULY 9, 1989 MCI (P) 36/4/89 SO CENTS the new paper
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    • 146 1 It's BADDIE nmmmmm WANTS HIS MUM ■PI This room (below) is his home. And you're looking at almost < all he owns, he says. What else J r does he want? The Ar. Malacca-born SBC star says: "To settle my mother here Bi with me. She has suffered a Ik
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • BILLIONAIRES IN THE NEWS
      • 467 2 THE wife of the man who owns the Empire State Building in New York is in the dock. The billionaire hotel magnate Leona Helmsley stands trial in US district court in Manhattan on fraud, extortion and tax-evasion charges. The Washington Post says the federal prosecutor described
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      • 250 2 Wire services. MR Yoahiaki Tsutsumi, head of tn# Seibu Railway Group in Japan, is the world's richest businessman. Although his net worth declined by nearly $6 billion in the past year because of the weak yen he comes on top with $29 billion. According to
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      • 64 2 IN a specialised category, Forbes said the world's cocaine billionaires are caught in a profit squeeze as the price of the illegal drug has fallen and production has not increased enough to keep up with it. It named Pablo Escobar Gaviria, head of Colombia's Medellin cartel,
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    • 98 2 THE Ministry of Health says that details of the catastrophic illness insurance scheme are still being worked out. But, it says, the proposed scheme (to supplement Medisave) "will not include treatment of Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) or other illnesses and conditions arising from or
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    • 204 2 SINGAPORE'S restriction on the Far Eastern Economic Review (FEER) has hit its advertisement revenue. One result is the retirement of the Hongkong magazine's two most senior executives. The retirement of FEER's managing director, Mr Chuck Stolbach, and editor-in-chief Derek Davies was announced by Ms Karen House,
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    • 116 2 THE Government has been asked to give illegal foreign workers still in Singapore "a final chance" to give themselves up. The recommendation comes from the Government Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Foreign Affairs. It also wants the Government to increase the penalties for Singapore employers
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    • 89 2 "P NAN MAKE-UP STUDIO presents 3 hour informative programme on proper skin care Topics covered include: Basic skin structure and its functions Daily skincarc routine, basic clcansing and massaging steps Free skin analysis Using: ORIFLAME NATURAL SKINCARE PRODUCTS Sweden DONT MISS THIS OPPORTUNITY at only $7 for the whole session.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 31 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook from noon: Showers over several areas in the early afternoon. Max temp: ?>2 deg C. Min: 25 deg C. Sunset: 7.15 pm. Sui. rise tomorrow: 7.04 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 422 3  - Off without a wash By Griselda Loo SOME people in Yishun went through an unexpected civil defence exercise. Yesterday morning their taps went dry. Without warning, a water-main on Avenue 2 burst leaving a 20-cm leak. Water supply to houses along this and nearby streets was affected. Some residents woke
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    • 237 3  -  By Lawrence Low Y i 'OU! yes, you! Get down here and dance. That was the shout going round the National University of Singapore Student Union (NUSSU) "Jam and Hop" last night at the NUS Forum. The NUSSU hop is usually
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    • 563 4  -  By Lo Tien Yin WHEN your child picks up the telephone, who do you think he's calling? He might just be dialling 999. The police say most 999 calls are nuisance calls. And most of those come from children. The police are sure that many of
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    • 213 4  -  By Michelle Oh 7-ELEVEN, the neighbourhood convenience store chain, will set up a 24-hour store in Centrepoint next month. This will be its second store along Orchard Road. The other is at Orchard Towers. They will carry essentially the same merchandise as other 7-Elev-en shops.
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    • 244 4 THE statue of Sir Stamford Raffles at Boat Quay which has cracks in one leg will not crash down on some unsuspecting tourist. The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board gave this assurance yesterday. The board, which is responsible for the maintenance of the statue, said more tests
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 488 6  -  "Some want plastic surgery to restore it," says Dr Victor Valbuena, who conducts counselling workshops for couples. Forum on sexuality to be held on Thursday By Chitra Rajaram VIRGINITY is a problem, says a scientist who studies human behaviour. Women are obsessed by it, said Dr Victor
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    • 134 6 MYTHS 1. You must have sex five times before you can get pregnant. 2. Hairy women are more sexually aggressive. 3. You can avoid getting a sexually transmitted disease (STD) by taking antibiotics or certain pills before sex. 4. Circumcised men make better sexual partners.
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    • 292 6 WHAT'S in a surname? Maybe, a free meal. Every group of 14 people with the same surname will get a free meal at the opening of Burger King's branch in Ang Mo Kio today. Just bring your identification cards. You don't even have to
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    • 82 6 Readers of The New Paper can get free pizza and Pepsi at three Rocky's outlets today. You can exchange the coupon on page 9 of today's newspaper for a free slice of pizza and a Pepsi at Rocky's West at 61 Sunset Way, Rocky's
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    • 193 6 IT PAYS to be courteous. Really. There are three top prizes of $200 gift vouchers and 450 Fuji Quicksnaps to prove it. These are among the prizes for four contests to be held between now and September. It is part of this year's
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    • 109 7 >rJH i i- i.r i in in i_ I )l Guy Laroche Paris I I La Devolution Francaise-Bicentennial jM I y-H rom Guy Laroche. an elegant celebration of the 1789 French RevoluH I tioa La Devolution Irancaise-fticentennial gentlemen'# and ladies' H Xj Tatches. Limited edition only. Available at all leading
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 467 8  -  Dental hygiene in Singapore needs some brushing up, says Acting Minister of Health, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong. The Dental Health Week, which starts today, hopes to educate Singaporeans on how to keep their teeth for life. Here, we look at gum disease, one of the topics
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    • 238 8 BRUSH, floss, check-up. Most Singapore adults only do one out of three and the Acting Minister of Health wants them to brush up on their dental hygiene. Public dental health here is not good enough although most know the basic facts about
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    • 66 8 GUM or periodontal disease attacks the tissues supporting the teeth. It can lead to tooth loss. Gum disease is caused by dental plaque the sticky layer of bacteria that collects on teeth, particularly near the gums. Signs of the disease are bleeding and swollen gums, spaces
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    • 180 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. a far cry from: Very different from. assessment: A judgement or an estimate of someone's quality, ability etc. blatant: Obvious and clear. chanteuse: A female concert or nightclub singer.
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    • 229 8 BUY $20 worth of durians on a weekday evening and get free entry into the Central Business District. A durian vendor along Waterloo Street, which is inside the CBD, will refund the Area Licensing Scheme fee of $3 to customers who drive in
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    • 118 8 IT was a hit-and-run incident for lorry driver Neo Hock Pheng. Mr Neo, 33, was knocked off his feet not by a bar girl but by the cup of tea she gave him. Police believe the tea had been spiked. Mr Neo told police he visited
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 444 11 C k AMBODIA and the proposal for an Asia-Pa-cific forum dominated the separate meetings that Asean held with the United States, Australia and Canada in Bandar Seri Begawan yesterday. US Secretary of State James Baker announced at the dialogue session, a $25.4 million scheme to
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    • 101 11 Wire services. THE United States yesterday slapped a permanent ban on 43 types of foreign-made assault-style firearms whose shipment into the country has been suspended since spring. Mr Stephen E Higgins, director of the Treasury Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), said the government
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    • 108 11 Wire services. THE head of the Iranian organisation that helps Muslims make the annual pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina said Iranians can skip the ritual for another decade, if needed. This is to combat Saudi Arabian control over the holy shrines, the official Islamic Republic
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    • 316 11 Wire services. CHINA blames ousted Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang for spread of pornography. It also lashed out at foreign critics yesterday. It condemned what it called an international "anti-Chi-na wave" since it crushed pro-democracy protests last month. A forum organised by the party's Propaganda
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    • 230 11 COURTESY BEGINS WITH ME Do you know the courtesy slogans used for the past 10 years? Here's a contest where you can find out. Just match the first half of the slogan to the second half. You stand a chance of winning 3 top prizes of $200 gift vouchers and
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 292 12 Wire services. A FORMER army general and one-time close associate of Cuban President Fidel Castro has been sentenced to death with three other former officers on drug trafficking charges. The former officers were convicted in Havana after a highly-publicised investigation and court-martial. They were accused
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    • 109 12 Wire services NARCOTICS Bureau officers arrested six people and seized 15.5 kg of heroin with a street value of $23.25 million in swoops in Hongkong yesterday. Three men and a woman were arrested near Hongkong airport after 1.3 kg of heroin were found
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    • 212 12 Wire services. THE British government has lost a legal battle to stop publication of a book in which a retired intelligence agent describes spying in the Eastern bloc. The ruling by the House of Lords on Inside Intelligence by Mr Anthony Cavendish was the second
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  • FOREIGN STOCKS
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      287 12 Wire services. SHARES opened higher and advanced througout the day to close strongly on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The Financial Times 30share index closed 20 points up at 1,815. Gilts ended easier by up to 30 pence as sterling gave up some of its recent gains against the
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    • 8 12 The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed today.
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    • 54 12 g FT Industrials Fri 1,815.00 (1,797.50) Dow Jones Average Fri 2,487.86 (2,462.44) c ST Industrial Fri 1,335.69 (1,318.56) NST Industrial Fri 2,316.44 (2,297.65) Hongkong Hang Seng Fri 2,375.94 (2,369.53) Australian All Ordinaries Fri 1,527.00 (1,519.30) Nikkei Stock Average Fri 33,703.97 (33,423.48) Figures in brackets refer to those of
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      274 12 Wire services. WALL Street stocks made sharp gains yesterday. The Dow Jones average of 30 industrials climbed 25.42 points to close at 2,487.86, stretching its gain for the week to 47.80 points. Advancing issues outnumbered declines by more than two to one on the New York Stock Exchange.
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  • UPDATE
    • 2512 13 SATURDAY ►Galiiry r NATIVE AMERICAN y ART. About 75 works on 1 the lifestyles and symbols of the Amehcan Indians. See handsome birds in flight and fierce profiles of proud American Indians in traditional regalia. Free. Ends tomorrow. 10 am to 9 pm daily.
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    • 88 13 CALLING all budding gardeners. Spend your afternoon at a talk on the Pleasures of Orchid Growing. Find out how modern hybrids such as the Aranda Noorah Alsagoff, which has large purplish-blue flowers, came about. Learn how to grow them and where to buy them. This crash course
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      116 13 TODAY [7/7 CENTRESTAGE: The L?T_.' Long Island Youth Summer Ensemble from New York graces the Sentosa Musical Fountain Stage. 8.30 pm. Free. [7/T NIGHTLIGHTS: Lf: J Asiabeat rocks Brannigan's. GALLERY: Art about I the lifestyles and symbols of the American Indians. Free. Ends tomorrow. 10 am to 9
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    • 71 13 THE 60-member SAF Symphonic Wind Band strikes up the Festive Overture and Country Hits in Concert. There will also be a mock battle with dazzling pyrotechnics set to Beethoven's Wellington's Victory. The SAF Choir chimes in Tipperary, Alexander's Rag Time Band and old time favourites like
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  • Showtime
    • 1021 14 He admits he has the kind of face that inspires hatred and disgust. He also gets the kind of roles that makes viewers curse and swear at him in their sitting rooms. Which means one thing: SBC actor Lawrence Zhang Shyifa is a very convincing TV
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    • Article, Illustration
      84 14 Btrthdate: Oct 3,1966 Place of birth: Malacca Favourite hobby: Gaze at the stars on a deserted beach by himself. "The hobby is free-of-charge and I feel very relaxed and in harmony with nature. If I have a girlfriend, 111 take her to watch the stars too." Joined SBC
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    • 195 14 Madeline Zhu Leling, a follow student in drama training school: "He's very nice, very friendly. But I feel sorry for him sometimes. I can still remember him curled in a corner covered with a sheet in SBC's artists' restroom last year. He was tired and
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1500 15 M Science Challenge 89 Saturday Night Movie Tennis Wimbledon Open 89 r SCREEN M (First Semi-Final) The Sender Ladies' Singles Final (Live) Science and Technology Quiz is ZEUKCUva^ in this 9t fre GTdf* d" SilN^^r and a Project Round. There will also be a Farmer, who is in cha*e of
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    • 1655 16 Televisions MMovie Parade Tennis Wimbledon Open 1989 India A New Economic 4 Hp'-: -W SCREEN M— Double Agent Men's Singles Final (Live) Future (Part 1) HHH Iff- f m bB- JL**! GEMS W (2.56 pm, SBC 5) (9.00 pm, SBC 12) (9.30 pm, SBC 5) M J JASON Star and
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  • Showtime
    • 1022 17 He admits he has the kind of face that inspires hatred and disgust. He also gets the kind of roles that makes viewers curse and swear at him in their sitting rooms. Which means one thing: SBC actor Lawrence Zhang Shuifa is a very convincing TV
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    • Article, Illustration
      84 17 Blrthdate: Oct 3,1966 Place of birth: Malacca Favourite hobby: Gaze at the stars on a deserted beach by himself. "The hobby is free-of-charge and I feel very relaxed and in harmony with nature. If I have a girlfriend, 111 take her to watch the stars too." Joined SBC
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    • 195 17 Madeline Zhu Leling, a fellow student in drama training school: "He's very nice, very friendly. But I feel sorry for him sometimes. I can still remember him curled in a corner covered with a sheet in SBC's artists' restroom last year. He was tired and
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    • 2515 18 SATURD A Y ►Galiery Pyf NATIVE AMERICAN y ART. About 75 works on 1 J the lifestyles and symbols of the American Indians. See handsome birds in flight and fierce profiles of proud American Indians in traditional regalia. Free. Ends tomorrow. 10 am to
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    • 88 18 CALLING all budding gardeners. Spend your afternoon at a talk on the Pleasures of Orchid Growing. Find out how modern hybrids such as the Aranda Noorah Alsagoff, which has large purplish-blue flowers, came about Learn how to grow them and where to buy them. This crash course
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      118 18 TODAY [7/7 CENTRESTAGE: The L?T_.' Long Island Youth Summer Ensemble from New York graces the Sentosa Musical Fountain Stage. 8.30 pm. Free. [7/f NIGHTLIGHTS: Lf: J Asiabeat rocks Brannigan's. rr~/f GALLERY: Art about lz_J the lifestyles and symbols of the American Indians. Free. Ends tomorrow. 10 am to
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    • 71 18 THE 60-member SAF Symphonic Wind Band strikes up the Festive Overture and Country Hits in Concert. There will also be a mock battle with dazzling pyrotechnics set to Beethoven's Wellington's Victory. The SAF Choir chimes in Tipperary, Alexander's Rag Time Band and old time favourites like
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 422 19  -  By Ting Mei See m i ■OSES Vadham penned the song Roses which became a hit here four years ago. Back in the 70s, elder brother Chris, who was playing with the Western Union Band, "had a hit called Sausolito. So, when the two brothers
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    • 486 19  -  SATURDAY SOUNDS I By Lim Sek IT'S already half way through 1989, and apart from Madonna's muchlauded release, nothing terribly exciting has happened in the music scene. Perhaps the second half of the year will bring a more exciting crop of releases,
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    • 183 19  -  SEENLASTNIGHT I By Adeline Woon SOMETIMES, you can pick up the most useful things from watching television. From The Cosby Show (8.30 pm, SBC 5), learn from Cliff Huxtable how to make a perfect sandwich. It's a tip that even Dagi wood Bumstead would appreciate.
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    • 624 20 He has been called brillant and the best character actor working today. Jack Nicholson, the actor with a killer grin has gone from an inmate in an asylum to an unrepentant womaniser. And now, his latest role as the Joker in Batman is sending
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      250 20 FRIGHT NIGHT II (Cathay Marina 1) A HORROR-COMEDY. Regine, played by Julie Carmen, is out to avenge the death of her vampire brother who was killed by Charley (William Ragadale) and Peter (Roddy McDowell) in Fright Night. SEVEN WARRIORS (Cathay cinemas) A CHINESE version of The Magnificent Seven. Adam
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  • YOUTHNOW
    • 545 21  -  By Angeline Song T HEY are the the only female at the Jurong BirdPark, the Florence Nightingales of birds. Ms Halilah binte Ahmad, 25, and Ms Sharon De Souza, 24, are "nurses" in the BirdPark. They take care of sick birds, birds in quarantine
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    • 417 21 AMATTER OFOPINION FOR the third time, World Vision International Singapore will organise a fast for charity. It is part of its awareness and fund-raising programme for the starving in Mozambique, south Sudan and Ethiopia. As in the past two years, a large number of
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  • SPORTS
    • 383 25 SILVER Tongue was moved out of Restricted Terms into Class 4 without anything better to his credit than a third to Whizzer over 1400m at Bukit Timah. The Paper Shah gelding has run well in all three of his races although unlucky to come up
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    • 42 25 RACE 1: Silver Tongue (7) RACE 2: Winning Edge (6) RACE 3: Line of Credit (7) RACE 4: Lian Kiat (12) RACE 5: Bubbly Feeling (2) RACE 6: Terrific Warrior (10) RACE 7: Carrera (11) RACE 8: Bright Future (6)
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    • 39 25 RACE 1: Joondulup (5) RACE 2: Kievkhan (5) RACE 3: Billy Willie (6) RACE 4: Sound Investment (2) RACE 5: Entertainment (2) RACE 6: Silence Is Golden (1) RACE 7: Racing Joy (4) RACE 8: Ferrous (4)
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    • 227 26 Kedah 2 Selangor 0 Kelantan 0 Sarawak 1 STADIUM Darulaman was awash with yellow and green last night as two-time runner-up Kedah beat perre n i a 1 champion Selangor 2-0 before a capacity crowd of 15,000 last night. After a sluggish first-half, Kedah exploded in the secobnd
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    • 207 26 SARAWAK'S 86th minute goal stunned the Kelantan crowd and turned some of them agianst their own team at Stadium Sultan Mohamed IV in Kota Baru last night. Kelantan had enjoyed territorial advantage for most of the match but failed to do what Sarawak did find
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    • 241 26 AFP. MARSEILLE continued its massive summer spending spree yesterday when it announced the signing of French captain Manuel Amoros from Monaco. No fee was disclosed for the signing of the 27-year-old Amoros, an attacking leftback who is equally at home in midfield. He joins a club which
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    • 258 26 KS2Q3HI ROBB URUGUAY 3 CHILE 0 ECUADOR 0 BOLIVIA 0 Reuter. HOLDER Uruguay boosted its confidence ahead of a vital clash with Argentina when it crushed Chile 3-0 yesterday. Lazio striker Ruben Sosa set Uruguay on the road to victory by heading home a 44th-minute corner in
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    • 241 26 AFP. JUVENTUS is planning an astonishing $65 million (sl23m) swoop on Italian First Division rival Sampdoria. In an unprecedented move, Gianni Agnelli, the president of Juventus's major backers Fiat, is negotiating with the Genoa club's chairman Renato Mantovani, with a view to signing the entire Sampdoria team.
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    • 341 26 Wire services. TOTTENHAM manager Terry Venables pledged yesterday to plough the £4.5 million 13.4 m) the London club will receive for England winger Chris Waddle back into the team. With Waddle about to complete his record-breaking move to French League and Cup holder Marseille, Venables promised that new players
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    • 429 27  -  Fandi and Sundram say yes to recall Two men who get their kicks from scoring goals...two girls who go for golds more acrobatically. Together, Fandi Ahmad, Sundramoorthy, Eileen Chai and Jacqueline Choy are set to do Singapore proud in the coming Sea Games. By S Gulam
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    • 325 27  -  By Abdul Shukor SINGAPORE will not be represented by its men gymnasts at the South East Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur they are not ready yet. This was revealed by the president of the Singapore Amateur Gymnastic Association, Mr Lee Seng Huat, during a
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    • 264 27 World squash championships by ALFONSO CHAN IT's a heavy burden to bear, but Anthony Chua believes he can carry the weight for Singapore in the $400,000 Singapore Air-lines-Ascot World Squash Team championship from Oct 3-17 at the West Coast Recreation Centre. At a press conference yesterday,
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    • 494 28 AP. JOHN McEnroe's amazing Wimbledon odyssey was ended yesterday by defending champion Stefan Edberg. He overcame a rain delay and swept into the final with a sizzling serve-and-volley game that gave him a 7-5, 7-6, 7-6 victory. The match was interrupted for three-and-a-half hours by rain
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    • 64 28 Reuter. Men's singles semi-final: Stefan Edberg (Swe) bt John McEnroe (US) 7-5, 7-6 (7-2), 7-6 (7-5). Men's doubles semi-finals: 1-Rick Leach/Jim Pugh (US) bt Javier Frana (Arg)/ Leonardo Lavalle (Mex) 6-3, 6-3, 6-4. Women's doubles semi-finals: Jana Novotna/Helena Sukova (Cze) bt Martina Navratilova/Pam Shriver (US) 7-6 (7-4),
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    • 203 29 AP. Weather: Drizzle and thick humidity throughout the afternoon, with a rain delay of nearly three-and-a-half hours. The high temperature was 21 degC. Attaadaaca: 22,283, a decrease of 596 from the same day last year. The record for the day is 24,165 in 1987.
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    • 324 29 SPOTLIGHT: JOHN McENROE Reuter. WHEN it came to it, the mouth departed with hardly a murmur. John McEnroe packed his bags and headed for the Centre Court players' tunnel without a backward glance. For a man convinced this was destined to be his Wimbledon, semi-final defeat
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