The New Paper, 3 July 1994

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  • 12 1 the new paper SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1994 MITA (P) 233/04/94 50 CENTS
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    • 36 1 SUNDAY, JULY 3,1M4 MITA (P) 233/04/94 SO CENTS .SKSf Thanks for the own goal. Then... Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang ■H Cnlnmhian j voiumnian Dead: Andres Escobar before the match
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 55 4 T Xhis is to let the US know that Thai people bite hard and never let go. Mr Vatana Asavahame, deputy leader of the Chart Thai Party, who said he will sue President Bill Clinton if the US Government does not back its claim that he was
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    • 257 4 Openness YES Unrest NO HOT STORIES INDONESIA is committed to maintaining the process of political openness but it will not allow anyone to exploit it to undermine the national interest, President Suharto said in Jakarta yesterday. "What we want to bring about is a climate of openness which supports development
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    • 74 4 The Sunday Times: Openness has to support development, says Suharto Lianhe Zaobao: Youths should help Government realise national objectives Berita Minggu: PM Goh lays conditions to preserve prosperity SBC morning news: Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong says younger Singaporeans must understand international developments, prepare for the future and help
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 97 4 THE number of Asians with Aids have soared eight-fold to 250,000 in the past 12 1 months, said the World Health Organisation. Although the number forms a fraction of 1 the four million known cases in the world, Aids is "spreading in Asia faster than anywhere
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      • 76 4 CHINA yesterday hit out at the "capital games" of foreign investors who whisked their profits out of the country through accounting deceptions and tax evasions. Foreign businessmen are welcome to invest in China but they should not break the laws or try to make exorbitant profits, said
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      • 83 4 A NORTH-South split has emerged on how soon China should be admitted into the world's main trading organisation. Beijing may miss its target to join the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) by the year-end. At a Gatt meeting in Geneva, the United States, Canada, European
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      • 70 4 JAPAN may be carrying out a secret nuclear-weapons programme. And the top-secret team would take only a week to assemble a bomb from components that already exist, says a new book by an American academic and an NBC Nightly News producer. Reports are circulating in US national security
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    • 223 5 HOT STORY M'SIAN CONTROVERSIAL SECT THE leader of a controversial religious movement in Malaysia was not allowed to enter Singapore on Friday night. Al Arqam leader Haji Ashaari Muhammad was told by Immigration officials at Changi Airport to return to Thailand, from where he had flown
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    • 78 5 JLoUNGKK Singaporeans must understand international developments, prepare for the future and help shape Singapore's destiny. We have to continually improve Singapore's political harmony, economic robustness and social graciousness. If this is achieved you can realise your personal ambition. If not, and Singapore goes down the chute
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      • 53 5 AS Singapore's population ages, cancer will become an even bigger problem, says Health Minister BG (NS) George Yeo. Now, the Singapore Cancer Centre will be set up to for treatment and research of the No 1 killer here. The centre will be established at Singapore General
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      • 62 5 THE Government will offer higher allowances to attract more women to join the foster-mother scheme. The monthly allowances are expected to go up from between $22 and $66 to a range of $70 to over $100. The foster mothers also receive flat monthly payments of $380
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      • 43 5 THE Singapore National Employers Federation has formed a committee to revise medical benefits for private sector employees. It will look at ways to implement a government proposal for private companies to make voluntary additional Medisave contributions in lieu of hospitalisation benefits.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 286 7 AFP. A NEWBORN girl has been kidnapped from one of Britain's biggest hospitals. A woman dressed in a nurse's uniform in Nottingham's Queen's Medical Centre took the baby, only four hours old, from her father on Friday. The nurse said she wanted to give the baby
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    • 292 7 AP. AN attempt to bring coffee and soft drinks into the cockpit of an American Airlines plane led to a nosedive and a wrenching recovery that injured 17 passengers. The incident over Jamaica on Thursday may give the US Government a new incentive to impose
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    • 129 7 AP. DURING the 26 years of socialist rule, Myanmar's only civilian president, Mr Maung Maung, died of a heart attack yesterday. He was 69. The Western-educated intellectual became president in August 1988, when his predecessor was ousted by student-led pro-democracy demonstrations. Myanmar's military rulers apparently thought Mr
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      496 8 Malaysia's first successful salvage operation of an ancient shipwreck was completed last month, yielding millions of dollars worth of porcelain and other goods. We piece together the ship's final hours I WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 f 1817 I THE "Diana", bearing cargo from China to India, struck a
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    • 587 9 CATCH THEM ON HEART 91.3FM YOU have read some of their reports. Want to hear more about their experiences? Our roving reporters will be interviewed on NTUC Radio Heart over the next three Mondays. Angeline Song appeared earlier this Monday. You can still catch the other
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  • 435 10 TOMORROW SELL FOR PROFIT OR KEEP AS HERITAGE? The Malaysian Government wants the treasure to be kept in a museum. The salvors want to sell it off for clear profits. Will it hurt salvage operations? MR Dorian Ball's quest for the Diana started
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  • 152 10 was recovered. VALUABLE pieces of Qing Dynasty chinaware, goats' bones and a 176-year-old salted fish were among the treasures salvaged from the Diana. One of the most valuable pieces was a chafing dish a double-layer porcelain bowl which is used for keeping food warm.
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  • 61 10 Alum (a type of metallic alloy): 13 tons Green tea leaves: 5 tons Nankeens (a type of cloth made of cotton): 2 tons Chinaware: 18 tons Silk: 1 ton Camphor: 7 tons Sugar candy: 9 tons Cassia: 21 tons China root: 6 tons White lead: 1 ton
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  • 124 10 THE Straits of Malacca is one of the most treasure-lad-en waterways in the world, according to Mr Dorian Ball. Many ships have sunk in the straits which, throughout history, has always been one of the busiest in the world. "There are a number
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  • SINGAPORE 2 TERENGGANU 0 (Abbas Saad 39th, Nazri Nasir 89th) 1994 M-LEAGUE
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      76 11 The Lions put up one of their best showing of the season against a fierce Terengganu side last night. All sides clieked as one and, true enough, the sum of the parts resulted in a top-notch performance Korean tank: Jang Jung was virtually impenetrable at defence last
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      422 11  -  By Ganesh Rajaram REPORTING FROM KUALA TERENGGANU AT 33, Malek Awab was the oldest player on the pitch last night. But you wouldn't have guessed if you saw him play. Malek was everywhere, in defence, in midfield and in attack. It was a tough choice between Malek and
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    • 548 12  -  By Ganesh Rajaram REPORTING FROM KUALA TERENGGANU THERE were no cheats out there tonight. This was national coach Douglas Moore's assessment of the Lions' performance against Terengganu at the Sultan Ismail Nasiruddin Shah Stadium last night. "The boys deserve a pat on the back for their
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      506 13  -  Lions put up gritty display after wrath of Moore GANESH RAJARAM ALL it took was the dropping of Michal Vana to bring out the best in the Lions. If last night's performance against Terengganu is anything to go by, Michal Vana's exclusion from the match has served its
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      70 13 90th mm: Fandi Ahmad"s scissors kick from the edge of the penalty box that was tipped over by Terengganu custodian Zubir Ibrahim. 43rd min: David Lee's point blank save from rerengganu skipper Arrifin Osman. 90th min: Malek Awab played a delightful one two with Fandi. He then delivered a
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    • 61 13 Referee: Amir Sharifuddin Wong (Pcrak) Venue: Sultan Ismail Stadium Crowd: 12.000 Weather: Cool, 28 Decrees The offenders Yellow Card: Mat Sidck Wahab (Terengganu) and Kafi Ali, Nazri Nasi and Abbas Saad (Singapore) Red Card: None Shots at goal: Terengganu 20 Singapore 8 Corners: Terengganu 3 Singapore 5
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    • 42 13  -  by GANESH RAJARAM David Lcc 7, Kadir Yahaya 7, Kafi Ali 6, Nazri Nasir 6, Uorhan Abu Samah 7, Malek Awab 8, Jan# Jun# 8, Lee Man Hon 6 (Steven Tan), Saswadimata Dasuki 7, Kandi Ahmad 7, Abbas Saad 6
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    551 14  -  SPORTS By Norman Stevens REPORTING FROM WIMBLEDON AND THEN, the tears came. First, in a scant drop or two, then in a rush, mixing with the sweat of unfulfilled labour on a humid afternoon, as she stood there in the middle of Wimbledon's Centre Court clutching the little
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  • DAY 16 THE NEW PAPER WORLD CUP SPECIAL
    • 502 17 Reuter DIEGO Maradona said Fifa over-reacted to his positive dope test. He said this in an interview with an Argentinian newspaper published yesterday. "It wasn't so serious. It's true I made a mistake but it could all have been settled with a smaller sanction. "Of course, what happens
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      181 17 ANTHONY WANG (Musician and arranger) Ireland 2 Holland 1 Jack Charlton luck or rather, the luck of the Irish will continue to flow into this match. Holland will be a tough adversary but, again, the finishing touches will be missing and Ireland will pull through possibly by a late
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    • 438 18 I think the boys and (coach Alfio) Basile can build a powerful team again once they recover from the emotional blow (caused by my suspension) Diego Maradona NYT. IN LESS than 24 hours, Argentina lost its spiritual leader, Diego Maradona, and then lost its final game
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      108 18 Looks like the absence of Maradona means the almost certain end of the 1986 world champion. He sparked the two impressive opening wins over Greece and Nigeria. But proof of the obvious "missing link" was shown in the 0-2 defeat against-Bulgaria,-only-hours after "Maradona "was 'withdrawn frtim the
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      505 19 SAEED AL 0WA1RAN JERSEY No 10 Age: 28 Position: Striker Club: Ai Shehab, of Riyadh Marital status: Single. After World Cup goal, "most eligible" Career: Turned professional two years ago. 24 goals in 41 matches for his country Honours: Arab Footballer of The Year the last two years.
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    • 116 19 SAEED Owairan's leap from relative obscurity to international fame will be translated into gifts galore when he returns home. He will fly back with the Saudi team in the personal jet of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz. Before the Finals, each player received U5525,000 ($37,500) and a Mercedes
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    • 536 20 SAUDI Arabia will not catch Sweden by surprise like it did Belgium and the Netherlands, said Swedish coach Tommy Svensson. "We are better prepared to meet Saudi Arabia than Holland or Belgium were," Svensson said yesterday. "I think it caught them by surprise." "We know enough about
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      95 20 W The historic victory over Belgium has proved to he a major shot in the arm for the Saudis. With confidence now at a roaring peak, the desert soccer hoys can now positively blug punches with Sweden, another rising European powerhouse. E The 1 draw with pro-tournament
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      634 21  -  Tragic, even by Colombian rules Colombia's Andres Escobar is gunned down as he comes out of a bar in Mcdellin. Three men and a woman surround him. One says: "Thanks for the own goal" referring to the mistake he made in the match against the US. Escobar is
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    • 349 21 M PLAYER Central defender who played for Colombian club Nacional Joined Young Boys of Berne (Switzerland) in 1990, but could not adapt and returned home International since 1988 It£ MAN Born on March 13, 1967, in Mcdellin, Colombia Youngest of five sons
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      175 22 Ms Lilian Velev. 35. a journalist with El Colombiano. a national daily circulating mainly in Medellin. on the shooting: ESCOBAR was a popular figure. He is seen by everyone as a real gentleman. The news shocked everybody in the country. Fans and friends haven't stopped streaming into the
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    • 172 22 Ireland manager Jack Charlton: Who wants to play international football if you get assassinated doing it Italian coach Arrigo Sacchi: Soccer is something which affects people even more than we think...We have to be aware of the way we can influence public opinion. Mexican coach Miguel Mejia
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    • 293 22 Reuter. THE Escobar killing was the most chilling incident yet in a decade of death threats, terror and retribution in Colombian soccer. IN 1989, a referee was shot dead, the national championships were suspended for a season and the Colombian 1990 World Cup squad was almost disbanded.
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    • 770 22  -  By George Vecsey NYT. THIS is not just about soccer. Let us make this clear. This is about a society run wild, a society so crazed with drugs and money and power and guns that it enables the wipeout of an athlete who dared represent his country,
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      264 23 Belgian goalkeeper Michel Preud'homme proves why he is one of the outstanding players in USA 94. He single-handedly prevents a German rout with a string of world-class saves, some of them bordering on the miraculous ORudi Voeller advances into the penalty-area in the fifth minute to chip the ball
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    • 541 24  -  S GULAM REPORTING FROM USA WHEN asked why the Germans were struggling in the first three matches, defender Juergen Kohler said: "The German team is like a diescl engine. It takes a while for it to warm up." This morning, the diesel engine" really got going
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    • 336 25  -  By J Suresh Nair IF ever there was a gross miscarriage of justice, it must surely be that act of Swiss referee Kurt Roethlisberger this morning. In denying Belgium a clear-cut penalty in the 71st minute, he should be given the red card himself.
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      393 25  -  JEFFREY LOW GERMANY'S mean machine is back rolling again. And it's all because of one man at the steering wheel Rudi Voeller. The oldest man of an old team has proven that you can buy victory with experience, even though it may be four years past harvest time.
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    • 367 26 In the quarter-finals, Spain will play the winner of the Italy/Nigeria second-round match. Reuter. SPAIN, playing with a mixture of brutality and spasmodic moments of skill, secured a place in the World Cup quarter-finals yesterday (this morning, Singapore time) when it overcame Switzerland 3-0. Goals from long-striding
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    • 43 26 WHAT THEY SAY Goalkeeper Zubizarreta was the best player on the field. I am hoping now that the journalists in Spain will conduct a survey tomorrow to see whether the people think he is a good goalkeeper or not.
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    • 48 26 J he result was a little deceiving. I thought that for long periods of the game we were able to push Spain back on the defensive, but after conceding an early goal we were always going to be liable to another on the counter-attack.
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    • 375 27  -  The Swiss Club, 4 am this morning. Singapore's Swiss residents turned up with cow bells and Alpine horns to cheer their national side on...via television. Unfortunately, things didn't go too well for the Swiss on the field, and their World Cup ended in a 3-0 loss to Spain
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      14 27 Contrasting moods at the Swiss Club: Pre-match joy (above) and post-match depression (below)
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      29 27 "We lost, but here we have the breakfast...And in 1998 in France, we will be the world champion!" Franz Ziswiler, one of the organisers Pictures/ Mohd Ishak
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 30 17 ON 12. TONIGHT/ TOMORROW MORNING SAUDI ARABIA v SWEDEN Preview: 12.30 am Match: 1 am Repeat: 4 pm ROMANIA V ARGENTINA Preview: 4 am Match: 4.30 am Repeat: 5.45 pm
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    • 166 28 Ci Cation <AUGHT m THE fICT I I w 9* ,P\~r T L£ DvLU A .1 <. <w«|* y HOLD J Non-playing member of the 1990 World Cup Scored first International goal in 1990 against 4» 1 K V: f signed by Real Madrid for US$l 5 million ($2 28
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  • DAY 16 THE NEW PAPER WORLD CUP SPECIAL
    • 455 29  -  CONFESSIONS OF A SOCCER MORON Excitement. Drama. It's all happening at USA '94. Brian Miller takes a light-hearted look at the off-field action By Mary Rose Gasmier BRIAN MILLER HALF cross-eyed from watching a game I have very little interest in, I go over
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    • 174 29 THE long trip was well worth it. Saudi brothers Mohammed and Saoud Younis, both shopkeepers back home, covered 13,200 km to see their country's World Cup debut. They left Riyadh by motorbike in May and passed through Egypt, Morocco, Spain, France and Bntain. Their only
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    • 155 29 SOON after extolling five-goal scorer Oleg Salenko (right, after scoring one of his five goals against Cameroon) as "the greatest striker in the world," Russian newspapers were quick to hit out at the team's elimination. Russia failed to qualify for the second round. Sovietsky
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    • 111 29 GALVAO Bueno of Brazil's Globo television made a slight gaffe when he was asked by a colleague to get football legend and co-commentator Pele to stop talking so much. Unfortunately, Bueno was on the air when he replied testily: "What can I do? He just keeps on talking."
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    • 112 29 WORLD Cup fans don't like peanuts and they detest popcorn. "We couldn't give away peanuts and we took popcorn off the menu after the second game," said Kevin Haggerty, who runs the vending services at Chicago's Soldier Field. His company is selling around 1,900 bags of peanuts per
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    • 93 29 IT won't last five hours and it does not have Michael Jackson in a half time show, but the US-Brazil World Cup second round match has nonetheless been dubbed the Super Bowl of the World Cup. "It's monster big," said San Francisco ticket agent David Green.
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    • 144 30 TntiE 9B^E i3~ IHH 41 was hoping that it' my hour would come, I would be able to help the team* Veteran Rudi Voeller, who scored twice this morning in Germany's 3-2 win over Belgium RUDI VOELLER Jersey No 13 IHE PLAYER Striker who retired from German team in Oct
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