The New Paper, 8 September 1994

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  • 11 1 the new paper THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8,1994 MITA (P) 233/04/94 50 CENTS
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    • 94 1 (baily Copy) ->-»•* SUmno and die princess She joins Umno J| to "fill the emptiness" in her life from four failed marriages. "They (Umno members) are a friendly lot. We talk about politics, we joke..." says the Selangor princess. /Page 26 Konica This story will leave an ache in your
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 32 2 Spiritual high: Two devotees in Sri Lanka hang from a frame with their backs pierced by hooks during a Hindu festival last week in Jaffna. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 241 2 SINGAPORE and several other Asian countries are poised to lose some of their trade benefits in the European Union. The European Commission said Singapore would be "graduated out" of the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) for some of its exports as of 1997, Business Times reported
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    • 363 2 Source: Wire services. WITH trade being very much in the minds of the Clinton administration these days, the United States has decided to expand official contacts with Taiwan, one of Asia's economic tigers. The US will bring economic and trade ties with Taiwan,
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    • 335 2 CALLUS*/ Leisure Index Showtime: Pages 33-36 Comics: Pages 38 39 TV: Page 31 Vivaldi Schubert Hoist B«thcwii .Vfrnddssohn Tchaikasskv Quirt Nighls Saint Saens IS Bach •2L H W M LT,I vf. M.» 3k, ii a *.*r VIVALDI MUSSORGSKY SCHUBERT HOLST BEETHOVEN MENDELSSOHN TCHAIKOVSKY QUIET NIGHTS SAINT SAENS BACH FOIR SEASONS
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 307 4 Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong declared his three-day working visit a good one. Outstanding bilateral issues raised in a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed have moved a step towards settlement PEDRA BRANCA BOTH leaders agreed in principle that the issue of
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    • 97 4 The Straits Times: PM: Langkawi trip a good one Business Times: Indian spin-offs for S pore listed firms Lianhe Zaobao: PM Goh and Dr Mahathir reiterate that they attach great importance to friendly cooperation between Singapore and Malaysia Berita Harian: PM Goh confident relationship will continue to be good
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    • 21 4 THE Straits Times Industrials Index fell 3 points to 2324.01 at 9.11 this morning from yesterday's close of 2327.01.
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    • 26 4 THE Dow Jones industrial average dropped 12.45 points to end at 3.886.25 on the New York Stock Exchange with some 290 million shares traded.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 60 4 SINGAPOREANS are now spending more time courting. A report in a newsletter published by the Department of Statistics showed the duration of courtship had increased from 2.6 years in 1988 to three years in 1992. The top three reasons: Need to own a house before marriage, saving enough
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      • 50 4 A CRACKDOWN in Beijing had turned up more than 60,000 cases of fake statistics by officials and company bosses. Law breakers inflate statistics to impress the Government and receive promotion or exaggerate shortages to receive more government funding. Fake figures include per capita income, inflation and birth rates.
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      • 50 4 FOREIGN Al-Arqam followers in Malaysia had been ordered to leave immediately or face action, said Immigration Department public relations officer Aris Chonin. He did not say what action would be taken against those who stayed put. Malaysian Al-Arqam followers who were overseas were advised to return immediately.
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      • 83 4 MALAYSIA has lifted its six-month-old ban barring British companies from bidding for lucrative government contracts. Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said the Cabinet decision attached no condition. The ban was imposed after some British newspapers accused Malaysian leaders of improprieties. Japan's current economic climate resembles the sun rising
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      • 54 4 THERE has been an even flow of traffic in the city since the whole-day Area Licensing Scheme (ALS) was implemented in January. The Communications Ministry yesterday said traffic volume in the Central Business District has dropped by nine per cent. Overall, this means the roads are being used
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 518 5  - Punggol boatels go finally By Jennifer Tan The crunch has finally come. After a series of notices over eight years, the office buildings and huts of two of five boatels in Punggol Point which have not moved out, were demolished by the HDB's contractor yesterday morning. But the 80 to
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    • 224 5 MR Jimat Awang, 39, of Awang Boat Sheds and Mr Zainal Jantan, 41, of Tainul Water-ski Centre, are keeping a 24-hour vigil over the boats. "My brother, my brother-in-law and I will be staying behind to take turns to keep an eye on the boats," said
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 306 6 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE A TEMPORARY boatel site is being constructed for North Shore Marina. The land had already been cleared and only the office block and the sheds for the boats need to be put up. said Mr Ron Yap, owner of Yap Boatel, the managing
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    • 118 6 THE PUNGGOL BOATELS Punggo l has five boatels catering mainly to middle-class, pleasure-craft owners. T'lev charge a monthly storage fee of between $100 and $400, depending on the size of the boat. clubs; commercial marinas Keppel Marina No membership fees required. Charges: $15.50 per foot for boats less
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 394 8  -  By Seow Su Kian j VOLUNTEERS prefer working with the partially disabled because it is more glamorous than working with the severely disabled, said the chairman of the Red Cross Society yesterday. Dr Yeo Khee Quan said this in an interview during President Ong Teng
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    • 459 8 SEQW SU KIAN profiles volunteers who look after severely disabled children MADAM Subadhra was in a market in Tea Payoh one morning when she heard that a severely handicapped baby had been abandoned. The mother had deserted both her husband and the eight-month-old baby. As Madam
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    • 102 8 THE foster family shelters the child while the Ministry of Community Development finds ways to settle the child's future. As such, the fostering scheme is meant to be a temporary arrangement, and not a long-term one. The MCD first tries to find the natural parents and persuade
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    • 373 9 JUST before she died, Mrs Ng Bee Tin's mother-in-law advised her to do charity work. Mrs Ng, 43, followed the advice. She has been a volunteer for 14 years. The housewife said she has looked after many children. But she feels very close to Zhang Li
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    • 311 10  -  BY Ivy Ong THE rain did it. Rainwater seeped onto the tracks and caused the cracks on the rails between Tiong Bahru and Outram Park, said SMRT sources. Then some chemistry took place. The water mixed with rocks and soil containing chloride. There
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 210 12  -  By Augustine Pang THE 26th Singapore International Festival of Books and Book Fair has netted about $3 million in sales in its first four days. And with the cash registers chiming steadily, the total sales at the book fair, which ends on Sunday,
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    • 295 13  -  SHOW INFO WHAT: 26th Singapore International Festival of Books and Book Fair WHERE: World Trade Centre Halls 1 and 2 WHEN: Until Sunday, from 11 am to 9pm By Tay Boon Chuan ONE-YEAR-OLD Nur Haiizah Musta/.a loves a good read. A day lor her
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    • 74 13 DR Ngian Lek Choh, deputy director (public services) of the National Library, gave a talk last month at the Kandang Kerbau Hospital on the importance of of cultivating the reading habit right from the cradle. She said reading was the most basic skill and must not
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    • 270 12 THE 26TH HH| SINGAPORE BiiiliMl INTERNATIONAL RH9IB FESTIVAL OF BOOKS ■BfjfUfH AND BOOK FAIR *>ilv TODAY'S SPECIAL 1U PROGRAMMES Function Room Hall WTC m The Book Fair with many attractions, discounts gifts Over 180,000 latest titles in English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil, 3.00 pm 4.00 pm French, Japanese and other languages
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 534 15 A family's story which can be painful to read A couple pleaded guilty to killing their three children in the High Court yesterday. They brought their children to an amusement centre before killing them. MICHELLE ANG retells the story A COUPLE took their three young children to Marina
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    • 220 15 Chong Poh Choon, 26, a navy sergeant, pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter of Alexander Chong Chee Hwee, three, and Chong Zihao, six. Three other charges, including the manslaughter of 10-month-old Jasmin, were taken into consideration. Justice MPH Rubin will sentence Chong and his wife.
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    • 211 15 HO Whye Yin wrote two suicide notes to her mother and sister-in-law on Sept 15. Both notes were written in Mandarin. In the letter to her mother, she wrote: We have decided to take the three children with us. Please take good care of yourself. I have done
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 377 20 Mr Ahmad Nizam I refer to The Straits Times Editorial, Return soccer to the fans (Aug 26). Its stand is that should any player or official of a team that has won the League title be convicted of match-fixing, the team must give up its
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    • 157 20 Ms Low Eik Sin, public relations unit. National Library We refer to the letter "Time to do more for the disabled" (The New Paper, Sept 1) by Dr Adrian Koh Hock Chuan. It states in the fourth paragraph that public institutions such as our courts,
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    • 115 20 JtL.^l(k A FESTIVAL OF FRUITS laJ^w For the month of September, River Palace Chinese Restaurant introduces a healthy menu of fruit-inspired dishes. Our appetising yet wholesome creations include 2?j Wr Shredded Duck with Mango, Chicken with Green Apple Soup, Deepfried Prawn with Avocado Roll, Fish Strips with Jackfruit and Sliced
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 344 21 Reuter. IMPROVING US-North Korean ties does not mean South Korea will be left on the sidelines. Any treaty between the United States and North Korea will "only be done in consultation with the South", US Secretary of State Warren Christopher said yesterday
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    • 206 21 Reuter. BEST-SELLING author James Clavell, whose novels included Shogun, has died of cancer at the age of 69, his publishers said yesterday. Ms Claudia Riemer, spokeswoman for New York-based publisher Dell/Delacorte Press, said Mr Clavell died on Tuesday in Vevey, Switzerland, where he had a
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    • Article, Illustration
      34 21 MR James Clavell (above) was a bestseller. Among his best works: BOOKS Shogun Noble House Tai-Pan Gai-Jin Whirlwind Thrump-O-Moto FILM CREDITS The Fly (1958) The Great Escape (1963) To Sir With Love (1967)
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    • 200 22 PHNOM PENH ASSASSINATION Source: UPI. AN outspoken newspaper editor was shot dead in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh yesterday in what colleagues said was a political assassination. It was the second slaying of a newspaper editor in Phnom Penh in three months. Mr Nuon Chan died instantly
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    • 227 22  -  By Maurice Perera REPORTING FROM MELBOURNE THE Premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, Dr John Fahey, has warned of a major crackdown against gang-related crimes in the state including Asian gangs. Dr Fahey made the statement this morning on Channel 9 television
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 251 25 AFP. BRITAIN'S Prince Charles was said to be furious over a photograph taken of him nearly nude while on holiday. It was splashed across the front page of the German Bild newspaper yesterday. The picture left little to the imagination. It showed the heir to
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    • 489 26 A MALAYSIAN princess said she joined Umno to "fill the emptiness" in her life from four failed marriages. Tengku Zahariah Sultan Salahuddin, told the Utusan Malaysia that she is still searching for true happiness. She said she had been lonely since the collapse of her
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    • 27 26 Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib: They divorced three years ago because the two wives could not get along with each other
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    • Article, Illustration
      33 26 Mr Nairn Datuk Mohamad: The businessman, who is also an up-and-coming leader of the youth wing of Umno, decided to return to his wife whom he divorced three years ago.
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    • 209 26 Reuter. THE United States warned China and Pakistan yesterday that they would face new economic sanctions if it was proved that China had shipped nuclear arms to Pakistan. US spy agencies have fresh evidence that Pakistan is buying M-ll ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads, the
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 244 27 Indian PM arrives with own cook and kitchen INDIAN Prime Minister Narasimha Rao never leaves home without them: At least one of his two cooks and a mini-kitchen. The kitchen includes pots and pans for cooking and vegetables and groceries, reported Tamil Murasu, quoting the
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    • 251 27  -  By Rahul Pathak IF someone had asked Mr P V Narasimha Rao four years ago what he hoped to do in Singapore, he would probably have mentioned shopping. At that time, he had quit four decades of activc politics. As India prepared for general elections, Mr
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  • Article, Illustration
    610 28 WHO'S DOING WHAT sports Stress attacks everyone. Especially professional tennis players. Tight matches. Boring practice sessions. Repetitive drills. Endless commutes and long flights. They all combine to make the racket swingers a pretty tense lot. And the only outlet for all this stress are the precious moments away
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 437 33 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE IF you can grab hold of Andy Lau during one of his concerts at the Singapore Indoor Stadium tomorrow or Saturday, go ahead. He won't mind. Only, don't harbour any ulterior motives, he warned in a telephone interview from Hongkong. The Canto-pop superstar
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    • 129 33 ANDY Lau can accomplish a lot in eight months. This year, he has completed four films, released three albums, and staged 20 concerts in Hongkong. On top of that, he has filmed music videos and attended many promotional activities in several countries. Why is he
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    • Article, Illustration
      135 34 A CELEBRATION almost turned nasty last Sunday. Fans had turned up in strength for the preview of Lai's new movie, The Castanets. They were in for a surprise. For, among those present, was Kathy Chow, the actress whom Leon was rumoured to be dating three years ago. Kathy
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      104 34 SURPRISE, surprise. Guess who tops Andy Lau's (left) list of the "Most Kissable Lips"? (longfu star Jackie Chan. Andy was to pick the lips he most wanted to kiss from eight pictures in a Taiwanese variety show recently. He promptly selected one and gave it to the host.
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    • 82 34 TAIWANESE pop queen Pan Meichen (left) was excited to learn she had been nominated for SBC's 93.3 FM Hit Awtords in the Most Popular Female Artist category. The others are Sandy Lam, Tarcy Su and Stella Zhang. But her excitement soon turned to apprehension. Reason: She
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    • 134 34 HONGKONG actress Maggie Cheung will begin work on her new role in a Hollywood movie in October. She will play a Vietnamese woman in the film about post-war Vietnam. Maggie was in Ixwdon recently to publicise Days of Being Wild. She is pleased with the response of
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    • 163 35 COLLEAGUES of David Caruso (right), who is leaving the popular NYPI) Blue television series, are only too glad to say goodbye to him. Co-workers say the star lives up to the name he put on his director's chair: "Mr Difficult" The red-headed actor occasionally stymied the
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    • 85 35 SHE'S done it and she's thrilled. Tom Cruise had broken up with ex-wife Mimi Rogers (above) four years ago amid reports that they were having problems conceiving a baby. Both had undergone intensive fertility treatment. Last week, Mimi Rogers, .'l9, triumphantly revealed she's seven months
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    • 178 35 SUMMER holidays are on in Europe and the US, and some celebrities are vacationing with a vengence, reported People Magazine. Dustin Hoffman had the most exotic outing. He and wife Lisa, whom he married in 1980, had their skins tattooed and were draped with flowers for a Tahitian
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  • 502 37  -  (@Esnm WITH JEFFREY LOW SCHOOL'S out, soccer's out, what's in? Well, it's all happenin' right there at the East Coast Park, where the latest craze is to hang on desperately to branches, bushes and bystanders. Sometimes, when the going gets tough, get rough. Grab elbows, arms,
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    • 384 42 2710 Professional/ Executive Positions r TEAC SINGAPORE PTE LTD A Japanese Trading Company representing TEAC CORPORATION, a world leader In computerperipherals and electronic products. We have Immediate vacancies (or: 3 In purchasing mainly In electronic components for computer-related products; or ni diploma holder with at least 2 years experience In
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    • 248 42 2720 IT Position* 0 A well established manufacturer of O computer forms requires: liMtlriUdHEMriHd Min GCE O' or 'N' level Q Experience in P.E. systom an advantage r\ Fresh school leavers may also apply C\ Salary will commensurate with experience and qualification Write or walk in personally at: O 16
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    • 281 43 2730 Secretariat/ Clerical Petitions 5— —-5-— A well established Construction Industry f has administrative positions: ißEmsail No experience required Must be hardworking independent Able to communicate in English To perform clerical administrative duties Interested applicants, please walk in on Bth 9th Sept.: 111-C King George's Ave L_ (Near Lavender MRT)
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    • 248 44 2740 Sales Positions DON'T MISS 1 THIS EXCITING CAREER OPPORTUNITY WITH COLD STORAGE Yes I We are still expanding. Due to our rapid expansion, we need service oriented people who speak simple English to fill the following vacancies: The BENEFITS Include: 14 days annual leave 1.5 months AWS Medical hospitalisation
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    • 261 44 2745 Technical Positions BESTSKIUS MCS 777 TO BERVE YOU BETTER PROJECT MANAGERS S4K Degree/ Dip. In Civil 5-yrs experience Oversea/ local projects SAFETY OFFICER $2.5K-t3K Dtp in m&e/ civil Kegd Safety Personnel 3 yrs In construction OA. ENGINEER 52.2K a Dip. In M&E Q A experience In stamping Industries Co-ordinated
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    • 285 45 2760 Production Positrons I I'liislir co. urgently re* quire.s FEMALE OPERATORS I'vriiiaiirnt Ist or 2nd shift Attractive salary it His call iMTsoiiully today or loruorrow at: 63 Hlllviaw Ave Lam Soon Ind'l Bldg I *08-13 I JuroiiK Electronic* Factory FEMALE MALE OPERATORS Normal shift $:t4 SH Ist shifi $;w 2nd
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    • 302 46 277$ Driver/Delivery Despatch Positions I Japan*** Foddduft Co. I I requires a I CHINESE I IDELIVERYMAN I Age below 30 yrs. old Interested applicants please rail Jennifer at *****09. I 2778 Cleaner Positions A Required Ly I $28 $30 I 2790 Part-Time/ Temp Positions If you're a Marketing Executive of
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    • 446 46 2790 Part-Tim*/ Temp Position* 2790 Part-Tim*/ Temp Positions "Part-Timer# Needed Ist shift: 9pm-11 pm Flexible working days 2nd shift: 11pm» 2am Min. $128 per shift I Interested, please call Winson Oh I 2795 Other Positions An established k. construction company requires: Degree in Civil Engrg. Preferably with 5 years experience
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    • 298 47 2795 Other Position* Below 30 years old Mechantronlc or equivalent Below 30 yrs. old. Preferably with some sales experience In Industrial products Min GCE N' level Below 30 years old Initiative and outgoing personality with good communication skills For post 1, 2 ft 3 Must possess own vechlle NTC 20r3
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      369 48 The German team at the World Swimming, Championships in Rome yesterday relived the bizarre events of Tuesday. Fortunately for them, the ending wasn't so controversial... AP. THE Germans were the focus of another controversy yesterday, following the Van Almsick-Dagmar Hase switch on Tuesday. Dagmar Hase, who stepped down
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      71 48 Another Chinese world record: Le Jingyi, Shan Ying, Le Ying and Lu Bin set a women's 4xloom freestyle relay world record of 3:37.91 sees yesterday. The previous record of 3:39.46 was set by American quartet Nicole Haislett, Dara Torres, Angel Martino and Jenny Thompson during the Barcelona Olympics.
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    • 220 48 AFP. ALEXANDER Popov, the Russian Olympic champion, took the 100 metres freestyle yesterday. But he suffered the rare experience of being beaten to the turn, by American Gary Hall. Popov, though, exploded off the wall and stormed up the back straight to claim the gold in
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    • 476 49 EURO CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS AP. MACEDONIA 1 DENMARK 1 Defending champion Denmark was stunned on the road to Euro '96. It could only draw 1-1' with Macedonia (full report on facing page), one of the teams from the former Yugoslavia. SLOVENIA 1 ITALY 1 Slovenia
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    • 214 50 Reuter. MACEDONIA 1 DENMARK 1 Macedonia came close to beating European champion Denmark, which needed a last-gasp goal to salvage a 1-1 draw in its opening European Championship qualifier. Macedonia caught the Danes by suprise when Mitko Stojkovski scored in the fourth minute, and went on
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    • 164 50 SLOVAKIA 0 FRANCE 0 Reuter. FRANCE, which failed to qualify for the World Cup, made a disappointing start to Euro '96. It was restricted to a goalless draw in Bratislava by Slovakia, one of the two new sides to emerge from the break-up of Czechoslovakia. Floodlight
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    • 163 50 Reuter. SLOVENIA 1 ITALY 1 Beaten World Cup finalist Italy was fortunate to escape with a 1-1 draw against an inspired Slovenia playing its first competitive international. The Slovenians appeared to have a perfectly valid effort disallowed in the 48th minute when a shot from Darko
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      728 51  -  PICKING UP AFTER THE WORLD CUP England, which failed to make it to USA '94, now eyes Euro '96 Germany, which was knocked out in the quarter-finals of USA '94, starts rebuilding By Chris Matyszczyk THE £25,000 ($57,500) offered to the USA to beat England at Wembley proved
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    • 343 51 Wire services. RUSSIA 0 GERMANY 0 Germany took the first positive step towards putting its disappointing World Cup performance behind it. It heat Russia 1-0 in a friendly in Moscow. The winning goal came from a player who saw only four
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    • 578 52 Singapore suffers because of the age-limit rules in the Lion City Cup soccer tournament. The players in its two teams are at least seven months younger than those of the other teams. BERNARD PEREIRA reports QUICK FACTS In Group A, Singapore A beat Darwin 1-0, lost 2-1 to
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    • 456 52 Wire services. Pele fired: Brazilian soccer legend Pele has been sacked from his post as international consultant for the famed Santos club. It came about after a quarrel with the management over hefty player salaries. Club president Miguel Kodja Neto said Pele was dismissed after seven months as a
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    • 159 53 Weather: Sunny and comfortable. High temperature was 24 degrees Celsius. Attendance: 21,041 How the main matches went. (Seedings in bold). WHAT'S 9Todd Martin (US) bt Bernd X-h Karbacher (Ger) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), GQP Doubles (S finals) 4Todd Woodbridge-Mark Woodforde (Aust) (4) bt Nicklas Kulti-Magnus Larsaon (Swe) 6-3, 7-6
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    • 280 53 MEN (q-finals) lodd Martin (US) bt Bernd Karbacher (Ger) 6-4, 7-6 (7-5), 4-6, 6 4 Reuter. TODD Martin eliminated Bernd Karbacher in the US Open quarter-finals yesterday, but the German was not impressed. He doesn't think much of the American's chances the rest of the way. Said
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    • 250 53 LOVE, set and match. Tennis star Andre Agassi is to marry girlfriend Brooke Shields, reports the British tabloid Today. Quoting Hollywood sources, the report said the 24-year-old Agassi popped the question over a romantic candle-light dinner. But he had to wait for the answer. Shields
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    • 312 54 WOMEN (q finals) Jana Novotna (Cze) M Mary Pierce (Fra) 6-4, 6-0 AP. MARY Pierce was all set to face Steffi Graf. Jana Novotna had other plans. Said Pierce: "I'm very disappointed because I was looking forward to playing Steffi again." Pierce had upset Graf in the
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    • 448 54 AP. MONICA MIGHT: The latest word on Monica Seles, absent from women's tennis since being stabbed during a German tournament in April 1993, comes from Bob Kain of IMG, the sports management firm that represents the former No 1 player. "She's been working pretty hard, but hasn't made
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