The New Paper, 6 April 1996

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Total Pages: 59
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    14 1 the new paper SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 1996 MITA (P) 024/04/95 60 CENTS weekend edition
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      75 1 Oh no! Human placentas used as animal feed /Page 20 fjy m. H Vw -0? *v W V Mi 3 I M m :HH^HRtt|^^p|^7^^^?^vH ''wtf viv St vVraMt Zoe cold: "When we took this picture, it was ve/y cold in the morning... I was wearing my fur coat it's fake
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon N. Korea talks war 'to win peace'
      310 2 Temperatures are rising in the divided Korean peninsula again after North Korea said it would no longer observe rules that had kept the area relatively quiet since 1953 Wire services. COMMUNIST North Korea is talking about war again because it wants a peace
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      KOREAN PENINSULA'S HOT ZONE
      123 2 THE two Koreas, technically still at war with each other, are separated by a 4-km border known as the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The area, a key element of a truce agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, serves a buffer to avoid military conflicts. Seoul and
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      Lock icon Diana's dress bill blocks envoy role
      221 2 Wire services. PRINCESS Diana's ambitions to become a roving ambassador for Britain is being blocked because of her expensive taste in clothes. Senior Foreign Office officials are reportedly blocking her plans because of an 80,000 pound (S$171,000) bill she incurred after an official Gulf
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Establish facts first before health care debate
      137 4 i HOT i kSTORY J THE Singapore Democratic Party (SDP) had accused the Government of deceiving Singaporeans about health-care subsidies, and so it is important to establish the facts. Information and the Arts, and Health Minister George Yeo said on Thursday: "What they
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      BG Yeo: Most Americans don't know enough about Asia
      109 4 THE majority of Americans lacked knowledge about China and the rest of Asia, said Brigadier-General (NS) George Yeo. They are also insecure about Asia's booming economies overtaking the North American economy. "When misunderstanding is compounded by insecurity, people can become emotional
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      DOW JONES
      17 4 The New York Stock Exchange is closed as it is a holiday in the US.
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    • CATCH OF THE PAY
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        Flat out to KL
        70 4 FAST new tilt trains will cut the trip from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to four hours by the turn of the century. They will run at 120 kmh rather than the present 75 kmh, which means a six-hour journey. The secret of how they can run
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        Dr M ends row
        54 4 MALAYSIAN Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad has dismissed the formers Australian governor-general, Mr Bill Hayden as a "frustrated politician". He brushed off Mr Hayden's remark that he was racist, saying it would not affect Malaysia's ties with Australia's new government. Malaysian papers have reacted
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        Thai Bill
        151 4 A NEW law targeting the clients of underaged prostitutes in Thailand has been simplified. Harsh penalties were dropped. Original measures included two to 20 years' jail and a fine of between 40,000 baht and 400,000 baht (552,*****22,400). Under the new article, offenders would face two to six years
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        Property delay
        61 4 ABOUT 1,000 foreigners who bought houses in Johor Baru before government levies were introduced in 1993 may still have to pay it. Their lawyers had not transferred their properties to them on time. They had until March 27 to make the transfers and avoid the foreign ownership levy,
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        Mr Brown's jet
        68 4 THE plane crash in Croatia that killed US Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and 34 others might have been caused by faulty instruments said US Defence Secretary William Perry. The jet smashed into a mountain during a storm. Mr Brown was the first US Cabinet secretary killed on
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        Pirate attacks
        56 4 THE Malacca Straits is free of pirates because of joint patrols by Singapore, Indonesia and Malaysia, according to the Regional Piracy Centre of the International Maritime Bureau. But piracy still exists there were 40 such incidents in 1996 alone. Pirate attacks continue in some Indonesian ports and areas
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      HEADLINERS
      83 4 The Straits Times: South Korea, US step up vigilance The Business Times: Malaysian company profits rise a robust 24% Lianhe Zaobao: BG Yeo: Singapore can help China, US understand, communicate with each other Bertta Harian: Interpreter for US on Asian affairs RCS morning news: The US economy continues to
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      She's beautiful... 360 degrees
      422 5  -  Why I shot Zoe By Yong Siew Fern HONGKONG actor Simon Yam was in Spain to play the role of a photographer in a telemovie.' It was natural for him to take his role into real life. For his subject was the very photogenic Channel 8
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      PICTURES
      23 5 Simon Yam's pictures of Zoo Tay are on display at the Raffles City atrium. Today is the last day of the show.
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      TELEMOVIE
      34 5 In Pointed Triangle, Simon gets into a complicated love triangle with Zoe, Wang Wei (who plays his ex-girlfriend) and Edmund Chen (who is Zoe's ex-beau). It will be shown at 10.30 pm tonight.
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      Actor, photographer
      98 5 SIMON Yam picked up photography as a hobby in 1989 when he went* on a tour of Eastern Europe. His equipment: A fully-au-tomated camera. Canon gave him sponsorship in 1993. Since then, he has been going places with his cherished Canon EOSI camera. He has published a book
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      TAS to license telecoms wiring workers, firms
      288 6 Move to stamp out shoddy workmanship From July J, only licensed installers and contractors can carry out internal telecom munication wiring work in homes and offices. TAN CHYE LUAN explains the move YOU love to surf the Internet, the worldwide network of computers.
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      'It will be good for business'
      143 6 THE new licensing scheme by TAS will be good for business, said six wiring contractors and installers. They believe the scheme will help to check shoddy workmanship. "Some control is good as this will ensure a minimum standard from wiring companies. In the long
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      59 8 Colors are J^H^H %>— -Colors are awesome! Colors are at my Giordano offers you a colorful season this month with tees of more than 30 colors to choose from! Drop by today and paint yourself a colorful you! GIORDANO Purchase above $50* entitles you to a FREE 'Color-Me' Bag t
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Do you have the right wiring man?
      209 9  -  TAS' LICENSING SCHEME By Tan Chye Luan FROM July l, do not allow a contractor to work on your phone wires unless he rs licensed by the Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS). Ask for his licence when he arrives. The licence is the
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      PIMPLES made me look very ugly
      534 10 The number of teens attempting suicide has shot up nine times in the last seven years, says a recent study. One reason: They are too hard on themselves. CRISPINA ROBERT speaks to one undergraduate who first attempted suicide at 15 because she thought she
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      THE NUH STUDY
      52 10 PSYCHIATRISTS at National University Hospital said attempted suicide cases of those under-18 increased from four cases in 1989 to 36 last year. Associate Professor Kua Ee Heok, and Dr Clarice Hong, a psychiatrist, went through all the Accident and Emergency admissions of attempted suicide cases in NUH
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      Doctors: Why teens try it
      226 12  -  TEENS ATTEIVIPTING SUICIDE By Crispina Robert THE typical teenager who is likely to have suicidal thoughts or attempt suicide is decent, well-behaved and does well in school. So why are more of them trying to kill themselves? Doctors said rising expectations, parental pressure and boy-girl
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      How parents can help their kids
      139 12 PARENTS can help by being realistic about the abilities of their children. Don't just think your child is smart and can do it all. Go with the facts. See how he has been performing even with all the help he gets. If he does
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      166 12 Samaritans of Singapore: 1 1-800 1 221-4444. Offers face-to-face H counselling. A support group for distressed teens meets every Wednesday Youthline, for 13- to 19-year-olds: 251-5457 Students Care Service hotline: 1800 281-2522 Pregnancy Crisis Centre: 339-9770 MALAYSIA'S BEST HAWKERS 3333 ARE AT THE CONCORDE fes WSNK We are back... by
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    Lock icon ALL OUT TO SHOCK
    390 14  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Lee Yin Luen THE controversial beauty, Aicardi Kwan Shue Fah, wafted in with her body covered by a silver jacket yesterday. She is the woman who caused a stir last year when she took part in the Miss Asia Hongkong contest. She was a
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      109 15 r| Pirapu, the IS Indian celebration of the New K year. a /'oyot/S occasion ffigj J fcA M when Indians everywhere l^j 'ZZSZS' Bea.rfful Hands 3 vN feasting, there is much Mchcnfll poking. And topther with Demonstrations. a J tht vibrant and e,otic colom, An intricately painted pair of C
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Read this before you taste that raw treat
      347 17 What you should know about paratyphoid fever There's been a surge in the number of reported, cases of paratyphoid fever 91 victims over the past three weeks, up from the usual one or two a week. What is the disease and how
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      Win a makeover for you and Mum
      97 18 HERE'S a treat your mother deserves this Mother's Day: A makeover plus money for shopping. Just tell us in a short essay what you have in common with your mother. It could be a hobby or a passionate cause. Also tell us how
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      459 18 The Wind Most popular karaoke selection SIDf ONE Memory I con't stop loving you Sailing Imagine The house of tin rising sun And I love you so 1 The locomotion Surfin' USA*Donny boy *Johnny angel* California dreaming Bridge over troubled water The P sound of silence Yesterday By the time
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      251 18 I I LET PHEHIEHEIB I GEAR VOU UP FOR LIVE EH6LISH SOCCER. TOHIGHT! 4* SJTSxJsetsof MANCHESTER UNITQ) H k replicas most be given auiaq! in to UVE Engfch Premier Leogue Soccer (Mondiester City Tvs MorKhester United) tonight and > N you just might walk away with one of three sets
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      THE PLACENTA
      75 20 THROUGHOUT pregnancy, the placenta is the vital link between mother and foetus. Both the feeding of the baby and the elimination of its waste products occur through this organ, which is expelled after the baby's birth. The placenta or afterbirth forms when a specialised part of the fertilised
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      Lock icon Placentas fed to pigs and hens
      276 20 AFP. THE placentas of newly-born babies have been used in making animal feed for pigs and hens in the Zurich region of Switzerland. Swiss government officials confirmed yesterday that the practice had been going on for several years after it was revealed on a
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      797 22 'J A INFORMATICS HP COMPUTER SCHOOL A MEMBER 0F H INFORMATICS GROUP lip NOW THAT YOU'VE PASSED YOUR *0' &A' LEVELS, WHATS NEXT? I y "~-5 I 3 Course Advancement Chart (PHD. Umvenily of Tmudc. UK) or years, you Ve been working hard to finish your "O" or "A" levels.
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      89 23 ri7pp|r nrlpT' wcciwi icifir J ji c 7 J Grandma s busier, J k 1 A wir i J m .PWPWP.n <{ <:f flflk' E fl B/ 1 I if J. -^jdjLr 1 "Vfc 1 Af HP jf Hu jM ¥V v J ife 4 ,/M k I H K.
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    • COVERSTORY
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        Lock icon Dial B for busy
        485 24  -  REPORTS YAMUNA PERERA THE only time Madam Annie Sim, 70, takes a break is when her doctor orders her to do so. Since her husband died of heart failure four years ago, she has occupied herself with friends, church and social activities. "I was brought up
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        GRANNY'S WEEK
        207 24 Madam Sim said she has a helper who comes in once a week to help with the household chores. But she cleans the house every day. Monday 11 am to 12.30 pm: Sing-a-long, card games and chit-chats at the Young Women's Christian Association at Outram Road. Lunch with
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        GRANDDAUGHTER'S WEEK
        119 24 MADAM Sim's eldest grandchild; Natasha Soh, 11, a Primary 6 student at CHI J Toa Payoh, spends Sundays with her. The rest of the week is spent in school (7.30 am to 12.50 pm), on homework, computer games, playing with her two younger siblings and reading. She said
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      Lock icon On the ball
      573 25 WHACK! Spinning colours scatter across the green. Oohs and ahs. Missed. Oops. Never mind. Cheers and smiles. No worries. Nobody at this club thinks you are making a fool of yourself. After living through a world war, marriages, divorces and widowhood, missing a target is no big
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    • COVERSTORY
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        Lock icon Surfing at 80
        487 27 WHEN he taps the keyboard and the screen flashes, 80-year-old Mr S Sivadas grins in toothful triumph. He is as pleased as a school boy. "There," announced the ex-Straits Times' journalist, "this is the 50Plus homepage. I can talk to people from all over the world who
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        Friends caught in the net
        264 28 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE MR Sivadas talks fondly of the four American pals he's made surfing the 50Plus homepage. We meet them on the Internet. Mr Tom Sparrow (username TSparrow), 61, a lobbyist from Vormont "We talk about things that are happening on the channel and
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        A day in the life of an octogenarian
        203 28 THOUGH Mr Sivadas follows a disciplined daily routine, he has made room for his favourite pastime in his strict schedule. He spends about three hours a day on the Internet. 2.45 am. He gets up and goes through his morning ritual of
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      If cool is hot, what's cool?
      673 29  -  KEN JALLEH JR NO-NAME, which is probably not his real name, has written to compliment me on the naked, natural beauty of my ears, nose and navel. "I read with interest," he wrote, "your article on designer drugs (TNP, March 28) in which you
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      140 29 QPP THE HOOVER A 2584 WASHER WHEN YOU TRADE-IN YOUR OLD WASHING MACHINES Fully automatic •5 Kg load capacity •15 wash programs j I M 1 Variable thermostatic control Hot/cold wash temperature V WOV J 1 I control Stainless steel drum Spin speed 500 rpm m V 1 Door safety
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  • SPOTLIGHT
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      The world is my department store
      545 30 HOT SHOPPER: Not for Ms Elaine Tan the sights and sounds of an exotic place when she travels overseas. Instead, she heads straight for the shops, reports TAN CHYE LUAN. ON her first trip to Hongkong last year, Ms Elaine Tan, 29, did not
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      WHY NOT SINGAPORE?
      297 30 MS Elaine Tan, 29, a public relations officer, said she preferred to shopoverseas because the shops in Singapore have become too familiar. "It's more fun to move from shop to shop in a foreign place, not knowing what you might stumble upon round the corner. "That makes
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      189 30 SOME travel agencies are offering full-day shopping tours for avid shoppers. Ken-Air Tours, for instance, offers optional shopping tours in Sydney and Melbourne full-day tours or specially-tailored ones that last a few hours. Visitors go to factory outlets and warehouses where they can buy clothes, including some branded
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      143 31 THEY are called Foreign Policy and they're local. In fact, they are so local that three of their five members are involved as session musicians for footballer Fandi Ahmad's debut album. Not surprising really. After all, the members of the group are all talented musicians who,
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      50 36 I*ve been hit harder by political storms than anyone else. I have to bear so much that I feel numb. Thai Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa (left). His government has been faced with problems ranging from questionable bank loans to Mr Banharn's alleged plagiarism in a university thesis.
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    463 42  -  ET CETERA WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ SOCCER characters at a familiar watering hole couldn't find anything right about the S-League a few months ago. Now they are waxing lyrical. But such about-turns surprise no one. Short-order passion and conversion are all part of the cultural experience of
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    598 50  -  SPORTS/RACING Preview By The Three Musketeers »IGH TYCOON, who captured the Sultan of Selangor Gold Cup last April, looks set to retain his crown at Kuala Lumpur tomorrow afternoon (Race 6). The son of Last Tycoon has been sufficiently rested after finishing third to
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      218 51 AFP. WORLD record holder and Olympic champion Florence Griffith Joyner was released from hospital after suffering a seizure on a flight. Joyner, or Flo-jo as she is known around the world, was on a flight to St Louis from Los Angeles yesterday when she had
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      351 51 fROM NURULAINI ARIFFIN Teenage sprinter Nurulaini Ariffin had never ventured further than Thailand before she set off on a nine-week training stint to Germany with Wong Yew Tong, Hong Jinsheng and coach Lim Boot Hiang. How is she getting on CAL VIN LO W tracked her down
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      678 53 SATURDAY SPOTLIGHT While Singapore kicks off its inaugural professional soccer league later this month, the United States is also taking a second shot at pro soccer. Its first attempt in the '70s was a flop. This time it has a new business plan... Reuter. HAVING conceived the idea
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      238 53 Reuter. THE United States's second try at capturing the fancy of its sports fans is being done with a new business plan. It is aimed at eliminating the wild spending that led to its downfall earlier. While soccer got a boost from the publicity of the US-hosted
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      519 54 CLUBS MLS: 10 clubs S-League: Eight clubs FRANCHISING MLS: No individual franchise owners to bid for international superstars. Instead, the league has "investor-operators" who have put up as much as US$5 million (s7m) each for a share of the entire league and
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      152 54 League kicks off today. Ten teams, each limited to US$ 1.3 million 1.82 m) in salaries. Draft system allowed teams to select more young US prospects plus trie best from a pool of young Brazilian and Argentine players who trained at a MLS camp in Florida. MLS plans
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      593 55  -  SINGER CUP CRICKET TRIANRIII AR INDIA 226/8 in 47.1 overs (Tendulkar 100, Manjrekar 41, Saqlain 3/38) PAKISTAN 190/2 in 33 overs (Sohail 76 not out, Anwar 74) Stories, Brian Miller ASK any Indian supporters at the Padang yesterday and they'll tell you that it
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      224 55 SACHIN Tendulkar was a happy man yesterday morning. By mid-afternoon he was visibly agitated. When evening came he was downright downcast. But, by all counts, he had every reason for those mood swings. In the morning the 22-year-old wonder boy of Indian cricket had the Padang
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      55 55 Pleased to meet you: Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was given a rousing welcome by the 5,000 crowd at the Padang yesterday when he met the three teams competing for the Singer Cup. Here, PM Goh shares a few words with Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin during the
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      76 55 As captain, I had a responsibility to the team. I had to perform. It was the one thing that was always at the back of my mind. That's why I batted so well. Pakistan captain, Aamir Sohail We knew it was always going to be difficult. We
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      324 56 TAMIL Marren will carry on despite a hernia problem. The Woodlands Wellington midfielder saw a specialist on Wednesday and was told to have an operation. But he has decided to put it off because it would have put him out of the game for two months.
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      246 56  -  REPORT S GULAM IN PERTH THE Terminator's five-match scoring streak came to an end on Thursday. Until the match against Stirling Macedonia, The Terminator, Jan Janostak, had scored in all of Woodlands Wellington's five friendlies 10 goals. "You see you write about my scoring
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      864 57  -  PREMIERSHIP TITLE RACE When I was a lad, when the most important thing to me were fifteen-year-old girls with just a few hairs on their perfect knees, Easter meant two things. It meant new clothes. And it meant extra football matches. Clearly this Easter might mean
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      333 57  -  By Ian Brown Kevin Keegan (Newcastle manager): So what does Keegan say to criticism that he has introduced individualism at the expense of teamwork, especially in the case of Faustino Asprilla? "He's a terrific player but he was dead and buried before he came off the plane,"
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      719 58  -  PREMIERSHIP RELEGATION BATTLE By Chris Matyszcsyk BOLTON (Today: Everton away; Monday: Chelsea home) Please do not doubt that Bolton can still save itself from wandering to the First Division. Consider that it is only two points away from safety, albeit having played one more game
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      172 58 Reuter. FIFA General Secretary Sepp Blatter gave his personal backing to Kevin Keegan's soccer philosophy. The Newcastle manager maintained his belief in attacking football despite the crushing disappointment of Wednesday's 4-3 Premier League defeat at Liverpool. The loss left his team three points behind leader Manchester United.
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      216 58 BOLTON Today: v Everton (away) Monday: v Chelsea (home) Apr 13: v West Ham (A) M Apr 27: v Saints (H) May 5: v Arsenal (A) COVENTRY Today: v Liverpool (H) Monday: v Man Utd (A) Apr 13: v QPR (H) N Aim- 17: v
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      182 58 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER English Div 1: Charlton 1 Luton 1. French Div 1: Montpellier 2 Guingamp 1, Bastia 0 Rennes 0. TENNIS Davis Cup World Group 2,2 nd rd: Thailand 2 HK 0, Pakistan 0 Uzbekistan 2, Uruguay 1 Colombia L Asia/Oceania Zone Group
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