The New Paper, 27 August 1996

Microfilm: NL20717
Total Pages: 38
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Will they be pardoned?
      380 2 This is the question on the lips of South Koreans after former president Chun Doo Hwan was sentenced to death for leading a coup in 1979 and playing a key role in an army massacre of pro-democracy protestors in Kwangju. His successor, Roh Tae Woo, was
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      Lock icon ‘Please clear my son’s name’
      233 2 ATLANTA BOMB SUSPECTS MUM APPEALS TO PRESIDENT CLINTON Reuter. ON July 31, federal agents questioned private securitv guard Richard Jewell in connection with the Atlanta Olympics bombing. They also searched his home. Almost four weeks later, he's still regarded as a suspect. He has neither
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      Lock icon They take home $4,800 Their loans cost $1,648
      532 3 Household debt has risen sharply in the past few years, says the Monetary Authority of Singapore. For families, repaying bigger loans means less spending money. YVONNE UM talks to a 30-year-old executive who's feeling the pinch A THIRD of the Chans' take-home
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      Musician’s wrong note
      174 3 A MUSICIAN at a nightclub taught a new flat and charged the $40,000 renovation bill to his credit card*. Then crisis struck: His 1 club contract got cancelled. He could not pay his bills. He was declared a bankrupt. He eventually found work as a telephone operator,
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      THE MAS REPORT
      125 3 NATIONAL household debt, when measured against disposable income, has risen sharply in recent years. It jumped from 77 per cent in 1992 to 96 per cent early this year. Household debt includes unpaid loans for buying property, houses, cars, consumer goods and others. The MAS has introduced
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Labour market stays tight
      153 4 L hot J k STORIES J SINGAPORE'S tight labour market is unlikely to ease despite the economic slowdown. This emerged in a survey by Remuneration Data Specialists. Mr Peter Lee, its managing consultant, said: "The market's still tight. Employers are resisting (pressures for higher pay hikes).
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      STI INDEX
      63 4 The Indonesian embassy set up the new procedures to protect the maids and make sure they are trained before coming here to work. Among other things, maids have complained of hefty debts to Indonesian recruiters. About 20,000 Indonesian maids work here. The Straits Times Industrials Index rose 1.9
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      Steps to good service
      113 4 FROM Sept 1, employment agencies and employers must follow new procedures when bringing Indonesian maids here. Step 1: Singapore agency gets accreditation with Indonesian embassy. Step 2: Agency signs agreement with Indonesian recruiter; embassy gets a copy. Step 3: Recruiter send maid's particulars to agency, which
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      Lost your ST2 forms?
      82 4 IF you're eligible for for Singapore Telecom's second offer of shares, but have not received or have lost your offer letter, don't despair. You can apply with a duplicate form, whicliyou can get at all post offices, CPF offices or any of the 67 bank branches
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      HEADLINERS
      85 4 Tlm Straits Hows: South Korea's ex-president Chun gets death Tlm Business Times: Make provisions for overdue home loans, MAS tells lenders Lianlw Zaobao: Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo given death sentence and 22 years in prison respectively Berita Marian: Death sentence for Chun, jail for Roh RCS
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      DOW JONES
      28 4 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 28.85 points to close at 5,693.89 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 284 million shares.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Sukamto sells stake
        82 4 FLAMBOYANT businessman Sukamto Sia yesterday disposed of most of his stake in Transmarco Holdings. The buyer is Indonesian kretek king Putera Sampoerna, who now controls 65.77 per cent of the retail and telecommunications company. He paid $9.45 a share. The sale grossed Mr Sukamto nearly $78 million,
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        Japan's office bullies
        85 4 FEMALE office workers in Japan are taking revenge for their low status compared to men by bullying their male bosses. A survey by Japanese daily Yomiuri Shimbun found that one in three office ladies harassed their bosses routinely, using such methods as crank calls, adding dishwater to
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        Preventing oil spills
        91 4 ASEAN countries should set realistic goals, and cooperate more closely, to clean up coastal areas affected by marine pollution. Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan made this call yesterday at the opening of the second meeting of the regional Oil Spill Preparedness and Response (Ospar) project. Ospar was
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        Stone-age tools found
        76 4 ANCIENT stones and tools, believed to be more than 100,000 years old, have been uncovered in a remote Perak village in Bukit Jawa, Malaysia. Among the artifacts, found at the one-km-sq site on July 31, were tools for butchering animal carcasses, chopping wood and for carving bamboo
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        Scam suspects arrested
        79 4 INDONESIAN police are seeking more suspects after five people were arrested for their alleged involvement in a Rp6.6-billion ($4-million) transfer scam at Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank. Investigators of the economic crimes division had recovered Rp5.3 billion from the suspects since the fraud was discovered last
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        Farms must grow more
        87 4 ASEAN agriculture ministers are looking into ways to increase farm output. They also want to cut their increasing dependence on imported grains. Malaysia said that if the seven Asean countries did not do this, their food security may be threatened. The ministers discussing this at two
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    Lock icon ‘I thought it was TCS filming
    336 5 -v** J, V'.'- ~'i v.* J*" 'r i i > A man drowned when his pickup crashed into a pond in Woodlands yesterday. A woman escaped. ALETHEA UM reports THENEWSTODAY WHEN taxi driver Abdussamad Hodari saw a large crowd near a pond in Woodlands
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon LOVE AT FIRST BITE
      586 6 Grand-uncle was her first patient ABOUT THE CONVOCATION 10.30 am: Presiding Chancellor President Ong Teng Cheong: Higher Degree (Engineering), Engineering 3 pm: Presiding Pro-Chancellor S R Nathan: Higher Degrees (Arch Bldjg). Architecture, Architecture Studies, Building, Estate Management, Engineering First, she was drawn to dentistry when she
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      DENTAL LOVE AFFAIR
      200 6 SHE started off as his assistant, but ended up his wife. Love blossomed among the fillings when Dr Goh was working as a dental assistant in Dr Ang Tiam Teck's dental clinic four years ago. She was then a first-year undergraduate in NUS. She had applied for
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    Lock icon ‘Mum, forgive Saemah’
    345 7 THENEWSTODAY FORMER newscaster Saemah Ali, who disappeared three years ago, had a tearful reunion with her mother at a detention camp in Langkap, Perak, yesterday. "Mum, forgive Saemah forgive me, mum," Ms Saemah said, as she hugged Madam Rokiah Osman, 68. It was their first meeting at
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Bench thrown from flat
      371 8  -  BY Jill Lim ITS a heavy, solid, wooden two-seater bench. It normally requires two men to carry. But last Saturday, in an amazing feat of strength, Ravichandran A/L Govinasamy, 30, single-handedly managed to hurl that very seat over the corridor wall of a Boon Lay HDB
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      JAILED
      79 8 Ravichandran was yesterday convicted in the Subordinate Courts of committing a rash act that endangered the lives of others. He was sentenced to three weeks'jail. He could have been jailed up to three months and fined $250 for committing a rash act like throwing litter from four storeys high.
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      Aileen ready to make a big splash
      255 8 To celebrate Underwater World Singapore's fifth anniversary this Saturday, TCS stars will dive into a tank for charity. TRACY QUEK speaks to Aileen Tan TCS artiste, Aileen Tan, cannot wait to go swimming with the fishes. "Whenever my friends from abroad visit me,
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      S’porean slashed, then shot
      398 9  -  Bedok murder Man nabbed POLICE have arrested a suspect in connection with the murder of a 40-year-old woman in Bedok. She was found dead with stab wounds and her four-year-old son slashed badly in their Bedok flat yesterday afternoon. Police received a call at 1.40 pm
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      Run for cancer research
      197 9 THE Singapore Cancer Society (SCC) will be presenting grants worth over $60,000 to seven doctors for research work on cancer. The money for these grants were raised from the Terry Fox Runs, fun runs to raise funds for cancer research. In a speech scheduled to be
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Li Nanxing’s midnight call
      440 11  -  BY Yong Siew Fern Television actor Li Nanxing got a midnight call from the police recently. The Television Corporation of Singapore actor said he was questioned because his name had appeared in a book kept by a loanshark. The amounts "$10,000" and "$40,000" were noted next
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      OKAY
      20 11 It is not an offence to borrow money from illegal moneylenders. Only the loanshark faces prosecution in illegalmoneylending cases.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Devotion, despair and death
      578 12 Fierce rains and icy winds turned a journey of devotion into a journey of death. At least 160 Hindu pilgrims who tried to make the five-day trek to a holy shrine in Kashmir died. About 30,000 exhausted pilgrims heading for the Amarnath cave are still stranded
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      THE SHRINE
      66 12 THE Amarnath cave is considered a shrine to the Hindu god Shiva. Devotees come from all over India during this period to worship a natural column-like ice structure. It is belived to be a manifestation of the "lingam" or phallus, of Lord Shiva. Some 112,000 Hindus come to
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon ‘We won't dump Taiwan’
      215 14 AFP SOUTH AFRICAN businessmen want their president to dump Taiwan and make friends with China. No way, said President Nelson Mandela yesterday. Mr Mandela rejected suggestions that his stand is hindering South African businessmen from doing business in China. He said it was an Unreasonable attitude
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      TIES GO WAY BACK
      63 14 South Africa is the largest of the 30 countries that recognise Taiwan. Beijing has demanded that Pretoria sever its ties with Taipei before formalising relations with mainland China. South Africa's diplomatic links with Taiwan date back to the apartheid era. Taiwan moved quickly to back Mr
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      Lock icon Hijackers take plane to London
      168 14 Wire services. A SUDAN Airways plane hyacked while on a flight from Khartoum to Amman was headed for London early today, officials said. A man believed to be armed with grenades and TNT explosives hijacked the Airbus 310 to Larnaca airport in Cyprus last night.
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      Lock icon Even the communists are praying
      408 15  -  3 Bengali ministers join prayer for Mother Teresa's recovery By Soutik Biswas ON Mother Teresa's 86th birthday, even the Communists prayed for her recovery. Three ministers of the Marxist government in India's West Bengal joined a three-hour prayer for the ailing Nobel Peace laureate in
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      MOTHER TERESA’S ILL HEALTH
      107 15 MOTHER Teresa has been suffering from ill health in the past several years. A heart condition was detected in 1989 and she was fitted with a permanent pacemaker. In May 1990, the Mother fractured her ribs after she fell while coming out of a prayer meeting
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Will they love me tomorrow?
      474 17  -  By Carol Leong GURMIT Singh says he's insecure. The star of Gurmit's World and the upcoming Channel 5 sitcom Can I Help You? was blunt "I'm only here because the public demands me," he told The New Paper at the launch of the show last
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      SUNDAY JOB
      122 17 GURMIT Singh creates comic chaos. But Gurmit Singh as a disciplinarian? Yes, he's volunteered as assistant to the nursery care teacher in his church on Sunday. "You know, make sure that they don't fight or eat each other's food," said Gurmit, laughing. "I drool over kids. Just love
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      Lock icon Richie’s fast and ‘dirty’ love
      340 18 Taiwanese singer Richie Jen not only sings, acts and comperes. LEE YINLUEN learnt he's also a dirt-bike buff when she spoke to him in Taipei recently AS a dirt-bike racer, Richie Jen negotiates rough mountain terrains and competes on tight racing tracks. But ask the
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      Dependable Richie
      209 18 THE Chinese title of Richie Jen's latest song, I Feel Good, means Dependable. According to the singer, famous Taiwanese composer Johnny Chen (better known as Hsiao Chong) wrote the song specially for him because he thought he was a dependable person. Related Richie: "Brother Chong and I were
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      Lock icon Escape to Alcatraz
      480 19 Alcatraz is probably the most famous prison in the world, thanks to Hollywood. The Iqf est blockbuster, The Rock, due to open this week, is set on the island. N HKESHVANI visits the notorious landmark which is now a tourist spot WHAT do A 1 Capone, "Machine
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      HISTORY OF ALCATRAZ
      110 19 ALCATRAZ was the only prison in the world with hot shower facilities a luxury designed to keep prisoners from getting used to cold water. This was possibly the only luxury in this prison. Its rocky front and the cold, swift currents of San Francisco Bay made the
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      Prison tales inspired film-makers
      296 19 FOR 28 years Alcatraz was the site of one of the US' most notorious maximum security prisons. Its infamy for brutality fired the imaginations of Hollywood film-makers. THE HOCK The latest is The Rock, which could turn out to be the best action flick of the
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      Lock icon I want to be King of Movies at 40
      427 20  -  He vowed to be a virgin at 30. Now, Aaron Kwok reveals: By Yong Siew Fern HE broke his vow that he would remain a virgin until he turned 30. Now, at 31, Hongkong Heavenly King Aaron Kwok is making another
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      NEXT JACKIE CHAN?
      128 20 DESPITE setting his sights on the big screen, Aaron Kwok was surprised by recent media reports that he could be the next Jackie Chan. The predictions were prompted by the success of Somebody Up There Likes Me. "I don't come from the same background. I've never learnt
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      Stiller goes where Carrey fans don't
      424 21 THE Cable Guy would have been a lot lighter if director Ben Stiller hadn't stepped in. "The original version of it was a goofy comedy, and I didn't want to make that," Stiller told US magazine Entertainment Weekly recently. The movie stars Jim Carrey
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    Tall trees and deep roots
    550 22  -  EMPLOYERS recru.t through FASTADS WITH IRENE NG GARDENER Saim Sarbu, 36, who lives in a three-room-flat, is not a big dreamer. But he plays no small part in making big dreams come true for this country. That dream: To make Singapore a Garden City. For
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      58 23 Kathleen sings Hear Kathleen Chan sing and find out why they call her the small girl with the big v Nura swings Watch New Face finalist Nuraizan Ramli swing to the beat of the Macarena. Watch her move as she teaches you the steps to the latest dance craze. Are
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      54 27 2642 Hotsl/ Restaurant/ Lounge Positions Karaoke Pub is seeking for J WAITRESSES (*pm 2am) BARMAIDS (6pm 2am) j; CASHIERS i (6pm 2am) I 1 i i 18 -30 years old Presentable looking i Salary from $1,000 to i 1 $1,500 tips transport 1 uniform Interested please contact J Kelvin *****08/
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      284 33 Reuter. MALIVAI Washington enjoyed the highlight of his tennis career by reaching the Wimbledon final. But, of course, he knows that doesn't mean anything at the US Open. "It's a memory," the llth-seeded Washington said of Wimbledon after beating Karim Alami 6-4, 2-6, 7-6,6-1 on the opening
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      174 33 WHAT'S CONE How the main matches wnnt (tendings in beM): mot 2 Michael Chans (US) bt Jaime Oncing (Bra) 3-6, 6-1,6-0,7-6 (8/6) 11 MaliVai Washington (US) bt Karim Alami (Mar) 6-4, 2-6,7-6 (7/5), 6-1 Michael Stich (Ger) bt Tommy Haas (Ger) 6-3,1-6,6-1,7-6 Leander Paes (Ind) bt Marcos
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      MORNING LATEST
      40 33 Americans Mary Joe Fernandez and Jim Courier and Sweden's Mats Wilander withdrew from the US Open with Injuries. Courier withdrew with an undisclosed injury. Fernandez is battling tendinitis in her right wrist. Wilander, has a pulled groin muscle.
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      289 33 WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE IF YOU CAN AFFORD IT Reuter. A message on television monitors all around the National Tennis Centre reads: "Due to hot weather please seek shade and drink plenty of fluids" sound advice until you check out the price of fluids. Perhaps the advisory was cut off before
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      565 34  -  OTHER QUALIFIERS SEA Games discus champion James Wong. He beat the qualifying mark of 47.66 m with his throw of 50.80 m at the Singapore Open. High jumper Wong Yew Tong cleared the qualifying height of 2.10 m at a competition in Germany in June.
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      128 34 Hong Jinsheng The team didn't discuss about qualifying at all. We haven't run together for one year so we just wanted to see how we'd fare in timing and running as a team. 1 Hamhah Afik: We didn't expect anything since Jinsheng was running with a heavily
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      298 34 Reuter. A SPECIAL 4xloo metres relay, made up of the world's fastest sprinters, will run in Berlin on Friday. The relay is in honour of Jesse Owens, who 60 years ago won four Berlin Olympic gold medals. It will be led by Olympic champion
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      287 33 Features m Intel Pentium* Processor Intel Pentium* Processor 16-bit Sound Blaster* compatible 100 MHz 166 MHz sound with Wavetabie synthesis I 256 KB Cache 256K8 cache &3D sound jgtgOl' A PBWW 16MB RAM (max. 128MB) 16MB RAM (max. 128MB) Speakers microphone J. —j| HjflHK 1 2GB HDD *2 OGB HDD
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      45 34 L—" K& 1 HEALTH CENTRE I IWOI Pearl's Centre R tu l ong Sen St. Singapore 0105 <*iffat«BMßT) I TEL: *****82/*****89 htlp://www.lycomm amvsg/kei/index html I The ambience is relaxed and comfortable. Our new charming and gentle masseuses will provide you with their best services. I
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    248 35 (Q* SPOT THE BALL S7LE&GUE Pioneer series HOW TO PLAY: Take a closer look at the action in this S-League Pioneer Series match featuring Tiong Bahru v Balestier and Woodlands Wellington v SAF FC. The match was played last Tuesday. The soccer ball has been blanked
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      248 35 rr^Jg 1 sc <*t lA f± Intel Pentium* Processor 133MHz r 9 gMB RAM (max 40MB) n A e n m r l33MHz c' g J" Ve 800MB Removable HDD 8MB RAM (m.*40MB) touchpad 10.4" TFT LCD Display M Lithium Ion Battery 1 >-3'TFT LCD Display 3yevsworldw.de *3 years worldwide
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      316 36 LION CITY CUP. JALAN BESAR STADIUM. AUG 24-31 EZsEEEH SINGAPORE v PERTII (Tampines Stadium, 7.30, tonight) TODAY'S OTHER MATCHES Vietnam v Brunei (7.30pm, Queenstown) Hongkong v Korea (5.45pm, Tampines) AIK Stockholm v Pahang (5.45pm, Queenstown) "WE must avoid meeting South Korea in the semi-finals." That's
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      310 36 PLAYER TO WAT 'Vfltecsn' Ami of Shdh Storiea/ERNEST LUIS HE'S a 16-year-old soccer veteran who they say loves keroncong (traditional Indonesian music). But leftback Anuar Shah strongly denies the "keroncong" craze as mentioned by his team-mates. "What keroncong! Techno music is for me...man!" says Anuar. What is
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      301 36 There are no Premier League ILI, illalCnW inll became of England's Worid Cup qualifier against Moldova en Semi ay AFP. LEE Sharpe scored his first goal for Leeds United yesterday. And his team overcame Premiership basement side Wimbledon 1-0 easing pressure on manager
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      194 36 Twelve callers got it right with the number 14. Their prediction proved right as the English Premier League produced only 14 goals last Saturday. So the 12 callers get 14 points. But the contest is still on. Actually, it's just warmed up. Why not take part? It's easy,
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      778 37 THE BIG GAME: SINGAPORE v MALAYSIA fSundav. 7pm) It was back to national training for the Lions yesterday. And guess who was the one most raring to go in the coming Tiger Cup? JEFFREY LOW meets the long forgotten star Barry WhHbread on Hasnim Haron: I wouldn't
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      TICKETS
      42 37 Grandstand: $11 (qualifiers); $15 (semi-finals) Gallery (adults): $6 (q-finals); $8 (s-finals) Gallery (children): $2 From today to 30 Aug and 12 Sept: National Stadium East Entrance, 9am to 7pm 31 Aug and 14 Sept: National Stadium East Entrance, 9am to 2pm
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      WHO PLAYS WHO
      156 37 Sept 1: Singapore v Malaysia (National Stadium, 7pm) Sept 2: Philippines v Thailand (National Stadium, Bpm) Cambodia v Vietnam (Jurong, 6pm) Laos v Indonesia (Jurong, Bpm) Sept 4: Malaysia v Philippines (National Stadium, 6pm) Singapore v Brunei (National Stadium, Bpm) Sept 5: Laos v Vietnam (Jurong, 6pm)
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      HOW THEY LINED UP
      72 37 (Yesterday's knockabout) Ihimfcifcli i rroMWfS. Stephen Ng (Bashir Khan), Kadir Yahaya, Urn Tong Hai, S Subramani, Borhan Abu Samah, Malek Awab, Rafi Ali, D Devaraj, V Selvaraj, Steven Tan. ■I PnailiiUa mMns David Lee, Saswadimata Dasuki, R Sasikumar, Zulkarnean Zainal, Samawira Basri, Nazri Nasir, Zulkifli Kartoyoho,
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      442 38 Five matches to go, and the SAF FC Warriors seem unstoppable in their march to the S-League Pioneer Series title. They have a four-point lead over their nearest rivals, the Jaguars. They are also seven points in front of third-placed Balestier Central. They have scored
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      325 38 Taking them to the top HIS name was once taboo in the soccer circles. He was considered too strict, too rigid and too authoritative for a soccer coach. Today, Vincent Subramaniam, 41, is THE name in the football circle. His transformation of the Warriors from a
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      WHAT VINCENT SAYS
      106 38 On how he transformed the Warriors: It wasn't that tough. When I was given the job, I posed them a question: Do you want to be a champion? They replied 'yes'. I told them 'here's my plan. Carry it out on the field and we can be
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