The New Paper, 2 January 1997

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    11 1 the new paper THURSDAY, JANUARY 2, 1997 RIiTA(P) 061/4/96 60 cons
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      39 1 [fjnH Before bMByom vote... ...Here's a final WSEMW***/ 0^ 0S rn lchecklist TpTp U §o concrete to help programme you upg ra n mark Edusave amative that Alters i \MPs5f rn M "fTpM c oh Wsf Singapore Press Holdings
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon 10 sees to save peace
      337 2 CER STOPS SHOOTING SPREE IN HEBRON Wire services. QUICK thinking on the part of an Israeli army officer helped to prevent another massacre from taking place in the West Bank town of Hebron. Lieutenant Avi Buskila was near an open-air vegetable market yesterday morning when
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      Lock icon No regrets, says soldier
      98 2 Source: AFP. Israeli TV: Who gave you the gun? Friedman: The army Israeli TV: Who told you to perpetrate this act? Friedman: No one! Israeli TV: Do you think you hurt the country? Friedman: No, to the contrary, it's good for the country. Israeli TV: Why
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  • ELECTION'97
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon My MP must be...
      587 3 7 Tie character of the person standing for election is the most important issue for voters, The New Paper has found out in a survey ofso people. Which aspects of character are most important? Read 0n... IS he a man of character? That's what 23 out
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      SURVEY
      77 3 We polled 50 Singaporean voters from 12 contested wards. They came from a range of races, income levels and ages. Voters were asked to pick the top three virtues in an MP. out of a list of nine. The others were: a graduate, someone who is courteous, loyal, or
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      Which road, Cheng San?
      809 4 Cheng San has become a prize fight. Not just for the candidates battling there, but also for the reputation of the PM and his deputies. Here, we sum up the final messages of the two key fighters PM: Staking all his chips on big win in
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    • Article, Illustration
      Shaking hands, talking, getting kissed ... the PM spent 9½ hours on the campaign trail in Chang San, Hougang and MacPherson yesterday. M Right, ha was at two PAP raWes. Hot does the PM describe the day? IRENE NG finds out
      320 5 Shaking hands, talking, getting kissed the PM spent 9½ hours on the campaign trail in Chang San, Hougang and MacPherson yesterday. M Right, ha was at two PAP raWes. Hot does the PM describe the day? IRENE NG finds out Physically: "No problem. I was a little surprised that I
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      Now, hear this
      345 6 Singaporeans go to the polls today. To guide you through the forest of points raised in nine days of campaigning, here is a selection of quotes on issues other than what's at stake in Cheng San GRC. It's to help you mark that... PAP UPGRADING We are
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      SINGAPORE STOCKS DOWN 10.7% LAST YEAR
      140 8 THE amount of shares traded on the Singapore stock market fell 10.7 per cent to $79 billion last year. This was the third consecutive fall since the bull run in 1993. "1995 was already considered to be a bad year for the stock market
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      IN THE REGION
      131 8 L HOT A LSTORIES^ KUALA LUMPUR: The Kuala Lumpur market was one of the best performers in the region. The Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange Composite Index gained 24 per cent to end the year at 1,237.96 points. The Second Board breathed new life into the Malaysian market
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      HEADLINERS
      78 8 The Straits Timet: PAP leaders put reputation at stake in Cheng San Tbe Business Timet: I'll be disappointed if PAP loses four seats again: PM Goh Llanhe Zaobao: PAP's top leaders stake their prestige in Cheng San Berita Marian: PAP puts reputation on line RCS morning newt: Today is
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      WHAT'S HUP
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Deng's brief coma
        67 8 CHINESE senior leader Deng Xiaoping, 92, fell unconscious briefly on Monday night. After he regained consciousness, he was placed under intensive care in his house in central Beijing. The house has the latest medical equipment and is manned round the clock. The South China Morning Post newspaper
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        UN chief says 'bye
        79 8 DR Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 74, left office on Tuesday after serving five years as the UN secretary-general. As several hundred staff members clapped, he stepped out of the UN complex in New York in the US, saying: "I wish success for the United Nations. I wish success
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        Malaysia gets tough
        71 8 MALAYSIA is cracking the whip on illegal immigrants. About 3,000 security personnel are expected to be deployed in a nationwide sweep for an estimated 1.2 million people who have entered the country illegally. This follows the midnight expiry of a six-month amnesty on Tuesday. The personnel, including
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        Japanese values
        76 8 JAPANESE Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto has said it was time for Japan to spread its values and philosophy to the world. In a press conference on Tuesday he stressed the importance of the Japan-US security alliance as a basis of peace and prosperity in the AsiaPacific region. But
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        'In name only'
        62 8 THE end of Australia's racist "White Australia" immigration policy in 1966 was in name only, secret government documents released yesterday showed. The government also continued to discriminate against Asians. While Prime Minister Harold Holt's government of the time publicly abolished the "White Australia" policy, discrimination against non-Europeans
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      'Prevent unrest'
      94 8 In the year just passed, we have experienced examples of social unrest. Behind the unrest lie problems of social, cultural, political, economic or religious problems. We are aware that however small the unrest, if we do not overcome it, it can harm our national interest. Therefore, in the
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  • SPEAKUP
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      Glad Chor Meng won
      97 10 myongel (e-mail) I AM pleasantly surprised that Chew Chor Meng is The New Paper's Dude of the Year '96. Winning this title proves that the TCS heartthrob is living up to everyone's expectations after winning Star Search a few years ago. I feel the award will
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      Cheap shot at India?
      91 10 AH Reza, 16, student I was greatly disturbed by your Et Cetera column on Dec 30. Ms Riana Zakir wrote about her friend, who is supposedly very conscious about how she spends her money. She wrote: "On a recent backpacking trip to India (where else?), she
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      REPLY
      63 10 Plana Zakir replies: I back packed in India for 50 days with my friend, Esther, and we were deeply attracted to its natural beauty and rich culture. India was a natural choice for us because I was a poor student and it was one of the cheapest places to
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      53 10 V V 1 You know that smoking till I 1 w is your health and you smoking. time you a And you yourself: time../' Now Make New Year the your healthier, Tell your family and quitting their support can help you you f» for to help a or one the
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      352 10 SINGAPORE SWEEP RESULTS Draw No. 01/97 Ist prize: 416 8588 $1.5 million 2nd prize: *****98 $400,000 3rd prize: 185 5167 $200,000 10 JACKPOT PRIZES ($lO,OOO EACH) *****91 *****88 *****68 *****34 *****Q2 *****04 *****80 *****28 *****75 *****28 10 LUCKY PRIZES ($5,000 EACH) *****44 *****29 *****61 *****40 289g213 *****13 *****31 *****38 *****06
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Hell TAXI for hire
      458 12 Yesterday, Malaysia started its campaign against"outlaw cabbies" who have been terrorising passengers, overcharging them and worse. But some victims will never get over their experiences. WOON WUITEK— who also experienced the cabby terror at first hand during a recent trip to Kuala Lumpur— reports A FILIPINO
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      Cabby: My price or get out
      345 12 THE taxi driver jerked a finger at his car door and spat out the words: "You don't like the price? Then get out!" He'd asked me for a flat rate of M$10 for a trip that would have cost me M$4 according to the
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      KL PUTS SQUEEZE ON ERRANT CABBIES
      210 12 A WEEK-LONG campaign involving 200 officers is Malaysia's latest move to crush "outlaw" cabbies. It began yesterday, following last month's hike in taxi meter rates, introduction of a new dress code, and earlier raids by Road Transport Department teams. Officers will stake out Klang
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Freedom for Fann?
      509 13 The Fann Wong saga has taken another turn, with a third party entering the drama. YONG SIEWFERN reports on the latest episode Trans World's Mr Kuo is quoted in Life! today as saying Mr Zhao of FT Models told him he had "agreed to let TCS have
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      WHY CHANGE OF HEART?
      111 13 MR Kuo said the change of heart came about after a TCS representative called and spoke to Mr Pan Yiping, assistant general manager of China TV. China TV, one of Taiwan's satellite stations, was to broadcast Fann's serial after it was done. Mr Zhao had told
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    'He always went out to play'
    359 15  -  NEW YEAR'S EVE TRAGEDY SINGAPORETODAY BY Teo Yun Yun MUHAMAD Shazali Zulkifly always went out to play in the neighbourhood after dinner every day. And he was always home by 9 pm except this New Year's Eve. Shazali's family waited and waited for him
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Fatal crossing
      349 16 Family of six die when train hits car at Segamat railway crossing THE warning lights at the railway crossing were on. But the faulty automatic gate was open. So Mr Pang Chim Chai, 50, tried to drive across. But his car was hit by the Ekspress Sinaran Petang
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      ACCIDENT
      35 16 The last major accident took place on June 6 when a van was hit by a train at a private level crossing in Bedong, Sungai Petani. Seven people were killed and three others injured.
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      Lock icon Train blast deaths: 33, 60 or 150?
      234 16 Reuter. THE official death toll of the Brahmaputra Mail train blast in northeastern India is 33. But witnesses said some bodies had not been accounted for. It is still not known how many have died, after two bombs exploded in the crowded passenger
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      Child brides via Internet
      227 17  -  NEW LURE FOR AUSTRALIAN MEN By r Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY AUSTRALIAN men are being offered child brides through services on the Internet. Introduction and penpal services have sprung up, offering children as young as 15 as potential brides and "lifetime partners". The services encouraged
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      'A FRONT FOR TRAFFICKING WOMEN AND CHILDREN'
      102 17 IT could well be a front for trafficking in women and children. This warning came from Ms Melba Marginson, the Australian coordinator of the Centre for Philippines Concerns. Widespread use of the Internet by services offering lists of brides was horrifying, she said.
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      Lock icon 'Do you want a big wedding?'
      218 17 THE man whose words can move money markets is ready to tie the knot again. After 12 years of dating, US Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan finally asked NBC-TV correspondent Andrea Mitchell to marry him. And she said yes. "We have a hug£
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      271 17 Arc you content with the way you speak and write? Arc you fluently. I /k sure that you are not making The study requires only a little mistakes that cause people to time, and very moderate fees underrate you? You are judged which may be paid by fat ,2flH by
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  • ELECTION '97
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      Reaching Fever Pitch
      1011 18 ended with the Prime Minifter himself entering the fray in one Jk ii *m an jmm in miil i m Monday, Pec 23 (Nomination Pay) PAP in power with 47 seats. Fight is over remaining 36. Challengers: Workers' Party, Singapore Democratic Party, Singapore People's Party, National Solidarity
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      Before you cast your vote ...
      15 18 Before you cast your vote How should you vote today? BERTHA HENSONgives you her guide
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      Character
      150 18 AND this is not just about brains. It's about whether those elected can deliver promises. It's about honesty and integrity. There seems to be a lot of brains on the PAP side, with some candidates slated to be ministers. Does your ward have a minister or potential minister? Do
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      Chauvinisin
      160 18 IS the PAP making too big a deal of Tang Liang Hong? Well, there seems to be evidence of Mr Tang's anti-Christian chauvinist views. As a non-Chinese and a Catholic, I am afraid. What if he wants quotas on ministerial jobs for the different races? What if he talks
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      Uparading
      154 18 MORE votes mean you're in front of the upgrading queue, fewer votes at the back. But it rankles. You think upgrading should be for all, at the same time, don't you? Okay, so what is the opposition offering? Yes, they raise cost-of-living issues. But even if you think they
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon No comfort after the joy
      63 19 TOO much to bear A man grimacing in pain while his left hand is being treated at a Manila hospital yesterday. His hand was hurt by a waylaid firecracker during New Year's Eve. More than 300 people, including a five-year-old toddler, were injured from firecracker
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      Lock icon He's out to get the gangsters
      256 19 Source: Reuter TAIWAN'S Justice Minister Liao Cheng-hao wants to make his country safe again from gangsters. Powerful gangsters, known collectively as "Big Brother", have long controlled and terrorised Taiwan's political and financial circles. Mobsters hold power in Parliament, receive kickbacks from major public projects
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  • Showtime
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      Man of many FACES
      641 20 Indian movie star Kamalahaasan goes for a "sex change" in his latest movie Avvai Shanmugi, in which he plays a middle-aged woman. The hit is resuming its run by popular demand after being taken off for just a week. It ran for two months making it
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      ROCKY NO MORE
      401 21 Sly irons out problems with son Sylvester Stallone's son gets to act with his dad again in Daylight. Sage Stallone first played his father's son in Rocky V, in 1990. Playing the rebel teenage son in Rocky V was easy, he told US magazine People. "When I
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  • SHOWTIME
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      It's good to be bad
      465 23 IT pays to be bad sometimes. Hongkong actor Gallen Law Kar-leung will tell you it's true. After almost 10 years of playing supporting "good guy" roles in TVB (Television Broadcast Limited) serials, he is finally getting the attention he deserves. And why? Because he played
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      Leslie rings in Xmas mood
      170 24 HERE'S a Santa who's guaranteed to make everyone sing for joy. Hongkong star Leslie Cheung (right) gave a 12-carat diamond ring to each of his three special guests who performed at his Hongkong concerts recently, said Hongkong news reports. Leslie presented the rings to Hongkong
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      When silence is not golden
      123 24 SILENT night wasn't so silent for Taiwanese singer Emil Chau. He quarrelled with his wife, Constance, over their six-year-old son Andrew that night, Emil told Hongkong reporters. "I felt she scolded Andrew too harshly," he said. The singer said he wished Constance a "Merry Christmas"
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      All I want this New Year is...
      127 24 ANDY Lau's New Year wish is to perform in South Africa. The Hongkong Heavenly King told reporters that he was invited to perform there several years ago. But he turned down the offer as he was worried about his safety. He also wasn't
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    If you vote, don't drink
    416 25  -  ET CETERA BY DAVE ANG A WHIMSICAL thought, followed by a sudden wave of panic, seized me the other day as I contemplated Polling Day today. With the day just after New Year's Day, would Singaporeans be too smug and drunk with merriment as a
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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      64 26 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh IStfT THIS EXCJT7M6 f ftnfflEK* 1 TIWE W Sri wHftf RftPtcT A BAAND NEW iEAK! J N|J i I JI f j Tian-Pi/Komics Kreations I HH DOCTORS ARE NICE PEOPLE. WHY IS THAT SO7 THEY ARE NOT OFPENPEO WHEN YOU Kopi Thiam/James Suresh Adam Lee
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      940 27 tod a y'stv pag e~ Polling Night Coverage CHANNEL 5_ CHANNEL 8 W 6 5 W N## noon Chan, m™ Concert v ty) fetM Live coverage of the election |C I 12.10 PM Hofne ShopptnK 1.00 PM Mid Day News results. Will the PAP team 1.10 Taxi (Comedy): Tony is
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      I was afraid to admit I had a problem in THAT area
      583 31 In November, Simon Parke reached his first squash final for a year in the German Masters. Last month, he reached the quarter-finals of the World Open and the semi-finals of the Mahindra International (Bombay). It's an amazing comeback
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      TESTICULAR CANCER
      129 31 Testicular cancer is the most common form of cancer to affect young men between 15 and 35. The risk of a man of getting it is about one in 500. The treatment success rate is high because the cancer is very sensitive to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Testicular cancer
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      PARKE'S THOUGHTS
      147 31 Girlfriend Caroline: I spoke to Caroline the day I found out about the cancer. We had been together for three years before we broke up and I'm still not quite sure why we did. She was shocked and worried but very supportive. I suppose that was the beginning
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      451 32 IT began 1996 with 16 consecutive victories, survived suspensions and injuries to set an NBA record for wins in a season. It then rolled through the playoffs to capture its fourth championship of the 1990s, reports the NBA Internet Edition. During the summer break it
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      184 32 Wire Services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER England Div One: Bolton 2 Bradford 1, Charlton 1 Ipswich 1, Huddersfield 2 Stoke 1, Norwich 1 Portsmouth 0, West Bromwich 1 Tranmere 2. Div Two: Shrewsbury 1 Blackpool 3. Div Three: Hartlepool 1 Hull 1, Northampton 4 Cardiff 0, Torquay
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      KEYS TO SUCCESS
      141 32 WHY was 1996 amazing for the Chicago Bulls and why does '97 promise to be so again? Because Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman and, especially, Michael Jordan, remain dominant at their positions. Pippen, who had off-season ankle surgery, is still the game's best all-around forward. He's averaging 19.6
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      HEAVY SCHEDULE
      125 32 THE 1996 portion of the Bulls' 1996-97 schedule packed 31 games into two months, including eight games in the final 14 days. At the end of the year the Bulls looked sluggish, often starting games poorly and having to stage wild rallies to win. "It's all happened so
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      487 33 TENNIS: HOPMAN CUP RESULTS South Africa bt Switzerland 2-1 (on forfeit): Amanda Coetzer (SA) lost to Martina Hingis (SUI) 1-6,2-6 Wayne Ferreira bt i Marc Rosset 1 0-6,1-2 I (Rosset 1 withdrew) I Ferreira and Coetzerbt 1 Rossetand j Hingis (forfeit) US bt Croatia 2-1: 1 Chanda
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      246 33 PREMIERSHIP UPDATE I AFP. NIGEL Clough's return to Nottingham Forest depends on the outcome of the proposed takeover bid at the City Ground. This was revealed yesterday by Forest's caretaker manager Stuart Pearce. Clough spent nine seasons at the club and Pearce, who already has the
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      321 34 MAN UNITED 0 ASTON VILLA 0 Wire services. MANCHESTER United was held to a frustrating 0-0 draw at home to Aston Villa. Despite having the better of a hard-fought match at Old Trafford, the champion, scorer of 10 goals in its last three league matches, could not find
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      MISSED CHANCES
      462 34  -  United squanders three BY Ian Brown REPORTING FROM ENGLAND VILLA boss Brian Little arrived at Old Trafford declaring his New Year resolution was "to surprise a few people, maybe put out a different formation". Then he turned round and smiled: "Only joking!" For the third time in 12
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      231 35 Half-time: 10 Attendance: 28,329 Heafs on: While the country suffers from a cold winter, this Chelsea fan bares his body at Stamford Bridge. With fans like him backing Ruud Gullit's team, no wonder they are hot in the English Premiership at the moment Picture/ Reuter P
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      HOW THE REST FARED
      86 35 Coventry 2 (Dublin 10, Daish 28) Sunderland 2 (Bridges 6, Agnew 18 pen) Half-time: 2-2 Attendance: 17,700 Red card: Dublin EvertonO Blackburn 2 (Sherwood 18, Sutton 32) Half-time: 0-2. Attendance: 30,427 Man United 0 Aston VHIaO Attendance: 55,133 Newcastle 3 (Shearer 4, 77, Ferdinand 87) Leeds
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      161 35 Reuter. A SOLITARY goal from Italian Roberto di Matteo was enough to give Chelsea a 1-0 win over English Premier League leaders Liverpool. And, with Arsenal and Newcastle both winning, the gap at the top of the table has again been narrowed. Chelsea, crushed 5-1 by Liverpool
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      162 35 Reuter. ALAN Shearer was the first to make his mark in the new year. The England striker hammered home a volley from a corner after just four minutes against Leeds. He added a second in the 77th minute and Les Ferdinand scored a late third to
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      217 35 Half-time: 2-0 Attendance: 37,573 Reuter. ARSENAL beat Middlesbrough 2-0 to go back into second place. It is two points behind Liverpool with a game in hand. Ian Wright scored Arsenal's second his 200th league goal afler Dennis Bergkamp had sent the Gunners on their way with
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      WRIGHT'S 16TH PREMIERSHIP GOAL OF THE SEASON
      113 35 THEHOTSHOTS 16 Ian Wright (Arsenal) 15 Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 11 Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) Dwight YorKe (Aston Villa) 10 Les Ferdinand (Newcastle) 9 Fabrizio Ravanelli (Middlesbro) Matthew Le Tissier (Southampton) Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Man U) Efan Ekoku (Wimbledon) 8 Gianluca Vialli (Chelsea) Dion Dublin
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      278 35 Reuter. ARSENAL manager Arsene Wenger promised an inquest afler forward John Hartson became the side's fourth player to be sent off in eight games yesterday. "I must speak with John Hartson because it is always stupid to speak to the referee," Wenger said. "We
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