The New Paper, 3 January 1997

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  • 14 1 the new paper FRIDAY, JANUARY 3, 1997 MTA(P) 061/4*6 60 CENTS the new paper
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    • 146 1 m\ M Ffl^fa^^ lm JWhy they had to B < B •4; k •-•:■1 m M m JIK/ -> «mb ~*m ■I\ i n i I fJ p 1 < l ■I *****1 i 111 A 1111 V 'J <11 i7Tr m m^^ m ~i^' l ,rTT V j^ r<~,:~t.Z
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  • ELECTION '97
    • 447 2 After PM stops him at Cheng San, anothgrbig question arises; -> t* i_s, ii_ OUR ELECTION TEAM Reporters: Michelle Ang, Chan See! Fun, Sandra Davie, Ken JaMeh Jr, Jessica Leow, Alethea Um, Jill Um, Yvonne Um, John Low, Irene NfclvyOng, Augustine Pang, Crispina Robert, Rachel
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    • 320 2 IT was a gamble for the PAP pitting upgrading against the by-election effect. But it pai4 off handsomely. The People's Action Party not only took back two seats from the opposition, it also reversed the slide in its votes that began with the 1984
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    • 259 3 m At a glance for for Kampong Glam Cheng San for in a Pasir Ris /I I in Potong Paair Hi hm Narrowest win for In in single-seat ward: WBIKOVCr SCfllS H opposition ward Nee Soon Central in Mougang: WP won by 58.02% H 111 M H contested seats II
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  • ELECTION '97
    • 1040 4 I MPs LeeYockSuan, Michael Llm, Yeo Guat Kwang, Zainul Abidin Rasheed, Heng Chiang Meng (PAP) Number of votes cast: 99,497 PAP voters Percentage of valid votes 54.82% I I WP voters Percentage of valid votes 45.18% Number of spoilt votes: 1,812 JUST one
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    • 425 5 I also congratulate the voters off MacPherson for returning Matthias Yao off the PAP and decisively rejecting Dr Chee Soon Juan. The voters were not taken in by Dr Chee, despite his iake good' performances at election raWes. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong NIGHT after night, at rallies,
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    • Article, Illustration
      237 5 MP Matthias Yao (PAP) Number of votes cast: 19,820 Percentaae SDP voters EfiSBiHHHB Number of spoilt votes: 561 MR Matthias Yao was his usual cool, calm self after being declared the victor near midnight. But it had more to do with exhaustion than emotion. "I'm physically very exhausted,"
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  • ELECTION '97
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      521 7 I am particularly happy that th« PAP has won back Butdt Gombak and N«e Soon Central. The voters have noted what their opposition MPs have been capable of and decided PAP MP* can serve them better. Mr Ong Ah Heng and Mr Ang Mong Seng wM have
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    • 234 7 iDIAR^^^NNERHM «K Arrives at his five-room Juroog West flat. Mr Ang, awake since 6.30, reads the newspapers while his wife serves hm nest soup. An aide picks hiiri ftp. x 7JS7 mb Meets more aidds at the PAP branch office injfaikit BatoWSast, followed by visits
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  • 574 8 NEE SOON CENTRAL RESIDENTS of Nee Soon Central wanted a polyclinic. And PAP'S Mr Ong Ah Heng had his finger on their pulse. As soon as he was declared elected, he said: "Once the Cabinet is formed (in about two weeks), I will write to the Health
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    • 221 8 Stop right up m Shaw Lahwrt Gallery Answer two simple questions on this exhibition and retches the lloBywood bug mil |oei totally you Lao win wkleu lsu>lohJsi end f miiw ami Hi moie 'CtnemaniC! than $2£00. Bsst of si, no purcheee is required! Whsreise Enfoy this iiiian i blockbusters in
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  • ELECTION '97
    • 478 9 Both Heng Chee How and Andy Gan have done well. Heng Chee How secured 42 per cent against Low Thia Khiang in Hougang. Andy Gan obtained 45 per cent in Potong Pasir, reducing Chiam See long's majority. We will field both again. PM Goh MR
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    • 231 9 DEAD tired. Disappointed. Defeated. But still determined. This was how PAP's Andy Gan, 48, felt after losing Potong Pasir to SPP's Chiam See Tong in one of the closest fights yesterday. Said a pensive Mr Gan softly: "I expected to come in by a very narrow
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    • 263 10 Many wives were at the counting stations to bask in their husbands' victory. Some PAP wives even came in the party's familiar white uniform It's a new feeling, we're entering a new stage in our lives. We will have less time together, so we'll have to
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 150 11 Malaysia gets tough with illegal workers HOT STORY MALAYSIA will start large-scale deportation of illegal workers today. About 2,000 Indonesians are scheduled to be repatriated on an Indonesian naval ship. The repatriation was the first since a six-month amnesty for about 1.2 million illegal immigrants ended on Tuesday.
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    • 58 11 The Straits Times: Big swing to PAP The Business Times: PAP takes 81 seats, loses two Berita Harian: PAP takes 81 seats in big win RCS morning news: A resounding victory for the PAP in the General Election BBC news: The Serbian Orthodox Church has issued a strong condemnation
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 72 11 MORE Americans must learn about Indonesia, says President Suharto. Towards this end, there is a need to improve the country's presence in the United States. He said Indonesians needed to reach out to more US officials and members of the American public, and also to hold more exhibitions
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      • 91 11 TAIWAN will allow high-ranking officials to visit China in an official capacity although relations between the two sides remain strained. The Cabinet recently endorsed a proposal by the Interior Ministry and Mainland Affairs Council to allow provincial, county and city chiefs to visit the mainland. The
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      • 93 11 THE Philippines is considering providing refuelling facilities in the disputed Spratly Islands for civilian and military aircraft. Military chief General Arnulfo Acedera said that a renovated airstrip in the Kalayaan group of islands, which he launched on Christmas Day, could be a refuelling point for flights westward
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      • 74 11 THE seven-month-old Indian coalition government under Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda (right) will not last its five-year term. This was the hint given by key partners of Mr Deve Gowda's United Front alliance before a crucial vote this week. The first test of the new
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      • 85 11 UNLISTED Maju Holdings has been given a 51 per cent stake in the privatisation of Perwaja Steel. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that in order to allow Maju to "start off with a clean slate and be free of debts and losses",
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    • 28 11 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 5.78 points to close at 6,442.49 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 465 million shares.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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    • 391 13  -  By Bernard Pereira A SEEMINGLY harmless 20-cent toy sold in shops could be a death trap to an unsuspecting toddler. The plastic toy is about the size of an adult's thumb-nail 1.5 cm long. But if soaked in water for a few hours, it can
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    • 93 13 "TOYS that are unsafe must be clearly identified," said Consumers' Association of Singapore president Dr Toh See Kiat. "In this case, the toy can expand when soaked. So, of course, it's dangerous to unsuspecting children. "We will study the case. If necessary, we will rec- ommend the
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    • 117 14 NEED legal information? Just call 1900-*****14 and enter one of the six-digit topic codes below. In our Legal Library this week: What are the procedures involved if you purchase property that is completed and has issued title? (*****4) What is involved in financing purchase of
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    • 316 15  -  By Gerard Wong HE was counting the minutes in the delivery room with the nurses, but for a different reason. Taxi driver Rosli Mohammad, 33, hoped his wife would have her baby before midnight. He wanted to end 1996 on a joyous note, he said.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 65 18 Wire services. THE tradition must go on, never mind the big freeze now gripping Europe. So Wednesday saw these Swedish merrymakers diving into the freezing waters of the Baltic Sea near the western town of Ahus for their annual New Year's Day swim. In other
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    • 121 18 Reuter AN American father in Houston, Texas, accidentally shot his young daughter to death on New Year's day. Randy Farmer, 34, has been charged with criminally negligent homicide in the killing of Mary, seven. But Farmer said no legal action or jail sentence could be
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    • 173 19 AFP. FOUR bullets still remain in the body of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday. "My grandfather had three bomb fragments in his body, and now I have four bullets in my body. Thank God, they are a mark of honour," Mr
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    • 210 19 Source: Wire services. A DEADLY bomb blast on a bus in Damascus was the work of Israeli agents, alleged Syria yesterday. The Tuesday blast killed nine people and wounded 44. Israel denied the charge. In a statement, a Syrian spokesman hinted that the bombing incident
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    • 67 19 Wire services. SYRIA is the main foreign power broker in Lebanon where it has some 35,000 troops. Israel occupies a self-declared security zone in south Lebanon. Last month, there were one or two attacks on Syrian targets in Lebanon. Leaflets distributed in Beirut also criticised the pro-Syrian Lebanese
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  • 348 21 NEW UN BOSS STARTS WORK WORLDTODAY Source: Wire services. THE United Nations' new boss, who began his five-year term yesterday, felt like a school kid. "This is my first day. It is like the first day in school. Everyone expects a lot from you
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  • Article, Illustration
    417 23 Not for me IMRAN KHAN'S BRITISH WIFE ON LIFE IN PAKISTAN- WORLDTODAY BRITISH-BORN Mrs Imran Khan says she has no problems adapting to life in Pakistan. This is despite warnings before her marriage that she would face a huge culture shock. Mrs Khan, formerly known as Jemima Goldsmith,
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  • 558 26 ROAPWU.Y VICTIM NOW ACCUSED OF MURDER WORLDTODAY PROSECUTION: YES A WOMAN killed her fiance and then made up a story that he was a road bully victim, a British court was told. Tracey Andrews, 27, was accused of stabbing Mr Lee Harvey 37 times in
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  • 486 27 spotlight These nine days have been a very strenuous campaign/or me. Dr Tan Cheng Bock, PAFs Ayer Rajah candidate, had difficulty making his victory speech. However, he said he was "blessed" because his voice gave out the day he visited the last household in his ward Chua
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 254 28 BANGALORE POLITICS TAKES A MARITAL TWIST BEHIND many a female elected official in the southern Indian city of Bangalore stands her husband with the knowhow to help her do the job. Ask one of these husbands why, and he would say, as did Mr M Ramakrishna: "I am
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    • 55 28 She does complain a lot, because she is Madonna. She moans about how cold it is, how early she has to get up. I just stayed out of her way. I gave my assistant the job qf listening to Madonna complain. Alan Parker (above, directing Madonna in
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    • 225 29 UNIVERSE i»——— CONQUER THE UNIVERSE WITH USI Come and watch the lovely ladies as they compete in the preliminary rounds. The top 5 winners will represent Singapore in various international pageants and win attractive prizes. Catch the excitement at Albert Complex, the official venue. 'N it ta 0 4" i'
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    • 64 30 COME MONDAY MORMIIGI WHO WIU. BE I V THE lA£T MAN STANDING? 1 V Two of the most talented teams in the Premier League this season are W about to go head-to-head. The recovering Man U will meet the recently 1 humbled Spurs in Round the FA Cup. Who's and
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 837 30 today'stvpage_ r Q nam The Prime Minister's Q ST 'iyflV Post-Election Press Conference CHANNEL (R) NOON NMISTWay NOON Fun Discovery< Varicty/r) (Prime 12, 8.30 piTl) 12.10 PMNmm Shopping LOO PMMM4tagrNews The PAP won a landslide victory 1.10 Golden Oris (Comedy): Blanche 1.30 AN About CMmm Herbal Cooking in the 1997
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  • Showtime
    • 476 31  - Whoopi shines with a little help Title: The Associate Start: Whoopi Goldberg, Dianne Wiest Scenario: A woman, desperate to get her own investment firm going, invents a fictitious male partner to help her break into the male-dominant industry. Screening: Now showing Ming: Avoid at al cost ww Approaching Wait for
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    • 432 32  -  Title: Eddie Stars: Whoopi Goldberg. Frank Langella Scenario: A fan is appointed head coach of an NBA team when it chalks up a 19-game losing streak. Screening: Now showing Rating: I By Edwin Yeo HERE'S how to write a basketball movie script which Hollywood
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    • 449 33 TOM Cruise playing a hotshot smoothie who loses his ability to win friends and influence people with his charm? Sounds as if the superstar is aiming at his screen image as one of today's sexiest men. As title-role Jerry Maguire in his new romantic-comedy,
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    • 401 34 NO fowl play, this one. But country superstar Kenny Rogers' chicken chain Kenny Rogers Roasters is crowing, thanks to some much-needed help from showbiz pals, reported US magazine Entertainment Weekly. Hatched in August 1991 by Rogers and friend John Brown Jr, a former RFC boss and
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  • Page 35 Miscellaneous
    • 1266 35 ENGLISH I Stare Martin Landau, Jonathan —"1 l a fMB^^HBHBBBI Taylor Thomas I UF II BJMJBM^BB^^^^B Commonwealth/Clementi: Fri I V^J 3pm, 5.30; New Town/New Crown: Fri I W 1 Stars: Gwyneth Paltrow, 1.30pm. 3.30,7.30.9.30, Sat I K McGregor and Tom Collette I.30pm, 3.30,5.30,7.30.9.30; Sat 5pm Another Jane Austen novel aP
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  • OUR WEEKEN MOVIE GUIDE
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      23 36 Spending day with family: Picasso, played by Anthony Hopkins (backgroundt relaxes with his wife, Francoise (Natascha McElhonei in the movie. Surviving Picasso.
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 305 36 TICK OF APPROVAL Films with ticks are 7H strongly recommended by T our reviewers: Edwin Yeo Stars: Kamalhasan and Meena Stare: Leon Lai and Maggie 1 1 (EY). Hazel Tan (HT). Ybhun: Fri. Sat Sun 3.30pm. 8.45 Cheung Jessica Leow (JL), Yong Northern Chinese Li Xiaojun < S «?TM^ ern
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    • 358 36 11.40pm, Sat 4.50pm, 11.40. Sun 12.05pm, 4.50; Broadway: Fri 12pm, Stare Rupert Graves and Steven Sat 5.10pm, midnight. Sun 10am, Mackintosh 5.10pm; Central: Fri 12pm, Sat Capitol: Fri 1.30pm, 4,6.30,9.15; 5.10pm, midnight, Sun 10.30am, Chinatown:Fri 1pm,4. 7,9;Lido:Fri 5.10pm;Cento*:Fri5pm 9 11.45, I.30pm, 4,6.30,9.15, midnight. s *Changi: Fri Sat Sat midnight 12.15amTChinatown:
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  • 562 37  -  ET CETERA WITH ABHUIT NAG THE big day has come and gone. If this column fails to reflect the mood after your ballots have been counted and the leaders have spoken on what it means for the country, sorry, I don't have the advantage of gazing
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  • Page 37 Miscellaneous
    • 239 37 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson msaun. w-RE 00W6TO 11 iwrs fine, olw went I tWKOHTVEfWNETIS COME HOME NOW BERSE Adam/Brian Basset I'M SURE (SUDANI* I I HEAH.SWA'S f JUST IHRQUBI TO WU. Ml S gEARP AMD O»USKTUSTH6NEW EASt 10 BRIBE. i NEU."eWPBRM,"(W"REAai toot? WO SAME SNSTCM. J 8 MO H6U
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  • 292 39  -  By Adrian Wee the console which is actually the front of a van. "The Tanjong Pagar pub scene is quite competitive," says Street Scene's director, Ben Lee. "So we have something different like the decor to attract people." The
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    • 260 45 2630 Sales Position* 2630 Selee Position* 2630 Sal— PoaMons We are a manufacturer in Electrolytic Capacitors and invites applicants to fill the positions of You should be male, age between 21 30 years preferably with GCE 'A' level and 2 3 years sales experience. You should also have a flair
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    • 435 49 TENNIS: QATAR OPEN Reuter. TOP seed Thomas Muster was so angry at mobile phone users in the crowd that he screamed for one spectator to turn off his phone "or get the hell out of here." Muster, put out of his rhythm by
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    • 87 49 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER Scotland Premier Div: Rangers 3 Celtic 1. TENNIS Qatar Open 3rd rd: Sergi Bruguera (Spa) bt Javier Sanchez (Spa) 6-0,6-1; Petr Korda (Cze) bt Magnus Norman (Swe) 6-7 (3-7), 6-4,6-2; Jim Courier (US) bt Razvan Sabau (Rom) 6-3,6-4. Australian Hardcourt (Adelaide)
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    • 697 50 If you want the best strikers, particularly English ones, they cost a lot of money. That'* because the best strikers are already at the best clubs and it's very difficult to get them. In that case, what can you do but go abroad? Sometimes that
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    • 195 50 CHELSEA boss Ruud Gullit played down talk of a £6 million ($13.2 million) move for Tottenham striker Teddy Sheringham. But he admitted he was far from displeased at the speculation, reports the Carling Internet. "I have enough strikers and I'm quite happy with the ones
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    • 283 51 Reuter. ITALY'S new coach Cesare Maldini faces his first test on Jan 22. It will be a friendly against Northern Ireland in Palermo. It comes ahead of the key World Cup qualifying match against England at Wembley on Feb 12. 'The Northern Ireland team
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      119 51 DAVID Seaman will be available for the big match against Italy, reports Carling Internet. According to Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger, Seaman, handed an MBE in the Queen's New Year honours list, is close to a comeback. The goalkeeper has missed the past six weeks because of three fractured
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    • 237 51 Reuter. ENGLAND midfielder Paul Ince will not move to Arsenal. "Arsenal came looking for me about a month ago but I said *no', w Ince said at his Italian club Inter-Milan's training ground yesterday. He added he would decide whether to stay with Inter at
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    • 249 52 FA CUP THIRD WOUND: TOMORROW'S ACTION Arsenal bounced back from a series of Premiership setbacks to beat Middlesbrough 2-0 on New Year's Day. Now the Gunners face Sunderland in the FA Cup—but without suspended goalscoring machine lan Wright. LAN BROWN reports... CMIIHFOUHC Co*
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    • 160 52 LIVERPOOL 3 BURNLEY 0 NO one has savoured this county derby more than the Clarets' (Burnley) top striker Paul Barnes. Like Liverpool's star striker Robbie Fowler, he scored twice at Old Trafford last season as York dumped Manchester United out of the League Cup. Fowler's ankle injury
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    • 498 52 COVENTRY 4 WOKJNCI The Cardinals (Woking) travel in hope for their big day in the cathedral city. But do they have a prayer? Clive Walker, 39, will spearhead Woking's attack. Still scoring marvellous goals in the Conference League, he was the inspiration of earlier
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    • 259 52 The figure on the left is the odds for the home side to win. So, Arsenal is 8-15 to win. The one in the middle (9-4) is for a draw and on the right (11-2) is for the away team to win. In terms of calculating the
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    • 557 53 FA CUP: SUNDAY'S ACTION MATCH OF THE DAY; HfM UNITED TOTTENHAM LIVE ON PREMIERE 12 (MIDNIGHT] Reuter. jr. DAVID Beckham and Sol Campbell are two young Londoners playing key roles for their clubs and becoming ever more important to England. Beckham escaped the scouting net thrown around
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    • 172 53 FACTTILES Name: Sol Campbell Date of birth: Sept 18,1974 Height: 1.86 m Weight: 89kg Peeffloa: Defender Ctehe Joined Spurs as trainee Career His debutjn the England squad was in the disastrous trip to Dublin and the abandoned game, because of crowd trouble, with the Republic of Ireland
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      203 53 Reuter. PREVIOUS CUP MEETINGS: Played 12 Wins: Man U 2, Tottenham 5 Draws: 5 FACTF1LE: Manchester United (nine wins) and Tottenham (eight) have won the Cup 17 times between them and been in a total of 23 finals but have never met each other in the Cup
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    • 301 53  -  RKTQfTHS^T'gl By Lan Brown CHARLTON 1 NEWCASTLE 3 Inconsistent Charlton has failed to score in three of its last six games. It needs an attacking spark from strike pair Bradley Ailen and Carl Leaburn. Its most impressive player is Welshman John Robinson, born in
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