The New Paper, 25 January 1997

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 357 2 Bernama. SOME people are out to discredit Malaysia's national carrier and its chairman, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad. They have launched the campaign in the hope of taking over Malaysia Airlines (MAS), he said. Dr Mahathir said he had heard rumours spread
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    • 63 2 TAN Sri Tajuddin is one of the country's top Malay businessmen. His business empire includes a helicopter firm and Malaysia's largest cellular phone company, Technology Resources Industries. Tan Sri Tajuddin, who is from Kedah, became MAS chairman after buying a 32 per cent stake in the national carrier
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    • 64 2 THE Malay-language newspaper, Berita Harian, recently ran a two-page report on MAS. The daily said the services of MAS were on the decline compared to other airlines. Problems include late arrivals and flight delays. The problems are due to a shortage of skilled manpower and pilots, the paper
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    • 210 2 Wire services. AT least 15 people were killed when a fire broke out in a karaoke bar in Hongkong this morning. The fire, which caused 13 others to be imured, later spread to other floors. Witnesses said the five men and 10 women who
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    • 248 2 Sorry Mr Fid-time MP (TOP, yesterday): We named Mr Othman Haron Eusofe as one of the MPs-elect for Hong Kah GRC. It should have beenMrHarun Ghani. Day 16 Muslims break fast time 7.19 pm Leisure WrrkrtnHnr TTvvnwVVlld Pages 2943 TV: Pages 52,53 Comics: Pages 54 55 J Forget the stresses
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 226 4 HOT STORY DEFEATED Workers' Party election candidate Tang Liang Hong lost two legal moves yesterday: His application to strike out three defamation suits filed against him by the Prime Minister, the Senior Minister and six other People's Action Party leaders was dismissed by the High Court.
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    • 80 4 The Straits Timet: Action plan to make NUS, NTU world-class The Bwhm Timet: Ten-year plan to solve HK's housing problems limkt Zaofcaa: Tony Tan outlines action plan for tertiary education featuring three initiatives Berita Marian: 3 new initiatives for university education RCS morning newt: There will be latest changes
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    • 26 4 The Dow Jones industrial average was down 59.27 points at 6,696.48 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 546 million shares.
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 67 4 THIS year's simplified income tax forms for individual taxpayers will be issued next month, later than usual, so there is less time for people to misplace the forms. Some 35,000 people sought duplicate income tax forms last year. Their requests, mainly around the peak filing period
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      • 65 4 SOUTH KOREA'S government appears to be ready for compromise over its new labour law which has seen weeks of opposition-led worker protests. The government scrapped arrest warrants against union leaders and freed four of them. Its rival National Congress for New Politics said it is now prepared to
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      • 69 4 TENNIS star Steffi Grafs father has been sentenced to three years and nine months jail on six counts of tax evasion. The German court was told that Peter Graf, 58, owed 19.2 million marks ($16.9 million) in tax on Steffi's income between 1989 and 1993. It was
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      • 57 4 CAR prices are being slashed by as much as $28,000 ahead of an expected fall in demand after the Lunar New Year early next month. Distributors expect Certificate of Entitlement (COE) prices prices to fall by several thousand dollars. They offer hongbao deals for Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Alfa
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      • 86 4 All the self-help groups are trying to uplift their community within the overall framework of multi-racial Singapore. This last qualification is very important. Whatever (each group does), we always remember that our multi-racial Singapore must gain. We must have first achieved racial harmony before the concept qf
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    • 52 4 WHAT'S HUP I just love this 3-D A man ...and an old woman n CHAIH/PP I AMI viewing toy. The riding his Hariey J with a cane. OnvnUl) LfVl! images look so f > v realistic. Here's I A windsurfer J Batman and Robin -ir w cs. 1 -y A
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  • 456 5  -  THENEWSTODAY By Riana Zakir HER flat has been vandalised so often that the town council gave her a can of paint as a do-it-yourself standby. The culprits are believed to be loan sharks who had used marker pens to scribble abusive words outside
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 238 6  -  By Irene Ng YOU could goon get more opportunities to blossom as a dancer, an artist or a musician. This is part of Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan's plan to give Singaporeans more opportunities to pursue a tertiary degree in fields such as the performing arts
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    • 135 6 Malaysia has very ambitious plans to promote the Multimedia Super Corridor. I think it will stimulate activity in this part of the world.. J think {f we take the right steps, we will continue to keep the lead. We see that they (companies operating from Singapore) are
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 403 9 THAT FATEFUL DAY SO many documents so many days. That's why, Mr Yusuf Jumabhoy (above) said, he had almost forgotten about the day he signed his rights away to nephew Rafiq. Until he was jolted by a news item three years later. The 1995
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    • 71 9 THE head of the Jumabhoy family, Mr Rajabali Jumabhoy, is suing his eldest son, Mr Ameerali, and two grandsons, Mr Rafiq and Mrlqbal. This is to enforce a settlement which, upon his death, equally divides his assets among all members of his family. He has four children, three
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    • 91 9 40 m I *s SMUte* iv v "'iiEy'wV '■ff■ -'v•i'^" Unwinding When it's casual Friday at the office, my midday walk stretches farther all the way to the water. It's a relaxing ritual to celebrate the end of a frantic week. But whatever the day and however long the distance,
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    • 276 11  -  Thieves steal 2 bikes Plan: Ride back to Perak 1 bike breaks down Cops help, trio confess By Ivy Ong THREE motorcycle thieves thought they had made a clean getaway. They even remembered to fill up the stolen machines with petrol as they headed for the Causeway
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    • 405 12  -  BY Teo Yun Yun APART from having to go home to sleep, students have no reason to leave Temasek Polytechnic. This is because the campus at Tampines Avenue 1, which has 7,800 students, is like a mini-city. It has shops, restaurants, autobanks, sports facilities, postal and
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  • 364 14  - Only bruises —from falling one floor SINGAPORETODAY By Riana Zakir A 79-year-old granny fell one storey from a kitchen window on to hard cement ground while escaping a fire. But Madam Siti Saat only bruised her knee cap and was treated as an outpatient. However, her strapping 63-year-old son, who
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  • 429 16 If discussions of race, language and religion had stirred some discomfort among some Singaporeans during the recent general election, they have brought reassurance to others. AUGUSTINE PANG reports SINGAPORETODAY OTHER ASSURANCES UNKING local gmnwt piug—ni iy -Ai The main question from participants was: "Where
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      76 19 WANT to catch George Clooney and Michelle PfeifTer in an old-fashioned love story? We are giving away 200 pairs of free passes to the movie One Fine Day. Just collect three front-page logos of The New Paper (yesterday's or today's) and exchange them for two free passes. They
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    • 736 20 Beautician Tung Sai Gaik was jailed for 15 months and fined $500 yesterday for causing the death of her close friend. Madam Chow Yoke Lin died after an operation to "tighten" her vagina went wrong. SHE had performed the
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    • 233 21  -  FROM PREVIOUS PAGE BY Crispina Robert Doctors say tightening of the vagina is a common medical procedure because the muscles in the vagina become lax after multiple child births or after menopause. Said Dr S K Tay, a gynaecologist at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH):
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    • 102 21 THE drug lignocaine is a local anasthetic which means it is injected to numb the area where the operation is to be performed. It is a controlled drug and not available from pharmacies. Plastic surgeon Dr Leslie Quek said unqualified people who inject drugs and operate on people
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    • 49 21 You may have been unable to get your Business Times, Straits Times, Sunday Times, LianHe Zaobao and other daily newspapers from your usual newsstand because of the higher demand lately. To ensure a daily copy, call Customer Services Section on 1800-749-2577, and ask for home or office delivery service.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 25 23 PENALTY THE maximum fine for contravention of the Factories Act resulting in the death of a person is $50,000.
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    • 107 23  -  BY Chan Seet Fun THREE Indian workers collapsed in a manhole in the Sanyo Airconditioners Manufacturing Singapore factory in December 1995. It is not clear how long they remained there. But when civil defence officers arrived, Mr Thittani Karrupiah Raja, 20, was dead. The two others, Mr Segar,
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  • 312 24 Woman, 43, dies in bungee jump mishap WORLDTODAY A WOMAN making her final rehearsal bungee jump for the US Super Bowl half-time show was killed when her head repeatedly struck a concrete floor. The accident took place at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans yesterday. The elasticised bungee
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 385 27 NOSES IN FINGERS OUT THE Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Portland State University and others got their grants by cashier's cheque. This hid the source. Groups praised the generosity and"no strings" policy. They were checked out for results. Former Cornell University president
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    • 119 27 US actor Kevin Costner is doing his bit to help clean Japan's worst oil spill in Ishikawa prefecture. The star of Waterworld has given the Japanese government a machine that separates oil from water, reports USA Today. Ishikawa was hit by oil from Nakhodka, a
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 470 30  -  I WISH, I WISH: Earlier this month, The New Paper visited six schools to ask youngsters from three age groups (6 8 years, 10-11 years, and 14 -15 years) one question: 'What are your three wishes for 1997?' In ranking their wishes, the youngsters were told that
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      • 141 30 IN LONDON, THEY LIKE THE 6-8 group is concerned with the plight of the homeless, the unemployed and the sick. Many want to get along better with siblings and do better in school. Some of their wishes: 1. That homeless people find somewhere to live 2. To leam my times-tables
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      • 424 31 FULLY plugged-in now into the importance of good grades, these children are focused on academic achievement. To work hard. To achieve better results. To be top of the class. To get into a good school.' These are the big concerns. The old family bonds (and other concerns)
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      • 233 31 IN LONDON, THEY LIKE THIS group is health- and image-conscious. They wish for better eating habits, more money and bigger houses. 1. To stop eating so much chocolate 2. To get into Fulham FC's school of excellence 3. Not to spend all my pocket money (£3 a week) on football
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      • 505 32 THIS age group breaks forth into a fuller realisation that life looms beyond the classroom (the latter, of course, is still a dominating factor). Whether political, social or religious, these wish-lists show widening, deepening world views. That the GST be not raised. A gracious society. Environmental worries.
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      • 199 32 IN LONDON, THEY LIKE LONDON'S teenagers believe they lack confidence and are overworked. Their main concern: good grades. They also admit that their relationships with parents or siblings could be better: 1. To get good grades in the GCSE (the British equivalent of the 0 levels) 2. Gain more self-confidence
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  • 339 35 weekender COVERSTORY CULTURAL differences influence without completely altering the psychological stages which mark "growing up". Compare: Singaporeans aged six to eight live in a cocoon-world of toys and family. At 10 or 11, they are focusing on school. Only at 14 or 15
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  • 792 37  - I guarded Cindy's body weekender KEN JALLEH JR at arge A THOUSAND apologies if you were among the hundreds of people at Ngee Ann City hoping to catch a glimpse of Cindy Crawford, but wound up with a panoramic view of my substantial backside, which, though dimpled, does not quite
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  • SPOTLIGHT
    • 216 38 'WE MISJUDGED THE SPILL' On Jan 2, Russian tanker Nakhodka broke into two in stormy seas in the Sea of japan. The result: Severe oil slicks (one of which is pictured on the right) that are washing up on the Japanese coast, devastating the environment. Japan immediately
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      36 38 Driffing botes into the bow of the Nakhodka: The 13,157 tonne tanker broke into two tome 130 km off the coast of Shimane Prefecture. It was carrying 19,000 tonnes (133,000 barrels) of heavy oil.
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      47 38 Fatal clean-up: On Tuesday, one of the hundreds of volunteers involved in the clean-up died of a heart attack on a polluted beach. He was lifting a drum used to scoop oil from the sand. Two others have also died during the clean-up. Pictures/ Reuter
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    • 128 38 At least 4,500 tonnes of heavy oil are estimated to have leaked into the Sea of Japan so far. A Japanese PM RyutarO Hashimoto has ordered a worldwide search-for clean-up ships. V "His transport minister Makoto Koga has announced plans to put together a fleet of 1,000 boats
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  • 385 45 WORLDTODAY For 12 days, four fishermen were stranded in the seas off Sarawak. They drank rainwater and chanted prayers to keep their hopes of a rescue high. Two boxes, meant for keeping fish, was all that kept them from death. Fisherman Mahadi Badri,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 190 48 THIS house in the German town of Rosenheim is where a couple allegedly used an online computer service to sell foreign children for sex and torture. Inside the house police found a torture chamber with torture instruments. They believe many of the children "sold" often died as
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    • 66 48 GERMANY has been active in its efforts to stop the distribution of pornographic images, especially of children, through online services and the Internet, the global computer network. At the end of 1995, German authorities forced the online service CompuServe to block access to more than 200 Internet news
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    • 291 49 'Sex slaves did it for Says Japan's top spokesman Source: Reuter. SOME sex slaves during World War II offered their services willingly, said Japan's top government spokesman. The remarks by Chief Cabinet Secretary Seiroku Kajiyama yesterday were likely to sour talks between his boss, Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto, and South
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    • 97 49 THE two neighbours have long had a love-hate relationship. Japan and South Korea share many common security interests, such as keeping communist North Korea in check and relying on US troops for their security. But many South Koreans still detest Japan for its occupation of Korea from 1905-45.
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  • 434 53  -  L T CETERA WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ "WHAT a scene!" said Fan. "All the big names were there at the opening of the theme restaurant, Planet Hollywood, this week." "Scene? Hah! It was obscene," replied Critic. "It's utterly vulgar for 8,000 people here to 'scramble, push and scream'
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  • 516 66  -  SPORTS/RACING Preview By" The Three Musketeers GO NAP on River Grosvenor in Race 3 today. The three-year-old Grosvenor gelding came right at his seventh start last Sunday when he disposed of eight Class 5 rivals over the Bukit Tim ah 1,200 m. He jumped
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    • 208 67 DPA. THE WOOOIES: Aussie doubles heroes Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge (the Woodies) have been honoured with the Order of Australia award. But the pair, who secured an Olympic Gold medal for their country in Atlanta last year, don't know who nominated them. "It's fantastic, it's a great
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    • 739 67  -  MEN'S FINAL (Tomorrow): PETE SAMPAS (US) v CARLOS MOYA (SPAIN Delayed telecast on Premiere 12 at 2pm: Women's final (today), Men's final (tomorrow) By] Norman Stevens REORTING FROM MELBOURNE TWO years ago, on a sun-baked red clay court in Barcelona, a big-built teenager with
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    • 253 67 THOMAS Muster's computer sussed out Pete Sampras' game, but the Austrian was unable to carry out its instructions. Muster was given a top chance of toppling the world No 1 in the semi-final yesterday on the strength of his impressive wins over Goran Ivanisevic and
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    • 69 68 Rolling OK: Hingis having fun in Melbourne Picture/ Reuter Martina Hingis Age 16 22 NaWwlity Swiss French Plays Rigtthandtd Rlghthanded WoKJ ranking 4 22 Highest career ranking 4 3 Head-io-tafld 0 3 Hard oourt head-to-head 0 1 Grand Slam final
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    • 112 68 Reuter. MARTINA Hingis can become the youngest ever Grand Slam champion by beating Mary Pierce in today's final. And, regardless of the outcome, she will jump to No 2 in the world rankings behind Steffi Graf. At 16 years, three months and 26 days on the day of
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    • 210 68 DPA. ITS not just tennis that the youngest-ever Australian Open finalist Martina Hingis does well. The 16-year-old also rides horses, rollerblades and even tries her hand occasionally at juggling. But all the other sporting prowess will be put aside today when the Swiss
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    • 119 69 SINGAPORE'S semi-professional basketball league, the Tiger Beer Basketball Challenge, opened with a loud bang in 1995. But in its just-concluded second season, attendances dropped from a 2,100 average in 1995 to just 250 per game an 88 per cent drop. Only the grand final managed to draw
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    • 53 69 'Mr BASKETBALL" ARY SUDARSONO brought Magic in to create the atmosphere for our people to begin to love the game. We need a hero. Since we don't already have such a figure in Indonesia, we must bring him in from overseas. Ary Sudarsono. Sudarsono: The man who promoted the "Magic"
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    • 823 69 Magic Johnson's exhibition games in Jakarta on Jan 8 and 9 Provided a few pointers from which Singapore's fledgling semi-professional league can benefit, says CALVIN LOW, who covered the event He speaks with the man who promoted it, Indonesia's "Mr Basketball", Ary Sudarsono. THE LESSONS LEARNT
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    • 708 70 HOT ARSENAL'S goal king lan Wright has blown his top after discovering that the Gunners have made a secret £8 million ($17.6 m) bid for Lazio's Italian superstar Guiseppe Signori. Wright has demanded a showdown with boss Arsene Wenger because he believes the arrival
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    • 99 67 AU5WUJAN OPEN\ WHAT'S G(g)NE How the main matches went (seeding* in bold): MEN (semi-finals): 1 Pete Sampras (US) bt 5 Thomas Muster (Aut) 6-1, 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 Doubles 1 Todd Woodbridge/Mark Woodforde (Aus) bt 11 Rick Leach/Jonathan Stark (US) 6-3, 7-6 (7/2), 5-7,6-1 7 Sebastien Lareau (CanVAlex O'Brien (US) bt
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    • 186 72 I FACTFILE Name: Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima Ate: 20 Height 1.83 m Weight 77 kg Date of birth: Sept 22,1976 Star. Virgo Nationality: Brazilian Current dub: Barcelona (Spain) Career path: Social Ramos Club, Sao Cristovao, Cruzeiro (all Brazil) 1994-96 PSV Eindhoven (Holland)
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    • 289 72 THE GROWING UP YEARS Fikiran. BORN Ronaldo Luiz Nazario de Lima, he was rejected as a 13-year old along with 3,000 other juniors assessed each year by Flamengo in Rio de Janeiro. He had come from the wastelands of that city's Bento Ribeiro, where his mother
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    • 310 72 THE TEEN YEARS "RONALDO is simply sensational," says his manager at his current club Barcelona. And if anyone can spot talent, it must be the much-travelled Bobby Robson, once manager of England, reports The Mail on Sunday. "He has to be seen to be
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    • 368 72 AFP. CHICAGO Bulls star Dennis Rodman says he will play for free. It was in response to a plea from President Bill Clinton. He was recently suspended without pay for 11 games and fined U5525,000 for kicking a courtside cameraman. Rodman told the Chicago
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    • 439 73  -  FROM THE JOHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC: HOPE ISLAND, GOLD COAST FACTFILE Name: Michael Long Age: 28 Place of birth: NZ Residence: Perth Career victories: 1992 New Caledonia Open 1996 NZ Open Hobbies: Gardening, cooking, beach volleyball Turned pro: 1990 REPORTS BRIAN MILLER MICHAEL Long believes he
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      81 73 Michael Long drives the ball 320 metres off the tee. Then, using a seven-iron, he clears 180 m with Ms second shot to land five fset from the pin. He then putts in for an eagle (two under par) to claim the outright lead. LEADERBOARD 136: Michael Long
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    • 316 73 lAN Woosnam remembers Singapore well. In particular, he carries fond memories of the Tanah Merah Country Club. "I've won many tournaments but that win at Tanah Merah was special," he said. He scored a stunning win over Scotland's Andrew Coltart at the third hole
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    • 377 74 ...more from the Johnnie Walker Classic THE first thing Chua Guan Soon did before leaving his hotel for the golf course yesterday was to make a detour to the Qantas airline office. There, he requested for a change of flight. He wanted a confirmed booking
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        209 74 PASCAL Simpson. Remember that name. You could be chanting it after tonight's match. He is AIK Stockholm's much sought-after striker The 25-year-old Swedish international (jersey No 9) is on the wanted list of a number of English clubs, including Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland, and an Italian club.
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      • 182 74  -  Stories/ S Gulam TIONG Bahru United left for Brisbane yesterday on a eight-day training tour with a two-fold mission: To see how the team performs on the field. To see how the team operates off the field. Said Jaguars' coach, Robert Alberts: "I need to know the
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    • 347 74  -  FA CUP FOURTH ROUND UPDATE By Ian Brown REPORTING FROM ENGLAND KEITH Russell has been painting the town red this week. Fabrizio Ravanelli can do it every week. Russell is a painter by trade and was a £7,000 ($15,400) signing from Atherstone United.
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    • 171 74 Wire services. JOHN BARNES: Liverpool boss Roy Evans is bringing the midfielder back for the clash against Chelsea tomorrow. Evans is set to change the winning team which beat Aston Villa 3-0 last Saturday to make way for the veteran skipper. The Anfield
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