The New Paper, 17 March 1997

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  • 12 1 the new paper MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1997 MfTA (pi 061/VW MttßiyflHHßßH 60
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      232 2 CHAOS IN ALBANIA Wire services. THESE Albanians, worried that th*»r country no longer has a tomorrow, wanted out. So, as the US Marines helicopter landed in a beach near the port town of Durres yesterday, they frantically but unsuccessfully tried to board the copter. It was the
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    • 381 3  -  SECONDCOLOUR This means one more colour (restricted to yellow, magenta or cyan) besides black. By Teo Yun Yun T HERE'S something new about The New Paper today, even if you may not notice it. And these coloured pipes have everything to do with it. The pipes,
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    • 158 2 I GIVE YOUR HAIR A NEW LEASE OF LIFE I With Hay's Formula, you need no longer worry about hair problems like balding, hair loss, damaged hair, premature greying, dandruff, Hay's Formula brittle hair and so on, Using a unique formula made of herbal plants, Hay's holistics approach deals with
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    • 15 2 Callus. Hotline prjw "*****55 LEISURE Pages 26,30, 31&32 TV: Page 34 Comics: Pages 35 36
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      206 4 tHOT A STORIES J CHANGING NEIGHBOUR HOP OS The CDC service counters and hotlines will also start running on April 1. Residents will get brochures about CDCs and their services. Five or six more CDCs should be formed over the next year. IN two weeks' time, Singapore's first
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      171 4 TWO more HUDC estates are to be privatised Tampines Court at Tampines Street 11, and Amberville in the Marine Parade area. All HUDC estates are to be privatised by next year. Flat-owners will own the units as well as the common property, such as carparks. They can form
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 72 4 PYRAMID Construction was booked 16 times for breeding mosquitoes on its HDB worksite in Bukit Batok Avenue 3 last year. So far, it has been fined a total of $27,000 for 10 of its offences. Last year, one in five premises booked for breeding mosquitoes was a construction site.
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      • 82 4 VIETNAM has called on Bering to stop drilling for oil close to the disputed Spratly Islands. Chinese ships have ignored repeated warnings from its coast guards, the official Vietnam News Agency said. Vietnam fears that China is flexing its muscles. Vietnam said the Kan Tan 111 oil rig
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      • 80 4 If we grow, we benefit one another, and if we have a recession then we will also affect our neighbours. Recognising this we should take a balanced view of things. In this instance, some remarks have been made and an apology has been given. I think we
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      • 73 4 A FUTURE undersea railway system may link Perlis in Malaysia's north with Indonesia's northern province of Aceh via Langkawi, said Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad. This sounds like a daydream but all realities start from dreams," he said. First step: a link from Arau to
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      • 60 4 PHARMACEUTICAL companies have called for more disclosure on drug imports. They say parallel importers should, like them, state what is in the drugs they bring in. "The Government is encouraging parallel importers because it believes that they can lower health-care costs, but the regulations have to be more
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      • 73 4 MORE than 50 people were arrested in joint Home Affairs raids on 19 Boat Quay nightspots over the weekend. Eight were nabbed for under-age drinking, 38 for suspected drug use and the rest for gambling, disorderly behaviour and not having work permits. Eleven outlets were caught breaching their
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    • 81 4 Hm Straits Vmm Boat Quay target of clean-up efforts TbcflnlatMTlMM: Asians buy into Tokyo firms for their technology > Unto laotao: PM Goh and Suharto to discuss biiateral and regional issues today BttHa Hartan: Muts pledges to help combat social problems RCSmomfctf newt: Israel will go ahead with the
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  • 451 5  -  THENEWSTOOAY BY Yvonne Lim BRIDEGROOM Mohd Izam Hamid and his bride were ambushed on the way to their wedding yesterday. A horde of 40 red-and-yellow fiends on mountain bikes waylaid their bridal car as it turned into Toa Payoh Lorong
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 378 6 Parents are often cited as the reason why their teen children go astray. This woman gave her son everything except her time. Her son is a recovering drug addict. They talk about what went wrong in their relationship. CRISPINA ROBERT reports on the case that
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    • 452 7 But not your time: Son {There is no one factor for children to turn to crime But when the breaking point comes, you can often trace it back to the the extent of the emotional bond between parent and child.9 MreChua Yin Mjy, Executive Director of Stud—l Cm Service WHEN
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    • 312 8  -  Art Riana Zakir 7\ i.' Lance-corporal low Yin Tit wrote to his mother last month about how he fired a gun salute in a military funeral to honour a soldier killed in training. "But I never imagined
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    • 105 8 AN artillery shell that exploded killed gunner LCP Low and Third Sergeant Tan Han Chong, 21, an artillery specialist. Eleven other Singapore servicemen and one New Zealand Defence Force liaison officer were also hurt. The incident took place on March 9 during a routine training exercise in
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 272 11 I PENALTY Anyone who commits mischief and causes loss or damage of $25 or more will be jailed up to two years, or fined, or both. THE cars slowed down and didn't bump each other. But their drivers still came nose to nose. One
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    • 51 11 THAM was charged in court on Tuesday for damaging Mr Lim's car. Another charge for attempting to cause hurt with the golf club was taken into consideration. He was jailed three weeks and ordered to pay Mr Lim $464.03 as compensation (or two weeks'jail in default) for damaging his
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    • 420 12  -  BY Ng Wan Ching DONT be surprised if it takes a while to get through to the National University Hospital's (NUH) Blood Donation Centre. The phones have been ringing non-stop since the story of two young Malay boys suffering from leukemia
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    335 14  -  Fanning with bits.. and bytes produces SINGAPORETODAY By Rachel Tan MR Raymond Chew, 39, is a vegetable "farmer" of sorts except that his hands hardly get dirty and his farm is "soil-less". He is chairman of a hi-tech engineering company which branched into vegetable farming. With support from
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    • 272 14 Tte British Council British I Education I Exhibition I O v-*r .at 3- < j^ All your questions answered! Univm iftln and other college* University of Kent at Canterbury Univertity of Sheffield of hi# hertfurther education Kent Institute of Art A Design South Bank University Kingston University Univertity of Southampton
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    167 15 BVastfacts I isSntpuSSo^ ARMEDbarutM^^ rule many •ftS Altonia havespenU Jlgl unded. In a bid to escape the many Albanians have begun v t fleeing the country. the weekei idAundreds of ppmn arri 1 n mtttfha, admitting that he is no control of the military, has af|>ealed to the European
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 215 17 Reuter. UNITED States President Bill Clinton has an extra day to get ready for the Helsinki summit with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The one-day delay of the meeting to Thursday is to give Mr Clinton more time to recover from his emergency knee surgery. The
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    • 133 17 Giving away before going to prison Reuter. WEST AFRICAN millionaire Babani Sissoko, about to do a jail term for bribing a US Customs agent, has been giving money away and spreading his wealth in Miami. He pleadeo guilty to bribing the agent with $30,000 (5542,000) while trying to ship two
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • STRANGE BUT TRUE!
      • 493 18  -  His heart stops beating while he sleeps on this bed (right) His family think he's dead and prepares to buiy him 2 days later... REPORTS AUGUSTINE PANG from Kupang, Indonesia BY all signs, 75-year-old farmer Daud Dafa was dead. His heart had stopped beating, he
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      • 161 18 DURING his "death", Mr Daud said he saw "the other world". He told his family he was walking along a narrow road. He saw friends from the past, but did not stop to talk. Then, he came to a door. He opened it. Said Madam
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      • Article, Illustration
        138 18 ABOUT three months later, Mr Daud died, on the same bed on which he had been presumed dead. Before his death on Feb 7 this year, he had been hospitalised for five days at the Professor Dr W Z Johannes Hospital and doctors had given up hope
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      428 19 Jordan's King Hussein visits families of slain Israeli schoolgirls Wire services. ONE Israeli mother fainted as Jordan's King Hussein knelt beside her, expressing his sorrow at the death of her teenage daughter, Adi Malka. Adi's parents are both deaf-mutes who communicated with people through their slain daughter. "No
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    • 268 20 SCANDAL ROCKS BELGIAN GOVT AGAIN Wire services. SOME of Belgium's top leaders were involved in sex parties, said a senior policeman. Mr Georges Marnette, who went to these parties as an undercover agent, said they were held at private clubs known as "ballets roses" He named
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    • 96 20 BELGIUM has been reeling from a series of child sex cases. Recently, a nine-year-old girl was found dead 4Vi years after she disappeared. Another case involved suspect Marc Dutroux, who confessed to murdering four young girls. Investigations into a child sex ring operating in the country
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    • 97 21 HHfH^R^fVHIIL For the first time ever, Underwater World Singapore HI bringing baby sharks to Parkway Parade in a Touch Pool. Watch how sharks, starfish, stingrays, spiky pufferfish and other marine creatures are fed! ,0 M Fun-filled activities like Jumping Air Castle by Kid's Adventure and Little Tots Fair by Isetan
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  • 258 22 WORLDTODAY Source: AFP. MOTHER Teresa, 86, has set a new mission for herself helping Aids victims in the United States. The ailing Roman Catholic nun said yesterday that she "longed to go to the US" and work for Aids patients there, the United News of India reported.
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    • 75 22 Leprechuans They're little, mischievous and On The Loose a over t^e p| ace a t Brannigan's on March 17 and 18. i f 1 It's Saint Patrick's Day, so on the loose are Irish elves who'll be drowning in green beer all night long. One lucky elf will walk away
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 185 23 QI AM a second-year electronic and computer engineering student at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. After my O levels, I wanted to study design. I scored an A for my O-level art and design techology. My relatives encouraged me to study electronics and computers. They said they
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    • 166 23 QI AM studying for an advanced diploma in computer studies in a private school. I aim to pursue a degree course. However, I do not wish to study it in a university overseas or in a private school. Is it possible for me to get
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    • 152 23 Q I WOULD like to pursue a career in journalism. First, I intend to obtain a diploma. Then, if I am successful in this, I aim to strive to secure a degree in mass communications or business studies. My query is, will all this
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    • 261 24 QI SAT for my O levels in 1995 and got an aggregate of 16. I applied for an IT course in a polytechnic and was admitted. But after a few months I realised I was not suited for the course. I dislike programming, which is a
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    • 96 24 QI AM in Secondary 3, studying English, maths, science (physics and chemistry), second language and history. I really want to be a meteorologist. It has been my dream since I was young. Are there any courses or schools here that offer meteorology? Must I go overseas to
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    • 97 24 0 QI HAVE an NTC-3 certificate from the Institute of Technical Education but I don't want to be an engineer or a technician. My ambition is to be a flight steward. But my NTC-3 certificate does not qualify me for the job. So I have decided to
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    • 143 24 QI WOULD like to find out how I can be a psychiatrist or a psychologist. What are the subjects I nc ed to take at junior college le\ il to qualify for this cour >e? I also wish to know what the difference is between a
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    • 110 24 QI AM 19.1 left school three years ago after completing my N-levels with an aggregate of 11 points. My ambition is to become a nurse but my poor results have made me lose my confidence. Now, after working for three years, I realise that I
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    • 117 23 The Penang Hawkers are back at the York Needing absolutely no introduction, they will be up a storm from to 30 March 1997 Hotel's White Rose Feast on delicious prawn mee, tangy Penang laksa, creamy kachang apom balik or ban chang kueh, rojak, cuttlefish kang kong, lor bak, roti jala,
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  • 505 25  -  Showtime SHOW INFO WHAT: Village People WHEN: Thursday, March 20, 10pm WHERE: Sparks Disco TICKETS: $28 By Hazel Tan YES, the Village People are back. The '70s group, made up of the soldier; policeman; construction worker; cowboy; biker and the Red Indian, are most famous for their
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    • 537 26 '■•'■■j'l v»i 'I an i'j„r y.» g If you're going to study communication art and design for 3 years for a career lasting 30 years, don't make a decision in 3 minutes. Take time. Ask people. Especially people in the industry. I f y° u havc already decided that you
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  • LOOK
    • 448 27 The movie industry is banking on Madonna's successful recreation ofPeron to promote Evita as a major fashion statement. Can it take off here? asks CAROL LEONG EVA Peron, the former First Lady of Argentina (1946-52), was famous for her red lips and nails, wasp-waisted Dior
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      259 27 MADONNA spent three hours in hair and makeup everyday to achieve the Evita look to perfection. She wore false teeth (to cover the gap between her front teeth), brown contact lenses and fake hair. But the Evita look is actually classic makeup red lips and nails and
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    • 178 27 IN the movie Evita, Eva Peron's evolution as a politician is chronicled in her clothes. As a budding dictator's wife, she wore fiouncy hats, floral dresses and overdone jewellery. She was ridiculed in Europe for being garish, so Peron redid herself and started wearing severe Christian Dior.
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 400 28 IT happened at the Golden Globe awards. X-Files star David Duchovny went to receive the Award for Best Acting in a television drama series. He also returned firmly in love. The lucky lady: Actress Tea Leoni of the Naked Truth TV series. The two have become inseparables
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    • 288 29 Source: Reuter. GONG Li has a new role. And her fans won't even have to pay to see it. All expenses paid by the advertiser. Yes, she is now the "face" of flamboyant Hongkong retailer Shanghai Tang. The face that filled cinema screens in
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    • 458 30  -  Kumar stars in new musical By Hazel Tan IF you've caught stand-up comic Kumar's act at the Boom Boom Room, you will know he is famous for his cross-dressing stunts. His parents, however, didn't find it funny at first. It took his mum
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  • Page 32 Miscellaneous
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  • 596 33  -  Etcetera WITH P N BALJI I'VE a special liking for fighters. That rare group of people who put country before self, who have the indomitable spirit to fight injustice in the face of bloody oppression, who bounce back again and again under impossible conditions. As a
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  • 417 35  -  By Clarinda Lim THE French have long been i associated with fine food or haute cuisine and often justifiably so. French restaurants have also earned a reputation for elegance and sophistication, in terms of decor and ambience. If you would like to savour good French fare
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    • 326 40 2990 Sal— Po*rtfc>n» 2630 Sal— P—Wo— 2530 Sal—PoaW— JT™ —-—-----L, An established company dealing with computer components products requires Initiative enthusiastic Minimum GCE '0' level, preferably with telemarketing sales experience Will do outdoor sales occasionally 5 days week Interested applicants, please call Ms. Iris at *****69 for appointment. 35 Kallang
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    • 244 41 2642 ROYAL CROWNE PLAZA* SINGAPORE Royal Holiday Inn Crownc Plaza is poised to embark on an extensive upgrading and re-positioning programme. We are on our way to a fresh approach in service and quality of facilities and invite highly motivated individuals to join us in the positions of: Assistant Housekeepers
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    • 389 42 2648 Administrativa/ 2648 Administrative Clerical Positions Clarical Positions Due to our expansion, we sre inviting you to join m us for the following position*: a talM Suoervisors tm -r Min GCE A' /Diploma or equivalent a Min 2 years supervisory sales experience in retailing IT products Sound know Id ge
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    • 734 43 2654 Technical Positions 2654 Technical Positions 2654 Technical Portions 2664 Tachnkal Positions 2664 Technical Positions I sia EncinEEßino comPAnv jb I I Success is based on continual self-improvement, hard work and commitment. At SIA Engineering Company, we H help your career move to the top by providing comprehensive training, incentives
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    • 495 44 2663 Warehousing/ 2663 Warehousing/ 2663 Warehousing Inventory Posts Inventory Posts Invantory Poets ip Leading Italian fashion company invites candidates u 4 I for the following positions: I litequiremcuta; I Store experience computer knowledge will be an I Requirements; I Driver must possess Class 3 driving licence with at I least
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    • 381 46 2§m Other PoeMone 2660 Othw PoeWone I An established company specialising in marine engineering servicing and repairs of oilfield equipment invites applications for: NTC in Precision/Metal Machining or equivalent years of experience in operating big vertical lathe or horizontal lathe Trainee positions are also available Possess 3*5 years' experience in
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      603 47 When champion sailor Ben Tan retired from sailing last year, he did not want to leave an empty place. The Asian Games, three-times SEA Games gold-medallist and qualified medical doctor found a protege in Justin Ang, reports GERARD WONG BOAT ASIA *97 REGATTA OTHER RESULTS Keelboat: 1
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    • 157 47 EX-NATIONAL sailor Ben Tan is teaching more than just sailing drills and strategies to Justin Ang. He is also teaching him how to strike a balance between his studies and sailing. Said Justin who communicates regularly with Ben through e- mail: "He not only helps me plan
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    • 404 47  -  FEDERATION CUP: SINGAPORE 3 SYRIA 0 By Gerard Wong SINGAPORE deserves better than its Federation Cup Asia-Oceania Group Two fifth placing. That was the opinion of the national team after it defeated Syria 3-0 in the fifth-to-sixth placings play-offs on Saturday.
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    • 513 48  -  LIVERPOOL: WHAT WENT WRONG CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE MAN UNITED PULLS AWAY HOTSHOTS 20s Alan Shearer (Newcastle) 18: lan Wright (Arsenal) 16: Robbie Fowler (Liverpool) 14:Dwight York (Aston Villa) 13:Les Ferdinand (Newcastle), Fabrizio Ravanelli (Boro) SATURDAY ASTON VILLA 0 WEST HAM 0 Crowd: 35,992 BLACKBURN 3 (Gallacher 7th,
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    • 244 48 Reuter. MANCHESTER United has extended its lead at the top of the Premiership to three points. Goals in either half from Andy Cole and Karel Poborsky saw off a stubborn Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at Old Trafford on Saturday. In the 19th minute, Cole blasted his
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    • 193 48 DAVID James has fingered the problem which caused him to let in three sloppy goals last week: computer games. The Liverpool goalkeeper accepted the blame for all the goals scored by Newcastle United in a thrilling match last Monday night, reports Carling Internet. Liverpool
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      • 185 49 CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE; ARSFNAI BACK IN THE HUNT ARSENE Wenger's rookies got Arsenal off the hook at Southampton and hot on the heels of Manchester United. But the Frenchman has got to do something about discipline, reports Carling Internet. Compatriot Patrick Vieira was lucky not to become the sixth
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        368 49 THE FINAL MCE: Last eight games: REMAINING TIES: HOME: Darby (April 5) Newcastle (April 23) West Ham (May 11) MWkHe*bro (to be arranged) AWAY: Evevton (March 22) Btockbam (April 12) Liverpool (April 19) Leicester (May 3) THE FINAL RACE: Last eight games: REMAINING TIES: HOME: Coventry (April
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    • 213 49 ARSENAL'S Premiership title dream is back on track and Dutchman Dennis Bergkamp is in the mood to lead the Gunners to glory. Arsenal's championship drive appeared to have been shattered by home defeats against Manchester United and Wimbledon recently, reports Carling Internet. But the win over
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    • 232 49 CHELSEA added to Sunderland's relegation worries in the English Premier League. The Blues scored a thumping 6-2 victory at Stamford Bridge yesterday which featured two goals from Welsh striker Mark Hughes and left Sunderland shell-shocked. Italians Gianfranco Zola and Roberto di Matteo also hit
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    • 280 50 1 SEMBAWANG STALLIONS 1 SAFFC WARRIORS 2 Sembawang: Mohamed Razif 20th min SAFFC:Fandi Ahmad 15th V Selvaraj 71st In England, Saturday afternoons are devoted to covering the Premiership. But last Saturday, after an afternoon out on the town, visiting English journalist JOE BERNSTEIN headed for Yishun Stadium
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    • 497 50 THE atmosphere was as warm as the weather, the pitch was difficult after a heavy downpour and some of the players could have won Oscars for the way they fell. This English correspondent enjoyed his debut. It had noise, colour and a goal by Fandi Ahmad. What
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    • 248 50 Results of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON All England finals (Men's singles): Dong Jiong (C) bt Sun Jun (C) 16-9,15-5. Women's singles: Ye ZhaoyingfCJ bt Gong Zhichao (C) 11-1,11-3. HOCKEY Five-nation tournament in Pakistan: Holland 3 Australia 2, England 1 Pakistan 1. ftQCTCT Div One Belgium: Alost 1 RWD Molenbeek
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    • 714 51  -  m k Mm jfl HOME PROTECTORS 0 GEYLANG Fftoin 2 Geylang: E Manimohan 33rd mln pen; Martin Tierney 63rd I Home Protectors coach Carlos Pereira: I will have a special talk with these four players. I am not happy with them. I know we can do
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    • 381 52 3: TIONG BAHRU JAGUARS 4 JURONG SCORPIONS 0 BySGulam IT was a baptism of fire for the Scorpions. After a four-goal whacking by the Jaguars, the Tiger Beer S-League newcomer must have realised that life isn't that smooth at the top. They were angry at linesman Roshaizan Sapan's
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    • 293 52  -  4; TAMPINES STAGS 2 WOODLANDS RAMS 3 By Ernest Luis SHARP. Gutsy. Never-say-die. Meet the Woodlands Wellington of 1997. The Rams showed all three qualities in their 3-2 win over Tampines Rovers. Sharp: English striker Stuart Young, when he sneaked behind a defender, to head the ball
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    • 33 52 Coaches are generally an excited lot especially at matches. And Tiong Bahru coach Robert Alberts can hardly contain his fervour. Find out what he's really saying tomorrow. Picture/ Sam Yeo
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