The New Paper, 3 May 1997

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    12 1 the new paper SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1997 MfTA(P) 064AM/97 60 CENTS J
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      75 1 The TRUTH is in here I 1 '»''r| I vi -m .**•*.<* f I Mam JKir Hj -»T I MAY 1997 MfTA (P) 064^^ mi sso I I =i f V BfeSßfcss' a m f Hk [Jr V B /Page They're engaged. She's from radio /p* n Singapore Press Holdings
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Out of the shadows
      483 2 Labour's 'shadow* cabinet finally takes change in Britain Be a Tiger What is Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong talking about? Find out on pages 30-31 Wire services. FOR years, they had been waiting in the shadows. Now, a day after burying the ruling Conservatives in
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      FINAL RESULTS
      68 2 LABOUR 419 (273 held, 146 gained) CONSERVATIVES 165 (165 held, 178 lost) LIBERAL DEMOCRATS 46 [18 held, 30 gained, 2 lost) others 29 (21 held, 8 gained, 4 lost) Parliament has 659 seats Party needs at least 330 seats to control Parliament all by itself. With 419 Labour
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      Lock icon Rock'n' poll man
      278 3 We've heard much about Mr Tony Blair, the politician who transformed Britain's Labour Party from a tax-and-spendparty to one that looks very similar to the Conservative Party that it is replacing. But what was Mr Blair like in his early yeah? Tony Hair, Tlm 1970 If you
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      72 2 As the official battery for Tho New Paper's Big Walk, we're offering you 2 new batteries for 2 of your old AA cells (any brand except Duracell). Just drop by our booth at the TNP Walkshop at Tampines Mall between 12 pm and 3 pm this Saturday, 3 May 1997.
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      14 2 Call u* Hotline pfflp 1 Lam TV: Pages 41 &42 Cowlci: Pages 43 44
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      THIRD QUARTERLY DECLINE IN A ROW
      131 4 k HOT i STORY A BE a little cautious if you're thinking of buying private property. Residential property prices slipped 3.7 per cent for the first three months of this year. It was the third consecutive quarterly decline. And it's an indication that the
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      DOW JONES
      26 4 The Dow Jones industrial average was up 94.71 points at 7,071.19 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 502 million shares.
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      DOWN
      53 4 apJrSnmtoMtf condominiums experienced the Dtggrst sitae down 5.8 per cent overall compared to one per cent during last year's fourth The overall i_. j_ w l i I RIOCXf nwiuHVV of commercial and industrial ii properties, ien by 3.4 per cent compared to a 2.5 per cent decline in
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      UP
      21 4 Prices of OfiKnfC houses hdvc improved up 2.6 per cent after an 8.1 per cent fal the previous q Barter.
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      HEADLINERS
      87 4 Hit Straits Timet: John Blair sweeps irlto.No 10 Downing Street with a landslide victory Dn Buihmi Timet: Jakarta to build shopping district to rival Singapore's Orchard Rd □■■In ZiiUb: Britain election: Labour Party wins big; Conservative Party suffers worst defeat in 165 years Berita Harlan: Labour Party wins big
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      CHIA-SINGAPORE SUZHOU PARK PROJECT
      109 4 The first two years of a person's life are the most difficult, require tender care. Here, we have two sets qf people looking after the baby, one used to looking after the baby in the Chinese way and the other in the Singapore way. And we
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    • THE TANG LIANG HONG SAGA:
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        'Stand by report'
        82 4 We did what any newspaper would have done we took a look at the compilation, highlighted some of the more prominent cases, and made the observation that anyone reading them might well come to the conclusion that crime was a problem there we are sorry if our
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        Tang says 'sorry'
        56 4 LAWYER Tang Liang Hong has offered to withdraw completely his remarks that his two Singapore lawyers dared not file one of his affidavits in the High Court. He said yesterday h* regretted that the remarks might have suggested Mr Peter Low and Mr Loo Ngan Chor acted
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        CJ gets tough
        62 4 CHIEF Justice Yong Pung How yesterday issued a warrant for the arrest of lawyer John Tan Khee Eng, who had failed to turn, up for his client's appeal. He not only kept the court waiting but failed to show up twice on Tuesday and yesterday. The C
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        Medical bill
        46 4 MEDICAL specialists will be regulated more closely under a Bill that is likely to be passed before the end of the year. This is the revised Medical Registration Bill. It would prevent specialist doctors who are trained in one field from practising in another.
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        Jakarta project
        53 4 AN ambitious project is underway in Jakarta to do Singapore's 'Orchard Road' in the heart of the Indonesian capital. The project, to be built on 100 hectares of prime land, is aimed at building a shopping and tourism belt that will attract foreign tourists and encourage locals to
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        Conned with fake US $1 m note
        87 4 THIS US$l million note (above) is not genuine. At least two people were taken in by it in the past month. The two men were cheated of cash or jewellery in exchange for the note. They met their conmen at the World Trade
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon Students get HAMMERED and NAILED
      414 5  -  By Teo Yun Yun IT makes a strange class photograph. The students lie on a bed of steel nails with bricks stacked across their tummies. A teacher hammers the bricks and drives the students deeper against the nails. When it is over, the yoga students,
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      WARNING
      50 5 Any other person would have hurt himself. It was only possible because they have been practising for the past two years. Yogi Balakruhnan, 48, who has been ttachingyogafbrthe past 20 years, on untrained people laying on a bed of nails or tumagbrick hammered on their bodies v 'A, X".
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon 24-hour watch on worker
      444 6 It's been five months since Bangladeshi worker Abul Bashar was dumped half-paralysed in a monsoon drain after an accident at a construction site. BERNARD PEREIRA finds out that he's not alone anymore HALF-PARALYSED Bangladeshi worker Abul Bashar Moral now has someone guarding him round-the-clock at the
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      PARENTS DON'T KNOW
      182 6 MR Abul Bashar Moral's parents are totally in the dark about his physical condition. Mr Bashar has not told them he has become halfparalysed. He says they are sickly and he does not want them to worry needlessly. Speaking from his room at the Jamiyah Home for
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      HIS FUTURE
      240 6 MENTION the word "future" to Mr Bashar and his first reaction is to point to his paralysed legs. He would like to teach in a primary school some day. For that he would have to spend two years in college. But first, a cure for his paralysed legs.
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      Drag store with a difference
      391 7 PENALTY The Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers seized 5 kg of heroin and 1 kg of opium in a 36-hour operation that ended yesterday. Four women and 33 men were arrested. CHAN SEET FUN reports The maximum sentence for drug trafficking is death. A 30-year-old
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      Wheels upon wheels
      108 9 NO, it wasn't supposed to go on the carrier. The scrambler bike just made a hard landing in'a freak accident. The accident occurred as the car was leaving Ying Fo Mansion at River Valley Road at about 8.30 am yesterday. The car was nosing out of the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon A shock, a meeting and some hope
      448 11 CHILDREN WmU)OWN^YNDROM^^ The second batch of The Down Syndrome Association's New Parents Support Group graduated from their training programme last Saturday. KHOR SUMlNspeaks to a couple from the pioneer batch of volunteers HE almost passed out when his second child, Judith, was born
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      Support group with a difference
      117 11 IN the past, there were informal groups of parents that offered support to new parents of children with Down's Syndrome. "But while the intentions were good, we weren't trained, and had ourselves no one to turn to," said Mrs Regina Aun, 39, a committee member
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      She breaks arm to catch thief
      332 12  -  BY Khor Su Min HER loud voice helped her nab a snatch thief. But she slipped on her unsteady steps and fractured her right arm. Madam Masawiyah Rovahi, 46, was taking her niece to kindergarten yesterday afternoon when a man came up from behind
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      Last chance for the Big Walkshop
      153 12 GO to Tampines Mall today for the i i i second and last Walkshop this year, noon to 3 pm, where there will be a demonstration on walking techniques. Sign up for the Big Walk there and you get freebies like Wall's ice-cream and
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon He's in a world of his own
      682 15  -  By Crispina Robert ASK this teenager when was the last time he went to the Science Centre. He answers in a flash: "Mid-February last year. The trip was organised by the Questa Club." The last time he went to Haw Par Villa? "Two
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      Lock icon Darryl is engaged
      394 16  -  By Jessica Leow SORRY ladies, Pyramid Game host Darryl David is taken. The Television Corporation of Singapore artiste is engaged to none other than Georgina Chang, soon-to-be assistant programme manager of Perfect 10. Mrs Juliet David, Darryl's mother, said the couple had left for a "hard-earned holiday"
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon SCOOP OR LIE? Editor: We knew photo is fake
      390 17 AFP. THE magazine cover shouts: "Shocking scoop. Actresses caught nude in the net." And plastered on the latest cover of Stardust magazine is a picture of leading Indian actress Pooja Bhatt almost totally in the nude. The photograph triggered noisy demonstrations
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      www.where.did.fake. photo.come.from?
      234 17 THE Internet site from which Stardust claimed it downloaded the fake photo is no longer operating. It was set up by Mr Suvrit Varshney, an Indian living in California, and some friends. He is upset that Stardust gave the impression that it downloaded the fake photo from his
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      NOT AGAIN
      106 17 THIS is not the first controversy involving a picture of actress Pooja Bhatt. Five years ago, she posed semi-nude in body paint and underwear, also on the cover of Stardust magazine. Pooja said recently: That was a mistake because it was so badly and tackily executed. I looked
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      'Please support me'
      311 18 NEW SELANGOR BOSS PLEADS: IT is a heavy job. And I need your support, said the new Mentri Besar for Selangor, Datuk Abu Hassan Omar after his appointment yesterday. "In fact, Muhammad just phoned me and expressed his support," he was quoted in the Malaysian English daily,
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      HIS BACKGROUND
      57 18 Graduate of Hull University in England with a masters degree, married with five children. Age: 56. 1978: Won Kuala Selangor parliamentary seat. 1982: Appointed Selangor Umno Liaison Committee Deputy Chairman. 1984: Elected Umno Supreme Coucil member. 1990: Appointed the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs. 1997: Appointed
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      WHAT THE MENTRI BESAR DOES
      82 18 THE Mentri Besar is a head of state like a prime minister, but at the state level. Malaysia has 13 states, each with its own state government..ln some, the head is known as the Chief Minister, and in others, the Mentri Besar. Above the state
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      Lock icon CAUGHT
      272 19 Movie star Eddie Murphy with sex-change prostitute Wire services. ACTOR Eddie Murphy was stopped by police in Los Angeles yesterday after picking up a transsexual wanted for prostitution. Murphy was seen picking up the man in Santa Monica Boulevard at 4.45 am, said Sheriffs deputy Mark Bailey. The area
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      'IT'S A MISTAKE'
      97 19 EDDIE Murphy had simply taken pity on a tired "woman" and was sending her home, says his publicist Paul Black. "Eddie was restless. He got up and drove to his favourite newsstand," said Mr Black. "On the way home, he stopped at a red light and saw
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      Lock icon Uncle Sam hopes to spend less, tax less
      254 20 Source: Wire services. UNCLE Sam is going to try to live within his means by 2002. President Bill Clinton and Republican leaders in Congress agreed to a plan to balance the budget where the government spends only what it has by that
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      BOOST FOR THE ECONOMY
      64 20 A KEY objective to the package is to end 26 consecutive years of annual federal deficits. That, it turn, would bring down interest rates, making US stocks more attractive and hopefully trigger fresh economic growth. "Whether they succeed (with the plan) is a question for future
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      51 22 LV 1 N MB W damn We are all guilty £■4 as So says research Pff findings 2 psychologists v H the University of Southern ■G California. Then the nj Jim Carrey Liar, now Can survive a even for CALVIN LOW was try. truths /Pages THE TRUTH IS IN HERE
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    • COVERSTORY
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        Lock icon PLEASE BELIEVE ME
        1227 23 This is the honest to goodness truth LIES, DAMN UES: In seeking the truth in an untruthful world we discover ingenuity in fictionalising the facts AFTER a week of coming clean, I still maintain you don't have to lie in order to get by. But there were
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        The truth is we're all liars
        278 23 LYING is a way of life. It helps keep the world running smoothly. If psychologists at the University of Southern California are to be believed, we are all closer to being pathological liars than we think. Indeed, Jim Carrey's compulsive liar-lawyer character in the
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      293 25 weeMder LET ME COUNT THE LIES: Have you told a lie today? K, j Sure you haven't? Don't bluff. Read on and see how many lies you've already committed: Ph I Daily III! 1* g! lies The NOW ON! BIGGEST World Trade Centre Exhibition Of Tne Year! Noon to 10pm
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      385 25 w You are late fervor*. Did you say: QI went to see the doctor Q The bus/MRT was late/so crowded/lousy and I'm really fed-up that they had the temerity to My dog/son/wife/maid was sick and I had to r> them A friend asks: "How do I look?". Did yen aagr:
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    The language of LIES, really
    799 26 weekender KEN Jalleh Jr at large MANY of you are expecting a column contemplating the political imperative of diplomacy between neighbours, in the light of the world order envisioned by the Sino-Russian declaration last week. Many of you are probably wondering about the fragility of
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      179 27 I THE ENTERTAINMENT MAG FOR GENERATION NEXT! I I V*"* w J ~nrfPr i I Love more! BACK ISSUES! Each issue costs $4 (inclusive of postage). F I T I T BACK ORDERS YES! Z want to ordac back issues of MAX! ill J J I Issue Ko(s): i H
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    Quayed up but no fun
    434 29 EDWIN YEO at night A MONTH or so ago, I read a report in The Straits Times that the fun had returned to Boat Quay. So last Friday, after a month of my usual procrastination, I dragged my friends away from our usual watering hole
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    April showers
    303 31 weekender MIKE CHUA glosorry anaesthetist (public unaware that he's a doctor) (a): not conscious. burger kins (menu coufusioo over turfcey) (n): fuss food. camping in parks permitted (n): a right pitch with the adventurous. car pooling revived (v): giving it a lift. dance lest (carnival in the wet
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Attacker stabs French minister
      293 34 Minister walks into souvenir shop for chat Man follows him in, stabs him in back "ITS okay, my heart wasn't hit." That was French Culture Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy's reaction after being stabbed in the back yesterday, according to store owner Marie-Noelle Toulouse. She said Mr Douste-Blazy,
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      Time to put on a happy face
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    487 40  -  Etcetera WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ HALF a million minds are to be opened up like oyster shells. This is the plan of the Singapore Productivity and Standards Board (PSB)... Whoa! Please wait. "Productivity" might be a turn-off word but stay tuned to check if you're
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    604 50 SPORTS/RACING Trainer Malcolm Thwaites looks like he's got tomorrow's Perak Derby all wrapped up. His runner, Lanntara, looks home and hosed after last week's tremendous tune-up over the sprint trip of 1,200 m. With jockey Selvam in the saddle, the big French horse came
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      627 51 The battle for this year's Singapore Press Holdings National Basketball League title hasn't even begun. Yet, it appears that defending champion Tong Whye has already won the psychological war. Six team managers and players The New Paper spoke to agreed on one thing: That Tong
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      143 51 WHO PIAYS WHO TODAY MinYivSafsa Whye Nam v Eng Tat TOMORROW New City v Chong Gee Tong Whye vTanjongPagar First match begins at 7.30pm All matches will be played at the Geylang Indoor Stadium. Tickets: $5 (adults), $2 (students) FAST FACTS Eight teams will vie for
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      411 51 WHYE Nam's coach Bryan McNelis is upset. No one is picking his team as one of the main contenders for the NBL title this year. Even though Whye Nam was last year's runner-up and the only team to beat eventual champion Tong
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      308 52 SATURDAY SPO THE racket may be almost as big as he is. But, at three and a half, Noah Becker is already looking very much at home on the tennis court, reports Britain's The Daily Mail. It's a long way from Wimbledon. But, hey, no harm in
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      98 52 Reuter. FORMER Wimbledon champion Michael Stich yesterday said he would retire from competitive tennis later this year because of a recurring shoulder injury. The 28-year-old German won Wimbledon in 1991 and stood at No 2 in the world rankings in 1994. He said he would play until
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      456 53  -  WORLD TABLE-TENNIS CHAMPIONSHIPS (MANCHESTER, ENGLAND) HOW THEY FARED Women's singlet lstrd Nicole Struse (Ger) bt Tan Paey Fern 21-10,21-12, 21-19 2nd rd Wang Nan (Ch) bt Li Jia Wei 18-21, 21-19,21-9, 21-11 Eldijana Aganovic (Cro) beat Jing Jun Hong 21-13, 14-21,13-21, 21-16, 21-18 Women's
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      200 53 Reuter. YUGOSLAV Alexander Karakesevic, a modest 109 th in the world rankings, outlasted China's Olympic champion Liu Guoliang in a five-game thriller. The stunning victory yesterday sends Karakesevic into the men's singles third round. Liu, seeded joint third and regarded as a strong candidate to dethrone
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      233 53 AFP. ADD Michael Jordan to the list of those conquered by golf phenomenon Tiger Woods. Woods, a friend of the NBA star, rated higher than Jordan in a public approval poll released yesterday that showed both are known and admired by a vast majority of
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      430 55  -  WOODLANDS RAMS v SEMBAWANG STALLIONS, Woodlands Stadium, 7.30pm today VENGA v YOW Stories/. Ernest Luis COME and watch the Mighty Rams subdue the Stallions tonight. So says the latest Woodlands Rams flyer. But behind the rivalry of northern neighbours Woodlands Rams and Sembawang Stallions, lies another
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      339 56 On Wednesday, S-League chief executive officer and former national coach Douglas Moore tendered his resignation. What was he like as CEO and as a coach ERNEST LUIS talks to some coaches, managers and players to get their feelings... AS ADMINISTRATOR As an administrator, he was
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