The New Paper, 20 October 1997

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1 54 The New Paper
  • 10 1 the new paper MONDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1997 the new paper
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    • 49 1 j lu *3 P Guests pay to grope half-naked celebrity bride at Taiwan wedding /Page 17 1 H I ill Ernest Luis Brian Miller close the Sea Games on a light note Qf A Q «3 /Page to i flH Im m flgi Singapore Press Holdings aslftl mm gn/tnnl
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 437 2 0: THEY joined the Thai wy §-l j V government because of economics. But they soon quit because of politics. Thai Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya yesterday became the fifth key economic figure in Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's government to quit in recent months. Others included Dr
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    • 157 2 INVESTORS in Thailand are bracing themselves for a black Monday. Past record has shown that the markets get jittery each time a key Thai finance official quits. And Dr Thanong's resignation is expected to further rattle the weak baht and the stock market. "Monday will be a black day
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    • 458 3  -  By Fong Foong Mei IF all goes well in the year2o22, 39-year-old Pius Lee will be living in Tamanpuran. That's Singapore's colony on Mars, a booming mining community that exports rare minerals back to Earth. For weekends, he might head to nearby Tharsis for a spot
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    • 82 3 THE "Singapore 2022" contest, launched on March 5 this year, invited Singaporeans between the ages of 12 and 30 to describe life 25 years from now. Four hundred and twelve entries were received for the four categories of multi-media, music, graphics and written essays. A total of 28
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    • 31 2 PSI readings for today: 6 am: 82 7 am: 81 8 am: 78 9 am: 76 Leisure moo CKivu/fimA' Pages 22 to 25 Comics: Pages 26&27 TV: Page 30 Mi''. v
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 190 4 L HOT 4 k STORIES J FORGET modern views. When it comes to children, we are still traditionalists at heart. An international poll of 16 countries by polling agency Gallup has shown that Singaporeans: rrerer Days io gins Asked if they would prefer a boy or girl
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    • 194 4 THE Evoikos may have been trying to cut across the lanes of on-coming ships, 11 shipping sources said. Trie oil tanker collided into a carrier on Wednesday, creating a big oil spill off Singapore. It is believed that the tanker, instead of following the east
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    • 109 4 !j ECONOMI3tS(j ite predicting pettier i if >r Singapore jew j J of 8.3 per cent Singapore's best showing since the electronics downturn last year. This was because of better trade performance during this period. Of the nine economists polled, all expect growth to equal or exceed
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    • 91 4 Tin Strait* Timet: New panel set up to help make S'pore a global city The Business Times: Soeryadjayas poised to take control of VDH, L&M Uanhe Zaobao: PM Goh: Let foreign talent help us retain Singapore's advanced position Berfta Harlan: Panel to develop vision of Singapore as global and
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 75 4 AT least 100 Tamil Tiger rebels and two Sri Lankan navy sailors have died in a five-hour sea battle off Sri Lanka's eastern coast. The Sri Lankan Defence Ministry said seven rebel boats were sunk in the battle that began late on Saturday. The
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      • 71 4 SO far, only six Singaporeans have decided they want a licence to busk. A previous busking scheme here, introduced in 1992, but later closed, attracted 27 applicants. The National Arts Council said the poor response this time may be because there is no tradition
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      • 65 4 MALAYSIA will simplify its import and export customs procedures. But it is unclear whether this will help ease the massive traffic jam at the Causeway to Singapore. Finance Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that' goods could De released for 1 export by using shipping (j
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      • 63 4 SOME 60,000 Chinese nationals in Malaysia are said to have expired visas. The Home Ministry was reported as saying it suspected that there may be a syndicate, with some travel agencies involved, bringing in Chinese nationals. It is considering making travel agencies pay a deposit for
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      • 58 4 MANILA will tighten controls on foreign students, especially those from "Islamic" countries. This follows an attack last week on an army camp by two foreigners which left five dead including the attackers and several others injured. The foreigners have yet to be identified, but the government
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 239 5  -  BUT THERE'S NO SOUND By. Jessica Leow WHO said mobile discos were dead? Power 98 FM has two and we do mean MOBILE. Look out for the radio station's latest way of getting people hooked on their riffs and tunes on the roads. Here's how: Take
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    • 98 5 "ITS a fantastic and cool idea, especially the dancers being caged in very containers during the dancers' lunch break. On a 20-minute spin along the Marina and Orchard area, these other expressions were spotted: Bemused grins from Shenton Way types, hearty Thumbs-ups from tourists and sheer disbelief
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 552 6  -  Help me, Mr Wijey... By Teo Yun Yun MR Victor Wee has read his red accounting textbook so many times, he can see the words on its pages when he closes his eyes. The book is dog-eared and filled with scribbles.
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    • 183 6 MR WIJEY SAYS TO qualify to sit the O levels, one must score at least a Grade 5 for English Language and obtain an aggregate score of not more than 10 points for the best three subjects. Taking your circumstances into consideration, it might be
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 511 8 What do we want far a better home in Singapore in the next century? A special committee of young MPs wants your views. One topic to start you thinking—Fandi's emigration dilemma. Should he flee the stress of Singapore or meet the challenges head-on at home? What would
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    • 113 8 LET'S TALK ABOUT > The Singapore 21 Committee will focus on what I have called the heartware of Singapore—our love for the country, our rootedness and our sense of community and nationhood. It will look beyond economics and material comforts, to focus on our intellectual, emotional, spiritual, cultural and social
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    • 207 8 COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Dr Lee Tsao Yuan Mr Indeijit Singh I Mr Ahmad Mohd Magad Mrs Lim Hwee Hua Mr David Lim Mr Seng Han Thong Mr Chan Soo Sen Dr Yaacob Ibrahim Mr Lim Swee Say Mr Simon Tay DOUBLE-DIGIT growth and luxury goods alone will
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 131 10  -  Two attacks on MRT in two weeks... BY Woon Wui Tek A VIOLENT coincidence? Two attacks on MRT trains have been reported over the past fortnight. On Oct 4, four or five men kicked two full-time national servicemen, breaking the nose of one of the victims. Four
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    • 182 10 CASE 1: Broken nose (11.20pm, Oct 4) NATIONAL Serviceman James Koh and a friend were sitting in the train corridor when for or five men walked by. Said Mr Koh, 22: "They stared at us. Maybe they felt we were blocking the way."
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    • 171 10 CASE 2: Specs escape (11.40pm, Oct 11) THERE was no warning. One minute, 10 men had walked past Loo Choon Wei and his three friends. The next, four returned. And punched the 16-year-old in the face. His spectacles
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    • Article, Illustration
      569 11 It's the cabby, not the Merc Last week, 100 new luxury Presido cabs rolled onto the streets in style. So how does a swanky Mercedes-Benz taxi compare with its humble cousin? RIANA ZAKIRgoes incognito for a test ride AT $38 an hour, one would expect first-class luxury in
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    • 89 11 Mr Lim: "Today is my birthday and my children intend to take me to a hotel for dinner. But looks like I can't make it now." RlaM: "I have a surprise for you." Mr Unc "No! No! I can't take presents from my passengers. It's my duty to
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    • 176 11 MR Lim collected $40 in tips on his first day driving the Presido. That's almost as much as he makes each day in fares. His daily take-home income is about $50, alter deducting $120 for rental. "I wanted to drive the Presido to keep up with changing times
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    • 873 12 This is a love triangle with a confusing twist. A husband thinks his wife is unfaithful —and was jailed on Friday for beating up her suspected boyfriend. The "boyfriend" says he loves the wife. But the wife tells a different story. TEO HWEE NAK reports ABDUL Halim Jali
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      127 12 ON March 4 this year, Abdul Halim Jali met a friend and two other men near the McDonald's outlet at Boat Quay. Abdul Halim mentioned his marriage problems. While they were talking, they saw Mr Ramli and Madam Hafiza walking towards UOB Plaza nearby. Abdul Halim scolded and
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    • 481 13 Cleaners, road sweepers and tree-cutters. Often unnoticed by others, they keep Singapore clean. This year, they'll be recognised for their work. One hundred of them will receive awards next month. In the first of three stories, CRISPIN A ROBERT talks to a
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    • 81 13 THE Model Environmental Workers' Award campaign is run by NTUC and the Environment Ministry. It covers some 35,000 public and private sector workers who care for the environment, by tending plants and trees, and collecting rubbish. Companies employing these workers nominate them. About 300 nominations for model workers
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    • 359 14  - but mum says: REPORT HIM He steals 'auntie's' cameras. She wants to let him off... BY Teo Hwee Nak MADAM Ramlah Harith treated Muhammad Rasikin A tan like her own son. Even after he stole from her, she did not want to report him to the police. But Muhammad Rasikin's
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    • 63 14 MUHAMMAD Rasikin was sentenced to 4Vi years'jail and six strokes of the cane. For theft in dwelling, he could have been jailed up to seven years and fined. For housebreaking, he could have been jailed up to 10 years and caned. For consumption of drugs, he could have been
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    • 151 12 Glorious treat for all tastebuds. 20 OCTOBER TO 20 NOVEMBER 1997 Winter season marks the debut of our hairy crustacean guests from Shanghai, China. Known for their sweet and juicy succulence, Hairy Crabs are seasonal delicacies available only once each year. Let Master Chef Chan Kwok show you the way
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    • 167 13 H Sensitive Scalp? 1J Try Phytolactum Vwwvor*, KXHiMW Ifltei KAtfDiaUTH) i f nmm T The scalp is a living ecosystem that greatly influences the health and beauty of hair. Its own natural defense system is composed of the hydrolipidic film and cutaneous flora. However, the natural defense system can be
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    • 274 14 SONY AN AMAZING WAY TO WIN A SONY TV i2fc PACK) 12-PCpack) 2E-12WF (5-PC PACK) (4 PACKS) SC-MMFA 41MS6E 2BE V j SPVMMP2 sc-w** aMFD 2MOCf The Sony Great Maze Draw now brings you amazing opportunities to win fantastic prizes, And it's really quite a challenge. Everytime you buy our
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 520 15 AN Australian state is on alert after an outbreak of a rare and deadly brain disease. Health authorities in New South
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    • 272 15 SYDNEY AXEMAN'S THIRD ATTACK SYDNEY detectives have pieced together a photofit of the man who attacks people with an axe. And they have distributed the picture to hotels in the red light district of Kings Cross where all three attacks have taken place. The
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    • 218 16 Wire services. THE bride wears nothing but leaves to cover her private parts. But that's not what makes her wedding so sickening. The shocking event yesterday in Kaohsiung was billed as the "Wedding of Eden". The celebrity bride is Hsu Hsiao-tan, 39, a Taiwanese talk-show hostess
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    • 484 17 FROM TOUGH LADY TO SOFTLY, SOFTLY AS HILLARY CLINTON TOWNS 50. MRS Clinton has learnt well and mellowed. The woman who once traded insults with political heavyweights now makes her point by ruffling a toddler's hair in a day-care centre, or cooing over a toy
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    • 295 18 SUHARTO FOR SEVENTH TERM? Source: Reuters. INDONESIA'S ruling Golkar party is all ready to nominate Mr Suharto as president for a seventh term. But President Suharto yesterday urged Golkar to first determine whether most Indonesians do want him as president again. "There is
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    • 262 18 Unhappy end to Queen's visit CRITICS are less than impressed with this portrait (above) of Queen Elizabeth II and her husband, the Duke of Edinburgh. They say the queen has'the hands of a labourer and that Prince Philip looks more like famous British footballer Bobby Charlton, in
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    • 67 16 AUTOGLYM INTRODUCES MOBILE SERVICES! _L Due to popular demand, Autoglym now extends their services to your home. Autoglym grooms your car in 23 steps. Plus a final coat of protective sealant to seal in the shine. We don't just polish cars we renovate them to showroom condition. AUTOGLYM CAR GROOMING
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 187 19 QI AM a third-year student at a local polytechnic. I plan to go overseas to further my studies in electronic and computer engineering. But I would have to borrow about $60,000 from the bank. The problem is, do I need to mortgage my
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    • 127 19 QI AM just 18.1 have NTC-3 NTC-2 certs in precision engineering. But I am very interested in design. I would like to take up a course in tooling design. What should I do now? Should I take up a full-time diploma course at a
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    • 251 20 Sciences? Physics? Science biology? QI AM a Secondary 2 student. I'm in a dilemma about which subject combination to take. My school offers three combinations: Three pure sciences and one humanities subject; two pure sciences and two humanities; or combined science and biology. In my mid-year exams I scored Als
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    • 237 20 QMY son is in Primary 4 and will take his streaming examination this month. I still do not understand the streaming exam. Why are EMI, EM2 and EM3 different? I was told that if a child gets into EMI, he can take the
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    • 178 20 Qm in Secondary 4 and taking English, MT, chemistry/biology, maths, history and office administration. This year's English paper is difficult so I'm worried about failing my N levels. I've given up on history. In my school prelims, I scored 55-65
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    • 179 20 QI AM 17 and I am taking my N levels this year. I am weak in quite a number of subjects, especially Chinese, science and geography. I am worried about my results. For the O levels, we need a total of five subjects,
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    • 264 19 Call **********3 and leave your questions for Mr Wijey. You can listen to his earlier advice, too. Calls cost 30 cents (plus an extra 10 cents a minute for cardphone calls). This week's Q& A: I want to draw, not type In Secondary 2, and I know I want Should
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  • Showtime
    • 368 21  -  By; Avis Wong Edmund chen is fed up with the Television Corporation of Singapore. He is having second thoughts about renewing his contract because he feels it has not kept the promises it made him when he rejoined the station in 1991. The Channel 8
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    • 129 21 EDMUND CHEN joined the then-SBC in 1987. His first drama serial was Sunshine After Rain. He got his big break playing a traffic police officer in Patrol, where he met his wife, Xiang Yun, in 1989. Edmund left the station in 1991 as he was offered a lead
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      361 22  -  Irin kisses for 30 seconds for TV By Avis Wong FOR the first time, Irin Gan is not faking it. The Channel 5 actress is really kissing on screen this time. Irin and Zheng Guoping kiss passionately for 30 seconds in the drama serial, The Single Girl. And
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    • 91 23 CHECK these out: MOVIE MANIA: 1900-912-0005. Reviews of Picture Perfect, Til There Was You, Nothing To Lose and Inventing the Abbotts. CELEBRITY BUZZ: 1900-912-0004. Which star recently checked into a psychiatric hospital? Update on the new Bond movie Tomorrow Never Dies and on the
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    • 443 23  -  Byj Lee Yin Luen MR KATSUHIRO Morioka was licking chilli crab gravy from his fingers when he heard a shout behind him and jumped in his seat. A bald, middle-aged man with bushy brows and a very dark face was hollering at a young, pint-sized girl sitting
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    • 147 23 REHEARSING a play in public, undercover, is part of director Sandy Philip's way of getting the actors into their role. "I wanted them to see how drunken prawns are cooked, and to feel what it is like to be in a restaurant and fighting," said the head of Drama
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    • 45 23 WHAT: Let's Squeeze Again! WHERE: Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel WHEN: Oct 23-31 TIME: 8pm, and 3pm on Oct 25 and 26 TICKETS: $20, $25, $30 and $35($15 and $20 for preview on Oct 23), available from TicketCharge outlets, or call 296-2929, fax *****98.
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    • 211 24 AFP. A NEW release by the Spice Girls, Spice Up Your Life, has knocked Elton John's Candle in the Wind off the top of the British singles charts after six weeks. The Spice Girls' latest hit, promoted by an action-packed, futuristic music video, makes
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    • 96 23 Anchor !I3S JL W Singapore's Bi22*st 8-Ball League Cues Off Today. la Kf If^E "4rflHlßi§l Starting tonight, more than 200 of Singapore's best 8-Ball players begin battle for the Anchor Ice 8-Ball Championship Trophy. In the balance, is over $25,000 in prizes, including trips to Los Angeles and Hong Kong.
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  • 522 25  -  Etcetera WITH ROSNAH AHMAD THE distance from my hotel in Bangkok to a pier on the Chao Phraya river was about the same between that of Tampines and Orchard. But the journey during an outing to the historic river recently took more than 1 Vi
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
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      487 27  -  NO, NO "Ah-ma" type skin-coloured bras. Colours that clash with your clothes. Bras with adjustable straps. Those little plastic adjusters that stick out are plain crass, says Mr Jui. YES DO Show off with trainingor terry-cotton type bras. They look more natural, like tank-tops. Go for the "whimsical"
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    • 214 27 BEFORE you show that strap, girls these are the signals guys may be getting. And they aren't nice. Said Her World magazine writer Steve Thio: "As a guy, the association I'd make is that she is cheap and slufcty." Stylist Jui said: "Bra-straps are pretty intimate things,
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    • 805 28 f Q 50 J (Channel 5,8 pm) CHANNEI O *jKI® Rocky comes out of retirement to NOON News 5 Today NOON Entertainment But (Variety) face a mean Commie, after his 12.10 PM TV Innovations 1.00 PM Mid-Day News fnenti is brutall y 1.10 UrdMountbatten, The UstVkeroy 1.30 Money Week (Business
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  • 240 29  -  Far form it mmmAMm By By Oug an a huge pen-on-rice-paper mural on one wall. And even then, the figures were all of very-modern nudes. One friend was led to observe, embarrassingly loud: "Wah, really fast-food, fast-food type, aahT* The shock to our system was so bad we
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  • SPORTS
    • 397 44 DERBY 2 (Baiano 24th, Wanchope 39th) MAN UNITED 2 (Sheringham 51st, Cole 84th) DAVID Beckham spent the first 45 minutes at Pride Park hugging the right touchline. He was a lost man. But he came in from the cold in the second half to inspire the
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    • 171 44 Reuters. AC MILAN turned back the clock in desperation yesterday by recalling veteran midfielder Roberto Donadoni, 34. But it looked a shadow of the side that once ruled Europe as it crashed 2-1 at home to bottom side Lecce. Champion Juventus crushed Bari 5-0 and Parma
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    • 77 44 DERBY COUNTY Poom, Rowett, Dailly, Laursen, C Powell, Carsley, Van der Laan (Hunt 78th), Trollope, Baiano, Wanchope, Sturridge Sub* not used: Solis, Kolzuk, Houtt MANCHESTER UNITED Schmeichel, G Neville, Berg, Pallister, Irwin (P Neville, 88th); Beckham, Scholes (Cole 70th), Butt (Johnsen 45th), Giggs, Sheringham, Solskjaer Sabs
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    • 132 44 "SUITS Bury 2 Birmingham 1 Crewel Boro 1 Man City 0 Reading 0 Norwich 1 Stockport 1 Oxford 1 Ipswich 0 Port Vale 0 Bradford 0 Portsmouth 2 West Brom 3 Sheff Ut 2 QPR2 Sunderland 3 Huddersfield 1 The Telegraph (Internet Edition). FOREST 2 TRAN
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    • 250 44  -  By! S Gulam S-LEAGUE aspirants Redhill Rangers and Landmark Marine Castle will know their fate today. Their application to play in next year's S-League will be decided by the S-League Board this evening. A reliable source said both the National Football League clubs are expected to
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    • 156 44 Wire services. Results of yesterday's sports: SOCCER Div One Belgium: Ghent 0 Antwerp 0. Germany: Arminia Bielefeld 3 Borussia Moenchengladbach Italy: Bari 0 Juventus 5, Brescia 4 Vicenza 0, Fiorentina 0 AS Roma 0, AC Milan 1 Lecce 2, Sampdoria 3 Piacenza 1, Parma 2 Bologna 0. Portugal: Estrela
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      141 45 ASTON VILLA 1 (Taylor 45th) WIMBLEDON 2 (Earle 39th, Cort 61st) HaN-thnr 1-1 Crowd: 32,087 BLACKBURN 1 (Sherwood 26th) SOUTHAMPTON 0 Half-time: 1-0 Crew* 24,130 CHELSEA 1 (Leboeuf 88th) LEICESTER 0 Half-time: OO Crowd: 33,356 CRYSTAL PALACE 0 ARSENAL 0 Crowd: 26,180 DERBY COUNTY 2 (Baiano 24th,
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    • 197 45 EVERTON 2 (Ruddock og 45th min, Cadamarteri 75) LIVERPOOL 0 DANNY Cadamarteri is only 17. But he will be a name on the lips of England manager Glenn Hoddle. He may not be ready for the World Cup Finals in France next year. But Cadamarteri will certainly
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    • 72 45 Cadamarteri could have opted to play for Italy, Nigeria, Ireland or Jamaica. But he's sticking his neck out for England. "I've decided on England. It's the country of my birth," he said. He has an Italian mother, a Jamaican father and grandparents from Nigeria and Ireland. "Both
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    • 102 45 EVERTON MANAGER HOWARD KENDALL: What I saw at Coventry last week was just not good enough. This time I witnessed a display that was almost everything I could have asked for. .It was very pleasing for me, the players, the club and, most imDortantly, the fans. LIVERPOOL
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    • 109 45 PALACE 0 ARSENAL 0 WHY was Dutch star striker Dennis Bergkamp booked again? Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger can't offer an answer in this goalless draw at Selhurst Park, where Bergkamp suffered the brunt of numerous rough tackles, reports Soccernet. M I could not see why
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  • JAKARTA JAM. ’97 Impressions
    • 151 46 Host Indonesia expected a night of glory against Thailand in Saturday's South-east Asia Games soccer final. But it turned out to be a nightmare instead. One goal. One night of madness. That's what happened at Jakarta's Senayan Stadium, when Thailand created the most feared scenario by scoring first
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    • 514 47  -  By Ernest Luis Photographer Jonathan choo, who was on the field earlier during the Singapore-Vietnam semi-final, had already been hit by "missiles". So when Indonesia scored the equaliser against Thailand during the final, security officers heaved a sigh of relief. Later, Jonathan, a friend and I, were
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    • 190 47 Safest place to be waist-high fence. It was trying to force its way through the glass doors by following any other pass-holders who managed to get in. The police then whipped out their truncheons and swung them at the crowd, chasing them back, pass-holders
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    • 329 47 THE official tag-line of the SEA Games was, "Ayo! Kita harus menang!!" (We must win!!). So the Indonesian fans believed the soccer gold medal on Saturday night was theirs. With fans crammed into the 110,000-seater stadium, soldiers I spoke to among the 10,000 security forces on standby inside
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    • 401 48 Singapore soccer has won all the bronze medals since the 1989 SEA Games' 1-3 loss to Malaysia in the final. But this year it ended the tournament in a dismal fourth place. So what went wrong? ERNEST LUIS finds out MIDFIELDER NAZRINASIR: When attacking, we tend to
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    • 644 49  -  THIRD-PLACING: SINGAPORE 0 VIETNAM 1 (Nguven Phuc Chuong. 88thmin) By Ernest Luis FANDI Ahmad was a disappointed man as he played in what was probably his last SEA Games in Saturday's third-placing match. As our photographer Jonathan Choo snapped pictures of him after the match,
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      691 50 BRIAN MILLER It's the seventh SEA Games for the veteran journalist SO, they told me that I had to cover the SEA Games in Jakarta. So, I mumbled to myself, "Oh, ho. Here I go again". To me, it meant it was to be my seventh time
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    • 149 50 MOST EXCITING: Finding out that when I changed *****,1 became an instant millionaire in rupiahs, that is. MOST FRIGHTENING: When the waitress at Hilton Hotel's Kudus Lounge announced that the bar was closing in five minutes and I had only just walked in. MOST MEMORABLE: Having a carton
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    • 506 51 "Alit right Ernest, you're covering the 19th Soifth-ftst Asia Games in Jakarta in October." With that statement from my boss, I was all ready to rock and roll. Being my first SEA Games, I was to cover it with my experienced colleague Brian Miller and photographer
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    • 256 51 MOST EXCITING MOMENT: ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■I Arriving in Jakarta and knowing for sure, that there's no haze here. MOST FRIGHTENING: vyhen I saw security forces swinging their tjunchfrbpfcUt we unruly mob gathered ojitside the VtP stand's entrance. If this was ikf situation in front of the VIP stand* what hope
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  • 222 53 See yoiiiiißjli Brunei JAKARTA JAM. ’97 Impressions The spirits were high, the achievements amazing and the mood...exciting all around. There were some good moment at the Jakarta SEA Games. But the violence at the soccer matches, left a bitter taste reports: Pages 48,49 miUMVrt DANSON'S EXFT MARATHON:
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    306 54 FOR NOW |1 TOTTENHAM 3 SHEFFIELD WED 2 AFP. Tottenham survived a late fightback to hang on for a precious 3-2 victory over Sheffield Wednesday. The win at White Hart Lane yesterday took some of the pressure off under-fire manager Gerry Francis. Spurs, who had scored just six goals
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  • 166 54 TOTTENHAM manager Gerry Francis has admitted he must win the FA Cup or face losing his job at the end of the season. On the prospects of continuing his three-year reign at the club, Francis said: "You only have a certain amount of time at
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