The New Paper, 24 December 1997

Microfilm: NL21066
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  • SILKAIR
    • THE LATEST
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        Lock icon At last, dad knows for sure
        405 2 It has been frustrating 9 The father of the first victim, a Singaporean man, to be identified. He was asked how he felt about the days of anxious uncertainty while awaiting confirmation of his son's death SAWTEK MENG and MELVIN SINGH in Palembang, RIANA
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        Distress signal a false alarm
        161 2 DID the Silk Air plane send out a distress signal? No, said the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) in an instant clarification to TCS s's report last night that several aircraft had picked up a "distress signal" round the time Flight MI 185 crashed.
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        PILOT’S PASSPORT
        187 2 THE passport (above) of Silk Air pilot, Captain Tsu Way Ming, showing his US visa, was found yesterday. The soggy remains of the passport were found on land, 3 km from the banks of the Musi River, which Flight MI 185 had plunged into last Friday. At 6
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        We share your grief
        99 2 Did you lose a loved one, a relative or a friend in the tragic crash? If you wish to say a few words in their memory, please contact The New Paper so we can share your grief with the nation on Dec 29. Send us your
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        SIA CHAIRMAN S DHANABALAN’S APOLOGY
        84 2 After his return from Palembang, Singapore Airlines chairman S. Dhanabalan addressed a press conference here yesterday. He described the efforts being taken by authorities to recover the bodies of the victims. The main complaint has been the lack of information, and the reason is quite
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      60 2 Sorry In our Page 2 story on the SMkAir crash (Doc 23), we gave the name of a missing Malaysian businesswoman as Gan Pang Swee. This was how it was given on the passenger list. It should have been Pang Swee Gan. QUICKNEWS/ Page 6 Leisure index Showtime: Pages 22,26,
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  • SILKAIR
    • PACES OF TRAGEDY – Upset
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        Thanks for being a friend
        355 3 IN MEMORY says a colleayne of the fire Silk Air stewardesses n ho perished in last Friday's crash. In an e-mail to The Xetr Taper, Miss Mas Riza Razali expresses her condolences lo I heir (pieriny families Miss Candy Lai Mui Chui, 25 I managed
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        DHANA’S ANGUISH
        35 3 To the extent that is humanly possible, I share their griqf. It is heart-wrenching for me to see the faces of family members, the trauma and sense qf bewilderment at their sudden loss.
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        Young faces of tragedy
        206 4 ‘Obedient, courteous and studious’ Sevsn chid run aged 12 and below ware on board Flight M 185, a spokesman from SMkAJr said. He gave no details of cfcidren above the age of 12. THE Liauw sisters, Lih Ting, 12, and Lih Sien, seven, were flying home
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        XU CHUE FERN, 14
        144 4 HER parents had doted on Xu Chue Fern, 14, an only child. They made sure the small family stayed close. Chue Fern, a Sec 2 student at Raffles Girls' School (RGS), was with her parents, taxi-driver Koh Peng Yam, 40, and property agent Oey Siok Lin,
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        THE TANS, 12 AND 7
        150 4 GRACIA Tan, 12, would have started Sec 1 at RGS next month. But she was killed in the SilkAir crash along with younger brother Vincent, seven, and mother Winnie Wirawan, 45, a housewife. Earlier, she had spent about six months in Singapore to improve her
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        Coming for Christmas
        158 4 THE JAKINS, 14,11 AND 7 THE three youngest children of the Jakin family from Indonesia Godfrey, 14, Godwill, 11, and Godiva, seven, had boarded Flight MI 185 on their own. "Godfrey was responsible and mature for his age. My parents trusted him to take care of himself
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        DHANA’S ANXIETY
        49 4 Our first priority now is to find and identify the bodies of those who died in the accident so that the families can give their loved ones a rest in accordance with their beliefs and wishes... We will not rest until we find out what went wrong.
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  • SILKAIR
    • PACES OF TRAGEDY – Upset relatives
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        Lock icon Please...please...please
        373 5 IT was another day of frustration for relatives hoping to see the recovered personal effects of the victims of Flight MI 185. As hopes faded yesterday, one relative, Mr Riduan Muktar, rallied about 20 other relatives staying at Palembafig's Swarna Dwita Hotel to petition the Indonesian authorities. He handed
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        DESPERATE CALL
        118 5 ONE relative was so desperate for some news that he took the unusual step of contacting the RSS Perseverance, a Singapore Navy ship located at the site along River Musi. The man, who called himself Mr Chong, had spent the past four days waiting around for news of
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        DHANA’S ASSURANCE
        43 5 We are putting up every type of technology that is available... We have to carry on with the search operations until we feel that we've done all that can be done. Operations won't stop with the finding of the black box.
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Tolls to be reviewed
      170 6 HOT STORIES THE 2ND LINK YOU can travel along the second link for free for about a month as Malaysia is reviewing the toll rates. Malaysia's Works Minister Samy Vellu, in announcing the review yesterday, said it was in response to negative feedback from freight forwarders,
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      DOW JONES
      27 6 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 127.54 points to close at 7,691.77 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 519 million shares.
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      Lock icon Child falls through Golden Gate Bridge
      93 6 A TODDLER fell to her death through this gap, which is smaller than the length of Engineer Merv Giocomini's foot (right). Two-year-old Gauri Govil of Fremont, California, died on Sunday after falling 56 m (about the height of a 20-storey apartment block) through the
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      Loss of $1m a day
      93 6 THE failed Micropolis venture has cost Singapore Technologies $630 million in the 19 months it was held as a subsidiary. As STPL and other creditors can expect to recover up to 10 per cent STPL can expect a net loss of at least $675 million,
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Schools botch-up
        60 6 STUDENTS entering the Secondary 1 Normal (academic) course next year should check the letters the Education Ministry has just sent them. Because of a computer error, 3,278 pupils, out of a total of 9,417 in the course, have had to be reposted to different schools. Students can call
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        Money mine
        84 6 ITS bonus time, and the banks are fighting for your cash. Yesterday, DBS Bank offered fixed deposit interest rates of up to 7.625 per cent for deposits of more than $180,000, if customers invest in their unit trusts at the same time. On Monday, Standard Chartered Bank offered
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        Shop rents to fall
        77 6 MORE shop spaces and a drop in spending because of the regional financial crisis will push retail rents down next year. In the past year, rents in the Orchard Road belt have fallen 9.7 per cent and market watchers say the rents could fall about 10
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        No dual listing
        74 6 SINGAPORE Press Holdings will scrap its 49 per cent limit on foreign ownership. It can then merge its local and foreign share tranches. And holders of the foreign shares will be compensated for the potential loss of the foreign share premium. Speculation of a share merger has
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      HEADLINERS
      67 6 The Straits Tkms: Surprise KL move to review toll rat6S The Business Times: SPH to scrap dual listing through novel scheme Lianhe Zaobao: Location of black box found, search scope widens Bsrita Harlan: Black box area identified RCS morning nrnm Authorities think they may have located the area where
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  • Parent to parent
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      Lock icon They put their heart in their kids
      448 7  -  I By' Teo Yun Yun DURING the holidays you are more likely to catch 18-year-old Joshua Foo in a children's home than at the disco. The full-time national serviceman would rather spend his holidays visiting homes and doing charity than go to a
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      SETTING AN EXAMPLE
      153 7 TAKING your kids along along when helping out at charities is a good way to show them what it means to care for others. "When parents do community service, they are setting an example for their kids," said Mrs Seah Kheng Yeow, 34, senior social worker with
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      No way. We'd rather
      476 8 SHARE A CAB, ANYONE? Six months after the Share-a-Cab scheme started, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has extended the scheme to two more taxi stands and made improvements to the system. But even in the face of those long Christmas shopping taxi queues, people are still
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      SYSTEM 'WILL CATCH ON'
      169 8 THE LTA still believes the scheme will catch on. In the recent one-week trial, there were more tries and matches than earlier. In the first three weeks, there were, on average, 66 tries and 12 successful matches each week for the two taxi stands. In the
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  • Article
    'You spitta my place, I breaka your face'
    348 10  -  SINGAPORETODAY By' Teo Hwee Nak IMAGINE opening your door almost every morning to find a blob of phlegm at your doorstep. Retired teacher Au Chun Wah was bothered by a mystery spitter for months last year at his 10th floor flat in
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Who's the boss?
      44 13 mui'miu* ictar Chow Yaw Pitt, ttanlt \m tha l« iawwilo hava great rapport with Ms fam, nHw wmm otbar aravit stare. la fact, Im placet them high up oa hit Ml fat Wlqr? They are my bosses. They buy the tickets.
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      Meet the laundry expert
      218 13  -  By Chan Sect Fun SISTER Tarcie has become quite an expert at washing dirty linen. She helps out at the day care centre at The Assisi Home and Hospice. But on top of that, she also does a lot of washing, bleaching and ironing. The hospice
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      LINEN BOOTH
      46 13 If you're interested in buying some linen, go to Change Alley, in Raffles Place, where the hospice has set up a booth. The linen has been packed into hampers with other items such as candles and brandy. From $40 to $110. Cash or cheque.
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      Bringing the haze makers to justice
      348 14  -  Indonesian minister fields burning questions By Ng Wan Ching THE haze problem is made worse by two obstacles the weather and the people. This is what Indonesian Environment Minister Sarwono Kusumaatmadja told reporters yesterday after the joint press conference on the Aseain Ministerial Meeting
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      Asean’s plan to beat the haze
      154 14 BEFORE the next smoky haze rears its ugly head, Asean countries hope to be prepared for it and even prevent it, if possible. Which is why an action plan has been drawn up, said Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Minister for the Environment yesterday. The
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      'I couldn't say hi, so I touched her'
      386 15 LAWYER CONVICTED OF MOLEST SAYS: Lawyer Lawrence Lim MengHein was convicted of molest yesterday. Why did he do it? Friends and former campus mates are shocked. TEO HWEE NAK reports IT was just another way of saying "hi" to a girl he
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      QUIET MAN
      133 15 LAWRENCE Lim, a lawyer with Victor Lee and Company when he committed the offence, was a quiet and reserved man. That's the impression of many who knew him at the National University of Singapore (NUS). All were shocked when told the 1991 Publications Secretary of the Students' Union
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  • SPEAKUP
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      counsellors — are they qualified?
      229 17 counsellors are they qualified? Leon Urn IT is good that The New Paper has taken upon itself the role of making the public aware of the difficulties faced by teenagers through the Attitude Page every week. But it disturbs me to note how it has decided to select the next
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      REPLY
      123 17 Crispin* Robert, our Attitude Page co-ordinator replei THE Attitude Page allows teenagers a forum where they can write about their problems, fears or just air an opinion. We wanted a panel of teens to be "counsellors" Those needing professional advice are referred to the Dear Aggie page counsellors. What
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      Orlando? Don't go
      140 17 AS someone who lives in the area, I would strongly suggest that the two young ladies in your story, "Shh we're running away to Orlando" (TNP, Dec 18), not come to Orlando. While it is nice that they think only pleasant old people live in Florida, the
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Banking on Non-sense
      51 18 mui<muit Mr SnvJeetßhalla, an economist in New Deßii, suggesting that India's central bank wants to keep dealers guessing about when and whether it wHI intervene in the currency market The first rule of a central banker is to appear confusing. The second rule is not to be
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      Shahtoosh! That's a no-no, taitais
      309 18 Taitais without a conscience have become the latest target for Hongkong's Customs officers. The upper-class ladies of leisure jet off to India to line wardrobes with shahtoosh wool from the endangered Tibetan antelope. The women could be fined HK$100,000 ($21,600) or jailed for a year.
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      'He's a pervert' 'She's a gold-digger'
      260 19 YET ANOTHER MESSY DIVORCE... AT 2m, he is as tall as an NBA player and just as rich. She's just 1.6m, a petite Georgian belle in the tradition of Scarlett O'Hara. They married but, he says she's just a cruel gold-digger who tricked him
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      Lock icon MOVE OVER, RUDOLPH...
      32 19 No red nose This Santa, at Duisburg's Zoo in Germany animal keeper Thomas Lange prefers a white whale named Ferdinand. They were rehearsing yesterday for a show. Picture/ Afp
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      Lock icon GUILTY
      265 20 OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING TRIAL Wire services. A SECOND man who helped bomb the Federal Building in Oklahoma City two years ago was found guilty yesterday. Terry Nichols was convicted of conspiracy and involuntary manslaughter. But the jury found him to be only a junior partner to Timothy McVeigh in
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      194 18 Authorised Retailers ALLBAQS STORE (Jurong Pomt/East Point) A.O. LEATHER GOODS (Partway Parade) ANO LAM THAI (Tanjong Katong Complex) AJK LEATHER WORKS (Hougang Ave 8) AZMAN LEATHER AND FANCY QOOOS (The Arcade) CHAU BENQ DEPT STORE (Queensway Shopping Centre) EMMANUEL TRAVELLERS SHOP (Peninsula Plaza) FASHION RENDEZVOUS (Northpotnt) FORTUNE FASHION ACCESSORIES A
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      29 19 Treat Your I —ssage via the phone I thru the SONG I DEDICATION CHANNEL I W Ttf r $11 J H (Those below 18 yrs must seek parental consent)
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      94 19 ERSo* Singapore I Sfkmmp I I flwilliiM €v Party I I right hers ol I I Hoot-up to Hootcraon the evetlftChristmas and I I indulge in Traditional American Turkey and I I Boogy the Night away!!! I I I I Dinner from 6pm- 10pm 1 iggj' I I Boogy frontflo.3opm-2am
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      200 20 I VCD ALBUM If you missed out on our "Stars in Concert" at Suntec City, in aid of the lonely elderly, you can still do your part by purchasing the Charity VCD containing our theme song at only $10 each H available exclusively at TOWER RECORDS outlets outside Orchard MRT
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      155 20 spend CHRISTMAS EVE JS| f® NEW YEAR'S EVE WITH I vj) rnumsmmnnrn £yJ Kv KANGXI LOUNGE 7^ L "Silent Night, Holy Night...*, carols and mors carols from OVAOAI J D'ANGEUQUE, your favourite bands, on 24 December 1997. They AkM iHjh/ will set the right mood for you to celebrate the
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  • DEARAGGIE
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      Being a housewife is so tiring
      345 21 Dear Aol* I HAVE been job-hopping for many years. Often, after about three or four years, I begin to lose interest in the job. In my second year of marriage, I had a child and was happy, doing what most mothers do for a
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      CALL US
      54 21 Call **********7 and leave your questions for our counsellors. You can listen to their earlier advice, too. This week's topics: I'm fat and so ath—d K PnA .1 Betrayed after loving so much He gives me looks No to love at first sight Hooked on smoking Calls cost
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      My mum's too old-fashioned
      218 21 MY mum is very much older than I am. She is strict and expects me to do the same things as she did when she was a child. She is very old-fashioned and sometimes I can't accept what she wants me to do. I've tried talking
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      I get cold feet after I dial his number
      137 21 I BROKE off with my guy nine months back. But I can't get over him. Sometimes I dial his number to try to tell him my feelings, but then I get cold feet and hang up. ANcia I COUNSELLOR SAYS n>ir/M,rw
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      How can I stop dad smoking?
      171 21 I AM 14 and have a father who smokes. He smokes three sticks a day. I know he is cutting down. But I want him to stop smoking completely. He had a by-pass operation when I was six. But he just won't listen to
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      34 21 mEE1/ g mi MSB I DP I MR DANNY NG, qualified psychologist If you need advice, write to: Dear Aggie,The New Paper Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road. Singapore *****5 Wm Or fax: 737-5375
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  • Showtime
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      (Here's the news...)
      413 22  -  By i Chan Seet Fun THE six people you see in the picture are the ones who bring you the dialect news broadcasts on City Sounds 95.8 FM. And listen closely. The voice you hear could be more familiar than you realise. You might recognise the voice
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      MORE BROADCASTS
      96 22 THERE will be three additional morning dialect broadcasts daily from Jan 5 next year. At present, the broadcasts are at 8 pm every night, with six newsreaders taking turns to read a three-minute bulletin. Of the 17 freelancers who read the news, there are only two Hainanese newsreaders.
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Pooh! What a song
      539 25  - Pooh! What a son g ANDY wM to here on Feb 13 for a show at the Singapore Indoor St&diuni Mo will sing Ms also edit three music videos for He will show ulriana uW VHWOS 10 fans at the show and talk about his movie career* The show is
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      Toilet Bowl
      126 25 I have a toilet bowl at home The toilet bowl has a hole There's always a smile above the hole Laughing at how much resignation there is in the world Every house has a toilet bowl Every one has to use it You'll feel carefree and relaxed after
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      'It's a two way thing'
      151 25 THERE were men in black, women in brown and a Bond girl in green at the charity gala premier of Tomorrow Never Dies, but the person who stood out was Sister Tarcie of the Assisi Home and Hospice. A cheque of $122,0 CX) was handed
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      Bond now like ordinary action man
      464 26  -  TNte Tomorrow Never Dies Stan: Pierce Brosnan, Michelle Yeoh 9mmlrn A media tycoon attempts to start a war to provide a perfect platform to launch his satellite broadcasting system. James Bond and a Chinese female super agent attempt to stop him. Do they succeed?
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      362 37 You're asking too much BOXING SHOWDOWN IN VEGAS Reuters. THE world heavyweight title bout between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis may not get on the air. The reason: Television network distributors claim the boxers were asking too much money. "There is a very big disagreement over how much money it
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      118 37 AFP. TWO days after he won the Commonwealth light welterweight boxing title, Zambian boxer Felix Bwalya went into a coma. Zambian Minister of Sport William Harrington said Bwalya, who scored a controversial win over Briton Paul Burke in Lusaka, the Zambian capital, on Dec 13,
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      447 39  -  SINGAPORE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION AWARDS: *11:{»TT 3; Stories/] Ernest Luis DONT play the fool with Rhys Arthur Reutens. At 13, he has been named Singapore's Best Boy Swimmer for 1997. First of all, he'll say: "Err...my name is not pronounced Rice, but Reese. And Reutens is
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      285 41 Sampras reigns again, new faces set to thunder TENNIS AFP. PETE Sampras retained his status as the world's No 1 player for the fifth year running. But he finished 1997 in a wheelchair nursing a pulled calf muscle and blaming a top-heavy playing schedule for the injury.
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      168 41 GUSTAVO KUERTEN The Brazilian, ranked a modest 66th, exploded on the scene at Roland Garros to capture the French crown. The 20-year-old, playing in Brazil's yellow-and-blue football kit and wearing a permanent grin, won the hearts of the Paris crowds. With his happy-go-lucky baseline hitting, he saw off
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      334 41 AFP. MICHAEL CHANG At one time, he looked as if he might overtake Sampras for the No 1 ranking when he won five events in the season. But he suddenly went to pieces after the US Open, slumping down to third in the rankings and losing seven of
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      431 43 IHE WEEK JML MS LATEST Los Angeles Lakers All-Star centre Shaquille O'Neal will be sidelined for at least two more weeks due to a hairline fracture in his right wrist. Shaq, who has already missed five weeks with a strained abdominal muscle, suffered his latest injury
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      285 43 INDIANA PACERS: It has taken on the personality of its coach, Larry Bird calm, efficient and spectacular only when necessary. The Pacers beat Toronto, New York, Detroit and Orlando last week to increase their winning streak to six games. The team has won 12 of the
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      167 43 MIAMI AT CHICAGO: A Christmas Day rematch of last season's Eastern Conference final features two of the hottest teams. The Chicago Bulls has won four in a row and eight of 10; the Heat, two in a row and seven of 10. WEEK'S BEST MATCH-HPS Charles
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      242 44 Reuters. Fear. That's the reason the German newspaper commentators gave for Juergen Klinsmann's return to Tottenham. They said he was motivated by his desire to keep a spot in the national team at the World Cup Finals in France. Many columnists pointed to his weak performance for Sampdoria,
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      210 44 BILD, Germany's largest j,a,„ S0flllng[ uflnja The spontaneous change of clubs looks like an escape because the German national team captain was unhappy in Genoa. He was just a bench warmer. He saw his chances for the World Cup fading. With Oliver Bierhoff and Ulf Kirsten
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      345 44 AFP. ARSENAL'S French manager Arsene Wenger, is backing the Germany captain to make an immediate impact on his return to Spurs. Wenger was the man who allowed Juergen Klinsmann to join Tottenham the first time round. Klinsmann, 33, could make his first appearance for Tottenham following
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      346 44 While fans may hail the return of Juergen Klinsmann, former England and West Ham striker and currently a television commentator, Trevor Brooking, warns that the dream return may yet be beset by problems Soccernet. ALAN Sugar may have produced the ultimate Christmas gift
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      186 45 Reuters. Liverpool finally got the go-ahead to sign American goalkeeper Brad Friedel. Pool (Liverpool's nickname) tried to sign the £1 million ($2.6m) Friedel from Columbus Crew. But numerous attempts were in vain because of work-permit problems. The authorities refused four applications because it was unsure
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      237 45 AFP. JUST 12 hours after crossing the Atlantic to fulfil his boyhood dream, Brad Friedel was training with his new Anfield colleagues. "When I was a kid not much English soccer was on TV back home. But what was seen usually involved a
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      174 45 Reuters. GARY SPEED: The Everton skipper will be a during Friday's crucial match against Manchester United at Old Trafford. The reason: He damaged his ankle in training. Everton manager Howard Kendall said: "Gary has handled these past few weeks really well and I couldn't have asked for more
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