The New Paper, 24 January 1998

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    28 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JANUARY 24, 1998 MITA (P) 064/04/97 60 CENTS http://w*b3.aslal .com.ag/tnp Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings A, 1 v EX i .tkl At.
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      116 1 Copy BarMey igg in the nude^ Basketball star drops towel in front of woman reporter in locker room. Then, surprise, surprise... /Page 24 Ml w I B m Kl W M j M _^cf<% ■imßHjnMj^ -^-^^B" E9-- -^-iB u i ,vra:t »■—^^tvt^kl<l iv j uy n|H HHBPg t» JT/TI -IB
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Indon bank time bomb
      417 2 THE banking system in Indonesia is in very deep trouble. Several mqjor international banks, particularly those from America and Europe, have decided not to lend any more money to Indonesian businessmen. A country manager from an international bank confirmed that his bank has instructions not to
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      Worst to come
      43 2 The underlying risks of taking fresh exposure are huge. There is a real threat of a systemic collapse in the Indonesian banking system... And the rupiah is not likely to hit rock-bottom anytime soon. Manager qfan international bank in Jakarta
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      They want cash
      43 2 They want me to send the cash in advance because the banks fear that the risks magnify every single day in Indonesia. I can't afford to pay cash in advance and my business prospects have never been bleaker. Indonesian businessman
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      173 3 THENEWSTODAY Bp HBE Kg HI 1a HI II HI II lil .'li&l^B^B^; ■L^^B mv MB PBPF M' 1$ stories #x vJT! You've wasted tears Do you know of real-life poll to select the best story. watching the movie Titanic. love stories that we can It reminded you of a rea^~^
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      PROPERTY DOWN TURN HDB resale prices
      126 4 IN the last three months of last year, Housing Board resale prices fell another 6 per cent, but more owners applied to sell their flats. Compared with the same period in 1996, resale prices were down 11 per cent. In 1997, 39,461 owners sought
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      Exec condo applications
      112 4 HOT STORIES YEW Mei Green is the first executive condominium project to be undersubscribed. Some 500 applications have been received for the 712-unit project in Choa Chu Kang. But market watchers said the 70 per cent subscription rate was good, considering the cautious mood amid the uncertain
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      HEADLINERS
      64 4 The Straits Times: Revised budget fails to stop rupiah slide The Business limes: Foreign banks pull plug on US$ funds to Indon customers Uanhe Zaobao: Indonesia revises budget to carry out IMF agreement Berita Harlan: Indonesian budget fails to boost regional markets PCS morning PM Goh: the regional crisis
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    • AIRLINE NEWS
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        Luggage limit
        76 4 AIRLINES operating in the Asia-Pacific now limit the number and size of bags that passengers can take into the cabin. This is to reduce the risks to passengers and crew from large items carried into the cabin, due to limited stowage space, the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines
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        Cheap tickets hot
        66 4 SINGAPORE Airlines, Qantas and British Airways' offer of low-priced tickets to Australia and London has received overwhelming response. Travel agents said tickets on "hot dates", were all taken up before the promotion ended yesterday. On Sunday, SLA announced fares of $490 to Perth, $570 to Brisbane, Melbourne
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      WHAT'S HUP
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Johor seeks air tourists
        69 4 IMPROVEMENTS to the Senai airport will be ready in May to attract more foreign and local tourists to Johor. The state government is spending Ms 97 million (Ss4o million) to give travellers better service and more sophisticated facilities, The Star reported yesterday. State Tourism Committee chairman
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        No evidence against JBJ
        72 4 The counsel for the Law Society had no evidence to offer a disciplinary committee hearing Justice Lai Kew Chai's complaint of professional misconduct against Mr J. B. Jeyaretnam yesterday. Mr Jeyaretnam wants the matter dismissed. But the committee still has to report to the society and
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        Old hospital to go
        73 4 THE Buddhist-run Ren Ci Hospital will replace the old Toa Payoh Hospital in Toa Payoh Rise. The old buildings will be demolished to make way for new facilities. Besides the Ren Ci for the chronically sick there will also be a rehabilitation centre for former mental
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        On satellite TV
        47 4 Satellite broadcasts have only just begun to filter into homes here. I would suggest, in such a situation, that delivery methods of satellite TV channels be limited so as to avoid cortfiision. The Straits Times reader Ethan Randall on introducing satellite TV to Singapore
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      DOW JONES
      27 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 30.14 to close at 7,700.74 points yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 627 million shares.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon New face, new problem
      469 6  -  By Sophia Shannon and Riana Zakir A FALL from seven storeys shattered the many, many bones in his body. His girlfriend left him. Friends he had known all his life could not recognise him. But Mr Saravanan Krishnan wears a slight smile on his face, more
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      HE FELL 7 STOREYS
      257 6 HE stood on a wet and narrow window ledge seven storeys above ground. No helmet. No safety belt. No supervisor to make sure he was okay while he fixed window panes at Highgate condominium in Toh Tuck Road. Then he lost balance. He plunged face-down to
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      You want a divorce? Let's talk first -with someone else in the room
      418 7 The Eagle Mediation and Counselling Centre (EMCC) opened at Temasek Polytechnic today with a double mission to teach students about the art of mediation and to provide services to the public. CRISPINA ROBERT reports SHE wanted a
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      WHAT'S MEDIATION?
      83 7 INTRODUCED by the courts in 1995, mediation aims to settle divorce problems without going before a judge. This means, once a divorce petition is filed, instead of going through a long and expensive process of working out maintenance and custody in court, mediation helps couples come to an
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    Lock icon Cabbies light up her day
    399 11  -  SINGAPORETODAY THE HOME THE home is an all-women home off Balestier Road. Twenty women, like Madam Wan, have been left there by their children. The others, mostly samsui workers, "mah jie" or family servants, do not even have families. By Danny Lim MADAM Wan Kum
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      Lock icon It's off with his head!
      380 13  -  By. Jill Lim THE play opens with 10 people alive and kicking. It ends with eight corpses. In the whodunnit, eight actors get to kick the bucket on stage by being poisoned, strangled, hit on the head with a bottle, shot at and decapitated. The
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      YEARLY CHARITY EVENT
      78 13 THE Medicine Faculty has a charity event each year. Last year's was a film premiere that raised $6,000. This year's play has earned about $10,000 already, of which about $5,000 will be deducted to cover costs. The rest will go to the Singapore Cancer Society and the
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      207 16 SINGAPORETODAY BALLOT 1 VOTE Name: I I &WIN I; V Pooper /v k, I I HE elections are on in Name. I I paja,, Hu tang, as the JH^ coco II I money crisis rages on. Party: I 1 Four candidates, each with \Cny Hutang help different solutions, are Hutang
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      'She's in coma. Am I to blame?'
      508 18 HURT IN MELBOURNE CRASH BEST FRIEND WONDERS: A Singaporean teenager is now lying in coma after a car crash at Melbourne, which also killed her parents. HAZEL TAN speaks to the girl's best friends SHE blames herself for an accident that took place
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      THE CRASH
      68 18 THE Wang family was travelling with two friends when they lost control of their Ford jeep. Mr Henry Wang and his wife, flung from the backseat, died on the spot. Li Li, trapped in her backseat, suffered serious head injuries. The accident happened at 4.16 pm (local time)
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      Lock icon Why don't they just leave me alone?
      344 19  -  Man who donated HIV-tainted blood says: All dressed up on the second c\c\y of Chinese KJew ec\ r? Visit your newsvendor first. The New Paper. The only English newspaper on Jan 29. By' Teo Hwee Nak LOO Wah Yew had barely stepped out
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      GAVE FALSE INFORMATION
      107 19 LOO faced three charges of giving false information to the Singapore Blood Transfusion Service when he donated blood six times between July 17 and Sept 26 last year. The man who had had sex with prostitutes in Indonesia had lied in reply to questions whether he had
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      If you have what it takes, teach.
      536 20 MINIMUM ENTRY QUALIFICATIONS M Nl i«P The future will bring intense competition and changing values. Education and training are central to how Singapore will fare in the new millenium. The Ministry of Education believes that the teacher will play a pivotal role in
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    Fare cheat bashes cabby
    561 22  -  FROM PAGE TWO SINGAPORETODAY UseW to I lunch with The Klevv On 29 with us instep. The New Paper comes out in the morning that day. Acts strangely Pushes cabby into lift Attacks cab while during trip to beat him cabby seeks help By' Teo Yun
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    SUR PRISE
    234 23 WORLDTODAY CHARLES Barkley did this drop without batting an eyelid. He did not need to take aim for he could do this drop even with his eyes closed. Because he was only dropping the towel he was wearing in the men's dressing room. So what's great? That's what
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      Show me THE HONGBAO!
      69 24 It s the economic crunch lis lime to lighten the hell lime for ira^e restraint. Inner expectations llnl one sechtr oj the fio/mlaHon. it v honghan ami (Init ra\a time lime nheii moiic\ ii hih \acll\ nf)ronlni•„• on trees comes free in reil ami ^rccn packets,
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      Lock icon It's for the kids
      536 25  -  COVERSTORY I REPORTS CALVIN LOW THATS what an uncle once told me as I stood waist-high to him, dressed in my resplendent best. It was Chinese New Year's Day. I didn't know what he v meant. But I took his hongbao anyway. It was only decades
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      My red packet
      360 26 KIDDIES' LOOT: Economic recession? Currency crisis? Stock market crash? Nothing doing! Hand over the hongbao, say the children, it's that time of the year again. How big a hongbao do they expect from their parents this Chinese New Year? What will they do with their money? "This
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      WILL YOUR HONGBAO BE BIGGER THIS YEAR?
      113 26 "I wairt more, because I did weN In my exams. I got 20 upon 20 for my speMng. Last year, I got $40 from my parents. The year before that, I got $45. TWs year, $50." —Julius Chua "I want more so I
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        Lock icon Not much, lah
        85 27 How much hongbao duit raya do teens get from their parents? "This year, I think $20." Nooraishikin Ismail (left), 16, from Christ Church Secondary School "I'd say $100. It fluctuates. Last year it was $200." Michelle Teo (left), 18, from Temasek JC "If s always around $50
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        DO YOU EXPECT MORE THIS YEAR?
        101 27 "last year I got $15. I'm expecting more this year because I've grown older (giggles). I need more money to spend." Nooraishikin Ismail "Perhaps not so much, because I've grown up." Marcus Lim, 17, from Ngee Ann Polytechnic "No, I don't think I deserve
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        HOW WILL YOU SPEND IT?
        102 27 "I've just taken my 0 levels and hope to go to the poly. So I'N keep K for my studies." —JammailTan, 16, from Whitley Secondary School "Shop. And maybe, If I get a lot, I'd like to donate some to charity." Michelle Teo "Keep K
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        ECONOMIC EFFECTS?
        102 27 "This year, I dont expect a lot because of the economic crisis. My father's a taxi driver and my mum's an accounts dork. We tvy to save— like buying New Year goods from Malaysia ivicaraj oia Angeline Li, 14, from Anderson Secondary School "I dont think it win
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      Gong Xi Fa... BANG-LAT!
      187 29  -  KEN JALLEH JR at lar^^ Frequent visitors to this asylum of silliness would be familiar with friend and protagonist Dr Joe, a man who, like Gurmit Singh, is the most powerful dude in his dreams. At Chinese New Year time each year, Dr Joe and I
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      All hands on deck
      396 29 But Chinese New Year also allows us the opportunity for filial and familial fellowship; it is a time for great food and good friends, of hongbaos and... BANG-LAT (blackjack)! Pay double, heh heh. Lest you think I am tiying to encourage gambling, let me clarify that
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      Are your fingers itchy?
      311 29 Also, there is Chinese New Year gambling and there is compulsive gambling. A CNY gambler is often one who experiences temporary liquidity problems (meaning, in layman's terms, he's broke but not bankrupt). A compulsive gambler, however, is one who rushes home each night to bet on
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    Lock icon My heart will go on
    1315 31 "He was an amazing part of my life. He remains so because of the person he was because of his honesty, because of the love that we shared and because of his fight for survival. That taught me an immense amount" Kate Winslet (right), on
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      Dixie does solo flight
      289 32  -  BRIAN MILLER at nig^UP YOIFLL know him when you see him. The man and the guitar. He's Dixie Ferdinands. You'll remember him as the frontman for top-notch groups like Scarlet Fever, Gypsy and Broadsword. Today, he's flying solo. A one-man band. And he holds the fort
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      Four years of country and more to come
      237 32 FOUR years without compromising. Four years of sitting it out through thick and thin and, in a foreign land. That's the tale of Skip Sparkman and Michael Brenders the American owners of The Lone Star Bar in Taqjong Pagar. Touted as a
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      Cowboys at the Gazebo
      170 32 CIRCLE Feb 6 on your calendar. Then, make tracks for the Gazebo at Clarke Quay on that day. While there, cough up $25, plonk two beers on your table and listen to some of Singapore's best country music acts. Yes. From Feb 6 and on every
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      303 33 -mm n t»r ?mc S 2 Bujang Lapok Frl 30 Jan, 11.30 am mT 'jkpJLMjiS? A two part special featuring the reunion of the Father of Malay Rock and Roll, *4# Ramli Sarip and his band Sweet Charity. It's been 10 years since the band broke T>^j up but the
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    37 35  -  PICUTRE MOHD ISHAK BIRD-STOP: "Hey, somebody better look out for the bus. We are not going to get anywhere if our eyes are glued to the ground looking for crumbs. On second thoughts, maybe 111 walk."
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      56 36 muKmuK Dr Medea Keterie, ofgeeber of the World I iitfilii Dey ie Bombay aad e b—ttfe migiriao INriMitiiGf? Laughter opens you up, makes you socialise, reduces stress levels, makes your ego work positively and relaxes you. It exercises your throat, stomach, face, diaphragm, stabilises your blood
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      353 36 Reuters. PETER THOMAS definitely needs a big house. Twenty-two children and three adults in a two-bedder does not add up, police in Florida decided. They are now looking for a home in the area that the family can afford.
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      314 37 Source: The Economist, wire services. ONCE A HERO: This former engineer was once toasted in South Korea for pulling carmaker Kia Motors from the brink of bankruptcy. NOW A VILLAIN: A few months ago, Mr Kim Sun Hong was held as the "villain" behind
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      101 37 WHY was it easy for the big boys to borrow so much money so easily? Well, South Korean banks were pressured by the government to lend money at low interest rates to these chaebols, viewed as one of the engines of South Korea's
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        326 38 IN 1995, Ms Monica Lewinsky must have considered herself one of America's luckiest college graduates. The daughter of a wealthy California doctor, she had just graduated with a degree in psychology. To top it all off, she had been selected to work as a White House intern
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        272 38 Source: Wire services. acknowledges giving her personal gifts. Some reports described Ms Lewinsky as a distraught, love-struck woman who thought she had found in Ms Tripp a symphathetic ear. Unknown to Ms Lewinsky, Ms Tripp had been taping their phone conversations. Why would Ms Tripp do such a
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        328 38 ON Jan 12, Ms Tripp handed over 17 tapes of her phone conversations with Ms Lewinsky to independent counsel Kenneth Starr. Mr Starr is the man heading the long-running investigation into the Whitewater affair, a complex web of money and legal matters involving Mr Clinton and
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        75 38 Look, I will deny it so he will not get screwed in the case, but I'm going to get screwed personally... I have lied my entire life. Ms Lewinsky on her alleged romance with Mr Qinton. Maybe we should just tell the creep. Maybe we
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        159 38 AFP. woman at the centre of the new sex scandal is working on a deal with prosecutors so that she won't be charged. Former White House aide Monica Lewinsky was to be questioned yesterday in relation to the case. But her court appearance was postponed. Her lawyer,
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      736 39  -  COLD: Chilly winter of minus 20 deg C WET: Rain and snow storms, followed by a hail storm that pelted huge pellets of ice NO HEAT: Broken power lines cause severe blackout! Ice Storm 98, as Canada's fiercest snow storm is being called,
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    468 42  -  ET CETERA WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ WORK isn't what it used to be. Your job may not have changed a lot in recent months. But work has. What's the difference? JOB: It's the tasks that you do with your hands or head every day at your workplace
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    491 44 EAT'S A SUNDAY Yummy ideas for Sunday Breakfast, brunch and Lunch "Celebrate Life" this is the motto adopted by Great World Cafe-Restaurant, which is offering itself as "the first major Asian entry into the exploding theme restaurant industry". Officially opened yesterday, this new establishment derives its
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      696 53  -  Preview By The Three Musketeers GOLDEN Medal may not be one of those horses punters keep on their shortlist. However, it might pay if they give it a good once-over before it lines up for the start in Race 6 this afternoon. By our reckoning,
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      186 53 EUROPE KICKOFF AFP. ZINEDINE Zidane has turned his back on the English Premiership. He has now signed a new contract with Juventus that takes the gifted French midfielder through to 2004. Zidane, in his second season with Juventus, now has the longest contract of the entire
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      132 53 It's easy. Just call 1900-*****01 before midnight on Monday and indicate the match you think we should feature (see list below). Matches include only those played at the weekend. The match with the highest vote will make it to our Match of the Week
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      12 53 Horse Racing Results tnaiiabU 1 kr afitr tkt last net 4D Results
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      92 53 I pousief: Strengthen Waist Tonic with Cortex Eucommiae Sea Horse This tonic is concocted from ingredients like Cortex Eucommiae, Sea Horse, Cordyceps, Fresh Goat's Kidney, etc.... "Fresh Goat Kidney" can strengthen the waist, Cortex Eucommiae and Sea Horse protects and nourishes the waist, back and legs. This tonic no preservatives,
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      89 54 SPORTS 1981 SEA GAMES 111 SPRINT GOLD In her heyday, Malaysian A QQQ ON Mumtaz Jaafar was a star VIN athlete. Her glorious C DDI KIT fVlAi*ll sprint in the 1981 SEA I M MJMM. ■B B Games in Manila. Now, m 0 mm she's set to blaze the tracks
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      310 55 WHEN she was in primary school, former national sprinter Mumtaz Jaafar would dread a rainy day. Even a drizzle would see her father cycling to school to take her home. For the young Mumtaz was a chronic asthmatic and was prevented from doing anything that exerted her. She
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      339 55 MALAYSIAN sprinter Watson Nyambek received a double blow when he returned home from the Jakarta South-east Asia Games last November. He was relegated to a Category B athlete, losing many privileges, and he lost his coach as he only obtained a bronze for the 100 m sprint in
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      304 55 Ed3Zm SON FOLLOWING IN MUM'S FOOTSTEPS, IN A FAMILY WHERE ATHLETICS IS A WAY OF LIFE MUMTAZ Jaafar has been coaching regularly since 1989. But her hectic schedule does not stop her from being close to her four children Zuhaili, 15, Shahril, 10, Rehana, seven,
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      610 56  -  MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA (until Feb 1) By Norman Stevens REPORTING FROM MELBOURNE IF Grand Slam tennis is where sport and showbiz meet, then no two players underline that point as well as Andre Agassi and Patrick Rafter. Agassi was a multi-millionaire megastar before he made his first Grand
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      242 56 AFP. THAILAND'S Tamarine Tanasugarn was handed victory on a plate by French Open champion Iva Mqjoli in another day of upsets at the Australian Open. Tamarine, who carried the Thai flag at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, won the 65-minute third round match 6-0,6-2
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      248 57 IQHNNIE WALKER CLASSIC: PHUKET. Ends tomorrow QUESTION TO WOODS: LEADERS 132 Enito □s(RM) 135 Alex Cejka (Ger) 136 Padraig Harrington (Ire) 137 Lee Westwood (Brit), Peter O'Malley(Aus) 138 Stephen Leaney(Aus), Nick Faldo (Brit) 143 Sven Struver(Ger), Bradley King (Aus) Tiger Woods
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      662 58 CALL **********3 Call The New Paper Infoline at Bam tomorrow for results of today's FA Cup matches. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. LIVE ON IV: The FA Cup fourth-round match between Boroand Arsenal will be shown live on Premiere 12 at 11pm tonight Soccernet. Artoa VMa v
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      464 59 Dropped for next week's friendly WOULD CUP WABM-UP: ITALY v SLOVAKIA. JAN 28 Gianfranco Zola scored the goal that put Italy on the road to the 1998 World Cup Finals in France. Zola struck after 19 minutes when he latched on to a long ball from
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      307 59  -  S-LEAGUE CHARITY SHIELD BY S Gulam THE dream Charity Shield match-up between the Singapore champion and the Malaysian champion on April 4 may be on, after all. That's because Selangor has now reduced its demands. It now wants 10 per cent of the gate collection
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      215 56 WHAT'S O(g)NE WHAT'S ®N Howth«mainmatcfaes*mt Tadsy't nil inlrfci r (Median la boMh M€M(3nlN): HKN 1 Pete Sampras (US) bt 2 Patrick Rafter (Aust) v Magnus Gustafsson (Swe) Alberto Berasategui (Spa) 7-5, 6-3, 6-4 S Greg Rusedski (Eng) v Todd 4 Jonas Bjorkman (Swe) bt Woodbridge (Aust) Fabrice Santoro (Fra) 7-5,
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      44 59 Sorry Forttwyoonf (TNP, Jm2s) The telephone number to call for those who are interested in joining the NTUC Club/Tiong Bahru United Kids Soccer Clinics is 476-0678. It is not 467-0678 the number we published in our report yesterday. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.
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