The New Paper, 3 February 1998

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    32 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1998 MITA (P) 064/04/97 60 CENTS http://web3.aslal .com.sg/tnp OMmAnother quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings •us.'<* ll> »*A' 'i «5i > J*-j pW^(• 4j| u, i i
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon No distress call from pilot
      361 2 PHILIPPINE PLANE GOES MiSSING Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer, wire services. ALL Filipino lawyer Demosthenes Mediante can do now is to say a little prayer. His wife, Evelyn, is among 104 people on board a Philippine airliner which went missing near the southern city of
      Source: The Philippine Daily Inquirer, wire services.  -  361 words
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      Lock icon ONLY AIRLINE MAKING MONEY
      124 2 Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer CEBU Pacific is owned by tycoon John Gokongwei. He once said: "Cebu Pacific Air is the only airline in the Philippines that is making money." Since its first flight on March 8,1996, Cebu Pacific has tried to capture the domestic skies long
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      Lock icon Geez! what the...
      280 3  -  Or why they go ga-ga over i an NBA game Basketball fever is peaking as the All-Star National Basketball Association game approaches this week. CHAN SEETFUN (below), who is not a die-hard fan and who had never seen a "live" NBA game before, got a taste of
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      324 2 S' ALON Hair& Beauty A SALON visit can be a pleasure or a pain. It all depends on how you approach it. An internet survey done on people visiting salons reveals some interesting findings about what people like and dislike about salons in general. One surprising finding was that a
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      68 2 THENEWSTODAY CUUOnCATION IN From deep fry to leafy greens (The New Paper, yesterday), we said MrOng Wee Hock lost his job as general manager of computer company CSA Holding. This could have given the impression that he was sacked because he was struck by cancer. That impression is not correct.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • Article
      Let's get Radical
      147 4 Let workers put their money in private pension funds instead off with theCPF Board k HOT kSTORY 1 THIS is one of the most radical of 65 recommendations in a "no-holds barred report". The report, by the Government-appointed committee on Singapore's financial sector competitiveness was unveiled yesterday.
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      Stock markets surge
      81 4 STOCK markets were up in the region and in New York yesterday, with The Straits Times Industrials Index posting its biggest gain ever. The STII rose 173.07 points to 1,432.99 its biggest single-day gain since the exchange was formed in 1973. In New York the Dow Jones
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Haze delays planes
        66 4 THICK haze from fresh forest fires is delaying aircraft flights in Indonesia's east Kalimantan province. But Singapore Meteorological Service's deputy director Wong Teo Suan says this haze is too small in scale to have an impact on Singapore. Provincial environmental officials are alarmed at finding 30 fire
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        Economic shuttle
        74 4 MALAYSIAN leaders plan to shuttle around Asia for talks on the economic crisis. The aim is to get everyone to switch to local currencies for trade instead of dealing in US dollars. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad and his deputy will have talks in five countries
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        Jakarta raises exit taxes
        83 4 EXIT tax: One million rupiah ($224). This is the sum citizens and foreign residents must pay from Thursday, when leaving Indonesia by air. It is up from the current air exit tax of 250,000 rupiah. This tax, paid on departure by all who reside in the
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        Maths here world's best
        74 4 SINGAPORE'S methods in teaching maths are among the best in the world. That is why Britain is studying such methods here to aid its new campaign to lift basic maths skills among British pupils. Among 20 countries whose nine-year-old pupils were tested last year for their
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        Forgotten $$$
        106 4 Forgotten MORE than $5.6 million lay unclaimed in CPF accounts last year. And the number of people who have not claimed their CPF money has been increasing over the years from 332 in 1995 to 625 last year, reports Berita Harian. The CPF savings go unclaimed because some Central Provident
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      WHAT'S HUP
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      HEADLINERS
      79 4 The Straits Times: Finance panel offers radical ideas Tlm Business Times: S'pore finance sector to get broadest boost yet Uaahe leafcso; Finance and Banking Sub-committee offers radical proposals to help Singapore become regional financial centre Bevfta Harlan: Currency: Maintaining Singapore's position RCS menilng news: US and European stocks soared
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      191 4 Once again, from the Goodwood kitchen, comes the buffet H > that brings to you the best of Asian delights. From the delectable A baked Ikan Papan with Chilli Belachan, to delicacies like H Sautted Sea Cucumber in Pig's Tendon or the delicious Lamb Mysore; B ijX the combination of
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      46 4 Toll free mub mjwm Cafe are charged at 30 cents per minute 1 Wheart f lW'tlBW7 j S|UkUp Your forum IMHI4NK DhP Hp WM l l nv aluabie Mr mm lessons mmmm Wms Cab are charged at 50 cents per minule MIM as IMH Mb I"
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon NO MOOD to celebrate
      452 5  -  It's Hari Raya but this family of a Silk Air victim is in... BY Michelle Ang FOR Madam Fauziah Muktar, this Hari Raya was the loneliest trip back home. The 33-year-old housewife and her family return from Johor Baru to Singapore to celebrate Hari Raya with
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      PR FOR KIDS
      83 5 MADAM Fauziah wants her children to become Singapore permanent residents. Nur Ainina, eight, Saiful Farisin, seven, Nur Asilah, four, and Nur Arifah, two, were born in Malaysia. But/she said: "I wont sell the JB house. It has too many memories of my husband. "My late husband's boss
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      A roaring success
      70 5 CONTEST NO. 1 THE Tiger that went loose on New Year's day left 15 paw marks in our special edition last Thursday. Out of 5,929 callers, 4,124 counted it correctly. Five correct callers have been picked to win $1,000 worth of Esso Tiger Mart vouchers each. They
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      You named the right country
      80 5 I CONTEST NO. 2 IN our Jackie Chan contest last week, we asked you to name the country that he didn't go to film his latest movie Who am I? Almost all callers got the answer right. Yes, it is Singapore. Ten correct callers were
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      Lock icon She's a big-time lawyer... But she's Ah Moi to some clients
      410 6 There are two sides to one of Singapore's top women lawyers—the tough litigator who takes on corporations and the soft-hearted problem solver. FONG FOONG MEI speaks to Molly Lim, one of the first three women to be appointed Senior
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      THE OTHER TWO WOMEN SENIOR COUNSEL
      101 6 Mrs EagNn Teh, 42 Partner at Engelin Teh Young Acted for former Britannia Brands regional director Mr Edward Grinsted who sued Britannia for withholding severance pay when his contract ended in 1993. Married, three J.TIriL ...I cniwren Studied at Convent of the Holy Infant
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      142 6 a S I'-'l &a r Eternity was tn our lips and eyes. Bliss in mirbrrm bent and Cleopatra lia a roomful of romance 13 -14 february Escaping to a private haven with your sweetheart this Valentine's Day? HiyhliyhK V One night's stay in a deluxe room for 2 V International
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      His final good deed
      294 8  -  CABBY'S FAMILY DONATES HIS ORGANS BY Hazel Tan HE died trying to save another man. But he may still give others a new lease of life. "Good deed cabby" Ng Yew Soon's family donated his organs to the Tan Tock Seng Hospital, confirmed a hospital spokesman.
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      'WE WANT TO HELP'
      110 8 MR Chionh's colleagues at the Standard Chartered Bank are raising funds for Mr Ng's family. Said Mr Teo Hock Chuan, a treasurer at the bank: "Mr Ng is a good Samaritan who has lost his life for a cause. There are not many who would stop
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  • THENEWTODAY
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      with te spice girls
      699 10 They are the most talked about Personalities of the moment —after US President Bill Clinton. They also seem to be the most hated. On the Internet, people want Ginger, Baby, Posh, Scary and Sporty to disappear from the face of the earth. You can contribute your
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      LIKE THEM? SHHH...
      185 10 IF you like the Spice Girls, don't tell anyone. Seems it is majorly uncool to admit knowing which Spice is which. Or to be caught buying Spice Girls merchandise in any shape or form. I kid you not, because I had to find people who'd admit they
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      SPICE JOKES
      70 10 Q: How do you make a Spice Girl laugh on Friday? A: Tell her a joke on Monday. Q: What do you call a Spice Girl with two brain cells? A: Pregnant. Q: What do you get when you put a Spice Girl in a toaster? A: A
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      STAND UP FOR SPICE!
      371 10 SHE has got into heated arguments because she can't stand others badmouthing her idols. Why does Kavetha Devi (left), 20, go to such lengths to defend a band so many people seem to hate? She says it's because the Spice Girls are caring individuals. And she's
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      Not in S'pore
      88 11 muiftriui* Stage actor Loong Seng Onn plays the rola of a friend of a single ghf, who wants to have a test-tube baby, in the Theatre Works' play, Al. She asks Loong for his sperm to have the child. What will he say in real life, if
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      How to tell her that parents died?
      483 11 Remember the tragic story of the Singapore student who lost her parents in a car crash in Melbourne? She herself was in a coma. MICHELLE ANG reports that the girl has opened her eyes, but still cannot speak YOU wouldn't be reading this
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      THE ACCIDENT
      75 11 THE Ford jeep carrying thfe Wangs and two friends veered off a highway outside Melbourne and rolled over several times on Jan 17. Mr Wang, a general manager with a frozen food company, and Madam Chua, a housewife, flung from the backseat, died on the spot. The driver,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      HE'S HER BIG BOSS
      385 13 SHE'S THE ABUSED MAID Meet the Big Boss, the teenager who had pleaded guilty last month to several charges of hurting a maid. He was in court again yesterday, this time with his mother, to answer to another three charges of having hurt the maid. MELVIN
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      HOW SHE SUFFERED
      93 13 THE 13-year-old boy pleaded guilty to three charges of hurting Ms Hartati between June and July last year at the Meyer Road apartment. He placed a hot iron on a piece of paper over her right forearm. Also in June, he poured hot water on her, causing
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      128 13 $60.00* per couple. $200.00* Valentine's Day Room Package. Relax in a colonial setting and enjoy a Enjoy a 5-course Set Dinner at the Straits Cafe, a sumptuous 5-course Set Dinner, specially complimentary bottle of champagne in your room prepared to set you in the mood at the Straits Cafe. and
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Suharto's surprise
      343 14 Speculation surrounds auastjoning of Wanandi brothers over bomb blast IS INDONESIAN President Suharto on the counter-offensive? The surprise questioning of the well-known Wanandi brothers over a bomb blast in Jakarta seems to show that he is, said The Business Times yesterday. Last week, Indonesian authorities quizzed prominent members
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      Lock icon Shops attacked
      123 14 Source: AFP. ANGRY mobs attacked Indonesian shops yesterday to vent their ftiry over rising prices. About 2,000 protestors went on a rampage in up to 10 towns and villages on the islands of Java and on Sulawesi. In the town of Banawa, Central Sulawesi, shops were pelted with
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      Do clothes maketh the man?
      88 15 muKmuK K has been 50 years since Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi was gunned down. Wdl-Known for his non-violent ways to svid a colonial master, be wasn't so well-known for Ms playfulness and wit, especially in London. Once, during a high tea at Ihw fchnibim Palace
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      Lock icon Q :Kids, what do you do if you find $17,000? A: KEEP IT!
      241 15 Reuters. THE wrong answer. That was what a group of schoolchildren gave New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani yesterday on the subject of honesty. Mr Giuliani was thanking Pakistani taxi driver Syed Shah, 33, for returning more than
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      Lock icon Girl from Beverly Hills
      561 16 Over the past two days, we featured Ms Gennifer Flowers and Ms Paula Jones, women from Mr Bill Clinton's past, when he was Arkansas governor. In the last of our three-part series, we look at a young woman linked with Mr Clinton, as US President Source:
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      Lock icon Did he ram 3 children on purpose?
      781 17 Row over carpark lot Result: Three children (aged two, five and six) are dragged under car Sources: Malay Mail, China Press. IT was a scene straight out of a nightmare. As the three children were dragged under the blue Proton Wira, horrified onlookers
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      IN HOSPITAL AGAIN
      70 17 TWO-YEAR-OLD road-rage victim Yuen Kee. has been admitted to hospital again for the third time. She was admitted on Friday as she had been running a high fever. Her father, Mr Chiew Wan Toong, 38, a contractor, said doctors would take more X-rays of her face and
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Get rid of Saddam, say Saudis
      316 18 AFP. A SAUDI Arabian newspaper called on the US yesterday to "take out" Iraqi President Saddam Hussein instead of preparing for war against the country. The Al-Riyadh newspaper said t.hi« would minimise the suffering of the Iraqi people. "Why don't they consider getting rid
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      Lock icon CONFUSION
      91 18 AFP. FOR a while yesterday it seemed Iraq had relented to friendly pressure and would open its presidential sites to UN arms inspectors. Then Iraq denied the Russian Interfax report. That statement is totally, totally incorrect," Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Riyadh al-Qaissi said. He said the report was wrong about
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      333 18 From now till 8 Feb '98, you can bid for The New Paper's readers can bid for the following cruises. Sun Cruises Packages at your dream price. For thc 0 f Februaty '98 All you have to do is complete the "Bid For The Sun" coupon Sunsational Cruise-3 days/2 nights
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  • Showtime
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      Go Gwyneth!
      464 19 NEVER mind if her boyfriend is history. Gwyneth Paltrow, formerly the other blonde half of Brad Pitt, is on the brink of history-making herself. Plenty of movie offers aside, the Audrey Hepburn successor just earned herself another title: "It Girl" of Hollywood. As for that little gaping wound
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      Body talk
      309 20 ■BhM BLOWS AWAY THE fairy-tale wedding at a castle wowed everyone who was there, but it very nearly didn't take place. Hot actor-singer Will Smith (above with son Trey and Pinkett) married actress Jada Pinkett in a hush-hush ceremony at a castle near her hometown in Baltimore on
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      THAT FACE
      655 21 What is all the fuss about Leonardo DiCaprio, the baby-faced lad in Titanic? WILEEN CHANG asked 57 people of nil ages —and got them to pick the star's most attractive feature. The picture below pinpoints all their favourites —except for the 10 who liked only his acting skills,
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      Men not impressed
      108 21 He is so skinny. His acting is ok lah. But he has got no body at all. No muscular chest and no strong arms. YusoffAli, 30, despatch rider I don't think DiCaprio has got as much charisma as Sean Connery or Richard Gere. Julian Chong, 29, insurance
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      OOOH, STEAMY!
      426 22 Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal made it look so easy When Harry Met Sally. George Clooney and Michelle Pfieffer caught it One Fine Day. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes couldn't stop it coming as Romeo and Juliet. And Julia Roberts and Rupert Everett gatecrashed My Best Friend's Wedding
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      I will stand by you, my love
      105 22 MEG RYAN "It has to be my husband Dennis Quaid. Just look at us together. We've worked together on a few movies, and I think we just look right together. Otherwise, Tom Hanks and I have great chemistry." DENNIS QUAID "Of course, my
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      You've got to be kidding, right?
      48 22 STEVEN SEAGAL "I think I would have made beautiful movies with Audrey Hepburn. No one thinks of me as a romantic leading man, but I really am quite gallant. Above any other woman, Hepburn would have been a good match for me."
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      316 20 I Salmon Glavaz on a bed of Salad I I Cream of Lentil Soup with Chicken Meat I I with Oarlio Bread I ww I CHOICE OF MAIN COURSE I Grilled N.Z. Ribeye Steak topped with Ginger Wine Sauoe I I Pan fried US Catfish Fillet topped with Caviar Butter
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      705 24 tvpage Q MMKI A Piece of Shy (Channel 8 f 7 pm) This story focuses on how a counsellor, who is fresh from school, and an experienced colleague help in keeping wayward teenagers away from crime and trouble. Stars Carole Lin (left). LMmm prodigal son he has not seen in
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    Keep that Tiger
    488 25  -  Etcetera WITH IVAN LIM IT would be a wonderful thing if I could get married in this Year of the Tiger and have a child, too, preferably a daughter, though not necessarily in that order. As everyone else has rushed to get married before the Tiger arrived,
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      126 25 COMICRELIEF Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson GETTM6 mSL "WE I I JUST MOPE. NDOOW THIHKS mwx, calmin. i y bkk Jmtr akKt 100 I'M g\v\kg up MY rcoia JBB?J yr EXCEPTS SEE QNOEWXr Adam/Brian Basset OM,IVA£TuST i HMMfH.IQttcSS VWfT'i RHWN&TWTNSVtS j Vlttl,TUC< 3I»JT IT A METIER I "THAT: ONU4&, AMD YKNCN
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      147 26 COMICREUEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh MI.GHOO.THCfefOKTEfc II *> tectel ffcET 3 f mss* LI is* rj^y Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce rp— > I TEDDY SAID HE 1 OH.. MY iumimuin(j|||l^—j I ANGIE' 1 /A SAW YOU AT I FAMILY HOW 1/ I GUESS! GOT JU«-> V Hi! J HM? THE MALLONICHANGED
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      256 34 lOC PRESIDENT PUSHES KM: Reuters. OLYMPIC leader Juan Antonio Samaranch says more women should run international and national sport to match the increase in female Games competition. The lOC president, speaking before Saturday's start to the Nagano Winter Olympics in Japan, emphasised the organisation's recent efforts
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      136 34 AFP. COCA-COLA was stumped after placing an advertisement to congratulate South Africa's Under-19 cricket team for winning the Youth World Cup final a match the local squad did not even play in. A bright red advertisement placed in the Johannesburg Star newspaper read: "To our cricketing
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      299 34  -  S-LEAGUE UPDATE THE SPONSORS Tampines Rovers: (negotiating with Umbro) Geytang United: Nike Home United: UHL Sport Marine Castle: Lotto Tkxtgßahra: Puma Balestier Central: Umbro Sembawang Rangers: Nike SAFFC:Asics Jurong: (still negotiating with sponsors) Gombak Unitad: (Umbro has offered a deal) Woodlands wV emngron Lotto
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      262 34 THE S-League has decided to take more control over matters of indiscipline. Previously, all offenders were brought before the S-League's disciplinary committee. Now, those who bring the game into disrepute or violate the rules will be dealt with by the S-League's CEO Ltc Chris Chan.
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      427 36 Man United just four points ahead THE CHAMPION FAST FACTS Man United has lost its last two Premier League matches It lost 1-0 away to Southampton and then 1-0 at home to Leicester last Saturday Chelsea, Blackburn and Liverpool are just four points behind They all
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      261 36 2S WEEKEND Man United v Bolton Liverpool v Saints Blackburn v Spurs Arsenal v Chelsea (Sunday) MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson had no complaints after Leicester ended its unbeaten home record last Saturday. 1 think we got what we deserved," Ferguson said after the
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      456 36 LIVERPOOL IN the semi-finals of the League Cup but out of the FA Cup, the Anfield side has fewer distractions than United. Manager Roy Evans has m«di» some changes that has given it not so much the kiss of life but a lungful of fresh air. In has
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    534 37 will bto* the Big Four whom we think will crtate the mst impact in tetms of form and/bUowMg-Brazil, England, Italy and HMand Today, JEFFREY LOW ir kicks off our Four-Track Focus unit an insight into the spirit qfthe samba... THE choices for France '98* with Low round
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    185 37 ROMNHfc He recently scored his 600 th career goal in a league match for Hamengo In Rio. And anmounced to the media on his 32nd birthday last Thursday: "I must try to reach the 1000 th goal. I need to play at least three more years to do
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    176 37 ZAGALLO'S PICKS: (X-Ist; XX2nd) Group A: Brazil Group B: Italy, CamerooryAustrta Group C: france, •t)enmarto I Group (h Spain, Nigeria/Paraguay Group L* Holland, Belgium Group F: Germany, Yugoslavia Group G: England, Romania Group H: Argentina, Croatia CARLOS' PlCtaj Group A: Brazil, Norway! Group 8.Italy, Chile Group C: France,
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      256 38 ITALY Going for surgeiy today BRAZIL He's out for four months Reuters. CIROFERRARA Experienced Italian defender Ciro Ferrara may be out of the World Cup Finals. He broke his leg while playing for league leader Juventus in its 2-0 away win against Lecce on Sunday. Ferrara sustained
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      232 38 Reuters. JUNINHO BRAZIL midfielder Juninho will be out of action for a minimum of four months and could miss the World Cup Finals. The former Middlesbrough player was injured playing for Spanish club Atletico Madrid at the weekend. Juninho, 24, broke his left fibula and
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      514 39 ENGLAND SQUAD GOALKEEPERS: Tim Flowers (Blackburn). Nigel Martyn (Leeds) DEFENDERS: Tony Adams (Arsenal), Gareth Southgate (Villa), Sol Campbell (Tottenham), Gary Neville (Man United), Andy Hlnchcliffe (Sheff Wednesday), Philip Neville (Man United), Martin Keown (Arsenal), Graeme Le Saux (Chelsea) MIDfIELDERS: David Beckham (Man United), Paul Gascoigne (Glasgow Rangers), Paul
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      353 39 Reuters. IRANIANS are in demand. Hamidredza Estili is one of them. His agent has been speaking to clubs in Austria. Estili, who recently returned home to play for Bahman, said: "My manager has been talking to some
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