The New Paper, 11 February 1998

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1 54 The New Paper
  • 7 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 313 2 IN JAKARTA Makeshift stalls to sell rice, sugar, soya bean Source: Wire services. INDONESIA is setting up makeshift bazaars across the capital Jakarta to ration basic food items. The bazaars will be open < three times a week until next month's presidential election, reports said. The
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    • OTHER HAPPENINGS
      • 57 2 THE Indonesia rupiah soared more than 30 per cent against the US dollar vpafp rn QV It rallied to 7,000 per US dollar from an opening of 9,400 and closed at 7,400. The rupiah also gained after a Japanese newspaper reported that the Group of Seven industrialised countries
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      • 62 2 JAKARTA is considering introducing a currency board to help stabilise the rupiah. The board would set a fixed rate for the rupiah against another anchor currency, such as the US dollar. But no decision has been made. The market was awash with speculation that the rupiah might be
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      • 61 2 BANKS in Indonesia are headed for a big shake-up. New rules to be implemented soon will force them to hold more money than is presently required. Only 10 out of the country's 212 commercial banks meet the new rules which require banks to show minimum paid up funds
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      • 53 2 INDONESIA is to get a new army chief. The current commander, General Feisal Tanjung, 58, is three years' past the standard military retirement age of 55. He is expected to be given a ministerial post. Sources said General Wiranto, seen as representing younger and better-educated officers, is likely
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  • 367 3  -  By Jill Lim THEY may not have been together very long. But they've come a long way. Charlene Batchelor, 17, and boyfriend Alan Wong, 19, who are both hearing-impaired, did not hesitate when asked what love is. Wrote Charlene on a piece of paper:
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  • 86 3 Rate it and win this ARE you touched? How would today's Love Story score on our Romance Meter? Call 1900-914-0801 by midnight tonight and Key in your rating (on the scale of one to 10). Irrespective of how you rate, eight callers will be picked electronically, after
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 176 4 CATCHING a plane? Your flight begins at the MKT station. In 2001, when you take the new Mass Rapid Transit line to the airport, you will be able to check flight times on the train and check in your luggage at the new station. And
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    • 96 4 PRICES of Certificates of Entitlement are continuing their slide. Those for mid-sized and luxury cars, and the open category hit their lowest in almost five years. These COEs, which account collectively for 75 per cent of car sales, cost between $28,000 and $28,900
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    • 102 4 ONLY 10,000 vehicles use the second link each day, even though the crossing was built to handle up to 20 times that number, according to the Communications Ministry. And the situation could get worse if steep tolls are imposed at both ends of the $1.3 billion
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    • 89 4 TRAVEL NEWS VISITOR arrivals to Singapore slid 1.3 per cent last year, and is set to fall even further this year. The Singapore Tourism Board said arrivals dropped from 7.29 million in 1996 to 7,197,963 visitors last year. This year, the board is expecting an
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 87 4 FIVE women have reported being conned by a 40-year-old man claiming he was a Singapore Airlines' pilot. He allegedly met the women through telephone dating services. The women said he tricked them into paying for dinner and lending him money. His method was to pretend he had
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      • 70 4 If I were now teaching... I would not wise some text-books or course books, especially in the teaching of language. Instead, I would encourage my students to explore the different media available... learning through the mass media can be a meaningful experience. —Mrs Molly Chan Hong Lian, retired
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      • 83 4 THE company which owns two of Singapore's biggest private hospitals, will pay the exit tax for patients from Indonesia. Parkway Holdings Ltd's move will make the two hospitals, Mount Elizabeth and Gleneagles, more competitive as the rupiah's fall has made treatment in Singapore more expensive. Last
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    • 63 4 The Straits Times: Rupiah soars more than 30% against US$ The Pailneii Times: Shake-up seen for Indon banks lianhe Zaohaa: I'nesia's unemployed will reach 13.5 m Bevta Harlan: 8-10% drop in tourists expected RCS mowing news: US advisor to I'nesian govt says plans for currency board system being finalised
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    • 27 4 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 115.09 points to close at 8,295.61 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 641 million shares.
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    • 217 4 I me W ne) steep with us //>is 14 ChS 1996 ?Jfe Saint Valentine's Day especially sweet this *sy*year.... Romance each other as you view the wonderful sights of Orchard Road at Cafe de Prince or choose to spend an unforgettable night in our guest room. f /aint Valentine's Day
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      501 6 So sa>s Tfo Ateu; Paper's executive artist Simon Ang (below), who won the Headline of the Year award at the 1998 English and Malay Newspapers annual awards yesterday. The New Paper's Pradeep Paul picked up the Layout/Page Design of the Year, while photographer Mohd Ishak won The
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    • 269 6 NEVER heard of an artist winning an award for Headline of the Year? Well, if there's one place for such an odd thing to happen, it's likely to be The New Paper's newsroom, where even office assistants (OAs) have a habit of offering up
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    • 260 7 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Story of the Year. Slow down land sales, Redas appeals to MND, by Lee Han Shih (Business Times, July 30,1997) Feature off the Yean Smoky skies clouded by hazy information, by Dominic Nathan (The Straits Times, Oct 12,1997) Infographics of the Yean History Hill
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    • Article, Illustration
      341 8  -  Yiliang ditches acting to sell insurance full-time By Yong Siew Fern CHANNEL 8 actor Huang Yiliang cannot be a two-timer any more. So between selling insurance and selling his art he ditched the second one. He is quitting acting to become a full-time insurance agent from next week.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
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  • 308 10  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Riana Zakir Accountant Wong Bee Ling was about to drive off when a man armed with a knife sneaked into her car and threatened to hurt her two-year-old daughter. "I want to kidnap your daughter!" Ricardo Cobarubia Arias was alleged to have
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 573 12  -  fading neighbour 1 Peudhg neighbour 2 I am mm Yeah? 1 filming So you am I i By Fong Foong Mei MR Chan has installed a spycam in his shoe rack. No, he isn't worried about shoe thieves. Instead, he is concerned about the "war" zone he lives
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    • 117 12 IF you think your neighbour is harassing you, you can file a private summons against him. Said lawyer Mr Daniel John, 43: "Private summons can be filed for crimes which the police do not pursue where the consequences relate only to the parties concerned and
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    • 291 12 DIRTY looks and snide remarks. These are what both families must contend with when they pass each other in the corridor on their way to their 7th-storey flats. And neither side dares to leave good shoes outside their flats any more. In case someone pours glue
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    • 293 13  -  By Melvin Singh TWO men drank beer at a coffeeshop till it closed. Then, they tried to break in. Hauled to court, they claimed that all they wanted was another drink. What they've got now is jail. The two botched the job
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    • 340 14 WHERE MUSIC, FOOD AND SURFING COME TOGETHER NgeeAnn Polytechnic is opening its firstfoodcourt with multimedia facilities today. But students have already had a taste of it for about a month now. BERNARD PEREIRA finds out how they feel about it Accountancy student Tay Choon Hiong
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 462 15 OSCAR NOMINATIONS RECORD 14 FORTITANIC TITANIC is sailing smoothly, all set to strike Oscar gold next month. The US$2OO million ($330 million) epic that many in Hollywood predicted would flop, picked up a record-tying 14 nominations yesterday in Los Angeles. The movie which has collected more
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    • 368 16 AFP. ACTOR Robert De Niro was questioned for several hours by police in Paris yesterday. He was interviewed" as a witness in connection with a probe into a high-class international prostitution racket, investigators said. The Oscar-winning actor was first detained at a prestigious
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    • 393 17 AFP. Millions of pounds were bandied around like loose change in the London High Court yesterday. The youngest brother of the Sultan of Brunei, the world's richest man, and two former business associates were suing each other. Also in court were the 24
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      234 18 Rocker drenches British DPM Source: MSN News (Internet), Reuters. COLD water did not cool British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's fury. It caused Mr Prescott's anger, in fact. He was at the receiving end when Donbert Nobacon, of rock group Chumbawamba, tipped the contents of an ice bucket
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    • 142 18 BEST BRfTISH GROUP: The Verve and All Saints shared the top spoils at this year's British music awards, the Brit Awards, late Monday. The Verve won best British group despite strong competition from nominees Oasis, Prodigy, Radiohead and Texas. The quintet is seen as a growing
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  • 379 19 Ransom debate heats up as kidnap victim is freed WORLDTODAY Reuters JOY and anger greeted the release of an Italian businessman held captive for eight months. Joy because 62-year-old Giuseppe Soffiantini was finally freed on Monday. He had spent a terrifying eight months in
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  • DEARAGGIE
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    • 258 20 WE'VE been working in the company for many years. My superior treated us well until the arrival of two new employees. They poisoned our relationship with our superior by talking behind our back. They are good actors when he is around but lazy when he
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    • 184 20 I AM a 17-year-old student. I had a spine operation in 1994 and 1 have a hump on mv back. I don't like it. I tend to be sad. People stare at me. I feel like crying all the time and I have
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    • 205 20 FROM AGGIE HOTLINE I AM having a problem with my boyfriend. The first three months of our relationship were heaven. We have been together for eight months. I feel that he is being very possessive. I have moved in with him as I am having
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    • 29 20 THIS WEEK'SCQUNSELLOR MR DANNY NG, qualified psychologist If you need advice, write to: Dear Aggie,The New Paper I Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road. Singapore *****5 Or fax: 737-5375
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  • Showtime
    • 49 21 NO one knows for sure either. Cameron chose Nearer My God to Thee, while others argue it was Songe d'Automne. This is partly because of conflicting accounts from survivors those who still managed to take note, that is.
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    • 84 21 YES, but only because it was inside Jack's leather-bound portfolio. "Anything inside leather is fine," says Lynch. "They've brought up suitcases and found newspapers inside intact. (The) acid they use in tanning leather was so acidic, these little organisms that
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    • 82 21 THIRTY seconds or less. And if "you spend even more than a few minutes in (frigid) water up to your neck," said Dr Andrew Weinberg, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, "you lose the ability to coordinate your muscles
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    • 67 21 NO. The most expensive jewellery on board was two strings of pearls, owned by Eleanor Widener from Philadelphia. They were worth US$l million in 1912 and didn't sink with the ship. "The owner's insurance states that she couldn't leave them out of her care," said
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    • 63 22 CALIFORNIAN was the ship that foiled to come to Titanic's rescue even though it was nearby and its crew witnessed the Titanic's distress flares. Cameron shot scenes of the Californian but had to cut it in the end. Also not included was the story of how
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    • 52 22 qfart;;-, CAMERON'S attention to detail has largely impressed historians. Examples include the absence of binoculars in the crow's nest and the panic that ensued when one lifeboat almost landed on another. These, on top of the almost life-size recreation of the ship and carpets (pictured right) made from
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    • 119 22 THE ship's architect, Thomas Andrews. Rose's line, "Are you not going to make a try for it, Mr Andrews?", was actually spoken to him by a real passenger. Charles Joughin, the talkative baker who clung on to the ship's railing until the last
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    • 27 22 THERE is no evidence to support it, but no one is saying he didn't. Because his body was never found.
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    • 44 22 CAMERON shot footage of the Titanic during 12 dives in the North Atlantic. Some were included in the show, while others were re-created on the Mexico film set. s i. V r* v j < V*.
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    • 35 22 THAT did happen in some parts of the ship. But not all. "There were situations in other places where there was an effort made to open doors," said Lynch.
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    • 327 23  -  By Lee Yin Luen GOOD Time Charlie's music is about er\joying life, sharing experiences and, well, having a good time, says band leader Denny Burgess. So included in the group's debut album are Clare, a song for Burgess' wife, and Hot
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    • 401 24  -  By Jessica Leow ONE part Michelle Pfeiffer, one part Helen Hunt. Better than a tub of Haagen Dazs on a scorching day. That's Calista Flockhart (above), the newest babe to hit our television screens. You might be more inclined to call her Ally Mcßeal,
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 118 23 I 14 Feb, Sat Iclebrattow jI i^ove New Asian m/Kt wine or a Cupid Cocktail and roses x -*8^' *3?^' for the ladies The first 100 couples will receive a Love Album CD and fragrance I miniature. What's more, you can party to "Love Album' out now in record .Retro
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 78 24 Spectacular family evenings with Malay programmes on Prime 12 intimate Kjfe Keluarga Harmuni V Wednesdays 9pm starting tonight Haney Hadad tells you all you need to know about courtship, marriage, parenthood and life with a few tips from the experts! Hilariouf. ■ntnguing Tekno M 3 Fridays 8.30pm starting 13 Feb
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 947 25 tvpage.,., Ethan Fromme q CHANNEL A shy, lonely farmer caring for his invalid wife is shaken by NOON News 5 Today NOON Happy Days (Variety/r) f forbidden lust when her beautiful IT ZVL ,v t Mm cousin amvei to help him look 12.10 PM Home Shopping 12.30 PM Frontline (Current
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  • exeech PHILIPS
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      493 26  -  By Jessica Leow SO here's what you need to start surfing the Internet: A TV set and a phone line. Huh? TCS actress Celine Tang rolled her eyeballs in disbelief. What about the... um, COMPUTER? No need! Simply hook up Philips MyWeb to the television set it's really that
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      54 26 No longer a rare species. Commonly found breeding in homes, offices, cybercafes any place with a PC/Mac computer, a mouse/trackball, keyboard, modem (so computers can be linked to others via telephone lines), phone line, computer table and chair, not to mention an Internet account. Surfs alone. Quiet generally
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      33 26 The new, pest-free way to the Internet. AJI you need is this black box, a remote control, a TV set and a comfy sofa. Great for group surfing. Noisy, party animals.
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      739 27 TV Net-surfing comes with great graphics. Now, families can rally around d the TVset for an enriching, learning experience. JESSICA LEOW reports NOTE, MYWEB USERS! WHEN you buy a Philips My Web set, you get a guest account. This temporary account allows you to surf the Net
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  • 475 29  -  eT CETERA WITH BRIAN MILLER IT was during the long festive holidays. There was really nothing worthwhile watching on the tube, so I did some channel surfing. Something caught my attention. It was on Prime 12, a channel I seldom watch. However, that day,
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
    • 292 47 WORLD CUPWARMUP: ENGLAND versus CHILE Wembley Stadium, London, today GROUPB GROUPG CHILE ENGLAND ITALY ROMANIA CAMEROON COLOMBIA AUSTRIA TUNISIA INFOUNE: England plays Chile in a World Cupwarmup today. Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am tomorrow for the result. Calls cost 30 cents a
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    • 198 47 imihuimMm nncajosms Soccernet. IF Glenn Hoddle needs to know anything about Chilean striker Marcelo Salas, all he has to do is call Alex Ferguson. Salas would, no doubt, be given a glowing reference as United spent a good part of last year building a dossier on
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    • 144 47 'B' INTERNATIONAL Reuters. ENGLAND'S World Cup preparations suffered a setback yesterday when its B team was beaten 2-1 by Chile B at The Hawthorns. England coach Glenn Hoddle was present to see how some of the players on the fringe of the World Cup squad shaped
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  • NBA '98
    • 346 48 THIS might have been Michael Jordan's final All-Star game. And it will be followed by what might be a farewell tour and what might be a last championship push. Through it all, there will be believers and non-believers, reports NandoNet. Some think it's the end of the
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    • 215 48 Nandonet. H Michael Jordan wont play for any coach other than Phil larhtffn, would ha consider bains a player-coach? Jordan: No. That was just an appetizer thrown out by Phil. I haven't really considered that option. wouia M piay eisewnere next season If Jackson gats
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    • 188 48 Nandonet. EVEN those players and coaches who Michael Jordan has made suffer in the last few years want him to continue playing next season. Quite simply, they say, he is still the best player around and a fine ambassador for the sport. LARRY BIRD
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    • 147 48 THE long goodbye for Phil Jackson began last summer. He signed a one-year contract with the Chicago Bulls, and general manager Jerry Krause immediately announced it would be Jackson's last season, reports NandoNet. One more run at a title, and the Bulls would start
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    • 324 49 hie WEEK TML WAS Seattle Sonic* Don't take their greatness for granted. LA Lakers: Kobe Bryant is the most exciting player in the NBA. Chicago: Battling own management as well as opponents. San Antonio: Duncan and Robinson are incredible together. Indiana: Larry Bird has given Pacers his will
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    • 461 49  -  By Pradeep Paul REPORTING FROM NEW YORK LAST Friday, just prior to the All-Star action, the NBA invited all its guests and the media to a special Broadway production at Madison Square Garden. It was, as expected, a grand affair with Stevie Wonder and Bette Midler
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    • 51 49 SEATTLE AT LA LAKERS: The teams with the best records in the NBA will try to send each other a message on Friday at the Forum in Los Angeles. It's the Lakers' youth and athleticism against the Sonics' experience and defence. Expect a high-scoring, wide-open, crowd-pleasing
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    • 118 49 SAM CASSELL v ALLEN IVERSON: Two of the cockiest and most shot-happy point-guards in the league will dip into their offensive bags on Saturday when the Nets come to town. Hopefully, they won't forget about their team-mates. REGGIE MILLER v TIM HARDAWAY: Both love to talk
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
    • 337 50 WORLD CUP WARMUP: ENGLAND versus CHILE Wembley Stadium, London, today Liverpool hotshot Michael Owen stands poised to make history. If he plays today againt Chile, he will become the youngest England player this century. We ask a big question... Soccernet. AFP. YES... ALAN SHEARER,
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    • 107 51 I always hoped that I would become an international player* Now I've got to handle It as normally as POSSI INva I think I'm ready. I don't see myself as a
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    • 284 51  -  By S Gulam HE'S the most-talked about player in the English Premiership. His blistering pace, brilliant control, exceptional strength and superb finishing has shot him to stardom. But will he play when England takes on Chile today (tomorrow morning in Singapore)? For sure,
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      501 51 Tom Urn Ckyf-JMt (Singapore): WELL, Jeffrey Low aired his views. Here, I air some facts about Michael Owen. He holds the all-time goal scoring record at England Schoolboys Level with 13 goals in eight matches. He was a revelation at the World Youth Cup last year He is
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    • 44 51 CONCACAF CALL INFOUNE Brazil meets the US in the semi-finals of the Concacaf Gold Cup this morning. Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after 12 pm today for the result. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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  • SPORTS
    • 46 53 WHITER OLYMPICS: NAGANO. JAPAN All wrapped up: A young Japanese ski fan tries to rest in heavy snow following the postponement of the alpine ski events in Hakuha near Nagano yesterday. Heavy snowfalls and thick mist made competition impossible Picture/ Afp
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    • 580 53 NYT. m HOW TO CREATE A SKIING TEAM THIS should be another in the line of endearing, oddball Winter Olympic stories. Philip Boit takes to the 10 km cross-country skiing course and becomes the first
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