The New Paper, 20 February 1998

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 435 2 DR B J HABIBIE, INDONESIA'S VICE-PRESIDENT IN-WAITING The man tipped to be Indonesia's next vice-president, Research and Technology Minister B J Habibie, 61, has long been a controversial figure. While the German-trained engineer has excellent scientific credentials, his unorthodox economic theories have caused concern in
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    • 146 2 CURRENCY PEG: Indonesia won't rush into a controversial plan to peg the rupiah to the US dollar. •Sources said Jakarta is trying to find a "Javanese solution". One that will allow the IMF to retain its credibility while not forcing President Suharto into a "face-losing" corner. UNREST: Thousands
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    • Article, Illustration
      17 2 Our Attitude pege this week Is am freedom to do his ow« things/Page 7
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    • 489 3 NTUC is holding a Mrs Singapore contest this year. Many of the women who signed up have not had any kind of contest experience before. But one of them knows what it's like, though it's the first time for her too. JILL LIM
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    • 144 3 THE Mrs Singapore Pageant is being held for the first time. It is open to women aged between 24 and 54, married for at least two years and with at least one child. The pageant is being organised by NTUC Club. The preliminary rounds and semi-finals
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 138 4 GOING TO THE U? HOT STORIES ADMISSION requirements for the National University of Singapore and the Nanyang Technological University will be reviewed. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan said the new criteria would hopefully be introduced in the year 2001. So students entering junior colleges next year
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    • 88 4 The Straits Timet: Pay freeze for ministers and top civil servants The Business Times: Local banks set to report 30% fall In *97 profit: BG Lee Uanhe Zaobao: DPM Lee: Pay freeze for ministers and top civil servants Berita Harlan: Salaries of ministers and top civil servants to be
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    • Article, Illustration
      2 4  -  Pat
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    • 129 4 THIS is what a shock absorber on a truck looked like after being rammed by a car on the Pan-Island Expressway on Monday. The safety device took most of the impact. The driver of the car, technician V. Sivaram, escaped unhurt. Since October, all contractors doing
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 95 4 IF you want to test your In-Vehicle Units, just insert a Cash Card drive through five Electronic Road Pricing gantries from Sunday to the end of March. And if you have trouble with the device during the test drive, you can also get the unit repaired for free.
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      • 62 4 JUST imagine. A Sixth Avenue (Bukit Timah) freehold semi-detached house going for $1.4 million. Yet there were no takers. In fact, no bids were made for the 10 residential and commercial properties that went under the hammer yesterday. One reason could be buyers' fears about obtaining financing from
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      • 87 4 WHY do young doctors quit the public sector? A Health Ministry study done last year turned up three main reasons. Almost half of the doctors surveyed felt their salary did not match their efforts at work. They said they could earn more in the private sector while
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      • 73 4 EXPRESS and tour buses in Malaysia will soon be required to be installed with "black boxes". These are speed-limiting devices that are expected to help in the government's new push to protect road users. The Malaysian Cabinet also ordered a review of the Road Transport Act
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    • 26 4 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 75.48 points to closest 8,375.58 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 581 million shares.
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  • 694 6  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Crispina Robert MADAM Mary hates nights. Two or three times a week, for at least three years now, her husband has been coming home roaring drunk or high on drugs. Usually, way past midnight. His breath stinks and his speech
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  • attitude talk, answer, listen
    • Article, Illustration
      374 7  -  Just how much is too much? When parents control their teenagers, some cry out for more space and freedom. One youngster wrote in to say that he hates his parents because they don't let him do a lot of things that his friends are allowed to do by PHILIPS
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    • 461 8 Kcliefc: I'm an only child and I know what it's like to have parents who are protective. There are many rules I have to live with: like coming home early and not staying out overnight. But I also understand why they do it. I'm all they have
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    • 45 8 So wfcat do yoa tMnk? Do yoa think yoar parents are mreasoaabie? Waiavttepareatstowvltelatoa—istttoagh doaMng wftfc teeaagere? Wei pobttsti tlie best Mta. Yoa caa ase a pseadoayn for pobMcatfoa bat aaaifelor—so wecaafttta toadied Tlm pita: a PMHps Soand machines T-shirt aad aWcapi
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    • 50 8 [*<i WRITE The Attitude Page The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5 QtF* EMAIL attitude@postl.com 1900-913-0001 and leave your questions for our counsellors. You can also listen to a feature on the topic: Stay popular—but for the right reasons. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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    • 113 8 NAC-ESSO n The featuring Band Thomson w Big Band What heartful delights we have for you this Sunday! Presenting not 1, or 2, but 3 swinging groups from Thomson Club that will play some really snappy jazzy music as well as your favourite evergreen tunes. The up and coming Thomson
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    • 31 8 von could win Ericsson GF7(>B mobile phones. ericsson company just for IH-35 1 year olds. 2. holiday of a lifetime Europe. Australia. New Zealand. Africa and America, to do to the <* >
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  • Article, Illustration
    360 10  -  Robber fans aged victim SINGAPORETODAY By Hazel Tan ROB and comfort? That's what a robber did, fanning a 70-year-old woman while his companions ransacked the house. The three masked men, armed with knives, tied up the woman and her daughter, and blindfolded them. And then, one of them
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 66 12 mutfniutf auKHniw av ruiiggDi rmnary xnoov were pui uirvtign a rooo rationing exercise last week to mark Total Defence Day. The purpose was to let them experience food shortage and hsfdsJdp our forofathofi went Hh Student Sini Wei Jlan said: I ate only three biscuits that my
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    • 391 12 The foundation stone for a new 12-storey National Kidney Foundation (NKF) Medical Centre was laid this morning. Just 16years ago, they didn't even have their own building. JILL LIM speaks to one patient who was with them from the beginning MADAM Baby Seah (above),
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  • PARLIAMENTTODAY
    • 425 14 for Ministers, top civil servants of 6 local banking groups The Government pegs the salaries of ministers and cMI servants to top earners in the private sector. This is to draw and retain tatent and to compensate those who would otherwise have earned much
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    • 130 14 TOO much intervention could undermine the system. So it would be unwise for the Government to intervene to bail out companies that are hit by high interest rates and a pull-back of bank loans. Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said
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    • 135 14 NON-CONSTITUENCY MP J B Jeyaretnam had called for MPs and ministers to take a 25 per cent pay cut. He said ministers should cut their pay in solidarity with those affected by the currency crisis. That motion was just a "political gimmick" Deputy
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    • 95 14 MORE power to copyright owners. This is what The Copyright (Amendment) Bill has given to those with intellectual property rights. The Bill, passed yesterday, will give the law more clout to fight piracy. It will let the authorities seize any article or document that shows evidence of copyright
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    • 94 14 PROPOSED changes to the Land Titles (Strata) Act will affect en-bloc sales. For private properties 10 years or older, the consent of only 80 per cent of residents will be necessary. For blocks under 10 years old, it will be 90 per cent. These rules will apply
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  • PARLIAMEMTTODAY
    • 471 16  -  Your punishment may be IV2 times heavier than usual BY Yvonne Lim IF YOU walk up to a stranger and punch him, you could spend up to a year in jail. But if you were to punch your maid, you could soon be jailed for longer up
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    • Article, Illustration
      87 16 THE trial of the 37-year-old woman and her 13-year-old son, charged with hitting their maid and feeding her dog faeces, resumes on Feb 26. Both sides will make their final arguments before the judge announces the verdict not necessarily on the same day. The boy has already admitted
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    • 125 16 Causing hurt with a dangerous weapon or means (eg hot water, poison). General penalty: Up to five years'jail, fine, or caning. Maid abaters: Up to 7Vi year*' Jail. Knowingly causing grievous hurt (eg fracture, disabling injury, disfigured face). General penalty: Up to seven
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    • TWO VIEWS
      • 41 16 Unlike a stranger, a maid is someone we know. We have accountability and responsibility in our status as employers. The maids look upon us with respect, so we shouldn't abuse that. Mr O Francis, 44, a businessman
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      • 29 16 It doesn 9 t make sense. The punishment should fit the crime, and not vary according to who is involved. Mr T P Lim, 36, a doctor
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 123 17 FRIDAY WEEKLY PEOPLE who set private detective* on their erring spouses are common enough, but parents who do this to their children? Checking with detective agencies, Friday Weekly found that such requests are not that unusual. And how do children cope with showbusiness? Meet Bedok
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    • 123 17 THINKING of finding that ideal partner through dating and chatline services? Think again. Chatline matchups can be frustrating emotionally and financially. Such dating services make the introduction. The rest, as they say, is up to you. But for at least five women, the next move proved
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  • Article, Illustration
    357 19 SINGAPORETODAY The Sing dollar is down, property prices are down, property transactions are down. About 12,000 property agents quit the business in the last six months. But last year, one man led his team to close deals worth almost $100 million. Who is he? JILL LIM finds
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 452 23  -  Last year: 40 murders First 7 weeks this year: 10 BY Michelle Ang THE hawker couple, the Queks, never missed a day at Newton Hawker Centre. The couple even worked during the first three days of Chinese New Year, said a hawker, Mr Wong,
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    • 174 23 THE Quek's helper at their hawker stall had been wondering about their absence. Said fellow hawker Mr Wong, who runs a drinks stall: "Their 50-year-old helper has been calling every day, looking for Mr Quek and wondering about his pay." Mr Wong was shocked when told
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 488 25  -  Ridiculous, he says STEPHENS CASE Stephen Chow is mad that his fellow actor has been drawn into the same predicament he has suffered for the past years. His application to become a Canadian citizen was rejected, as were his subsequent appeals, because there was "evidence"
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    • Article, Illustration
      370 26 Say more than half of children in a worldwide survey Who's your hero, kids? Reuters. DO you know who the Terminator is? Yes, said 88 per cent of children that the Unesco (United Nations Educational, Scientifc and Cultural Organisation) asked. Do you want to be like him? Yes, said
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    • 197 26 Reuters. FILM star Nicole Kidman, wife of actor Tom Cruise, had a cyst in her ovary removed last week. But not to worry, it's not cancerous. The cyst (growth) was removed last week in a Los Angeles hospital, British tabloid Hie Mirror reported. In a
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    • 386 27 A spectacular (three dimensionai) theatre show, the Right Frequency and free movie classics are just some attractions to enjoy at the In Total Defence Exhibition at Fort Canning. The exhibition is designed to show how ordinary Singaporeans are "heroes" in the everyday roles they play in the Total Defence of
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  • 210 28 2 charged with having biological weapons in US WORLDTODAY AFP. ANTHRAX is a germ that normally strikes cattle and sheep. If inhaled by humans in spore form, it can cause pneumonia and death in a week. And two men in Nevada in the US were said to have
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    • 306 28 II The currency turmoil worries you? According to Albert Einstein 'In the middle I of DIFFICULTY lies OPPORTUNITY*. Equip yourself with tools needed to invest I and trade in the Forex Market and grab this opportunity to learn how the Forex Market works, how to open a forex account, technicalities
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 258 30 CLINTON'S PR EXERCISE FOR IRAQ STRIKE FAILS Wire services. THE American media called it a "PR disaster". And it was seen around the world on CNN. On Wednesday, US President Bill Clinton sent three of his top people to a public forum to explain
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    • 70 30 *****1*111 111* US Sacretavy of State Madeleine Albright's aormally steely composure was shaken when she was heckled uy aim-war activists at tba tern Alter oat such Htanaptton, aba said: We came here to listen and we will, but I would appreciate the chance to finish my
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  • 514 32  -  SYDNEY MUM WINS HORROR CAESAREAN CASE: WORLDTODAY Acaesarean is the delivery of a baby by cutting through the mother's abdomen during a difficult birth. BY Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY SHE screamed in pain as I her doctor made the I
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    • 18 33 Sneak Previews This Weekend: Lido/Capitol/Changi/Jurong/Choa Chu Kang/Republic/Century/Hougang/Changi//Yishun Whites a nds/Boon Lay/Tarn pines Bishan/Tiong Bahru/ Jubilee/To a Payoh/ Mandarin
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  • Page 33 Miscellaneous
    • 787 33 tvpage Q n— ■HHH Four Weddings and a Funeral 5Q (Channel 11.15 pm) CHANNEL O Hugh Grant (left) playß a young man who rannnt miafjin a NOON NaaaSTad* NOON Lai's Be Frienda/MtodayNe«s relationship until he hits it off 12.10 PM Heme Shopping L3O PM AN About Chinese Herbei Cooking with
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    46 34 And today's weather...blip! r THE STORY SO FAR: SINGAPORE STANDS STRONG TODAY, THANKS TO TOTAL DEFENCE. BUT WHAT IF WE START NEGLECTING THE FIVE ELEMENTS OF TOTAL DEFENCE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, MILITARY AND CIVIL? TIME-TRAVELLER ZINK FROM THE YEAR 2042 FINDS OUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN...
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  • YOUR WEEKEND MOVIE GUIDE
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      1864 35 Stare Claudia Schiffer, Matthew Modine and Dennis Hopper Udoe Fri 1.30pm, 3.45.6; Oriental: Fri 4pm. 6.45,9.15 Stare Denzel Washington, John Goodman and Donald Sutherland A cop goes up against a demon who can transfer from one human body to another just by touching them. BMuac Fri Sat 1.50pm,
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      591 36 Bom Lay: Fri Sat only midnight, Sat Sun only 4.45pm; Cathay; Fri only midnight; Cutwy. Fri Sat only 11.45pm, Sat Sun only spm; Chaatf: Fri Sat only midnight, Sat Sun only 5.30pm; CMmlmk Fri Sat only 11.30pm, Sat Sun only spm; Choa Cha Kaag: Fri Sat only 11.45pm, Sat
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      610 37 Stare Amanda Page, Jay Manalo and Julio Diaz CtMin: Frt 11.30 am, 1.30pm, 3.30,5.30,7.30,9.30; Yaagtae Fri, Sat Sun 11am, Ipm, 3,5,7,9, Sat only 11.30pm Stars: Stephen Chow Nmk Fri, Sat Sun 3pm, 9.15, Fri Sat only 11am; Booa Lay: Fri 12.30pm, 2.30, Sat Sun 10.20 am, 2.50pm, Fri, Sat
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  • Showtime
    • 466 38  -  nteGattaca S(are: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman ftaaario: A genetically-flawed man borrows the Identity of a genetically-perfect but paralysed man to get himself on a space expedition. ShwAv Now showing J Acting: Golden Globe Award potential
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    • 456 39  -  By Edwin Yeo WHAT a movie about male power. Throw two men into the Alaskan wilderness with a few matches and a safety pin and pit them against a killer bear and the freezing elements. Better yet, make one man old but smart. Make him
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    • 168 39 YOU may have noticed something different about our reviews today. We have a whole new rating system we believe will give you a better picture of the, um, picture. The ratings are broken into six different categories: ACTING Oscar award material Golden Globe award material MTV award material
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    • 526 40  -  By Edwin Yeo ONE thing that I always like is an unstoppable villain. The more invincible, the better. That is why I loved Terminator, thought that T2: Judgment Day was even better and now like the whole idea of Fallen. Here's an enemy
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    • 376 41  -  By Hazel Tan WATCH t>ut, Taiwan, for here I come. By the way, this is Ann Kok speaking. The Channel 8 actress is next on the list to break into the Taiwanese market. She will be leaving for Taiwan at the end of the
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    • 430 42  -  By Lee Yin Luen IF you had watched Eric Khoo's movie 12 Storeys, you would have heard the song Wrong Again by The Sugarflies. A sweet young voice belted out poignant words of regret, against slow and easy guitar pop melodies. Images of a sweet young
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  • 505 43  - Read it and weep for the world eT CETERA WITH CAROL LEONG BOOKS are living things. They are ways of holding invisible conversations with the authors. Over the years, I've come across several books that have changed my way of life, my thinking, my behaviour. These books have to paraphrase
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    • 425 58  -  By Gerard Wong ANDREW IUEbtANDRQ CHERKASOV 6-1,6-1 SEARCH a dictionary to find the meaning of "demolition". And you might find Andrew Ilie's face next to it, staring at you with a huge boyish grin. Of course not. But that doesn't alter the way the 21-year-old Australian
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    • 268 58 DENNIS Rodman feels "old and unwanted". He returned to action on Tuesday but didn't start for the Chicago Bulls as it faced the Indiana Pacers. For the second straight game, his spot in the starting line-up was taken by Toni Kukoc, reports the
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    • 322 60 I *j What's hat, what's not, who's In, who's WWTEFtiLD'S wMkty roundup of what's going on in the WHO PLAYS WHO SATURDAY: Arsenal v Palace Bolton v West Ham Coventry v Bamsley Leicester v Chelsea ManUtdv Derby Sheffield Wed v Spurs Southampton v Blackburn Wimbledon v
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    • 582 60 PAUL GASCOIGNE: The England midfield star's dream of a pre-World Cup return to estranged wife Sheiyl has been ruined by revelations of a fling with a 52-year-old barmaid. Gascoigne was lampooned in the gutter press for allegedly
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    • 366 61 WHY is Manchester United one of the most famous clubs in the world? Most experts agree that it has something to do with the Munich air disaster 40 years ago this month. A young and popular team was cut down
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    • 257 61 Sir Matt Busby: (1945-1969): Considered the greatest ever United manager. Assembled teams that won honours in the *****, 50s and the 60s. Guided them to the league title five times, the FA Cup twice and under his leadership United became the first English
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    • 821 62  - The king is not dead he's just in exile A CLIVE WHITE THE king is dead, long live the king. That seemed to be the message, roared loud and clear along King's Road, Chelsea on Wednesday night. That was when Gianluca Vialli, controversial successor to Ruud Gullit as player-manager, led
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    • 136 62 BY the time Gianluca Vialli staggered in to face the Press an hour after Arsenal was beaten, the elation of victory was wearing off. Instead, his face betrayed a particular brand of weariness setting in fast, reminiscent of someone who had just given birth, reports Soccernet.
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    • 384 62 Reuters. BRIAN Laudrup confirmed he was joining Chelsea on July 1 and he could be joined there by French World Cup captain Didier Deschamps. Laudrup, who will be 29 on Sunday said: "After months of speculation I would like to announce I have
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
    • 652 63 Holland, one of The New Paper's Big Four for France '98, begins its intensive preparations this weekend with a two-match stay in Miami. How will it fare against the United States and Concacaf Gold Cup champion Mexico? JEFFREY LOW weighs the prospects... WORLD CUP WARM-UPS: TOMORROW
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    • 289 63 Reuters. BRAZILIAN striker Edmundo arrived home in Rio yesterday. He walked out on Italian club Fiorentina, saying his chances of playing in the World Cup were threatened by his lack of first-team appearances. "I'm doing this because I don't want to
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        97 64 JUNINNO: Miguel Salgado, the Cella Vigo defender who broke the Brazilian's leg, yesterday won his appeal against a four-match ban. Salgado received the ban for the tackle that broke Atletico Madrid midfielder Juninho's leg on Feb 1. The appeals committee of the Spanish Football Federation said in its
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      • 53 64 Wire services. CM CRASH: Four members of the Reggae Boyz, the Jamaican soccer team which has qualified for this year's World Cup in France, were involved in a car accident yesterday. Veteran sweeper Durrent Brown was knocked unconscious by the impact and had to remain-in hospital under observation
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    • 159 64 AFP. ENGLISH fans at this year's World Cup in France are being taught how to sing football chants in French. Followers of the national side, not renowned for their linguistic know-how, will be taught how to sing Trois Lions sur Mon Chemise' the French
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    • 215 64 WORLD CUP WARM-UPS Wednesday; OMAN 0 GERMANY 2 Sunday: v SAUDI ARABIA AFP. Germany coach yesterday Berti Vogts slammed his players for their lacklustre showing against Oman. He described the performance in the 2-0 win as "inexcusable". Despite the fact that Wednesday's team was
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    • 350 64 THE MAN WHO COULD REPLACE KLINSMANN DISCARDED by his homeland, Germany's Oliver Bierhoff has become the leading goalscorer in Europe's toughest league. His goals for Udinese have taken the little club to third in Serie A and finally made him a star in
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    • 261 65 IF you really want to be tough, then don't take that puff. S-League club Marine Castle sent that message out to students of Zhong Hua Primary School yesterday. The club visited the school to warn its students of the dangers of smoking. The visit was organised
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    • 126 65 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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    • 403 66  -  YESTERDAY WE ASKED By Ernest Luis THEY have played at the top level. And they have played in the recent World Cup qualifiers. Jamshid Shah Mohamadi and Mehdi Hosseinei Nasab are the first two Iranian players to arrive at Tiong Bahru United for trials this
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    • 323 66 ON March 1, Singapore soccer will honour three of its greatest players in a testimonial match at the National Stadium. The testimonial for Fandi Ahmad, David Lee and Malek Awab will take the form of a match between a Singapore Invitation XI
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