The New Paper, 29 April 1998

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Total Pages: 67
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    8 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1998 10
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Did he make the wrong call?
      425 2 MOBILE PHONE MESS UP This is Mr Han Meng Siew, the main driver behind P2P, the group of companies involved in the bungled $60G-million bid for a mobile phone licence in Singapore. A look at the man in the eye of the P2P storm
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      WHAT NOW?
      98 2 THE Telecommunication Authority of Singapore (TAS) is expected to conclude Its Investigation into the affair soon, said The Straits Times. completed, it will be up to the Finance Ministry to decide on the penalty. If P2P is found guilty of misrepresentation, both Teledata and another Singapore partner, NatSteel,
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      Charged with murder
      93 2 A MAN was charged in court yesterday with the murder of his former girlfriend outside a coffeeshop in MacPherson Lane. No plea was taken from Wong Kim Peng, 24, a Malaysian, who is accused of causing the death of salesgirl Teng Ai Peng, 17, on Sunday evening.
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      Lock icon I PROTEST!
      117 3 NO, the fire did not burn him to ashes. Tibetan protester t Thupten Ngodup was doused by police in New Delhi on Monday. He was one of six activists on a hunger i strike against Chinese rule in Tibet. He had set himself alight when police tried to
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Asian stocks survive SCARE
      146 4 HOT STORIES REGIONAL stocks fell yesterday but most recovered within hours. The plunge in the first hour of trading was directly related to the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 147-point drop on Monday. However, the markets recovered when US trading rallied. (See report at right). Singapore. The
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      US stocks BACK bounce
      96 4 US stocks rallied strongly yesterday after Monday's sharp drop, caused by fears of an impending US interest rate hike. The Dow Jones index of leading industrials rose more than 80 points in early trading. The strong market sentiment was based on press reports that an increase
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Money back
        71 4 THIS woman (right) is one of the stock market investors hurt in the collapse of a Hongkong brokerage. She is being taken away alter staging a sit-in which blocked traffic in the financial district yesterday. About 60 former clients of the failed C A Pacific Securities demanded the
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        Less land
        66 4 THE supply of industrial land will be tightened this year in the light of the economic crisis. The Jurong Town r Corporation wiJlrelease hectares of land»4f the amount of leasehold land it allocated in each of the past two years. To help industrialists plan, it will announce new
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        Protective gene
        55 4 SCIENTISTS in Britain may have found a gene that protects against cancer. They separated out the gene in mice that makes an enzyme, glutathione S-transferase (GST), which protects the mice against cancer-causing chemicals. Hie gene appears in humans, too. Scientists could one day switch on a person's natural
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        Hot, hot
        58 4 The last three months were the warmest three-month period ever recorded for the world, said British meteorologists. The average global temperature for the period was over half a degree higher than normal, they added. This points to a warm year ahead, though not necessarily warmer than the three
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        Rooms for rent
        84 4 HIV and Aids patients will soon be able to rent rooms at a halfway house set up by Action for Aids (AFA). The temporary housing facility may be ready by as early as July or August. It is expected to have room for up to 10 patients
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        SIA-Thai stake?
        61 4 SINGAPORE Airlines (SIA) wants to buy a 25 per cent stake in Thai Airways International (Thai). SIA has told the Thai government about it, a Singapore official said. SIA may purchase the stake in Thai jointly with Germany's Lufthansa. It wants to join a route network arrangement that
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      HEADLINERS
      125 4 Hie Strait* Times: Cyber copyright laws to be revised. An inter-ministry committee has been set up to examine intellectual property and copyright issues for the Internet and electronic commerce. It will also suggest the relevant changes to the law The Business Times: Investors shrug off fear of Fed rate
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      234 4 Goodrichjktethod i Children's Workshop (forages 7to Tue-Thu, 2-4 June 98 (9am-lpm) I "Sat Adults' Seminar (forages 15 to w.sj B Sat-Sun, 6-7 June 98 (9am-spm) lenses constantly for 20 years until she deckled to learn I to see again with her own eyes. That was in 1968. Dr Jaaat Goodrich,
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      16 4 This morning's *57 Your relief from haze allergies. i Hepa-Filter Air Cleaner! from I PHILIPS I
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Her legs were crushed
      494 6  -  FAMILY SAYS Girl, 5, falls from bus Bus drags her several metres Wheels roll over legs BY Melvin Singh EVERY time Joiene Chia takes a bus ride, she takes a little nap and has to be carried down the steps. But on Sunday morning, when her
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      Birthday bike lies unused
      277 7 ON her birthday, earlier this month, Jolene Chia got her dream gift a gleaming purple bicycle. Now it may be a long time before she can ride it. Jolene, who had been asking her parents for the pedal bike, was raring to have a go at
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      WHAT SBS SAYS:
      101 7 Responding to our query about the accident, SBS said: "We deeply regret the incident We have contacted the parents and have visited the girl at the hospital this afternoon (April 28). We are doing our best to assist them. Our drivers make sure that passengers have safely
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      Lock icon He's such a babe...
      403 8  -  BY Jill Lim JOHNNY Depp in Singapore? Eeeeeek! It was for him that about 40 young girls hung around Planet Hollywood for about two hours yesterday evening. Some had found out from the radio, others from the flyers handed out outside Planet Hollywood by its staff
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      262 7 CONCORDE HOTEL Presents... WORLD CUP SERIES'9B Here's your chance to witch soccerS greatest event, the World Cup Finals, live in France! From 15 April, for evey order of a bottle of BALLANTINE'S GOLD SEAL or COURVOISIKR VSOP st the LOBBY LOUNGE, you'll receive an official Contest Form to take part
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      125 7 Cheers To Good Health highest quality standard, and v P[ K pure distilled water which is water derived from nature's Jr Kfek sources being heated to a very high f£V mKr, temperature. The water vapour goes US? W through a process of condensation to form the invigorating [ft pure distilled
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      341 8 Create as many words as you can from the red letters in the front page of [Haß from 27 April to 2 May *98 And you could well be $2,000* richer this week! All entries received from 30 March to 2 May '98 will be eligible for the Grand Lucky
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Quit smoking. No butts, OK?
      321 10  -  HE WAS THE "YAKULT MAN". AND THIS YEAR, HE HAS A NEW HEALTH MESSAGE: Byl Teo Yun Yun LAST year, Mr Ramli Ahmad came as the "Yakult man", dressed in strings of bottles for the health drink. This year, the senior security officer will appear
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      WALK TALL
      100 10 THE Ministry of Health is one of the sponsors for this year's Big Walk. Their slogan for the event: "Walk tall. Say no to smoking." So if you know any smokers and want to help them quit, why not sign up with them for the Big Walk? Said
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      COME ON AND WALK
      103 10 WHEN: Sunday, May 24 WHERE: Starts from National Stadium, 7.30 am MSIHNCE: 10 km MSVMnONt 1. Counters have been set up at various locations, including TakashimayaSquare (B2), Jurong Point, Northpoint, OUB Centre, Tampines Mall. News Centre and Singapore Amateur Athletic Association at Hougang Avenue 4. Competitive
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      91 10 Chair r= ■KglHb»"L2 5" B Double Dccker Bed Indian Altar 4ft IQtchen Cabinet Cabinet Modular Set Dining Set Shoe Cabinet 3 door Shoe Cabinet HEjjjSg Ta bl«r I j^sj cu r'c-" d «TS;S",d, ■^setj n&TCH Usual: $240 Now;' Umm Many more exciting offers! Don't miss it! IMPORTERS; UIVS€R Global Industries
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      133 11 I/ i THE NEW SC/I»EKMO[)EE I i NOKIA 6138 CI <> MlBOO j I A WO I 111 RSI I'l RKn\\l I 11 SINGAPORE s MOM I AITORDAIII i: NE'IWORk-GSMISOO I I" Millie siiinninL'k.iiuivs \<>u .ilu.iw JcniivJ IWiili-in inn .uctl t .ip.ihilin i h.u ,ill< > 11 < >ill Ni
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      Lock icon Schoolbus dispute? Call in the... PEACEMAKER
      473 12 THEY call him the peacemaker. Because that's what he doee he usually has the last word on any schoolbus disputes. Meet Mr Tan Song Mong, who heads the Singapore School and Private Hire Bus Owners' Association which represents the owners and operators of half
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      WHY CANT DRIVER WAIT FOR A WHILE?
      397 12 THOUGH most parents are reasonable, principals said they do get complaints. But they are usually simple issues that can be resolved quite easily. Or sometimes, it was just a matter of explaining the situation to the parents. We spoke to seven parents and
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      FUN in the park, cleaning it
      237 13  -  BY Chelsea Phua THEY are teased by friends, but what the heck, they are having fun. Fun... raking leaves in the park, cleaning up the rubbish. Hey, isn't that what litterbugs do as a punishment? Yes, but it's fun for these anti-litterbugs. Roy Chua,
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      11 13 mui<mui< yWr He wen^^l$o^ |w a few Iw's everywhere*® H|tt^iewou^Mj9
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      THE SCHEME
      49 13 THE Adopt-a-Park Precinct scheme is a joint community effort by the Bishan-Toa Payoh Town Council, Bishan East Zone 1 RC and Kuo Chuan Presbyterian School. Over the next six months, the school's students will take care of a neighbourhood park and a precinct in the Bishan estate.
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      Lock icon Stink leads to dead bodies
      451 14 w»m w+*i»Omitmwmmmii+ Two women found strangled in Geylani? CALL POLICE THE signs were there from Monday morning. Bloodstains. A messy bathroom. And the giveaway stink that become obvious yesterday. At about 4.40 pm yesterday, the horror was uncovered at a three-storey Geylang shophouse* which serves
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      QUIET TENANTS
      247 14 AS the wind shifted, the crowd outside the corner shophouse at 9 pm last night could often smell the powerful stink. r The stench that led to the horror discovery in the second-storey room they were stretching their necks to see. The two victims had been renting separate
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      269 15 rl f You Don't C J Like This To f Appreciate /-n. New World uj \||lS WlllCb j K^rts^ New World Wine Fair, 23 April -1 May 1998,1 lam Bpm Daily, Millenia Walk The Great Hall For 9 days only, enjoy a gathering of the finest wines from the new
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      He has Aids. Will you let your kid play with him?
      502 16 Last week, The New Paper ran a story on Billy, the three-year-old boy with the Aids virus who doesn't have any playmates. Billy's father is afraid to send his son to school in case the secret of Billy's condition
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      If you're a principal, would you admit this child?
      190 17 FROM PREVIOUS PAGE YES, I WOULD I DON'T KNOW I would hesitate, especially with regard to my other students. Parents today are very concerned about their children. They come to see me for even minor things like requesting a change in
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      'Safe to mix with Aids kids'
      208 17 YOUR kids can share drinks with an Aids kid, "even kiss each other not a problem," said medical social worker Dr Kaan Sheung Kin. "There has to be wound-to-wound contact before there's a risk of transmission, and even that is a minuscule risk," said
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      141 17 Free yourself your r» i j^ k Marie France Shaping programme TONE PLAMV Mm loss system wt»ch works with a sensible U |3Pa' M_^ nutrition plan to shed unwanted body jSHm jbhmb fat Easily Quickly J A hunger No heavy shapc bulky thmms No Only the effective results you desire
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      202 18 y^ryr^pq^oMia r Do it tor fun winner FREE SHIfTTU SERVICE Cjuurmlitiu* walk Art mn onhr on 24 May, 6.30 to 7.15 am. 1 '1 g> lM ?f!l I I Competitive walkers ca only wck-up point »n front of up at the registration counters at: Thm Westin Stamford Hotel IHirSI VJT
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    Lock icon Just happy to be alive
    278 19  -  SINGARORETQDAY By Lee Hui Chieh HE lost part of an ear. But Mr Zaidi Agam Buang is happy he didn't lose his life. He and six of his family members were in an accident near Segamat in Johor on Sunday while on their way to
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      135 19 llvijl BI lil FifSt TYntpn Graduands of the Gnesiny, Russian Musical Academy C jjj ei Champions in the Accordion category of the 1996 International Music Competition held in Italy Performing a selection of popular musical pieces such as Samba, Tango, Polka, Chernikov, Rock Roll and more Catch lrina and Tatiana
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      81 19 The Labour Day Warehouse Stock Clearance 30 April 3 Hay 98 ORLANDO® <*>»* m c TENDERLY Soreffa I jl Orlando Business and Casual Men's Apparel tjSjSL ll Condor Teen Casual and Streetwear Apparel Felix the Cat Imported Children's Apparel Tenderly Baby Wear La PH may era Imported Italian Men's and
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      For richer, not poorer
      366 20 Marriages in Hongkong ITS the next great Hongkong Handover. Couples get married and the government hands over a special housing loan. And this has got them racing up the aisle. The new Home Starter Loan Scheme gives married couples priority over singles. Life's choices for many
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      10 20 jMw I anHn^^Br iwvivor among t» f $®E? Samurai^ll
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      Lock icon Where are our sons?
      371 21 Source: Wire reports THIS is the agonising question haunting relatives of crew members on a tanker missing for 12 days. Its absence has Drought much anguish to Madam Habshah Naib (above right). Her son, Third Officer Mohamad Nazri Selamat, 23, is on the Malaysianregistered Petro Ranger.
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      Lock icon ASIAN CRISIS AND MORE PIRACY
      135 21 AFP PIRACY on the high seas in Southeast Asia is expected to soar both in frequency and brutality as regional economic turmoil continues. 'There is a trend showing an increase, n said Mr Noel Choong, regional manager of the International Maritime Bureau (1MB) Regional Piracy
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      Lock icon Now, water is being stolen
      442 22 Selangor drought woes STEALING water seems to be the name of the game in Selangor these days. First, three companies have been accused of having stolen water from a main pipe for more than two years. Now, there are cases of people stealing water from
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      Lock icon Rats! Why are they all dying in space?
      141 22 Source: Reuters. THE spacemen now aboard a US shuttle have a new mission nursing sick baby rats back to health. Some 50 baby rats out of 90 rodents on board the space shuttle Columbia have already died. They died apparently because their
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      This DAD let his baby BURN
      597 23 HIS wife had asked him to babysit their daughter and a niece. But he and a friend left the children sleeping in a car, with the windows wound up, on a hot day. They returned eight hours later. By then, the babies had turned
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Rain (forest) dance duo
      84 25 Stars POP superstar Madonna (right) helps shed a ray of light for the trees as she dances on stage during the ninth annual rainforest benefit concert. It took place in New York's Carnegie Hall on Monday. And giving her a helping hand is none other than
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      The Saint goes marching in
      110 25 The Saint goes marc hing in HOLLYWOOD star Val Kilmer aka The Saint (right) lends a hand too, as he helps a volunteer stick an American flag on their plane before departing for Baghdad on Tuesday. The actor was among 23 volunteers on the AmeriCares mission to Baghdad. Their mission?
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      Fans buy fake invites for $8
      342 26 WEDDING SHOCK SHE had planned an intimate wedding celebration at her parents home. Now, Malaysian singing sensation Ziana has been distressed to find copies of the invitations are being sold at Ms2o ($8) each, reported Berita Harian today. She learned of the fakes when
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      Lock icon Editor fined over Diana kiss
      119 26 Reuters. THE editor-in-chief of the French magazine Paris Match has been fined for publishing a picture of the late Princess Diana and Dodi A1 Fayed kissing last year. A Paris court fined the magazine 50,000 francs ($13,280). Its publisher was also ordered to pay an
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      Lock icon Judges who bite and other sins
      300 27 Source Reuters. BOXER Mike Tyson isn't the only one who bites. One judge in the US also did. Joseph Troisi, in his first term last year as a West Virginia state judge, apparently went crazy at a bail hearing. When he denied bail to
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      Lock icon Travelling light
      196 27 Wire services. THESE two British pilots are racing against time. Mr Brian Milton and Mr Keith Reynolds hope to go around the world in 80 days in their microlight plane. However, the duo, who reached Hongkong on Sunday, are now eight days behind schedule. They were grounded in
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      Lock icon Open band, zany ways
      582 28  -  BY Yong Siew Fern WHEN Shirley Manson of Garbage says the band has M an open attitude" to making music, she's not joking. In its much-awaited second album, Version 2.0, it worked the Beach Boys into their single, Push It. "We thought it would be really
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      Hanwei puts on the style
      334 29  -  SHOW INFO I Br. Avis Wong EX-CHANNEL 8 actor Chen Hanwei has clinched his first major project as an image consultant since leaving the station last October. He is working on his first Mandarin theatre production, Want United People. The play, jointly presented by ETCeteras
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      162 29 IMe Lunch a Wvy Business. 1 April to June Impress your with Hua Ting Chinese you have been looking for a place to sharpen your business acumen, look no further jfKS^ For reservations, please call Veronica/ Angela at 734 3880/ 72. SET MENU (A) $34.00"* per person Baked Baby Lobster
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  • SHOWTIME
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      'The Replacement Killers is a sham'
      343 31  -  By! Yong Siew Fern NO Hollywood dreams for Hongkong director Stanley Kwan despite the movie slump at home. Stanley, 41, here for the Silver Screen Awards tonight, thinks The Replacement Killers, starring Chow Yun Fat, is a sham. "By Hollywood standards, that is really
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      Will Jerry survive?
      297 32 So... it's goodbye Seinfeld AS fans of Seinfeld know by now from Channel s's trailers, we are watching the last season of the hit sitcom. And according to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, who plays Elaine on the show, creator Jerry Seinfeld, 43, will be hit the hardest when it
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      400 59 THE PLAYOFFS: CHICAGO BULLS LEADS NEW JERSEY NETS 2-0 (BEST OF FIVE) THEY awoke yesterday to find one newspaper describing them as vulnerable and distracted. The other one wrote that the Chicago Bulls is distracted and vulnerable. Or maybe it was the other way around, reports Nandonet.
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      126 59 Nandonet. CHICAGO'S less-than-impressive start to the Playoffs lulls the rest of the league into a false sense of security. This is a team that thrives on distractions. People see the close scores and they remember the Bulls stumbling at the close of the regular
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      Waiting in the wings for rings
      409 60  -  ByF Pradeep Paul LIFE just isn't fair. Some players, perpetual journeymen, collect NBA championship rings along that journey. Case in point: Jud Buechler. This Chicago Bulls reserve doesn't even look like a basketball player. He looks more like a surfer dude. But he's got
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      Rookie winner by big margin
      274 60 SAN Antonio's Tim Duncan overwhelmingly won the league's Rookie of the Year award on Monday. He is already considered one of the best players in the NBA. Duncan, the first rookie to play in the All-Star game since Grant Hill in 1995, received 113 of
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      Lock icon Magic in the air
      156 60 AFP. MAGIC Johnson might be making a brief pomeback for an Argentine club. The legendary former LA Lakers star, whose NBA career ended when he was diagnosed with the virus that causes Aids, could play in an international club tournament for Atenas. The event will be
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      Lock icon 'If's a little bit of heaven'
      350 60 WHEN MICHAEL JORDAN IS ON THE COURT... The New Paper Sportsfile on NTUC Radio Heart 91.3. From Monday to Friday at A 8.15 am. 1 Check it out. AFP. MICHAEL Jordan is tired of answering questions about whether he will retire at the end
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  • SCHOOLSPORTS '98
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      PILOT PEN CUP: NATIONAL INTER-PRIMARY SCHOOLS BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS (Toa Payoh Sports Hall)
      113 61 OTHER RESULTS: junior Boys: Fhial: Montfort Junior bt Punggol Primary 4-1 Third and fourth: Qiaonan Primary bt Tao Nan School 3-2 junior wns. Final: Paya Lebar Methodist Girts Primary bt Singapore Chinese Girls Primary 3-2 Third and fourth:
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      Lock icon Coach's gamble pays off
      375 61  -  BY Gerard Wong EVEN before the senior boys final got underway yesterday, Montfort Junior's badminton coach Neo Lam Soon knew his school had already bagged the title. It wasn't because he was underestimating the abilities his team's opponent, Tao Nan School. It was because his gamble
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      PLUCKY COMEBACK STAR
      155 61 HIS school lost the finals after trailing 1-3. But Tao Nan's Wilson Lu, 12, wasn't about to surrender to Montfort's top player Chu Su Xiang so easily in the final singles. Even though he had lost the first set 2-15, the plucky primary six student caused a
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
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      Lock icon This is no friendly'
      283 62 COUPE DU MONDE JUNE 10-JULYI2 WARM-UP BRAZIL v ARGENTINA RIO DE JANEIRO (Today) AFP. BRAZIL meets Argentina in a mouth-watering World Cup warm-up that is likely to be friendly only in name. The intense rivalry between the two South American giants, at both club and national
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      Lock icon RONALDO BANNED
      126 62 Reuters. INTER-MILAN, still smarting after a controversial 1-0 defeat in its top-of-the-table clash with Juventus, was hit again yesterday. A disciplinary ruling suspended five men, including striker Ronaldo and team coach Luigi Simoni, over incidents on Sunday. Ronaldo and Chilean striker Ivan Zamorano both received two-game suspensions, while
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      Lock icon GOODBYE PARIS
      224 62 Reuters. RAI said goodbye, but it may be au revoir (see you again), to the Pare des Princes when he played his last home game for Paris St Germain last weekend. For if he wins a place in Brazil's World Cup squad and the world champion wins its
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  • ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP '98
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      THE WINNING PHILOSOPHY
      484 63 .CHAMPIONSHIP CHASE; ARSENAL ONE POINT AHEAD OF MAN U. WITH TWO GAMES IN HAND Getting Arsene Wenger to laugh and joke is more difficult than laying hands on a World Cup ticket, reports Carlingnet. Who can blame him? After all, his team needs just six points from
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      'RIGHT BALANCE'
      119 63 SAYS Arsene Wenger: "Even if you are in the job a long time it can be difficult to find the right mix of players. "You need luck in buying and creating the right balance." The balance, if last Saturday's 2-0 win over Barnsley is anything to go by,
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      When greed replaces team loyalty
      567 63  -  TODAY: Arsenal v Derby Chelsea v Blackburn Coventry v Wimbledon Leicester v Newcastle CALL ■nfoune For the results of today's matches call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am tomorrow. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. UVEONTV The Arsenal v Derby game will
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      Lock icon Cost of relegation
      263 64 CRYSTAL PALACE IS THE FIRST TEAM TO GO DOWN: Relegation to the First Division will cost Crystal Palace more than £4 million ($10.4 m) over the next 12 months. As defeat against Manchester United sent Palace down from the Premiership on Monday, the financial implications of relegation
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      ...BUT CLUB SPONSOR TDK IS STANDING BY ITS TEAM
      264 64 CRYSTAL Palace's chief sponsor, TDK, will not be jumping ship. But the company is understood to have renegotiated its five-year association in the light of the club's position, reports Soccernet. Donna Meayers, the company's brand manager, said: "We have already signed
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      Lock icon 'We must continue to play with dignity'
      249 64 Reuters. ITALIAN Attilio Lombardo is considering staying at Crystal Palace. He wahts to help in its fight to return to the Premier League next season. —> Player-coach Lombardo feels partially responsible for Palace's relegation to the First Division. Lombardo said: "Of course I
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      Lock icon Sunderland slips, Forest up
      193 64 FIRST DIVISION Reuters. SUNDERLAND'S hopes of automatic promotion to the Premier League took a severe knock yesterday./ It was beaten 2-0 at fifth-placed Ipswich Town. Sunderland stays in second place behind Nottingham Forest which is now sure of promotion although it did not play yesterday. With
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      Friends stay apart
      87 64 BITTER promotion rivalry has forced best friends Reid and Bryan Robson to stop speaking to each other. Sunderland and Middlesbrough are in cut-throat competition for the second promotion place behind Nottingham Forest, reports Soccernet. The automatic issue will be resolved in the next six days and Boro
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      Op saves player's life
      598 65  -  By Gerard Wong HE gave his all for Singapore during a football match. But three days later, he almost lost his life. Mahathir Nasir was playing in the Asian Youth Under-16 Championships in Pattaya last week. But for three days after a game against Indonesia, the
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      WHAT THEY SAY
      325 65 JOHN CHIA, St Gabriel's and ex-combined schools coach: Mahathir was one of the key players In my team. He's our midfield general and probably one of the reasons why we won the B Division North Zone title this year. He's a very talented footballer who reads the
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      One more defeat and it may over
      364 66 Two defeats in four matches. Is this championship material? S GULAMassesses the Warriors'situation THE reign of the Warriors is over...or is it? Barring a brilliant comeback this Saturday against Geylang United, the SAFFC Warriors may have to face this fact soon. Is it
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      'For once, let us go in as underdogs'
      387 66 Art the Warriors finished? Coach Vincent Subramaniam: No. It's just four matches into the season. How can anyone say we are finished? Yes, we've lost a couple of battles. But we've not lost the war. We're just four points behind. If we
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      Lock icon PREMIERSHIP UPDATES CAMPBELL STAYS AT SPURS
      285 66 Wire services. SOL CAMPBELL The England defender has pledged his future to Tottenham even if the north London side is relegated. Campbell, 23, said he was happy at White Hart Lane and intended to honour his three-year contract. MARC KELLER: Karlsruhe SC's French attacking
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    Lock icon World Cup goodies
    234 67 FIVE MILLION CONDOMS FIFA, world soccer's governing body, hopes to score with fans attending the World Cup by selling five million condoms exclusive to the event. The first of the condoms will be handed out in Cote d'Azur in the sunny south of France with more set
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    Lock icon BONJOUR PARIS
    267 67 Reuters. PARIS will be smiling during the World Cup. Fifteen of the 64 scheduled World Cup matches take place in the French capital, including the opening game on June 10 and the final on July 12. A widespread poster advertising campaign has •been launched to encourage Parisians to
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    THIS IS OUT
    57 67 Knives with the World Cup logo. After much protests, Fifa decided to stop its production and restrict the sale of those already on the market. British Prime Minister Tony Blair was one of those who requested that the knives be taken off the market. It followed the
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