The New Paper, 20 May 1998

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  • Title Section
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    7 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 1998
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      113 1 Man behind today's W mass demo calls it off jjl M ABOUTTURN »%&k*&Jrs mm ,yji »Jr t Olif iyi^ffi;>-vTf IT j IfVBjHl r ;A *i!*KllHPQHK63eBEB^*QHIfflM™3«whj'^ %^jlg^igMMn^iilJ| Aifi^PjPwjIjJTjIjy iia.,.*. Im^.• x I zf/ BHp SKjjj jj $< |4j bdtt MWtfe WCVI H vUl i'Jr JIV J C*1 v Bk, l t
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  • Article, Illustration
    Lock icon Resign, says Aussie Foreign Minister
    137 2 Reuters. AUSTRALIA'S Foreign Minister has called on President Suharto to resign without delay. Mr Alexander Downer made plain his view in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio. It's the first time a foreign country has called on Mr Suharto to step aside. It
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    Lock icon Freeze on IMF money?
    123 2 AFP. The International Monetary Fund's bailout loans to Indonesia are likely to be frozen. The US says this is because of the political situation in the country. The IMF has promised US$40 billion ($66 billion) to help Jakarta out of its economic crisis. An IMF team
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    Lock icon Stop the march
    435 2  -  Muslim leader Amien Rais says it might get violent. But, will protesters listen? REPORTS MEL VIN SINGH Source: Wire services. IN a surprising turn of events, Muslim leader Amien Rais this morning urged protestors to call off a mass demonstration in Jakarta. He feared it could lead
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    Students stunned by about-turn
    317 2 Our reporter MELVIN SINGH reports from Jakarta this morning SIGHS of disappointment were heard as news spread this morning that Muslim leader Amien Rais had called off the Big March. The student protesters, numbering about 30,000 from about 70 institutions, were taken aback by theannouncement. As
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    Lock icon Signs of change
    269 2 Source: Wire services. PRESIDENT Suharto yesterday promised a series of political reforms, including stepping down in the near future. Whether his pledges will satisfy Indonesians clamouring for change, depends very much on how these events unfold: REFORM COUNCIL Mr Suharto promises to set up a new "reform
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  • INDONESIATODAY
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      What he said
      117 3 I WILL HOLD ELECTIONS: This will take place as soon as possible, he said, under a new electoral law. He did not say when. I WILL NOT STAND FOR RE-ELECTION: He also promised that he will not stand for re-election. BUT I CANNOT STEP DOWN NOW: Mr
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      Lock icon Is this ENOUGH?
      143 3 HIS OFFER TO STEP DOWN...LATER What analysts say This compromise is bound to be rejected by opposition groups demanding a clean break from the past...Students believe he is part of the problem and hence cannot preside over the solution. They want his immediate resignation. Rightly or wrongly,
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      Who’ll lead?
      122 3 What Indonesians say MICHELLEANG gets reactions from Indonesians in Singapore MS N Lim, 25, an assistant director with an electronics company, is also not going back soon. She said: "I will be here for one week, then I'll see the situation again. It's just too hot. Suharto should
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      There may be chaos
      219 3 GIVE President Suharto a break, said an Indonesian businessman who arrived in Singapore with his parents on Monday. Jake (not his real name), 25, added: "He is one of the oldest and longest-serving presidents in the world. He has done a lot for the country in
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      Fresh wind
      116 3 Mrs Artha Clerc, 26, who is married to a French national working in Singapore, arrived on Saturday. She will be making her home in Singapore after a trip to France, and then a trip to Jakarta to check on her parents and six siblings. Of Mr Suharto's intentions,
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      Lock icon STUCK IN S'PORE
      448 4  -  LEUKAEMIA BOY HIT BY IN DON CRISIS By Chelsea Phua FIVE-YEAR-OLD Christopher Steven Johari wants more than his two front teeth for Christmas this year. He has lost most of his teeth after the chemotherapy treatment for his leukaemia. And his hair, too. But his Indonesian parents
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      PRIME RATE UP
      129 5 k hot a k STORIES J ITS gone up again. DBS Bank's prime rate that is by half a percentage point to 7.5 per cent. In January, DBS raised its prime rate the interest rate which banks charge their best customers from 7 per cent to 7.5
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      TAX REVENUE DOWN
      93 5 EVEN the taxman's not spared from the current economic slowdown. During January to March this year, tax revenue fell 20 per cent, compared to the same period last year. Falling hardest: Income tax collections the government's single biggest source of tax revenue. Personal and corporate income tax
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      Lock icon SURVIVOR
      60 5 Luck's on his Side: This is Baby Christian the two-day-old. baby ajogger had found buried alive in a shallow grave in Altadena, Los Angeles on Saturday. He was found barely breathing, and doctors then listed him in serious but stable condition, but now say he will pull through. Several
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Failed first attempt
        73 5 THEY tried to reach the peak, but they failed on their first try. Strong winds near the peak forced the Singapore Everest Team to turn back and seek shelter at the lower camps. The climbers said they would return to base camp to rest and try again
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        Gym’s pressure tactics
        75 5 THEY paid almost $1,000 for fitness programmes, then changed their minds, but could not get their money back. Two people said staff of the Ray Wilson California Fitness Center in Orchard Road pressured them, then refused to make a full refund. Both turned to the Consumers Association
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        Ramos to be adviser
        59 5 PHILIPPINE President Fidel Ramos has said he will be a senior adviser to his apparent successor, former movie star Joseph Estrada. The move should calm some concern about the future of Mr Ramos' economic reforms. It is also regarded as an indirect acceptance of Mr Estrada's
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        Sexy ex-juror charged
        108 5 SEXY-LOOKING Canadian single-mother Gillian Guess, 43, was charged last week with obstructing justice, in a case not seen before in Canada's legal history. She is accused of having an affair with a defendant in a six-month murder trial in 1995 while she was part of the jury
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      HEADLINERS
      61 5 The Straits Times: Suharto promises fresh elections 'soon' The Business Times: Big protests today despite Suharto offer Uanhe Zaobao: One million Indonesians in mass demonstration today Bertta Harlan: Suharto will allow Indonesians to elect new president RCS morning news: Today tests the country's faith in Suharto's promise BBC news:
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      DOW JONES
      27 5 The Dow Jones Industrial average rose 3.74 points to close at 9.054.65 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 569 million shares.
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      POTLUCK
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon THIS COIN WAS STUCK HERE FOR 40 HOURS
      498 7  -  Permit No: RC/14/98-01 By Danny Lim HIS mother told three-year-old Abdul Manaf not to put small coins in his coin box. So the perky boy put them in his nose instead. His idea of a game was to stick one coin up
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      He’s safe because of coin’s size
      168 7 DR Abhilash Balakrishnan said Abdul Manaf s situation was not life-threatening. "There is no immediate danger as the coin is too large to be sucked past the narrowing into his lungs. "But still, if it is left there for a long time, it can
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      Lock icon CABBY FINDS $82,000 AND RETURNS IT
      361 8  -  Lee Hui Chieh SHE tried to shove a $1,000 bill into his hands. He declined and almost wept. Mrs Joyce Fung was trying to reward Mr Choo Tiong Lip for returning her handbag, and the $82,000 in it.. But Mr Choo, 55, a Comfort
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      Look what’s new
      33 9 mui<m in' Mr Tan SiahKwee, president of the Chinese Calligraphy Society off Singapore, on the new-look Lianhe Zaobao: It does not look life a newspaperiujjy iar old men any more.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Boris Becker is coming to town
      224 11  -  Watch out: By. J rajendran BORIS Becker, the first unseeded player to win the men's singles crown at Wimbledon, will be in Singapore next week on a flying visit. The German tennis ace will be here on May 27 to promote a new line
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      Lock icon 81 and ready
      236 12  -  By! Teo Yun Yun AT his age, he says he'll be happy to finish the Big Walk without getting too tired. At his age, most people wouldn't even go. Mr Lim Kwi Choon is 81. And raring to go. In fact, after the TNP Big Walk on
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      SPOT OUB STICKERS
      93 12 "DRESS UP" in the yellow and purple OUB stickers and win on-the-spot freebies from OUB representatives at the walk. Just put the stickers over your clothes or body in a creative way. If your picture gets into a newspaper, you can also claim a prize at OUB
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      Is that a phone or an itch?
      431 13  -  By J. rajendran TRAFFIC police officers trail drivers a certain distance to make sure those who appear to be using handphones are not doing something else. "Sometimes people are just using their hand to scratch their ears and it may look like they
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon PARDONED!
      557 15 Jailed British nurses set free by Saudi king AFP. TWO British nurses held in Saudi Arabia for the murder of a colleague are to be freed. This follows a pardon granted by King Fahd. The two women should be allowed to return to Britain within two days, Saudi Arabia's
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      Declare cash? I didn’t know
      264 16  -  FORMER SELANGOR CHIEF MINISTER'S TRIAL BEGINS By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY A MALAYSIAN politician caught leaving Australia carrying more than Asl.2 million (51.2 million) in his hand luggage was not aware he had to declare the money, a Brisbane court was told yesterday. Muhammad
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      Black and red chic
      46 16 rr unnui* Fashion designerSeeia Rykiel, known as Queen of Knitwear, wears black aM the time. Why? The reason I wear black all the time is because I have red hair. If I wore bright colours, it would clash with my hair colour.
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      Lock icon Killers of Killing Fields star jailed for life
      297 16 Source: AFP. THE three gang members convicted of killing Oscar-winning Cambodian actor Haing Ngor got heavy prison terms yesterday. A judge in Los Angeles gave 20-year-old Jason Chan a sentence of life in prison without parole, 21-year-old Tank Sun Tan a sentence
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      ‘Chek Lap Kok! There’s a new tower on the block!’
      492 17  -  by YVONNE LIM TWO things never to say to a Hongkonger: (1) Call him a Hongkie. (2) Insult his new $32-billion airport. Airports the world over have been known to do funny things to people in Singapore, students believe in
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      Woman, kids killed, found in suitcases
      270 18  -  BY Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY SHE had feared for her life and sought a court order against her gambler husband in October 1996. But staff at a Sydney court were too busy to help Mrs Susan Park deal with her fears of violence.
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      328 18 j Singapore Phuket $465* RETURN FOR 1 HAPPY NIGHTS AT Le MERIDIEN PHUKET (The days, of course, will be as much fun) i Swiff* Wus r sun an(^s63 at u <et or a mere ,reat v° u ■L Thui J to 2 nights* at a 5-star luxury hotel. With a
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      Lock icon Michelle’s got aboyfr—
      430 19 Hey, don't call him that yet, she warns AVIS WONG IF you haven't made a move on sexy Michelle Goh, you're too late she's taken. By someone who sends her mangoes, and who's so good-looking she hated him at first. "After two years, I'm finally seeing someone,"
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      CONTRACT EXTENDED
      121 19 MICHELLE'S contract with the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) expired on May 2. But as the filming of VR Man is still going on, the contract has been extended to the end of next month. She plays a dishy broadcast journalist eager to find out the true identity
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      They’re now parents
      278 20 SANDY LAM AND JONATHAN LI SANDY Lam is a mother now she gave birth to a baby girl at 1 pm on Sunday in Taiwan. Sandy and her Taiwanese producer husband, Jonathan Li, have named their 2.9 kg bundle of joy Li Xi'er (Xi is happiness in
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      Rap’s sooo Trey D
      336 21  -  By Hazel Tan HEY, everybody. Say Trey D. That's his name. What does he do for a living? A rap artiste he is. Yes, a North American rapper, no kidding. Unfamiliar name, you say? Heard of Backstreet Boys' Get Down music? Trey D, 26, is the
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      Lock icon Paik Choo who?
      432 22 SYLVIA TOHPAIK CHOO, 51 (below), star-struck groupie, on her annual holiday at the Cannes Film Festival in the south of France, reports on her first day THE International Cannes Film Festival and I were born in the same year. So, you see, it has been around for
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      95 22 x«amA., and a&&ioA\ vHtR Smiiß C SoA^\ PfjSMYTHte The long awaited album from the man who gave us "Friends", "Hi be Here for You", 1,1 Til Lead You Home" and so many other heartfelt melodies. Live the Life -an album with 13 brand new tracks and 2 re-mixes 111 l
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      Lock icon ‘We don't want it to be violent’
      738 23 THE BIG MARCH: GEARING UP So says an undergraduate to MELVIN SINGH, who mingles with the 30,000 students assembled at the Indonesian parliament in Jakarta THEY come from all walks of life but seem to share a common goal to demand the removal
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      Move, or be run over
      113 23 NEARLY 60 people were injured when army trucks were driven into crowds during anti-Suharto rallies at universities in Indonesia's second city of Surabaya yesterday, witnesses said. They said hundreds of students and members of the local community were sitting on a road outside the western
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      Lock icon No move by the us yet
      105 23 Wire services. PRESSURE is mounting on Capitol Hill for a more activist US policy aimed at removing President Suharto. But US President Bill Clinton and his top officials maintain that the political turmoil is a domestic Indonesian problem. They say the decision to replace
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      R upiah gets a boost
      55 23 INDONESIA'S stocks and the rupiah soared after President Suharto promised he would call new elections and step down from office. The rupiah rose as much as 4.3 per cent to 11,750, after plunging as low as 14,000 yesterday. It closed at 12,250. Indon stocks jumped
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    Different kettle of fishing pals
    462 24  -  eT CETERA WITH BRIAN MILLER I BELIEVE some people have perfected the art of squeezing 100 per cent out of an outing. A case in point is a group of my friends who went on a three-day fishing trip in Malaysia last week. If I
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      118 25 COMICREUEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh \sTot&n i <»l i" 1 "i MrmS S» C«SE;««ic t S @EJ fl *\®6 Sr u I rTri2#p>«u MM Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce SO WHAT'S V -J f ACTUALLY. sHtsl fOUR. NEW DEB&IE !J "DEft»E NOT TAKING MY f i W»FES NAME I ~T~. ROSA,"*'. NAME...
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    Lock icon This street is For the birds
    356 27  -  TRAVEL WITH A TWIST By Danny Lim CULTURE vulture flying over Hongkong on the lookout for a slice of local life? Swoop down to the Yuen Po Street Bird Garden in Kowloon and twitter to your I heart's content. That is no better place
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  • NBA ’98
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      396 35 GAME I: BULLS 85 PACERS 79 Nandonet. WHEN the game began, Dennis Rodman wasn't on the floor. He was headed to the locker room not to fix his hair but to keep loose and warm. He'd been left out of the Chicago
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      236 35  -  By Pradeep Paul HE lives! He breathes! He still plays basketball! Yessir, it's great to see Dennis Rodman back in the news. After a unbelievably quiet season, he's come alive. How? Not by grabbing 10 rebounds and scoring 11 points (yes, 11!) in Game One
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      285 36 LOVE HIM OR JUST IGNORE HIM CALL INFOUNE TODAY: The Chicago Bulls hosts the Indiana Pacers in Game Two of the Eastern Conference Finals. Call 1900-*****13 after 1 pm today for the result. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. Nandonet. THERE'S no escaping Michael Jordan in
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      378 36 NYT. THE Michael Jordan of NBA and commercial fame is all glossy and squeaky clean, a veritable paragon of basketball virtue. But nobody's perfect. There is one person who can get under Jordan's smooth veneer. One person who just plain ticks Jordan off. Reggie Miller is the
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      201 36 Nandonet. IT pays to be close to Michael Jordan. Ask NBC reporter Ahmad Rashad. He has been accused by media critics of being too close to Jordan. But with the Chicago Bulls aiming for a sixth NBA championship, NBC will accept that description any day. Rashad, more of
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  • EUROPEAN CUP ’98
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      All heroes, but who shall be king?
      242 37  -  BY Jeffrey Low ALESSANDRO del Piero and Filippo Inzaghi...these two names alone will strike terror in any opposing defence, World Cup or otherwise. And then you have Zinedine Zidane, Edgar Davids and Angelo Di Livio to deal with in midfield. They form the
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      THE CUP FINAL: JUVENTUS v REAL MADRID (Amsterdam)
      230 37 ON TV Premiere 12 •mIH u.W1II WIvTHC Ulv match'live' tomorrow at 2.45am. There will be a preview, starting at 2.00am H JUVENTUS: Angelo Peruzzi; Moreno Torricelli, Paolo Montero, Mark luliano, Angelo di Livio, Didier Deschamps, Edgar Davids, Gianluca Pessotto, Zinedine Zidane, Alessandro
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  • France ’98
    • The men who call the shots
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        684 38 SOUTH AFRICA'S PHILIPPE TROUSSIFR ARGENTINA'S DANIEL PASSARELLA Wire services. SOUTH Africa's World Cup coach, Frenchman Philippe Troussier, has no time for weaklings. He has been accused of running a military-style training camp, which one newspaper called "the camp from hell". He has also been charged with bullying and
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        TROUSSIER FACTS
        178 38 PHILIPPE Troussier succeeded caretaker Jomo Sono as coach of South Africa in March, on a five-month contract. In 10 successful, but controversial, years, he has the tag of "the white witchdoctor". Troussier coached a Third Division club in France before leaving for Africa in 1988. He has been
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        129 38 DANIEL Passarella (left) was the captain of the Argentina team which won the World Cup in 1978. He turns 45 on May 25. He scored 24 goals in his 71 internationals despite playing as sweeper. Passarella made his name with River Plate before moving to Italy, where he
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        TWO VICTIMS
        81 38 BENEDICT MCCARTHY: South African coach Philippe Troussier says McCarthy might not make the South African starting line-up in France. He says McCarthy's lack of first-team appearances with Dutch champion Ajax Amsterdam this season would count against him. FERNANDO REDONDO: The rule of the scissors prevails in Daniel Passarella's
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  • S-LEAGUE ’98 UPDATE
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      Lock icon ‘Your time is up’
      481 39 FIRST LOCAL COACHING CASUALTY: CHIANG BOON SENG (TAMPINES ROVERS BALESTIER CENTRAL 3 (Marko Kraljevic 30th and 51st min; Goran Paulic 53rd) TAMPINES ROVERS 2 (Ciprian Vlad 80th; Bogdan Brasoveanu 91st) QUIT or be sacked. That's the simple choice Tampines Rovers coach Chiang Boon Seng has been
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      44 39 OTHER RESULTS Gombak 1 Home Utd 6 Jurong FCO Tanjong Pagar 3 Sembawang 1 SAFFC 3 SATURDAY'S FIXTURES Geylangv Balestier (Bedok Stadium) Home Utd v Jurong (Bishan) Sembawang v Tampines (Yishun) SAFFC v Woodlands (Jurong) Tanjong Pagar v Gombak (Queenstown) AN matches .*7t30!W,
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      THE CANDIDATES
      169 39 TAMPINES Rovers chairman Quah Kim Song says his club will be hiring a new coach soon. "We are trying to bring him in for the start of the second round (June 2)." Tampines has two matches left before the end of the first round. When asked if he
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  • TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE ’98
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      408 41  -  MARINE CASTLE 3 WOODLANDS WELLINGTON a BY Gerard Wong REFEREE Lai Boon Teck caused a tidal wave of anger amongst fans at Hougang Stadium last night. The host, Marine Castle, drew 3-3 with Woodlands Wellington. Marine Castle fans were furious because they felt Lai had played almost
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      499 42  -  MORE ON THE FURORE AT HOUCANC STADIUM COMMENT GERARD WONG WAS referee Lai Boon Teck right to play extra-time? And did he play more than five minutes of it? The official found himself in hot soup with the Marine Castle fans last night after he blew
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      WHAT THEY SAY
      137 42 GEMENIGANASAN, 42 (Tampines fan): It was far too long. It was almost 10 minutes. And there was nothing that took place on the field that justified it. R VENGAOASALAM (Woodlands team manager): I agree with Lai's decision to play extra-time. Many stretches of time were lost because
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  • WORLD CUP ’98 UPDATE
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      Lock icon ‘Behave or you are out’
      340 43 ULTIMATIIM TO GAZZA AFP. ENGLAND coach Glenn Hoddle gave midfielder Paul Gascoigne a final warning yesterday: Let me down again and you're out of the World Cup. Hoddle was furious at the latest example of Gascoigne's indiscretions. The midfielder was seen out in London with
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      Lock icon WHAT GAZZA SAYS:
      224 43 Wire services. PAUL Gascoigne revealed England manager Glenn Hoddle had been annoyed with him when the pair talked. Said Gascoigne: "I can see why he was upset and angry, because it was spread all over the papers and because it was not at the right time." But
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      145 43 AFP PAUL Gascoigne needs an understanding arm around his shoulders rather than a slap on the wrist. That's what sports psychologist Professor Cary Cooper says. Cooper feels allowances should be made for Gascoigne because of his highly-strung personality. Said Cooper: "I'm not saying we should tolerate everything
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      WHAT’S INSIDE
      39 43 RODMAN: He has a special role coming off the bench Page 37 BOW SENG. His time is up as coach of Tampines Rovers Page 42 MONTEC* He causes a furore at Hougang with his refereeing Pages 44,45
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