The New Paper, 4 June 1998

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  • 7 1 the new paper THURSDAY, JUNE 4, 1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 402 2 EVEN Mr Hard Rock Cafe has not been spared the hard times. Property tycoon Ong Beng Seng, 52, has sold his "expensive toy" his nine-year-old jet plane because it had bewme too costly to maintain, reports The Business Times. Times were bad: Hotel Properties
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    • 256 2 DIVORCE, what divorce? Mr Ong Beng Seng denied rumours that his wife Christina Fu, who runs a chain of boutiques in Singapore and London, is divorcing him. When asked about it, he burst into laughter and with a dismissive shake of his head, said: M I
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    • 289 3 What is the first thing that comes to your mind? Psychologists use such tests (called the Rorschach inkblot test) to find out more about a person^ personality and intelligence. Our inkblots are for fun. But they you something aboutyour^^^^S^^Jlm^i awareness of the nightmare
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    • 84 2 SCHOOL OF LOGISTICS The Leader in Logistics Training Logistics Management Transport A Distribution Management Strategic A Supply Chain Management International Procurement Management Enterprise Resource Planning Management Inventory Management and Resource Planning CSXZQBBd Designed for Operations Executive, Logistics Personnel, Buyers, Planners, Materials Assistants and those responsible over Inventor/. To: P Mogayvon
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    • 14 2 Leisure Index OvfUWUIIVC Pages 28,29, 32& 34 Comics: Pages 35 36 TV: Page 59
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 132 4 HOT First vRe months of r 1998: Unemployment up K Retrenchment at I record high Jobvacancies at MORE people will be jobless in the next few months, if the economic situation does not improve. This is because fresh graduates will be entering the job market. So
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    • 114 4 HOME buyers could face as much as a 40 per cent jump in their monthly mortgage instalments when their "promotional" packages expire. The packages, introduced in 1995 during a fierce loan war, typically fixed the interest rate at 5 to 5.75 per cent for the
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    • 77 4 FEWER couples are applying for flats under the Fiance/Fiancee Scheme since the $5,000 registration deposit was introduced last May. This year, there were only about 440 applications a month down from the 1996 average of about 1,130. And 18 per cent, or 3,316 out of 18,694 couples,
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 45 4 THE Kuala Lumpur monorail project is to go ahead now that the Malaysian government has okayed a soft loan of Ms3oo million ($125 million) to the company building it. Half the 16-km line was due to be ready before September's Commonwealth Games.
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      • 43 4 ON July 7, learning about Singapore's history will become an exciting ride through a $10-million multimedia theme park. The 25-day show at Suntec City will feature film footage, live acting and special effects, such as cars exploding in a riot scene.
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      • 52 4 A MOTORIST caught speeding on the East Coast Parkway yesterday could be the first to feel the sting of harsher penalties from Monday. For going 68 kmh above the limit, he faces automatic suspension for three months or up to a year if he has two
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      • 44 4 A MOTHER and her two daughters are in critical condition in hospital in Hongkong after trying to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to their dog. The dog had passed out while being washed with an anti-tick solution. But the toxic chemicals killed it.
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    • 70 4 Singapore One is more than just a communication network. It will empower Singaporeans to work efficiently in a 'smart' environment, to facilitate the use and access of ir\formation to enhance their business y personal and family lives. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong speaking at the opening
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    • 76 4 The Straits Timet: Ministry paints gloomy jobs picture Tin Business Times: KL may allow foreign control of some brokers UaakeZMfceo: 3,000 protesters converge on Indonesia's Parliament demanding that Habibie to step down 1. -Ji m en—■ KMnu nanan. Competition for jobs getting stiffer RCS morning news: Train disaster in
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    • 27 4 The Dow Jones Industrial average fell 87.44 points to close at 8,803.80 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 576 million shares.
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    • 57 4 SET-LUNCH IpST Braised Whole With Crabmeat DISCOUIIt Grand Introduction Yoshikiri Rn h $45-, All price* are subjected to 10* Mnrice charge i, 3* CST Discount voucher A Vlf card cannot be uted for the above tct lunch/mow promotion ji ■Br Rama Thai Sharksfin Restaurant 81-81 A Tanjong Pagar Road Singapore
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 47 6 sha So what is it like to take the Viagra pill? A Philadelphia Daily News reporter tested it out (in the interest of science). Here's his verdict. Meanwhile, we also speak to a Singaporean who is waiting for Viagra —despite reports of deaths
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      479 7  -  DEBATE /ttUUvfitmrtl tkcrid? BY Leon Taylor PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS SO, I'm alone in my car on the expressway and, all of a sudden, I'm thinking: "Hey, it's getting a little crowded in here." That would be the Viagra kicking in. There's been so much talk about the
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    • 202 7 WH Viagra auke a aenaalaMi No. Viagra is not an aphrodisiac. It does not make men more virile. Are there aay side effects? There have been reports of dizziness, coloured vision and headache. Caaapitliirt uftL hmt iftaiallafci Not if he is taking nitroglycerine
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    • 440 7  -  By Toh Li Lin ALAN suffers from heart disease. But he can't wait to lay his hands on Viagra. Yes, he has heard of people dying after using Viagra. Yes, he believes they died because they were heart patients. But no, this will not keep
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 63 8 Found in back seat: Singaporean victim strangled with cord still around neck Found in boot: Malaysian victim with 28 stab wounds Also found in car: Six knives between 10 cm and 12 cm long. Two Singaporeans arrested. Driver had... The alleged weapons:
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    • 473 8  -  By Danny Lim THE evidence of a foul tale couldn't have been more obvious. There was blood everywhere in the car. First: One of two suspects still had blood on his fingers. Second: There was blood on the seat cushion of the car. Third: There was
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  • 314 10  -  FROM PAGE 8 THENEWSTODAY By Fong Foong Mei THE suspects were driving somewhere to dump the two bodies. This is what initial police investigations showed, said the chief inspector of Muadzam Shah Police Station, Inspector Wan Mohd Samsudin. The inspector said the two victims were
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    • 195 10 H REJECT How to travel light and M come back happy (and heavy) Drop by at any of our 17 Reject Shop 11 outlets when you visit Malaysia. (The nearest in JB.) H* tmß Bf V V\.\ W/ a V With the currency exchange in >Cj I. your you'll be
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 432 11 In its sixth year, The New Paper's New Face contest is still a springboard to success for young hopefuls. Ex-supermodel Hanis Hussey tells YVONNE UM why SUPERMODEL. Vogue cover girl. A teenage girl's dream. That's what Hanis Hussey, a former model for some of Paris'
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    • 84 11 The New Face contest is not just another beauty pageant. Here's why: No qualifying rounds, just an audition to select 12 finalists. No swimsuit segment. Print exposure: Each finalist is profiled in The New Paper in her own photo and text spread. Career jump-start: Many past finalists
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    • 54 11 If you are fresh-faced and aged between 15 and 25, send in the entry form on the back page of today's New Paper. Or pick up a form at an Ml shop. The top prize is $10,000, a trip to New York and $3,000 in Ml vouchers. Entries
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    232 12 SPEAKUP On May 27, we reported on a 15-year-old who slapped his teacher across the face. Convicted of voluntarily causing hurt, he faces the Possibility of probation or life in a boys'home. The teacher, Miss Juliana Kang, 26, suffered swelling in the attack and took medical leave To
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    • 307 13 tfHS»sM^|B|flK^p^£§L, uSSi^f. Challenging work. No uniform. Must have the intelligence to execute covert operations. Occasional all night surveillance duty. Sense of pride and badge provided. The CNB needs intelligent people who refuse to tolerate the immorality, suffering FOR JUNIOR NARCOTICS OFFICER and death caused by drug abuse. People with commitment,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 285 14  -  What's the connection? By Fong Foong Mei IMAGINE Singapore's a ship. The Titanic, to be precise. And it's heading for disaster. In yesterday's Pre-University Seminar, Raffles Junior College used the popular movie as an example of how Singaporeans can cultivate passion and a zest for life. But
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    • 39 14 This year's five-day Pre-University Seminar topic is Going Global, Staying Local, focusing on how Singapore can effectively balance economic growth and social cohesion. A total of 476 students from 13 junior colleges and two centralised institutes are participating.
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    • 454 15 ECONOMIC CRUNCH Although too weak to walk, housewife Zaharah Madjan often travels alone to Johor for kidney treatment. Her husband, store assistant Jamil Yusof, is worried about losing his job since the economic crisis began and keeps reminding her to save
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    • 48 16 mui'mui* tap)!* the economic {toon, travel igunt Jliwiwy Oo< Is hopeful that Singaporeans staytag home or opting for short hottdays in June tn planning i proper holiday in DOCfefflbOVa Singaporeans caught the travel bug long ago; they just can't stay home all year.
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    • 250 17  -  By' Teo Yun Yun ITS no small amount anywhere $51,840. In Bangladesh, that translates into about 1.4 million takas. Or, more than enough to buy two new Toyota Corollas, or support a family of four with a monthly expense of $250 for 17
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    • 31 17 Ng was fined $10,000 for failing to buy insurance and $2,000 for not reporting the accident by a District Court on Monday. Those were the maximum penalties for the offences.
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  • INDONESIATODAY
    • 395 18 Students drive their demands around in a convoy Source: Kompas, wire services. INDONESIAN students, whose protests contributed to former president Suharto's downfall, were back on the streets yesterday. Some 1,500 students, in buses and private cars, drove in a convoy along the main roads of Jakarta
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    • 103 18 A. Whlimli hill in ill iHi hi? Bio, U. wfeen? A New parliamentary and 11 presidential elections by the end of next year. That is the target date set by President B J Habibie. He says that elections cannot be held as quickly as some Indonesians
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  • 253 20 WORLDTODAY Wire services. GINGER "ex-Spice" may soon be hosting a show on British TV. Geri Halliwell, 25, is in talks with the British Broadcasting Corporation about a possible presenting role, a BBC spokeswoman said yesterday. Halliwell is not a newcomer to TV. Before joining the Spice Girls,
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    • 37 21 '^Uf v I:; ii 1 i-fMi mf Family togetherness one of life's best experiences. 111 takes an effort but the rewards are plentiful. lU-p» —ag w i :-.-M?*m hhk]^Hl I M 1 FSM^Hvf^S^l MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 283 22 Woman pub owner hires men to kill lover They bash him with beer barrel, stuff his throat with cloth THE hitmen she hired to kill her lover were each jailed for 29 years. British businesswoman Jackie Ambler, 33, was herself jailed 27 years. The murder victim
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    • 296 23 Source: Reuters. French President Jacques Chirac called for "responsibility" in the French pilots' strike yesterday. With hundreds of flights grounded for a third day, World Cup organisers fear the strike will seriously disrupt the world's largest soccer tournament, which starts next Wednesday and ends on July
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      279 25 Two TV shows renew debate over her death One show says; Crash driver worked for an intelligence service He had $337,000 in 10 bank accounts AFP. SINCE the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, in a car crash last year, there have been a lot of conspiracy theories
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    • 69 25 AFP. ANOTHER programme to be broadcast tonight on Channel 4 tries to dismiss the conspiracy theories. The ITV documentary has been attacked by Prime Minister Tony Blair and Buckingham Palace. Media commentators said it was irresponsible and ITV should have waited until the French police inquiry was complete.
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      40 25 mu i<m ui* sssaS&L Annw. She mm $mby l> my important to Inr I do not exist unless rm writing (poetry). I need it to deal with hardships in my life. Through it, I come to know myself.
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    • 314 26 Fireman Walter Stroetmann, one of nearly 1,000 rescuers cutting through the tangle of metal and blood-spattered chairs Reuters. THE Inter City Express jumped the tracks after hitting a car which had fallen from a roadbridge. The
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  • Showtime
    • 582 28 Michelle Goh told us last fortnight she had a foreign boyfriend who wooed her with mangoes. We guessed correctly but she didn't admit it then. I'll say who in a couple of weeks, she told our reporter. Now, AVIS WONG meets the couple together CANADIAN actor
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    • 516 29 WHO says love can't blossom at a video games parlour? Michelle Goh softened to Edmond Wong only when she beat him at the video game, Street Fighter. The Canadian actor had been smitten by the TCS actress
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  • 302 30  -  spotlight By Danny Lim AT Prince Edward in Kowloon, three favourite pastimes of Hongkongers gardening and rearing birds and aquarium fish come together. No other place offers you a better glimpse of what Hongkongers do with their leisure time. Yuen Po Street Bird Garden, with its 70
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  • 482 31  -  SHOWTIME By Lee Yin Luen YOU know the voice of veteran deejay Brian Richmond well. You know the voice of his Vidz VJ son Mark too. What about Pa's younger son Don? Chances are, you have heard him sing on the radio. But if
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    • 25 32 Meet your S ■favourite TCS stars Mk SI Evelyn Tan > en I I l KODOWO at Liang Court Shopping Centre's Service Counter (Level 1) E^||^^XHMMjiMkM4b4MLtf£vR
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 430 33  -  By Lee Yin Luen REMEMBER Karen Tan? She used to be Singapore's favourite funny girl, the one who got audiences roaring with her jokes and antics on The Ra Ra Show. In 1993, she co-hosted the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (now TCS) experimental comedy programme with
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    • 36 33 WHAT: First Emperor's Last Days WHERE: Victoria Theatre WHEN: June 13-14 TIME: Bpm, with matinee on June 14 at 2.30pm TICKETS: $16. $26. $36. $46; for matinee $12. $20. $30. $40. available at Sistic.
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  • 470 34  -  CT CETERA WITH IVAN LIM A FEW years ago, I had the shock of my life while driving. I was cruising down a road that had a speed limit of 50km/h and, miraculously, I was within the limit. It was 4.25pm. I was supposed to meet my
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  • Page 34 Miscellaneous
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    • 131 35 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh AHBE7HI I [hudihi —v. I H7, Y ««UD A6AIMST THE RIVAL ta*«kW) warn sy S\ guns*. H&FV »v W Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce Irw ALL 1 (BECAUSE SHE'S USING] X KNOW SHE DOES NT lU n. w^VVVtTI Conscience, you, nate —-—< like me she doesnt here
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    140 36  -  By Ian Tan TRAVEL What makes interested onlyi clocks, ftot watches. I like to use He has yet to come across a clock problem taat he cannot identify. Whether be can fix it is where pHsare haphazardly put given the right material and tools, I can fix any
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  • 78 36 I Fly high I If you are H L planning to hit 9 W the skies by to H&ecome a pilot m then check out Page 40. On the I ground too H Vacancies available for H aircraft H technicians. See page 38. I Self employed? I
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  • 273 38 FROM PAGE 37 CAREER CHOICE Who was your strangest customer? There was this woman who kept insisting that her cuckoo clock was not working. But I couldn't find any problem with it. It was only after she made three frustrating visits to my shop
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  • SPORTS
    • 374 46 FRENCH OPEN: UNTIL SUNDAY So much for the arrival of a new teenage generation on the women's tennis scene. The French Open semi-finals today will be dominated by 20-somethings. World No 1 Martina Hingis will be the only teenager in a final four which will feature a
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    • 121 46 AFP. WORLD No 1 Martina Hingis is intent on taking the fast lane to victory at the French Open. In bidding for the only Grand Slam singles title she hasn't won in her young career, the 17-year-old Swiss miss has spent barely five hours on court so far.
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    • 52 46 Iff I win I doit know what Tin going to do— but I'm going to do something crazy for sure. A different colour* Men's singles semi-finalist Felix Mantilla of Spain, who recently dyed his jet black hair yellow, threatening to change the colour again if he wins
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  • Page 46 Miscellaneous
    • 110 46 WHAT'S G0NE I low the 1T13W1 nutchcs went (seeding* in boM): MEN (Q-finals): 14 Alex Corretja (Spa) bt Filip Dewulf (Bel) 7-5,6-4,6-3 Cedric Pioline (France) beat Hicham Arazi (Morocco) 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (8-6), 4-6,6-3 WHAT'S (g)N Today's main matches: WOMEN (s-flnats) 1 Martina Hingis (Swit) v 6 Monica Seles (US)
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
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      286 47 ROMANIA 3 Adrian llie 4,57, Gheorghe Hagi 83 PARAGUAY 2 Jose Cardozo 27, Roberto Acuna 62 Crowd: 8,000. SPAIN 4 Juan Pizzi 28 37, Fernando Morientes 46 65 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 Gerry Taggart 44 Crowd: 15,000 CROATIA 2 Robert Prosinecki 30, Davor Suker 76 IRANO Crowd: 10,000 BELGIUM
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    • 108 47 YUGOSLAVIA 1 JAPAN 0 A CLASSIC free-kick from sweeper Sinisa Mihajlovic gave Yugoslavia a 1-0 win over fellow World Cup finalist Japan yesterday. Italian-based Mihajlovic stepped up to blast home with his left foot from 20 metres after substitute Savo Milosevic had been fouled. Japan, preparing
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    • 237 47 Reuters. BELGIUM 2 COLOMBIA 0 TWO first-half strikes by midfielders Danny Boffin and Marc Wilmots gave Belgium a comfortable 2-0 win over Colombia in Brussels yesterday. It was the final World Cup test for the South Americans, who are likely to travel to
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      250 48 SPAIN 4 NORTHERN IRELAND 1 ATTHEW-CUP GROUPD Spain Nigeria Paraguay Bulgaria Reuters. SPAIN completed its World Cup build-up with a crushing victory over Northern Ireland in Santander yesterday. The home team started with an unfamiliar formation, including giving a debut to gifted young Barcelona midfielder Albert Celedes, who
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    • 389 48  -  By Ian Brown SPAIN striker Fernando Morientes sees red over his boots for sentimental reasons. "Before the Sweden game the boss kept moaning about how ugly the red boots were. I just told him I had scored a hat-trick the first time I wore them,"
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    • 134 48 Reuters. SAUDI ARABIA 0 MEXICO 0 AFTER the recent 6-0 thrashing by Norway, this draw was an inspiring show for Saudi Arabia in the friendly international in Creteil, France. Prior to the Norway rout, the Saudis went through an impressive streak of five matches without defeat,
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    • 137 48 Reuters. CROATIA 2 IRAN 0 GOALS from Robert Prosinecki and Davor Suker gave Croatia an unconvincing win over World Cup Finals rival Iran yesterday. Prosinecki scored with a typical free-kick after half an hour. But Iran missed a penalty before Suker ended a four-game drought, with
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  • COUNTDOWN
    • 134 49 Nakata (Japan) SUPERSTAR At 21, Hidetoshi Nakata has taken over from veteran striker Kazuyoshi Miura as the pin-up star of Japanese football. He outshines Japan's galaxy of baseball and sumo stars and Is constantly hounded by screaming young girls. His picture has been plastered across newspapers
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    • 51 49 Full name: Hidetoshi Nakata Date of birth: 22 January, 1977 Club: Bellmare Hiratsuka Position: Midfielder Qualities: A versatile player with excellent vision, dribbling and possession skills, a stinging shot and the uncanny ability to open defences with bold and imaginative passes. In addition, he keeps his cool under
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    • 546 50 Gambling Handphones Smoking Table-Tennis Pool Swimming NOT AGAIN Glenn Hoddle is careful to avoid the problems his predecessor Terry Venables faced during England's Far East tour in 1996. Members of the squad were photographed having a ball and getting drunk in a nightspot while they were
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    • 185 50 The Mirror. EUROPE'S other football powers are baffled by the fuss that England makes about players drinking. GERMANY: The Germans, undeniably the most successful nation on the Continent, actively encourage their players to have the odd tipple. Berti Vogts' stars will often enjoy three or four
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    • 130 50 According to goalkeeper David Seaman (left) Paul Gascoigne was only one of several drunk England players the night before he was dropped from the World Cup squad. Gascoigne was dropped from the final squad for France on Sunday because of doubts about Ms fitness: Paul,
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    • 412 51 ABOUT ANDORRA WARM-UP: BRAZIL 3 M Giovanni 24 Rivaldo2s Cafu 53 ANDORRA 0 BRAZIL Taffarel (Germano, 60), Cafu, Aldair (Andre Cruz, 65), Junior Baiano, Roberto Carlos (Ze Roberto, 65), Cesar Sampaio, Dunga (Doriva, 46), Giovanni (Leonardo, 46), Rivaldo (Denilson 70), Ronaldo, Bebeto Reuters. It is
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    • 374 51  -  I COMMENT BY S GULAM SAMBA SOCCER YES. BUT... BRAZIL bewildered 10,000 wildly-cheering fans at the Stade Municapal de St Ouen in Paris yesterday with an electrifying exhibition of skill. It was dream stuff, no doubt. The kind you could expect only from the men
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    • 204 51 EXACTLY a month ago, Brazil coach Mario Zagallo surprised the football world when he named his First XI for the World Cup opener against Scotland. Some saw it as foolish. Some simply saw it as insane. But most thought it was a great tactical move by the
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    • 368 51 GULAM'S TRAVELLER'S TALES YESTERDAY, I was forced to do something I have never done before buy a ticket for a football match on the black market. Okay* this was no ordinary game. It was Brazil, the World Cup holder and the favourite for France '98,
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  • COUNTDOWN
    • 676 52 JUST imagine...any time now, today, tomorrow, it might simply break out without warning. School's out, it's holiday time for the kids. And the danger of the new virus spreading like wildfire, claiming young, innocent victims almost every waking hour of the day, is looming large
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    • 325 52 FILM director John Woo has found a previously undiscovered talent in the Brazil team acting. And he says players like Ronaldo, Romario, Denilson, Roberto Carlos, Juninho and Leonardo are such natural actors that they could easily make it in the film industry. "They
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
    • 354 53 THE AXING OF ROMARIO... Reuters. TEARS and anger mingled as a devastated Brazil welcomed home star striker Romario, a day after he was cut from the World Cup squad. Hundreds of weeping fans, friends and family gathered in Rio de Janeiro's international airport to
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    • 116 53 BRAZILIAN fans fear the worst They are having a hard time coming to terms with the fact that Romano, who scored five goals at USA *94 f will not be playing at next week's World Cup Finals in France. "Romano's cut leaves fans even more pessimistic,'' said newspaper
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  • NBA '98
    • 551 54 THE CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS: UTAH JAZZ v CHICAGO Rime AFP. FOR the first time, the Chicago Bulls is not expected to win. Even after five National Basketball Association (NBA) titles in seven years, the Michael Jordan-led Bulls enter the championship series in an unfamiliar role. Despite
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    • 33 54 BERNIE UNCICOME, Chicago Tribune's sports columnist: The Bulls might have emptied the tank against Indiana. Never have the Bulls looked older in victory. Never have the Bulls looked so NBA Finals beatable.
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    • 207 54 USA Today. MAYORAL WAGER: If the Utah Jazz beats the Chicago Bulls for the NBA championship, Salt Lake Mayor Deedee Corradini can gorge herself on the finest cuisine Chicago has to offer: deep-dish pizza, ribs, hot dogs, the works, courtesy of her Chicago counterpart. But if the Bulls repeat
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    • 77 54 THE Utah Jazz swept the Los Angeles Lakers 4-0 in the Western Conference Finals. That gave it a 10-day gap between its last game and Game One of the NBA Finals today. The Chicago Bulls, on the other hand, scraped past the Indiana Pacers 4-3 in the
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  • WORLD CUP '98 UPDATE
    • 120 55 GOING TO FRANCE? If you are heading for the World Cup Finals, we would like to hear from you. Tell us what you see, your impressions of anything unusual, fun, funny, frightening, offbeat, problems you face...anything at all, that's going on in France during
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    • 53 55 OUR MEN IN FRANCE It's double or nothing. Both JEFFREY LOW and SGULAM are in France to bring you the action from World Cup '98. So, it's double the pleasure, double the delight and double the joy...a double dose of soccer action. Catch them. Only in
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    • 24 55 YcllOW Yahoo: These fans make clear who they're supporting for the World Cup Brazil, of course Picture/ Afp
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    • 410 55 Where am I? Ou suis-je? (With sweeping hand movements and furrowed brow) Honestly, sir, this Is not my bag En toute sincerite, monsieur, ce n'est pas mon sac You'l never win anything with kids. Vous ne gagnerez jamais avec les enfants. Wa
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    • 37 55 INSIDE SPAIN: Crushes in convincing fashion /Page 49 SGULAM: Brazil looking nothing like World Champion /Pages 52,53 JEFFREY LOW: The making of Airport '98 /Pages 54,55 ROMARKh Crying, angry and bitter fans as he returns /Page 56
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