The New Paper, 14 June 1998

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  • 28 1 the sunday paper SUNDAY, JUNE 14, 1998 MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://web3.asia1 .com.sg/tnp Another quality publication of l -v s > I Singapore Press Holdings r V' k
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    • 127 1 i&t MKP CUP: Belgium 0 al1, an flH person ®u m 1 Hj flU Lawrence Chau in /Pages 24 25 Other scores: 9 'W y I Spain 2 Mexico 8 1 ™S£fHES Watch him at 8.30 pm 1 H tonight as Argentina H NjQGrlS U S K0r©3 I I takes
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  • 368 2 THENEWSTODAY Source: Wire services. IN less than 50 years, there will be no majority race in the US, said President Bill Clinton (left). "Each year nearly one million people come legally to America. Today, nearly one in 10 people in America was born
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  • Article, Illustration
    124 3 She's cute. She's smart. And she packs quite a kick. Starting today, we're going to let one dour New Face 1998 flnaMsts Idckstart your Worid Cup Sundays. WHO IS SHE? Nmm: Gabrielle Dai An: 17 HeigM: 168 cm Weight: 47kg What the does: Commerce student at Raffles Junior
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 241 4 HOT STORY Six out lOten stocks cost less than $1. One even costs half a cent $1. Chicken rice costs more than that in most places. But, believe it or not, there are 235 stocks that cost less than a dollar listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore. That
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    • Article, Illustration
      65 4 MMhiiMi These dolls are helping young victims of rape describe precisely how they w&e sexually assaulted. The private parts are in the exact location as those found in humans. Senior Investigation Officer Amy Ting (right) of the Criminal Investigation Department's rape investigation squad said because of the dolls,
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    • News Break
      • 54 4 ECONOMY SET an example by hiring older workers. That's a call by acting NTUC secretary-general Lawrence Sia to all organisations under the NTUC umbrella. It came after recent criticism by a Lianhe Zaobao reader of a job advertisement by the Comfort Group, which said that only those aged
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      • 54 4 COOPERATION TIES between the Philippines and Singapore will continue to be strong despite a change in the Philippine leadership later this month, said Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Tony Tan in Manlia yesterday. "...there are good prospects for further cooperation in economic, political and defence ties between
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      • 47 4 POLITICS "YOU have to differentiate between securing his (former Indonesian President Suharto's) safety and defending his wealth." With this statement, spokesman A Wahab Mokodongan yesterday signalled that the military would not interfere with formal investigations into Mr Suharto's wealth. Public pressure has mounted for investigations.
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      • 59 4 ECONOMY IF you're equipped with specialist skills you won't have a problem finding a job in today's shrinking market. However, job hunters like fresh graduates with general degrees are in for a rough ride. Employment agencies said they have specialised positions which have been waiting, in their job
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      • 50 5 ASEAN ASEAN should reconsider its policy of "non-interference" in the internal affairs of member states, said Thai Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan. "A dose of peer pressure" could help prevent domestic problems from spreading to the region, said Mr Pitsuwan, during a speech at Bangkok's Thammasat University on Friday.
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      • 56 5 MONEY THE Group of Eight (G-8) nations will stop most loans by international financial institutions to India and Pakistan. This is to protest against their nuclear tests last month. But anxious not to isolate them, the US, Russia, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy and Canada have combined
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      • 59 5 MONEY THE US has apologised for detaining over 2,000 Latin Americans of Japanese descent in camps during World War 11. It agreed to pay each former internee US$5,OOO (558,620). This follows a lawsuit filed two years ago by five former internees. Said Attorney-General Janet Reno: "TTiis was
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    • 221 4 in FOCUS The fight for British citizenship by Mohamed al Fayed seems to be lost, reports Britain's The Sunday Times. Here are excerpts of the report. THE owner of Harrods, the London department store, is likely to fail the character test for those who apply under the
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    • 78 5 Deccan Herald: Shimla accortl had 'no bar* on 3rd party mediation: Pak Chicago Tribune: Asian crisis nears forefront of US policy The Times: Fox hunting—people will decide Philippine Daily Inquirer. FVR basks in glow of Centennial fest Hong Kong Standard: Son joins mum to mourn hero father
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    • 228 5 News makers SHEIK Ahmad Yassin is aged, sickly, blind, paralysed and confined to a wheelchair. A doctor who has treated him says "everything" is wrong with his health. Yet for the last couple of months, Sheikh Yassin, 61, (right) founder and spiritual leader of the militant Palestinian
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    • 40 5 The Sunday Times: Industrial sector to be widened Lianhe Zaobao: Government launches Industrial 21 Programme Berita Minggu: Visitors to tourist spots decreasing RCS morning news: The International Monetary Fund has urged Japan to consider permanent tax cuts
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 559 6  -  THE FILES We kick off a new series on expatriates in Singapore. What do they like? Why do they choose to live here? How do they blend into our society? What secrets can they tell us about our island? Our first expat-on-the-line:
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    • 1118 8  -  Got your attention, didn't we? Well, these are papers that have already been used. But they're from leading the island (as the list on the right shows), Is this legal? Will they help you prepare for exams better? TOH LI LIN and lAN TAN report THE
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    • 292 7 Unitone The One Stop Source for Quality Cane Furniture A recent survey revealed that three in four Singaporeans support the Government's move to welcome foreign talent here. These Singaporeans believe that it will reap economic gains for the country and enhance the cultural scene. In his National Day rally speech
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  • 639 9 g 1 days I in the I life 0f... J BENEDICT GOM PERSONAUTYTODAY Once ever-present on the gogglebox, he has now left the TV spotlight behind. Starting today, and over the next five Sundays, we bring you a look at what
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 469 12 And the crew left him in his seat for three hours... THAT unfortunate situation happened on board an Emirates flight into Hongkong from Dubai last Friday. Passengers complained that they were not moved from their seats, away from the heart attack victim. This
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    • 200 13 Source: Reuters. REMEMBER the guy who planned for his June 13 wedding, tuxedo, ring and all but no bride. Mr David Weinlick is now married to Ms Elizabeth Runze. Just one week ago, she was a stranger to him. She was chosen as his bride by his friends
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    • 66 13 mui'mui' jawicM ilfar wtwiHm BMy ioal says Iris current concert tour wtt to hit last: I can t do the job as well as I used to. The body doesn't work the same way, and here I am singing songs at 49 that I wrote when
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    • 312 14 Source: Wire services. THERE is no doubt about it now. The One Nation Party of Ms Pauline Hanson, which blatantly voices its anti-Asian immigrants message, is becoming a major political force in Australia. The party went to the polls for the first time yesterday in
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    • 159 12 (JOB CARD C6NTRG BRINGS TO BOAT QUAY TWO GREAT ACTION SERIES pij J LETHAL WE4PO^ P' V fec Watch the World Cup 'live' and enjoy lethal deals. Only for UOB Cardmembers at participating Boat Quay outlets till 12th July 1998. STRIKE IT LUCKY DOWN AT BOAT QUAY GOLDEN VILLAGE Lucky
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  • TIGER BEER S-LEAGUE '98
    • 533 17  -  SEMBAWANG RANGERS 0 HOME UNITED 3 (Egmar Goncalves 15th 50th min: Stuart Young (pen) 78th) Stories/ Ernest Luis EGMAR Goncalves proved to be a real hotshot yesterday. But, ironically, he was shot down himself. The Brazilian striker scored two goals to keep Home United's S-League
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    • 194 17 HOME United officials were angry with what they claimed were inconsistent refereeing decisions yesterday. And it concerned the 78th-minute penalty which was awarded to Home. Home's Faris Mohd had stolen the ball from Sembawang's Brian Ravi in his own half and sped off for a one-on-one situation with
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    • 191 17 YESTERDAY'S S-League crowd figures showed a loss of almost 3,000 fans to the on-going World Cup in France. Before yesterday's total figure of 6,600, the lowest S-League crowd figure was 9,105 on May 19. Yesterday, the highest attendance was 1,800 at Jurong Stadium, where SAFFC
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  • NBA '98
    • 383 18 THE FINALS: GAME 5: CHICAGO BULLS 81 UTAH JA77 83 (CHICAGO LEADS 3-2 Reuters. THE "Mailman" played policeman on Friday, then Superman yesterday. Karl Malone got his nickname because he delivers, and in a do-or-die game for the Utah Jazz, he did just that.
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    • 134 18 AFP. MICHAEL Jordan has turned up the pressure on Australian team-mate Luc Longley. The Chicago Bulls centre was unable to contain a rampant Karl Malone or Antoine Carr yesterday. Longley had six points and seven rebounds but was confined to the bench after
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    • 247 18 AFP. MICHAEL Jordan had a "cute" moment while everybody else was having heart palpitations. His Chicago Bulls were trailing by two points with 1.1 seconds to go in their potential championship-winning game against the Utah Jazz yesterday. They were planning an inbound pass to set up the
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    • 267 18 I MORNING LATEST Reuters. ETHIOPIA'S Haile Gebrselassie has regained the men's world 5,000 metres record. And now he has his sights on the 3,000 m mark. He smashed the old mark with a time of 12 minutes 39.36 seconds yesterday during a race
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    • 38 19 A FOR KEEPS: j You don't need to "cheese" Ka r can easily I say Hi P "smile-kel". C^M[ THE REST OF THE /Pages H Aa 23-34 Picture/ Reuters Steady hands: goalkeeper a camera raSI-aK before a training,..
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    • 299 20 AUSTRIA ARGENTINA BELGIUM NAM. BULGARIA CAHUOON CHILE COLOMBIA CROATIA DENMARK ENGLAND FRANCE GERMANY MAN ,TOLV I AM lUA ,AmN ROREAAEPURUC till' liltJ iVTUi(*lil im HfiP MEXICO MOROCCO NETHERLANDS NIGERIA NORWAY PARAGUAY ROMANIA ®©00 SAUDI ARABIA SCOTLAND SOUTH AFRICA SPAIN TUNISIA UNITED STATES YUGOSLAVIA Tradewinds on the rooftop, Hilton, from 10
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  • SUNDAY EDITION France '98
    • The next change ENGLAND v TUNISIA Group G: (8.30, tomorrow)
      • 385 21  -  TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ONLY England coach Glenn Hoddle has one last session to make sure everything is in order before Monday's opening match against Tunisia. But he is keeping everyone, from coaches to journalists, in suspense over his starting line-up, reports our man in France S GULAM
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      • 237 21  -  By BRIAN MILLER ARGENTINA v JAPAN (8.30 pm tonight): Like most teams, Japan likes to think that it could win. If fact, coach Takeshi Okada has gone as far as to say that his team will beat Argentina 1-0. I say, he must have had too much
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      • 378 21 FOR a while yesterday, I thought Twister had come to town. The window grill in my hotel room was banging at the glass panel so furiously that I complained to the reception about the noise. "I'm sorry. But there is nothing the hotel can do if
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    • 141 22 M MATCH ARGENTINA v JAPAN Live on Premiere 12, 8.30pm tonight M H PLAYER GABRIEL > BATISTUTA Date of birth: 1 February, 1969 Nickname: Batigol Jj Country: Argentina Club: Fiorentina (Italy) Previous dabs: River Plate, Boca Juniors (both Argentina) Position: Forward QmMik A born goal-scorer, always
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    • 349 22 Argentina's Gabriel Batistuta claims he will be France 98's top goal-scorer. NIGEL WHITEFIELD reports. ABRDEL Batistuta boldly claims he is ready to snatch Prance &B's Golden Boot award from under the nose of favourite Ronaldo of Brazil. <#*
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    • 227 22 JAPAN'S goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi knows what to expect when he encounters Argentina's Gabriel Batistuta tonight. Since Japan arrived in France, Kawaguchi has been at the receiving end of one of the most powerful kickers in the world his team's Brazilian goalkeeping coach Mario.
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    • The next change
      • 337 23 TONIGHT AND TOMORROW ONLY YUGOSLAVIA v IRAN GroupF: 111-**",*'**] Reuters. IRAN is quietly confident that it has "strength as a group" to turn the tables on fancied Yugoslavia. Coach Jalal Talebi is counting on staunch teamwork in tonight's Group F match (11.30 pm, Singapore time). "Individually the
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      • 197 23 GRWP H: JAMAICA v CHOATLA (3.00 am, tomorrow) AFP. IN Jamaica, Walter Boyd is a national hero with 17 international goals. But he has his bad habits. He doesn't follow team rules. And he almost paid a heavy price for it. After he was dropped from Jamaica's
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    • 315 23 Hadji injured STAR Morocco striker Mustafa Hadji is a doubtful starter for Tuesday's match against world champion Brazil. "It hurts and I can't kick the ball properly," said Hadji, who scored a sensational individualistic goal in Wednesday's 2-2 draw with Norway. He revealed that he needed a pain-killing injection to
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  • 552 25 REWIND FRANCE 3 SOUTH AFRICA 0 Thousands cramped in square watching giant TV screen. Mounting tension. Flowing booze. They seem a recipe for disaster. Then France scores SUNDAY EDITION IT WAS a riot waiting to happen, pandemonium waiting to break out and blood waiting to be
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  • FRINCE Fun Page
    • 592 26 Spill Zagal-lo WHAT'S in a name? An extra'L'in Brazilian coach Mario Zagallo (above)? Word has it that he was originally Zagallo and, in the same way that drivers lose their 'L' when they pass their test, that 'L' was removed to honour him for winning the
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    • 254 26 IF a Paris policeman asks whether the man who snatched your wallet had "middle hair" or if he directs you to the next "turning gallery", don't panic. You'll probably know that he has been working on his World Cup language guide. The somewhat rough translations for
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  • SUNDAY EDITION FRINCE '98
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        425 27 LIVE ACTION TEAMS MEXICO 1 Jorge Campos 2 Claudio Suarez Sanchez 5 Duilio Davino 13 Pavel Pardo 7 Jesus Ramirez 8 Alberto Garcia Aspe (6 Marcelino Bernal 72) 20 Jaime Ordiales (21 Jesus Arellano 46) 14 Raul Lara 19 Braulio Luna (9 Ricardo Pelaez 46) 15 Luis
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      • 673 28 LIVE ACTION TEAMS SPAIN 1 Andoni Zubizarreta (captain) 2 Albert Ferrer (18 Guillermo Amor 46) 4 Rafael Alkorta 12 Sergi 14 Ivan Campo 20 Miguel Angel Nadal (16 Albert Celades 78) 6 Fernando Hierro 21 Luis Enrique 10 Raul 11 Alfonso (17 Joseba Etxeberria 56) 19
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      • 819 29  -  HOI I AND 0 BELGIUM 0 LIVE ACTION TEAMS HOLLAND I Edwin van der Sar 20Aron Winter 3 Jaap Stam 4 Frank De Boer (captain) 5 Arthur Numan II Philip Cocu 7 Ronald de Boer (6Wim Jonk 77) 14 Marc Overmars 10 Clarence Seedorf (12
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      • 7 29  -  Compiled by SURESH NAIR
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 27 27 GROUPE MEXICO 3 Ricardo Pelaez 51 Luis Hernandez 75,84 SOUTH KOREA 1 Ha Seok Ju 28 Half-time: Ol Crowd: 37,588 Referee: Guenter Benkoe (Austria) f VjM WEWrnVrVSeoGySems
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