The New Paper, 20 July 1998
1998-07-20
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Article, Illustration525 1998-07-20 2 INDONESIAN President B J Habibie has no doubts that his country will not collapse even if the country's economic backbone, the525 words
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214 1998-07-20 2 MAY RIOTS DUE TO STATE TERRORISM SAYS REPORT THE May violence in Indonesia was due to "state terrorism", rather than racially-motivated mass riots, said an academic. Mr Ariel Heryanto, writing in The Jakarta Post, defmed state terrorism as a "series of state-sponsored campaigns that induce intense and widespread fear over214 words
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Advertisement18 1998-07-20 2 Leisure mdcx MrWijey: Pages 22&23 f l. Inim DnOWlllTiC. Pages 24-26, 32 Comics: Pages 33&34 IV: Page 5518 words
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Advertisement534 1998-07-20 3 page Help and... a bit of hope Comment IN a crisis —be it economic uncertainty or The New Paper today focuses on the word physical emergency the instinct has in its many minute forms and heroes. always been desperation; a cry captured in a There is help from a priest534 words
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Article, Illustration560 1998-07-20 4 WOON WUI TEK - Help from a priest Thousands offoreign workers come to Singapore seeking relieffrom poverty. Some, in despair, end up sleeping on pavements. Others, in desperation, end up in prison. Perumal Sankar is one of the desperate. His story is now being played out in aPicture/ Sam Yeo - 560 words
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Article, Illustration499 1998-07-20 4 MORE than anything else, Perumal Sankar is lonely even in the cramped cell he shares with three other foreigners in Changi Prison. His family does not reply to his letters. None of his underworld "friends" have tried to reach him. Instead, for 22 hours eachPicture/ Jonathan Choo - 499 words
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Article202 1998-07-20 4 REV Bennett is a priest with a past. He has good reason to know the loneliness and pain that Perumal is going through. In his younger days, Rev Bennett spent a total of 10 years in jail for secret society activities. Today, the 52-year-old is202 words
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Article105 1998-07-20 4 PERUMAL had got into a series of scuffles with a group of men near Tong Hui Econ Minimart on Bukit Purmei Road. He said odd-job worker Malukhram, 51, and a friend challenged him to a fight. Perumal had been carrying a fruit knife (he later said he used105 words
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Advertisement238 1998-07-20 4 Are you proficient in English? Are you content with the way How to express your ideas you speak and write? Are you fluently. sure that you are not making The study requires only a little mistakes that cause people to time, and very moderate fees underrate you? You are judged238 words
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Article159 1998-07-20 5 war HIT BY MONEY WOES THE three new mobile phone and paging companies which began operations in April last year, chalked up combined losses of about $30 million. Total revenue was $64 million last year. But after calculating all costs, all three companies chalked up159 words
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95 1998-07-20 5 ASIAN petrochemical firms have been hit by a one-third fall in demand and prices. If this continues, the Petrochemical Corporation of Singapore's two Singapore complexes may have to cut output, reports The Business Times. Japanese and Korean producers have already cut output. A PCS95 words
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Article, Illustration83 1998-07-20 5 I®- THIS house, at 11 Tannery Lane looks as if it has been hit by an earthquake. Deep cracks streak across the floor of the front porch and part of a wall has collapsed, leaving a gaping hole below a window frame. This house was the worstPicture/ The Straits Times - 83 words
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News Break
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Article58 1998-07-20 5 RETAIL SINGAPORE Technologies Industrial Corporation has no immediate plans to sell off its Safe Superstore chain but has not ruled it out. It said the electrical goods and furniture chain will be assessed, along with many companies in both STIC and Sembawang Corp, to see how they58 words
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Article55 1998-07-20 5 COMPUTERS INDONESIA and China were the Asian nations still most at risk from the computer millenium bug, said Merrill Lynch Singapore. Due to a software glitch, many computers will not recognise the year 2000 date, crippling complex systems. The Asian economies that might survive the threat: Singapore, Hongkong,55 words
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Article60 1998-07-20 5 TRAFFIC MORE motorists are doing advanced driving courses. Some cited changing conditions, such as faster, wider roads, as the reason. Others said they wanted to cover areas not in the Traffic police course, such as driving on expressways. The Automobile Association of Singapore said 65 people did its60 words
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Article54 1998-07-20 5 TRAVEL ERP is starting early on the Central Expressway to make sure the system runs smoothly in September. Parliamentary Secretary (Communications) Yaacob Ibrahim said this yesterday to explain the Aug 3 start. Electronic Road Pricing will be implemented on the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE) and in the Central Business54 words
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Article316 1998-07-20 6 Morse code, that collection of dots and dashes, could go the way of the dodo, says the INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE WITHIN six months, use of the Morse Code will be abolished on all ocean-going passenger ships and cargo vessels above 300 gross tons. It will316 words
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Article59 1998-07-20 6 I FINANCE A CHEAPER way of raising money is taking shape for companies in Singapore even as the cost of traditional borrowing rises. Several Singapore companies are looking at hiving off income-generating assets into holding vehicles to raise loans, reports The Business Times. Banks are also keen to59 words
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Article59 1998-07-20 6 MALAYSIA A POLICE report has been made against Malaysia's Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Businessman Khairuddin Abu Hassan, 36, said he bore no ill will toward Datuk Anwar but was an Umno party member just "seeking the truth". The report was made after a man claimed last59 words
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Article60 1998-07-20 6 I EDUCATION 1 IF students do well in exams, then their teachers will be paid more than those teachers whose students fail to show good results. British Prime Minister Tony Blair and Education Secretary David Blunkett are considering this proposal. They have okayed a study into whether60 words
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Article52 1998-07-20 6 Imalaysia FOREIGN investors may be scared away by the resignations of two top newspaper editors after an apparent fallout with Malaaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said analysts. "The foreign business community may react negatively. It may not bring them back," said Suara Rakyat Malaysia spokesman52 words
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Article47 1998-07-20 6 South China Morning Post Fillip for property market The Washington Post: Saturn workers OK strike The Electronic Telegraph: Serb police besieged as rebels take war to cities BBC news: As rescue efforts continue in Papua New Guinea, witnesses have described scenes of utter devastation.47 words
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Article55 1998-07-20 6 The Straits Times: No showers, No washing, No flushing, No water The Business Times: Asset securitisation set to take off in Singapore Lianhe Zaobao: Water rationing exercise went on smoothly Berita Harian: More workers going for training RCS morning news: S'poreans cut back on shopping and eating55 words
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Article, Illustration539 1998-07-20 7 They even slept in the same room on her wedding night Help*rom a sister Help from a boy HELPLESS for all his life, Hisham Mohd Sani's only hope was help from his sister, Madam Radiah Mohd Sani. And she has never failed him. Hisham, 18,Picture/ The Star - 539 words
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Article239 1998-07-20 7 Fong Foong Mei - By Fong Foong Mei HELP is word that Lee Hock Chye equates with love. The nine-year-old loves his grandmother. How much? Enough to: Take over his grandmother's dishwashing job after the 74-year-old hurt her hip in a fall; Feed her and pay the rent with his Ms2-a-day239 words
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Article, Illustration186 1998-07-20 8 We've found our 10th anniversary babies yes, all eight of them. They are now 10 years old, just like The New Paper. Now, take a look at their pictures. See if you can match them. Their names: A. Tanya Gillian Beins B. Christopher Ashley Hendricks C. Lennard186 words
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Article, Illustration561 1998-07-20 9 Help for the young Help for the aged HELP is at hand if you are a Singapore parent working and living abroad, with children of secondary school age. A new scheme will help ease the cost for your child to get a561 words
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Article62 1998-07-20 9 THE participating hostels are Anglo-Chinese (Independent) Boarding School, Anglican House, Hua Zhong Hostel, Nanyang Girls' Boarding School and Raffles Institution Boarding School. Parents can approach Singapore Missions and Contact Singapore offices, visit the Ministry of Education website at moe.edu.8g/esp/eduinfo or write to: Education Information Guidance Unit Pupil Placement62 words
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Article, Illustration75 1998-07-20 9 mn i*niii i< What has a film director and a chef got in common? Said Miss Tan Pin PWi, 29, the flist S. ftafaratnam scholar to pursue a master's in film production: A director is, in many ways, like a chef. He has to come up75 words
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Article, Illustration405 1998-07-20 10 Girls, Gangsters and Gambling... Bigtime Singapore gamblers hit Macau Said to place $3 to $4 million on casino tables All involved are camera-shy Our reporter goes in search of the mythical high-roller SMALL talk in Macau, the Las Vegas of the East, is often about big spenders405 words
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Article, Illustration640 1998-07-20 11 ALEX sees himself as a money magnet. His job is to attract high-rollers from Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to Macau to gamble. On good months, he claims he makes $20,000 to $30,000 a month, for just a few days' work. Now, with tourists frightened off by Macau'sIllustration/ Simon Ang - 640 words
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Article, Illustration257 1998-07-20 11 SHARK ATTACK GAMBLERS in Macau never run out of seed money. A millionaire gets credit easily. But when the kitty runs dry, even he can be made a "house guest" of loan sharks till someone from home comes, with cash in hand, to bail257 words
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Article, Illustration631 1998-07-20 12 Macau goes back to China in 1999 I Tycoon Stanley Ho's gambling franchise ends in 2001 Gambling industry taking biggest gamble yet Our reporter finds out if Macau's betting fever will stay or go under the Reds THE people of Macau will gamble on anything that breathesIllustration/ Simon Ang - 631 words
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Advertisement157 1998-07-20 13 This bone condition is due f to a loss of bone mass. That is why V this Singapore woman has J in IT CONCERNS YOU! Teens and Adults Male or Female Message from Anlene Take Calcium Everyday i Dairy products are good J m Anlene, source of calcium. I KI157 words
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Article, Illustration495 1998-07-20 14 JOKETODAY Kid Stuff Teacher: Ted, if your Dad has $10 and you ask him for $6, how much will he have left? Ted: $10. Teacher: You don't know math. Ted: You don't know my father. Dough-Re-Mi (to be sung to the tune of Do-Re-Mi) DOUGH... The stuff that buys495 words
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Article, Illustration536 1998-07-20 15 BRIAN MILLER - by BRIAN MILLER LAST week, Singapore hosted a working meeting of the World Conservation Union. By sheer coincidence, a week earlier, The New Paper carried a report about a group of TV entertainers who dined on stir-fried Bengal Tiger after tucking into a hearty serving ofPicture/ Reuters - 536 words
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Article, Illustration378 1998-07-20 16 More than 3.000 feared dead after tidal wave hit Papua New Guinea Source: Wire services and south China Morning Post ALL schools along the north-west coast of Papua New Guinea are closed. There are no need for them now. Said Mr Dickson Dalle: "We do not have theSource: Wire services and south China Morning Post; Picture/ Reuters - 378 words
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Article, Illustration86 1998-07-20 16 A tidal wave, or tsunami, Is not a single wave, but a series of waves. They can be caused by an undersea quake, landsflde or volcanic eruption. The waves start as an insignificant ripple, capable of passing under a ship unnoticed. The waves become giants as86 words
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Article, Illustration530 1998-07-20 17 Patrick Jonas - By Patrick Jonas MR C A Thomas wants to die. And he has petitioned the court to give him the right to die. This retired primary school headmaster from Trichur in the Indian state of Kerala is a manPicture/ Malayala Manorama - 530 words
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Article, Illustration423 1998-07-20 18 It*s double joy for South African President Nelson Mandela as he remarries Reuters. SOUTH African President Nelson Mandela took his new bride Ms Graca Machel to dinner on Sunday and danced an 80th birthday shuffle with her. He did that beforeReuters.; Picture/ Reuters - 423 words
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Article, Illustration244 1998-07-20 19 ITS party time! And you're invited to our 10th anniversary bash. It's on this Sunday at Sun tec City. Lots of prizes and giveaways await you, including Fujifilm DX-5 digital cameras such as the one pictured here. MISSION: But first, here's the mission... look out for items related244 words
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Article406 1998-07-20 19 Hit by Asian crisis THE BAD NEWS A larger-tharv expected 10.3 percent surge in the US trade deficit to U5515.75 billion ($26.6 billion) in May confirmed economists' expectations of very weak secondquarter growth. After last Friday's report of a sharp widening of the US trade deficitSource: Reuters. - 406 words
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Advertisement310 1998-07-20 19 yy CURTIN UNIVERSITY Perth, Western Australia Curtin's Twinning Program [SPM HoUM or equivalent I 6 morth STPM Holders University tutorial Program of I fl 'ualanl (UTP) at Metropolitan I I OPTION A OPTION B OPTION C P (Complete final semester of (Complete final 1 yaar ot (Complete final 1 1/2310 words
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Article, Illustration252 1998-07-20 20 QI AM 27 years old and work as an accounts clerk. I took my GCE N level in 1986.1 have four for English, three for Chinese, five for mathematics, science (chem/bio), religious knowledge and four for history So I couldn't proceed to Secondary 4252 words
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Article233 1998-07-20 20 QI AM a deaf-mute and have cerebral palsy. As a result, my handwriting tends to be slow and untidy. I am working as a clerk and am looking for a course to improve myself. I have five O-level credits, including English and maths. I am thinking233 words
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Article, Illustration257 1998-07-20 21 Accountant? OR Lawyer? QI DID my certificate in office skills last year and I am working now. I would like to take a diploma in accountancy but I am not sure whether I am qualified for it or not. I did my certificate at ITE Bishan. I would like to257 words
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Article189 1998-07-20 21 QI HAVE a diploma in hotel management from Shatec. Yet I have always wanted to be a social worker and am now looking for courses related to this field. I have had trouble finding these courses in the newspaper and I do not know where189 words
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Article184 1998-07-20 21 QI AM a Secondary Four student taking my O levels this year. I would like to find out a number of things. First, I wonder how a person's ECA record might affect his O-level results. I understand that entry to prestigious JCs requires a good ECA record.184 words
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Article, Illustration87 1998-07-20 22 Showtime ACTION Theatre's hit production, Ka-Ra-You-OK, returns for an updated third run on July 28. LEE YIN LUEN met a handful of the cast Jamie Yeo, Deborah Png, James Koh, Wee Tze Lin, Wilson David, Benjamin Ng and Hossan Leong—to talk about thePicture/ Alvin Toh - 87 words
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Advertisement29 1998-07-20 22 Fancy this? I YOU can win this Pioneer DVL-KBB karaoke set. Just call 1900-*****01 before midnight on July 26 and answer three simple questions. Each call costs 20 cents.29 words
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Article34 1998-07-20 23 I started karaoke when I wanted to communicate with my Dad and I found that karaoke was a good way, because he was really into it. He was very pleased. —Jamie Yeo.34 words
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Article65 1998-07-20 23 Excuse me, are you a karaoke fan... J Jamie: It's a good way of stress. I just like jsinging, and it's fun. But I don't do it very often, even though I have a karaoke set at home. Hossan: (harshly) Not shy, ah? Benjamin: But people who sing65 words
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Article147 1998-07-20 23 Hossan: (sheepishly) Karaoke is quite good, lah. Because sometimes I will go karaoke with some of my friends, lor, and then we all will book a small room and then go and sing, lor. Benjamin: Confession time! Hossan: Then we will have a lot of fun in147 words
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Article124 1998-07-20 23 Deborah: Some people use karaoke as a platform, lor... to show off that they can sing. WKson: People like to hear their own voice. Host an: So Wilson, why do you hate it so much? Wlson: Not that I hate it, but some people are tone deaf. My124 words
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Article80 1998-07-20 23 Benjamin: But I wish the people who karaoke would just tone down the volume a bit, especially at night. And soundproof the house... Deborah: Actually my cousin soundproofed the house so the windows are double-glazed. When they want to karaoke, they close the windows, switch on the air-conditioner80 words
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Article103 1998-07-20 23 Jamie: Even if they sing really well, I still hate it, because it's too sweet and sharp. Especially the Teresa Teng songs. Benjamin: I think it's because of the echo, and the way they pull their voices unnecessarily. Wilson: And half the time the lyrics come out all103 words
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Article, Illustration286 1998-07-20 24 Lee Yin Luen - By Lee Yin Luen YOU might already have caught the two runs of the acclaimed play Ka-Ra-You-OK by ACTION Theatre in the last two years. But you will have a new reason to go for its third run which begins next Tuesday. Singapore's very own boy band,Picture/ Berita Harlan - 286 words
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Article81 1998-07-20 24 WHAT: Ka-Ra-You-OK, a play written by Ming Wong and directed by Ekachai Uekrongtham. Uses the karaoke phenomenon to explore the relationships between a spectrum of characters. WHERE: Victoria Theatre WHEN: July 28 Aug 8 TIME: 8 pm daily, 3 pm matinees on Sat and Sun TICKETS: $25, $30,81 words
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Article, Illustration522 1998-07-20 29 Lee Yin Luen - SHOWTIME By Lee Yin Luen BRITISH pop group Steps may be hot on MTV, but they received a lukewarm reaction at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic's atrium on Thursday. There was hardly anyone there when they were due to start at 12.30 pm,Picture/ Alvin Toh - 522 words
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Article, Illustration462 1998-07-20 30 ROSNAH AHMAD - Etcetera WITH ROSNAH AHMAD I HAVE a soft spot for losers. Never mind that I'm not in the least bit acquainted with them. So, I went into brief mourning when Mr Mikhail Gorbachev, that smiling communist who was the Soviet Union's last president, got booted462 words
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Miscellaneous166 1998-07-20 30 COMICRELIEF CaMn and Kobbes/Bili Watterson (ft, I wet s ttCmmfc I WTSSOKTOFTVEPOIHT, SOMETIMES OtC SMCWID 11 WOKE. "V HIM I Uffitsl Sr-rw TO DO HERE \m 100 TWHK? IT'S GOOD JUST UOC*. W IUINGS MAD CEfcTMNV.I tWEN YOU'RE TO STOP RONH\NG ARCOHO. "W\HK &80UT IWH6S, TUE EXPERT LOOKMfc AHO Adam/Brian166 words
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Miscellaneous83 1998-07-20 31 COMICREUEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh Big Nate/Lincoln Peirce WELL. LOOK. V/HOS C»fci READY. DANMY T ucild tml R(- ABC riTCHING DAN BOY 1 NATE WRIGHT IS I a i SOME LEAGUES WHERE LAfcREQUEyTHE JER.K ABOUT TO SEND THIS I i THEY JUST POT A WHO ANGIE FASTBALL SCREAMING* I PITCHING83 words
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Article, Illustration386 1998-07-20 32 Yvonne Lim - rHHbBBHhK Bx Yvonne Lim L mark of a royal chef is extreme fussiness. Such as insisting that the yoghurt for the cooking is home-made, and not from lowly supermarket shelves. 'V At the Royal Thali, diners get not one, but two members of the famed Qureshi family386 words
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Article, Illustration329 1998-07-20 44 11 WAS ALSO SICK BEFORE 1970 WORLD CUP FINAL, SAYS PELE AFP. Brazilian legend Peie said yesterday that he almost did a a Ronaldo" when he suffered an attack of nerves before the 1970 World Cup final against Italy in Mexico City. He was referring to Ronaldo's fitsAFP. - 329 words
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Article, Illustration228 1998-07-20 44 SIR Stanley Matthews has given today's millionaire stars a lesson in the game'* true values, reports Soccernet. Sir Stanley, 83, swindled out of £6,400 ($16,640) of the £16,400 profit from his 80th birthday dinner in 1995, turned down the chance of a testimonial match228 words
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Article, Illustration195 1998-07-20 44 Premiership champion Arsenal takes on No 2 Manchester United in the Chanty Shield at Wembley on Aug 9—the traditional curtain-raiser to the English season. The Premiership starts on Aug 15. AFP. HOLLAND'S World Cup star Ronald De Boer is hoping to sign for ArsenalAFP. - 195 words
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Article235 1998-07-20 44 TENNIS Wire services. SWEDEN 3 GERMANY 2 Jonas Bjorkman carried defending champion Sweden into the semi-final of the Davis Cup yesterday with a thrilling five-set victory over Nicolas Keifer. Bjorkman, ranked nine in the world, outlasted an erratic Kiefer 6-3, 4-6, 6-2,5-7, 6-4 to give Sweden an unbeatableWire services. - 235 words
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Article, Illustration791 1998-07-20 45 Going to France '98? We asked readers last month to offer their impressions of anything unusual, funny, frightening or offbeat at the world's biggest football event. The best response we had was from MOHAMED RAFIKAU, a die-hard Brazil fan. He spent 10 days in France. Here791 words
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Article, Illustration281 1998-07-20 47 Suresh Nair - By Suresh Nair YOU'RE not sporting, Tanjong Pagar. So says the Football Association of Singapore. FAS feels it was "unethical" for the S-League club to publish an article on referees in its match programme (see fax right). The programme was distributed to more than 2,000 fans at281 words
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Article219 1998-07-20 47 TANJONG Pagar claims it was justified in making the announcement in its match programme. "We had to clear ourselves. We chose to do it through the club's match programme after the S-League cleared us of the charges levelled by the referee," said club manager Richard Woon. "It's219 words
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Miscellaneous30 1998-07-20 47 WHAT'S COHE last Saturday. TanjongPagar2 Jurong 1 Home United 9 Gombak United 3 SAFFC 4 Sembawang Rangers 0 Tampines Rovers 8 Balestier Central 3 Woodlands Wellington 3 Marine Castle 130 words
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Miscellaneous36 1998-07-20 47 wmrsoN TMs Saturday: Balestier v Geylang (Toa Payoh Stadium) Gombak vTaniong Pagar (Bukft Gombak Stadium) luroug v Home United (Jurong East Stadium) Tampines v Sembawang (Tampines Stadium) Woodlands v SAFFC (Woodlands Stadium) Matches start at 7.30pm36 words
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Article, Illustration54 1998-07-20 48 Fund-raisers: Members of the Honduran volleyball team sell hotdogs in the capital, Tegucigalpa's Morazan Plaza. It is to help finance their trip to the Central American-Caribbean Games in Maracaibo, Venezuela, from Aug 8-22. The sign reads:"Help us, we need to sell 4,819 hotdogs to goPicture/ Afp - 54 words
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534 1998-07-20 48 GOODWILL GAMES The Olympic Games has often come under criticism for both its size, duration and the number of sports. The Goodwill Games, starting in New York this morning (Singapore time), may have found the right formula perhaps a model for theNYT. - 534 words
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Article, Illustration399 1998-07-20 49 TWO YOUNG PRODIGIES WHO CAN CHALLENGE TIGER WOODS He began the tournament wfth an impressive two over par 72 on the first day and the course started buzzing when he produced the best round, a 66, on the second day when storms made playing on theReuters.; Picture/ Reuters - 399 words
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Article, Illustration190 1998-07-20 49 Reuters. BESIDES Justin Rose, watch out-for the rosy-cheeked Spanish prodigy Sergio Garcia. He started swinging a broom when he was two, says his mother. Today, the 18-year-old amateur from Castellon, midway between Valencia and Barcelona, is widely fancied to be one of theReuters. - 190 words
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Article, Illustration378 1998-07-20 50 EXPERIENCE GIVES MARK O'MEARA THE TITLE AFTER FOUR-HOLE PLAYOFF AFP. MARK O'Meara drew on all his experience to beat fellow American Brian Watts in a dramatic four-hole playoff on the final day of the British Open at Royal Birkdale. The 41-year-old, who won the US MastersAFP.; Picture/ Reuters - 378 words
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Article49 1998-07-20 50 Age: 41 Residence: Windermere, Florida Family: Wife. Alicia. Children. Michelle, Shaun. Turned pro: 1980. World ranking: 12 British Opens: 13 Best finish before Sunday: Joint 3rd 1985,1991 Major championship tMes: 2 (Masters, British Open 1998) Other notable achievements: 15 victories on the US Tour and seven more abroad.49 words
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Article, Illustration147 1998-07-20 50 TIGER Woods produced a spectacular finish. But it was all in vain. The mercurial 22-year-old American finished third on one over par after a four-under 66. He had to sit and watch as his good friend, the Masters champion Mark O'Meara, took on Brian Watts in a147 words
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Article161 1998-07-20 50 Reuters. 290: Mark O'Meara (US) 72-68-72-68, Brian Watts (US) 68-69-73-70 (O'Meara won four-hole playoff bytwo shots) 281: Tiger Woods (US) 65-73-77-66 282: Raymond Russell 68-73-75-66, Justin Rose (Amateur, Brit) 72-66-75-69, Jim Furyk (US) 70-70-72-70, Jesper Pamevik (Swe) 68-72-72-70 285: Davis Love (US) 67-73-77-68 286: Costantino Rocca (Ita)Reuters. - 161 words
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