The New Paper, 14 August 1998

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  • 7 1 the new paper FRIDAY, AUGUST 14, 1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 130 2 FIRE AT TRAIN STATION THE fire which broke out at Tanjong Pagar railway station on Aug 4 could be due to arson, said a Malaysian minister yesterday. The fire destroyed a small portion of a former hotel lounge at the station, including the windows. Housing
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    • Article, Illustration
      325 2 HOT SPOT: An Indonesian policeman looking through the debris of the discotheque which was burnt when a 5,000-strong mob attacked the Mitra Sono Hotel in Serang, West Java. A DISCO in Serang, West Java, was destroyed because people believed immoral business was being done on the dancefloor. Three
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    • 125 2 THIS is the last of 10 offers that were part of The New Paper's 10th anniversary and Raffles Hotel's 111th anniversary celebrations. Enjoy a four-course set dinner and welcome cocktail for two at the Raffles Courtyard for $100 nett (regularly $172 The Raffles String Ensemble will
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    • 193 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 34,35,38, 39 40 Comics: Pages 41 42 TV: Page 71 Improve your golf game uiith our special wooAsw&&^*S;W The Maruman Shuttle U-4 Wood is the biggest breakthrough for Maruman dubs. Offering the latest in technologies for better performance and accuracy, they're suitable even for professional golfers j
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  • WORLD TODAY
    • 313 3 Source: Wire services. THAT familiar smile on US President Bill Clinton's face was replaced with tears yesterday. Mr Clinton and his wife, Hillary, (pictures, left) could not control their tears as they led a group of mourners to receive the bodies of 10 Americans killed in last
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    • 299 3 MALAYSIA is unhappy that the US put out a statement warning of a threat to US interests in Kuala Lumpur after the recent bombings of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The Foreign Minister said yesterday: "I had reminded them to exercise care
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      46 4 BULGARIAN BEAUTY MURDER TRIAL The verdict in the trial of two men charged with the murder of Bulgarian student lordanka Apostolova will be out today. Call 1900-*****02 after 1 pm for the outcome. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. ACCUSED: Norishyam Mohamed All
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    • 333 4  -  By Melvin Singh THEY were close friends and army buddies. But was Norishyam Mohamed Ali afraid of Shaiful Edham Adam when they allegedly murdered Bulgarian student lordanka Apostolova on Jan 11 this year? Norishyam's lawyer, Mr Peter Fernando, argued in his closing submission that
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    • 541 5 TCS STAR CASSANDRA SEE SAYS: Remember our report on the eight-year-old. girl who wrote a letter to her father asking him to come back to her? The father was seeing another woman. One TCS actress felt strongly for the child. She tells YONG SIEWFERN why
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 154 6 Rules on relaxed m Bonds are certificates from a government or company promising to pay back money lent with interest. RESTRICTIONS on the use of the Singapore dollar have been relaxed. But the Government has stressed this does not weaken its stance against the "internationalisation" of the Singapore dollar the
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    • 73 6 Allowing Singapore-run companies, even foreign owned ones, to borrow Singapore dollars to fund approved overseas projects. Making it easier for foreign firms to list Singapore dollar shares and issue Singapore dollar bonds, where the proceeds will be used outside Singapore. Allowing foreign companies to list approved Singapore dollar
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    • 58 6 This Picture LONGARM OF THE LAW: Two of the five boys aged 11 to 16 (right) who were arrested yesterday over a spate of thefts from vehicles around Jurong. The students admitted taking more than $10,000 In cash and other, valuables from more than 20 vehicles over
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      • 55 6 ECONOMY SINGAPORE is still the world's second-most profitable place to invest in despite the current economic crisis, says the latest Business Environment Risk Intelligence (Beri) report. But next year, the Republic's ranking will fall to third place behind Taiwan, says Beri, which ranks 50 countries. This is Singapore's
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        55 6 MALAYSIA A MAN under probe over a book on Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim has been charged in court with possession of live ammunition an offence which carries a mandatory death penalty. Magnum Corporation's public affairs executive director, Datuk Nallakaruppan Solaimalai (left), was charged with possessing 125
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      • 71 6 EDUCATION THE Education Ministry plans to expand its recruitment by 50 per cent next year. MOE said this was in response to a dramatic jump in the number of people wanting to be teachers. About 7,500 people applied this year, twice as many as three years earlier. MOE
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      • 59 6 ROTARY IF facts had been checked first, the Malaysia-Singapore tour destination row could have been avoided, said Rotary International president James Lacy. He thinks the misunderstanding probably arose when a Malaysian participant found that Malaysia was not on the list of tours offered by one US private tour
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    • 48 6 Philippine Daily Inquirer Peace Corps man, 9 others shot dead New Straits Times: Privacy of e-mail users assured CNN Interactive: Emotional moment for bomb victims BBC news: The bodies often Americans killed in last week's Nairobi bombing arrive in Washington aboard a US airforce plane
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    • 155 7 in FOCus JAPAN'S economic woes have claimed an unexpected victim Hispanic mechanics in Los Angeles. For years they have been converting old American cars into lowriders flamboyant drag racing cars and exporting them to image-obsessed youths in Japan. In the early '90s, they were exporting up
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    • 63 7 SILKAIR CRASH MORE than 70 relatives of the Silk Air crash victims met the chief investigator into the tragedy at Changi Airport on Wednesday. They were able to ask Professor Oetaijo Diran, chairman of Indonesia's Aircraft Accident Investigation Commission, questions and were given a private update on
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    • 62 7 CRIME A RELIGIOUS teacher was charged with three counts of outraging modesty yesterday. The police said Mohd Nasir Sali turned himself in at the Jurong police station last Tuesday. His case will be mentioned on Sept 9. If found guilty, he may be jailed up to two years,
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    • 84 7 MAIDS A NEW work contract for maids says they must save enough to get home. That's a month's pay and air fare. The contract, put together by three maid agency associations, is legally binding if signed by employer and maid. It covers matters from salary to living conditions.
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    • 61 7 PEEPSHOW JAPAN'S Sony Corp had designed some of its video cameras for taping of nocturnal animals and sleeping children in darkness. But it did not realise the infrared technology could also see through clothing. So it has stopped shipments of these cameras. It has also modified
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    • 58 7 Hie Straits Times: MAS to ease some S$ rules The Business Times: MAS eases S$ restrictions, plans to boost bond market Lianhe Zaobao: BG Lee: Wider use of Singdollar, but it will not be internationalised Berita Harian: Rules on use of S$ relaxed PCS morning news: DPM
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    • 26 7 The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 93.46 points to close at 8,459.50 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was 775.4 million shares.
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    • 40 7 READY STEADY Our beliefs will help us stay ahead in the gKbal competition. Minister ofState for Defence Matthias Yao, saying that Singapore's meritocracy, openness, accountability and respect for the law and will help it weather the economic storm.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 54 8 THERE are still things in life that Singaporeans wouldn't be caught dead buying. Like, um, medications for piles. Or lingerie for your sweetheart. But some people are not wearing paper bags over their heads when they step into the shops these days. Find out why in
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    • 166 8 OKAY, either you hunt for Wednesday's and yesterday's TNPs, or you buy another two of today's paper. Why? Because you need three The New Paper mastheads from Wednesday's, yesterday's or today's paper, plus a redemption coupon from tomorrow's. These four items will get you a free
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  • attitude You talk, your peers answer, we listen
    • 302 9 I'M a 15-year-old girl. I have a best friend and a boyfriend (not a steady). I sit beside my best friend in class every day. One day, my PE teacher was not in school, so we had four free periods. We decided to
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    • 262 10 TELL YOUR TEACHER IF your classmate tries to touch you again, tell him firmly not to. If you feel uncomfortable telling him, then ask a friend to do it. Keep a distance from the guy until he gets the picture. You could also ask your
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    • 215 10 DO you have something to say about issues that affect you? Or perhaps you have a problem you want to ah? So write, email or call. You can use a pseudonym but please include your name and age. WRITE The Attitude Page The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore
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    • 51 11 TEACH. YOU CAN COUNT I ON THE CHALLENGES. I YOU MAY LOSE COUNT OF THE REWARDS. Application packages, are available at the seminar, the Ministry of Education lobby or through the 24-hour hotline. Office hours enquiries: I 800 474 5655. 24 hour hotline: I SOO S4O 8585. Internet address: http://www.moe.edu.sg
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 546 12 Remember five-year-old Gan Ser Woon (right), the little battler who refused to let her cancer get her down? She's getting better, but her single mum is now jobless. YONG SIEW FERN finds out that little Ser Woon is helping mum cut costs NO more diapers
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    • 101 12 SER Woon has always been bright. When The New Paper first visited her in March, she was pounding her own medicine into powder because she couldn't swallow whole tablets. When her mother gets distraught, the tough cookie comforts her: "Mummy don't cry. When I grow up, I
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    • 319 13  -  FINED Christopher Victor Manuel was fined $2,000 for theft He could have been jailed for up to three years. He has s previous conviction for disorderly behaviour. By Danny Lim HE broke into a flat, ransacked it and made off with $5.90. But Christopher
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      31 14 Seeing double: Twins Wee Hal Nlng (left) and Wee Tlan Nlng, 10, have been learning the traditional Indian dance since they were seven years old. Picture/ Joyce Lim
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    • 330 15  -  BY Irene Kew MOST 10-year-old boys storm the soccer fields but twins Wee Tian Ning and Hai Ning sweat it out doing traditional Indian dance. The Henry Park Primary School students spend an hour each week dancing to music they cannot understand, much less sing. Yet, in two
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    • 309 16  -  My mum is ill, she tells them BY Jason Tan WHILE the three-week-old baby slept peacefully in the court's public gallery, her teenage mum stood in the dock to face eight charges of cheating. Watching Nur Farra Jamil, 17, from the public gallery were
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    • 36 16 NurFarra Jamil, 17, pleaded guilty to four charges of cheating. Four other charges would be taken into consideration for sentencing. For each of the charges, she could be jailed up to seven years and fined.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 76 18 mu I'm in* Ill Singaporeans happy people? Professor Tommy Koh, 60, Ambassador-at-Large and executive director of the Asia-Europe Foundation, slid he doesn't know: When I visited Myanmar last December, I was struck by the fact that although the Myanmar people are poorer than Singaporeans, they seemed happier.
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    • 111 18 FRIDAY WEEKLY SECONDARY 2 student Huiling of Clementi Town Secondary is calling for help. For a classmate who has leukaemia. When news Of the girl's illness broke, teaching staff and students tried all means to find blood donors and raise money, even using the internet. And
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    • 96 19 OUR Legal Library offers quick access to various topics. Call 1900-914-0014 and enter the topic codes below: What is the Small Claims Tribunal? (*****1) M What cases can be brought before the Small Claims Tribunal? (*****2) How does one go about claiming under the Small Claims
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    • 401 20  -  By Danny Lim DOUBLE your money and get a free trip to India on top of it. This offer proved too sweet to pass up for housewife Hartini (not her real name), and her family and friends. Seven of them put in $1,000 each
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 257 23 Wire services. A LETTER from billionaire financier George Soros to the Financial Times newspaper sent shockwaves through the financial markets yesterday. In his letter, Mr Soros called for the devaluation of the Russian rouble. Stock markets in US, Europe and South-east Asia tumbled as dealers
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    • 89 23 Wire services. RUSSIA'S financial crisis tripped up US, European and Asian share prices yesterday. The US Dow Jones industrial average slid about 1 per cent (93.46 points) to 8,459.50. Share prices fell in London, Frankfurt and Paris. The biggest losers were shares in banks, arguably the sector with
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    • 225 24 Source: Wire services. MYANMAR opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is back with another protest. But this time, she's in a van instead of a car with lots more food supplies. Yesterday, the second day of her stand-off, the army hauled her van from a highway
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    • 215 25 US peace worker among the dead THE PHILIPPINES Robbers firing wildly from a roadside killed 10 motorists, including a US Peace Corps worker on Wednesday night in a central Philippine village. The four gunmen then shot their victims in the head as they lay bleeding in
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      247 26 EX-CHARLIE'S ANGEL TESTIFIES IN COURT ABOUT: Sources: The Times (Internet edition), Electronic Telegraph. THEY argued over the use of condoms and other women, said ex-Charlie's Angels star Farrah Fawcett. Fawcett, 51, told a Santa Monica jury at the trial of James Orr, 44, that the quarrel in January began
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      108 27 FALLEN ANGEL THE case is the latest of a series of sorry public episodes for the ex-Angel. She has disrobed for Playboy and was rumoured to shoplift compulsively. When she appeared spaced out on TV, rumours flew that she was using drugs and had a drinking problem, which she
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 334 29  -  Indians in Sydney attack defence ploy By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY A POOR cook charged with the murder of a Sydney girl claimed he killed her after she insulted his religion. But Blinder Kumar Mankotia's attempt to save himself by using his Hindu beliefs as
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    • 106 29 BLINDER Kumar Mankotia's parents think he has married his girlfriend. Far away in Parmeshwar in Northern India, they do not know he has killed her. They do not know the few dollars he sends them each month are his prison wages, reports Sydney's The Daily Telegraph.
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      162 30 No one knows for sure who bombed the US embassies in Nairobi and Dares Salaam last Friday. Or, for that matter, how they carried out the bombing. Eyewitness reports are sketchy and conflicting. From various eyewitness accounts, we piece together a sequence of events that led to the
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      172 31 Seconds later there is a massive explosion. The five-storey Ufundi Cooperative building beside the US embassy crumbles. The bomb-proof doors of the US embassy are ripped off. The 24-storey Cooperative Bank building is also badly damaged. The US Ambassador, who was in this building, is hurt. Nearly 250 people are
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    • 74 32 *****1******1* Amid continuing rumours of a spilt, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has again said that he win not challenge Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad for the Umno's presidency In the party's election next year. Says Datuk Anwar If I
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    • 162 33 tarty on the Bridge at Clarke Quay Sat, 15 Aug 6 pm-12 Midnight Presented by IfWSSY /free Admissw"!' I I This is the first ever party on the bridge that promises an evening of endless fun, foot-stomping music and great entertainment. I Expect to be thrilled by sexy dance performances
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  • 423 34  -  5 MTV BABE NADYA HUTAGALUNG Showtime By Edwin Yeo NADYA Hutagalung is quitting MTV. Worse, she's leaving Singapore. That's right. Singapore's top MTV video deejay will quit the music television station on Sept 30. But no, she's .not leaving because of her marriage to South Korean stuntman,
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  • 187 35 MTV VJ Nadya Hutagalung, 24, was borci in Australia to an Indonesian father and Australian mother. As a child, she was involved in an Australian theatre company. When she was just 12, her ethnic look landed her modelling assignments in Japan. In 1992, Nadya moved
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  • 368 35  -  I COMMENT EDWIN YEO PERSONALLY, it saddens me to see a popular local celebrity heading for greener pastures elsewhere. Professionally, I can see that she has no choice. Especially, since she is a restless soul, not content to repeat what she is doing, day
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      593 36 EVENT INFO WHAT: Adidas sss 1998. WHOI: Tomorrow and Sunday. 8 am to 6 pm. WHERE: Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza. Bi ASKETB ALL'S fast It's agpweaive. In basketball, people bound around a amiul court (a football field has twice the □umber of players but is about 26
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    • 163 36 FANCY you can shoot some hoops? Try it out then. There will be "fun shoots" going on during the day for anyone to give it a shot, and you could win Adidas souvenirs for your efforts. The New Paper readers can also win souvenirs from Adidas. (See
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 43 37 r He has worked with some of the greatest musicians of this century and chalked up six Grammy nominations along the way. CHAN SEET FUN talks to music producer Bob Rose about his dream career Picture/ Lauretta Alabons
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    • 548 38 808 Rose's job as a music producer sounds like a dream come true. Pop legends invite him over, for instance. The late Freddie Mercury, for one, literally fell over to greet him. He had an appointment with the frontman of Queen at a hotel Mercury
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    • 105 39 DINOSAURS will be stomping the earth again come the year 2000. Again? Yes, Universal Studios will be releasing the second sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park Instead of directing, Spielberg (above left) will only produce the movie, but he will work with author Michael Crichton
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    • 237 59  -  FIQ WORLD YOUTH TENPIN BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS; INCHON CITY. SOUTH KOREA By Gerard Wong NATIONAL bowler Remy Ong is on a roll at the FIQ World Youth Championships. The 20-year-old southpaw, who was 15th in the boys' singles last Tuesday with a six-game total of 1,223 pinfalls
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    • 179 59 NATIONAL youth bowlers Remy Ong and Jennifer Tan are also in contention for places in the boys and girls' Masters finals. Team coach Yap Kok Wee said demy's individual performance in the team event yesterday has put him just 40 pinfalls off the final top-16 Masters cut.
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      353 61  -  M MAN UNITED v LEICESTER (TOMORROW) By Ian Brown Leicester simply lacks the pace and punch which floored Manchester United at Wembley last Sunday. Old warhorse lan Marshall is 32 now. Thoroughbred Tony Cottee of the West Ham stud is 31. So too much of a burden
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    • 208 61 ENGLISH SOCCER MOTS ABUZZ EVERY FRIDAY: FROM TODAY LAN BROWN'S SELECTIONS COVENTRY v CHELSEA (2-2) Coventry skipper Dion Dublin, whose hat-trick dumped Chelsea 3-2 on opening day last season, is ready to play despite bruised ribs. 'The ribs are sore but I'd hate to miss out on welcoming
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    • the big kickoff : tomorrow
      • 300 62 MANCHESTER UNITED TOMORROW: CAN ARSENAL RETAIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE TITLE? LAST SEASON'S FINISH: 2nd LIKELY FINISH THIS TIME: 4th WHO'S NEW: Jaap Stam, £10.5 million (s29m), from PSV Eindhoven; Jesper Blomqvist, £4.4 m, from Parma. NOTABLE LOSSES: Gary Pallister, Brian McClair, Ben Thornley, plus a
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      • 192 62 LIVERPOOL LAST SEASON'S FINISH: 3rd LIKELY FINISH THIS TIME: 3rd WHO'S NEW: Vegard fieggem, £3.5 million ($9.8m), from RosenburgTrondheim; Sean Dundee, £2m, from Karlsruhe; Steve Staunton, free from Aston Villa. NOTABLE LOSSES: Michael Thomas, Neil Ruddock. FANS'VIEW: Yet to give an OUI (yes) to the two managers
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    • 301 63 TNP-RSH Readers' Challenge WATCH MAN U INACTION Man United v Leicester City on SCV's Panasonic Football Channel (22); Tomorrow, 10pm THAT'S the question in our weekly Readers' Challenge starting today. The top prize: A London vacation for two. You can either join us now
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      386 64 LIVERPOOL'S main man, Michael Owen, is not caught up in all the hype. He knows there is lots of room for improvement, reports Carlingnet. Owen, England's sensation at France '98, knows he will be closely shadowed this season after his fabulous World Cup exploits. But he says:
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    • 126 64 Daily Mail. MICHAEL Owen may be a major hit at the moment, but it may not last that long. Mark McCormack, the world's leading sports agent, says Owen should strike while the iron is hot. "In my experience of managing dozens of world-class athletes, I've learned that
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    • 130 64 Carlingnet. MICHAEL Owen is not used to all this attention. "I'm finding it hard to live with all the attention I'm getting," he says. The Liverpool and England star, now the idol of millions, was in Ireland recently with his team-mates to take part in the Carlsberg
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    • 112 64 LIVERPOOL youngsters couldn't resist the urge to sneak a look at their teenage idol recently. Liverpool's return to the daily grind of pre-season training hardly rates as a gripping event, reports Online Mirror (internet edition). But when you are a Liverpool fan and your hero is
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    • 128 64 Carlingnet. LIVERPOOL boss Roy Evans claims that Michael Owen is "embarrassed" at being singled out for constant praise. "Everything he says underlines that he believes this is a team game and he wants to be part of that team. "He seems to get Man of the Match
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    • 398 65 US PGA GOLF CHAMPIONSHIP: REDMOND. WASHINGTON (Till Sunday^ FIRST ROUND Early leaders: 66: Tiger Woods (US) 69: Russ Cochran (US) 70: Craig Parry (Aus), Andrew Magee (US), Andrew Coltart(Brit), Ben Crenshaw (US). Ian Woosnam (Brit), Brad Faxon (US), Nick Price (Zim) 71: Jim Schuman(US), Jeff Maggert
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    • 159 66  -  Ml NATIONAL RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP: LION RFD v Rl Stories/ Gerard Wong BLACKS Rugby Football Club suffered a huge blow on the eve of tonight's opening match. Prop Leong Jee Wong has been ruled out for three weeks because of a suspected ligament tear. The 23-year-old national vice-captain
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    • 64 66 OTHER HIGHLIGHTS TONIGHT: International Under-18 Rugby Triangular: Singapore v Thailand (5.15 pm) National Women's Touch Rugby League Lion Red B'v Blacks 'A' (7 pm) TONIGHT: Lion Red v Bucks (CPE, BukitTimah Road, 7.30pm) TOMORROW: Bucks v SCC (United World College) Northern Knights v Bedok (Yishun Junior College) Police
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    • 264 66 SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB Club colour*: Yellow and black Manager Richard Watkins Coach: Graham Burnett Last year's Ml NRC standings: 1st (1st grade); 1st (2nd grade); Grand Final Champion BEDOK KINGS Club colours: Blue, white and red Manager Malcolm Rowe Coach: Steve McWhirter Last year's
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    • 405 67  -  Alberts, the former coach of Kedah, joined the Jaguars when they were known as Tiong Bahru United in 1996. He led the club to two successive runner-up placings in the S-League. Alberts could not be contacted for comment this morning. Stories/ S Gulam ROBERT Alberts has quit
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    • 193 67 FORMER international midfielder Tohari Paijan is taking over the job as head coach of Tanjong Pagar for the rest of the season. He was assistant to Alberts in this year's S-League. His remaining assignments this year are the Tiger Beer Singapore Cup
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    • 360 67  -  By Suresh Nair ON National Day, soccer referees stood up for Singapore or rather the Singapore Cup. Preparations by the men in black for next month's Singapore Cup (the knockout competition of the S-League) began, symbolically, on Sunday, when Singaporeans celebrated the country's 33rd birthday. At
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    • 1132 68 S-League chairman Kwek Lengjoo recently spoke to The New Paper about the 20 per cent salary cut across the board and the expected changes it will bring about. But how do the clubs feel about it? ERNEST LUIS gets some reactions POINT I *0 CUT IN
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      557 69 FOR a moment there, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium last night, I shuddered at the thought that local badminton fans were going to indulge in a spot of "Malaysia bashing". I mean, it did look that way. First, there was a surge for "ringside" seats when Malaysia's Rashid Sidek
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    • 95 69 Reuters. FORMER world heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson may have dealt himself a knockout blow. He withdrew his application for a permit to box in New Jersey early this morning—a few hours before state boxing regulators were expected to vote on it. "We don't know why," said Rita
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