The New Paper, 18 August 1998

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1 37 The New Paper
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    19 1 the new paper TUESDAY, AUGUST 18 ,19S8 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://wob3.a8iai.com.so/tnp Another quali,y P ublication Singapore Press Holdings
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      592 1 Ist Copy Clinton confesses I I fl^A ®Bi H j| V fp i v Runaway pF fQ \V A/ mum's life H /Page Whw I PJ^?^SpSRF^J I II H¥k H™ I I poor lIS Proeideiit M CSnton 4 TW® afternoon in this room, from this chair, I from the embarrassment
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  • It was the most difficult day of his life
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      21 2 Look straight into the TV camera to talk to America. In times of crises, many US presidents have done just that
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    212 3 SINGAPORETODAY A recent survey on F the lifestyles of The JQ I New Paper readers k revealed that 76 per cent of them buy brandedgoods, W§| reports MICHELLEANG. Try this mirror test: Pick the favourite brands ofTNP readers Win Genie Handphones «i-i *t.. i i i i iiii
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    Lock icon He gets the girl... at last
    335 4  -  THENEWSTODAY By Fong Foong Mei FOOTBALL coach Robert Alberts' wedding speech was brief. As he quipped: "We got a 20 per cent pay cut so, of course, I have to cut my speech by 20 per cent." By contrast, the applause was long when
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      PRICE WAR
      173 5 H9T TWO other supermarkets have followed NTUC Fair Price's move to slash prices of some items. Carrefour and Tops said they acted immediately after Fair Price's move on Aug 6. Fair Price, Singapore's largest supermarket operator, cut prices by up to 13 per cent for essential products. Tops
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      Lock icon Passport woes
      98 5 TWO Singaporeans were advised to turn back for exit stamps (above) after they were waved through at the Causeway on Saturday. At the Johor checkpoint, their passports were not stamped and their white immigration cards not taken. But when they reached the Woodlands checkpoint, an officer advised them
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      Housing loans: Banks help out
      115 5 BANKS are going all out to help financially-hit home borrowers. And they are doing it in three ways: M Allowing customers to itnteh tbeir loan repayment period beyond retirement age: This ranges between 60 and 65 years, depending on the different banks' criteria. Credit POSB,
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      world Head liners
      58 5 The Washington Post: Testimony over, Clinton to address nation tonight South China Morning Post Devaluation by Russia puts pressure on HK stocks New Straits Times: No increase in assessment rates BBC news: President Clinton has completed his testimony before a grand jury over whether or not he
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    • News Break
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        House sales up
        52 5 HOUSING ACTIVITY in the private housing market improved in the second quarter this year despite the current cautious sentiment. Some 1,801 agreements were made for private residential property, more than double the number in the first three months. These agreements are for both new launches and the
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        'Not friendly'
        54 5 MONEY MALAYSIA'S Securities Commission (SC) said a move by the Singapore International Monetary Exchange (Simex) to launch a Malaysian stock index futures contract would hurt bilateral relations. Simex, however, said that its decision for the launch was made from a business perspective, to meet the needs of its
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        $123 mloss
        64 5 I FINANCE TAT Lee Bank reported an interim loss of $123 million yesterday, against a profit of $34 million previously. Huge provisions of $202.1 million, up from $6.3 million in the previous period, pushed it into the red. The bank said it was "financially soUnd" the provisions for
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        No riots
        54 5 INDONESIA THE expected unrest at Indonesia's Independence Day celebrations, did not happen. About 12,500 troops and police patrolled the capital yesterday as hundreds of guests watched quietly the symbolic raising of the national flag. Fears that fresh violence and attacks on ethnic Chinese were planned have led thousands
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        Ticket money
        65 6 COURTS FORMER Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) director Glenn Knight took CAD money to buy air tickets, a court was told. Deputy Public Prosecutor Tan Siong Thye said Knight, 53, took $2,720, the fare for business class travel to Perth and flew economy. He also took money for his
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        Donations drop
        60 6 CHARITY DONATIONS to the Community Chest programme Share have dropped as companies lay off workers to meet hard times. In four months, it has seen donations from seven companies dip by $7,291 a month or 15 per cent. Com Chest said teams will make second visits to companies
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        Moves cost jobs
        59 6 I THAILAND I MOVES to clean up the shattered financial sector will cost thousands of Thais to lose their jobs. A bank-employee support group said 10,000 would be jobless immediately. Another 30,000 would be out of work after three months. On Friday, the government unveiled financial sector
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        US on alert
        54 6 TERRORISM THE United States embassy in Islamabad, began evacuating non-essential staff from Pakistan in a security alert. It also warned Americans against travel to the country. The warnings and partial embassy evacuation followed Pakistan's confirmation on Sunday that it had arrested a suspect in the bombings and
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      Internet privacy
      168 6 in FSHus SOME of the biggest commercial sites on the Internet are selling information about their users to a marketing firm in the United States, the International Herald Tribune reported yesterday. The Engage system allows CMG Information Services to target ads at the users most likely to be
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      WHAT'S HUP
      5 6 Tongue Cl k
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      local Head liners
      54 6 The Straits Times: Russia now devalues the rouble The Business Times: Europe averts markets meltdown from rouble devaluation Lianhe Zaobao: Russia devalues the rouble by about 50 percent Berita Harian: Singapore can be centre for Islamic banking RCS morning news: The day of reckoning for US President
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      SELF-RELIANT
      84 6 Quote Malaysia has never asked Singapore to do something or to give something which is more than it can do to help us overcome the present economic problems we face now. Even our Prime Minister has always made statements that we should be self-reliant people. What we need to
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon BUY WHAT YOU WANT
      555 7  -  Runaway kid takes poor mum's ATM card I Buys new clothes. Tells friends... BY Melvin Singh IT took her mother many years of hard work to save $1,000. It took Emilda Sulaiman, 12, just seven days to blow those life savings. All because the teenager felt
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      HER PARENTS SAY:
      143 8 EMILDA'S parents were divorced when she was only two, said her father, Mr Sulaiman Supa'at. The 41-year-old businessman offered an explanation for her daughter's misbehavior: "Maybe she resents the Gblems my ex-wife and I I was never able to give her love." Emilda's only response: -Could be
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      Lock icon Meet the jetset kids
      465 9  -  BY Yong Siew Fern THINK back to the time when you were 10 years old. Could you speak three languages fluently? Did you take plane rides by yourself? Was your school life so fun you had no exams? Did you take gymnastics and know how to
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      Shhh, it's a secret when they speak in German
      264 10 CHENG Ying Han's sister, Ying Xuan, six, is also trilingual. And just like her sister, she "likes making friends" which is why she does not mind moving from place to place. For fun, they sometimes indulge in "secret" German conversations. Ying
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      profs death?
      546 11 Did this beautiful house lead to Yesterday, a man nicknamed "Gongkia"or "Idiot"stood trial for the murder of a National University of Singapore lecturer strangled to death by a telephone cord. RIANA ZAKIR reports SEE this beautiful house (top right)? Sentimental students of Associate Professor Lee Kok Cheong, 54,
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      Win a Bintan stay
      120 12 JftfzE-.Be pampered at the Sol Elite Bintan PICTURE yourself on a free holiday, lazing by an inviting blue swimming pool just meters away from a pristine white beach. An idyllic getaway just 45 minutes from the hustle and bustle of city life. That's what our Travel
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      Did you guess right?
      75 12 PRUDENTIAL SLICE-OF-TIME CONTEST ALMOST all the entries to our final Prudential Slice-of-Time contest last week answered the question correctly. The answer Prudence is the name of the mythical figure in Prudential's logo. Here are the winners of a Prudential 150 th Anniversary commemorative Transit Link card
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      No wa S te dante
      61 12 muKmuK Mr Tan Lai Hock, writing to The Straits Times Forum pace, on National Service: Prior to the recent Singapore-bashing by Malaysia, I still thought that National Service and reservist training was a waste of time. I have been through National Service as well as
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      STRESSED?
      234 13 At The New Paper OAevel Seminar on Friday, Major Kenny Lim of the Republic of Singapore Navy offered ways to manage exam stress. WOONWUITEK reports IS "eating good or bad"? The obvious answer, suggested Major Kenny Lim, 27: Good in moderate amounts. Similarly, "in moderate amounts, stress is good".
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      FIGHT IT!
      160 13 NUTRITION: Be aware that consuming sugar causes a "rollercoaster ride" "an energy high followed by an energy dip". Eat a wellbalanced diet and reduce your intake of sugar and caffeine to reduce "chemical stress". EXERCISE: This relaxes tense muscles and aids sleep. Chemicals called endorphins are released into
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      HELP ON INTERNET
      35 13 FOR more "stress resources", Major Lim listed three Internet sites: Mind tools How to Master Stress at psych-web.com/mtsite/smpage.html Stress Management Education Wesley E Sime at www.unl.edu/stress/mgmt Virtual Psych Scott Wallace at geocitiea.com/~virtualpB3rch/
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      NEXT TOPIC
      16 13 TOMORROW: Tips on O-tovd English by Mrs Shirley Tan of Raffles Giris* Secondary School.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon 'Bomber error' led to blood bath
      374 14 OMAGH TRAGEDY AFP. DID those responsible for the Oraagh tragedy deliberately send police to the wrong location? No, sources in the republican movement now say. It is more likely that the bombers made fatal mistakes, they said yesterday. They probably didn't intend to cause
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      Lock icon TWO SHOCKS,
      93 15 markets wobble Regional financial markets reeled yesterday when Russia cut the value of its currency almost a third. Closer home, Malaysia's Prime Minister warned of "shocking" measures to come "We may be taking a number of measures which may shock us. We may feel frightened or doubtful as
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      SHOCK 1: DR M WARNS OF DRASTIC STEPS
      322 15 THE badly-beaten Malaysian stock market took another pounding yesterday. Because Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad warned there could be further "shocking" measures to overcome the country's economic woes. "But believe me, every time we act, we think about it deeply
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      Lock icon SHOCK 2: RUSSIA CUTS VALUE OF ROUBLE
      163 15 Wire services. THE rouble had been trading at 6.3 to US$l (551.76). Yesterday, it was allowed to drop on currency markets to as much as 9.5 to the US dollar. (That's roughly 17 to Ssl) It was, in effect, a 34 per cent
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      ASIAN MARKETS FALL, BUT WALL STREET HOLDS UP
      257 15 THE region's markets reeled yesterday, yet Wall Street stocks closed higher. The reduction in the value of the Russian currency, plus fears that Hongkong shares would collapse today, sent regional markets down. THe Malaysian market was further depressed by warnings of "shock"
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      Rain wreaks havoc in Australian city
      337 16  -  In Sydney, more than 410 mm of rain has been dumped on the city this month compared with the monthly average of just 79 mm. More than 70 mm fell at Sydney Airport yesterday and Warragamba Dam rose from from 58 per cent to
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      General indicator
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      Lock icon Family Force wins Round 1
      372 17 HYUNDAI CAR FACTORY STRIKE Wire services. THE riot squad, backed by tear gas, water cannons and bulldozers, moved forward. But they were confronted by striking workers wielding lead pipes and surrounded by their families at Hyundai Motor's auto plant in South Korea. So the riot
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      Lock icon Leeson 'has 70% chance of living for 5 years'
      318 17 Source: Reuters and BBC. JAILED British trader Nick Leeson's colon cancer is not as bad as first believed. Leeson, 31, now has about a 70 per cent chance of surviving for five years, doctors here said yesterday. Earlier this month, doctors
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      Lock icon How did he survive?
      286 18 13-month-old boy and grandfather plunge down steep slope in car Grandfather dies Boy found 3 days later Sources: BBC (Internet edition), Reuters. HE was left alone without food or water on the top of a Welsh mountain. The 13-month-old boy had been missing for three days
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    Lock icon PLAYING IN THE RAIN
    504 19 spotlight It was wet and wild at the adidas Streetball Challenge last weekend. And, if bouncing balls didn't interest you, there were some famous faces to look at, and some slippery moves to snigger at. PRADEEP PAUL, who was part of the The New Paper team,
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Snap! Snap! goes Garang Woman
      343 20  -  Avis Wong By Lisa Wang ♦fierce SHE'S not as cute and sweet as many would remember her. Lisa Wang (right) is the Hongkong actress-singer who starred in hit TV serials in the '70s and '80s. Whether it was in Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre, God
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      Lock icon White man's soul burden
      457 21  -  By) Lee Yin Luen MANY soul musicians sing to get rid of their pain. But for soul singer Conner Reeves, singing soul was what led to years of pain. All because his workingclass parents in South London didn't want him to be a singer. "They wanted
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      Lock icon I'm serious, man
      222 22 OB rrnich research as I can before any stage t-production or drama recordings* the Venous-looking, soft-spoken actor told Berita •Harian iSmXW\ jj Sam* 24, is one of a few full-time J here. "If all Singaporean actors were to act part-time forever, we will never improve,' said Sani,
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      Girl talk
      142 23 love TOUCHED By An Angel star Roma Downey (first left, above) is an angel in real life, too. Well, sort of. She said no to sex with handsome co-star John Dye (right, above), until she gets divorced. US magazine Star reported that Downey has been dating Dye, 35,
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      Baby love
      103 23 A new family member has come into Marie Osmond's (left) life. She recently adopted her sixth child, baby girl BreAnn, after God led her to the infant in her dream, she said. Marie, 38, and her husband Briarrßlosil, 45, had said no more children after they adopted Brandon
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      Not tove's kiss
      120 23 NO sparks flew when Zoe Tay (right) and co-star Michael Dao Tai-yu kissed on set Because the Hongkong star had Mr w no idea how to kiss her, said Zoe. *^9 "There was no chemistry K 9 between us, because he never told i me beforehand how
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    And poo to you, too
    534 24  -  ET CETERA WITH RACHEL TAN AFTER three dirty, dusty, noisy years, the upgrading work round my 20-year-old block is grinding to a halt. And what do my neighbours and I get for our patience? New plumbing, pretty landscaping and a playground to make kiddies proud.
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      256 29 553 XMPraiMttaMl/ Executive RmMmh Excellent Opportunity!! Large corporation has outstanding sales opening for SALES REPRESENTATIVES indtvtdvai mutt be: Singaporean/ PR Mm. age 25 yrs. With managerial ability, ambition must show progress for current age Business or sales background helpful Degree/ Diploma/ 'A' or 5 'O's Call Daniel Urn *****30 (Between
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      138 29 M 27 Maffcettng/ 2ES N27 Marketing/ jggg CWMMPMMOM f":Calling all Fun Loving] Extroverts for \\Qutdoor Promotions\ IZ Various Locations 3 Rexible Hours 5 i- 3 ft Weekly Pay Full Training I PG 9229 5017 Sales Positions Sates Positions WALK-IN interview; l| #01-12/13 CAPITOL BUILDING m (Opposite City Hall MRT Station)
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      162 29 s. M ——mmmmimmmu utm n International freight forwarding company requires: SALES EXECUTIVE Minimum 2 years experience in sea freight i; (with own customer base) f Achievement oriented with strong interpersonal skills Must possess own vehicle 1 Basic salary allowance commission for achievers |Lj Interested please call: 324 9496. Skin cara
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      79 29 Sales Positions I MIES EXECUTIVE) WANTED! W© Want You I If You Are: 21 vn A above Independent Sol üble A Like Meeting People Ambitious Call JASLYN at *****83 FEMALE BOUTIQUE SALES ASSISTANT needed urgently ft Age 18 25 ft Chinese preferred ft Fluent in English Mandarin ft Preferably with
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      133 29 |ggjTet>td« totmtrn Age 21-35 years Mm. '0' level Flexible working hours Excellent Interpersonal skills Pleasant working environment Able to start work immediately Chinese preferred Call Karen at 333-4389 SSj ww Customer Service Positions BM L« Salon Orient A prestigious 5 star hair salon is seeking the following staff to ioin
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      137 29 Four Chain Hotel Pte ltd. Culllemard Hotel Pte Ltd. require: FRONT OFFICE ASST. Min. GCE V/ 0 level Preferably age above 21 Advantage with working experience Walk-in interview between toa«-9tM (Tees. Wed.)/ write-in or fax to: The Personnel Dept. Culllemard Hotel Pte Ltd No. 50 Lor. 18 Geylang Road S
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      152 30 Customer Service Positions Freight forwarding company requires: A CUSTOMER SERVICE M°mc£R iZ frff* Friendly and service oriented «iJM_h iBBBI Bilingual in English and Mandarin Age: 19-21 (school leavers Interested please coff welcome) *****96 Training provided (able to start immediately) J 3M2Hotol/lou«» S imj HoW/lounga Singapore The American Bistro FUN PEOPLE
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      86 30 Customer Service Positions Kampong Bahru pub requires WAITRESS o*o*o*o Attractive salary Meal i transport provided incentive scheme Tips Phca* 9750 0952 (aßer 12 mm) LA FORKETTA ITALIAN RESTAURANT requires 1. CHEF OE PARTIE 2. COOK Walk-in interview: 491 Rtver VMMy M #01-01 Valley Point Singapore 24*371 Tot 8 *****3 MR
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      344 31 /CMctf Pntttom Administrative/Clerical Positions S— We invite you to join one of Singapore's leading companies as AOrnf nifirauife AmlflffeHit The lob: You will provide administrative support to the advertisement sales team in compiling sales reports, handling artworks and attending to enquiries for the Chinese newspapers. Requirements: H 'A' level or
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  • TIGER BEERS-LEAGUE'98
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      510 32 Woodlands PR row: 10points. And $3,000. That's the price S-League club Woodlands Wellington recently paid... for fielding a PR as a local. Now, the club is pointing fingers and making an appeal. Will it work? S GULAM has the details ARE there other S-League clubs who
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      WOODLANDS' POINTS...
      51 32 Home's protest not made within 24 hours of final whistle We did not field more than five foreign players in any match Dinakaran was registered. So how is he "ineligible"? Other PRs have played and their dubs got away scot-free Genuine mistake. There was no IM4AM4Iam imemKMi 10
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      29 32 I'he punishment is too harsh. Jt doesn't fit the Woodlands Wellington chairman Sg Yam Boon (left), on the fine and points deduction handed down to his club.
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      271 32  -  COMMONWEALTH GAMES RUGBY SEVENS By Gerard Wong FIRST it was New Zealand. Now, both the Australian and Welsh national rugby sevens teams will also be coming down to Singapore next month to prepare for the Commonwealth Games. This was confirmed by the Singapore Rugby Union
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      76 32 $Mltp/jf 11^6 CAilitW fWvil^ mpteflOUS JdCKpOi MunO rlyfH «m J n til fir nuiAii liflia 3rW Jw II WalK 3Wij Wlul S» iPgnFd «t only Cal e ri below n8 r|(ui^ pJmtal consent ■mRhL m? MPllfcflC**'*'**** Nfo**#* l lint one# •omeoo# htt» th« Jackpot' Tiger Cup 1998 A V I
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  • SPORTSTODAY
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      Lock icon The more you train, the better you get'
      458 33 THE SUCCESS STORY OF NEW GOLFING 'KING' VIJAY SINGH PRACTISE. Practise. Practise. There's no end to learning and improving on your golfing strokes. That's the lesson newly-crowned PGA champion Vijay Singh learnt from his father. Dad was an airline technician who doubled
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      105 33 AFP. Vijay's latest triumph has boosted him to 11th in the latest world rankings—the highest point in his career. The victory also swept the popular Fijian past USslomitlk>n (sl7million) in career earnings. LATEST RANKING: 1. Tiger Woods (US) 11.70 points; 2. Ernie Els (RSA) 10.09; 3. Mark
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      Lock icon Gombak: Spirit of the Raging Bulls
      492 34 HOW WE ALMOST DIDN'T MAKE IT TO S-LEAGUE S-League newcomer Gombak United was praised by S-League chairman Kwek Leng Joo for its effective management, saying it could give the established clubs a run for their money. What makes Gombak tick? ERNEST LUIS talks to
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      Lock icon WHAT THEY SAY
      209 34 KWEK LENG JOO, S-League chairman: I think this club has great potential. They have exercised some important initiatives without anybody telling them what to do. Financially, they are okay. Within a short time, they have managed to set up their own clubhouse. Not a new, grand, glorious-looking
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      Man with soccer vision
      372 34 IT was Alan Wong who first had the vision of Gombak United making it to the. S-League. The former insurance agent took over Redhill Rangers as chairman last year, and helped turn it into the National Football League Division Two champion. He said: "If we could
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      OPERATION GOMBAK
      177 34 OPERATION Gombak is the best phrase to describe Gombak United's swoop in almost every department. In just five months, it has endeared itself to Gombak residents and even has its own clubhouse now in Carpenter Street, between Boat Quay and Clarke Quay. When it was given the Gombak
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  • ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'98
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      Lock icon Not great, but Arsenal still wins
      384 35 ARSENAL 2 Emmanuel Petit 58th min Marc Overmars 80th FOREST 1 Geoff "Thomas 77th Hatf-tfaiw: 00 Crowd: 38,064 ARSENAL David Seaman Lee Dixon Tony Adams Martin Keown Nigel Winterbum Ray Parlour Patrick Vieira Emmanuel Petit Marc Overmars Nicolas Anelka Dennis Bergkamp Forest Dave Beasant
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      BIG PERFORMANCE FROM 'SMALL' PETIT
      49 35 KEEPING YOUR HEAD A perfectly weighted Dennis Bergkamp free-kick from the right is met by Arsenal captain Tony Adams. Adams' firm header smacks against the crossbar with Forest's 'keeper Dave Beasant beaten. Emmanuel Petit heads in the rebound to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead.
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      Lock icon ...AND HOW THE GUNNERS CELEBRATE
      23 35 FRENCH FORCE: Emmanuel Petit (second from left) raises his fist In triumph after scoring Arsenal's opener Picture/ Reuters
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      Lock icon Injury may force Adams to quit
      174 35 AFP. ARSENAL'S inspirational skipper Tony Adams will retire at the end of the current season unless a nagging ankle injury clears up. The England defender has to take anti-inflammatory tablets before matches. And he is worried that the side-effects may cause permanent damage. The
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      1094 36 mom Turn NOON News 5 Today/Home Shopping Bk 1.00 PM News sToday/RollingGood Times M J IVI 2.00 News 5 Today/Renegade —The Milk I MOSeS LllTl Carton Kid of tho Ho 1/ Under One Roof 3.00 New.sToday UT IMC OSy Channel 5,8 pm 305 I like his character. It's very Based
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      270 37 Cantona v Man United opening ■h ERIC Cantona (left) will grace Old I Trafford again... this time in a IDritph I testimonial match for the victims II IQ Lv I I I of the 1958 Munich air disaster. I Today's game Just over a year P3go 38 I after the
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