The New Paper, 3 September 1998

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  • 22 1 the new paper THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1998 MITA fPl 1f>1/04/Qft fin CENTS http://web3.asia1 .com.sg/tnp Another quality publication of Singapore Press Holdings V
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    • 44 1 Will Anwar be charged? What will happen to his position in Umno? Call 1900-*****02 after 5pm. calls cost 30 cents a minute ANWAix A' 9! i x i' i [the new I paper H H sex, spy and CHaPgBs, -power play, conspiracy allegations andliiginframa
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    1128 2 I WHAT HAPPENED: YANG RAZALI KASSIM OnjjElySINESSTTME^RECO^^ rtmmrmr WAY before the high drama of his shock sacking yesterday, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim knew his end was near. And the signals of the power play couldn't have been stronger coming from none other than the Boss himself. In fact,
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    439 3 NEWS Even before the news of his sacking reached Datuk Anwar, the media was swarming outside his residence. And the army and police were there t00...in force, about 200 metres away from Dr Mahathir's own residence LETTER 1 DELIVERED: A very high-level police officer gives Datuk JA Seri
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 1018 4  -  IWHAHJEX^O^nwar^^ By Brian Miller DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim is under investigation over allegations contained in a banned book, 50 Reasons Why Anwar Cannot Become Prime Minister, said Malaysia's police chief. Police had been stationed outside his offices at the Finance Ministry and Deputy Prime
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    • 124 4 IF the political situation worsens in Malaysia, Dr Mahathir may impose emergency rule, according to The Business Times regional analysis editor Yang Razali Kassim. If Datuk Anwar or his close allies are rounded up next, it would certainly be a drastic and unprecedented move which only emergency rule
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    • 386 4  -  IN KUALA LUMPUR By Norenshah Sahari IN KUALA LUMPUR THERE were mixed reactions to the news that Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim had been sacked as Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister. At a hawker stall near Ampang last night, many people, in a way, were relieved that it
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    • 93 5 SINGAPORETODA V The virginity debate Reader's response to The hostel debate in a S'pore home' Page 17 WORLDTODAY 'End the militaiy govt 9 Myanmar students protest Page 20 SPORTSTODAY 'Indonesia' will win' Says Jita Singh Page 45 ___mmmm——mhb SORRY Sin the story "Thank you, readers" on Aug 31, we said
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 152 6 m I Singapore Bus Services (SBS) sped to a profit of $16.1 million in the six months to June. This is 111 per cent more than during the same period last year. "This was due mainly to higher fare collection, increase in operating fleet and higher
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    • 151 6 FORMER Commercial Affairs Department (CAD) chief Glenn Knight (left) yesterday, spent time in the Subordinate Court's lock up after he was jailed for a day. He was found guilty on two counts of misappropriating a total of $2,720. But District Judge See Kee
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      36 6 TAKING THE PLUNGE: Madam Amila Mohamad, 35, is teaching Malay Muslim women to scuba dive in special lessons that take into account their need for modesty. Fourteen women have taken her course so far.
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    • 16 6 THE Straits Times Index at 9.20 am was 828.41, up from yesterday's close of 827.85.
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    • News Break
      • 69 6 DRUGS NARCOTICS officers raided five budget hotels in Geylang yesterday and found drugs in more than 20 rooms. Sixty-nine suspects were arrested, including a boy, 14, in the round-the-clock blitz that started on Tuesday. The total drug haul from the hotels: 100 g of heroin, 9 g of
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      • 66 6 WATER U A TOTAL of 230 recruits in Nee Soon Camp fell sick over the weekend after drinking contaminated water. They have since recovered and have resumed training, the Defence Ministry said. The contamination was due to bacteria in one of the water tanks which has since been
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      • 57 6 JAPAN CHEAPER weddings and no honeymoon. That is what many couples in Japan are opting for because of the current recession, says a survey conducted by magazine publisher Recruit. Parents, too, are cutting back on their children's education expenses. More students are opting for budget courses in centres
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      • 61 6 AVIATION* INDONESIA'S Garuda airline is to sack 3,000 workers. It cited rising costs and dropping demand as the reasons for retrenching 23 per cent of its workforce. Retrenchment packages would be 38 million rupiah to 98 million rupiah ($6,150 to $15,900) each, it said. Some aircraft would
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    • 57 6 Philippine Daily Inquirer Two cabinet execs gird for battle with Zamora New Straits Times: Anwar removed from Cabinet CNN International: 14 nations join forces to bust huge Internet child porn ring BBC news: President Clinton concludes two days of talks in Moscow by urging Russian opposition leaders
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    • 171 7 in FSKSus WE want the bones of Santa Claus back, says a citizen's group in the Turkish town of Demre. The Santa Claus Foundation wants a church in Italy to return the remains of St Nicholas which it has housed since 1087 to his stone tome in Demre,
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    • 56 7 RENTS ABOUT 40 per cent of rental houses in Chip Bee Gardens are empty. Remaining tenants say rent hikes forced their neighbours out of the Holland Village estate. But managing agent Pidemco Property Management Services said while some rents had been raised to keep them in line with
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    • 55 7 Mindonesiaß AN Indonesian Cabinet minister has acknowledged that Singapore is doing its best to help lift Indonesia out of its economic crisis. 'There is definitely an attempt by Singapore to help strengthen market confidence in our economy," State Enterprises Minister Tanri Abeng said. His comments signalled a warming
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    • 63 7 M HOUSING U LET executive condominium (EC) buyers use their CPF funds as downpayments, says property consultant Soon Su Lin. She said that if CPF savings can be used to make a partial payment of 5 per cent (of the 20 per cent downpayment for an EC),
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    • 58 7 j NURSING 1 REGISTERED nurses should be trained to give injections and prescribe simple drugs and leave routine chores to support staff, a task force has suggested. Each hospital will be asked to form a committee to adopt the suggestions according to its own situation, said Senior Minister
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    • 36 7 The Straits Times: Anwar sacked The Business Times: Anwar sacked, faces investigation Lianhe Zaobao: Mahathir sacks Anwar Berita Harian: Anwar sacked RCS morning news: Anwar under investigation hours after his dismissal from government
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    • 30 7 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 7782.36. The index was down 45.06 points (0.58 percent). Some 896 million shares changed hands, down from one billion shares yesterday.
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      4 7 Tongue Clflek
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    • 60 7 Quote worthy The taxi driver insisted that Ipay him. I was not sure whether he was right or wrong, so I just gave in. Bank officer Daniel Ho, who had to pay an extra 50 cents for the CBD charge in a taxi even though it has been
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    • 459 8 WRITE Hyou're looking for a job, or have questions about your employment terms and conditions, write in. We'll try to get them answered, each Thursday. WRITE TO: The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5. rail. 1800-733-4455 FAX: 737-5375
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    • 144 8 THE ESD acts like a labour exchange but with added value. For instance, officers can advise you on alternative jobs you could try for. Once you register, your details go into MOM's job-bank, LabourNet. ESD can help refer you for interviews but whether you are placed
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    • 183 8 TRAINING IT used to be that registrants weren't so keen on retraining. Now, Mrs Ten-Kong says, "more are prepared to take on a different job and pick up the skills for it". So ESD is making special efforts to channel older, lower-educated job-hunters who make up
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    • 199 8 Our guest counsellor, Ms Grace Lim (left), deputy general manager of Manpower Staffing Services (Singapore) Q: I am 29.1 worked for several years in sales and marketing. I later became a trainer. I designed and wrote a training manual. I also know many computer applications and
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 391 11  -  BY Tanya Fong COMPUTER software giant Microsoft yesterday carried its war against pirates into a pasar malam (night market) at Jurong East. Following complaints from Microsoft, the police seized more than 1,000 CD-ROMs from four stalls at the market. The stalls were selling copies of Microsoft's
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    • 42 11 A reward of up to $20,000 will be offered to the public for information on piracy cases. This is given only if your tip-off results in legal action against Microsoft software pirates in Singapore. You can call their hotline at 324-5211.
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    • 475 12 w WSeveral people turned up at banks yesterday to find ut what would happen to their nggit. A few were upset when te banks gave vague answers, [hers left with a wait-and-see attitude. TEO YUN YUN reports IT was his money, and he wanted to
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    • 68 12 THAT'S the rate at which Malaysia has decided to peg the ringgit to the US$l. Bank Negara, the Malaysian central bank, said peg was effective immediately. Before the announcement, the ringgit traded at around M 53.96 to the US$l. The peg announcement saw Malaysian share prices soar
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    • 395 12 PLENTY of questions but no answers. Financial analysts and academics on both sides of the Causeway are floundering in their efforts to answer currency queries. 'The new policy leaves a lot of loopholes, and until the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      478 14 Over the next few weeks, you can expect to hear more ofthese two words: CAPITAL CONTROLS. What are these two Cs all about? So, what are capital controls? They are measures that restrict the free flow of money ir and out of a country. In Malaysia's case,
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    • 134 14 If Asian nations did adopt currency controls f they'd have to brace themselves for an even rougher ride. Any chance of attracting new foreign investment would disappear. The financial markets would probably go into another swoon. But the damage, though painful, would be only temporary. As interest rates
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 71 16 mu Km ui< The Republic of Singapore Air Force's 126 Squadron will set up base for the next two years at its new home in Oakey, Queensland. Said squadron commander Major Vincent Ng: Oakey will be very much a home away from home. The towns in the
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    • 554 16  -  By Yong Siew Fern IT was an idea not taken up with gusto. Mr Chan Soo Sen, MP for East Coast GRC, asked if the current economic crisis could be a good time for young graduates to venture out and start
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    • 75 16 SINGAPORE 21 was set up in October to conduct a massive public exercise to find out what is needed to make Singapore the best home for its people. Its aim is to set up a "people's sector" to go with the public and private sectors. Mr Chan Soo
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    • 312 17 SPEAK B P YOUR FORUM M Tan I REFER to "The hostel debate in a S'pore home" (TNP, Aug 27). I find some of the views expressed very unfair. Mrs Ong said she was scared her daughter would lose her virginity. What
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    • 81 17 IN our @issue contest last week, we asked you to determine the owner of the soccer boot which looked like a dinosaur's foot. If you guessed that it belonged to Steven Spielberg, you're right. You're not alone, as 1,446 other callers have the same answer, too. Two
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      274 18 on child sex sites Reuters. ABOUT 100 people in 12 countries were arrested yesterday in a worldwide swoop on sex offenders operating on the Internet. Police smashed the biggest alleged paedophile ring said to be trafficking pornography through the Internet. Paedophiles are perverts who go for sex with
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    • 169 18 Reuters. LET her rest in peace. Please. That was the plea from the sons of Princess Diana. Princes William, 16, and Harry, 13, (with Prince Charles, above) issued a rare statement two days after the first anniversary of their mother's death in a
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 297 20 AFP POLITICAL tensions boiled over on the campuses in Yangon as thousands of students protested against the Myanmar junta yesterday in the biggest such demonstration in nearly two years. "End the military government," chanted the 800 or so students at the Yangon Institute of Technology (YIT)
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    • 172 20 POLITICAL tensions are rising in Myanmar following an opposition demand to convene the parliament elected in 1990 after the junta ignored earlier requests to do so. The opposition, led by the National League for Democracy (NLD) of Nobel peace laureate Aung San Suu Kyi,
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    • 35 21 I muKmu^ fHMgkMf tourism officials plaa to proaioto a oow too* aaar Its ao*r airport at a tMritfafts. SaM iwkM Ckawng Maa-NaMK What are they going to show the tourists? Bulldozers?
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    • 258 21 Dance craze Reuters SATURDAY Night Fever is back but this time, the nightclubbers aren't staying alive. British doctors say the latest craze in discos there is to take a cocktail of drugs to fuel wild dancing into the small hours of the night. But this mixing of ecstasy
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      185 22 Troops tighten security after riots in Aceh Wire services. Thousands of troops and police were deployed in Indonesia's troubled province yesterday. Their presence was to enforce calm after two days of mob riots, arson and looting in which two people died. "Everything appears calm but you can
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    • 120 22 Reuters. HE has expressed enough regret over the Monica Lewinsky affair. So, no, there won't be any formal apology. US President Bill Clinton said this in Moscow yesterday at a Kremlin news conference with Russian President Boris Yeltsin. It was the first time since he
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  • CPF Newsline
    • 319 24 As long as you have a computer hooked onto the Internet you can access CPF PALlnternet (http://www.cpf.gov.sg) to view and print your CPF statement transfer your CPF savings, change your PAL PIN and search for CPF information. Employers can also submit CPF contribution details
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    • 47 24 CPF Board's General Manager, Mr Lim Han Soon (right) receiving the Singapore Quality Class award from Mr Lim Boon Heng, Chairman of the Singapore Productivity Standards Board. The award, launched last July, recognises organisations that have achieved high standards of performance.
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    • 325 24 Yet to make a nomination for your CPF? Think again. Name your dependants and loved ones as your beneficiaries. Such a nomination allows the CPF Board to distribute a member's CPF savings according to his wishes upon death. These include all cash savings, insurance money from
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    • 456 24 m AN INCOME FOR LIFE At the age of 55, you need to set aside a Minimum Sum of $55,000 in your for life. Alternatively, you can deposit the Minimum Sum with an approved bank. Retirement Account If you now use your Minimum Sum to buy a life annuity from
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    • 84 24 Avoid peak periods For your CPF transactions, visit or call the Board during non-peak periods. We will attend to you in less than 10 minutes at the counter or within 30 seconds if you call the CPF PhoneLine. The peak periods are: 11.30am to 2.30pm on weekdays Mondays, Saturdays and
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  • 553 25  -  etcetera WITH NG WAN CHING I FOUND out one thing last weekend. Put my 22-month-old daughter, Shi En, myself and public transport together and you get a mini-disaster. Let me first say that I admire deeply, and envy a little, all women who
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  • Showtime
    • 442 27  -  By Chan Seet Fun COMEDIAN Jim Carrey (right) takes on what has been described as "the story of a lifetime" in The Truman Show. He plays Truman Burbank, a man unaware that he's the star of a 24-hour TV documentary/soap opera. Hidden cameras broadcast his life to
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    • 195 28  -  BY Lee Yin Luen THOSE who have watched the Oscar winning film, Shine, based on the real-life story of David Helfgott (above), will be familiar with the image of the famous pianist hunched over the instrument, muttering to himself as he plays. The Australian musician performs here
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    • 52 28 WHAT: David Helfgott Live in Singapore WHERE: The Ballroom, Level 2, Singapore International Convention Exhibition Centre WHEN: Nov 16, 8pm TICKETS: $150, $125, $80, $60 available at Sistic from Monday. Or call hotline 348-5555. $250 for the Marquee Package which includes a chance to meet David Helfgott after
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    • 101 28 THE poster for The Truman Show is more than a picture it's actually hundreds of little pictures crammed next to one another. And all that cramming cost US$75,000 to produce. "It was very time-consuming and a computer programme had to be used to make sure that
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    • 329 29  -  By Chan Seet Fun SINGER and songwriter Jai was a watch designer. He's thankful that the attempt lasted only three months. Jai, 24, a Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) graduate, joined a watch company in 1996, after his National Service stint. "It was really hard,"
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    • 30 29 Jai will perform at Sparks disco tomorrow at 8.30 pm. Other include left Anna Belle Francis, Steven Lim and Sheikh Haikel. Proceeds will go to The Children's Cancer Foundation.
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    • 534 28 you are wondering where to put your money in this difficult climate, you'll find invaluable advice at Investment Talks '98, organized by Stock Exchange of Singapore, at Suntec City from sth to 6th September. Those who are unable to get tickets to the eight educational talks may wish to attend
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 332 31  -  But it's not the end for Ah Kong just yet By Lee Yin Luen AFTER a run of two months, the hugely successful dinner theatre show Ah Kong's Birthday Party will close this Sunday. Not because interest has dwindled the show is still raking in about
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    • Article, Illustration
      49 31 WHAT: Ah Kong's Birthday Party WHERE: Antica Room, Orchard Parade Hotel WHEN: 7.30 pm today and tomorrow; 6.30 pm and 9.30 pm on Saturday; 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm on Sunday. TICKETS: $68 at Sistic. ($5B for 6.30 pm show on Saturday.) Price of ticket includes dinner.
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  • Article, Illustration
    382 32  -  CARER CHOICE By Irene Kew FIGHT the glittepr seduction of diamonds? Miss Achillea Teng, 25, couldn't. She dropped out of her mechanical engineering diploma class after a year to study jewellery design. Said Miss Teng, who has a diploma in jewellery design from La Salle-SIA College of the
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    • 635 40 US OPEN TENNIS: FIRST SHOCK AS FOURTH SEED KORDA IS BEATEN Reuters. Reuters. Reuters. Bernd Karbacher bt Petr Korda 2-6,6-3,6-2,6-1 GERMAN Bernd Karbacher, on the comeback trail after recovering from a serious heart ailment, showed the heart of a champion at the US Open. The 30-year-old Karbacher, ranked
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    • 44 41 Second only to the World Cup in prestige and popularity, the European Championships will offer the major nations the chance to rebuild or reinforce their squads until the next showdown four years later. Meantime, JEFFREY LOW sets the scene for Euro 2000.
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    • 73 41 Group 1: Italy, Denmark, Switzerland, Wales, Belarus Group 2: Norway, Greece, Georgia, Latvia, Slovenia, Albania Group 3: Germany, Turkey, Finland. Northern Ireland, Moldova Group 4: Russia. France, Ukraine, Iceland, Armenia, Andorra Group 5: England, Bulgaria, Sweden, Poland, Luxembourg Group 6: Spain, Austria, Israel, Cyprus, San Marino Group 7:
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    • 39 41 The winner of each group and the runner-up with the best record will qualify automatically for the Finals. The eight other runners-up play off against each other on a home-and-away basis to fill the final four places.
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    • 513 41 WOULD England have really beaten Argentina two months ago at France '98 if David Beckham hadn't got himself sacked? Would Glenn Hoddle's lion-hearts have really gone on to the final and won it? Yes, England fans would say so until today. No, Holland fans would
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    • 261 42 OPENING EURO 2000 QUALIFIER: ROMANIA 7 LIECHTENSTEIN 0 1: Gheorghe Popescu 18th min 2: Catalin Munteanu 30 3: Adrian Hie 32 4: Hie 45 S: Hie 51 6: Viorel Moldovan 56 7: Modestus Haas 60 og Reuters. VALENCIA striker Adrian Hie helped himself to a hat-trick as
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    • 305 42 EURO 2000 WARM-UP: MALTA 1 GERMANY 2 AFP. THE GAME A GOAL from new boy Stephan Passlack gave Germany a fortunate 2-1 friendly win over Malta. The Germans were gifted an early lead when Darren Debono put through his own goal. The 5,000 home fans
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    • 193 42 EURO WARM-UP YUGOSLAVIA 1 Dejan Stankovic 51st min SWITZERLAND 1 David Sesa 58 AFP. YUGOSLAVIA and -i, Switzerland shared the honours in a fast-moving friendly yesterday. Both goals came in the second half with Dejan Stankovic putting the home side in front and David Sesa equalising for the
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    • 72 42 SATURDAY Group 1: Wales v Italy Belarus v Denmark Group 4: Ukraine v Russia Iceland v France Group 5: Sweden v England Group 6: Austria v Israel Cyprus v Spain Group Ireland v Croatia Group 9: Lithuania v Scotland LIVE ON TV Ukraine v Russia: Saturday, 11.55pm Wales
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    • 725 43 Latiffhas been hailed as "the nextFandi Ahmad of South-east Asia" after his superb performances in the Tiger Cup. He is the competition's joint top scorer on three goals together with Indonesia's Widodo Putro. He scored two goals in the 4-1 win over Laos and one
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    • 279 44  -  MORE ON THE TIGER CUP: SINGAPORE v INDONESIA CALL INFOUNE Can the Lions beat Indonesia and make it to the Tiger Cup final? Call 1900-*****13 after 8.30pm tonight for the result. For the result of Vietnam against Thailand, call after 11.30pm. Calls cost 30 cents a
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    • 150 44 ENRAGED Thai football fans want the national team players and that of Indonesia punished following Monday's farcical Tiger Cup match in Ho Chi Min City. A survey by Bangkok's Rajabhat Institute found that some 90 per cent of the 2,361 fans believed both sides were
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    • 235 44 FORMER ENGLAND CAPTAIN[TONY ADAMS STANDS Wt COACH GLENN HODDLE AFP. Former England captain Tony Adams said he has no intention of hurting coach Glenn Hoddle. He criticised Hoddle for making crucial mistakes during the World Cup in the serialisation of his forthcoming book "Addicted" in the
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    • 115 44 I HAVE a way of stopping Michael Owen. So said Swedish 'keeper Magnus Hedman, who plays for Coventry, reports Sky Sports. He insisted he had a way of nullifying Owen's considerable threat but he is keeping it secret. "I've got my ideas. I know how I'm going
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    • 155 44 ENGLAND will be in for a very tough time in the Euro 2000 qualifier against Sweden in Stockholm on Saturday. The warning came from Manchester United's Swedish international Jesper Blomqvist. "Sweden will put up a very big effort and will work hard to get
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    • 194 45 ...120 km gone, and about one thousand four hundred and eighty-nine kilometres to go Imagine this. Frenchman Serge Girard, 45, is making an attempt on the 1,000 miles (1,609.8 km) world record. He started his attempt yesterday at the 400 metres track at
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    • 300 45 THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES. THE SIXTEENTH IN THE SERIES. STARTS IN KUAI A LUMPUR NEXT FRIDAY AFP. SRI Lankan sprinter Susanthika Jayasinghe said she would not take part in the Games.' Susan, 22, who last week had a
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