The New Paper, 1 December 1998
1998-12-01
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Title Section20 1998-12-01 1 the new paper TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1998 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS Another quality publication of SinOOOOrO PfOSS HoldMQS http://newpaper.asia1.com.8g AflV20 words
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Advertisement225 1998-12-01 1 X "J 2 81A executives resign *ri 1/ r n7A?V en^or ©*®cutive8 with Singapore Loong, also in his 50s, was one of two divi- '"cftrliieflKSIA) left the company last week, sional vice-presidents. It is unclear if the 79fel a ercdien move which surprised some of resignations were linked. aejhe aftfrnie's225 words
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THENEWSTODAY
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Article, Illustration384 1998-12-01 2 Over 20 churches were burned and 13 Christians were killed in anti-Christian riots in Jakarta last week. Yesterday, Christians torched mosques and other Muslim buildings in the remote eastern Indonesian town ofKupang—about 1,900 km south-east of Jakarta. It is the capital of the Christian majority province ofPicture/ Reuters - 384 words
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Article225 1998-12-01 2 Wire Services. THE Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged by more than 200 points yesterday. This is the biggest drop in two months and it is due to more people selling shares in order to cash in on the boom in prices. High-flying Internet stocks were theWire Services. - 225 words
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Advertisement21 1998-12-01 2 N0 r A Fried Chicken n? All sets include soup and salad collee ten or soft drink ■i P 0: r21 words
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Advertisement13 1998-12-01 2 Leisure index Showtime: Pages 22 to 27 Comics: Page 28 TV: Page 4713 words
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Article, Illustration374 1998-12-01 3 The survival skills of the future—this week, we bring you the last of the seven Crest skills. YVONNE UM and CEL GULAPAgive some pointers on teamwork that even Santa could learn from... GROUP EFFECTIVENESS IT takes teamwork to get a job done well. And374 words
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Article68 1998-12-01 3 Crest Critical Enabling Skills Training— is a nation-wide plan to retrain half of our workforce by 2002. It will teach the seven critical "soft" skills that will be needed to stay ahead in the economy of the future. The other five are: Listening and oral communication, Problem solving68 words
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Advertisement13 1998-12-01 3 MINISTRY OF MANPOWER SMppmti Crest: Training towards a tilcwt capM Crest hotline: 279-361913 words
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Article, Illustration796 1998-12-01 4 SINGAPORETODAY The numbers are staggering. Singapore is a rapidly ageing society by the year2030, one in four Singaporeans will be 60 and above. The Government is now looking into how the needs of such a population can be met. What drives this new generation of senior citizens?Picture/ The Straits Times - 796 words
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THENEWSTODAY
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Article, Illustration477 1998-12-01 5 A Chinese Indonesian couple are over the moon. After trying for many years, they are finally parents of no fewer than six babies, thanks to a local fertility programme. NG WAN CHING reports THE mother of South-East Asia's first sextuplets, Mrs SusanGraphics/DANTE - 477 words
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Article85 1998-12-01 5 ALL six babies have names beginning with the letter D. They are Deidree, Danny, Davis, Dylon, Douglas and Dominick. This is no coincidence. It was all planned by Mrs Susan Prijono's father, Mr Hendro Tjokrosetio, who has seven daughters. He did not want to be Confused by his85 words
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Article98 1998-12-01 5 DR Christopher Chen, who heads the Christopher Chen Centre for Reproductive Medicine at Gleneagles Hospital, recommended the Gift, or Gamete Intra-Fallopian Transfer, for the childless couple. Mrs Prijono went through a programme which helped her produce more eggs than usual. The eggs were surgically removed and98 words
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QUICKNEWS
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Article276 1998-12-01 6 1,400 private homes sold in November war A RECORD-HIGH of more than 1,400 people bought private homes in November. This was more than the record set in October for the highest number of units sold in a month since late 1996. November's high sales could mean that276 words
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79 1998-12-01 6 ROOM TO BREATHE: Holes cut In the wall* separating the compartmenta of thla empty tanker provided ventilation to 27 auapected Illegal Immlgranta. For about two hours, 23 men and four women squeezed Into the Malaysianregistered tanker'a three compartmenta to allegedly try to aneeklnto Singapore. Acting one tip-off, police caught thePicture/ The Straits Times - 79 words
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Article72 1998-12-01 6 HEALTH SIX out of 10 people with glaucoma don't know they have this eye disease. The Singapore National Eye Centre says this in a study completed last month. The one-year study picked about 2,000 people, aged 40 to 79, randomly from the Tanjong Pagar area. It found72 words
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Article62 1998-12-01 6 I SHARE SCAM FIVE men are being investigated by the Commercial Affairs Division for their roles in a share flotation fiasco. Mid-Continent Equipment Group was delisted on Oct 23 after breaching the Stock Exchange of Singapore's listing rules. The men are Chan Thim Fuat, Muneyasu Yoshihiro, Poh Kim62 words
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Article67 1998-12-01 6 STOCKS BANK stocks rose by up to 15 per cent yesterday. This happened after the Monetary Authority of Singapore relaxed slightly their "capital adequacy ratio" the amount of capital in relation to loans granted. The SES All Finance was up 5.3 per cent at 754.18. This added 21.7967 words
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Article59 1998-12-01 6 RETAIL METRO Holdings has blamed a $2 million loss in the first half of the year on its retail and leisure sections. Its interest burden also doubled to $15 million. Metro said its retail turnover fell by 34 per cent to $50.3 million when the Paragon store59 words
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Article62 1998-12-01 7 I BANKING INTERNATIONAL bank lendings to Asia's emerging economies fell by US$5l.7 billion ($85.3 billion) in the first half of the year. But the banks lent more to other areas, such as Latin America and Russia, said the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). Such creditors now had62 words
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Article64 1998-12-01 7 us THE Independent lawyer in the Clinton sex scandal probe is set to quit next year. Prosecutor Kenneth Starr has told friends he plans to leave his job in March or April, Newsweek magazine reports in its latest edition. He's dismayed by the backlash against his probe64 words
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Article63 1998-12-01 7 PHILIPPINES THE Philippine navy has rounded up 20 Chinese fishermen near a reef that is claimed by Manila. They were aboard six fishing boats when patrol ships found them on Sunday, 9 km from Mischief Reef in the disputed Spratly Islands, a military spokesman said. In October, the63 words
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Article57 1998-12-01 7 PEOPLE I IRAQI President Saddam Hussein's eldest son, Uday, 34, has been awarded a doctorate in political science. Baghdad University gave the doctorate for his 300-page political-science thesis that says the world will no longer be dominated by one power by the turn of the century. Dr Uday57 words
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Article51 1998-12-01 6 Hongkong Standard: Courtroom drama as judge jails Anwar lawyer New Straits Times: Zainur jailed for contempt Berita Harlan Malaysia: Zainur degrades the court TV3: Anwar's lawyer charged with contempt of court BBC news: A United Nations official is greatly concerned about the Anwar trial's latest turn of51 words
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Article219 1998-12-01 7 tiSRSus A WORKERS'Party article in its newsletter was defamatory, a court ruled yesterday. And Justice Goh Joon Seng said party leader JB Jeyaretnam, veteran member A Balakrishnan, and the party must pay $265,000 in damages and legal costs, likely to be $250,000. Mr Jeyaretnam is editor of219 words
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Article53 1998-12-01 7 The Straits Times: Jiang tells Japan to reflect on the past The Business Times: S'pore private property sales hit 1,400 in Nov Lianhe Zaobao: (Jakarta) Christian youths torched mosques in reprisal attacks BeritaHarian: Anwar's lawyer jailed RCS morning news: A down day for the Dow, its worst53 words
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Article80 1998-12-01 7 Quote A few y$ars ago, J made a plea for our AfRTand buses to be made accessible to our citizens in wheelchairs and was told not to make trouble by one of our ministers, I was tempted to tell him that he should spend one day in a80 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration482 1998-12-01 8 The results are out. Getting young offenders to do community service is a very good thing. An overwhelming majority of parents and probationers interviewed, in a study by the Subordinate Courts, say they benefited from the scheme. CRISPIN A ROBERT speaks to one such offender andPicture/ The Straits Times - 482 words
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Article65 1998-12-01 8 95 par cent of offenders imiftiiMwlrmifc it wortfiwtiilo 85 par cent said they learnt Mwtldß such as honsafceaping and loofah* after ,a j. 4 ww e§aeny. 95 par cent said their MieMAlMllin li■ ■■L A rnauOfiSnip WTTfI TAHiH/ R96fllOOTI improved. All except three parents, nofhed an luipiooeimiit65 words
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Article, Illustration93 1998-12-01 9 mui'mui* CoMMnicfllioM Minister Mali Bsw Tm Mys tfeflt the Umi Trwpnrt Authorial |p tfcswsfrityof Slngapornsi iitfctMmil against Km transportation aaafe of Mm tfsaMad. He dM tfce "kneeing bnM n used In sOmt oonnMas where a hydrauflc M Mpt paapie en wheelchairs to board Nwi Let's say it takes93 words
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Article, Illustration336 1998-12-01 10 with several winners SHE went with time-tested favourites Tanglin Mall and Goodwood Park Hotel. These choices won secretary Faridah Ismail, 27, third prize for guessing the Singapore Tourist Board's choice for the best decorated building for Christmas. The board announced today that Tanglin Mall came inPicture/ David Tan - 336 words
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Article, Illustration497 1998-12-01 11 WHEN I first met R Rajandran, 46,1 was awe-struck and literally breathless. There he was, fresh-faced after a gruelling 5-kra run. I, all of 20 years old, was gasping for air after what he called a leisurely jog. That was in 1993, when I attended497 words
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Article29 1998-12-01 11 RAMASAMY Rajandran (left) was jailed eight months and ordered to pay a penalty of $10,250 by a district court yesterday for accepting bribes to fix S-League football matches.29 words
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Article, Illustration512 1998-12-01 12 Tanya Fong - By Tanya Fong HIS parents do not speak a word of Mandarin. And neither do his grandparents. But that did not stop Kevin John Selva, 12, from excelling in Chinese in his Primary School Leaving Examination. Not only did he score an APicture/ Alvin Toh - 512 words
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Article101 1998-12-01 12 THIS year, 40,021 Primary 6 pupils sat for the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE). The EMI and EM2 students took papers in English, Mathematics, Science and Mother Tongue. And students in the EM3 course sat for papers in Foundation English, Foundation Mathematics -JF a" fe, "f and101 words
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Article, Illustration262 1998-12-01 13 POLICE officers as friends to the public? Yes, in Staff Sergeant Rohani Mustajab's book. When the officer with the Airport Police Division of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore saw an American woman weeping with her daughter at the airport, she didn't merely take262 words
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Article, Illustration265 1998-12-01 14 Tift judge vrytng wiwar loranim ror corruption yesterday dropped a bombshell. He lontoncod the former Malaysian deputy prime minister's lawyer to Hint mouths'Jal for contempt of court. Ike lawyer, Mr ZahmrZakaria, was taken to task by Judge Augustine Peal for alleging that the two lead265 words
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Article, Illustration485 1998-12-01 14 BRIAN MILLER - IT'S JAIL FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT I REPORTS BRIAN MILLER THIS was the exchange in court yesterday, leading up to High Court judge Augustine Paul passing sentence on defence lawyer Zainur Zakaria: Judge: The application (to have DPPs Gani Patail and Azahar Mohamed removedPicture/ Reuters - 485 words
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Article146 1998-12-01 14 FORTY-five-year-old Zainur Zakaria (above) was called to the Malaysian bar in 1975. In 1993, he took over from Raja Aziz Addruse as president of the Malaysian Bar Council. He held that post until the end of 1994. A high-profile lawyer, he is easily distinguished by his shoulder-length white146 words
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Advertisement27 1998-12-01 14 The Anwar Ibrahim trial continues today. The New Paper Infoline, 1900-914-0002, will bring you updates of the trial from 1 pm. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.27 words
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Article, Illustration70 1998-12-01 15 muifmui* Women now outperform men tk university btcoote off tflmir lielnii" mmum ill■ li iniaMln fW ft II 111. MM I I "feminine vinuw f mj® unosn dCAonnic ur vcivui woouVnMqPeople who are co-operative, flexible and less defensive are more likely to succeed and these attributes are70 words
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Article199 1998-12-01 16 Tourists stuck on Pacific Princess IT wasn't so lovely for hundreds of American holidaymakers stranded in Greece yesterday. They were passengers of The Pacific Princess, the ocean-going "star" of hit '70s TV series The Love Boat. But they have been landlocked since the vessel was199 words
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Article47 1998-12-01 16 THE Love Boat series whose re-runs are still airing in many parts of the world is about maritime matchmakers bringing together passengers, played by many famous TV guest-stars, while the ship cruises the high seas. There has been an updated version featuring a new cast.47 words
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Article, Illustration161 1998-12-01 17 HOLLYWOOD TICKS AND CROSSES Reuters. HOLLYWOOD stars Nicole Kidman and Kevin Spacey took top honours at a major London theatrical awards ceremony yesterday. Kidman, the australian star of the season's sensational The Blue Room, was presented with a special award for her contribution to LondonReuters. - 161 words
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Article, Illustration289 1998-12-01 17 AFP. SUPERSTAR Tom Hanks has one big regret when it comes to Mr Bill Clinton. The actor wishes he didn't donate US$10,000 ($16,500) to help pay the US President's legal bills, he told the New Yorker magazine. He had made the donation to help the President fightAFP. - 289 words
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Article, Illustration315 1998-12-01 19 WORLDTODAY He tried to dive into a space under the platform but could not pull in his right leg fast enough. And the train pulling into the Kowloon Tong MTR station in Hongkong ran over it. Mr Ngai Ka-chuen, 26, was waitingPictures/ Apple Daily - 315 words
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Article, Illustration518 1998-12-01 21 Avis Wong - By Avis Wong YES, that's Auntie Abigail from Under One Roof. She's 39 and wedding bells are ringing for her. It will be no ordinary wedding. Abigail Chay is getting married in her own play. The play carries a message. This is what thePicture/ Choo Chwee Hua - 518 words
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Article85 1998-12-01 21 Avis Wong - BY Avis Wong PUT on your glamorous party dress and be prepared for some toe-tapping, hip-shaking, sing-along excitement. The Christmas Bride stars Abigail Chay, Corinne Yeo, Eileen Wee, John Chan, Eddie Oh and others. While the actors ham it up, the audience will tuck into85 words
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Article, Illustration707 1998-12-01 22 At a time when many want on what's happening in Indonesia, a woman has been thrust forward to I take questions and reply on behalf of President BJ Habibie. But she hates to be referred to as a woman politician. AMBIGARAJU reports DR DEWI FortunaPicture/ The Straits Times - 707 words
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Article308 1998-12-01 22 TWO cultures have helped shape her into the forceful and confident woman she is today, said Dr Dewi. She is Minang by birth. Minangs are a group of people who originate from West Sumatra. They are a matriarchal society. For example, they transfer property from mother to308 words
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Article, Illustration268 1998-12-01 23 Hazel Tan - By Hazel Tan AIYOYO! Watching Chen Liping in the drama serial Riding the Storm is a must. It's the 33-year-old actress* best performance to date. Liping, most known for and long stuck with her healthy Aiyoyo teacher image, has made a breakthrough with Riding268 words
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Article, Illustration159 1998-12-01 24 SEXY Halle Berry (left) is all set to cheat. "I'm going into the studio and cheat every which way I can," she told People magazine. Berry, 32, plays the title role in HBO's Dorothy Dandridge, the first African-American to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar. She's159 words
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Article, Illustration100 1998-12-01 24 IT seems as if the Asian economic crisis has hit Hollywood, too. According to Star magazine, Oprah Winfrey (right) used to splurge on extravagant gifts for friends and colleagues at Christmas time. This year, she's into recycling. However, the popular show host and female lead of new100 words
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Article, Illustration81 1998-12-01 24 CYBILL Shepherd (right) has had another heartbreak. The twice-divorced actress' fiance, pianist Robert Martin, 50, walked out last month They met in her cabaret tour in 1994 when he played in her band. He moved into her California home. She had been calling him her fiance since81 words
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Article, Illustration531 1998-12-01 25 DAVE ANG - Etcetera WITH DAVE ANG I WAS going to write about the Clinton impeachment. Or the Anwar issue. But I realised I would be washing other people's dirty linen in public, so I thought I had better begin by washing mine first. Hence, today's topic531 words
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Miscellaneous97 1998-12-01 25 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh ©KWUINIE... \sr SO HOvO I f u fIR P hEflM,W...BuTU)lirr LSEfiai /7 iTnoFfPotwv DO i rj? M&A5i m i /toiEaiitt„ WEFbiHis mgj LOOK? wJCIiLb Bt Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson ill hike/ Adam/Brian Basset HV Mustknicehot "'I jj *TWCHMfc.>sucywHK I r VU ViMV UET Ml BEP<97 words
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Article, Illustration275 1998-12-01 38 HEAVYWEIGHT BOXING UNIFICATION BOUT; EVANDER HOLYFIELD v LENNOX LEWIS BATTLE OF THE GIANTS AFP. BRITAIN'S Lennox Lewis has waited 10 years to get in the ring with American legend Evander Holyfield. And now the stage has been set for their long-awaited heavyweight world title unification boutAFP.; Picture/ Reuters - 275 words
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305 1998-12-01 38 NBA LABOUR DISPUTE Reuters. FIVE months after it began, the labour fight between NBA owners and players shows no sign of a quick ending. Both sides face another month before the threat of losing the entire season becomes a reality. And the longerReuters. - 305 words
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Article, Illustration332 1998-12-01 39 W A I L J Inter-Milan coach I 9 J I I given the boot ITALY. ENGLAND SPAIN: IT'S TOUGH BEING A SOCCER BOSS The dub declined comment An official statement is expected later today, said Inter spokesman Sandro Sabatini. But rt is learnt that Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu hasAFP. - 332 words
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Article, Illustration331 1998-12-01 39 Reuters. THE chairman of Premiership club Everton has resigned. Peter Johnson threw in the towel yesterday just hours after he made a statement taking full responsibility for the £8 million ($21.7 million) sale of top striker Duncan Ferguson to arch-rival Newcastle. HeReuters. - 331 words
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Article, Illustration149 1998-12-01 39 AFP. YOU have until Christmas to sort out the problems at Barcelona. Otherwise top Dutch coach Louis Van Gaal will be shown the door out of the top Spanish club. Pressure has mounted in Barca (Barcelona's nickname) after last week's European Champions LeagueAFP. - 149 words
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Article56 1998-12-01 40 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE DIVISION ONE; IN ENGLAND Norwich 1 Oxford 3 West Brom 2 Wolves 0 Birmingham 4 Bristol City 2 Bolton 4 Bury 0 Bradford 0 QPR 3 Crewe 0 Ipswich 3 Palace 2 Watford 2 Grimsby 1 Swindon 0 PortVale2Tranmere2 Sheffield Utd 0 Sunderland 4 Stockport 256 words
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Article38 1998-12-01 40 SATURDAY: Bristol City v Sheffield U Bury v West Brom Huddersfield v Palace Ipswich v Birmingham Oxford v Bradford Portsmouth v Crewe QPRv Port Vale Sunderland v Stockport Swindon v Norwich Watford v Barnsley Wolves v Bolton38 words
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Article, Illustration434 1998-12-01 40 SHEFFIELD UNfTEDO SUNDERLAND 4 SUNDERLAND is back in the chase for Premiership promotion. Two goals each from strikers Niall Quinn and Michael Bridges put the bounce back in the club after it lost its proud 18-game unbeaten league record to Barnsley the previous week. Saturday's win away to434 words
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Article133 1998-12-01 40 WEST BROM 2 WOLVES 0 WEST Bromwich Albion gave Colin Lee a miserable start to his reign as the new manager of Wolverhampton Wanderers. After a closely fought scoreless first half, two quick goals from Kevin Kilbane and Shaun Murphy secured the deserving win for the Baggies133 words
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Article77 1998-12-01 40 CRYSTAL PALACE 2 WATFORD 2 TWO down, Palace was lucky to clinch a face-saving home draw. Two lightning goals by Nick Wright (23rd minute) and Peter Kennedy (25th) shocked Palace. But the Palace comeback was marked by a spectacular 33rd-minute header goal by David Tuttle. Sasa Curie77 words
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Article, Illustration168 1998-12-01 41 started «arty because of thotvi* number of teams taUni part. Singapore withdrew from Hm tournament despite Its ncMt success in the Tiger Cup. AFP. BOTH teams are coached by Brazilians. One came off with smiling faces. The other completely shocked in the opening AsianAFP.; Picture/ Reuters - 168 words
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Article, Illustration239 1998-12-01 41 S Gulam - Aussie Darren Stewart adds beef to defence By S Gulam Balestier Central has pulled off a coup of sorts by signing Johor skipper Darren Stewart. Stewart, a former Australian international, has been with Johor for the past five years. He has worn the Malaysian state team's armband for239 words
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Article, Illustration212 1998-12-01 41 CLOSE SEASON TRANSFERS CONTINUE... TAMPINES Rovers is on the verge of signing four star Geylang players. It is learnt that internationals Rafi Ali and Zulkarnaen Zainal and former internationals David Lee and Dalis Supait may join the Stags (Tampines' nickname). The Stags also seem to have212 words
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Article, Illustration320 1998-12-01 43 THE MEETING OF TWO GREAT PERSONALITIES Reuters. THE world's top golfer, Tiger Woods, arrived in South Africa yesterday and headed straight for a meeting with a man he greatly admires, President Nelson Mandela. Woods is in South Africa for the Million Dollar Golf Challenge.Reuters.; Picture/ Reuters - 320 words
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Article, Illustration239 1998-12-01 42 Jason Lee - Stories/, Jason Lee DUNKJurong FC's V Sundramoorthy and team manager K Suppiah in a tub of ice-cold water? How could anyone resist? Fans and detractors alike showed up for the Mission Cobra Walkathon-cum-carnival at Lot 1 Shoppers' Mall last Sunday, lured by the promise of seeingPictures/ Alvin Toh - 239 words
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Article237 1998-12-01 42 CONTEST WINNERS Look out for our Predict the S-League Award Winners contest results in The New Paper tomorrow. The top prize is $1,000. WHEN it comes to chipping in for a good cause, there are no age limits. Take the kids from the American Club, Singapore,237 words
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Article207 1998-12-01 42 1 THE NEW PAPER'S JURONG LIFELINE: The New Paper has set up a Save Jurong Lifeline. Each time you call 1900-*****07, $2.40 will be charged to your phone bill, of which $2 will go to Jurong Football Club. The rest covers administration costs. All callers are eligible207 words
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Article, Illustration115 1998-12-01 42 SATURDAY nights are usually reserved for a night out with his girlfriend. Not last Saturday, though. Soccer fan Benjamin Yue had only one thing on his mind The New Paper Cup. And the 21-year-old fulltime National Serviceman was more than glad to have attended. And, my 10115 words
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