The New Paper, 30 December 1998

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  • 7 1 the new paper WENESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1998
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 368 2 dead freed Source: Wire services. A GROUP of Western tourists arrived in Yemen on Dec 20, all eager to explore one of the Gulfs most exotic countries. But their dream holiday turned into a nightmare when 16 of them were kidnapped by Islamic extremists on
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    • 113 2 ON an average, there are three guns for every Yemeni 50 million guns in a population of 16 million. And Yemenis openly flaunt them (above). Yemeni society is mainly tribal and tribesmen have often kidnapped foreigners to press the government and oil companies working in the
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    • 263 2  -  By! Fong Foong Mei HIS parents, sister and child are in hiding in Pakistan, but it was thought that Faheem Ul-Islam, 39, was in Singapore. After all, he is due to appear in court on Jan 25, to answer to a charge of declaring
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    • 538 3 SAY "PE mistress" and what do you think of? Leathery skin, sweaty clothes and a voice that could strip paint? Think again. Annetha Ayyavoo is as thin as a tall drink of water. Two of her would make one of MY thighs. And she speaks in soft,
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 331 4  -  By Michelle Ang FROM Friday, you can buy cheaper paracetemol tablets from NTUC's Unity pharmacies. The generic brand Unity (pictured left) will be almost five times cheaper than its branded counterpart Panadol. NTUC is also slashing the price of 1,136 items available at the
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    • 56 4 Naturade Aloe Vera Shampoo 500 ml $14.25 (usual price $15) Dino toothpaste 85ml 2.84 (UP $2.99 Naturade Facial Cleansing Gel 236 ml $14.77 (UP $15.55 One Touch test strips $75.70 (UP $77.25) (All prices inclusive of GST) Nutrens Vit C 500mg 60s $8.71 (UP $9.17) Daflon(OTC) $35.72 (UP
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 431 5 'Spiderboy'warded after 7-storey fall Elder brother treated for shock Little Muhamad Azrin who jumped seven storeys thinking he was Spiderman went home yesterday. CAROL LEONG, who paid him a visit, found out why his elder brother feels guilty... OLDER brother Muhamad Azarizan, six, is still
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    • 147 5 TWO-YEAR-OLD Muhamad Azrin sits in his stroller, with pins coming out of his right leg. "Sakit" (pain), he said, pouting. But The New Paper photographer managed to charm him into a few giggles. His broken leg still hurts and he has nightmares about falling. His speech is a
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    • 121 5 [wwwvwwwwvwwwwww^WW AUTHENTIC ITALIAN FOOD C&le K Cafle cm urn New Year's Eve Dinner Appetizer Mixed seafood salad served with home-made grissini Soup Cream of mushroom soup Pasta Penne pasta topped with spicy chilli fresh tomato sauce Choice of Main Course: Grilled tenderloin steak served with fresh garden salad Or Baked
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 183 6 ifflr BANK DEPOSITS WITHDRAWN IN the last year, money was withdrawn from four fixed deposit accounts, and the accounts closed. And the account holders knew nothing about it. A total of more than $100,000 was withdrawn in the four cases, which involved accounts at the Standard Chartered Bank's
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    • 46 6 I& This ONE LAST PICTURE: Cinema patrons getting one last shot of Capitol Cinema before the curtains fell for the last time yesterday. The cinema screened its last movie last night. The 69-year-old building will be returned to the Government. Picture/ The Straits Times
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    • News Break
      • 61 6 WAGES 1 EXCEPT for China, Hongkong, Malaysia and the Philippines, salaries in every country in Asia have fallen below the levels in 1996 the year before the Asian financial crisis hit. A survey by Geneva-based Corporate Resources Group said Thailand, South Korea and Indonesia which were hit hardest
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      • Article, Illustration
        65 6 I PUBLIC TALKB SINGAPORE Democratic Party chief Chee Soon Juan spoke to a lunchtime crowd at Raffles Place yesterday despite police warnings not to do so without a permit. The police said that he would be called up for questioning. Under the Public Entertainment Act, anyone who gives
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      • 62 6 MTRANSPORT| SOME needy students wh< attend schools or live in the north-eastern part of Singapore will get free bus rides next year. In return, the children must do at least one day of community service each month. It is part of a $40,000 scheme to help recession-hit
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      • 61 6 i COMMUNITY 1 THE City Centre Town Council has changed the penalty charges for late payments. So residents who are behind in their service and conservancy charges will pa; smaller penalties. Now, each month's penalty fees are snowballed. From next year, the penalty will be 5 per cent
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      • 49 7 I MALAYSIA THE Malaysian government yesterday borrowed US$l.35 billion ($2.25 billion) from a dozen foreign banks. The government said it now has "more than enough" money to finance its economic recovery plans. The 12 banks include Singapore's OCBC Bank, Overseas Union Bank and United Overseas Bank.
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      • 59 7 2ND LINK THE Johor-Singapore Second Link costs the Malaysia government RM2O million ($8.2 million) a year. Works Minister Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu said that was how much the government had to pay the concessionaire of the link. The government has to compensate the company for its
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      • 60 7 I PAKISTAN FORMER leader Benazir Bhutto said she has been barred from leaving Pakistan. She was to fly to Dubai on Monday to see her two daughters and one son but returned home after arguing with immigration officials at Karachi Airport. The officials said her name was on
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      • 71 7 j SYDNEY U THE huge search for sailors swept overboard in the Sydney-Hobart yacht race has been called off. Four sailors are dead, and two listed as missing, although rescuers said there was no hope they were alive. The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia said there would be
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    • 44 6 International Herald Tribune: A Khmer Rouge leader is 'sorry' New Straits Times: Former Selangor MB acquitted Berita Harian Malaysia: Muhammad Taib free BBC news: There have been renewed calls for the Cambodian authorities to bring to trial two Khmer Rouge leaders
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    • 186 7 ftSflSus IT IS Japan's most dubious achievement in decades: A jobless rate equal to the US'. Just 10 years ago, it registered less than a quarter its major trading partners' rate. This month, they were level for the first time since Japan started keeping such statistics
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    • 51 7 The Straits Times: Iraq steps up its showdown with US The Business Times: Asian pay packets drop below 1996 levels lianhe Zaobao: Khieu Samphan, Nuon chea say sorry to Cambodian people Berita Harian: Better response to electronic trading RCS morning news: Former Khmer Rouge leaders make unprecedented
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    • 71 7 Ouote Wworthy M Actually we are very sorry, not just for the lives of people, but alsojbr the lives of animals that suffered in the war. Khmer Rouge defector Nuon Chea apologising for the genocide in Cambodia that killed up to two million people. He was Pol Pot's
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    • 27 7 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 94.23 points to close at 9320.98 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 582 million shares.
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    • 274 7 flew lean at the Boulevard Treat yourself this holiday season and feast on a delectable selection of traditional festive with a touch of our famous local specialty dishes for lunch and dinner in the month of December. tart be Feast on a sumptuous great value festive lunch or dinner buffet
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 278 8 Civil Defence and police officers pulled out an odd-job worker who went into a canal in Yishun to fish and got caught in a flash flood. It was a dramatic rescue. DANNYLIM reports '15MINS FELT LIKE AN HOUR'/ Facing page M Phoon Lye Huat goes into
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    • 426 9  -  By Danny Lim HE just wanted to do some fishing. After all, Mr Phoon Lye Huat has a lot of time on his hands. With the economic downturn, the odd-job worker gets fewer jobs. And he needs to eat, too. Mr Phoon, 49, can
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  • HEALTHTODAY
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      365 10 Take your fruits and vegetables, Mum used to say. And for good reason. These days, it is not only healthy, but also trendy, to turn to fresh juices for their health-giving properties. CAROL LEONG gives the lowdown on nature's goodness ASPARAGUS, broccoli, kai lan, celery, carrot and cucumber.
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    • 136 10 Some common ingredients in vegetables and fruits: Bioflavonoids: Help to increase strength in blood capillaries. FoMc add: Important in red blood cell formation. Vitamin A: Necessary for growth and repair of body tissues and eyes. Vitamin B complex: Helps functioning of nervous system, muscle tone in gut and
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    • 271 11 VEGETABLE JUICES Bittergourd Contains a compound known as charantin, which helps to lower the blood sugar levels of diabetics. It also has insulin-like compounds and appears to have anti-cancer properties. The Chinese traditionally recommend it for those with pimples, high blood pressure, cholesterol and skin problems like
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    • 88 11 DO you have a health problem or queiy? We've arranged for a panef of doctors from the Parkway group (which runs Gleneagtes, Mount Elizabeth and East Shore hospitals) to answer your questions. And feel free to share any health experiences which you think would interest others. WRITE It's Your Health
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    • 303 11 THIS FESTIVE HOLIDAYS ENJOY GOURMET DELIGHTS AT REASONABLE PRICES AT CONCORDE HOTEL L-R: New Year's Eve Dinner Festive Tuncb •NEW YEAR'S EVE DINNER BUFFET MtTTVtIWtIfBIBrtFITttU 31 Dec 98 6.30pm 10.00pm $26.00 Adult $18.00 Child $1.99 BOOZE Savour the unique Chefs speciality of Roast Goose in 13 31 Dec 98 1
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 317 12  -  BY Tanya Fong HAVE a seat? Now she can, without crying. Six-year old Vanessa Tan, who has cerebral palsy, has no control over her body. And she used to lie on the floor all day because sitting on a normal seat made her cry
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    • 58 12 THE Overseas Union Bank (OUB) adopted the Children's Charities Association (CCA) this year for a 10-year period. The CCA is made of six member charities for handicapped children. The new OUB credit card "Big Hearts, Little Ones" will be the main source of funds with part
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    • Article, Illustration
      57 13 mui'mui* Cabby GKSJngam can teMaN about just by obeervtag the cab queues at Rocker Head or the NoMtar shopping ceotve bi Johor Baiueveiy morning. Said Mr Singam: If the queues are short or nobody is around, you know trouble is coming and someone has said something to cause
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    • 83 13 TEN readers won $50 POSBank vouchers in the Unforgettable Days contest on Dec 16. They are (IC numbers): *****00,*****24, *****52, *****94, *****53, *****58, *****33,*****78, *****98 and *****58. The questions they answered correctly were: Q: Which of tjie following singers is a 1940s songstress from Shanghai? A: Zhou Xuan
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    • 311 14  -  BY Tanya Fong HE IS the jester whose cheeky wisecracks on radio set you laughing each morning. But Class 95 FM deejay Joe Augustin is dead serious about his new mission to help the Bone Marrow Donor Programme (BMDP) to gather more donors He pledged his bone
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    • 41 14 IF you want to make a donation, just send your cheque to: The Bone Marrow Donor Programme 271, Bukit Timah Road #05-01, Balmoral Plaza, Singapore *****8. Or sign up as a donor at the NUH, Blood Donation Centre, Main Building.
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    • 82 14 SINCE 1994, The New Paper has adopted a charity every year. To be adopted, the charity must be registered with the Commission of Charities. It must also not be receiving aid from the Community Chest of Singapore. A total of 35 charities have written in
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    • 62 12 It's Ramadan... a whole day has passed... Staying smoke-free for life means a healthier life for my family and me. I'll save money and breathe easier too. and I didn't smoke a single cigarette, a«, \j/ For personal advice call Quitline 1800 223 0313 (during office hours) Quit Smoking. MOH
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    • 155 13 This festive season mill never be the same a?ain... Stay with us this festive season, 24 27 Dec 98 (Christmas) and 31 Dec 98 3 Jan 99 (New Year's for on v SsBB+++. In conjunction with your stay, your family and you can enjoy a specially prepared menu including dessert
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    • 305 15 SINGAPORETODAY CALL US A PHONE call can go a long way. Especially if it's to The New Paper's HotlinePlus. One recent tip-off was on two-year-old Mohd Azrin Mohd Asmawi, who fell seven storeys. Readers rushed to offer help. Now, you stand a chance to win one of 15 Motorola handphones
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  • 151 16 SINGAPORETODAY SHE buys a copy of Lianhe Zaobao at Yishun Bus Interchange every day. Now she's $1,000 richer. Ms Tan Bee Lay (left), 38, won the money on Monday in the Chinese daily's Cash in a Flash promotion. Anyone who buys the newspaper at participating SPH Stop
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    • 225 16 WINNERS FOR Kerstin Engfeldt PP*****528 Md Azhar Tahir *****93 A Efflßfll Ong Boon Eng *****95F Prize winners are to collect their prizes at YHS (Singapore) Pte Ltd 3 Senoko Way Singapore *****7 Tel: 849 6565 Fax: 752 3122 it.•.. -r i-i Wardrobe with Mirror "X SWinB VVaHrobe .I* fift. ga
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    • 250 16 Wk 53/98 (30 December to 5 January 99) I I Be part of the IQ puzzle-solving team and aim to be one of the top 2% with the highest IQ. Alt I puzzles are provided by Mensa Singapore, the society lor that top 2%. It you cant solve the puzzles,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 57 17 muifmuif Skict trinwhig tlw ncf for gowtior Mi Minmitoti, US, last month, former pro-wrestler, "The Body" Jesse Ventura, has been shedding hit rebel image. Mr Jim Ragsdale, a political reporter, says: As hard as he tries be "The Mind", we (Minnesotans) don't want him to
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    • 463 18  -  by YVONNE LIM PERISH the wicked. Avenge the oppressed. Oh, what a triumphant tale it would all be. History, unfortunately, has never been fair. Tyrants rule. The meek despair. But suddenly, recent events threaten to turn the fate of the wicked around. There is a war-cry going
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    • 317 19 UNREST IN INDONESIA AFP. MOBS rioted, police opened fire and Indonesian regions were again plunged into chaos on Monday. It began in Fajar Bulan in western Lampung, after one of three robbery suspects died while in police custody, residents said. The police said the suspect
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    • 183 19 Reuters. THEY questioned him yesterday for three hours about the missing millions of dollars. Mr Bambang Tri- hatmodjo (above), one of former leader Suharto's sons, was the treasurer of a charitable foundation headed by his father. So the Attorney-General's office questioned him over alleged corruption
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    • 198 20 GORBACHEVS MONEY WOES... AFP. Before the soviet Union collapsed, he was its president. Today, Mr Mikhail Gorbachev doesn't even have his savings. He has lost it all a modest US$BO,OOO ($130,000) because of the collapse of Russia's economy and finances, German magazine Bunte reported yesterday.
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    • 230 20 HEROIN worth $USI billion ($1.6 billion). That's how much a major drug ring in Pakistan had shipped out of the country over 13 years. Much of it had been smuggled out by post. Yesterday, Pakistan's drug squad officials arrested postal workers suspected of having
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    • 165 17 °A tL-SCs id <»'()( )(11 C* <1 J to 1998. At Le Meridien Sal/in you) bosom friends Jot a btnstcrous semi off to dost' IIMSl l MS with 11 toast of bubbly. Neu> Year's Ere Buffet Dinner $50.00 per <idiilt inclusive of novelties Cs live entertainment /.(HI to 11.(Kl ft
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    • 218 18 >Rising to a higher state of consciousness a Josh Wink makes music that pushes people their psychic ruts whether A A f I JH JV |H they're grooving on crowded dance floor or 111 ffl if I 1 meditating in private. His eclectic style incorporates I I I I II
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    • 147 19 Career Choice Your weekly recruitment feature The New Paper, every Thursday. g rastaas WE Indulge in an cxtensrve spread of over 90 hot A cold items including 3a la minute stations. Enjoy favourites like ijiftri. tmkimi, smski,hand rolled sushi, smoked M^non t 'B er prawn*. turkey, baked crabs, grilled fillet
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  • Anwar on trial Day 35
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      844 21 l\lo sign of sodomy, says govt doctor There was a new —and surprising— twist to the Anwar Ibrahim trial. Cross-examined by Mr Christopher Fernando, a prosecution witness dropped a bombshell that had the defence smiling. DrZahari Noorsaid there were no signs that Sukma Darmawan, Anwar's adopted brother, had been
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    • 241 21  -  BRIAN MILLER THERE were gasps from the gallery. Anwar Ibrahim's wife and two of his daughters looked back to where their relatives were seated. They nodded. In the press seats, reporters whispered and compared notes not wanting to misquote the doctor. The words of
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  • Showtime
    • 486 22 JENNIFER Love Hewitt was thrust into the spotlight two years ago with the slasher blockbuster I Know What You Did Last Summer. The film's sequel may be her last horror movie. Starring in I Still Know What You Did Last Summer, Hewitt reprises her role of Julie
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    • 368 23  -  By Avis Wong IT has been compared to Michael Learns To Rock but Bliss feels it is better. "The team we've worked with has great credentials and reputation... Keith Olsen has a high success rate producing bands like Foreigner and The Grateful Dead," Bliss
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 80 25 THE first 5,000 can buy a Countdown Party ticket aft $6 (usual price: $10). Of these, the first 500 to buy two tickets set a third FUEL Present any of this week's masuieaos (irofvi page logoi of im New riiw before Dec 31, noon, at H, TIiiII,A/HI ii
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    • 368 25 TOO lazy to dance? Then sit back and watch the pros. Eighteen competitors, a few from Sweden and Greece, will compete in the 1998 Planet Dance World Dance finals tomorrow. It's part of Sentosa's Countdown '99 beach party for families, especially children. Representing Singapore is freelance dancer
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    • Article, Illustration
      155 26 GET OUT, STUPID LINES 'Hey Bob. Nice shoes.' All I could think was, that's the dumbest thing anyone's ever said to Bob Dylan. Sheryl Crow (right), recounting how she got tongue-tied in front of her hero, Bob Dylan ■Bout of here 'I work here.' 'Where's your badge?' 'in
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  • 484 28  -  ET CETERA WITH RONNIE POON DONT smoke it's bad for the lungs. Don't drink it's bad for the liver. Don't eat eggs, seafood and red meat they're bad for the heart. Don't take fried food they're oily and will build up cholesterol. Basically, eat
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
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  • Article, Illustration
    349 30  -  TRAVEL WITH A TWIST BY Riana Zakir WALKING around the old town of Geneva, Switzerland, was relaxing. Until I bumped into its Mayor. He was carrying his own briefcase imagine that! f while walking briskly to his f office. I had never even heard of him. But my
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    • 221 40 NBA PAY DISPUTE NYT. NBA COMMISSIONER David Stern warned players union executive director Billy Hunter not to call his bluff. Stern said the owners' latest proposal is a non-negotiable, take-it-or-leave-it offer. If Hunter and the union leadership reject it without putting it to a vote, Stern
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    • 399 41  -  Stories/ S Gulam WHERE is Kadir Yahaya? The Lions' defender did not turn up for training yesterday or on Monday. Neither team manager Omar Ibrahim nor coach Vincent Subramaniam knows why he was absent or where he is. And Kadir has not responded to paging or calls
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    • 405 41 IT'S D-Day for Vincent Subramaniam. He must decide today whether or not to sign on as national coach with the Football Association of Singapore (FAS). He has agreed to all the terms and conditions laid out in the two-year contract, except
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    • 243 42  -  By! S Gulam DUCKS raised another $2,000 for The New Paper's Save Jurong campaign yesterday. Well, Mark Muslim Restaurant's halal-prepared ducks, that is. The restaurant, owned by brothers Nasir and Majid Ismail, was packed with diners last night. Every table was taken up. And ducks were the
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    • 381 43  -  ...MORE ON LAST NIGHTS CHELSEA v MANCHESTER UNITED MATCH By Ian Brown TALK won't win this league title, psychology might. And Lady Luck almost certainly will if there are blue ribbons on the trophy next May. The most bemusing feature of any double header between
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    • 497 43 LEEDS UNITED 2 WIMBLEDON 2 WIMBLEDON became the first visiting side to score twice at Elland Road this season with a 2-2 draw that ended Leeds' hopes of a fifth home win in a row. United looked set for another three-point haul having won
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    • 135 43 LEESHARPE The Leeds out-of-favour winger is on loan to Italian Serie A team Sampdoria until the end of the season. Sharpe, 27, is the first player to be signed by Sampdoria's new English coach David Piatt, after being transfer-listed by Leeds manager David O'Leary. MICHAEL OAKES The Aston Villa
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  • 539 44 CRITICISM AND ABUSE SO FIERCE FOR BECKHAM THAT... ENGLISHPREMIERSHIP'98 DAVID Beckham has revealed that he almost quit his beloved Manchester United to move abroad. This was to escape the hate campaign that engulfed him following his sending-off in the World Cup Finals in France, reports Football 365
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