The New Paper, 11 January 1999

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    20 1 the new paper MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 1999 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://newpaper.asiai.com.8g Another quah,y P ubHca,ion of Singapore Press Holdings
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon COOK ROASTED
      532 2 British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook's ex-wife tells all He had a string of affairs He was heavy drinker Had bouts of depression A SLIGHT and Delicate Creature. That is the name of the book written by the ex-wife of Britain's Foreign Secretary, Mrs Margaret Cook, reports the BBC.
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      Blair cooked, too?
      107 2 BRITISH Prime Minister Tony Blair dismissed talk of cabinet rifts yesterday after yet another scandal. He vowed to focus on economic growth, education and welfare reform, reports the International Herald Tribune. "We can either go through the personal lives of all cabinet ministers and pick them apart,
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      Lock icon Wiranto 'making power moves'
      190 2 Reuters. THE Indonesian army chief has said that last week's military reshuffle was routine. But observers see the sweeping changes as an attempt to strengthen his power base. "This reshuffle consolidates Wiranto's control over the armed forces (Abri)," University of Indonesia lecturer Eep Saefulloh Fatah said
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      Lock icon VIP inoy at Lucky Plaza
      511 3 A VIP Very Important Pinoy (Filipino) Philippine President Estrada's son is a partner in a company that runs 18 outlets in Lucky Plaza. JASON TAN reports HE could have been just one of the many Filipinos enjoying the day off at Lucky Plaza yesterday. Except
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      ON HIS FATHER, PRESIDENT ESTRADA
      58 3 He wa&yery strict with us when we were young, especially when it cdme to our studies. One stare from him and we would be scared to death. I guess he didh*t want us to drop out of college like he did. Now that we*re all
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      ON HIS BROTHER AND SISTER
      30 3 fude is a captain in the armed forceSy while Jackie is a businesswoman. I guess I'm more popular than them because of my higher profile.
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      Movie-star treatment
      227 3 A "private business" visit to Singapore turned out to be a very public affair for Mr Jinggoy Estrada. Filipino workers who thronged Lucky Plaza had not known that he would be there, but when he turned up at noon yesterday, they went wild. More than 100 of them
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon Rest & retaliation
      903 4  - Rest retaliation Relax and plan ahead, says a single woman, 50 Sick of being bullied, granny, 75, bites back By Crispina Robert BY Jason Tan IMAGINE you're 50 years old. Is that too old or too young? For many of us, it would be too young to start planning our
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      TIPS FROM A VETERAN
      132 4 Mr Henry Lim, a former accountant, gives some advice on planning for your retirement. At 73, he has been in retirement for 15 years MONEY: Invest in insurance and save as much as possible. Singaporeans are living longer. So if they retire at, say, 55, and
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      59 4 CALLUS FOR UPDATES ft I I The prosecution's last witness will be cross-examined today. Judge Datuk Augustine Paul will then determine if there is a case against Anwar Ibrahim. The New Paper Infoline, 1900-*****02, will bring you the details of today's proceedings after 3 pm. Calls cost 30 cents a
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Reasoning tests
      182 5 m ENTRANCE TO UNIVERSITIES FROM the year 2002, those who hope to enter the two universities here will have to take reasoning tests, which will make up 25 per cent of the entry score. This is one of the new admission criteria proposed by a committee set up
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      Lock icon Catch me if you can
      63 5 HERE I GO: Estella the Golden Lion tamarin (circled) giving zookeepers the slip at Boon Lay Place yesterday. It was one of two tamarins stolen from the Singapore Zoo last week, together with two Goeldi's marmosets. All are endangered species of monkeys. Estella's fate? She
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    • News. Break
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        Teen feat
        64 5 EVEREST I FIVE teenagers planted the Singapore flag on Mount Everest again but only at base camp. Thirteen students set out from Lukla, a campsite 2,800 m above sea level, for Base Camp Everest, at 5,400 m, on Dec 10 last year. But only five made it there,
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        Food aid
        65 5 INDONESIA ABOUT 36,000 cartons of food will be shipped to Indonesia tomorrow by the Singapore Red Cross Society. The cartons which contain 10 kg of rice, 2 kg of sugar and 3 kg of oil each will go to more than 30,000 families in 10 villages there. It
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        Clinton not Dad
        63 5 UNITED STATES DNA testing has proved that US President Bill Clinton is not the father of the teenage son of a black prostitute. The woman is from the President's home state of Arkansas. Bobbie Ann Williams had told tabloid newspaper, The Star, that her son, Danny, 13,
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        Sea sport ahoy
        58 5 NSMEN NSMEN can enjoy a new $6-million sea sports facility at Admiralty Road West in Sembawang. It is part of efforts to recognise their contribution. Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan opened the improved premises at the SAF Yacht Club yesterday. NSmen, who make up two-thirds of members,
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        Keeping mum
        56 6 AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA will not release documents on former Selangor chief minister Tan Sri Muhammad Muhammad Taib. That might damage relations with Malaysia, it said. A newspaper had asked for the papers under the Freedom of Information Act. Tan Sri Muhammad was acquitted in Brisbane in 1996 of failing
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        Asia buoyant
        63 6 MARKETS I ASIA'S stockmarkets should be in for another good week, analysts say. That's because Wall Street closed on another record high, the US economy is still strong and there was a further cut in Hongkong interest rates. Many also say that the strong belief now that the
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        Asians at risk
        60 6 ABDUCTIONS CHILDREN of rich Asian parents are increasingly becoming targets for kidnappers in Los Angeles. Police and the Chinese community there are on the alert after two Chinese children were taken recently. Both were rescued and the kidnappers arrested. Children most at risk are those who are
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      world Head liners
      45 5 New Straits Times: RMI.2 b from EPF invested in funds Berita Harian Malaysia: Thousands of coconuts left at port The Australian: Games elite face purge over bribes BBC news: Iraq strengthens its condemnation of Arab countries that support the US's air strikes
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      Princes' common problem
      205 6 ftSHSus IF EUROPE'S royal families have their way, Ms Sophie Rhys-Jones, 33, will be the last commoner to marry a prince. She and British Queen Elizabeth's youngest son, Prince Edward, 34, announced their engagement last week. And at least four other bachelor princes are resisting the pressure
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      WHO NEEDS A MAN?
      69 6 Quote worthy hmmt' Single women come into the public eye by choosing to share their lives with pet dogs because it is less demanding than living with a man. Tokyo advertising agency Dentsu Inc, reporting on Japanese consumer trends. With the country in economic crisis and
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      local Head liners
      66 6 The Straits Times: Mahathir plans tour to gauge polls date The Business Times: S'pore banks put more funds in stocks, bonds Lianhe Zaobao: (Jakarta) Golkar sets up team to fight in election Berita Harian: Abdullah: Don't offer services that are already available RCS morning news: The official
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      19 6 TODAY Wianhe Zaobaoj HI KtMESMI fi 1 /J\ j§" SKI fg muamm fiE A %.«.IS <+; tr Sip t, «*•*#«)> J-#-
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      230 6 Don't be handicapped by your English! Arc you contrnt with the written, easy-to-understand way you speak and write? lessons. How to avoid errors. Are you sure that you are How to express your ideas not making mistakes that fluently. cause people to underrate The udy require, only you? You are
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      28 6 Tongue «f the White House M \W •f FtoRttueug PRESS Ai BuTf<?(J ,..,1 fCLAIM TO HAvTl (CLAW TO StEPT WITH THE THE pttSlPEdVi PRE51PENT SON 111 lllllllllllllh,. M.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      NO driver?
      533 7 Construction workers will doTrue or False? Well ...it's False. It is illegal to employ foreign maids as salesgirls during weekends. In the same way, it is illegal to employ foreign construction workers to do other jobs. Some of these foreign construction workers have been moonlighting—with very serious consequences.
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      Foreign worker was hit-and-run driver
      279 7 THE lorry driver who knocked down the policeman on his motorcycle was jailed 18 months and fined $3,000 last month Marutha Pillai Kaliaperumal, 30, an Indian national, was also banned from driving for 10 years. Marutha had driven the tipper-lorry away immediately after the accident
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      'She'flashed a breast... he flashed a KNIFE
      302 9  -  By Danny Lim ONE of them flashed a breast at him. Together the two flirted with him. But Lim Seng Hock, 17, was neither flattered nor titillated. Instead, he got angry and confronted them with a knife. The reason: The two were transvestites.
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      Butt... Capitol's closing
      85 9 mutfmui* Ms Uvia Lai, 29, marketing executive, on the dosing of Capitol cinema and the lure of multiplexes: When something as historically significant as Capitol closes shop, people are bound to get all teary-eyed. While we may say we are sad to see Capitol go, it is
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon 'Sorry' is a very smart word
      605 10  -  By YVONNE LIM SO SORRY. The two words most in fashion like a Tamagotchi craze sweeping Asia today. Consider this spate of apologies in the past year: Cambodia's Khmer Rouge finally said sorry for their 1970s reign of terror, in which some 2 million
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      Go 'fourth' and destroy
      43 10 mui'mui* If the euro Europe's nmr single currency falls, IT* likely to be ♦or reasons we don't expect, says Dr Walter EKIs, an economics professor at Oxford University: The enemy has three choices and he will choose the fourth.
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      190 11 "Winced! Are you charming, fun good with words? Have you ever wished you could chat online with a celebrity? Do you think you can convince another person jH to go on a date with you HIL V *1 X over the internet? ■Hk i If youve answered "Yes" to any
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Me, disappointed?
      383 12 HE was once considered a front-runner in the race to b€ Malaysia's new deputy prime minister. And speculation that Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (right) would be the next No 2 increased when he played host to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad at berbuka puasa (break of the
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      Stuntman? Or Hitman?
      243 12 BRITISH police said in court paper*; Simon Law reported missing in 1991, later declared dead. Blood in car vital link. Vander Merwefled to the US. His co-accused, Glen Chait, died in a cell after arrest in 1996. A HOLLYWOOD stuntman has been accused of a contract murder
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      ER! EXTREMELY RIDICULOUS!
      565 13 Britain's sick are finding it difficult to find a hospital bed. Shortage of beds has resulted in patients dying before they could get admission in hospitals. Hospitals also suffer from other ills, like a shortage of nurses. To make matters worse, a severe outbreak of flu has
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      BRITAIN'S NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE
      74 13 THE National Health Service (NHS) came into being 50 years ago, in 1948 by an act of the British Parliament. Before, most hospitals in the UK were run as non-profitmaking concerns. When the NHS act was introduced, these hospitals were taken over by the government. All
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  • DEARWIJEY
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      Why do I go blank at exams?
      186 14 QMY examinations are over. But I'm anxious. Re-reading the English and French papers in the comfort of my home, I have had no problem understanding what I had to do. But in the examination room, I found that I didn't understand anything! Now
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      Should I go to a junior college or a polytechnic?
      339 14 QMY prelim results were a C 6 for English (actually, I got a C 5, but our school moderated our marks); A 1 for A maths, E Maths, physics, Chinese and chemistry; B3 for biology and C 5 for literature.
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      What do I study so I can work with animals?
      136 14 QI HAVE been very interested in jobs that are related to animals J such as being a zoologist, veterinarian, someone who grooms pets, etc. For this, I understand that I must do biotechnology. Besides biotechnology, are there any other courses
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      239 14 Do you have any questions regarding education? Write or fax your questions to Dear Mr Wyey SI The New Paper 390 Kim Seng Road Singapore *****5. Fax: 737-5375 i Give us your name, address and telephone number. Call The New Paper Infoline, 1900-*****03. (Calls are charged at 30 cents a
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      51 14 Call 1900-*****03 and leave your questions for Mr Wijey. Your queries can be on almost any subject matter, including your uncertainty over your choice of what career path to take, or which educational institution to get into. You can listen to his earlier advice, too. Calls cost 30 cents a
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  • Showtime
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      Better half saves musical's twins
      702 15  -  FROM PREVIOUS PAGE By Edwin Yeo BEFORE I let you know what I thought of the latest run of Chang Eng The Musical, let me say that I'm not a big fan of musicals. Including the openingnight performance of Chang Eng I caught last Friday,
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      AS-H good as it gets
      345 16  -  By] Ivan Lim ASH is coming to Singapore. Not the result of an influx of smokers, thank goodness. This is the band of youngsters from Downpatrick, Ireland the one the press in Britain refers to as the original Bratpoppers. And it will be playing at
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      SHOW INFO
      43 16 WHAT: Ash live in concert. WHERE: Zouk club. WHEN: Thursday, Feb 4. TICKETS: $40 (in advance), $50 (at the door) For advance phone bookings, call 738-2988 or fax 738-3988. Booking hours: Mondays, 9am to 6pm. Tuesday to Saturdays, 9am to 2am.
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      TIRED
      311 17 EING FAMOUS THREE-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks (right) wishes he has as much private time as Ryan. Meg Ryan, that is. As his popularity continues to soar with his latest pairing with Ryan in You've Got Mail, which opened at No 1 in the US recently, Hanks laments his
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      Come, buzz us
      66 17 LISTEN to our celebrity buzz on 1900-*****04. What exercise did Jennifer Love Hewitt work on? What song-and-dance ensemble did she tour with when she was 10? Where was her debut album released? Find out more in 10 things you never knew about her. Also, get the latest
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      150 17 "Food Label What's on it for Me" Sat, 16 January 1999 (Mandarin) ■■■■■■■■PTa*** 9 *****1818,1818 I -30 4.00 pm Sat, 30 January 1999 (English) 1.30 4.30 pm Venue Pacific Ballroom 1-3 I Marina Square 5(*****5) (By registration on a V 1w first-come, first-served basis) ATTRACTIONS ■f' S jMt Door gifts
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    So much for the good news
    501 18  -  ET CETERA WITH ROSNAH AHMAD SO, Prince Edward is finally getting married to a somewhat Diana-lookalike. When I saw a picture of the happy couple kissing after announcing their engagement, wicked me suggested to my fellow sub-editors: "How about using this picture with the
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      124 18 Oriental Thai Inn Shark's Fin Seafood Restaurant l i)" (Ml Duxlou Ko.ul I K ''»U« r sin K-'l ,,,rt A I iiiu li: Main tpm Dinner: <»..topin I I pin r/*J*/*//. siii»|»|\ )m li« Sensational Oriental Thai Ala Carte Buffet mm all YQjUJ C jut *42 Solid Dishes *Free Thai
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      90 19 IRfc m.f* iwm hnr i»»v« COMICREUEF Mini Hl&s& »was /y/tlißVv^rrr UKg HWK&t OHlOWOH! )Z. I THINK IT of OUR T Wo TO coR "IHfiT Ml SHOULD 7 -n 1 SERVES AS taflWK KELATReS ftUb KScifUCjCfiTE 81. 1 m>.. UK \V $$.</< iihi I'i I V r,/ -W\ v \s' /fX
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    Lock icon One woman, A lot of stuff
    550 20  -  LOOK By Carol Leong ONE year. One woman. One heck of a lot of stuff. Women need things. For example, at any given moment, I have about 25 cosmetics and toiletry products on hand not counting 12 lipsticks and utilitarian things like toothpaste and
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    Lock icon Ramadan buffet
    387 21  -  FOOD WITH p» By Shazalina Salim WANT a change from breaking fast at home? Then try the Hidangan Asia (Tastes of Asia), a Ramadan buffet at the Palm Terrace of the Royal Crowne Plaza Singapore. The buffet offers a huge spread of food; it is nearly impossible to
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      43 21 Lunch guide inside 1 More than 30 items for only $9.90 Enjoy this Super Great Value Buffet at Red Wok's Club Dump I briyani rice This is not your usual briyani rice. Try it at Briyani Restaurant to know the difference. rastaas A
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      74 22 l m J OcW Rd, #81 to j rttr J YOUR WEEKLY GUIDE TO GOOD FOOD I asia seofooz) city ll We are serious about our Seafood Discover seafood at its best in the heart of the city Without having to pay obove the rest Prob bll 1 P r
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      409 23 m I I y Th€ I I Mmt'i I I The story ao«» that the Dutch I I -Curry F.sh Head I I Chicken Buah Keluak ,<,«, ««h. grwcM of I I ,w Assam N»nas $6,00 „„«<». mp l,n, on. di*. I I Garljc Fried Chicken SB.OO ,h.„ .noth.. until
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      103 24 \V (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner) your or a rendezvous your date tfte beaefc. treat t&em to tantalizing food Rasa Savour in an outdoors a? you dine al-fresco. Get a :HEE «SS«rt plus 2 admission tlcKctS to Tfce Big Splasft wfigq you i Spend $20 (in a Single r«c«ipt) at Rasa
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    FOOD TRAIL
    429 24  -  by Pearlyn Koh Rasa Big Splas^ After a thrilling time gliding down the slides at Big Splash, you come out of the water cold ana hungry. And if you happen to be craving for something hot and spicy, head straight to Rasa Big Splash within the compound for
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      196 25 w/lenion mayonnaise utterw Sambal Prawns or 1 H > 9ISA > Sf k n PepperorChiHiCrab n&M rt> <H r\ Q Du. wiM LJ >>. NBTr v Beancurd Of I® G.&.Q Spare Hlb g&tf > Cuttlefish Fritter with Egg Flou J gjgfe i wAunar potatoes 4" baked beans 1 4 Vegetables
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      296 27 Hon g Kong Tim Sum 5 cnbs a81)041 w«y of r \V^>r J n_L ll l a sea^ pamdtec at n n ff 5 Pwlysharksfln Seafood Restaurant! r ijSW M^lV 7 *^JIW». 5 ao P ,uvkkr outdoor catering. r I All Food Orders. Fr~ IJ Wedding packages are also available
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      313 34 I AZIO BLASTS SERIE A LEADER Wire services. LAZH) 2 FIORENTINA 0 TWO stunning goals in the second half gave Lazio a surprise win over Serie A leader Fiorentina yesterday. Italian striker Christian Vieri crashed in a shot from almost 25 m in the 66th minute and his Yugoslav
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      142 34 AFP. EMPOU 1A C MILAN 1 Arturo Di Napoli's second-goal looked set to give Empoli a deserving win. But German Christian Ziege equalised seven minutes from the final whistle. He was then sent off for celebrating his goal. INTER-MILAN 6 VENEZIA 2 It was vintage
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      148 34 QATAR OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT Reuters. UNFANCIED German Rainer Schuttler caused a major upset by beating top-seeded Tim Henman yesterday. He won 6-4,5-7,6-1 in the final of the Qatar Open to become the first qualifier since last May to win an ATP Tour event. The 22-year-old unseeded
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      484 35  -  INCE ARSENAL 0 LIVERPOOL 0 By Saw Tek Meng THEY huffed and they puffed, and yet the goals would not come. It has now been 180 minutes that Liverpool and Arsenal have toiled in scoreless deadlock. Saturday's drab draw at Arsenal's Highbury home repeated their stalemate at Anfield in
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      240 36 NEWCASTLE 0 CHELSEA 1 CRY injustice, Newcastle. For, that was the order of the day, on a day when Chelsea was made to look so ordinary that its title hopes could be questioned. But could it have been a case of Newcastle manager Ruud Gullit knowing
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      363 36 MIDDLESBROUGH 0 ASTON VILLA 0 UNFAIR, unfair. Middlesbrough should have won by two clear goals at least. But that's the way the game goes. It's just hard luck for us that two straight "live" draws on the box didn't exactly make for a thoroughly exciting weekend. What
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      297 37 Cole and Yorke light up Old Trafford after power cut Dwight Yorke, 10 Andy Cole 40,68 Ole Gunnar Solskjaer 82 MAN UNITED: Van Der Gouw, Irwin, Berg, Brown (Johnsen 77), Blomqvist, Keane (Cruyff 84), Butt (Solskjaer 79), Yorke, Cole, Stam, Giggs. WEST HAM: H,slop, Ferdinand, Ruddock, Pearce, Potts, Lazaridis,
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      92 37 MANCHESTER United manager Alex Ferguson feared the worst when the lights went off before the kick-off. "I had visions of the game being put off," he said. The delay to the kick-off at Old Trafford occurred when a problem in the North Stand caused the stadium's
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      59 37 AFP. BRAZILIAN star midifelder Juninho intends to join Aston Villa if he comes back to the Premiership. "Villa will be my first-choice club if I move from Atletico Madrid," he said yesterday. Villa boss John Gregory is reported to be stepping up his bid to sign the former
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      193 35 HOW THEY STAND P W D L F A Pts 1 Chelsea 21 10 10 1 32 17 40 2 Aston Villa 21 11 7 3 31 20 40 3 Man United 21 10 8 3 43 24 38 4 Arsenal 21 9 9 3 22 11 36 5 Leeds.
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      364 35 LEADING SCORERS: 12: Dion Dublin (Aston Villa, 3 for Coventry), Michael Owen (Liverpool) 10: Hamilton Ricard (Middlesbrough), Jimmy Royd Hasselbaink (Leeds) 9: Gianfranco Zola (Chelsea) Marcus Gayle (Wimbledon), Gustavo Poyet (Chelsea), Ian Wright (West Ham), Jason Euell (Wimbledon), Dwight Yorke (Manchester United), Andty Cole (Manchester United) 7: Nicolas Anelka (Arsenal),
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    49 36 What a depressing weekend of "live" draws. But amid the blanks fired at Highbury and the Riverside, one man emerged the star —Paul Gascoigne.Andso, JEFFREY LOW calls for his return to England squad, and questions whether Chelsea is really championship material after its slim win at Newcastle.
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      403 38  -  S-LEAGUE YOUNfi PLAYER OF THE YEAR LIM SOON SENG 15... FAST FACTS Lim Soon Seng was the S-League's Young Player of the Year for 1998 He was involved in a motorbike accident last Thursday. Doctors say he should fully recover. He will miss this month's
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      338 38 DUNHILL CUP IN VIETNAM: JAN 29-FEB7 LIONS 1 MARINE CASTLE 1 WHEN the Lions turn up for training today, national coach Vincent Subramaniam will show them what the Jalan Besar Stadium pitch looks like. And it's not a joke. Said Vincent:
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      285 39 Reuters. ATLETICO Madrid fans took advantage of free admission to call for the Spanish club's president Jesus Gil's release from jail. Nearly 50,000 fans gladly accepted Atletico's decision to waive admission fees for the match yesterday in an effort to boost morale and show their support for Gil.
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      101 39 AFP. MALLORCA, the island team with the tightest defence in the Spanish First Division, stayed top on merit by beating Real Madrid 2-1 yesterday. The victory over the European Cup holder left it three points clear of Valencia with mighty Real down in fifth. Mallorca went ahead
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