The New Paper, 2 February 1999

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1 37 The New Paper
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    20 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 1999 MITA(P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS http://newpaper.a8ia1 .com.sg Another quality publication ot Singapore Press Holdings
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      52 1 FAS, Gulam and Lions: Fans write in /Page 36 > "v" •.'•A...- jgMPr v ♦*< £•Wyejr.'/• ~nr*-v > vjaWP v 'V* 1 r<sL V v "*T^^C|Ff'll t fr ;«£zmH|[# >7.* -> ,*j •>' v^f'\t^**' '7 ifH^^MH^' jmbjl Picture/REUTERS MITA (P) 151/04/98 60 CENTS II H 111 W http://newpaper.asial .com.sg Ano,her
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      DO YOU BENEFIT?
      411 2 OA IMS /I IN THE BLUE CORNER... WE HAVE Ml: STRENGTH: 300,000 customers FIGHT STRATEGY: On Friday, It offered: 12 seconds free for incoming caNs (up from the existing 10-seconrtperiod) 50 per cent off aff local A calls made between 9pm M and 9am VERDICT: Given the
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    • Article
      SINGTEL IN HOT WATER?
      51 2 IfUsmm/neant as a promotion, Sing Tel Mobile) have admi tiAements and press releases did not say this was so. If it was meant as a permanent price cut, they have to explain why they still went ahead with the announcement despite not getting approval TAS director-general
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      IS COMPETITION GOOD?
      71 2 TWO letters supporting competition were published in The Straits Times' Forum page today. Reader Boon Chuan Whee asks why the Telecommunication Authority has to approve price cuts: "Why should a competitive price reduction, benefiting all consumers, require government approval?" The other letter, from Mr George Wong Seow
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      Lock icon Pink on the road
      380 3  - Pink on th e road By, Jill Lim PINK of courtesy or tickled pink. Road users could be both if you drive pink. Just ask Mr Guy Tulloch, one of eight young Brits driving around the world for six months. After going as high as 5,000 m, through temperatures as
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      Is Suharto calling the shots again?
      658 4 FOR the past eight months, he has kept to himself like a lion in his lair. Hardly any visitors. No chats with the press. And no obvious pulling of political strings. Now suddenly, Mr Suharto's name is on some Indonesian VlPs' lips. Last week,
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      King Maker in the making
      512 4 NO, he doesn't want to be President again. But Mr Suharto may still want to be Indonesia's most powerful man. His biggest plus: There are so many people fighting for power in Indonesia and no clear leader. Many of them will be grateful for his
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      49 2 I— Showtime: Pages 18,19, 22,23 Page 24 TV: Page 39 y, H *t THAMfS BUSINESS SCHOOL Pc. 339 2777 Dipiom y Hotline I Colnmho Court 338 3003 THAMES CONSULTANTS 0 »o.*r fC HoM.no, P. Crn.r, 337 0600 l !I I 0:1 1 -I II \\li;s < (>\s| I I wis
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Keep your flat
      182 5 tor HDB: We'll help you YOU will not lose your HDB flat despite the recession. So said the Housing and Development Board's chief executive officer Tan Guong Ching. Mr Tan told The Business Times that the "promotion of home ownership despite the economic slowdown", the issue of
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      Lock icon Going, going, gone
      63 5 UP FOR GRABS: Put together a drawing, some doth and ties, and throw fn dinner, and you can raise $1,526 for charity. If you are Chef Wan that la. The cooking personality, (above left with TV personality BJ Kadir) put together a package of his things that
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    • News Break
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        Book drop off
        68 5 LIBARIES HAVE you finished reading your library book on the MRT? Drop it off at the next station. In one to two years time, you will be able to do this. Books dropped off at bins placed at MRT stations, schools and shopping centres, will be brought
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      • Article
        Close the firm
        58 5 COURT THE Appeals Court has taken the unusual move of ordering a profitable family firm be closed, because of a family squabble. Mr Low Peng Boon, 85, of $100 million food distribution business Eng Cheong Peng Kee, lost his company. It started with a dispute with his
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        Cash for grabs
        53 5 CHARITY CHARITIES have until Chinese New Year to apply for cash from computer soundcard-maker Creative Technology. It raised $1,088,888 from business associates to mark the opening of its new building today. It gave the Community Chest $313,726 yesterday and the Children's Charity Association $390,488. It has more
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        Culprits found
        53 5 UNITED NATIONS THEY nearly sank Secretary-General Kofi Annan's plans for reforming the United Nations. An Iraqi man and a Russian woman on misconduct charges faked three UN documents to help their job prospects. Their forged letter on decolonisation being downgraded caused chaos. One will be fired, the other
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    • Article
      world Head liners
      51 5 International Herald Tribune: Brazil needs IMF money urgently, Soros says Utusan Malaysia: Conditions for building roads CNN Interactive Monica Lewinksy undergoes more questioning BBC news: The woman at the centre of the impreachment trial against President Clinton, Monica Lewinsky, has given evidence to prosecutors and White House
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      DOW JONES
      27 5 The Dow Jones industrial average fell 13.13 points to close at 9,345.70 yesterday. Volume on the New York Stock Exchange was about 794 million shares.
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      Superheroes hit the Web
      173 6 in FSRSus WHAM! Bam! Double click! The creator of Spider-Man is taking to the Web. Mr Stan Lee, the 76-year-old founder of Marvel Comics, has dreamed up a team of Internet superheroes who will burst onto computer screens in the middle of this year, his first
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    • Article
      Speed to earn?
      69 6 B TRANSPORT M SOME drivers of heavy vehicles could be speeding so that they can make more trips, and so earn more. This is because most transport companies pay drivers by the trip. But lorry owners said the practice did not encourage speeding, as there was a
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    • Article
      Cancer centre
      57 6 MEDICINE ALL aspects of cancer treatment will be available under one roof from July. That's when the National Cancer Centre moves to its new eight-storey, $80-million building near Singapore General Hospital. Experts in different fields, such as radiotherapy and chemotherapy, will work together at the centre. Research and
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      Kid rush
      66 6 B HONGKONG A COURT ruling last week that allows children in China to move to Hongkong, where their parents are, has led to a rush for permits. The court extended the right of abode to those born before one parent became a permanent resident and to those born
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      From chimps
      64 6 AIDS CHIMPS did it first. Passed the Aids virus to us. US researchers discovered this after genetic tests on Marilyn, a lab chimpanzee. -It had a virus that infects chimps but does not make them sick, which was closely related to the HTV virus, which infects only humans.
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      Quote worthy
      41 6 I B$jfagpeople who love their country, the public should refrain from buying such magazines whkfa ean poison their minds. Malaysian Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat calling far a boycott of foreign magazines which reported false news about the country.
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      local Head liners
      65 6 The Straits Times: Price war: TAS asks Sing Tel to explain The Business Times: Indon provinces to get more under new law Lianhe Zaobao: Price war between mobile phone operators unlikely to hurt users Berita Harian: HDB offers $300 m in bonds In first phase RCS morning
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      131 5 Tft: NYls2@singnet.com.sglt/. f B| Front Shopgirl@singnet.com.sg HfQ II \/r 1 U Sl^jacti You've Got A D@te contest at Wisma Atria L'jr®* Xijv,[l*% |nl fgM m_ eV s n 1 Hly li^jj Tue, 2 Feb 99 v MS I was watching Sing Net giving away their FREE Limited Edition "You've Got
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      30 6 w WHAT'S HUP I'm looking for a watch that is shock-proof, water-proof, magnetic-proof... m Why do you need another watch? You already got three. Save the money. Now economic crisis.
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    Lock icon GOOD OR BAD?
    837 7  -  NEW CHINESE SYLLABUS: SINGAPORETODAY Say that again By. Abhijit Nag NOW, more students can take up Higher Chinese. And those weak in Chinese have an option: Syllabus B. Made up of simpler texts and shorter word lists, it will be introduced in Secondary 3 and junior college
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    Listen UP, if you sit like this...
    432 8  -  il,» innM n IJM Mtm 1 t I_ iaaCOSMOPROF By Jill Lim DONT even think of sitting like this. Not only is it ugly, it's also terrible for your back. Image consultant Ms Lorraine Sim, managing director of Universal Image Consultants, commented: "Such
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Lock icon He awed 6,000
      527 9 Me too, saysayoung reporter from Tamil Murasu THE TAMIL NADU CHIEF MINISTER GAVE A TALK IN S'PORE RECENTLY For an hour, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister kept the audience of 6,ooospellbound at the Indoor Stadium. But the Jan 6 talk on the Tamil language and literature was
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    • Article
      How fit are you, Poly Boy?
      280 10 WELL, from this year, final-year polytechnic and ITE students will find out if they're fit or fat in their result slips. The reason: All medically-fit polytechnic and ITE students must take the National Physical Fitness Award (Napfa) Test in their final year of study.
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      WHAT NEXT AFTER 0 LEVELS?
      193 10 JOIN a junior college or prepare for the polytechnic? Or do you just need some career guidance? If you want some advice now that the O levels are over, make your way to Temasek Polytechnic on Feb 6. The New Paper is organising a free
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      Entertainment? I was serious, says Chee
      502 11  -  BY Brian Miller THAT'S not entertainment. Entertainment, according to Chee Soon Juan, is dancers prancing on a stage. Loud music. Banners fluttering. That's what he has seen happening at Raffles Place sometimes at lunchtime. However, he said what he did on the afternoon of
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      PENALTY
      12 11 N found gutty, Chee could be fined a maximum of $5,000.
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      EXCHANGE OF THE DAY
      159 11 MR JEYARETNAM: As a leader of a political party, are you aware of public meetings at which members of the PAP had spoken? CHELYes. PAP MPs have routinely conducted public talks especially during the period when we citizens celebrate National Day. DPP KDOY: The charge is
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      Happiness is going to work
      40 12 mui<mui< ncwbifyi tflw tow mocCIM tetpirito Job searching. When mW tfilw wasfotagto celebrate, she said: Celebrate? No, lah. Going to work is already a celebration. I look forward to going in to work every day.
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      Think you look like him?
      158 12 Join our contest YOU have always thought that you look like Chow Yun Fat (above), but your friends just snigger whenever you mention it. Now here's your chance to shut them up and win prizes to boot. And also get up close to the man
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      176 10 co-hot)*d by IVWUCTM %qjpk Sttmrlly f»r lift orgoniiad by TEMASEK POLYTECHNIC ENSURE' coMnrre, ialanced NUT«(T(ON Ntt ar* *r**td (If I iLt Serious Nutrition Nevei- Tasted This Good It's an energetic snack bar. Chock-a-bloc with vitamins and terrific nutrients designed to complement and better yet, balance your lifestyle. Ensure Bar comes
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      224 12 See Shaolin Heroes Kick-Start A Prosperous New Year Forgat gongfu movies. Th«s« Shaolin h«roti will show you how It's done. Watch monks from the Shaolin Temple in Henan demonstrate the art of SKoolin Wushu passed f down from the pugilistic masters of oges past Dragon and Tiger Boxing up dose
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      ‘They could blow up any building in HK’
      416 13 So says court prosecutor of three men charged over record stockpile of explosives kept in rundown shed FROM the outside, it looked like a rusty tin shed. But inside was a completely new building and enough explosives to blow up any skyscraper
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    • NEWS IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon LEAVE KRIS ALONE CORY PLEADS
        154 13 FORMER President Corazon Aquino has appealed to the public to give her daughter Kris (right) a chance to recover. Actress and TV talk show host Kris yesterday tearfully confirmed on her nationwide daily TV show her split from married actor Phillip Salvador alter five years,
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        Lock icon YELTSIN'S DRY BIRTH DAY TOAST?
        107 13 Reuters RUSSIAN President Boris Yeltsin (right) raised a glass to toast his 68th birthday yesterday, but did he drink from it? Russian television footage cut to focus on Prime Minister Yevgeny Primakov instead as the glass reached his lips. Mr Yeltsin is recovering in hospital
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        Lock icon DRUG-LACED SOUPS
        82 13 AFP SCORES of "hot pot' restaurant operators in Shanghai have been slipping opiate ingredients in to get customers hooked, health officials said yesterday. A survey of 46 hot pot establishments last week found nearly one-quarter slipped ingredients from poppies into their dishes. They face fines and jail. Hot
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      Gambler's $880,000 windfall... ...turns out to be a mistake
      276 14  -  BY Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY A KEEN Melbourne punter struck it lucky. He found his phone betting account had suddenly shot up from As2o credit to A 5838,880.60 (about $882,000). Bob Pelekanakis checked again. The money was still there. He
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      Double trouble
      20 14 mui<mui< Novcuibw. OrMMHlflrfrteli YlMAiistnfitti the world. Today we have both the Vice-President and Secretary of State totally ignorant.
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      Lock icon Her past is ‘cracked’
      522 15 Sr V; '*V fI^^^MIHIIHI^^I^^IBjHHHiHHi^HHiH^HI^HIiHIHiHHHIHHIHHHU^HI Her rapist father is scheduled to be executed on Friday When Baby Echegaray, now 15, filed a case against her stepfather five years ago for raping her, she did not know what a storm she was about to unleash. When a court
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      THE RAPIST
      124 15 LEO Echegaray, 38, was convicted of raping his stepdaughter in 1994. The Philippine rapist's execution this week will be the country's first in 23 years. His case has become the focal point of a raging debate on whether capital punishment should be used in the Philippines. He is
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      Lock icon Quake? Tornado? No, blast
      210 16 Wire services ONE person died and 16 were injured when a boiler house blew up at the Ford Motor factory in Michigan, US, yesterday. Three workers are missing and three of the injured are in a critical condition after the massive explosion, Ford officials said. It
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      OLDEST
      48 16 THE44S-ha (about 10 times Singapore's Gardens) plant in the Rouge River area is Ford's oldest dalaa bock to 1918. It makes the Mustang sports car and has engine, fuel tank, stamping and tool and dk It had 85,000 workers in the *****, but now has about 7,000.
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      81 14 <w ertobßM UWS eduaAw ew*e wi* over 700 itodowh tominfl hlw—<—ty ocoedtad quaificoteaw*. Auston is offering 20 sdiolanJiipa M course fees) to our lop gradualM m 1999. BACHELOR of BUSINESS ADMIN AHUtißeit nMywiflMM MSAeMMAfI Me a W> WM lOjHjp ror rOfyVKVmc luriimt-wfafrd Dipfeows or odwr kit Bfe li fcoiwow dbapfcm
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  • Showtime
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      Hossan moves on
      561 17  -  By Edwin Yeo HOSSAN Leong burst on to TV as a nerdy suitor in Under One Roof. His fanny portrayal of Sponge impressed audiences, and the Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS). It opened the door to TV for the actor-comedian (left), but it also typecast him as
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      Creating the new Hossan
      252 17 Hossan Leong's first post-TV mission: "Deconstructing Hossan Leong". He's seeking veteran actor-director Lim Kay Siu's help to present a serious monologue in a play. This one-man show will skip all the Hossan Leong trademark comic antics. "I want people to see Hossan Leong the actor, not
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    BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS
    672 18 sports The School Sports season is upon us again. For the next six months, our student athletes will find themselves savouring the sweet taste of victory or swallowing the bitter pill of defeat as they seek to bring glory to their schools. To kick off The
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Lock icon He almost stole their show
      459 19  -  BY Hazel Tan IT was their first concert here. But despite all the power it had, Taiwanese rock group Power Station nearly suffered the indignity of being upstaged by their guest artiste, Chyi Chin. No doubt the capacity crowd at the Singapore Indoor Stadium on
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      Now it's wedding bells
      330 20  -  By Avis Wong THEY broke up in 1992. And for two years, he never once heard from her. Taiwanese rocker Chyi Chin, 37, all but gave up on his former love, Taiwanese actress Joey Wong Jo-yin, 30. But he prayed they would meet again and remain
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      218 19 BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND: Hall 3 A World Trade Centre, Singapore 3-7 February 1999, 10.00 AM -10.00 PM; Saturday Sunday: 10.00 AM -11.00 PM Presenting a variety of products for celebrating Lunar New Year. Since 10 years ago, Kompassindo's wfi "Made in Indonesia" exhibition has m proven to be a
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      88 20 SINGAPORE WELCOMES Don't miss the Tower Records -6. OOpm mm zmmm m m (Pacific Plaza) ASH m a E*e h HMV 7.30pm on the 3rd of fob 991 H||? i R''- > ill WHY FIISIIUINSTIMM J I ikk t nu iicaii w nu a Ty]\Mjr naailSJUmKlir in Concert •HKiai SUNK
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    Don't you ape me
    497 21  -  Etcetera WITH DAVE ANG THIS time I'm getting personal. This time I'm calling names. Why? Because for the first time in my entire writing career, which began exactly the moment I started writing this column 32 seconds ago, I really feel it. Feel what I'm saying.
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
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      593 29 aiigi j" p»i» <■■««> i«r MM ■WORLD SPORTS DIARY February Dates: According to respective wnuw w On going tournaments: ENGLAND v FRANCE Some dates are not repeated I Only selected sports: '*i! aCe Michael Owen ncuicifo in action against world champion France 7 Monday Wembley on TENNIS: m. <■ playing
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      410 30 NATIONWIDE LEAGUE DIVISION OWE: ENGLAND Birmingham city manager Trevor Francis has played down reports that wayward star Stan Collymore could be a shock target for the Blues. Collymore, Aston Villa's record signing £7 million ($18.9 m) from Liverpool in 1997 entered a clinic at the weekend to
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      342 30 Sky Sports. Bolton 2 Norwich 0 Goals in each half from Dean Holdsworth and Neil Cox ensured that Norwich boss Bruce Rioch's return to his former club Bolton was not a happy one. Veteran Bob Taylor missed a fine early chance to put Bolton ahead when nodding
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      425 31 BUT WILL GINOLA PLAY TONIGHT? FA CUP FOURTH-WOUND REPLAY: SPURS v WIMBLEDON (Today) SPURS manager George Graham gives French ace David Ginola "a good chance" of winning his fitness fight to face familiar foe Wimbledon. Ginola, a key figure in what has become a
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        110 31 WEST HAM UNITED Reuters. WIMBLEDON striker John Hartson was fined a top £20,000 ($56,000) and banned for three matches yesterday for kicking former West Ham team mate Eyal Berkovic in the head. Hartson admitted misconduct at a Football Association (FA) disciplinary hearing. Berkovic
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        122 31 FOREST RON Atkinson has the chance to reunite Pierre van Hooijdonk with Kevin Campbell to shoot Forest to Premiership safety. The selling of Campbell to Trabzonspor last year raised a storm. Dutchman van Hooijdonk said it was one of his reasons for striking. Campbell, 28, was
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        125 31 LIVERPOOL AFP. FANS of English Premiership side Liverpool have been urged not to taunt Steve McManaman after the striker agreed to sign for Spanish giants Real Madrid. Booing greeted him when he was brought on during Saturday's 2-1 defeat at Coventry. Former England star
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      208 31 AFP. INTER MILAN'S injured star Ronaldo may be out of action but he plans to wreak havoc with Manchester United next month. The Brazilian ace has been undergoing intensive training and physiotherapy to try to overcome a chronic knee ligament problem which has dogged
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      372 32 Plans to issue writ against The Times Reuters. ENGLAND coach Glenn Hoddle has gone on the offensive. He plans to issue a libel writ against The Times newspaper over his reported comments that disabled people were being punished for sins in a previous life. His agent, Dennis
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      140 32 AFP. ENGLISH football's governing body will make an announcement concerning coach Glenn Hoddle's future today. Football Association (FA) acting chief executive David Davies said: "Senior members of the FA have held a series of meetings and conversations in connection with the weekend's events," he said.
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      248 32 PETER Stothard, editor of The Times newspaper, has insisted the report which sparked the furore surrounding Glenn Hoddle was accurate. Amid mounting pressure from all quarters for him to quit, Hoddle has hit back in interviews yesterday, saying he has no intention
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      129 32 DAMON HILL (Fonnula One racing driver, who has a handicapped child): Glenn Hoddle should get out now. It really is quite a bizarre state of mind. TONY BANKS (Britain's Sports Minictprl* There certainly have been times this weekend when I was wondering what dreadful things I might
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      291 33 miur.a-.ummiWMKm DENVER34ATLANTA 19 Reuters. THE Pro Football Hall of Fame may just have to wait a little longer than expected to add John Elway to its ranks. Bleary-eyed from a night of revelry following his stellar performance in Denver Broncos' Super Bowl victory, Elway sounded
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      713 33 No kitman. No assistant coach. No meals provided Not enough money... After reading The New Paper's report of the way the Lions are being treated and the FAS' response, a reader writes to FAS Executive Secretary Tan Eng Yoon... YOU'RE TOO DEFENSIVE, MR TAN Dear Mr
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      481 34 TODAY: SINGAPORE v RUSSIA (On Premiere 12: from 7nm^ VIETNAM Should Lions be in Vietnam? fk 4?^ AMONG the Lions' excuses for their dismal showing are: Our best players were not available; the opponents were of international class; we were also exposing a
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      350 34  -  IN HO CHI MINHCITY TODAY: Singapore v Russia Vietnam v Iran TOMORROW Bulgaria v S Korea China v Malaysia CALL INEBUNE Call The New Paper Infoline on 1900-*****13 after Bpm for the half-time score of the match between Singapore and Russia and after 9.30pm for the
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      308 35 AFP. FRANCE and Juventus playmaker Zinedine Zidane has won the 1998 Fifa Player of the Year award. France's two-goal World Cup-winning hero received an overwhelming majority of votes in a poll of 132 national coaches. He received 518 votes to the 164 of Ronaldo of Brazil
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      389 35 EMMANUEL PETIT: HIS EARLY, STORMY START AT PREMIERSHIP CHAMP ARSENAL AFP. FRANCE midfielder Emmanuel Petit almost left Arsenal after one month. He said in an interview with soccer magazine, France Football, out on the stands yesterday, that he considered leaving the Gunners
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