The New Paper, 27 June 1999

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  • NEWS
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      350 2 It was all a bit of a surprise, says Mr Lee Yock Suan, about his new appointment as Information and the Arts Minister. Mr Lee, who is also Environment Minister, spoke to the Chinese daily, Lianhe Zaobao What makes the new Information and the Arts Minister tick? THAT
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    • 56 2 MANY kinds of art forms will bloom as people get more interested in the arts. But don't neglect the average person, like those aunties who love watching street opera. Chinatown can be the ideal hub for Chinese opera. If locals love it, the tourists will flock there
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    • 57 2 I'M very open to different ideas and kinds of art. Maybe in terms of personality, my lifestyle is more conservative. But it doesn't mean I'm not receptive to new ways of thinking. How Singapore grows is not up to Mita to decide, but up to society, and
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    • 70 2 SOME people feel Singapore is too conservative. Some feel it's moving too quickly. Nobody will be totally happy. I feel we have struck the right balance. We move with the times, but also keep our deep-rooted sense of values. Our young people are influenced by TV,
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    • 31 2 I'VE always put the emphasis on achieving results. I use the most efficient and simplest way of doing things. I'm not so much concerned with public image and self-projection.
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  • NEWS
    • 704 4  -  Malaysia's ruling-party leaders have spoken of a "hate campaign" against the government churned up by young people. Who are behind this movement? BY Woon Wui Tek IN KUALA LUMPUR HIS army is not a large one. His voice isn't even that loud. But Stephen Doss can
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    • 400 4 We're fighting the government, but... THEY want to spread their change-the-sys-tem message to all students. Uh... but their parents mustn't learn what they're up to. "I'm not scared of the police. I'm more afraid of my father and mother," admitted a 23-year-old engineering
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    • 371 4 MALAYSIAN Premier Mahathir Mohamad had said in May that university students were being used by opposition groups to "incite hatred against the government". He had been meeting students in Japan. Then, at a recent press conference, Dr Mahathir said his Umno party had "not lost members
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    • 2546 5  -  Husband convicted, wife tells her story NO NAMES The woman could not be named in court reports because the case involved sexual abuse. by Calvin Low calvin@sph.com.sg IT was a shotgun marriage. Jerry was 19 and Jill, 20. She was pregnant, so they gambled with their
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    • 97 7 THE hospital in the course of its investigations found that this was an atypical case of appendicitis, which was difficult to diagnose. "This was further compounded by infection with an extremely uncommon but virulent organism. "Azrin Hashim was admitted on June 3 and while clinical assessments and
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    • 441 7  -  Azrin Hashim, I I, complained of stomach ache and was dead'three days later after his appendix ruptured. The National University Hospital responds to his death BY Crispina Robert THE 11-year-old was suffering from an unusual appendicitis which was difficult to diagnose. And it was
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  • NEWS
    • 554 9  -  By Riana Zakir THE title of the educational forum was: Men Sex. It drew 260 people to the Crown Prince Hotel ballroom on a Saturday afternoon. Most were paunchy mid-dle-aged men. Some eagerly scribbled notes. There were
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    • 262 9 SOME QUESTIONS RAISED AT FORUM AND THE ANSWERS 1$ it true that penis size is independent of the body size? There is some co-relation. Bigger people tend to have bigger organs. But it varies between individuals. Men die from lack of food but not from lack of sex. So what's
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    • 185 10  -  Column supports on one side of the uncompleted school hall strains under the forces generated by weight of the roof. By Ernest Luis HERE'S how the roof of the uncompleted school hall of Compassvale Primary in Sengkang collapsed two weeks ago: First, the column
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    • 101 11 OUT of 2,377 entries to our spot-the-differences contest last week, only 339 spotted the seven differences lyMost of the callers could only pick six differences. Seven callers with the correct answer were drawn to win a night's stay at the Rasa Sentosa Resort and an
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    • 155 11 FIRST you saw her on TV crowned Miss World. Then she shone larger than life on cinema screens, reports the Indian daily Tamil Murasu. Now, here's your chance to see her in the flesh. Here comes Miss World 1994 Aishwarya Rai (left). She will
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    • 84 11 ROCK band Scorpions have released their new album Eye II Eye. To win some Scorpions goodies, just call 1900-914-0801 and answer a simple question about the band. Each call costs 20 cents. Ten lucky winners will be picked from the correct entries. Each winner gets a one-year
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  • NEWS
    • 572 13  -  By Brian Miller IT used to go something like this: "To market, to market to buy a fat pig..." However, sometime this week, it was changed and it now reads: "To market, to market to make a fat ki11..." It's true, you know. For the
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    • 632 14  -  How do you make sense of the stockmarket frenzy to avoid making the wrong step? BY Ernest Luis Thinking of making a quick buck by joining in the current stockmarket frenzy? Read this. And heed Mr James Lim's cautionary tale. Like many Singaporeans, Mr Lim, 38,
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    • 373 14 WATCH out for rising interest rates and inflation in the US. This could affect the market here, said analysts and stockbrokers. Mr John Yap, director of broking firm Kay Hi an, said: "We're riding on the US market. Singapore is closely linked to the US
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    702 15  -  EXPAT Can you stand out in this world with broken English? BY Tye Kim Khiat MONDAYS to Fridays, I criss-cross the heartland of Tampines HDB estate to get to work. I take the public bus. Most times, I eat at hawker centres, food courts or coflfeeshops. In
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    774 16  -  BULL RUN THE WEEK Guest editor ISMAIL KASSIM NEWS of rising share prices and a strengthening economy in the last few weeks has brought nothing but smiles to many Singaporeans. Suddenly there's lots of sunshine. The economic gloom of last year now seems like a bad dream.
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 167 17 WAIT for it: The shoppers' "golden mile" may well get a gleaming new look. The Singapore Tourism Board (STB) is asking for ideas on how to make Orchard Road world class. STB's creative consultant and director of thematic development, Mr Kenneth Liang, told reporters before the
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    • 48 17 GREEN PIG: its manure is "environmentally friendly" because it contains less phosphorus, which causes the green slimy stuff, algae, to grow in water. The pig was genetically engineered by a scientist at the University ofGueiphin Ontario. However, the manure still smells. Picture/ Reuters
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    • 114 17 Qn£>us] IN case you don't already know, happy employees make happy employers. Why? Because a well-treated worker works better and earns more for the company. In fact, the Fortune-listed 100 best US companies to work for showed, over a 10year period, average annual returns of 23.4 per
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      29 17 Washing vegetables still leaves 10 per cent of toxins on them! But tougher controls could result in higher prices. Are you prepared to foot the bill? j
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    • 80 17 GET TUNEFUL: Spend the evening at the Botanic Gardens listening to world music band Tattoo blend soft-rock, African and Mediterranean styles of music. It's on this evening at 5.30 pm and it's free. GET WET: Join in the fun at the Water Carnival at Bishan Swimming Pool
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    • BRIEFLY
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        185 17 AFP PHILIPPINE President Joseph Estrada, whose change of mind came minutes too late to save the life of a rapist executed on Friday, has granted a reprieve to another death row rapist and murderer. Observers say Mr Estrada was embarrassed by his failed attempt to order a reprieve
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      • 99 17 AFP. THE man who has devoted 23 years in exile to campaigning for independence for East THmor activist and Nobel laureate Jose Ramos Horta returned to his home Saturday, full of praise for President BJ Habibie and armed forces chief General Wiranto. "I believe (they) will put
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      • 106 17 THE Ministry of the Environment has now allowed the following types of Italian cheeses to be sold here: Grana Padano, Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano, Parmesan Powder, Bontzola, Asiago, Bon Taleggio, Fontal, Provolone, Mozzarella di bufalo, Gorgonzola, Montasio, Provolone Valpadana and Fontina Val d' Aosta. The ingredients
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      • 92 17 Reuters. SEVERAL prisoners escaped by helicopter from the sprawling Les Baumettes prison outside the French Mediterranean port of Marseille yesterday, France's LCI TV channel said. Les Baumettes is one of the country's largest prisons. It holds many long-sentence prisoners. The authorities are particularly concerned by the prison breakout
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      • 75 17 INDIA denied coming to terms with Pakistan as it continued air strikes against infiltrators on its side of Kashmir yesterday. The Times of India newspaper said the government's committee on security had considered a proposal "from Islamabad" to allow the raiders to pull back within a given
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      • 106 17 MONEY no enough. Not even high salaries are enough to motivate and retain employees here, showed a study carried out by Steve Morris Associates (SMA). Workers want to be able to trust, and be trusted by, their bosses. Other qualities mentioned by those who took part in
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    • 91 18 2 weddings and a honeymoon Until death do us part? So they said. Though perhaps more appropriate now is, Try, try and try again. Media mogul Rupert Murdoch got married for the third time and Muscles from Brussels Jean-Claude van Damme got married for the second time to the same
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    • 59 18 THIRD STRIKE: And lucky this time! Media mogul Rupert Murdoch looks pleased with his third wife, Wendy Deng. He's the boss she's with his Star TV. And very much Junior —at 31, she's less than half his age of 68. ivP'.i"ji.**. •..*> ;y 1*"-yssgssBf' 3£5 A IB 1 I B|
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  • NEWS
    • 387 19 Strong reaction to China's ruling on Hongkongers' mainland children Source: Wire services. HONGKONG'S Chief Executive Tung Chee Hwa is relieved. But opposition leader Martin Lee is worried. The source of their different reactions? A decision by China's parliament to overturn a ruling by Hongkong's Court
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    • 100 19 IN January, Hongkong's Court of Final Appeal granted residency rights to all mainland children of Hongkong residents. The children included those who were born before their parents came to the territory. Mr Tung had been worried that it would lead to an influx of 1.67 million mainland Chinese, which
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    • 514 20  -  By Soutik Biswas IN CALCUTTA Pradesh Assembly to provoke attention. Still, Mr Behari could not convince the officials that he was alive and kicking. Finally, after much hardship and hullabaloo, he was declared alive by the government only in 1994. Uttar Pradesh, one of India's most lawless
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    • 403 21 For 20 years, taking care of him has given us so much warrkth. He's so active, so cute. Mrs Abdul Rashid HE is a child who never grew up. True, bubbly Rizal Abdul Rashid is all of 20 years old. But he still has the IQ,
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  • 689 23  -  THE PLACE T0 DIP FOR homemaking TIPS, Edited by Ng Wan Ching wanching@sph.com.sg OK, we are talking about survival tactics for shopping. What do you do when you are faced with dozens of choices for the same product? Throw up your hands in dismay? I know friends
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  • 524 24  -  [1 CHEAP AND HIP: STYLE FOR THE BUDGET- CONSCIOUS By Carol Leong canol@sph.com.sg OLD bolster ends, used on ceremonial pillows, weddings and other meyor occasions, are now a collector's item. One proud owner is Ms Agnes Goh, 33, a businesswoman, who fell in love with antique Indonesian textiles
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  • Aggie HATTERS OF THE HEART AND BOOY
    • 233 25 I HAVE known my boyfriend for a couple of months. He is 28 years old and an expatriate working in Singapore. We met at a nightspot and it was love at first sight. We exchanged telephone numbers and he called me the next day.
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    • 177 25 BIRD in a Cage, 15, is upset with her father, who has changed and doesn't trust her. Whenever she goes out with her friends, he will ask her a lot of questions. He often accuses her of going out with guys. He scolds her too. She'll explain
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    • 187 25 I AM a 16-year-old guy and I think that you should not be upset with your father. Maybe he is just trying to be protective of his young daughter. After all, you are a girl and parents tend to be protective of their daughters as
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    • 302 25 I WISH to help a friend of mine change his sex life. He is in his mid-30s and has problems having relationships with the opposite sex. I only came to know about it recently, when he broke off his three>year
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    • 223 25 I'VE been receiving disturbance calls since November last year. I had asked a friend to record a greeting message for my pager because she has a nice voice. A few weeks later, I started to get insulting messages. I called the number left in
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    • Puberty Dr Lim Su Min clears the air over teen sex issues
      • 268 25 I AM 15 and I had sex with Qmy steady boyfriend, who is also 15. I have not had my period for two months and I am scared that I might be pregnant. What should I do if I am pregnant? Where
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      • 289 25 My blood group is O+ and Qmy boyfriend's blood group is A+. Will our child have any problems or disorders? Will I face any delivery problems at childbirth? Also what combinations of blood groups should there be in a marriage? Worried Old
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    • 44 25 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with some useful advice, write or fax to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special @T-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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    • 58 25 Counsellors: Mr Danny Ng, psychologist, and Ms Wong Sing Chee, counsellor, Singapore Polytechnic. CALL US If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****9. Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: npops@sph.com.sg (please mark: Aggie) or
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  • 578 27  -  [-1 Column i ITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN by Jacintha Abisheganaden Dear Diary, WATCHED Fabric (the play) and went backstage to say hello to actress Tsai Chin. Chin's acting career spans 40 years from Broadway to movies and theatre. She was the girl in The Virgin
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  • Feature
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      801 28  - Kiss dwell That first kiss is more memorable than death or loss of virginity, says US study »y CALVIN LOW QUESTION: Which of these "life events" stands out as the most memorable experience in life: The loss of one's virginity. The death of one's parent. One's first kiss? Answer The
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    • 271 28 THE art of kissing has humbl«|j beginnings. Indeed, the entire height of romantic ballyhoo that the kiss built ever since lip and tongue discovered their higher purpose, is said to be rooted in a mere slaking for salt. On one bright day in that
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    • 195 28 Sixteeth century England was a kissy era if Shakespeare's plays are anything to go by. His only kiss-free play is The Comedy of Errors. The most famous kiss is arguably between Romeo and Juliet. By the late 18th century, however, kissing had seen better days. In all of
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    • 167 28 The average kiss lasts 45 seconds and involves 34 muscles. The first kiss usually takes place in a semi-public place, such as the front seat of a car, or saying goodnight outside the girl's home. Kissing triggers the hypothalamus, the emotional seat of the brain. The heart rate
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    • 403 29  -  So the first kiss smothered everything else as the memory of a lifetime. What was it like for some celebrities? By Calvin Low calvin@sph.com.sg Simon Lim, 30, Class 95FM's "Captain of Your Heart": 'The first kiss is definitely memorable. It's like trying out a new food or dessert
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  • Page 31 Miscellaneous
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      66 33 THE MOVIE Based on the Edgar Rice Burroughs classic, a leopard kills Tarzan's shipwrecked parents and he is raised by gorillas. Tarzan wonders why he doesn't look like his hairy peers... until three of his kind drop in. Stars: The voices of Tony Goldwyn (Tarzan) and Minnie Driver (Jane).
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    • 241 33  -  by CALVIN LOW I CAME out of Tarzan convinced that fantasy-action tales are best told as cartoons. Why didn't someone think of it until now after 47 adaptations with live actors? In Disney's latest animated feature, you won't yawn at corned beef swinging in
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    • 101 34  -  Edited by Chan Seet Fun seetfun@sph.com.sg "No matter where I am, you will always be my mother.** Tarzan to Kala, the gorilla who adopted him. "Terima kasih anakku." (Thank you, my son.) Kerchak to Tarzan before he died. One of Tarxan's gorilla friends calls him "Beruk bogel" (naked
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    • 227 34  -  t>y SHAZALINA SALIM I CANNOT deny that Tarzan's animation is excellent but that's about all that's good. So what if it's sophisticated? The tired old storyline is simply jammed with things that are incredible. Like that nasty self-healing wound inflicted by Sabor, the leopard. I did
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    • 208 34 Paul Tatara, CNN online review. "It should come as no surprise by now that the folks at Disney know their animation. Saying that their latest kid-oriented gold mine, Tarc an, looks spectacular almost seems redundant the company's logo (and the amount of money they've committed to promoting the
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    • 233 34  -  with Ming Kang BOASTING the sweet ethereal vocals of female lead Leigh Nash, this Grammy-nominated group is another Cardigans in the making. At 22. Nash casts a magical spell with standout tracks The Lines of My Earth and There She Goes. The group's Top 3
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    • 455 35 Tj CALL: 873-3333 Q I £<uro« cam\mm 24-hour customer service hotline movies tf |urs NBA Furious Finishes of the 90»s p 1 0pm Catch the greatest buzzer-beaters which have made the NBA so fantastic. in sat Till Death Do Us Part And at 8 pm on Saturday, NBA Draft 10pm
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  • Page 36 Miscellaneous
    • 474 36 u marriage. But along the way, they get Mlgrlllght of t h W eek separated. Thinking her lover is dead, she makes her way to Shanghai alone. She falls in love with a painter and goes into showbiz. Her songs bring her fame and wealth but out of the blue,
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      339 37 ON THE MOVIETRAIL: So you've paddled on the Thames in Shakespeare in Love, strolled with Hugh Grant on Notting Hill, trekked with Mel Gibson to Scotland in Braveheart. Now, what about actually visiting Britain in person? We go there on the movie trail and take you to Notting
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      171 38  -  Edited by Rachel Tan rachel@sph.com.sg Have a party! Join the Notting Hill Carnival If you can't make it to Rio, the Notting Hill carnival, usually in the last weekend of August, is your next best bet. Think a million and a half dancers shimmying in the streets,
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    • 183 38 Portobello Hotel 22 Stanley Gardens, London, Notting Hill Wl I Notting Hill Gate Tel: 0171-7272-777 This quiet 22-room townhouse hotel forms part of an elegant Victorian Terrace in the Royal Borough of Kensington. Full of eccentric charm and character, it provides the modern traveller the usual communication
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    • 449 38 Fashion victims, Notting Hill is your heaven. Take your pick from chic boutiques to (Portobello) market cheap. Head for Westbourne Grove (between Ledbury and Portobello Rd) for home furnishings, and Portobello Green for your fashion rags. The Dispensary 25 Pembridge Road and 200 Kensington Park Road No,
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    • 102 38 13 Blenheim Crescent THIS shop (above) has got nothing to do with the charms of the area except that it was featured in the movie. It was the catalyst that brought stuttering bookstore owner William (Hugh Grant) together with leggy, film starlet Anna (Julia Roberts). The
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    • 628 48  -  By Tan Thean Loon Rising son of the soil Speedy Gold gets his chance for a big break in the RM250.000 ($112,500) Malaysian Bred Challenge Cup over 1,600 m at Kuala Lumpur today. One of the better Malaysian-breds at the moment, he should make a decent
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    • 98 48 RACE 1: Strong Hold, Twin Heroes. RACE 2: Just Fame, Runaway Winner, Another Chapter, Breezy Vee, Kabar Mas, Strong Character. RACE 3: Liverpool Bay. RACE 5: Great Machine, The Big Bopper, Confidence V, Flint Zest, Cops Eighty Eight, Winbell, Vibrant Virgo, Hippo Prospero, Big Splendour, Leeds, Colour Of Money,
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    • 118 48 MARC TAN Man U (Race 9 No. 9) Popped up unexpectedly last week for an eye-catching third to fellow-outsiders Beer General and Platoon Commander in a three-way finish over 1,400m. All he needs is to reproduce that run to seal victory over the mile trip today and round
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    • 1228 51 EXCERPTS FROM SELANGOR TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT ISMADI ISMAIL was yesterday found guilty under Rule 144 (b) (i) for a no-merit ride on Listopad in Race 9 on the second day of the current Selangor Turf Club meeting. He had failed
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    • 805 52 Fast as a cheetah.. Cool as a hunter... Nicolas Aneika (above) is young, gifted, swift and strong. He is also a symbol of this mad, mad summer in which the only thing that tops the inflation of transfer fees and wages is the inflated ego of
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    • 195 52 FAMILY has also been the theme at Wimbledon. Martina Hingis, separated from her mum for the first time, lost to a little Serbian mouse whose father saw her as his meal ticket out of Yugoslavia and into Australia. Nothing new there. Jelena Dokic has, according to England's tabloid
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    • 244 53  -  Celtic's bie gamble By Ian Brown IMAGINE a football club which packs in 60,000 fans for every home game. Its accounts department a veritable counting house, awash with the June takings of 52,000 season ticket renewals. But this club, the top team of the land
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    • 393 53 THE return of their former hero has filled the Celtic fans with much hope. Kenny Dalglish, now 48, was a key figure during Celtic's heyday before moving south to Liverpool in 1977 where he achieved even greater glories. Of course, he has proven his mettle
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    • 275 53 CELTIC has had six managers in the "90s Billy McNeill, Liam Brady, Lou Macari, Tommy Burns, Wim Jansen and Dr Josef Venglos. Rangers has had three Graeme Souness, Walter Smith and Dick Advocaat. It's an indication of the clubs' respective fortunes in this decade. Celtic also has
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    • 342 53 ONE can understand John Barnes' delight at getting the chance of "cutting my managerial teeth with Celtic." He had been touting himself around the lower leagues in England after Charlton's relegation! Barnes' coaching experience extends to a couple of sessions at Newcastle. But the chance
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    • 461 53 LAN BROWN previews CORA AMERICA '99 THAT'S the story in South America this week before the Copa America kicks off on Tuesday in the Paraguayan capital of Asuncion. Argentina, missing several stars, is pinning its hopes on 'keeper German Burgos, known as "II Mono" the monkey
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    • 648 54  -  Who was the last Australian to win a singles title at Wimbledon? By Brian Miller FIRST, they claimed the Cricket World Cup at Lord's right smack in England's backyard. Now, and in what looks like a show of impertinence towards their hosts, they want to take
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      698 55 AFP, Reuters THE bookmakers gave him odds of 66-1 to make it all the way in his Wimbledon swansong. Even he himself says he's handed the keys to Centre Court to Pete Sampras. But three-time champion Boris Becker's Wimbledon lease hasn't quite run out yet. He gave Australian
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    • 350 55  -  By] Peter Siow SO who says Formula One motor racing is all about a boring procession of expensive cars? Having seen last fortnight's high-powered crash into a wall involving three world champions Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve at the same corner
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    • 131 55 Reuters. BRAZILIAN Rubens Barrichello yesterday grabbed pole position for the French Grand Prix in torrential rain. World champion Mika Hakkinen qualified only 14th fastest in his McLaren. Barrichello, in a Stewart-Ford car, set his time early in the session before the rain intensified at the Magny-Cours circuit and
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    • 436 56  -  NBA FINALS GAME 5: SAN ANTONIO SPURS 78 NEW YORK KNICKS 77ISPURS WIN 4-1) The Admiral' has waited 10 years for this... RECORD For the fewest points ever in a five-game series: New York's 399, followed by San Antonio's 424. with YVONNE LIM HAIL The
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    • 261 56 IT was a shoot-out night at the OK Corral, Tim Duncan versus Latrell Sprewell. The NBA Finals came down to a fourth-quarter dogfight, with the biggest lead by each side a mere three points. "It was a terrific battle by two terrific players," the Spurs' Mario
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