The New Paper, 21 July 1999

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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      513 3 China-Taiwan tension over Lee Teng-hui's 'two states' claim THE China-Taiwan issue is so serious to the US that it is sending two teams of senior envoys to both places this week, reports said. Each team will hold talks at the same time with top Chinese and Taiwanese
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    • 313 3 A FATHER of two was jailed three months yesterday for giving false information to the Registry of Muslim Marriages (ROMM). Adrian Samad, 44, was found guilty of declaring himself to be a bachelor, reports Berita Harian. He did this before the kadi, Mr
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 516 4  -  £EJ^VIOL£STERCASE By Eugene Wee SHE was stunned when the policeman handcuffed her son in court yesterday. The 53-year-old cofifeeshop assistant could hardly say a word to her beloved son as he was led away. Sean (not his real name) showed no emotion. But his mother seemed
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    • 99 4 ON June 10, Sean pleaded guilty to four charges of molest. Five other charges of molest and causing hurt were taken into consideration. Between April 21 and May 30, he roamed around Übi estate at night, molesting women in Housing Board lifts. He hit those who tried
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    • Article, Illustration
      64 4 wjjnnnsn^m Ms Khoo Heng Keow, president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (Aware), challenged the idea that logically, tougher penalties for false rape reports do not make it harder for real rape victims to come forward: Many decisions people make are not based on
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 318 6 m THE property fever has gone down. There is no longer a need to restrict the number of units sold at soft launches, said the chief of Singapore's group of major property developers. The 30 per cent cap for soft launches is outdated and had "outlived
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    • 60 6 This NEW HP PRESIDENT: Ma Carieton Fiorina, 44, la the firat woman to head a Fortune 500 firm. On Monday, ahe became preaident and chief executive of Hewlett Packard in the US. SPACE COMMANDER: US Air Force Colonel Eileen Collins, 42, is all set to become
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    • News Break
      • 55 6 TRADE U SINGAPORE exports expanded by a healthy 7.5 per cent last month, continuing the growth trend of the previous two months and confirming that economy is slowly recovering. June domestic exports, excluding oil products, rose to $8.5 billion, the Trade Development Board said yesterday. The boost came
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      • 60 6 SPRATLYS THE Philippine navy sank a Chinese fishing boat in a new South China Sea collision, heightening tensions between the two countries. China said two not one of its boats were sunk, but Philippine officials insisted that only one did. This is the second collision involving the two
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      • 59 6 MALAYSIA PRIME Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad broke down yesterday over the poor grades of bumiputra students, saying that they were far behind their non-bumiputra peers. "If we don't arrest this slide, there'll come a time when it can create jealousy and political instability," he said in a
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      • 51 6 WTO'SMOVE THE stalemate over the World Trade Organisation's director-general post has ended. Former New Zealand Prime Minister Mike Moore will take up the post from September, followed by Thai Deputy Prime Minister Supachai Panitchpakdi three years later. The post has been vacant since Mr Renato Ruggiero retired in
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    • 42 6 The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 191.55 points, or 1.71 per cent, at 10,996.13 yesterday. It was the Dow's fifth-biggest point drop this year. A moderate volume of 752 million shares was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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    • 55 6 International Herald Tribune: US to try diplomacy in dispute over Taiwan The New Straits Times: Budget to focus on strengthening recovery Asian Wall Street Journal: Suharto checks into Jakarta hospital BBC news: Student leader in Iran has warned that the Islamic regime will not survive if hardline
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    • 190 7 in FSHSus RELEASE in stages the frozen Malaysian shares once traded in Singapore. The head of Malaysia's Federation of Public Listed Companies, Mr Megat Najmuddin Khas, told Reuters this yesterday. The issue should be resolved in a "sensible manner whereby the shares are released to
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    • 59 7 WEB WOES I THIRD Voice, a home-grown company, has come under fire for its "Post-It" Web notes. Say No to Third Voice, another online movement, says the notes can be used to create offensive graffiti. It says anybody can use the software to post messages on any website. These
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    • 57 7 MOBILES A SWEDISH company is looking to offer its "free" mobile phone call service in Singapore. However, with Gratis Tel International free time, 10-second ads break in at two-minute intervals. The firm will not compete directly with the telephone companies here. Its system will be a value-added service
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    • 61 7 The Straits Times: More signs of recovery as exports grow 7.5 per cent The Business Times: Indon bank shakeout could leave just four survivors Lianhe Zaobao: Increase in projected total foreign trade growth Berita Harian: Trade forecast this year increased 4-6 per cent RCS morning news: The
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    • 67 7 I PETROL 1 THE petrol stations are engaged in a price war, much to the delight of consumers. Mobil offered a 12 per cent discount on petrol over the weekend. BP did so on Monday. Yesterday, Esso offered a similar deal. They have effectively broken from a long-held
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    • 60 7 INDONESIA INDONESIA'S big bank shakeout could leave only four core banking groups. There had been 100 or so private banks before the economic crisis hit, reports The Business Times. By the end of the year, after the mergers and crunchdown, the four main survivors are likely to
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    • 101 7 Quote Wworthy Qfte consistent refrain is that with Asean's expansion, Asean was in danger of developing into a two-tier organisation. We should avoid this at all costs. Asean would thus need t0... work hard to find ways and means to rapidly integrate the new members into Asean.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

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    317 8  -  SINGAPORETODAY Tearing and burning money Challenging son to call cops BY Tanya Fong HE tried to use money to solve a family dispute but ended up burning a hole in his pocket instead. Lim Chwee Leong, 47, was fined $1,000 for tearing and burning two currency notes.
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  • HEALTHTODAY
    • 753 11 Do you know how vulnerable your knees really are? CAROL LEONG meets a man who's had 22knee operations and asks (on behalf of ageing weekend soccer warriors) how to protect those knobbly bits EVERYTHING that can be done to his knees has been
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    • 256 11 NEVER overstrains an injured knee. Eats carefully: "I can't afford to get fat and put extra weight on my knees." Walks venr carefully on rainy days, does not carry heavy things. Every morning and evening, he sits on a chair and ties 10 kg
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    • 317 11 KNEES suffer terribly in football. Dr Teh Kong Chuan, director of sports medicine at Singapore Sports Council, treats the knees of our national football squad. This is his advice: First Aid: The best first aid is RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation. Rest: Rest the injured knee for
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 601 12  -  How did you cross this busy road by yourself, boy? BY Chua Wei Yng NO one knew how he did it. But four-year-old Stanley Tay crossed this busy four-lane road which had traffic on both sides to a bus stop one afternoon. All on his own. The nearest
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    • 211 12 MRS Tay was late and didn't call to let the centre know. Then, Stanley slipped out. Said the manager in charge of classes at all Nee Soon South PCFs, Mr Sim Teo Hong: The mother came about 15 minutes late. Since it was alter dismissal, the teacher
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    • 557 13  -  By, Jason Tan HE cried for two weeks when little Bobby died, and he lost 5 kg. On Monday, Mr Khoo Tou Khiang, 45, cried again when he testified against businessman Michael Gracia, 32, who was accused of kicking Bobby to
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    • 100 13 FOR the offence of mischief by killing, businessman Michael Gracia, 32, was jailed three months and ordered to pay the dog owner Mr Khoo Tou Khiang $1,300, the purchase price of the dog. He could have been jailed up to five years, or fined, or both. For using criminal
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    • 157 13 AROUND 6.30 pm on Jan 25, Mr Khoo was walking his three dogs along Bayshore Road, near Bayshore Park condominium, where he lives. On the opposite side, Gracia, who lived nearby, was walking his retriever. Mr Khoo's dogs dashed across to Gracia's dog, which reacted "aggressively". So Mr
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    • 192 13 A HIGH price to pay for a hot-headed moment of folly. That's what seven of the 10 people The New Paper interviewed felt about the three-month jail sentence. Said Miss Tian Yee Shin, 23, a part-time field researcher who is afraid of dogs: "If s so
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    • 141 13 A HANDFUL believed the sentence was fair and necessary. Teacher Seah Li Cheng, 27, a self-professed dog lover, said: 'The guy (Mr Khoo) did apologise, I don't see why he had to kick the dog, especially when it belonged to someone else. I feel he deserved three months
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    • 429 14 How did a paralysed 79-year-old woman end up dead with a piece pink cloth around neck? Her daughter is in hospital, choked unconscious by a pink cloth, too. Their shocked neighbours say they hardly knew the family. So, what happened? TANYA FONG tries to find out
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    • 150 14 POLICE received a call at about 6.55 pm on Monday night from Mr Tan Chong La, 32, Madam Boo's son. He said he had found his mother and his sister in the bedroom when he came home from work that evening. He found his mother, Madam 800
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 245 16 AFP Same army, same war. But Gurkha killed in Kosovo gets fraction of compensation paid to British soldiers who die in action IF you're a Nepalese soldier who dies in action with Britain's elite Gurkha regiment, too bad. That appears to be the message, judging by the
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    • 345 16 Source: London Evening Standard (Internet) and wire services. ITS been over 10 years since the Hillsborough disaster that killed 96 soccer fans in England. But now, the police chiefs who were in charge that fateful day will face trial. On April 15,1989,
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      32 17 I mui<mui< ««»mi ii 1,1, jhT^*" 1 If a naughty Newsweek correspondent is spotted in a Patpong bar, someone should hit him in the butt with a golf driver.
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    • 319 17 OR it could be BOOM. Handphones, petrol stations and hot dry weather with no air movement could be a lethal combination, scientists have warned. combined with petrol vapour could cause explosions. There have been two explosions at stations in China and India. Now, two
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    • 480 18 SUHARTO IN HOSPITAL THE sixth floor of the Pertamina hospital in Jakarta was out of bounds yesterday. Tight security was imposed in and outside the hospital. In the hospital's Super WIP room, former president Suharto (top right) was being treated for something. Some
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    • 122 18 Reuters. REFORMIST Indonesian politician Amien Rais has proposed nominating Muslim leader Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, for the Indonesian presidency. He said a neutral person would prevent the country from being split into rival camps supporting popular opposition figure Megawati Sukarnoputri and President B
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • ITS TIME TO SAY GOODBYE
      • 465 20  -  By I Goh Teng Teng REPORTING FROM BALTIMORE. US OSCAR, my regular taxi-driver, had only this to say of the Kennedy tragedy: "Why do these things happen to them again and again?" Like many Americans, he was shaking his head in sympathy over the
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      • 199 20  -  with WOON WUI TEK LETS talk about tragic deaths but not jump to the obvious one straight away. The deaths of Lady Diana and Mother Teresa which occurred just days apart were called "tragic" for different reasons. If we compare track records, Mother
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      • 594 20 WITHOUT anyone else but each other for company, Caroline and John F Kennedy Jr grew up leaning on each other for support, encouragement and affection. So close that when Caroline got married, her brother gave the first toast. "All my life there has just
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  • ShowTime
    • 585 21  -  What has singer M Nasir been up to since his wife's death last year? By Seto Nu-wen THEY say he's the most eligible "bachelor" in Kuala Lumpur now that he has gotten over his wife's death. And that he has begun dating again. But there
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    • 284 22 RUMOURS have been flying that M Nasir has found someone to help mend his broken heart after his wife's death. In March, Berita Harian reported that the 42-year-old singer was dating a woman of "corporate status". The Malay daily described the unnamed woman
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    • 117 22 THE last time, M Nasir shared the limelight with local rocker Ramli Sarip in a sold-out concert at the Harbour Pavilion. Now, after seven years, he is returning to the Harbour Pavilion on Aug 20. But he'll be alone this time. It'll be his first ever solo
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  • 538 23 exetech The new Toyota Prius is an environmentally friendly car: But it will cost more than a regular car because of its new technology. And COEs might make the final price tag even higher. So how about green COEs for green cars A new COE
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 513 24  -  By' Yong Siew Fern THE Crucible is that heated pot which tests and melts metals. It could melt your sanity, too, as some Singaporean actors are finding out. The popular and darkly intense Arthur Miller play is being staged and directed by theatre veteran Lim Kay Siu.
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    • 386 25  -  By Seto Nu-wen Mention New Age music and you'd think Kitaro or Yanni or Enya. Nothing very close to home. At best, Mark Chan perhaps. Now, a Singaporean musician aims to change that impression by releasing what his record label claims is probably
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    • 81 25 ATMAN'S signature instrument is the ocarina, an ancient egg-shaped wind instrument with a mouthpiece and six to eight holes. "When I was 15,1 saw a documentary about the ocarina and I was inspired by the performances," he said. "So I hunted down this small music shop along Selegie Road
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  • 456 26  -  cetera WITH IVAN FERNANDEZ Best if read aloud in a Lee Perry or Barry White voice. Preferably to the wash ofKitaro's or Yanni's music. WORRYING about education is okay. Some say such obsessions are unhealthy education is the No. 1 concern of Singapore parents, according to
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
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    • 296 33 §jj£ MMPnMm ESSO STATIONS have immediate vacancies for the following positions: 1. STORE SUPERVISORS (BUKIT PANJANG) 'O' Level or above At least 3 years' supervisory experience in F&B/Retail industry 2. CASHIERS (lALAN KAYU/BUKIT PANIANG) No experience needed. PRs are welcome BENEFITS INCLUDE: Attractive base salary Sales incentives and allowances Regular
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    • 183 37 SH**riM rTir^ r I CaMng ad Wds between 4 and 12 years okfl Singapore will be celebrating National Day soonand we invite you to draw what you a think the National Day Parade wtt look Nke in the yeor 2065 when Singapore turns 100 years old. Selected entries will be
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    • 555 38  -  YESTERDAY'S BUKIT TIMAH TRACKWORK By Danny Khoo TRAINER Michael Kent's Big Opportunity, who skipped his engagement last Saturday, bears watching in the Class 2 1,400 m event on Saturday. Brought out in the company of Lucky Grey (Class 3 1,200 m), he reeled off 600 m in 37.95ec.
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    • 167 38  -  By Tan Thean Loon SET THE FASHION, second to Born To Be King in the Republic of Peru Cup over 1,200 m last Saturday, showed splendid form on a good track at Bukit Timah this morning. The Michael Kent-trained Bellotto colt looked all muscled up
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      • 107 38 WESTERN Australian galloper Turf Clipper will have a special place in local turf history no matter how he finishes in the Emirates Singapore Derby on Sunday. For the Warwick Bradshaw-trained galloper has earned his place in the Malayan Racing Association record books as
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      • 99 38 FORMER Australian Jockey Club chief steward John Schreck is turning out to be a roving ambassador for Australian racing. Schreck, 59, who served with the MRA as a professional steward in 1996, is on the move again. After a successful stint as director of
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      • 138 38 ANOTHER familiar horseman who is making the headlines in Macau is jockey Grant Cooksley. The Kiwi, who is on a visiting pass, was the toast last weekend when he booted home seven winners and two thirds from just 12 rides. Cooksley, dubbed Mr Cool by
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    • 176 39  -  By Danny Khoo THE third and final leg of the popular Tiger Beer Triple Challenge series at Bukit Timah on Saturday will by no means be the last. For sponsor Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore and the Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) have once again joined hands to take the
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    • 111 39 RESULTS of yesterday's barrier trials on a good track at Bukit Timah: Trial 1:1 Royal Dragon (jockey V Sivan, trainer C Leek) 2 Yallah's Success (apprentice KB Soo, D Baertschiger) 3 Uppercut II (C Treymane, M Kent) 4 Diamond Emperor (I Azhar, Leek) 5 Expect The Best (E
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    • 220 39 m HEARTSTRINGS CHARITY CUP 'ooi.mwi.ui.irmu Draw date Sunday. 13 July 1999 VenuQ Singapore Turf Club. Bukit Timah Racecourse Prixe SQII 543 *****5 iri IPrlSi *****4 Prize *****3 i£i Prize S) *****9 6th Prize:ool9BB Bth Prize:ol73o7 7th Prize:o2BBl3 9th Prize:o4B96B 10th Prize *****4 11th Prize *****5 21st Prize *****7 12th Prize
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    • 463 40 AFP. IMAGINE: A strike-force worth £44.8 million (sl2lm). That's what Italian giant Inter-Milan hopes to unleash on the world in the new season. It splashed out £28 million to buy Vieri from Lazio and will pair the world's most expensive footballer with probably
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      364 41 RED DEVILS IN SHANGHAI AFP. HARD. That is Manchester United captain Dennis Irwin's prediction for his team's match against Chinese league leader Shanghai Shenhua tonight. The English team arrived in Shanghai yesterday for the sold-out exhibition match. "We're not at our fluent best yet," Irwin told reporters at
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    • 175 41 WHILE IN AUSTRALIA MANCHESTER United striker Andy Cole has apologised for his horror tackle on Australian Simon Colosimo. Cole sent a private message to Colosimo alter he was accused of jeopardising the defender's career, it was revealed yesterday. Colosimo faces six months on the sidelines alter he
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    • 80 41 FERGIE AT BUCKINGHAM PALACE The Queen told me she doesn't think it Will ever be achieved again and she's right. Man United manager Alex Ferguson on his team's Treble success of winning the English Premiership, FA Cup and European Cup last season. Ferguson (right, with wife
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    • 546 42 II ARSENAL LINES UP 27 MILLION-DOLLAR FRENCH WORLD CUP STRIKER FRANCE'S World Cup striker Thierry Henry is set to move from Juventus to Arsenal by the end of the week. Henry, 21, is expected to sign a six-year deal with the Gunners for £10 million (s27m).
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    • 479 42 WOLVES 0 LIVERPOOL 2 Wire services. ROBBIE Fowler and Karlheinz Riedle were on target for Liverpool. Gerard Houllier gave three of his foreign legion a gentle run-out in the comfortable win at Molineux, reports Carlingnet. Houllier gave a debut to goalkeeper
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    • 302 43 CHELSEA'S $27 MILLION STRIKER ON HIS BIG MOVE TO STAMFORD BRIDGE IT lasted only 45 minutes. But Chris Sutton felt distinctly proud to wear Chelsea's blue jersey for the first time. The weekend's 1-1 draw at First Division Birmingham provided a gentle workout for the 26-year-old
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    • 61 43 Zola's 26th-minute goal against Birmingham was a beauty. He whacked a low and angled shot into the bottom comer of goal. It was a testimony to his uncanny positional play and persistence, says Sutton. Zola (above) is an excellent player, marveUous to watch. His touch, vision and
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    • 553 43 HE'S no quitter. So when Blackburn Rovers was relegated from the Premiership, Sutton wanted to stay on even if it meant a step backwards in the First Division. "It wasn't as easy as some people might have thought. These days there's a
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    • 253 43 Leaving relegated Blackburn was very difficult for me' Reuters. I WAS completely helpless as my Ferrari speared off the circuit into a tyre wall. That's how former world champion Michael Schumacher described his horrific crash at the British Grand Prix. He broke two bones in his right leg in the
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    • 458 44  -  SEA GAMES COUNTDOWN: 10TH FIQ ASIAN YOUTH BOWLING MEET (JULY 19-25) By Gerard Wong CARPE diem. Or "Seize the day That's what Robin Williams told his students in his in the movie Dead Poets Society. It's the same advice national coach Goran BergendorfF gave
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    • 101 44 TODAY: Boys and Girls Singles TOMORROW: Boys and Girls Doubles FRIDAY: Team event SATURDAY: Masters (first block of eight games) SUNDAY: Masters (Second block of eight games) and step-ladder finals (boys and girts) SINGAPORE'S ASIAN FK) YOUTH SQUAD: Bays: Andrew Fang, Lim Zhong, Daniel Urn, Ang Kok Leong and
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    • 401 44  -  NATIONAL SCHOOLS' TEN PIN BOWLING C'SHIPS 1999 RESULTS: Singles 'A'Boys: ITayFengHuai (Anglo-Chinese Junior College) 853 pintails 2 Elden Troy Mcgladdery (Raffles Junior College) 814 pinfalls 3 Tan Zhen Han (Raffles Junior College) 811 pinfalls 'A' Girls: 1 Zheng Hui Shan (AngloChinese Junior College) 761 pinfalls 2 Judith
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    • 440 45  -  COUNTDOWN TO BRUNEISEfIGAMF^fITIf^^m^ Re porta/1 Peter Siow TWISTED ankles, broken bones, black eyes and sore elbows. These are just some of the more common injuries you can suffer when your body absorbs brutally powerful kicks. But such pain does not seem to bother the gutsy Ong
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    • 173 45 THE Singapore Taekwondo Federation has set itself a target of two silver and two bronze medals at next month's South-east Asia Games. It does not want to predict a golden future so as not to pressure the 10 Brunei-bound pugilists. The silver streak, if not gold, is
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