The New Paper, 24 July 1999

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1 58 The New Paper
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    19 1 the new paper SATURDAY, JULY 24, 1999 Another quality publication Singapore Press Holdings http://newpaper.aaia1.com.sg MITA (P) 062/04/99 60 CENTS
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon 100 bouquets from 'well-wishers' ...but all sent by one man
      415 2 FORMER INDONESIAN PRESIDENT SUHARTOWfIRDEDWITHj^ Source: AFP REALITY masked by wayang kulit (Indonesian shadow play). Observers sometimes make that comment about Indonesia. The flowers came in two open trucks at Pertamina Hospital in Jakarta. They were an impressive sight. Judging by
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      Lock icon PROBE TO CONTINUE
      100 2 INDONESIAN Justice Minister Muladi said yesterday that the probe into Mr Suharto's wealth would go on. The former president is alleged to have amassed millions during his 32 years in power. Mr Muladi said: "The investigation of Pak Harto's case is a process. "Just you wait. "It
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      77 2 Wire services. AN Air Fiji plane with 19 people on board has crashed. The plane went down in the central region of Fiji's main island, Viti Leru. It was flying from the-Fyian capital- Suva to the island's international airport at Nadi when it crashed into a
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      Lock icon This cut tyre helps him to tell how accidents happen
      609 3 In the inquiry into the death of the wife of Senior Minister of State (Education) Mr Peter Chen, the state called on the expertise of Mr Kelvin Koay, an accredited traffic accident reconstructionist. Mr Koay tells EUGENE WEE more about
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      Lock icon Two complaints about his conduct
      907 4 Sacked pilot sues SIA Singapore Airlines and one of its former pilots are fighting it out in court after his contract was terminated. This followed an incident in a first class cabin in 1997 when the pilot wasn't on duty. His co-passengers including a Singapore
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      Lock icon THE CASE
      283 4 CAPTAIN Steven Eric Ahlmark wants almost $100,000 from SLA. His five-year contract was terminated after two years. But he is not fighting the termination. He is asking for the return of a $60,000 bond that he had to put up. He also wants $35,000 three months' pay plus
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      Lock icon Crime down 20%
      176 5 nZI THE crime rate has gone down. The number of offences is down by 4,800 in the first half of this year compared to last year. That's about a one-fifth or 20 per cent reduction. There were 19,200 offences between January and June, down from 24,000 for
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      Lock icon Lessons from the crisis
      42 5 in F@€us Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong delivered a sobering keynote address at the opening of the 32nd Mean Ministerial Meeting yesterday. Here is a summary of the PM's Asean report card two years after the economic crisis
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      Lock icon ASEAN REPORT CARD
      114 5 TROUBLING ISSUES I Recovery can easily be interrupted. Corporate debts and reforms: Debts are not recovered and reforms are slew in happening. External factors: *WH the Wal Street bubble buret? A steep fal in the US stock market wN hurt the Asian recovery. A slow-down In the
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      69 5 My basic idea is for Asean to organise Joint investment-promotion initiatives to market ourselves to the major economies in North America, Europe and East Asia. We have begun the journey of recovery and we must seize the initiative to market our countries collectively and actively. Collective marketing qf
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        60 5 STOCKMARKET SHARES fell in the Asian region yesterday in sellouts amid fears of a US interest rate rise. US Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan hinted to Congress on Thursday that a rate hike would fight inflation. The Straits Times Index plunged 3.8 per cent to close below the
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        73 5 COURT A LAWYER who handled a case so badly that his client ended up being declared bankrupt, has been struck off for gross misconduct. Madam Ng Siew Ker, 42, had been ordered to pay more than $40,000 in a suit because her lawyer, Suresh Kumar Suppiah, did not
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        52 5 CAUSEWAY SINGAPORE and Malaysia should set up a joint committee to solve the problem of Causeway jams. So says the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry. It said the committee should include representatives of the governments and business associations of both countries, and the Singapore and Johor
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        64 5 CARS CAR sales in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines were up by a third in the first five months of this year. Most sales were of locally made Toyotas. Malaysia's car, the Proton, also grabbed more than half the market share, according to a US car-parts maker.
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      32 5 The Dow Jones industrial average ended down 58.26 points, or 0.53 percent, at 10,910.96 yesterday. A moderate volume of 628 million shares was traded on the New York Stock Exchange.
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      54 5 International Herald Tribune: Police raid Tiananmen protest by defiant sect The New Straits Times: Well on the way to Y2K compliance—test trials within nine critical sectors show they will be ready by September BBC news: The Arab world's longest serving leader, King Hassan of Morocco, has died
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      63 5 B5S5S COLLECTORS, get ready. The Singapore Mint has released commemorative coins to mark Parliament's role in the nation's history and the opening of the new Parliament House. There is a $50 gold proof coin, a $5 silver proof coin and a $5 uncirculated cupro-nickel coin... at $1,168, $58
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      51 5 FORTY-SEVEN car buyers have complained about car dealer Auto Asia. In an advertisement the company had promised "$66,800 guaranteed COE". And a customer agreement promises "Guaranteed COE within 3 bids". But customers said they did not get their cars. The company said it would drop the "guaranteed COE"
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      Lock icon 'Hit and run'
      54 5 ■Al:« HE allegedly knocked down and injured a Japanese tourist on Sunday outside Lucky Plaza. Noodle stall operator Tan Eng Leong, 26 (right) was charged with three offences yesterday, including not filing a police report. The case has been adjourned as the police prosecutor said more charges
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      62 5 WORKPLACE COURSES organised specially for them to help them improve their skills. Better yet, the workers will be paid while they train. TTiis will be in store for Eurasian workers who have been laid off and whose household incomes are less than $2,000 a month each. Four courses
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      59 5 y The Straits Times: PM urges Asean to have joint roadshows The Business Times: US fund managers unfazed by Fed warning Lianhe Zaobao: CIA chief takes responsibility for bombing of Chinese embassy Berita Harian: Asean must work together to attract foreign investors RCS morning news: Asean foreign
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      Lock icon MAHATHIR LASHES OUT AT PAS
      100 5 Quote Wworthy What happens when a poor man falls in love with a beautiful woman? Obviously they cannot marry because the man is poor and the woman will be unable to help support the family because shelimuiot work. This is a clear-cut case of victimisation.
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      211 5 .Artspcrieice This July. of arts and crafts awaits you .Mk Riverside Point, along the Singapore River. Explore a colourful world of the arts and crafts, browse through traditional oil paintings or 7 examine the various unique j I crafts like ceramics, polymer JF Jk »j i clay, dough and home
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    277 6 DONATION SCAM singapWetoday THE makeshift altars outside the Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple at Waterloo Street disappeared on the afternoon The New Paper on Sunday published a story about the donation scam. And for good reason. Last Sunday, police arrested two men outside the
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      479 8  -  BY Teh Jen Lee WHAT is a Singaporean soldier doing in the middle of war-torn Afghanistan? Well, for one, he was trying to make peace between groups who wanted to kill each other. For one year, that was what Lieutenant-Colonel Lo Yong Poo, 42, had to do as
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      86 8 LT-COL Lo's story and that of other peacekeeping UN officers are highlighted in a photographic exhibition marking a decade of Singapore's participation in UN peacekeeping operations. The exhibition, opened on Tuesday by Minister of State (Defence and Information and the Arts) David Lim, will be on at the Mandarin
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      64 11 muifmui* ■■HBMnHaaaHaunHHaBaBHHwaMMHi Mitt Marie S|ostraaid v 23, was separated from her family since she wat a month old. She wat recewßy reunited with them after her story was published in The New Paoer. •■nnil Wl J VWwV M IWVV I was expecting six siblings. Can you imagine how
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      Lock icon No 5-day Paternity overtime work week leave
      489 12  -  By Irene Kew THESE calls were heard at the second dialogue session on the Singapore family organised by the Feedback Unit last night. The first session was on Wednesday. The sessions saw about 70 Singaporeans, mostly professionals, coming together to give their feedback
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      Lock icon STUDY ON S'PORE FAMILY
      186 12 THE Feedback Unit of the Ministry of Community Development (MCD) held two dialogue sessions this week on a study on the Singapore family, by sociologist and Associate Professor Dr Stella Quah of the National University of Singapore. People from various walks of life doctors, teachers, businessmen,
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      Lock icon Rapist who struts like movie star
      490 13 IF you'd seen him strut like a smug movie star into the courtroom yesterday, you'd never have guessed he was facing life in jail for kidnap and rape. No tears. No shameful lowering of his carefully-gelled head. In his loud flashy shirt, Muhammad Rahmatullah,
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      Lock icon JAILED & CANED
      70 13 JAILED CANED Muhammad Rahmatullah was sentenced to 16 years' jail and 24 strokes of the cane for rape, unnatural sex and abduction. Maximum penalty for rape is 20 years'jail and at least 12 cane strokes. Abdul Rahman Ameer Hamsha (right) was sentenced to one year's jail for molest. The maximum
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      Lock icon Reliving her nightmare
      517 13 FOR three days she had to relive her nightmare. Of being abducted, then raped. And forced to perform oral sex. Once, during a break, she emerged from the court room crying. The 34-year-old Australian woman then ran into her husband's arms. He had been waiting patiently outside
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      79 13 THE couple had at first stayed in a downtown hotel. But halfway through, she asked to be moved to another hotel. She feared for her life. She was afraid that the accused had found out where she was staying. Rahmatullah was on bail then. Her husband had even taken
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      Lock icon Busy making babies
      34 14 MUI'MUI' Singer Donny Osmond of taikshow Donny and Marie, whdAfaftl about his five children and his Osmond's seven children, said: We don't drink or smoke, so we've got to do something.
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      260 14 ANOTHER FOOD SCARE IN BELGIUM Source: AFP, BBC. ABOUT 80,000 tonnes of pork have been seized in Belgium. Reason: Poisons up to 50 times the permitted level have been found at pig farms across the country. This has lead to
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      Lock icon Just paint them in!
      469 15 Not enough parking lots? A POLICE officer, frustrated by the lack of parking, did what every New York driver would love to do paint in extra parking lots on the street. Earlier this week, his action doubled the usual 20 lots near his Manhattan station to
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      Lock icon False kidnap claim gets ex-newscaster three months' jail
      295 15 A FORMER Radio Television Malaysia newsreader sobbed quietly as sentence was passed in a high-profile Kuala Lumpur court case yesterday. Sharma Kumari Om Prakash, 38, was given three months'jail for making a false police report last year, reported Malaysian newspapers. She was
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      Lock icon A RELATIONSHIP GONE SOUR
      234 15 SHARMA Kumari Shukla was charged on March 10 with making a false police report. During the course of the trial, a lot of dirty linen was washed in public. Sharma was alleged to have borrowed RM262,350 ($118,057) from her boss, Datuk Abdullah Hishan Mohd Hashim, to
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      Lock icon 'This is an emergency. The captain has been stabbed'
      117 16 A Japanese pilot was stabbed to death in a bloody mid-air struggle over Japan yesterday. The crew's conversations with the control tower capture the drama 11.25 am PILOT: We have been hijacked. 12.04pm CO-PILOT: This is an emergency. The captain has
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      Lock icon Hijacker wanted to fly the plane
      379 16 AFP A KNIFE-WIELDING man tried to hijack a Boeing 747-400 carrying 517 passengers and crew. The 28-year-old lone hijacker later identified as an unemployed Tokyo resident, Yuji Nishizawa was carrying a knife with a 20-cm blade on board All Nippon Airways Flight 61 from
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      81 17 <* Win yourself a free holiday for two to New Zealand or exclusive Bugs Bunny gold pendants worth $200 each in our Enza Bonanza lucky draws, hom March to August, just look out for the Enza sticker every time you buy Enza apples Peel it off and paste them on
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      137 18 Source: AFP. BRITISH pop star Phil Collins will marry Swiss woman Orianee Cevey (right) today. The wedding will be held at a luxury hotel in Lausanne in Switzerland. It is the third marriage for Collins, 48. Miss Cevey, 27, is the daughter of a Swiss
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      577 18 ARAB ENVOY TELLS THAIS: The maid claimed rape, Thailand's The Nation reported yesterday. Today, it apologised. She had not been raped. Now, the man accused has spoken out against the claim of molest. THE false accusation has damaged his reputation and thatofhis country's. Yesterday, Kuwait's
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      133 19 "^1 Tough, yes. Unrewarding, no. The task of reforming offend ers can be v difficult, tut it is worth our every effort. j Making a d ifference, even to one life i that wants a second chance, brings job satisfaction thats spiritually rewarding, 4* As a |j H you will
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      Lock icon Erra's challenge: See my new movie and decide if it's about me
      631 20  -  REPORTS WOON WUI TEK FOR months, the star had dodged questions about her love life. Admirers and reporters hounded her over ner recent romantic trials. Now, Erra Fazira has laid down a challenge to her many fans: "Come
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      Lock icon Tension, then laughter
      230 20 AT a seaside hotel, a couple are arguing furiously. *Tou have never been faithful to me!" the handsome man spits out. The beautiful woman stares out to sea, tears in her eyes (see picture above, left.) Then a tall man hovering around the couple shouts "Cut" in
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      Lock icon 'Better to have a jealous wife'
      498 21  -  By Woon Wui Tek HE'S the king of Malay cinema. Known as Malaysia's "million-ringgit man" because his movies always pass that magic mark in box-office takings he's often surrounded by glamorous beauties. He also has a jealous wife. But that's good, said Yusof Haslam
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      Lock icon Money makes his world go round
      539 21 AT least this successful director is open about his motives. He makes movies to make money, so Yusof Haslam declares. In fact, Malaysia's most successful director heaped scorn on film-makers claiming nobler motives. "If you say it's for your own satisfaction or for art,
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      Lock icon Mavis is tops (again)
      547 22  -  This time, she's named Top Local Artist By! Seto Nu-wen THERE'S a huge metal shelf in Mavis Hee's house. Crowded on it are the numerous awards she's received over the years. Such as the 1998 Solid Gold Award for Outstanding Performance, the 1998 Music City Best
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      Lock icon P Ramlee won too
      122 22 IT HAS been more than 20 years since his death. But the late P Ramlee is still winning awards. At the Compass Awards last night, the kingpin of Malay cinema was conferred the Compass Lifetime Achievement Award. While he was better-known as a filmmaker, P Ramlee
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      93 22 Top Local Engftsfe Pop Soup China Blue by Mark Chan Top Local CMnoso Pop Song: Ai Shi Yong Heng, by Dick Lee and Lam Chun Keung Top Local Malay Pop Song: Jejaka, by Rosli Mohaiim and Rosiina Musa Top local Soriout mailer Street Calls, by Leong Yoon Pin
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      Lock icon Top comedienne? No, fighting cock, says her sister
      531 23  -  SHOW INFO WHAT: Malay Cultural Nite! WHERE: Behind Paya Lebar MRT Station WHEN: Today, 6pm TICKETS: Free By Seto Nu-wen ON stage, she's a first-class comedienne. But at home, her sister calls her a fighting cock. And Zaliha Hamid concedes it's quite
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      82 23 SEE Zaliha Hamid, Hussin Saaban and Asnida Daud at the Malay Cultural Nite! today. It also features the Orkestra Melayu Singapore (Singapore Malay Orchestra) and the Bukit Batok CC Malay Culture Group. Those in the mood can be in a ronggeng contest. But note you must have fast
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      553 37  -  By Marc Tan THE consensus among the Three Horsemen of The New Paper is unanimous. The third leg of the Tiger Beer Triple Challenge in Race 7 at Bukit Timah this afternoon looks to be a three-way battle for honours. Jazz Malone, Snooping Eagle and likely race
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      185 37 TAN Mummy's Reason (Race 6 No. 10) Deserves a big smile from Lady Luck. Has been a little unlucky so far, with five seconds to show from 18 starts. But the way he flew home for second to Victory Fighter last week over today's course and distance suggests
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      264 38  -  By Danny Khoo A WINDFALL is in store for punters in Malaysia starting from next Saturday's Selangor Turf Club meeting. Thanks to an innovative move by the Totalisator Board of Malaysia, punters can look forward to a minimum guaranteed payout of RM9 ($4) for
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      1007 38 no. Lwi o runs nqm wi riaiing jocney PHim irair>er-owneri 1 990 BAHAYA 57 Saftxfin 7 (4amg BusutlirvW 4 A) 2 3 WINNING BID 57 Saimee 1 (4amg Thwartes-Fairdeal) 3 8 BLESSED 56 Whiting 9 (3ag Kent-Carttooian) 4 PRECIOUS PEARL 56 Treymane 8
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      445 39  -  By Danny Khoo HE HAS already created history by being the first and only foreign entry in tomorrow's $700,000 Emirates Singapore Derby. Now he may add a new chapter to his story. Australian representative Turf Clipper, who will be attempting to win the
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      184 39 AFP. HONGKONG-BASED trainer Ivan Allan on Thursday booked American star Cash Asmussen to ride Indigenous in today's King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot, England. The French-based American, who has never won the 2,400 m King George race a third on Helissio in
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      103 43 A winning track record for Emirates. Emirates' winning ways in the sky continue on the ground. Emirates is in the thick of the track action at the Singapore Derby, on 25 July 1999. Sponsoring what will be the historic last race day at the BukitTimah racecourse. gfh Emirates ingapore 2sj
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      514 53  -  I 10TH FK) ASIAN YOUTH TCNPIN BOWLING CHAMPIONSHIPS 1999: ORCHID BOWL (TILL SUNDAY) BY Lim Han Ming IT was high-fives since the start of the tournament. Lim Zhong won the singles gold, while Jennifer Tan added a silver and bagged another bronze
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      415 54  -  COUNTDOWN TO THE SEA GAMES WHAT: 61st Singapore Open Championships WHEN: July 24-25 WHERE: Serangoon Stadium By Lim Han Ming WHO will win the coveted 100 m gold medal in Brunei next month? Will it be 1998 Asian Games silver medallist Reanchai Seeharwong of
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      586 55  -  COUNTDOWN TO THE SEA GAMES COMMENT S GULAM HE last played three weeks ago. He has trained with the rest of the Lions only once last Tuesday since July 4. But even then he limped out midway through, unable to bear the pain at his
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      269 55  -  BY Gerard Wong KADIR Yah ay a will know his Sea Games fate on Monday morning. That's when he heads for the Singapore Sports Council for a final medical test to determine his fitness. But even if Kadir is certified only 60 per cent fit, there
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      60 56 FORMULA ONE: Eddie Irvine told to shut up ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE: The foreign invasion: Winners and losers ROB HUGHES: Cancer survivor in race of his life ALL TOGETHER NOW: Bulgaria's synchronised swimming team performing In the preliminary round of the synchronised swimming teams competition in
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      328 56 Broke Palace tells visiting Leicester... AFP. OH, how the poor suffer... As Manchester United players were yesterday promised an astronomical £500,000 ($1.35 m) each if they win The Millennium Treble" in the new season, debt-ridden Crystal Palace will charge visiting Leicester tickets for a pre-season friendly next
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