The New Paper, 5 October 1999

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1 37 The New Paper

  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 538 2 SURPRISE 1: SPEAKER #1 REFORMIST leader Dr Amien Rais has been appointed Speaker of the People's Consultative Assembly. It is Indonesia's highest-law making body. Dr Amien, leader of the National Mandate Party, wasn't even a front-runner. But he received the blessings of the
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    • 247 2 SHE'S only 14, but she's been charged with a serious crime. The teenager will be charged in court today with the kidnapping of a seven-year-old boy in Johor. She is one of eight suspects, aged between 14 and 32, who have been arrested for
      Pictures/ Nanyang Slang Pau and The sun  -  247 words
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  • 454 3  -  SINGAPORETODAY What else do you call a man who pays U5537,500 ($63,800) for an electric fan? By Carol Leong HE MIGHT have invented the light bulb. But Thomas Edison's name is drawing big bucks not for a chandelier but for an electric fan instead. Mr C K Toh
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  • PARLIAMENTTODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      201 4 'People, people who need people... 'Not the old Barbra Streisand hit (entitled People) but the tune that President S R Nathan has set for the new-millennium Parliament. How do we nurture and bond our people? How can we make music as one great orchestra? YVONNE LIM and artist
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    • 484 5  -  Two men on trial for robbeiy-cum-death of 67-year-old housewife By, Jason Tan THE elderly victim was dead. And the robbers had long run away from the scene. But wait. What were two strange pairs of worn-out shoes doing at the scene? Were the Reebok sneakers
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 254 6 tfflr THE housing loan policy has not been relaxed, says the Monetary Authority of Singapore. It was reported yesterday that the MAS will now allow home owners to switch all of their housing loan to another bank, even if the loan amount is more than
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    • 56 6 This Picture AT YOUR FINGERTIPS: Shopping on the Net could soon be safer, with a device like this which Identifies users by their fingerprints. Singapore Technologies Electronics andNanyang Technological University's Centre for Signal Processing have signed a research and development agreement for a compact,
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    • News Break
      • 59 6 I FINANCE IT is another safeguard in case the millennium bug causes glitches, despite all banks here being Y2K ready. If banks run short, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will help with re-purchase transactions or repos of Singapore Government Securities. The MAS hopes to ensure there is
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      • 54 6 SAFETY TEKKEN Corporation's 79 managers and supervisors attended a safety workshop yesterday. On Sunday, Tekken's 617 foreign workers attended a safety course. Tekken is the main contractor for a building project at the Paya Übi Industrial Park, where two workers died and four others were hurt after a
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      • 52 6 HACKERS THE Government's educational eduMALL site was defaced yesterday. It was blank, except for the phrase "owned...can we say more?" and signed "mistuh clean". It is the third Singaporerelated site defaced in the past two weeks. The same phrase was left on a Television Corporation of Singapore webpage
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      • 58 6 LANGUAGE A NEW book out this month is aimed at helping Singapore's civil servants with their English. It will give tips on how to speak and write plain, simple and correct English. The Institute of Public Administration and Management said its book should answer common questions about
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      • 53 7 SHOPLIFTING SHOPOWNERS in Singapore have joined forces to combat shoplifting. Fourteen major retailers, which have a total of 222 outlets, have pledged to alert each other about potential thieves. They will disperse information quickly about known culprits, and have teamed up with crime officials on action to
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      • 60 7 MALAYSIA JAILED Canadian journalist Murray Hiebert is to be freed on Oct 11. Mr Hiebert, 50, the Malaysian bureau chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine, was jailed on Sept 11 for contempt of court. He was convicted in September 1997 for an article that discussed a
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      • 62 7 BUSINESS SINBA Travel agency has gone bust after 11 years in the business. It filed for bankruptcy last Thursday. Managing director Steven Tan said business had been bad for seven months. More than 100 clients are trying to get their deposits back. The National Association of Travel Agents
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      • 74 7 IMMIGRATION SINGAPOREANS going to Johor Baru now have to fill in new immigration cards. The cards, introduced on Oct 1, caused a delay at the Causeway as those who had already filled in the old form had to stop to fill in the new cards, reports Berita Harian.
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    • 28 6 The Dow Jones industrial average rose 128.23 points yesterday to close at it), 401.23. Nearly 800 million shares were traded on the New York stock exchange.
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    • 53 6 International Herald Tribune: Economy earns mixed report card in Japan Asian Wall Street Journal: Indonesia's new assembly underscores changing era Berita Harian Malaysia: 8 kidnappers held BBC news: The American bio-technology company, Montsanto, says it has decided not to develop what's known as terminator gene technology for
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    • 124 7 in FSRSus THE umbrella has been replaced as the item most abandoned by British commuters. And the new top forgotten object on London's buses, tubes and trains is the mobile phone, reports The Times. Up to 45 phones are left behind every day on the buses,
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    • 61 7 The Straits Times: Govt policy to focus on people The Business Times: Buzz continues over tie-up of ICS and Income Uanhe Zaobao: President Nathan: Unite and work together for a better future Bertta Harian: Government's priority is the people RCS morning news: President S R Nathan unveils
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    • 7 7 IN DERT NO MORE i
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    • 175 7 BBCI LCCI Diploma Courses IiMM BOOK-KEEPING/ACCOUNTING J We constantly produce World Prize if i m Winners Free 2000 "...I have leamt a lot on book-keeping/ j 1 accounting from the lecturers in (oienlj) Janice Ho SECRETARIAL STUDIES M Practical training on Word Processing, M Spreadsheet and Database Free| s< Double
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous
    • 29 7 Tongue Clfec|k WHAT'S HUP Boy-Boy love Kong-Kong f How much /T! —v /T i and Ah Ma or not? I do you love? c i "*_«■*_>> "V I, I LJc^MLa
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 697 8  -  Pnwh nuL-i. urank. Drank WHAT TEQUILA POP IS This describes the way tequila is drunk. It is poured into a short glass with a lightly-salted rim. The tequila is mixed with a carbonated soft drink such as Sprite or 7-Up. A coaster
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    • 190 8 SO says Dr Tham Meng Kiat, a chest physician who specialises in asthma. "Alcohol is not known to make asthma worse, but the alcohol fames can irritate airways to cause cough and muscle spasm that may induce an asthma attack." But smoking is
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • Article, Illustration
      45 10 Il mui<mu7^^ Tm NIbIi lit |lnl ft KImih rt Hit Nitiowil I lnluAMl4tl jaaa M MM# AMJJ university Hospital on rest a lets ana wW-kwt piojjuwf: You may end up with more fat in your body than when you started your diet.
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    • 516 10 ARE Singaporeans too frightened to think? The answer, as letters to The Straits Times made pretty clear, is a resounding no. Amazing how such a question could even arise, but then Singapore-bashing is no new game. Long-time critic lan Buruma, in this instance, took
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 219 11 All questioned over theft of sporting goods THE teenagers were held for questioning in Singapore last Friday evening. They were suspected of being involved in stealing from, and cheating, a sporting goods company, reports Berita Harian today. Most of the 24 young people had
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    • 287 11 HER husband committed suicide in 1993. It was said he was suffering from depression at the time. Now his family is to sue his employers, reported the Electronic Telegraph. Mrs Marie Cross and her daughters, Rona, 16, and Joanne, 14,
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    • 53 12 milium in* hdbnb MtrfWi cal I———■ -1 Ml WB HMO b another jail llMy both wsralator recaptaredata hotel called Romaaca. Ht said: Nobody wanted to hurt anybody. This was an affair of the heart. I love that woman. She is innocent and was jailed for a crime
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    • 403 12 Campaign unfair to S African men, says ad body AFP. SOUTH African actress Charlize Theron is in the eye of a storm. Not because of her acting roles in films such as Mighty Joe Young, Advocate and Celebrity and the Astronaut's Wife. But because of her anti-rape
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    • 173 12 Reuters. CITIBANK has been sued for hundreds of millions of dollars because its rules governing late payment charges make it difficult for its credit card holders to pay on time. Three law firms, representing a Texas woman, allege that Citibank makes it difficult for consumers to
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 512 14 WORLD TOD A Y TINY Joshua Snider's life hung on a thread. Doctors had to operate on him while he was "half in and half out" of his mother's womb. The unusual operation to remove a tumour on Baby Joshua took place in a British hospital
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  • 531 15  -  ET CETERA WITH LEONG MAY LING Exactly two weeks ago, I said goodbye to the only man I have ever loved. It's not that 111 never see him again. I will, but only in the capacity of a friend. I'm not sure whether I'm going against
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 173 15 COMICRELIEF The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh a |.j£sMMbrcn uvma notmill*/,the liobsitS |wm:rr' uIEHAiEib fi&Bk T?ii£ aanutAiMXMMC I QMECMX&. HaKSM SefolE TUK THN6 OK /K IS SMfUtAftiDctfT IJ TOMT ONWMN?, Ctt) tXJTHIHK? V 1 MEWSPINiON TWSC ffiSISSL 2251: £==< I &2«££«nw S& wnDN^ of 1« If I Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson HCE,
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  • 635 16  -  showtime By Seto Nu-wen A LOCAL Mandarin film has just been given the R(A) rating. Its director, Arthero Lim, had planned to release it in June under a PG rating but faced objection from the Board of Film Censors. Two scenes had
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  • 605 17  -  I ■r ft J* s By< Seto Nu-wen I REMEMBER seeing her as a fresh-faced 19-year-old on the cover of Time magazine. She had just won the coveted role of Kim in the hit musical Miss Saigon. Ten years later, Lea Salonga has won many
    Picture/ Joyce Lim  -  605 words
  • Page 17 Advertisements
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 370 18  -  Constance Song's first date with Spring: BY Hazel Tan THERE has been much buzz about Toy Factory's latest Mandarin play, I Have a Date with Spring. Alter all, it stars such TCS artistes as Thomas Ong, Aileen Tan and Constance Song. Constance
      Pictures/ Choo Chwee Hua  -  370 words
    • 52 18 WHAT: I Have a Date With Spring WHERE: Victoria Theatre WHEN: Nightly until Oct 13 at 8 pm, with matinees on Saturday and Sunday at 2.30 pm TICKETS: Stalls at $48, $58 and $68; circle at $28. $38 and $48 from Ticket Charge outlets, or call the hotline
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  • spotlight
    • 492 19 WATCHING Mr Shugumaran Gopal at work is like watching a detective trying to hunt down a criminal. Armed with a torchlight, he peers under cupboards and snoops behind cabinets for clues. Clues that include droppings, gnaw marks, stains, holes, scraps of food
      Picture/ Kenneth Koh  -  492 words
    • 189 19 THERE'S no need for mask*, mousetraps, or rat poison. Mr Gopal just systematically combs through nis ships, even 30,000-tonne oil tankers (about throe storeys high.) He starts at the kitchen and goes on to the mess room, the freezers and the storage rooms. Said
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  • Page 20 Advertisements
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
    • 256 22 H=S3L CMMcirv Ctwtn rvpulftt Trained/ untrained At least 3 GCE 0' level with credit or pass in English Pis. call 894-5055 8K24 Art/Creative f|, ,Hln r UxNIKJfTB Interior Dostgn Firm INTERIOR SALES DESIGNER Min. t to 2 years working experience Creative with good perspective drawings Able to work showroom hrs
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    • 200 22 LOUIS VUITTON HAUfTVMAMMI MMBON FOMXE *****4 Established since 1854, Louis Vuitton Malletier Is a leader and premier name in the luxury qoods industry with more than 250 outlets worldwide. We now have vacancies for the position of: BOUTIQUE SALES ASSISTANT Pre-requisites: TWo years' experience working in a similar capacity Possess
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    • 47 22 SALES ASST. CUM DELIVERY Chinese speaking Possess Class 3 licence Must be hardworking able to work independently Knowledge of furniture hardware fittings is an advantage interested pis. call 368-9755 I SALES STAFF /Ore Hart KM*' Boutique Speaks Mandarin fc English With some sales experience PIMM call *****39
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 257 23 Mm Positions SALES EXECUTIVE Min. CCE 07 'N' level Preferably with tales experience in printing but not essential Able to work independently i aggressively Possess own vehicle Basic salary commission allowance Interested eppUcants, please Tet 741-MSO SALES EXECUTIVES to Market Fuji Xerox Equipments Min. 0' level Experience not necessary Earn
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    • 330 23 HM43 Hotoi/Lounfa SbS M 42 Hotel/Lounge Restaurant PosMom RMtaurant PmWom [RGER KING SHAW TOWERS J SUNTEC CITY I urgently require: CREW MEMBERS I iroaa rale at $3.30 $3.50 per hour 1 experience required aa training will 1 provided I le to speak simple English f tireea, houaewlves. students and 1
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    • 148 23 HMMHoM/Lounf* Restaurant PwHloni Oritntal Music Lounge Requires: 1) GROs (with tlnqing aMUty) 2) SINAGERS Malaysian are welcome Interested pit. pg. Michelle at Pg. 9582-4601 after Ipm. or walk In Interview between 5/KMO/K) after 9pm. at 92 Tras Street PART-TIME WAITER/ WAITRESS Working hours 11am-spm No experience required Training will be
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    • 112 23 3M2 Hotai/Lounge An ITALIAN CAFE in Plaza Singapura require Pteese call 9817-9753 Family Karaoke at T.Payoh Lor. 6 Safra Club) other branches requires WAITERS/ WAITRESSES Must be able to speak Mandarin interested pis. call after 3pm Tel: *****75 High Class Italian Restaurant (Town Hoi lane Village) requires EXPERIENCED SENIOR JUNIOR
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    • 129 23 M4l Hotal/Lounfiß Reataurant PwMona KTV Lounge Requires:-Part-tlma/ Full-Time GROs No experience required Malaysians are welcome Call: 9783-6746 for appt. Mon to Sat. KTV Lounga requires Attractive allowance Interested please call 9664-6088 (Between 12pm.-6pm.) Newly Opened Japanese Karaoke Pub urgently requires: STEWARD/ STEWARDESS Young, cheerful, pleasant looking, sociable attractive salary Orchard
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
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  • Page 26 Advertisements
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  • RACINGTODAY
    • 383 27  -  By' Tan Thean Loon IN TRAINER Boyle Chua's words, we have not seen the best of Marchetti yet. Said the former racing journalist from Ipoh yesterday: "In fact, when he won first time out, he was still very green although he won very well.
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    • 47 27 THE two Australian candidates for Saturday's 1,600m Raffles Cup Middle Of Nowhere and Navidad Boy are scheduled to arrive in Singapore tomorrow morning. The Perth duo are trained by Western Australia's leading trainer Neville Parnham. They will compete with 14 Singapore horses.
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    • 163 28  -  BY Danny Khoo A MATTER OF HONOUR, who ran a fast third to Mandamus 10 days ago, showed good headway at Kraiyi this morning. The Charles Read-trained galloper cantered one lap, then strode out fluently to clock 36.3sec on the sand track. The going was good.
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 129 28 Singapore Turf Club is an ISO 9002 certified organisation that provides high quality, competitive and entertaining horse racing and gaming services to the public. In the new millennium, the Club will play a major role in international racing with the opening of the new racecourse at Kranji. LUCKY DRAW RESULTS
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    • 297 29  -  By Adam Hashidy FOR the first time ever, the Singapore Rugby Union has formed an 'A' Squad. "The Singapore 'A' squad is a development squad that provides a pathway for players into the national team the Anchor Reds," said national coach Justin Sampson. The
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    • 371 29 FIXTURES Friday A Scotland v Uruguay (Gp A) France v Namibia (GpC) Saturday Fiji v Canada (GpC) Wales v Japan (GpD) England v New Zealand (Gp B) US v Romania (GpE) Reuters. THAT must be uppermost on the minds of the English rugby players when
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    • 410 29  -  By Nigel Whitefield ENGLAND skipper Martin Johnson stoked up the fires of conflict ahead of the mighty showdown with the All Blacks this coming Saturday, warning: "We can beat you!" He hit out at claims that the New Zealanders would
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    • 167 30 NATIONWIDE ENGLISH DIVISION 1 LEAGUE qflKO BLACKBURN 0 A SOLITARY point in a tough match pleased Blacbura Rovers boss Brian Kidd. "I was very satisfied with an away point. But I thought at the end we looked the stronger team," said the Manchester United former No
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    • 252 30 CHARLTON 1 BIRMINGHAM 0 BIRMINGHAM was knocked off the top of the top of the table by Charlton. And boss Trevor Francis can have no complaints. The Blues (Birmingham's nickname) were given a mauling at the Valley and were lucky just to lose by a solitary goal from
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    • 923 30  -  Yellow card on his debut By Shanoo Maharaj IN CALCUTTA HE came on exactly on the hour as a substitute for Bury Football Club on Saturday. And in the process the 23-year-old created history as the first Indian footballer to play professional football in England.
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    • 182 30 A SUPERB signing. That's how Bury manager Neil Warnock describes the Indian captain. "He's very sharp and comes to life in the penalty-area. He picks up things quickly. Give him (between) three and six months, then watch him really go," he said. "I'm confident that he
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    • 339 30 BRITISH anti-racism campaigners hope Baichung Bhutia's arrival will be a shot-in-the-arm to fight racial abuse in sports. Now 23, the dashing-looking striker who has been likened to Liverpool hotshot Michael Owen has scored 25 goals for India in 42 international matches. "He's known as the super
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    • 74 30 HE is one of India's richest footballers, commanding a price of Rs 15 lakh ($60,000) with Calcutta's No 1 club East Bengal. He endorses Reebok and a beer. He is also India's first high-profile, endorsement-worthy footballer. He drives a Suzuki 1000 car, owns a posh apartment in Calcutta,
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    • 250 31 I PREMIERSHIP FOCUS THE MANAGER: DANNY WILSON SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY 5 WIMBLEDON 1 Scorers (Wed) Jonk 9th min, Gilles De Bilde 23, Rudi 70, De Bilde 82, Sibon 90 (Wimbledon) Hartson 14th min Wednesday has managed only two League wins over Wimbledon in seven attempts
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    • 250 31  -  By Ian Brown ILLES But pi firing with t There in the j| dogs, to the Owls' play A Five j droufht were sealed when De Bilde sprinted dowrithe left Wing on to Petter R inn's pass leiimiqu nrrd for Wwi Jonk to score after just
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    • 409 32 Wire services. IF things had gone Newcastle's way, Ronaldo would have now been weaving his magic on English football grounds. Instead he is plying his trade in Italy. Newcastle boss Bobby Robson has revealed how he failed in a bid to get the Brazilian star on
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    • 286 32 Soccernet. MANCHESTER United has announced a record turnover of £110.7 million ($2197 m). But chief executive Martin Edwards has revealed that the club will not be splashing out on one of the world's top players just yet. Edwards said: "Over the last two seasons we've spent
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    • 124 32 AFP. ARSENAL midfielder Patrick Vieira has been charged by the English Football Association (FA) with misconduct for improper behaviour. This includes alleged spitting. The French World Cup-winning midfielder, 23, was charged following Arsenal's 2-1 defeat at West Ham when he was sent off for two bookable offences. Vieira
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    • 179 32 Reuters. SOUTHAMPTON 3 DERBY 3: Denmark's Mikkel Beck earned Derby a point with a last-ditch goal at the Dell this morning. Rory Delap put Derby ahead on 21 minutes, but just a minute later Southampton equalised through Latvian Marian Pahars. Further goals from Matthew Oakley in the 35th
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    • 84 32 Drop us a note. We'll carry your comments in our fortnightly FAR POST column. Send your comments in now. It will be carried on Thursday. Fax: *****75 E-Mail: npsports@sph.com .sg Address: The New Paper Times House, Kim Sens Rd Singapore *****5 lost 5-0 I
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    • 489 33  -  Is it good for Singapore football? Tiger Beer 57LE&GUE COMMENT BY PETER SIOW QUESTIONS, questions, questions. And all because German-born Jorg Steinebrunner became the latest foreign player to become a Singapore permanent resident (PR) last week. Suddenly, S-League club officials and players are wondering aloud if
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    • 187 33 By Peter Siow GERMAN-BORN Jorg Steinebrunner was out celebrating with his Singapore wife last weekend. They held hands while sharing their steamboat dinner with her close relatives. The reason for the celebration: The 27-year-old S-League player became a permanent resident on Thursday. He
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    • 476 34  -  ...MORE ON THE LOCAL v PERMANENT RESIDENCE ISSUE FLASHBACK TO LAST YEAR By Lim Han Ming IT all started with S Dinakaran. He was born in India, but played as a local in the Prime League and, subsequently, in the S-League last year. Later,
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    • 294 34  -  Ml SENIORS TENNIS CLASSIC IN SINGAPORE FASTTHCTS What Senior Tennis Tour, Ml Classic When: Oct 25-27 Where: Singapore Island Country Club Tickets: Ml shop (Takashimaya), Oct 9-10. Therem is a 40 per cent discount to Ml subscribers. By. Adam Hashidy IT will be
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    • 162 35 LEEDS: THE NEW LEADER OFTHE ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP LEEDS TEAMS UP WITH TV FIRM SHAREHOLDERS in Leeds Sporting pic, owner of Premiership leader Leeds United, have voted to approve a strategic alliance with Rupert Murdoch's pay TV company BSkyß. BSkyß is taking a nine per cent stake
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    • 348 35 LEEDS skipper Lucas Radebe believes boss David O'Leary's spirit and positive personality have helped turn the club into one of the most feared in the country. Radebe has watched O'Leary (left) evolve from world-class player to one of the most highly-respected Premiership managers over
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