The New Paper, 15 April 2000

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1 71 The New Paper

  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 464 2 April 14: 3 y 321.29 Source: Wire services. A BLOODBATH on Wall Street. Panic selling that ended in companies losing over US$1 trillion ($1.7 trillion) in value. That figure is equivalent to almost 12 times Singapore's gross domestic product the value of all its goods and services. Both
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    • 199 2 AP. TWO school girls have been charged with plotting to bludgeon three rivals with a bag of batteries and slash their throats. The reason? The two girls from North Lauderdale, Florida, believed the classmate had stolen a pager from one of them. Before they
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    • 525 3 Ten long-serving directors of Singapore's three family-controlled, banks OCBC, UOB and OUB to step down RING out the old, bring in the new. That's what Singapore's three family-controlled banks are finally doing. The banks OCBC Bank, United Overseas Bank ((JOB) and Overseas Union Bank
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    • 50 2 Nasdaq: DOWN Dow: DOWN •2. Companies lose T A $1.7 trillion <y in value overnight March 1: 4,784.08 V Sorry High up with a hero (The New Paper, April 14): Our report mentioned that Mount Kinabalu is in the East Malaysian state of Sarawak. The mountain is actually in Sabah.
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    • 10 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 32-39 Comics: Page 40 TV: Page 71
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 606 4 PHONE COMPANIES DONT TRACE STOLEN HANDPHONES BECAUSE... Turn away for a few seconds and the handphone you left on a table could vanish. Sing Tel says a "couple of thousand" customers report losing their handphones every month. For Ml, it's about 750 a month. KOHSWEE YEN
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    • 276 4 Activate the phone lock Most handphones have this function. When you buy a handphone, you should check the manual for this function. It is usually under phone setup. From this, you can change your personal phone lock PIN. The default PIN is usually 1234
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    • 228 6 n»r THEY heard a loud BOOM. And the people living in two terrace houses in the Upper Serangoon Road area rushed out of their homes to find that the boom of a tower crane from em MRT construction site had fallen onto the roofs of their houses
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    • News Break
      • 61 6 COURT THE maid charged with the murder of a baby girl will not die if found guilty as she is only 15. She allegedly threw 14-month-old Gwyneth Kweh from a third-floor apartment in Hougang Central. The Indonesian maid's age had been reported as 18 in the charge sheet.
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      • 47 6 chTna SINGAPORE investors are approaching investment opportunities in Qingdao with caution. The opportunities are many, but the takers, few. The Qingdao municipal government yesterday presented a delegation of 55 businessmen from Singapore with 78 project proposals. But the businessmen said these proposals needed further study.
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      • 66 6 HOUSING FOR the first time, the Housing Board will offer for sale flats without walls. Dubbed "white" flats, the 36 easy-to-renovate units will cost $13,000 to $15,000 less than Premium Flats of the same size. They will be available in Punggol 21. The flats have reinforced floors and
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      • 55 6 POWER YOU will pay more for your electricity from next month. Singapore Power said home owners and low-tension non-residential users will pay 15.93 cents per kilowatt-hour (kwh) of electricity, up from 15.49 cents now. High-end users will pay 0.45 cents more per kwh during peak hours and 0.37
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    • 42 6 The New Straits Times: Arrests to ensure peace International Herald Tribune: Putin prevails on treaty South China Morning Post: Fuel trial for trucks spurs clean air bid BBC news: There have been sharp falls in share prices in US
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    • 147 7 in FQGus LAND OWNERSHIP LAND ownership will no longer be a concern for government-aided schools moving to new locations. Under the Education Ministry's new School Management Model, a school that relocates will not have to pay for the new site. It will be given State land
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    • Article, Illustration
      62 7 TERROR^SAILOR j AP. FORMER sailor John Eric Armstrong, 26, (left) fought back tears in court yesterday. He pleaded innocent to five charges of premeditated first-degree murder and three charges of assault with intent to murder. Police worldwide are trying to match his account of at least 11 other
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    • Article, Illustration
      59 7 COURT HE went on a million-dollar cheating spree between 1997 and 1999. Former motor company sales consultant Roy Fan, 39, (left) was sentenced to 69 months'jail yesterday for pocketing company money, cheating people and forging signatures to get loans. The total amount involved in the 18 charges was
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    • 61 7 HEALTH THE number of critical Muslim kidney patients rose 25 per cent in 1998. Berita Harian reports that the number of Malay/Muslims with end-stage renal disease rose from 81 in 1997 to 100 in 1998. The number of non-Muslim patients rose from 398 to 400. The Muslim Kidney
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    • 60 7 INDONESIA BATAM will get a value-added tax, despite threats from foreign investors to pull out from the island. But Indonesian Trade and Industry Minister Jusuf Kalla said that given the possibility of social unrest, Jakarta would apply the 10 per cent VAT gradually and selectively over a three-month
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    • 58 7 The Straits Times: Jakarta to go ahead with VAT in Batam The Business Times: Local banks to retire directors aged 70+ Lianhe Zaobao: Wahid: Plot to overthrow the government Berita Harian: Sharp increase of Muslim kidney patients RCS morning news: LTA says it's looking into the cause
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 221 8  -  MADRASAH ISSUE Reports/ AZHAR GHANI IT looks like a very odd way to 'ssue a challenge. But the gauntlet has been thrown down. Pergas, an association for Islamic scholars and religious teachers, has called on Malay Members of Parliament to
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    • 199 8 ANOTHER VIEW MAJLIS Pusat, the umbrella body for Malay cultural organisations, is the latest to give its feedback on the issue. And its position on madrasah education is clear. "Madrasahs must continue to exist,' it said in a statement yesterday. But it added that the
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    • 334 8 THIS MP SAYS: IT won't help solve the issue. But if there's a need for dialogue, it should be with the government, not the Malay MPs. That's what Parliamentary Secretary (Education) Mohamad Maidin Packer Mohd (above, left) said last night. He explained
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 435 10  -  Let's have fun instead REPORT PICTURE ZAIHAN MOHAMED YUSOF ANY lucky numbers there? After all, the Big Walk's not just healthy for you but could be lucky too. Look at these students from Hua Yi Secondary School, for example. The first school to sign up for
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    • 43 12 SINGAPORETODAY g The Community Development and Sports Ministry will help II set up a Centre for Fathering. Why? Because fathers can affect f|| their children more deeply than once thought. One teenager tells his story to GENEVIEVE JIANG Hi HDHrailLim MORE: facing page
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 332 13  -  By Genevieve Jiang WHY? "He never listens." "He just judges and criticises." "He scolds but doesn't bother to explain." That's what Dr Joseph Ozawa, head of the Psychological Services Unit at the Ministry of Community Development and Sports has found out. In a study
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    • 246 13 HERE are the facts. On an average, one case of child abuse is reported in Singapore every SVt days. A quarter of these are cases of wilful abuse or neglect. And more than half involve parents who need help with raising their children. Mrs
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    • Article, Illustration
      51 14 Took part in murder here 15 years ago Flees to Hongkong, and later, Taiwan Commits another serious crime Sentenced to death, reduced to a life term After 14 years, he's free But he misses his family here Calls the Singapore police Flies home and goes to court Lee Ah
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    • 657 14  -  JAILED Lee Ah Keow. 42, was jailed six years for helping Teo Heng Chye to cause grievous hurt with a dangerous weapon. Lee could have been jailed for life, or up to 10 years, or caned or fined. Another similar charge was taken into consideration
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    • 261 14 ON March 21,1985, Teo Heng Chye, 42, was with his girlfriend and a friend at a Textile Centre lounge in Jalan Sultan when they had an argument with five men at another table. The five men, including Lim Nam Hoe, 23, and Koh Tong Kwee, 30, tried
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 320 21  - I'm a bit selfish says winner of $15,000 cash By Michelle Choh HOW I wish I were in his shoes. Wouldn't you? He's just won $15,000 in cold, hard cash! He beat a staggering 10,000 other entries to win The New Paper on Sunday's Super 150K Sunday contest. But Mr
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  • 460 22 Source: AFP. THIS VIB very important bather spent 15 minutes soaking in the Dead Sea and came out of it feeling more alive than ever. "It was fantastic!" Chinese President Jiang Zemin said, beaming as he emerged from the reputedly therapeutic water of the Dead
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 305 25  -  Match of political wits in KL this afternoon By Suresh Kumar MATCH: Opposition vs Government. TIME: Today, 4 pm. VENUE: National Mosque, Kuala Lumpur. A grouping of anti-government forces is hoping for a crucial victory this afternoon in the Malaysian capital. They are gathering
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    • 61 25 muifmutf US President Clinton has Mid he will not ask for a pardon to avoid prosecution in the Monica Lewinsky investigation or any other scandal when he leaves office. He toM newspaper editors: I don't have any interest in that. I don't want one and I am prepared
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    • 84 26 WHATERR.. Happy New Year! Locals and tourists splashing buckets of water on passing children (left) in Bangkok on Wednesday. It was a day before the Songkran celebration, or Thai New Year. People in the region celebrate the New Year with this watery rite, held during the hottest
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    • 228 26 Handphones being used to undermine Estrada government Source: The Times. HANDPHONES that send text messages have become the latest weapon in the war to undermine the Philippines government. Opponents of President Estrada (left) are using the service to spread rumours and send rude
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 240 30 FIGHT, man, fight! Hit him! Hit him! Yeah! It's Bloodsport in the flesh, at California's toughest jail. Now, eight prison officers will be tried for allegedly organising the "gladiator" fights between inmates that left seven dead and 43 hurt, reports the Electronic Telegraph. During the
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    • 376 31  -  By Peter Wilson REPORTING FROM SYDNEY IT was a new kind of scam to gain illegal entry into Australia. Six Chinese nationals claimed to be journalists and officials from Fujian Province when they flew into the northern Queensland city of Cairns this week. They said
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    • 215 31 AFP WHAT do you do when you itch? Why, scratch, of course. It's the most natural thing to do. Which is what an elephant seal, nicknamed Homer, tried to do in a parking lot in Gisborne, a port in New Zealand. But when you weigh 2,000
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    26 32 We behave as what we are Boyfriend Benjamin Bratt, on how normal his life is with Julia Roberts (below, in a scene from Erin Brockovich)
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  • 929 33 With Erin Brockovich opening on April 27, Julia Roberts is back in the limelight. One pay cheque of hers can buy lOMalibu mansions with swimming pools. But Hollywood's highest-paid actress isn't snapping up any Ferraris or private jets. EDWIN YEO, who has met her, tells you
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 480 35  -  By Chang May Choon CROSS your fingers that Fann Wong doesn't collapse in a heap during her June concert. The Princess of Caldecott Hill revealed on Thursday that she has severe asthma, and has suffered several attacks before. "I had to be
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    • 122 36 HONGKONG Heavenly King Jacky Cheung (right) must be jumping for joy. The 38-year-old's long-awaited dream of being a father is coming true. His wife, May Lo, is three months pregnant, reports Shin Mm Daily News. They have been waiting for the stork since tying the knot four years
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    • 184 36 ROBIN Leong (right) is going back to school. But don't worry, fans, he isn't leaving TV. The American-born Chinese will be polishing his Chinese language in a 10-month course at the National University of Singapore from next month. Hopefully, it will open doors to lead roles
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    • 234 36 WHO is Britney Spears (left) trying to fool? A legion of bubblegum-loving teenybopper fans. Because the title track of her much-awaited second album, Oops...I Did It Again, sounds just like a rehash of her first two hit songs. I mean, it's one thing to hit
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    • 165 36 GOOD news for Ronald Cheng's fans. The Hongkong Prince of Ballads (or Bad Boy of Controversy, depending on how you look at it) will return to the music scene next month, reports Taiwan's media. The 28-year-old disappeared two months ago, after he drank too much on
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    • 110 36 CROONER Leon Lai (above, with Maggie) was steaming up a cab with arms and lips locked on beautiful co-star Maggie Cheung. But this was no scandalous affair. The duo were filming a new movie, Love at First Sight, in San Francisco. They are screen lovers
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    • Article, Illustration
      157 36 WHEN you're as big a star as Chow Yun Fat, (right) you can afford to slash your rates for a good script. He was paid US$6.5 million (S$11.2 million) for Anna And The King. But he reportedly agreed to halve his fees to act in a period
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    • 333 37  -  Report picture/! Seto Nu-WEN THE crowd asked for Stand By Me and Stairway To Heaven. And local band The Blackhawkes had no choice but to grimace and oblige. Even though, deep inside, they were bursting to play their own stuff. Guitarist Lawrence Albert said: "People end up
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    • 411 38  -  By Edwin Yeo EVER got sick and tired of all those Trekkies spewing their Klingon jargon at parties? You know, those who go on about how Star Trek is the best and longest-running television show in history? Well, endure no more, because Galaxy Quest is
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  • the new paper RACING
    • 311 49  -  By Danny Khoo IN KUALA LUMPUR CENTROVIEW'S whirlwind finish proved a shade,too much for his five rivals in the Pan Malaysian Pools' Horse of the Year Award held in Kuala Lumpur last night. The John Sargent-trained six-year-old, who capped a marvellous 1999 season with a last-stride
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    • 432 49 NST. HAPPY TYCOON wrapped up his preparations for the Class 5 1,800m event in Race 5 tomorrow with a good workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by jockey Lee Soo Hin, the five-year-old Australian-bred gelding worked well in a 600m gallop to clock 42.1sec.
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    • 322 50 TAN THEAN LOON'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK STRONG WIN, who finished third at his last two starts, has made tremendous headway. Taken out by apprentice Terry Ong for a barrier trial at Kranji yesterday, the Michael Kent-trained Irish-bred showed good action when beating five rivals.
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    • 144 50 WORKOUTS by today's runners: RACE 1: Slow work: Jet Star, looking fit, Jester's Romance (KL Oo). RACE 2: Oriental Pride 41.6. Lucky Horse (H Bakri) did a barrier trial. Slow work: Scirroco, Super Hunter, both in fine trim, Rafferty (KK Loh). RACE 3: Dual Wonder, Cool Strike,
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    • 71 50 TWO unraced newcomers have been entered for next Wednesday's meeting at Kranji. They are: Monetaree (late Quondo), a three-year-old bay New Zealand-bred gelding by Last Tycoon out of Plume. Monetaree, who will start in Class 4, is prepared by John Meagher. Radiant Prince, a two-year-old brown Australian-bred gelding by
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    • 257 50 Reuters. A HORSE'S skull found in western Ireland is not that of Derby-winning Shergar, reportedly kidnapped by the Irish Republican Army in 1983, an Irish veterinary expert said in Dublin yesterday. Des Leadon, head of clinical pathology at the Irish Equine Centre, said tests had
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    • 1853 51 No. Lai 4 rum How Wl BUng Jodm (AgaMaMmt, twiner) 1 -494 BALLET GIRL 54 (99) Peter KnucKey 4 (5am Allan Hawke) 2 3261 CONVENIENT WOMAN 52.5 (98) Jason Whiting 1 (4am Lou Luciani) 3 -646 AMBER
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    • 967 52 TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE CARD Going forecast: Good BTan Lionel Lee Tan Thean Loon I Dusl S Trustful Seal 5 Trustful Seal i Romance 9 Praiseworthy 3 Kino Romance tful Seal 3 King Romance 1 Gold Dust len Smile 9 Serheed's Joy 2 All Conquering teed s Joy 8 Golden
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    • 58 52 I PICKOF^S^n Eye-catching second to Dragon Island last start on April 1 over the Ipoh 1,200m. He was flying at the finish and went down by only a neck. Now that he is back in form, and meeting only eight mediocre rivals over an
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    • 53 52 RACE 1: King Romance. RACE 2: All Conquering, Ichiban Reflex, Golden Smile. RACE 3: Zanzi Khan, Alfred's Princess, Federal Highway, House On Aces, Magic Gold. RACE 5: Dr Jack, Power Romper, Lord Virgo, Sir Bureaucrat, Secret Formula, Twin Fortune. RACE 6: Kiko's Delight, Twenty First, Baby Boss, Jambhala, Nasib
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    • 796 53  -  BY Tan Thean Loon THE withdrawal of super sprinter Superb Effect has more or less presented the final leg of the Tiger Beer Triple Challenge to Giant Fight on a silver platter. The latter has taken over as the highest-rated contender of the eight
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      • 79 53 I MARC TAN 1 He was only toying with his rivals when he booted home by 3 V* lengths over the 1,400m trip last month. Once jockey Mick Dittman "released the brakes" in the home straight, the Canny Lad gelding simply went into overdrive.
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      • 72 53 BUS Has been knocking on the door with two seconds in his last three starts. This Salieri four-year-old was running on well at the business end of the race a fortnight ago over 1,200m when he had apprentice Terry Ong aboard. Precious Pearl has
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      • 83 53 TAN THEAN LOON This old fella is back at his best. His last-start second to raging favourite American Dream over 1,400m last week was full of merit. He was putting in splendid work at the finish and there was little doubt that he would
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    • 958 54 TODAY'S KRANJI (COURSE C) RACE CARD Going forecast: Good t MIM ti UA nr fc M f ImlnHnin fm*■ halmi nninil no un b nini rtorte m nfffinf jocuy c#rrx»f I v*i, ir»irar-imrar/ 1 -00-00 WILD GLAMOUR 59 (61) YHUm 2 (3af H Ang-JQ Eighteen) 2 12-3- SUPER LEADER 58.5
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    • 358 63  -  BADMINTON By Lim Han Ming OFF you go. The Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) has decided not to renew Chinese import Rong Muxi's two-year contract, which expired at the end of last month. A Hubei native, Rong was brought in along with three other woman shuttlers,
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    • 204 66 ENGLISH FOOTBALL UPDATES: Skysports. ARSENAL boss Arsene Wenger will release Croatian striker Davor Suker on a free transfer at the end of the season. The Gunners chief has decided not to extend 'Sukerman's* current deal by a year. A move across London to West Ham
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    • 153 66 Skysports. THREE Manchester United youngsters have led their team in Belgium to promotion to the top division. Luke Chadwick, Kirk Hilton and George Clegg, all under 20 and on loan with Royal Antwerp, were able to celebrate this week as their team beat Ingmuster
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    • 174 66 AP. EMBATTLED Tottenham manager George Graham has been hospitalised with chronic inflammation of the joints and could miss the rest of the season. The Daily Mail newspaper reported that Graham, criticised by Spurs fans for failing to turn around a recent slump in results and performances,
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    • 118 66 Reuters. CHARLTON Athletic, poised for promotion back to the Premier League, had to keep the champagne on ice yesterday. It lost 1-0 at home to Huddersfield Town. The First Division runaway leader went into the match needing victory to clinch its return to the top flight. This
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    • 764 67  -  WRONG FC: Bashir Khan, Bojan Hodak, Matthew Hyson, Hroje Ratkovic, Paul Masefield, Dalis Supait (Razali Rashid, 85th), E. Manimohan, Joselito da Silva, J Kalaiselvan, V Sundramoorthy (Syed Idros Hassan, 76th), Goh Tat Chuan REPORT S GULAM WHAT confidence. What arrogance. What style. What spirit. V Sundramoorthy's Cobras took
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    • 476 68  -  HOW THE MATCH WENT Jurong FC 2 (Bojan Hodak 39th, Joselito da Silva 55th) Main sponsor Bt Timah CDC Equipment sponsor Mikasa SAFFCI (Ahmad Latiff Khamarudin, 33rd) Main sponsor SAF Careers Centre/Safra Equipment sponsor Asics By Lim Han Ming IT was by far the goal of the season.
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    • 293 68  -  Geylang United: 1 (Mohd Noor Ali, 26) Main sponsor. Ponggol Marina, RTW Group. Equipment sponsor Nike. Gombak United 2: (Johari Zakaria 1, J Surachai 63) Main sponsor None. Equipment sponsor Umbro. By Desmond Ng They soared. And they crashed. What has happened to the Eagles (Geylang
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    • 242 68 Latest odds (9.lsam)^^ CLEMENTI v MARINE CASTLE HOME UTD v WOODLANDS Ix 2: el,l (1) Clementi: Ix 2: $10.00 (1) Marine (x) Draw: $5.20 Castle: $2.30 (2) Home Utd: (x) Draw: $3.05 $1.18 (2) Woodlands: $2.65 1/2 GOAL: 1/2 GOAL Clementi: Marine Castle: (+ll/2) $2.05 (-11/2) $3.75
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    • 396 69 AP. ME? A party animal? Only if you consider romping with a toddler a walk on the wild side, says David Beckham. The Manchester United star made three things clear in a rare, candid interview with Britain's Sky News channel yesterday: At
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