The New Paper, 26 April 2000

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  • 10 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26, 2000 the new paper
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 348 2 IT may be for only five days, but EDB chairman Philip Yeo is going back to school. He will be taking a course on molecular biology at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in June, reports The Business Times. And he will not be
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    • 147 2 THE dawn of a new revolution. It's in the life sciences and Singapore leaders know it. They want Singapore to be at the heart of it. Going beyond chemical drugs, in molecular biology and genetic manipulation, this study of biology is expected to reap huge rewards.
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    • 195 2 Wire services. ISNT it great when children excel at the things they do? In Britain, though, a five-year-old boy has set a record which most people would rather not attempt. A police record, that is. He became the country's youngest known mugger. Police in
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      30 3 Less than 180 seconds that was all it took for US federal agents to seize little Elian Gonzalez from his great-uncle's home in Miami on Saturday morning Art/PuayKoon
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  • 490 4  -  Did you mind being called Choo Leng, Mrs Goh? SINGAPORETODAY By Chang May Choon POWER-PACKED career women by day, reduced to helpless giggles at night. What's going on? Blame it on The Necessary Stage, the theatre company which put these ladies on stage for their debut, and in
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  • 508 5  -  THEMEWSTODAY By Leong May Ling and Tanya Fong IT seemed like a routine job. A group of workers were preparing to lay underground fibre optic cables for a traffic light. To do it, they had first to pump water from a manhole along Philip Street, just
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 199 6 m THAT'S what the Urban Redevelopment Authority will do to its newly-revised height control regulations. All because the relaxation of height control regulations could have an unintended effect foreigners would be able to buy units in low-rise developments, reports The Business Times. So foreigners will still not
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    • 41 6 •is* ROBO-WAITRESS: Its name is Mei-mei, and it waits on guests at a Chinese restaurant in a hotel In Tokyo. The robot costs $161,500. It made its debut at the hotel's opening yesterday. Picture/ Afp
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    • News Break
      • 58 6 RELIGION REVEREND Canon Dr John Chew, 52, has been installed as the eighth Anglican bishop of Singapore. He replaces Dr Moses Tay, who is retiring after 18 years as bishop. As bishop, Dr Chew, a former civil servant, is the leader of 25,000 Anglicans here as well as
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      • 55 6 COURT THE former head of public-listed Kian Ho Bearings has been slapped with 53 charges of criminal breach of trust, involving about $8.5 million. This is in addition to the 25 misappropriation charges involving about $7.8 million, and a count of cheating brought against Kwek Chee Tong, 52,
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      • 51 6 thelaw THEY are tough, and rightly so. The laws affecting those who rent their homes to illegal immigrants, that is. So said Home Affairs Minister Wong Kan Seng yesterday. The reason: The number of immigration offenders has risen steadily and is a large-scale problem which must be tackled
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      • 66 6 RETAIL BEWARE, rogue traders. That is if the Consumers Association of Singapore (Case) pushes its Fair Trading Act through. Case is preparing to lead an 18-member delegation to Australia and New Zealand next month to see Fair Trading practised there. It will then send a proposal to the
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    • 42 6 The New Straits Times: Five held over Sipadan abduction International Herald Tribune: Washington Zoo shooting shocks US Asian Wall Street Journal: Seoul plans to split investment trusts BBC news: Russia warns US against developing a new missile defence system
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    • 130 7 in FOCUS CHILDHOOD cancer is the topic of a three-day conference that begins today. And, hopefully, the meeting will lead to specialists in Asia co-operating to help treat children with cancer. Every year, at least 120 new cases of childhood cancer are reported in Singapore. And
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    • 56 7 MALAYSIA MORE Malaysian parents will be able to withdraw money from the Employees Provident Fund to buy computers and homes soon. That's because the rules will be relaxed. Parents with children aged 10 and above will be able to make withdrawals to buy computers, while withdrawals for housing
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    • 54 7 COURT A SINGAPORE cafe, Rainforest, can no longer use its name. It has lost an appeal to remove the name "Rainforest Cafe" from the Registry of Trade Marks, filed there by a global restaurant chain, Rainforest Cafe, Inc. Last year, it was sued successfully for trademark infringement by
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    • 56 7 INDUSTIAL THERE have been more fatal accidents in factories. Eleven people have died in such accidents this year. There were only 11 fatal cases in the manufacturing industry for the whole of last year. Mr Harry Wong, the Manpower Ministry's deputy director for industrial safety said enforcement on
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    • 49 7 INDONESIA COALITION parties in Indonesia's government are angry with President Abdurrahman Wahid because he fired two key ministers. Several senior politicians said they might withdraw their factions from the Cabinet in protest. Mr Abdurrahman sacked Trade and Industry Minister Yusuf Kalla and Investment Minister Laksamana Sukardi on Monday.
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    • 25 7 THE tech-heavy Nasdaq index surged 228.65 points to close at 3,711.13 yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average meanwhile jumped 218.72 points to 11,124.82.
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    • 59 7 The Straits Times: Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park from August The Business Times: F&N in $463 m friendly bid for Times Pub Lianhe Zaobao: Speakers' Corner at Hong Lim Park Berita Harian: Kan Seng explains action against landlords found harbouring illegal immigrants RCS morning news: SIA
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  • HEALTHTODAY
    • 801 8  -  IJ£ BY Carol Leong IF you thought you couldn't do very much more with honey than spreading it on crackers as a tea-time snack, think again. For, apart from satisfying that sweet tooth, it can do a whole lot more. It isn't just a food,
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    • 129 8 Q: I am suffering from gout. I take Zyloric everyday, but I still have gouty attacks. I was recommended to take Celebrex 200 mg by my friends. Does this medicine react with the medicine that I am taking: Dilatrend, Cozaar, and Liptor. I am 40 years old.
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  • 277 9 SPEAK 0 P YOUR fOBUM SPEAKUP Dr ROBERT C K LOH, PimMm! Wbl Swvtf I REFER to the article "Don't use kids to twist our arms," in The New Paper on April 1, and the letter from the National Kidney Foundation on April
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  • 120 10 mutfrnutt Malaysian Tan ling Phong, wlio wrote hi to the Straits Times Fonim pagv, on how Immigration officers could show some Mndnees. He was driving back from Singapore and did not know that he needed a $1 tod coupon at the Causeway. He
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 419 14  -  BY Wu Shangyuan THEY called her "the madman's wife". Relatives told her: "You fell in love with him. It is your problem now. We cannot help you." She and her family are shunned, even by her mother-in-law. Why? Because her husband is schizophrenic.
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    • 309 14 SHE enrolled her two children, her husband and herself in the Bukit Ho Swee Social Service Centre's three day live-in therapy programme for families in need. Now Mrs Devi says that she has benefited from this volunteer Share Social Help and Assistance Raised by Employees
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    • 146 15  -  By Wu Shangyuan MRS DEVI has benefited from one of these volunteer Share (Social Help and Assistance Raised by Employees) services. This year, $37.3 million is needed. Call *****31 to ptodgi, anytime from Monday to Saturday from 9am-6pm. This special hotline is manned by telemarketeers
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      94 15 THE grand finale of the SPH Community Project 2000 is a Pop Parade on Saturday. It will be from noon to 9 pm, at the Suntec City Entertainment Zone. The full-day event will feature celebrities such as Panda Xiong, Mavis Hee and Sky Wu. An autograph session by
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    • 568 16 DBS Bank announced the introduction of a new pricing structure on 24 April, effective from 1 June. The New Paper received many hotline calls from our readers concerned about how this will affect them. HONG XlNYlgets DBS to clarify MADAM Thrau Ann,
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    • 170 16 NOW you need to pay for a new chequebook. $10 per chequebook of 50 leaves. The next chequebook you request will be free of charge. But you have to pay for subsequent chequebooks. Why? To encourage use of electronic services. By making greater use of electronic
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    • 273 16 IN a faxed statement, Mr Matthias Yao Chih, NTUC deputy secretary-general, said: This will cause hardship to lower-income workers, whose discretionary savings are low. "Many workers maintain bank accounts because of government's drive towards a cashless society. Employers now pay wages through the banks. The Ministry of
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    • 115 16 LETTERS will be sent out to POSB customers from 25 April onwards. Each will receive a listing of their various account details. The enclosed form should be completed and returned to the bank. Press advertisements will appear in all Chinese, English, Malay and Tamil newspapers explaining the changes
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  • 447 18  -  SINGAPORETODAY COMMENT AZHAR GHANI I REALLY cannot understand Pergas, the Singapore Islamic Scholars and Religious Teachers Association. It had asked for an open dialogue with Malay Members of Parliament on the issue of compulsory education and the madrasah (Islamic religious school). It had said it wanted
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 259 19 THE man who slashed a woman's face with a chopper on a bus has been found not guilty. The judge accepted a psychiatrist's assessment that Ko Jampong, 37, was insane at the time. So Ko, who ran amok on an express bus in Malacca
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    • 352 19 SLASH victim Nurhayati Salim, 26, is now jobless and suffering from stress after the traumatic attack. Her face bears the scars of a chopper wound after the Feb 1 attack by a mad fellow passenger on an express bus. Miss Nurhayati, from Gemas, Negri
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  • 49 20 mui<mui< WORLDTODAY Hs*om* investors' ftver far Mceai stacks Ins fM» coM. Many their stocks sfcte in vales foiewfag a global stomp In technology stocks. Says a lnwiton It's like losing in horseracing, after all the confidence that the horse you picked is going to win.
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  • 321 21 Why kidnap those on Malaysian soil? Why doesn't Malaysia storm the hideout? THE SIPADAN HOSTAGE CRISIS BEFORE the kidnap of tourists in the island of Sipadan near Sabah this week, did you know about the regional terrorists group, Abu Sayyaf? It became the main news on all
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  • 166 21 IF you pay the hostage takers money, the hostages can go free. A sister of one of the hostages has raised this possibility. She told the Philippines Daily Inquirer that the management of the resort in Sipadan, where her brother worked, is in
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 347 22 Elephant kills tourist in Thailand The attack takes place at about 4 pm, when the elephant show is almost over. Tourists are allowed to feed the elephants and a mahout takes one of the elephants towards the audience. Some tourists upset It by repeatedly offering and
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    • 536 23 Parents are citizens. But disabled daughter denied citizenship AP. AMERICA champions human rights the world over. It's quick to jump in to right wrongs. Right? And all would agree a disabled person has rights like anyone else. Right? Wrong, it seems, when it comes to the US government
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    • 407 24 Q: Guilty of murder or manslaughter? THE jury was unable to decide whether the man was guilty of murder or manslaughter. For the five men and seven women, the solution was simple. They tossed a coin. But the judge could not accept it. He declared a
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    • 733 25  -  ...Or the thief who stole his car last year By Chang May Choon THERE are two people on Jordan Chan's most wanted list. First, the thief who stole his car. Second, his secondary school sweetheart, Zhang Jia Lin. And both seem to have vanished
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    • 370 25 TALK about national pride. The audience clapped when the opening scene panned to the Merlion at the gala premiere of Are You Lonesome Tonight? on Thursday. Whether they were truly patriotic or just being corny, it was a moment to remember.
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    • 133 26 ARE you a loaded pilot who drives a good car and lives in a fancy condominium? You could be the one Star Search winner Vivian Lai (right) wants to date, reports Lianhe Wanbao. When asked what she looks for in an ideal partner, she chose the 4Cs Cash,
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      126 26 DO we hear wedding bells? Seems like Hollywood's golden couple, Brad Pitt and Jennifer Anlston (above), have been busy scouting for the ideal location for their wedding. And they have agreed on not one, but two ceremonies within just three months, reports the Star magazine. A source close to
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      124 27 IS it on or off? The grapevine has it that Hollywood actress Winona Ryder (above) has split up with current beau Matt Damon. Some say she's now going out with actor Mark Wahlberg of Three Kings and Boogie Nights. She reportedly took an interest in the former Calvin
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    • 102 27 HE seems to enjoy dating celebrities. When showbiz denizen Brian Chow (right, with A-mei) was just a teen more than a decade ago, he had a brief relationship with the Big Sister of Hongkong pop, Anita Mui, reports Lianhe Wanbao. Then it was rumoured that he courted Carina
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      95 27 REMEMBER the blonde boy-hater in the movie, 10 Things I Hate About You, a modern remake of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew? Julia Stiles (above, with Heath Ledger) became an overnight hit with teen boys in the US and critics raved about her screen presence, reported Lime
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    • 116 27 "FRANKLY, my dear, I don't give a damn." Remember this famous line by Clark Gable's Rhett Butler (above, with Vivien Leigh) in the 1939 classic, Gone With The Wind? It was voted the best quote of the century in a poll conducted by ElOnline.com. Other categories
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  • 746 28  -  mSESMMmi By Serene Foo HE may not remind you of Sherlock Holmes. But, believe me, his detective skills make life a lot less risky for us. Mr Muhammad Noor Othman doesn't go around locating concealed listening devices. Or foiling blackmailers. But he does deal with
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  • 442 29  -  L T CETERA WITH BRIAN MILLER BOOKS. The word has long been floating freely around the house. My son's seven. He's at the age where story books have taken over from Power Ranger toys, cartoon videos and picture books on dinosaurs. When he's not building cities
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  • the new paper RACING
    • 261 47 PICK OF THE DAY Just 110 telling how good this American-bred gelding is. But one thing is for sure he has caught the imagination of the racing fraternity with his three wins in as many starts so far. Served notice of better things to
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    • 703 47 TONIGHT'S KRANJI (SAND TRACK) RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good |JA I piAfkA IAI| Inf L ft m n /a a M lMiiu« wo. un o runs none Wl hating jocney oamef trainer-owner 1 *****- MAN OF TOMORROW 59 (61) *TOngc2.5 8 (4nzg Bnnk-Aunc) 2 2 -3-4 SUPER LEADER 58 (59)
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    • 103 47 UNLIKE turf races, the Singapore Turf Club has three ratings to describe the state of track for sand races. They are: "Firm", "Good" and "Yielding". Firm means a fast track and is a result of heavy rain after which the sand track becomes more compact. Good is similar
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    • 541 48  -  By Danny Khoo THE Agasam Stable-owned Masai Dancer drew notice to his chances in the Class 3 1,400 m event on Saturday with an eye-catching hit-out at Kranji yesterday morning. Taken out by a track rider, the handsome son of A 1 Hareb showed a nice
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      106 48 RESULTS of yesterday's barrier trials over I,ooom on the fibresand track. The going was good: TRIAL 1:1W608 (KK Loh) 2 Golden Rampage (T Foong) 3 Jet Star (apprentice J Sainul) 4 W6O9(D Walker) 5 CIO (V Sivan). Unofficial margins and time: Nk, 6, Vi (lmin 02.5 sec). TRIAL
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    • 163 48 WORKOUTS by horses engaged at Kranji tonight: RACE 1: Newcomer Auriferous (trainer C Leek) showed good form when reeling off 600 m in 37.9. Slow work: Man Of Tomorrow, looking well, Millennium Storm (apprentice T Ong). RACE 2: Slow work: Cheers Up (apprentice E Aslam), newcomer
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    • 892 49 NST. Famous general underlined his chances of a back-to-back win in the RM50.000 ($22,500) Selangor Special Stakes for Class 4 sprinters over 1,200 m on Sunday with a good workout yesterday. Taken out by apprentice Cheah Meei Meei, the four-year-old New Zealand-bred gelding
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    • 488 49 GRAND NATIONAL DOUBLE AS THEY say, good things come in pairs. The father and son team of trainer Ted Walsh and his jockey son Ruby can vouch for that. The combination completed an astonishing big-race double on Monday when Commanche Court (14-1) won the Irish Grand National, just
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 440 51  -  By Ian Brown WEST Ham boss Harry Redknapp may be biased. But he has a point. "He is a fantastic player. Can you tell me why he's not in the top six of the PFA (Professional Footballers' Association) nominations for Player of the
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    • 59 51 AFP. Charlton Athletic has been crowned champion of the English Division One. It drew 1-1 with Blackburn Rovers to claim the point it needed for promotion back to the Premiership after being relegated at the end of last season. Second placed Manchester City cannot catch Charlton and is
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    • 273 52 AP. HE was called a liar and told that his players didn't like him. So Toronto Raptors coach Butch Carter sued Marcus Camby of the New York Knicks for US$5 million (sB.sm) in a defamation lawsuit. But, facing mounting criticism, Carter dropped the
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    • 70 52 It started last Friday when New York Knicks player Marcus Camby called Toronto Raptors coach Butch Carter a" liar" because he traded him just after allegedly telling Camby that he would build the Raptors around him. Camby also claimed that many Raptors players did not like coach Carter.
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      285 52 MAN UTP CHAIRMAN TO MANAGER AFP. Enough is enough. Don't think of spending more. If you want to do so, get rid of one of your strikers. That's what Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards has told manager Sir Alex Ferguson. He's peeved that the record £19-million ($51.3 million)
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    • 54 52 YORKE: Still Alex Ferguson's favourite and unlikely to be traded. COLE: Seems to have fallen out of favour and likely to be sold SOLSKJAER: Great super-sub who scores lots of goals. SHERINGHAM: Will definitely be heading out of Old Trafford. VAN NISTELROOY: New record signing
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    • 164 52 Reuters. IT'S a big embarrassment for Man U and the player. English football's most expensive signing, Ruud van Nistelrooy, could not pass a medical test yesterday. The Dutch international striker was due to be presented to the media. Instead United's financial director David Gill said the
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      299 53 EURO 2000 FRIENDLIES: Czech Republic v Israel Denmark v Sweden France v Slovenia Germany v Switzerland Holland v Scotland Italy v Portugal Norway v Belgium Romania v Cyprus EURO 2000 GROUP A Germany Romania Portugal England GROUPB Belgium Sweden Turkey Italy GROUPC Spain Norway Yugoslavia Slovenia GROUPD Holland
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    • 64 53 WONDERING what happened to England? Well, there are no friendly international matches lined up this week by coach Kevin Keegan. England's biggest pre-Euro 2000 friendly match is against Brazil on May 27 at Wembley. After taking on the former world champion, Keegan's team will play Ukraine and
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    • 28 51 TODAY: (Selected programmes) 4.30pm: Hockey: China v USA (ESPN Channel 23) Bpm: Oxford Cambridge Boat Race (Sportscity) 8.30pm: FIM Motocross Highlights (Sportscity) 9pm: European Soccer Show (Football Channel)
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    • 79 52 WILL MAN U SCORE 100? Ten more goals to go. Three matches to play. Can the Red Devils hit their 100-goal target? Tell us if you think so, and you may win attractive prizes. Call 1900-*****01. Three callers who predict correctly will win a Swatch Aluminium Beat watch each. Ten
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    • 51 53 CALL INFOLINE Call 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am tomorrow for the results. Calls cost 30 cents a minute. Let's Talk Score! Read the This week our football tipster 51 Hflvß David O'Connor I gives us an insight into I lIIH P the betting game in our Bpm on Wednesday, 26 April
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    • 374 55  -  By Lim Han Ming MARK this name Hoo Kang. This PI student from Gongshang Primary School is set to rewrite the history of school sports in Singapore. Come next year, he will be representing his school in the national schools' basketball competition. He's just
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    • 207 55  -  Tampines warns two more foreign players S-LEAGUE BY Wang Meng Meng FIRST, it was striker Esad Sedjic and goalkeeper Dusko Myoc. Now, two more Tampines Rovers' imports are under fire for their poor performances m the S-League. Marko Kraljevic and Fahrudin Alickovic were reportedly handed
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  • 639 57 SPORTSTODAY SINGAPORE'S 11 HOPEFULS Who will get the nod for the Sydney Olympic Games this September? Who will shoulder the Republic's hopes at the world's premier sports event? Singapore's 11 nominated sportsmen will know their fate tomorrow. UM HAN MING reports THEY call it the waiting game.
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  • 165 59 Martina Navratilova to play doubles at Wimbledon AFP. SHE hung up her tennis racket in November, 1994. But, now, this former champion is going to brush off the dust and walk onto court at the All England Club. She will enter the women's doubles event, according to her
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  • 471 59 SO you thought English Premiership players earned a lot of money? Well, the salaries of Manchester United star David Beckham and England captain Alan Shearer pale intc relative insignificance when compared to those of the stars of Italy's Serie A. The three top earners in
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