The New Paper, 3 May 2000

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1 49 The New Paper
  • 7 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, MAY 3, 2000
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  • 219 1 TWO Western hostages have been found dead on Jolo island, local television reported this morning. The deaths took place after clashes between government troops and Muslim rebels in southern Philippines yesterday. A military spokesman said there was no independent confirmation of the report by the ABS-CBN TV
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    • 47 1 How far would you go for your parents? BaEr' m 'r. a h r.:,. Singapore Pr— Holdings Another quality publication of So busy looking after his diabetic parents, Mr Goh Hock Beng neglects his rotting leg Tfpr-- v; i MB http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS mmm
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 355 2 THE pace of economic expansion might be slowing down. Singapore firms fared worse in terms of profits and new orders in the first quarter of this year, compared to the last quarter. All this, according to a survey by the National University of Singapore (NUS) and
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    • 513 2 Merger will create a European counterweight to Wall Street THE stocks exchanges of London and Frankfurt are to merge. Reports said the Deutsche Boerse in Frankfurt had already approved the deal on Friday. The London Stock Exchange is expected to give its blessing this morning. The
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    • 362 3 Why? To help passengers get off after ship hits reef Wire services. IT looked bad for cruise liner World Discoverer for a while. The American-owned vessel had hit an uncharted reef in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday. Then the captain ran his ship aground off the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 735 4  -  THE TOUCHING STORY OF AN ELDERLY COUPLE AND A CARING SON... How far would you go for your parents? By Irene Kew HE was getting sicker every day. In March, he found his vision blurring. Then came giddy spells, and
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    • 694 5  - A mad rush for the love of her family tuAND A FILIAL DAUGHTER WHO NOW CARES FOR ALL OF THEM By Irene Kew AFTER her brother was admitted to hospital, caring for their parents became Madam Winnie Goh's responsibility. For weeks she was shuttling between the hospital where her mother
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    • 244 5 DIABETES can lead to amputation. Especially when it is detected in the advanced stages and not under control. Dr Fidah Alsagoff, medical director of Touch Community Services explained: "Amputation is actually a life-saving procedure. "The patient might have a cut that won't heal and
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    • 155 5 TOUCHED by his driver Goh Hock filial ways, his boss of 21 years, Mr Wee Toon Ouut, 62, has no qualms about giving him a desk job when he recovers. The 62-year-old managing director of Harper Press has also agreed to pay for the $1,500 deposit
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 265 6 m SEX 3r *h€ Interne* \nd it free Or mayDf- not About 10 victims who fell for the scair. have chalked up huge international phone r»ills they arf refusing to settle their Sing Tel mils ot up to $1 000, a company spokesman
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    • 65 6 Quote Just once, it would be nice to get a note from the principal saying: 4 There S no homework this weekend, because we want you to relax with your child And here are 10 activities you may want to try f Straits Times journalist Alan John, writing
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    • 62 6 «G»« This BLACKENED AGAIN: Fire swept through a children's playground outside Block 327, dementi Avenue 5, on Monday. No one was injured, but repairs are expected to cost about $40,000. The fire may have been started by a group of boys. The playground, built in 1994,
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    • News Break
      • 131 6 BANK CHARGES PUT in $1 first and we'll cover your bank charges. That's what NorthEast Community Development Council (CDC) will do for poorer residents who find it hard to pay the new $2 charge levied on POSBank account holders with balances less than $500. They
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      • 55 6 SOAPBOX PEOPLE who want to have their say at the Speakers' Corner in Hong Lim Park can publicise their talks in advance, the Ministry of Home Affairs said There will be no restrictions on publicity, including handbills, posters, faxes and e-mail lists. But it drew the line at
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      • 53 6 New Straits Times: Gunbattle on hostage island The Asian Wall Street Journal: Limits US seeks on Microsoft may threaten new Windows International Herald Tribune: Backers now upbeat over China trade bill BBC news: The Commonwealth Action Group has voiced its concern over political violence and illegal land
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    • 52 6 STOCK EXCHANGE SINGAPORE Press Holdings announced yesterday that its Internet subsidiary, Asia One, had received in-principle approval from the Singapore Exchange for a mainboard listing. The IPO will consist of new shares Asia One's websites host online editions of six SPH newspapers and provide a range of
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    • 158 7 in FOCus YOU like the development, but you also want a say in how many rooms you want, and how the interior is to be designed. Well, you can do so now. At least two developers have introduced the customisation of private apartments, reported The Straits Times.
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    • 62 7 LEGALS FIVE Indonesians, "fished" out of the sea at 3 am yesterday, admitted that they were trying to sneak into Singapore to sell cigarettes and find work. They were "spotted" on the radar of a Singapore Coast Guard vessel When officers chased them they threw some bags
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    • 49 7 ENVIRONMENT RECYCLE your mobile-phone batteries, say companies and environmental groups. Although Singapore's waste disposal is "safe", if the cadmium from even one nickel-cadmium battery leaks into the ground, it can contaminate a third of an Olympic-size swimming pool Prolonged exposure to cadmium can lead to liver cancer.
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    • 62 7 Hie Straits Times: Rebels warn: Pull out or we kill hostages The Business Times: Survey points to slowdown in S'pore's economic recovery Lianhe Zaobao: North-east CDC to help residents pay bank charges Berita Harian: Madrasah and compulsory education: PM Goh's proposal welcomed RCS morning news: Needy families
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    • 69 7 DRUGS THE famed Myanmar drug warlord Khun Sa is sick and may not survive the year. Once the most-wanted international drug dealer on a US list, Khun Sa is now semi-paralysed, friends say. He lives in Yangon inside a military intelligence compound. The junta refuses to extradite him
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    • 65 7 VIETNAM VIETNAM'S wartime Prime Minister Pham Van Dong, a prominent 20th century figure, died on Saturday at the age of 94. The cause of his death was unknown. He had been in and out of hospital for at least six months. News of his death was withheld for
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    • 73 7 US STOCKS I The Nasdaq composite index fell 172.66 points to close at 3,785.42 points. T he Dow Jones industrial average fell 80.66 points to close at 10,731.12 points. A total of 1.01 billion shares was traded on the New vorU Stock Exchange SINGAPORE COMPANIES ONNASDA2 Close in
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • HEALTHTODAY
    • 594 8 Of the more than 200 children who go to the Children's Emergency department at the KK Women's and Children's Hospital every day, 10-12 per cent suffer from some sort of injury. And, 70 per cent of the injuries happen at home. Assistant consultant Angelina Ang
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    • 272 9 Eye injuries Sand or grit can be removed with clean tap water, using an eye dropper. Don't use a hanky as it may do more harm. For chemicals, hold the child upward under a running tap for five minutes. Run to the hospital for more severe eye
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    • 42 9 WRITE TO: It's Your Health, The New Paper, 390, Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 FAX: 737-5375 E-MAIL: npops@sph.com.sg (Please mark: It's Your Health) CALL 1900-914-0003 and leave your questions for our panel of doctors. Calls cost 30 cents a minute.
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 74 10 murmur Parkway Holdings managing director Tony Tan on what he'd like, but wont do for too long, if he stops down from the helm of the Singapore's largest private healthcare group: Once in a while I dream of sitting under a coconut tree on a beautiful
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    • 208 10 WANT to see the new movie, Sausalito, starring Maggie Cheung and Leon Lai for free? This will be the second time the two megastars are taking the lead roles in a movie since Comrades: Almost a Love Story a box-office hit which won Maggie Cheung a
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  • SPEAKUP
    • SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM
      • 808 12 This is a who-dun-it revolving around a shopper who spent six hours in police jail. Ms Freda Maria Chia was released after police saw the receipts of the oyster sauce andflower crabs she was said to have stolen from Cold Storage. Why did things go so
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        454 13 Jeffrey Law Lee Beag I REFER to the report on the case in which Ms Freda Maria Chia was locked up for six hours in a police cell on suspicion of shoplifting at Cold Storage, Bugis Junction. I strongly believe that the incident or misunderstanding could have been avoided
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      • 53 13 Ms Chia has every right to withhold the receipts because they are her property It is not against the law for her to not show Cold Storage the receipts. The police also have the right to detain her under the circumstances. It is only wrong if she had been
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 45 14 Who's the ugly one? It's been a long-running and bitter feud between two neighbours and a solution doesn't look forthcoming—even as the chairman of the neighbourhood committee, Mr R Ramachandra, moves in to help settle the dispute THE NEW PAPER, April 12,2000
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    • 539 15  -  By Chua Wei Yng IN all his 19 years, Mr R Ramachandra had never encountered such a difficult dispute. As chairman of the Kovan Neighbourhood Committee, Mr Ramachandra has successfully solved problems between many disgruntled neighbours. But the long-running conflict between the Williams and the
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    • 81 16 Mr Chim Keng Thai had a promising future and was returning home on his motorcycle when he was hit by a van driven by a man who had just escaped from police custody. An hour later, he died in hospital. His elder brother relates how news
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    • 146 16  -  BY Andre Yeo NGKOK HONG, 27, was arrested on April 28 for allegedly selling illegal and obscene VCDs in Bukit Batok. When arrested, he slashed himself in the stomach and was taken to Alexandra Hospital the next day for minor surgery. Somehow he managed to escape from the
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    • 521 17  -  By Andre Yeo LIFE is fragile. He had heard those words time and time again. But they had never hit home. Until now. When the phone at home rang at 4.30 pm last Saturday, NTU final-year accountancy student, Chim Keng Hoong, 24,
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 58 18 I.'.IU'jmIIU Robot-controlled taxis and Journalists with cameras implanted Hi their eyes will be commonplace by 2010. Engineer lan Stewart, at Roke Manor Research in London, also predicted the end of cash and credit cards: We are working on many of these future technologies now, and
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    • 504 18 Driver chases car which forced him to brake Sources: The Mirror, The Express THE women and children clung to the hand rails of the bus. The terrified passengers screamed and begged the driver to stop. But the furious man refused. He seemed intent only on chasing
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    • 285 19 THE disease spread silently out of the air-conditioning ducts in water droplets. Inside the Melbourne Aquarium two weeks ago, visitors and tourists gazed at the colourful fish, unaware that any danger lurked. Two weeks later, two elderly women were dead. And as many
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    • 69 19 Legionnaire's disease is a respiratory infection, caught by inhaling mist that comes from a water source contaminated with legionella bacteria. The bug is usually found in air-conditioning towers, water-tanks and humidifiers. An outbreak of it in Philadelphia, in 1976, among those who attended a meeting of the American
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    • 198 19 CAR thieves in Britain love the Mercedes CLK 430 Elegance. Apart from the fact it's an expensive model, it's also very easy to break into. Car thieves can do it in three seconds. Thieves love the Fiat Multipla even more, for they need
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    • 438 20 stop national treasures going to foreign countries is to enter the bidding." Hexagonal ceramic vase-going going., gone, for HK$l9 million i 54.2 million). Bronze tiger head going... going.... gone, for HK$l4 million. Big money Big headache. You see he two antiques were looted from
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  • showtime
    • 897 22 Did you f r y your friends, Najip Pour on the heat! That's what Najip Ali does on his talkshow which has its final broadcast tomorrow. The squeeze on stars tickles viewers but leaves some celebrities burnt. He tells DENISE CHONG why HIS show should be called Upfront with Fear.
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    • 214 23 IF Najip were in the hot seat, what questions would he ask himself? Errrrr. Najip thought for a long time while looking into the distance, occasionally breaking into laughter to mask his "insecurity". Hmmm, what example could he bring up without highlighting what he would rather
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    • 520 24  -  By Seto Nu-wen ITS the usual rhetoric for pop groups. They want to be seen as mature. After eight years in showbusiness, Malaysian pop-rap trio KRU seems to have finally reached that stage. But eldest member Norman Abdul Halim, 28, seemed a bit jaded with fame.
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  • 443 25 <4fl HL g 1 r j/tt Sf mil spotlight Source- Reuters, AP THE Philippine troops advanced carefully. Some of them even heard the voices of children, military spokesman Colonel Hilario Atendido, told reporters. But when the soldiers entered the World War II
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  • 510 26  -  ET CETERA WITH EUGENE ANTHONY WHOOSH! I was hit. Badly. In the belly. Powder was smeared on my face. Water-squads roamed the streets, waiting to ambush me with an arsenal of water-firing devices. This is Songkran. The Thai New Year, held annually during the second week of
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 105 26 COMIC*iiWT The Concrete Jungle/Colin Goh Calvin and Hobbes/Bill Watterson mil tWR DAD IS TAKING GC6U TO TO,L AND TWIST UU_. LI£S' ALL I NICE TTWANELLWHOWOULDVE KOSALIN MON\E. PERUAPS AT 9 00. I Kir ON tAi y-__ fiDSAlIN HADE ME MOCOUO TUOUGUT ROAWM TM'P LUCE 10 EXPLAIN WHAT PAJAMAS, BRUSHED W
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    • 184 34 Sate* Positions Fashion Shop at Queensway Shopping Centre reguires interested please Pq. 9214-8161 L INDOOR SALES CO-ORDINATOR Min. CCE '0' levei Below 30 yrs. oic are also welcome Basic elect, Knowledge Ch>nese speamng preferred Interested pis. call 253 1464 I *****3H31 Dealing witn Audio Video Karaone System Sl2OO p/mtn Warn
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    • 261 36 8M42 Bote)/Lounge Restaurant Positions PART-TIME WAITRESSES/ waiters required Working nrs:6 10pm interview at: New Zen Japanese Restn. 378 East Coast Rd. Tel: 348-3188 PUB In East Coast requires WAITRESS CASHIER Aitn or w/o e*per.ence "oil/ Part-time interested pit. csll Glenn H/p. 9842*6882 T I WAITERS/WAITRESSES COOKS Fui:/ part-time Witn/ witnout
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    • 391 37 g£2 294$ Administrative /Clerical Positions SSS M4l Administrative /Clerical Positions jSRSj 2sa Administrative /Clerical Positions Singapore Press Holdings, the region's leading publisher, has an immediate vacancy for an Administrative Assistant (Credit Control) THE JOB: To perform credit checking of Classified advertisement bookings, assist in securing payment of debts and general
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    • 561 38 888 MM QJ^Mlaim jfvUmy nrafwns Security Positions 3SB C ># i Qa« SKUmy rO»IIK)ns A) Protection Supervisors B) Protection Officers, RefriNMnb: Secondary 2/NTC k above Able lo perform 12-hour shift Successful candidates will be posted to various parts ol Singapore for unarmed guard duties. Walk-in Interview Date 3*4 May 2000
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  • the new paper RACING
    • 319 39 PICK OF THE DAY This exciting galloper has a glorious chance to chalk up his fifth success in as many starts. Should be able to dictate terms with no proven speedsters around to bother him. He nearly paid a heavy price last week when
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    • 712 39 TONIGHT'S KRANJI (SAND TRACK) RACE GUIDE Goingforecast: Good |i* I AAA A MIAA Q n m IAI| IftmLan QASWAA* i A i -J —1 a ag I a 1M a wo. ljsi o runi nofK ffi naiing jocney turner (Age/ongirvsex trainer-owner; 1 -1-2-1 SILENT STAR 63 (56) *YFLeongc3 3 (4ag
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    • 103 39 UNUKE turf races, the Singapore Turf Club has three ratings to describe the state of track for sand races. They are: "Firm", "Good" and "Yielding". Rim 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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    • 751 40 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK A SECOND successive win looks on the card for the Michael Kent-trained Xenophon. At Kranji yesterday morning, the runaway debut winner showed further headway when he reeled off the final 600 m in a smart 36.1 sec on the fibresand track.
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    • 86 40 RACE 1: Slow work: Aussie Lobster (V Sivan), Imperial Hawk, Zafiro. RACE 2: Slow work: Masked Rider, Casual Trio, Millennium Storm (apprentice T Ong). Arabian Sheikh. RACE 3: Slow work: Gyro. RACE 4: Slow work: The Mystery, Te Akau, newcomer Classic Count (D Walker). RACE
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    • 186 40 RESULTS of yesterday's barrier trials over I,ooom at Kranji on the fibresand track. The going was good: TRIAL 1:1 Tremendous Way (J Saimee) 2 Roman Ghost (KH Ng) 3 Sporting Glory (apprentice B Tai) 4 Extraordinary (apprentice A Eirwan) 5 Big Ben (E Marchant) 6 Ballina's Power
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    • 547 41 FANTASTIC LEONG NEW kid on the block Leong Yoon Fei is certainly making a name for himself. Not only is he booting home winners with clockwork regularity, he is also proving to have a way with luckless nags. Two good examples are One Foot kick and Travellin' Man,
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    • 780 41 GUIDETOIPOHTRACKWORK Going: Good NST. Lucky eighty one, unbeaten in his last two outings, geared up for a hat-trick in the Class 1 I,loom straight on Saturday with an eye-catching workout in Ipoh yesterday. The four-year-old Australian-bred stretched out beautifully, clapping on the pace to
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 109 42 -J |x HOOT II... reach for the shy in A tnumpn Fire in the belly. An inferno in the heart And a burning desire to win. That's what sets these guys apart Only the cool, soothing balm of victory quenches the flames of ambition. But only
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    • 140 42 NBA LATEST: FIRST ROUND PLAYOFFS THE Minnesota Timberwolves led 40-36 against the Portland Trailblazers at press time (half-time of Game 4 of the first round playoff matchup). Fighting to stay in the playoffs, the Timberwolves led by 11 points at one stage. The star of the team's
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    • 200 42 AP. TIGER Woods, the No 1 player in golf and winner of 21 tournaments around the world, was no different than more than 100,000 actors yesterday. He was on strike. Woods was to shoot a TV commercial for Nike at his home course of
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    • 215 42 Formula 1 ace and fiancee escape with minor injuries from Lear jet crash that kills pilot and co-pilot AP. DAVID Coulthard is no stranger to danger. After all, the man races Formula 1 cars for a living. But the Scotsman sure didn't expect danger when being ferried
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    • 749 43  -  CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI-FINAL (1st leg) VALENCIA 4 Miguel Angel Angulo 10, 43 Gaizka Mendieta 45th pen, Claudio Lopez 90 BARCELONA 1 Mauricio Pellegrino 27og Half-time: 3-1 Crowd: 46.000 COMMENT EDWIN YEO AH, Barcelona. What is one to do with you? Throughout the last seven
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    • 160 43 TODAY'S ACTION: Real Madrid v Bayern Munich (LIVE, ESPN, Sportscit; tomorrow, 2 30am) CALL INFOUNE Call 19C*****013 after 6.30 am tomorrow for the result Calls cost 30 cents a minute. Reuters. AFTER nine largely miserable months as an expensive misfit, Nicolas Anelka (right) gets
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    • Article, Illustration
      473 44 ARSENAL 2 Marc Overmars 69th min, Emmanuel Petit 89 WEST HAM 1 Paolo Di Canio 40 Red card: Frank Sinclair (West Ham) 90 Half-time: 0-1 Crowd: 38,093 TODAY: Leeds v Watford Liverpool v Leicester CALL INFOUNE Call 1900-*****13 after 6.30 am tomorrow for the results Calls cost 30
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    • 66 44 Brazilian Juninho put Boro ahead in this north-east derby with a header after five minutes and after Kieron Dyer missed a sitter for Newcastle, the England international set up Gary Speed for the equaliser in the 10th minute Alessandro Pistone put Newcastle ahead in the 18th
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    • 270 44 Wire services. HMKYKEWELL: Leeds manager David O'Leary has vowed to resist multi-million pound offers for his golden boy striker. O'Leary is continuing to build a trophy-winning side around his star Australian. Kewell's price tag—with the Aussie already valued at around £20 million (ss4m) soared again last Sunday after
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    • 528 45  -  MEET THE FOPS... mm Date of birth: Aug 28, 1985 School: Anglo-Chinese (Barker Road) Level: Secondary 3 Honours: National Schools B Boys Champion, National Primary Schools R-up (with Tao Nan Primary), National Elite Squad member, Combined Schools player Fav player. Taufik Hidayat (Indonesia) Ambition: To become a
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    • 389 46  -  Re porta/ Peter Siow FANDI Ahaud's role as South Africa's World Cup soccer envoy hangs in the balance. The reason: Singapore Armed Forces FC wants its coach to be around to help prepare the S-League club for its top-table clash against
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    • 358 46 OFF TO SYDNEY THE Singapore Shooting Association (SSA) has stuck to its guns. It has nominated Shirley Ng over the more illustrious Lee Wung Yew for the Sydney Olympics in September. TTie reason: Ng's consistency in the last
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    • 23 46 SWIMMING Joscelin Yeo Christel Bouvron Nicolette Teo Leslie Kwok MarkChay Gary Tan SngJuWei Daniel Liew TABLE-TENNIS Jing Junhong LiJiawei
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      39 47 BARCELONA 1 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE SEMI FINAL (FIRST LEG) Petit leads Arsenal to victory /Page 47 Jubilation for Valencia players even as Barcelona goalkeeper Ruud Hesp looks a beaten man. EDWIN YEO'S REPORT ON PAGE 46 Picture/ Afp
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    • 41 44 1 Lei's Talk Score! Re 2L l Ul!£« S This week our football tipster ■EjiOlllC David O'Connor I 111 A gives us an insight into L|U|^7^ the betting game in our ~l 1 Forum. L Bpm on Wednesday, 3 May JL
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    • 114 46 THE DRAWis TODAY Net proceeds from every Singapore Sweep ticket you buy will go towards building The Esplanade Theatres On The Bay. So get your tickets today and together, let's build The Esplanade! Ql\Y APf )Rf--Ist PRIZE: $1,500,000 and 24.572 OTHER PRIZES WORTH 52.100.000 SINGAPORE SWEEP DRAW NO. 05/2000 Date
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