The New Paper, 18 June 2000

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  • 27 1 the new paper JUNE 18, 2000 70 CENTS Another quality publication of Singapore Pr— Holding* I on Sunday http://newpaper asial com.sg MITA (P) 107/03/99 1 111 8"*****1M***** >
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  • NEWS
    • 656 2 FATHER'S DAY WORRY FOR MALAYSIAN FAMILY FOR many families, today comes with a special meal and presents to honour the man of the house. But for one family in Malaysia, it will be yet another day fraught with worry. Thoir fathor, Tan Suo Yong, 83, is
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    • 78 2 AP. HE wanted to "discipline" his wife because she did not visit him while he was in jail for manslaughter. So, Hassan Ibrahim, 59, tied her up and hung her on the washing line outside their fourth-floor apartment in a working-class district of
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    • 218 3 NOKIA Connecting People nihiMiiii The new Nokia Care Centre. Designed specially for many of our diehard fans. It's no wonder why the crowds are flocking to Wheelock Place! Simply That's not all! From 20 June onwards, you can personalise your mobile because our new Nokia Care Centre is designed to
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  • NEWS
    • 1072 4  -  'GIFT' FROM TWIN SISTER By Ng Wan Ching THIS little baby with the cherubic smile has no idea how much she has gone through in her young life. Chong Lih Ying, 59 days old today, was
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    • 740 4 THE SURGERY THE doctor at the centre of the world's first infant hand surgery never expected such a case to land on his lap in his career as a hand surgeon. It was the greatest roller coaster ride
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    • 484 5 AFTER THE TRANSPLANT THE Selayang Hospital looks very cold and uninhabited from outside. But when I step into the Neo-natal Intensive Care Unit (Nicu), that impression fades in an instant. Baby Lih Ying's cot, in a room of her own, is crammed with five nurses
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    • 221 5 1. A hand transplant was performed on Australan Clint Halam in Lyons, France, on Sept 23,1996. 2. A US team in Loutevfte, Kentucky, (ixluMM IW DILIIL-H I 4 i I iwnere ur rauiiiianatnan trained/ penonnea me first mm transplant in the US on lan 25 last year.
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  • NEWS
    • 708 7 He's the one whom blind lawyer Steven Chiang credits with inspiring him to conquer two mountains. GLORIA CHANDY meets Mr Ron Chandran-Dudley who, being blind himself, has long been a champion of the physically-disabled THE playing fields are
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    • 278 7 "I FOUND someone stronger than me who helped me find that strength to get back on my feet," says 53-year-old Susan David (not her real name). "As Ron says though, you can get on with your life only if you have the strength yourself. "Whatever help
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  • NEWS
    • 428 9 IT is a pleasant, rustic life, for Sri Utama and her family in a little village in Malang, about three hours' (hive from Surabaya. From the outside, the homes look almost palatial, with their shiny roof tiles, red brick walls and gleaming wooden
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    • 1083 9 Life is simple in Indonesian villages, from where many of our Indonesian maids come. So how difficult is it for village women to adjust to the hustle and Foreign maids bustle of working and living in Singapore? TRUDYLIM, a mother of two who has employed
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  • EXPAT
    • 630 10  -  The choice is clear BY V k Santosh Kumar I TRAVEL by BMW Bus, MKT, Walk. So why settle for an HDB flat? Status warrants status. It's a condominium for me. Regal. Royal. Romantic. Glass walls, blue-tiled bathroom, diffused lights, the works. My thinking, on setting
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    • 196 10 YOU have written. We have heard. Next week, we will devote the entire Expat Page to your letters. So, if your letter has not been featured, you may want to look out for it. And even if it does not get published next week, well find a
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    • 562 10 My thoughts as a housing agent Some weeks ago, our writer, Rahul Goswami, wrote about his househunting experience and how he had to deal with agents. You know, people described as those who would use every trick in their bags to market flats. They are, in Mr
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  • NEWS
    • 755 11  - Pachinko parlours Japan's biggest craze REPORTS/ Seto Nu-wen IN TOKYO. JAPAN IN his clean-cut suit, Mr Akihiro Fujiyama is your typical Japanese salaried man. But after work every day, he heads off to more exciting night activities. And it's not the red-light district. Mr Fujiyama, 24, goes to one of
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    • 261 12 I DROPPED by the Maruhan Pachinko Parlour in Shinjuku one Monday night. The brightly-lit parlour, with a seating capacity of at least 200 people, was packed. The clientele ranged from suited yuppies to matronly housewives to immaculate-ly-coiffed young women. The game itself seems impossibly mundane.
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    • 192 12 WHILE gambling is illegal in Japan, pachinko hits a grey area as the winnings are traded for prizes, not cash. A Japanese government survey puts pachinko revenues in 1995 at 32 trillion yen. That's a higher turnover than many of Japan's key manufacturing sectors. Yet, the odds
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  • @ A GLANCE
    • 172 15 WELL, the talk around town is that Malaysia may get a new Law Ministry within the government to handle legal affairs. But Prime Minister Datuk Sen Mahathir Mohamad has denied any such plans. "I don't know anything about it," he said. Before Dr Mahathir's remarks, it
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    • 154 15 More political changes seem to be underway and a Chinese or an Indian prime minister may be possible for Malaysia. Speaking at the opening of the MCA's annual General Assembly, the Prime Minister said: "I am confident that there will come a day when a citizen
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    • BRIEFLY
      • 92 15 THREE full-time national servicemen were yesterday convicted of assaulting a lawyer after he ticked off their friend for talking loudly on a mobile phone during a midnight movie. Teo Bee Keong, 21; Soh Wee Ping, 20; and Yong Thiam Hock, 19, were found guilty of causing grievous hurt
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      • 64 15 A MAN fell into a canal in Toa Payoh and floated down the Kallang River towards Potong Pasir. And he lived to tell his tale. The 23-year-old man was found floating near St Andrew's Junior School yesterday evening during a heavy downpour. The incident happened at around
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      • 91 15 COMPUTER failure at Britain's main air traffic control centre grounded flights across the country. Yesterday, air traffic controllers in London had to manually produce crucial flight information. "The controllers still have their radar... but the computer which prints out all the information about a flight is not working,"
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      • 87 15 PANADOL capsules on sale here are safe and have not been contaminated by the poison strychnine, the Health Ministry said yesterday. But following the tampering scare in Australia, the drug's manufacturer, SmithKline Beecham, has voluntarily stopped the import of the product for the time being. At least two
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      • 92 16 STAFF Sgt Somas undaram Mookaiah, 38, was offered $100,000 to cover up a crime. But he refused.. A man suspected of harbouring illegal immigrants, offered him the amount at a car park in Clementi West on March 13. But the response from the Tanglin police division officer was
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      • 79 16 Source: Wire services MUSLIM rebels have demanded 200 million pesos ($4.7 million dollars) for the release of five women among 21 mostly foreign hostages held in the southern Philippines. The demand came as Abu Sayyaf rebels freed five Filipino children from another group seized on the island of
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      • 92 16 PYONGYANG is eager to implement agreements struck at the landmark Korean summit. It proposed that Red Cross officials from the two Koreas meet this month to discuss reunion of families separated by the Korean War. Both sides are also likely to hold high-level talks next month to
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      • 83 16 YOUNG women from the Philippines are being lured by vice syndicates in Singapore, with promises of high-paying jobs like band singers, performers and actresses. Some are promised jobs as secretaries and boutique assistants. The Philippines Embassy believes the 20 to 30 cases it sees each year are the
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    • 75 16 MEAT SLICER?: You wouldn't want to use this on your worst enemy. But It would probably make a good conversation piece In your living room. It may also come In handy for cracking crab shells or nuts. Thai knife-maker Seta Thangthal, 41, makes unique blades from Imported
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    • 166 16 Qn£>us] SOME Singaporeans have been in foreign news recently for the wrong reasons. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) revealed that there are more than 100 Singaporeans in jail overseas. These detainees include former SLA. steward Zaini Jeloni, jailed for six years on a manslaughter charge in
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    • 81 16 M /|W news. I don't know why people do suck bad things. I haanightmares for two weeks. I kept on hearing the screaming voices, shoutingfor help... Mr Murugaya Rajoo who helped to rescue four people from a blazing three-room flat in Ang Mo Kio. The voices of
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    • 92 16 BARBIE FAIR: Little girls below 12 years old, come together to take part in a Little Universe contest. They will be singing, dancing or playing an instrument. Organised by Mattel, the finals is at 3.15 pm today, at the Raffles City Atrium. Even if your daughter is
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    • 110 15 Proudly Present #r«jefc SK«)a(H.*f<r ni»*' MR SINGAPOREWORLD 2000 Incorporating MISS PAPAJOE'S DREAMGIRL 2000 A", fct W' The Search for Mr. Singapore World 2000 and Papa Joe's Dreamgirl 2000 is finally here. Watch the Grand Finals on Friday 23rd June 2000 at 9.00pm. Watch our hunks and gals pitch their skills
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    • 60 16 The Exhibition With A Difference... expo_ 2o World Trade Centre Hall 5 6 15-19 June 2000 10 am -11 pm Furniture Handicrafts Gifts Souveniers Decorative Items Jewellery Textile Fabrics Leather accessories Beds Bedding Potteries Turkey Syria India Pakistan Thailand Malaysia Indonesia Singapore Another Presentation by Tfcls MeaciXpress Tel 65 >
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  • Page 16 Miscellaneous
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  • NEWS
    • 250 17  -  NIKE DESIGN-YOUR-DREAM SHOES CONTEST By Michelle Choh HE'S a hardcore Nike fan. After all, he owns about 50 pairs of Nikes including many Air Jordans. Mr Yasser Suratman is the winner of the Nike Design-Your-Dream Shoes Contest. His proposed Air Machrunner marries state-of-the
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    • 68 17 Firct prize: Yasser Suratman, *****392 A Second: Keith Tan Chee Kang, *****124H Third: Sim LingErh, Lynn, *****334 A Consolation: Ivan Ho, $*****96 Alvin Quek Chee Weng Ng Kang Leng, *****598J Neo HongGiap, *****816 D Yuan Tiaunman, *****13K Makorn Chaovanich, P*****1 Low Lin Kiat, $*****761 Terence Koh Jun
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  • 569 19  -  THE WEEK GUEST EDITOR S VIVAKANANDAN Chief Executive Officer Sinda KIDS change us. I am not just referring to books being thrown off shelves, newspapers being chewed, the sleepless nights, the demise of many things that on the surface appear bright and
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  • NEWS
    • 365 20 Net firms retrenching staff LAYOFFS Some of the big December. PBNcws.Com, company: all 140 employees. Closed. Boo.Com, ooNiw retailor 400 employees. Closed. Coral Corp, software maker 320 of 1.180 workers. Digital rlWlwOf WW 200 employees. Closed. HeattfcSJiop, online natural health products store: 60 workers. Closed. Rml c oin r
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    • 605 21 POOR Baby Bradley. He was only eight weeks old when he met with a brutal and violent death. The evil killer: His own dad, Christopher Rees, 24. What is truly horrifying was the way Baby Bradley was killed. His drunk father had
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    • 969 23 Visionary? Entrepreneur? Scapegoat? Or victim of his times? PAULINE DLOH unravels the mystery of China's most famous businessman, Mou Qizhong, now jailed for life. AT the height of his success, he was lauded by the world press. Forbes business magazine named him China's fourth richest
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    • 133 23 MOU was accused of cheating the Bank of China's Hubei branch of US$75 million ($129 million) in letters of credit. The Land Economic Group allegedly committed the crimes in 1995. As its owner, Mou was charged. Mou and his company were tried separately. Four of his employees Yao
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  • 306 24 THE private life of Mou Qizhong Geft) is every bit as attention-grabbing as his business <leals. We know that the original Mrs Mou was history by the time he had found feme and fortune as one of China's first private entrepreneurs. We also
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  • 513 27  -  COOkielarl HE place to dip for tips The school holidays are coming to an end, and the third term looms large. You have one week to get the kids ready for the second half of the school year. Here are some reminders Edited by
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  • Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY
    • 326 29 I'M 34 and I manage a pub. This leaves me very little time to spend with my boyfriend. He's 43. He's a businessman who's very busy with his work. If I'm lucky, I get to see him three to four days a week. Every time we
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    • 203 29 MADLY Worried is a 15-year-old guy who feels that he has done something really stupid. He accidentally entered the girls' washroom at his school to wash his hands. He said it was a mistake. He did not mean to do it. The worst part was
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    • 160 29 Readers' advice: WHAT you did was a mistake. I'm a girl and I know you feel embarrassed, but don't feel guilty. This kind of thing does happen to guys. Once I saw a schoolmate, a guy, entering a ladies' washroom at a shopping centre. When he saw
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    • 143 29 I'M sure other guys have made the same mistake, but it does not happen very often. I don't think you'll be expelled from your school. And if you made things clear to the girl who saw you, it might not be a problem. I think you should
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    • 417 30 MY story began three years ago when I got involved with this guy. He had a girlfriend then, but they were always quarrelling. We love each other very much. One month into our relationship, he suggested a break up with her. She
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    • 355 30 ITS been a few years since my husband and I got married. From day one, we've had problems. To put it simply, he is suspicious of me. He is a very unreasonable person. I just can't forget the things he has said or done to me. I'm
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    • [P kA|rf ®"'m n c'ears i U Deny [ the air over teen sex issues
      • 293 30 MY periods have always Qbeen Irregular. But last month, I actually missed my period, and I still haven't had mine this month. I'm starting to wonder if something is wrong with my body. I don't have sex on a regular basis: Maybe once or twice a
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      • 158 30 lAM 14 and lam in Q secondary school. My school teacher taught us that our testicles do not "hang" on the same level. He said that the right one is usually lower, but I've discovered that my left side is the lower one. Am I abnormal?
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    • 44 29 CAN YOU HELP? If you think you can help with torn* useful advice, write or hue to Aggie by Wednesday. The best letter will be published next week. The writer of the best reply will receive a special QT-shirt and a New Paper cap.
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    • 60 30 callus If you need advice on matters of the heart or sex issues, write to: Aggie, The New Paper, Times House, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 Or fax: 737-5375, e-mail: tnp@sph.com.sg (please mark: Aggie) or call 1900-912-0007 (calls cost 30 cents a minute). (You can use a pen name,
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  • 353 31  -  Aggie MATTERS OF THE HEART AND BODY By Carol Leong canol@sph.com.sg TODAY is Father's Day and no doubt, children across the island are asking themselves what they should do for their fathers. I came straight to the point and asked a practised father (since he's past
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  • Feature
    • 827 33  -  by LINGAM PONNAMPLAM THERE'S been a "new" pulse beating in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's nightlife for some three years now and it's growing stronger. Where bar-flies and night-birds once grooved languidly to the silky sounds of the pervasive rhythm and blues, the pace has become
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    • 261 33 PESTA liar. In recent months, these two words have haunted Lisa Kobayashi (right) and made her an overnight media sensation in Kuala Lumpur for all the wrong reasons. "Pesta liar" roughly translates from Malay into "wild party" carrying with it very negative connotations of sexual abandon. With
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    • 245 33 SHE thought it the perfect alternative venue for a pnvate party, a secluded area in the lush tropical jungle, a few kilometres behind the National Zoo. Mrs Kobayashi did not check if the land could be rented. She paid RM7OO to rent four chalets at
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    • 506 33 IS DANCE culture halal? Or is it out of place in conservative Malaysia? The New Paper on Sunday asked members of a tight clique in KL's clubland as well as the more conservative man on the Malaysian street. No surprises from
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  • Article, Illustration
    663 34  -  ACTOR LIM KAY TONG WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN by Lim Kay Tong by WHEN I was living in Los Angeles, there appeared to be two topics which never went away: Movies and earthquakes. I had a taste of both, and the more intense experience has got to
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  • 677 35  - Don't be mistaken I'm not... SoSueMe SUZANNE WALKER WRITES A FORTNIGHTLY COLUMN by Suzanne Walker MY ex recently asked me point blank: "Are you gay?" I wasn't surprised. It's not the first time someone has thought I am gay. But I'm puzzled. I ask my gay friends if I have
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  • [Seen Heard] SHARP
    • 53 36 THE MOVIE The Wild West meets the Far East In a battle for honour, royalty and a trunk full of gold. Chinese imperial guard Chon Wang goes to America to rescue Princess Pei Pei, who has been kidnapped from the Forbidden City. Stars: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Lucy
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    • 235 36  -  by Michelle Choh Everything always seems to be so nicely and neatly packaged in the movies. The West represents a society that values the individual over society. The East, on the other hand, preaches about putting so* iety before the individual. This is what you will
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    • 109 37  -  Edited by Lingam Ponnampalam lingam@sph.com.sg Princess Pei Pei's (Lucy Liu) teacher has delivered her to the kidnapper, Lo Fong: Lo Fong: There is your reward. Teacher (pulling out a pistol): Well, now you have to double it Lo Fong: (slurping an oyster) One thing about the Chinese: We
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    • 325 37  -  *y LINGAM PONNAMPALAM MUGGY weather, a difficult day at the office... none of these stands in the way of enjoying Shanghai Noon. That's because it takes all of two braincells to fully savour this flick. The plot is bare and the jokes are silly. The action
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    • 172 37 Roger Ebert in his online review: "What Shanghai Noon proves it that no mattor how much effort it put into production values and special effects, a movie like this finally depends on dialogue and characters. Wild WHd West, which came out almost exactly one year earlier, had a
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    610 41  -  Edited by Crispina Robert crispina@sph.com.sg I'VE always wanted to know what it would feel like to stay at a legendary hotel. During the long Labour Day weekend last month, I finally got my wish and stayed at The Oriental hotel in Bangkok. What can I say? In the
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  • 336 41 After the Oriental, I stayed for two days at the Westin Banyan Tree and I have to be honest. This time, I truly, truly felt like a princess throughout my stay. My room was a suite which was twice the size as that at the Oriental,
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  • RACING
    • 1252 48 YESTERDAY'S KRANJI RACE RESULTS Going: Yielding SUPER MAN: A top-form trainer Michael Kent chalka up three winners and a second from four runners at Kranji yesterday. 1 SAIL TO VICTORY 59 (16-7) DOHeare (3) 3 3 1 (450) 7 KRANJI PIONEER 54.5 (24-7) D Nlkolic (8) 1 2 2 (447)
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    • 287 48  -  By Lionel Lee AS RACING swings back into action at Kranji last night, it was trainer Michael Kent who hogged the limelight. Kent had only four runners and three of them Emperor's Flag (Race 2), Precious Pearl (Race
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    • 1100 49 RACE 1: VICTORY FIGHTER was scratched by the vet when found to have respiratory disease. In terms of MRA Regulation 17.2, he must be presented to an official vet before being declared to race again. Steady rain fell before and during the running of
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    • 1237 50 TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD Going forecast: Yielding No. Last 6 runs Hotm Wt Rating Jockey Banter (Aga/origin/aex, trainer-owner] 1 11-0- MEGA SUCCESS 57 (59) DO'Heare 9 (5ah M Breukelen-Successfu!) 2 *****2 HIS HIGHNESS 56 (57) TLYin 2 (6amh KL Chong-Arctic Star) 3 4-0071 SKY FIGHTER 56 (57) SSani 10 (5ag
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    • 79 50 PICK OF THE DAY H This horse has proven to be very consistent this season, just unlucky. From five starts, he has notched four seconds and a fourth. He went down by only a head to Alma Mater in his last start over the
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    • 108 50 RACE 1: Mega Success, His Highness, Austin Power, Breezy, Sky's The Limit, Right Angle, Ooatari, Unpredictable. RACE 2: Abjar 'D' Great, Lucky Seventeen, Twin Fortune, Sharp Strike, Verified. RACE 3: Make Win, Cookie, Safe Harbour, Blue Ocean, Victory Warrior, Thunderous Zap. RACE 4: Galaxy, Olympic Rag, Taifei, Walk That
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    • 736 51 YESTERDAY'S PERTH RACE RESULTS —Going Good 1 BUEWO 56.5 (20-6) Paul King (6) 1 4 SPECIAL BONO 54 (10-7) Mark SMttch (8) 2 2 PRIMEVAL POET 56 (26-7) Cttnt Harvey (1) 3 Also ran: THUNDELERA Tim StubberfiekJ, BEL EYRE BABE Jason Whiting, DEKKO Paul Oyton, YOUNG BILL Kristtan Hawkins, DIAMOND
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    • 823 51 Going: Good (Races I to 4), Yielding (Race 5) 9 TAMBUN TERROR 54.5 C 51.5 (13-6) *WKY«n (11) 1 1 1 (433) 4 BLACK DASH 56 c 54.5 (48-11) *NAzman (6) 3 2 2 (459) 1 DRAGON ISLAND 57 (20-7) KMoaes (5) 4 4 3
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    • 242 52  -  By Lionel Lee WHAT do the five visiting jockeys in action at Ipoh yesterday have in common? Nothing. That's right. They all came away from the opening day of the Perak Turf Club June meeting empty handed. Martin Wepner, Kevin Moses, Damian Miller, Jan Cameron and
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    • 1092 52 RACE I: CEPAT-CEPAT, who stood and was slow to begin, must pass one starting stall test. TAMBUN TERROR jumped awkwardly in onto AWESOME BELLE. At the same time, CRYSTAL IMPERIAL jumped out onto TONGARINO. This resulted in KARWYEKEET becoming cramped and losing some ground.
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    • 736 54 COUNTDOWN TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES: SEPT 16-OCTI IT'S EVERY ATHLETE'S DREAM TO BE A PARTOFTHE OLYMPIC GAMES: FORMER HOCKEY GREAT RUDY MOSBERGEN RECOUNTS HIS TRIP TO MELBOURNE IN 1956 SYDNEY 2000 brings to mind Melbourne 1956 when 65 of us from Singapore
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    • 110 54 1 f 1,. CA nayea nocneyvor sv Joseph's Institution from 1947-'49 and was captain of the school team Played hockey for Singapore from 1953-'6O. In 1956 he represented the Republic at the Melbourne Olympics. Ms position was right fuH back. From 1958-'6O, he captained the national hockey
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    • 290 54 TWO incidents involving our hockey squad stick out vividly in my mind. One concerned a team whose manager and coach felt the boys could do with some early momingjogging. The boys were roused from their slumber at the crack of dawn, about 5 am. They were
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    • 137 54 SO far, 13 Singapore athletes will be heading to the Sydney Olympics in September. Originally, the Singapore National Olympic Council (SNOC) announced that 10 athletes would be going, while the sailing and shooting fraternities still needed to sort out their candidates. Shooting duly announced
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  • EURO 2000
    • 183 55 •Sb SPOT THE BALL CONTEST WHAT a week of football action. And you think you have seen every bit of It. But how much of the thrills and spills of Euro 2000 still remain in your memory? Here's one bit of action taken off the Italy-Belgium match.
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    • 352 56 IF any club actually pays that amount for Portuguese soccer wizard Luis Figo, it would set a world record. But that is the figure his club Barcelona set yesterday for his transfer. Barcelona announced the huge sum in an apparent attempt to calm the whirlwind
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    • 275 57 EURO2OOOFUNPAGE PeterShilton H Holland I' vW. I XI M& TIIA CPnrP LI Iv Ovvl v ■f the European Gary Lineker played in his last match for England in the finals of M fr-'v, i Euro 92. He scored 48 goals in one lim^ behind Bobby Charlton's England Belgium'sWilfriedVanMoer,an MmtmyMl U
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    • 204 58 SPAIN v SLOVENIA Delayed telecast Sportscrty, 7.30 am tomorrow YUGOSLAVIA v NORWAY Live on TV3, 2.15 am tomorrow Reuters. Reuters. SPAIN is preparing to change its team and its tactics against group C outsider Slovenia. But its players admit that unless self-belief replaces the
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    • 274 58 WANT TO PLACE A FRIENDLY WAGER? HERE ARE SOME TIPS: ANDY PENDERS, Chief Editor of Internet site Zoom Soccer.com zooms in on tonight's games SPAIN SLOVENIA: Slovenia took part in perhaps the game of the tournament bo far when it played its part in a thrilling 3-3 draw against
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    • 77 60 JEM's Guide to Euro 2000 What it takes to win I EXCEPTIONAL ATHLETIC SKILLS vrwww ii Artist Jeremiah looks at the championships in his own style. r> t/ v "AND THIERRY SCORES!!!" ANOTHER GOAL FROM HENRY!" is LtitKß to a great guy..." young man. Now that would be fifty grand."
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      1020 61 A week has passed since Portugal beat England in Euro 2000. But Rob Hughes is still in a trance, dancing to the tune of Figo Co THE biggest thrill of this, or of many a football tournament, has been watching Portugal prove that might isn't always right.
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    • 75 61 Eusebio came to prominence with Benfica in the early *****. Mozambique born and nicknamed the "Black Panther", he was a natural footballer, easy moving and graceful. Portugal first capped him at 19, and it was virtually his performance that took Portugal through its quarter-final against North Korea in
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    • 415 62 Wire services. ITALY'S Alessandro Del Piero is better prepared then ever for a major tournament and is convinced he will get a chance to shine during Euro 2000. The Juventus forward played only a secondary role in Italy's opening Group B wins. He
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    • 431 63 Striking partner Solskjaer has the answer YUGOSLAVIA V NORWAY Live on TV3,2.15am tomorrow Team update on Page 63 Reuters. OLE Gunnar Solskjaer says Norway striker Tore Andre Flo is like a bottle of ketchup. You shake and shake and nothing
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    • 571 65  -  GEYLANG UNITED 2 HOME UNITED 2 BY Wang Meng Meng HE did it again. And again. And again. Geylang United coach Alan Vest, sensing that a defeat against Home United was on the cards, threw in three substitutes in the 80th minute with his team trailing
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    • 139 65 The WSA Sport's Goal Rush continues! The phone-in Tiger Beer S-League score prediction game re-opens its phonelines today. To take part, call The New Paper Infoline 1900-914-0801 from today until Thursday, 6 pm and register your predictions for the six matches this week: dementi Khaisa v Geyiang
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    • 146 65 HIT for six. And it is not cricket we are talking about. At the Jurong Stadium, table-toppers SAFFC whipped bottom side Balestier Central 6-2. The Tigers (Balestier's nickname) got off to a flying start through Faizal Sazali in the 17th minute. But the Warriors (SAFs nickname)
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