The New Paper, 28 June 2000

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1 62 The New Paper

  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 54 2 Cal: 730 5562; e-mafl: tnp@astal.com.sg Ivan and Eileen, The New Paper's It Squad, are back as Internet jockeys today. Call them between 1 and 2 pm. Or e-mail them anytime. Talk to them about football, entertainment, news- anything at all. Then catch them on newiMperaslal .com.sg
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    • 328 2 China and US tussle over building in Washington DC Source: Wire services. CHINA'S Xinhua news agency wants to use an apartment building in Washington, DC. Sounds like a straightforward buy, yet the move has created new tensions between China and the US over
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    • 65 2 THE accusations are the latest attacks by Republicans on alleged national security leaks under the Clinton administration. The attacks were especially loud in June last year, when politicians accused China of having stolen American missile secrets for 20 years. Ties between the two nations were at a low
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    • 166 2 Malaysia's next port of call —outer space NST. MALAYSIA is taking aim at space. The country wants to set up a National Space Agency to develop and launch its own spacecraft, with help from Japan. The Science Technology and Environment Ministry is tnllring with The National Development Agency of Japan
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    • 304 3 AND what's the new Liz Hurley's dream? To be "swept off my feet" by a new man. The actress and model admitted that she made the first move to split up with long-time love Hugh Grant. Hurley, 35, said separating last month after 13 years
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    • 465 4 of technical education Come July, the Institute of Technical Education will blast into the new century with a new curriculum. Rear Admiral Teo CheeHean, Minister for Education and Second Minister for Defence, will speak ofthese changes at the opening ofITE Bukit Batok and the fourth
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  • 235 6 The Arts Festival m SO what if audiences hated the plays Desdemona and Hot Water. So what if the National Arts Council (NAC) forked out $700,000 to stage both productions at the Singapore Arts Festival. Never mind the controversy, said NAC chairman
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  • News Break
    • 57 6 BRAND NAMES THE maker and importer of Indocafe Coffeemix won an appeal and have as much right as three-in-one instant coffee maker Super Coffeemix to use the term coffeemix in their names and packaging. The court accepted that the word was "common to the trade" for describing the product
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    • Article, Illustration
      51 6 APPOINTMENT LEADING ophthalmologist Vivian Balakrishnan (left) has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer of the Singapore General Hospital. The 39-year-old associate professor, a President's scholar, took over from Mr Lawrence Lim last week. But the father of three has not yet started serving full-time, hospital sources
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    • 63 6 COURTS NTUC Income has refused to pay $5 million to a company for what it calls a fraudulent claim. The department store and goods of D N Promotion Sales Centre Pte Ltd were damaged in a fire in 1998, and the company claimed $5.4 million. But NTUC Income
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    • 61 6 COURTS THE High Court has given eight people the okay in their action to make the Worker's Party chief a bankrupt. Mr JB Jeyaretnam failed to stop them claiming $223,000 in debt on Monday over a defamation suit. The eight are Messrs Nirumalan Pillay, Pakir Maideen, Indra Krishnan,
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  • 56 6 New Straits Times: Close ranks, OIC urged International Herald Tribune: Chirac offers Germans just a sketch of Europe Asian Wall Street Journal: Asia watches Fed, but acts on its own BBC news: The United Nations has issued a stark new warning about the human and material cost
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous

  • 53 7 Ht* These homes on the coastline 104 km north of San Francisco are In grave danger of falling Into the sea. A Federal Emergency Management Agency study released yesterday showed that 87,000 homes In the US stand on land likely to wash away In the next 60
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  • 52 7 EDUCATION FROM next year, top Malay-Muslim students from Nanyang Polytechnic may be rewarded with free education at local universities. The performance-incentive scheme of the Start-To-Enhance-Potential I (Step) programme was launched yesterday. It is a joint project by Yayasan Mendaki and Nanyang Polytechnic to maximise the potential of
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  • 55 7 LEADERS A political-economic survey by a US think-tank ranks Brigadier-General Lee Hsien Loong among the world's top-10 "pro-growth" leaders. BG Lee is chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS). j He is ranked fourth, j behind German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, China's Premier Zhu Rongji
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  • 53 7 The Straits Times: Pay jump for government doctors The Business Times: Nat Steel shelves revamp plan Lianhe Zaobao: Government doctors receive pay rise of 22 per cent from July 1 Berita Harlan: Government doctors' pay up 22 per cent RCS morning news: A raise for doctors in
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  • 61 7 MALAYSIA ISLAMIC countries will become "banana republics" at the mercy of multinational giants unless they stop squabbling. This is what Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said, adding that Muslims should unite to face the dangers of globalisation. He said information technology would be used to destroy Islam's
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  • 64 7 ACCOUNTANTS A GOVERNMENT committee is looking at abolishing the legal audit for unlisted private firms here. The US and the UK did so long ago, reports The Business Times. It may mean lost income for public accountants. Yet some felt the audit was not needed when there
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  • 78 7 Ouote Wworthy With the Industrial Revolution, we had a massive problem with pollution. Then, with the IT revolution, it was a serious concern over the lack of privacy. Now, with the life sciences revolution, it's about ethics, and how the law comes into play. Dr Cham Too
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  • 101 7 STOCK WATCH US stocks ended lower yesterday as investors cashed in profits and waited for the outcome of a two-day Federal Reserve meeting on interest rates. The Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged, but the market has not ruled out a hike
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  • HEALTHTODAY
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      410 8  -  You know that it's good for you. It's easy to find. It's cheaper than other drinks. It is also a true beauty and health tonic. 50... why not drink more water, asks CAROL LEONG BY Carol Leong HOW much water should we drink? About two litres a
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    • 339 9 LAST February, Temasek Polytechnic and the Asian Food Information Centre (AFIC) discovered in a survey of 400 Singaporeans that we don't take enough fluids. (This includes water replacements like milk, fruit juice, soups, fruit and vegetables which can contain up to 95 per cent water.) On an
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    • 104 9 SOME people find drinking plain water boring. Here are some ways to create "water cocktails" that look charming and taste lovely. Coloured ice cubes. Freeze bottled fruit juices like grape (lovely colour), cranberry (a luscious red), mango or any favourite juice to pop into water. Kaffir lime
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    • 41 9 WRITE TO: It's Your Health, The New Paper, 390, Kim Seng Road, Singapore *****5 FAX; 737-5375 E-RAAlLtnp@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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    • 71 9 CaR 1900-912-0006 to find oat H Why exercising vigorously for 30 minute* i diy reduces woman's risk of stroke. Gene therapy, the use of DNA to treat disease, could one day help patients with rheumatoid arthritis. BnHnda is worse for men. Pregnant women are twice at likely
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  • 395 10 SPEAKUP SPEAK UP YOUR FORUM Ahran Yap (e-mail) I REFER to your cover story 'So what if our parents are dumb?' published on June 24. It was an interesting and heartwarming human-interest article, and helps spotlight the difficulties faced by
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 807 12 WHOLE OF 1998: WHOLE Of 1999: f IamMWYTOOPWIMOOi v *K '-y 76 DOCTORS fOQ DOCTORS 7 DOCTORS f QUIT AfcC? QUVT m %9 QUIT Doctors'salaries will take a big leap forward from this Saturday. The overall salary increase will be
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    • 288 12 THE basic principle used in this pay revision is to peg salaries to market rates where these are available. It will also incorporate a new pay structure that will guide future reviews. A competitive pay structure is necessary to keep doctors in
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 38 15 More than 20people were arrested and 47 kg of heroin seized during Operation Phantom two years ago. Tonight's Crimewatch programme on Channel 5 highlights the largest heroin seizure in the history of the Central Narcotics Bureau
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    • 21 15 English version: Channel 5, today, 9pm H Chinese version: Channel 8, Friday, at 10.30pm Malay version: Suria, Saturday, 8.30pm
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    • 369 15 IT all began with an anonymous phone call. About a hairdressing salon. An alert member of the public had noticed that deliveries to the salon were always made in the early hours. That prompted Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers to carry out a routine
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    • Article, Illustration
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    • 28 15 AZMAN MUSTAFFA: Sentenced to 24 years' imprisonment and 15 strokes of the cane. He also received four years jail for possession and consumption of a controlled drug.
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    • 50 16 1111 l I* Hill I 4 Musk fan Low Kok Kkmg, damming inconsiderate concert goers: When a performance begins on a soft note, you can hear coughs here and there from the audience as if the concert hall has been transformed into a hospital.
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    • 305 16  -  PENALTY The police are investigating the syndicate's activities. They suspect that the gang was involved in at least 10 other thefts. One suspect entered Singapore on June 15, another the next day and the rest on June 25, all through the Woodlands Checkpoint. They are liable to be
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      570 18  -  Feisty, jaunty sprightly... words that describe this 85-year-old opera performer. She died two nights ago after a karaoke night-out with her friends By! Sheela Narayanan Elderly and fun-loving. Elderly and happy. Elderly and never-say-die. Right until the end. Madam Leong Cheok Heng enjoyed every one of her golden
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    • Article, Illustration
      283 19 IT was a regular karaoke session for Madam Leong Cheok Heng. Five-hour sessions were no big deal for the 85-year-old. She used to be a popular Cantonese opera performer, after all. Singing was her life. Two nights ago, however, Madam Leong sang her last note. The usual
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  • 334 20 WORLDTODAY THE US First Daughter, Chelsea Clinton (left), hit the Senate campaign trail yesterday. And what a debut it was. The New York Post reported that she stole the limelight from her mother Hillary, plus a dozen officials, on the steps of City Hall.
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  • WORLDTODAY
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    • 335 22 Game show scandal THE men were taking part in a TV game show. They were given boxer shorts to try on for a photo shoot. Little did they know that as they tried on the underwear in the change room in Melbourne, they were being
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
    • 786 24  -  SCARY IN SABAH REPORTS MELVIN SINGH Reporting from Sabah SAB AH was rocked by three bomb blasts last month and this month. One of the bombs went off nine days ago. It was a powerful explosion which ripped through Tuaran Road, in Kota Kinabalu
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    • 709 24 He has been separated from his family for three months. After a month's posting to Pulau Sipadan, offSabah, wildlife ranger Zulkarnain Hashim was taken hostage on April 23. For the next 63 days, ke was held with 20 others on the southern Philippines island ofjolo. He was
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    294 26 Singer Kylie Minogue criticised over magazine shot (above) WORLDTODAY SHE'S back on top again. And she has her bottom to thank for it, says Britain's largest-selling daily newspaper, The Sun. For the first time in more than 10 years, Aussie songstress Kylie Minogue's new single Spinning Around
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  • 378 28 WORLDTODAY E-MAIL overload is causing additional stress at work, according to a survey which polled workers in Britain, the US, Canada, Germany and France. British workers, on an average, received 191 messages a day, through e-mail, voicemail, faxes and phone calls
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  • 561 29  -  ShowTime By' Teo Kuan Yee v.' > mm f hats this? wMmm An actress going topless in a play in IV Singapore? Yes, the lead actress will be half-naked in a love-making Bcene. First, she wriggles out of her tank top, leaving her in bra and skimpy
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  • SROT IN THE ACT!
    • Watch those body parts
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        112 30 SNOT: US actor Robert De Niro (above) gets up doee and personal with Rene Rusbo (above) Mi Loa Angeles, June 24 THB ACT: Do Niro is the latest in line to be Bmitten with the 46-year-old actress' mature sensuality. He is her co-star in their new film
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      • 194 30 SHOT: Boy George (right) sticks his tongue out at cameras. INs Milan, June 26 TMI ACTs Versace's Spring/Summer 2001 ready-to-wear collection show Boy George must be making a monkey-fact at Death. Last December, the singer almoet met his maker when a giant glitter ball fell on him during
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        75 30 HOT: Bruce "The Sixth Sense" Willis (right) is working with kids again. IN: California, June 25 TH1 ACT: Premiere of his new comedy film The Kid, in which he meets an eight-year-old boy. But this time round, the boy is actually himself in hie younger days. Willis will
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      • 92 30 SHOT: Long-haired rock star David Bowie (below) performs at the Glastonbury Festival. IN: Pilton, West England, June 25 THE ACT: The victory sign is to celebrate the fruit of his loins. Yes, Bowie will be a daddy again in August, at the grand old age of
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  • spotlight
    • 630 31  -  SO SAYS PHOTOJOURNALIST JOYCE LIM (LEFT) WHO FELT LIKE AN EXPECTANT MUM HERSELF, DURING THE LONG WAIT FOR HIS BIRTH... PHOTO JOURNALIST JOYCE LIM I ARRIVED at East Shore Hospital last Friday, shortly after Mrs Pung Lin Lin's wateii>ag burst at about
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      193 31 IT was Mrs Pung Lin Lin's first delivery. On her last visit to the gynaecologist, she had been told that her baby was due anytime. She was very excited. Mrs Pung, 29, went home and checked on all the necessities that she was to take to the
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  • 469 32  -  ET CETERA WITH WOON WUI TEK SO you think you have the lowdown on the latest conspiracy theories, eh? You know which innocuous deaths were really cunningly disguised murders. Which "coincidences" were actually sparked by intricate plots. I'm not steeped in such dark lore. But
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  • the new paper RACING
    • 393 48 RACING COMMENT/ By Marc Tan And Lionel Lee DESPITE the constant nurturing and care it has received over the past five months, the future of mid-week night racing continues to hang in the balance. The latest impediment threatening to throw the spanner in the works
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    • 847 48 TONIGHT'S KRANJI (FIBRESAND TRACK) RACE CARD —Going forecast: Good No. LMrtnim How W» tabng Jod»y Bfrt»r (Apdortglnfrw. tnhwr-owwr) 1 471 PRETTY HAPPY 59 (61) *CAngc1.5 8 (3af R Ang-Happy Happy) 2 *****7 BISHOP'S OPENING 58.5 (60) *YFLeongc3 1 (7nzg Yeoh-Owner) 3 DIAMOND BROKER 57 (57) HBakri 2 (3nzg Leck-GoWen Fashion)
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    • Article, Illustration
      368 49 PICK OF THE NIGHT Triumphant Return (Race 6 No. 4) Triumphant Return warrants strong consideration on his sheer consistency. Save for an unplaced run in his second start, the New Zealand-bred from the yard of Patrick Busuttin has either won or placed. The fact that he has not
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    • 170 49 WORKOUTS by horses engaged tonight: RACE 1: Hero's Return (Race 6,0 Chavez) drew away from Diamond Broker (trainer C Leek) in 38.3. Slow work: Gyro, Conglomerate. RACE 2: Bayvtew King (Leek) shaped well in 39.2. Slow work: Trio (P Wynne), SNrar C4amm If Asaaflal aionm, rnnco mwnn t
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    • 253 49 RESULTS of yesterday's barrier trials over I,ooom on the fibresand track at Kranji. The going was good. TRIAL 1:1 Judge *N' Jury (KL Oo) 2 Arabian Lord (G Childs) 3 Johnny Megastar (J Saimee) 4 General Win (KK Loh) 5 Bio The Great (I Saifudin). Margins and
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    • 519 50 DANNY KHOO'S GUIDE TO KRANJI TRACKWORK THE Malcolm Thwaites-trained Ouzo looks set for a swift return to winning ways when he resumes in The Jumbo Jet race at Kranji on Saturday. The circuit's best-known galloper, who has not started locally since his famous SLA. International
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    • WHIP HAND
      • 151 50 TWO horses who have made heads turn recently are Gippsland and Gunner. The Johann van Breukelen-trained Gippsland has been a revelation this season. Without any success in the past two seasons, the Hydrocarbon Stable runner has won four times in his last six starts. At Ipoh
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      • 146 50 THE big increase in bodyweight for three of Ipoh trainer Lee Yong Fatt's runners last Sunday is a hot topic of discussion. Even chief handicapper and race presenter Greg Carpenter was surprised at the hefty rise in the bodyweight of Superior Satina (from 458 kg to
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      • 232 50 AP. KENTUCKY DERBY winner Fusaichi Pegasus has been sold to an Irish breeding operation for a price reportedly near US$6O million ($lO4 million). The Japanese-owned colt was sold over the weekend to Coolmore Stud, which will keep him at its Kentucky division at Ashford Stud,
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    • 118 51 Hall of Fame trainer Lucien Laurin, who saddled Secretariat to the American Triple Crown in 1973, has died. He was 88. He died last Monday at Baptist Hospital in Miami. He broke his hip in a fall last week and died after complications
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    • 730 51 GUIDE TO KUALA LUMPUR TRACKWORK NST. BIG SPLENDOUR geared up for the RMIOO.OOO ($45,000) Kenilworth Cup for Class 1 stayers over 2,000 m on Sunday with a dashing workout in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the six-year-old Australian-bred
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 414 52 QUOTE OTM m"I love the tournament. I love the surroundings. I love the court. There's an aura about it that you feel from the moment ►you walk into the grounds. Pity, it just unfortunately doesn't suit my game." Monica Sdts Reuters. Jn-Wichad GiwMM H
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    • 187 52 AP. WAYNE Ferreira and Neville Godwin joined the Wimbledon seeding row by accusing organisers of "rigging" the draw to favour certain players. The South Africans sided with the three Spaniards who withdrew over the weekend complaining about a seeding system that gives preference to grass-court players.
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  • Page 52 Miscellaneous
    • 226 52 WHAT'S G(Q)NE WHAT'S <g)N tche mt 2U?d?ay Davenport (US) bt ■Today', main matches: ItMomgs in dom). Corina Morariu (US) 6-3,1-0 J™* ■Dfc (retired) Pete Sampras (US) v Karol 2 Andre Agassi (US) bt Taylor 3 Mary Pierce (Fra) bt Nicole Kucera(Svk) Dent (US) 2-6,6-3,60,4-0 Pratt (Aus) 6-1 6-3 3 Magnus
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    • 368 53 ~eUßO2O6ofunpage I 4 Portugal coach HumbertoCoelho p I Rlillj I t fI /1 7J wV' Coelho, who played for Germain in the'7os, is married to a yll A Frenchwoman. Costinha was a J fh*W M league v season AS Monaco —J| J |1 IAIII^ •if David Trezeguet and Fabien SI
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  • EURO 2000
    • 372 54 SEMI-FINAL 2: ITALY v HOLLAND (12am, Friday, SportsCttvl IF Italy was supposed to be shaking in its boots at the thought of facing six-goal demolisher Holland, there was little sign of it early this morning. Just listening to goalkeeper Francesco Toldo is enough to
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    • 98 54 Italy coach Dino Zoff and his Holland counterpart Frank Rijkaard are keen to stamp their names in the Euro Championship record book. Either Zoff or Rijkaard stands to become the first man to win the tournament as both player and coach, reports Sky Sports. The 58-year-old
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    • 220 54 LATEST BLOW IN HOLLAND CAMP Reuters. KEY defender Arthur Numan has been ruled out because of a right-foot injury. He hurt his foot during Holland's 6-1 quarter-final demolition of Yugoslavia. "This is a great personal trauma for me," said Numan. The tournament is over." The decision was
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    • 177 55 RESULTS OF PICK THE BEST GOAL CONTEST On June 23, we asked you to pick the best goal of Euro 2000's group matches. To make life easy, we gave you five goals (in graphic form). If your pick matched the one of
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    • 165 55 THIS Elite electric bicycle (right) could be yours if you guess correctly when the last goal of Euro 2000 will be scored. The finals will be played on July 3 morning (Singapore time). Can 1900-*****01 before midnight on Sunday (July 2)
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      229 55 He is a strong personality who is novor influenced by players or Impressed by top stars he sees all players as equal. It's also important that he enjoys every match, he smiles, he Is good humoured and can create the right atmosphere on the pitch. LARSAKE BJORCK, vice-chairman
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    • DATE with DESTINY
      • 665 56 PjPPPP|PPj||| SEMI-FINAL 1: FRANCE v PORTUGAL (2.45 am, tomorrow, Sports City) TO beat Portugal, France must contain its most dangerous player, a man whose superb vision and exquisite passing ability can unlock any defence. No, I'm not talking about Luis Figo. Rui Costa is the
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      • 330 56 MY friend Edwin will wax lyrical about destiny. As far as I'm concerned, destiny sounds like the title of a bad TCS 8 serial. John F Kennedy once said that you make your own destiny, and as far as football is concerned, I have to agree.
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      • 254 56 THE most important thing to do is to stop French sweeper Laurent Blanc from kissing the bald head of goalkeeper Fabian Barthez before the start of the game. I've watched football for a long time and can confidently say that this pre-game ritual is crucial
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      • 288 56 THE main thing Portugal has on its side, besides the tournament's ugliest jersey, is destiny What do I mean? Consider this. Since the inception of the European Championships in 1960, every final, with the exception of 1984, had featured a dark horse. (In 1984, Michel Platini-led
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    • 315 57  -  SEMI-FINAL 1: BY Lan Brown IT seems some people can be too easily wrong-footed by Thierry Henry. "Hm, now he's a star, he speaks when he wants to speak," sniffed French football journalist Christian Lanier last week. It was press day at the French hotel base
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      438 58 FRANCE v PORTUGAL (2.45 am, tomorrow, SportsCHy) THERE'S little to choose when France and Portugal clash at the King Baudouin Stadium. Let's size up the key areas of confrontations: ZINEDINE ZIDANE v LUIS FIGO A clash between two of the world's top midfielders who are also real team
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    • 94 58 The last time Portugal beat France, Luis Figo was a toddler and Nuno Gomes wasn't born! But coach Humberto Coelho should remember it well. He was at the helm of Portugal's defence in the 2-0 victory in Paris. It's 29 years since that Portugal win
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  • SPORTSTODAY
    • 434 59  -  Country comes first Country, of course, says John i Koh, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) Chief Operating Officer. What's more, if you don't put i country before club, you may be banned from the S-League. The issue cropped up last week following the two-week suspension of
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    • 362 59  -  COMMENT PETER SIOW GOING strictly by the rules, there's no argument. Fifa, the world soccer controlling body, insists that a player must always make himself available for his country. In other words, it's country first, club second. Unless, of
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    • 208 59 I think that the FAS is fair in giving out the ban. The ruling (that players must play for their country when called up) is in our contracts, so we should not break the rules. Besides, representing one's country is the biggest thing in a soccer player's
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    • 437 59  -  BY Wang Meng Meng BALESTIER Central hopes to unleash a new foreign player on an unsuspecting Home United tomorrow. Sasha Bqjkusa, from Yugoslavia, is a midfielder signed to play in the Prime League. But the 20-year-old played well enough for the Probables in a practice match
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    • 115 59 THERE were no winners in last week's WSA Sport's Goal Rush contest. But don't worry, there's still another chance this week. What's more, the prize money has Increased to $10,000. to take part, call The New Paper Infoline 1900-914-0601 before 6 pnt tomorrow and register your
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      246 60 Cuban world champ tests positive for cocaine AP HIGH jump world record holder Javier Sotomayor (right) of Cuba has been suspended for testing positive for cocaine and will miss the Olympic Games in Sydney in September. The International Amateur Athletic Federation (lAAF) ruled yesterday that Sotomayor cannot compete
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    • 146 60 OKAY, we've weeded out the rest and now we are left with the BEST. The action on and off the field has been hot, hot, hot across Holland and Belgium. And now it's about to get even better. Four great attacking teams all with a
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    • 147 60 Reuters. THE shops and markets in Dutch cities usually buzz with activity on the traditional late-night closing on Thursdays. Not this week. Everything In this football-mad country must make way whan the Orange Army (Dutch national team) is on the march. As the Dutch team prepares
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    • 127 60 AP FRENCH captain Didier Deschamps, due to win his 100 th cap for his country in the semi-final against Portugal (2.45 am tomorrow, Singapore time), will retire from international soccer after Euro 2000. According to French newspaper Le Parisien, Deschamps, 31, who plays his club soccer with
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