The New Paper, 18 December 2000

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  • 7 1 the new paper MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2000
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    • 51 1 Houllier: Cocovs Yes, we woifi. n 0EC show but title is promoter Man U's 0 I Truth or lies? MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2000 IhrjIirmTiTjhH V7]BHHHpH^VBr| I iV/illl fcli I bjeeISII Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MfTA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS 8
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 134 2 VIRGIN Atlantic boss Richard Branson is at it again. He will allow couples to have sex on the supeijumbos he ordered yesterday, reported The Mirror, i He plans to put in double beds in the six 555-seater jets he bought for £2.6 billion.
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      456 2 George Bush names three top advisers Wire services. THE majority of African-Americans voted for Vice President A 1 Gore. His rival, President-elect. George Bush, did not wait long to learn from that. Of the four top posts that he has filled for his new administration, two are
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    • 575 3 Budget show had me clutching my tummy A look SIGHT Q1 ip o 5 p\7pCS for oiiCo| THE tent isn't so high, the rough wooden benches are wobbly, the costumes aren't extravagant and there was no live band playing. The Taipan Circus suffered by comparison
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    • 44 2 Leisure Showtime: Pages 30-31, 34-37 Comics: Page 27 TV: Page 63 ro Ready for the school holidays? Don't miss out on our special school holiday offers! (92) SUNRISE •VYONEX g Keep your eyes on this space to find out what they are. badminton champ
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 669 4  -  If only I had bought travel insurance: Madam Tham By Julian Lim IT should have been a relaxing trip to China. But it reduced this active and avid traveller to an ailing lady who can barely stand, with a 30-cm
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    • 156 4 CTC Holidays manager Antonio Teh said their policy is to recommend that travellers take insurance. "Our agents would inform customers of travel insurance plans towards the end of the transaction," he said. According to him, out of the 40 people on the tour, Madam Tham was the
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    • 129 4 THE most basic of travel insurance plans cover travel delays, lost baggage, overbooked flights and missed connections and such. But read the fine print For instance, make sure you know what is meant by a $5,000 reimbursement for "loss/theft/damage of baggage". You don't get cash up front. You are
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    • 287 5 Time to aet more out of x x 1 Ik iJr \yr t|? m :?&v t X SCV Max Life is Now Open at Wisma Atria. The future is now open to you at SCV Max Life our first showroom that takes you through the world of SCV Broadband. From
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    • 148 6 HOT STORY PAWNSHOP TRENDS THAT question pops up at pawnshops these days. People are moving away from pawning gold items to pawning electronic devices, such as handphones and pagers. Twelve of 15 pawnshops contacted by The Straits Times said that they have had recent cases
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    • 69 6 Picture This DOWN THEY GOr Seletar Country Club secretary Lee Chow Soon, club chairman Goh Yong Hong, Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong and MP Leong Horn Kee posing for a photo at a fund-raiser. PM Goh realised they were blocking the logos on the
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    • News Break
      • 55 6 MEDICINE FROM next year, acupuncturists not meeting qualifying standards must pass the Common Acupuncture Qualifying Exam. Those with experience must pass the Acupuncture Appraisal test, or take the full exam if they fail. All acupuncturists have to be registered by Jan 1, 2002. First to be affected are
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      • 53 6 BOLLYWOOD HINDI film star Salman Khan has been questioned by police over allegations that his latest movie, Chori Chori, Chupke Chupke (Hush, Hush), was financed by the underworld. Reports claim alleged mafia leader Chotta Shakeel financed the movie. Film financier Bharat Shah and Khan were questioned on Saturday
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      • 60 6 TRANSPORT THE National Safety Council has called on motorcycle riders to pay more attention to safety or risk serious even fatal injuries. Most crashes are the result of poor riding habits, and riders' and motorists' inattention, it said. One in five vehicles on the road in Singapore is
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      • 65 6 CRIME A THIEF struck at a Christmas charity sale on Thursday night, taking a cashbox with $350 in it. The money came from the sale of donated toys, handicrafts and hampers. The fair, on until Dec 31 at Suntec City, is in aid of the Assisi Home and
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      • 64 7 JAPAN A TRAIN driver died and 27 people were injured when two trains collided head-on in western Japan yesterday. Brakes on one of the one-carriage passenger trains are thought to have failed, officials said. Mr Tadao Sasaki, 57, died in the crash after he called rail operators to
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      • 60 7 SILKAIR THEY waited three years for the truth. Now the family of MllBs's leading air stewardess Ho Soo Phong has accepted Silk Air's offer of $200,000 in compensation. Their hopes were dashed when the Indonesian investigation report failed to establish the cause of the crash, reports Today. Families
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      • 62 7 SURVEY EXPATRIATES here earn an average of $18,550 a month, collectively taking in $222 million each month, said a survey by The Expat magazine. The survey also showed most of them had big spending habits. By spending 20 per cent of their income on leisure activities and restaurant
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      • 65 7 HEALTH COFFEE lovers who drink four or more cups a day are less likely to get Parkinson's disease than non-coffee drinkers. Researchers at US based Mayo Clinic also noted that people who drink alcohol and smoke might also be less likely to develop it. But they stressed
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    • 54 6 New Straits Times: It's time for healing international Herald Tribune: Bush confirms Powell choice as he fills other key posts Asian Wall Street Journal: Toshiba to expand Electrolux alliance BBC news: Isreali and Palestinian negotiators have announced they're going to the US to discuss the possibility of
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    • 199 7 in DEMANDING, controlling, stingy and insensitive. If you employ a foreign maid, that could well be a description of you. Streats took a poll of 80 maids, mostly Filipinas, and that was the picture they painted of their employers. Said one maid, a mother
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    • 76 7 Hie Straits Times: Powell named US Secretary of State Hie Business Times: Fears of financial crisis mounting in Japan Lianhe Zaobao: Powell proposes deployment of National Missile Defence system Berita Harian: Bush picks Powell as Secretary of State RCS morning news: US President-elect George W Bush heads
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    • 95 7 MOST President's Scholars come from elite schools. Only one of the 12 picked as President's Scholars since 1997 went to a neighbourhood school. Some parents said that teachers and pupils at elite primary schools were more likely to push hard for top results at the Primary School
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    • 61 7 Quote worthy .Pr Kuan Yew) thinks that East TimorwUl bring another burden to Asean. I told htme&arif we don't take care of East Timor, then mq/ras will take care of it, and I don't want mafias to be there. Now they already have several mafia people there.
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  • Page 7 Miscellaneous

  • 497 8 THENEWSTODAY AND that is something that still saddens actress Sofia Jane Hisham, 28. All the time that she was expecting Imran Meor Azman, everything was fine. But he lived for just four days. And his mother could spend only a few
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    • 200 8 r Thinking of a place to spend Christmas where the whole family can enjoy? Gome on down to our I jf f annual Christmas Funland! Filled with fun and our exciting programmes include magic .dfe I shdws, cartoons, game stalls, great prizes and a grand 0? lucky draw There will
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  • 333 10  -  SINGAPORETODAY BY Andre Yeo HE had volunteered to raise money for kidney patients and did a good job, collecting more than $20,000. But those patients never saw the money. Anbarasan Ambrose, 33, and a family member, seemed to be on a goodwill mission.
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  • THEMEWSTODAY
    • 702 12 Coco called them lousy paymasters. Now the promoter of her concert here last Friday has called the Chinese American singer a blatant liar. Cycle Master Holdings issued a press release last Saturday through their lawyers, Salem Ibrahim Partners, titled THE TRUTH about COCO LEE. With that, the
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      318 13 ADRIAN Hobbs, Coco's tour promoter, used to manage Malaysian singer Ning Baizura in 1995, but their relationship soured two years later. Ning sued his company for allegedly mismanaging her finances and he countersued for breach of contract. That same year, Hobbs suddenly cancelled two concerts, one by British group
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    • 162 13 Coco's mum, blaming herself for signing the contract WHILE Coco was a trooper, her mother took it far worse. When the press was led backstage to meet Coco last Friday night, Mrs Lee sat alone in a corner of the dressing room, looking miserable. Suddenly, she shouted
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 886 14 Unborn. Unclaimed. Aborted foetuses of Muslim mothers are often left to be disposed by hospitals here. Now, they have a chance for a proper burial. Thanks to this undertaker couple. AZHARGHANI reports SHE is a "tukang mandi jenazah" or Muslim undertaker. But 52-year-old
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    • 175 15 THE Muslim Trust Fund Association (MTFA) steps in when a dead Muslim's burial is not taken care of for whatever reason. A charitable organisation founded in 1904, it also runs two orphanages and provides welfare support to the needy. The MTFA has been taking care
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    • 45 15 Pregnancy Crisis Service: 339-9770 (Mon to Sat, 9 am to 5 pm) Young Women Muslim Association (YWMA) Single Parent Family Service: 745-5862 (Mon to Sat, 8.30 am to 5 pm) Rose Villa: 253-6556 (24 hours) Pertapis Centre for Women and Girls: 745-3969 (24 hours)
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  • 438 16 WORLDTODAY 500,000 customers isn't enough to keep Breathe.com UK's 4th largest Internet company —alive Another dotcom venture just died in the frenzied price-cut battle. Breathe.com, Britain's fourth largest Internet service provider (ISP) has gone bust, with losses of up to £50 million ($125
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 469 18 French legal loophole may allow kidnapper to walkfree... if he proves he killed 7 women STRANGE... but true. Retired bus driver Emile Louis, who has confessed to killing seven mentally handicapped young women more than 20 years ago, could actually be released if
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    • 157 18 YOU might think you know Elizabeth 11, but Britain's queen is giving you a chance to test yourself. Queen Elizabeth launched a festive quiz of 15 multiple-choice questions on her website, The Sun reports. There are £10 ($25) prizes up for grabs. Sample questions include
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 243 21 AFP FOLKS of her feathered clan have been dressed for Christmas but goose Doretta here is still walking around in her plain, not-too-festive feathers. No honeyed marinade to make her flesh tender; no aromatic herb dressings drizzling slowly over
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    • 363 21 THREE-year-old Ornvipa Suksawat is the latest victim of the vicious Rottweiler breed of dog. According to the police, Madam Pornthip Uttamaporn, 68, was washing clothes in a shop-house on Lat Phrao Road, Bangkok, when she heard her granddaughter Ornvipa crying. When she went to check
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  • 481 23 WORLDTODAY GRINCHES exist. At least to some residents of a Canadian building. Residents of a highrise complex in Canada has complained that "Grinch" has ordered Christmas decorations hung outside their doors to be taken off. Lawrence Construction Company, the property management firm that owns and maintains
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  • 451 26  -  mmm WITH V K SANTOSH KUMAR FROM where have they arrived? You know whom I mean. Just turn around and you'll spot them. Young adults with vacant faces, unblinking eyes, drab dresses and similar behaviour. I call them the Bland Young Things. Thinking that anything designated
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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  • DEARWIJEY
    • 249 28 pF I AM a 17 year-old guy, who is currently studying pure science in secondary four. I am a foreigner. I am having a hard time deciding where to go to further my education after the O levels. My grades are generally alright but I have
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    • 229 28 Through apprenticeship and night classes I AM 21 years old. I dropped out of school before completing my PSLE. But I have a WISE 3 certificate and basic IT knowledge. Currently, I am not working and still searching for a suitable job. My
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    • 348 29 If you harbour dreams of being the next Eric Kh00... HI, my name is Joe and I am 20 years old. I have just obtained my diploma in visual communications from Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts. During my studies, I developed a keen interest in photography
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    • 90 29 I AM 16 this year and am taking the Certificate in Office Skills (COS) course in ITE Bishan. Can I still proceed to the Certificate in Business Studies (CBS) course if I do not get the Certificate of Merit (COM) award? Wendy Teo HE
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  • ShowTime
    • 756 30  -  By Serene Foo IS she on the rebound from her high-profile break-up with Hongkong actor Ekin Cheng or has she moved on? It wasn't obvious. But what was apparent was that Hongkong actress Maggie Siu was radiant and cheery at a recent
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    • 570 30  - I'm still with Ada, says Nicky By Serene Foo DON'T write us off. We still love each other. Taiwanese idol Nicky Wu wants to tell the world once and for all that he and Hongkong actress Ada Choi are still an item. "We didn't break up," he said in response
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  • 455 31  -  By Carol Leong IN a season that leans towards extravagance, simplicity may be the best. With Christmas and a pleasant long weekend waiting for us, we all look forward to going out. But most of us don't necessarily want to
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 356 32 IT has been a scandalous 2000. So picking just three scandals for The New Paper's Flame Awards 2000 made the Showtime team hot under the collar. We pooh-poohed the Andrew Seow-Joy Doggy saga, we ignored the brewing MediaWorks-MediaCorp rivalry, we brushed aside
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    • 178 32 CLASS 95's Morning Express, with Joe Augustin and the Flying Dutchman, was undisputedly Singapore's most popular radio show. With its listenership sliding (from 390,000 to about 350,000 in January), the show was still a potent force. Meanwhile, the ratings for Power 98's
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    • 82 32 TELL us who should win each of the seven Flame Awards 2000. Call The New Paper Infoline at **********1. The awardwinners will be decided by the highest number of votes received. Irrespective of your votes, you could win a Swatch watch from the Fan-Winter Collection 2000. Five
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    • 109 32 OUTSPOKEN TV Star Search 1995 winner Jacelyn Tay was declared a bankrupt in May for owing nearly $300,000 to stockbrokers Ong and Company. Insiders blamed her situation on insiders' tips gone very, very wrong. The bigger surprise was that in the gossipy
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    • 148 32 HERE'S a re-cap of our categories: 1. The Tactless Celebrity Award Nominees: a. Fann Wong b. Jamie Yeo c. Mark Lee d. Sumiko Tan 2. Scandal Of The Year Nominees: a. Bankrupt Jacelyn Tay owes $300,000 b. Joe Augustin leaves Class 95 c. Norleena Salim leaves
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      476 33  - By TeoKuanYee THEY are kids and, naturally, they want to have fun. But they can't have much of it, given their circumstances. No wonder, then, that they took to the slides and swings, screaming and squealing, to have the time of their lives that day. Singer Kit Chan, 28, was
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    • 31 33 WORLD Vision is an international organisation that is said to help widows, the poor, the starving, the stckppci children orphaned by war. Details are available at its,, website —www.worldvision.org.sg.
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    • 54 33 In India, they say time stands still. You can see some of the most imaginative instruments ever built to track the stars and to measure time. Now if your idea of a good time is a trek off the beaten track, India offers some of the world's best. All, just
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  • 407 34 LIFESTYLE If the pre-Christmas sales at luxury boutiques are anything to go by, Santa's going to be coming down the chimney with a new Fendi bag. JOANNA HUGHES susses out the discounts, such as they are HAVE you been very, very good this year
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    • 230 51 AP. AC MILAN'S five-match winning streak ended as it drew 1-1 at Verona. Verona's striker Emiliano Bonazzoli put the home team in front after four minutes. Midfielder Massimo Ambrosini headed in the equaliser for Milan in the 22nd minute. Milan's Ukrainian striker Andriy Shevchenko wasted two
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      409 51 EURO KICKOFF: ITALY LAZIO 0 ROMA 1 AFP, AP. LAZIO defender Paolo Negro scored a freak own goal to give AS Roma a 1-0 victory in the "Roman derby of the Century". It was a fitting way to settle a disappointing game that failed to live up to
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      523 52 African Champions League: Hearts of Oak 3 Esperance 1 (Hearts 5-2 agg) Police fire tear gas at rioting crowd. One canister lands in the VIP box, forcing all the dignitaries, including African Football Confederation president Issa Hayatou, to run on to the athletics track surrounding the field for
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    • 138 52 GERMANY: Hertha Berlin 1 Bayern Munich 3 Energie Cottbus 3 Werder Bremen 1 VfL Bochum 0 Kaiserslautern 1 VfL Wolfsburg 2 Bayer Leverkusen 0 Vfß Stuttgart 0 SC Freiburg 0 Cologne 2 Schalke 04 2 Hansa Rostock 1 Borussia Dortmund 2 1860 Munich 2 Hamburg 1 FRANCE: Nantes
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        573 53 ASTON VLLA 2 MANCHESTER CITY 2 Shape up, or ship out —that was Aston Villa boss John Gregory's challenge to David Ginola, whom he called "fat", before the match against Manchester City. The Frenchman replied by scoring a crucial goal that earned Villa a draw The Mirror,
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      • 487 54 LEEDS 2 SUNDERLAND 0 Football Unlimited, Telegraph. FOR almost a year, Leeds manager David O'Leary has seen his side struggle without his core players. But the 2-0 win against Sunderland saw the return of his big guns, Harry Kewell and David Batty. Now, it seems O'Leary
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      • 389 54 SportingLife. MIDDLESBROUGH 1 CHELSEA 0 NEW Middlesbrough coach Terry Venables got off to the perfect start, but warned his players not to rest on their laurels. Venables ended his first full week in charge with a victory the first in 11 games for Boro after substitute Dean
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    • MAN UNITED 0 LIVERPOOL 1 DANNY MURPHY, free-kick, 43rd minute
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      • 232 55 GERARD Houllier admitted Liverpool needs at least another season to match United. "It's reality. I'm working not just to catch United, but to improve Liverpool," he said. M My team has been together for only 16 months, while Alex Ferguson had seven years before he
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      • 641 56  -  COMMENT EDWIN YEO OVER the next few weeks, or maybe for the rest of the season, Manchester United fans will have to learn to focus on these words. It's just three points. That's the only way all
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      • 700 57  -  By Edwin Yeo I'M feeling in a bit of a predicament just hours before tomorrow morning's London derby match between Tottenham Hotspur and Arsenal. Being a Spurs fan, I would hate to see it lose its excellent unbeaten home record this season, especially at
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    • 204 58  -  By Suresh Nair ITS heartening news for Singapore. When Japan and South Korea, the hosts of the 2002 World Cup, play a friendly in Tokyo on Wednesday, Singaporeans will supervise the match. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has appointed Fifa referee Shamsul
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    • 430 58 TENNIS AP. IT was sweet revenge for Piet Norval and Donald Johnson, who were dispatched in straight sets by the Indian pair in the round-robin league. The South African-American combination reserved their best for the final and they emerged winners to pocket a check of
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    • 285 58  -  S-LEAGUE UPDATE By Peter Siow HOW does a club attract more fans? S-League clubs Gombak United, Home United and Tanjong Pagar are worried about this. They have asked Nanyang Polytechnic's third-year students to help find the answers. Starting next month, three students from the
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    • 573 59 BATTLE OF LONDON: TOTTENHAM vs ARSENAL LIVE. SCV 22, 3.55am, tomorrow AFP. DENNIS Bergkamp has been warned that there is no longer room for both him and Nigerian striker Kanu in the Arsenal starting line-up. The Dutchman looks certain to be the man to miss out
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