The New Paper, 12 March 2001

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  • 26 1 the new paper MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2001 Singapore Press Holdings Email: tnp@sph.com.sg Tel: 1800-7 33 44 55 Website: newpaper.asia I .com.sg MITA (P) 058/04/2000 60 CENTS
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    • 110 1 Sweet w/n for Spurs manager leaves keys in car, with doors unlocked, in Johor Baru. Car is stolen. And insurance says... v* \ro\ 1 -> rJ page I 2 r J^? j. MM ate LI UPi v U ML 1 i t 1 in I, r n7fr: i) m Ti
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 430 2 A convicted fraudster or a once penniless student? SEX, decided Stephen Cohen, would make him rich. So did Stanford University student Gary Kremen, reported The Guardian. Cohen was in prison, jailed for impersonating a lawyer, when he heard how money could be made on the Net. Mr
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    • 54 2 SWISS SKIING MARATHON: Cross-country skiers, about 12,5000f them, on their way to the annual Engadine 42.2 km (about the width of Singapore) skiing marathon. The competition, in its 33rd year, is from Maioya to St Moritz and Zuoz in the 1 Engadin Valley in
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    • 463 3  -  Thank goodness, if s only a paper giant By Irene Kew ACHING hands, sore fingers and bruised knees. This is what company director Leong Cheng Tit, 57, and his group of 20-odd origami enthusiasts endured for three days. It was an attempt to fold the world's largest
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 1083 4 In 1990,5,600 children sought psychiatric help. By 1998, the figure rose to 20,000. This will continue if the children's pressure-cooker environment does not change, psychiatrists have warned. And it becomes even more serious when the child has problems fitting in. NG WAN
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    • 201 5 DR SHARON Chan, consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist at Gleneagles Medical Centre, has some tips for parents of children with learning needs: Listen to your child. Monitor and keep track off his progress. Said Dr Chan: "Almost invariably, when a child
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    • 220 5 WHEN he was in primary three, a boy declared to his mother: "I want to die." The mother panicked and called up his principal, vice-principal and discipline master. By the time all these authority figures and his mother gathered in the principal's room the next day,
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 199 6 !?oJ MEDICAL NEWS THERE is good news for those who suffer from high blood pressure and piles. And if you tend to slip off to the pharmacy to grab pills to treat what ails you, there is news for you too. NEW GUIDELINES have been introduced
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    • Article, Illustration
      42 6 Wjg&M •fipt* This No sumo wrestlers here, just a man and his bear. MrTalapsho Shekhov, 72, wrestles his nine-year-old bear, Maria in Tajikistan. The bear has its own identity papers and performs in street shows with its owner. Picture/ Reuters
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    • News Break
      • 56 6 I POWER WINDMILLS that generate electricity may be spinning off the Changi coastline before long. Engineers of Defence Science and Technology Agency are exploring the possibility of using special windmills to harness the coastal windy conditions to provide power to the new and environmentally friendly Changi naval base.
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      • 62 6 I ROADS OLD roads which give estates and areas their identity, such as this stretch of Punggol Road (left), will be preserved. The Garden City Action Committee has mapped out a Heritage Road Plan, which identifies the roads. In future, old roads can be destroyed only if
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      • 67 6 B COMPUTERS I USED personal computers (PCs) donated by the public and organisations are set to benefit at least 10,000 needy families in the next five years. The PCs will have software, enabling the families to use the Net and perform word-processing and other computerised tasks.
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      • 68 6 Teens Taoism I RELIGION IT seems that more young people are taking to Taoism. About 10,000 followers attended the recent Taoist Day celebrations held at an open field beside the Aljunied MRT station. Of the 10,000, about 40 per cent were in their teens and 20s, said the Taoist Mission
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      • 54 7 I JAPAN MEMBERS of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party want to change the way the prime minister is picked. A survey has shown most would prefer a ballot by members, rather than powerbrokers pre-picking candidates for the party president, who then becomes prime minister. Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori
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      • 64 7 I ANWAR MALAYSIA'S former Deputy Premier Anwar Ibrahim has a slipped disc in his spine and may need surgery overseas. That's what Dr Thomas Hoogland, head surgeon of the Alpha Klinik in Munich, said. Anwar, who is serving a 15-year jail sentence for sodomy and corruption, was
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      • 54 7 THE PHILIPPINES VIDEO and music pirates are flourishing in Manila, say leaders in the media industry, such as American giant AOL Time Warner. The Philippines was weak in enforcing rules protecting copyright, said US-Asean Business Council delegates there this month. Manila said it will address these concerns, including
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      • 63 7 I JAPAN MARRIAGE is something to do if you get pregnant, many young Japanese girls think these days. One Japanese bride out of five is pregnant before her wedding, compared to under 5 per cent 10 years ago. Young couples are saying they are too worried about Japan's
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    • 52 6 New Straits Times: Rules on handphone calls International Herald Tribune: Mori's Party looks to transition Asian Wall Street Journal: Japan is headed for political limbo BBC news: The leader of the rebel Zapatista movement in Mexico has been addressing a rally of over a 100,000 supporters in
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    • 87 7 thosffinance reforms We mustpress on with liberalising and rationalising ourfinancial industry. This will not cause the sector to grow spectacularly in the currentenvironment, but it will position us to grow when the situation changes. We've got the pieces in place for all the sectors now insurance, capital markets,
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    • 76 7 The Straits Times: Japan's next PM: LDP branches threaten revolt The Business Times: Singapore to deepen, broaden its financial reforms: BG Lee Lianhe Zaobao: 74% of students who opt for MOE's third language scheme quit halfway Berita Harian: Race clashes: 2 more die RCS morning news: Calm
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    • 151 7 in F®€us ALMOST three out of four students under the Ministry of Education's third-language scheme drop out midway. Lianhe Zaobao surveyed 1,500 students from six secondary schools in January. Of the 1,385 who completed the questionnaires, 1,016 had opted out of MOE's third-language scheme
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  • 529 8  -  Then accused cooks up false story r\ SINGAPORE By Lee Tee Jong THE mood was one of celebration. Good friends gathered together to mark a milestone the completion of national service. But a few careless words and the mood turned ugly. Which ultimately led Vijiabalan
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 38 11 mu#mu# Dealing with contractors used to working with men can be tricky when you're a woman. Defence and Science Technology Agency project officer Shirley Tay shares her secret: "I don't smile at them."
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    • 219 11 THE alarm rings and you know it's the start of another dreary workday. These days, it's lucky if you even get to take a five-minute coffee break. And before you know it, the day repeats itself again. The days turn into weeks, and the weeks into
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    • 476 12  -  The price of being careless: BY Jason Tan HE was in a hurry to go shopping. So much of a hurry that Mr Goh Eng Kia carelessly left the keys in his Ford Laser with the doors unlocked when he went to
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    • 392 12 MR Goh drives to Johor four times a week because he is in charge of four factories there. He leaves his Pasir Ris home in the morning and returns in the evening. On his way back, he stops in Johor to fill up petrol so
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  • Article, Illustration
    409 14  -  And the tree falls on his pick-up SIMGAPOREi ODA By Irene Kew THERE was no wind. Not even a soft breeze. It seemed there was no good reason for a healthy-looking, lush tree to suddenly come crashing down. Residents of Block 944 at Jurong West Street 91 got a
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  • 446 16  -  SINGAPORE LEGAL LIMIT For flats, the noise level should not exceed 65 decibels between 7pm and 7am. That's roughly what traffic on a busy main road sounds like 25m away.' This is to be measured at lm from outside the affected premises.
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    • 416 17 v-k A v V < V Share your love FOR CULTURE ATTHM ullilN tUvil IUIN. THE MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGE TEACHING SCHEME The teaching of Mother Tongue teach in a primary school to 11 B plays an important role in serve a 5-year teaching bond. W Ww ftl V- 1 I
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    • 340 18 Cambodia Experience 2001 is an unrelenting move by the Young Muslim *r Secretariat towards globalising our youths with an adventurous and enterprising spirit and a concern with a global outlook. Youths who are readily willing to venture -%I)H out from their comfortable homes to extend a helping hand and goodwill
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 274 19 MARKET WATCH It's the Nasdaq's anniversary, but pass the painkiller instead of popping the champagne. Exactly a year ago the Nasdaq Composite Index flagship of the new economy peaked at just over 5,000 after a dizzying run-up from 2,000. Today, it is almost back at that level. Twenty
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    • 133 19 A SINGAPOREAN is one of two foreign employment agents believed to have deceived scores of Indonesian workers seeking work in Malaysia. Mrs Ch from Singapore and Mr Paes from Bangladesh is alleged to have extorted up to 4 million rupiah ($693) from each worker, reports The Indonesian
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    • 57 20 muifmui* Former tennis star Boris Becker sees himself as a successful entrepreneur, saying: Richard Branson is my role model. Do you have to have your hair parted on the side and wear a tie? At the end of the day you have to produce profits that's what
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    • 346 20 Source: Wire services. THE astronauts had enough small but irritating problems to cause one of the spacewalkers to say "it's not my day". The problem-filled spacewalk also created Earth's newest satellite. But overall, US astronauts, Mr Jim Voss and Ms Susan Helms did well. They
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    • 219 20 Kin of 96 victims to get 120m CONCORDE CRASH AFP. THE relatives of the German tourists who died in last year's Concorde disaster might receive millions in compensation. Ninety-six of the 113 people who died in the crash near Paris on July 25 were German tourists. Air France, operator of
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    • 248 19 I I mjk I I Schools A-level colleges Pre-university I V I I m I I MW IM V I Bellerbys College Concord College I I I II I II I I Cambridge Tutors College Independent Schools I I M M I I I Cambridge Education Group Information Service (ISIS)
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  • 442 23 Victims are from 1989 WORLD OVER 11 years ago, the Marchioness disco boat sank in the Thames in London, drowning 51 people. Now it has just been revealed that organs from some victims were removed without the relatives' consent, reported the Independent on Sunday. Some relatives
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    • 145 23 VAX)** V<su >arsnip grew ji A Of V to become j the world's largest N, V HERE'S a strange tale of how a parsnip I K became as famous as the rock legend Elvis I ,u^m Presley well, almost. M Mr Barry Micklethwaite, 57, grew the i v world's biggest
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  • MALAYSIATODAY
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      373 24  -  MALAYSIA'S KAMPUNG UNREST By C L Tan Reporting Kuala Lumpur THOSE who know the riot-torn kampung area have always viewed it as a small volcano waiting to erupt. Partly because of the gangs that operate here. Partly because of its history of bad temper over territory. (The area is
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    • 285 24 THE violence in this area is a social problem that has been long overlooked, said some observers. It is a small rundown area, passing between mediumcost housing estates in Jalan KLang Lama and up-market residential enclave, Bandar Sunway, in Petaling Jaya. Street-wise kids play
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  • Article, Illustration
    449 26  -  Etcetera WITH MELVIN SINGH IS no news really good news? Would "No comment" really work now that the grapevine is electronic? And rumours move faster via e-mail than a cleverly worded press release to counter potentially defamatory claims? At a time when messages can be spread in a
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    • 767 26 tm REGIONAL MARKETS... d Painted into qgh a corner WE'VE been chewing our year ago 17, 100; now 14,200; jpTT^Hfingernails ragged over the Straits down 17 per cent *4 Times |n d e x, our economy and the Malaysia—KLSE composite a ajli US economy. year ago 935, now 695, down
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
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    297 28  -  By Carol Leong WHO hasn't heard about Manchester United? This English football club has somehow clinched the title of the world's (and Singapore's) most popular club. Anyone who has gone by Tanglin August. Die-hard supporters would surely have gone there to buy merchandise, eat their excellent roti prata
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  • showtime
    • 531 29  -  By Yeoh Wee Teck IT was almost a year ago, on Upfront With Najip, that the British boyband al met The Straits Times' music critic Paul Zach. And he berated them for being a boyband. But, this actually was the beginning
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    • 373 30 IT was the day British boyband al was meeting the screaming masses And it started off badly. An 11am appointment with a radio station ml last Tuesday was pushed back by half an hour because the deejay overslept. With the schedule a mess, the band's management fumed.
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  • SHOT IN THE ACT!
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      132 31 SHOT: Russell Crowe IN: Las Vegas THE ACT: Arriving at the ShoWest Awards ceremony where he received the Male Star of the Year award. The Gladiator star had left his hair long (in February) and then cut it short again (seen here on March 8). A ploy to
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      113 31 0 SHOT: Hugh Jackman, Halle Berry IN: Las Vegas, at the Paris Las Vegas hotel-casino THE ACT: To promote their new movie Swordfish Wolverine (Jackman) and Storm (Berry) of the X-Men movie have been paired in their second action movie together Swordfish, directed by Gone in 60 Seconds
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    • 97 32 SHOT: Billy Crystal IN: Aspen, Colorado THE ACT: US Comedy Arts Festival Steve Martin may have taken over from Billy Crystal as the host of this year's Oscars, but the funnyman, seen here impersonating Sammy Davis, is still in high spirits. His humour definitely has not
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    • 173 32 SHOT: Benjamin Bratt and Julia Roberts IN: New York City THE ACT: American Museum of the Moving Image. The Museum has selected Oscar's Best Actress nominee Julia Roberts as it's 16th recipient of its annual salute. And boyfriend Benjamin Bratt is giving it all a
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 579 33  -  By Candice Chia CHINESE director Chen Kaige is getting all hot and heavy with Heather Graham. Just to raise the steam in Killing Me Softly. The man who made critically-acclaimed films such as Farewell My Concubine and Temptress Moon is making his first English
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    • 239 34 CHEN Kaige is not the first, and surely won't be the last, Eastern director to turn to a more appreciative Western audience with his work. To see what he can achieve, Kaige has only to look over his shoulder at the blinding attention heaped on
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    • 35 44 4-D DRAW SUNDAY: March 11,2001 IHWiilili if: FIRST 5395 SECOND 1256 THIRD 1058 CONSOLATION 5380 8620 0930 4861 3189 0729 4202 2493 3313 4063 STARTERS 4885 1597 4744 6505 3708 7224 5945 3505 8240 8445
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    • 605 45 ALL-ENGLAND BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS WINNER PULELLAGOPICHAND— A PROFILE Wire Services. INDIA now has another "king" in the sports arena. Badminton ace Pulella Gopichand has followed in the footsteps of world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand by winning the men's singles title at the prestigious All-England Badminton Championship. Last night,
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    • 58 45 Men's singles: Pulella Gopichand (Ind) bt Chen Hong (Chn) 15-12,15-6 Doubles: Tony Gunawan/Halim Heryanto (Ina) bt Sigit Budiarto/Candra Wijaya (Ina) 15-10,7-15, 15-7 Women's singles GongZhichao (Chn) btZhou Mi (Chn) 11-7, 11-3 Doubles: Gao Ling/Huang Sui (Chn) bt Wei Zhili/Zhang Jiewen (Chn) 10-15,15-8,15-9 Mixed doubles: Zhang Jun/Gao Ling
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    • 117 45 P Gopichand (Ind) bt Chen Hong (Chi) 15-12, 15-6 THE first games was a titanic battle, with Chen, ranked 12 in the world, very much in the match, leading 12-10. He was then faulted on his serve, apparently because the racket was too high, which triggered
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      324 46 Spit Quit EURO KICKOFF: TURKEY. SPAIN. ITALY GHEORGHE HAGI AFP. GHEORGHE Hagi faces a career-ending seven-month ban. The Galatasaray veteran spat in a referee's face in a Turkish league match on Saturday. As a result, he faces a league disciplinary hearing today which could impose a ban of more than
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    • 470 46 REAL MADRID 4 REAL SOCIEDAD 0 Reuters. FORMER Real Madrid coach John Toshack made an unhappy return to the Bernabeu yesterday. He saw his men outclassed by a Real Madrid side led by the superb Luis Figo. The European Player of the Year created two of
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      345 46 ITALY Reuters, AFP. MARCO Di Vaio netted all four of Parma's goals in a 4-0 home victory over Bari. Much of the pre-match attention had been focused on Bari prodigy Antonio Cassano, who this week signed a deal worth $49 million to join AS Roma in the
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    • 205 47 FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL TRANMERE2 LIVERPOOL 4 Steve Yates 46 Wayne Allison 58 Danny Murphy 11 Michael Owen 27 Steven Gerrard 52 Robbie Fowler 82pen BBC Sport. ROBBIE Fowler is so grateful to his manager that he will even go to war for Gerard Houllier. The
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    • 552 47 DARRYL DAVID SAYS: THE PHANTOM WILL RISE AGAIN THERE was a time when a Merseyside FA cup derby involved a meeting of England's two best sides. Last night's epic Merseyside derby pitted Liverpool still one of the best sides in the country against one that isn't even the best in
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      213 48 FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL LEICESTER CITY 1 WYCOMBE WANDERERS 2 Muzzy Izzet 68th min Paul McCarthy 50 Roy Essandoh 90 WYCOMBE WANDERERS: Modern communications were the key to Second Division Wycombe's success as the club found match-winner Essandoh from Rushden and Diamonds, thanks to a website advert. Said manager
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    • 400 48 WYCOMBE WANDERERS' TWO HEROES: WYCOMBE originally wanted to sign on former Chelsea superstar Gianluca Vialli. But its bold approach failed when the Italian politely claimed he was injured. That knock-back gave unknown Roy Essandoh (left) his chance. He was given a two-week contract, which started on March
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    • 243 48 STEVE Brown had his shirt off, the referee had his card out. Wycombe's Brown, (left) who had already been yellow-carded for a foul on Robbie Savage, was given his marching orders by Steve Bennett after he took his shirt off in celebrations following Roy Essandoh's last-gasp header which
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      488 49 'It's a good omen' FACUPO-FINAL: WEST HAM 2 TOTTENHAM 3 Reuters, Football 365. GEORGE Graham was a happy man that day. He had sidestepped the abuse he received from Tottenham fans at Maine Road as his side secured all three points in the Premiership. Sergei Rebrov had scored
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    • 773 50  -  TOTTENHAM COMMENT EDWIN YEO Hotspur manager George Graham is a tactical genius. Because, in last night's nail-biting 3-2 win over West Ham, he made some bizarre decisions. Decisions which I guess proved right, as he managed to steal the win over Spurs'
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    • 83 51  -  THE NEW PAPER LEADS YOU TO THE S-LEAGUE KICK-OFF ON THURSDAY REPORTS LIM HAN MING The action inside the stadium beckons but there is plenty to do before and even after the match —shopping, makan, movies.... Here's our guide to what you can do around the stadiums of
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    • 32 51 THURSDAY Tampines Rovers v Geylang United Marine Castle v Tanjong Pagar FRIDAY Balestier Central v Gombak United Woodlands Wellington v Clementi Khalsa SATURDAY Home United v Sembawang Rangers JurongvSAFFC
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      96 51 Nickname: The Protectors Address: Bishan Stadium (7 Bishan St 14 #01-01 Singapore *****4) Bus Services: 53,410 Nearest MRT station: Bishan Tel: 352-5611/352-5622 Fax: 352-5201 Club chairman: Tan Boon Huat Coach/Team manager Robert Alberts/Noordin Rahman Last season's record: 4th in S-League/Singapore Cup champions Honours: S-League champions (1999), Singapore Cup
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      97 51 Where you can find Home United ami national team defender Aide iskandar (left) after training: For breakfast, we normally go to this coffee shop near Toa Payoh. (Don't ask me the name and exact location, I only know how to drive there.) They sell toasted bread with butter
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      121 51 Where to shop: Bishan Junction 8 (9 Bishan Place) At Bishan Junction 8 Shopping Centre, to name a few, you can find Giordano store, jewellery store Je Taime and Japanese department store Daimaru. Where to find "makan": 1 Bishan Junction 8 9 Bishan Place Distance from Bishan Stadium:
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    • CLUB CRAWL: Northern delights
      • 92 51 Nickname: The Rams Address: Woodlands Stadium, No 1 Woodlands St 12, Singapore *****9 Bus Service: 911 Nearest MRT station: Marsiling or Woodlands Tel: 367-1080 Fax: 367-1082 Club chairman: Ng Yam Boon Coach/Team manager Ivan Raznevich/R Vengadasalam Last season's record: 10th in League, fourth in Singapore Cup Honours: 2nd
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        105 51 Team manager R Vengadasalam's (left) reccomendation: If you want to have dinner, you can go to Causeway Point or Teo Chin Wee coffee shop located at Blk 17, Marsiling Drive. It's run by one of Woodlands' most ardent supporters. They sell very good seafood and roti prata. Some
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        158 51 Where to shop: Causeway Point (1 Woodlands Square Singapore--*****9) Tel: 894 2237 Causeway Point is located in the heart of Woodlands Regional Centre, next to the Woodlands MRT station and bus interchange. Housing 250 shops and food outlets, including anchors like Cathay Cineplex, Cold Storage, Horizon Food Mall,
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      • 105 52 Nickname: The Tigers Address: Toa Payoh Stadium, 1004 Toa Payoh North, Singapore *****5 Tel: 356-0049 Fax: 356-5006 BusServices:B, 26, 31, 90,142, 232,237,238,506 Nearest MRT station: Toa Payoh Club chairman:S Thavaneson Coach/Team manager P N Sivaji/Richard Wong Last season's record: 12th in S-League, lost to Gombak United on penalties
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        193 52 Where to shop: Toa Payoh Central If you are a bargain-hunter, look no further than Toa Payoh Central, where you can find popular fashion chains like This Fashion. Where to find "makan" (see map above): 1 Nam Chuan Toa Payoh Restaurant Blk 186 Toa Payoh Central #01-402 Tel:
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        116 52 VV Mfli yOw vall Illitl ItalMtietaiKlliationat defender Aii Imran Lomri ftaftl nflifci li l iiinim** IKmIIiJ cIIMJI uailailwU When the whole team goes for a big "makan", we usually go to the seafood stall at Blk 94 (sorry, I don't know the name of the stall) where they
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    • 92 52 Nickname: The Stallions Address: Yishun Stadium (101 Yishun Avenue 1 Singapore *****1 Tel: 754-6080 Fax: 754-6090 Club chairman: Charles Siahaan Coach/Team manager Vorawan Chitavanich/Kesavan Soon Last season's record: 9th in S-League, lost to Woodlands Wellington in the first round of the Singapore Cup Honours: Singapore Cup semi-finalist (1998);
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      122 52 S v' < > v v> V (right) dhrtnilnlf Normally, after the morning training session, we have breakfast at "Iwan" at the coffee shop at Blk 846 (beside McDonald's). It's about 10 minutes away from Yishun Stadium. The mee goreng and mee kuah are quite good. Also, it's
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    • 202 52 Where to shop: Northpoint Shopping Centre 930 Yishun Avenue 2 Singapore *****8 Tel: 754-2300 Northpoint Shopping Centre is conveniently located opposite Yishun MRT station and bus interchange. Where to find "makan": 1 McDonald's (Khatib) Blk 846 Yishun Ring Road #01-3669 Tel: 756-1271 2 Kentucky Fried Chicken Blk 846
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    • 112 53 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE TOMORROW (Wednesday, Singapore) GROUPA Valencia v Panathinaikos Man United v Sturm Graz GROUPB AC Milan v Deportivo Coruna Paris St Germain v Galatasaray WEDNESDAY (Thursday, Singapore) GROUPC Bayern Munich v Arsenal Spartak Moscow v Olympique Lyon GROUPD Leeds v Lazio Anderlecht v Real
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      458 53 FA CUP QUARTER-FINAL WEST HAM 2 TOTTEN HAM 3 Stuart Pearce 43rd min SvetoslavTodorov 72 Sergei Rebrov 31,57 Gary Doherty 61 BBC. SERGEI Rebrov struck twice to set Tottenham on its way to victory. It was a thrilling match played in driving rain. Rebrov's stunning opener was cancelled out
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