The New Paper, 17 December 2001

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  • 25 1 the new paper MONDAY. DECEMBER 17. 2001 Singapore Press Holdings Website: newpaperasu I com.sg Email: tnp@sph.com.sg T«fc 1800-7 33 44 S5 MITA(P) 104/03/2001 60 CENTS
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    • 81 1 c oLlt cre dit card perks Membership REALLY has its privileges /Page 22 Picture/ MOHD tSHAK M&j'f? In v w IBM W W''^ s t/ S 9 M^,, 1 ISfe'.-M Xi vi: jaßtt* wR vc' :SfiJ f .jffil IV J fcfe,. J illinium MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2001 tne new paper
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  • NEWS
    • 607 2  -  Straw poll: Most S'poreans fearful and ready to bear some pain Reports/ Sheela Narayanan and Irene Kew WITH light emerging from the end of the tunnel, most Singaporeans are worried about the prospect of wage cuts and lay-offs. Almost 60 per cent said they are
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    • 83 2 SHE can't wait for the recession to end. Because of the downturn, recent graduate, Miss Samantha P, has not been able to find a full-time job. A recent report states that 16,500 graduates were jobless in September. Currently temping as a sales consultant for a foreign publication, she
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    • 70 2 MADAM Tan's husband was recently retrenched. He used to earn $1,800. So the couple now have cut back on practically everything. "We don't use the air-conditioning anymore to reduce the electricity bills from $160 to $120," Madam Tan said. Her buying pattern has also changed from a monthly
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    • 35 2 »F MY EMPLOYERS NOT DOING WELL, rrS OKAY TO FREEZE/CUT WAGES NEXT YEAR Agfß6 Disagree WEYOUWOWBEP OBOUTBBWCIifBYO WAGE CUT OR REIHENCHMEtm U| AM i A J m I m m vfomeu to womec for now
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    • 83 3 m xuo fi| The process of learning never stops. Keep Learning. It doesn't matter if you are 4 or 45 years old. The knowledge-based economy is changing faster than before. What you learn today will be outdated tomorrow. You need to constantly keep up and equip yourself with new knowledge
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  • NEWS
    • 605 4  -  SINGAPOREAN KILLED IN VAN CRASH IN SOUTH AFRICA By Lee Tee Jong HE was at the wheel when the van overturned about 200 km from Cape Town. Mr Foo Wah Jek, 46, was flung out of the van and suffered minor cuts
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    • 233 4 A GREAT sense of humour. That's what Mr Daniel Lim is remembered for. Mr Foo Wah Jek recalled a story that Mr Lim's sister had told him about a trip to Genting Highlands just before their South African holiday. He said: "The sister was trying her
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  • 313 5 SINGAPORE After our report on a phone pervert last week, we received more calls from readers about similar experiences. IRENE KEW speaks to a counsellor on how such calls should be handled Mummy is not home. Call back later. That's what children
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  • NEWS IQ
    • 317 6 TIMES are hard. And all of us are trying to stretch that dollar as far as it will go. And it's not just the retrenched and the unemployed who are trimming costs. Even those Singaporeans who are still gainfully employed are doing it. Here's a
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    • 53 6 PICTURE THIS These two coffins outside the home for handicapped people in Buccino, southeast of Naples, are a sad reminder of how 19 people died after a fire raged through the building yesterday. Italian police and firefighters saidthat eight people were rescued, thanks to two
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    • 67 6 FORGET having grandparents, parents and children under one roof. Smaller households are becoming more popular in Singapore, said a recent survey. Households made up of two to three persons made up 331,000 units last year, compared with 191,000 in 1990, according to the Department of Statistics' population census.
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    • 74 6 LOCAL businessman Leong Tee Keen, 49, has invented a phone that lets users call overseas at a fraction of what IDD calls cost. Calls from the Very Intelligent Gateway (VIG) phone are transmitted over the Internet, but users do not need a computer. However, both parties need
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    • 76 6 The Leaning Tower of Pisa was re-opened to the public yesterday for the first time in 11 years. The tower had been closed for extensive renovations to prevent it from toppling over. And although it is still leaning, it has been straightened by 40cm. A ticket to
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    • 64 6 POLICE have arrested the gang of teenagers who savagely beat 15-year-old Wong Wei-En with hammers on an SBS bus on Saturday. Yesterday, the police said that four of the boys who were all aged between 14 and 19 were picked up during early morning raids. Another nine
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    • 74 6 DIRTY air can hurt infants and unborn babies. More than a dozen studies in the US, Brazil, Europe, Mexico, South Korea and Taiwan have linked smog to low birth weight, premature births, stillbirths and infant deaths. In the US, the research has documented ill effects on infants
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    • 74 6 A BRITISH private school has been accused of exploitation for allowing its male and female students to pose seductively for a glossy Year 2002 calendar, their school project. The calender from Sexe/s School in Lusty Hill, Somerset, features 15 and 16-year-olds. All 500 copies at £5
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    • 135 7 QUOTEWORTHY Instead of hotels, tourists should be Atee experience of staying in an Singapore is about living in HDaflats and each housing estate has its charms and history. It is a unique story to tell. Also, the estates have good shopping and food,
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    • 284 7 IK FOCUS LIVE in moderation, both in terms of lifestyle and outlook. Be conscious of the situation around you and respond accordingly. Mr Abdullah Tarmugi had this advice as he attended his last Hari Raya Puasa, or Aidilfitri, prayers as Minister for Muslim
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    • 278 7 aim rack TOUGH times call for tough measures. And companies all over the world are resorting to wage freezes and pay cuts. The job situation is particularly bad in the US. Newsweek magazine spoke to Manpower CEO Jeff
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    • 55 7 Dilbert /Scott Adams I'N SIGNING UP I un inrs vnu kmo. i 0UR P R NAKES VOLUNTEERS TO SERVE J SURE THEY DONT GET FOOD TO THE HOtAE- I 2c ,r JT£A FED F0R "***> DAYS LESS ON J unwrov AW tum- f BEFORE THE NEUS DAY. 1 0* J
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  • 471 8  -  HARI RAYA VISIT TO THE JOHOR SULTAN'S RESIDENCE NEWS PHOTO JOURNALIST IAN TAN ONE step through the large doorway and my senses immediately did a gentle somersault. Countless Ming vases, ornamental glasses and crystal creatures adorned the entire social hall as big as the Takashimaya
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  • SINGAPORE
    • 633 10  -  BY Arul John THEY were not just vandals breaking into letter boxes. They were foreigners allegedly involved in a huge racket. Where the payoff could run to thousands of dollars. They allegedly stole cheques from letter boxes and then altered the cheques to bank them into
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    • 214 11 THE syndicate could have altered the cheques using chemicals or other means to erase the amount or the name of the payee, said Mr Yeung Shun Ming, a business manager at Citibank NA. The new information can then be typed in, written or
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  • WORLD
    • 661 12  -  REPORTS SETO HU-WEN PICTURES MOHD ISHAK from Reshanwar; rawstan THE drought in Afghanistan hit the family hard. A typical meal for the family of eight from Jalalabad was three pieces of dodai (naan bread each the size of a dinner plate) and chickpea gravy. Once a day.
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    • 71 13 MEN ONLY: (From left) Mr Sardajan 's brother-in-law Arif, The New Paper's Mohd Ishak, MrSardajan, local guide Abdul Rehman, Mr Sardajan's father-in-law and Mr Sardajan's brother-in-law. Women are not allowed in this guest room. «2; iMo you want to take him homeijith you? You can taK&Jiim
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    • 389 13 OUTSIDE, children played dressed in their colourful best with brand new second-hand clothes and shawls. Their faces were painted with bright pink rouge and striking blue eye shadow. There was no money for toys. So boys played makeshift games using items like hard-boiled
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    • 154 14 Wire services. THE Al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters are retreating in the face of the US attack in Afghanistan. And US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has disclosed that a suspected chemical, biological and nuclear weapons camp has been discovered in the country. He
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    • 108 14 A journalist jumps over flames in his camouflage (above). More members of the media creep cautiously around a building (right). It's not the usual image of reporters no laptops, no dictaphones, not even a pen. But these journalists are being trained for
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    • 373 15  -  DR MONEY LARRY HAVERKAMP mail® Ask DrMoney.com Q We're looking at reducing our HDB loan repayment from about $1,000 per month to about $750. We are thinking off using both cash and CPF funds to partially redeem our loan. Is this a good
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    • 133 15 WHAT a difference a week makes. Last week, the STI fell five days in a row and ended down 4.3 per cent a sharp contrast to the week before, when the STI gained 10.2 per cent. Nasdaq fell 3.4 per cent, its first weekly decline in six
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    • 155 15 FOR US companies, this is the start of the earnings pre-announcements, better known as "warning season". More negative than positive warnings are expected this week, which will put pressure on US shares. On the other hand, much bad news is already built into share prices which will keep
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    • 175 15 Ql read that MRT will buy over Tib*. With the government encouraging more competition, why does It allow this merger, as It creates a monopoly? The merger of MRT and Tibs is unlikely to restrict competition or create a monopoly. Buses and MRT don't compete with one
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    • 10 15 before you have it. Thomas Jefferson
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  • WORLD
    • 427 16 THE very essence of being a referee is the ability to be impartial. But Mr Brian Savill broke that code. And, on Dec 9, the football referee was charged with bringing the game into disrepute, reported The Times. So, what did he do? He scored
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    • 226 17 THEY set out on trips deep into the desert to cut wood and later sell it in urban markets and villages. They go as far as Al-Dahna Desert and Rafha in the east and Jouf in the north looking for the precious firewood
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  • 229 19 WORLD SHE has been portrayed for decades as a breathless blonde bombshell manipulated by powerful men. But amateur films and private recordings have now revealed a different Marilyn Monroe one with substance behind the smile reported The Observer. Footage uncovered by British filmmaker Paul
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  • 367 21 WORLD Scottish government says yes Teachers and parents say 'nonsense' IF you're a critic of "streaming" in school, this Scottish plan should give you a lot to find fault with: Personal Learning Plans (PLPs) have been introduced for subjects including language, maths and religious and
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      153 23 Free skin consultation and sample kit from Japanese cosmetics brand Ayura at Isetan Scotts offered by DBS Amex Card I USED to think all skin consultations are the same. The beautician will take one look at your face and try to shoo you away with some samples. But, at
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      604 24  - BY Chang May Choon FIRST you see Channel U babe Celest Chong with suave be Shen. Sitting back to back on a green pasture, they steal glancee at each other like a playful couple. Next thing you know, Ix is history and Celest has a hunky new beau gorgeous national
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    • 496 25  -  IT'S NOT BRAINS OR BRAWN, SHE SAYS, BUT... By Jeanmarie Tan ADMIT it. You were shocked and sorry to see Kelly Goldsmith go instead of egomaniacal Lex van den Berghe during Survivor's first nail-biting tribal council last week. The former homecoming queen got crowned after her
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    • 461 26 THERE are literally thousands of handbags floating out there. So what makes one handbag designer distinctly unique from another? I first came across Candice Yeo's handbags during the time when she was having a two-week promotion at Takashimaya. Amid all the bland, branded bags, my
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    • 444 27 PRIME-TIME TV RAUL Julia must be turning in his grave. The late actor played Gomez Addams, the father of a happily macabre family, in the wonderful 1991 film adaptation of the '60s TV series, The Addams Family. If you've watched the film and its
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  • Page 27 Miscellaneous
    • 234 27 Dgcywit»f .y r apof Highlights Air Force One Channels, 7pm Harrison Ford stars as the president of the United States, whose plane has been hijacked by Russian terrorists. Gary Okfenan and Glenn Close co-star. Hob Roy TV Works, I Opm A moral Scotsman is forced to become an oudaw when
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  • Page 28 Miscellaneous
    • 891 28 THE NEW PAFER/Monday, December 17,2001 Tf m 2.30: Flavours 11.00: Holiday 12.30: Showbiz I.OO:Mid-Day 12.00: Hogwarts 10.30 am: Han I2.OO:WoHd 12.00: Harimau 12.00: Virama I (Korea) Movie I: Captain (Rpt) News All Raya Special— Today/Business HariMulia Aidilfitri (Infotaiment) Courageous 1.30: 1.30: Holiday 12.30: Mummies BujangLapok Lunch 12.30: 1.00: KRU I
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    • 103 35 if A musk rttated production h company requires? H B Diploma holders in Marketing/ Communication I-year working experience (those with music background an advantage) B Strong communication and interpersonal skills 1 Bilingual (able to read and write in Chinese and English) I Interested applicants, please I email/ fax your full
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  • RACING
    • 427 36  -  By Marc Tan OFFICIALS from the Singapore Turf Club (SNTC) and Singapore Airlines were toasting one another over the weekend. They had good reason to celebrate after learning that the Republic's richest race will be included in the World Series Racing Championship next
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    • 244 36 A HEFTY 23kg increase in bodyweight did not stop Old Heritage from chalking up his fourth career win in 14 starts at Ipoh yesterday. At his last-start third to Sparkling Dragon over the Kuala Lumpur 1,400 m on Oct 7, the vastly-improved
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    • 780 37 RACE 1: Trainer KS Loh was fined RMIOO ($45) for failing to produce the declared colours on VIBRANT COLOURS. Apprentice A Lee replaced apprentice A Kumaren on ALWAYS AHEAD. GREAT DISCOVERY was slow into stride. GREAT MILITANT and ICHIBAN FIGHTER made contact on
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    • 604 37  -  No showing from Bocelli, Saddle Up andTapildo in top HK races By By Taw Thean Loon IN HONGKONG JAPAN enjoyed its greatest day on the international racing stage as it claimed all three Group 1 races at the Hongkong International meeting at Sha Tin
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    • 33 37 4-D DRAW RRST SECOND THIRD STARTERS 1866 4352 3311 3725 5198 5284 3738 4366 6362 7890 SUNDAY December 16,2001 3697 5578 8886 CONSOLATION 2867 3203 2372 5153 2941 6703 7768 3380 1701 9916
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  • SPORTS
    • 122 38 EURO KICKOFF: ITAUAN LEAGUE: AFP. RONALDO (above) completed his first full match in two years with no visible reaction on Saturday. Unfortunately, that important step in the Inter-Milan striker's return to fitness saw his side lose 2-1 to Chievo at the San Siro. The Brazilian,
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    • 332 38 GERMAN LEAGUE: Reuters. IT would seem Manchester United is not the only team going through a bad patch. Although Bayern Munich claims there is no crisis at the club, the German and European champion has already lost four times this season. Bayern slumped to a 1-0 defeat
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    • 203 38 SPANISH LEAGUE: Reuters. REAL Sociedad coach John Toshack highlighted the quick-thinking of opponent Real Madrid as the key to the 3-1 victory at the Bernabeu on Saturday. "Football requires intelligence and Real Madrid are one of the most intelligent teams around," Toshack told reporters. "Real have
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    • Article, Illustration
      574 39  -  S-LEAGUE CLUBS What's in a name? Football Association of Singapore president Mah Bow Tan recently reviewed this year's S-League season. One of the proposals is for three clubs to consider name changes to bond better with their neighbourhood towns. The New Paper sets the ball rolling with somecheeky suggestions...
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    • 106 39 MARME CASTLE UNVTED Cmi mms Marine Castle United aka Marine Castle Dolphins Stadium (surroundedty Ang Mo Kio, and close to Sengkang and Punggol) a) Hougang Chikus b) Hougang Horses c) Hougang Dolphins d) Ang Mo Kio Antelopes e) Ang Mo Kio Alligators f) Sengkang Sharks g) Sengkang Shrimps
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    • 464 40 ...MORE ON S-LEAGUE CLUBS RANGERS or Rovers? United or International? S-League clubs have changed their identities more times than Liz Taylor has changed husbands, and it's all a poor fan can do to keep up with. With even more changes on the cards, we give you
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    • 714 41 LEEDS PLAYERS' TRIAL HE is certainly a far cry from the image of a highly-toned, highly-paid athlete at the heart of a Premiership defence. Gaunt, sunken-eyed and pale-faced, Jonathan Woodgate has become a walking skeleton. The Leeds United player looks older than his 21 years, and
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    • 308 42 ...MORE ON LEEDS PLAYERS' TRIAL Wire Services LEEDS United manager David O'Leary has accused his players Lee Bowyer and Jonathan Woodgate of bringing the Premier league club into disrepute following their trial on assault charges. The pair were cleared by a jury at Hull Crown Court
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    • 174 42 VILLA v IPSWICH TOMORROW 1 ASTON Villa is hoping to offer goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel another 12-month contract if the giant Dane maintains his current form. Schmeichel has made a big impression at Villa Park in the first half of the season. Villa boss John Gregory, in
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    • 147 42 O'LEARY TO WOODGATE JONATHAN Woodgate has been told to leave his home in the north-east of England and move to Leeds if he wants to save his career with the dub. Leeds boss David O'Leary (right) has ordered Woodgate to move from his current house in
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    • 375 43 MORE ON BORO 0 MAN U 1 AFP Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson hailed the return of Ryan Giggs after the Welshman inspired Manchester United to a vital 1-0 Premiership win at Middlesbrough on Saturday. Victory maintained United's recent improvement it has now conceded just
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    • 215 43 AFP SIR Alex Ferguson said he had dropped David Beckham for Manchester United's last four games because the star "looked jaded" for his club. The United boss also revealed that he had a "nice chat with the lad". Said Ferguson: "He said he was beginning to
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    • 149 43 ...MORE ON NEWCASTLE 2 BLACKBURN 1 AFP NEWCASTLE manager Bobby Robson dismissed his side's chances of winning the Premiership even though it moved up to third place in the table after beating Blackburn 2-1 on Saturday. Robson feels his squad is still not
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    • 434 44 LEEDS 2 LEICESTER 2 LOWLY Leicester City staged a sensational fightback to snatch a 2-2 draw against Premiership giant Leeds United at Ell and Road yesterday. Former Whites favourite Brian Deane and James Scowcroft both netted in the last 12 minutes to end a miserable week for
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    • 174 44 LEICESTER goalscorers Brian Deane and Jamie Scowcroft believe yesterday's battling draw at Leeds proves the team have what it takes to avoid relegation to the Nationwide League. Deane told sportinglife: "We've got a great team spirit and I think it will stand us in good stead."
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    • 182 44 BRIAN Deane missed scoring the historic 10,000 th Premiership glial... by 15 goals. *nie striker, who sooted Leicester's first goal against Leeds yesterday, was the scorer of the first ever goal in the Premiership. That was way back in August 1992, when Deane, then with Sheffield United,
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    • 768 45  -  CHELSEA 4 LIVERPOOL 0 COMMENT SCOTT WILSON LIVERPOOL'S perplexed players will be scratching their heads this morning and wondering: WHO WAS THAT GUY? They came to Chelsea's Stamford Bridge ground as league leader and could have gone a massive six points clear with a victory. But
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    • 249 46 ...MORE ON CHELSEA 4 LIVERPOOL 0 JIMMY Floyd Hasselbaink (right) must be the most perfectly-named striker in the Premiership. He gives opposing defences non-stop hassle, non-stop hustle, and non-stop horror. The man with the most ferocious shot in Europe scored Chelsea's second gosl last night —ana jusi
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