The Straits Times, 5 January 1986

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  • 507 1  - C J rules on a point of order as new legal year takes off IRENE HOE By LAUNCHING the new legal year usually takes only 15 to 20 minutes, but yesterday's ceremony lasted nearly twice as long. Lawyers packed the Court of Appeals, standing at the back of the room
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  • 329 1  -  NG WENG HOONG *y A WORKERS' PARTY candidate m the 1984 general election and six others are helping police m their investigations into a major counterfeit US currency syndicate. The other six include a hairdresser, a businessman, a hawker, a second-hand car
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  • 92 1 A TOP official is to relinquish his post with the beleaguered Singapore Amateur Athletic Association because, he says, he is "disillusioned". Mr Victor Khoo, the association's vice-president m charge of finance for the past four years, announced yesterday that he will not stand for
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  • 276 1 MR LIN TAH HWA has stepped down as a committee member of the Stock Exchange of Singapore. The resignation of Mr Lin, a senior partner of stockbroking firm Lin Securities, took effect from Jan 1. Mr Lin could not be contacted yesterday but Business Times said
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  • 122 1 WITH slightly pained expressions on their faces, these men sit outside a People's Park Complex shop. Their hair is tightly towel-wrapped and they reek of a strange smell. Beyond flipping through a magazine or lounging about, there's nothing much they can do to while away the
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  • 160 1  - US urges KPNLF to close ranks LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON, Sat. The United States has expressed concern over the split within the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF) and called for unity within the non-communist resistance. Commenting for the first time on the rift, the State Department
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  • 508 1  - NTUC watching 'cheap way' to sack workers IVAN LIM VALERIE LEE By and UNION leaders said yesterday they were on the lookout for bosses who use the current recession as an excuse to sack their workers. They said there were recent instances of workers being given the boot without their
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  • AT A GLANCE
    • 62 2 The Soviet Union has accused the United States and Israel of using the f.uerilla attacks on Rome and Vienna airports as an excuse to threaten Libya. Meanwhile, m Washington, officials have said new sanctions against Libya are being considered. These are reported to include military
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    • 57 2 One of Japan's largest supermarket chains is providing its employees a loving service. It is responding to the plight of its young women employees m search of a mate by trying to foster romance among its employees. "We want to nourish the hearts of our employees," said an
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    • 72 2 The English-language Nation newspaper has criticised the Thai government's handling of three jail riots m the past year, m which 27 prisoners died. The paper said m an editorial yesterday that the aftermath of a prison riot that began m north-eastern Thailand last Tuesday
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    • 54 2 The Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, has named several new Chinese Cabinet members following a recent leadership change m the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA). The new faces are all supporters of businessman Tan Koon Swan, who became head of the party two
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    • 72 2 The long wait for cases to be heard m the High Court will soon be cut drastically when new legislation comes into force to give more power over civil matters to the subordinate courts. The wait for a High Court hearing which is now 30 months, should be
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    • 37 2 Pupils were fitter and more generous last year than m 1984. More of them passed their physical fitness tests and they voluntarily gave about $173,000 more to charity despite the recession. Page 10.
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    • 58 2 Workers at Hydril Pte Ltd called off their two-day strike yesterday morning after the company and union agreed to proposals for a settlement at the Labour Ministry. Under the agreement, Hydril will reinstate the sacked treasurer of the Hydril union and pay compensation to five others dismissed
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    • 57 2 You name it, they talk about it. Coffeeshop talk here covers a wide and varied range anything from politics, the present economic woes to pretty girls. These orators (three m picture above), m their flip-flops and casual clothes, are m their element once they have
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  • SPORTS
    • 48 2 Malaysians are planning to take a scientific approach to sports. Seven West German experts on the subject have been recruited as the first step m setting up a national sports institute which will lead the drive for more modern physical education techniques. Page 19.
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    • 57 2 Our "old man of athletics", Canagasabai Kunalan, has a simple answer to the besetting problems facing the sport he loves. Leave athletes and coaches alone, he says. And don't treat athletes like criminals. "I am m total sympathy with every athlete on the track today," he tells
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    • 44 2 Jeffrey Low, m Lowdown on Sport, sticks his neck out to predict the results of all the preliminary matches Singapore will be playing m this season's Malaysia Cup. He is willing to bet that the eventual champions will be... Page 21.
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • 618 2 Red threat, race riots Musa tells of the third challenge The Memali telecast Now it's abuse of religion for political ends KUALA LUMPUR Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Musa Hitam said yesterday the country was now facing the "third challenge" m its history that of the blatant abuse of religion for
      Bernama  -  618 words
    • 234 2 KUALA LUMPUR Two opposition political parties say the government should have acted against Ibrahim Mahmud and his followers earlier and not waited for a year. They were also of the opinion that more should have been shown of the incident over RTM on Friday night.
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    • 98 2 KUALA LUMPUR Datuk Mnsa Hi tarn yesterday said the video, originally intended for police flies only, "had to be shown to show how religious leaders m rural areas ...can incite their followers to such a frenzied state that they think themselves to be invincible and attack
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    • 709 2  - Some controversies buried but the big debate isn't over ISMAIL KASSIM What it achieved and what it didn't achieve By THE screening of the police video recording of the tragic Memali clash by Malaysian television will not end the public debate over whether the worst bloodshed since the 1969 racial
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    • 636 3  -  HEDWIG ALFRED Stories by Girls should not wear fancy earrings and boys should not be allowed to wear earrings. Students should be quiet when walking along the corridors. Students should not dye their hair. Boys and girls should be allowed
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    • 423 3 WHEN Tan Thuang Yew was told that he had been chosen to be the school head prefect, he was both surprised and upset. Surprised because he thought that a student from the slower normal stream m secondary school, like himself, would not be considered
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    • 302 3  -  LIAK TENG KIAT By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The Reagan administration on Friday suffered another embarrassment over lie-detector tests, less than a month after Secretary of State George Shultz raised a flap by threatening to resign if asked to submit to a polygraph test.
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    • 200 3 NEW YORK The problem over lie-detector tests has focused fresh attention on a machine that many say is always beaten by the best liar. Both proponents and critics of the lie detector agree that a pathological liar, or one just trained to be a good one,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 123 2 UP TO 1 pm. Showers m few areas. TEMP. (C) up to 6am tomorrow: 31 max., 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.12 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.09 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER j London -1/5 C ClearAdelaide 13 23C Fine I Wan iia 19/31 C Sunny Amsterdam tC Melbourne 1321 C Cloudy Bangkok 18
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    • 120 3 I STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY I Where guest workers stay NEARLY 30,000 foreigners (23 per cent of them) live m bungalows, semi-detached and terrace houses. This compares with 178,000 Singaporeans (8 per cent) and 13,000 permanent residents (15 per cent). The living quarters of our guest workers: *£^j.. TjjpNi
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 396 4 Exchange of New Year messages a hopeful sign, says Gorbachev The gap dividing us is still wide. To bridge it will not be easy, but we saw m Geneva that it can be done. Bridging that gap would be a great feat. Mr Gorbachev. MOSCOW, Sat. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
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    • 51 4 Getting a bird's-eye view of the city is all in a day's work for Pjtor Fijas from Poland, one of the world's top skiers. He is seen here soaring above the Innsbruck Freeway System in Austria on Friday during one of his practice sessions. AP picture.
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    • 75 4 Dow Jones NEW YORK, Sat. Prices moved irregularly on the New York Stock Exchange at the start of 1986 but firmed up at the end of the week. After falling during the first session of the year, the Dow Jones Industrial Index recovered yesterday to
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    • 471 4 US, Israel want excuse to hit Libya Moscow Aftermath of twin airport attacks MOSCOW, Sat THE Soviet Union, m its first reaction to last week's guerilla attacks on Rome and Vienna airports, yesterday accused the United States and Israel of using the incidents as a excuse to threaten Libya. The
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    • 88 4 CANBERRA, Sat. Australia has warned Libya not to get involved m New Caledonia's independence movement. The Foreign Affairs Department said Foreign Minister Bill Hayden summoned Mr Shaban Gashut, head of the Libyan People's Bureau m Canberra yesterday, after a newspaper report that a New Caledonian
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    • 307 4 MEXICAL! (Mexico), Sat PRESIDENT Miguel de la Madrid warned President Ronald Reagan yesterday that Mexico's massive foreign debt could grow even worse because of falling world oil prices and a lack of foreign financing. Mr Reagan and Mr de la Madrid, meeting
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    • 198 4 WASHINGTON, Sat. Syria has taken its disputed surface-to-air missiles out of Lebanon and moved them back to its side of the border, United States TV networks said yesterday. ABC news and CBS news said, without quoting sources, that they had learned that Syria pulled
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    • 29 4 LONDON, Sat. Britain's Defence Ministry yesterday announced a £900-million (552.7 billion) order for four new submarines and more than 2,000 torpedoes from British manufac- turers. AP
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    • 499 5 US judge to decide if Bhopal case should be heard in India NEW YORK, Saturday A US judge heard arguments yesterday on Union Carbide's bid to have (tw> Bhopal gas disaster compensation k'juwa tried m India rather than the United States, but no decision is exvxvted for at least a
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    • 48 5 Reuter picture. Their faces beaming with pride, these shop assistants m Beijing are poring over the latest issue of Time magazine which features Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping. The magazine has awarded its annual accolade of Man of the Year to the Chinese leader. Reuter
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    • 559 5 Japanese firm fosters romance among its staff We want to nourish the hearts of our employees. That's real social welfare. Mrs Harue Nishibata, Director of Nichii's matchmaking club. OSAKA, Sat. One of Japan's largest supermarket chains, responding to the plight of its young women employees m search of a mate,
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    • 200 5 NEW DELHI, Sat. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi said yesterday he was setting up a special women-only police battalion to give women better representation m India's security forces. "I am not a feminist but a humanist," Mr Gandhi said m a television interview. Replying to questions,
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    • 352 5 BEIJING, Sat. ALL Chinese weapons factories have been ordered to switch part of their production to civilian goods such as motorcycles, cameras and airconditioners under a government programme to make the defence industry profitable, a newspaper said today. The
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    • BRIEFS
      • 61 5 THE SECRETARY-GENERAL of China's Hongkong and Macao Affairs Office, Mr Lv Ping, will seek the views of the people of Hongkong on laws being drafted by Beijing to govern the territory after 1997. Mr Lv, who is also the Deputy Secretary-General of China's basic law
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      • 80 5 I INMATES AT the West Virginia penitentiary m Moundsi ville released their last seven hostages on Friday to end a three-day takeover m which at least three convicts died. The seven hostages, all of whom appeared to be m good condition, were the last of 17
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      • 76 5 ABOUT 41 people were feared killed when an overcrowded passenger bus plunged off a slippery mountain road m the northern Indian province of Uttar Pradesh. About 125 passengers were packed inside and on the roof of the bus on Friday when the driver lost control
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      • 59 5 SOUTH AFRICA has clamped down on its borders with Lesotho, claiming there is a buildup of African National Congress guerillas inside the tiny kingdom. The Foreign Affairs Ministry said m Johannesburg on Friday night that suspect vehicles were being searched and restrictions were imposed on
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      • 52 5 THE UNITED States ana the Soviet Union may meet as early as next month to plan talks aimed at curbing the spread of chemical weapons. The Washington Post said yesterday a US task force plans to ask Moscow to set a Reuter date for talks on
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      • 64 5 JANE WYMAN (right), the former wife of President Ronald Reagan and star of the Falcon Crest television series, is "doing fine" after an operation, a hospital spokesman said m Los Angeles on Friday night. Miss Wyman, 72, had an operation on Thursday I for intestinal
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    • 129 5 Gorbachev to make his first visit to India, says paper NEW DELHI, Sat. Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev is expected to pay his first visit to India this year, the Times of India reported today. The newspaper said Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who visited Moscow last October, was looking forward to
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    • 194 5 Japanese film Ran named Best Picture of the Year NEW YORK, Sat. Akira Kurosawa's film epic, Ran, has been named Best Picture of 1985 by the National Society of Film Critics. The Japanese film, loosely based on William Shakespeare's King Lear, was also awarded the Best Cinematography prize for Takao
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    • 58 5 NEW DELHI, Sat. Singapore Airlines will fly twice a week to New Delhi via Calcutta under a new agreement with Air India, the Indian government said today. State-owned Air India will have one extra flight a week to Singapore from Bombay
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    • 53 5 SEOUL, Sat. Seoul airport reopened today after being forced to close for about 20 hours when a plane skidded off the runway m heavy snow and became bogged down m mud, officials said. None of the 89 people on board the Saudi Arabian Airlines Boeing 747 was injured,
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  • WORLD BRIEFS
    • 67 4 A string of drug related seanda.s has rocked the Miami Police Department, with allegations that some officers have succumbed to the temptations of south Florida's muiti-billion-dollar drug trade. Over the past five months, 12 Miami policemen have been arrested on charges ranging from murder and armed home invasions
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    • 83 4 The next time Halley's Comet swings past earth m 2061, astronauts may be waiting m space to hitch a ride into the furthest regions of the solar system. So says New York astronomer Carl Saga-i who firmly believes m the feasibility of using comets for space travel on
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    • 57 4 Two thirds of Japanese value spiritual wealth over material happiness, according to Mainichi Shimbun, a leading Japanese daily. The newspaper's year-end survey of 2,300 adults has found that 67 per cent put spiritual above material wealth. Only 11 per cent regard the development of scientific knowledge as a
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    • 68 4 A Hungarian cou- ple has named its baby Raissa-Nan-cy after Raissa Gorbachev and Nancy Reagan, the wives of the Soviet and US leaders, it was reported m Moscow. The baby was born during the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit m Geneva last November. The parents, m choosing the name, wanted to
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    • 77 4 Beetho- ven is back m China and he is a smash hit. Performances m Shanghai of music by the composer, banned as decadent m the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution, have drawn more than 24,000 people since last September, according to Xinhua News Agency. Xinhua says 16,000 people snapped
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    • 88 4 Lebanon is not just war. It has another face it can produce fine wine. Fine reds and whites, m awardwinning vintages, still grace the tables of top restaurants despite civil war, battling militias and Muslim fundamentalists who ban alcoholic liquor. And the British wine journal Decanter has chosen
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    • 101 4 The French army, which pioneered a US$4.3 billion (Ss9 billion) communication system just sold to the United States, does not live by high-technology alone. It keeps 100 carrier pigeons ready for duty m emergencies. The military's pigeons part of the Bth Communication Regiment atop Mount Valerien, the highest
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 483 6 Human rights group claims inmates were killed after surrendering BANGKOK, Saturday THE Thai government has come m for strong criticism for its handling of three jail riots m the past year, m which 27 prisoners died. The independent Englishlanguage Nation newspaper said
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    • 142 6 Brunei may record a budget surplus of $1.9 billion M IRI, Sat. Brunei is expected to record a budget surplus of Bsl J billion for this year, a report m The Borneo Bulletin, a Brunei-based weekly, said today. It said government expenditure for the sultanate this year was estimated at
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    • 172 6 BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sat. Brunei's need for foreign workers is expected to increase over the next five years, the Borneo Bulletin said m its latest issue, citing the fifth national development plan. Last year, Brunei had an estimated workforce of 86,000. Of this
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    • 224 6 JAKARTA, Sat. MORE than 700 foreign and domestic investment projects m Indonesia were cancelled last year for failing to realise their commitments, a newspaper reported yesterday. This week alone, 14 foreign joint venture projects and a domestic investment project were cancelled, an
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    • 151 6  -  HAN LING By Brunei Reporter BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Sat. The Sultan of Brunei has called for a stepped-up campaign against drug trafficking. The serious drug problem m neighbouring countries makes it vital for Brunei to increase its vigilance, Sultan Sir Muda Hassanal Bolkiah said m
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    • 168 6 The widow who has to pluck coconuts at 82 PLUCKING coconuts has been a source of income for 82-year-old widow Mrs Plan Boonrit in Sam u t Prakan province near Bangkok. Mrs Plan risks her life daily by picking coconuts to make a meagre living to support herself and her
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    • 250 6 Aquino helped found Philippine Communist Party, says Marcos MANILA, Saturday PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos today accused slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino of co-founding the country's outlawed Communist Party and its military wing, the New People's Army. "He (Benigno Aquino) was one of those who set up the New People's Army together
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    • 92 6 US Senator in no hurry to send observers In WASHINGTON, Senator Richard Lugar said yesterday he would wait before sending American observers to the election until he received assurances on its fairness. Mr Lugar, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the opposition candidates did not have equal access
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    • 166 6 Drop all charges against defendant attorney The Dharsono trial JAKARTA, Sat. The defence for Hartono Rekso Dharsono, former Asean Secretary- General, today asked a Jakarta district court to drop all treason and other charges against him. Defence counsel spokesman Amartiwi W. Saleh told the central Jakarta district court that all
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 552 7 MCA leader's supporters take over from Neo group KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad today named several new Chinese Cabinet members following a recent leadership change m the country's largest Chinese party. The new faces are all supporters of
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    • 66 7 Bernama picture. IN A show of gravity-defying tricks, professional stuntman Seyed Mahmood Shah of Pakistan drives a Honda Civic op a 9-metre wall. Don't sit next to him if you have a faint heart. The occasion was the recent Pesta Carnival in
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    • 278 7 New party formed by Berjaya and PBS splinter groups KOTA KINABALU, Sat. A new political party m Sabah has been formed by splinter groups from Parti Berjaya and Parti Bersatu Sabah (PBS), it was learnt today. A pro-tern committee of the new Parti Rakyat Sabah (PRS) had already been set
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    • 173 7 Front wins Assembly Seat unopposed KUANTAN, Sat. The ruling National Front won the by-election for the Bandar Maran State Assembly seat when the only opposing independent candidate withdrew minutes before nomination closed today. Umno candidate Mr Ayub bin Teh, a teacher, won unopposed when the independent candidate, Mr Kong Ah
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    • 502 7 BMF loans scandal I don't want all the efforts that we had taken to prepare the report to mean nothing and as such, somebody should take responsibility so as to enable the public to know its contents. Tan Sri Ahmad KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. Au-ditor-General
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 449 9 New Bill to give more power to lower courts THE long wait for cases to be heard m the High Court will soon be shortened when new legislation comes into force to give more power over civil matters to the subordinate courts. The wait
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    • 245 9 Lawyers can use recession to upgrade themselves: Boon Teik THE recession can be a boon to lawyers if they use it to improve themselves, Attor-ney-General Tan Boon Teik said yesterday. He said lawyers could treat the recession as an opportunity to keep up with developments m the law as well
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    • 525 9 WORKERS' Party Secretary General J. B. Jeyaretnam last night criticised the Government for what he said was its "uncaring attitude" towards the plight of the unemployed m Singapore. He told residents m Anson he was sorry his appeals to the Government to help such people
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    • 237 9 'Show more courtesy and respect to lawyers, please' THE new President of the Law Society, Mr Francis Scow, yesterday delivered a firm homily on judicial manners, particularly towards younger lawyers, at the opening of the new legal year. More courtesy and respect towards lawyers please, said Mr Scow. He said
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    • 96 9 TWO men accused of being m the company of a third man who was armed with a revolver m June last year were each given a discharge not amounting to an acquittal on Friday. Police Inspector K. Kathirasan said he applied for the
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    • 338 9 ALL EYES ON STAMPS FROM CHINA: A steady stream of visitors weaving their way through the stands of the China Stamps Exhibition which opened yesterday at the Singapore Conference Hall. More than 2,000 sheets of
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    • 238 10 Bonvest acquires 50 stake in Burger King BURGER KING, the American fast food chain, will have a new backer m Singapore to provide the financial clout to do battle with arch rival McDonald's. Bonvest I oldings, a public-ly-listed investment and property company, will provide the additional capital by acquiring a
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    • 240 10 Pupils now much fitter and have hearts of gold PUPILS were fitter and more generous last year than m 1984. More of them passed their physical fitness test and they voluntarily gave about $173,000 more to charity despite the recession. Six m 10 (61 per cent) of the 182,000 pupils
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    • 670 10  -  LEE SIEW HUA More switching from barbershop cuts to waves at hairstylists By You've got to try everything once. I was teased, but I didn't care. My father was even more embarrassed than me. a 22-year-old male undergraduate CURLERS... ...FOR
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    • 266 10 Lack of support for Wits hampers productivity goals of armed forces THE ambitious productivity goals set by the Ministry of Defence and Singapore Armed Forces face obstacles that must be overcome. Major-Gen Winston Choo, Chief of General Staff, said yesterday that respondents m a survey had identified lack of support
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    • 308 10  -  SURINDER SINGH DAVID TAN Story: Picture: THE new year will be one of hope for about 40 pre-school deaf children. For the first time, they will attend a special nursery school under the direction of an American consultant specially trained to work with deaf
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    • 199 10 Blackout caused by contractor cutting power cable THE blackout which hit several areas of Singapore on Friday night began after a Mass Rapid Transit Corporation contractor severed a power cable. This happened while the contractor was doing excavation work at the junction of Commonwealth Avenue and Queensway, said the PUB's
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    • 74 10 Part of Scotts Rd to close THE MRT Corporation said yesterday that one lane of Scotts Road would be closed for a month from tomorrow. The affected lane is the one closest to the central divider near the junction of Scotts and Orchard roads when heading toward Paterson Hill. A
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    • 687 11  - Compensation for sacked five PAUL JACOB Another reinstated as Hydril strike is settled By QUOTE WHAT can I say? I've got my job back. I'll start again on Monday. My wife said 'thank God. She's so happy. And my four children also. The eldest is seven, he doesn't know about
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    • 156 11  - Dress code, too, for horse owners ROGER YUE By THE Singapore Turf Club, which a fortnight ago cracked down on "inappropriately dressed" people seeking admittance to the public stands at the Bukit Timah racecourse, is to act against certain horse owners who flout a club regulation, also concerning attire. For
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    • 288 11  -  KONG SOOK CHIN By SINGAPORE doctor Christopher Chen, with a recent world-first frozen-egg pregnancy, is ready to start work on two new fertilisation methods this year. The new techniques are micro-manipulation and the Gift programme. Gift stands for Gamatein tra-fallopian-transter where
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    • 118 11 A HAWKER is helping police with investigations after his wife was found bludgeoned to death m their two-room flat m Boon Lay Avenue early yesterday. The 63-year-old man telephoned the police at 5.30 am, saying his wife was dead after she had been struck on
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    • 157 11 Elderly man helps to catch burglar A SPRIGHTLY old man turned to his neighbours for help when he suspected there was a burglar m his house. Mr Neo Yiak Lav, 63, and his neighbours surrounded the house at Jalan Hwi Yoh and waited. When the burglar made a dash from
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    • 93 11 Feb 11 is also a public holiday THE Lunar New Year public holidays will be on Feb 10 and Feb 11. The Labour Ministry issued a statement yesterday to clear up some confusion about next month's holidays. The ministry said that the Lunar New Year falls on Feb 9 and
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    • 715 12 Coffeeshop chatter covers hard times, old times, petrol and politics POLITICIANS have long realised that the conversations m cigarette-butt littered coffeeshops are a good gauge of public feeling. At a coffeeshop association's dinner on Dec 22, Second Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong
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    • 282 12 THE National Trades Union Congress will visit homes to get more Singaporeans to enrol m the Basic Education for Skills Training scheme. NTUC Assistant SecretaryGeneral Goh Chee Wee said on Friday that PAP branch and education centre volunteers would go door-to-door distributing
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    • 311 12 Art contest winners tickled by Ah Meng at breakfast WITH ravenous youngsters and everyone m a rush, breakfast-time for many households can be like feeding time at the zoo. And that's exactly what breakfast-time was one morning for some consolation winners of a drawing contest jointly organised by the zoo
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    • 362 12 World forum to discuss management strategies VIEWS on the way out of the economic recession m Singapore will be given at a management conference to be attended by 600 to 800 delegates from around the world. Strategies a country like Singapore can adopt to
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    • 326 12  -  AUDREY PERERA By WHILE doormen m some hotels perspire m the heat under their high-necked, brass-studded tunics, these doormen at the newly-opened Sheraton Towers m Scotts Road find their jobs a breeze. Clad m white shorts and topi, an outfit reminiscent of
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    • 161 12 PEOPLE do the craziest things, especially after a few drinks. But smashing the windscreen of a police van? Hussein bin Abdul Gani, 21, certainly did not think it was beyond him. For that moment's bravado, Hussein was sentenced to a three-month jail term
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    • 218 12 Renovation industry should weather downturn, says Teh THE renovation industry should weather the current economic slowdown better than others because the Housing Board will build between 30,000 and 40,000 flats each year for the next five years. National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan said owners of existing flats would also
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    • 130 12 'Education the answer to drug abuse' PUBLIC education is the solution to drug and inhalant abuse, said Mr Baey Lian Peck, President of the Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association (Sana). Speaking at a drug abuse and glue-sniffing prevention exhibition at the Tanah Merah Community Centre yesterday, he said the public could help
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  • Page 9 Miscellaneous
    • 189 9 TV programmes ABOUT 80,000 copies of TV Plus have been printed with the wrong TV programmes for Thursday (Channel 8) and Friday (Channels 8, 12 and 10). For those who may have received the wrong schedules m TV Week on Page 6, we offer the correct programmes below. THURSDAY 5.20
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    • 210 9 from Ying Vi Lang that Ji Wu has arranged to meet her. 130 LIVE FROM STUDIO ONE (C). 9.30 TODAY IN PARLIAMENT (C). 10.15 THE COFFEE SHOP (C). Jin ban becomes addicted to gambling and even owes a "bookie" organisation a huge sum of money. 11.05 HINDI MOVIE: Jaam Dost
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  • FOCUS
    • 325 13 The Sunday Times VIEW Instant money, instant worry AMONG life's many temptations, few can be as alluring as get-rich quick schemes. The classic version is one where a handful of gullible people is smooth-talked into making "investments" on which spectacular "returns" are promised. For a while, these returns are indeed
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    • 98 13 What The Sunday Times reported on 3 Jan, 1961 THE Government has published a Bill designed to deal more effectively with criminals. The Road Vehicles (Special Powers) Bill, presented to the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday, will enable the uniformed police to stop and search a suspect motor
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    • 1076 13 PEGGY NOONAN, the US chief's radical speech writer, battles regularly with the President's men If the President's speech is controversial or memorable, chances are that it was written by 34-year-old Peggy Noonan, a hard-hitting crusader of the Right who used to picket outside the White
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 870 14 1 Li Siewpeng LOWER downpayments and longer loan repayment periods have been introduced to help those 80,000 of us who don't own homes to own homes. Why is the Government so insistent that Singaporeans should own homes? Well, that is one of
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    • 837 14 1 Edgar Koh The process (of airing proposed policies m public) might have been disconcerting and confusing to those accustomed to hearing and obeying one voice However, a decision emanating from this consensus-building is enriched by it. There will be greater
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    • LETTERS Journalism/medicine
      • 291 14 We too have belittled the West I REFER to the Senior Minister (Prime Minister's Office) Mr S. Rajaratnam's denunciation of foreign journalists who, he said, take delight m running down Singapore during this period of trade contraction m the Republic. But m the past, Singapore's journalists have also been indulging
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      • 275 14 Surgery can correct a curved spine B I REFER to the report "Rita, the sarong cradle and a curved spine" (The Sunday Times, Dec 22). I was a scoliosis patient and would like to take this opportunity to advise those afflicted with the same condition to go for surgery if
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      • 120 14 There was pain before the op, not after REFERRING to your report headlined "It was a most painful experience" (The Sunday Times, Nov 24), may I be permitted to clarify an important point. In referring to discomfort and pain, I was m fact talking about my pre-operation experience, not after
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    • 514 14 WHENEVER the New Year trundles around, everyone starts making resolutions left and right. Well, I'm not falling into that trap for I have resolved not to make any resolutions this year. To get away from pen and paper and the temptation therein, I
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous

  • RACING
    • 258 16  - Teh to take season's last classic THE RACING EDITOR By WHAT can be a more fitting finale to the 1985 racing season than leading trailer Teh Choon Beng capturing the Governor's Gold Cup on home ground today. Teh has six runners m the race and the one I like is
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    • 351 16 RACE RACING ED PEDIGREE TONTO LUCKY LEO MISTER X 8 Pentagram 8 Pentagram 8 Pentagram 8 Pentagram 2 Confidence 1 5 Shumanshu 11 Startrack 5 Shume nshu 7 Humble Gain 5 Shumanshu 2 Confidence 2 Confidence 7 Humble Gain 2 Confidence 8 Pentagram 4 Key Factor
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    • 282 16  -  PEDIGREE By our man on the track PENANG, Sat. When two big-race specialists combine, the others pale by comparision. This can be said of Leslie Khoo and Beldale Prospect m the $150,000 Governor's Gold Cup to be run over 2,200 m. Beldale Prospect has taken
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    • 92 16 RACE 1: Jubilation IV, Mister Harmony, Startrack, Humble Gain 11, Pentagram. RACE 2: First Of Many, Purity, Buloh Kasap 11. RACE 3: Lone Venture, Tiros, Udomsak, Puteri Emas. RACE 4: Lucky Fortune, Full House 11, Putera Sandhurst, O'Malley, Foxiloxi, Sheikh 11. RACE 5: Best Bold, St Gallen, Beldale Prospect,
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    • 89 16 1984 STGALLENSS 5 Oo 1983 FULL HOUSE D 57.5 Tweedle 1982 BETSY'S PET n 52 Chiam 1981 PERSIAN SAPPHIRE 61 Cheam 1980 SCARAMOUCHE D 50.5 GwUliam 1979 VALAISANSO Podmore 1978 AYLMERROADS3 Compton 1977 SUPER LEVEL 51.5 Khoo 1976 SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY 56.5 Gwilllam 1975 MALLANES4 Murray 1974 SHADOWFAX 51.5
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    • 1090 16 ■|MH| 4.05 CLASS 1 DIV 12,200 m —2,200 m EUjlij (Ratings: 174-156) (Stakes: $150,000) fcJ^ 1 27*136 Best Bold 57 (174) Auric-Teh 7 amg same. By Bold Hour; winner of 2200 m Spore Gold Cup with 55 yielding Sept 29; had every chance m Sultan of Selangor
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    • 3584 16 ;l'k;'kl;'kl wammmmgm. 200 class 2 div 3 1,400 m I:7TMJ» (Ratings: 111-98) UaMMMNi (Stakes: $15,500) 1 **5103 WUkimson 56 (IN) Leco-E Breukelen 4ag ul +1. Fair effort when 3rd to Lagi Boleh m Div 4 1200 m last week; scored impressive 4 1 win over Brave Connection
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    • 225 16  - Look this Way for a 'roughie' TONTO By^ FOR the small punter who likes long odds, Frenchbred Tropical Way is a lively outsider m the Governor's Gold Cup. His recent form does not look exactly like a million dollars but m a race over 2,200 m, he can come into
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    • 2065 17  -  OUR RACING TEAM By HOW TO READ THE RACE RESULTS: From left: Saddle cloth number, name of horse, weight carried, approximate win and place dividends at Bukit Tlmah, jockey, barrier, position of horse at the BMm, 4Mm and finishing post. MALAYSIAN MAIDEN STAKES CLASS 6 l,2Mm Act
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    • 505 17  -  JACK ELLIOTT Best horse I've managed, says veteran trainer fgsdffgsdfg fgdsffgsddfd MELBOURNE, Sat. Veteran Caulfield trainer Angus Armanasco yesterday rated True Version as the best horse he has trained after the colt's win m the A535,000 (about S$50,000) Standish Handicap over 1,200 m at Flemington racecourse
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    • 204 17 ...and gets severe reprimand from race stewards as protest by Azhar is upheld Tote: Penang $7, $5, $35, $16. Spore $9, $5, $14, $11. Forecast (11 ft 9): Penang $87, Spore $69, XL $56, Ipoh $56. Tierce (11, 9*4 only): Spore $232. Coarse scratchlngs: ContUibre (withdrawn), Fa Cai. Cook warned:
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    • 31 17 FIRST *****2 SECOND *****3 THIRD *****2 STARTERS *****0, *****5, *****6, *****7, *****1, *****4, *****3, *****6, *****3, *****8, *****0. CONSOLATIONS *****3, *****3, *****9, *****6, *****4, *****9, *****0, *****2, *****3, *****9.
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    • 79 17 Reno II lugged out at the jump, came m contact with Tintinium and subsequently hung out m the running. The mare is required to pass a I,ooom gallop trial. Danis was questioned with regard to his handling of Le
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  • OBITUARIES
    • Obituary, Illustration
      215 17 MDM NG SIANG HIANG Age 79 year* patted away peacefully on 3.1.86 leaving behind beloved: Husband: Teo Chin Kay Sont: Teo Tock Chor Teo Tock Seng Teo Tock Kiang Teo Tor Meng Oaughtert-in-Law: Toi Kan Hoon Tan Liang Hong Maudhy Binuan Ng Chang Eng Daughters Teo Chor Lung
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      69 17 MONICA CHENG WAI CHOON Age: 80 passed away peacefully on 4/1/86 leaving behind beloved Husband: Francis H. H. Pang Sons: Pang Ting Fun Peter Pang Ting Yee Patrick Pang Ting Kin Father Paul Pang Ting Wye C.S.S.R. Daughter: Linda Pang Chee Leng 3 Daughters-in-law, 1 Son-in-law, 5 Grandsons,
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      97 17 ELIZABETH ABISHEGANAOEN A.ABISHEGANAOEN In Loving memory of our Parents who went to be with the Lord m 1961 1965 respectively. Remembered by Paul, Geoffrey, Felix, Etther, Alexander ft Diana. In Loving Memory Of MR. BUDH SINGH Jl Departed 5/1/81 Pearly mi*»ed by wit* and children. In Memory
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    • 216 17 184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam In Everloving and Cherished Memory of our Beloved Parents MR. K. DAMOO MRS PANKAJAM DAMOO Departed 27-12-65 Departed 5-1-83 God took them home, it was His will, But m our hearts we love them still; Their memories are as dear today As m the
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      25 17 IN PRECIOUS MEMORY OF MR. A. KARUPPIAH Departed: January sth 1984 Dearly misted by wile, tons, daughters, sons-in-law, daugh-ters-in-law, grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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    • 17 17 MDM YAP SOO BEE Departed sth Jan 1981 Always remembered by loved ones.
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  • SPORT
    • 808 18 When frost bites, the chill-seekers start their engines DERMOT PURGAVIE Eye on America RIGHT now, when winter's freezing howl makes the thermometer plunge and the snow piles up 68 inches m Buffalo, New York, m December and the television weather forecasters issue daily driving alerts,
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    • TOIL AND TROUBLE IN THE WORLD OF CRICKET Bangladesh bombshell
      • 398 18 Aussie stay hits India's hope of series win SYDNEY, Sat. India's hopes of winning their first Test series m Australia nosedived here today as David Boon and Geoff Marsh gave the tourists a taste of their own medicine. The two Australian openers were still together on 169, with Boon on
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      • 46 18 INDIA Ist inns 60M dec. (S. Gavaskar 172, M. Amarnath 138, K. Srikkanth 116) AUSTRAUA Ist inns I). Boon not out 100 (i. Marsh not out 59 Extras 10 Total (without loss) 169 Bowling: Kapil Dcv 12-4--29-0, Shastri 17-8-22-0, Yadav 23-10-29-0. Shivaramakrishnan 14-2-51-0, Sharma 8-1-30-0.
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      • 396 18 CAPE TOWN, Sat. Australia's rebels, chasing a victory target of 329 m 260 minutes plus 20 overs, lost an early wicket m their second innings on the final day of their four-day international against South Africa today. Greg Shipperd fell leg before wicket to Garth
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      • 591 18 LONDON, Sat. The spectre of the cricketing world splitting apart drew chillingly closer this week when the England B team's tour of Bangladesh was called off at four hours' notice. England B had been scheduled to play m Bangladesh, Sri Lanka
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      • 80 18 LONDON, Sat. Anti-apartheid campaigners are pressing the British government to block the world heavyweight boxing title eliminator between Frank Bruno and White South African Gerry Coetzee following the Bangladesh cricketer ban. Mike Terry, secretary of the British Anti-apartheid Movement, said he will ask Sports Minister Dick
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      • 240 18 DHAKA, Sat. The cancellation of the England B team's visit was a disaster for the future of the game La Bangladesh, the chief of the Cricket Control Board said today. "It is a disaster for Bangladesh's cricket, not to mention a disappointment and huge financial loss,"
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    • 681 19 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat Malaysia seek help of West Germans to mould future champs MALAYSIA'S Culture, Youth and Sports Ministry plan to mould outstanding sportsmen and sportswomen along the lines of how Foo Lum Hoon turned Wong Peng Soon into a graceful and respected badminton player.
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    • 1178 19 ROB HUGHES Talk of Soccer I Alcohol, drugs combine to end many La star's success story 4 Before heroin, before Vietnam, drink was the broken soccer star's ruin. Alcoholism killed Garrincha, that joyous Brazilian winger, at 49. It gripped British stars Jimmy Greaves and George Best, and
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    • SOCCER WORLDWIDE
      • 108 19 I'm fine Maradona MILAN, Sat. Argentine star Diego Maradona said yesterday that his aching knee did not need surgery and that it should stand through the World Cup finals m Mexico. The Napoli striker made his remarks at Malpensa international airport here as he flew back to Italy after spending
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      • 118 19 BRUSSELS, Sat. Senior state police officers whose actions were blamed for aggravating the riots at last year's European Cup final m which 39 people died have been reassigned to other duties, the State Police said yesterday. They were denying a report which stated that reshuffling m the
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      • 116 19 SWANSEA, Sat. Swansea City Council, who twice said they could do nothing to help the now-liqui-dated Swansea Football Club, have made a dramatic move to keep football alive m the city. They would be the first municipal council m Britain to step m to help their
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    • TENNIS WORLDWIDE
      • 550 19 BASKETBALL Atlanta beat Detroit 111-101 m a National Basketball Association match on Friday. Other results: Boston 129 New Jersey 117, Cleveland 130 LA Clippers 111, Milwaukee 107 Washington 100, LA Lakers 110 Utah 101, Portland 133 Phoenix 104, Seattle 117 Denver 107. BOXING World Boxing
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      • 470 19 WEST BERLIN, Sat. Mats Wilander, of Sweden, and West Germany's Boris Becker coasted smoothly into the semifinals of the Young Masters tournament here yesterday, showing every sign that they will contest tomorrow's final. Top seed Wilander needed just 42 minutes to dispose of Yugoslav
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    • 128 19 DUBAI, Sat. Los Angeles Olympic Games champions Pakistan struggled to beat Britain last night m the first major international hockey tournament held m the Gulf. Pakistan edged home 1-0, thanks to captain and centre-for-ward Hassan Sardar's goal m the 51st minute. The Pakistanis, who are m
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    • 1130 20 Why your amazing response to our award is such a spur for sport ALAN HUBBARD Always on Sunday If nothing else, our 1985 awards provided a firm indication that there is life, hope, character and an impressive self-belief m Singapore sportThere is nothing more tedious
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    • 255 20 DAVID LIM wins my vote for the Achievement of the Month Award. To my ndnd, he thoroughly deserves it because he embodies all the essential qualities of an ideal sportsman. First and foremost, he possesses remarkable consistency, a quality which Ls the hallmark of champions. To attain it
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    • 1283 20 JANICE SEAH SAID AND DONE Be more flexible, pleads the champ to Lin Kok and Company 4 The association should leave the athletes and the coaches alone and let them carry out their responsibilities. They should set guidelines and have a certain amount of
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    • 364 20 Dear Sir, I write to highlight a few shortcomings of the Singapore Badminton Association and to elaborate certain points m last Sunday's letter headlined "Come on SBA, explain your state of affairs". Singapore's dismal performance at last month's Sea Games is the sore point to the SBA, who
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    • 744 21 Here we go. ..again JEFFREY LOW LOWDOWN ON SPORT It's time for Malaysia Cup star-gazing once more It's Malaysia Cup time again... a time for passion to run high and low, for critics to come and go, for players to shine and whine, for coaches to inspire and perspire, for
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    • 407 21  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI By Police come close to stealing the show from Reservists with revival FOR 68 minutes, Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association were confident of a place m the final of the Cathay Pacific/Singapore Rugby Union knockout tournament when they took a comfortable 10-0 lead over
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    • 234 21 THE popularity of national coach Chan Kwok Hung's new format for the Basketball Association of Singapore Cup league tournament will soon be put to the test. The BAS are calling for entries on Monday and the response can be used as a yardstick for the format,
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    • 205 21 PATRICK WEE won the third weekly final of the P>ter Stuyvesant Travel Classic bowling competition at Jackie's Katong yesterday, experiencing profound relieve as he did so. For the brother of World Games champion Ac elene Wee, whose final score was 2,495 pinfalls, wasn't even m
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    • 204 21 BOWLING Peter Stuyvesant Travel Classic: 3rd weekly final (Jackie's Katong, 7 pm). CRICKET Friendiies: SCA School boys v MRTC (Balestier Road, 1 pm). Herbadasher (UK) v SCC (Padang, 10.30 am). GOLF F N Premier League (Jurong); Handicap league A Div (Keppel); B Div (Seletar); C Div (Sembawang).
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    • 510 21  -  HAKIKAT RAI By 4 The money raised just disappeared and yet we did not see any results. The main reason was that certain athletes and officials were not able to work as a team for success. They seemed to put self-interest before the
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    • 98 21 JEFFREY LOW'S PREDICTIONS Today: Singapore 2 Negri 0 Jan 8: Sarawak 0 Singapore 3 Jan 12: Johor 1 Singapore 0 Jan 18: Malacca 1 Singapore 2 Jan 25: Selangor 1 Singapore 1 Feb 2: Singapore 2 Pahang 2 Feb 7: Kedah 0 Singapore 1 Feb 16: Singapore 2 Brunei 0
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    • 294 21 fgfsdgsdfgffdsgfd TAN TEE SUAN and Siew Shaw Her have long been branded Singapore's tra-peze-boat specialists. And yesterday, they showed just what it is that has earned them that title. The duo finished first m both races of the Singapore Yachting Association 470 dinghy
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    • 257 21 BOATS gliding over green waters and colourful spinnakers blossoming. That's one of the most enjoyable things about watching a yacht race, but today's Singapore Tatler/Cartier race off Changi will be more than just a pretty sight. The championship, the third m the annual
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    • 165 20 APPOINTMENT i ©5G5 World leader m inspection services ISGS Singapore, a well-established and world's largest control and inspection company, has recently undergone a rapid expansion and we invite suitably qualified candidates for the positions of: I Quality Inspectors/ I Technical Inspectors Candidates should possess the following I pre-requisites: Be between
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    • 337 21 APPOINTMENT SWIRE TECHNOLOGIES LTD. Swire Technologies Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Swire Pacific Ltd. which is establishing a new microchip assembly plant m Hong Kong. The factory will be located m Tsuen Wan and will be providing a high quality, high reliability assembly service for microchip manufacturers m
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  • The Sunday Times
    • 242 22  -  HAKIKAT RAI By YOU'VE heard of Marvelous Marvin. Now meet Marvelous Mukhlis like his namesake, one L of a fighter. Singapore's 22-year-old champion boxer isn't one to let success go to his head... which is why he has kept a vow to shave off all his hair if
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    • 367 22 GOOD morning sports fans. Here's wishing you a Happy New Year with the promise it WILL be a happy one for all followers of Sportsfront. Spirits may be a little down as we enter 1986 bat we believe this is going to be an
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    • 275 22 Two-goal blast by Fandi FT 4 Penang 1 KUALA LUMPUR, Sat. It was like a dream debut. Had Isa Bakar been 15 years younger, he would have had the national selectors excited with his performance for Penang against Federal Territory here. Though Penang lost 4-1, the 35--year-old Isa, returning after
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    • 614 22  -  JANICE SEAH By ALAN HUBBARD: WHAT MAKES A WINNER Pg 20 THE panel choosing the recipient of this month's Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month award found themselves m such a dilemma. On the one hand, swimmer David Lim's six gold medals m the South-east
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      642 22 fgffsddgs Malik and Salim set for crucial Cup roles THE Malaysia Cup curtain rises tonight for Singapore, revealing spotlighted roles for their new captain Malek Awab and the once-banished Salim Mom, who starts off as a firstchoice midfielder for the first time m three months. Appropriately, the stage
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    • 59 22 SINGAPORE: David Lee, Malek Awab (capt), Ishak Saad, Razali Saad, Latif Rahman, Sudiat Dali, Salim Mom, V. Sundram Moorthy, Leong Kok Farm, D. Tokijan, Tay Peng Kee. NEGRI SEMBILAN: S. Loganathan, Roslan Yakop (capt), Omar Rezan, Samsuddin Bahar, Mohd Nor Ali, Nick Walsh, Carl Hoddle, K.
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    • 481 22 BRITISH SOCCER United frozen off as frost wreaks Cup chaos LONDON, Sat. Former European champions Liverpool put their indifferent League form behind them today, opening their English Football Association Cup campaign with a 5-0 mauling of Norwich City. Norwich, leaders of the Second Division, were expected
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    • 24 22 THE SAAA ROW: TOP OFFICIAL TO QUIT Page 21 YESTERDAY'S HERO SPEAKS OUT Page 20 CRICKET FEARS A BLACK-WHITE SPLIT Page 18
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      • 1358 2  -  PHILIP CHEAH By It's not meant to be a magic show... Atlantis is about being underwater, and not many of us have been there. So the challenge is to stretch your imagination. Atlantis designer Daniel Flannery "LOOKS real, doesn't it?" said someone, peering at the mechanical
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      • 62 2 Strait-laced thinker who found fame in sex theory He is now revered as the man who mapped the human mind, but Sigmund Freud was long denounced a quack. JULIE TAN gives an insight into the controversial personality, whose life story will be dramatised m a new sixpart serial on Ch
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      • 319 2 Behind the scenes at Sly's wedding IT WAS back to work at 5 am on their movie Cobra for Sylvester Stallone and his bride, Danish model Brigitte Nielsen, after being wed m civil ceremony on Dec 15. Only 25 relatives and guests attended the ceremony m a room at the
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      • 638 3  -  LIM KAY TONG LOVE, LONE FLOWER Coming to Cathay cinemas Starring Yao Wei, Lv Xiao Fen, Chai Yang Ming and Ke Tsun Hsiung Directed by Lin Ching Chieh By WHETHER Love, Lone Flower is a brutal, exploitative film or a
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      • 590 4  -  JULIE TAN TV REVIEW By PUTTING a dozen TV Personality hopefuls to the test on a New Year's Eve show can be a risky venture. And the way that SBC's Countdown 86 (last Tuesday, Ch 5, 10.30 pm) was structured with a systematic rundown of
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      • 267 7 WELCOME to the New Year, new teachers, new classmates and new schools. Are you looking forward to some work after the long holidays? Probably not, since I think human beings are by nature rather lazy. But I have a suggestion for those of you who like to put
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    • 53 7 When were matches invented? The idea of using small pieces of wood dipped m sulphur and rubbed against a surface to strike a light emerged around 1800. A Captain Manby was the first to fire rockets of lifesaving apparatus. Safety matches like the kind we use today was introduced m
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      • 634 5  - MOTORING Britain makes a comeback after 10 years' absence WINSTON LEE By THE British-made Austin was once one of the best-selling cars m Singapore. Names like the Devo, Somerset, Cambridge, Mini 1100 and 1300 evoke strong memories of a bygone era, the demise of which was caused primarily by the
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      • What a bachelor should say to a busybody
        • 504 5 Q: I am a 4#-year-old bachelor who is at a loss for an answer when bosybodies ask me why I'm not married. How do I deal with the question without being rude? A: We ait m the midst of a national effort to marry everyone over 30, so if
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          35 5 To banish the smefl of paint, sice an onion and soak it m a bowl of cold water. Place the bowl m the room that has just been painted for a few hours.
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      • 429 6 CHIC house-hunters m the year 2000 might find it natural to visit their house-de-signers to plan their ideal home with the increasing use of computer-aided design. It is now technically possible to design a house to an individual buyer's specification,
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    • TRAVEL
      • 985 7 FIONA NICHOLS tracks down some offbeat eating places m New York City WHEN the last of the art galleries has been visited, and the hundredth sky-scrap-ing building, complete with reflective glass, admired, there is still the whole world of food to check out
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      • 490 7  -  CYNTHIA WEE By IMAGINE sailing to the remote islands of the Indonesian archipelago, once called the Spice Islands, and exploring each island leisurely before returning to your luxurious cruiser for a gourmet dinner. It's all possible now with the MS Island
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        117 7 THE ship's five-, 10-, 12- and 15-day expeditions are scheduled yearround, according to the monsoon seasons. Last October and November, for instance, the cruiser wound its way to Thursday Island, Australia, for a 12-day trip around the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea. Passengers embarked or disembarked
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        • 856 8 Our four-page supplement starts with SUSANNA KULATISSA's report on a playschool where each fun-filled activity is actually a learning process. HE WANTED $5 for the banana. His little customer opened his small fist, looked at the coins m it and up again, bewildered.
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        • 1479 9 Many hand-me-down notions about bringing up children simply aren't true. ALVIR EDEN and JOAN HEILMAN report. LETTING a baby stand up too early will make him bowlegged. Thumb-sucking damages teeth. A feverish child should never go outdoors. True or false? If you answered "true," you
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        • 454 10 YOU don't have to miss out on fashion just because you're pregnant. Adopt a positive attitude and the opposite can be true. Maternity wear has changed to keep pace with today's woman. But where do you start on your maternity wardrobe? First of all, there's
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        • 88 10 MOTHERS shopping at Centrepoint m Orchard Road now have a room to themselves where they can breastfeed their children. Mothercare, on the first floor, has a Mothers Room, furnished with a chair, as well as baby toiletries which mothers can use free of charge. Toiletries include
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        • 898 10  -  MARY GEE By THE expectant mother waiting for baby's arrival m hospital can be easily bored. So take along some reading material. Indeed, babies are unpredictable about when they are born. Some arrive as soon as you've registered, others as late
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        • 1263 11 'What kind of person will my baby be?' From quiet to active, babies are born with distinct personalities. BERRY BRAZELTON, writing m Family Circle magazine, tells how you can discover who your baby is and help her fit into the family. AS ROB and Judy watched their beautiful new baby
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        • 373 11 How to identify a child's behaviour traits TRY as early as possible to observe and understand your new baby's behavioural reactions the way he responds, what happens to him as he responds, the point at which he overreacts or can't respond, how much it "costs" him to be responsive. By
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        • 316 11 BABYPROOFING merely means a way of making your home safer and more comfortable for your baby. H OW the new mother may well ask. Choose a spot for the crib carefully. Don't place the crib against an outside wall which could get cold
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