The Straits Times, 23 March 1986

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    14 1 The Sunday Times .No. 2598 55 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 189/12/85 MARCH 23, 986
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    Lock icon Warning's up — a week too late
    95 1 Warning's up a week too late A FINAL pUak »Uei lite Ike eellftpsei Betel New Wwtt, kit few eemle k»ve ■tan* Ike treay ef tke "Dmger, Keep Away" ilgi that ewe week tee late. Lfttor^tw» hH-hyhn h^itel Hew WerM. Tkey were mhmi erowe, wibcb im ■«>^» m Ngn pvucc fer
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    4-man inquiry board for hotel disaster
    479 1 By PAUL WEE PRESIDENT Wee Kirn Wee Was appointed a four-member commission of inquiry headed by a High Court Judge to determine what caused the Hotel New World to collapse on March 15. The chairman of the commission is Mr Justice Thean Up Ping.
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    MRT hero leaving for new
    238 1  -  RAV DHALIWAL ■y MR Russell Black, the tunnelling expert who held the attention of television viewers last week with his graphic description of work under the rubble, is leaving the Mass Rapid Transit Corporation. He submitted his resignation m January and will be taking up
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    Lock icon Building collapses in Bombay
    176 1 BOMBAY A dilapidated six-storey apartment and office building collapsed early yesterday, killing five sleeping residents and injuring 23 others. Police said 10 people were rescued by the fire brigade. About 50 people lived m the 125-year-old building. Rescue workers were searching for people believed to be
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    SBC treat for World Cup fans
    86 1 THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation yesterday announced an unprecedented coverage of the World Cup soccer finals m Mexico. A total of 25 out of the 52 scheduled matches will be shown "live" over a month from May 31. From the second round onwards, there will
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    Donors give $573,000 to relief fund
    499 1 Donors give $573,000 to relief fund DONORS have contributed more than 1573,000 so far to aid victims of the Hotel New World disaster. The largest contributions to I the fund have come from the Community Chest of Singajpore, the Hong Leong Group, the Shaw Foundation, and the Kwan Imm Thong
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      110 1 BANKING WITH OUMBC UNITED MALAYAN BANKING CORPORATION BERHAD FOCUS 2ste£jK3ififif Sabah crisis: Mahathir walks a tightrope Jobless grads may take to politics An I American! watch I m Asia I SUNDAY PLUS My ordeal with the KGB Rendezvous with a comet TV PLUS Are they man enough? FOCUS TV Eye
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      7 1 Grim outlook for O-tovel leavers: Page 13
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      Survival tactics for the injured
      614 2  - Survival tactics for the injured LEE SIEW HUA By BREATHE normally. Don't thrash about wildly and use up energy. Don't lose hope. That s a doctor's advice to victims trapped under a collapsed building and m fear of their lives. Bleeding from a small open wound can be controlled by
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      The men who were in charge
      97 2 THE six-member Crisis Management Committee In control of last week's rescue operation was headed by Mr Cheeng Qnee Wall, First Permanent Secretary (Heine Affairs). Under their command daring the week-long rescue operation were M many as 1,4 M men and women. A typical shift
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      Searching for tell-tale signs
      953 2  -  AUDREY PORERA THE HOTEL DISASTER: Questions the public inquiry must go into; how the medical team measured up By THERE were obvious indications that the Hotel New World posed a danger to public safety a day or more before it collapsed. But latest accounts suggest that
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      Should there be regular checks?
      464 2  -  LITO QUTIERREZ By REGULAR inspections for structural defects could have helped prevent the Hotel New World disaster, a foreign building expert has said. Experienced professionals who know what to look for would have detected signs that the hotel was about to collapse, he said. The
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      Foreign fraternity who led the way
      1274 3  -  STELLA DANKER The youngest was 36. The oldest 58. And their tunnelling work was the toast of the town By 4 Their paths have crossed m tunnels all across the world from a tunnel under the Thames m m London to the Suez Canal
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      Lock icon How the victims were rescued
      564 4 Diary of a tragic week SATURDAY, MARCH 15: The day of disbelief. Workmen were fixing cracks and propping up the pillars at the Hotel New World that morning as hotel employees and guests went about their business. On the ground floor, clerks and customers scurried
      Peter Gwee; Leo de Silva; Alisan  -  564 words
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      Darkness, danger and death
      1168 4  - Darkness, danger and death AUDREY PERERA What a civil defence rescuer discovered of his men and himself By It takes a certain wkmd of man to adapt to the tunnel atmosphere, another kind to be able to handle decomposed corpses. We must build up a force of men able to
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      Most protracted tragedy
      441 5 THE collapse of the Hotel New World which took the lives of 33 people was the most protracted tragedy m many years. It wasn't the worst disaster m post-war Singapore the October 12, 1978, explosion on the Greek tanker Spyros which killed 76 took the most lives.
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      Contributors to relief fund
      337 5 THESE were the donors to the Hotel New World Disaster Relief Fund as of yesterday morning: Community Chest of Singapore $100,000; Hong Leong Group $100,000; Shaw Foundation $10f».0O0, Kwan Imm Thong Hood Cho Temple $100,000; Singapore Press Holdings $50,000; Singapore Buddhist Federation $38,025; Leong San Si
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      It wasn't super brains but super men
      1062 5  -  RICHARD LIM Humbling lesson for a country that thought it knew it all By AT first, Johari Rahman thought he saw a pillow under the broken pieces of concrete. He prodded it with a piece of wood. But he was not able to
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      Lock icon The grief and the trauma
      141 6 Photographs by and Words of comfort could not keep back the searinf tears. Cisco guard Shaharuddh Zafcaria was bid to rest m a ffcslm cemetery on Monday soon after Ms bo* wts ream* km tkr rabble. This Industrial and Commercial Bank safe was dug out
      NIK KASMANI; DAVID TAN; BADRON; LIM SENG TIONG; MAZLAN; WONG KWAI CHOW; NGHAI CHEE WAH; SIMON KER; K.F. SEETOH; JONATHAN CHOO; JACKIE HO; H.L. CHAN; AZIZ HUSSIN; ANDREW CHIN  -  141 words
    • Disaster briefs
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        'Hotels here are safe'
        89 6 THE Singapore Tourist Promotion Board has assured isitors that hotels here are safe. "We h. ye to tell the world that it (the Hotel Nex World collapse) was a tragedy and an isolated one," said STPB Director Joseph Chew. He add k! it was premature to
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        Celebrities in distant lands
        79 6 THE Mass Rapid Transit Corporation is believed to be planning a dinner where it will present plaques to its rescue team. Some of the MRT lads found they had become radio and TV stars as far away as Scotland. Construction manager Russell Black learnt that he
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        A hand in the wrong place
        111 6 WHILE many people were helping at the site of the collapsed hotel, an odd-job labourer helped himself to a woman bystander's wallet instead on Sunday. Aw Cheong Vow, 47, was caught red-hand-ed by security guard Thng Yang Beng, 48, who saw him dipping his
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        Potpourri of free food
        126 6 FOOD for the 3,000 to 4,000 men who made up the rescue workers at the Hotel New World last week came from the kitchens and storehouses of public-spirited restaurateurs and others. The giant pot-luck featured barbecued morsels from Satay Anika, sandwiches from the Shangri-La Hotel, chicken
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      18 3 6 We are like circus people. We don't know anything else. I am no hero, just lucky. 7
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  • OREIGN MEWS
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      Lock icon Police shooting leads to fresh violence in Punjab
      478 8 Two killed, 37 injured as roads and schools are closed CHANDIGARH MILITANTS challenging Punjab's moderate Sikh government blocked roads and closed schools yesterday to protest against the police shooting of demonstrators who stormed the State Assembly on Friday. Two Sikhs were killed
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      Lock icon $84 m for bypass patient who lost legs
      176 8 $84 m for bypass patient who lost legs CHICAGO A jury has awarded US$39 million (SsB4 million) m damages to a man who said his legs had to be amputated because he used a blood thinning drug manufactured by E. I. Dv Pont de Nemours. The verdict was returned last
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      Lock icon Opec's plea to cut output fails to move five nations
      361 8 Opec's plea to cut output fails to move five nations GENEVA The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) has failed to win commitments from five independent oil-producing nations to reduce output, although the cartel said they had agreed to support an effort to push oil prices up to US$2B (5960.40)
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      Lock icon Sea creature with a bellyfull in its feet
      186 8 Sea creature with a bellyfull in its feet WELLINGTON What creature has no stomach, stores food m its feet and has 10 sexual organs? The answer, according to Australian and New Zealand scientists, is the "sea daisy" a bizarre form of marine life which has been discovered living m waterlogged
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      Lock icon New Taiwan Budget cuts defence spending
      153 8 TAIPEI The government has announced a new Budget, cutting military spending for the first time m three years and introducing wide-ranging tax cuts. Prime Minister Yu Kuo-Hwa told Parliament on Friday that the national Budget for the fiscal year beginning on July 1 was
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    • AT A GLANCE
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        NO LET-UP ON STAR WARS
        69 8 The United States has said it will not abandon its space defence research programme just to reach an arms control agreement with the Soviet Union. Natos defence ministers, who ended a two-day meeting m Wuerzburg, West Germany, on Friday, endorsed the US stance and expressed
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        CHANGES IN HAITI
        65 8 A new government has been formed m Haiti which excludes three officials with close ties to ousted dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier. But the change seemed to have done little to mollify public opinion as frequent gunfire continued despite a tight curfew. Lt-Gen Henri Nampby, the president of Haiti's
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        CHIRAC TO TACKLE TERRORISM
        64 8 New French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, who initially placed economic and voting reforms as his priorities, has decided to turn his attention to the escalating problem of terrorism. This follows Thursday's blast at a shopping arcade m Paris which lolled two and wounded 28. Mr Chirac
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        SOVIETS KEEN ON GATT
        109 8 The Soviet Union is seeking observer status within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) and might be interested m joining global trade negotiations due to begin later this year, a senior Soviet official has said. Mr Mikhail Pankin, head of the Soviet Foreign Trade
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        SABAH'S WHITE PAPER
        71 8 The Sabah government is preparing a White Paper on political problems which have led to the present crisis m the state, Chief Minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan said yesterday as yet another bomb exploded here. He said the state government, with the co-operation of the police, was
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        DISCUSSIONS ON MUSA
        69 8 Die Umno Supreme Council will meet today to resume discussions on the issues relating to Datuk Musa Hitam's resignation from his party and Cabinet posts and his subsequent decision to remain as Umno Deputy President. All the (our Mentris Besar who met Datuk Musa m London on
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        MARCOS' IMAGES
        59 8 A post-Marcos Philippines is seeking to forget the excess of the Marcos era, but it seems there's just too much to remind them of it. Countless buildings, landmarks and roads bear the name of the ex-President and his wife. But officials all agree on one thing: Destroy the
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        AQUINO'S PLEDGE
        40 8 President Corazon Aquino of the Philippines yesterday vowed to purge the military of undesirable elements, saying the people would not allow the crimes and human rights abuses committed under deposed President Ferdinand Marcos to go unpunished. Page 12
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        UPHILL TASK FOR JOB-SEEKERS
        78 8 Job prospects for O-level holders this year seem to be gloomy. They face competition !rom A-level holders and the reluctance of employers to take m inexperienced workers. However, many bosses think an O-level holder can still find work if he will start from the bottom rung,
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        JUMBO ORDER FOR SIA
        75 8 Singapore Airlines is expected to announce a $4 billion order for 14 long-range Boeing 747-400 jets, one of the largest orders of its kind by a commercial airline. The planes are expected to be delivered m 1988. The new aircraft will enable SIA to fly non-stop
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    • SPORTS
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        SUPER-LEAGUE SOCCER
        84 8 Football Association chairman Teo Chong Tee has brought up the on-off-on subject of semi-profes-sional soccer m Singapore. Mr Teo, m his address at the FAS annual meeting on Friday, said that plans to upgrade Singapore's domestic football programme "to implement a semi-profession-al league for our premier clubs" would
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        WORLD CUP FINALS 'LIVE'
        71 8 In one of the best sporting news to have emerged from Caldecott Hill m recent years, SBC has announced that 25 matches of the June World Cup Finals m Mexico will be screened live over Channel Five. The schedule includes the opening match between champions Italy
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      Lock icon Computer race may ease East-West ties: Shultz
      277 9 Computer race may ease East-West ties: Shultz PARIS American Secretary of State George Shultz has said that to compete with the West m computer and communications technology, the Soviet bloc might be forced to expand the liberties of its peoples. This m turn could lead to a dramatic easing m
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      Lock icon US pledges to forge ahead with Star Wars
      435 9 US pledges to forge ahead with Star Wars WUERZBURG (West Germany) The United States has made it clear it will not abandon its space defence research programme m order to reach an arms control agreement with the Soviet Union. Natos defence ministers, who ended a two-day meeting here on Friday,
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      Lock icon No more surface N-tests: China
      57 9 BEIJING CfcUa kas reclear testa. Premier Zka« Oyaag teU lithwlM at the Of— t Han «f tke Peeple tkmt CUm kM Ml years Mi w«ili lrager The gathering FrUUy wMtonurt Ike Uittei NaYear eC Peace* tkaa M ■■clear leste naw It ezpl«de€ Ita first raelear
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      Lock icon Frisco gives residents 30 days to turn in dangerous pets
      158 9 SAN FRANCISCO Anyone who missed out on amnesties for illegal handguns, overdue library books or taxes should take note San Francisco has declared a 30-day amnesty for dangerous reptiles. Local and state laws ban the possession of wild and potentially
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      Lock icon Katerina's peace mission
      60 9 Taste Off America: Katerina "Katya" Lycheva, 11, Soviet "Ambassador of Peace" now visiting the United States, being served her first American breakfast by hotel assistant chef Russ Blakeborugh m Chicago on Friday. Katerina, carrying messages of peace, ended the first day of her mission by planting a
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      Lock icon Tampered medicines withdrawn
      107 9 WASHINGTON Three popular American caspule medicines have been withdrawn from sale after rat poison was found m eight capsules that had been tampered with, the drugs' manufacturer has said. Consumers were also warned not to use any Contac, Dietac and Teldrin that had been purchased since mid-March
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      Lock icon Fed's No 2 to step down
      57 9 WASHINGTON Federal Reserve Board Vice-Chairman Preston Martin, who led a palace revolt against powerful Chairman Paul Volcker and lost, has announced he will step down next month. Mr Martin, widely known to covet Mr Volcker's Job, had clashed frequently with his chief, but last
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      Lock icon Blue chip losses force index down
      54 9 Dow Jones NEW YORK Blue chip stock prices plunged m heavy late trading on Friday, forcing the Dow Jones index to drop 36.68 points to close at 1,768.56. There were 1,012 gainers to 698 losers. Volume rose to 199.2 million shares, up from 148
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      Lock icon uvalier's pals out in new government
      272 9 PORT-AU-PRINCE A new [government has been formed r in Haiti, excluding three officials with close ties to ousted dictator Jean-Claude Duvalier ,but the change seemed to have done little to mollify public opinion as frequent gunfire continued despite a tight curfew. Lt-Gen Henri Namphy,
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      Lock icon Pathologist analyses Christ's last hours
      259 9 WASHINGTON Jesus Christ died on the Cross m extreme pain from blood loss stemming from his previous scourging and respiratory failure brought about by crucifixion, an American pathologist says m an analysis of the death. The detailed medical analysis, based on biblical and historical records,
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      Lock icon Curbing terrorism — on top of Chirac's list
      508 10 Curbing terrorism on top of Chirac's list A promise of tough measures after shopping arcade bombing that killed two PARIS France's new Conservative government, led by Prime Minister Jacques Chirac, has set economic and voting reforms as his priorities, but Thursday's deadly bombing m a crowded shopping arcade here that
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      Lock icon MOscow wants to be Gatt observer
      268 10 MOscow wants to be Gatt observer GENEVA The Soviet Union is seeking observer status within the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) and might be interested m joining global trade negotiations due to begin later this year, a senior Soviet official has said. Mr Mikhail Pankin, head of the
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      Lock icon Hacker turns Shamir's words around
      123 10 Hacker turns Shamir's words around JERUSALEM Israel's rightwing Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir nearly delivered a speech radically opposed to his own opinions after a civil servant tampered with his office computer, the newspaper Maariv reported. A woman employee cracked the secret access code to Mr Shamir's computer and altered the
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      Lock icon Sisters-in-law soon
      106 10 MISS Sarah FergmMß, tkerimffluer wk« will we* Pri»ee Andrew, jgeers »yt pveavooss#r s> r#yai uiw, Tke fresh-fscei charm »f Mw F^ffisiß; Zp^ to 9^ cwh ■•MPv v 9 Wv VHHDvV PvfTvCilM •f Pt\mt*m Dtaa*, tw» years Will tke'brMe to fee prteee, fewtk \m Itoe to tke Bit I
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      Lock icon UN raps Iraq for using chemical weapons
      162 10 UNITED NATIONS Members of the United Nations Security Council have condemned Iraq's continued use of chemical weapons against Iran m the five-and-a-half-year Gulf war. In a statement, they also condemned the prolongation of the conflict, expressed concern over the risk of its expansion
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      Lock icon 120 arrested in demo
      55 10 SANTIAGO Anti-government demonstrators threw up isolated barricades of rocks and burning tyres on the outskirts of Santiago on Thursday at the end of an opposition "Day for Democracy m which at least 120 people were arrested. Residents reported hearing explosions and occasional shooting and said some
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      Lock icon Opposition parties agree to Dhaka poll
      107 10 DHAKA Bangladesh's main opposition parties, responding to concessions by the government, agreed yesterday to take part m a general election they had planned to boycott. The 15-party and seven-par-ty alliances said they would join m the May poll if President Hossain Mohammad Ershad immediately
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon SPACE BURIALS
        90 10 A Florida firm offering burials m space has been grounded by the American state, which has charged the Celestial Funeral Home with operating an unlicensed cemetery. The company had planned its first launch m 1967, charging U553,500 (517.560) for orbiting cremated remains m gold-plat-ed, lipstick -sized capsules. But
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        Lock icon LOVING SOFTWARE
        70 10 A California sex therapist has desiged a software disk on lovemaking that shy couples can plug into their home computers m the bedroom. "It's for people who are too embarrassed about sex to talk about it even to each other. The computer can act like an impartial party
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        UNION ADS
        49 10 A trade union has made British broadcasting history by advertising its services on television. The Transport and General Workers Union, Britain's largest union, paid £10,000 (5532,400) for seven 10-second "Jingles" which were broadcast nightly (or a week on jCranada TV, covering fcltewest England, The Times flrTxmdon reported.
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        Lock icon WRONG NUMBER
        68 10 A 31--year-old man from Cleveland, Ohio, has wound up m jail because the telephone number he dialled to buy drugs turned out to be a police hotline. The man did not realise he was speaking to a police officer, who played along and agreed to sell him US$lB,OOO
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        COOKS BODYGUARDS
        57 10 Thomas Cook, the British travel agency with branches m 143 countries, is offering a new service bodyguards for businessmen involved m delicate deals overseas, The Times of London reported A spokesman said the firm was merely acknowledging "a fact of life that things aren't getting any easier" m
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        Lock icon TRANSATLANTIC TRY
        98 10 Undeterred by disaster when his boat sank less than 200 km short of its target millionaire record company and airline owner Richard Branson plans to try again to win the Blue Riband for the fastest sea crossing between America and Britain. He is spending £1.5 million on a
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        Lock icon PARENTAL LEAVE
        67 10 With half of today's American working women the mothers of young children, Congress is considering a controversial bill that would guarantee job security for all workers who want time off to care for their newborns. The bill would guarantee IM months off without pay and job security for
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      156 8 15 TO 1 pm. Showers over a few areas from late mominf. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm SUNSET today: 7.15 pm; Sunrise tomorrow: 7.10 am. Adelaide 21 28 C Cloudy Manila 22 36 C Sunny Amsterdam C Melbourne 17 28 C Cloudy Bangkok 26
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon White Paper on Sabah rioting
      287 11 KOTA KINABALU The Sabah government is preparing a White Paper on political problems which have led to the present crisis m the state, Chief Minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan said yesterday as yet another bomb exploded here. He said the state government, with the cooperation
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      Lock icon Private sector favours plan
      188 11 KUALA TRENGGANU The private sector has come out m support of the Fifth Malaysia Plan (FMP) announced on Friday. The Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations (Fomca) welcomed the government's move for closer cooperation with the private sector to achieve an economic growth target of 5 per
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      77 11 KUALA LUMPUR The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) yesterday launched a nationwide signature campaign against the government's plan to amend the Official Secrets Act 1972. NUJ President Yazid Aziz said the signatures of journalists would be handed to the Cabinet through its spokesman, Datuk Rais Yatim,
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      Lock icon Plan to revive glorious days of 375-year-old Kedah fort
      97 11 AN Impcrtaßt htotorteal mmthe J7*-year-#U kXki*l> ««-fg fl^fiig la Metoh to Ballt tai 1«1, Ike K*t» KbaU Kedak •rigfauUly kaawa m fcXa KmU» ■>■— g totetorts toj tfce f atiji. The Dbeclei Aattaatttee ef NiMmlitojw, MrlUmaral mm pteM to revhre tke
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      Umno council to discuss Musa issue
      340 11  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By m Kuala Lumpur THE Umno Supreme Council will meet today to resume discussions on the issues relating to Datuk Musa Hi tarn's resignation from his party and Cabinet posts and his subsequent decision to remain as Umno Deputy President. All the
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      Lock icon Images of Marcos 'haunt' the Filipinos
      538 12 Countless buildings, landmarks and by-ways bear his name MANILA THE graven images that deposed president Ferdinand Marcos left behind have begun to trouble Filipinos as they seek an inviting identity for the post-Marcos nation. The 500-peso bill printed with his dapper image as a
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      Lock icon US trying other countries after Panama refused a welcome
      217 12 WASHINGTON The US administration, following Panama's refusal to accept Mr Ferdinand Marcos, said it would continue efforts to find him another home for the deposed Philippine president although he is welcome to stay m the US. White House Chief of Staff
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      Lock icon Strikers barricade Subic naval base gales after talks fail
      169 12 SUBIC BAY Thousands of striking Filipino workers yesterday barricaded the gates at the United States' Subic Bay Naval Base after talks on a new labour contract collapsed. A navy press release said the unofficial strike started on Friday night and pickets
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      Lock icon Swiss banking watchdog issues a warning
      290 12 BERN THE Swiss Ranking Commission has warned the nations commercial banks that any funds linked to deposed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos could be confiscated if the new government of Mrs Corazon Aquino asked Swiss authorities for legal assistance. In an unusual public statement, the
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      I'll purge the army, says Aquino
      319 12  - I'll purge the army, says Aquino ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent BAGUIO President Corazon Aquino yesterday vowed to purge the military of undesirable elements, saying the people would not allow the crimes and human rights abuses committed under deposed President Ferdinand Marcos to go unpunished. "We must purge our armed
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      Lock icon Mochtar to brief his envoys on East Timor
      177 12 Mochtar to brief his envoys on East Timor JAKARTA Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Mochtar Kusumaatmaja has left (or Geneva and New York to brief Indonesian diplomats on preparations for possible talks on the East Timor issue m the United Nations. Talking to newsmen before his departure, he said he planned
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      Lock icon Cambodia peace plan 'deserves attention'
      293 12 BANGKOK A PEACE proposal by Cambodia's an ti- Vietnamese resistance to end the Cambodian conflict still deserves attention despite Hanoi's initial rejection, a Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman said. Mr Sawanit Kongsiri said that although Hanoi had officially rejected the idea as an "absurd farce," the
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      Lock icon Takeover to avert 11,000 lay-offs
      178 12 JAKARTA The management of a debt-ridden plywood company was taken over by its creditor bank to avoid a mass lay-off of about 11,000 employees, Minister of Manpower Sudomo was quoted as saying yesterday. PT Harapan Kita Utama, which has about 13,000 employees, had trouble repaying
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Grim outlook for O-level job-seekers
      748 13  -  STELLA DANKER By They're competing with more qualified for fewer openings JOB prospects for students who recently passed their Olevel examinations and want to work are gloomy. Not only are the jobs they want harder to come by, they also face stiff competition from many
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      The package tour offered kidney dialysis
      253 13  - The package tour offered kidney dialysis KONG SOOK CHIN By A SPECIAL group of Japanese tourists decided to visit Singapore not just for its shopping centres but for its medical facilities too. They are kidney patients on a first-of-its-kind package tour for medical treatment. The five-day trip is the first
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      Survey to find out number of lupus sufferers
      190 13 Survey to find out number of lupus sufferers THE National Arthritis Foundation is going to find out how many Singaporeans are suffering from an incurable but non-contagious disease called lupus. It plans to use medical students to survey a certain constituency to determine the population ratio of the disease, said
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      Nurse posed as bank staff to get cash-card numbers
      274 13 AN ASSISTANT nurse withdrew $5,900 from the bank accounts of two colleagues after getting the code numbers of their ATM cards. She pretended to be a bank employee when she telephoned her colleagues for their code numbers. Noraishah bt Abdul Aziz,
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      Eight held in raids against bookies
      182 13 POLICE arrested eight people for alleged illegal gambling activities during an islandwide operation yesterday afternoon. About 120 police officers and detectives raided 31 mini turf clubs m various HDB estates as well as two betting information centres m Lorong Renjong, Yio Chu Kang. In
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      What it should have been
      102 13 A REPORT m The Straits Times headlined "Judgment reserved m Broadview case appeals" yesterday said that lawyer Alan Wong, then Broadview chairman, had been found guilty of deceiving clients into believing that their trade orders were being placed on international gold exchanges when the orders
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      Police nab 8 after series of thefts
      161 13 OFFICERS from the Central Police Station scored three successes m separate incidents on Friday which ended with the arrest of eight suspects. Three men were caught after they broke into the King's Nite Club m Eu Tong Sen Street at about 4.30 am.
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      Tell strength of a building by pushing a button
      134 13 Tell strength of a building by pushing a button COMPUTERS will make it possible for those with doubts about the strength of a building to press a button and learn the facts from a screen. By pressing a different button, a builder can learn how to make a building as
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      Emporium Holdings to close Yokoso store
      336 13 Emporium Holdings to close Yokoso store EMPORIUM Holdings will close a second outlet, Yokoso Department Store at Tanjong Katong Complex, at the end of this month. But the Yokoso supermarket, which was hived off to Oriental Market Holdings last October, will not be affected by the closure. Business Times, m
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      Building talks
      36 13 THE South Korean Minister of Construction, Mr Lee Kyu Hyo, arrives today for a three-day visit. Mr Lee will hold talks with National Development Minister Teh Cheang Wan, a South Korean embassy spokesman said.
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      Ministry gives notice off CPF rate reduction
      155 13 NOTIFICATION of the reduction In the employers' CPP contribution rate by IS percentage points to II per cent was made by the Labour Ministry oa- Friday. The rnsigr Initiated by the Government to reduce the coo* oC doing dssumos here taken effect on
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      SIA will order 14 new 'non-stop' jumbo jets
      530 14  -  MATILDA GABRIEL By SINGAPORE Airlines is expected to announce a jumbo $4 billion order this week to buy 14 Boeing long-range jets. This will be one of the largest orders of its kind by a commercial airliner. The long-range jumbos should start
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      Three youths on gang robbery charge
      159 14 TWO youths aged 14 and another aged 15 were charged on Saturday with gang robbery involving cash and property totalling $1,584 belonging to four people. The trio one a Malaysian were allegedly with three others when they committed the robbery along Scotts Road on
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      Woman denies cheating
      51 14 A WOMAN on Friday denied cheating another woman of $100,000. Bee Bee Hashia d/o Noor Mohamed, 41, allegedly told Madam Zaiton binti Jahuri she would earn $25,000 as profits m la batik business. She was given until April 5 to get a lawyer. Bail of $10,000 was
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      Trend to buy cheaper homes predicted
      369 14  - Trend to buy cheaper homes predicted ILENE ALESHIRE HOME-BUYERS can be expected to move downmarket m future, a university don has predicted. First-timers, too, are likely to look for cheaper homes. This is a reversal of the previous trend of home-buyers upgrading, said Associate Professor Philip Motha of the Building
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      Don supports Idea of taking In aged for short spells
      434 14 Don supports Idea of taking In aged for short spells PEOPLE are unlikely to abandon their frail, aged parents if homes for the aged m Singapore can offer respite care. This means that parents can stay and receive care m these homes for a specific period anything from a week
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      Silence on short cab rides, lively chatter on longer ones
      427 14 SINGAPOREANS prefer to ride taxis m stony silence. But some, bored by longer trips, keep up a lively conversation. Commuters and cabbies alike check first for signs of friendliness before opening up, but most of the time it's the cab
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      'Aquino has a year to get country in shape'
      359 14  -  LITO GUTIERREZ By PHILIPPINE President Corazon Aquino has a year to get the country m shape before communist insurgents regain their strength, an opposition leader said here yesterday. Mr Francisco Tatad, a former spokesman for deposed President Ferdinand Marcos who helped
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      Jeya's questions on PM's visit to Australia
      174 14 Jeya's questions on PM's visit to Australia MR J.B. JEYARETNAM (Anson) has submitted three questions for oral answer at Thursday's sitting of Parliament. He has asked the Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew, if there are compelling reasons for the PM's visit to Australia next month and what he proposes
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      181 infantry officer cadets commissioned
      102 14 A PARADE to commission 181 infantry officer cadets as second lieutenants was held at Pasir Laba camp m Jurong yesterday. They comprised the second batch of infantry officer cadets for 1985. The first batch was commissioned m December last year. Among those commissioned yesterday were
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        Let love bloom in the office
        289 15 EVERYONE loves a lover, so the saying goes. Except if you happen to be the boss and a pair of them are complicating things m the office with their romance. Some organisations prefer to play it safe by dismissing or transferring staff who love
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    • Article
      25 YEARS AGO
      141 15 What The Sunday Times reported on April 2, 1961 OFF-COURSE betting, introduced for the first time m Malay yesterday with the Singapore Turf Gub race meeting at Bukit Timah, got off to such a successful start that turf officials and punters throughout the country predicted that it
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      An American to watch in Asia
      1240 15 Congressman STEPHEN SOLARZ exerts a strong influence on US foreign policy A sharp critic of former President Marcos, American Congressman Stephen Solarz played an important role m causing the downfall of the Philippine leader. Indeed, as a Congressional expert on East Asian and Pacific
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      Jobless grads may be drawn to the Opposition
      759 16 I Edgar Koh 4 If their Singaporean dream of a well-paid job, bright career prospects, a car and a home does not appear to begin to be fulfilled soon after graduation, they would feel that q they don't owe the Government anything.
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      From the ruins of a disaster, a reminder of real suffering
      784 16 iTiresias HAD it happened m a novel or film, I would have sworn that the plot was too predictable and the writer or director was belabouring the point to drive home the moral of his tale. You know the
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        Cut the main artery and die
        411 16 Cut the main artery and die YOUR reporter N. Balakrishnan's broadside against saving the property sector was a disturbing piece (The Sunday Times, March 9). It is evident that he is aware of the universal, if not allpervading, ramifications of the property sector m Singapore, since m his own words,
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        Designs on the consumer
        131 16 Designs on the consumer CONGRATULATK)NS to The Sunday Times on its recent informative article on product design m the Habitat page. Design has been neglected m Singapore and it is good at last to see that it is now being taken seriously. In the past year, the Trade Development Board
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      • Article
        Can't imagine wife walking a terrier
        107 16 Can't imagine wife walking a terrier I MUST dispel the image of expatriate wives, m particular, British service wives, walking terriers on leads around Singapore (The Sunday Times, Feb 23). As an ex-Royal Marine, I know that most service families keep dogs as pets and guard dogs. And they have
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      Sabah crisis: Mahathir walks a tightrope
      1254 17 A series of bomb blasts and illegal demonstrations have rocked Sabah m the past week. The way the Malaysian Prime Minister resolves the issue can affect his performance m the coming general election, reports ISMAIL KASSIM. THE tough stand taken by Malaysian Prime Minister
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      The honeymoon is over for Rajiv
      750 17  -  STEVEN R. WEISMAN By INDIAN Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who has enjoyed nearly universal praise for his political skill, has run into an unusual storm of criticism over several recent steps and mis-steps. His aides say that his "honeymoon" with the press and the
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      ON THE LIGNTER SIDE Collete
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      The country, people and political system
      154 17 Sabah, with 74,396 sq km, is 120 times the size of Singapore. The economy of the country, which is rich m natural resources, is based mainly on agriculture. It is one of the world's leading timber exporters. It is also rich with oil and
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      Paru for the payoff
      381 18  -  MARKSMAN By Our man on the track Dragon pair can lift forecast m the last IPOH King Para, aiming for three straight wins and a place m the top class, is the horse to beat m the last race today. The Douglas Dragon-trained four-year-old galloped fluently
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      MUDLARKS
      67 18 RACE 1: Gentleman 11, Platini. RACE t: Tequila Sunrise. RACE 3: Smart Looker, Aeras. RACE 4: Contilibre, Lone Venture, Udomsak, Tender Seeker. RACE 5: On's, Nakuru, Roller Coaster. RACE I: Walk Far. RACE 1: Right Combination D, Raja Kopi, Productivity, Satisfaction m, Southern Emperor, Pins. RACE 8: Pentagram, Toy
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      HAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      365 18 RACE MCIM CD MOWCHtON TOMTO P€OIGREE LUCKY LEO 1 Ullim S MM 14 PtoMni 2 Lmur N«w Vmt 14 Ptatlni 1 8 Focus 14 Platini 8 Focus 5 Bebas l Holiang 14 Platini 7 Chung Ling 1 Holiang 9 Sri Sakti 2 Lunar New Year 7
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      TODAY'S IPOH CAR
      5602 18 -5-CAST: GOOD TO YIELDING I PfffVl 1.30 CLASS 5 OIV 3 1,200 m If.lH^l (Ratings: 54-45) ■■■■■■■bW (SUktt: $11,500) 1 *49»2* H*Uaag n (54) Holiang-Heddle sem u2 +3.5 (1200 m). Found Faras too good, finishing 2nd by 4 lengths Div 5 Spore 1200 m Jan 25; won
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      Another big-priced winner by Cheng
      1229 19  -  OUR RACING TEAM By CLASS 5 DIV 5 I,4e4hn George West's 8 Teljl 56 (53-14) Fraacta (6) 1 1 1 7 Tarte-Vtas6(l«) Sew (8) 1 C t 1 PfcaraM 57 (58-14) X Chan (13) 2 2 S 9 Capital Grawtk 55.5 c 54 (35-10) Alter
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      Quartet: Lucky punter scoops $16,143
      169 19  -  PUNTERB at ItaUt Tlmaa Baeewr— ■■iefcly U*k to the Hwbn at bettlag tke aaartet tartraiseed by tke Wnnf«» Tuf Ctak la Race f yesterday. Bat •aly sac perssa picked kMMt 11, 11, If aa4 IZ (Safe Depsslt, Fred Tbe Red, Kirn Pm Tm aad Ike
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      Francis takes the first and last races
      1568 19 15 Kirn Pm Tv 49.5 c 47.5 (28-11) Samsvt (10) 8 8 S 12 Haaest Promise 51 5 c 52.5 (171-38) A Rahmaa (9) 1 2 4 10 Siong Ho 51.5 (83-21) Yeap (16) 11 1< S 3 Tron 56 (63-20) E Johnson
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        181 Deaths 181 Deaths
        149 19 TANOHG AH Ago? 68 ynn r^^k^m mwwy pwcwuily On £j£nQ RMrCn IWC WM» Kofc Vmg T«O» tONt DAUOHTEM-M-LAV Tan Chon Yong Tan Chong Watt Will lam Ang Sew Llan Tan Thlang Yong Lolus Lee Hea Olong Lilian Tan Cheng Heng Desmond Chew Kee Choo Doris Tan
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        182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowtodgements
        41 19 The Family of The Late MR. MUTHU KANAGARATNAM (M.K. RATMAM) Departed 14/03/86 sincerely wish lo express their heartfelt gratitude and thanks to relatives and friends for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences and wreaths during their recent A
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        181 Deaths
        76 19 AROfIASAMY »/o AOAIKALAM Age 74 Paaaad away pwftHry on 22/3/ M. Cortege leave* Wh 1 Idri* Road #0»-» ***** to Chua Chu Keng ADA JEBAMONJE MCMTTnc Ppaa> avAMIKAWJ peeeed away peacefully 1* 3.e8 m Paflli v Western AvetfsUe, leaving behind daughter P«ac* and »on PhWa. MR. SCOW TECK
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        184 In Memoritm
        106 19 In «»«rto»h»g mwnenr of CINDY LAP SOCK LI AN Departed 20th March 19M In all the world we shall not find A heart so wonderfully kind. So soft a voice, so sweet a smile An inspiration so worthwhile. A sympathy so sure, so deep, pg*love so beautiful
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        184 In Memoriam 184 In Memoriam
        118 19 In Everloving memory of MR. CHOY CHAN WAH Departed 23/3/85 His helping hand was always first To render any aid he could; His voice was always raised m praise, His words were wise and good. Dear father, since you went away, The ones you
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        184 In Momoriam
        64 19 AL FATEHA HAJI HAMEEO 23 March ISM Always remembered and loved by wife, sons, daughter, son-in-law, daughters-in-law erandchildrer^^^^^^^^^^ In Loving Momory of JAMES WEE TIANG CHOON departed on 23rd March 1985 Time changes many things. But not the memory this day brings. Oaarty miaaad and foravor ramomborad
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        185 Requiem
        106 19 MR. VELU TIRUVENGK AROAM PtLLAI Dapartad: 4/4/85 Gone from our lives one so dear. But In our hearts forever near D*«ply mi»»*d by Mdm P»ppamal. tont: T. M«ni. T. Tharumara|oo, T.Rpmayah, T Chandran ft T Samanthan, daughtart: T.SarawaIhy, T.Sinnamah, T.Logambal. •on«-in-law. daughtart-in-law and Q f *fKJc h i
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  • SPORT
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      As China answer the bell, the medical world try to stop the fight game
      713 20 HINA could hardly have picked a less propitious moment to encourage a successful Boxer Rebellion. The red corner is answering the bell again, 27 years after boxing was banned by the Chinese following the death of
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      No longer noble, but a dying art
      492 20  -  ALAN HUBBARD If thi« alters the fundemental character of boxing, eliminating its traditional noble savagery and turning it into a sanitised form of fencing-in-gloves, then that is the way the sport has to go to survive as an acceptable public spectacle. I am
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      Lock icon Now top school slaps ban on boxing
      304 20 PUNCHLINE TO THE RING ROW WINCHESTER, England Winchester College, one of Britain's oldest and most prestigious boys' schools, has banned boxing. Headmaster James Sabben-Clare said the ban was imposed on the basis of evidence from the British Medical Association that boxing might cause
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      Lock icon Ginn shares lead with Ho
      273 20 JAKARTA Australian Stewart Ginn and Taiwanese Ho Ming Chung shot five-under-par 656 to share the lead after the third round of the Indonesian Open golf championship yesterday. They were level on 201 with Taiwan's Hsieh Yu Shu, who carded a 68. Ifdtf MUM: Ml Stewart
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      Back to the future with Singapore's mod squad
      563 20 pHAN KWAI ONN, Kevin Lee, w Glen Oh, Leslie Goh, Chan Kwai Yew, Jillian Oh, Patricia Goh, Derek Tze, Paul Chia. Unfamiliar names today but, potentially, household personalities tomorrow... Winner Greg Turner put on a scintillating display, Tony Grimes and Duffy Waldorf
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      The student princess figures it out
      551 20 The student princess figures it out SPOTLIGHT ON SKATING'S FIRST BUCK WORLD CHAMPION QEBI THOMAS, an mm 18-year-old pre-medical student at Stanford University, enjoys naming molecules. She also makes a fair fist of performing miracles. Raised m a white neighbourhood of San Jose, California, by her now-divorced black parents, Debi
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      A place where eagles dare
      392 20  -  TRY CHENG KHOON sdfdasf gsg or evea came near to wtanteg the BMW 7281 offered for an ace at the 12th tele ef the BukJt Course at last week's Singapore Open. Statistics compiled by Pan Systems (S) Pte Ltd show It as one of the
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      693 20 England's challenge: Ethiopia, who have won every team title for the last five years, should be hard-pressed by England m the men's race at the world cross-country championships m Neuchatel, Switzerland, today. England, a disappointing eighth last year, look strong enough to overcome the loss of Eamonn Martin,
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      Mission Possible
      756 21  -  JEFFREY LOW Lowdoww on Sjwrt 4 Whether m politics, economics, social activity or sports, thsrs will bs s tims when wo hs¥S to slter our outlook with the changing environment. What wa did for football 10 or 15 years ago may not be relevant today. Wa cannot afford
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      Take me home, country roads
      901 21  -  ROB HUGHES bafgsd ogj sdgf Just an everyday story of ordinary country folk. Thus spoke Terry Venables amid rumours m Turin last Wednesday that he was about to leave Barcelona to manage Juventus. That Juventus' Giovanni Trapattoni was leaving for Inter Milan. That either Howard
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      Lock icon Barcelona, Anderlecht drawn apart in semis
      407 21 GENEVA A Barcelona v Anderlecht European Cup soccer final appeared to be on the cards after Friday's draw kept the two clubs apart for next month's semi-finals. Barcelona, who have signed Manchester United striker Mark Hughes m a £2 million ($6. 28 m) deal
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      Playing off various handicaps
      370 21  -  DERMOT PUBGAVIE Eye on America 41 struggled and I prayed. I wanted to win an official tournament. I've been trying for 19 years.lf the opportunity had presented itself, I believe that I'd have been the greatest golfer m the world. 7 Owens JUST when professional golf
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      World's hottest golfer is crippled and half-blind
      420 21 unknowns have popped up to win a tournament and then dropped back into the pack again: This year Donnie Hammond, Bob Tway, Doug Tewell, Kenny Knox and Dan Forsman. Now a sporting public anxious for heroes they can focus on and elevate to
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      400 21 Adeline thOWS the Way: Defending champion Adelene Wee leads the pack into this afternoon s remaining 12 games of the Open Masters final m the Queens Bowling Championships at Jackie's Orchard. Rewlta: Opea (after 12 games) 1 Adelene Wee 2.370 2 Jean Tan 2,339 3 Arianne Cerdena (RP) 2,329
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      177 21 All 3VC fOr 311 6Y6 I sum*? twks/coca-cola spouts WnW •"J W mmmm *»J» AOffEVEMBfT OF THE MONTH IT pays to keep an eye on local sport. Last month My choice is 47-year-old reader Khoo Teck Poh won himself five -^sWbbMHbW cases of Coca-Cola and a slap-up lunch for his
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      Zainal's three-hatted circus
      776 22  -  TAY CHENG KHOON By 5^ 11 th EAST ASIA SQUASH J rfS*^ 22r%d-Wth MARCH 86 \9^y Royal Sajk ASCOT Mm* »»■< mri: Zainal Abidin (S) tot Mike Peasley (HK) 9-5, 94, 94; Albert Wee (S) bt Abdul Sukur (Indon) 94. 9-1. 94); Seiji Sakamoto Jpn) bt Jamie
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      Lock icon Hung Khim sparkles in Selangor fightback
      147 22 Hung Khim sparkles in Selangor fightback IPOH Selangor defeated Perak 4-2 m a thrilling Malaysia Cup encounter at Stadium Perak last night. The two sides fought tooth and nail to snatch full points though Selangor eventually proved more adept upfront, with Khan Hung Meng m the starring role. Perak drew
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      Half-hearted Lions
      692 22  -  JEFFREY LOW SINGAPORE 6 KELANTAN SE^ANGOP t PERA: By SIX goals from the home team, including a hat-trick by their most unpredictable forward may mean seem just what Sin gapore need to put them on thi road to the Malaysia Cup final But hold your horses. It isn't
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      197 22 BRITISH SOCCER LONDON Everton's English soccer championship hopes suffered a severe jolt yesterday. Much-improved Luton beat them 2-1, leaving closest challengers Liverpool, 6-0 conquerors of Oxford, level on points at the top of the First Division. Kevin Richardson's 46th-minute goal had seemed enough to keep Everton m command
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      467 22 DIVISION ONE P W D L F APU Kverton 33 20 6 7 73 3866 Liverpool 34 19 9 6 71 3666 Man Utd 33 19 6 8 56 2763 Chelsea 31 18 8 5 49 31 62 Arsenal 31 17 7 7 42 3258 Shelf Wed 33 16
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      Peng Kee pacifies
      159 22  -  JOE DORAI POUR splendid goals by striker Tay Peng Kee saved the entire Singapore side from a roasting by coach Hussein Ajunied after the match last night. Said Hussein: "If Peng Kee can produce this kind of form at every match I'll be the happiest man. He
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      SBC come to life with 25 matches from Mexico
      447 22  - SBC come to life with 25 matches from Mexico JEFFREY LOW By THE Singapore Broadcasting Corporation, m an all-out effort to please insatiable soccer fans, yesterday announced a remarkable series of live telecasts of the World Cup finals m Mexico m June. In one of the best pieces of sporting
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      137 22 U/U&OTt Keeping you ahead of the game Sole Distributor: ROYAL SPORTING HOUSt Tel: *****55 Buses for fans TWO air-conditioned buses have been reserved for Singapore fans to tavel to Ipoh next Saturday night to watch the Republic's last away Malaysia Cup-tie against Perak on Sunday. Bookings can be made on
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      187 22 Whatever your age is, and whether you are a keen photographer, a writer, an artist, or a puzzle wizard, there is a category which will :nterest you. Look out for this contest m The Straits Times, Section 11, tomorrow. BLOOD Another boxing death is it time to ring the bel
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      8 1 TV PLUS the sunday times marvh 23 1986
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        A man at war with his own body
        1455 2 Serious illness is no laughing matter. But Jonathan Miller's documentary on Parkinson's Disease (tonight, Ch 12, 8 pm) manages to explore the humorous paradoxes of the malady. ANDREW DUNCAN meets the remarkable man whose story is being told. I felt a sense
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        Film steeped in the Kabuki tradition
        730 2  -  PHILIP COOREY By "THE foreign film-mother finds happiness through adjustment; the Japanese filmmother almost never realises that any adjustment, other than her child's, is required. The mother's attitude may be unreasonable but, as has been pointed out many times before, she has a vested
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        Peng Siong, this is not America
        464 2 LETTER TV programmes AFTER reading what Ang Peng Siong said m The Sunday Times (March 2), I would like to offer my opinion of Singapore TV and Peng Siong's comments about television here. In the article, Peng Siong compares SBC to American TV, saying
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        Look who's parading down the catwalk
        1146 3 Perming hair, fussing before the mirror, wondering what best to wear these are things real men don't do. Or do they? JULIE TAN reports on the masculine primping that goes on even as Singapore prepares for a male beauty contest this Wednesday. She also
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        wnat some of the beauty contost finalists have to say
        588 3 NO SIOW W AH. 22 National servicemen Modelling appeals to me because I get to be a different person onstage. But my mum isn't too happy because she thinks it's a waste of time. Many models are egotistical so I
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        The night 36 men k strutted and posed
        357 3  - The night 36 men k strutted and posed WILFRED YEO thy name is nc lonit seems. Bfr days, the tall, dark handsome Ke^is more than willing to Kbl his plumage too. phis was never mo'-e evident k at the semi-finals of the Hte Model of the Year confc^two weeks ago.
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        Westerner's fantasy of exotic East
        499 4  -  LEE SIEW HUA ■By TV PREVIEW Passion Flower Friday, Ch 5, 10.30 pm PASSION Flower is a classic potboiler. Larry, a womanising banker (played by a not-so-squeaky— clean Bruce Boxleitner), falls m lust with a cold fish an heiress. Julia (Barbara Hershey) has made up
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        It's Channel 12 shows for top librarian
        464 4 Hedwig Anuar, Director of the National Library, chats to JULIE TAN TV CAME to Singapore O^L a (ew years after my daughter was born, which was m 1962. There were some nice programmes we used to enjoy watching together when she was young,
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        Lock icon Pop stars eye the last frontier — television
        465 4 Pop stars eye the last frontier television "ROCK 'n' roll and television just don't mix," Grace Slick proclaimed m 1981. My, how times have changed. Avant garde rocker Frank Zappa scowls and growls as "the Howard Hughes of cocaine dealers" on Miami Vice recently. He Joins Phil Collins, Glenn Frey
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        Honey can't buy them
        281 4  -  UNKNOWN LOOK EAST HK-TVB has roped m Adam (Swordsman Chu) Cheng to compere the coming Hongkong beauty pageant. However, the anchorman forthe glittering affair is still likely to be veteran Ivan Ho. MONEY has long ceased to be a draw for superstar Jackie Chan, so it
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        251 7 ONE of the most astounding things about the earth is the complexity of nature and the way the different elements are linked. One reason why we see a lot more birds here is because we have so many trees all over the island which is a good thing,
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        53 7 Do you know... What do clams eat? The tiniest animal life m the sea. The food goes through the clam's neck, the part that sticks out when the shell is open. The neck, or siphon, also squirts out water when some shock makes the clam pull m its neck and
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        GREAT ARTISTS
        463 7 sdgf hbdfh fghghfh THINK of modern art and most people will automatically think of Picasso. He was unique because he was so creative and prolific. He produced more than 20,000 works over a period of more than 75 years, m a wide range of techniques and styles. Picasso
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        Bark rubbing tor your nature file
        338 7 HAVE you ever looked at the bark of trees and seen how interestingly different they are? You can make bark rubbings, which are very similar to coin rubbings, and file them m a scrapbook. At the same time, you can collect the seeds and
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        Lock icon Those Hollywood unknowns who cast the Oscar votes
        505 8 Hollywood's new legends will be made tomorrow when the results of the Academy Awards are announced. But who actually decides who wins? JERRY HOLDERMAN reports. NEVER have the votes of so few been of such interest to so many. Last year, more
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        Masterly Mafia satire could do with a bit more feeling
        691 8 GciribM to tJMMt KortMsjsjn X unwf t WMcvn Tvowy r wot fiwnpwwwi THIS is a masterly, cold and clinical satire on love and sudden death m the Mafia. And there are some superbly funny moments. Curiously, despite rich rewards, it
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        Missing: The adroit comic touches of a comedy ace
        348 8 Missing: The adroit comic touches of a comedy ace EVEN if you're looking for nothing more than slapstick farce from this movie, Happy Din Don still falls short of expectations. Particularly for fans of Michael Hui, who directs and stars m the film. The adroit comic touches one has come
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        Delon Jr is silver screen's new heart-throb
        499 8  -  JOHN BLAKE (IPS) aazr/^coD i I ANTHONY Delon, son of legendary French actor Alain Delon, has at last followed m his father's footsteps as a silver screen heart-throb. While his steamy love scenes with Sophie Duez m the forthcoming Him, A Thorn m
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        Recording deal for best new bands
        438 15  -  PHILIP CHEAH BY SINGAPORE recordings m Enrglish can sell, and the conviction rte so strong after last year's runaway success, Class Acts, that another talent hunt is underway. r Called the Class Acts Discov*ery Contest 1986, both non-pro Uessionals and professionals are invited to
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        Wham! Bam! It's over
        543 15 HAVE Wham! split up? That's the question everyone's been ►asiring for weeks. r Finally, George Michael, interviewed on British television ear■toe: this month, admitted it. there's no point trying to tell gtuuk that we're not splitting km." he said. Michael revealed that he and IKndrew Ridgely
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        Lock icon Van Halen After Dave
        369 15 Dubbed Van Hagarby the music press, the new Van Halen frontman is none other than rock singer Sammy Hagar. THE departure of David Lee Roth has turned the remaining three members of Van Halen into vocalists ringing the praises of replacement Sammy Hagar. However, the rowdy
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        A new society in the making
        870 16 A two-page special to mark the country's National Day on March 26 =BRIEF FACTS——- Htetory INDEPENDENCE was declared on March 26, 1971, and finally won on Dec 16 of the same year after a bloody struggle. It was formerly East Pakistan, one of the
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        Pledge to work towards meaningful co-operation
        342 16 MESSAGE Mr Huirayun Rasheed Choudhury Minister for Foreign Affairs I OFFER my hearty greetings to my fellow ttaiwi»«i^h citizens, staying abroad either for study or on alignment, on the occasion of the National Day and Independence Day of our dear country. I take the
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        The old soldier bids a fond farewell
        813 17  -  ANNA LEE By HIS diplomatic career might begin and end with only one posting. But (or Brigadier Feroze Salahud- j din, Bangladesh's first High Com- j missioner to Singapore, the 1 assignment was a pleasant farewell to a varied career. The old soldier,
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        The vital role of agriculture
        352 17 SITUATED at the confluence of two mighty rivers, the Ganges and Brahmaputra, the world's largest deltaic plain is a land of f fertile soil. But Bangladesh is also the most densely populated and one of the poorest lands on earth. The country is striving for
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      3088 5 YOUR WEEK AHEAD MONDAY dSSffSH^I THURSDAY HWWPUr TUESDAY PUBLIC LECTURES By fl fIEH MUKNT^'cONCERT I Bsa© GOLD ■■■■A^ YOU REMEMBER LOVE WSuM Prof Edward A 7llk I 9 1 Programme includes fl W^^Alm^: 5 > IUS P" 7 Tuesd ***«*< Ch 5, 10.30 pm WhEM feigembaum, currently 1 ■HPHH works
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      415 8 MLL3SS~\ I BARBARA I bx^f^^^k. TAYLOR r^llWAlVliSr^^P/ <z-^«-^\^ BRADFORD **5|J A I Qt^l REVENGE. m lP^ WiHlKHflMvil^HWPiiiS A kitchen maid leaves A Jl H^|^^^^^-^B Fairley Hall. Emma m -^P'^^^^^^^^^^oO o^y Harte Is sixteen, single m S9" and pregnant. fa ■I'M w, .7., -^^BM^lZl By 1968 she is one of ¥Jl^^HPP^B^^
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      318 10 n kLs^ f 1 I niP and «rforj(»<taMr ■fi^C^^" 4on oflovt. I When Katy O'Donnell marries handsome, swaggering, hard-drinking Jamsie O'Hara she is as fresh and filled with dreams as her mistress, Catherine Kilgoran, marrying m silk and lace up at the big house. DREAMS OF OTHER DAYS A powerful
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  • SUNDAY PLUS
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      8 1 SUNDAY PLUS the sunday times marvh 23 1986
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      MY NGB ORDEAL
      1097 1 Nobel Prize-winning scientist Andrei Sakharov, m smuggled letters, discloses his torment at the hands of the KGB. His story is far different from the official Soviet account of how they treated him. An appeal on rghdfbfvj nf Dear AmmUfy Petovfcfc: ANDREI Sakharov, cut off from the world
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        139 1 Fashion Food Motoring Travel Arts and Books There's no better way to fly to Hong Kong than with Cathay Pacific's twice daily, selecting the best pilots the world has to offer to providing the most comprehensive and most convenient direct service from Singapore. And you can continue your journey from
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        'Her death would be mine as wen'
        1999 2 MY KGB ORDEAL Cont'd from Page 1 fice. Her condition has not yet returned to normal. She has had recurrent attacks. (Some of these attacks have been confirmed by academy physicians who have examined her; one examination took place m March, 1984.) Her
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        From hero to outcast: Milestones along the way
        332 2 From hero to outcast: Milestones along the way ANDREI SAKHAROV ANDREI Dmitnevich Sakharov, born m 1921 the son of a physics teacher, -became a star of the Soviet scientific elite before emerging as a dissident. Exempted from military duty, he graduated with honours m physics from Moscow University m 1942
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        Bolshevik's daughter
        219 2 YELENA BONNER 1923: Born m Moscow. Her father, Gevorg Alikhanov, was a Bolshevik m 1917 Revolution and later a Communist Party leader. Her mother, Ruf Bonner, also was a Communist. 1941: Joins Red Army as nurse, suffers concussion on battle front, leading to loss of vision m one
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        Dr KGB's bedside manner
        450 2 TORTURE BY CLAMP AND SPOON ANDREI Sakharov's harrowing account of a doctor's threat to turn him into an invalid is a vivid example of the KGB at work. The Soviets long have used doctors, particularly psychiatrists, to bring dissidents to heel. Amnesty International reports that from
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        52 2 MHP *****6 Yomeishu helps improve your blood circulation, JL reduces fatigue, increases your appetite Jff£9^ and helps strengthen your body. -> |fl| Sole Agent: V* o.^*^ Uui Agencies (Pte| Lld^— -JLa-^ #0! 497. Blk 2H Ip—t't x^c^%'%>>sr OutramPark, S Singapore 03 16 H^6» xC Tel: 220 0333 220 4501 i«b'
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        5 2 NEXT WEEK: Sakharav's painful triumph
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        111 2 Mm sorry. Did 1 hurt you. A J /I'm alright^N I But you look I tired, Susan .J tj Yomeishu? I t I ——^J^jj^^^j___________B Yes. Yomeishu is a Japanese health tonic prepared from a I traditional recipe which I originated 4 centuries ago. It I contains 14 herbs to help
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      Lock icon The art of her inspiration
      768 3 Renoir, Matisse and Picasso are strong influences m Serene Goh's designs, reports LIM PHAY-LING w Abstract art influences me a lot particularly for the colours and lines of the Up-Date collections. For Abiana, I prefer Renoir's softer lines and conventional colours. MANY fashion designers are
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      New clothes flaunt the body beautiful
      272 3 I FASHFLAS- IN TEMPERATE countries, a new season means one thing for shoppers new clothes. And with spring fashions on the racks, USA Today reports what's m store. For women, the look is lean, close to the body and very sexy. The emphasis is
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        873 4 MARGARET CHAN reviews a Thai buffet that rivals Hotel Tai-pan Ramada's gfhrjgfjnbf SINGAPOREANS have a strong survival instinct and nowhere is this more obvious than at the buffet table. Here, mild-mannered men and women reveal their latent aggression, prowling down the line of dishes and quickly
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        Carving a variation on a theme
        332 4 Baron's Table, Royal Holiday Inn, 25 Scotts Road, tel *****66 Tint: Noon to 3 pm daily Recommended: Grills and Greens Buffet lunch. $24.50 a person Ratine: 9 I'VE said it before and I'll say it again: The spread at the Baron's Table, Royal Holiday
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        The false promise of some vegetable oils
        534 4  -  LEE CHOK BOI BETTER BUY By MARGARINE is one of the most synthetic of products, yet it is often touted as a health item. This paradox arises because it is made from vegetable oils and not from saturated animal fats. Consumers should note
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        231 4 9 Easter Sunday Brunch at The Terrace This Easter Sunday, why not celebrate the So hop on down to The Terrace between occasion with your family at the Orchard. Treat 1 lam to 2.30pm and have a wholesome Easter them to our wholesome brunch after Church feast at only $18
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        494 4 ¥bur success m English Now. you can easily and I A senos of radl plays at your own pace, improve H IV W 1 I 1 I punctuated by music and your English and. through it. m fi 1 A Ml 1 practice materials, revises and perforn. Dener at school
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        Accord at the top
        628 5  -  WINSTON LEE By Japanese journalists' choice for Car of the Year is a deserving one EVERY year, about 50 Japanese motoring correspondents will select the best from a fleet of new models produced m their country, for the Car of the Year Award. The winner for
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        Back-facing seats mean safety for babes in front
        447 5 CARS are not easily compatible with the safety of young children. How do you secure a baby so that it is as well protected m a crash as a seatbelted adult? How can you accommodate a carrycot, and two or more older
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        342 5 1986 Import Car of the Year Award. '^^B 1985 Golden Steering Wheel Award. United States of America. 1 I HK I Germany. A D4ZZUMG DBPLOYANDTHEBESrm THE WORLD. Mazda has been highly acclaimed both >^7 ll fßßr n P^ Motor Trend, a leading automobile enthusiasts' m the United States of America
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        860 6  -  JUDITH HOLMBEBG There are about five weeks left m which to view Halley's Comet this century. Stargazers can catch their final glimpse of this event while flying over the Australian Outback as part of a special package offered by five tour agents for the occasion. CHAMPAGNE
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        Lock icon Keep an eye on your sky-gazing equipment too
        159 6 COMET-WATCHERS who haul telescopes to distant deserts are warned by one globe-trotting astronomer that the survival of their equipment is their own responsibility, not the telescope manufacturer's. If you can eventually prove that a shattered telescope was the airline's fault, you may
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        Lock icon Science leers off the veil of mystery
        423 6 Science leers off the veil of mystery IHE Chinese were the first to •cord the appearance of Haley's Comet m A.D. 66. Before Dr Edmund Halley's liscovery, comets appeared without warning or prediction, md the most common explalation was that they were raens of nasty events. In the 16th century,
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        Lock icon Castles in the US that reek of power and money
        539 6 Castles in the US that reek of power and money YOU don't have to read about the days of King Arthur or visit Europe to learn about castles. Touring the United States can provide a visitor with just as much information as the country is fortified with several. But unlike
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        Towards enhanced economic relations
        968 7 A THREE-PAGE SPECIAL TO MARK THE COUNTRY'S NATIONAL DAY TODAY MESSAGE Charge d' Affaires, Pakistan Embassy 4 It to matter of great satisfaction to im that, owar tho ysarSf an of friendship tion has existed tostwssn tho boaiitlful country of SinPakistan. Mr Tasneem Noorani (right) ■BRIEF
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        Ancient gateway to be opened
        342 7  -  RICHARD NG By THE Khunjerab Pass, an ancient gateway used by Marco Polo to cross from Pakistan into China, will be opened to foreigners m May. This means that tourists from Europe will be able to drive 6,500 km from the Mediterranean to China's Xinjiang
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          666 8 Potential areas for investment Businessmen may explore from tourism to construction projects, reports RICHARD NG ■WHILE Singapore may be facing a glut m hotel rooms, Pakistan can do with more hotels and the expertise to manage them. It is because of such uneven distribution of supply and demand that Singapore
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          Soon, a taste off the Hunza Valley apricot
          394 9  -  RICHARD NG By IF AS they say, that you are what you eat, then the Hunza Valley apricot may be worth another look. The legendary Hunza Valley is Pakistan's land of the centenarians. Singaporeans may soon be able to get a bite
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          The game of kings
          459 9 "LET other people play at other things; the king of games is still the game of kings." So proclaimed the words carved on the gates of a polo ground at Gilgit, a narrow fertile plain m the highlands of northern Pakistan. Every year m the first
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        180 7 Pakistan's largest and oldest bank greets you on the l^J auspicious occasion of (Incorporated m Pakistan) Established 1941 a fast developing country blessed with rich scenic beauty, mineral and agricultural resources and hard working people, offers a wide range of attractive investment opportunities. In Singapore, m Pakistan, around the world,
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        828 8 CONGRATULATIONS BEST M wishes to Congratulations m THE GOVERNMENT ft PEOPLE Best Wjsnes to Islamic republic of Pakistan The Government People of ON THEIR NATIONAL DAY. t TZTT The Islamic Republic of Pakistan on their National Day JAHAN6IR TRADING j± diamond shamrock ENTERPRISES (PTE) LTD. AA p lrol^ n Com
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        145 8 CONGRATULATIONS AND BEST WISHES TO I I THE GOVERNMENT AND PEOPLE OF THE ISLAMIC I REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN ON THEIR NATIONAL DAY I I PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EASTERN MARITIME I LINES PTE LTD. (PTE) LTD H Agents for Pakistan National H Shipping Corporation H PIL Building. 140 Cecil Street. #03-00. Singapore
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        246 8 CONGRATULATIONS BEST WISHES TO THE GOVERNMENT PEOPLE OF THE ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN ON THEIR NATIONAL DAY. •Si HH International Exchange Co. (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. COLOMBO COURT P.O. BOX NO. 621 05-16. 05-17, PENINSULA PLAZA. 111. NORTH BRIDGE ROAD SINGAPORE 0617 We are authorised Dy MAS to effect remittance* to
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        Lock icon Sistine Chapel face-lift reveals Michelangelo's true colours
        631 10 DAVID'S sword gleams bright as he readies to behead the defeated Goliath and the sons Of a drunken, naked Noah cover him with brilliant drapery m the newly restored section of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling frescos. In Vatican City, a restoration team recently
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        Gems of creative experiment
        956 10 CHIA WAI HON assesses the works of 19 ceramists staging their first joint show cchmwcs TO the uninitiated who is not involved m creative experiment with clay, the material has nothing but nuisance value. It is muck that soils and the sooner one gets rid of
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        Lock icon master sci-fi writer who led readers to a magic planet
        688 10 BOOKS HE was a Renaissance man who experimented with electronics, ecology and energy. He believed m individual thought and man's inherent goodness, m living for today and dreaming of tomorrow. And he was admired worldwide as the creator of Dune,
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        108 10 The British Council SS* m association with Standard Chartered Bank presents OXFORD PLAYHOUSE COMPANY m The Importance of Being Earnest BY OSCAR WILDE r 16 April 1986 (8 pm) 19 April 1986 (2.30 pm 8 pm) Travesties BY TOM STOPPARD 17 and 18 April 1986 (8 pm) Venue: Victoria Theatre
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