The Straits Times, 27 April 1986

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    14 1 The Sunday Times No: 2603 55 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 189/12/85 APRIL 27. 1986
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    CPF rale may be cut for bonus
    337 1 THE Government is thinking of varying the Central Provident Fund rate when a new wage system is introduced, the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, said yesterday. Mr Ong said the CPF rate could be reduced for the variable portion of
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    Thanks from a nation, straight from the heart
    702 1  -  IRENE HOE By^ SEVEN days of agony. oJ night of glory. It was a warm, subduM kind of glory, one that s^B ened the bright lights and^fl red-carpeted pomp last sh when President Wee KirrHM presented awards to the^H roes of the
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    Lock icon Reagan upbeat about Asia-Pacific trip
    346 1 LOS ANGELES President Ronald Reagan yesterday began a 13-day trip to Asia and the Pacific optimistic that the seven-nation summit m Tokyo will make progress on trade and terrorism. "There is no denying that the winds of freedom are blowing east and west... This is
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    Why it may get harder to enter a JC
    333 1  -  JUNE TAN By HBCAY soon be harder for Mats to enter a junior colKeand to remain there if Stricter entry rules being worked out for new PLnd, with junior colleges alPRady bursting at the seams with a bumper intake of 10,600
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    Lock icon Singaporean among 43 communists who surrendered
    266 1 Singaporean among 43 communists who surrendered KUALA LUMPUR Police paraded 43 men and women yesterday, saying they were communist guerillas who had secretly surrendered. One was a Singaporean. Police chief Tan Sri Haniff Omar said the group, all ethnic Chinese, had given up the armed struggle against the government in
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      7 1 Sea-monkey madness grips the young: Page 3
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      658 2 BLAST AT AMEX OFFICE: a powerful bomb early yesterday rocked a building m central Lyon where the offices of American Express are located. It started a fire that destroyed the upper three floors of the building. A passer-by was slightly injured. The blast came less than 24
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      SPORTS
      241 2 BIG MONEY IN THE LONG RUN: In the world's capitals, thousands of people have begun running around m their underwear. But some are getting rich for their pain. The marathon is upon us again. This year, for the first time m the race's 90-year history, Boston laid out. Under
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      Lock icon A woman called Wallis
      1760 2 A woman called Wallis Shejvas deemed worthy of a kingdom. And she will go down m history for that. What was the fascination of the Duchess of Windsor who died at 89 last Thursday? 41 was petrified... but I decided the prince was truly one of ttie most attractive personainies
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      Wage reform put into hands of a 10-man team
      369 3  - Wage reform put into hands of a 10-man team IV AN LIM By THE first step towards a new, more flexible wage system was taken yesterday when the National Wages Council named a 10-man team to study how to do this. The assignment: See how workers' wages can be tied
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      Lock icon Sea-monkey madness takes hold of young
      730 3  -  STELLA DANKER By LITTLE girls had Cabbage Patch dolls that came with adoption papers. Now their brothers are clamouring for sea-monkeys with life insurance policies that guarantee the living creatures will "live, grow and marry". Girls who wanted to spoil their Cabbage Patch kids
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      156 2 UP TO 1 pm. Showers over several areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 32 max., 24 mm SUNSET today: 7.07 pm; Sunrise tomorrow: 6.57 am. TRAVELLERS 1 WEATHER Adelaide 12 16 C Showers Manila 22 36 C Sunny Amsterdam Melbourne 8 16 C Cloudy Bangkok
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon 'Raids hurt East-West relations'
      111 4 MOSCOW Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevarnadze has said that the air raids by the United States on Libya earlier this month had aggravated the situation m the Mediterranean and damaged East-West relations. Speaking at a Kremlin banquet for visiting Czechoslovak Foreign Minister Bohuslav Chnoupek, Mr Shevarnadze
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      Lock icon Britain tempts US tourists
      82 4 LONDON British tourism chiefs launched a public relations campaign on Friday with the slogan "Come on over" to combat fears of US tourists afraid of possible terrorist attacks. "The aim of our campaign will be to show Americans they cannot just sit m 'Fortress America' said
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      Lock icon We were expelled as sop to US, say students
      229 4 We were expelled as sop to US, say students TRIPOLI PROTESTING their innocence, 22 Libyan students arrived home last night and said they thought they had been expelled from Britain as a gesture to the United States. About a dozen of the young men appeared at an impromptu news conference
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      Lock icon Bomb goes off in Amex office in Lyon
      563 4 Bomb goes off in Amex office in Lyon PARIS A powerful bomb exploded early yesterday morning m a building m central Lyon where the offices of American Express are located. It happened less than 24 hours after the British boss of an American company was shot dead outside his home
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      Lock icon The devilish dealings of a conman
      263 4 LONDON A confidence trickster who swindled wealthy Christians of £200,000 (*****,000) m a campaign against satanism was jailed for seven years at the end of a bizarre trial at Maidstone yesterday. An assortment of aristocrats, bishops, prostitutes and dancing girls appeared m court to
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      Lock icon End of visit
      30 4 MADRID King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia returned to Spain on Friday, ending the first state visit by a Spanish monarch to Britain m 81 years. UPI
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      Lock icon Ethiopians 'tortured' undercover CIA agent
      232 4 Ethiopians 'tortured' undercover CIA agent WASHINGTON AN AMERICAN secret agent working under diplomatic cover m Ethiopia was detained and tortured for a month by the Ethiopian authorities two years ago. The Washington Post reported on Friday that the Central Intelligence Agency officer had been carrying out an undercover propaganda campaign
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      Lock icon Bonn squad tried to penetrate terrorist gang
      360 4 BONN An elite West German anti-terrorist squad bombed a German jail holding a top guerilla m 1978 m an elaborate government-backed plot to penetrate the notorious Baader-Meinhof gang, senior officials said on Friday. The controversial scheme, aimed at getting a police informer into
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      Lock icon TWA loses $374 m
      46 4 TWA loses $374 m NEW YORK Trans- World Airlines, hit by a flight attendants' strike and a lack of passengers, lost US$l7O million (***** million) m the first quarter of the year, more than double the US$74 million loss m the same period last year. Reuter
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      Retrieving lost golf balls not par for the course
      361 4  -  DONALD HIGGS By London Correspondent LONDON As every golfer knows, watching the ball sail out of bounds and into impenetrable undergrowth, never to be seen again, is a heartbreaking experience. But on lucky days it can be mitigated somewhat when you
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      Lock icon EC freeze on farm prices averts crisis
      450 5 LUXEMBOURG The European Community has ended uncertainty among its 12 million farmers and apparently avoided a new cash crisis with ministerial agreement on an effective farm price freeze and a package of reforms. The agreement, which must be finalised at a further session
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      Lock icon Highest-paid exec in America pockets $27m
      247 5 Highest-paid exec in America pockets $27m NEW YORK THE highest-paid executive m the United States last year was Victor Posner, a Miami Beach financier, whose US$l2.7 million (5527.t4 million) m salary and other compensation outpaced his holding company's profits, according to a survey by Business Week magazine. Its annual survey
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      Lock icon US makes breakthrough in Star Wars research
      311 5 WASHINGTON IN A "significant breakthrough" m space defence research, the United States has successfully tested a missile capable of intercepting a nuclear warhead m the atmosphere, Defence Secretary Caspar Weinberger said on Friday. The test was carried out on April 20 from White
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      Lock icon Bus drivers obey the laws as a protest
      144 5 Bus drivers obey the laws as a protest BUENOS AIRES Argentina's bus drivers heeded speed limits on Thursday, stopped at red lights and pulled up at curbs to pick up passengers. But it was all a protest. The one-day work-to-rule action (or better pay and shorter hours was largely successful
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      Lock icon Former White House aide under 'conflict of interest' probe
      224 5 Former White House aide under 'conflict of interest' probe WASHINGTON The US government's top ethics officer has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether Michael Deaver, a White House aide-turned-lobbyist, violated conflict-of-interest laws. David Martin, head of the Office of Government Ethics, referred the case to the Justice Department on
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      Lock icon Teenage prince crowned King of Swaziland
      318 5 Teenage prince crowned King of Swaziland MBABANE (Swaziland) TEENAGE Prince Makhosetive was crowned King of Swaziland after a night of secret tribal rituals and he told his court he would be known as King Mswati m. The 18-year-old monarch made the announcement to roars of adulation when he greeted his
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      Lock icon 'Reagan ill' rumour sets off selling
      147 5 'Reagan ill' rumour sets off selling Dow Jones NEW YORK The stock market closed (or the weekend after a session of erratic fluctuations. A late-morning round of selling apparently was prompted by rumours, quickly denied, that President Ronald Reagan was ailing. The White House said the President's health was "absolutely
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      Lock icon Cereal needs of poor nations
      68 5 Cereal needs of poor nations WASHINGTON The United States Agriculture Department said that 69 developing countries would need 8.7 million tonnes of cereal this financial year. In a report on world food needs, the department said Afri ca would require 5.54 million tonnes, mostly m the east err and southern
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      Lock icon Family tragedy
      68 5 TORONTO A 63-year-old woman dying of cancer accidentally killed her husband and son when she committed suicide. Toronto police discovered the body of Phyllis Sherratt m her garage on Thursday, where she had killed herself by inhaling carbon monoxide fumes as she left the family car running. The
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      Lock icon Karmal mystery: Is he on the way out?
      315 6 Karmal mystery: Is he on the way out? ISLAMABAD PRESIDENT Babrak Karmal's whereabouts remained a mystery yesterday, the eve of ceremonies to mark the eighth anniversary of the communist takeover m Afghanistan. Radio Kabul reported on Friday night a session of the Communist Party's ruling Politburo without mentioning Mr Karma
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      Lock icon Le Duan heads list of Viet leaders to quit soon
      285 6 TOKYO Le Duan, who has led Vietnam for 17 years since Ho Chi Minn's death m 1969, and Le Due Tho, who negotiated the Vietnam War ceasefire with the United States, will resign as top leaders m November, a senior
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      Lock icon Hongkong tycoon censured for insider dealing
      520 6 Hongkong tycoon censured for insider dealing HONGKONG Mr Li KaShing, one of Hongkong's wealthiest and most widelyknown businessmen, has been censured for insider share dealing arising from an abortive multi-million-dollar property deal involving one of China's leading "Red capitalists". Censure came from the Hongkong Insider Dealing Tribunal m a report
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      Lock icon 3 Taiwanese charged over US brothel racket
      235 6 3 Taiwanese charged over US brothel racket NEW YORK Three Taiwanese have been charged la Maahnttna Federal Court with bringing mere than 5* Taiwanese wtmen Into the United Stale* to work In brothels. Hsiao Pao Shlh, 48, and her daughter, I Hue! Chin, 2», were arrested on Thursday for transporting
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      Lock icon Prison strike
      31 6 LONDON Warders m a dozen British jails staged a 12-hour strike late on Thursday to back demand for more staff. Some prisoners spent the night at police stations. AFP
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        Lock icon Top IRA man killed
        89 6 A TOP MEMBER of the Irish Republican Army, who escaped from prison m a mass breakout m 1983, was killed and another suspected terrorist wounded by security forces yesterday m south-west Ulster near the border with Eire. Police named the dead man as Seamus McHwaine, 25,
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        Lock icon Oil workers flown back
        87 6 MORE THAN 3,000 workers were being airlifted to North Sea oilfields yesterday after the Norwegian government ordered arbitration to end a 19-day-old dispute that had stopped all its oil and gas production. Oil companies said production would resume today or tomorrow on Norway's three oilfields. The
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        Lock icon Zamyatin for London
        68 6 A MAJOR Kremlin spokesman who heads the Communist Party central committee's international information department has been named Soviet Ambassador to London, it was officially announced m Moscow. He is Mr Leonid Zamyatin, 64, and he will replace Mr Viktor Popov who is retiring. Western observers said his
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        Lock icon Shock for cargo hands
        77 6 AIRCRAFT CARGO handlers opened the hold of a passenger jet at Heathrow airport yesterday and came face to face with a live cheetah. A spokesman for British Airways, which was transporting the animal from South Africa to Eire, said it had escaped from a specially constructed
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        Lock icon 29 Tamil separatists killed
        64 6 SECURITY FORCES killed 29 Tamil separatist guerillas m two raids m eastern Sri Lanka without suffering any casualties. National Security Minister Lalith Athulathmudaii told Parliament on Friday that 17 rebels were killed when troops raided a guerilla hideout m Batticoloa district. Earlier, a Defence Ministry spokesman
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        Lock icon Man grew 26 cm in six months
        84 6 A 40- YEAR-OLD Chinese peasant has confounded doctors by growing 26 cm m six months. The Peasants Daily reported that between July and January, Mr Long Peidong from the village of Wanzhuan m eastern Shandong province grew from 1.35 metres to 1.61 without
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      103 5 We'll show you the world at News CentreFREE Have a foretaste of your holiday when you come to the Sin Chew Travel presentation being held at News Centre. 82 Genting Lane, Singapore 1334 on Sunday April 27 between 10 am and 5 pm. See films and audio-visual of the world's
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      PBS rules out any form of coalition
      412 7  - PBS rules out any form of coalition ALBERT RAMALINGAM By KOTA KINABALU The ruling Party Bersatu Sabah (PBS) yesterday ruled out any form of coalition government if it wins the May 5 and 6 state elections. PBS president Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan, who is Chief Minister, said his power-shar-ing formula
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      78 7 These are some of the 43 communist guerillas who surrendered to the Malaysian government between 1961 and 1963. The 43, mostly from the sth Assault Unit m Perak, appeared at a press conference at police headquarters m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Their spokesman, Chin Fong, read
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      Lock icon Whole country would pay for strike — Dr M
      333 7 Whole country would pay for strike Dr M KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's economic recovery might be put back indefinitely if Cuepacs proceeded with its proposed strike over the civil servants wage claims on July 15, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. Consequently, the whole country would have to
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      Lock icon Govt health services to be privatised as far as possible
      289 7 Govt health services to be privatised as far as possible KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government plans to go as far as possible to privatise health services, including hospitals. "whatever can be privatised will be," the Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, said at the annual dinner of the Malaysian
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      Lock icon Boy's fatal fall into boiling oil
      68 7 KUALA PILAH A IS-year-•ld b«y StevM U%n\e\, died at the district h««piUl here en Friday three days after he fell inU a eMtalner ol tolling •U at a rattan factory. Workers at the factory said the boy was patting rattan canes Into the container
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  • ASEAN MEWS
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      Lock icon Marcos 'gave Tanaka $8m for deals'
      113 8 Marcos 'gave Tanaka $8m for deals' MANILA Deposed President Ferdinand Marcos gave US$4 million (about SsB.B million) to former Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka m exchange for commissions from Japanese firms doing business m the Philippines, a Manila newspaper said yesterday. The Philippines Daily Inquirer said an official of a
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      Lock icon Philippines pledges to repay foreign debts
      483 8 TOKYO Philippine Finance Minister Jaime Ongpin has pledged that his government would not default on foreign debts despite the fact that the country faced a worse economic future than was initially thought. He said the latest estimates by Manila and the International Monetary Fund
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      Lock icon Thai communist leader jailed with accomplice
      147 8 Thai communist leader jailed with accomplice BANGKOK A MILITARY court has sentenced a suspected politburo member of the outlawed Communist Party of Thailand (CPT) and his accomplice to 12 years' jail. The verdict came at the conclusion of a trial which had lasted almost three years. Damri Ruangsutham, 63, an
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      Lock icon Rebels scrap plan for new Filipino state
      238 8 MANILA The Mindanao Independence Movement has backed out of a plan to declare a new state m the southern Philippines after the government warned its leaders they would be arrested. Military agents m civilian clothing watched a gathering on Friday of more than
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      Lock icon Stay cool, Mochtar tells Hawke
      186 8 Stay cool, Mochtar tells Hawke JAKARTA Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmadja has advised Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke to stay cool In the row between Australia and Indonesia, because the two countries' relations should not hinge on one newspaper story. He told reporters that relations were still at a sensitive
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  • HOME NEWS
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      Tough men get attack of nerves
      669 9  -  STELLA DANKER By MEN of true grit who did not crumble during the perils of the rescue operation found themselves with shaky knees when they met the President at last night's solemn ceremony. They stood on stage, stiff and nervous, wondering if their legs
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      Families share joy of their brave men
      483 9  -  LEE SIEW HUA By NINE men who received the second-highest honours awarded last night the Public Service Star were lauded for their planning, "expert advice" and courage. MRTC engineers Russell Black and David Nicholls planned intricate escape routes and entered tunnels through the
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      Lock icon Five turned down honours
      255 9 FTVE Mass Rapid Transit Corporation tunnellers turned down the chance to receive medals for their bravery m the Hotel New World rescue effort. They thought all of the tunnellers who worked m the rubble of the collapsed hotel should have received the same medals at last
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      How medal winners were picked
      392 9  -  AUDREY PERERA By CHOOSING medal recipients flaannW; wßnaMftnsnnt Vsnnnnm nnnttnwsnnnnnl thn Vflkl tartly to ranene vtettma from the BsUnpsid Hotot New World was a "There was nothing Mack-aad-whlte abont the way we derided. We dMnt eeurt the ■amber of hoars at work, or the number
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      Heroes of the past
      242 9 TWO top-ranking policemen who killed Singapore s most notorious kidnapper m 1962 were the first recipients of the Conspicuous Gallantry Medal. Deputy Superintendents Ong Kian Tiong and V.N. Ratna Singham received the medal for their bravery m felling Public Enemy Nol Oh Kirn Kee. They got
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      Hotel staff learn sign language for co-workers' sake
      374 10  -  LEE SIEW HUA By AMRAN bin Mahdi, a hotel cleaner, uses a flurry of sign language and facial expressions when he wants to say something to his colleagues. Like seven other staffers m the housekeeping department, 21-year-old Amran is deaf and wears
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      So many new woes, so few social workers
      616 10  -  AUDREY PERERA By WHILE architects, engineers and others go looking for work, there is work looking for social workers. Indeed, while the university has been turning out more and more social work graduates, there are still more places that are not taken.
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      Son made off with mum's cash and jewellery
      179 10 Son made off with mum's cash and jewellery A DIVORCEE came home one day to find her liquor cabinet ransacked by her son and cash and jewellery missing, a court heard yesterday. Last July, Teng Chee Fook, 25, had asked his mother, who lived alone, to let him stay at
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      Why do you drive, CBD motorists will be asked
      123 10 MOTORISTS using car parks In the Central Business District will be asked why they drive rather than join a car pool or use public transport. About 2,H# of them will be questioned next month m an effort to determine how Singapore's
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      Travel men's 'better and cheaper' goal
      274 10 TRAVELLERS can expect better service and cheaper flights with the new goals set by travel agents here. Mr P.R. Copal said after his re-election as President of the National Association of Travel Agents Singapore for another two-year term that more training courses will be
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      Man who brought in maid on his own regrets it
      393 11  - Man who brought in maid on his own regrets it LITO GUTIERREZ By PROSPECTIVE maid-employ-ers should go to reputable employment agents to be sure that nothing is wrong with the maid they are hiring. This was the advice given by the Labour Ministry after it learnt of a businessman who
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      Sentence postponed for man to attend funeral
      227 11 Sentence postponed for man to attend funeral A MAN who pleaded guilty yesterday to housebreaking and attempted theft charges had his sentence postponed so that he could attend the funeral of an alleged accomplice. Sentence on Awatar Singh s/o Ran jit Singh, 26, was postponed to Wednesday for him to
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      New school makes the top 20 list
      472 11  -  JUNE TAN The Schools Council Stories by TANJONG Katong Secondary Technical School may be the first "technical" school to make it to the ranks of the 20 top O-level schools. But, technically, the Education Ministry says there are no technical schools. In name,
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      Religious studies pioneers do well
      243 11 THE pioneer batch of pupils taking new religious knowledge subjects at O level last year did well, with eight m 10 passing. Of the four new subjects, Confucian Ethics had the highest pass rate of 88 per cent. Next was Hindu Studies (87), followed by
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      Advice on how to do business with Burma
      343 11  -  ANNE KOH By SINGAPORE companies which want to do business with Burma must be prepared to provide financing or negotiate buy-back arrangements, Trade Development Board Chairman S. Chandra Das has said. Buy-back arrangements mean that a Singapore company negotiates to sell goods
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      Motorcyclist in crash with bus
      54 11 A MOTORCYCLIST was seriously injured when he was involved m a collision with a bus m Jurong on Friday. Mr Chin Swee Ming, 22, was taken to hospital with head and hand injuries after the accident at the junction of Corporation and Yung Kuang roads
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      When students have to learn how to learn
      125 11 SOME pupils don't want to learn. Others don't know how to learn. Those who are keen to study, but don't know how, can take heart. Some schools have begun teaching pupils how to learn and their methods will be passed along to
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      A music college next?
      60 11 FIRST, the College of Physical Education. Next, a Music College? There is a need for one, because schools lack music teachers, Nan Hua Primary Principal Madam Fong Yuet Kwai told the Schools Council yesterday. Education Minister Dr Tony Tan acknowledged that the point had been raised
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      Gabon keen on more trade with Singapore
      151 11 Gabon keen on more trade with Singapore THE Republic of Gabon on the west coast of Africa will send a trade mission to Singapore soon to explore ways of promoting two-way trade. Mr George Issembe, special adviser to the President of Gabon, said: "From what I have heard and seen,
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      Advice that can tip companies' fortunes
      240 12 Advice that can tip companies' fortunes ACCOUNTANTS can improve on the quality and timeliness of information they provide. Such a finely-tuned role will help their bosses make better decisions m today's fastchanging economic climate which has caught many companies unawares. This was the consensus of five world-renowned accounting professors at
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      MP on how to ease sales tax burden
      201 12 MP on how to ease sales tax burden HAVE a sales tax that is so broad-based that the amount to be levied will be relatively small. Or impose the tax on a large segment of goods and services, as the rich are likely to spend more on services. This way,
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      Lim Chu Kang pig farmers get deadline
      79 12 Lim Chu Kang pig farmers get deadline THE Lim Chu Kang area will be gazetted as prohibited for pig rearing from July 1. Pig farmers there are being compensated and arrangements are being made. for their resettlement. They will have to stop rearing pigs m the area by June this
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      Accountants vote to ensure no-ads policy
      449 12  -  MARA FERNANDEZ b» ACCOUNTANT Keith Tay and his supporters were voted m yesterday at the annual general meeting of the Singapore Society of Accountants and it looks like the ban on advertising by individual firms here will continue. Mr Tay, who is the society's
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      Adapt vending machines faster: Currency Board
      406 12  -  LEE SIEW HUA By VENDING-MACHINE operators are being urged to quicken the pace of adapting their machines to accept new coins. But they and others who own coin-operated machines say they have to study the costs and make other arrangements before they can accommodate
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      About trees and how you can't please everyone
      220 12 About trees and how you can't please everyone RESIDENT A said: "Please trim the trees outside my flat so the birds nesting there will go away. They make such a terrible racket I can't even hear the television." Resident B, who lives one floor above, said: "Please plant trees with
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      21 quizzed after fatal stabbings
      242 12 TWENTY-ONE people have been questioned m connection with a gang-fight on Friday m which two youths were stabbed to death and two people injured. The dead have been identified as Simon Samy, 16, a resident of Boys' Home, and Low Siong Chye, 20, a welder.
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      565 11 Cam 10th Anniversary Concert ••TOGETHBI IME STOIMD" 7 r 30 pm h A selection of gospel songs made famous by NTUC Conference Hall The Continental Singers from Cam Services imrodudngYASHlCATrJ* The fast sharpshooter that's more than just another point 'n' shoot autofbcus camera. Sharpshooter. Because the Yashica T2 has a
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    • The Sunday Times
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        Well-hidden persuaders
        263 13 IF advertisements are hidden persuaders, as sociologist Vance Packard says they are, then the pseudo cigarette advertisements that have been appearing recently are probably highly persuasive because the product they may actually be promoting is so well hidden. Salem High Country, Kent Leisure and Peter Stuyvesant Travel are
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        25 YEARS AGO
        135 13 What The Sunday Times reported on April X, 1961 MR ONG Eng Guan, the Independent candidate m the Hong Lim by-election, on Saturday night got 7,747 votes and a majority of 4,927 over his opponent, Mr Jek Yuen Thong, who polled 2,820. It was a night of
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      Monarch of all she surveys
      1192 13 At 60, QUEEN ELIZABETH II holds undisputed sway over the British public and the Commonwealth 4 Although the Queen has no political or executive powers over the Commonwealth, she exerts a moral influence And because of the regard m which she is held, she almost
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      135 13 BARBARA TAYLOR BRADFORD A WOMAN Of I SHE HAD POWER. SHE NEEDED LOVE. SHE WANTED REVENGE. In 1905 a young kitchen maid leaves Fairley Hail. Emma Harte is sixteen, single and pregnant. By 1 968 she is one of the richest women In the world, ruler of a business empire
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
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      Asking hawkers to pass on lower costs is parsimony
      977 14  -  Tiresias 4 After chomping on a hawker meal, we can sashay straightaway to whatever pursuits await us with nary a thought for dirty plates and pots. We can't do this at home, unless there's a live-in maid. Shouldn't our hawkers m
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      People can identify with people, not with faceless politicians
      848 14  -  Irene Hoe The party's approach should be to nurture, polish and project the distinctive personalities of its MPs as caring people and as individuals, not just as politicians belonging to some amorphous institution. 7 IF the People's Action Party had a
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        373 14 Created an unintended splash I READ with great disappointment "Why SBC shows don't turn me on" (Sunday Times, March 2). The article about my viewing habits was a blatant disregard for journalistic accuracy. The gross misrepresentation of my views on the differences between American and Singapore television has caused me
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        277 14 IRENE Hoe m her article on the spirit of entrepreneur-ship, "Fear of failure may hold many back from flying" (Sunday Times, April 13), referred to "Alex Yuen who, according to the Business Times, intends to outdo the Social Development Unit (SDU) m matchmaking and make money out
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        Recruit from more sources
        144 14 Recruit from more sources TAKE a stroll along the shopping malls and complexes, the open spaces and recreation centres during weekends or public holidays and you cannot fail to notice large congregations of maids. From my observations, a great majority of them appear to hail from a friendly Asean country,
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      Starry, starry night
      480 14 ADFGD GOPINATHAN, my neighbour, was feeling high one morning last week. "I've something halirious to tell you," he called over the garden fence. "You mean hilarious," I corrected. "No, I mean Halleyrious. I saw Halley's Comet at 3 am today!" "Good for you," I yawned. "I'm glad
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      86 14 Know\four Parliament •what it does •howitwodks •what rmfimftiCTtffyry proceedings are all about $5.50 Parliament influences many aspects of our way of life. Yet we may only have a fuzzy notion of what it is all about. Mr Speaker, Sir, m comparing the parliamentary systems of Great Britain and other Commonwealth
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      Lock icon Why the superpowers need the UN
      715 15  -  EDWARD C. LUCK By THE United Nations is rapidly going bankrupt. Old Soviet and new American arrears have turned a political crisis into a financial nightmare. And what do the two giants have to say as their creation founders? The Soviet Union is busy
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      ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
      5 15  -  Collette
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      Closing the education gap
      1292 15 Can the strict Japanese school curricula turn out creative students? Or is the more easygoing American way better suited for producing Einsteins? As the two countries eye each other, THOMAS ROHLEN, writing m the Asian Wall Street Journal, gives the thumbs down to a system w
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      335 15 "|H^ j Wake up to the life. Listen daily to the >H BAk chirping of birds. At Yong An Park The fJI j condominium for connoisseurs, set amidst 40,000 A IM Hi I square metres of lush greener>*. In Distrid 9. M fln a_in_l Am fX u^ ul t anu
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  • RACING
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      Chinese checkmate!
      367 16  -  TONTO NZ-bred has classic at his mercy By our man on the track IPOH Vastly improved galloper Chlaeae Wall is ready to lift today's $210,000 Perak Derby, just 10 months after a quiet debut m restricted terms. The four-year-old New Zealand gelding has matured with each of his
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      PAST 20 WINNERS
      112 16 1966 FELTON 48.5 Celeman 1967 VIVA IPOH 49.5 Pretty 1968 CASBINI PARK 49.5 Celemaa 1989 JOINT COMMAND 53 Dawkbn 1970 MAN OP HONOUR 53 Pretty 1971 81TNGEJ WANG II 51.5 Harbrtdge 1972 JUMBOJET67 Wllsea 1973 CHAMPAGNE D 48.5 W. Liew 1974 FIREBRAND 57 CeJemaa 1975 TIEN AN
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      349 16 RACE TONTO PEDIGREE LUCKY LEO MARKSMAN MISTER X 3 Hopm e Capital Growth 7 R«dMffl«r 3 Hopni 8 Capital Growth 1 8 Capital Growth 3 Hopni 8 Capital Growth 7 Redeemer 3 Hopni 6 Tiba Tiba 5 Flying Horse 2 Faras 8 Capital Growth 6 Tiba
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      TODAY'S IPOH CAR
      3798 16 GOING FORECAST: HEAVY M*P«BM| 145 CLASS 5 DIV 2 1,400 m ;f-\H-ttM (Ratings: 55-45) (Stakes: $11,500) 1 3*6667 E*Unc*d Aeeoeat 17 (U) X Chong-Owner 3 nzg dc +1.5. Slowly away, finishing 7th of 12 C 4-7 XL 1200 m yielding April 12; distant 3rd to Pokotoli with
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      Mudlarks
      110 16 RACE 1: Calculator II RACE t: On's. Tequila Sun rise RACE 3: Think Positive. Steady n. Wisnu VI. Putera Sandhurst. Foxiloxi, Little Papa. Sir Toby 11. RACE 4: Charisma 111. Johnny Reb 11, Skybolt. Jacoran, Greatness. Be My Love. RACE S: Feu Vert. Big Chief. Best Bold. St Gallen,
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      PERAK DERBY LINE-UP
      1137 16 fyWfTI, 3.55 CLASS 12,400 m 2,400 m mUSXMKISUiU^M^ (Ratings: 176-156) (Stakes: $210,000) 1 4**719 Fe« Vert 57 (17«) Ace-In-The-Hole-Allan 6eg ul same. By Firestreak winner of six races from 1600 m to 2400 m; raced past St Gallen close home to win his second successive Spore Derby
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      Namesake can do the trick
      188 16  -  PEDIGREE THE Perak Derby is a race for foreign riders and for one of two trainers. Only five local jockeys have won the Derby since it was first run 26 years ago, while trainers Teh Choon Beng and I -an Allan have raffled the event
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      Lock icon Rain slows 'em down to a Walk
      2214 17 Ward and Zafir heading for racing writers' awards By FIRST *****5 SECOND *****4 THIRD *****5 STARTERS *****7 *****5 *****1 *****4 *****1 *****5 *****6 *****0 CONSOLATIONS *****9 *****6 *****7 *****3 *****2 *****9 *****8 *****8 *****4 *****3 CLASS 5 DIV 2 I.2Mm Song Stable's 1
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        Piggott to ride in Guineas
        207 17 Piggott to ride in Guineas DUBLIN Lester Plggott, is, the outstanding British Jockey of his generation, will come oat of retirement to ride m the 2,Mt Guineas at Newmarket next Saturday. Plggott's 31-year career on British race tracks apparently came to an end on Oct 28 last year when, amid
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        French classic a tale of two Sheikhs
        142 17 French classic a tale of two Sheikhs PARIS Wealthy Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai will be chasing his older brother's money m today's Poule d'Essai des Poulains (French 2,000 Guineas) at Longchamps. The Sheikh, leading owner m Britain last season, pins his hopes on his unbeaten colt Zahdam, the sole English
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        Derby hopes frozen out
        222 17 LOUISVILLE SNOW CHIEF and his top rival Badger Land have cooled several cases of Derby fever. The one-two favourites have scared several six-figure moneywinners right out of the 112 th Kentucky Derby next Saturday and into less prestigious races such as the Illinois and Jersey Derbies.
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  • OBITUARIES
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      234 17 181 Deaths 181 Deaths Mr Chia Bak Tian ajm pMNd away peacefully on 25/4/86 at 4.45 pm. Body lying at 11 Jalan Soiarah (1129). Cortege will leave on 29/4/ aS at Ipm. for AN. Vernon Crematorium for cremation. Mournoo by wif» Kwa Slew KMim •ens D»ught»r»-in-l»w Chla Teck Slang (Alan)
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      181 Deaths
      109 17 MR MARIA SOOSAI Aged 89 Years Hrn called horn* to the Lord on 26 4 M taaving b*nind bahwad Wtvaa: Martin Ammal (Deed). Anthoma Ammal (Deed). Anna Mary Sona: Sam Lourdes. Soosai (Sabah). Soosai Vincent Ferrer (Deed). Benedict Soosai Oaught»r*-in-la«r Hrit> Lourdes. Soma Vincent Ferrer. Amalorpava Marie Benedict
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      182 Acknowledgements
      35 17 THE FAMILY OF the late Mrs. Josephine Wlckremasmghe wishes to thank Rev Fathers Aloysius and Nicholas Chia. relatives, friends and all prayer groups for wreaths, donations, prayers and attendance during their recent bereavement
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      184 In Memoriam
      41 17 MOM. KOH GU AT MENG wil« of Mr. Sunny Wang Dopartod: 27th AprM IM2 ■O Mother, you really are still living m our lives. We still remember you vividly your words, manner, and deeds _We love you, ever
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      184 In Memoriam
      87 17 In loving memory of o jr Beloved Mother MDM. PHUA WEE ENG departed 27.4.77. Sadly miaaad and remembered by children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law andarandchildreiv^^^^^^ In loving memory of MDM. TAN KIM LIAN Departed 27.4.85 Alway* remembered by her loved owe* In Loving Memory Of SHEELA D/O A. RAGHAVAN
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      Claudia slams her disunited team-mates
      483 18 Claudia slams her disunited team-mates TENNIS WORLDWIDE BONN Claudia Kohde-Kilsch has stirred up a hornet's nest m West Germany's preparations for the women's Federation Cup after lashing her fellow stars, including teenager Steffi Graf, for their total lack of team spirit The Federation Cup takes place n Prague from July
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      Japanese stars shine at home
      581 18 Japanese stars shine at home /GOLF WORLDWIDE 1 IN AMUR A japan's Masashi Ozaki and Hisao Inoue took over tht? lead after the third round of the U*****,000 i $6. 8.1)00) International Open tournament, the last leg of ihe Asian Circuit, yesterday. Inoue shot a three-under-par 69 to tie with
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      It's pain for gain
      919 18  -  DERMOT PURGAVIE Big money awaits at the end of marathon rainbow AGFFG IN the world's capitals, tens of ■thousands of people have begun running around m their underwear looking very distressed. Some of them, however, are getting rich for their pain. The marathon, the global obsession
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      Lock icon Boston fight on in Olympic bid
      302 18 BOSTON The Boston Athletic Association will submit their bid to bring the United States women's Olympic marathon trials to Boston despite a proposed ban on elite foreign women from the race, a BAA spokeswoman said yesterday. Plans to make the Boston Marathon the 1988
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      Lock icon STEAL FROM THE PRO
      147 18 WHAT are Glenn Ralph and Peter Barber doing? Chipping, obviously, and they are devoting an entire afternoon to their practice. But unlike club golfers, whose practice sessions are mainly aimless and useless exercises m grooving faults, these professionals are practising with a purpose. They are chipping
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      Lock icon Evelyn plans to take it easy
      740 18 FOCUS ON THE QUEEN OF THE TRACK Finally, world No. 1 finds time to relax This year I just want to have fun. The last three years weren't very much fun. I think I was a little tense and uptight. I was focusing on
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      Rise of the young ones
      800 18  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Fresh faces make it a great new ball game Tvfevß CPMNfr I ■TORTY-FTVE thousand fans "turned up at the National Stadium last Wednesday to see Singapore being unceremoniously booted out of the Malaysia Cup soccer tournament by Selangor. About four or five
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      Close encounters of the jogging kind
      1284 19  -  JANICE SEAH Come snakes, hornets and renegade eagles, the fuddy-duddies won't miss their pet pastime Said and Done I OOK out for the bunch of fuddy-duddies, they told me. They were wrong. Macßitchie Reservoir m the early morning drowns m fuddy-dud-dies and that didn't
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      Old Cooney returns to new hope
      966 19  - Old Cooney returns to new hope DAVE ANDERSON By of the Now York Times 4 In thoughtless moments on Monday, he talked about how boxing Ms my life 1 and described himself as an old pro an insult to any boxer who deserves that honourable phrase. He's not only not
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      Lock icon SPORT WORLDWIDE
      670 19 ST OF BOXING Planckaert m charge: Eddy Planckaert, the Belgian sprint specialist, used his talents to win Friday's rain-hit 212-kilometre third stage, from Lerida to Zaragoza, Spain m the Tour of Spain cycling event. In a mass sprint finale, Planckaert won from compatriot Benny van Brabant and Switzerland's
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      Lock icon Leon bankrupt
      161 19 DETROIT Leon Spinks, the former world heavyweight boxing champion, has been declared bankrupt by a court here. Spinks, 32, the elder brother of IBF heavyweight champion Michael Spinks, had a brief period of fame m the 1970's when he beat Muhammad All on points for the World Boxing
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        Lock icon Recovery spells new hope for goalkeeper Bailey
        173 19 MANCHESTER Gary Bailey c«<ild still be on the plane to Mexlco next month. The Manchester I'nlted and England goalieeper had a cartilage operation on Wednesday night, bat the sew "keyhole" surgery could mean he Is back m training within two weeks and available
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        Lock icon Still searching for right formula
        212 19 BONN West German soccer manager Franz Beckenbauer said m an interview with Playboy magazine last week that he had still not found his best team for the World Cup finals, which start next month, and that he would go on experimenting The manager said his
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        Lock icon Springboks in the black makes Fifa see red
        538 19 THE £1 million ($3.3 m) grant announced last week by South African Breweries to the National Soccer League will inevitably increase the conflict between South African football and Fifa over the import of foreign players. As m much of the economics of
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      Lock icon Why he'll have to go
      1346 20  -  JEFFREY LOW Hussein must accept part of blame for the shame LOWDOWN ON SPORT It is Hussein's head hich is now on the fc^ptng block, for he fciibeen given his secHmh chance. He was a Ret-down m the Seven- ties but was recalled Has national
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      Mark's dream to end in Singapore
      1037 20  -  ROB HUGHES TALK OF SOCCER \kl HEN Manchester United play m Singapore on May 11 you will barring intervention of fate, finance or injury witness the last act to a childhood dream. Mark Hughes is, at 22, neither child nor by any normal consideration
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      The rise and fall, fall, fan of Manchester Utd
      788 20  -  GODFREY ROBERT By crucial points that's much Manchester United squandered m the last 15 minutes of their League soccer matches as their grip on the English First Division championship loosened over the last two months. As the season draws to an
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      Feed the lads to the lions
      607 21  -  BERNARD PEREIRA Our shuttlers need exposure not embarrassing boasts COMMENT...By As anyone can see, some of our players, after years m the national squad, seem hardly to have reached puberty m the competition sense. This adolescence has been unnecessarily prolonged and the best way
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      Braced for a beating
      583 21  -  J. RAJENDRAN THOMAS CUP, ÜBERCUP m? RMALB* JAKARTA* i^y Singapore face England with a stiff upper lip From JAKARTA Singapore's players can do little except b/ace themselves for another onslaught, this time against England, when they meet at the Senayan Stadium tonight. Although England are by
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      Grassroots gratification
      291 21  -  JANICE SEAH Squash girls win reader's heart By^ OUR soccer hopes may be sunk... but there is still much to shout about m Singapore sport especially when you dig into the grassroots. Without giving away too many secrets, we can say that we've already had some surprising nominations
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      YOUR SPORTING SUNDAY
      202 21 ATHLKTICS Ist SAAA schools relay (National Stadium, 2). BAKkKTBALL BAS Cup: Yip Chieng v Safsa (7.30), Ivy House v Kong Siong (8 45) both at Cay World Inter-social work tournament Braddell Secondary. 9.15). BOWIJNCi National selection trials Phase II: sth roll-off (Jackie's Orchard, 9). CRICKKT SCA Dlv
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      SPORT NATIONWIDE
      472 21 ONLY one seed m the Wilson Junior Tennis Circuit suffered the ignominy of defeat at Dover Road yesterday. A teary-eyed Tanya Caplygin, the fourth seed m the girls under-16 competition, was beaten 9-4 by her best friend and doubles partner Colleen Jones m a match twice disrupted by
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      Lock icon Summertime at last for Flying Fish
      1117 21  -  ALAN HUBBARD Miwsys on SuMMy DOOR old SBC. If it's not ■one damn thing, it's another. This time last year, they had problems with the clock, remember, when satellite time ran out m the FA Cup semi-final, and we m Singapore missed a crucial
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      Doctor starts the Fund rolling
      420 22  -  JOE DORAI By SOCCER'S National Players' Fund, launched two weeks ago by the Football Association of Singapore, started rolling yesterday with an undisclosed donation by the Singapore Sports Council. The SSC chairman, Dr. Tan Eng Liang, announced it yesterday morning: "The undisclosed, but modest, financial
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      83 22 JOHOR BARU Jahar wUI have a Wembley date If they wta the Malaysia Cup stccer fiaal la Kaala Lampar an Saturday. The PA Cap flaal between Liverpool and Evertoa «a Satarday week Is the carrot belag damgled far the defendlmg champions to heal Selaagor providlmg there are tickets
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      A Misbun consolation
      549 22 «l. Haienaran reports or tnt i nomas Cud Dadminton nnais n jaKana MISBUN SIDEK scored an upset 6-15, 15-7, 15-9 win over China's world champion Han Jian at the Stadium Senayan here last night. But sadly, the Malaysian's efforts were largely m vain as the formidable Chinese
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      Don't blame me, says David Lee
      680 22  -  JEFFREY LOW Mounting abuse over farcical semi-final forces 'keeper to speak his mind By 4 Was it because of me that we gave away five, or was it the defence? I'm willing to apologise only for the fifth (Selangor) goal. That was entirely my
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      Liverpool sparkle, Everton fumble
      348 22 BRITISH SOCCER LONDON Liverpool put daylight between themselves and neighbours Everton m the race for the English First Division title by whipping alreadyrelegated Birmingham 5-0 at home today. Central defender Gary Gillespie, previously without a goal this season, led the goal-spree with a second-half hat-trick. Defending
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      RESULTS, TABLES
      463 22 DIVISION ONE Arsenal 2 West Brom I Aston Villa 3 Chelsea Ipswich 3 Oxford Liverpool m 5 Birmingham I' I.uion 3 Watford 2 Man United 4 l^eicester Newcastle 3 Man City Forest 0 Everton 0 QPR 2 Tottenham b Southampton 2 Sheffield W 3 West Ham 1 Coventry
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      8 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, April 27. 1986
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      Peyton Place saga continues
      563 1 In the late *****, the hotbed of action on < TV wasn't Dallas or I Falcon Crest. What gripped viewers the world over were the torrid scandals that unfolded each week on Peyton Place. Now, nearly two decades later, the threads are picked up again. VALERIE
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        That missing Mendes magic
        537 2  -  VALERIE LEE By SOMETHING was missing at the Sergio Mendes concert last Thursday night. The Man himself was there, complete with singers, band and what looked like a tonne of equipment. The well-heeled (at $130 each, they had to be), well-dressed audience was there waiting expectantly
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        590 2 Gone are the braids and outrageous clothes. Boy George, the flamboyant singer who fronts British pop group Culture Club. has toned down and grown up. MARY ANNE CASSATA finds out more. BOY GEORGE sits at the kitchen table m his modest hotel suite, puffing on
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        Young Ones' fetish for Cliff pays off
        466 2 Currently m the British charts is a new recording of Living Doll by Cliff Richard and a zany group. WILLIAM SHAW reports "SIR CLIFF Richard?" splutters Rik Mayall m complete and utter indignation. "At the very least it should be Sir Cliff! In
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        Technical wizardry upstages witch tale
        446 3  -  JULIE TAN WITCH FROM NEPAL Coming to Eng Wah cinemas Starring Chow Yuen Fatt, Chu Bo Vi and Lan Kit Ying Directed by Cheng Siu Tong BY THIS is touted as the first time-travel film m Chinese cinema, which really is no great shakes. Though
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        Quest to save the world from evil
        527 3  -  LEE SIEW HUA LEGEND At Cathay Starring Tom Cruise, Mia Sara and Tim Curry Directed by Ridley Scott By AN EXPENSIVE fairy tale, Legtoi enacts the epic goodevil struggle with the help of glitzy, high-tech tricks. A bored Satan, brooding darkly m his
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        White House sees red over Patti's novel
        561 3  -  JOHN BLAKE *|HOLLYWOOD|*M By (IPS) THE simmering row between actress Patti Davis and her mother Nancy Reagan seems to have heated up. Patti finally went too far the other day when she said: "I hate my mother. She's a witch." A White House
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        239 7 DO YOU have a hobby like collecting stamps or matchboxes, or even pen-pals? There are people who can spend hours pottering. Other people spend their time rearing fish. Then there are those who read for pleasure or who enjoy making stuffed toys. One of the most interesting hobbies
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        From old cards to jigsaws
        313 7 HOW about a jigsaw puzzle contest today? But first, go through your stack of old Christmas or Chinese New Year cards and make some jigsaw puzzles. Try to pick cards with simple designs and m very distinct colours. Puzzles with pieces m very similar colours
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        PIONEERS OF SINGAPORE
        557 7 BRAHIM ISA 1915-1984) ALMOST every home m Singapore has at least one radio and television set. But when Ibrahim Isa became a broadcaster m 1941, radios were a novelty and television was unheard of. Ibrahim was one of Singapore's first broadcasters, and he saw the radio station
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          A portrait of royalty
          363 15 A special three-page supplement to mark the 85th birthday of Emperor Hirohito on Tuesday EMPEROR Hirohito is the 124 th Emperor m the Japanese Imperial Family. He was born on April 29, 1901, m Tokyo, and his birthday is celebrated m Japan as a national holiday.
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          BRIEF FACTS
          387 15 Geography Japan is made up of four large islands Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku and Kyushu and a large number of smaller islands. The archipelago stretches from latitude 45 N to latitude 20 N, covering an area of 377,748 sq km. It is an intricate mosaic of land forms, made
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          Rapid economic growth despite scarcity of natural resources
          526 15  -  Hiroshi Hashimoto MESSAGE Ambassador m IT GIVES me great pleasure to send my heartfelt message to the readers of The Sunday Times on the occasion of the 85th Birthday (April 29th), of His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of Japan. Since ascending the
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          More jobs for women and senior citizens
          766 16 Mr Fumio Wakaki's three-year term as the Japanese Embassy's labour attache has just ended. Before returning home, he shares his views on his country's labour policies with JOSEPHINE NG. Q: WHY does Japan want its people to work beyond the age of 55?
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          More than $5m in cultural grants
          705 17  -  JOSEPHINE NG By MANY programmes and projects are being carried out by the Japanese Government, with the co-operation of local government and private organisations, to promote mutual understanding and respect between the two countries. From 1980 to 1985, the amount m cultural grants given
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          A thousand reasons for taking Japanese
          722 17  -  JOSEPHINE NG By 41 think there will be more and more Japanese technology m Singapore. Learning Japanese may better my pros- pects of getting a job m the future. Yong Shao Onn, Student The students are im- pressed with the rapid development of Japan
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        When TV becomes a necessary habit
        566 4 SBC Public Relations Officer JEANNE CHENG reveals what it's like facing the goggle-box after a full day at the station 3d WATCHING TV has never been my favourite pastime. It still isn't even though I'm the PRO of a TV station. I'm more a
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        Should SBC play with swords?
        665 4 Singapore's first gongfu serial, Men of Valour, ends this Friday. Despite its popularity, it has been criticised by those who feel that SBC shouldn't be producing what's readily available from Hongkong. JULIE TAN reports. UNTIL the credits appeared, a businessman who had just returned from
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        Actress wins award, thanks to — a housing agent
        395 4  - Actress wins award, thanks to a housing agent JULIE TAN LOOK EAST By OSCAR winners have been known to thank their mothers, fathers, directors, scriptwriters and primary school teachers. However, Chinese movie star Wong Siu Fong, recently voted Best Actress at the Hongkong Film Awards, has come up with a
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        Lock icon Hunter joins big league
        331 4 Hunter joins big league WHO would have thought that a TV series about an independent, hard-nosed detective and his sexy partner could make it big? Well, Hunter (Saturdays, Ch 5, 9.30 pm), starring ex-foot-ball star Fred Dryer and Ste(anie Kramer, is doing just that. And it is turning out to
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        Lock icon It's great to be together again
        801 18 What was it like for the cast of Peyton Place to come together again for the TV cameras after 16 years? LIZ HODGSON finds out. LONG before Dallas and Dynasty arrived on our TV screens, we got our weekly dose of sin, sex and
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        Hideki opts for sober image
        472 18  -  JULIE TAN TV PREVIEW Hideki Saijo Concert Tour '86 Today, Ch 8, 8.30 pm By IT'S going to take a while getting used to the moustache and goatee. And one wonders if the new, hirsute look that Japanese star Hideki Saijo sports for his latest
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        Fancy footwork and timeless tunes
        622 18 This Wednesday, SBC starts a season of films spotlighting the songs of George and Ira Gershwin and the dancing talents of Fred Astaire. PHILIP COOREY gives a brief summary of the three film treats. THE MUSIC of George Gershwin, the lyrics of Ira Gershwin and
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      172 4 /Before youri WEDDING DAY... I first see our exclusive Bridal Fashion Show, coming up on *^9 27th April 1986. J\o 1 Spectacular! Original! i ■I 1 Every piece the r J pride of top .J. professional <^Vjfr l_- Don't miss! ll^ ii V* RSI If. I •A--1 Kolin Bridal A
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      2571 5 YOUR WEEK AHEAD /^^■mfl^^H^^v Museum $1 for adults and 50 cents j MAftlltMlf i .^ittl^M^TtlCCllAV MONDAY (1 1 1 t0 chldren mOIHIAY Ifl &ZAm! I ITTB msj SIX STORY: V Fr ~VffIBHHHH H^^fl BIK k —^^,^l AUGUST SANDER: Photo fl tjl'l Presented by ST^ARS W I W exhibition on works
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      50 7 What are the catacombs? Underground tombs near Rome where the early Christians were buried. These tombs were cut m soft rock m a sacred area surrounding the city of Rome. Today, visitors to the catacombs must walk between long rows of skeletons buried m the niches of the narrow walls.
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      60 9 UVING LANGUAGE This series of two books Nature Calls and People Talk was born from the popular Sunday Times language column m 1982 1983 Many of the confusing and often illogical idioms which native speakers take for granted are presented and explained with clarity i and humour $6.50 it 1
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  • SUNDAY PLUS
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      Masthead
      8 1 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Times, April 27, 1986
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      GOING INTO PRIVATE PRACTICE
      1628 1 HA Km ILK and ho If] I ney with X I lots of free y r IV 1 1 dom the ■W very stuff jf of professionals' lives. Profess who have set up on their own. That, at least, is the popular belief. How mjeh of
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        166 1 f A MAY 2- OCTOBER i3[\j^#^"^SHHiS U _J f{^| 8 Days Japan (Disneyland) Special from $1968 j^l* ThTciaslcai A Banquet and I I SmitheTs'TpnnJe G^Tja^Jl! Ince Ru P ert 8 Days Hokkaido/Honshu/Hong Kong $2488 -Sr%| ft I Kamioop per Banff Vernon Sh.raoi Amu Village Nobor.betsu Bear Ranch Okurayama f wJ^JS^^HM
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        10 1 Mind and Body Fashion Food Spectrum Habitat Arts and Books
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        A sense of duty to uphold standards
        952 2 A sense of duty to uphold standards 6 The chaps who work m the factories they don't know their rights. Many of the people who come to us do so when it's too late, when they've taken steps prejudicial to themselves. Mr Tan, a lawyer 4We have the Gucci syndrome.
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        The heavy price of success
        553 2 MARGARET DUGGAN finds that working and running a home does not get easier even when the children are grown SOME time ago, I gave up my job. I had worked fulltime for 18 years ever since the youngest of our children was at school. From
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        Baldness: 'Here today and hair tomorrow'?
        87 2 JUST over 10 years ago, men fought baldness with hair transplants. But the results did not look natural. Recent claims that creams may get results as good as surgery have attracted considerable interest. One preparation, Regaine, has just completed clinical trials m the US,
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        Precise information helps speed up recovery
        74 2 PATIENTS who are told exactly what they'll feel during medical procedures experience less stress and leave the hospital sooner, new studies indicate. Specific information gives patients more confidence m their coping ability, reports an associate director of nursing oncology m USA Today. In studies
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        196 2 M II I I I sportrf v fl fek. J^l Vf^i aY i i^» '/vttflWk I Hi f mil choening collection presents the best of Europe's top designers See the latest fashion ot "Spring/Summer T>Hf> m the new edition of SCHOENING COLLECTION! This magazine features full tolour illustrations of the
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        72 2 Tnvaiin capsule containing herbal extracts" an 3 hODS from hops and valerian helps you |pj% >n.l m to relax. It also helps you to gain I I Vail M a good night's sleep by soothing Naturaiiv I your nerves and relaxing your and r l,\ 0 t^ing muscles. taxing Merz
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        A slice of Big Apple chic
        636 3  -  LIM PHAY-LING By Pictures by X F SEETOH. Makeup by Shillina Phua using Bourjois' new Colorissimo palette and hair by Gina Lav of the Hair Shop at the Promenade. Clothes and accessories by BBNY at Isetan Katong, Havelock and Daimaru. A Japanese company which
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        Lock icon Picture the royal bride in a slim pink dress
        481 3  -  ELIZABETH SPORKIN By YOO-HOO, Sarah Ferguson! The world will be watching when you walk down the aisle with Prince Andrew on July 23. What will you wear? A little advice never hurt anyone, Sarah. Why not wear something fabulously stylish? That
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        185 3 > '^V'^^^ft i I new kind of bread New Ipj Bpc Sunshine Wholemeal Bread. L?i .Sl v > %wm The 9 reat min 9 about jt is rt 9 ives y° u ;:^^^^^^^^V 7 Ai the best of both worlds. f -^IL 4^^^^^^^^^^* > tf '^k If s full of
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    • FOOD
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        Labels to tell if an apple is sweet enough
        450 4 EAT RIGHT LOOKING for labels which list the nutrients m Singapore-processed food is like looking for a needle m a haystack. Although the technology to do so has been around for many years, labelling is still m its infancy here. However,
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        Two good reasons to venture down a bumpy road
        1113 4  -  MARGARET CHAN EAT OUT By Bob's Tavern, 17A Lorong Liput. off Holland Avenue, tel *****19 Hours: Noon to midnight daily Recommended: Pickled herring, $6.50; chicken liver and mushrooms on toast. $5; mulligatawny soup, $4; green peppercorn steak, $16 Rating: 8 1
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        Thai durians hit by dry spell
        235 4  -  MARGARET CHAN THERE will be weeping and gnashing of teeth among some durian fiends m Singapore this mid-year season. According to Thailand's The Nation newspaper, a severe drought has hit Chanthaburi, one of the country's main durian-producing provinces. The four-month-long dry spell, described as
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        74 4 Champagne Free. ill Brunch $1950.. Brunch at the Hilton. Your Sundays will never be the same. A delicious assortment of local and western dishes from wholesome breakfast fare to spicy Asian delights. And champagne. As much as you like. rree. The Orchard Cafe's Champagne Brunch. Sundays 1 1.30 a- 2.30pm.
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        238 4 KEEP Durnu HANDY FOR BITES, ABRASIONS, MINOR BURNS CUTS. Burnol makes it better. It's the effective yellow medicine with Euflavine. Soothes. Stops infection. And helps healing. The effective yellow medicine Another international product from BEA SUCCESSFUL WRITER Make money writing &earn white you learn. The Writing School, founded m 1949.
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        119 4 The Original Famous Odeon Beef Noodle is of ficially opened at Katong Remember the famous beef noodle restaurant at North Bridge Road? Well, the same people are still serving up their very popular noodles. Treat yourself to the original taste of tender beef noodles which is still delicious as ever
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        Housewife who was forced to run husband's business
        815 5  - Housewife who was forced to run husband's business HO CHIN BENG The widow By TAN Goi Hiang did not shed a tear when her husband Lim Ah Seng, 51, died one afternoon 15 years ago. "I was too sad to cry," explained the widow, now 62, when recalling her husband
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        The mystery of the silent sisters
        1422 5 For years British twins June and Jennifer Gibbons remained locked away m a world of their own, refusing to speak to anyone and keeping their thoughts to themselves. MARJORIE WALLACE tries to find out more about their strange behaviour. Th6y wrote letters to their
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        717 5 MILES KINGTON of The Times of London makes readers the offer of a lifetime DID you get nothing m the post today? Feeling left out? Then just cut out this piece carefully, fold it and put it through your own letter box. Dear Reader, Yes,
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        57 5 |H^^^ Profile of the widowed How many there are: 93.000 A Those who are women: 65% Widow's average age: 65 3 years Widower's average age: 67.5 years Those who never went to school: 75% A Went but didn't get O-levels: 21% H Got at least O-levels: 4% Widows who work:
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        112 5 from $588 e oo HDB Private Home Bedroom set from J: Dining Set from $288 (Must duy mattress Dor| t mjss Limjtec j 6 days onj y I ILJJI iM /j FREE Admission Ample Parking At" Bp'''^!'t«P'^?r 0H Sofa Set from $499 only |L^f Wk _I^^ I *^p jf-y ill
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        Nights in shining armour
        1109 6 By day or by dusk, these buildings glitter and gleam from materials that paint them m glowing colours. TYE KHIM KHIAT tells why buildings need to cut a high profile m these days of economic recession and considers how some have done it. KNIGHTS m shining
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        Soon, 3-D pop star posters
        267 6 A NEW scientific development could put a glowing threedimensional image of pop star Michael Jackson m every teenager's bedroom. And if youths fancy some other performer, they'll soon be able to pick from a selection of luminous musical luminaries. The 3-D pop star posters are
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        430 6 25 I||P NTUC 25TH ANNIVERSARY ,5.86 Telecoms will for the first time be releasing two sets of j '^;:,|f^*> h^k j commemorative postage stamps on two consecutive days J^s J^^j ry^ L^ one on 1 May 86 (Thursday) for the "NTUC 25th /T^i^fo^f^^^' s^^^k^ Zwffi**^' Anf^iversary issue and the other
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    • SPOTLIGHT
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          A package to suit every pocket
          728 7  -  SIMONE VAZ Go on a vacation. Our six-page supplement takes you on a tour of some of the major Western cities, as well as on an African safari. By NO MATTER where you want to go, i r how you want to get there,
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          From Amsterdam to Zurich
          2025 8 Venture into these cities for a breathtaking look into the world of history world of history, music, art or fashion Amsterdam THIS is a city for tourists of all classes. It is compact and walking is the best way to see the city and its canals.
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          British Columbia has it all
          625 9  - British Columbia has it all SALMA KHALIK By "BRITISH Columbia is not a good example of Canada," residents of this province love to say, and then add proudly: "It is the most beautiful example." An opinion that is both biased and subjective, but also one that may just be true.
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          Memories evergreen
          707 10 The age-old photo album need not be just a collection of photographs. It can be made more interesting, reports SIMONE VAZ HAVE you ever wished your last holiday could have lasted forever? Well, there are things you can do to make sure that the holiday memories can be
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          Versatile lens functions
          128 10 FOR photo buffs, Nikon has come out with the 35-mm TWAF auto-focus compact camera (see picture above) with versatile lens functions. It has a wide-angle lens function for general photography or group shots. Slide the lever to W for this lens setting, which also enables you to
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          The gentle side of the African safari
          1034 11  -  SIMONE VAZ By THERE are two main African safari holiday operators m Singapore. One of them is Transinex, which runs tours lasting between one day and two months. A two-week trip would cost approximately $3,100 and a 30-day trip, about $5,000, inclusive of
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          At the heart of ancient culture
          758 12  -  ROBERT E. O'REGAN By "ATHENS is not as good as many North American cities I have seen," said one of our guides as he mentioned the overcrowding, the smog, the dirtiness of Greece's largest city. "Yes, but many North American cities don't have the
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          Copenhagen in winter
          652 12  -  JOSEPH LELYVELD By writing for the International Herald Tribune THE theory of travel I am about to expound is certainly not original, nor is it born of deep reflection. It is the result of having tried one May to steal an unimpeded glimpse of the Uffizi's Botticellis
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          BRIEF FACTS
          464 13 Geography THE Kingdom of the Netherlands is situated m Western Europe, bounded to the east by West Germany and to the south by Belgium. Its northern and western shores are washed by the North Sea. The country is 200 km from east to west and 320 km from
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          A hopeful year despite recession
          250 13  -  P. A. Van Buuren MESSAGE Ambassador THIS year when we celebrate Queen's Day, we can again point to similarities m the situation m our two countries. The recession did affect the Netherlands somewhat earlier so that measures to combat the slow-down were taken as of
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          The Royal House of Orange-Nassau
          482 13  - The Royal House of Orange-Nassau ANG LAY WAH A three-page special report on the country's celebration of Queen's Day By APRIL 30 is "Koninginnedag" or Queen's Day m the Netherlands and can be viewed as the Queen's official birthday. It is actually the birthday of Queen Juliana who abdicated m
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          Land of milk and cheese
          507 14  -  AWG LAY WAH By CHANCES are, there is a Uttle bit of the Netherlands m all our homes. Can't find it? Walk into the kitchen and open the refrigerator. The frozen pork and chicken wings, cheese, beer and milk inside may just have come from
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          Booming trade in dried flowers
          583 14  -  ANG LAY WAH THE ancient Egyptians may have mastered the art of drying blooms and plants naturally, but it is the modern entrepreneurs from the country well known for its fresh tulips who lead the dried flower market m Singapore. The Netherlands is the main
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          City that caters to all tastes
          671 15  -  H. M. GOUW By AMSTERDAM m summer. The city isfl alive with musicians, jugglers, magician^B pavement artists and all manner of stre^ entertainers. It's also very crowded. So crowded \ftM finding accommodation can be an incon™ nience at best, impossible at worst. So ufl
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        251 8 Thais European flights are going NX o^ r^^^^y^y Copenhagen, Athens, Frankfurt, Rome, Zurich, Amsterdam, Paris, London. For some very good reasons! Thai has been making flights to Europe a much more rounded experience for the traveller. We've eliminated over two and a half hours or 1,000 miles from our route.
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        342 8 AUSTRALIA/ NEWZEAJLANO WESTERN AUSTRALIA i "mT njii Tjj 6 DAYS FROM ***** f Caballo Blanco/Atlantis Marine Park/Yanchep BPii^^ Crystal Cave i f<Q AUSTRALIA HIGHLIGHTS i CXL^A 6 DAYS *****9 VS^^^flF^s SydnevThe Rock' Domain Garden Paddington Opera House/Harbour Cruise'Canber r a Albury NiS^fc^^^BHk Melbourne P >P^£7^^ j. r <v,2B 4, 12/5.
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        245 8 EUROPE IB- Summer is here. tgi Visit Europe o\ Stately london J^^J± with your family and be JESHk Monumental Athens iS full Of St}'le, JW- high fashion vbß7 FltMtl JIWfHBC* Charming Amsterdam Historic Rome Por# S 5 q n Baghdad J V m j QtUlhm«n<Ju For details please contact: o*Biman
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