The Straits Times, 3 May 1987

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    14 1 The Sunday Times No. 2656 55 CENTS M.C. (P) No. 109/12/86 MAY 3, 1987
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    Government will restart Chinese schools if enough want them
    540 1 Government will restart Chinese schools if enough want them Number of pupils registering for Primary 1 classes THE Government will restart one or more Chi-nese-stream schools if enough parents write m for it. An Education Ministry statement announcing this yesterday made it clear that such schools would teach Chinese at
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    Lock icon 'Bus terror' gangleader may be KL's most wanted man
    391 1 KUALA LUMPUR POLICE think the leader of the armed gang who commandeered a busload of 40 Singapore tourists here and robbed them is the most wanted crim malm Malaysia. They believe he is Chung Chong Hee, who has been on the
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    Lock icon Beauties before the battle
    261 1 HERE'S a close-up look at some of the world's most beautiful women. Blonde or brunette, short- or long-haired, whether Miss Pinland from the arctic regions or Miss Kenya from the tropics, they have been judged the loveliest m their land. Taking a breather yesterday m the
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    Lock icon Change history lessons: Suharto
    411 1 Change history lessons: Suharto JAKARTA PRESIDENT SUHARTO yesterday instructed a Cabinet minister to revise Indonesian school history lessons to emphasise instability during the rule of the country's founder and first president, Dr Sukarno, m the *****. "The President issued the instruction so that the young Indonesian generation does not see
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      8 1 Ferry tragedy seaman admits dozing off: Page 7
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        RAJIV WARNS THE PRESS
        68 2 The Prime Minister of India, Mr Rajiv Gandhi, has accused a section of the Indian media of trying to "organise a coup" against his government and of casting aspersions on his government without basis. Mr Gandhi, whose government is beset by charges of corruption, dishonesty and
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        QUEBEC SIGNS CHARTER
        69 2 After 20 years of uncertainty about its place in the Canadian confederation, French-speaking Quebec has agreed to end its holdout and sign the Canadian Constitution. Prime Minister Brian Mulroney's announcement of Quebec's decision on Friday in Parliament was greeted with a standing ovation from all political parties
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        FERRY DISASTER INQUIRY
        101 2 A board of inquiry heard on Friday that the seaman responsible for closing the bow doors of the capsized ferry, Herald of Free Enterprise, fell asleep after taking a drink of rum and failed to carry out his task. The board had earlier been told that the
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        GOODBYE PARIS, HELLO MOROCCO
        64 2 With the fall m the price of oil, uncertain weather m Europe and probably high living costs that many Arabs feel are raised to exploit their wealth, Paris and London no longer attract large numbers of the Middle Eastern rich. Morocco, Turkey and Greece seem to
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        MUTINY WARNING
        64 2 The Philippine Armed Forces have warned President Corazon Aquino that renegade soldiers may launch another mutiny before the May 11 congressional elections, a top military official said. But he said the reports of an impending coup were unconfirmed and could be another deception attempt by a "telephone brigade"
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        ANWAR ON CABINET CHANGES
        68 2 Malaysian Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said it was unreasonable to expect the Prime Minister to retain in the Cabinet those ministers who opposed him in last month's Umno elections. Dr Mahathir had, for the sake of party unity and the public good, given many ministers
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        BURGER BOOKWORMS
        94 2 Some students say they study better when they are seated among their friends in a fast-food shop with a burger and cola within reach. The bookworms with burgers may be seen at the Orchard Road fast-food outlets after school during the week. Even the burger shop at Changi
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    • SPORTS
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        BECKER TO DO NS
        83 2 Wimbledon cham- pion Boris Becker (left) will volunteer for military service m West Germany even though he is not obliged to, a German tennis official announced on Friday. Becker, who has yet to decide when he will go m, will probably choose a time which fits
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        MALAYSIA IN SHOCK WIN
        90 2 Malaysia pulled the rug from under the feet of the favourite and defending champion, New Zealand, IV* to Vi in the semi-finals of the Dunhill Cup Pacific Golf at the Royal Selangor Golf Club course yesterday while the Filipinos beat Hongkong 2-1 in the other tie.
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        MOBIL ADOPTION SCHEME
        103 2 Singapore's searcn tor athletic excellence has found itself a familiar backer in Mobil Oil Singapore, who launched the Mobil Athlete Adoption Scheme yesterday. The scheme is said to be the first of its kind where a major company has ventured into the sponsorship of individual athletes. Initially,
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      Pay with the little brown coin — and you may be spurned
      537 2 Pay with the little brown coin and you may be spurned The one-cent coin is legal tender but reporter STELLA DANKER finds it's sometimes hard to spend it THE one-cent coin may be small and humble but it's still money. Yet some people are just plain against accepting it. Never
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      Lock icon As yen rises, Japanese take a shine to Korean goods
      399 2 As yen rises, Japanese take a shine to Korean goods TOKYO JAPANESE video recorders and television sets may still dominate the world market, but m Japan, cost-conscious consumers are starting to look harder at electronic goods from South Korea. "The take-off of Korean products here has been very gradual," said
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      Minting has stopped but enough coins to last years
      261 2 THE Board of Commissioners of Currency seriously considered doing away with the one-cent coin m 1983. It wm argued that the coin was unpopular and could bay nothing on its own. What's more, it costs the board two cents to mint
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      Malaysian Bar wants inquiry into 'mismanaged' economy
      618 3 Malaysian Bar wants inquiry into 'mismanaged' economy Listing 11 recent developments to back its claim that 'things have deteriorated so much m the economy', the Malaysian Bar Council has called for the appointment of a royal commission of inquiry to look into the problems. Regional Correspondent BRIAN GOMEZ of Business
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      Events which led to call for probe
      1029 3 THE Journal of the Malaysian Bar Council, Insaf, has pointed to 11 recent developments to support its call for a royal commission of inquiry into the alleged mismanagement of the economy. These issues, summarised by the Bar Council Journal, include: Government hand m
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      Second time around for Daim inm less than a year
      443 3 Second time around for Daim inm less than a year 4 when law, politics and business merge with each other the result is conflict of interests.' 'Confidence, like respect, cannot be demanded by our leaders. It must, instead, be earned. The controllers and managers of our economy must by their
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      220 2 UP TO 1 pm Showers om several areas from late morninf TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow 33 mai 25 mm SUNSET today 7.06 pm; Sunrise tomorrow: 6 56 am. TRAVELLERS- WEATHER Adelaide 14 ttC Cloudy U.ndon 3 lOC Rainy Amsterdam 10 17 C Cloudy 1 4m Angeles 14
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Rajiv accuses the media of instigating coup
      255 4 Rajiv accuses the media of instigating coup Unfounded allegations being made against govt, says PM NEW DELHI Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi has accused a section of the Indian media of trying to "organise a coup" against his government, beset by charges of corruption, dishonesty and constitutional violations, the Press Trust
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      Lock icon Zambia puts a limit on foreign debt repayments
      161 4 Zambia puts a limit on foreign debt repayments LUSAKA Zambia has abandoned International Monetary Fund (IMF) austerity and imposed a tight limit on foreign debt repayments as part of a new programme to reactivate its battered economy. President Kenneth Kaunda announced the change m economic strategy on Friday night, after
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      Lock icon Delhi rejects protest over aid plan to relieve Jaffna Tamils
      276 4 Delhi rejects protest over aid plan to relieve Jaffna Tamils NEW DELHI India has rejected Sri Lanka's protest against a proposal by a south Indian state to send aid to Tamils m the island's rebelcon trolled Jaffna peninsula, a news agency reported. The Press Trust of India quoted official sources
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      Lock icon Francs flow as French TV rivals battle for survival
      339 4 PARIS A battle for survival is breaking out among the glut of French television companies, prompting bosses to open their cheque books m a bid for stars, ratings and revenue. The leading station, TFI, which is being privatised, has had some
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      Lock icon Defeated politician calls for inquiry into Waldheim's war role
      207 4 Defeated politician calls for inquiry into Waldheim's war role VIENNA The man defeated by Kurt Waldheim m last year's Austrian presidential election has recommended legal action and a historical commission to settle the controversy about Dr Waldheim 's wartime activities. Mr Kurt Steyrer, socialist candidate against Dr Waldheim, told a
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      Lock icon Afghans shoot down Pakistani warplane
      104 4 Afghans shoot down Pakistani warplane ISLAMABAD The Afghan government said on Friday its anti-aircraft forces shot down one of two Pakistani F-16 fighters which intruded into Afghanistan on Wednesday. The official Bakhtar Agency said the planes crossed the frontier over the south-eastern province of Paktia and one was shot down
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    • PEOPLE
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        The lonely frontrunner
        121 4 DEMOCRAT Gary Hart, considered by many Americans to be cool and aloof, is a lonely frontrunner for the 1988 Democratic presidential nomination. "I've never seen politics as a career," Mr Hart once told the Wall Street Journal. "I've always looked at politics as an interim period m
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        'Time for another summit'
        100 4 BUSINESSMAN, art collector and conduit for US-Soviet cultural exchanges, Mr Armand Hammer says he believes it is time for another superpower summit. In 1985, Mr Hammer helped arrange the first major US-Soviet art exchange under the cultural agreement reached between President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader
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        Swamped by 'help' calls
        102 4 PEOPLE HAVE been mistaking Florida dog track owner Jerry Collins for the Salvation Army ever since he gave US$l.3 (552.7) million to the Rev Oral Roberts to help the evangelist meet his donations-or-death fund-raising goal. Mr Collins has since been swamped with 1,000 requests for money
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        An 'unknown' honoured
        118 4 SOVIET CLIMBERS have named a mountain pass m the Far East after Charles Hyder, an American whom the Soviet media portray as a scientist on hunger strike for peace outside the White House. Tass news agency said the pass is located m the heart of the Am-Alin
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        Texan boots for Pope
        83 4 THE POPE need not bring cowboy boots when he visits San Antonio, Texas, m September. The Economy Boot Company is designing a pair for him that will feature rubies and 18-karat gold inlays. The boots, which will be stitched at the Tony Lama Factory m El
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        Tycoon's $222m estate
        112 4 Tycoon's $222 m estate LATE JAPANESE business tycoon Kenji Osano, who owned a hotel chain m Hawaii and on the US west coast, left properties worth about US$lO5 (*****.6) million, the fourth largest on record m Japan. Mr Osano, a self-made multi-millionaire who figured m the Lockheed payoff scandal involving
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      Lock icon Orchestra walks out on London musical
      161 6 Orchestra walks out on London musical LONDON Performances of the musical, Cabaret, m London's West End were cancelled on Friday after a valiant attempt to keep the show going for two nights without an orchestra, producers said. Members of the 13-piece orchestra had walked out earlier m the week over
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      Lock icon Celebrations as Quebec signs constitution
      459 6 Clause protects province's distinct status TORONTO After 20 years of uncertainty about its place m the Canadian Confederation, French-speaking Quebec has agreed to end its hold-out and sign the Canadian Constitution. "What we have now is a whole country," Prime Minister Brian Mulroney said as
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      Lock icon Pie in the face
      56 6 picture. Mike Bnttarazzl Is nndentandably anxious (or he has had more than Just a finger la this pie. The Washington and Lee University student was taking part In a pie-eating contest on Thursday, and, with his face smother**! with pie-Oiling, looked op at the Judges to
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      Lock icon Real-estate tycoons top Japan's taxpayers list
      144 6 Real-estate tycoons top Japan's taxpayers list TOKYO Real-estate tycoons making a kill m Japan's skyrocketing land markets accounted for more than 70 of last year's top 100 taxpayers, according to a list issued by the national tax administration on Friday. A 68-year-old retiree. Mr Shigeo Takahashi. who is No 1
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      Lock icon Tory win predicted
      56 6 LONDON A British opinion poll released on Saturday night suggests the ruling Conservative Party could sweep back to pow er with a majority of 84 seats. The Gallup poll was conducted for the British Broadcasting Corporation's Newsnight television programme amid wide speculation that a general election will
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      Lock icon Aerosols may harm brain
      269 6 Aerosols may harm brain NEW YORK Inhaling particles of aluminium, a metal found m everything from anti-perspirants to baking powder, appears to cause brain abnormalities that may be linked to the memory-destroying Alzheimer's disease, researchers reported on Friday. Scientists at the Mount Sinai Medical Centre have shown m animal experiments
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      Lock icon We didn't try to mug him. says 'vigilante' victim
      241 6 NEW YORK Troy Canty, one of four young black men shot by "subway vigilante" Bernhard Goetz, became the chief witness against him on Friday, swearing m court that neither he nor his friends tried to mug Goetz. Goetz sat impassively at
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      Lock icon Refurbished QE2 sails into a barrage of complaints
      307 7 Refurbished QE2 sails into a barrage of complaints LONDON The luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 2 has sailed into a storm of complaints on its first voyage since a £110--million million) refit. Criticisms about faulty showers, toilets, telephones and television sets, flooding lavatories, cold meals and poor service abounded m the
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      Lock icon Senior UN post
      44 7 UNITED NATIONS Mr Joseph Verner Reed, a 49- year -old former US banker, was named on Friday to become UN Under Secretary-General for Political and General Assembly Affairs, the highest ranking post for a US citizen m the world body. AFP
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      Lock icon McFarlane geared for suicide during Iran trip
      112 7 WASHINGTON Former National Security Adviser Robert McFarlane carried large quantities of tranquilisers with him on a secret trip to Iran last year so he could commit suicide if taken hostage, it was reported on Friday. Press reports said Mr McFarlane and his former
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      Lock icon West German police clash with leftists
      184 7 WEST BERLIN A West Berlin police raid on a left-wing centre to confiscate leaflets calling for a boycott of the first West German census m 17 years led to clashes that raged until early yesterday. A police spokesman said 100 policemen were injured, 47
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      Lock icon Seaman dozed off and left bow doors open
      424 7 The Channel ferry disaster LONDON A board of inquiry heard on Friday that the seaman responsible for closing the bow doors of the capsized ferry, Herald of Free Enterprise, fell asleep after taking a drink of rum and failed to carry out
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      Lock icon China involved in arms deal, says paper
      250 7 NEW YORK The Reagan administration is reported to have arranged the sales of high-pow-ered weapons from China and Poland m its drive to supply arms to Nicaraguan Contra rebels. The congressional committees investigating the Iran-Contra arms scandal have compiled evidence that former White
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      Lock icon TV preachers become the butt of jokes
      400 7 PALM SPRINGS (California) All across the south s Bible belt, country music radio stations these days are freely lampooning the troubles of television evangelists. On many stations the most requested song is "Would Jesus wear a Holex on his television show?" On radio
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      Lock icon US scientists try for new plant to produce soap oil
      203 8 US scientists try for new plant to produce soap oil WASHINGTON Amei ican researchers are working to develop a new oilseed crop which could be used m deter- .;< nts. competing with imported vegetable oils and thus easing the US trade deficit Scientists hope to develop ihe crop from a
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      Lock icon Cancer risk not heeded
      69 8 WASHINGTON Most Americans will continue to lie out m the sun and frequent tanning salons despite the risks of skin cancer, says a study by the American Academy of Dermatology. Skin cancer strikes about t50,000 Americans a year but up to three-fourths of those surveyed said
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      Lock icon Jail riot
      33 8 BRUSSELS Police on Friday quelled a riot by 100 Belgian prisoners who were reported to be demanding better conditions and the transfer of inmates beSieved to be suffering from Aids. Reuter
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      Lock icon Pope on threats to mankind's survival
      216 8 KEVELAER (West Germany) Pope John Paul II preached the merits of simplicity to 80,000 enthusiastic pilgrims yesterday and warned them that selfishness and careless use of technology endangered the survival of mankind. The Pope spoke from an altar m a sports stadium adorned with
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      Lock icon Taiwan approves sweeping new series of tariff cuts
      296 8 TAIPEI The Cabinet has approved a far-ranging series of tariff cuts which will phase out Taiwan's policy of protecting its home industries within the next year, a high government official said. The approval follows the recent drastic tariff cuts on more than
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      Lock icon US and Japan pledge to resolve trade row
      589 8 Reagan and Nakasone stress need to stop further fall m US$ WASHINGTON The talks between Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone and President Ronald Reagan produced determined pledges to solve the US-Japanese trade conflict and some concessions by Tokyo, but fell short of
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      Lock icon Japanese spend $127 m on lobbyists
      423 8 God love 'em. Without lobbyists we would have to decide how to vote on our own. US Senator Patrick Leahy. WASHINGTON This city's biggest growth industry is not high technology or real estate, but high-powered lobbying for the Japanese. Last week, the lobbyists, who
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      Lock icon Israeli leaders head for showdown over peace talks
      357 10 Israeli leaders head for showdown over peace talks TEL AVTV A showdown m the Israeli coalition government appears imminent over a disputed claim that Israel and Jordan have agreed on terms for an international Middle East peace conference. Two Jordanian ministers denied on Friday night that an agreement had been
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      Lock icon 13 die as Israeli jets attack PLO bases
      158 10 SIDON (Lebanon) Israeli jets blasted Palestinian guerilla bases near the southern city of Sidon on Friday m their heaviest air raid this year. Police said 13 people were killed and 35 wounded. Six guerilla command posts belonging to the three main factions
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      Lock icon Super-rich Arabs give Paris, London a miss
      632 10 Goodbye Paris Hello Morocco PARIS With the fall m the price of oil, uncertain weather m Europe and, some say, irritation at living costs that many Arabs felt were raised to exploit their wealth, Paris and London no longer attract large numbers of
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      Singapore, too, sees a drop in Middle East visitors
      262 10 THEY check into the best suites m the hotel and order most of their meals from room service. They are favourites of the hotel staff, especially the bellboys, because they give US$2O (Ss42) tips if they are pleased with the service.
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      Lock icon Vietnam to promote Angkor Wat tours
      167 10 BANGKOK Vietnam has drawn up a tourist promotion plan that includes construction of modem hotels and tours to Kampuchea's ancient capital of Angkor Wat, a Vietnamese radio broadcast said on Friday. The official Voice of Vietnam said the plan envisioned upgrading hotels and building
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      Lock icon Share prices weaken on news of trade tensions
      89 10 Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street stocks closed slightly lower on Friday because of weak dollar and bond mar kets and worries over trade tensions with Japan. Investors, who on Thursday had driven the Dow Jones industrial average up 32 points, turned
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      Lock icon All set for Verdi's Aida in the land of pharaohs
      217 10 LUXOR (Egypt) Special Aida T-shirts and calendars are on sale at the souvenir shops and the street vendors have been perfecting their Italian. The whole of this ancient city on the Nile has been gearing up for yesterday's grand opening
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      Lock icon High-tech bandit gets 15 years for selling to Soviet bloc
      205 10 High-tech bandit gets 15 years for selling to Soviet bloc LOS ANGELES A West German businessman described by prosecutors as one of the world's leading "tech-no-bandits" was sentenced on Friday to 15 years m prison for exporting high technology to Soviet bloc nations. United States District Judge Alicemarie Stotler also
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      Lock icon Billy Joel to give concerts in Soviet Union
      123 10 Billy Joel to give concerts in Soviet Union NEW YORK Singer Billy Joel will hold a series of concerts m Moscow and Leningrad later this year and become the first American rock star to perform m the Soviet Union. The tour is part of the US State Department's cultural exchange
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      297 12 JAKARTA The National Defence Security Council yesterday denied issuing millions of dollars m worthless promissory notes that led to the indictment m New York last month of five men trying to sell them. The council, an advisory body with offices m the Defence Ministry,
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      Lock icon Manila coup talk may be work of pranksters
      357 12 But military not taking any chances, says general MANILA The Philippine Armed Forces have warned President Corazon Aquino that renegade soldiers may launch another mutiny before the May 11 congressional elections, a top military official said yesterday. Vice-Chief of Staff Lt-Gener-al Salvador
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      125 12 THAILAND'S tallest woman, 20-year-old Somnuek Chuepook (above), has undergone surgery to halt her continued growing and improve her deteriorating health. A tumour was removed from her brain during the surgery carried out by Prof Dr Charat Suwannawayla at Chulalongkorn Hospital m Bangkok on April
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      326 12 Chamber sees pick-up in Thai economy BANGKOK Thailand's economy will grow by 5 to 5.5 per cent this year, up from last year's 3.8 per cent, according to a report compiled by the American Chamber of Commerce here released yesterday. The chamber's 1987 Thailand Country Paper said low oil prices
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      290 12 MANILA The Philippine government, m an attempt to prevent the collapse of peace talks with Muslim rebels, has offered to hold an autonomy referendum m all 23 southern provinces. The offer was made as government negotiators and representatives of the Moro National
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      World class racing at Batu Tiga suspended
      171 13 World class racing at Batu Tiga suspended KUALA LUMPUR International motor races at the Batu Tiga circuit have been suspended until the Shah Alam Motor Racing Association (Samra) upgrades the track, The Malay Mail reported yesterday. The Paris-based Federation Internationale d'Automobile the controlling body for international motor sports, has withdrawn
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      146 13 Same man may be behind girls' murder KUALA TRENGGANU Police believe that the same person might be responsible for two murders involving schoolgirls m Batu Rakit near here. Police also do not rule out the possibility that the murderer is a sex maniac. State CID chief DSP Mohamad Alt Nathu
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      308 13 Easier if PM had ministers he could work with, he says KUALA LUMPUR Education Minister Anwar Ibrahim yesterday said it was unreasonable to expect the Prime Minister, Dr Mahathir Mohamad, to retain m the Cabinet ministers who opposed him m last month's Umno elections.
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      Decision not well received in Johor, says sacked minister
      277 13 JOHOR BARU Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad's decision to drop three ministers and four deputy ministers is not going down well with people m Johor, Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad said. "The decision is not well
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      Lock icon Bomohs, poison-pen letters used during Umno elections
      235 13 KUALA LUMPUR Bomohs, books and poison-pen letters are said to have been used by candidates who contested for seats m last month's Umno party elections. "There is nothing wrong m going to the bomoh for help," said a well known bomoh. who is
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      221 13 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad is likely to make changes m the line-up of Umno's state liaison chiefs. Dr Mahathir, who is the Umno President, is likely to appoint Mentris Besar as the state liaison chiefs. With the exception
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      132 13 PENANG The Malaysian Chinese Association will name its candidate for the Gopeng parliamentary by-election on Tuesday or on nomination day on Thursday. Deputy Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Kok Wee Kiat said on Friday party president Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik would make
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      Gerakan president faces challenge
      147 13 KUALA LUMPUR Gerakan central committee member and former Deputy Agriculture Minister Dr Goh Cheng Teik will challenge party president Datuk Dr Lim Keng Yaik m the party election next month. The Star reported. It quoted a source as saying. "Although he has yet to publicly make
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      151 13 EPOH Police have uncovered a syndicate using forged credit cards with the arrests of three women and a man here last week. The officer-in-charge (crime), Supt Zulkifli Abdul Ghani, told reporters yesterday that police had also seized 14 forged American Express
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      374 13 KUALA LUMPUR One of the 10 most wanted criminals m Malaysia, Chang Thiam, who was shot dead by Johor police m an ambush at Bukit Benut estate near Kluang, Johor, on Thursday, is believed to have been involved m at least
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      Retailers unfazed by arrival of more Japanese stores
      818 14  -  TONG YOKE THO By WHEN Japan's giant Tokyu chain opens its store m Marina Square later this year, Singapore retailers won't be snaking m their shoes. Department store owners were sent reeling under the first invasion of Japanese retailing expertise m the
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      Sweet-talking computer makes Dr Yeo welcome
      339 14 Sweet-talking computer makes Dr Yeo welcome A CABINET minister and a talking computer gave new meaning to the term "interface" yesterday. The unusual encounter between man and machine took place at the Singapore Science Centre m Jurong, as Dr Yeo Ning Hong arrived to open a twomonth exhibition on weapon
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      Ten blind children hurt in accident
      210 14 Ten blind children hurt in accident TEN blind children were hurt when their mini-bus overturned m a collision with a car m Owen Road on Thursday morning. One of the children, 10-year-old Yeo Sze Ling, was admitted to hospital with leg injuries after the accident. She has been discharged. Bus
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      Savings bank ATM thief caught in the act by video-camera
      367 14 Savings bank ATM thief caught in the act by video-camera BEN DAVIDSON IT WAS a whodunnit show with a local cast and viewing was by special invitation only for a 17-year-old technical institute student late last year. The "producer" of the vid-eo-recording was not the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation but the
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      Help offered to Maldives
      81 14 SINGAPORE has offered relief to the Maldives, which was hit by storms and high waves last month. In addition to antibiotics and other medical supplies the Government has offered to help the Maldivians assess the damage to the airport, the Foreign Affairs Ministry said yesterday. Thousands
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      Aids victims need compassion, says bishop
      389 14  - Aids victims need compassion, says bishop GILLIAN POW CHONG By TAKING a lofty moral stand when a person is suffering from Aids is a "great mistake", according to an American church leader, who is discussing the issue with Anglican delegates meeting here. Compassion for the sufferer and his family is
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      Thrice a week of No.1 makes Junior feel good
      461 14 WORKING mothers can develop a good relationship with their children by making them feel No. 1 three times a week, said a specialist m developing a healthy family lifestyle. Fix the days and times and, without fail, let the children make
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      You're not doing govt a favour, women told
      637 15  -  TAN LIAN CHOO Having more babies is m the interests of all. says minister By Today, there are nine Singaporeans between the ages of 15 and 60 supporting the old. By the year 2010, this ratio will become four to one, and
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      That sarong kebaya spell
      424 15  -  AGNES WEE SIA hostess I booth draws hopeful teenagers By AIRLINE passengers fall under her spell and apparently so do Singapore girls, who queued up yesterday for application forms so that they might some day be the gentle SIA hostess m the sarong kebaya. On the
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      Four reasons why airline passengers' bags go astray
      377 15 AIRLINES may like to boast about the quality of their in-flight service, but once passengers arrive at their destination, their main concern is whether their bags have done the same. It is a big let-down to go to the baggage claim area,
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      'Open skies' policy works: Dr Yeo
      251 15 THE many airlines calling at Singapore, the number of foreigners flying here and passengers m transit, and SlA's high-flying reputation all show that the nations "open skies" policy has succeeded, said Dr Yeo Ning Hong. Dr Yeo, the Minister for Communications and Information, was
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      Audit firm files suit against society of accountants
      424 16 Audit firm files suit against society of accountants The Pan-El affair AUDIT firm Coopers Lybrand is suing the Singapore Society of Accountants, its president and registrar for allegedly defamatory statements about the firm's role m the audit of the defunct PanElectric group. A statement issued yesterday by Godwin Co, solicitors
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      SAF exercises
      123 16 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces will be holding training m Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandai, Wing Loong, Loyang and Sembawang from tomorrow to Saturday. These will be conducted daily from 7 am to midnight. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public is advised not
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      Dry-dock accident: Body found
      105 16 THE body of the man who has been missing since Monday's tragedy at Jurong Shipyard was found yesterday. A police spokesman said the body of Mr Lim Lian Heng, 32, a contract worker, was seen floating m the sea outside the shipyard at about 3.50 pm.
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      Four jailed for 300 gas cylinders
      242 16 Four jailed for 300 gas cylinders FOUR men were given jail terms yesterday ranging from three to 11 months for stealing nearly 300 gas cylinders worth more than 125,000. Lee Eng Teck, 20, who has two previous convictions, was jailed a total of 11 months on five charges. He was
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      Fishmonger hurt in accident
      88 16 Fishmonger hurt in accident FISHMONGER Poon Gek Hui, 34, was Injured when his lorry carrying fish and shrimps hit a tree and an oncoming car after he was said to have lost control of his vehicle m Holland Road on Thursday. Mr Poon fractured his thigh and was warded at
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      Burgers and colas for lunch — and books for dessert
      376 16 Burgers and colas for lunch and books for dessert SOME students say they study better when they are seated among their friends m a fast-food shop with a' burger and cola within reach. When school is out, they plop themselves down at a table, and after a burger lunch, it's
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      Health GPC picks nine advisers
      331 16 A NINE-MEMBER resource panel has been appointed to advise the Government Parliamentary Committee (GPC) on Health and the Environment. The GPC, chaired by Dr Aline Wong, MP for Changkat, has opted Tor a mix of specialists and genera lists. The panel comprises private medical practitioners,
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        290 17 WHEN the MP for Fengshan Dr Arthur Beng says that he wants to reveal the sources of the feedback he receives, he is taking a necessary though calculated risk. By signalling that the Government Parliamentary Committee on Communications and Information he heads would like only views that can
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        25 YEARS AGO
        127 17 What The Sunday Times reported on April 29 1962 BARISAN SOSIALIS said today the people of Singapore want to know what the British Government, and not its stooges, have to say about the nuclear base m Singapore. It was commenting on the Singapore Government's denial yesterday of
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      1259 17 Newly elected as an Umno vice-president, ANWAR IBRAHIM is only a couple of heartbeats away from the top Anwar Ibrahim seems headed for the top Umno party post one day a position that will catapult him into the prime ministership of Malaysia. He arouses
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      Posers raised by 'twins' born 18 months apart
      920 18 Alex McCall-Smith 4 Apart from the fact that the children, although of different ages, are technically twins, the case differs little from any other of m vitro fertilisation. The parents are married and no donor of sperm or of an ovum is
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      What incentives for credit card users to stay or go?
      884 18 Tan Sai Siong My friend nurses a bold dream: Visa card members banding together to negotiate for better terms with financial institutions slavering for their business. THE big, strong and friendly giant was less than friendly recently. At least, judging
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      676 18 When everything in my flat comes from Japan I Lance Contrucci Soon, Japanese books will fill my shelves. I envision pocket-sized classics with electronic place finders. Books such as Zen and the Single Girl, Yamamoto's Complaint, and The Catcher m the Rice will be sexy, well-written and perfectly structured. AFTER
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      Fish here, swim here, all allowed
      572 18 WHEN the newspapers reported how No Fishing, No Swimming, No Ball Games and Danger Keep Out signs were being ignored by many people, I could not believe my eyes. "I mean, we are the world's champion observers of signs," I told my buddy Soh
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      218 18 NOTICE PORT OF UNGAPORE AUTHORITY fl TENDER SALE OF USED ASSETS fl EQUIPMENT NO 2/87 fl I TENDERS are invited for the purchase of any or all of fl I the following used assets, equipment and vessels as is I I and where is H I Forklifts, Trailers, Freightlifters, Propellers,
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      Decline of Number One
      1400 19  -  STUART AUERBACH American dominance of the international economy is over. In just 15 years the changes have been so sweeping that they are only partly understood. The question now, according to the experts, is whether the US, weakened as an economic power, can keen its mantle
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      121 19 Mm^B O IAV mVmm M Gala guides to Missuniverse Pageant '87 The Sunday Times stages 2 colourful pull-out supplements on May 17 24. Spectacular coverage m words and pictures span: Profiles of the contestants Who's the fairest of them all? Readers can play judge with a specially tailored criteria chart
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  • RACING
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      Play It Cool to put the heat on rivals
      390 20  -  MARKSMAN By our man on the track H ■he mudlarksj THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Hard To Be Humble. Against All Odds. RACE 2: Takanawa Prince, Rangoli, Maximum Capacity. RACE 3: I'm Arthur.
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      355 20 RACE RACING ED MARKSMAN TONTO LUCKY LEO PEDIGREE 5 Wonder Six 4 Marrion 6 Gremlin IHToB* Humble 5 Wonder Sii 1 11 Against All Odds 8 Waqiah 9HTo Be Humble 11 Against All Odds 10 TOf Baghdad 1 Careless Whisper 5 Wonder Six 11 Against All
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      5097 20 sfs W t W mmujm 9r u m\ CLASS 5 DIV 2 1,600 m 1 aLM •< I (Ratingi: 53-48) Mi (Stake*: $15,500) I •■J*i*o Careless Whisper SI (SS) Brahminy Kites-Bougoure 4 nzg dl +6.5 (1400 m). Tightened at 1000 m, then trailed field ot 10
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      Lock icon $500,000 Oaks to Buryyourbelief
      172 21 LOUISVILLE (Kentucky) BURYYOURBELIEF. a 8-1 shot, won the U*****,100 (about S$500.000) Kentucky Oaks, the fillies version of the Kentucky Derby, at Churchill Downs on Friday. Ridden by Jose Santos, she beat Hometown Queen by 2 J 4 lengths, with Super Cook third, another two lengths further
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      Kway joins elite band
      2194 21 Success m his first race ride By OUR RACING TEAM FIRST *****9 SECOND *****9 THIRD *****3 STARTERS *****8 *****1 *****7 *****7 *****5 *****3 *****5 *****2 *****8 *****9 CONSOLATIONS *****6 *****2 *****7 *****2 *****1 *****6 *****4 *****9 *****2 *****2 MOSES KWAY joined an elite band of apprentices
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      125 21 NEWMARKET (England) Don't Forget Me, declared fit to run only two hours before the race, won the 2,000 Guineas for three-year-olds over 1,600 m yesterday The colt, ridden by Willie Carson and starting at 9-1, made all the running and just held off second favourite Bellotto (7-1),
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      Jockey who lost plea against six-month suspension to bring case to tribunal
      417 21  -  JACK ELLIOTT By SYDNEY New Zealandborn jockey Shane Dye said he would go to the New South Wales Raring Appeals Tribunal after having his appeal against an improper riding charge dismissed by the Australian Jockey Club. Dye was
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      269 20 CHINA AND THE ASEAN STATES: THE ETHNIC CHINESE DIMENSION Leo Suryadinata This book focuses on China's foreign relations with Southeast Asia with special reference to the ethnic and political dimensions It deals with the reactions ot Southeast Asian governments, especially those of ASEAN, to China's foreign policy m general, and
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  • OBITUARIES
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      183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences
      84 21 183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences ll With Deepest Condolences To The Family ]m I Of The Late: I DR. PHILIP CHEN, I President of The University of Singapore I Society (1975 to 1977) I From: I THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF I l SINGAPORE SOCIETY. M OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES A
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      181 Deaths 181 Deaths
      347 21 181 Deaths 181 Deaths MR. SOH SENG Age: 70 years passed away peacefully on Ist May, 1987. leaving behind: WIFE: TO LIAN HUAY SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Dr. Soh Cheng Lam Linda Choo Soh Ching Pak XI Say Kiam Soh Chin Tong (deceased) Soh Cheng Guan Lim Koi Wan Soh Chen Kiat
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      181 Deaths
      85 21 S. MARUTHAIYYA THEVAR Age: 70 years passsd awey peacefully on 2-S-67 leaving behind wife Made t hi. Sons. Daughters, Grandchildren and loved ones. Cortege leaves B4k 207 Ang Mo Kio Aye 1 #08-1035 at 3pm for Crams tion at Mt. Vernon Crematorium. REV. BAO. THOMAS BROTHER OF ST.
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      182 Acknowledgements
      113 21 The family of the late MDM. LEE KEE IMM departed 29.4.87. express their grateful thanks to Rev. A Mrs. Quek Kiok Chiang, Doctors, Nurses, Staff A Brother A Sister Inmates of The Ling Kwang Home for Senior Citizens, Relatives A friends for their condolences, assistance, attendance, prayers, wreaths
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      182 Acknowledgements
      80 21 S man JIT son of tha late Sardar Kartar Singh KhalM Village: Kotli wishes lo express his sincere thanks and appreciation lo Superintendent and Staff ot Remand Prison, relatives, friends, buainess associates. Megh Printers, Sent Babe Sohan Singh Ji Mstaks Jatha and Babbar Khalaa International Jatha for fheir
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      184 In Memoriam
      148 21 In everloving memory of JASON PANG KAH SENG Departed I 3.5.86 It was today last year since we la^t met. How can we. ever... ever forget. Time may change many things But not the sadness this day brings Sadly missed by wits Esther snd son Jsnsen. In
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      Lock icon Celtic want Dalglish as manager
      157 22 Celtic want Dalglish as manager LONDON Scottish champion* Celtic want Kenny Dalgllsh, the boss of English soccer title-holder* Liverpool, as their next manager. The Glasgow clnh see their former striker as the man to match the achievements of Rangers player-man-ager Graeme Soilness across the city. Dalgllsh's ex-Liverpool team-mate has already
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      The unifying force
      1055 22 Football rises above sectarian divisions m Northern Ireland ROB HUGHES Talk of Soccer 4 Sometimes, looking back on the friendship and support between a Catholic like Jennings and a Protestant like Best, you wonder whether sport is the one decent sanctuary a place like North- crn Ireland
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      199 22 Ugly side of Whiteside: Northern Ireland international Norman Whiteside escaped with a one-match ban and a L 250 ($875) fine when he appeared before the English Football Association's disciplinary commission on Friday. The Manchester United midfielder was also warned about his future conduct, after passing 41 disciplinary points
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      Lock icon English League's move into new era
      322 22 THE PLAYOFF PROGRAMME LONDON English soccer's progress towards a re-organised and streamlined League will be marked by a playoff series at the end of this season. The introduction of three up and three down between the top two divisions and three points for a
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      Cueing up for pocket money
      997 23 Television and sponsorships breed millionaire players who play to win at all costs ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY They are saying that snooker is the parlour game that has lost its table manners, that it is now a sport of inflated pretensions rapidly suffocating under
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      272 23 Johnson, Davis headed for collision SHEFFIELD World champion Joe Johnson, et England, a «4M shot to keep his ernwa after a moderate a— a, Is only two frames away from reaching the World Professional Snooker t ham pi on skip final Johnson, a ltt-1 outsider when he won the title
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      345 23 No more boredom for Norf adillah KUALA LUMPUR Boredom can do good and cashier Norfadillah Isa can vouch for that. It drove her to the snooker table and then, three months later, to play m the current Rothmans Malaysian Closed Snooker Championship. She did not do well beaten 2-0 m
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      394 23 a BASEBALL Minnesota Twins beat New York Yankees 7-4 m an American League match m New York on Friday. Otaer rraolU American Leagne: Toronto Blue Jays 3 Texas Hangers 2. Chicago White Sox 5 Baltimore Orioles 1 Cleveland Indians 2 Kansas City Royals 0. Milwaukee Brewers 10 Seattle
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      272 24 HAMBURG Wimbledon champion Boris Becker will volunteer for military service m West Germany, even though he is not obliged to do so. West German Tennis Federation president Claus Stauder said he had been authorised to make the announcement by Becker's father. Karl-Heinz. Becker had
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      329 24 HAMBURG Ivan Lendl dropped a .set on Friday but still defeated Thierry Tulasne ot France m a quar-ter-final match of the West German tennis championships at the Rothenbaum Club. The world No 1 dropped the first set 4-6. but came back to take the
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      795 24 Few know Etsuko ranks No. 48 m the world JANICE SEAH Said and Done Iff I didn't want to w win, I wouio IM9I DO on tho circuit. For tho romwwtii my 9001 w 10 bo in tho top 30, but it'o vory hard.
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      329 25  - Sasa agree to help Peng Siong for Sea, Olympic Games ALBERT JOHNSON By THE Singapore Amateur Swimming Association have agreed to assist national star Ang Peng Siong to prepare for this year's South-east Asia Games and next year's Olympic Games m Seoul. Peng Siong. the Sunday Times Coca Cola Sportsman
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      592 25  -  HAKIKAT RAI Time for Singapore to check slide and measure sporting excellence m dollars and cents COMMENT... By sdd OLD fashioned values, particularly m sport, went out of the window the world over a long time ago. But not where sports officials m
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      517 25 SPORT NATIONWIDE SOMETIMES, being the better team does not necessarily assure you of victory. This was the lesson Jansenites learnt after yesterday's 3-1 Premier League hockey defeat to an under-strength Ceylon Sports Club at Bales tier Road. After showing superiority m all
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      258 25 DUNHILL CUP GOLF KUALA LUMPUR Brothers Nazamuddin and Sahabudin Yusof kept their composure to help hosts Malaysia score an upset 2-1 2 to 1 2 victory over favourites New Zealand m the' semi-finals of the Dunhill Cup Pacific golf final. In the other semi-final yesterday,
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      57 25 Malaysia bent New Zealand V a to M (Malaysia tint): Marimuthu Ramayah 69 Greg Turner 69, Naza muddin Yusof 74 Simon Owen 75, Sahabudin Yusof 71 Frank Nabilo 72. Philippines beat Hongkong 2-1 (Philippines first): Frankie Minoza 71 Tang Shu Wing 75, Rudy Laveres 69 Alex Tang 76, Eddie
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      481 25 MILAN Britain' Sam Torrance scored a second round 68 to take a five-shot halfway lead m the U*****,000 ($530,000) Open golf championship over the 6,370 m Monticello course on Friday. Leadlag scores (Britons, ojrJess staled): 132 Sam Torrance 64, 68 137 Peter Senior (Aust) 70, 67; Nick
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      321 25 Athletics. golf join the race for April's top honours GOLF and athletics managed a last-minute squeeze m the race for honours for April's Sunday Times Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month award Lim Swe Chew saved the day for Singapore m the qualifying round of the US$l million (s2.lm) Dunhill
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      151 25 SPORTING SUNDAY ATHLETICS tm4 Srheet* Retav* NaAaaanl Stadium. Ipm i BOfflJM. 3rd Jatiee Teernament ef kampieM: Mens and women's semifinaLs. step-ladder finals 'Strikers ftow.l 9 ami Yeetfc Laanjai < Ja« trie's Katong. h SO am GOLi 1 Deaklll Cap Paeiflr tern* ftnat RSGC, k3O am FAS Premier l>r*«nae (TMOC) Haadlrap
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      531 26  -  HAKIKAT RAI By Mobil score a first with corporate sponsorship of four juniors SPORT NEEDS MORE SENSE AND LOTS MORE DOLLARS Page 25 TRACK and field's push for excellence has found itself a familiar ally m Mobil Oil Singapore, who launched the Mobil Athlete Adoption
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      216 26  -  JOE DOR AI By TWO of Singapore's top defenders Thambiah Pathmanathan and Norhalis Shafik are out of the pre-Olympic Games soccer match against Japan at the National Stadium on June 14 because of Malaysia Cup commitments. Pahang, who Pathmanathan represents, will meet Sabah
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      220 26 IMOLA (Italy) NELSON Plqnet wns discharged yesterday from a hospital and flew to the Imela aato track with hope* ef racing, hat his WUUame-Lnhu team announced that the Brazilian driver wUJ skip both the qualifying run aad today's San Marino Grand Prta. The M-year-eid ace
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      508 26  -  JANICE SEAH American girl makes it look easy m both semi-finals REPORT: JERRY SEH ALL of you who think tennis is difficult should have been at Kallang last night. Barbara Gerken made it look so easy. The hard-hitting American with the John Wayne swagger outgunned Japanese
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      56 26 Singles: Anne M inter (Aust) bt Etsuko Inoue (Jpn) 2-6. 6-4. 6-2; Barbara Gerken (US) bt Emiko Okagawa (Jpn) 6-4, 6-3. Doubles: Anna-Maria Fernandez (US) and Julie Richardson (NZ) bt Sharon Walsh-Pete and Sandy Collins (US) 2-6, 6-4, 6-4; Barbara Gerken and Heather Ludloff bt Lea Antonopolis (US)
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      309 26 Everton one victory away from title BRITISH SOCCER LONDON Everton, on the verge of winning the English Championship for the past two weeks, squandered two points when they drew 0-0 at home with bottom club Manchester City yesterday. Nearest rivals Liverpool lost 1-0 at Coventry and an Everton victory would,
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      252 26 DIVISION ONE Newport 1 Blackpool York 2 Bolton Arsenal 2 Aston Villa 1 Charlton 0 Luton 1 DIVISION FOl R Chelsea 3 Leicester 1 Coventry 1 Liverpool 0 Aldershot 2 Exeter Everton 0 Man City 0 Burnley 2 Southend Man I'nited 0 Wimbledon 1 Preston 0 Peterboro
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      25 26 TODAY'S TIES Centre Caart Span: Anne Minter (Aust) v Barbara Gerken (US). Anna-Maria Fernandez and Julie Richardson (NZ) v Barbara Gerken and Heather Ludloff (US)
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          445 2  -  JULIE TAN By A NEW Hongkong film company is looking to set up film production facilities here. Alan and Eric Films Company Ltd, a movie company set up two weeks ago by pop star Alan Tarn, comedian Eric Tsang and singer director actor Teddy
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          489 2  -  ALJEAN HARMETZ By TOMORROW, two movies will go into production. They may be the last Hollywood makes for a long time. The contract of the Directors Guild of America expires on June 30, and although the guild will not call the first strike m its
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          584 2 SI TAY CHENG KOON speaks to Sportsman of the Year and squash multi-title holder Zainal Abidin, who argues tor more coverage of his favourite sport. THANK goodness for video cassette recorders. I annai don't think people who work normal office hours appreciate just how valuable
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          405 2  - TV star gives up career to be a wife JULIE TAN LOOK EAST POPULAR television star Lav Kar Leng is calling it quits with showbiz to get married. The Hongkong actress made the surprise announcement after returning from a holiday m Europe with her boyfriend. Her wedding is expected to
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          760 3 PART 3 ROCKY, Rambo, take a back seat. Mick "Crocodile" Dundee is here. He doesn't grunt, sweat, fight the Viets or do any of that showy, macho stuff. This Australian hero is so laidback he practically topples over. But "No worries, mate", he always
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          487 3  -  PHILIP CHEAH JULIET OF THE SPIRITS Gpethe-tnstitut auditoriurr Friday, 6.30 and 9 pm Starring Ouilerta Masina Directed by Frederico Fellini I By MOVIES about marital breakdowns tend to be framed m contemporary Hollywood terms. The subject is dealt with either as a bittersweet
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          982 4  -  NAN ROBERTSON By 41 still am attracted by the limelight, but I also rather despise it. After a lifetime of playing other people, there comes a time when I feel Oh, Td just like to discover myself for a #j change. FULL of years and honors,
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          593 7  -  DANNY TAN BY GREASE was the word, and rock 'n' roll, the music. And m town to spread the word and music on Monday night at Top Ten discotheque were the world's oldest teenagers eight greasers and a greaserette,
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          238 8 DO YOU realise how different the world might have been if early Europeans hadn't gone m search of spices? They were unhappy that the Arabs made so much money out of the spice trade. The Europeans, who were Christians, also disliked the Arabs because they were Muslims. Although
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          255 8 Turn plastic bottle into a planter A PLANTER is a container in which you place pots of plants or flowers. You can make pretty planters from the larger plastic bottles. These are usually thrown out once the contents such as dishwashing liquid, detergents or fruit juices are used up. You
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          489 8 sfd Next week: Christopher Columbus HE WAS the first European to find the sea route to India from Europe. Like the other great European travellers of this period, Vasco da Gama went m search of spices such as cinnamon and cloves. Spices were brought to Europe by Arab
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          1268 16  -  JULIE TAN By 4 The public doesn't know it but there's a lot of pain m showbiz. And I always want to be there to give moral support. 4 Things are so rushed that the wedding is going to feel like just another day out on
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          172 16 Security boost for the big day AN ADDITIONAL 30 guards have been employed by Shan-gri-La Hotel here to beef up the security force for the Chow Yuen Fatt-Jasmine Tan wedding this Wednesday. Although fan fervour is not expected to match that at Chow's first Hongkong wedding to Candice Yu On
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            271 16  -  JOHN BLAKE YOU saw him as the aggressive Russian challenger to American boxing heavyweight hero Rocky m the film Rocky IV. Now Dolph Lundgren is back on celluloid. This time he is bigger and meaner than ever and he ends up winning!
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      159 3 OThebeotof M g mmam mmr tw^ With the increasing emphasis m Singapore on family and procreation, The Sunday Times announces a timely focus feature on May 10. "Family" is the candid supplement which devotes the best of its editorial pages to these expressive topics. Insurance fa the family Always room
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        Coping with menopause
        713 2 Menopause remains one of the least-discussed topics m our Asian society. LIM PHAY-LING checks on the progress of Singapore, first Menopause Clinic after one year, and elaborates on the treatment used to help women come to terms with the inevitable. THE Menopause Clinic at the National University
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        The 'wonder medication' that brings relief — and risks
        1009 2 The 'wonder medication' that brings relief and risks 4 After menopause, women lose about 2 per cent of their total bone mass yearly because of calcium loss. They also get shorter as the vertebra literally collapses. s 4 The good news is that about 75 per cent of post-menopausal women
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        Keep your distance when strangers call
        314 2 fdf Q: I GET calls from guys I don't know who say: "Pm one of yoor friends' friends and would like to be yoor friend too." Bot they won't say who gave them my phone number. Would I be rode to tell them: "For
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        Will the computer replace the couch?
        295 2 FORGET that couch. Computers may be the cost-sparing but savvy wave of the future m therapy. Attacking everything from executive stress to couples' sexual conflicts, micro-com-puter software is speeding patient problem-solving m the office;; of therapists throughout the United States. "We're moving past the
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        Brave new whirl
        700 3 Skirts are taking on shorter, more voluminous and saucy shapes this year. But will Singapore women take to the balloon and puffball silhouette, wonders LIM PH AY-LING. »THEY were romping down the runways m Europe last year during the spring-summer prek views. Puff balls, ballerina M tutus,
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        A more assertive scent?
        229 3 f'Vji f V 1 1 Loulou's m town: you can't have missed the current soft-fo-cus monochrome ads on television. A misty-eyed woman, with shoulder straps sliding off, seductively whispering that she's Loulou. Loulou a new perfume by Parfums Cacharel is a soft, Oriental floral scent with
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        Shorter skirts are going a long way
        256 3 THE mini-skirt is definitely back. The New York Times reported that for the first time since the *****, women who follow fashion are shortening their skirts, or rolling them up at the waist to see how they look and feel with more leg
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        Right spots for house plants
        316 4 WHICH is the best place to grow your indoor plants? This is a subject that of.en mystifies those whose gardening activities are restricted 10 apartments, balconies and patios. But here are a few guidelines. FIRST of all, whether you live m a house or apartment,
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        A shop for those inclined to style
        701 4 Tilted bookshelves and slanted floor-tiles await patrons of a new bookshop m Marina Square. A dizzy KHNG EU MENG browses through the store with a difference. JUDGING his new bookshop by its cover is exactly what owner Mark Tan, 28, hopes passers-by will
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    • FOOD
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        New Orleans sheds formal air
        505 4  -  MARGARET CHAN imi'.'.M n THE New Orleans Restaurant is changing its upmarket image. The Holiday Inn Park View restaurant, the only one m town specialising m Louisiana food, has replaced its Creole and Ca jun cuisine for an international menu. What's more, the formal restaurant
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        Hearty hawker fare in Maxwell Road
        584 4 MARGARET CHAN rounds up her three-part review of Maxwell Road Food Centre with a choice of more traditional dishes WITH the recent addition of more than 60 stalls from China Square, Maxwell Road Food Centre has now become a veritable centre of Hokkien hawker
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        403 4 Be proud of your English Are you content with the way errors How to express your ideas you speak and write? Are you fluently. sure that you are not making The study requires only a mistakes that cause people to little time, and very moderate underrate you? You are judged
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        Meant to be meddled with
        694 5  -  CHIA WAI HON am_ I By SENSITIVITY to materials of the technological age. That's the common theme which binds the 27 German artists whose kinetic art-works are on show m Poetry Through Material: Light and Movement. This exhibition at the National Museum Art Gallery poses
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        Play makes Noh attempt to mask modernity
        592 5  -  AUDREY PERERA DRAMA PLASTICINE and plastic masks may not be everyone's idea of theatre, but they figured significantly m the preparation for the play which Theatre Works is putting on this week. The Noh masks which will be seen on stage m the
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        Lock icon Shakespeare mystery creates controversy among scholars
        840 5  -  HERBERT MITGANG By AFTER 378 years, one of the great literary mysteries of the English-speaking world namely, who is the "W.H." to whom Shakespeare's Sonnets are dedicated? has been solved. And solved twice with two simple but totally different answers. To Donald W. Foster,
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        773 6  -  IRIS KRASNOW By 4 You can stay m very small towns with hosts who are farmers, antique collectors, quilters, lobstermen, even mayors. That's the charm. AMERICA is catching on to a secret Europe has known for a century bed and breakfasts
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        Drive and discover the Golden State
        1319 6  - Drive and discover the Golden State ILENE ALESHIRE By SO YOU are going to California but you've seen Los Angeles and San Francisco. And since this isn't your first trip, you've also visited Alcatraz, ridden the cablecars and spent more time at Disneyland than one person can humanely be expected
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          120 7 TRAVELLERS seeking a nomad's experience and leisurely exploration of the countryside may want to try camping tours m Tibet. There are four different packages, ranging from a 16-day tour to a 12-day trip, offered by the Tiger Mountain Group of Companies which pioneered trekking m the
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          Special guide for our visitors to Hongkong
          113 7 THE second Singapore edition of the Hongkong Book is now available free from your travel agent. Published by the Singapore office of Cathay Pacific Airways, the book is designed for Singapore visitors to Hongkong. In the glossy 35-page book, five specialist writers, including
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          Trout fishing in Kashmir
          137 7 ANGLERS who yearn to fish m new waters may want to sign up for a trout fishing camp m the Br ing hi Valley m Kashmir. The summer camp, 100 km outside Srinagar, offers clear mountain streams teeming with brown trout, walks to fir-clad hills, day
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            68 8 ISRAEL is situated on a narrow strip of land on the •.stern Mon Ol the Mediterranean Sea m the Middle Kast Most of its landscape is mountainous or arid, punctuated by forests, lush valleys, sand dunes and deserts. It has a Mediterranean climate which varies from region to region.
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            History
            226 8 The history of Israel stretches back to early Biblical times nearly 4,000 years ■go where the life of their progenitors, the Patriachs. Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, were nH-ounted m the Book of Genesis But the founding of the state took place m the late 1940s i linst the background
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            Government
            100 8 Israel has a parliamentary democracy where the supreme legislative body of fhe state is the 120-member Knesset. Its Members of Parliament are elected for four-year terms and the President is the constitutional Head of State. Kxecutive power lies with the Cabinet, led by the Prime Minister The country is
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            Population
            41 8 Jews make up more than four-fifths of Israel's population of 4.2 million, with the Muslims, Christian Arabs and Druze as the minorities. Most of the Jews are indigenous while the others are immigrants. The official languages are Hebrew and Arabic.
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            Education
            68 8 A significant proportion of Israel's education system is compulsory with an emphasis on early learning. Free primary education for all children between five and 15 is compulsory. Four of the six years of free post-primary education are compulsory. Secondary, vocational and agricultural education are also available. The country, which
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            Health Care
            41 8 Israel has a broad-based comprehensive system of health care. Its health standards compare favourably with those of the world's developed countries and, as m most of them, a major challenge is the ongoing fight against heart disease and cancer.
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            Social Services
            49 8 Israel is a welfare state, committed to providing equal opportunities for its citizens including the guarantee of a minimum income. The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is responsible for assisting those unable to support themselves through services to individuals designed primarily to help them help themselves.
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          A year of stabilisation and outreach
          567 8 A two-page report to mark the country's 39th Independence Day tomorrow MESSAGE Moshe Ben-Yaacov Ambassador of Israel IT gives me great pleasure to be sending this message on the occasion of the 39th anniversary of the State of Israel. ™«r iu_ year celebrating the
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          Economic recovery, and brighter times ahead
          422 8  -  YEO KIM SENG By ISRAEL greets its 39th Independence Day on May 4 with greater cheer amidst reports of brighter economic expectations on the horizon. Inflation has come down from a staggering 445 per cent m 1964 to less than 20 per cent today
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          Opening the Mediterranean oyster
          756 9  -  YEO KIM SENG By 4 Its tradition of hospitality, which started with the welcome that Abraham gave to the three strangers who came to his tent, still lives on. YEAR after year, more than one million tourists visit Israel and spend millions of dollars there, generating
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          New use for old farm methods
          370 9 A PROJECT to re-enact primitive farming methods m a mountainous region near Jerusalem may well be the answer to prevent famines m developing countries. Modern pioneers-turned-farmers now working on the Jewish National Fund (JNF) project on the terraces and slopes of the 786 m
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        126 9 6vn^raluktions &C Q&estG&lfhes People and Government of Israel 39th Independence Day. \m m m\\ mA IV F «C ,,m 22 luxuriously i m m W furnished rooms. Cotlee —MB MM ta A^L\W W\ House (24 houn Chinese JMt __> ____f Restaurant. Cocktail .^_J _B __l Lounge. Gymnasium <_____'* < >
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