The Straits Times, 10 May 1987

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  • 95 1 Beauties line up in Lion City NEVER before has the Uon City looked so beautiful. Nor has the Merlion been so spectacularly eclipsed. This ts the shot of Singapore that television viewers around the world will see and most likely remember best when they view the Miss Universe pageant on
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  • Article, Illustration
    208 1 China forest fire razes town of 20,000 BEIJING A TOWN of 20,000 inhabitants m north-east China has been virtually obliterated by a forest fire fanned by high winds that has been raging for days. More than 100 people have been killed and nearly 100 more have been seriously
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  • 165 1 Yangtze ferry capsizes: 95 feared dead BEIJING Ninety-five people are thought to have drowned when a ferry capsized m the Yangtze river after colliding with a tug. Seven people were rescued and 60 bodies recovered from among the 96 passengers and four crew after Friday's accident, according to the official
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  • 256 1 WARSAW A Polish jetliner bound for New York caught fire and crashed yesterday outside Warsaw as it attempted to make an emergencylanding, killing all 183 people aboard, officials raid. The Polish Airlines LOT jet went down on a clear and sunny day, m a
    AP; Reuter; UPI  -  256 words
  • 276 1  - Mindef to hold inquiry into death from the skies YEO KIM SENG By THE Ministry of Defence will hold an inquiry into the death of a motorcyclist who was apparently killed by a steel cable attached to a Singapore air force aircraft. The aircraft was returning from a live-firing exercise
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  • 51 1 NEW DELHI A child was bitten to death after being attacked by large black ants m the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, according to news reports here yesterday. The Telegraph reported that the eight month-old boy was sleeping m his home m Kayanpur when he was attacked.
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  • 398 1  -  JULIE TAN By HONGKONG film star Chow Yuen FStt and his Singapore bride had a big wedding last week but m the eyes of the law, they are still unmarried. Photographers and fans descended on the wedding festivities of Mr Chow, one
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • AT A GLANCE
      • 81 2 Security k*xm fought a fierce gunbattle with Irish Republican Army guerillas who attacked a village police station near Belfast on Friday night, killing eight guerillas. The IRA men placed explosives packed into beer kegs into the shovel of a bulldozer, then rammed a wall of a rural
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      • 120 2 One year after the downfall of President Ferdinand Marcos, the old, wealthy families, whose political dominance he ended by declaring martial law m 1972, are back with a vengeance m the race for seats m the new Philippine Congress Tomorrow's congressional elections are still a family
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      • 139 2 PM S POSERS FOR JAPAN: Responding to an invitation from an influential Japanese newspaper to ask questions about the country, Mr Lee Kuan Yew has asked the Japanese whether they are prepared to become less insular and more international m outlook, be it at home playing host to foreigners or
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      • 62 2 The high-flying yen may help to lure more Japanese tourists here, according to a top tourist official who leaves later this week for a traveltrade conference m Osaka and Kyoto. This is because the buoyant Japanese currency could help boost Singapore's energetic tourist promotion efforts, according to
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      • 121 2 Eight out of 10 people m Singapore prefer to die at home than m a hospital or other institutions when they are old, a survey has revealed. Dr Ann Merriman, a British physician m geriatric medicine, said last Thursday at a forum on providing care for
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    • SPORTS
      • 77 2 Even if they are deemed eligible to play m the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, Martina Navratilova and Ivan Lendl, the world's No. 1 players, might still not be m South Korea although they would be competing for the first Olympic tennis medals m 64 years. Their reasons are
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      • Article, Illustration
        92 2 Ossie Ardiles has proved that sport can, and does, heal the wounds even among the zealously patriotic. The little Argentinian plays m Saturday's Football Association Cup final and ALAN HUBBARD pays tribute to the man who has suffered tackles on the field, snides about the Falklands off it
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      • 73 2 Computer giants Epson Electronics keyed m a new approach to sports sponsorship when they gave the Football Association of Singapore <i blank cheque yesterday to organise the Epson quadrangular this month. he tournament is expected to cost more than $150,000 and teams from Scotland. England. Australia and
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    • 577 2  - Condemned college draws fond ex-students back WONG AI K WEI By EVEN old boys and girls of Hwa Chong Junior College came to pose for mementos yesterday m front of the school gates, after the shock announcement that it would be pulled down because it was unsafe. These four girls,
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    • 115 2 DENVER Mr Gary Hart has gone into seclusion m the Rocky Mountain foothills with his wife, Lee, after pulling out of the race for the 1988 presidential nomination. The pullout came five days after a newspaper published allegations that he had been having an extra-marital
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    • 257 2 Wife says her love unshaken by scandal NEW YORK Oletha Ludwig Hart popularly known as Lee is facing up to the controversy that crushed her husband Gary Hart's political hopes with characteristic strength, a friend said. "Her mood is one of understanding, her mood is one of support for her
      Reuter  -  257 words
    • 223 2 NEW YORK The lawyer for Miss Donna Rice whose relationship with Mr Gary Hart led to his withdrawal from the 1988 presidential race said he is considering legal action against several newspapers and television stations. Miss Rice is angry about her portrayal m the
      UPI; NYT  -  223 words
    • 291 2 WASHINGTON Representative Stewart McKinney, the Connecticut Republican who died on Thursday of an Aidsrelated infection, had homosexual relationships, say his friends and political associates. Mr McKinney, 56, m his ninth term m Congress, died two weeks after being admitted to hospital for Pneumocystis
      NYT; Reuter  -  291 words
    • 763 3  - Long no-pay leave may work against women TONG YOKE THO But bosses say: Let's talk more about it By SOME employers are worried that giving their women employees lengthy no-pay leave to take care of children could result m higher costs. They also say that if they had to give
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    • 159 3 HE CONSIDERED himself the luckiest man m the world last week. The Job of handing out gifts to St Miss Universe beauties fell on Mr Jimmy Low, Johor's tourism development chief, who had helped to ar- range a visit to Desaru resort on
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    • 307 3  -  MICHAEL LIM By MISS SCOTLAND, Eileen Ann Catterson, disqualified from the Miss Universe pageant here and sent home last week, may be back. The 17-year-old dark-haired beauty queen, who was found to be under aged, has been m vited here to help
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 162 2 UP TO 1 pm Partly cloudy TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 31 max 24 mm SUNSET today: 7 06 pm, Sunrise tomorrow 6.56 am. TRtmiERS- MftIHER \dHaid< 16 25C Tmk tendon 12 21 C Sunny Amsterdam 1 1 i A ts Angeles 17 24 C Clear \lhens 13.
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • PEOPLE
      • 154 4 FORMER President Jimmy Carter has brushed aside questions about sex and the Democratic presidential campaign, saying he was experienced with lust but not with Mr Gary Hart's sex life. Speaking to members of the American Newspaper Publishers Association, Mr Carter drew a laugh when he responded
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      • 105 4 For crowing out loud A PET rooster had to find a new home because the Minnesota Court of Appeals said it had an incurable "proclivity for crowing loud and clear" at dawn. The court rejected the appeal of Tammie Nelson, who sought to keep her pet, named Jerry, at her
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      • 141 4 CHRYSLER Chairman Lee lacocca, who was America's highest paid chief executive last year, with more than US$23 million (about Ss4B million) m salary, bonus and stock, has sold some US$6 million worth of his Chrysler shares to pay taxes. "I have a big tax obligation to
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      • 150 4 PEOPLE probably should be carrying things for bellhop Simone "Sam" Cascio, 89, who insists he is not ready to give up the job he has had since 1927. "You don't retire as long as you can go," said Mr Cascio, who celebrated his 60th
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      • 78 4 VLADIMIR Nabokov was given to waspish comments on his fellow Russian writers, letters by him revealed. He described Boris Pasternak's novel, Dr Zhivago, as "morbid, giftless, phony and entirely anti-liberal He said the prose of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, author of The Gulag Archipelago, was "even weaker". The comments were
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      • 67 4 FIAT Chairman Giovanni Agnelli is joining the ranks of memoir writers. Random House will publish his book, which is expected to be finished m 1988. He will focus on his 20 years as chairman of Europe's largest carmaker and include details about his encounters with
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    • 412 5 House votes to bar US troop cuts in Europe WASHINGTON THE House of Representatives has voted to prohibit any cut m American troop strength m Europe and turned down a non-binding proposal to reduce troop levels m South Korea. On a voice vote on Friday, members approved a proposal by
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    • 296 5  -  HO WAI KIT By Writing tor Shin Mm Daily News HONGKONG Beijing has given another assurance about Hongkong's future m the wake of a survey that shows a continued drop m the territory's "political confidence index". "If things go well, there is no
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    • 153 5 Americans and Koreans can form a mighty team, says envoy WASHINGTON Americans and South Koreans could be on the threshold of an industrial and strategic alliance of world importance, according to Seoul's envoy to Washington. "We are likely to witness the emergence of the world's most powerful strategic alliance between
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    • 107 5 Car bomb goes off during Gemayel visit TRIPOLI (Lebanon) A car bomb exploded on Friday near a government house m the north Lebanese town of Zghorta during a visit by President Amin Gemayel and up to 27 people were reported injured. Police said several cars were set ablaze m the
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    • 237 5 BEIJTNG The first American musical ever staged m China opened on Friday night with an old-fashioned production of The Music Man. "Seventy-six trombones" rang through Beijing's Tianchao Theatre as the all-Chi-nese cast of 60, many of them m blond, red and light brown
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    • 317 5 Soviet ship hit for first time in Persian Gulf MANAMA (Bahrain) A Soviet ship has been attacked m the Persian Gulf for the first time since the Iran-Iraq war started. The attack came amid intense Iranian criticism of Moscow. The official Tass news agency said on Friday that the Ivan
      FT; Reuter; AP  -  317 words
    • 194 5 NEW DELHI The head of a US detective agency assigned to probe high-level corruption has threatened to reveal certain information unless New Delhi gives an "honest" account of why his organisation was hired, a newspaper has reported. In the Lower
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    • 287 6 Offer of Casey fund upsets Congressmen Iran-Co itra hearing WASHINGTON Retired Ma-jor-General Richard Seoord. a key figure m the Iran-Contra operation, has proposed donating millions of dollars from arms deals with Iran to a fund for "Nicaraguan freedom fighters" dedicated to the memory of the late CIA chief William Casey.
      Reuter; NYT  -  287 words
    • 90 6 Dow Jones NEW YORK Profit-taking pushed Wall Street stocks lower on Friday as investors took advantage of an early rally to cash m recent gains. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 12.36 points to 2,322.30, after jumping to a recent high of 2,357 early m the
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    • 123 6 Backing for 'world collision' theory WASHINGTON The discovery of deformed quartz grains around the world has strengthened the theory that something crashed into Earth 65 million years ago, wiping out the dinosaurs and many other forms of life. The new evidence, reported by a team from the US Geological Survey
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    • 558 6 BELFAST Security forces lying m ambush fought a fierce gunbattle with Irish Republican Army guerillas who attacked a village police station on Friday night, killing eight guerillas. A passing civilian was shot m the head and killed, and two policemen and
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    • 340 6 FBI probes civilian role in Moscow spy scandal WASHINGTON The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has launched a criminal investigation into "gross negligence" by present and past civilian employees m the Moscow embassy sex-and-spy case. The investigation was revealed by outgoing FBI director William Webster on Friday m a letter
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    • 204 6 Charge for health services, poor nations told GENEVA Poor countries should generate health funds for growing populations by charging citizens for health services and making more workers contribute to national insurance plans, the World Bank said on Friday. A study by the Washingtonbased lending agency says governments could counter widespread
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    • 163 6 WASHINGTON A city council hearing on legislation aimed at stiffening penalties for prostitution was disrupted when one streetwalker said the sponsor of the Bill was one of her clients. The woman, Ricki Shea, was promptly handcuffed and escorted by security guards from the hearing room last
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    • 168 4 M 155 INIVHRSh^? SINGAPORE MEET THE WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMEN This is your chance to see over 70 of the world's most beautiful young women as they vie for the coveted Miss Universe 1987 title here m Singapore. Tickets to this spectacular event are now on sale at the
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 233 8 BANGKOK Thai Army Commander-in-Chief General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh will meet a parliamentary committee later this month to discuss developing democracy m Thailand. Mrs Supatra Masdit, chairman of the 18-mem-ber House Committee on Parliamentary Affairs, said yesterday the meeting would serve to forge closer ties
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    • 247 8  -  ALBERT RAMAUNGAM By BANGKOK For the first time, a Hollywood film about Vietnam is being shot here which is not specifically about fighting during the war. Walt Disney Productions' US$l2-million (5525.4 million) "Good Morning, Vietnam" is a comedy within a
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    • 144 8  - Man versus dog contest in Bangkok ALBERT RAMALINGAM BANGKOK A 65-year-old man is to take on a dog named Jumbo m a contest of man-bites-dog. Or dog-bites-man, depending on the outcome. While provincial authorities m the ancient city of PhitsanuLoke, 500 km north of here, are organising the event for
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    • 450 8 MANILA One year after the downfall of President Ferdinand Marcos, the old, wealthy families, whose political dominance he ended by declaring martial law m 1972. are back with a vengeance m the race for seats m the new Philippine Congress. Tomorrow's congressional elections
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    • 204 8  - Prem's spokesmen under fire for remarks Albert Ramalingam By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Both spokesmen of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda have drawn flak from both the Democrat Party and opposition leaders for their recent remarks. The Democrat Party the largest m the ruling coalition government decided on Thursday to demand that
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    • 177 8  - Military on red alert as Filipinos prepare to vote ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA The two-month campaign of the Philippine congressional election ended m a noisy roundoff yesterday as the military went on full alert to ensure smooth polling tomorrow. Nearly 2,000 candidates for the 24-seat Senate and the
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 401 10 State has 8,000 unsold units worth S4oom JOHOR BARU The housing industry m Johor will continue to be saddled with about 8,000 unsold houses costing almost Ms4oo million, unless the state government relaxes its ban on foreigners owning houses m the
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    • 131 10 Second major ganja seizure in 11 hours KOTA BARU Customs officers here scored their second major drug bust within 11 hours when they seized 81.5 kg of ganja sticks and cakes after a car chase along the Tanah Merah-Jeli road on Thursday night They seized two cars, one of which
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    • 59 10 JOHOR BARU Customs officers here foiled an attempt to smuggle m 700 boxes of ceramic tiles valued at M 514,000 after they detained a lorry and arrested the driver and his attendant here on Thursday. Duty on the tiles, believed to have been smuggled m from Singapore,
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    • 211 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expected to rise by 2 to 2.5 per cent this year, Deputy Finance Minister Sabbaruddin Chik said on Friday. Revising an earlier Bank Negara estimate of 1.5 to 2 per cent, he said
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    • 128 10  -  RITA GOMEZ By HONGKONG Former Bank Bumiputra Finance director Hashim Shamsuddin is applying for leave to appeal to the Privy Council m London to have his 10-year jail term reduced. His legal advisers said if the leave was granted a hearing might
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    • 112 10 Gang hired thieves to steal cars KUALA LUMPUR Police I here believe they have crip- pled two car theft syndicates I and a forged car registration i card racket with the arrest of j four suspects. City police said two of the suspects, arrested m Kota Kinabalu, hired thieves to
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    • 224 11 Situation in Umno under control, says minister KOTA KINABALU The infighting m Umno has not and will not undermine security m peninsular Malaysia, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob said on Friday. He said the situation was under control, adding that Umno members wishing to hold large gatherings
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    • 91 11 Proton Saga dealers unite to boost sales KUALA LUMPUR A group of Proton Saga dealers concerned with the depresed motor market are trying to form a dealers' association. The joint-chairman of the pro-tern Proton Saga Dealers Association, Haji Zainal Osman bin Haji Mohamed, said yesterday dealers believed that they could
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    • 353 11 The Gopeng by-election GOPENG (Perak) THE Malaysian Chinese Association has called on the National Registration and Immigration departments to be more flexible when processing applications for citizenship, The Star reported yesterday. "In genuine cases, where the loyalty of the applicant to the country is
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    • 203 11 Why MCA must win: Sec-Gen KUALA LUMPUR An MCA victory m the Gopeng parliamentary by-election is needed for the party to retain its bargaining power m the National Front, MCA Secretary-General Ng Cheng Kuai said yesterday. An MCA victory m the Perak constituency on May 16, he said, would strengthen
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    • 223 11 Don't rely on consensus, party leaders told KOTA BARU Kelantan Umno members did not arrive at any consensus to vote for any particular candidate m last month's party election, a senator said yesterday. However, this did not mean that those who contested for the top post did not have the
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 150 12 Three jailed for stealing gas tanks from worksites FOR three months, three men prowled construction sites m search of gas cylinders By the time tlit- thieves were caught on April 15 this year, they had stolen 51 cylinders of oxygen, acetylene and oxy- acetylene worth $11,050. Yesterday the three pleaded
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    • 86 12 Motor shop burgled after closing THIEVES stole about $27,000 m cash and valuables from a motor company m Balestier Road between closing time on Thursday and the next morning. Businessman CV. Yeo, 39, of Leong Leong Motor Company, told police he left his shop for home after securing it at
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    • 61 12 THE removal of underwater obstructions is being carried out m the Pasir Panjang Coastal Anchorage and off East Jurong Fairway. Mariners are asked to keep clear of a crane barge, marked by flashing yellow lights at night, .md to navigate with rare. The operation will be
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    • 533 12  -  KOICHI ISHIYAMA By ol our Tokyo Bureau MR LEE Kuan Yew has asked the Japanese whether they are prepared to become less insular and more international m outlook, be it at home playing host to foreigners or abroad living and working with them.
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    • 404 12  -  ANNIE CHIA By THERE wiU be no losers m a Sunday "fun run" at the East Coast Park on June 28. National Family Fun Run day is geared for everyone m the family parents, children, grandmas and great
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    • 131 12 Ex-boss used dud invoices to cheat firm A MAN was yesterday jailed for two days and fined a total of $15,000 for attempted cheating and cheating offences. Ho Kong Jiang, 49, admitted one charge of trying to cheat and two of cheating American Express into paying him for goods he
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    • 363 12 A SOPHISTICATED and high-speed means of communication will be available to businesses here from August when Telecoms offers a new range of wide-band, digitaldata leased circuits. But with immediate effect, charges for existing leased circuits will be trimmed by 30 per cent, making the
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    • 145 12 IT is billed as a Bridal Love Cruise, and the 80 couples who have signed up for the mass wedding today will have gone through the rites several times by the end of the day. It will begin with a wedding ceremony at the
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    • 532 14 OLDER teachers were urged to give new young teachers a warm welcome m school instead of leaving them to flounder alone m an 'arid and hostile' environment. Mr Lawrence Sia Khoon Seong, the MP for Moulmein and the President of the Singapore
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    • 133 14 Teng Cheong calls on Aussie Governor General THE Second Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Ong Teng Cheong, who is visiting Australia, has called on the Australian Governor-General, Sir Ninian Martin Stephen, m Canberra, SBC reported m its 9 pm TV bulletin last night. Mr Ong, who met Sir Ninian on Friday,
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    • 353 14 THE Burmese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Planning and Finance, Thura U Tun Tin, arrived here last night for a five-day official visit. He was met at Changi Airport by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister, Mr Goh Chok
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    • 274 14 SMALL COUNTRIES such as Singapore, and small companies with limited resources, should focus on a few key areas that allow the effective use of scarce resources. Mr Michael Fam, 1985 Businessman of the Year, said this to a group of managers at a
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    • 133 14 Two fined for dumping untreated water TWO men were fined on j Thursday after they ad- mined letting waste- j water into drains. Chiam Jit Tang, the > managing partner of i Everlasting Electroplat- i ing Company, was fined $1,500 for the offence at Eunos Avenue 8 on Marck 13.
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    • 38 14 MODERN drama and operas focusing on folk culture will be performed by Nanyang Junior College students at their Drama Night '87 presentation on May 22 and May 23 at 7.30 pm at the j Victoria Theatre.
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    • 209 14 SEXISM m advertising might seem an unusual topic for an alumni association meeting, but the British Alumni (Singapore) is one that wants to break away from the old-boy club image. The association, which was formed recently, has invited Ms Zaibun Siraj. one of
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    • 98 14 A CLERK lost her handhag contai ting ;t pair of $10,000 dia:nond earrings and $300 m cash to snatch thieves while she was walking near Tanjong Katong Road on Thursday Police said Madam L.H. Wong. 28. was walking alonf Parkstone Road at 5. '.5
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    • 379 15  - Strong yen can help sell S'pore to Japanese MICHAEL LIM By THE HIGH-FLYING yen may help to lure more Japanese tourists here, according to a top tourist official who leaves later this week for a traveltrade conference m Osaka and Kyoto. This is because the buoyant Japanese currency could help
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    • 194 15 A $S,SBi spree with two fake credit cards ended after Aye days when a cashier noticed tne colour of one card was lighter than a genuine one. The cashier telephoned the American Express credit card section which confirmed her suspicion. Goh Moh
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    • 379 15  -  SUMIKO TAN Giant TV screens to bring parade into tourist belt By PICTURE a brightly-lit and gaily-decorated Orchard Road, and a parade of colourful floats passing by. Throngs of merry-makers sing but, hark, the tune is Count On Me, Singapore, not Silent Night. This
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    • 229 15 DOCTORS m private practice should keep m step with medical advances, the Acting Health Minister, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, said last night. General practitioners owed it to their patients, their profession and themselves to keep abreast of all the latest
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    • 74 15 THE School of Ornamental Horticulture will have a new home at Dalvey Apartments m Dalvey Road when renovation work on its new premises and research laboratory is completed m early 1989. This was announced yesterday by Mr Tan Keong Choon. chairman of the Nature
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    • 352 16 EIGHT out of 10 people m Singapore prefer to die at home than m a hospital or other institutions when they are old, a survey has revealed. Dr Ann Merriman, a physician m geriatric medicine, said last Thursday at a forum on
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    • 323 16 THE spiritual leader of Anglicans the world over has sent a personal message of support to Archbishop Desmond Tutu m the wake of losses suffered by anti-apartheid campaigners m last week's whites-only election m South Africa. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert
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    • 47 16 MR PAUL Donan Dempsey has been appointed the new ambassador of Ireland to Singapore. He is also Ireland's ambassador to India and will continue to reside m New Delhi. Mr Dempsey, 51, succeeds Mr Bernard McHugh, who completed his tour of duty last July.
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    • 169 16 AN OFFICE manager who accepted more than $5,000 from an insurance company as reward was fined $3,000 for corruption yesterday. N. Thankappan Nayar, 57, of Kundanmals International Pte Ltd, was also ordered to pay a penalty of $5,578, the total sum involved m 10
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    • 299 16  -  AGNES WEE By A PRIVATE study centre that began by helping children with learning difficulties has grown m size and scope and now helps normal children expand their English-language skills. Mrs Lorna Whiston, a British primary school teacher with 20 years' experience here, believe that children
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      • 310 17 Make time for mother Today is Mother's Day and unless we are completely insulated from television, newspapers and other people, few of us can now avoid being aware of the occasion. The widening acceptance of Mother's Day is due as much to the effort of shops and restaurants wanting an
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      • 120 17 What The Sunday Times reported on May 6, 1962 RELICS of Hiroshima, the atom-shattered city of Japan, were presented to Singapore today by four Japanese peace marchers. They formed lumps of earth, porcelain and glass fused together by the destructive atom bomb blast of Aug 9. 1945.
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    • 979 17 Indonesian Army Chief-of-Staff TRY SUTRISNO: President Suharto's rising star THERE are only two active four-star generals m the Indonesian army. One is General Benny Murdani, the Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief. The other was promoted just last month. And people are now wondering if Gen Try Sutrisno
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    • 958 18  -  Valeric Lee There are serious dangers of the second university lowering its entry standards, or ending up with a sorry reputation as the dumping ground for NUS rejects. And that won't do. 7 THREE economists have suggested that Singapore needs
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    • 773 18  -  Tan Sai Siong Even as people like me have drifted away, there are plenty needing uplift not tied entirely to the bread-and-butter of everyday living. MAY DAY afternoon. An anniversary of sorts. A year ago I had walked away Ir6m the living room of
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    • 576 18 WHEN my college buddy Belok bin Kiri decided to come down from Malacca to visit me, he jumped into his latest, made-in-Malacca vehicle, and drove down at an insane speed of 8 kmh. That, after all, is the economical cruising speed of a bullock cart. Belok knows
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    • 1468 19  -  GEORGE L. HICKS Exports from Hongkong are booming, rents racing for the roof and the stock market going through it. Upbeat signs, all but don't be misled, argues an economist living m the British colony. Hongkong's role as a world financial centre won't survive the transition
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  • RACING
    • 264 20  -  MARKSMAN By our man on the track RACK I: All Night lx>ng, Double Blessing RACK Qlllljr, Santo Bravo. Sauhmo RACK 3: Fighting Fit. Magnum. Petty Cash K%CE 4: Trump Card I\'. Southern Emperor. Bliss. HhBO, Cift Of Power RACK
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    • 984 21  -  OUR RACING TEAM Apprentice and horse team up to score smashing double By THE partnership of new apprentire Moses Kway and Sling did the trick again m Race 3 at Bukit Timah yesterday Last weekend, Kway made a winning debut on the Redolent II three-year-old by leading .ill
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    • 174 21 Razmy gets three days, Chong fined $500 JOCKEY A Razmy was yesterday suspended for three race days and trackwork at the conclusion of a stewards' inquiry into the running and handling of Only Sunshine m Race 8 on the first day of the current meeting. Razmy was charged under MRA
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    • 328 21  -  JACK ELLIOTT By A DEL A IDF Shark's Fin. following his victory m the VRC St \a> ger, made it three wins off the reel when he captured the A$1(M),000 <S$151,000) South Australian Derby m a blanket finish at Morphettville here yesterday. Ridden by former champion
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    • 108 21  - Malaysian clubs to introduce trifecta betting MARKSMAN By THE Malaysian Totalisator Board will introduce trifecta betting at the Selangor, Perak and Penang Turf Clubs from the lpoh meeting starting on Saturday. Trifecta, also known as Forecast 3. is similar to tierce betting at Bukit Timah where a punter is required
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    • 1516 21 Tralaer: Robert Ng Varna ay: 4 nk. 2 (1:29.4). Tate: Spore $10. $5, $14. $17. XL, lpoh a Penang $9, $5, $8. $10. Parecaat (t ft 1): Spore $18, XL $8. lpoh $7, Penang $7 Tierce (J,
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 219 21 181 Deaths 181 Deaths GEORGE WONG LOK FUI Age 47 Called Home to be with the Lord on Saturday, 2 May 1987 m Tijuana, Mexico after an illness bravely borne. "For to mo, to livo ia Christ, and to die is gain." Pnil 1:21 Leaving behind. Beloved Wife: Jaan Sac
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      132 21 FOO HOCK MENG AGE: 58 YEARS pasted iwi) peacefully on Bth May 1987. Ir Ming behind Balovad wifa Mok Puay Gek Sons: Foo Boon Chew Koo Boon Kiat, Koo Boon It'ti Oaughtars: Foo Lee Chuln Foo Van (hum Foo Sue Chuln Daughter -in-law: Fong La> Moey Sons-in-law: Ho
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    • 139 21 183 Condolences 183 Condolences 183 Condolences I With deepest sympathies condolences to I I the Family of the Late I GEORGE WONG LOK FUI Sadly missed by: B Friends and Colleagues of HEWLETT PACKARD SPORE Our deepest sympathies I heartfelt condolences our chairman MR. KEA KOK HING From Singapore: Kea
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      33 21 Mdm Harnam Kaur Gholia Ago 75 yr* w/o inder Singh Korewala. of Blk 2SI 10-382 Hougang Aye 3. Passed away peacefully at SGH on 9.5.87 For luneral arrangement* contact tal: *****84
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    • 74 21 I The family of the lata Ow Yeong Chan Fai Age: 76 yrs Departed 9-5-87 Withei to e»pre»* their heartfelt thank* to the Doctor* A Nurae* of NUN. titter* of Trinity Christian Ctr. and all friend* relative* lor I their prayer*, condolence*, wreaths a donation* during Iheir recent
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      282 21 Wee Soo Ann Age 65 patsed away peacefully on 9 May 1987 Sadly mourned by: Wife: Gladys Wee Pin Yeow Sons: I Julian Wei- I*lo*l Keong Albert Wee Teow Heng Daughter-in-law Tan Hwee Koon Daughter! Cheryl Wee l.eng Hui Emily Wee I eng Chee Kuth Wee Leng Ai
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      84 21 In loving memory ol our clearest lather MR CHEONG SOO GUAN DEPARTED 10/5/83 i His aaa-nory m aa dear toa*aj I As m the hour he passed ivt.ts Always remembered by wife, children, in-laws and grandchildren. In Loving Memory of MR. M. MANICKAM Departed 10th May 1982
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      25 21 •vSB.aSBBa.SSi IN LOVING MEMORY S. EAGAMBARAM Departed 10/5/82 Sadly misted but always remem j barad by wile childran and lovad I one*.
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  • SPORT
    • 329 22 Langer is out in second round CHEPSTOW (Wales) Former US Masters champion Bernhard Langer suffered defeat on the last green and became one of five seeds to crash out of the Grand Prix of Europe Matchplay golf championship on Friday. west German Langer, who took the Masters title m 1985,
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    • 425 22 IRVING (Texas) 808 LOHR shot a tournament record eight -under-par 62 on Friday to join fellow Americans Ben Crenshaw, Tom Byrum, and t>onnie Hammond m a four-way tie for the lead of the US$6OO,OOO (11.27 million) Byron Nelson Golf Classic. The
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    • 255 22 Springing to victory: Double oiym pic gold medallist Greg Louganis won the one-metre springboard title at the US international diving championships m Boca Raton on Friday and led a US sweep of four of the top five places. K.suiis Meo's ont- metre springboard final (Americans, unless stated) 1
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    • 781 22  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Tse to Green Busier schedule is the spark that's lighting up the lives of Singapore's professionals The busy schedule is really the best news for local pros m a long while. While it may provide competition play for all, it is especially good for
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    • 644 23 CRICKET More batting practice ordered after humiliation by Kent CANTERBURY (England) Pakistan's Test cricket team spent yesterday morning m the nets for extra batting practice after a humiliating innings defeat by Kent here on Friday Manager Hasib Ahsan said on Friday: "All the boys
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    • 187 23 Andretti tipped to gain pole position INDIANAPOLIS Mario Andretti, who has not been on the pole for the Indianapolis 500 since 1967, remained the favourite to gain the top qualifying spot for the 71st Indy after Friday's practice session. Andretti set an unofficial record of 351.204kph driving his LolaChevrolet earlier
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    • 124 23 MOTOR-RACING AJACCIO (Corsica) Bernard Begum, of France, carved opt a commanding lead over Lancia challengers Yves Loubet, of France, and the Italian Massimo Biasion m the 399 km second stage of the Tour of Corsica motor rally. The 40-year-old from Grenoble, driving a BMW
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    • 502 23 Paraguay accept Argentina as venue DAVIS CUP ISTANBUL Even if the International Olympic Committee rule that the world's No. 1 man and woman tennis players are eligible for the 1988 Olympics at its meeting here this week, they may not play m Seoul. Neither Martina Navratilova nor Ivan Lendl, both
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    • 385 23 Martina and Lendl may miss Olympics TENNIS Slam titles and has earned more than US$lO million ($21.2 million) during her professional tennis career, she is attracted by the prospect of playing at the Seoul Games. "Playing m the Olympics would be a fantastic opportunity," she said. But she has one
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    • 242 23 MEN'S NEW YORK Top seed Boris Becker moved a step closer winning his first major clay court tennis championship on Friday when he defeated Argentinian Guillen-no Vilas 7-6, 6-2 to reach the semi-fi-nals of the Tournament of Champions. Becker, increasing m confidence with every match,
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    • 237 23 WOMEN'S ROME For once the seedings proved accurate, as the four top seeds here at the US$l5O,OOO (1318.000) Italian Open women's tennis tournament entered the semi-finals. Fourth-seeded Gabriela Sabatini of Argentina thrashed Spain's Arantxa Sanchez 6-0, 6-0 m 49 minutes on the
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    • 478 24  -  ROB HUGHES 4 If Coventry triumph, we have the romance of a provincial club who have won nothing m 104 years 4 If Tottenham talents flow at Wembley on Saturday, we Shall S6e England's most stylish team triumph 9 Tottenham's thrills face big test against
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    • 1605 24  -  ALAN HUBBARD Always on Sunday IT'S six days to English soccer's match of the season. And there can be no better exhibition of thrills and frills than between the two teams who have qualified for the FA Cap final. Tottenham, the artists, face Coventry, ihe artisans.
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    • 315 24 Argentina warm up Careca the captain BUENOS AIRES National coach Carlos Bilardo named 20 players on Friday to begin training for Argentina's friendly international against Italy m Zurich next month. The 20 home-based players will begin training next week for the match. Bilardo
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    • 371 24 No' tO N. Korea*. Fifa secre-tary-general Sepp Blatter said on Friday that North Korea will not be allowed to participate m the Olympic Games competition next year although he did not rule out the possibility that some matches could be staged m the North. The North Korean team
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    • 277 25 SYDNEY Battered Thai boxer Samart Payakarun signed himself out of hospital yesterday after he was hammered to a fourth-round knockout by Australian Jeff Fenech m a World Boxing Council super bantamweight world title championship on Friday at the Sydney Entertainment Centre Fenech, 22, blitzed Payakarun m a
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    • 256 25  - Star Veloo is SIA's saviour in 1-1 draw ALBERT JOHNSON By NATIONAL player Peter Veloo was the toast of Singapore Airlines Group when he scored the equaliser for them to hold Khai sa to a 1-1 draw m a Singapore Hockey Association Premier League match at the SIA Club ground
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    • 385 25 SPORTING SUNDAY ATHLETICS Mobil Marathon 15--kilometre build-up run (National Stadium 7 am), ltkm Handicap Walk (National Stadium, 7.30 am). Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's special trials for Taipei Open (National Stadium. 2.30 pm). BOWLING National League (Queenstown Bowl, 10 am). Youth Roving League (Kirn Seng
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    • 303 25  -  JANICE SEAH CARLSBERG SINGAPORE WOMEN'S OPEN THE FINANCIAL REPORT By GRAEME PLUM is walking around with a qualified smile on his face. Because while the Carlsberg Singapore Women's Open tennis tournament served up a trading profit, it wouldn't be enough to cover his team's other expenses.
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    • 1167 25  -  JANICE SEAH Sanl and Done Spore squash star Chew Lan shuns family business to pursue professional playing career 4 All my life I've been very sheltered and protected by my family, and very spoilt. They provided for me, they had a job for me; it was
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    • 234 25 Hunters, Pelicans m double delight J.: IT WAS an evening of double celebration for the Singapore Recreation Club's Softball fraternity yesterday when both their men's and women's teams grabbed the honours m the Singapore Softball Association's senior double knockout championships. In the men's senior final at Dover Road,
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
    • 249 26 IJaganathan the first Malaysian to coach through correspondence KUALA LUMPUR Ever heard of coaching through correspondence? Well, D. Jaganathan, a Malaysian Amateur Athletic Union qualified walking coach, may very well go down m Malaysian athletics as the first to introduce it here. Said Jaganathan yesterday:
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    • 253 26  - Sundram steals the show JOE DORAI LOCAL striker V. Sundramoorthy outshone Pahang's new signing Ronnachai Somchai. of Thailand, m last night's Bardhan Cup soccer match, which Singapore Indians won 2-0 at Jalan Besar Stadium. Ronnachai was Pahang's hero m their victories over Johor and Negri Sembilan, and was expected to
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    • 576 26 BRITISH SOCCER LONDON lan Rush bade farewell to the English League yesterday with a brilliant goal that helped Liverpool draw 3-3 at Chelsea and emphasised to his employers of the last nine years just how much they will miss him. With Tottenham, next week's English Football
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    • 195 26 LATEST ROME Martina Navratilova. who has yet to win a tennis tournament this year, crashed out 7-6. 6-1 m the semi-finals of the Italian Open to top Argentine teenager Gabriela Sabatini here yesterday Although she started well, taking the first three games, the world
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    • 59 26 LONDON Burnley, one of the founder-members of the English league, saved themselves the agony of playing Non-league football next season when they beat Orient 2 1 here yesterday. The victory enabled Burnley to keep their place m Division Four but it was at the expense of Lincoln,
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    • 195 26  -  JOE DORAI THE preliminary rounds of the Epson Freekick Under-19 soccer competition will be held at Jalan Besar Stadium on Saturday from 8.45 am. Entry forms for the tournament are available during office hours at the Football Association of Singapore from tomorrow and will close on
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    • 1891 1 Shake a leg, make a buck They're footloose but far from fancy-free. They are the young men and women who form the core of a burgeoning number of groups m Singapore who have seen the dollars-and-sense of dance. LEE SIEW HUA leaps into our quick-stepping entrepreneurs. THEY'RE young, eager and,
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    • MIND & BODY
      • 477 2 Wcox A«*a> KAZ. dlKl writes: How do I get to know Mr J better? He Ls an Instructor In a course I am doing. I have tried chatting with him to show him that I like him very much, but to no avail. He does
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      • MEDICAL BRIEFS
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          138 2 Scurvy, the disease due to Vitamin C deficiency, was once common among sailors and others deas 30 years ago, it was still found occasionally m longstay institutions where prolonged cooking removed what little Vitamin C there was m the diet. Among the groups likely to fall victims today
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          139 2 Cancer of the prostate is one of the most common malignancies to affect men over the age of 65. Surgery is possible m early cases, but it is often of little benefit. Medical treatment is often efficient m achieving regression of the tumour, but the high doses of
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        • 88 2 Women who regard the Pill with suspicion should be re assured by the result of a large survey of women suffering from endometrial cancer cancer of the body of the womb as opposed to the cervix which is the third most common cancer to attack women
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      • 1339 2 When solitaire's the name of the game As she watches her married friends fuss around playing wife and mother, how does the single woman feel? She's likely to feel at home with the situation, reports JANE GROSS of the New York Times, if she's an older woman. WHETHER by choice
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      • 742 2  -  TAN LIAN CHOO RGDGDR By 4 Reading opens up a world of fantasy to the young child, and this, m turn, often propels him to learn more about his own reality. READING opens up a world of fantasy to the young child, and this, m turn,
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    • FASHION
      • 1359 3  -  UM PHAY-LING What to bring, wear and look for REMEMBER that clothes In factory outlets are cheap mainly because they are production over-runs and what manufacturers call "seconds" (goods with minor defects). So keep a sharp eye out for fabric snags, uneven dye, stains and marks as
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        237 3 Viva el Mexico! AFTER the safari look, what else can fashion trendies dress up m? Latin chic, according to Isetan, which launched its May fashion direction yesterday with a swirl of ruffles. The Japanese department store's Flamenco Flair was inspired by the flamboyant dances and brilliant colours of Mexico.
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    • FOOD
      • 477 4 SIX chefs m Singapore have J been playing with their food for some months now. But theirs is no child's play. All six are set on creating the best possible designs for coldJ food platters which will be en- tered m
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      • 810 4 THE next time you eat at a restaurant, pay a little more attention to your food before wolfing it down. For what you took 10 minutes to eat could have been a work of art that took the chef hours to create. Increasingly, restaurants
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      • 548 4  -  MARGARET CHAN EAT OUT I By JUST about everything at the Hokkien Restaurant has remained unchanged since I knew it as a child almost 30 years ago. The stall, No. 51 at Telok Ayer Transit Food Centre, stands on almost
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    • TIME-OFF
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        • 128 5 IT appeared as if our readers all dashed off to Chinatown and Little India with their cameras when they saw our Top Shots topic, street life. Vanishing trades, ageing hawkers and street vendors were clearly the most popular subjects, but most of the photographs showed little imagination. Many
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          55 5  - ROBERT TAN BAK CHUA Submitted by 33 Photo editor: Another interesting entry. Though the photographer chose a popular subject, street- vendors, what sets his picture apart is the interesting play of colour. Notice the pleasant mix of yellows the hanging bananas and the pale faded wall. Prise: Kodak VR3S (K4A)
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          62 5  - YEH TENG HOCK Submitted by 35 Photo editor: Taken with a slow shutter speed, this picture of a busy street scene has a dramatic sense of movement. The juxtaposition of blurred shoppers and sharp vendors gives a vibrant edge to the photo, and the two rows of overhead lanterns brighten
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          63 5  - CHEW SENG KIM Submitted by 30 Photo editor: A candid shot which tells a story. An old woman shares a thoughtful moment with her brood of well-fed, healthy cats, all totally oblivious to the camera. The varying shades of green m the background provide a nice counterpoint to the soft
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      • 440 5 THEY order these things with rather more ingenuity m other countries. When the temperature drops below freezing and headline writers dust off their snow and ice cliches, it is not a universal cause of misery. While many may battle bravely through snowbound streets to arrive
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      • 767 5 HABITAT Ostentatious escapism that's the keyword to art deco, a florid style of expression which flourished during the early 20th century. LEE SIEW HUA drops m on a newly-opened lounge which boasts the single largest collection of such works m this region. EVERY night, the Pompadour
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    • YOUR MONEY
      • 1140 6  -  RONALD TAN FG R DRDDF By I So you have m hand the latest annual report of the company you have an interest or share m. But how do you go about assessing its state of health? You might want to start by calculating the
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      • 811 6  -  PENNY QIAN By NOTHING ventured, nothing gained. Famous apocryphal last words of an inveterate gambler or an incurable optimist, but equally apt to describe an increasingly popular activity among the rich and not so rich m Singapore (or anywhere else for that matter): That of
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    • ARTS & BOOKS/TRAVEL
      • 907 7 In the wake of the recent controversy about nudity m art, LEE SIEW HUA studies the Western fascination with nudes The Nude Maja (above) by Francisco de Goya (1746 1828). The portrait of a beautiful courtesan supremely proud of her body was considered scandalous when
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      • 590 7  -  LIZ GILL By CARY Cooper, a professor of psychology at Manchester University, takes his wife and four children to Scotland every year for their holiday. They drive to the same rented house and stay for exactly one week. Bitter experience has taught them
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    • FEATURE
      • 581 8  -  LEE SIEW HUA TALK about quick-change artists. The Foreigners, a part-time dance group, may hop into a cab wearing brass band uniforms after one show and step out at their next destination m tattered and sauce-splashed denims. As many as 10 people
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    • 117 4 Hokkien Restaurant, Stall 51, Telok Ayer Transit Food Centre. Open 10 am to 3 pm Rating: 8»/i Ya Kun, Stalls 4 and 5, Telok Ayer Transit Food Centre. Open 8 am to 1.30 pm (closed from Fri 8 pm to Sat 1.30 pm) Rating: BVi Vittel pjji The pure natural
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      • 12 1 a Tribute to Dad A Presents for baby Child of the '60s
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      • 970 2 SANDRA DAVIE talks to two families who believe that a common interest can keep a family together The Vadham family MR A. VADHAM used to play the old-fashioned organ at home and lead the choir m the neighbourhood church. Before long, his seven children were recruited
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      • 744 2  -  DANNY TAN By PARENTS often complain of the lack of love and attention from their children who have grown from teenagers to adults. However, there are grown-up children who take the trouble not only to be with their parents at home but
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      • 1318 7 Being 18 can be a time of celebration as much as a time ot contusion. You're only young once, it has been said. So can one really blame youth for wanting to live life to the fullest? Some even choose to live dangerously, taking bigger risks
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      • 1089 16 Watching a family that takes pleasure m being together and doing things together, whether at home or m public places, is a joy. One such family is the Ong family. Family members converge at the home of their 70-year-old matriarch, Madam Tay Gek Choo. She has
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      • 823 16 From Page One a part of you. For this, and even for their failings, they deserve a special place m our thoughts. Remember how big our families were m the '50s? That was a time when the word "family" was so elastic that it
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    • MOTHER
      • 348 3  -  ANNE LOW If you have not bought anything suitable for Mum for Mother's Day today, take heart there is plenty to choose from at the stores. You can get something very affordable like a stalk of flower or something classy say, a 40-piece tableware set, if
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      • 835 4  -  JUDY TAN The bond forged between mother and child is a unique one. Even when the child grows up and leaves her, she can never really sever the ties, writes SHE'S always there. Like a shadow, she is so much a part of us that we often
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      • 332 4 VENUE EVENT PRICE Amara Hotel Tivoli Buffet lunch $18 nett per adult $11 nett per child Free for Mom Fragrant Hill Special luncheon $100++ (4 persons) Free for Mom Apollo HoteT~ Luna Coffee House Buffet lunch $14++ per person Boulevard Hotel Manhattan Grill Continental
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      • 55 4 4 Marvellous NEW STORIES by the authors you love m a beautiful gift pack! yi j 'I us Go on— treat yourself to a feast of extra reading pleasure it makes a great gift for a wonderful Mum. Available al all good bookshops flKgj STP Distributors I i m gg
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    • FATHER
      • 1166 5 SUNNY WEE pays tribute to Father, the Grand Old Master of the home. Strict disciplinarian or health-conscious realist, he is still Dear Dad to his children. YOU could almost always tell if Father was at home. Watch everyone's behaviour m the house and
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      • 717 5 Mother doesn't have to be the only one to receive gifts. Father, too, d^rves apprppiatinn nn hie e pecia day on June 21 jm J^ 9^^ Blue suede, leather and canvas ___k^_t F CH ,NS A ND LINKS (hflht): Dad Wlll definitely find I |||^^M|M I^^^ mmWmmW' these Pans designer
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    • YOUNG ONES
      • 936 6 DAISY DE SOUZA. 39. quit her job as a teacher last year to spend more time with her children. Amanda. 15. Chad. 12. and Andrea. 2':. It was because she was concerned that her children should have the proper upbringing that she decided to stay at
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      • 872 6 BRIAN RICHMOND. 40, sportscaster. discjockey and businessman, was a really busy teenager m the Swinging Sixties, kicking a football, running for his school team and taking part m other sports. He lived m a boarding school during most of this period as his parents were separated.
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      • 334 9 Filial piety is a quality that parents want to instil m their children. Today's young people may be outlandish m their dressing, and vocal and steadfast m their opinions, but behind these facades, they are very much Mummy's or Daddy's boy. Two youths share
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      • 1188 8  - The pain and pres sure of growing up SANDRA DAVIE By W. THE teen years are often referred to as the most difficult period of one's life and growing up can be very painful for most teenagers. Mandy, 14, and Shirley and Mark, both 16 (the names m this article
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      • 700 8  - Street kids who m big on the disco s ade it cene SANDRA DAVIE ■THEY used to be bored and restless teenagers who hung out at the mall m front of McDonald's at Liat Towers. But Freddy Dodwell, Moe Alkaff and Mike Mahendran have long shed the listlessness of their
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      • 580 8  - Mum D my's darling, addy's girl ANNE LO w Picture by By THE child is father of the m William Wordsworth. We ask from Marymount Kindergarten v their parents. Said an articulate Angelina Court: "My Daddy is my favourit me swimming and teaches me ho 1 stroke and freestyle. "I
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      • 226 10  -  DAWN GOH Co-ordinated by PUDGY PALS (right): Cute, stuffed creatures such as these, which are made of polyester fibres, will win the heart of any teen. There are three kinds of animals available, the rabbit and bull shown here, and a bear. The rabbit comes m
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      • 178 10 AMOUNT NEEDED Mr Tan Mrs Tan Daily expenses such as food, clothing; household $302,400 $129,600 expenses, maintenance costs $1,800 per tor 20 years for 20 years month (70 per cent of this from Mr Tan and 30 per cent from Mrs Tan) Mortgage loan and annual property
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      • 664 10  -  MARA FERNANDEZ By ■_F YOU are a breadwinner, the thought of sudden death and how it would affect your dependants would have crossed your mind at some time or another. Taking out an insurance policy is the obvious answer but another question usually
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      • 341 6 "A family is the greatest thing that ever happened to us. Knitting it together can be our greatest joy of existence." I"** __M<i_lflßMj Bflflfl I^B fflßiil «a Ifl fl*- vfl fl j ~fl __r t iB ____________________H v_e |__Mfl-Bfl-HM__B*aadß r R"k ''^__r__, I j fl iIPwQ ■fl __^i ll___n___.L___l Ivfll
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    • BABY
      • 1164 11 All the extra responsibility of having a child is worth it if you consider all the joy he brings to you. SNG POH YOKE talks to two mothers. IT'S difficult not to love a baby, although some may add: "As long as
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      • 1618 12 ALTHOUGH it's now fashionable to put off having children till you're settled m a job or a career, many women still opt for early childbearing. Here's a quiz to test whether the time is right for you now to become a mother, or whether you
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      • 1396 13 NEW babies are certainly human but are they people? When your new-born first opens her eyes and fixes yours with that unfathomable gaze, you probably feel that she Ls looking into your soul. But she does not know who you are or
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      • 481 14  -  A PRACTICAL item is the best thing you can give a baby and while he may be much too young to reaUy appreciate it, his parents are not. This set of gifts falls m the "useful" category. 1. MUSIC AND FUN. Enhance a baby's natural
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      • 1005 15 Set the rules and be consistent, says a child development specialist. JUDY TAN reports. IT'S great expectations, all right, when people become parents. "We always imagine we have given birth to a genius," said Dr Pamela Sharpe, an Institute of Education lecturer who specialises
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      • 887 15 WHAT'S m a name? Not much, if you can sing like Elvis Presley, or if you've got millions, like Houston philanthropist Ima Hogg. But for the average person it might make all the difference Ln the world. Christopher P. Andersen,
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