The Straits Times, 31 May 1987

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  • 1052 1 Delighted West Germans call teenage pilot who landed at Kremlin doorstep a hero HAMBURG THE SOVIET Defence Minister was sacked yesterday after a 19-year-old West German boy stunned the world by landing his light plane at the doorstep of the Kremlin. Tass news
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  • 138 1 LONDON-BASED Singaporean Allan Soh (right) attracted a large crowd m Beijing's Tiananmen Square when he showed off his special chopstick styling technique The police, however, were less than amused. Mr Soh, who owns a fashionable salon m Knightsbridge m central London, had his
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  • 191 1 Macau's civilian governor quits after one year MACAU ONE year after being appointed Macau's governor, Dr Joaquim Pinto Machado has resigned. Dr Machado, a university professor who was the first civilian governor appointed to Portugal's last overseas possession m the Far East, said he was resigning "for reasons of institutional
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  • 561 1  - Chok Tong is confident China ties will grow LESLIE FONG By m Xian MR GOH CHOK TONG left Beijing on Friday confident that relations and economic co-operation between Singapore and China would grow. He expressed this sentiment to Mr Wan Li when the VicePremier, who is his official host for
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    • 159 1 With DAIWA CARBORIX WHISKER SHAFT AND GRAPHITE HEADIRON SCORES TAKE A DIVE i,.i aa i'ij |Ga_ lin l.i i*<nm H i a_M l_il»_> Xl M.1470 FOCUS BG Lee tackles foreign press A chilling viewpoint, says publisher SUNDAY PLUS •sfBBBB I Me and my wild life Sizzling charms of Brazil ■fl
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    • 10 1 Tan Wah Piow declares he is no communist: Page 11
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • Article, Illustration
      512 2 REAGAN'S WARNING: President Ronald Reagan has warned Iran and the Soviet Union that the United States will never allow them to control the Persian Gulf. The warning was issued on Friday after Mr Reagan met with his advisers to discuss plans on using US seapower to protect
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      206 2 MIRANDINHA MAGIC: A group of young, new Brazilians currently touring Europe is turning cynics' heads with its brand of jogo bonito— pretty soccer. And the one who stands out among the seven untried internationals is 26-year-old Mirandinha, who scored 70 times for his club Palmeiras during the past year.
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    • 829 2 As the economy picks up, JILL HUM finds out which businesses have perked up A MEASURE of economic growth and a bullish stock market have put smiles on the faces of businessmen and retailers who are ringing up increased sales. Following modest growth
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    • 524 2 Dancers and diners step out more often PATRONS are packing into discotheques, nightclubs and the more expensive restaurants, but proprietors are not sure what role the improved economy is playing m filling their tables. The number of patrons at the Top Ten disco m Orchard Towers averages 420 a night
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    • 668 3 Catholic Church leads opposition against Chun govt SEOUL New PM to continue tough policy NEW Sooth Korean Prime Minister Lee Han-Key said yesterday a high-level police cover-up m the torture-death of a student was "deplorable", but vowed to continue the government's hardline policy against dissent. In his first speech since
      UPI; AFP; Reuter  -  668 words
    • 256 3 HELSINKI The journey of a young West German who flew undetected to Moscow's Red Square began as an apparently haphazard series of hops across the north Atlantic, but the head of Finland's Air Rescue Centre said his exploit could not have been an accident.
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    • 467 3 New disasters hit China while survivors tell of racing fireballs BEIJING CHINA'S ordeal by fire and water continued yesterday with fierce forest fires erupting again m the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia while 42 more lives were lost m floods m the south. Smouldering embers from a recently extinguished inferno
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    • 88 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Teens with means THERE may be fewer teenage employees but they have more to spend. The number of working teenagers slipped by 41 per cent m the three years up to 1985. Over the same period, however, their median monthly pay went up by $85
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 202 2 UP TO 1 pm Showers are expected over several areas from mid-morn-ing TEMP (C) up to 6 am tomorrow. 31 mar, 25 mm SUNSET today: 7 08 pm; Sunrise tomorrow: 6.57 am. TRAVELLERS- HEATHER \delaide < K.ni> I ..niton 11 19 C Cloudy -mstrrdam 6IS C Cloudy l.os Angrlrs IS/SC
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 170 4 Chernobyl film director dies of radiation MOSCOW A Soviet director who filmed m the area of the stricken Chernobyl nuclear plant during last year's accident has died of radiation sickness. The weekly Nedelya reported on Friday that Mr Vladimir Shevehenko, director of Chernobyl: A Chronicle of Difficult Weeks, died two
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    • 326 4  -  ONG MING SEING No date on protection for Kuwaiti ships set By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan has warned Iran and the Soviet Union that the United States will never allow them to control the Persian Gulf. Mr Reagan
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    • 116 4  -  ONG MING SEING By WASHINGTON America's main forecast of economic activity the index of leading indicators has plunged to its sharpest decline m two years. The Commerce Department said on Friday that the index dropped by 0.6 per cent last month. It was the
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    • 344 4 Director cleared of Twilight Zone deaths LOS ANGELES American director John Landis and four associates have been found not guilty of all counts of involuntary manslaughter m connection with the 1982 Twilight Zone filmset accident that killed actor Vie Morrow and two child actors. A jury of seven men and
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    • 77 4 Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street's leading industrial stocks closed lower on Friday despite firmer dollar and bond markets, but most other shares m the broader market held onto minor gains. The key Dow Jones Industrial Aver- age, which gained 15 points m the first half-hour
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    • 224 5 41 massacred Pin Bihar caste killings, says agency NEW DELHI At least 41 people, all from upper caste landlord families, were massacred by militant villagers m the worst such attack m the impoverished eastern state of Bihar, the United News of India reported yesterday. The news agency quoted a senior
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    • 387 5  -  GEOFFREY MURRAY By APIA (Western Samoa) Two members of the Fijian government ousted by a military coup on May 14 were denied entry when they tried to attend the opening session of the South Pacific heads of state conference here. Mr Krishna Dutt, Foreign
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    • 520 5  -  GEOFFREY MURRAY But Forum nations make it clear they will not take sides By 'm Apia (Western Samoa) SOUTH Pacific heads of state have offered assistance to Fiji "m its present troubles if it so desires." But, it will be up to the Fijians
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    • 140 5 SUVA The South Pacific region will suffer long-term destabilisation if the Fijian economy is crippled by an Australian and New Zealand trade union embargo, Gover-nor-General Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau warned yesterday. He said m a statement that Fijians who supported the trade ban
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    • 228 5 Oil tanker ablaze after collision with Polish cargo ship RAMSGATE (England) A tanker carrying 137,000 tonnes of oil collided early yesterday with a Polish cargo ship m the fog-shrouded English Channel and burst into flames, unleashing an oil slick, officials said. But they added the tanker's hold had not ruptured
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    • 423 6 Indian media urges government to intervene m 'genocide' COLOMBO Sri Lanka claimed yesterday its military offensive against Tamil rebels m Jaffna Peninsula was nearly over while the Indian media accused Colombo of committing "genocide" and urged New Delhi to intervene immediately m
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    • PEOPLE
      • 116 6 A FORMER US Army helicopter-gunship pilot who fought m Vietnam has taken over as chief monk of a Buddhist monastery near the northern town of Belsay m England. The 39-year-old Venerable Pabhakaro once Captain Gordon Kappel of the First Air Cavalry said he discovered Buddhism m
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      • 78 6 WORLD CHESS champion Garry Kasparov (right) has received a top Soviet award, the Red Banner of Labour, for his contribution to the advancement of Soviet chess, Tass news agency reported. Mr Kasparov, 24, has dominated the international chess scene since 1965, when he defeated veteran titieholder
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      • 84 6 THE FORMER Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Thomas ("Tip") O'Neill, pushing his memoirs at the American Book Sellers Association convention last week m Washington, talked about former United States President Richard Nixon. "No man ever went to the White House as talented and
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      • 116 6 THE WIDOW of the late Egyptian President Anwar Sadat said she had never thought of remarrying "because there will not be anyone who will replace Sadat". Mrs Sadat (right), 53, spoke to reporters at the annual convention of the American Booksellers Association during a promotion of
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      • 113 6 THE BALTIMORE Symphony Orchestra got a lousy reception at the airport and hotel m Moscow but a terrific one at its first concert at the Moscow Conservatory. An audience of 1,750 rose to its feet to cheer the musicians 10 of them Soviet emigres after five encores,
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      • 117 6 BRITISH JOURNALIST and television personality David Frost (right) will conduct interviews with the 1988 presidential candidates a series similar to the one he introduced 20 years ago. The first programme, called The Next President, will be broadcast on Nov 28. The series will continue for about 12
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    • 162 7 BAHRAIN Iran has hinted at possible further action against a British diplomat who was seized on a Teheran street and, according to London, was beaten up by armed revolutionary guards. A report by lrna news agency said the case of Mr Edward Chaplin,
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    • 79 7 BELGIAN stuntman Alain Vlncx, 41, was decapitated at Zandvoort, m the Netherlands, on Friday while driving a car throng), four hoses. When his Chevrolet Camaro sheared through the fourth bos, the top half of the car was sliced off, decapitating him as his wife Chantal and
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    • 299 7 BEIJING Japan's defence chief sought to assure the Chinese leadership here yesterday of his country's wish for peace, saying it would not allow past mistakes to recur, the official Xinhua News Agency said. Mr Vuko Kurihara, direc-tor-general of the Japanese Defence Agency, was quoted
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    • 117 7 Michael Jackson wants to buy remains of 'Elephant Man' LOS ANGELES Singer Michael Jackson has submitted a bid to buy the remains of John Merrick, the severely deformed Englishman popularly known as the Elephant Man, from a London hospital. "Jackson has a high degree of respect for the memory of
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    • 194 7 TOKYO Japan hopes to develop by 1992 a digital radio system with much higher fidelity than FM broadcasts, an official of the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications said. Mr Hajime Okai said the digital, or pulse-code modulation, signals will capture fully the .sound
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 401 8  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Foreign Minister Air Chief Marshal Siddhi Savetsila has hinted that he may quit the government if Parliament rejects amendments to the Copyright Act, which he feels is crucial to thwart growing US objections against Thailand's violations of intellectual
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    • 129 8 Man faces arrest over plane mishap MANILA A warrant has been issued far the arrest of a married Japanese man whs allegedly caused a light plane to crashland In the Philippines. Kacnmichl Otagaml, SI, faces charges of f rostrated homicide and attempted arson after he refused to give a statement
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    • 39 8 MANILA Nine soldiers and 10 insurgents were killed and a soldier kidnapped m a gunbattle between communist guerillas and security forces m the northern town of Isabela, the official Philippine News Agency said here on Friday. AFP
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    • 225 8 MANILA A Philippine Air Force helicopter loaned for the filming of a Chuck Norris film, Missing m Action 11, crashed m Manila Bay yesterday, killing four Filipino soldiers and injuring five others, officials said. Air Force chief Maj-Gen Antonio Sotelo said the S-76 Sikorsky
      UPI; Reuter  -  225 words
    • 146 8 Epidemic kills three children in Thailand BANGKOK An epidemic of haemorrhagic fever m northeastern Thailand has left three children dead and 220 m hospital last week. An official of the Nong Khai provincial public health office, said the epidemic, caused by infectious mosquito bites, had started spreading early this month.
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    • 265 9 Shut Manila bank said to owe authorities $646 m MANILA The Central Bank of the Philippines announced yesterday that the Manila Banking Corp, foreclosed this month m a politically controversial move, owes it 6.1 billion pesos (*****.6 million). The central bank said it was issuing the statement to refute charges
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    • 37 9 OLONGAPO CITY (Philippines) Philippine police and United States sailors working undercover nabbed 24 Filipino drug dealers during an operation m this city near Subic Bay naval station last week, it was announced on Friday. AP
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    • 342 9 Philippine military placed on full alert to protect voters MANILA A BAND of 40 armed men yesterday raided a rural polling station and killed two people as Filipinos voted m scattered, violence-prone areas of the country. The Philippine News Agency (PNA) reported that
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    • 155 9 Seven killed, 20 hurt in Viet shelling of border refugee camp BANGKOK Vietnamese artillery shells crashed into a crowded refugee camp on the Thai-Cambodian border, killing seven people and seriously injuring more than 20, military officials reported yesterday. Three shells hit the Site 2 camp on Friday night, causing panic
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    • 67 9 BANGKOK Eleven people were killed and two injured when their van collided head-on with a truck on a highway m southern Thailand, the state-run Radio Thailand said yesterday. They were part of a delegation of 50 teachei-s and students from north-eastern Kalasin Province's College
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    • 142 9 Philippine Reds increase hit squads MANILA Philippine communist guerillas have strengthened their assassination units here and stepped up attacks m rural areas, a military official said yesterday. About 700 New People's Army (NPA) Sparrow Units or hit squads are now m the capital and its suburbs, up from 150 at
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 172 10  - Court orders 3 ex-BMF directors to return $3b RITA GOMEZ By HONGKONG Bumiputra Malaysia Finance has obtained court orders to recover more than $3 billion from three of its former directors. The High Court here has ordered Hashim Shamsuddin to return US$479 million, HK$l76 million and £5 million. Hashim is
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    • 420 10 KUALA LUMPUR Datuk Dr Lim Keng Yaik, who is seeking a third term as Gerakan President, faces central committee member Dr Goh Cheng Teik m a straight fight for the presidency m the party election on June 6. However, his deputy, Datuk
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    • 273 10 KUALA LUMPUR The policy of according supremacy to "bumiputraism" has threatened the development and continued existence of Chinese primary schools m Malaysia, says a working paper presented at a "Seminar on Problems of Chinese Primary Schools" which began here yesterday. The two-day
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    • 277 10 SEREMBAN Four robbers, two armed with revolvers, robbed the Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation branch m Jalan Datuk Sheikh Ahmad here of MJ95.000 but they missed MJI million which was with the chief cashier. Two robbers scooped the money from nine counters while
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    • 191 10 Mission off to US and Britain to woo investors KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Mida) will organise an investment mission to Ihe United States and Britain today. The two-week mission is to look for joint ventures m re-source-based industries such as rubber, palm oil and wood. Mida Chairman
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    • 94 10 IPOH A robbery suspect, armed with a parang, was shot dead after he ignored a police warning on Thursday night. The man, identified as A. Sundaraji 28, was wanted by Singapore police m connection with a murder case on Feb 5. A police officer said three
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    • 260 10 KUALA LUMPUR Three Spanish businessmen played "strip poker" with three women friends m a hotel room. But Mr Carmelo Lopez and his two friends, brothers Jeans and Angel Conzalies, lost more than just their clothes, the magistrate's court was told on Thursday.
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 201 11 Church going through difficult time, says Archbishop ROMAN Catholic Archbishop Gregory Yong has sent a message to all Catholics here, thanking them for remaining calm and supportive during a "a very difficult time" for the Church. A pastoral letter, issued jointly by the Archbishop and his priests, is being read
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    • 94 11 Police stop WP protest THREE Workers' Party men were arrested outside the Istana yesterday morning for attempting to hold an assembly without a police permit and for obstructing the police. Party chairman Wong Hong Toy, secretary-general J. B. Jeyaretnam and WP member Mohamed Jufrie bin Mahmood were arrested at about
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    • The 16 ISD arrests
      • 568 11 Wah Piow denies he is a communist TAN Wah Piow, named by the Home Affairs Ministry last week as the mastermind of a Marxist conspiracy to overthrow the Government, has denied that he is a communist. Tan, who is now wanted m Singapore under the Internal Security Act, insisted that
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      • 248 11 FOURTEEN Malaysian groups have come together for the specific purpose of protesting against the Internal Security Department's arrest of 16 people here on May 21. Calling themselves the "Human Rights Support Group for the Singapore 16", they comf>rise non-government bodies
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    • 650 11  -  RAV DHALIWAL New air pact ends 14-month deadlock By SINGAPORE Airlines will be able to fly to Vancouver and Toronto m Canada and from there to the United States under a new air services agreement between the two countries. The new
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    • 178 11 THE baby girl found stabbed and abandoned near a Mandai Road bus stop on March 20 is now m the care of a Ministry of Community Development foster home. A police spokesman said yesterday the baby had recovered from her injuries,
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    • 587 12  - The S'pore woman boss who she is KONG SOOK CHIN By THE Singapore woman who makes it to the executive suite is often younger than her counterparts m Thailand and the Philippines, and she is less likely to come from a wealthy family. Unlike her Filipina and Thai counterparts who
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    • 319 12 HELSINKI Singapore is the only country outside Britain where broadcasts of the British Broadcasting Corporation World Service go on 24 hours a day on FM radio. The round-the-clock service has been made available at the "specific request" of the Singapore Government.
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    • 356 12 SINGAPOREANS should see multi-national corporations m the proper perspective, Mr Lim Boon Heng told a National Education seminar m his Kebun Baru constituency yesterday. In an obvious reference to the views of the 16 people arrested last week for being part of a Marxist
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    • 252 12 Golden monkeys show off on opening day FOR the crowds, it was a golden opportunity to see something rare. And for the two subjects the throngs had come to see, it was a chance to monkey around and show off. At first, the pair of rare golden monkeys on loan
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    • 319 12 THE Government has called on more organisations m the private sector to help promote courtesy m Singapore. They can do their bit by choosing courtesy as a theme even as they undertake activities to promote business, said Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Minister for
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    • 183 13 Singapore features in Japanese TV drama SINGAPORE will be the backdrop for a Japanese drama which will take the spotlight m a highly-rated TV weekly series soon. A television crew of 27 from Nippon TV, a Japanese broadcasting corporation, including eight Japanese actors and actresses, completed a week's location shooting
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    • 154 13 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting military training at Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Marsiling, Mandai, Wing Loong, Loyang and Sembawang from tomorrow to Sunday. This will be from 7 am to midnight daily. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public is advised not to be
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    • 422 13  -  MICHAEL LIM By MORE Singaporeans are saying "G'day" to Australian universities and other educational institutions. While only 267 student visas were granted to students wanting to pursue tertiary and secondary courses m Australia last year, 557 visas have already been issued by the
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    • 152 13 Family on Hari Raya rounds hurt as car hits tree FOUR members of a family on their way to pay Hari Raya Puasa visits were hurt when their car skidded and hit a tree near Tampines Avenue 2 on Friday. Mr Mohd Fadzlon bin Mohd, 34, and his wife, Madam
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
    • 698 14  -  Tan Sai Siong WHEN a long-established investment team that I know discovered it was losing one of its members, the remaining ones were shocked. How could it happen, they asked each other, wondering why their fellow manager was leaving. We thought we were a team, one
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    • 863 14  -  Kong Sook Chin OPINION is divided on whether Nazi war criminals who killed Jews and others m concentration camps during World War II should be hunted down decades after they committed their crimes. One school of thought holds that the cruel torturers and killers
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    • 535 14 WHEN my badminton partner Dramasamy finally bought a condominium unit, half of Singapore heard about it. And all because of his heart problem. In medical circles m which I move, they call it the superenlarged cardiac syndrome, or big-heartedness. It afflicts 93.999. of all people
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    • The Sunday Times VIEW
      • 301 15 Although Singapore's ninth National Courtesy Campaign does not start till July, the monthlong curtain raiser m the form of Singa City opened yesterday by Dr Yeo Ning Hong, the Minister for Communications and Information, is welcome, well-timed and timely. Welcome because there can never be
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      • 122 15 What The Sunday Times reported on May 27, 1962 TENGKU Abdul Rahman denied yesterday that the Federation Government had advised the Singapore Government to hold a referendum on merger Referring to what he described as "accusations" made m Singapore that this was so. he declared: "The Federation
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    • 1259 15  -  ALBERT RAMALINGAM Thailand's GEN. CHAVALIT YONGCHAIYUDH marked his birthday with a surprise booklet Not much was known about him outside of Thailand until last year when he took over command of the Royal Thai Army. Since then, General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh's remarks about revolution and the need
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  • RACING
    • 285 18  -  LUCKY LEO Course record holder's mission— to win Trial, Cup and bonus By Out man on the track KUALA LUMPUR Make course record holder Pagsanjan 11, winner of his last three starts, your nap today. He is out on a mission to win the $70,000
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    • 212 18  - Pin your faith on this classy gelding TONTO By IT TAKES a good horse to uin first-up, and Omar j Mukhtar is certainly more i than that he whipped a Class 1 field by 8 lengths i at his debut last month. With that slashing win over the taxing Ipoh
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    • 118 18 RACK 2: Careless Whisper. Authority, Sri Sakti. RACE 3: Top Ryde 11. Mart RACE 4: Sheikh 11, Wisnu VI. Three Pips. Keep Going V, Little Papa. Charisma 111, Sound Decision RACK 5: American Soldier II Pagsanjan 11, Meor Romeo, Spectacular Win. Triton. Chiefs Award, Fu Lv Shou, Lsi.inbul. Balik
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    • 395 18 RACE RACING ED LUCKY LEO TONTO PEDIGREE MARKSMAN 3 V For Victory 1 Protein 2 Bravo Del 6 MacGyver I I Bravo [>l RMacCyvei 2 Bravo [VI I MacCyvci 2 Bravo Del .'1 V For Victory 2 Bravo [VI 3 V Foi Victory 3 V For
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    • 5575 18 GOING FORECAST: GOOD MMMH 1 .45 RESTRICTED TERMS DIV A 1,200 m ,m (3, 4 and 5 year olds) M* (Stakes: $11,000) 1 3» Protein 57 Pertama-Thwaites 5 amh -1 (1200 m) Went with early pace m debut, finishing 7-nk 3rd to Solid Sound Ipoh 1100
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    • 2641 19 Bold Encounter and Lover's Paradise cut down rivals BIG SWEEP FIRST *****0 SECOND *****9 THIRD *****8 STARTERS *****1 *****6 *****0 *****8 *****9 *****2 *****7 *****3 *****4 CONSOLATIONS *****9 *****3 *****3 *****0 *****8 *****1 *****0 *****7 *****0 *****4 KUALA LUMPUR Bold Encounter and Lover's Paradise
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    • 101 19 Never Miss: Dominguez grilled KUALA LUMPUR Leading jockey Rick Dominguez and trainer Lee Seng Hap were yesterday questioned by the stewards on the handling and running of Never Miss 11, who finished seventh In Race 3. The stewards drew Domlnguez's attention to MR A Rule of Racing 14t (a) and
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    • 491 19  -  JACK ELLIOTT By MELBOURNE A decision at the bi-annual conference of the Principle Raceclubs of Australia, over the use of anabolic steroids on horses, could have far-reaching effects on the racing and breeding industry. The conference is to be held here m August In Perth,
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 377 19 181 Deaths 181 Deaths 181 Deaths LAU WOO PHUAN I Age 79 years I passed away peacefully on 29th May 1987 at 10.40 a.m. fl leaving behind: H WIVES: Mdm. Tan Siok Hiang (Deceased) fl Mdm. Tan Joo Keow H SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: fl Low Meng Hoe Tjiong Glok Hoa fl
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      193 19 MR. WONG KONG WENG Ago: 62 passed away peacefully on 30.557 leaving behind belovad WIFE: MOM. NG KIT FOMG SONS: Wong Chee Woh Wong Chee Soon Wong Chee Choong DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Stephanie Leong DAUGHTERS: Wong Lai Hoong Wong Lai Kuen SON-IN-LAW: Robert James GRANDCHILDREN: Wong Yong Sheng, Kenneth Wong
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    • 50 19 MERVYN D. CORNELIUS thank, the President end Committee of the SRC, Sitter* of St. Joseph's Home Jurong, Father Boneventure relatives and friend* tor their assistance, attendance, prayers and donations during the bereavement of his mother MARY E. CORNELIUS nee Heinemenn deported 21 May is* 7 Requtescat m pace
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      36 19 Our deepest sympathies A condolences to Mr. G.B. Bhat A his family on the demit* of hie wife MRS. NEELA BHAT Departed 29 5 87 From The Management Staff of TATA GOVERNMENT TRAINING CENTRE
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    • 118 20 182 Acknowledgements 182 Acknowledgements The family of the late CHIA SOON ANN departed 27.5.87. wishes to thank c the President and Mrs Wee Kirn Wee c all Relatives and Friends c Doctors and Staff of Mount Alvernia Hospital and Mount Elizabeth Hospital c the Churches. Reverand Ting, Pastors Francis and
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      170 20 In Everloving Memory Of LEE KUM KUAN Departed: 31.5.1986 One year has already past sim h you left us. But we thank God for the fond memories you left behind We will forever cherish them m our tieerta Dearly missed and always remembered by wife, son, daughter
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      181 20 In loving memory of you, mum MDM. NG YOKE KEE Deported 31st May 1911 Gone from our lives one so dear. But In our hearts forever near Always remembered by: Husband Lee Eng Chew, children, in-laws, grandchildren and loved ones. IN LOVING MEMORY OF MR. S. NALLAPPAN
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  • SPORT
    • 279 20 POOL ONE: ENGLAND 60 JAPAN 7 SYDNEY England crushed the Japanese challenge 60-7 m yesterday's World Cup rugby union Pool One game after unleashing their pedigree three-quarters m a second-half try orgy. Captain Mike Harrison scored a hat-trick and fellow-winger Rory Underwood a brace of
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    • 194 20 England over-emphasised the rolling maul m the face of some rugged Japanese tackling and fly-half Peter Williams seemed content to kick his way up the field rather than set up his speedy wingers. Superb vision by Simms put England 10-3 up. He
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    • 338 20 POOL FOUR: SCOTLAND 60 ZIMBABWE 21 WELLINGTON Scotland ran m 11 tries yesterday to defeat Zimbabwe by a record 60-21 m their World Cup Pool Four rugby union match at Athletic Park. The score was easily Scotland's highest m an international, beating the 35-10 win
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    • 187 20 POOL ONE PREVIEW AUSTRALIA v US BRISBANE If anything m rugby union is certain, it is that Australia will beat the United States, perhaps by a record score, m today's World Cup Pool One game. But Australian coach Alan Jones, far from being delighted,
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    • 116 20 Tries Craig Green (NZ) 4 John Gallagher (NZ) 4 Mike Harrison (Eng) 3 David Kirk (NZ) 3 John Kirwan (NZ) 3 Glenn Webbe (Wales) 3 Matt Duncan (Scot). Goal-kickers (conversions, penalty kicks, drop goals) 48 Grant Fox (NZ) 28 Gavin Hastings (Scot) 25 Michael Kiernan (Ire) 22 Hugo
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    • 439 20 POOL TWO: IRELAND 46 CANADA 19 DUNEDIN (New Zealand) Ireland staged a late rally to emerge 46-19 winners over lowly Canada m their World Cup rugby union Pool Two clash yesterday, but the scoreline was no reflection of a close and highly-entertaining game. The
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    • 176 20 POOL THREE PREVIEW FIJI v ITALY DUNEDIN (New Zealand) Fijian rugby goes on trial here today after the fiasco of their crushing defeat by the New Zealand All-Blacks this week, a performance which earned universal condemnation. Fiji will rescue their reputation only if they beat Italy
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    • 993 20  -  ROB HUGHES Talk of Soccer QET out your gold-tinted specs. If you have none, feel free to share mine. We are back on the Brazil trail and with customary bias towards artistry m yellow jerseys. I have surprisingly good news. Surprising, though to be
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    • 298 20 PARIS Bordeaux took the first step towards the domestic double m France when they clinched the League title for the third time m four seasons on Friday night. Their 1-0 home win over St Etienne, while Marseille were going down 2-0 at outgoing champions Paris St
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    • 201 20 LONDON Peter Shirtliff scored twice m the last 10 minutes of extra-time to carry Charlton Athletic past Leeds United 2-1 m Birmingham on Friday and keep them m the English soccer First Division next season. Shirtliff's late blitz came after John Sheridan had broken a
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    • 767 21  -  JANICE SEAH Little-known bowler m Singapore's team for Helsinki world championships SAID AND DONE 41 was so surprised. I just wanted experience and nothing else. I thought maybe if I worked hard I could get into the next South-east Asia Games. Maybe, only. Maybe it was
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    • 332 21  - Zainal, Peter tipped to meet again TAY CHENG KHOON By ZAINAL ABIDES! and Peter Hill, who had shared the last eight Mi In national squash titles, are favourites again to make it a two-horse show at Kallang from June 7-13. f~~~ Defending champion Zainal is top-seeded to take his sixth
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    • 341 21  -  LEE WAI WUN By TAKING on the world is never easy, especially when the task falls on young shoulders. The Singapore bowling squad, who leave today for the 11th World FIQ Championships m Helsinki, are among the youngest. But the team of eight know
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    • 110 21 Tl KIN American Ed Moses breezed to his 122 nd consecutive win m the 1H metres hurdles m a guest appearance on Friday night at a two-day men's athletics meeting between Italy and the Soviet Inlon. The 32-year-old world recordholder and Olympic champion,
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    • 65 21 KUALA LUMPUR The United States edged out Malaysia 1-0 m the first hockey "test" match at Stadium Tun Razak here yesterday. The Americans, who are on a playing tour of Hongkong. Malaysiaand South Korea to prepare for the Pan-American Games m August, will play the final
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    • 230 21  - Ong is SBA head for another term J. R AJENDR AN By SECOND Deputy Prime Minister Ong Teng Cheong was re-elected president of the Singapore Badminton Association for another two-year term at their annual meeting yesterday. In his address, Mr Ong, who was returned unopposed, identified three tournaments that the
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    • 269 21  - SIA struggle to beat stubborn CSC ALBERT JOHNSON By SINGAPORE Airlines Group toiled hard to beat a stubborn Ceylon Sports Club 2-1 m a Singapore Hockey Association Premier League match at Changi yesterday. Although SIA took a commanding 2-0 lead at half time both goals coming off penalty corner moves
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    • 170 21 TAIWANESE shooters made a clean sweep of the individual titles at the Singapore Rifle Association's 125 th anniversary shoot at Mount Vernon yesterday. Singapore's shooters, who won the rapid fire pistol team gold medal on Friday, were not as sharp yesterday. Results Men: Free pistol individual:
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    • 801 23  - Vince's gradual swing down under-par level with Mercers TAY CHENG KHOON Tee to Groan WINCENT LEE yearns for m those early-morning bugle calls which used to wake him up during national service not so long ago. For the 6am reveille is one of the luxuries he cannot afford these days.
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    • 359 23 GOLF WORLDWIDE RICKMANSWORTH (England) Unsung Briton Derrick Cooper took a one-shot halfway lead over the more famous son of his coach m the national Pro-Celebrity tournament on Friday. Coopers six under-par second-round 66 left him a stroke ahead of Ryder Cup player
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    • 227 23 Haron's strong challenge for Coke award IF NOT for Haron Mundir's pair of super -fast feet, Singapore would have returned without any medals from last weekend's Taipei Invitational athletics championships. The 24-year-old AAW crew supervisor won Singapore's only gold m the men's 2Mm (21.55) and qualified for September's Southeast Asia
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    • 340 23 SEVILLE (Spain) Olympic champion Carl Lewis, second to Canada's Ben Johnson m the 100 metres here on Friday, intensified their rivalry when he said "That is the last time he beats me." Lewis raised his arm m victory after the sprint showdown but the photo-finish and the timings
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    • 1153 23  - Pinky will pay for slur on Kid Dynamite ALAN HUBBARD ALWAYS ON SUNDAY Biggest purse and girlfriend's presence should swing balance m Tyson's favour YOU either have to be nonchalantly brave or suicidally foolish to call the heayweight champion of the world a pansy to his face. Especially when you
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    • 292 23 LAS VEGAS Title-holder Mike Tyson tipped the scales fractionally heavier than challenger Pinklon Thomas on Friday at a good-na-tured weigh-in prior to their 12--round world heavyweight championship bout today. Tyson, defending both his World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association belts against his
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    • 29 23 THE world heavyweight boxing championship fight between Mike Tyson and Pinklon Thomas m Las Vegas will be telecast live today at 9.30 am on RTM 1 and TV 3.
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
    • 492 24 YESTERDAY'S PLAY FRENCH OPEN TENNIS 1 5-year-old Arantxa reaches the q-finals PARIS Wimbledon champion Boris Becker made heavy work of reaching the last 16 of the French Open yesterday at the expense of Sweden's Henrik Sundstrom. Former French Open champion Mats Wilander, seeded
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    • 423 24 PARIS "I've fulfilled my time for good or bad and I'm way beyond the stage for worrying about what actually happens out there." Jimmy Connors, the world No. 1 from 1974-78 but now content to squeeze into the top 10 m ninth place,
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    • 297 24  -  JOE DORAI By HONGKONG Chinese beat Malaysian Chinese 2-0 m their opening match of the Anchor Beer-Por Yen Cup triangular soccer tournament at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. Tonight, Hongkong face hosts Singapore and need only a draw to win the competition on goal difference.
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    • 624 24  -  HAKIKAT RAI By SPORTING SUNDAY ATM.pmCS 4th N-HKue Walk: I. km (7 30am) Caltex age-group ,-hampi unships Ipm both at National Stadium Practice Track. miwi.lM. Youth roving league (Jackie's Katong, 8.30 am). National VMS on nection 9-pin Tap finals (Tenpin Bowl, 9am t OnOUEff STA
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    • 203 24 PARIS The ruling body of men's tennis have begun proceedings against John McEnroe that could lead to a lengthy tournament ban for the 28-year-old American for walking out of a match last Sunday. Marshall Happer. administrator of the Men's International Professional Tennis Council, on Friday
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    • 244 24 Men's singles third round: Jimmy Arias (US) bt Jorge Arrese (Spn) 4-6, 7-6 (7-4). 6-2, 4-6, 6-2. Mats Wilander (Swe) bt Aaron Krickstein (US) 6-1, 6-7, 6-0, 6-2. Boris Becker (WG) bt Henrik Sundstrom (Swe) 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Yannick Noah (Fra) bt Michiel Schapers (Hoi) 6-3, 6-3, 6-2.
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    • 509 24 Favourites show class to qualify FRIDAYS PLAY Renee back with Martina PARIS Four years ago, Martina Navratilova parted company with her coach, Renee Richards, alter a fourthround defeat by Kathy Horvath at the French Open. Now, as she searches for her first tournament success of ISB7, Martina is asking Renee
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    • 1177 1 PHILIP CHEAH previews a new documentary series that explodes the myths surrounding the various martial arts forms THE WAY OF THE WARRIOR: Tuesday, Ch 12, 8.00 pm PRAYER and spirituality, not the male machismo, was what brought many of the most ancient, martial arts
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      • 526 2  -  PHILIP COOREY TV PREVIEW Film Focus. Ch 12, 8 pm ley y The Red Shoes is not just a ballet film... lt is about all great artists, their total dedication and the sacrifices they make to reach the pinnacles of fame and artistic
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      • 523 2  - Does Cetera's new glory lie in films? JOHN BLAKE [•HOLLYWOOD *J (IPS) Peter Cetera 's performance on the Academy Awards show when he sang his Oscarnominated hit, Glory of Love has paid off for the singer-songwriter. Not only did he reach one billion viewers worldwide, but his stylish good looks
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      • 709 4 The Miss Universe show has come and gone but the impressions nevertheless remain. JANICE SEAH looks beyond the pomp and the pageantry of Singapore's first step at hosting such a world glamcur event PERHAPS cement floors will be m vogue one day. And perhaps Isabel Sanford,
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      • 662 4  -  JULIE TAN By IT MAY be an all-embracing pop song contest, but judging by the entries to the latest National Song Competition for top local tunes, you'd be forgiven for thinking it was a love song contest. The overwhelming majority of the
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      • 565 4 LOOK EAST DID she or didn't she attempt suicide? That is the burning question on everyone's lips after Anita Mvi was rushed to a Hongkong hospital last Wednesday. No one knows for sure, yet. But the fact that reporters have failed to speak
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    • CINEMA
      • 836 3 It may be 50 years old, but Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is still as good as new. JULIE TAN tells how, after auditioning many for the part of rthe perfect princess (left, the winner and right, a loser) and after three
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      • 391 3  -  JULIE TAN HEARTBEAT 100 At Cathay cinemas Stoning Maggie Cheung, Wu Fong, Mark Cheng, Loi Fong and Bonnie Law Directed by Kent Cheng an LoKin By THERE is nothing quite like an engrossing thriller to dispel the sense of deja vu from the deluge
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      • 440 3  -  TOH HAI LEONG KILLER'S NOCTURNE At Eng Wah cinemas Starring Alex Wang Zhi-liang, Qian Xiao-hou and Patricia Hsia Directed by Nam Lai Choy By IN THE vein of Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch and Lo Wei's The Big Boss, director Nam Lai Choy's Killer's Nocturne
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      • 681 3  -  KHNG EU MENG TIN MEN At Orchard Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Danny DeVito and Barbara Hershey Directed by Barry Levinson By THIS movie is slick. As slick as the smooth-talking aluminium siding salesmen which it is all about, their polished Cadillacs, the
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    • MUSIC/PERSONALITY
      • 775 7  -  LIM SEK POP REVIEW By SOI NDTRACK OF POLICE ACADEMY IV CITIZENS ON PATROL VARIOUS ARTISTES (Motown) THE High Flyers, a military music track, and the title tune Citizens on Patrol, help make this release different from other dance music. Another exception is Brian Wilson's Let's Go
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      • 884 7 JULIE TAN speaks to screen newcomer Mark Cheng, whose brawn and good looks are winning him leading roles A REVIEWER once said he oozed "animal magnetism". Model-turned-actor Mark Cheng lets out one of his many hearty chuckles, amused and flattered at the description. After all,
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    • 366 11 THE "Perfect" Complexion ADVERTISEMENT Beauty Tips Ever wondered how some people keep themselves looking perennially pretty and youthful? It's m the genes? Perhaps. But you can be like them too, genes or no genes, so says the beauty expert at Queen Lin Ting Beautycare, and the method's none other than
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    • Young Life
      • 265 12 ONE of the loveliest parts of the school year is around. Yes, the school holidays. Some lucky ones will be winging off on holidays abroad. Most will be staying at home. What would I do if I had a month at home? Well, I would spring-clean. Have you
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      • 303 12 GOING somewhere for the holidays? It can be boring sitting m a car or plane for hours on end. Time goes faster if you are playing a game. Here are three games for young travellers. Even if you are not going anywhere, you can still
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      • 603 12 THERE is nothing quite like camping outdoors. Meals taste better even though the food may be a little burnt or a trifle raw. Being outdoors, somehow, gives you a better appetite. But first you have to decide where you are camping. The place and what facilities
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      • 634 12 HAVE you been to the Science, Technology and Defence Exhibition now on at the Science Centre? If you have, you will find this contest easy to do. Even if you have not, it will still be fairly simple. All you have to do is
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      • 848 16  - A Chorus Line comes to town JUDITH HOLMBERG Singapore Airlines celebrates its 40th birthday by sponsoring a trio of world-class acts By BROADWAY will come to town m August. And it will take the shape of no less than A Chorus Line, one of the most successful and longest-running American
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      • 759 16 Observers believe that the British musical has improved by expanding on the brightest Broadway innovations, such as Les Miserables, plus being able to meet the taste of a younger generation m which the New York theatre has lost touch with. FOR years the
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    • 60 12 Why do words mean what they do? Words are symbols and a group of people decide what these symbols mean. So "c-a-t" is the symbol for a certain kind of animal m English. However, m Malay, the symbol or word for this animal is "k-u-c-h-i-n-g". In other languages, the symbols
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    • 549 1  -  SANDRA SABAPATHY Pet passion: Birds BINOCULARS ready, the birdwatcher's bible (Birds of South-east Asia by Ben King) m hand, she listens and watches for the whirr of wings or a distinctive twitter m the chilly dawn. Sleeping m on Sundays is a pleasure Sandra Sabapathy
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    • 466 1  -  KWAN HUN HE SPENDS his weekdays surrounded by the loud mechanical roar of printing machines. At weekends, it is with great relief that Kwan Hun, 36, heads for a completely different environment, one with smaller sounds, tinier noises. Behind the plump, diffident exterior of this foreman
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      • 110 1 Mind Body Fashion Food /Spectrum Habitat Motoring Travel I my*mm^O, \l\ *'Wr*m-mr m mA~\.'Mjtm*~% ___F i lie vviiiifers w Miss Universe and her Raymond Wfeil^^ Miss Universe 1987, Cecilia Boioeco, with her prize an exquisite timepiece specially created for her by Raymond Weil of Geneva. This stunning 18K solid gold
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    • FEATURE
      • 506 2  -  KELVIN LIM Me and my wild life o From Page 1 Pet passion: Reptiles MOST of us prefer to give them a wide berth but Kelvin Lim loves nothing better than a day m the company of snakes. In fact, you will often find
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      • 485 2  -  JOHNNY WONG Pet passion: Butterflies HE IS known as the "Butterfly Man" to members of the Malayan Nature Society. Not because he flits from girl to girl but because of his interest m these elusive insects. "They are such beautiful creatures, so delicate and full of
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      • 631 2 A NATURE society m a city like Singapore? Yes, and doing very well, thank you. The Malayan Nature Society, which was formed m 1940, has, m the last five years, seen an eightfold jump m its membership from about 100 members m 1982 to
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      • 712 2 WHEN couples clash, they frequently start with a skirmish and work up to something like World War m. That's what used to happen to Shirley and Jim Painter. "We'd be having a difference of opinion on, say, whether to buy a television set and, before
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      • 242 2 VENTING your emotions can torpedo effective communication, says George Thompson, president of the Verbal Judo Institute m Albuquerque, N.M. The institute trains police officers, business managers and sales people to influence the behaviour of others through words "A primary principle of verbal
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      • 374 2 Etiquette q. WHEN we pass the hat around the office to collect contributions towards a colleague's wedding or retirement present, I sometimes feel cheated because some people give so little. 1 can't help thinking that they are taking advantage of the generosity
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        333 3  - Stripe tease LIM PHAY-LING By STRIPES have never really gone out of style. And as anyone with less than perfect proportions knows, those lines can do wonderfully slimming things if worn the Stripe fever made its perennial return on the catwalk about six months ago in Paris when Chanel created
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      • 532 3  -  LIM PHAY-LING FLATTERY was definitely not the name of the game when the 68 world beauties paraded m the evening gowns "of their choice" at the Miss Universe 1987 Presentation Show. An evening gown has to flatter the wearer's figure and colouring, but
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      • 281 3 ANNIVERSARY OiCtf. OF ASEAN /l lj) COMMEMORATIVE Jmmm^OMmP STAAAP ISSUE /"S/fNT f\M** i Date of Issue: ''W /Lm\\\ JmTwm mf* 15 June 1987 (Monday) aj jf\"l MUL m** sf AgjF Denominations: s #!ff,v /r -#ir. «mV mmmm 10C, 35C, 50C and 75. /WNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY ANNIVERSARY ASEAN ASEAN ASEAN ASEAN IB*3
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      • 314 3 QUALITY MERCHANDISE AT UNBEM^^HICE A Ilk. VENUE: r <V\tß St I Itt at [JP\itemm^\ EXHIBITION HALL LEVEL 1, 2 3 V C^\^^ )PP PRINCE/JADE THEATRE) V LRRUSER U 75, BEACH ROAD, FU YUEN BLDG I? SINGAPORE 0718 Wfl ft. V ~W IMPORTM) ALaS mWW'Jm miKMmmmmm. AmTT 'AmwWAmmmmm tfc _^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^H Amw
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    • FOOD
      • 1019 4 Sentosa's bright and breezy lure I EAT OUT THE recently opened Sentosa Island Food Centre is by far the prettiest food centre m Singapore. It contrasts vividly with its neighbour, Rasa Sentosa. the island's first food centre which opened m 1982. Next to the 23 brand new hawker stalls arranged
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      • 390 4  - Coffee with banana and egg yolk, JENNY LAM By WOULD you drink skimmed milk with soya bean and orange? How about coffee with banana and egg yolk? Or a plain carrot shake? Odd drinks indeed, but these and a dozen more strange concoctions are actually "nutritious drinks" introduced last month
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      • 414 4 THE frog-infested swamps of India, Bangladesh and Indonesia have become a battle ground between ecologists and epicureans the former who like frogs m the mud and the latter who like them with white wine. Experts say the harvest of frogs for frog legs has
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      • 40 4 7^ tn BP SINGAPORE on the official opening of BP Jurong East Service Station With Compliments From: <3>-JMt&.fexg(fr/_)jrflLs?q i lfl™jMei Hwa Construction Works (Pte) Ltd./ 1^*"" 56A. Jalan Jurong Kechil. Singapore 2159 Tel. *****11 Telex: RS ***** ONGSCO Cable: ONGSCO
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    • SPECTRUM
      • 1001 5 While the rest of the world looks upon the Japanese as penny pinchers and workaholics, KENICHI TAKEMURA, writing for PHP Intersect magazine, thinks this is a simplistic view. He explains why, when the country's savings are increasing at the rate of 50 trillion yen every year,
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      • 1098 5 It's not often that a mother's faced with the prospect of her child wanting to jump out of a moving plane. SUNA R. KANGA describes her own reactions when her only daughter decided to take up parachuting. 4 To one who's intimidated by a roller coaster,
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      • 282 5 **¥>^ W^ BEST Y<*> World Trade Centre, Hall 2 v^nccir^M A\AiADrviAAr4~~^ 23rd -31 st May 1987. y? DESIGN AWARD lA^ 12 noon to 10 p.m. '^v(3KB m Wa\ t^ I^V^,..** 1 1^ MODERN#O"F SH 2l 9 mm Amm LOUNGE SE' BEDROOM SUITE KITCHEN CABINET H IvVl 11^^ mmW Oecane Mart«et.ng
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    • HABITAT
      • 1057 6 The atrium appears to be the current rage here as far as buildings go. Step into one of Orchard Road's newer shopping centres or any of the Marina Square hotels and you'll notice it a central lobby that opens up into a sky-lit roof.
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      • 473 6 JOHN Portman, the American architect who designed the Pavilion InterContinental Hotel and the Marina Square hotels here, did not invent the atrium. The atrium has a 2,000--year-old history as a grand entrance space, a focal courtyard or sheltered semi-public area. In Roman times, according to
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      • 822 6  -  JEFFREY TAN By WHAT has politics to do with architecture, you might well ask. In France, plenty. A recent New York Times report examines how architecture appears to be the prime means of expressing the political will m France. The French kings
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      • 97 6 /O^N6I^TTak3TION§ I BP SINGAPORE on the official opening of BP Jurong East Service Station With Compliments From: /SN ERASER NEAVE (SINGAPORE) PTE. LIMITED fjC W (INCORPORATED IN SINGAPORE) |pO Ml off| ce Address: 475 River Valley Road. Singapore 1024 X_, Mailin 9 Address. Maxwell Road, P.O. Box 853, Singapore 9017
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      • 52 6 7 1 to BP SINGAPORE on the official opening of BP Jurong East Service Station With Compliments From: gSmWmW TIPEX IRADING I'll I ID ■"ll" Mk Kft flWi.nl TIPS TRADING PTE LTD mMm gfMMj Eg jfgftj 705 Sims Drive. Block B. -01-18 Shun 1 1 Industrial Complex, Singapore 1438 Tel:
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      • 108 7 MmW lb celebrate the grand opening or Jm BP Jurong East today, we went o¥er the top. Am Aw ja\\w moo^r. m mMmm^ m Mm m± m II Wkm m\ mw mm\\\\\\. J^^^^^^B 11N MmmmW wmW^ mm. _J W _k_^^l^ V 1 WM Y-mm\ m\ m\*mm\ That isn't something BP
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    • MOTORING
      • 289 8  - Learn how to save fuel at Shell rally WINSTON LEE By WANT to have great fun, stand a chance of winning $18,000 worth of cash and other prizes, and learn how to save fuel? The '87 Shell Economy Rally from July 4 to 6 is the one event m the
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      • 1070 8  -  WINSTON LEE By MAZDA has always been noted for its technical innovation and ingenuity, qualities that have set it apart from most of the conservative Japanese motor manufacturers. In the 50s, there were nine major companies (including Mercedes-Benz, General Motors and Audi-NSU) working on the
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      • 852 8  -  JAN ZVERINA By TURN down the radio for a minute the next time you drive your car. It could save you hundreds of dollars. By listening for early warning signs, repairs can be made before they become big jobs or
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      • 405 8 Learn a new language m 3 months T TMr* TT H DHHMP Ll IN var U /tJt lIwJN LISTEN UNDERSTAND SPEAK V^ f^ '*U 'Mf ii£ m A V <*> 4 apt- _?9_ *AT mmr Ax-Mm .^mmr.^Am\ J Om mm^ m^^ mmm^A m 9 m W At —^^.^^3l Mm), _____fle^^&
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    • SPOTLIGHT Italy
      • 551 9 This three-page supplement marks the country's National Day on Tuesday. MESSAGE Giulio Andreotti Minister for Foreign Affairs I AM particularly pleased with this opportunity to send, for the third consecutive year, my most cordial greetings to the readers of The Straits Times and through them to the
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      • 703 9 MESSAGE H.E. Alessandro Vattani Ambassador B I AM particularly happy to greet the readers of The Straits Times on the occasion of the National Day of the Republic of Italy. From the moment I arrived m this beautiful country, I have witnessed the growing
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      • 765 10 Take a trip to central Italy and you will marvel at its historical and artistic treasures. EXPLORING central Italy is like walking into the heart of mediaeval Europt* On the road from Florenir. wt mam the \i\W\ of Upper Tiber, passing hiils surmounted by
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      • 569 10 ■ITALY'S Agusta group, a world leader m the aerospace industry with a 1985 turnover of 900 billion lira (5.1.5 billion), of which 85 per cent came from exports and a workforce of 10,000, is set on making its presence felt here. Said Mr Mauro Giovanni, 41, the
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      • 1648 1 ITALY'S Scientific Research Minister Luigi Granelli was born m Lovere (Bergamo) m 1929. He started his political career after graduation, when he was elected member to the National Council of the Christian Democratic Party. In 1968, he ran successfully for the Chamber of Deputies
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