The Straits Times, 7 February 1988

Microfilm: NL16086
Total Pages: 76
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2695 55 CENTS MCI (P) 93/12/87
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    Come forth, Govt urges academics
    719 1 FEBRUARY 7, 1988 We'll listen to the committed: Dr Yeo THE Government is willing to listen to sound ideas and criticism from young Singaporeans who want to serve their country. Such committed people will receive a sympathetic hearing, said Dr Yeo Ning Hong who added
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  • Article
    Another two get kidneys under transplant law
    587 1  -  QILUAN POW CHONQ SURESH NAIR By and A HOUSEWIFE and a hawker underwent kidney transplant operations at the Singapore General Hospital three days ago just two weeks after the first pair of recipients benefited from the recently introduced Human Organ Transplant Act. Two
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    Why yesterday's paper was late
    45 1 Why yesterday's paper was late PRINTING problems caused readers of The Straits Times to receive their newspapers late yesterday morning. Intermittent mechanical faults at the printing plants resulted in the newspapers being delayed by about three hours. The Straits Times apologises for the inconvenience caused.
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    Lock icon Sumo wrestlers show off their form
    62 1 EACH of them weighs well over 130 kg, yet they do splits and knee bends with the nimbleness of slim young men. Trained in the 2000-year-old art of sumo wrestling, these 13 giants from Tokyo demonstrated their prowess to a packed crowd at the
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    Mahathir in stronger position in Umno crisis
    556 1  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By of the Foreign Desk KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad is now in a stronger position to deal with Urano dissidents whose challenge against his leadership led to the party split, according to party insiders. This is
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    The ultimaste MP
    55 1 EVERY schoolboy knows his name. A natural leader of great foresight, he is now thinking of becoming an MP. But will the team MP proposal improve or dampen his chances of getting into Parliament? Find out in our special colour publication in today's paper. A Chinese version
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      8 1 Fly-by-night doctors and plastic surgery gone wrong: P2
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      471 2 FUNDS AND LAUGHTER: Millions of Britons shed their traditional reserve and went to work with false red noses on Friday in a madcap marathon of fund-raising for famine relief in Africa. Some MPs wore the "comedy conks" in the House of Commons; the D»ike of York (left)
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      SPORTS
      150 2 ASIAN GOLF CIRCUIT: To upgrade local golfing standards, the Republic's professionals must play against the best to better themselves. The Asian circuit will tee off in Hongkong on Thursday, move to the Philippines, then to Malaysia before reaching Tanah Merah Country Club on March 10 to 13 for the
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      I Beware the fly-by-night plastic surgeon
      821 2  -  JACQUELINE WONG Many looking for fast and magic solutions to a better figure end up being swindled By THE cost of reshaping a face or figure may be horrifying if done by bogus, fy-by-night doctors. One plastic surgeon recounted how a patient came to
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      Ngee Ann students devise meter for 'buying' parking time
      251 2 Ngee Ann students devise meter for 'buying' parking time HERE'S something that would interest anybody who is tired of tearing parking coupons. Four students at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic have come up with an electronic parking meter which allows a car owner to "buy" time the same way he buys
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      SINGAPORE SNAPSHOTS
      98 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Watch where you put that hand every 100 factory workers, one met with an accident in 1986 at work. It that risk seems too high, it was an improvement over a decade before, when one out of every 70 workers was injured. Most
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      Lock icon What each operation costs
      86 2 GOOD looks which don't come from mother nature can still be had for a price. For some, the answer to the perfect body lies in the secret power of cosmetic surgery. With a tuck here, an implant there, some suction and recycling, almost anyone can look
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      Retailers cashing in on dragon items of ail kinds
      529 3  -  VIVIEN CHIONG By DRAGONS are popping up all over Singapore you name the place, they are there. Well, almost. This invasion of the mythological beast, a fiery symbol of prosperity and strength, is not only leaving its mark on buildings decorated
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      Lock icon Newly-weds make beeline for lucky' bed of shrubs
      146 3 MARRIED life may not be a bed of roses, but it can certainly start off with a propitious bed of shrubs 20,000 shrubs in fact. That is what it took to grow this red, green, yellow and white dragon and phoenix shrub
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      Stores get draped while shoppers urged to dress in oriental fashion
      406 3 DEPARTMENT stores have introduced new fashions and gift vouchers to cash in on the consumer's spending mood with less than two weeks to the Lunar New Year. Six stores, Metro, Tangs, Daimaru, Sogo, Isetan and Galeries Lafayette, said promotions
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      Overcrowding makes Shanghai hepatitis-A outbreak worse
      467 3  - Overcrowding makes Shanghai hepatitis-A outbreak worse EDWARD A. GARGAN By The New York Times SHANGHAI Lu Guiying, a portly woman in a white apron and cap, stood glumly outside her restaurant, her arms folded across her chest. "This week, all of a sudden, business is down," she said. "We used
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon 15,000 more Indian troops for Sri Lanka
      384 4 COLOMBO India is to boost its troop strength in Sri Lanka to about 70.000 in an attempt to crush stubborn resistance by Tamil rebels, Sri Lankan government officials said yesterday. The officials said 15,000 additional troops are due to arrive. Two Indian army
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      Lock icon Briton is first heart-lung transplant patient to have baby
      113 4 Briton is first heart-lung transplant patient to have baby LONDON A 22-year-old British woman became the world's first recipient of a heart-lung transplant to have a baby, a health official said on Friday. Ms Debbie Leonard, who received a heart-lung transplant in July 1965, gave birth to a 2.7-kg boy,
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      Lock icon Karachi calls in troops as ethnic riot toll rises
      381 4 KARACHI Pakistani authorities sent in troops to reinforce police in parts of Karachi yesterday as the death toll from the latest wave of ethnic rioting rose to 10, officials said. Doctors said one of more than 70 people brought to hospitals
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      EC will not drop Asian nations from GSP list
      165 4  - EC will not drop Asian nations from GSP list SH ADA ISLAM. BRUSSELS The European Community will not exclude Asia's newly industrialising countries from its list of developing countries eligible for du-ty-free trade benefits. EC officials say that, unlike the United States, the community will continue to grant tariff concessions
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      Lock icon 10 hurt in blasts during latest Bangladesh strike
      340 4 10 hurt in blasts during latest Bangladesh strike DHAKA Anti-government protesters exploded several bombs, injuring at least 10 people, and set fire to a bank yesterday during the latest strike in Bangladesh called by the major opposition parties. Police said the homemade bombs, packed with metal fragments, exploded outside a
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      Lock icon Magazine publisher is second LFijian journalist to be barred from leaving country
      247 4 Magazine publisher is second L Fijian journalist to be barred from leaving country NADI Soldiers prevented the Fijian publisher of the South Pacific island's monthly Business magazine from boarding a Sydney-bound aircraft here yesterday. Mr Robert Keith-Reid was the second journalist in a week to be barred from leaving Fiji.
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    • PEOPLE
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        Kenny Bee weds fan
        120 5 SYLVESTER "Rambo" Stallone met and maiTied a fan, Brigitte Nielsen (who later divorced him and went on to become a film actress in her own right). Hongkong singer/actor Kenny Bee (left), 34, also married a beautiful fan. According to Asiaweek magazine, 24--year-old Teresa Cheung last year
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        Lock icon Composer to make NY debut
        79 5 AVANT garde Chinese composer Tan Dun has vexed China's music establishment with his daring free-form works. They have, nevertheless, got rave receptions in the People's Republic because of their peasant-inspired roots. Now, Tan has just announced he will be making his debut in New York
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        Lock icon Thin line between actor and whore'
        92 5 "THERE is a thin line between being an actor and being a whore, said Malaysian dramatist /actor Mustafa Nor in a speech entitled How I have Reached This Stage of Accomplishment at a career guidance seminar in Kuala Lumpur last Sunday. He elaborated: "In
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        Kasparov goes commercial
        76 5 SOVIET chess masters usually make their best moves at the board. But world champion Gary Kasparov is putting that view in check, Time magazine reported. Since successfully defending his title against former champion and fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov in December, the flamboyant Kasparov is cashing in with
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        lacocca rules book sales in Beijing
        144 5 THE best-selling author in Beijing over the past year is not Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping or the new Communist Party leader, Zhao Ziyang. It is Lee lacocca (right). The Chrysler chairman's autobiography, according to a US News A World Report story, has been bought
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      Lock icon Madcap Britons raise funds and laughter
      256 5  -  ALAN HUBBARD By LONDON Millions of Britons shed their traditional reserve and went to work with false red noses on Friday in a madcap marathon of fund-raising for famine relief in Africa. Some MPs wore the "comedy conks" made out of plastic in the
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      Lock icon Happy 77th, Mr President
      174 5 WASHINGTON President Ronald Reagan's wife Nancy and his official family threw a surprise 77th birthday party for America's oldest chief executive on Friday that featured the debut of a special song honouring him. "And I used to think I wanted an Oscar," said Mr Reagan, referring
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      Lock icon Contra leader resigns
      108 6 MIAMI Mr Alfonso Robelo has resigned as one of the six leaders of the Nicaraguan resistance, the Contras' political organisation, the group's headquarters announced here on Friday. Mr Robelo said the decision was prompted by a demand last month by President Oscar Arias Sanchez of Costa Rica
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      Lock icon HK frees bourse official held in graft probe
      146 6 HONGKONG Donald Tsang, former head of the Hongkong Stock Exchange's listing department, has been freed, anti-graft officials said yesterday. Tsang had been on bail after being detained last month in connection with investigations conducted by the Independent Commission against Corruption. A Commission
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      Lock icon Shultz advises caution over Soviet reforms
      392 6 WASHINGTON US Secretary of State George Shultz voiced caution on Friday about the reform efforts of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and said Moscow had not abandoned the goal of expanding its world influence. Mr Shultz said there had been some progress in US-So-viet relations
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      Lock icon Relax, using the toilet can be a whole new experience
      342 6 TOKYO Designer drains are in, tension-raising sights and smells are out. "We want to make the toilet a place where people can feel relaxed," said Mr Kazuaki Tanaka, an organiser of the 1988 International Toilet Forum. "It should be a
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      Condom for women may go on sale in Britain soon
      411 6  -  SHIRLEY DAVENPORT By LONDON British women may soon have the choice of a new contraceptive the female condom. The device, developed by an international group of gynaecologists, is being tested before going on sale later this year. The female condom
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      Lock icon Nigerian mothers told to stop at four
      94 6 Nigerian mothers told to stop at four LAGOS The ruling council of Nigeria's military government has approved a population policy to limit mothers to four children, Justice Minister Bola Ajibola said. He told reporters after a council meeting that the policy would "deal with family planning and how to curtail
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      Lock icon Mixed closing amid program selling
      55 6 Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street shares ended mixed after a wave of program selling hit the market at the tail end of a day of directionless trading. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 13.09 points to 1,910.48 as investors stayed away because of
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      Lock icon BAKER STREET COMES TO SAPPORO:
      65 8 magnifying glass and pipe in hand, a snow-sculptured Sherlock Holmes, the famous fictional detective, faces a crowd in Sapporo, northern Japan, at the city's 39th Snow Festival which opened last Friday. It ends on Thursday. The festival features a total of 285 snow statues. Officials
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      Lock icon Pyongyang 'holding 20 foreign women'
      417 8 Pyongyang 'holding 20 foreign women' SEOUL About 20 Japanese and other foreign women are believed to be held in North Korea to help train secret agents, an official South Korean news agency said yesterday. The foreign women, mostly between 20 and 26 years old, were kidnapped or lured to North
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      Lock icon Coalition to meet in Cambodia to discuss Sihanouk's resignation
      378 8 BANGKOK The Coalition Government of Democratic Kampuchea's meeting on Wednesday to discuss Prince Norodom Sihanouk's resignation as its head will be held in Cambodia, the Prince's office here said yesterday. A pro-Sihanouk faction spokesman also denied that Prince Norodom Ranariddh would
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      Setback for British Bill to give people right of reply
      263 8  - Setback for British Bill to give people right of reply ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON A Bill to give people the right of reply to unfair allegations in the British media was effectively killed in the House of Commons on Friday by lack of parliamentary time. House members spent
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    Lock icon Noriega to fight US drug charges
    421 9 Panamanian leader says case is a political trial MIAMI Panamanian military ruler General Manuel Noriega says he intends to put up a fight to stay in power in the wake of US racketeering and drug charges against him. US federal prosecutors announced two indictments
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    Resistance in Parliament to Takeshita's tax plan
    224 9  -  PETER HAZELHURBT By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita's attempts to introduce new tax reforms faced stiff resistance in Parliament on Friday when opposition leaders demanded that the government call a general election to test public opinion on the issue. Addressing a
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    More Americans seeking easier ways to lose weight
    244 9  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Americans remain committed to improving their health and fitness, but more and more of them do not want to work as hard to achieve that. This is evident if one pays attention to how smart
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    Lock icon Dance of welcome for royal couple
    127 10 Dance of welcome for royal couple CHIANGMAI Britain's Prince Charles and Princess Diana were received with a traditional dance of welcome when they visited this northern resort town as part of their Thai tour. Four hundred barefoot schoolgirls in red, white and blue costumes of old Siam performed a torn
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    Lock icon Manila to sell five cars imported for Summit
    80 10 Manila to sell five cars imported for Summit MANILA Five bulletproof Mercedes-Benz limousines imported for the Asean Summit held here last December will be put up for sale, a presidential statement said yesterday. The 1967 model limousines, priced at U5540,948 (5582,551) each, were imported from West Germany by the Philippine
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Thais kill 200 Laotians in battle for border hills
      472 10 BANGKOK Thai forces fighting to recapture border hills have killed 200 Laotian soldiers and wounded another 200, Thai Army Commander Chavalit Yongchaiyudh said on Friday. General Chavalit said Thai losses were a quarter those of Laos but gave no other details
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      Lock icon Jakarta army team in Hanoi
      133 10 HANOI An Indonesian military delegation led by Army Chief of Staff General Try Sutrisno has arrived here for a six-day visit at the invitation of the Vietnamese Defence Ministry, the official Vietnam News Agency reported yesterday. Gen Sutrisno was welcomed on arrival on Thursday by
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      Lock icon UN official pleads for boat people
      153 10 GENEVA The top United Nations official for refugee problems has appealed to Thailand to respect the right to asylum of Vietnamese boat people arriving on its east coast from Cambodia, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Mr Jean-Pierre Hocke, UN High Commissioner for Refugees,
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      Lock icon Singaporean held for alleged smuggling
      107 10 Singaporean held for alleged smuggling MANILA Police said yesterday they had arrested a Singaporean businessman for trying to smuggle foreign currency worth US|5OO,OOO (Ssl.ol million) out of the Philippines. The unidentified 35-year-old trader checked in a suitcase containing bundles of US, Australian and Canadian dollars, Japanese yen, Swiss francs and
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      Lock icon Gorbachev and Mochtar hold talks in Moscow
      168 11 Gorbachev and Mochtar hold talks in Moscow MOSCOW Kremlin leader Mikhail Gorbachev met Indonesian Foreign Minister Mochtar Kusumaatmady\ on Friday (or talks on international issues, including the Cambodian conflict, the official Tass news agency reported. Tass said Mr Gorbachev had praised Indonesia's work towards a political solution to the conflict
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      Lock icon Front parties declare support for Mahathir
      597 11 The court ruling on Umno KUALA LUMPUR All component parties of the ruling National Front coalition have come out to declare their undivided support for the leadership of Prune Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad in the face of a High Court ruling that
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      Lock icon Two South Korean engineers abducted in Philippines freed
      199 11 MANILA Philippine communist insurgents freed two South Korean engineers yesterday and no ransom was paid for their release, South Korean Embassy officials said here. Mr Han Buk-Soo, 50, and Mr Choi Sung-Kwon, 30, who work for Seoulbased Hanil Construction, were handed over
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      Lock icon Muslim rebels seek provisional autonomy for 13 provinces
      236 11 Muslim rebels seek provisional autonomy for 13 provinces MANILA The Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) has asked President Corazon Aquino to grant provisional autonomy to 13 Muslim-dominat-ed provinces in Mindanao, even as it warned the military against provoking Muslim rebel forces into mounting attacks on government troops. Datu Rey Ibrahim
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      Lock icon Reds use women, children as shield
      421 11 MANILA A band of 150 communist rebels burned down a town hall and used women and children to shield them from pursuing soldiers and police in a northern Philippine province, the state-run news agency said yesterday. A military spokesman said the guerillas also seized
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      Lock icon 11 Christians killed in village massacre
      121 11 1 1 Christians killed in village massacre MANILA Muslims killed 11 Christians, including seven children, after dragging them out of their homes in a remote southern Philippine village, a survivor said yesterday. A 32-year-old father, who escaped the massacre, told reporters the killers demanded money and guns and that his
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Be honest in business dealings, Mahathir urges
      411 12 KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Oatuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad has reminded Muslim businessmen that they must be honest and trustworthy in all their business dealings. "Untrustworthy and dishonest acts in business will result in loss of confidence in the Muslims and difficulties in
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      Lock icon Heroin pusher gets death
      84 12 KUALA LUMPUR The High Court has sentenced a former police constable to death for trafficking in 24.22 grams of heroin more than three years ago, Bernama news agency said. In passing judgment, Mr Justice Karam Chand Vohrah said the quantity of heroin found on Samsul Kamar
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      Malaysians away for five years without valid reasons may lose citizenship
      195 12  -  R. VABANTHI By KUALA LUMPUR The government has the right to revoke the citizenship of Malaysians who stay away from the country for more than five consecutive years without good reason, Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayob
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      Lock icon Malaysia to launch major drive against Aids
      389 12 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia pledged yesterday to mount a major campaign to control the killer disease Aids. Malaysia, which has a serious drug problem, will step up co-operation with other countries to prevent Aids spreading and increase domestic education on the disease, Health Minister
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      Lock icon Chinese groups seek release of 4 detainees
      153 12 KUALA LUMPUR Major Chinese associations yesterday urged Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad to free four educationists detained under the Internal Security Act before the Lunar New Year on Feb 17. The four were among more than 100 arrested last October in
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      Magazine award
      44 15 THE Singapore Society of Writers (SSW) is inviting entries for its Second SSW Magazine Awards Presentation. Entrants are to send three copies of their magazines before the middle of this month to Block 537, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5, #12-4060, Singapore 2056.
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      Judge says 'no' to private psychiatrist for murder accused
      250 15 Judge says 'no' to private psychiatrist for murder accused THE lawyer defending a man accused of murdering a waitress and the attempted murder of another, yesterday failed to get the court to allow a private psychiatrist to interview his client. District Judge Liew Thiam Leng rejected the lawyer's application and
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      Fat owners, overfed dogs
      531 15  -  HARJINDER KAUR By Obese pets becoming a common sight as their owners grow in affluence and size MORE fat dogs are waddling into veterinarians' clinics these days, most likely followed by a fat owner. Four vets and a pet groomer interviewed said they have noted this
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      Jaya and Dr Tay Lmourn deaths in families
      119 15 Jaya and Dr Tay L mourn deaths in families TWO close family members of a Cabinet minister and a minister of state died on Friday. The father of Professor S. Jayakumar, the Home Affairs Minister and Second Minister for Law, passed away at the family's Jalan Rindu home at about
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      Investors advised to return to basics
      248 15 INVESTORS with money to spare should return to the fundamentals of investment don't be greedy or impatient, and diversify. This was the advice of financial planner Tan Kay Hong who spoke on Investment Strategy In 1968 at the Queenstown Branch Library yesterday. Mr Tan,
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      Malaya Tin Printing chairman and two directors ousted by shareholders
      541 15  - Malaya Tin Printing chairman and two directors ousted by shareholders CONRAD RAJ By MALAYA Tin Printing shareholders yesterday ousted the company's executive chairman and two other directors at an extraordinary general meeting called for by former chief executive Edward Goh. The move ends a two-month power struggle during which accusations
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      Chinese subtitles for videos
      485 16  -  ANNE LOW By Distributors of English tapes tap now market THE two major distributors of English videotapes in Singapore are adding Chinese subtitles to all their tapes in a bid to penetrate the Chi-nese-language market. A third distributor with a sizeable share of the market is
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      Let unions know how firm is faring, employers urged
      263 16 A TRADE union leader yesterday called on employers to share information with unionists on their companies' performance and their business prospects. He said such information would help union leaders make a realistic appraisal of the position and moderate expectations during difficult
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        Acid attack: Man charged
        109 16 A COMPANY director was yesterday charged with abetting three men in hurting the director of another company with sulphuric acid. No plea was taken from Mohamed Sultan s/o Abdul Kadir Marican, 37, who allegedly abetted the three in hurting Mr Chong Kwek Kim, 39, at Lorong
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        Causing hurt charge
        72 16 A 27- YEAR-OLD man was yesterday charged with hurting another man with turpentine The charge against Anandha Natataja did not specify how he had allegedly hurt Mahadzir bin Mohamed at the void deck of Block 719, Bedok Reservoir Road on Thursday But it was stated that turpentine,
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        Robbed outside bank
        130 16 THE DIRECTOR of a construction company was robbed of $21,325 at knife-point outside a bank in West Coast Drive on Friday. Mr Tan Ken Siong, 52, told police he was confronted by two men at the carpark of Block 501 soon after he withdrew the money from
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        Robber punched victim
        118 16 A ROBBER who punched his victim after being told that he had no money on him was yesterday jailed five years and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane. The accused, known only as Ali, admitted punching Mr Chan Chwee Kim, 38, who lost his
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      Ex-Workers' Party chairman and members join SDP
      395 18  - Ex-Workers' Party chairman and members join SDP CHENG BHOONQ TAT By SOME members of a breakaway group from the Workers' Party led by its former chairman Mr Wong Hong Toy have joined the Singapore Democratic Party, abandoning earlier plans to form their own political party. The original group of 16
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      Lock icon Little Davids find Japanese Goliaths no pushover
      359 18 IT WAS a David-and-Goliath battle all over again yesterday at the Japanese Garden, but this time, David lost. Not one of the 14 boys and girls aged seven to 13 from the Japanese School in Singapore was a match for the 13 sumo
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      US won't be the last — Boon Heng
      484 18 US won't be the last Boon Heng utners win want to regard S pore as developed country THE United States is not the first and will not be the last to force a new economic status on Singapore, a trade union leader said yesterday. Mr Lim Boon Heng, deputy secretary-general
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      Singapore will not retaliate against US, says Cheow Tong
      633 18 SINGAPORE will not retaliate against the United States tor excluding the Republic from the US Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), the Minister of State (Foreign Affairs), Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, said yesterday In ruling out retaliation, however, Mr Yeo indicated that
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      Wonderland to close after Lunar New Year
      527 19  - Wonderland to close after Lunar New Year MAYLEE CHIA Amusement centre to make way for carpark By SINGAPORE'S only outdoor amusement park will have its last fling on Feb22. The 22,000-square-metre Wonderland Amusement Park in Kallang, the site for many a thrill and even some spills for 18 years, is
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      Apply to US colleges, don't fear race bias: Embassy
      256 19  -  LEW ENG FEE By SINGAPOREANS keen on studying in the United States should not be discouraged by reports of alleged discrimination in American universities against the admission of Asian- Americans. According to Mr Arthur Vaughn, cultural affairs officer of the American
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      Philip Jeyaretnam wins prestigious British award
      500 19  - Philip Jeyaretnam wins prestigious British award ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON Mr Philip Jeyaretnam, 24-year-old son of former Singapore Opposition MP J.B. Jeyaretnam, is the recipient of a prestigious annual award which will be presented to him at Britain's House of Commons in April, possibly by Prime Minister Margaret
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      KL team to get river clean-up ideas
      127 19 AN 18-MEMBER group of Malaysian officials will visit the Environment Ministry tomorrow to find out Singapore's experience in cleaning up the Singapore River and Kallang Basin. Led by the Deputy Secretary-Gen-eral of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment, Puan Maimun Din, the
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      Butterflies in the stomach, sadness in the heart
      584 19 NINE, 10... I mentally notched up the number of pendulum swings of the Viking Ship I was riding in, as the rocking mechanism groaned heavily to push the ship progressively upwards, to some 10 metres above ground. Butterflies gathered in my stomach
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      'Use maids levy for more family support facilities'
      348 20 CHANNEL the foreign maids levy towards building more and better family support facilities such as after-school care centres, a body representing women's groups has suggested. This could be modelled after the 3 per cent government cess which is used to promote tourism.
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      Quaint money for the curious and the serious
      445 20 Rare and ancient coins for auction before convention MONEY shaped like trees, slippers and fish will be on sale in Singapore this week just before an international coin convention. Six government mints and nearly 400 coin dealers from around the world will
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      2 areas Muslims can serve community: President Wee
      345 20 PRESIDENT Wee Kim Wee yesterday urged Muslims to look into two areas of community service and concern volunteer after-care work among drug addicts and efforts to get Muslim kidney donors. He also said that Muslim groups and voluntary organisations must respond to
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      Psychologists to look at public behaviour during air raid exercise
      192 20 Psychologists to look at public behaviour during air raid exercise TWO psychologists from the Home Affairs and Defence ministries will observe how the public behaves in the first airraid shelter exercise at Tiong Bahru Mass Rapid Transit Station this moming. A Singapore Civil Defence Force spokesman said last night: "They
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      Two fined for having fireworks
      64 20 A MAN, Chu Moi Moi. 34, who was caught with 10 boxes of fireworks m his car at the Woodlands checkpoint on Friday, was fined $1,000 m court yesterday for possessing them. In another case, Tan Kuang Han, 16, was fined $500 for having 10
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      Mattar in Indonesia for Quran competition
      127 20  - Mattar in Indonesia for Quran competition Yang Razalt K«c*im By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Dr Ahmad Mat tar arrives here today for a four-day visit at the invitation of Indonesia's Minister for Religious Affairs. Mr Munawir Sjazali. Dr Mattar, the Environment Minister who is also in charge of Muslim affairs, will
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      growing with you
      343 20 arc Yves Rocher, France's No. 1 and most famous Cosmetic House, opens its 13th beauty centre in Singapore on 7 February 1988 at 2.00 pm Manon Dt B«mH« Naturtdt 140 Upper Bukrt Timah Road #03-08 Beauty World Plaza Singapore 2158 Tel *****71 Lucy ttong Centre Manager Yves
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      288 19 f FERTILITY INDICATOR The Natural Alternative Guide to Conception BIOSELF is an automatic electronic temperature and time recording device developed in Switzerland A smaJl device^, which indicates and records the progress of a woman's "*s£ menstrual cycle and fertility level. BIOSELF is compact and easy to use, possesses a built-in
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      224 20 Big screen, big sound, big entertainment. The 329X7M is for people who like to be entertained in a big way. Switch on this down to Toshiba's 25-inch screen, which gives you the same exciting sound and beauty and you have a giant 32-inch picture on Toshiba's now legendary flatter, vision
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        Be polite and dress properly
        309 21 MEMBERS of the Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association who use the $10.9 million new clubhouse at Tampires New Town will have to be less casual in their dressing and more decorous in behaviour. While shorts and slippers might have been acceptable at the older and
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      25 YEARS AGO
      124 21 THE Singapore Manufacturers' Association today called on the trade union movement to join with employers in expressing a desire for industrial harmony and mutual efforts towards increasing the country's productivity. After a meeting of the association today, the chairman, Mr L .S. Zampatti, said: "With the formation
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      Lock icon Rise of a rural revolutionary
      1225 21 Battle-scarred and only 36, HUN SEN appears to be the one wielding power in Phnom Penh HUN SEN was born on April 4, 1951 in the village of Peim Koh Sna, Kompong Cham province, Cambodia. 1970: Joined Khmer Rouge. 1978: Defected to the Vietnamese and
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      74 21 German Experience with the Baron's Distinction 4^V' BM^Eitt^ v^ VStaj^ ■fc^^^X Experience the timeless pleasures of dining on authentic German cuisine; specialities from the Barons own smokehouse and roast spit. Or on international ala carte cuisine. /jt\ RA KOP^^ AKIVf" S«m/>/\ tnc best m Unvn ZS S*.otts Ki >.ul. Singapore
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      It's a think that's needed, not tactics of a tank
      966 22 I Tan Sai Siong The Institute of Policy Studies will provide a good setting to learn how to dish out and accept differing points of views in public and among strangers without getting hot under the collar or feeling personally
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      Officials do talk — but do foreign journalists listen?
      378 22 Officials do talk but do foreign journalists listen? Letters I Press Maids YOUR writer, Miss Uak Teng Kiat, was dismayed with my Minister's statement in Parliament, partially quoted in the Sunday Times of 31 Jan, 1988: Public officials are "not paid to do the job for foreign journalists". It is
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      If officials won't talk, how can reporters do job well?
      561 22 The privileges enjoyed by the local press do not necessarily apply to foreign correspondents. The positions of the two groups are not the same. For foreign journalists, the Government's position was stated clearly in the reply given by my Minister's
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      Deep Throat, where are you ...
      684 22 Deep Throat, where are you LONG before English High Tea became the rage among the high-browed literatea, we Singaporeans have been enjoying Singapore Low Tea. Why, just the other day, my little nephew Alex and I were in this quaint old coffeeshop in Katong, genteelly partaking of a mite of
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      Patronising, insensitive bleating of an agitated employer
      357 22 Patronising, insensitive bleating of an agitated employer LAST week's admonition of Mrs Cory Aquino and Philippine maids by Tan Sai Siong from the patronising heights of her lofty eyrie smacks of the arrogant Ugly Singaporean reared in an affluent society and devoid of any experience of and feeling for poverty
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      North Korea training the world's terrorists
      1390 23  -  DARYL M. PLUNK By wnting in the Asian Wall Street Journal NORTH Korea's apparent bombing of a South Korean airliner in November appears to have been motivated by the Kim D Sung regime's desire to destabilise the South and disrupt the Summer Olympics in
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      203 23 DITOyiJ When you purchase an Acma twin- > —^T door refrigerator, fill in the eza«» Guarantee Card and mail it back j ml Four days tour to to Acma f LMCXILif IS f\Klf~ The Guarantee Card is the official i HONGKONG entry form Ihbhmi j 1 All entries must reach
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      It's time for 'Champagne'
      285 24  -  FREDERICK QUEK, By I our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR Speedy CfcampagM Ob lee will take a lot of catching in the $30,000 Shah Alam Trophy for Class 3 horses over 1,200m in Race 5 today. After two unplaced runs, the Australian gelding by Jeroboam
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      5402 24 WTW3^W% 145 RESTRICTED TERMS DIV A 1,200m BAbUmBsKbI (Stak««: $11,000) 1 4 MaiaraJaß II il Kay-Shanmugam 3ag -2 (1200m). Not a bad effort in RT debut Dec 27; slow to begin, then hampered but came home well for 4 1 2-3-' 2 4th to Cassius m Pg 1200m; run
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      Beat It to whip rivals in Race 6
      341 24  - Beat It to whip rivals in Race 6 TAN THE AN LOON By BEAT IT (late Appreciation) is all speed and that should see him through in Race 6 at Kuala Lumpur today. The five-year-old was unplaced in both runs at the Penang Governor's Gold Cup meeting in DecemberJanuary but
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      396 24 RACE Racing Editor Frwkrtck Q M k Tan Thr.an Loon Martin Tay I Danny Khoo Exuberant 12 Happy Prtnoaee 12 Happy Prtncooe 3 Mum strik* 1 Maharajah i Sunday Guest 8 R Connection 1 Maharajah 10 Two Ends 5 Illustriously 8 R Connection 3 Multl Strike
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      Pagsanjan back at his best
      363 25  -  OUR RACING TEAM Speedster slams Class 1 Div 1 opposition by eight lengths By KUALA LUMPUR Speedy Pagnajaa n, who created a sensation last March when he chalked up three wins in the top class 1 within a fortnight, yesterday returned to his best form
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      On offer: Yearling brother of The King'
      251 25  -  JACK ELLIOTT By MELBOURNE "How much will he fetch?" That is the big question being asked about Australian champion galloper Kingston Town's young brother when he comes under the hammer at the Dalgety Bloodstock international yearling sales here next month. No matter what
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      Odds-on favourite Rare Vintage beaten for the first time
      2409 25 RESTRICTED TERMS DIV B l^Mm Saratoga Stable's 10 Bant«pHb 53 (141-31) Ueu (3) 4 4 1 7 Cimisi 53(14-8) Etc* (8) S S z 1 Wtapjs Of Pwtue 57 c 54.5 14-5) As*g*a (1) f t J 6 WlUtagiy 54.5 (39-16)
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      1532 25 r DONT LEAVE FOR < AUSTRALIA JUST YET! s^^K. j Start y° ur pursuit of an accredited Australian v^-^ degree right in Singapore by distance education Higher Education Learning Programme (HELP). Singapore in sufficient to finance your second and/or third degree Why pay collaboration with the Darling Downs Institute of
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      422 26 MR. S. SHUNMUGAM, 90, passed away peacefully on 6.2.88 leaving behind: Sons: S Subramaniam 8 Manl Vasagan S Ramdas S Govlndasamy S Jayakumar Daughters: S D Rani S Jotht, and daughters-in-law, sons-in-lsw and many grandchildren and great grandchildren to mourn hit loss. Cortege will leave No.
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      322 Acknowledgemenf 322 Acknowledgements
      117 26 The Family Of The Late MDM. TEO GOON NEO Age: 82 (called to be with the Lord on 31.1.88) wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Members of the Bukit PanJang Methodist Church, Senior Police Officers' Association, Officers and Staff of the Traffic Police
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      118 26 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 2 Donald Frank Lionel Bingham Ago 65 passed away peacefully on 6.2.88 leaving behind Wife: Evelyn Daughter: Denise Son: Graham Sisters Norah, Joyce, Beryle (England) to mourn his loss. Cortege leaving Blk 101, Ang Mo Kio Ave 3, #04-1407 at 9.00 am on 8-2-88 for Christ
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memonam
      354 26 In Everlasting Memory Of MR. K.V. PALAIYAH Ex-Principal St. George's Tamil School Departed 8.2.1978 Constantly remembered by wH«, children, tona-in-law, daugh- M LOVWK2 MEMORY S.THAMBIAYAH DEPARTED: 7.2.83 5 years have gone by But not the memory this day brings. Sttity missed md (tesrfy fw*
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      Play against the best to get better
      1026 26 WATTING for the proverbial mountain to come to Singapore is sheer futility. And the sooner the Republic's golf professionals realise this, the faster golfing standards here will rise. The Asian e'rcuit will soon be upon us. It will tee off in Hongkong on
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      Lock icon Sweden take winning 3-0 lead over dogged Kiwis
      769 26 DAVIS CUP GAVLE (Sweden) Davis Cup holders Sweden took winning 3-0 lead when they opened their title defence against a fighting New Zealand team on Friday. Sweden's Anders Jarryd, ranked 14th in the world, needed 96 minutes to take the first set
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      279 26 SWEDEN'S Anders Jar ryd and top Soviet Andrei Chesnokov are among eight players with wUd<ard entries to the men's singles at this year's Seoul Olympics, the International Tennis Federation announced in London on Friday. Andres Gomez, of Ecuador, and American Brad Gilbert will also skip the qualifying competitions,
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      Lock icon Nipped in the Budd
      1196 27  -  ALAN HUBBARD Always on Sunday Obeng has been trying for three years to get what Zola got in less than three weeks ERNEST Obeng is a fc part-time poet and full-time athlete from Africa who runs a pretty nifty 100 metres. In Glasgow yesterday, he began
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      Lock icon Foster hurdles past Nehemiah
      253 27 NEW YORK Greg Foster continued his recent domination over Renaldo Nehemiah, winning the 55-metre high hurdles in the Millrose Games on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. Foster's victory was his fifth in five meetings over his archrival since Nehemiah returned to the track in 1966
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      Have a heart, SAAA, tand put a stop to hasty decisions
      748 27 Have a heart, SAAA, tand put a stop to hasty decisions JANUARY was a month of surprise decisions by the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association. First, there was the selection of Leow Hock Sin and Linda Gan for the Hongkong Marathon. Next came the announcement that pole vaulters Chan Chin Wah
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      178 27 CBICKET Sri Lanka were bowled out (or 157 on the first day at their tour match against Victoria In Melbourne, with Simon Davis taking 5-80 kMHi: Queensland 341 7 (T Barsby 102. I Botham 80. C Trim bir 57) v South Australia. H«fcrt: Western Australia 253-6 (G Marsh
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      Lock icon IBF back down m row over title fight
      263 27 LONDON The International Boxing Federation (IBF) have backed down over their insistence for a 15-round limit to today's middleweight world title fight between champion Frank Tate and Commonwealth title-holder Tony Sibson at Stafford in England. Following the British Boxing Board of Control's
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      Aye-aye, say juniors to thrill of sailing
      508 28  - Aye-aye, say juniors to thrill of sailing LEE WAI WUN ALBERT SIM R#port... I* riCuliW~. By All set U set sail: Adv«atve, discovery •ad, perhaps, stardcm •wait theae baddlag ■alien tralalag at Chaagi BaIHM Qib. They make ip the cream 44 y*ugsten wW wort tfcrwgh faitermodtate lea— n •rgaateed by
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      Poh Seng's game and set to do things his way again
      583 28  - Poh Seng's game and set to do things his way again JANICE SEAH Said and Done U E has been called many things, ■■not all of them nice. Pushy, over-ambitious, loner. Thoee who truly know him and the depth of his vision and there are many are somewhat nicer. Missionary,
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      Spritely chance for Kelly and Ramie
      338 28 [^■ESSEbSSr i NATIONAL windsurfers Kelly Chan and Ramie Salleh have sailed into contention for February's Sunday Tunes/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of the Month award. Kelly, 31, and Ramie, 24, finished overall third and fourth respectively in the Division n event of the Sprite International Boardsailing
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      984 29  - It's a slump at troubled Tottenham ROB HUGHES FA Cup loss to Port Vale biggest disappointment Talk of soccer SILENCE, thank you. You are now in communion with the mood from White Hart Lane, home of Tottenham Hotspur. Spurs fans, crowing from the rooftops when their chairman signed the Messiah
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      189 29 BAYEBN Munich have indicated they would like to retain Welsh striker Mark Hughes, currently on loan from Barcelona until the end of the season. West German clubs may play only two foreigners and Bayern have hinted they would be prepared to transfer Belgian World Cup goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff,
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      151 29 JEAN Tu, with a total pintail of 3,476, clinched the ladies Open title at the Remy Martin Open Masters bowling tournament at Striker's Bowl yesterday. Richard Tan grabbed the men's Graded title with 3,925 pinfalls. fUmmltM imMm Omtm: 1 Jean Tan 3,476 I Katherine Lee 3,453 1 Sandra
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      195 29 LONDON Tottenham Hotspur manager Terry Venables on Friday launched an attack on his successor at Barcelona and one of his former players. The Englishman, sacked as boss of the Spanish side last year, blamed Luis Aragones and West German midfield star Bernd Schuster for the goal
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      118 29 ATHLETICS Flrrt Leafae Walk Mkm (National Stadium. 7am). MB2S Time Trial (Macßitchie Reservoir. spm). BADMINTON Ksalea Cap flaaU (SBH. 7.30pm). BOWLING Kim« af »-Pta Tap: 2nd aerie* ttnal (Tenpin Bowl, 9.30am). B«my Martta Optm Masten: Men's Open final (Striker's Bowl, 9am). Jattc* Taaiaaawl af Cfcaaaptsas (Kim Seng Bowl.
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      707 29 The day a team died Munich air crash of Feb 6, 1958, still haunts United MANCHESTER A minute's silence was observed at Old Trafford yesterday in a simple, but eloquent tribute to "The Team Who Wouldn't Die". Exactly 30 years ago, just before five minutes past three, a BEA twin-engine
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      779 30  -  J. RAJENDRAN; ALBERT SIM Report by Pictures by Raw Indonesian fails to rise to occasion and falls to Yang Yang in semi-finals SEMI-FINAL RESULTS Men's Mingle*: Yang Yang (China) bt Ardy Wiranata (Indonesia) 15-11, 15-5; Sompol Kukasemkij (Thailand) bt Foo Kok Keong (Malaysia) 15-13, 15-3. Men's
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      268 30 PREMER LEAGUE SOCCER CHANGI Constituency Sports Club snatched a 1-0 victory over lowly-placed Tiong Bahru in a lacklustre Premier League match at Bedok Stadium yesterday (writes Albert Johnson). With this win Changi turned the tables on their opponents for their defeats for the last five
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      298 30 K. KANNAN, the Malaysia Cup top scorer last year, kept the promise he made at his wedding last week when he scored his first Premier League goal in the 59th minute to help Jurong Town FC beat Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association 1-0 at
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      232 30 THE hopes of three top contenders for the Premier League title Geylang International, Balestier United and Police Sports Association will be realised after today's their crucial ties at Toa Payoh and Clement! Stadiums. This evening, leaders Balestier United will take on improving Tampines Rovers at
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      Two more marks for Ken
      290 30 SWIMMING YOUTH international Kenneth Yeo, who re-wrote the boys' 13-14 years' 400 metres individual medley mark in the Singapore Swimming Club's double age-group meet at Tanjong Rhu on Tuesday, broke two more records yesterday. The Anglo-Chinese schoolboy, who turned 14 on Tuesday, lowered the 400m
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      95 30 Liverpool held by West Ham BRITISH SOCCER LONDON Runaway Football Division One League leaders Liverpool were held to a goalless draw by West Ham yesterday. Their lead at the top of the table has been cut to 15 points as their nearest rivals, Nottingham Forest won their match against Chelsea
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      484 30  - It's Yang Yang and the restless Thai GODFREY ROBERT Sompol capable of lifting his game By HALF an hour before his match, favourite Yang Yang held court for 10 minutes with his excited fans while his young opponent limbered up only a lob away. Once on the court, Yang Yang
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      66 30 LEFT-HANDER Donald Koh, who impressed in the Konica Cup qualifying round, is in the Singapore team to the Thomas Cup qualifying round in Melbourne from Feb 26-28. The six others are Lau Wing Cheok, Hamid Khan, Chong Soon Onn, Benson Wong, Sulaiman Zaini and Wong Kong
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      138 30 FIVE NATIONS RUGBY UNK)N ffTERNATIONALS EDINBURGH Scotland, inspired by two tries m the last 10 minutes of the first half, which gave them an 11-6 lead, stormed to a 23-12 win over champions France m the Five Nations international at Murrayfield here yesterday. The rampant
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      8 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, February 7, 1988
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      224 1 As the complex television series based on Cao Xueqin's A Dream of Red Mansions passes the half-way mark, sociologist JOHN CLAMMER pokes around to find out why the goings-on of a Oing Dynasty family still speak to people today and points out that women were
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      121 1 TODAY'S TELEVISION CHOICE THE GOLDEN VOYAGE OF SINBAD. Adventurer Sinbad combs the high seas in search of a golden crown, meeting assorted monsters and a nasty sorcerer along the way. John Phillip Law, Caroline Munro and Tom Baker star in this 1974 movie. Ch 5, 2 pm. ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ.
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        457 2  -  LOW MEI MEI gfgfg By FANCY this Japan's teen idol Naoko Kawai doing a Chinese New Year jig, Cai Shen Dao, by the steps of City Hall. And China's performing panda, Jiao Jiao, rocking on a wooden horse, then tucking into breakfast. Naoko and Jiao
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        615 2 Novelist, linguist, columnist, career woman and Hongkong socialite. The sky is the limit for top advertising executive Eunice __Lam, reports ANNE LOW. THE first thing Eunice Lam demanded when she stepped into the hotel here was a fax machine. The Hongkong socialite writes a
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        437 2  -  LOW MEI MEI LOOK EAST By ALAN Tarn's foray into movie-making is costing him his friends. The head-on clash with friends from rival companies came to a point where he contemplated winding down the company a couple of months back. Alan and Eric Films,
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        415 3  -  SUMIKO TAN By t BLIND DATE At Orchard Starring Bruce Willis and Kim Basinger Directed by Blake Edwards BLIND dates. Stressful meetings hands sweaty, stomach churning to get acquainted with someone you don't know from Adam and hopefully have a good time. The
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        781 3 fgfg THESE are bittersweet days (or funnyman Robin Williams. Finally, s e has a movie that allows him to do what he does. And the stampede is on to praise his work in Good Morning, Vietnam. A pleased Williams won the recent Golden Globe award as
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        277 3 Jeremy Lubbock arranges the music and conducts the orchestra on this five-track album. Although the music is soothing and light, it lacks a vocal track to carry it off. The songs are variations on one main theme titled Claudia's Theme and with sub-ti-tles such as
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        68 3  -  LIM BEK ley LAST month saw a flurry of interesting movie soundtracks. Most are from new movies, some of which may not even reach local screens. Here is a look at some of them. Nuto (CBS) Barbra Streisand has acted, produced, sung and directed movies. And as if
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        475 3 NOW, at last, we can say with conviction that Tina Turner has arrived, at least in the commercial sense of the word. Of course, her musical prowess was demonstrated a long time ago, and she showed her character when she came back after
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        83 3 Singapore 1(2) Tmtw iMk th« Clock Mmy Hjte Jk7 2.(1) tulng You kpakn Dm f oc^bff f 3.(4) Thoro't tho Otri Hurt 4.(3) ••caw** I Low* Von Stakn Stmns 5(8) TopjMw Fwtw Ihck tottty 6.(6) Is TMs Lovo WMismkc 7(9) toy Yo« WM ForafMr 8 Not
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        605 4  -  LOW MEI MEI fgfg By DRESSED and treated like royalty for the day, a Malay bridal couple acknowledges the blessings by kissing the backs of their elders' hands. For the first time, the couple is presented as man and wife to friends during the bersanding
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        325 4  -  SUMIKOTAN TV REVIEW »y bly up your street. In fact, pixie-faced Bonet is probably the only reason to watch this new sit -com. In the first episode last week, the jokes were trite, the plot uninteresting and the laughs forced. In the new series, Bonet
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        467 4  -  LOW MEI MEI By THIS year's show-stealer is not Matchy, Seiko, Akina, Kiyoko, Checkers or any of the other popular Japanese teen idols. Instead, it is Shinji Tanimura, an accomplished songwriter/ singer who has been in showbiz for more than 10 years
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        225 7 THIS week is a good one for readers' contributions. For the first time, some one has offered an idea for the activity section. In addition, 11-year-old Sharanya Rao has sent the following poem: Flowers, flowers everywhere Covering the ground Some are attractive Some are not Some really do
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        250 7 fA £ancy badge of your] own ntakine HHJSSyoQIaB i A reader, N. Maykalavaane of Dover Crescent, very kindly wrote in saying she knows how to make badges. She wanted to share her skill with the rest of you. Here it is. You will need: Thick card Art paper Compass Adhesive
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        333 7 L TAN KIM SENG FOUNTAIN (BUILT 1882) AN ORNATE fountain that graces Queen Elizabeth Walk is a memorial to an early Singapore benefactor, wealthy merchant Tan Kim Seng. It was built in 1882 by the Municipal Commissioners to commemorate Mr Tan's gift towards the cost of providing the
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        Beauties lord over this Eden
        953 16 fgg From Page 1 It is a world both real and dream-like sharp-edged political intrigue and economic uncertainty rub shoulders with life lived as a work of art. It is no wonder that the book is a classic in Chinese literature, its epic length providing
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        486 16 Debbie Reynolds bounces back with gun in hand VETERAN actress Debbie Reynolds, whose first movie was June Bride in 1948, is blasting her way back to stardom in the unlikely role of a gun-toting New York policewoman. After 17 years away from the cameras, the singing and dancing star
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      36 7 Who was the little corporal 9 The English gave their enemy, Napoleon Bonaparte, this nickname because of his height. The brilliant French general stood 1.6 m in his stockinged feet and was very sensitive about it.
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      219 8 Forthcoming supplements include:Q UP B l mel i tS ln T1 i? Strait S Times February 19 Lo lie! Raw Fish The Straits Times March 27 Mums Babies The Sunday Times V^^ <J and The Sunda y times ar e the 21 Brunei The Sunday Times 27 World Expo The
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      8 1 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Times, February 7, 1988
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      THE m^ I^^B^C HUNTERS
      494 1  - THE m^ I^^B^C HUNTERS SUMIKO TAN By AN Indonesian island of thick forests, muddy swamps and pesky mosquitoes. As a heavy morning mit't lifts in the forest clearing, sleepy men in dirt-speckled shirts gather to start another day's work. Pushing aside the overgrown grass, each pokes a sharp steel pole
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        Sight, sound and smell of China on collages
        551 2  - Sight, sound and smell of China on collages CMAWAIHON ART ■By LAST November, the Art Forum gallery showed Goh Beng Kwan's newest cloth-and-paper collages. The local artist's intuitive calligraphic strokes lent an Eastern flavour to what was otherwise a Western concept of picturemaking. Now the Art Forum has put up
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        Blunt honesty misconstrued
        921 2 C ARTS BOOKS^) AS AN author, William Golding is often stereotyped as a kind of Savage Messiah the writer who reveals just how evil Man is. As a person, he has a reputation for being tart and guarded, especially in formal interviews. In photographs, he looks austere
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        THE^ TREASURE HUNTERS
        1416 3 THE^ TREASURE HUNTERS PEOPLE From Page 1 kong. In Shenton Way business suits, they make frequent trips to the world's capitals for Sotheby's and Christie's antique auctions. The antiques have been examined and meticulously catalogued, and are a far cry from the often chipped pieces found at excavation sites. Whatever
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        Tell-tale signs of a genuine antique
        390 3 AGE is not the only criterion when buying an antique. The quality of the piece and the rarity of its design are equally important. Dealer Mr Patrick Kwok of Kwok Gallery said an experienced dealer would be able to tell whether an antique is
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        Cookies with a clever touch
        714 4  -  MARGARET CHAN vl uliiiJEJ Why quash the New Year cheer bent over an oven? Our food writer takes short cuts. EAT IN By THESE days, it is a luxury to even think of baking for the Lunar New Year. It is so much easier to
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        Smoked out: Barbecue chips with that winning flavour
        782 4  -  LEE GEOK 801 A Matter of Taste By THE Lunar New Year is not the same without the snacks and tidbits in between the lulls in chit-chat. And if the conversation palls, you can always concentrate on the sweetmeats. But the trouble
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        Bedok jetty tryst on Valentine's Day
        624 4  -  CHANT AL NAIR By IT ALL started in the 3rd century AD when a young Roman called Valentine sent a letter to his sweetheart saying how much he loved her. He signed it "From Your Valentine". But the rosy episode had a tragic note.
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        1187 5  -  COLETTE BOUCHEZ iflTOimfr Microwave ovens, pre-natal tests and other aspects of the age are grist fa rumours on pregnancy By MOTHERHOOD will never survive the century. That is how many women reportedly feel when they consider what seem like growing odds against the conception
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        358 5 WHILE some obstetricians still advise women against pregnancy after 35, Dr Niels Lauersen, clinical professor of obstetrics and gynaecology at New York Medical College, thinks such precautions are outdated and ignore the scientific advancements in childbirth made in the last 10-20 years. "The facts are
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        446 5 \Dtavi /iamtx DEPRESSED writes: I am 19 yean •Id. I have a boyfriend who has less education than myself. Because of this, my parents object to our relationship, especially my father. Do yea think a marriage where the wife Is mere educated than the
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        175 5 Arc you content with the way you speak and write? Are you sure that you are not making mistakes that cause people to underrate you? You are judged by your English. Thousands are handicapped because they make embarrassing errors m speech and writing and
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        180 5 No Pass No Fee Guarantee! A career as a qualified Book-keeper provides you with §ecure, well-paid employment and excellent prospects for promotion. To help you become professionally qualified Business Training Ltd UK offers you a first-class home-study training which prepares you for the widely recognised exams
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        WOMAN ON THE
        388 6 WOMAN ON THE «ggffi» Easy Jacket dressing at Hongkong's Stanley Beach (mam picture): China Silk House linen suit (jacket $129, skirt $99) with scarf tucked at neckline for any power meeting. Lunch on a bright note (top) Updale's printed silk tunic ($129) and swingy skirt ($129) j from China Silk
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        211 6 Dressing up the ear-lobes EVER wonder why certain earrings look wonderful on your face and others don't? It all has to do with the shape of the earrings. Monet has compiled a list of tips on the most flattering shapes for your face. The round face needs earrings that
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        A bird in the bush is worth a picture
        756 7 TIME-OFF 1 In Orchard Road, it is not the sight of tourists but birds which sets MORTEN STRANGE a-flutter. In the first of a two-part series, he reveals why bird photography is a challenge not to be passed up. UNLIKE most
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        Wearing many hats before the dive
        516 7  -  MAY HO Scuba (living i By WHEN you dive with a club, especially one like Dive Club 854, to which I belong, chances are you will end up doing more than just dive. As with most clubs, there are lots of titles to be
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        359 7  -  SAM FANG Fishing By A CLOSE look at the wolf herring will tell you how the fish probably got its name. Its mean appearance is created by an extended lower jaw with its row of sharp, inwardly curved teeth, and a receding upper
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        Lock icon The charm of Cha am, the pull of Hua Hin
        1182 14 The charm of Cha am, the pull of Hua Hin mzmm. LIM PHAY-LING turns her back on Phuket and Pattaya in search of new havens. FORGET overcrowded Pattaya if you are thinking of a nearby beach break for the lAinar New Year weekend. Head instead for the somnolent twin towns
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        Lock icon Al steamed up without a blush
        486 14  -  CHARLES PARR By BETWEEN the dripping palm fronds and trailing orchids a little path inlaid with cultured pearls snaked its way between steaming pools of fragrant water. A shapely young girl smiled sweetly as she passed. The fact that neither of us had a
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        Tokens of affection
        767 8  -  ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM A special feature to mark the celebrations on Feb 14 By LOVE finds expression in many romantic gifts every Valentine's Day. Deep-red roses, rich, soft-centred chocolates, sweet-smelling perfumes in laced bottles and heart-shaped cards are just some of the gifts that are exchanged. Some cynics
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        162 8 UNMARRIED young men and women can look forward to some romantic get-togethers organised by the Social Development Unit (SDU) and Social Development Section (SDS) to mark Valentine's Day. At Novotel Orchid Inn Hotel, a theme poolside party Valentine Nostalgia will be held on Saturday. As the theme
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        Lock icon What happens when Cupid strikes
        1411 9  -  JANET KINOSIAN By A unique chemistry 4 Each of us has a unique and individual chemistry. We do not feel aroused and passionate towards everyone, but only towards certain individuals who have certain traits At any given time, we are psychologically structured to respond to
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        Out of fear came 10ve...
        706 10  - Out of fear came 10ve ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM By Romans saved from wolves started festival THE promise of romance on Valentine's Day leaves many a starry-eyed fellow hopeful that his heart will be fed by love on this day. But what hungry hearts would find hard to believe is that feasting
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        Lock icon Talkative women and quiet men? The truth is surprisingly different
        1165 10 Talkative women and quiet men? The truth is surprisingly different "Nothing is so unnatural," say the Scots, "as a talkative man or a quiet woman/' Nattering, chattering women and closedmouthed men that's what a they like to believe. 7 4 The female politician must learn to do some of the
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        Lock icon When the second sight is better
        1037 11  -  ADRIENNE BURGESS The Romeo and Juliet affair is traditionally seen as a mark of true passion. But is it so today? BY OF ALL love's mysteries the strangest, and perhaps the most compelling, is the idea of love at first sight. It seems to
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        Frame your loved one in porcelain
        219 11 CAPTURE your loved one on porcelain. Instead of stacking nondescript colour prints of special moments clumsily in a photo album, set these out on porcelain plates. These glossy plates, beautifully embossed with gold trimmings, are available in rectangular and round shapes. Your favourite pictures
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        Love is... home with Mum and Dad
        922 12  -  ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM For 12-year-old Tan Sze Lynn, Valentine's Day has never meant so much to her as it will this year. By A PLATE OF piping hot Bombay toast waits to be served to the "best Daddy in the world" come Valentine's Day.
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        Give a heart that glitters
        157 12 A PENDANT that brings two hearts together that is what this attractive locket offers. This heart-shaped pendant has a heart-within-a-heart design in which the outline is set all round with cubic zirconia. This semi-precious stone may not be diamond but it certainly glitters. The inner
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        Two-day affair at Sentosa
        182 12 IT IS Valentine's Day and you are all dressed up but with no place to go? Hop on a ferry and bring your loved one to breezy Sentosa where two whole days will be devoted to romance and pleasure. On Feb 13, there will be a
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        Let me show thee my love
        317 13 How do I love thee? Let me show the ways. ROSES MAY still be the best bet, but novelty gifts are just as lovely and last even longer as emblems of your affection for each other. Here we feature some. A. Show her your
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  • LUNAR NEW TEAR
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      9 1 LUNAR NEW TEAR The Sunday Times, February 7, 1988
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      K.NT£* WAGON
      890 1  -  DIANE LIM To the Chinese, this beast brings luck wherever it is sighted, except to evil rulers By WHAT has a camel's head, deer's horns, a cow's ears, the neck of a snake, scales like a carp's, a hawk's claws in a tiger's paws, whiskers on each side
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      A year of great changes, good surprises, world peace and prosperity
      361 1  -  TERESA CHEONG By THIS Dragon Year is the fifth year in the new cycle of 60 years which began in 1984, said Tan Sri Lee Siow Mong, 72, president of the China Society. It is the first appearance of
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        Business blooms for florists, nurseries
        920 2  -  GRACE TAN By FLORISTS can expect a blooming business this year. To cater to festive needs, they have already placed and received their orders for extra blooms from both local and overseas suppliers. Besides carnations and roses, which are all-time favourites, the flowers that really
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        Celebrating away from home
        384 2  -  SHARON SIMON By WHILE some families are feasting at their traditional New Year's eve reunion dinner this year, many others will be celebrating away from home. Many Singaporeans are taking advantage of the break during the festive season to go away for a short holiday. Tour
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        Bright and breezy reds for the young ones
        261 3 CHILDREN should not go without new clothes to ring m the New Year, say i f the elders These bright and ore*»zy co-ordinates, with trit emphasis on the lucky colour red will win a welcome from any grandmother when her little darlings
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        Lock icon Keeping in step with the season
        207 3 PUT your best foot forward this Lunar New Year. For the fashionable young men and women, there's a pair to put you on the right footing. Children's shoes (front row, from left): Fabix shoes for the casual young ($65). For little girls the white
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        Lock icon Sweeten the mood with chocolates
        231 3 THE Lunar New Year is a time when one can forget about the waistline and indulge in the various mouthwatering festive goodies. As with Mandarin oranges, chocolates and sweets are a staple festive item, and shops and supermarkets are already stocked full with them. Some
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        S'pore-made new wave card s
        757 4  -  ZURAIDAH IBRAHIM By IT IS that time of year when card shops will invariably be bathed in a brilliant red speckled with gold. These massive red seas are the traditional Lunar New Year greeting cards that most stores stock. Although red and gold are auspicious
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        The hongbao give-away
        493 5  -  YANG Ml SEN By 1 TO MANY Chinese, Lu- nar New Year would not jgr be complete if there is SKfifo no giving and receiving M&SP& hon St>ao. Hongbao, $gf||£S usually with some mon- ey enclosed, carry con--1 notations of good luck and prosperity. Since the giving
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        It all started as goodwill money for children
        349 5  -  TERESA CHEONG By THE practice of giving hongbao, which began strictly as goodwill money for children during the New Year, has become common at all occasions. Whether at a wedding, a birthday or as a token of appreciation, the hongbao is the
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        Lock icon Praying for long life, peace, health and prosperity
        769 8  - Praying for long life, peace, health and prosperity MAGDALENE LUM A tradition that goes back to antiquity By "PLEASE, God, grant me prosperity, good health and long life, and peace and harmony in the neighbourhood this coming Lunar New Year..." This is a prayer which the Chinese make on the
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        Dressing-up time too for the gods
        424 8  -  LEE SAN CHOUY By COME Lunar New Year and the gods, like everyone else, will get to dress up too. And the 24th day of the 12th month of the lunar calendar is a day for worshippers to "send" the "household gods" (the kitchen
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        Food for health and wealth
        545 9  -  GRACE TAN By THIS is the time of the year to indulge in gastronomical delights that pertain specially to the Lunar New Year celebrations. Walk through any market, supermarket or provision shop and you will find festive fare such as waxed ducks and Chinese sausages
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        Reunion dinner recipes by prize-winning cook
        663 9  -  MAGDALENE LUM By IF YOU are undecided as to what culinary delights to prepare for the coming Lunar New Year reunion dinner, Mrs Michelle Loh, a Singapore housewife, has created the following four mouth-watering dishes for you. Mrs Loh has won cash prizes as
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        A calligraphic stroke for luck
        794 10  -  T. C. SIEW By 4 Sure, the red paper is perishable, the ink doesn't last but what can replace the raw, lively stroke in the character that only a human hand can pen? There is this stamp of artistry, energy something that a machine can
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        Memories of New Year in the 1930s
        573 10  -  DANNY TAN By u GOING to the street operas was one of the high points during Lunar New Year holidays in the *****. Elegantly dressed young women would attend a performance on the rooftop of the Southern Hotel in Eu Tong Sen Street
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        Hotels and restaurants dish up grand reunion packages
        609 11  -  ABDUL SHUKOR YUSOF By FAMILY get-together is a focus of the Lunar New Year. The traditional reunion dinner marks the beginning of the celebrations. For those who want a grand dinner without fuss at home, then the hotels prepare special dishes to
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        The dragon plays Cupid
        780 11  -  ADELINE WOON By The bridal, food and travel sectors look forward to another year of bliss THE Rabbit year might have brought many a happy couple together but such is the draw of the dragon that it is felt even before the new lunar year begins.
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        Lock icon Busy time for dragon dance troupes
        791 12  -  TAN EE SZE By THE pulsating beat cf long gu (dragon drums) will reach a crescendo this Lunar New Year, when dragon dance troupes twirl through their busi- est performance schedule in years. The score for the Singapore Dragon and Lion Athletic Association led
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        Goldsmiths are banking on a better year
        426 12  -  r MAGDALENE LUM B* WILL the Dragon, the traditional Chinese symbol of prosperity, bring good luck and fortune to the gold and jewellery trade in Singapore? Some goldsmiths and jewellers report an increased spending on gold and jewellery items while others expect the
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        161 4 Enjoy festive fere that'll fill your New^fear with prosperity and contentment. Yu Sheng tor luck and prosperity. Cnspy, Traditional festive a la carte menu also available superbly roasted suckling pig. Crunchy fresh for lunch and dinner, topshell cooked to perfection. All the traditional Dragon cocktail at any of our outlets
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        102 5 MING COURT HOTEL SINGAPORE 99 9 m ENTER THE LUNAR NEW YEAR, f prosperity delicacies, at MING PALACE Lunch 11.30am-2.30pm, dinner 7pm-10.30pm. 17th February 2nd March. A toss for good luck f Salmon Yee Sang, Cantonese style Reunion time, with family, with friends With a Sumptuous Feast Your choice of
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        134 8 (JIJU Two days before Chinese New Year |Do you want 1 [No, I'm not J I something to eat? I hungry after all Actually, A Why don't you I I'm very tired. I take a glass j _j^ y ofYomeishu? I I Since when did we\ I Since mother have
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        110 8 t I X Wishing All A Happy New Year o O Yu Sheng (Raw Fish) Ingredients:- Y o o <*> Preserved Melon Strip Sweetened Lime Strip Mash Peanut <*> Preserved Cucumber Strip Preserved Leek Strip Fried Sesame <**> it White Sour Ginger Strip Thick Plum Sauce Lemon Sauce W Red
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        547 8 Say Hello to iJog the Dai-ichi Dragon. 19^ This Lunar New Year, we've transformed the Dai-ichi Hotel into the perfect setting for your festive celebrations a landscaped wonder- //5} l/» land filled with an auspicious dragon chrysanthemums, stately bonsais MWr and petite kumquat plants. Together with a diary of auspicious
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        312 9 Before we begin to improve our health, let KDK clear the air... of oil, smoke, cloying odours, heat and carbon monoxide from kitchens. Humidity from bathrooms. Odours fr° m toilets. Stale air, dust and cigarette smoke from B living, dining areas and especially bedrooms. With j^^B^WWmMW ventilating fans. These ventilating
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        536 9 Legendary Feasts to usher mt^ I the Mythological Dragon. ;i|E ||g FEB 16 UNTIL MAR 2 li!j|^M|j|P (LUNCH DINNER) This refreshing new cafe provides the ideal setting for family and friends. Special or a la carte prosperity ..-lii^::. dishes like Fa Chai with Dried Oysters, M *^k ft Fa .jiiiliijtei::.
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        174 10 FOLLOW THE DRAGON JIJM m 4 ft trF m 4. •v" Mm V Start your family's Year of the Dragon in the Hilton. It's the year of the Dragon, the year of prosperity. An auspicious occasion. To celebrate, we have some added attractions between Feb 16 and Mar 2. Demonstrations
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        136 11 "Ah! Buy a Polaroid 635 now and get a free pack of 600 HS film." "What's the occasion?" "Chinese New Year, silly." IS IB SSI "Say, what animal year is it, anyway?" "Dunno Rat, I think." MM^*^*£ttLfA JH^B I SBBS^^^^^^^^^^» The Polarold Supercolor 635. With K£Sj^'^|n[i)* fl^V lB I AwSfizSSOS
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