The Straits Times, 28 February 1988

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  • 10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2698 55 CENTS MCI (P) 93/12/87
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  • 572 1  -  LEW ENG FEE Bigger share off world markets the aim By SINGAPORE is moving into industrial design m a big way, spearheaded by the Trade Development Board and with growing support from schools and vocational institutions. For its part, the TDB wants to promote
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  • 509 1  -  DOREEN SIOW By SINGAPORE'S yuppie population is not shrinking, so the lower wine sales last year can only mean they are drinking fewer bottles of their favourite beaujolais. Statistics show that wine consumption here went down 2 per cent last year.
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  • Article, Illustration
    74 1 TWO schoolboys caught m the act m a Housing Board lift. Home is just minutes away but the privacy of the lift is tempting. One decides to relieve himself. His friend does the same. Soon the lift floor is wet and smelly. The boys merely move away
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  • 331 1  -  ANNE LOW By MODEL Zoe Tay grew up with pigs but yesterday she blossomed into a star. She beat 11 other finalists m SBC's Star Search '88 to become the face to watch on television screens soon. The 20-year-old former Lim Chu
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  • 380 1 MOTORISTS were served notice yesterday that road building and expansion was going to slow down "very considerably" m the years to come news to gladden householders worried about losing their homes or gardens to more road-widening schemes. And it is m
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  • Latest
    • 100 1 PANAMA CITY Deposed Panamanian President Eric Arturo Delvalle was arrested at Us home m Panama City yesterday and will be deported to the United states m the coming hours, military sources said. A member of the military high command confirmed Mr DelvaUe's arrest and said US Ambassador to
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    • 95 1 FOCUS This man is one fierce suitor A silent uncaring educated public? Secrets of the rain forests The sensuous lady fights back Down south m a great green garden 4,-* i Successor to Princess Grace? FOCUS TV Eye/Music 4 Editorial 15 Week Ahead 5 Profile 15 TV Listings 6 Viewpoints
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    • 22 1 Sfcow ofl y oar design flair and wta tke Voting Destnera Award: PagelF Bowling duo wins Sunday Times annual award: Pg 24
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • Article, Illustration
      499 2 'U.S. WONT INTERVENE IN PANAMA': The United States will continue to recognise Mr Eric Artura Delvalle, who was ousted by a parliamentary vote, as President of Panama. But President Ronald Reagan says he has no plan to intervene militarily m Panama m what US officials view as
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      219 2 UNEXPECTED GLORY: Glory Barnabas (right, after she won her first international gold medal at the 1973 South-east Asia Peninsula Games) has been nominated for the Sportswoman of the Year Award for winning the 200-metre gold m the 45--49 age-group at the World Veterans meet m Melbourne last November. And
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    • 758 2  -  LIM K WAN K WAN The first-ever pictures of the war on piss: Boys revealed doing what comes most unnaturally By THREE more people two schoolboys and an elderly man who urinated m Housing Board lifts have been caught on film with
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    • 408 2 One person died of throat cancer every week in '86 Highest number of deaths since '83 THROAT cancer killed one person every week m 1986 the highest number of deaths since 1983. Even Dr Lav Chee Chong, Registrar of the Singapore General Hospital's ear, nose and throat department, was surprised
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    • 125 3 New viaduct opens to ease Upper Thomson traffic flow THIS is the new Macßitchie viaduct, which will relieve traffic congestion at the junctions of Lornie Road and Thomson Road, and Braddell Road and Upper Thomson Road. It is a dual carriageway, each with three lanes, and it can take about
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    • 799 3  - PM's succession moves ignored by US media, says envoy Koh ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Singapore's ambassador to the United States, Mr Tommy Koh, has accused the American media of either ignoring or paying little attention to what Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew has done to build up
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    • 176 2 Far. TEMP (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow. 33 max., 25 mm SUNSET today: 7.19 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow. 7.14 am TRAVELLERS' MATHER Adelaide 17 21 C Cloudy Urn Angele* < Amwtrrdam 0 2 C Rain Madrid C f AlhenM 7 12 C Cloudy Manila 21 33 C Sunny Auckland »7
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    • 75 3 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE OUNTRY Women's vs men's pay tn 1986, the median monthly income of women was 73% of men's pay. Over the past decade Singapore women have earned about this proportion of men's pay. whereas their counterparts m the United States reached that 70% mark for the first time
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
    • 430 4 Reagan: No plan to intervene in Panama US will continue to recognise ousted president WASHINGTON The United States will continue to recognise Mr Eric Artura Delvalle, who was ousted by a parliamentary vote, as President of Panama. But President Ronald Reagan says he has no plan to intervene militarily m
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    • 155 4 JAKARTA Australian Trade and Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Hayden urged the Australian media to moderate their criticism of Indonesia, saying strident attacks could undermine efforts to gain more access for Australian journalists. He strongly attacked The Australian newspaper over an editorial published yesterday
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    • 241 4 WASHINGTON In an apparent move to avoid American demands (or improvements m human rights, Rumania has- renounced its most-favoured-nation trade status with the United States. The move could cost it up to US$25O million (Ssso2 million) m lost US trade,
      AFP; UPI  -  241 words
    • 336 4 PANAMA CITY Mr Manuel Solis Palma, named on Friday as Panama's new President, is a 66-year-old conservative who plans to follow a policy of non-alignment whilst maintaining ties with the US. Despite blaming it for Panama's woes, he asked Washington to maintain "normal
      AFP; Reuter  -  336 words
    • 390 4 Arrested: Israeli troops caught on film bashing Palestinians JERUSALEM Four Israeli soldiers seen worldwide on television beating detained Palestinians have been arrested and their officer relieved of his command, the senior Israeli officer m the occupied West Bank said on Friday. Major-General Amram Mitzna went on Israel television to express
      Reuter; AP  -  390 words
    • 220 4 AMMAN US Secretary of State George Shultz took his Middle East peace initiative to Jordan and Syria yesterday after a day of mixed results m Israel. Mr Shultz spoke to Crown Prince Hassan and Prime Minister Zaid Rifai at
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    • 534 5 MOSCOW An estimated one million people massed m the capital of Soviet Armenia on Friday night demanding the return of land governed by neighbouring Azerbaijan, residents said. And Soviet officials have confirmed that several people have been killed m recent clashes between Armenian nationalists and Azerbaijanis
      Reuter; AFP  -  534 words
    • 109 5 Exercises to be held on Falklands 'routine', says Britain's UN envoy UNITED NATIONS Britain's Ambassador to the United Nations on Friday defended London's plans to hold military manoeuvres on the disputed Falkland Islands next month, saying the exercises were "routine". Sir Crispen Tickell, m a letter to UN Secretary-General Javier
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    • 276 5 LONDON Hundreds of Britons whose property, ranging from polo sticks to a chocolate factory, was confiscated m China's 1949 communist revolution, will soon get compensation, the Foreign Office said on Thursday. But, after four decades of political wrangling,
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    • 140 5 ORLANDO (Florida) The widow of Challenger astronaut Michael Smith cannot sue the US government for US$l.5 billion (553.03 billion) m damages because her husband was on military duty when the space shuttle exploded, a judge has ruled. US District Judge Patricia Fawsett
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    • 210 5 Professionals strike to demand Ershad's resignation DHAKA Thousands of Bangladeshi doctors, lawyers and other professionals staged a one-day strike yesterday to demand the resignation of President Hussain Mohammad Ershad and show support for an opposition-led boycott of Thursday's parliamentary elections, organisers said. Doctors maintained emergency services only, courts were closed
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    • 40 5 COLOMBO Hundreds of tea plantation workers m Sri Lanka will go on a day's hunger strike today to demand the release of 144 colleagues arrested on charges of being linked to Tamil separatists, the organisers said yesterday. AFP
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    • 427 5 SEOUL Opposition leader Kirn Dae Jung offered yesterday to co-operate with the government of new President Ron Tae Woo to bring an end to regional animosity on one condition. Mr Kirn said he would accompany Mr Ron to the opposition
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    • 261 5 MIDDLETOWN (Pennsylvania) An unemployed widower with 10 children, saying he "had a feeling" he would win, on Friday spent all but U552.46 of his money on a state lottery and won US$l6.2 million (5532.5 million), half of the second biggest jackpot m
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    • 381 6 VIENNA Two Cabinet ministers have dropped plans to boycott a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of Austria's absorption by Nazi Germany after President Kurt Waldheim strapped plans to speak at the event. Finance Minister Ferdinand Lacina and Social
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    • 223 6 HOUSTON A crew of four took off m a 19-seat corporate jet on Friday to try to set a new record for the fastest East-bound around-the-world trip. If all goes as scheduled, the Gulfstream IV jet named Pursuit of Perfection should return to
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    • 443 6 UN Assembly may quit New York over PLO closure UNITED NATIONS The UN General Assembly may leave New York next September if the United States insists on shutting the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) mission here, officials said on Friday. The United Nations invited the PLO to take part m UN
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    • 288 6 Tokyo minister calls for 'self-control' in trade with Pretoria TOKYO Foreign Minister Sosuke Uno asked members of Japan's most powerful business organisation, the Federation of Economic Organisations (Keidanren), on Friday to practise self-control m trading with South Africa. A ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Mr Uno
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    • 242 6 TAIPEI The ruling Nationalist Party has decided to allow party officials to travel to mainland China for family reunions. The Central News Agency said on Friday that party officials, cadres and members of the central committee and central advisory committee can visit China
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    • 261 6  -  ALAN HUBBARD LONDON A young Chinese violinist who once queued for two days and two nights to see Sir Yehudi Menuhin play m Beijing is now the maestro's star pupil. Mr Hu Kun, now 24, is living m London at the invitation
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    • 151 6 SOUTHWTCK (England) A 52-year-old surveyor has inherited 30 farms and the entire village of Southwick including two pubs, two churches, a post office and 67 houses from a distant relative he hardly knew. Mr Robin Thistlethwayte said he was astonished when told that Mrs Eva
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    • PEOPLE
      • 110 6 PRINCE Hiro (left), the eldest son of Japan's Crown Prince Akihito and second m line to the imperial throne, turned 28 last Tuesday and said he wanted to get married soon. He said marriage was like climbing Mount Fuji he could already see the top
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      • 135 6 PRESIDENT Hosni Mubarak has said that terrorist charges against the son of the late president Gamal Abdel Nasser would not dent the image of Egypt's national hero. In his first comment on the politically sensitive issue. Mr Mubarak told senior military officers m Ismailia it was "a
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      • 114 6 FRANCE presented its second highest award to a 7£year-old Australian woman last Wednesday for her services to the French resistance during World War n. Mrs Nancy Wake, code-named "White Mouse" by the Gestapo, is seen here (above) after receiving the Croix d'Officier de la Legion d'Honneur
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      • 127 6 THE Red Sorghum Field an epic film about seduction and war won the Best Picture reward last week at the 38th Berlin Film Festival. It was the first movie from China to receive the festival's top prize. The movie, the first feature for director Zhang Yimou
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      • 98 6 THE memoirs of Cambodian resistance leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk are to be published m Japan m May, his aides announced on Friday. The book, which appeared m France m 1986 under the title Prisornier des Khmers Rouges Prisoner of the Khmer Rouge tells how the Khmer Rouge regime
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    • 191 8 Ads claiming aspirin prevents heart attacks illegal in US WASHINGTON US regulators warned major American aspirin makers on Friday that advertisements claiming aspirin prevents heart attacks might be harmful to public health and a violation of federal law. "We are concerned. We are looking at it," said an official of
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    • 590 8  - 'US is prepared to fight and win a Pacific war' ONG MING SEING Top American commander makes pledge at end of symposium on security By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Admiral Ronald Hays, Commander-in-Chief of the US Pacific Command, has pledged that the United States will fight and win if it ever
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    • 302 8 BEIJING China has granted Hainan island, soon to become the country's newest province, an array of economic freedoms to help the undeveloped island lure foreign investment, according to a report m the China Daily. The island will be a laboratory for economic practices
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    • 120 8 BRUSSELS The European Community has proposed that firms whose employees use video terminals should provide medical facilities to cope with eye problems. The proposal is part of a new directive on standards for video screens which must be approved
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    • 57 8 Oscar-winning deaf actress Marlee Matlin is seen nere talking m sign language to a group of Russian deaf people m a Moscow street on Wednesday. Matlin, who won the award for her role m Children of a Lesser God, was m Moscow for the firs, major US film
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    • 266 8 Deng shuns lavish Chinese L party held to launch his biography BEIJING China threw a party to launch a new book on senior leader Deng Xiaoping but the man who has shunned a "cult of personality" did not bother to go. Some 250 people, including Mr Hu Qili, member of
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    • 147 8 Russia to publish banned satiric novel MOSCOW The longbanned Soviet novel We, forerunner of George Orwell's 1984, will be published m the Soviet Union, a newspaper said. Publication of Yevgeny Zamyatin's We, the story of a society m which people have no names just numbers, has been hinted at since
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    • 316 8 Giscard's book tells off Sadat plan to topple Gaddafi PARIS Egypt's late President Anwar Sadat planned to topple Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, but Washington talked him out of it, former French President Valery Giscard d'Estaing reveals m a new book. In "Power and Life", Mr Giscard d'Estaing, president from 1974
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    • 153 8 WASHINGTON US firms lost more than *****.8 billion (about Ss4B billion) m 1986 because of foreign piracy of their patents, trademarks and copyrights, a US government agency said on Friday. The US International Trade Commission said the actual loss was probably far bigger because
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  • ASEAN NEWS
    • 288 9 Moves must follow economic liberalisation, he says JAKARTA Indonesia must match moves towards greater economic liberalisation with measures to relax government restrictions on politics, society and culture, a leading governing party parliamentarian said. Mr Bomer Pasaribu, secretary of the ruling Golkar party,
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    • 350 9 Thai-Laotian accord puts military in political limelight VIENTIANE The part played by the Thai and Laotian armed forces m resolving the border dispute between the two countries is likely to have political repercussions. Diplomats here and m Bangkok say last week's ceasefire, announced by military officials before the start of
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    • 350 9  -  ONG MING SEING Symposium on Pacific Basin security By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON Asean has more strength as a group to make collective economic demands on the major powers, notably Japan and the US, than to exercise co-operation on an economic basis within
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    • 215 9 MANILA A broadbased nationalist coalition launched a campaign yesterday to persuade the Philippine government to shut down US military bases m the country when current leases expire m 1991 The group, whose leadership ranges from mili tant leftists to a senator
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    • 297 9  -  YANG RAZALI KASSIM JAKARTA General Benny Murdani remains, for the moment, chief of Indonesia's security apparatus, Kopkamtib, although his concurrent position as armed forces chief has been taken over by General Try SutrLsno But the power and function of this übiquitous and once feared
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    • 437 9  - Party makes first move in vice-presidency race by meeting Suharto YANG RAZALI KASSIM By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA The ruling Golkar party appears to have fired the first shot m the race for the vice-presidency with an early initiative on the issue. A high-level team of Golkar leaders met President Suharto
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
    • 724 10 JOHOR BARU About 35,000 voters m Tanning Puteri here are expected to turn out (or what appears to be a keenly contested by-election for the Johor State Assembly on Saturday. The ruling National Front and the opposition Partai Sosialis Rakyat
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    • 318 10 KUALA LUMPUR Two Malaysian leaders have said that although the government has pulled the country out of the recession, it should continue with its belt-tightening measures. Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba told state governments yesterday to continue with the austerity measures, saying the national
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    • 137 10 KOTA BARU Former Trade and Industry Minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and his supporters plan to launch a signature campaign to revive the deregistered Umno party, a Malaysian Chinese newspaper reported yesterday. The Nanyang Siang Pau said that through the cam- paign, Tengku Razaleigh,
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    • 302 10 KL to review ties with rapidly developing Thailand, says Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia will review its economic policies with Thailand to accommodate the latter's rapid development, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. He said Thailand had developed so much that certain Malaysian policies were no longer mutually
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    • 180 10 SEREMBAN A total of 343 students from 90 secondary schools m the country were found involved with drug abuse up to the end of last year. Deputy Education Minister Leo Michael Toyad said yesterday. He said although the number is small compared with
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    • 127 10 KUALA LUMPUR Royal Professor Ungku Aziz, 66, who retires today as Vice-Chancellor of Universiti Malaya, plans to devote his time after retirement to completing several ongoing research projects. He will also pursue his interest m writing. Prof Ungku
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    • 84 10 MALACCA The management of the Soon Seng Plaza here is to celebrate Yuan Xiao Jie, the 15th day of the Lunar New Year, with a big bang. A firecracker chain 606 metres long is to be let off on Wednesday at 7.30 pm. A complex manager
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    • 318 10 MCA will continue reforms to keep pace with new trends, says Ling KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) leadership will pursue a collective goal of reforming the party further to keep pace with recent trends and developments, party president Datuk Or Ling Liong Sik said yesterday. The need to
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    • 337 10 KUANTAN An act of kindness to an old woman cost a 33-year-old Thai mother, Sopha Chantasarn. her son. Madam Sopha has issued an anguished plea for the return of her child, Wa Na Pong, believed to have
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  • HOME NEWS
    • 612 11  -  SANDRA DAVIE LEW ENG FEE By and THE heat is on for 13,000 university undergraduates and 4,000 Nanyang Technological Institute students who sit tor their examinations from tomorrow. And feverish swotting has become almost a full-time preoccupation with most of them.
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    • 392 11 MEMBERS of the Singapore Malay Chamber of Commerce yesterday received some frank advice thinking big is fine, but start small. Mr S. Chandra Das, MP for Chong Boon, who was guest speaker at the chamber's second monthly luncheon talk, felt that Malay
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    • 529 11  - High turnover: US electronics firms resort to bonds TAN TECK HUAT By HIGH staff turnover has led some American electronics firms here to "bond" their engineers before sending them for overseas training. But while other US firms are also thinking along the same lines, at least one big US company
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    • 74 11 A JOBLESS man was charged on Wednesday with setting fire to the bedroom of his brother-in-law. Tan Chee Tiong. 21, allegedly intended to damage the property of Mr Tan Sye Teng, 47, a contractor, at Block 217, Boon Lay Avenue, on Jan 30.
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    • 56 11 THE People's Action Party runs a total of 180 kindergartens, of which 177 are located m Housing Board estates and the rest m privately-owned buildings. Education Minister Tony Tan disclosed this m his written reply yesterday to Mr Chiam See Tong, MP for Potong Pasir, who
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    • 247 11 AN INDONESIAN Muslim jurist yesterday called for the setting up of a training centre for Islamic law (Syariah) judges and lawyers m the Asean region to upgrade the Islamic legal system. Haji Much tar Zarkasyi, the director of development of the Indonesian
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    • 363 12 Show off your design flair and win the Young Designers Award AN ELECTRONIC alarm, a bicycle lock, a chair, a dress, or a design for a record sleeve. Almost anything will quality for entry m the Young Designers Award, as long as it shows creative ability and potential for manufacture.
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    • 82 12 ABOUT 6,000 households have been selected for a labour force survey by the Labour Ministry next month. Those selected are asked to co-operate with the ministry's interviewers who will be visiting them soon. The interviewers will carry identification cards issued by the ministry and all
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    • Crackdown on firecrackers
      • 784 12  -  SURESH NAIR SUMIKO TAN All 24 interviewed voice anti-cracker sentiments By and As much damage Impose huge fines Public education as a firearm and long jail terms more important "Crackers and fireworks can cause as mock damage as a piece of firearm. If those who
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      • 276 12 Seven pay clearly for cracker offences SEVEN people recently got "burned" over firecracker offences. Chua Hai Meng, 19, paid the heaviest penalty of a $6,500 fine on Friday for letting off firecrackers at Block 248, Hougang Avenue 3, on Feb 18, and having five fireworks and nine firecrackers m a
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      • 258 12 THE case of the man who admitted pulling down the panties of a secretary who m turn struck him on the head with her high-heeled shoe was yesterday adjourned until April 25. Psychiatrist Dr Tan Chue Tin, called to give evidence on behalf of the
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      • 525 12 THESE are some of the nations best artists whose works now adorn the spacious foyers and conference rooms of the Community Development Ministry building m Thomson Road. This Showcase for Singapore Artists, as the permanent art display is called, features the paintings of
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      • 155 12 Two punished for vice racket in hotel TWO ODD-JOB labourers who cashed m on the wages of sin found it a costly business yesterday. On Jan 16 this year, Soo Kok Leong and Lav Kian Beng, both 24, were arrested m a Peninsula Hotel room along with four Thai prostitutes
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    • 438 13  - 'Joint ventures with Japanese will benefit firms here' SIVAM SUBRAMANIAM Embassy official explains Asean-Japan fund condition By A JAPANESE official on Friday explained why it would be beneficial for Singapore firms to find a Japanese joint-ven-ture partner to qualify for the Asean-Japan equity investment scheme announced last week. Mr Chikao
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    • 193 13 Man gets jail and cane for robbing, hurting woman THREE robbers were m a bus when they picked one of the passengers as their victim, a district court heard on Friday. When the victim, Miss Roslinda binti Marwan, 18, got off the bus at Lorong Chuan with her friend, Mr
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    • 348 13 VITB to start recruiting students earlier THE Vocational and Indusj trial Training Board will launch an exercise to re- emit students for its NTC-2 I courses when the O-level I results are announced next month. Dr Law Song Seng, the VTTB director, said the decision to open applications for National
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    • 80 13 PEOPLE staying m Woodlands and Yishun new towns can now take a direct bus to Marina Centre on Sundays and public holidays. The new service will begin today, when Trans Island Bus Services 181 and 850 will detour into Raffles Boulevard and Raffles Avenue, before
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    • 346 14 Support for bid to extend Medisave to cover insurance THE chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee on Health and Environment supports the idea of extending Medisave to cover any insurance scheme that is drawn up for catastrophic illnesses. Associate Professor Aline Wong said yesterday she favoured "some form of limited
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    • 231 14 CHINESE operas performing on boats at the Singapore River, commonly seen m the past, could be introduced as part of the Lunar New Year celebrations. Making this suggestion yesterday, Mr Chin Ham Tong, Senior Parliamentary Secretary (Home Affairs), said the New
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    • 286 14 Top Foreign Ministry official appointed ambassador to Thailand MR TAN SENG CHYE, a senior official m the Foreign Affairs Ministry, has been appointed Singapore's next ambassador to Thailand. He takes up the post next week. A ministry statement yesterday said that Mr Tan, 44, will succeed Mr Chi Owyang, who
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    • 544 14  - The day it 'rained' glamour queens and a king ANNE LOW By BEAUTY quests m Singapore look set to become almost as popular as baby shows but they vary from glamorous ones, like Miss Singapore/Miss World, to humbler home-bred events like yesterday's Miss Jewellery Mart. The Miss Jewellery show might
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    • 93 14 THE Foreign Correspondents Association of South-east Asia has re-elected as its president Mr Fred Bartu of the Swiss daii ly Neve Zuercher Zeitung. At its annual general meeting on Feb 4, the other office-bear-ers elected were secretary and treasurer John Lombard (Australian Broadcasting Corporation), assistant secretary and
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    • 71 14 IDD phone link to Bulgaria from Tuesday THE International Direct Dialling telephone service will be extended to Bulgaria from Tuesday the 167 th country to be linked to Singapore this way. On the same day, Datel and Telefax services via Telecoms operator assistance will be introduced to the Marianas m
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    • 89 14 FOUR schools came out tops, defeating four others m a history quiz at the Regional English Language Centre yesterday morning. They were: Raffles Institution, River Valley High School, Chinese High School and Nanyang Girls' High School. They will compete against each other m
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    • 140 14 A THOUSAND musicians, playing various instruments and marching m simple formation, will present a musical item for this year's National Day Parade. Called the Cultural Flowering of Singapore, the item will feature a sixminute performance of five tunes: Dayung Sampan, Singapore Town, Chan
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    • 213 14 A DRUNK taxi driver hit a woman jaywalker one rainy morning and carried her on his bonnet for over 100 metres before stopping. When Mr Goh Tian Lye, 46, braked, Madam Lim Kek Huay, 49, a cleaner, fell dead on
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    • 290 14 A POLICE prosecutor yesterday questioned the truthfulness of a man who said m a district court that he had spent $7,000 of a beautician's money with her consent. Inspector K. Rasiah, prosecuting, said Choo Wing Sew, 29, had
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    • The Sunday Times
      • 312 15 VIEW Rallying round the Lion What does it take to make a collection of people living m the same country feel they are a nation? It was a point brought up when the Prime Minister gave an interview to the West German magazine, Zeitmagazin. The interviewer observed that there appeared
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      • 145 15 What The Sunday Times THE first move m the transfer of responsibilities for the SS? SE."££2 to S tSe future central government of Malaysia began yesterday. It started W the moving m of furniture and other office equipment of the Singapore Military Forces (SMF) to Fort Canning,
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    • 1381 15 DONALD TRUMP has not declared his candidacy yet, but don't rule him out for the next US presidential race Trump is a dangerous man, but as a leader he's the one who would make the trains run on m time. DONALD JOHN TRUMP was bom m
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    • 1065 16  -  Alfred U Elicierto Being away for two years is long enough for a teenage son to get hooked on drugs, a daughter to go astray or a philandering husband to wreck the marriage. THE Philippine government's recent ban on the export
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    • 851 16  -  Russell Henq When you are that proverbial voice crying m the wilderness, it helps you keep faith to know that the wilderness has silent watchers awarding you a moral victory. EARLY this month, Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Minister for Communications and
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    • 822 16  -  Murray Seeger In both US political parties, at least three candidates will survive to fight for the nominations m the conventions since no one is likely to get a majority commitment m advance. Party leaders who control blocs of delegates may then hold the balance of
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    • 536 16 (?2s£kf MOST people eat to live while some people live to eat. In my case, no doubt due to the fault of my schoolteachers, I eat to love and love to eat. And that was why I was at the Sigh Gone Restaurant yesterday,
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    • 1502 17 A merger mania sweeps the world Borrowing the rule book and often the expertise from Wall Street, increasing numbers of European and Japanese firms are turning to takeovers as a way of bolstering business. In the process, they have created an international merger boom, mostly aimed at America, reports JACK
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      • 76 17 Hick? That's an insulting word I WAS surprised to read the heading "Conquerors from Hick Country" m The Sunday Times of Jan 31. As an Australian, 1 find this hiding insensitive and insulting. The word "hick", which dirtionanes warn ii> slang, derogatory and derisive, seems inappropriate. I am sure all
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      • 457 17 Road barriers will be improved WE AGREE with Winston Lee's observation (Sunday Times, Jan 17) that the barriers used by some of the contractors at worksites are not very stable, and that the fallen ones may become potential accident hazards at night. The PWD will review the barrier design and
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      • 191 17 WE REFER to the article "New notes and coins hit carpark pay machines" (Straits Times, Febl). We would like to clarify that 1 the Board of Commission of Currency of Singapore had notified and consulted the relevant parties well m advance before the issue of the
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      196 18 In Loving Memory Of HENRIETTA (RITA) RICHARDS who went to h«v eternal reward on 28th February IMS m Darwin Australia The depths 0/ sorrow we cannot tell. Of the loss of one we love so well. And while she sleeps a peaceful sleep. Her memory we shall
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  • RACING
    • 5296 18 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Sombrero IT, Artus, Fact Finder. RACE 2: Exotical, Agenda. RACE 3: Cabochon n, Marrion, Bon Voyage, Satchmo. RACE 4: Star-Maker, Amir, Heart 's-N-Flowers. RACE 5: Sunday Guest. Nuclear Limone. RACE S: Pledged. Nobody's Fool.
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    • 267 18  -  TAN THEAN LOON By Our man on the track PEN ANG Qn»trtHl no is due for a win. The grey gets my confident vote m Race 6 despite meeting well-handicapped Fulfilment m the 1,400 m race today. They should make a safe forecast
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    • 262 19 Cheefco who raced against Singapore-Malaysia horses m HK Invitation Cup flops again HONGKONG Five-time Hongkong champion jockey Tony Da Cruz won the Hongkong Derby on 7-1 shot Clear City at Shatin racecourse yesterday. It was Da Cruz's second successive Derby he won on
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    • 1530 19  -  OUR RACING TEAM By FIRST *****0 SECOND *****0 THIRD *****1 STARTERS *****0 *****6 *****9 *****6 *****4 *****0 *****5 *****5 *****2 *****4 *****1 CONSOLATIONS *****2 *****7 *****0 *****1 *****2 *****9 *****8 *****1 *****1 *****6 Three good ones beaten into second place PENANG
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    • 343 19  -  JACK ELLIOTT By SYDNEY Ken Russell, who won the Brisbane jockeys' premiership last season before moving here, underwent surgery to have a kidney removed after a three-horse spill m a race. Hospital authorities said Russell was m a satisfactory condition after
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 471 19 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MDM. NG CHENG TEW (MRS. ONG CHWEE GUAN) 75 years old was called home to be with our Lord on 27th February 1988, leaving behind. Husband Sons Daughters-ln-Law Ong Hong Seng Ngan Bik Wan Ong Hong Hoo Ng Bee Slew Ong Hong Chu Ruby Chen Daughter
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    • 114 19 321 Deaths 321 Deaths KUH CHOON SHUAM 79 YEARS OLD passed away peacefully on 25th Feb. 1988. leaving behind Husband: Heng Huck Ngl Sons: Dsughtett-in-law: Peter Heng Philip Heng Nora Llin Eddie Heng Alice Tbn Johnny Heng Annie Tan Heng Chiang Seng Chen N^len Kit Heng Chiang Hong Mary Knng
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    • 65 19 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam MDM LIM SOON NEO departed sth -lay of 6th lunar month 1960 In loving memory of our dean words and deeds we shall upl upright Krom children and great grandchildren 282.88 ttft YEO CHWEE KIM tooartod 12th day o« 'at lunar month 1906 2nd
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      133 19 TIAHPAN THARUMAN AOE 74 YEARS Paaa ed away peacefully on 27-2-M Leaving b«nir»d Wm» Y. Nag«mmai Son*: T Balasubramanlam. T Kallperumal T Sakatehwan. T. Jothlnatrian Daughter*: T Thanapaklam, T Kawsela. T. Yelemma, T Puspavalt. T. Umadevl and Daughter*-**- law GfflftdcMMfojrv Cortege wIN lM>t Wh 2«3 #07-4*9, Jurong E»«t,
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    • 162 19 Th» Family o< tha tat* Mr. Wong Cheow Lee Departed 23.2 88 wishes to express their deepest thanks and appreciation to relatives, friends and colleagues for their kind attendance, condolences, contributions, wreaths and assistance during their recentbereavement^^^^^^^ AL-FATIHAH The Family of the Late KAMARUOIN HAJI KARIM Age 29
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      30 19 ATHMA SHANTHI POOJA Pefcri*emy Ponwwaamy Departed 14/2/88 Athma Shenthi Poo(* will be held on 29/2/88 at Sivan Tempi* at 8.30 p.m Pteaae treat this a* our personal invitation.
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  • SPORT
    • 314 20  -  JOE DORAI 5,000 see Geylang regain top spot with a penalty By MALAYSIAN internationals Zainal Abidin and Dollah Salleh bade a sad farewell yesterday when their club Balestier United slumped to a 1-0 defeat against Geylang International m the Singapore Pools Premier League soccer match
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    • 966 20  -  ROB HUGHES Souness and Real Madrid are the targets TALK OF SOCCER C ENDING revenge m sport is like seeing a scorpion on your bed. It heightens the senses of fear and caution, makes us aware that there are places on earth only
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    • 369 20 YOU need Hant*. Dutch international goalkeeper Hans Van Breukelen has given a boost to PSV Eindhoven manager Kees Ploegsma's plans to keep together his record-breaking League championship side by signing a new three-year contract with the club. The deal is the third Ploegsma has secured with key players
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    • WNTER OLYMPICS
      • 348 20 Soviets take gold in ice hockey thanks to Czechs CALGARY Traditional Olympic ice hockey kings, the Soviet Union, collected the gold medal on Friday 48 hours earlier than anticipated and courtesy of long-time rivals Czechoslovakia. The Russians came here with a question mark hanging over their form. But they improved
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      • 200 20 CALGARY CAPSULES BRITISH ski jumper Eddie Edwards has been immortalised m song. The unflappable Brit became a crowd favorite during the Games, more for charisma than ability. Calgary fans have embraced the man who placed last m both the 70- metre and 90m events. Now, there is "The ballad of
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      • 247 20 Safety record rated good despite fatality CALGARY Medical officials rated the safety record for the Winter Games as average to good on Friday despite the accidental death of an Austrian team physician and several other well-publicised mishaps. "I think, with the exception of one unfortunate experience, we probably have been
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      • 70 20 Bpee4 tkatUg Mea'a J.Htm sk«rt track: 1 Lee Joon-Ho (SK) smin 21.63 eec 2 Carolus Veldhoven (Hoi) 5 22 39 S Michel Dalgnault (Can) 5:30.68. Htmci'i Ijmm: 1 Chris ta Rothenburger (EG) 1:17.65 (new work) rec) 2 Karln Kan ia-Enke (EG) 1:17.70 S Bonnie Blair (US) 1:18.31. AJplae •kiln*
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      • 102 20 CALGARY Katarina Witt (pictured above) and other Olympic figure skaters should avoid sexy costumes that could arouse the judges, says television sex therapist Or Ruth Westheimer. She said the East German beauty, whose skating costumes were criticised this week by a Canadian coach as being
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      • 84 20 G S B 1 01 Soviet Union 11 9 7 27 E. Germany 8 7 4 19 Switzerland 3 5 4 12 Austria 3 4 2 9 W. Germany 2 3 2 7 Finland 4 0 2 6 US 2 12 5 Holland 12 2 5 Norway 0
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    • 299 20  - Police win after brave fightback ALBERT JOHNSON By PLUCKY Police Sports Association stormed back from a goal down to beat a complacent Tiong Bahru Constituency Sports Gub 2-1 m a Singapore Pools Premier League soccer match at Queenstown Stadium yesterday. With this victory Police move to second spot on the
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    • 194 20  -  JOE DORAJ CHANGI CSC want to win this evening's Singapore Pools Premier League match against Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association at Bedok Stadium (kick-off 4.45 pm) for two reasons. Firstly, they are out to prove that their unexpected 2-1 win over the soldiers on Jan
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    • 411 21  - Singapore lose but they go down fighting WILFRED YEO Score does not show Wing Cheok's brave effort By 6 Wing Cheok made his opponents work overtime m both his singles and doubles matches, keeping Lius Pongoh and then, m partnership with Hamid Khan, Bobby Ertanto and Gunawan on court for
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    • 252 21 England lose grip after batting collapse CRICKET AUCKLAND A middle-order collapse, triggered by opener Martyn Moxon's dismissal one short of a maiden Test century, saw England lose six wickets for 71 runs m the Second Test against New Zealand. At the close of the third day yesterday, England were 302
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    • 170 21  -  WILFRED YEO MELBOURNE Singapore, out of the running for the one finals berth m the Thomas Cup badminton qualifying round here, have little more than honour at stake when they meet New Zealand m their last match today. Having lost to Australia (4-1) and
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    • 148 21 Trengganu crash out with paltry 52 runs SINGAPORE sailed to an easy nine-wicket win over Trengganu m their opening Malaysian Cricket Association League match at Balestier Road yesterday. Trengganu, sent m to bat, were skittled out for a paltry 52 m 30.5 of their allotted 50 overs. The only resistance
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    • 404 21 SPORT WORLDWIDE ALOR STAR Penang's K. Somasundaram beat 63 other runners to win the inaugural Kedah Marathon here yesterday m 2hrs 34min 43sec. Perak's T. Apparau registered 2 40.41 to finish second, while R Amr.in. of Kuala Lumpur, was third m 2:42:41. In the men's veteran's
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    • 188 21 TICKET prices at the Altona Badminton Centre m Melbourne, where the Thomas and Über Cup qualifying rounds are being held, are structured quite differently from those m Singapore. Adults pay As 6 (5*8.70), students and pensioners As 3 and those below 16 are charged A52.50. The 800-seat centre
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    • 335 21 OTHER THOMAS AND ÜBER CUP QUALIFYING MATCHES NEW DELHI Japan qualified for the Über Cup women's world team badminton finals m convincing style on Friday, while the Japanese men renewed their hopes of reaching the Thomas Cup finals. Japan's women clinched the single
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    • 125 21 KUALA LUMPUR Former China badminton ace Fang Kaixiang arrived last night to take charge of Malaysia's Thomas Cup team, well aware he has hardly any time to go about this assignment. "The Thomas Cup final is only about two months away, the time is
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    • 651 22  -  JANICE SEAH Melbourne gold reward for third comeback Hardly anything about this amazingly fresh-faced runner has changed in 15 years, not that quiet, child-like modesty, not her running style, not even her hairstyle. It's shorter now, but still a messy, flyaway bob parted in
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    • 1101 22  - Superbrat fails to check backslide ALAN HUBBARD Chronic injury threatens McEnroe's tennis revival Strain of comeback too much forMcE to handle McEnroe's physical problem* are a direct result of his extraordinary pendulum service action, in which he teems to be steeling the ball round the corner of an imaginary building.
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    • 434 22 Thraenhardt claims high jump mark ATHLETICS WEST BERLIN Carlo Thraenhardt, of West Germany, set a world indoor high jump record of 2.42 metres at an international athletics meet on Friday. The previous mark of 2.41 m was set by Sweden's Patrick S joe berg m Athens last February. Sjoeberg finished
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    • 141 22 Martina sails into semi-finals WASHINGTON Topseeded American Martina Navratilova defeated sixth-seeded compatriot Zina Garrison 6-1. 6-3 on Friday to enter the semifinals of the US$3OO,OOO ($603,000) Washington women's tournament. Martina faces fourthseeded Australian Hana Mandlikova m the semifinals. Defending champion Hana beat Natalia Zvereva, of the Soviet Union. 5-7. 6-3.
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    • 279 22 TENNIS WORLDWIDE PHILADELPHIA Australian John Fitzgerald charged into the semi-finals of the United States Pro Indoor Championships on Friday with a 5-7, 6-4, 6-3 victory over Kevin Curren, of South Africa. Fitzgerald, seeded 16th, had stunned top seed and world No 1 Ivan Lendl m the
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    • 272 22 CROYDON (England) British No 2 Andrew Castle collected his second title on the Lawn Tennis Association's men's indoor Satellite Circuit here on Friday. The 24-year-old, who won at Manchester two weeks ago, beat Sweden's Thomas Haldin 6-3, 7-5 m 82 minutes m the final of the
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    • 320 23 2t3 G. Bruckner (US) 68, 69. 66. 2* Lv Hsi-chuen (Tai) 65. 69, 72. 2tB J Maggert (US) 71. 71. 66. 2M Tray Tyner (US) 73, 65. 71. 211 Jeff Cook (US) 70, 71. 69; Lv Chien-soon (Tai) 75. 67. 68; Steve Veriato (US) 72, 68, 70.
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    • 294 23  -  ALBERT JOHNSON By IRVING NG, representing the Parang team, emerged overall individual boys' champion when he broke five meet records m the People's Association Youth Swimming Club's age-group championships, which ended at Toa Payoh on Friday. The St Andrew's School student, who displayed consistent form
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    • 335 23  -  HAKIKAT RAI HAROLD GAN brought the curtain down on the four-day Chinese Swimming Club junior championships with a record m the 100 metres freestyle for boys' Under-17. The Temasek Junior College student powered home m 5f 85sec for the day's only record. His effort
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    • 174 23 SYDNEY South African Gary Brinkman has found the bride who could enable him to swim for Australia m the Seoul Olympic Games. Brinkman is a permanent resident of Australia but is not yet eligible for citizenship. The 23-year-old realised his only chance of swimming
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    • 410 23 TONY SIB mad? an impressive comeback to water skiing m the Sprite first series tournament at Kall^n^ River yesterday with an 85.25-too! jump m the men's Open event. Tony, who has b««n absent from the circuit for the past fivp years, came m second after Suter Tan's 89.5
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    • 169 23 ATHLETICS Flash cross-wintry r'ships (Macßitchie. 4pm) StnUoa ltkm run (New Ferry Terminal. 8.30 am i. CRICKET MCA League: Singapore v Trengßanu (Baleslier Rd, 10.30 am) CYCLING R«ad Rare (Char.gi Coastal Rd, 8.30 am). DIVING Nafta trial* (Toa Payoh. 3pm). GENERAL Anglo-f hin<w School Past v Present (itmn Festival
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    • 631 23 TAY CHENG KHOON ON THE ROLEX MASTERS GOLF TOURNAMENT Californian three strokes ahead of overnight leader Hsi-chuen I'm more than pleased. I was driving solidly and chipping well. The putts also obliged. I must have been inspired playing with Hsi-chuen. He's real good and
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    • 550 23 CANBERRA World No. 1 Greg Norman stretched his lead after the third round of the A5250,000 ($360,000) Canberra Open golf tournament here yesterday despite the return of a throat ailment that left him speechless. Norman fired a three-under-par 69 for a three-round total of
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  • The Sunday Times
    • 640 24 41 really didn't think we had a chance because there were so many other good athletes. When I heard our names, I just felt...blurl The money will be a big help to my training expenses. Sam Goh Bowling missed it for two years and now we've won. ..hey,
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    • 153 24 A SECOND-PLACING m the Asian Championships m Kuwait last month earned the national squash team the Coca Cola Award for January. The quartet of Anthony Chua, Ong Soo Heng, Zainal Abidin and Simon Yang finished behind world-beaters Pakistan for the third time. Nominations for this month's
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    • 409 24 Hunger for victory is lacking Editor raises questions over the mental toughness of Singapore sportsmen and sportswomen MR LESLIE FONG, Editor of The Straits Times, last night questioned whether Singapore sportsmen and sportswomen have got the mental make-up of winners. Mr Pong, speaking at The Sunday Times/Coca-Cola Sporting Achievement of
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    • 319 24 LONDON Two goals I from England winger John Barnes kept Liverpool's I steamroller charge to a host of English League re--1 cords on the rails with a 2-0 Division One win away at Portsmouth yesterday. The victory extended Liverpool's unbeaten run I m the League
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    • 447 24  -  J. RAJENDRAN Raffles JC to meet St Andrew's JC for place m the final By FOUR TIME winners Raffles Junior College finished with an an unblemished record m the league competition before qualifying for the semi-finals of the SithawaUa Trophy m the Singapore Cricket Club
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      • 762 2 Mark King one-half of the pop group Level 42 which will perform here on Thursday may be a seasoned hand m the music business, but that doesn't stop him from worrying about rejection. SURE, Mark King has a way with the bass guitar. But more
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      • 526 2  -  LOW MEI MEI By IF YOU lose, there is reason to be embarrassed. With Alan Tarn, it seems, it is the other way round. Last week, after bagging five awards and the highest honour of Best Male Singer m Radio Television Hongkong's 10th Solid
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      • 788 7 Three boys with only passable voices. But their good looks, great clothes and slick moves have made Shonentai the teen rave m Japan, discovers LOW MEI MEI who met them MADE m Japan. Trademark: Precision, thrills and speed. That's the pop trio Shonentai, the well-oiled dancing
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      • 411 12 ALONG the Esplanade next to the Padang sits a tall stone monument shaped like an inverted T. It is the Cenotaph, that is, a monument commemorating the dead whose remains lie elsewhere. In this case it is a tribute to those who died fighting m the two world
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      • 901 2 Say hello to every man you think decent; don't always praise men, but do cook for them. These are among author Margaret Kent's husband-catching hints m a US best seller that guarantees women they'll find mates m two years. Or their money back. OUTRAGEOUS hints on
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        547 3  -  CATHERINE ONG Story IF YOU do not care for the current ruffly, puffy, flowery styles, the 1988 Paris spring-summer couture collections launched last month have presented some beguiling alternatives. The tidal wave of frivolity started by the new Paris King of Fashion, Christian Lacroix, and resulting m
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      • 886 4  -  MARGARET CHAN EAT OUT By FOR eight years, the homely little steakhouse led a peaceful existence, secreted away m Coronation Plaza. There were some who relished its juicy Hainanese steaks but otherwise the Barn was hardly a haunt of the hordes. But overnight
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      • 168 4 TALK about getting into hot soup. Diners at the Stamford City do a doubletake when they spy a steamboat large enough for three diners standing m the soup, I mean. At the entrance, steamboatlovers play a quick guessing game as smoke puffs and spews from the
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        • 877 9 Have you considered exercising during your lunch hour if finding a convenient time for it is a problem? MAY HO talks to some of tho"se who work out during their lunch break. ■>■' lIT IS 1.30 pm on a JL*. Wednesday. While K^La most
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        • 120 9 FANCY a health-oriented weekend spent learning about alternative ways to better health? By alternative ways, the Macrobiotics Study Centre means shiatsu, breathing techniques, self-acupressure massage, reflexology, astrology and other paths to health. Lectures are given along with cooking demonstrations of Western and Asian macriobiotic dishes
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      • 3rd Furniture Supermarket '88
        • 669 10  -  MAGDALENE LUM Exhibitors are expecting a record turnover m this auspicious Dragon Year By Venue: World Trade Centre, Hall 2 Date: Until Sunday Time: Noon to 10 pm Admission: Free JlllTm I ARE you getting mars' ried, setting up a new B home or just
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        • 432 10 ?< IF YOU'RE pining for pinewood furniture m your home, take a look at the offerings by Pinewood Products. The firm sells 70 per cent of its furniture locally and 30 per cent to Japan, Hongkong, and the other Asean countries. It hopes to break
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        • 364 11  -  MAGDALENE LUM Demand for wallpaper has risen, says retailer By iJITfIpH YOU are tired ■^j|dBM o{ jooijing at the OSr same plain walls, wallpaper can uJL^^; help break that ffegT^ I monotony r 7*^^ And accordin 8 I 1 to one wallpaper retailer, Singaporeans
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        • 293 11 NOTHING works better to get rid of fatigue than a good night's rest. It's no wonder then that health-conscious Singaporeans are now paying more attention to the type of mattresses and pillows they use. One firm, Carest Furnishing the biggest exhibitor at the
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    • Page 8 Advertisements
      • 161 8 ADVKKTISKMKN I 0 />ffa(§ Look at her. I Off tQ aerobics^i TAerobics, movies, parties V again! 3 eT au^ day's work. Where! *^-v does she get mm^^^z^^J w~ "^A a that V^^i^^^Hl^^H^^H 3ienergy?! 1 *^^P^9 i I VW (Wonder what s\ V her secret? M( Well, I've seen her taking
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      • 12 8 IH^^Hill (BUKU MERAH) A VALUABLE ASSET, IN ANY OFFICE, 1 ANYWHERE 1
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      • 80 8 ■■k VEk W^tL. WL :^BfIHP9V^B m f je^^^^B 1 Vf«' TGtP*^ J^r '>aß>i -B^Bt 9 iBBbBBBBBBBB^y' jl Bpotpv CIGARETTE YOU SMOKE SHORTENS YOUR LIFE oking. far from being glamorous makes you old before your time c cigarette cuts 6 minutes off your life, a day for a year cuts one
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    • Page 9 Advertisements
      • 38 9 AWr Jm V— '3ll MM? -^m I IC C\V\ mm ■*'**S^w Uo \j l 1 k\ mMW~ VevSmmr ~~70 1 X-~-^^mmMW± t Jt^*^~ <W^ommmmmmmm% l j > HUH )N/Sfcy 581 Orchard Road, 23rd Floor, Hilton International Singapore. Singapore 0923.
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      • 673 9 THE QUEEN BEE KNOVVS I (fijf Jw v*™ "f. REGINA ROYAL JELLY Royal Jely is nature's rich health food, produced by worker bees and fed to the Queen bee. Scientific analysis of royal jely shows that it contains B vitamins, Vitamin C, ammo acids and minerals. REONA ROYAL JELLY IS
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    • Page 10 Advertisements
      • 73 10 .SMMermarfeet fSr '88 :>iv jjpt t llj (1(1 I An Important Fair J^T&rl for all Home-owners More than 1000 items on display <(?^s^^7AP^te!^# l All the latest furniture, furnishings and home appliances^\ r^tn^yr^=:^/0i j at very competitive prices Wy^^^6 *Xv r Lots of fabulous prizes to be won including home
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    • Page 11 Advertisements
      • 275 11 1 APOLLO 1 1988 ALICE] j Apollo Bathroom Alice Bathroom Fittings Fittings A3Ol Burgundy, Alpine Blue, Burgundy, Blue, Misty Sorrento Blue, Ivory, Coral, Gray, Groen, Coral, Ivory Misty Gray. p each, White sole Agen 'P|j x j co Marketing ■^V 1 Rochof Canal Road 04-31 Store: 203 Henderson Road Sim
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      • 407 11 Sote Agent: SUNNY LOW OFFICE EQUIPMENT TRADING CO J&^&W Renovation Specialist Furniture Manufacturer Interior Designer J^jK^9r Blk 1003 #01-61 Aljunied Aye 5 Aljunied Industrial Estate Singapore 1438 JF^JtpS^r Tel: *****00 (5 Lines), Telex SL RS ***** SUNNY Fjre resjstance Auto-relocking Device SAFE Anti-burglary Burglar alarm kk^ J > -^jEf^ Model
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    • NATURE
      • 462 12 Things that go Ssssss in the S'pore night SINGAPORE'S last remaining primary forest area is contained within the Bukit Timah Nature Reserve, a tiny 75-hectare area but not all of the reserve is primary, and it can hardly be called undisturbed. One of the first forest reserves created, in 1883,
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    • Page 12 Advertisements
      • 338 12 Join the trouHe-free I and abroad iy •By an affiliation agreement with its MO 'H^s v v counterparts help is always on call if M S your car breaks down m West Malaysia •Join the AA and enjoy more cost r and 85 other countries J Owing to its international
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      • 213 12 QUALIFY as a professional while you work Now you can train for a recognised professional qualification through s( )A at home m your spare time No need to your fob or waste tune on travelling to class The School ot Accountancy A Business studies has almost Ht) years experience m
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