The Straits Times, 7 August 1988

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    13 1 The Sunday Times No: 2721 55 CENTS MCI (P) 93/12/87 AUGUST 7, 1988
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  • Article
    New MRT extension to run from city to Jalan Kayu
    420 1 COMMUNICATIONS and Information Minister Yeo Ning Hong last night announced a $2.2 billion extension of the Mass Rapid Transit system from Chinatown to Punggol and Jalan Kayu. The huge project will be good news not only for commuters, but for
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    Chok Tong: Good govt depends on voters’ choice
    667 1 GOOD government for Singapore starts with voters and whether they can distinguish between good and poor election candidates, First Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong said last night. For the parliamentary election system to succeed, there must be a supply of good
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    Lock icon Schoolgirls revel in carnival fun
    189 1 THESE eight pupils from St Nicholas Girls’ School are not going to miss the National Day Carnival for anything, no sir! They went to Marina Park yesterday to have fun straight after Saturday morning’s ex-tra-curricular activities. Thousands of people also flocked to the fair spread
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    Salleh removed from office
    385 1  -  By SALIM OSMAN KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian King has removed the suspended Lord President Tun Mohammed Salleh Abas from office after a tribunal set up to investigate five allegations of misconduct against him recommended his dismissal. According to a statement yesterday from the Prime Minister’s Department,
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    Here’s looking at you kids...
    57 1 WHICH is what this year’s National Day special does in 70 pages. Reports tackle issues such as sex and teenagers and look at a time when Grandma and Grandpa were children. Also enjoy a full-colour comic strip by Lat on 14th century Singapore. With your
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    Saturday’s stock market table
    75 1 OWING to an error during the production process, the wTong share price information table, How your stocks performed, was published in the Timesdollar section of yesterday’s Straits Times. The table printed contained information about Thursday’s share transactions instead of Friday’s. We are carrying the correct table
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      80 1 DIAMONDS Think Quality First 3£. «sena Jewellers Shangri-la Hotel Tel: *****89 INSIDE FOCUS A factory girl’s story Life on the shopfloor TTfA wi*- Champion of the underdog SUNPLUS HK migrants in Singapore TVPLUS I Will the sun set on the pasar malam? ASIA MAGAZINE Licensed to kill PAGE INDEX FOCUS
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      7 1 A farewell to sarabat stalls Page 3
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      99 1 ATE 7 v •^w ROLEX of (,mtm N-Day Carnival a hit with young ones: Page 2t Yes, Citibank are offering high interest rates on Australian Dollar Time Deposits. Like a full 11.5% p.a.l All you need to do is invest Sslo,ooo in Citibank for 2 months. So talk to us
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      AT A GLANCE
      582 2 LUCKY DAY FRENZY: The Chinese belief that eight is an unusually lucky number has many people in Hongkong giddy with anticipation of good fortune for tomorrow Aug 8, 1988. The day will be marked by weddings, a special lottery and a host of ceremonies as local Chinese
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      SPORTS
      134 2 SAINTS CLOSER TO TITLE: St Andrew’s Secondary School took a step closer towards retaining the Dr Goh Keng Sw-ee Challenge Shield C Division rugby title when it beat Raffles Institution 14-0 at Woodsville yesterday. Winger Tan Check Sim scored the first try which Tan Siang Kim converted in the
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      Kathmandu the crossroads for smugglers
      747 2  -  About 350 kg of gold is confiscated each year Reports and pictures by SALMA KHALIK KATHMANDU, into which two Singapore Airlines cabin crew tried to smuggle 16 kg of gold in June, is a busy transhipment point for smugglers of not only gold but drugs,
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      Price reforms raise summer heat for Chinese leaders at beach resort
      613 2  -  By LOUISE BRANSON of the Foreign Desk BEIDAIHE (China) In imperial times, Chinese rulers would leave the sweltering heat of their capital to spend the summer months in the countryside. The communist leaders have followed suit, each summer moving
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      Ex-airgirl will have to work off the price of her freedom
      443 2 THE former Singapore Airlines stewardess, freed from a Nepalese prison last week, faces the grim prospect of spending the better part of her working life repaying the money she borrow ed to buy her freedom. Lisa (not her real
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      Lock icon Gone the old flavours of sarabat stalls
      614 3  -  By CHUA CHONG JIN FAREWELL five-foot way sarabat. Long the poor man’s open-air dirt-floor cafe, the unpretentious but inviting make-shift sarabat stall is virtually non-existent today. A hunt for such stalls over two days ended in the discovery of only one tucked away
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      Some things customers miss
      75 3 The übiquitous kopi tarek palled with such panache that it seemed almost like an art. The good old ayer balla (ginger water) which tasted just “great”. The distinctive small charcoal fire used to prepare their favourite coffee or tea. The two or three hours they took
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      SINGAPORE SNAPSHOTS
      91 3  -  By Narendra Anarwai STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY Top 10 airlines Forty-eight scheduled airlines now fly into and out of Singapore l t 416 times every week, linking us to 98 cities in 52 countries. How often the top 10 fly to and from the Republic Basic data:
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      128 2 Of CHAMPIONS =3 A January 25 to February 14 Ist Jatico Tournament of Champions (Kim Seng) February 29 to March 20 2nd Jatico Tournament of Champions (Jurong) March 13 to 20 7th Queens Bowling Championships (Orchard) April 4to 24 3rd Jatico Tournament of Champions (Kallang Bowlers Drome) >» May 2
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      29 2 Showers over a few areas in the afternoon TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 32 max., 25 min SUNSET today: 7.15 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.05 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER
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      139 3 my blood ran cold as the massive creature twisted and glistened in the air before crashing back to the sea in a plume of spray. It was the biggest Marlin Vd ever seen WmrnMi §ll m y- m < a it > LONDON TO SINGAPORE NONSTOP. 8 UNINTERRUPTED HOURS TO
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon 300 feared drowned in Ganges after boat capsizes
      237 4 Reuter. CALCUTTA About 300 people were feared drowned yesterday when a ferry capsized in the holy Ganges River in northeast India’s Bihar state, a police official said. Bihar police chief J. M. Quereshi said in a telephone interview that about 100 of
      – Reuter.  -  237 words
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      Lock icon Powerful quake hits India-Burma region
      158 4 UPI. NEW DELHI A powerful earthquake yesterday hit parts of India, Bangladesh and Burma, damaging buildings and causing widespread panic and an undetermined number of injuries, officials said. At least 30 people were reported missing. The tremor was measured by seismological observatories in India and
      – UPI.  -  158 words
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      Lock icon Burma food handout in martial law areas
      371 4 AFP, Reuter, AP. RANGOON The Burmese authorities are to distribute food in areas where martial law has been imposed, to ease the hardships of poor people hit by spiralling prices, the official News Agency of Burma (NAB) said yesterday. Rice, the country’s staple
      – AFP, Reuter, AP.  -  371 words
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      Lock icon ‘lraq ready for ceasefire if Iran agrees to talks’
      319 4 Reuter. BAGHDAD President Saddam Hussein said yesterday Iraq was ready for a ceasefire in the war with Iran if Teheran agreed clearly and unequivocally to enter into direct negotiations immediately after the truce. He announced Baghdad’s new position in a statement
      – Reuter.  -  319 words
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      Lock icon Britain considering 'jail without trial’ to stem IRA attacks
      229 4 UPI. Reuter. BELFAST British officials are considering the renewal of a controversial policy of jailing suspects without trial to stem a spate of bloody terrorist attacks by Irish Republican guerillas. As they discussed the policy on Friday, a bomb for which
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      Lock icon Rambo to appear in Moscow if film deal goes through
      107 4 AFP. MOSCOW Rambo could make an appearance in Moscow soon if a deal goes through to give Soviet cinemagoers a taste of First Blood, the action-packed epic that launched US star Sylvester Stallone’s series glorifying the exploits of a Herculean
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    • PEOPLE
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        KL’s singing diplomat
        86 5 SINGER Raja Ema will be Malaysia’s singing diplomat when she appears on Korean national television in a special entertainment programme. The Korean Olympic Council is sponsoring her for a one-week stay in Seoul as part of the Olympics promotion project, according to the Malay Mail. She will
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        Deng’s exploits on film
        121 5 FILMING of Deng Xiaoping In Guangxi, the southern province where the Communist Party sent the Chinese leader in 1929, began last week, the official China News Service said. Directed by Chen Dunde, the film will be a rare cinematographic account of the life of China’s top
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        Probe on Bedford’s trip
        126 5 ROBERT Redford (right) is being investigated to establish whether he violated any US laws when he visited Cuba in May, the Scripps Howard News Service reported in Los Angeles. According to the agency,a Treasury Department official, wrote to the actor in May to ask him whether
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        ‘Towkay’ takes a break
        117 5 FORMER skipper of the Malaysian national football team, Soh Chin Aun, said he had to take a temporary “rest” from politics to concentrate on the game, especially the ongoing Malaysia Cup competition. “I am not as active in politics this year compared with last year and
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        Scratch Cher’s tummy?
        121 5 A HEALTH club operator is inviting potential customers to scratch entertainer Cher’s (left) stomach but the pleasure is purely vicarious. Reuter says the Oscar-winning actress and singer is only displaying her stomach on paper as part of a new magazine advertising campaign by Health Tennis Corp of
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        Serial on Soong sisters
        199 5 THE life of the three Soong sisters, including Madame Chiang Kai-shek, will be the subject of a 12-part television series filmed in the United States, Hongkong and China, an AP news report said last week. The official Xinhua news agency said the series would be ready
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      Lock icon Rust publicly rebuked and suspended from flying
      323 5 AP. BONN The West German government has publicly rebuked Mathias Rust for not showing more remorse over his daredevil flight to Moscow, and state officials have suspended his flying licence. Rust was flown home to West Germany on Wednesday after the Soviets released
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      Lock icon Hongkong pins high hopes on magic date 8-8-88
      472 5 AP. AFP. HONGKONG The local Chinese belief that eight is an auspicious number has many residents giddy with expectations of good fortune for tomorrow Aug 8 1988. But they will still have to watch out for ghosts. The date will be marked
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      Lock icon Jordan King dissolves ministry in charge of occupied areas
      192 6 AFP, UPI. AMMAN King Hussein yesterday issued a royal decree dissolving the Ministry of the Occupied Territories Affairs and annulling the Jordanian High Committee for the occupied territories. Both measures, officially announced by Jordan Radio yesterday, were the latest in a
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      Lock icon Call to remove Stalin’s body from Kremlin wall
      97 6 AP. MOSCOW The Soviet weekly magazine Ogoniok yesterday published an article calling for the body of former Soviet leader Josef Stalin to be removed from the Kremlin wall. Mr Alexander Vainshtein, director of a Moscowcultural centre, said the Soviet death toll in
      – AP.  -  97 words
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      Lock icon Palestinians angry but optimistic about future
      710 6 NYT. EL BIREH (Israeli-occupied West Bank) Like many Palestinians. Dr Yasir Obeid, Jordan’s chief health administrator on the West Bank, was angry but optimistic about the future. He was angry because King Hussein had just cut off the salaries of virtually all his health
      – NYT.  -  710 words
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      Lock icon 50,000 mark 43rd year of Hiroshima nuclear attack
      317 6 Reuter, UPI. TOKYO An estimated 50,000 people attended a memorial service in Hiroshima yesterday to mark the 43rd anniversary of the world’s first nuclear attack. At 8.15 am, the time the bomb was dropped from an American bomber 43 years ago, the
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      Lock icon Australia risks being shunned by S-E Asia: Hawke
      199 6 AFP. PERTH Prime Minister Bob Hawke warned yesterday that Australia risked economic isolation from its neighbours in South-east Asia because of the renewed debate in the country on immigration. Speaking at an Australian Labor Party seminar in the Western Australian city of
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      Lock icon Anti-terrorist investigator to lead Mafia crackdown
      430 7 UPI, Reuter. ROME The Italian government has appointed the country’s top anti-terrorist investigator as high commissioner in charge of a reinforced crackdown on the Mafia. The new boss of the campaign against organised crime is Judge Domenico Sica, 57, who is given much of
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      Lock icon UN report raps Australia over poor living conditions of aborigines
      341 7 AP. GENEVA A United Nations report has urged Australia to improve conditions for its aborigines, saying most of the country’s original residents remained poor, unemployed and in ill health. The report released on Friday also accused the government of failing
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      Lock icon 20,000 Chinese loot watermelon patch
      189 7 AP. BEIJING Twenty thousand Chinese peasants raided a watermelon patch in central China last month and made off with a fortune in the nation’s most coveted summer fruit. The incident, reported yesterday by the Legal Daily (Fazhi Ribao), was the most serious case of melon
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      Lock icon New season of Lassie on TV next year
      93 7 UPI. LOS ANGELES A new generation of Lassie television episodes will begin filming early next year at the MCA/Universal Studios in Florida for a debut in the autumn of 1989. The series will follow the premise of the original Lassie television series
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      Lock icon 44 killed
      31 7 Reuter. BEIJING A gas explosion killed 44 coalminers in China’s north-west Gansu province on Friday, the official Xinhua news agency said. The cause of the explosion was being investigated.
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      Lock icon Ligachev challenges Soviet reformers
      468 8 Kremlin’s No. 2 warns against copying the West Reuter, FT. MOSCOW The Kremlin's No. 2, Mr Yegor Ligachev, in a clear challenge to radical Soviet reformers, has said that Western forms of economic organisation were totally unacceptable in the Soviet Union. In a speech to Communist
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      North’s trial put off until after presidential election
      290 8  -  By ONG MING SEING Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The presidential campaign of Vice-Presi-dent George Bush received a major boost when a judge postponed the Iran-Contra trial of former White House aide Oliver North until after the Nov 8 election. Judge Gerhard Gesell set
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      Lock icon Taking off from Leaning Tower
      58 8 Londoner Mike McCartney is flying high from the top of a grand old lady of history, the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy. While a wonder of the world he will not become, Mike still claimed what he set was a world record low-level parachute
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      Baker quits to help Bush and Brady replaces him
      211 8  -  ONG MING SEING. WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary James Baker has stepped down to take charge of Republican candidate George Bush’s presidential campaign. Immediately after Mr Baker resigned on Friday, President Ronald Reagan named former senator Nicholas Brady as his nominee to
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      Lock icon Another step towards peace in Angola
      206 8 Reuter. GENEVA Angola, Cuba and South Africa have taken another step towards peace in southwestern Africa after four days of US-mediated talks. Delegations from the three countries announced in a terse statement on Friday that they had agreed on a sequence of steps to
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      Lock icon Bully beef and beans give way to Italian cuisine in British army
      137 8 AFP. LONDON British soldiers, who for years have marched on bully beef and beans, are to be issued with new rations, such as chicken and pasta, which should provide for a better diet and mere calories, the Defence
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      Lock icon Nine-point drop for the week
      125 8 Dow Jones UPI, NYT. NEW YORK Stock prices slipped on Friday in very quiet trading as employment data showing an increasingly strong economy reignited fears about inflation and higher interest rates. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which fell 7.47 on Thursday, also dropped 7.47 on
      – UPI,; NYT.  -  125 words
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Vietnam hopes for better ties with Thailand
      247 10 AP. BANGKOK Vietnam’s Prime Minister, in a note of congratulations to Thailand’s new Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan, has expressed hope for improved relations between the two feuding nations. Mr Do Muoi sent the one-sentence note on Friday, a day after MajorGeneral Chatichai was
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      Thai MPs urged to behave
      289 10 Otherwise it will be their last chance to govern, warns party chief BANGKOK A senior Thai politician has urged government and opposition Members of Parliament to “behave reasonably” now that Thailand will be practising “full democracy” for the first time in many years. The Bangkok
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      Lock icon New govt ‘will last longer than expected’
      301 10 AFP. BANGKOK Former Thai prime minister Kukrit Pramoj has predicted that the new government led by Major-Gen-eral Chatichai Choonhavan will last longer than expected. Speaking on Friday at a seminar organised by Chulalongkorn University, Mr Kukrit said many people believed the new government
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      Lock icon Officers ‘helped plan raid on police hq’
      206 10 AFP. MANILA Several active military officers helped plan a June 11 raid by renegade soldiers on the camp housing the country’s national police headquarters, an evening newspaper reported here yesterday. The People’s Tonight, an evening tabloid, said 11 men involved in the raid
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      Lock icon PAL bans smoking on domestic flights
      100 10 AFP. MANILA Philippine Airlines has banned smoking on all its domestic flights effective from next month, airline spokesmen said here yesterday. But smoking will still be allowed on international flights. The decision followed numerous passenger complaints since the small size of aircraft used for
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      Lock icon Kidnapped American and wife well, say emissaries
      219 10 UPI. CAGAYAN DE ORO (Philippines) Muslim emissaries reported yesterday an American and his Filipina wife were “alive and well” a week after they were kidnapped in the re-bellion-torn southern Philippines, military authorities said. Army brigade commander Colonel Carlos Pena said the emissaries had
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      Pertamina wins new Japanese contract for liquefied natural gas
      243 10 JAKARTA Pertamina, the Indonesian stateowned oil company, has won a new contract for an additional sale of 1.45 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan. The Jakarta Post reported that with this deal, Pertamina’s total LNG export commitments worldwide
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      Lock icon China makes Cory’s ancestral village a tourist spot
      133 10 Reuter. BEIJING Philippine President Corazon Aquino’s ancestral village in China has been declared an open area for tourists and given funds to attract thousands of visitors. Mrs Aquino visited the home of her great-grand-father in Hongjian village in the coastal province of
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      Lock icon Legislators seek gradual phasing out of US bases
      554 11 NYT. MANILA As the Philippines struggles to find a national consensus over the presence of American bases here, a growing number of legislators are advocating a compromise involving a gradual closing of the installations. Most now agree with President Corazon Aquino the
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      Lock icon Manila tells US: Compensate by cancelling debts
      219 11 Reuter. MANILA The Philippines has asked Washington to cancel some of its debt as partial compensation for use of two huge US military bases, President Corazon Aquino’s spokesman said. “That has been proposed by the Philippine panel,” Mr Teodoro Benigno said on Friday.
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      Lock icon Two Thai fishermen feared dead in Burmese navy attack
      172 11 AFP. BANGKOK Two Thai fishermen are missing and feared dead after a Burmese naval vessel raked their wooden trawlers with machinegun fire. Marine Police commander Maj-Gen Thirachai Riencharoen said the two Thai fishing trawlers were attacked by the Burmese gunboat on
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      Lock icon Thai police seize heroin refinery
      117 11 AP. BANGKOK The police have seized what is believed to be the biggest heroin refining complex uncovered in Thailand in the past decade. About 50 policemen exchanged fire with guards at the complex in the jungle hills of Chiang Dao district of Chiangmai province on
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      Lock icon Villagers kill elephants illegally in Sumatra
      265 11 UPI. JAKARTA Villagers in southern Sumatran province have been killing wild elephants that periodically rampage their plantations, even though killing the protected animals is punishable by jail. According to reports, local officials in the province decided recently to kill the wild animals that have
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      378 11 The leaders The thinkers The people who shaped Malay development In the feudal days, he was a lord to be obeyed without question. When the British came, he made compromises in order to survive. Then he was confronted by the economic challenge of the non-Malays. The values of capitalism soon
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Lock icon Son Sann to brief Mahathir on Bogor talks
      153 14 Bernama. MALACCA Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad is expected to be briefed today on the recent Jakarta informal talks by Mr Son Sann, head of the Khmer People’s National Liberation Front (KPNLF). He said he would hear “from the horse’s
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      Lock icon 'Time Sabah acts om illegal immigrants'
      380 14 Govt worried about those who cause social problems: Kitirigan Bernama. KENINGAU (Sabah) Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Joseph Pairin Kitingan said the time has come to tackle “by the horns” the problem of illegal immigrants in the state. In his closing remarks at a forum
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      KL denies envoy left Manila because of death threats
      256 14  -  By SALIM OSMAN KUALA LUMPUR The Foreign Ministry last night denied speculation that the Malaysian ambassador to Manila, Mr Imam Mohamed Haniff, has returned to Kuala Lumpur because of death threats received in Manila following the detention of 49 Filipino fishermen
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      Lock icon All Umno branches ‘have been revived’
      130 14 Bernama. MALACCA All Umno branches in Malaysia have been “revived” by the Supreme Council, New Umno secretary-general Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said yesterday. The revival of the 8,668 branches followed approval by the council. “In this connection, divisional committees cannot unilaterally close branches under their
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      Lock icon Aquino aide slams KL for detaining 48 fishermen
      158 14 AFP. MANILA A close aide to President Corazon Aquino lashed out at Malaysia yesterday for the detention of 48 Filipino fishermen and said Manila should discard plans to renounce its claim to the Malaysian state of Sabah. Chief presidential speechwriter Teodoro Locsin,
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      Lock icon ‘Daim will be asked about pay rise’
      261 14 Bernama. PENANG Finance Minister Datuk Paduka Daim Zainuddin will be asked to table details of the proposed salary hike for civil servants at the next Cabinet meeting, according to Deputy Prime Minister Ghafar Baba yesterday. The details had yet to be discussed, he
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      Lock icon KL to privatise 19 airports
      283 17 Aim is to improve travel services and boost tourism: Minister NST. KUCHING THE government will privatise 19 airports to improve air travel services in the country. Among them are Subang airport in Kuala Lumpur, Senai airport in Johor, Kuching airport in Sarawak and Kota Kinabalu
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      Lock icon Thatcher’s talks with Mahathir cover landing rights and jets
      281 17 NST. KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia’s request for additional landing rights in London should be further discussed between Malaysia Airlines and British Airways, British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher said yesterday. She told a press conference at Subang airport following an hour-long meeting with
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      Signboards ‘must follow Bahasa Malaysia rules’
      243 17 KUANTAN The municipal council has reminded traders and companies that their signboards, whether old or new, must comply with the regulations relating to the use of Bahasa Malaysia, The Star newspaper reported. The council’s public relations officer, Mr Zulkifly Abdul Malek, said that under
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      Lock icon University appoints pro-chancellors
      176 17 Bernama. BANGI (Selangor) Former Petronas president and chief executive Tan Sri Abdullah Mohamed Salleh and former Senate president Tan Sri Haji Omar Yoke Lin were yesterday made the prochancellors of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). UKM’s chancellor, the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, announced the appointments at
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      Lioness in zoo dies, two others in coma after drug overdose
      196 17 TAIPING One of the three lionesses, which have been in coma at the zoo here since last Sunday after they had been given an overdose of barbiturates, has died. The Star quoted the chairman of the zoo committee, Mr
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  • HOME NEWS
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      NTUC calls on govt to pay extra half-month bonus
      371 18 THE NTUC has suggested that public sector employees should get an extra halfmonth’s bonus if the economy grows by 8 per cent this year. “And if the economy surprises us by doing better, we ought to ask the government to consider
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      Only four TV viewers spotted the winners of Sing Singapore
      155 18 ONLY four television viewers correctly predicted the winners of the Sing Singapore Community Singing Competition held at Kallang Theatre on July 23. A draw was held to select the top three winners because of the four all-correct entries received. The
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      Man charged with attacking brother
      55 18 A MAN was charged yesterday with hurting his elder brother on Feb 25, 1986. Chia Gek Mong, 33. is said to have been with his brother Chia Gek Khiang, 25, when they allegedly used a bearing scraper to hurt Mr Chia Gek Hwee, 40. No
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      Make proposal for elected president an issue at polls Chiam
      419 18  -  By LEONG WENG KAM OPPOSITION MP Chiam See Tong last night urged the Government to make the proposal for an elected president an issue at the next general election if it does not call a referendum. The secretary-general of the
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      Here’s one private estate that’s showing the flag all 72 of them
      340 18 RESIDENTS of Orchard Court can take a bow. And for good reason: the Community Development Ministry says the two blocks of high-rise apartments off River Valley Road are good examples of a private estate festooned with the state
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      Raja: Having opposition MPs may be useful lesson
      187 18 IT MIGHT prove a useful lesson to voters if, by accident, the opposition were to win one or two Group Representation Constituencies (GRCs), Mr S. Rajaratnam, Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, said last night. Singaporeans would then be able to
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      Three more ‘stabilisers’ for political and social system
      247 18 National Day dinners THREE “stabilisers” have been added to Singapore’s political and social system, Mr Leong Horn Kee said at the National Day Dinner in his Thomson constituency last night. Group Representation Constituencies, where MPs will be elected in teams of three
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      Yiok Seng: Nonsense to say S’poreans can't examine issues critically
      186 18 IT IS “utter nonsense’’ to say that Singaporeans have become so comfortable and complacent that they are unable to examine issues critically, Mr Lee Yiok Seng. Senior Parliamentary Secretary (National Development), said last night. Those who say this are people
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      Dr Tay says goodbye to ward’s grassroots leaders
      120 18 THE Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon, said “thank you” and goodbye to his grassroots leaders and constituents at River Valley, one of seven wards which have been scrapped. Dr Tay, who has been MP there for eight years, said
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      Making a lovely place better
      100 18 JALAN Kayu MP Heng Chiang Meng urged his constituents to continue working with him to make Jalan Kayu, “a lovely corner” of Singapore, even more pleasant. Jalan kayu’s National Day dinner, at the Seletar Road Market, was attended by Labour Minister Lee Yock Suan, Trade
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      Seow: I was detained because I was political threat
      354 19 LAWYER Francis Seow yesterday accused the Government of misusing the Internal Security Act, saying he was arrested and detained for 72 days only because he posed a political threat to the People’s Action Party. In a statement issued here, three weeks
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      Absurd, says Jaya of Seow’s statement
      294 19 HOME Affairs Minister S. Jayakumar has dismissed as “incredibly absurd” lawyer Francis Seow’s statement yesterday about his arrest and detention under the Internal Security Act. Prof Jayakumar questioned why it had taken Mr Seow three weeks to produce his “long, rambling statement”. “Why wait
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      Stars chat on Operation Videophone
      377 19 SHE was in The New Paper office in Kim Seng Road. He was in Metro Marina. But not only could they talk to each other, they could see each other as well. It was all thanks to a video telephone which Singaporeans will be able
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      Woman swallows conmen’s story hook, line and sinker
      351 19 A TRIO claiming to be Cambodian refugees were up to fishy business when they bought an assortment of fishing equipment from a store in Clementi. Claiming they did not have enough money to pay for the $407 worth of equipment, they persuaded
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      Unlicensed trishaw rider fined $500
      74 19 A MAN was fined $5OO on Friday when he admitted pedalling a trishaw without a licence. Tan Poo Leng. 53, was caught out after a Danish tourist complained that he asked for $6O for a short ride in Chinatown on Dec 22 last year. Tan
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      Doctors differ on whether baby ‘twin’ was detectable
      671 19  -  By SERENA TOH DOCTORS are divided over whether ultrasound tests could have detected the rudimentary Siamese twin born in Kandang Kerbau Hospital three weeks ago. Some said the 15 cm by 10 cm growth attached to the spine of a baby girl
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      Lock icon N-Day Carnival a hit with young ones
      754 20  -  100 different activities draw thousands of parents and fun-seekers By LYNETTE ONG and IRENE ANG IT WAS mainly a fair for children, with fun activities spread over 72,000 sq m of carnival ground at the Marina Park yesterday. This was National Day Carnival
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      S’pore looks beyond 100th direct air link
      557 21  -  At least 12 more destinations may be added By RAV DHALIWAL WITH 100 direct air links in the bag the largest number in Asia and the Pacific Singapore is already hard at work to add at least another dozen destinations to its list.
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      NTUC FairPrice chalks up record profits for second year running
      296 21 NTUC FairPrice has turned in record net profits of $17.9 million even after providing $3.47 million for paper losses sustained in last October’s stock market crash. This was the co-operative’s second successive year of record profits. The profit, for the
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      10 to 15 town councils to be set up after polls: Dr Yeo
      612 22  -  Pick right MR to manage funds, voters told By MARTIN LOH and MICHAEL LIM TEN to 15 town councils will be formed after the coming general elections, Communications and Information Minister Dr Yeo Ning Hong said yesterday.
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      SAF exercises
      165 22 THE Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting training daily in Lim Chu Kang, Tuas, Hong Kah, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Wing Loong and Loyang from 8 am tomorrow to 1 pm on Saturday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used and the public is advised not to be alarmed. The
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      British mission
      46 22 NINETEEN British compa nies which make state-of-the-art products and services will be in Singapore to look for suitable local partners. The companies, from the Leicester Chamber of Commerce, will be here from Aug 15 to 19 and hope to sign agency and distribution agreements.
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      Former mental patient jailed for offence on schoolgirl
      218 22 A FORMER mental patient was yesterday sentenced to three years and two strokes of the cane for using force and restraining an eight-year-old girl in order to outrage her modesty. Mohd Yusoff bin Shaik Mohd, 35, a labourer, was found guilty after
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      Civil Defence Force sets up fund for needy members
      150 22 A FUND has been set up by the Civil Defence Force to promote the welfare of its members, volunteers and their families. The latest government gazette said the fund will procure for these people “comforts, conveniences or other advantages not chargeable
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      Schoolbag in engine didn’t fool narco dog
      316 22  -  First major heroin haul in Woodiands in 4 years By SHARON LIM THE engine compartment of a car is an unlikely place to keep a schoolbag. So, officials at the Woodlands Checkpoint were understandably suspicious when a narco dog sniffed out a canvas
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      Free Sunday parking at more HDB lots
      114 22 FROM today, you can park free of charge on Sundays and public holidays at the following HDB carparks: Nee Soon Constituency: Carpark Y 26 between Blocks 816 and 820, Yishun Street 81; Carpark Y 27 between Blks 821 and 830, Yishun Street 81;
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  • FOCUS
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      Making heroes of our own
      307 23 The Sunday Times VIEW THE Guinness Stout Effort Award has been honouring Singaporeans over the past 10 years for their outstanding acts of bravery, courage, perseverance and other virtues. Thanks to two local publishers, these deeds are not allowed to fade away into the haze
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      25 YEARS AGO
      175 23 What The Sunday Times reported on August 4. 1963 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce today warned the Japanese government that if its claims for compensation for Japanese atrocities during the war were not settled by Wednesday, it would call for a mass rally to report the
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      A Rosie among the thorns
      1453 23 She knows us very well, warts and all. Talk about a caring society and ANN WEE’s name stands out She knows more about local customs than those born and bred here. Her clear English accents now bear a Singapore sling. After 38 years spent in
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        Why voters might stop taking good govt for granted
        903 24 Tan Sai Siong IT MAY sound disrespectful. It is not meant to be. I do look on Mr S. Rajaratnam, the Senior Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, as Singapore’s political weath-er-vane. I find that if I follow what he says
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        Don’t mistake youthful idealism for subversion
        823 24 Cheng Shoong Tat REFLECTING upon one’s youthful idealism is not exactly the most productive thing to do at 28. But each time I trace my own intellectual development, one of my fundamental beliefs is reinforced: that youthful idealism however radical it may appear should
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        How far will politics affect US economy?
        878 24 Murray Seeger JUST in time for the final weeks of the long election campaign, the official index of future US economic activity last week sent a strong positive signal across the 50 states. The statistic suggested that the US economy was on a
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        In wartime, look for the road bullies
        454 24 WITH all the public complaints that drivers of heavy vehicles are big bullies, mv 10-year-old nephew Alex and I took the Mass Rapid Transit when we went for lunch last Sunday. Alas, from the station we had to take a cab to the
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        A FACTORY LIFE
        1979 25 The economy might run into serious difficulties without the women in Singapore’s many factories. But while they have been the subject of much comment, little has been heard from them, despite three decades of industrialisation. Here in her own words is a young factory worker’s view of
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      148 23 TOSHIBA SERVICE CENTRE. A MOVE TO EVEN BETTER SERVICE. From tomorrow, Toshiba Service Centre will be at: VVB, Module 26-27, Pasir Panjang Warehousing Complex, Pasir Panjang Road, Singapore 0511. Tel: 479-3131. Bigger premises, with more room for the latest in hi-tech sophistication and equipment, manned by highly trained technicians. In
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  • RACING
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      Much More ready for another winning run
      305 26  -  By LIONEL LEE Our man on the track KUALA LUMPUR Stay with Much More in Race 5 here today. An impressive winner in the Batu Gantong Stakes over the Penang 1,700 m in May, Much More looks set for another winning effort after
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      Get lucky—hit that jackpot!
      114 26 OFF-COURSE punters at Bukit Timah yesterday fell back on the tierce and forecast as there was no quartet betting. But they will be out in force today as Race 7 to be run at Kuala Lumpur has been nominated for quartet betting and a 5149,470 jackpot
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      Thomson can follow up with Yin Yang
      207 26  -  By RON TEO AUSTRALIAN jockey Brent Thomson, who bagged a double with Currency II and Twin Jet yesterday, can follow up with Yin Yang in Race 2, the restricted terms Div E sprint over 1,200 m. At his third start last month, the
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      TODAY’S KUALA LUMPUR CARD
      4121 26 2.00 RESTRICTED TERMS DIV C 1,200m (Stakes: $11,000) 1 Forward Thrust 55 Rich Glamorous-Zafir 4 ag (1200m). Newcomer by Boychick out of Ring A Win; arrived on Jan 26. F Rajoo 3 2 Perigueux 55 Perigueux-Loh 3 nzg (1200m). Newcomer by The Pug out of Huamulan;
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      Lock icon 13-classic winner Wilson quits to become trainer
      395 27  -  He was astride Jumbo Jet in three of the gelding’s four big-race victories in 1972 WAN PERTH West Australian jockey Johnny Wilson, best remembered for his association with the mighty Jumbo Jet, has just called it quits after 35 years in the saddle.
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      Lock icon Oo lands a double to pull clear of Lyndon
      2674 27  -  Thomson may cut short riding stint in KL By OUR RACING TEAM LIONEL LEE KUALA LUMPUR Capitalising on Maree Lyndon’s absence, leading local jockey K.L. Oo yesterday landed a double to bring his winning tally to 30 and pull clear of
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      Close call for Tiley
      218 27  -  By JACK ELLIOTT SYDNEY New Zealander Nigel Tiiey, who won the jockeys’ premiership in Sin-gapore-Malaysia for two seasons (1984 and 1985), had a close shave at Warwick Farm racecourse here yesterday when he was nearly dislodged from his .mount, West Dancer, during the running of the
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  • SPORT
    • ON THE SCHOOLS SCENE
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        Saints keep marching on
        291 28  -  By PETER KHOO DEFENDING champions St Andrew’s Secondary qualified for the final of the Goh Keng Swee Challenge Shield C Division rugby union tournament yesterday when they beat arch-rivals Raffles Institution 14-0 at Woodsville. Both teams produced keen, competitive rugby that delighted the enthusiastic crowd. The
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        Tampines surprise Hwa Chong
        152 28  -  SHIRLYNN HO A CONFIDENT Hwa Chong Junior College were beaten 7-3 by Tampines Junior College in the A Division boys’ semi-final of the Schools National softball tournament at Dover Road yesterday. Hwa Chong, who had expected to win the match easily, were unable to settle down
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    • CRICKET
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        Singapore are confident of toppling FT
        271 28  -  MAHMOOD GAZNAVI SINGAPORE are confident of beating Federal Territory in their opening match in the J&B Rare Singapore Cricket Carnival starting today (10.30 am). The Republic, deprived of a place in the Malaysian Cricket Association League finals when they lost 2-1 to FT in
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        Lock icon Lankans held by Counties
        238 28 Reuter. SLEAFORD (England) Sri Lanka's two-day cricket match against the Minor Counties ended in a draw here on Friday. Brief scores: Sri Lanka 224-4 dec (A. Silva 76, B. Kuruppu 52) and 240-4 dec (R Mahanama 92. A. Silva 53); Minor Counties 184-5 dec (S. Plumb
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        Change of role as Teng Cheong wins top prize
        525 28  -  TAY CHENG KHOON MR ONG TENG CHEONG, the guest-of-honour who was supposed to be giving away the prizes at the 15th Singapore Manufacturers Association golf championships at the New Course yesterday, ended up winning the lop award from Finance Minister Dr
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      SPORTING SUNDAY
      216 28 ARCHERY Pesta Sukan International (Gloucester Barracks, 7am). ATHLETICS SHA Inter-Hotel meet: (Hougang, 8.45 am). BOWLING King of 9- Pin Tap tournament (Tenpin, 9.30 am). CRICKET JAB Rare Singapore Cricket Carnival: Negri Sembilan v Perak (CSC). Johor v Penang (IA), Federal Territory v Singapore (SCC), Sabah v Selangor (SRC)
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      Minoza stays three ahead of field
      176 28 IPOH Favourite Frankie Minoza goes into the Perak Masters final round today at the Tiger Lane course with a comfortable three-stroke. Minoza, the overnight leader, yesterday returned a face-saving one-under-par 71 to hold on to his threestroke lead with a 209 total. B. Ruengchit,
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      Goe faces selection by trial and error
      1206 29  -  Double Olympic 1,500m champion in jeopardy of missing Games’ ball ALWAYS ON SUNDAY ALAN HUBBARD \ki HEN Sebastian Coe hands you his business card you could be excused for thinking he has turned to evangelism. It reads simply: The Faith Organisation. Faith happens
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      Christie is dynamic duo’s main threat
      319 29  -  ALAN HIBBARD BIRMINGHAM Linford Christie, Europe’s fastest man, has secured his place in Seoul as the chief outside threat to the dynamic duo of Carl Lewis and Ben Johnson. His 100 metres time of 10.15 sec during Friday’s British Olympic trials, although his best
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      Lock icon Mennea may race in Olympics
      81 29 Reuter. ROME Italy’s veteran 200 metres world recordholder Pietro Mennea will go to the Seoul Olympics if he proves his fitness in a series of races this month, Italian athletics chief Primo Nebiolo said on Friday. Mr Nebiolo, president of the Italian Athletics Federation, said
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      Lock icon OLYMPIC CAPSULES
      493 29 AP. Reuter, UPI. Soviets confident: Leonid Arkaev, coach of the Soviet gymnastics team, is confident his team will win at least half the number of the gold medals for the sport at the Seoul Games. “As everyone knows, the Soviet Union will win. then East Germany and third,
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      Lock icon Johnson’s easy victory
      112 29 AFP. Reuter. OTTAWA World recordholder Ben Johnson clocked 10.38sec in his heat of the 100 metres dash at the Canadian Olympic track and field trials on Friday. The time did not approach his world record time of 9.83, set in Rome last year, but Johnson said he
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      Jesmine following arrows to Seoul
      311 29  -  BOWLING By LEE WAI WUN THOSE little arrows on bowling lanes could help Jesmine Ho qualify for next month’s Seoul Olympics where bowling is an exhibition event. Two months ago, she used to bowl by aiming at the pins. Now, the fast-rising national bowler is
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    • ON THE HOCKEY SCENE
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        Pakistan beat India for first win
        107 29 GWALIOR (India) Fullback Qaxi Mohib scored two goals as Olympic champions Pakistan beat India 2-1 on Friday to win their first game in three matches of a friendly series. The Pakistani victory ended a run of four consecutive defeats by India, who took the
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        155 29 PUNGGOL Constituency Sports Club struggled to beat no-hopers Ceylon Sports Club 1-0 in a Premier League match at Balestier Road yesterday. CSC were indeed unlucky to lose because their forwards played well but lacked strong finish. Goalkeeper Zaini Mohammed, of CSC, was undoubtedly the
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        35 29 KUALA LUMPUR Jqhor beat Kuala Lumpur 5-4 (1-1) on penalty strokes, while Negri Sembilan defeated Penang 2-0 in the semi-finals of the Razak Cup tournament yesterday. The final will be played, today.
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        135 29 SHOOTING Vincent Chan, of Singapore Rifle Association A, won the Pesta Sukan stage one practical pistol event at Mount Vernon yesterday. Results Ind: 1 Vincent Chan 136 pts 2 Joachim Cheong (Safsa) 132 3 Barry Chen (SRA A) 130. Team: 1 SRA A 386 pts 2 Malaysia B 327
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      1040 31  -  Age catches up with Giresse Olsen, Zico and Passarella ROB HUGHES Talk of Soccer Q OCCER, like most living things, sheds old skins for new. It hurts when personalities we have grown accustomed to go out of the game, but that’s life.
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      191 31 AFP. ARNHEIM (Holland) Barcelona soccer club captain Jose Ramon Alexanco has been arrested and detained, accused of rape, club officials said here on Friday. Police said the victim, a young girl whose age was not given, made the accusations and identified the player on Wednesday.
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      329 31 AFP. Reuter. AP, UPI. STEVE ARCHIBALD, the former Scotland striker, could finish his career with English champions Liverpool. The 31-year-old, a free agent after being released by Spanish giants Barcelona with a £250,000 ($875,000) pay-off last week, is reported to have had talks with Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish.
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      487 31 Reuter. AFP INDIANAPOLIS Top-seeded Boris Becker needed just 65 minutes on Friday to reach the semi-finals of the US Men’s Hardcourt tennis championships with a 6-2, 6-3 triumph over Yaya Doumbia, of Senegal. Becker, the two-time Wimbledon champion, will play local favourite Todd Witsken in the semi-finals.
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      232 31  -  SHIRLYNN HO THE Prince players watched their team-mates. Dr Ong Leong Boon and Leslie Lim, suffer the tennis player’s ultimate nightmare choking and slowly losing their grip on the match in the decider. Prince eventually lost 16-11 to Dunlop in a tense tussle while
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        519 32  -  Ace Atkinson, leaves Asia Electric in tatters MERLION CUP RESULTS: CHINA 119 DYNAMO TBILISI 103; QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA 87 ASIA ELECTRIC 69; BREWSTER HEIGHTS 93 SMELT OLYMPIA 75 By LEE WAI WUN THE Black Panther struck again at Geylang Indoor Stadium last night. Emery Atkinson, like a
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        29 32 TODAY: Tbilisi v Smelt (6pm), Brewster v Asia E. (7.36pm), Australia v China (9pm). TOMORROW: Asia E. v Tbilisi (5.31pm), Smelt v Australia (7pm), China v Brewster (8.30pm).
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        319 32  -  J. RAJENDRAN KANGAR Striker K. Kannan is experiencing what you might call the opposite of a purple patch. He has not scored in Singapore’s last four Malaysia Cup soccer matches, six in all if you count the two friendlies against the Indonesian Under-23 team. Kannan
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        410 32  -  By J. RAJENDRAN Benama. KANGAR Singapore are feeling the pressure of not being able to win. Defeat aside, nothing could be more demoralising for them than another draw in today’s Malaysia Cup soccer tie against Perlis here. Although they are one of two
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        426 32 The Sports Editor says THERE is no doubt that live telecasts of sporting events affect gate collections. Unless, of course, the event is a World Cup or Football Association Cup soccer final, which traditionally attracts capacity crowds even if there is a live telecast.
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        279 32  -  Godfrey Robert THE promise of a world boxing title fight, a showdown between the planet’s two best squash players and the probability of watching the Republic of Ireland soccer team in competition all in the next three months. And in the
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        72 32 Bernama. KUALA LUMPUR Banned Johor soccer striker Dollah Salleh yesterday apologised to the Football Association of Johor and withdrew the summons he filed against them at the Johor High Court. But he declined to explain why he had resorted to legal action and had changed his mind.
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        225 32  -  JOE DORA! THE Republic of Ireland soccer team, which includes such stars as John Aldridge, Ray Houghton and Tony Galvin, have been invited to play in the Merlion Cup competition in November. But it is unlikely that Eire, the surprise team at the European Championship finals
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        410 32 Reuter, AP. AFP. BASEBALL Major League results: American: Minnesota 7 New York 5, 2-Minnesota 11 New York 2, Baltimore 4 Milwaukee 1, 2-Milwaukee 3 Baltimore 1, Detroit 3 Boston 1, 2-Detroit 3 Boston 2, Toronto 7 Kansas City 6, Texas 8 Cleveland 4, California 6 Chicago 5
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        271 32 Reuter. LONDON England were all out for 202 in their second innings on the third day of the Fifth and final cricket Test against West Indies at The Oval yesterday. West Indies need 225 to win. The foundation for England’s innings was laid by
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      78 32 INSIDE ALAN HUBBARD on SEBASTIAN COE Double gold medallist faces selection by trial and error Page 29 LATEST STEVE CRAM (pictured far right with Seb Coe at the LA Games) qualified for Seoul during the British Olympic trials yesterday, shrugging off Tom McKean in the 811 metres to clock lmin
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      1923 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, August 7, 1988 Scene TV Eye TV Listings Music Comics Classifieds Young Life Cinema i il J.9P A I f I r Z* <* > r lossy- e eve TODAY’S TELEVISION CHOICE WIZARD OF OZ. The well-loved fantasy with Judy Garland as the farm girl
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      1061 2 For Edna Buchanan, bizarre death is not just television make-belief, it’s away of life. The Pulitzer prize-winning crime reporter, whose experiences read like an episode from Miami Vice, has written a book and will have a film made about her life. DOUGLAS THOMPSON reports. IPS. “PARTS of
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        116 2  -  By JUDITH TAN HONGKONG comedian Eric Tsang’s dream to star in a comedy with popular actress Carol Cheng is finally coming true but not without a price. When he heard that he would be acting opposite Cheng, Tsang agreed to sign on for the four-month filming
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        97 2 HONGKONG j actress Eva Lai, the Asia Pacific 1985 beauty queen, has vowed that she would never sign a contract with either ATY or IHK-TVB *ven if I it was offered Eva: signed on to her. But after one lunch outing last week with two
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        82 2 HE married in June 27 and come November, he will be a father. Taiwanese actor Chin Hsiang Lin and his wife are now calmly brushing aside the unkind gossip in the Hongkong newspapers, and hope to have a baby girl “so that she can be dolled up,
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        92 2 TAIWANESE actress Xia Taifeng’s husband, Zou Shen, has finally agreed to sign divorce papers, ending their 12-year marriage. It was a no-fuss meeting at the lawyer’s office and the two went separate ways after that. A much happier Xia then returned to the studio all dressed up and
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        65 2 AT A recent concert in Tokyo, Japanese pop idol Seiko Matsuda shocked the audience by baring her top for a few seconds. Some cheered on while others were outraged by the oncewholesome teeny-bopper, reports the Lianhe Wanbao. Fans believe that this is a new strategy on the
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      1161 3 Spruced up vendors, antique watches from $5O to $5,000, security men with walkie-talkies that’s the updated pasar malam down by the riverside. But will it last, asks K.F.TANG. Rosewood. That perhaps best sums up the most startling difference between the republic’s newest pasar malam, or
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      470 3 H MOST vendors at the Singapore River pasar malam, like their gleaming stalls, are newcomers to the game. And nearly all are part-timers holding a day job or running a ousiness, unlike vendors of the old pasar malams. Most speak some English, and toe few who do
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      29 2 Who's Got THE LOOK? Your guess is as good as ours. Meet the final line-up in Singapore's first Look Of The Year contest. August: On Sale Now ft 'V'm
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      108 4 MIAMI Vice ended its season recently, as did the soaps, with a cliffhanger. Sonny Crockett, played by hunky Don Johnson, had just shot a fellowpolice officer and was fleeing the scene in a speedboat. He had a memory lapse that convinced him that he was
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      95 4 ONE of the hottest movies now in production is Wired, the film adaptation of the controversial Bob Woodward book about the late comedian John Belushi. While Woodward’s book is meant to be factual, the film is not. Instead, it is a surreal black comedy. The owner of Chateau
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      58 4 TOM Selleck was recently in Hawaii, where he and Magnum P. I. co-star Larry Manetti have opened their own restaurant, The Black Orchid. They named their tropical, idyllic eatery after one of their favourite i Magnum episodes. Opening night was a gala benefit, which raised US$590,000 (S$1.2
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      Starr of American show
      122 4 i RINGO Starr is bringing Thomas the Tank Engine and himself to American television next year. Ringo, who has j been the voice of I Thomas for years I in Britain, will be I hosting a new I children’s series called Shining Time Station. Thomas the
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      89 4 IPS, IHT. EVER thought of pouring your heart out to country-and-westem singer Kenny Rogers? Kenny will be the host of a day-time I chat show in the I US very soon. And I it will be one of I those shows where I an in-house
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      74 4 I LIKE most of Hollywood, the I actor Peter Falk is I awaiting the end of I the writers’ strike I so that work can resume on six new episodes of his hit 1970s detective series Columbo. “I do not knowwhy people like (the character) so much,”
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    221 4  -  PHILIP COOREY. WHEN MGM released Anna Christie in 1930 it also brought out its famous publicity blurb which merely said Garbo TALKS’. It was not surprising that in the 1939 release of Garbo's first comedy, the blurb became Garbo LAUGHSA In Ninotchka (Cine Show-case, Mon;
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      808 4 TV EYE When will TV crime fighters get it wrong? ON THE BLINK By VAL MACQUEEN WITH the return of Hunter and Magnum P. I. last week, one was forcefully reminded that viewing most television programmes has all the suspense and mercurial charm of watching concrete set. This is particularly
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      329 5 STUDY IN AUSTRALIA Freeman Overseas Testing Service (FOTS) can place you in an Australian secondary school as a full-fee student starting in February 1989 Both private and government school places available. Some schools have boarding or help you find accommodation. Also available are Year 12 courses for students 18—35 years
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      1185 5 RADIO HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK THE WOODLANDERS Play Of The Week, Today, BBC World Service, 9 am and 8 pm Thomas Hardy’s, compelling story, serialised in four parts, about a timber merchant George Melbury’s desire to see his daughter better herself through marriage. THE PRIME MINISTER’S NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE Monday,
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      1138 5 NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS PULL-OUT GUIDE TO LEISURE HIGHLIGHTS WITH FULL TV LISTINGS THE SUNDAY TIMES NATIONAL DAY PARADE. Mass precision drills and placard displays by uniformed groups and other contingents. Followed by fireworks display. Tuesday, 7.15 pm (spectators must be seated by 5.45 pm), National Stadium. All
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      242 5 THE PRIME MINISTER’S NATIONAL DAY MESSAGE Ch 5, 9.30 pm The Malay version will be shown on the same channel at 7.50 pm. Ch 8 will show the Tamil version at 6.45 pm, and the Chinese version at 7.35 pm. STAR TREK III: The Search For Spock Pre-Holiday Movie
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      365 5 SUPERMAN 50TH ANNIVERSARY Ch 5, 4.35 pm Actors Christopher Reeve and Hal Holbrook and musician Lou Reed are among those who share their thoughts on one of cinema’s greatest heroes. Includes footage from Superman cartoons and movies. NATIONAL DAY PARADE ’BB Ch 5 and 8,7 pm Includes
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      80 5 THE LEGENDARY ZHONG KUI One Plus One, Ch 8, 6.45 pm The first of a 20-episode series (right) about the life of Zhong Kui, a legendary ghost-catcher of the Tang Dynasty. Luo Lelm, Cai Sanyi and Li Wenbiao star in this Hongkong movie. EAGLE'S WINGS Thursday Feature Special, Ch
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      34 5 LONE WOLF MCQUADE Friday At The Movies. Ch 5, 10.30 pm Maverick Texas Ranger Chuck Norris takes on a gun-running operation headed by David Carradine. Barbara Carrera co-stars in this 1983 action-packed movie.
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      87 5 THE 1988 MONTREUX ROCK FESTIVAL Ch 5, 8 pm First of a three-part recording of the festival held in Montreux, Switzerland, recently. Performers in this programme include Johnny Hates Jazz and Scritti Politti. NEVER GIVE AN INCH Saturday Night Movie, Ch 5, 10.30 pm A 1971 saga about the
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      808 9 Long-term commitments on the part of British record companies have resulted in long-term success for UK’s young talent. Among them is the Irish export Hothouse Flowers, a pop band you can take home to meet your sister. Syndi- cation-Link. EVER since the Beatles
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      90 9 United States 1. Roll With It Steve Win wood 2. Pour Some Sugar On Me Def Leppard 3. Hands To Heaven Breathe 4 (6) Sign Your Name Terence Trent D' Arby 5.(7) Make Me Lose Control Eric Carmen 6(9) One-Two-Three Gloria Estefan And Miami Sound Machine
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      576 9  -  POP REVIEW By CARL SKADIAN SOONER or later, it had to happen. Robert Plant fooled around with the Honeydrippers for a bit, but it did not take long for him to get bored. John Paul Jones fiddled with the soundtrack for an
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        Hello kids
        241 17 IN TWO days’ time it will be another public holiday. Unlike the rest with the possible exception of New Year’s Day it will one that will be celebrated by all Singaporeans. National Day is truly national and a good time to remember that unity is strength. Our different
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        78 17 Which city had the first underground railway? The London ‘Tube’ was the first city underground railway system when its Metropolitan Line opened in 1863. The trains were popular because they were quick and the people thought that breathing in the smoke from the steam engines was good
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        Munch on the corn, work on the cob
        213 17 After you have eaten your fill of corn-on-the-cob, you can make use of the leftovers to decorate your room. You will need: Two corn cobs Plywood 20 cm by 25 cm A sharp knife Glue Brush Varnish 1. Buy two uncooked corn
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        Lock icon HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884 — 1972)
        522 17 HARRY S. TRUMAN (1884 1972) American Presidents of the 20th Century AT 7.09 pm on April 12, 1945, Harry Truman became the 33rd President of the United States: President Franklin Roosevelt had suddenly died of bleeding in the brain and the Vice-Presi-dent had to take over. This was a critical
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        351 18 TAY YEK KEAK RAMBO 111 Starring Sylvester Stallone and Richard Crenna Directed by Peter MacDonald At Overseas Movie and Cathay cinemas FIRST, let us be clear about the cost of the movie US$63 million (Ssl29 million), or thereabouts. An enormous sum, even to feed an ego
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        Studies show you don't have to be fat to be rich
        361 18 SAN FRANCISCO In protein, that is. Indeed, many people are not aware that milk need not be loaded with fat and calories to be rich in protein and nutrients. In fact the valuable nutrients of milk are not even
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        No gain No pain
        512 18 ADVERTISEMENT RIO DE JANEIRO Some fitness enthusiasts would rather you have it the other way around. But the fact is. you need not become the world's most devoted triathlete to keep yourself slender. A brisk twentv-minute walk each day can do wonders for you and is
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        Slimming tips, trimming slips
        246 18 LONDON —The best tips for keeping slim and trim are the simplest. Take time. The correct way to lose weight is gradually, over time. Learn to think in terms of months instead of weeks. Crash diets are just that a dead end. They often contain far
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        Biceps brigade pulls in the big bucks
        676 18 BIG business in Hollywood these days seems to be powered by muscled men wreaking havoc, annihilating enemies and whole cities and generally leaving a trail of destruction so long, it can only be matched by the queues of ticket-buying fans. Some actually wait
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        37 18 USA Today ~ss: Van0^ rt 1 i W 0>, e 9 7 1 da'*'' lo c Uor° D 76 eU6S 77 *9 f u\\-sP' A uvr.K •5*33? 1 i acvess roeV© 5 T hetac
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      LANDFALL SINGAPORE
      2020 1 As time ticks away inexorably for Hongkong’s return to m Chinese control, the exodus of professionals is in full stampede. The West is angling for them, so is Singapore. But hardly a trickle comes our way. Yet, a prescient few made their way here before the 1997 gloom
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        561 2 Features International. IT ALL started with Housemaid’s Knee a century ago. Now it has been joined by Typist’s Wrist, Computer Neck, Lorry Driver’s Back, Salesman's Stoop... and at least 1,000 other ailments caused by the games we play or
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        Late mothers discover rewards
        876 2 Ursula Andress, Bette Midler and Glen Close have done it. Hollywood stars aside, the number of American women plunging into motherhood after 40 is rising, spurred on by many positive developments. PAT HILTON of USA Today reports. GLENN Close, 41, gave birth to her first baby,
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        372 2 USA Today. WOMEN who opt for post-40 pregnancies face an increased number of potential problems, experts say: Medical disorders. Later-life mothers are more apt to develop high blood pressure, diabetes, thyroid trouble, hypertension, endometriosis and fibroids during pregnancy. Miscarriage. The risk goes from 13 per
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        Go West, young man call by countries
        180 3 HONGKONG has lost as many as 166,666 Chinese residents out of the colony’s 5.6 million people in the stepped-up pre-1997 exodus. At least 56,666 more are already arranging to secure new homes overseas, reported Time magazine recently. Most of these people are professionals
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        Pedlars of free-wheeling skills on Orchard road
        921 4  -  By KOH BUCK SONG “l ADORE heavy traffic: it sharpens the mind”. And on a Sunday, Orchard Road seems to be the only place in Singapore where Mr Paul Koh finds the kind of traffic he revels in. However, being safety-conscious almost to
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        Sitting pretty in or out of pots
        318 4  -  By SERINA SNG. SOME plants bend over backwards to please you. Others go further they make ideal presents, and are also said to have aphrodisiacal qualities. The Wrightia is hard to beat on all these counts. Its willingness to take on new shapes
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        THIS WEEK’S TIP
        78 4 DO NOT throw away used tea leaves, coffee grounds and lawn clippings. Sprinkle them over the ground or onto potted plants. This helps to improve poor soils, and cuts down on the need to water so frequently. Of course, if the tea leaves or coffee dregs are
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        At sixes and sevens on 8.8.88? Take heart...
        817 4  -  Photography By JOHN LIM TOMORROW is 8.8.88, a day many Chinese regard as being very auspicious and which occurs only once in history. There is bound to be a record number of weddings on this day and if you are taking pictures
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          107 5 London Sunday Times. A BRITISH bookshop chain, Books Etc, has made an unprecedented gesture of confidence in a novel by inviting customers to read Gabriel Garcia Marquez s Love in the Time of Cholera on approval. If they do not like the book, the customers
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          65 5 IHT. OPERA star Jose Carreras is returning to the stage a year after being admitted to a Barcelona hospital for leukaemia. The 42-year-old tenor was taken ill while filming La Boheme in Paris. He was scheduled to test his voice in an open-air recital in Barcelona last month
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          99 5 AP. A GROUP of young Soviet actors will visit Britain next month to train with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and British drama students will go to Moscow, the international Foundation for Training in the Arts announced recently in London. The Moscow Art Theatre School will
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          96 5 IHT. The 12 winners of the National Medal of Arts, the annual presidential award for artistic excellence and support of the arts in the United States, were recently announced. They include composer, conductor and critic Virgil Thomson, novelist Saul Bellow, pianist Rudolf Serkin, Kennedy
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          Lock icon Studies of a woman at a concert
          108 5 IHT. WHAT Monet’s haystacks were to Impressionism, Oskar Kokoschka’s The Concert was to Expressionism, said Viennese art critic Max Dvorak in 1921. The Concert covers a series of intense character studies of Kamila Swoboda (1885-1942) made at three or four Hauskonzerte over a
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        Mixed and matched
        633 5  -  Making art from feathers, bones, paper and cloth has become an exciting aspect of many artists’ works in Singapore, reports EILEEN CHAN-TAY. THE local art scene today abounds with young people involved in creating new works of art from mixed media. More and more are discovering the
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        Witness to crimes against the Jews
        449 5  -  By MURRAY SEEGER ONE of the most important witnesses of the modern human experience, the Italian author Primo Levi, took his own life last year, leaving us a heritage unique in post-war writing. Levi is best known in the United States as the author
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        Adventures of a working man
        253 5 ONE of Primo Levi’s best novels, The Wrench, shows us the other side of his personality, his belief in the essentiality of work and his admiration for people who take pride in their skills. The book consists of a series of incidents related by Faussone,
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        Works inspired by the English landscape
        160 5 FOREIGN artists whose works are available in galleries in Singapore offer a much wider perspective of mixed media. The British artists are pioneering new developments in style and technique, using stitched, torn, layered and coloured paper often combined with other natural materials, dyes and
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          Wines from China
          256 6  -  By MAY HO A BOTTLE of Fukien Loh Chiew, or old wine from Fujian, a region in China, which I bought at a trade fair two years ago, proved to be a tasty addition to braised pork. I have been on the lookout for the wine ever
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        Whipping up a quick Singapore feast
        256 6 In celebration of National Day on Tuesday, an enterprising MARGARET CHAN hosts a meal made up entirely of instant foods packed locally. The verdict: delicious. EAT IN WHAT a feast, all 10 diners said when they sat down at the table. Before them was
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        811 6 Mutton briyani dum Two 25 g packs Home Gourmet Indian briyani rice seasoning Three 300 g cans Eliya hot mutton curry 4 .cups of rice 5 cups of water 8 cardamons and two 5-cm lengths of cinnamon stick, washed and lightly bruised 2 tbsps butter or ghee Va tsp
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        What’s needed for that instant meal
        140 6 ITEMS are in unit packings and are available in leading supermarkets. Prices as at Coronation NTUC Supermarket, July 15. Two packs 25 g Home Gourmet Inili-an-style Briyani rice seasoning mix at $l.lO each. Three 300 g tin Eliya Hot Mutton Curry at $1.90 each.
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        LUNCH
        285 7 NATIONAL DAY SPECIALS River Terrace Coffeehouse, Hotel New Otani: 338-3333. Muslim, Chinese, Indian and international buffets. $15.50 (adults), $lO (children). Lunch daily. Dinner on National Day and weekends. Until end of August. Ficus Cafe, Orchard Hotel: 734-7766. Local favourites including bak kut teh and sweet and sour pork. $lB
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        Long live local favourites
        898 7 Cockles, Teochew dumplings and live pickled crabs are on the verge of oblivion. But as MARGARET CHAN bites into the last few pieces, she’s pleased to learn that other old favourites are sneaking back on to the scene. EAT OUT A LIVING cuisine is continually evolving
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          Getting rid of that oil layer
          143 7  -  By THERESA HENG IN SOME of the gravy dishes I make, unless I use quite a bit of oil, the gravy does not come out well. But the layer of oil floating on top of the gravy can put some people off, and too
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          For a drop or two
          133 7 A bit of lemon juice in salad or some dishes can do wonders. But if I simply cut off a piece of lemon and squeeze it, I invariably splash some onto the surrounding area. To prevent this, I can use an orange juicer, but not
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          Easy way to make pastry
          284 7 I LOVE to bake, pies and biscuits in particular, but never seem to have time to make the quantity I want. Whether it is the rubbing-in method or the creaming method, pastry-making is still a time-consuming process to those without food processors. I was, therefore,
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        Lock icon Riviera, what reverie, what revelry
        985 8 BMWs get stolen. The sea looks mucky. Is this the French Riviera? ROGER COLLIS reveals why celebrities and the common man come under its Med spell, despite its sleaze IHT. IF YOU had asked me 10 or 15 years ago what I thought of the
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        English upper crust made beeline for it
        160 8 Wealthy Roman families were the first Riviera tourists 2,000 years ago. The Greeks and Phoenicians came mostly for business. The second half of the 19th century was the golden age of aristocratic tourism. Winter was the high season and monarchs and tycoons made
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        Summertime events
        74 8 Antibes: Music and Fireworks Festival, Aug 14, 17, 20 and 23 Cannes: Bridge Festival: Aug 12-15; 11th International Yachting Festival, Sept 8-12 Fayence Tourette: Provencal Summer Fair, Aug 21 Hyeres: Garlic Fair, Aug 24 Menton: Chamber Music Festival, Aug 2-30 Monaco: Jazz on the Rocks at North Harbour
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        255 8 IHT. IN SPAIN, socializing is likely to take place outside the home; there is no better way to become engulfed in Spanish warmth than at a tapas bar. It is not uncommon for strangers to be embraced and treated to outbursts of song. Typically, a
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        185 8 IHT. IF YOU are planning to catch the Olympic Games In Seoul or travelling to Korea or neighbouring countries In the next two months, be aware of a serious danger of terrorist violence. The greatest threat comes from the Japanese Red Army, acting ss surrogates for North Korea,
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        Lock icon Low profile is best
        155 8 IHT. NERVOUS about going to politically high-risk areas but don’t want to cancel your trip? Mr Roger Meares, managing director of Control Risks’ information services in London, said the key to personal safety is to be aware of the threat and take a few simple precautions.
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        Lock icon Herring for the sharing
        171 8 IHT. THE DUTCH, the saying goes, do not have a cuisine of their own, but the Netherlands does offer an abundance of exquisite raw materials. The best of these is the fresh, silvery blue herring, sold from stalls on the streets of Amsterdam and other Dutch
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    • SPOTLIGHT,
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          Marriage does wonders for American men
          688 9  -  By MARILYN ELIAS USA Today CONTRARY to our playboy lore, it’s the married guys who are healthier, wealthier and happier. Mounting evidence ranks USA husbands ahead of their bachelor buddies, single women and even their wives in key areas of life satisfaction. “The mental
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          Hospitals taking part in show
          450 9  -  Here’s the chance for mothers-to-be to take a peek at the maternity wards By UMA MOORTHY EIGHT hospitals, including three government hospitals, will be taking part in the Mums, Babes and Children ’BB exhibition at the World Trade Centre, Hall 2, this week. They will
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          Lock icon Taking the fear and worry out of pregnancy
          310 9 TERESA CHEONG. THE best way to have a good pregnancy is to enjoy it and stop worrying. Mothers-to-be sometimes worry and fear too much because they are ignorant of what is happening to their bodies, said a private nurse who conducts antenatal
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          Preparing for parenthood and the life thereafter
          647 10  -  By FLORENCE TAN Parent Education Programme Ministry of Community Development THE day we brought our son home from the hospital, everything was chaotic. His first cry threw both of us into a panic. Why was he crying? The book mentioned three reasons hunger,
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          Comfortable convertibles
          263 10  -  UMA MOORTHY. NOW you see it, now you don’t. First it’s nursery furniture, then it’s a child’s writing desk. Italian furniture makers Foppapedretti have designed a baby cot that can be converted into a writing desk when a child outgrows the cot. The Lettino Forever cot is made
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          Lock icon Ways parents can develop their children’s potential
          1282 11 LIV ING/WPN. BRITISH researchers have discovered when comparing children’s conversations at home and at school that the home is a potentially rich learning environment. And parents can be excellent teachers. Here are 15 ways you can make your home a place that lets
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          Points to ponder when buying toys and games
          583 11  -  By CYNTHIA YEO SHOPPING for toys with a child can be a nightmare. He will want to buy just about anything within his reach. Should you pander to his wishes and try to satisfy his appetite for the toys or should you
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          Pregnant thoughts of some mums-to-be
          718 12 Pregnancy, four mothers-to-be said, is often a strange mix of thoughts and feelings. There are moments of sheer joy and wonder, fear and anticipation, worry and anxiety TERESA CHEONG reports. FROM childbirth pains to changing nappies and tending to junior’s first toothache MRS YVONNE KWAN
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          Finding out the Sesame St way
          562 12  -  By UMA MOORTHY 1 LEARNING can be fun with the Sesame Street “Finding Chit” range of books. Although you may think it is just another addition to the existing Sesame Street series on the market, these books do indeed stand out from the rest.
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          Potential hazards in the nursery
          700 13  -  By UMA MOORTHY WHO would have thought that a nursery can be a potentially hazardous place for an infant? Yet, according to Mrs Dolores Don, a home econ- omist and interior designer, items in a nursery which appear harmless to an adult may well pose
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          A strategy for putting an end to those childish tantrums
          541 13  -  By PAT RUSSELL IT CAN happen at home, in a supermarket, in the park or at a friend’s place. But wherever it happens, it’s nearly always embarrassing, often upsetting and can make you wary of going out with your child.
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        THE BRIDE WORE A MINI
        937 14 ...and created a sensation, as all brides dream of doing. Fashion reporter CATHERINE ONG says why not indeed. NIK KASMANI took the pictures ALL BRIDES dream of making a grand entrance. But the sight of a trendy dresser turned Cinderella going to the ball on
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      381 8 2 1C f r POSITIVE PARENTING HOW TO DO IT RIGHT! A forum presented by I>E SMGAPORE PLANNED PARENTHOOD ASSOCIATION ’■J&l Venue: Hilton Hotel Fee: $l5 per person or $25 per couple, inclusive of refreshments. This forum is only for Young Parents readers. Non-readers will have to pay $5 more
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