The Straits Times, 23 April 1989

Microfilm: NL16528
Total Pages: 62
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    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2755 55 CENTS MCI (P) 43/12/88
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    Lock icon Students abandon protests after demands turned down
    502 1 BEIJING Chinese student demonstrators marched from Beijing's Tiananmen Square yesterday, apparently rebuffed after the state funeral of the former Communist Party chief Hu Yaobang, the man they made the symbol of pro-democ-racy protests. Their leaders called on the 50,000 students massed m the
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    Quayle to discuss geopolitical issues with PM Lee
    455 1  - Quayle to discuss geopolitical issues with PM Lee ONG MING SEING By I Washington correspondent WASHINGTON The US Vice-President, Mr Dan Quayle, says he expects to discuss geopolitical issues with Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew during his forthcoming visit to Singapore. In an hour-long interview with a group of Asean
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    Help for disabled on the way: Dr Tan
    631 1  -  CHUA CHONG JIN Plans include aid for school under-achievers and Govt jobs _By_ A COMPREHENSIVE programme of help for the disabled has been set m motion, ranging from special aid for underachievers m schools to getting jobs m the civil service for
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    Part-time local maids getting popular among S'poreans
    507 1  -  TAN OOI BOON By TWICE-A-WEEK local maids are becoming popular with some Singaporeans, who prefer them to foreign live-in ones. Their attraction is that unlike foreign maids, they come cheaper, without the extra costs such as payments for bonds, foreign maids' levy or
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    Five-way contest for Bentong seat
    281 1  -  ISMAIL KASSIM By KUALA LUMPUR The Bentong parliamentary by-election on May 13 is to be a five-way contest. The main fight is between the ruling National Front candidate Datuk Lim Ah Lek and Mr Lip Tuck Chee, of the opposition Democratic Action Party, who were
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      129 1 w m _^w >_B FOCUS Careers that provide a good living Architect of a modern-day oasis I 1 SUNDAY PLUS Dreadful, fearful life of a 'walking corpse' i Ml ■-9 i^^ iB Hongkong fashion shop opens here --a>j.c~' A. A Hazards m your kitchen TV PLUS The idiot box is
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      8 1 I Glen Goei wows West End Page 10
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      91 1 /IiHULQUiLiLt Oven 3b'ir'' ==;s= sss^j Monthly 524 X 24 EB^'^'™ Lea FASHION APPAREL 19 89/9O mk B Lea tor Superkmts tops. Superstone denim with embroidery to easyto-wear cottons Come alive with colours m Lea fashion Accessorize with belts, bags, fun satchels, shoes and costume jewellery ttPMnP stores al: Scotts Shopping
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      AT A GLANCE
      497 2 US-SOVIET AIR SYSTEM: The United States and the Soviet Union will jointly place a constellation of 48 satellites to provide airliners with a precise navigation system anywhere m the sky. The rystem, scheduled to be fully operational by the mid-*****, is expected to help prevent a repetition
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      Lock icon Estranged couple's tussle over frozen embryos raises legal and ethical questions
      725 2 Estranged couple's tussle over frozen embryos raises legal and ethical questions MARYVILLE, (Tennessee) Mary Sue Davis and Junior Lewis Davis are getting a divorce. That is a seemingly unremarkable fact m a nation where the divorce rate is climbing and where 1 183,000 couples dissolved their marriages last year. But
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      Lock icon Student demos echo the protests after Zhou Enlai's death
      975 2 Student demos echo the protests after Zhou Enlai 's death The funeral of Hu Yaobang Confrontation likely on anniversary of May 4 Movement We have tried before to demonstrate for free speech and failed. This time too, the results will not be good. a participant m the latest demonstrations m
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      Lock icon Tactical defeat but students win support
      533 2 BEIJING Chinese students admitted tactical defeat yesterday after their extra-ordi-nary protest for democratic freedoms, but they succeeded m humiliating authorities on the most hallowed ground of Chinese communism. In a society where historical symbols often count for more than concrete events, they temporarily wrested
      Reuter  -  533 words
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      Robbery on the high seas
      1115 3  -  SERENE LIM Pirate attacks keep ships on constant alert By The pirates are smart. They operate m areas which are considered international waters, where it's no-man's land. The manager of a shipping company HAWK-EYED marksmen with rifles, captains armed with shotguns and sailors ready with
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      Accountants agree to drop foreign tags after their names
      391 3  -  SHARON LAU By MEMBERS of the local accounting profession have agreed to tag on just CPA for Certified Public Accountant after their names, and to drop foreign accounting-related designations. This and a new set of rules for accountants— will now have
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      597 2 ChhI^SS Scenic School t^?^>8 lEggi Holiday Highlights HSBS Better Choices at Better Value! m BPwBBHVII^'I V < UwOt/i/ 11am -5pm. uGK B8Ha9HHSI18k 1 f 3D Hatyai/Songkhla 433 S9ffi| Wk dfirI/€*&**^ hvery Fn Sun plus sch hoi dep: 29 May 12,19 Jun 0CSlv5 HHtfaBBaafBtB^BS^^ •Wm^^*^ 4D Pnuket //o/ ii > /wt
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      64 3 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY More getting married There has been a pick-up m the number of nonMuslim marriages m recent years. Marriages registered last year were up 6 per cent over the previous year and close to the highest of the Eighties. _^^^ißfi Year Marriates retistered NonMustem Musfcm Total
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      179 3 o BLANC THE ART OF WRITING MONTBLANC THE ART OF WRITING "MEISTERSTUCK SOLITAIRESOLID GOLD The most precious fountain pen m the MONTBLANC collection also happens to be the most expensive m the world.* The perfection of a MONTBLANC MEISTERSTUCK finds its ultimate expression m this superb writing instrument: the art
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      223 3 Fair except for showers over a few areas m the late afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow. 33 max., 25 mm SUNSET today: 7.07 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 6.58 am. TRAVELLERS 1 WEATHER Adelaide 13 21 C Fine Los Angeles 16 26 C Goudy Amsterdam 410 C Clear Madrid
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      334 4 All Visa cards and MasterCards are basically the same. But all banks arent. j Unless you're unusually gullible, p^J^' k -1251- 1 <X^ Bestof all, it doesn't ask you to you'll probably have long suspected that hQQQ V 9 a^To^ ng^J make a choice between MasterCard JSE n^/99 6y 128
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Takeshita aide took $743,000 loan, say reports
      388 5 Takeshita aide took $743,000 loan, say reports The Recruit share scandal TOKYO An aide to Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita took a sizeable loan from the Recruit company, which is at the heart of Japan's worst postwar political scandal, media reports said yesterday. Mr Ihei Aoki, a secretary to the premier,
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      Lock icon Takeshita fails to resolve political deadlock in his ruling party
      273 5 TOKYO Despite a flurry of intensive negotiations and manoeuvring, Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita failed to resolve a serious political deadlock m his own ruling party over the Recruit scandal that has paralysed the Parliament for six weeks. The deadlock raised
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      Lock icon US denies Iranian charges of spy ring in military
      151 5 US denies Iranian charges of spy ring in military WASHINGTON The United States has brushed aside Iranian allegations that a US spy ring has been uncovered m Iran's military. "We frankly don't know what they're talking about," White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said on Friday. "They make some claim about
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      Lock icon US Budget deficit hits 3-year high of US$35.7 b
      139 5 US Budget deficit hits 3-year high of US$35.7 b WASHINGTON The US Budget deficit swelled to U5535.78 billion (5567.9 billion) m March, the highest monthly shortfall m nearly three years and an increase of 22.2 per cent from the same month last year, the Treasury Department has reported. Revenues climbed
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      Lock icon Dud cheque suspect subdued
      88 5 TWO police officers grapple with an unidentified man (right) after an attempt to pass a dud cheque failed at a Sydney bank on Friday. The man sprayed two other police officers with mace before being overpowered. His accomplices, who were waiting m a car, made a
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      Lock icon 21 hurt in Jordanian clashes over price increases
      386 5 SALT (Jordan) More than 20 people were injured m clashes here between policemen and rioters protesting against IMF-inspired price rises, a hospital source said yesterday. A government official confirmed that 21 people, mainly policemen, were hurt m fights until yesterday morning m
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      Lock icon US, Soviet satellites for civil aviation use
      526 6 Pact will provide airliners with precise navigation system PARIS The United States and the Soviet Union will jointly place a constellation of 48 satellites at the disposal of the world's civil aviation industry to provide airliners with a precise navigation system anywhere m
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      Lock icon State govt told to pay relief to Bhopal victims' families
      216 6 NEW DELHI The Supreme Court has directed Indian authorities to pay an interim relief of 750 rupees (5596.50) a month to the families of adults who died m the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster. A three-judge panel headed by Chief Justice
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama renews calls for talks with China
      237 6 Dalai Lama renews calls for talks with China PARIS The Dalai Lama has renewed calls for talks with China on Tibet's future, but revealed that up to 800 people could have died since martial law was imposed last month. The spiritual leader of six million Tibetans told a news conference
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      Lock icon Judge slashes $41m damages awarded to Rock Hudson's lover
      256 6 LOS ANGELES A judge has slashed a US$2l.7 million (5541.2 million) jury award to the former homosexual lover of Rock Hudson, ruling he should receive only US$5.5 million from the late actor's estate and personal secretary. Superior Court Judge Bruce Geernaert,
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      Lock icon Georgia clampdown 'bid to sabotage Gorbachev'
      531 8 M\-perestroika forces approved use of troops, say President's supporters MOSCOW The Soviet Communist Party's central committee will meet on Tuesday amid accusations that "antiperestroika forces" within it approved the use of troops against demonstrators m Georgia as a deliberate act of sabotage against Mr
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      Lock icon Soviet reforms delayed due to poor economy: report
      377 8 WASHINGTON Kremlin chief Mikhail Gorbachev has postponed parts of his reform policy due to a disappointing performance by the Soviet economy, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) concluded m a report to a congressional panel. Mr Gorbachev is "making a mid-course correction", postponing
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      Lock icon Four youths accused of beating, raping jogger
      142 8 NEW YORK Four youths aged 14 and 15 were charged on Friday with savagely beating and raping a woman jogger m Central Park and leaving her for dead. The youths were said to be part of a "wolfpack" gang of 32 teenagers who
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      Lock icon US to develop mixed arsenal of land-based mobile missiles
      338 8 US to develop mixed arsenal of land-based mobile missiles WASHINGTON President George Bush has decided to proceed with the development of a mixed force of mobile land-based missiles, according to administration officials. The force will consist of 10-warhead MX missiles on mobile rail cars instead of silos where they are
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      Goei gets rave reviews in London
      407 10  -  ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON Singaporean actor Glen Goei woke m London yesterday morning to find himself hailed not only as a star, but the West End's latest leading lady! Nearly every British national newspaper carried rave reviews of 26-year-old Goei's performance as
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      Lock icon A girl for Canada's Brown family — after 102 years
      168 10 A girl for Canada's Brown family after 102 years ORILLIA (Ontario) The Brown family is celebrating the birth of its first girl m 102 years. Family members gathered last week to celebrate the birth of Rebekah Anne Charlotte Brown on April 8. "I actually thought it was going to be
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      Boy, 15, from S'pore is Japan's first private foreign student
      427 10  -  KOICHI ISHIYAMA By TOKYO A 15-year-old Singaporean has overcome Japan's rigid bureaucratic barriers to become the nations first foreign high school student m a private capacity. Martin Wong recently started studies m Doshisha International High School m Tanabe, Kyoto prefecture,
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      Lock icon Last of the Korean princesses dies, aged 76
      136 10 SEOUL The last princess of Korea's final Vi dynasty died on Friday at the age of 76 m one of the former royal palaces, South Korea's state radio said. Princess Dok-hye, the daughter of King Kojong, was forced to go to Tokyo
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon British honour for HK-born doctor
        106 10 A 38-YEAR-OLD Hongkong-born professor was named Britain's Doctor of the Year 1989 for his pioneering research work into the role diet can play m preventing asthma. Professor Lee Tak Hong was presented with the BUPA Medical Foundation research award by the Duchess of Gloucester at
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        Regal opera planned
        48 10  -  HUBBARD WORLD-FAMOUS harmonica player Larry Adler, 75, a man with an equally renowned sense of humour, says he is composing an opera about Queen Elizabeth's eventual visit to Moscow. It will be called Gorby and Bess, with the main song entitled It Ain't Necessarily Soviet.
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        Identical — down to the gloves
        127 10  - Identical down to the gloves TAN LIAN CHOO THAILAND'S popular boxing twins, Khaosai and Khaokor Galaxy both world champions m their own right recently revealed more about their personalities. At a dinner hosted by Foreign Minister Siddhi Savetsila, a boxing enthusiast himself, the Galaxy twins said they have always liked
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        Aquino still the people's favourite
        79 10  -  ABBV TAN PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino is still the most popular woman m the Philippines, judging from the results of a Manila survey conducted by a private marketing group. She has consistently maintained a 61 to 65 per cent approval rating for the last two years.
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      Clean up your act or face curbs, British press told
      369 12  - Clean up your act or face curbs, British press told ALAN HUBBARD By Europe Editor LONDON The British government has warned the country's national newspapers to "clean up their act" or face legislation which will curb excesses of some sections of the tabloid media. An independent inquiry is to examine
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      Lock icon Bush extends trade curbs on Nicaragua
      135 12 Bush extends trade curbs on Nicaragua WASHINGTON President George Bush has extended trade sanctions imposed by former President Ronald Reagan against Nicaragua. He said on Friday he was making the move because Nicaragua still posed a threat to the United States. "The actions and policies of the government of Nicaragua
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      Lock icon Lisbon cops beat up protesting colleagues
      118 12 LISBON Portuguese police on Friday turned water cannon on their colleagues, set dogs on them and beat them with clubs to disperse a peaceful rally of about 500 officers calling for a trade union. At least five of the protesters, all of whom had
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      Lock icon Eureka! High-quality images, sound on existing TV sets
      260 12 Eureka! High-quality images, sound on existing TV sets PRINCETON (New Jersey) Researchers here have demonstrated the world's first broadcast system for high-definition television (HDTV) that is compatible with existing sets. The system is important m that it meets a Federal Communications Commission requirement that the next generation of television be
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      Lock icon Highest level since crash
      151 12 Dow Jones NEW YORK Wall Street's blue chips cracked the 2,400-point level for the first time on Friday since the October 1987 stock market crash. As investors shrugged off their fears of higher interest rates, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed 32.08 points higher at 2,409.46,
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      190 5 SECRETARIES WEEK SPECTACULAR!" X, g/ Sf You're m for a super afternoon L*/^'* 4 T X.S* Q at the Marina Mandarin as jjHV" Jl^^^^^^B arr e Models parade smart and X -3 m* stylish office wear from the British mf/m^' -4»SfIfIHHI f los^' 011 ouse Richard of London. >lfc jJ
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      525 5 Apply here. Now. Fill m and return this application to us. We'll get onto it right away. Promise. HONGKONGBANK VISA CARD/MASTERCARD APPLICATION FORM. Please type or print throughout Tick boxes as appropriate Complete form m full and please remember to attach 1 Latest Income lax Returns or CPF Statement, (2)
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      361 6 CELEBRATE SECRETARIES' WEEK AND DISCOVER THE PHILIPPINES April 24 29 HHH~BfI|HHHH| HP rea >'< >ur secretary to lunch at Tai-Pan ju ■M^ Hotel and you may win one of •'C^'Sk.'-" two return t c cets to Manila. All ladies I(H '■■^^t^- w c P resente d a cholesterol- free V
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      591 8 TEONQUES DA/NIGAXJE SWISS MADE I^L W? Alflfl SINCE I *o SOLE AGENT *E* L* L I I' M L SINGAPORE PTE LTD Authori»«J DMlm Contna Watch Centre Pte Ltd Tel *****28 Sincere Watch Co Pte Ltd Tel *****06 Watches or Switzerland Pte Ltd Tel *****08 Chew Cheong Watch Centre Tei
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      414 9 I ia^^ iB IA M II H ■I i Style abounds m the quiet elegance of Bally. With ;i new and very chic line of fashion accessories tor ladies. To add that finishing touch to your look. Author spd dealers Singapore: Bally Bo jl.que Rattles i .'irjije Poyal Holiday Inn
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      124 12 Att Buffet Nexicano All you can eat for only $16 Children (below 12) $9 The first and only Mexican buffet is now i available m Singapore every Sunday from 1 1 .30 am to 2 30 pm at CHICO'S N' CHARLIES. Treat your taste buds to an array of truly
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      69 15 A MERE $9188 AWAY. ifliimaH With the largest (95cm) screen m Singapore, 2 x 50 watt High-Fidelity stereo sound, S-VHS capability, CTI circuit for colour sharpness and picture-in-picture for two channel viewing, the new Grundig Jumbo is superior by any measure. To imagine the impact, hold these pages up to
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Expansion work starts at Batam airport
      198 16 Expansion work starts at Batam airport BATAM Expansion work has started on Ba tarn's Hang Nadim Airport so that it can receive wide-bodied aircraft, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. The initial phase of the project will cover the extension of the existing runway from 2.5 km to 3.6 km. This
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      Lock icon Philippine rebels admit killing US colonel
      464 16 White House declares 'total support' for Aquino as manhunt gets underway MANILA Philippine communist rebels yesterday claimed responsibility for the assassination of a US army colonel, saying he played an active part m a counter-insurgency campaign. Colonel James "Nick" Rowe, 51, was shot dead
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      Singapore mission in Philippines to explore joint ventures
      193 16 Singapore mission in Philippines to explore joint ventures A TRADE mission of small and medium-sized Singapore firms starts a one-week visit to the Philippines today to explore joint ventures and other business tie-ups. The 14-member team is led by the vice-president of the Association of Small and Medium Enterprises (ASME),
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      Woman catches husband in bed with jamu pedlar
      311 16 Woman catches husband in bed with jamu pedlar PURWOKERTO (Central Java) A woman spent days persuading her husband to take a "vitality" herbal formula, only to catch him m bed with the woman from whom she had bought the traditional medicine, The Jakarta Post reported yesterday. Mr Suparman, 37, agreed
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      Ginandjar: Price of oil and gas in Indonesia will not be raised
      145 16 JAKARTA There will be no increase m the price of petrol and gas m Indonesia this year despite substantial rises m crude oil prices on the world market. "The government, which expects to receive higher revenues from oil
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      Lock icon Cyclone survivors rescued
      136 16 PERTH Rescuers have found several survivors from Indonesian fishing vessels sunk about four days ago off the northwestern coast cf Western Australia during Cyclone Orson, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation said yesterday The survivors were found near Ashmore Reef, 600 km north of the coastal town of Derby,
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      386 16 Week *L a stalk of rose for >^V* E^^Ms Monica Ong, r J m makes sure you m\ li^L^ PS have a delightful KjUSK ►5^3 meal at Cafe Vanda UMB^ Tingle your palate with some of S^^ Syf3^ her mouth-watering dishes such RJKuj as Ikan Pais, Udang Goreng AjKI S^S^l
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Bar Council to go ahead with contempt proceedings
      650 17  -  K ALIMULLAH HASSAN Move against Lord President gets green light at special meeting By KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian Bar Council has decided to go ahead with its plan to institute contempt proceedings against Lord President Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Omar, who, it
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      Lock icon Forgive and forget for the sake of unity, Malays urged
      369 17 SHAH ALAM (Selangor) Johor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has urged Malays to regard the ceremony marking the birth of Umno m Johor Bam on May 11 as "a mass gathering to forgive and forget" whatever ill-feel-ings they may
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      Lock icon S'poreans 'will not be barred from farmers' markets in JB'
      266 17 S'poreans 'will not be barred from farmers' markets in JB' JOHOR BARU The Malaysian government marketing agency Fair a does not intend to bar Singaporeans from buying at farmers' markets here even though the Johor Consumers Association (JCA) wants such a ban imposed, the State Fama director Abdul Wahid Mohamed
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      Lock icon King-designate to get grand send-off on Wednesday
      167 17 IPOH Perak has declared Wednesday a pubiic holiday to enable the people to give the Sultan of Perak a grand send-off to Kuala Lumpur to be sworn m as the country's ninth Yang Di-Pertuan Agoiig. State Secretary Datuk Ahmad Saadi said about 10,000
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      Lock icon We will work for a fair economic deal, says MCA chief
      287 17 We will work for a fair economic deal, says MCA chief PENANG The Malaysian Chinese Association says one of its main tasks for the future will be to ensure the Chinese community gets a fair deal under the post-1990 economic policy. Speaking at a unity dinner at Sungai Nibong to
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      Lock icon Kelantan Mentri Besar says again: I will not step down
      158 17 PASIR MAS (Kelantan) The Kelantan Mentri Besar, Tan Sri Mohamed Yaacob, has said again that he will not step down as chief executive because the people still want him to lead the state government. "The time has not come for
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  • HOME NEWS
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      S'porean shot at, stabbed and robbed in Air Hitam
      372 18  -  DAVID MILLER By A SINGAPORE businessman was shot at by a robber and repeatedly stabbed by the gunman's accomplice m Air Hitam, Johor, about 100 m away from a police station. Luckily for Mr David Lim, 43, a shipping manager, the
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      G.G. Thomson's son is BBC bureau chief
      126 18 THE son of Mr G.G. Thomson, a prominent public servant who was closely involved m political developments before and after Singapore's independence, has been appointed the British Broadcasting Corporation's new South-east Asia bureau chief. Mr Alexander Thomson, who will be based m Singapore
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      Mattar to visit KL for talks
      145 18 THE Environment Minister, Dr Ahmad Mattar, will visit Kuala Lumpur tomorrow to attend a pre-conference meeting on the Vienna Convention and the Montreal Protocol. This meeting, which was initiated by the Malaysian Minister for Science, Technology and Environment, Datuk Amar Stephen Yong, will take
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      Man faces three rape charges
      97 18 Man faces three rape charges IBRAHIM bin Ja'afar, 33, already accused of raping a 13--year-old girl, had two more such charges made against him on Thursday. He was said to have raped the girl twice at Clementi Woods and once m a flat m Teban Gardens Road. All the offences
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      SIA to recruit Taiwanese girls as stewardesses
      388 18  -  JACQUELINE WONG Move to raise standards of service on Taiwan route By THE Singapore Girl is no longer just Singaporean she is now also Japanese or South Korean and is soon to be Taiwanese too. With the expansion of its flights, Singapore Airlines
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      STPB to tap growing Korean, Taiwanese markets
      508 18 SOUTH Koreans are developing a thirst for international travel 700,000 of them went abroad last year, an astounding growth of 42 per cent from the previous year. Almost the same number of Taiwanese visited other countries on their holidays, a hefty 50 per
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      Just iN time to fly 'Nowhere'
      270 18 Travel World fair THE Tan family got the jitters when they almost missed their flight to Nowhere. They were part of a crowd of Singaporeans and visitors at the Travel World fair, which offers joyrides and other attractions. The Tans turned up at Changi
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      Man who kept extra $5,000 from bank fined $8,000
      229 19 Man who kept extra $5,000 from bank fined $8,000 A MISTAKE by a bankteller gave a man an excess of $5,000, a court heard yesterday. Lim Eng Tong, 38, then working as a workshop supervisor with Vehito Motor Private Limited, had been asked by his employer to cash some cheques
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      Training urged for construction workers
      105 19 Training urged for construction workers THE MP for Yuhua, Mrs Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, yesterday called for efforts to upgrade workers m the building construction industry through more training. Speaking at a scholarship presentation ceremony of the Building Construction and Timber Industries Employees Union, she said less than 1 per cent
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      Colour guide to character-reading
      323 19 SINGAPOREAN colour preferences for cars have yet to be established, but several studies m the West indicate that the colour a person chooses may reflect his character. The studies also showed that people who prefer the same colour have similar personality traits. GREEN: You are frank,
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      Every car tells a story about its owner
      1006 19  -  FRANCESCA NATHAN By WHEN you buy a car you bare your soul. The car you drive is a four-wheeled document that reveals many of your secrets including some you don't know you have. Studies m the West and m Singapore show that
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      'Eagle' that came to dinner a Brahminy Kite
      291 19 THE "eagle" that dropped m at an Ang Mo Kio flat on Friday has turned out to be a Brahminy Kite. It was sent to the Jurong Bird Park yesterday. The park's executive director, Dr S. ThirucheKam, explaining why the Kite can
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      Most S'pore men shun fertility tests, says doctor
      676 20  - Most S'pore men shun fertility tests, says doctor YAW VAN CHONG By MOST Singapore men refuse to admit infertility because they feel it casts doubts on their manhood. They will not even seek medical help. This misconception stems from the fact that they equate infertility with impotency. If their wives
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      Dhana makes a house call
      255 20 SIX hundred guests, including Mr S. Dhanabalan and his wife, turned up yesterday for the inauguration of the Japanese ambassador's new residence, which was held m conjunction with the Japanese Cultural Festival. The occasion was significant because the ambassador, Mr Wasuke Miyake, opened his new
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      17 more held in raids on illegal bookies
      136 20 SEVENTEEN suspects were arrested during a continued police crackdown on illegal bookmaking activities at the Bukit Turf Club (BTC) yesterday. All 17 people were blacklisted by the BTC and barred from entering its premises for a year. If they are found within
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      Question for Parliament
      94 20 NON-CONSTITUENCY MP Lee Siew Choh has filed a parliamentary question concerning Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew's libel suit against the Malaysian tabloid, The Star, and its group chief editor. Dr Lee wants the Law Minister to explain what interest the Government had m the case, hearings into
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      Guinness Award for 2 Geylang fire heroes
      186 20 TWO quick-thinking men a coffeeshop owner and a noodle-seller will be given the Guinness Award for helping to save a family of four from a fire last December. Mr Tan Yong Meng. 39, and his tenant, Mr Lim Yiam Kwang, 29, the noo-dle-seller,
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      Filipino maid involved in harbouring goldsmith robbery gunman acquitted
      344 20 Filipino maid involved in harbouring goldsmith robbery gunman acquitted A FILIPINO maid was on Friday acquitted of abetting two Filipino men by harbouring a gunman involved m last June's shooting of an off-duty policeman after a goldsmith robbery. The prosecution withdrew the charge against Miss Lsidra D. Tomopiat, 26, who
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      Marketing strategies 'can help draw more to welfare work'
      492 21 In Singapore, we do not give out any dole or unemployment allowances. This is not said as a matter of pride, but as a philosophy of government. We believe m helping people to help themselves. We do not want to create
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      NUS leases out hostels during vacation
      520 21  - NUS leases out hostels during vacation LIANG HWEE MING Rooms booked for seminars, retreats and camps By IT IS university vacation time and the undergraduates have gone home but Kent Ridge campus is still abuzz with tyRather than allow it to become a ghost town during the current threemonth break,
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      Ex-cashier on $70,000 CBT charge
      129 21 AN ex-cashier was charged m a district court yesterday with criminal breach of trust of $70,000. Her husband was charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property. Ho Fong Wah, 35, then employed as an assistant cashier with Golden Castle Finance Corporation Limited, is alleged to have
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      Day off fun for 1,600 Chinese High students
      156 22 Day off fun for 1,600 Chinese High students ZHENG Weiquan (inset) stuck his neck out and ended up with pies thrown m his face. But this sporting 16-year-old came out of it all smiling. "It's all part of the Chinese High fun-loving spirit," he said. Indeed, it was fun for
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      SAF exercises
      153 22 SAF exercises THE Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) will be conducting exercises m several areas m Lim Chu Kang, Hong Kan, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Loyang, Tampines and Tuas from 8 am tomorrow to spm on Saturday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. The public should stay clear of these areas and
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      Body of man found in vacant hut
      154 22 Body of man found in vacant hut A MAN'S highly decomposed body with his private parts severed was found m an abandoned hut about 200 metres from his home m Mandai. Mr Ng Choon Kwai, 58, had been missing from his home m Lorong Kerepek, off Mandai Road, for about
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      SMA chief
      22 22 DR WILMOT R. Rasanayagam was elected president of the 30th Singapore Medical Association Council at the association's 29th annual meeting.
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      Old newspapers a bone of contention
      408 22  -  SUSAN LEAN Karung guni men make off with papers meant for us, say RCs By INCONSIDERATE rag-and-bone men have hit several residents' committees by helping themselves to old newspapers meant for the RCs. Recently, one RC president was injured while trying to prevent one
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      Abbot acts to resolve 'money first, prayers later' controversy
      440 22 MONKS at the Phor Kark See Buddhist temple m Bright Hill Drive have been reminded by their Chief Abbot to guard against the temptations of the world. The call, by Venerable Seek Hong Choon last week, followed allegations of a "money-first-prayers-later"
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      Play way to road-safety consciousness
      215 22 THESE primary school children are all ears as police mobile squad officer Sergeant Jimmy Loy shows them a road safety model which aims to stimulate the young's interest m road safety The children were invited to a preview of the Road Safety Model Building Contest
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      751 22 Is this how your child spends his time during the holidays? bbbbVHbbbbbb! Lbs^Lt m We re not saymg that you should stop your child from watching of l to 1. No sharing whatsoever, giving your child a thorough television completely. With the pace and competitiveness Of school- hands-on grounding. life
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  • FOCUS
    • The Sunday Times
      • Article
        Be a little wary in paradise
        328 23 GENERALLY speaking, the ordinary man m Singapore with some money to spare has a far better chance of investing it directly m the stock market than his counterpart m many parts of the world. First, the Singapore system has a large network of to
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    • Article
      25 YEARS AGO
      113 23 What The Straits Times reported on April 23, 1964 KUALA LUMPUR A massive Indonesian subversive move with orders to assassinate Tengku Abdul Rahman and Tun Abdul Razak and the Singapore Premier Mr Lee Kuan Yew, has been thwarted. Following Communist tactics, the Soekarnodirected conspirators had planned to
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      Architect of a modern-day oasis
      1200 23 Under the steadying influence of KING FAHD, progress has not provoked social upheaval m Saudi Arabia Rich and powerful as he may be, his royal and political supremacy remains subservient to religion KING FAHD BIN ABDUL AZIZ was born m 1920 m Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
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      Why some good students go the way of the hard hat
      978 24 1 Tan Sai Siong Rather than struggle with those of the same level and perhaps end up an ikan bilis m a large pond of talent, some star O-level students have eschewed the junior college and chosen the polytechnic,
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      To be a superwoman or not — that shouldn't be the question
      869 24 To be a superwoman or not that shouldn't be the question I Bertha Henson The choices for Singapore women are not whether to work, marry or have children. In society's eyes, the choices are what job to go for, when to get married and how to fit the children m.
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      Leave rubbish to private enterprise
      814 24 I Kenneth James Could the HDB have foregone setting up its own management company, knowing it would inevitably compete on the basis of not just what it offered but what it was? CONTRACTOR abandons rubbish collection job, leaves residents literally m a stink. This kind
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      A boom that won't cost a bomb
      584 24 IT IS not every day that your 10-year-old nephew breaks his piggy bank and comes down to your office to take you out to lunch. So when Alex did that, I welcomed him like a prodigal son. "I am famished!" I announced to
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      Careers for a good living
      2100 25  -  LEE SWEE HOON pinpoints some of the little-known but lucrative jobs "MY parents think I should be a professional you know, accountant or lawyer. But it ail sounds so boring, and I am not sure what job I will really like. Mr John Urn, 17,
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      Parental mis-guidance
      236 25 PARENTS: Are you pushing your kids into the wrong job? Many parents are guilty of pressuring their children into choosing careers that they think are prestigious and make a lot of money, observed Mr Edward Ong, an executive search consultant with PA Consulting Services. "I have come across
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      Dare to be your own boss
      270 25 POTENTIAL entrepreneurs those willing to take risks and want to be their own boss may be inspired by the following ideas: Information and training: Workers at all levels need higher and higher levels of education and constant retraining to keep them up to date.
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  • RACING
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      Veteran 'Vert' set for Perak Derby double
      856 26  -  DANNY KHOO By Our man on the track MUDLARKS IPOH Feu Vert, who has not failed to capture a classic race m each of his last four seasons, is set to add another $200,000 Perak Derby to his impressive list today. Already the
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      TODAY'S IPOH RACE CARD
      6174 26 Best bet: SAUGATUCK (Race 6) Best outsider: BILAH SAYANG 111 (Race 4) Going forecast: YIELDING nA|^ C -I 1.45pm CLASS 3 DIVISION C: 1,600 m long course nMV/C I RATINGS 111 65-49 STAKES $14,750 1 57-3-4 FACSMMI (late Scooby) 57 (65) Scooby-B Ng 4 nzg +1.
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      PERAK DERBY
      1541 26 QA/^C C 4.05pm CLASS 1: 2,400 m long course \?fl 9ti*J? nMUC W RATINGS I 128-73 \jj V? STAKES: $200,000 1 *****6 ELCARIM 57 (128) Elcanm-M Ho 6ag -3. By Whiskey Road: nicely tunedup after last Sunday's 6th of Bto Lagi Boleh jSEfil 1200 m yielding his first
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      Shaadi's odds dip in 2,000 Guineas
      226 27 LONDON Shaadi, ridden by Walter Swinburn, was quoted as the new favourite for the English 2,000 Guineas on May 6 after winning the Group Three Craven Stakes at Newmarket. Shaadi raced up to join the leader Exbourne 400 m from the finish m the
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      Gift horse Adelaide Proud makes grade in top class
      319 27 I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW FIRST 0850 SECOND 3100 THIRD 3754 STARTERS 2802 6368 6908 8831 3594 0205 2428 2074 7836 CONSOLATIONS 8854 8024 7595 9376 9497 5523 7950 1304 5852 8421 IPOH Adelaide Proud defied promotion to the top class with a
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      YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS
      2571 27 Wiring stable: Rich Glamorous. Hkwini trainer: Leong Poh Keong. Won by: 1" 2. M, Vh. Winnr.£ time: 142.6. Tote: Ipoh, XL Penang $18. $5. $12, $16. Spore $15, $7, $10, $18 Forecast (10 3): Ipoh ($2) $73, Spore ($5) $151, XL ($2) $53. Penang ($2) $40. Tierce
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths
      61 28 ONG HOCK SOON Oat* of Birth: 07/01/66 Passed away on 21/04/89 L»«viofl behind %trll Oi»g Teck Choon luak On Lay Peng Brothers: •3*g Hock Leong lock Beng fjM Hock Peng ■^ps Hock Chuan Body lying at B'k. 141 Jin. #uk-! Merer. #05-1192. runeral on Tuesday 25th April IBM
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      321 Deaths
      36 28 JOSEPH CHUA SEX POH AGE: 68 passed away peacefully on 21/4/89, i*avino behind wife Chye Choo family. Body lying at 81. Joeeph Parlour. Cortege leave* for Mt. Vernon CrematorTum at 12.00 noon on 24/4/89.
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      322 Acknowledgements
      158 28 The ramify of the late BENNET MARTIN withes to axpress their heartfelt thanks to Rev. Fr. Dennis Watts, Rev ft. Augustine Tay, relative*, friends, prayt groups, parishioner* of St. Joeeph s (Bt Timah), the Bu kit Batok Boys, members of tha Boon Lay Hockey teem. Turner East Asia
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      324 In Memoriam
      91 28 In loving memory of MR. K. CHELLAPPAN Departed 23rd April 83 Time takes away the edge of grief But memory turns back every leaf. Dearly mi«*ad by beloved wit* S. Mariamal, aona, daughters, ion»-m-law daughters-in-law and g r anoc nHarajn. In Loving Memory <X MRS. PANG SWEE
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      324 In Memoriam
      148 28 In loving memory ol V. ARUMUGAM "The depths of sorrow we cannot tell. Of the loss of one we love so well, His memory Is as dear today. As m the hour he passed away. Always remembered by beloved wife Theresa sons, daughters, brothers, sons-in-law, grandchildren and
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      Champion Senna in pole position
      534 28 MOTOR RACING IMOLA (Italy) A: on Senna upset thousands of Italian motor racing fans yesterday when he grabbed pole position for today's San Marino Grand Prix m convincing style at the Autodromo Dino Ferrari. In welcome sunny conditions after Friday's heavy rain, the Brazilian world
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      Botham manages only eight
      258 28 CRICKET LONDON lan Botham's return to English cricket suffered a jolt at Trent Bridge on Friday, bat his Worcestershire teammates still had the champion look about them. Botham, playing his first serious innings for 11 months, made only eight m the county match against Nottinghamshire and
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      1171 28 AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL VFL rMud 4 (to be completed) Friday: Melbourne 11-13-79 bt Brisbane 7-11-53. Yesterday: Sydney 23-15-153 bt Fitzroy 11-13-79. Collingwood 23-21-159 bt St Kilda 14-11-95 Ladder: Collingwood 12pts--128.3 r r, Sydney 12-123.2, Melbourne 12--120.7, »Geelong 8-154.3, *Hawthorn 8-140.2. •Essendon 8-99.3, St Kilda 8-93.5, Fitzroy 8-91.2; 'North
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      Canadian cleared of drugs
      107 29 Randy Carlyle, the Canadian ice hockey player who failed a dope test at the Group A World Championships m Stockholm, was cleared yesterday when a second test failed to show traces of anabolic steroids. Carlyle was dropped by the Canadians for their 5-6 loss by Sweden
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      Gross out
      54 29 West German swimming star Michael Gross will not take part m the European Championships m Bohn from August 12-20, but is not considering retirement just yet. Gross, known as "The Albatross", said he planned to concentrate on his university studies but intended to compete m the 1991 World
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      Gun charge
      49 29 Oakland Athletics baseball outfielder Jose Canseco was arrested m San Francisco on Friday on a firearms charge and released on US$5,OOO ($9,650) bail. Canseco, 24, was arrested after a University of California employee spotted a loaded semi-automatic pistol on the floor of his red Jaguar, police said.
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      Jesper's agony
      26 29 Jesper Olsen, the Bordeaux midfielder, will miss Denmark's World Cup soccer qualifier against Bulgaria on Wednesday after having stitiches m a gashed right knee.
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      Clark leads
      43 29 Two spectacular recovery shots helped three-time winner Howard Clark, of Britain, into the half-way lead of the Madrid Open golf tournament on Friday. Clark finished with a five-birdie 68 to take a one-shot lead with a 36-hole total of 133, 11-under-par.
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      Kelly's day
      37 29 Two-time Olympic medallist Kelly McCormick rallied from a two-point deficit m her final dive on Friday to win the women's three-metre springboard at the US diving championships m Florida. Kent Ferguson won the men's event.
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      Page returns
      42 29 Former heavyweight champion Greg Page has rededicated himself to boxing at the age of 30. He has planned a series of fights m the next six months that he hopes will eventually land him a bout against champion Mike Tyson.
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      Early hearing
      46 29 A panel of judges of the New York Supreme Court has granted the San Diego Yacht Club's request for an early hearing on June 8 to appeal a New York court decision awarding the America's Cup to New Zealand, a spokesman said on Friday.
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      Lewis back
      31 29 Lennox Lewis, Canada's En-glish-born Olympic superheavyweight champion, is to return to England and turn professional. The 23-year-old has signed for London manag-er-promoter Frank Maloney m a £250,000 ;$825,000) deal.
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      Aussie champ
      34 29 Australian Guy Waters joined his younger brother Troy as a Commonwealth boxing champion when he took the lightheavyweight title from Canadian Willie Featherstone with a unanimous points win m Sydney on Friday.
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      Joint lead
      45 29 Americans Rosie Jones and Kathy Postlewait moved into a tie for the lead after two rounds of the £250,000 St Petersburg golf tournament m Florida on Friday. Rosie shot a four-under-par 68 and Postlewait came m with 69 for an eight-under 136 total.
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      'Underdogs'
      40 29 Australian cricket captain Allan Border is happy with the "underdog" tag given to his Ashes side who leave for England next Sunday. "I've heard all the reports about us having no chance," Border said on Friday. "That suits us."
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      Ozaki clear by three
      184 29 FOREIGN GOLF INA (Japan) Friday's overnight leader Masashi Ozaki will take a three-stroke lead over Australia's Peter Senior into today's final round of the U*****,000 ($887,000) Dunlop Open golf tournament. Yesterday, the Japanese, seeking a second successive victory m the tournament, shot a third-round 72 for
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      Hogan tour puts Asia in rough
      772 29  - Hogan tour puts Asia in rough TAY CHENG KHOON Tee to Green MORE bad news m the form of legendary golfer Ben Hogan looms for the Asian golf circuit, which this season has been adversely squeezed by the enlarged US, Australian, European and Japanese tours. This year, the Asian circuit
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      Lock icon Mac blown away by a bad 'joke'
      489 29 TENNIS TOKYO Defending champion John McEnroe blamed "a joke" stadium for his 4-6, 3-6 defeat by cool Swede Stefan Edberg m the semi-finals of the U*****,500 ($1,456 million) Japan Open tennis tournament yesterday. Edberg's win avenged his loss to McEnroe m last year's
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      Lock icon Fitzy puts family before tennis
      693 30  -  JOHN FITZGERALD Shirlynn Ho profiles IF THERE is anything that would pull John Fitzgerald away from tennis, it is his nine-month-old daughter, Elizabeth Jane. Fitzy, as he is affectionately known though he says "they call me anything, and I answer to it" noted with regret
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      Potier makes Nice double
      152 30 NICE Frenchman Jerome Potier made his way into his second successive Nice Open final, and only the second Grand Prix final of his 10-year professional career, with a 7-5, 6-4 win over Italy's Francesco Cancellotti yesterday. With swirling winds making it difficult for both players to
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      Singapore's hopes of glory fizzle out
      329 30 SINGAPORE'S hopes of making an appearance m the main draw of the Republic's first Grand Prix Men's open tennis tournament fizzled oat m the scorching heat yesterday. With four Singapore players m the qualifying draw of it, and with four going through into the
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      Lock icon Top cop accepts ful responsibility
      404 30  - Top cop accepts ful responsibi lity HILLS BOROUGH AFTERMATH SHEFFIELD (England) Chief Constable Peter Wright said on Friday he accepted full responsibility for the crowd-control tactics used by South Yorkshire police when 95 people were crushed to death at the Hillsborough ground. Mr Wright told a special meeting of the
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      163 30 AC MILAN'S Ruud Gullit has been forced to withdraw from Holland's key World Cup qualifying clash with West Germany on Wednesday after undergoing arthroscopic surgery on his injured right knee m Rome on Friday. However specialists expect him to be fit for the European Cup final against Steaua
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      Soccer can never be quite the same again
      1362 31  -  ALAN HUBBARD One week after the horror of Hillsborough, columnists ALAN HUBBARD and ROB HUGHES reflect on English soccer's saddest afternoon and look at the lessons to be learnt Always on Sunday ALL week they have been pouring into Anfield by the
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      Turn the nightmare into a dream
      1032 31  -  ROB HUGHES TALK OF SOCCER "Hillsborough's horror began outside the gates. In Milan the entire 73,000 could mill without suffocating one another. The first lesson is to give people s-p-a-c-e. That way they breathe. That way they should be m better humour. That way
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      60 30 v The tennis court that is. Because from 24 to 30 April '89, Epson is EPSON SINGAPORE SUPER TENNIS Singapore's first-ever Grand Prix event, it will be jFTfjl asm sponsoring the Super Tennis tournament. Featuring top ranked players from all over the world, held at the Kallang Tennis Centre from
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      Vets win Thomson title
      520 32  -  J. RAJENDRAN INTER-CONSTITUENCY BADMINTON by THE veterans' doubles partnership of Andrew Tan and Lawrence Lee were Thomson's heroes m their team's 3-1 victory over Geylang West m the inter-constituency badminton final. They scored the winning point at the Toa Payoh Sports Hall last night and saved
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      Lock icon Saints march into finals
      349 32 BETTER teamwork enabled St Andrew's Junior College to upset defending champions Raffles Junior College 6-3 m the Schools National A Division rugby semi-finals yesterday. Saints scored two penalty goals to Raffles' one m an exciting match at the Police Academy. Although the Saints' team were weaker
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      Koon Guan out in semis
      217 32 BEIJING Singapore's Lim Koon Guan was beaten by Thailand's Sakchai Sim Ngam 3-1 m the semi-finals of Kent Cup amateur snooker competition. On Cue 89 champion Koon Guan won the third frame 97-21 after losing the first two 53-37 and 93-8. But he was unable
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      223 32  -  CHEAH 1 1 1 1 1 M I i **f5 MvLa afl LONDON MARATHON LONDON Commonwealth champion Rob de Castella, one of the favourites for today's London Marathon, withdrew yesterday because of a torn knee tendon. De Castella, the 1983 world champion, pulled out after he was
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      Asia to decide on all-seat stadia
      212 32 SOCCER KUALA LUMPUR Standing to watch soccer matches may become a thing of the past at stadia m Asia m the future. A proposal to replace terraces with seats will be discussed by the Asian Football Confederation at their meeting m Pattaya, Thailand, m
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      Lock icon Virgo's honesty gives tie to White
      283 32 WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP SHEFFIELD The honesty of John Virgo presented sec-ond-seed Jimmy White with a place m the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship yesterday. Virgo, chairman of the game's governing body, looked set for a shock victory over the world No. 2 when
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        328 32 English soccer, still m a state of shock after the Hillsborough tragedy m which 95 fans were crushed to death, was m mourning as play resumed nationwide yesterday. Players wore black armbands as a tribute to the dead and a minute's silence was oIK served by
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      105 32 TODAY S EVENTS BASKETBALL Friendly: Spore v Thailand (Geylang, 10am) BOWLING 3rd Jatico tournament of Champions: Step lad-* format finals (Orchard Bowl, 2pm,. CRICKET Div 1: SCC I v UV'C (SCC), SRC v SCC n (SRC), LA v jR (LA) all at 10.30 am. Div 2: CSC v IA (CSC),
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      TODAY'S TELEVISION CHOICE
      153 1 TODAY'S TELEVISION CHOICE THE WORLD MUSIC VIDEO AWARDS. Held at six different venues m N. America and Europe, linked by satellite, it includes a countdown of the world's top music videos and appearances by Michael Jackson, Sting, Bryan Adams, The Bee Gees and Samantha Fox. SBC 5, 9.30 pm. GRAND
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        1754 3  - Yes Mum, it's okay to mix TV with homework JUNIPER FOO Don't believe it? Studies say that the idiot box can be a good teacher, reports For the family ENCYCLOPAEDIA (SBC 5, Wed 7 pm): Tidbits that would stump even an adult. Such as which creatures existed before the dinosaur?
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        873 4  -  VAL MACQUEEN ON*TV AFTER having watched Adam Smith's Money World (Monday, SBC 12, 8.30 pm), I have a much clearer idea of why the Americans and the Japanese are getting so exercised over high definition television (HDTV). The ramifications of the technological advantage
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          73 4 A HONGKONG star who finds it difficult to smile these days is comic Ng Kwan Ng, recently m town to promote the spooky comedy film Haunted Towers, has admitted to a meteoric rise m weight. The lady now weighs an impressive 72 kilograms and has
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          62 4 HONGKONG star Chow Yuen Fatt was pleased to find he had ardent fans In even the most remote parts of South Korea, reports Shin Mm Dally News. Chow was there to shoot an advertisement he is appearing m. Besides obliging his South Korean fans with his autograph, he
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          46 4 WHEN Vi Nengzhing, Liv Wenzhen's protegee, turned 20 recently, 3,000 fans turned up at her birthday cum mini concert and promptly loaded her with three carfuls of presents and flowers, according to Shin Mm Daily News. Ah well, that is what fans are for!
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          72 4 SINGAPORE singers have been heading across the Causeway and it is certainly not for seafood, shopping, or to watch titillating shows, reports Shin Mm Daily News. Instead, they are the show. The entertainers are appearing m nightclubs, earning from M$BM to MSINO (S$5M S$7M) for a 45-mlnute show.
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          60 4 CHINA S reigning movie queen Liv Xiaoqing is so frustrated about her privacy being constantly invaded, she is contemplating retiring from show business and accepting the endless film offers coming her way, reports Lianhe Zaobao. Says Liv: "I am very tired. I want my freedom!" Which just goes
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          70 4 ACTRESS Carol Cheng has plenty to smile about these days. And why not? For every screen role she accepts, the Hongkong star will reportedly receive 11R575,0M (5518,754), says Shin Mm Dally News. This will make her the second highest paid actress In the British colony, with
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          59 4 WHILE filming the movie Seven Wolves recently, Taiwanese singer Wang Jie was required to dash through firo m a particular scene. The chart-topper tripped and promptly broke his arm. However, the ex-stuntman took it m his stride and filming was resumed almost immediately after he had
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        449 2 and now a new set of boys are waiting m the wings to take the adolescent places they have vacated WITH Kirk Cameron having already moved out of his wing Pains family household, this adolescent golden boy may be poised to relinquish his crown as a
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        702 2  - Mickey Mouse and Dragonslayer here for the holidays SHAMINI MURUGAN VIDEO UPDATE By MICKEY Mouse, Peter Pan and Mary Poppins are coming to town on video. Tapes of Walt Disney favourites such as Dumbo, Dragonslayer and Three Men and A Baby will be on the shelves of video shops by
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        884 7 Presenter BRIAN TRUEMAN pops over to Transylvania for a no beaks barred interview with the latest TV hero a vegetarian vampire who debuts on Ch 5 on Thursday I ARRIVED at Kluj throbbing heart of Transylvania m a 1933, four-cylinder Rasputin. It had been an exciting
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        520 7 DOCUMENTARIES, once shown only m cinemas and crafted into a popular art form by television, are slowly being killed by their creator. A recent report m The Sunday Times of London predicts that the latest changes m British television will see a large reduction m their
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          84 7 HOLLYWOOD actress Glenn Close, who has become a superstar playing powerful, intimidating females, is planning to portray the woman at the centre of America's most sensational child abuse case. The story of how battered woman Hedda Nussbaum was left helpless as she watched her lover
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          Daddy Jerry
          58 7 JERRY LEWIS, S3, who Is m Paris for a series of benefit performances for cancer research for children In Tunisia, expects to become a father around Christmas time. It will be the first child from his marriage of five years to Sandra, 38. Lewis has six sons from
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          66 7 A WORKING Girl TV series is m the works. It will star Nancy McKeon, 22, who played Jo m The Facts of Life. There is no word on who might play the Sigourney Weaver and Harrison Ford roles, or if m fact those characters appear. The timing
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          Dallas princess
          80 7 REBELLIOUS Princess Stephanie of Monaco, 24, who recently became engaged to Los Angeles record producer Ron Bloom, has won herself a part m TV's Dallas, as a pushy foreign princess. For some m,m (Sstt,lM) a week she will appear m four to six episodes as a new love
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        Costello as Beloved Entertainer, spiked with venom
        974 8 Costello as Beloved Entertainer, spiked with venom Records that want to be everything to everybody are rather like someone wanting to be President of the United States. Anybody who wants the job should auto- m matically be disqualified. YOU don't have to be a genius to work quite effectively within
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        Latin jazz-soul queen is back
        401 8 ANGELA Bofill, 34, wants her crown back. Anita Baker and Sade have sold millions of LPs combining soul with jazzy phrasing, a concept Bofill popularised a decade ago with tunes like Angel of the Night. Although she never achieved the mainstream success of Baker and
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        Hongkong stars turn to Mandarin songs
        670 8 TOP OF THE POPS Singapore 1 .(2) Eternal Flam* Bangles 6 < 3 > f Shoulder to Cry On Tommy Page 2.(5) Like. Prayer Madonna y^ Look Roxette 3(8) Girt You Know It's 8.(10) Let the River Run Carty Simon TrueMHhVamll, {J) S he
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        A Mills and Boon caper, but with more style and spite
        504 18  -  NICK KHOSLA DANGEROUS LIAISONS Coming to Lido By POWDERED heads lean forward to whisper matters discreet, scarlet lips and coy smiles meet. The men strut m tights, poised and deliberate; the women, overflowing from binding corsets, glide along, casting
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        Robert De Niro's playing — again
        1078 18 Robert De Niro's playing again KEN JALLEH JR looks at the metamorphic career of this Eighties superstar who has been prizefighter, gangster, dying psychopath and is now cop-turned-bounty-hunter m his first comedy Midnight Run ANOTHER movie about an excop turned bounty hunter, pistol as phallic symbol, leather jacket, designer stubble,
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        A cut above the usual triad films
        478 18  -  TOH HAI LEONG BLOODY BROTHERHOOD Coming to Shaw and Overseas Movie cinema ANGELS WEAR SKIRTS Coming to Eng Wan cinemas By WONG Lung-wei's film involving illegal immigrants has been greatly underrated by most critics. Starring Andy Lav, it is a cut above the
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        260 19 QUAKE, shiver and shake! The mid-year examinations are coming round again. Actually, if you start looking through your work now, you will find it much easier as the examinations approach. Work out a little timetable of the subjects you are going to cover each day. Do your revision
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        SHAKESPEAREAN KINGS
        513 19 "NOW is the Winter of our discontent, made glorious summer by this sun of York." These opening lines of Shakespeare's play on this king are spoken by Richard himself. They set the scene for what is to come: murder and corruption. Written around 1590, it tells the story
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      899 1 ■mmwii HARI RAYA PUASA classical and Broadway hits to popular Victoria Theatre. Tickets at $3, $5, $10 Choo Keng Kwang 1989 BJ Light-Up music. Programmes include selections and $15 at the door. Over 60 works by the artist and art I Along Changi and from the ballet Coppelia and PUFfM
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      190 2 Goktetar Aiconditioners COOL 1 jsM For Less Than $1.00 A Nighf If the PUB bills chalked up by ordinary air conditioners have for many a night disturbed your slumber Sleep well Today, we announce the arrival of the very economical Goldstar compact size air conditioners Small m size, the Goldstar
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      673 4 CATHA^BGANISAnONCArHAVORGANII-,AriONCATHAYOPGANIS 1 MAJESTIC: 10.30 AM GOLDEN SULTAN/BROADWAY/ I REGAL/CENTRAL/BEDOK: HAM ZENITH: 11.30 AM 6 I PLUS NOW SHOWING 0 GOLDEN SULTAN (2SMI7S) 4 SHOWS 30, 4 00, 700 9 OOprr 5 5 BEDOK (241WT7) 4 SHOWS I 30, 4 00, 7 30 9 30pm cr> 1 BROADWAY (*****04) 4 SHOWS
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      165 5 GSjSL^^ml^g World of Aviation JE^W^^JI To give you better insight into the |jk^^^^^ fascinating world of aviation, TAKE OFF is divided into 5 sections: 1) AIR COMBAT "Just me the aeronlane 2 CIVIL OPERATIONS Jim me, tne aeroplane accident investigations and the gun. 77 4) race for the SK ES
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      2828 5 Ib YOUR WEEK AHEAD Singapore MS"""" 1 ltaysLKt c MONDAY TUESDAY I INTERNATIONAL S JHI£2JAIMk FRENCH FILM: A.K. Chns Marker films pf&Wfe^ -^T Ik I W*§ the genius' of the great master at^ork M GtS^ SBC S. 9.30 pm r*|M ANTIQUE ART FAIR 1989. Rare finds ■■■■■BHK With English subtitles.
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      180 6 S§ SAMSUNG JUp ONC PfDJ np TpfUNni fIfZU Official Domestic Appliances of Mls^sTngapore/Universe 89 E^m 9 ff l^||f f f f W f f %M» fff 'Wte W >»' Never compromising on quality, Samsung has broushc you another video cassette recorder with jfMc^c^^W HQ (High Quality) circuitry. VV-71 0 With
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      3100 6 MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY"") Bai^idta^^fc^B>BifcdßßßlH I IBi^^^^ariß^^^v^^Bx Bx*j *i. *^>- B Bx »i V^B^t^l B* *i TmS I 2.40 PM. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5.30 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 240 P M TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC S I(IPU TPRT PaTTfBN INR Mimr o. rt dv tcot D .Trr nw lun
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      173 7 More space for less. a> im v? 4 y."^BßjH»)jfc '^^st^^R*Sbß^E\ R^K&4L :^B*j^ Vl w?r I^R» J^Kt wr >S Aona Tropical Fridges give you more space for less. Z~^T Because an Acma Fridge costs you less. 1 So dollar for dollar you get more space and more p I j value
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      114 10 TimeSZOne With Timeszone's frequent contests V^llicJl anc^ r 6^^' neighbourhood snippets, f t's the special advertising section m m 9 you can be confident that readers will X The Straits Times with three separate cMtVCPtlSltig tll6Cllllltl 3110 WS refer to Timeszone. West° ZoneTand r^Thured^y to bIISUICSSeS tO tSOfgßt di££ereilt Call
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      362 13 National Video Cassette "TWO GOOD BUT TRUE" OFFER 23rd April 23rd July 1989 I rj. a■ "j i' 9P^^B a^ b NVEIBOSP-A GIVE US BUY YOUR OLD VHS TAPE NATIONAL VIDEO TAPE AND WIN OVER AND WIN OVER $50,000 $300,000 WORTH OF PRIZES WORTH OF PRIZES Ist PRIZE: Ist PRIZE:
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        IN HIDING
        2222 2 This man and others like him on the run live dreadful, fearful lives as 'walking corpses' IT IS easy enough to disappear. People do it every day. They simply pack a bag and vanish, to adopt a new identity, make a new life. Once the police are satisfied
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          Short and leggy
          93 3 THE very brief skirt is the strongest fashion message for later this year. At the recent Paris designer collections for autumn-winter, the leggy look was clearly back, not just because designers were pushing it, but also because it made long skirts look heavy and draggy. Some designers
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          Copycats warned
          52 3 CHANEL has just won an unprecedented court victory against counterfeiters who had copied not simply its designs, bat the unmistakable Chanel handbag style known the world over. From now on, companies which torn oat copies of the famous quilted Chanel handbag can expect a visit from Paris' bestdressed
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          It's 'interpretation'
          156 3 IT IS said that American retailers go to Paris to buy a little, eat a lot and knock off everything. Indeed, an entire sub-industry of copyists quietly feeds off the designer collections. For example, at the recent au-tumn-winter Claude Montana show a tall woman m a chic, mad-hatters
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          Fabric show
          66 3 INTERNATIONAL designers were m Paris recently. But not to see the collections. They were there, along with representatives from Ameri- oa's Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Anne Klein, Perry Ellis and Liz Clai borne, to attend the premiere Vision fabric show. The show gives designers a first look at
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        Winning Theme
        872 3 It has been explosively successful m Hongkong. Now the colony's equivalent of the famous British Next chain has opened m Singapore. CATHERINE ONG reports CAN the shops produce designer style at a fraction of dt signer prices? Tangs Studio tried to do it but some customers still complain
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        41 3 B<vmel 'nine (S) Re lid is pleased tojumounce 1 .^Hn^n^HHBB: B lIHJk U It.L..L '^vla^Hn^HPd^iffl^J' a v«!^ jUm* Wjfis/fni* Since 1901 N^ DTiLiVirilj BEEMEL TIME (S)PTE LTD 1 Scotte Raod #25-14 Shaw Centre Singapore 0922 Tel: *****27 (3 lines) Pax: *****21
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        Mooning, spooning
        586 4  -  LEE SIEW HUA DRAMA REVIEW To My Heart With Smiles By ORDINARY folks, but no cold fishes m love. One imagines the Chinese couples of the '20s a frigidly Victorian lot, but not lovebirds Pik Kor and Fung Mui. "He wooed her with unabashed ardour and her response
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        Rambo becomes a dictionary word
        756 4  -  ALVIN P. SANOFF Dingbat, greenmail, diskette and dunk are also among the 5,000 new words m the first complete revision of the century-old Oxford lexicon By MILTON Friedman, Sylvester Stallone and Archie Bunker were (a) on the short list for Secretary of Defence, (b) separated
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          Exam works on show
          57 4 THE best of the examination works by art students of the United World College have been put on show under the theme Approaches, Problems, Solutions. It is open to the public from Wednesday to Friday, 9 am to 7 pm, at the Main Hall and art
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          Lock icon Save the cathedrals
          108 4 ENGLAND'S mediaeval cathedrals are crumbling and their custodians are looking desperately to wealthy American donors and others to save them. In the worst crisis, Hereford Cathedral announced it would auction off a 13th-century map of the world. This provoked a storm of outrage and offended English national
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          Lock icon Eat for art's sake
          99 4 AS ARTS organisations cast about for more and more exotic ways of attracting sponsorship, the London International Festival of Theatre organisers have come up with something novel. Hungary's top theatre company, Katona Josef, is t perform Gogol's Government Inspector and Chekhov's Three Sisters at the Old
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          Lock icon Help for Halle
          48 4 JAPANESE businessman Kazuaki Tazaki has given £500,000 to the struggling Halle Orchestra, Britain's oldest professional symphony orchestra. Mr Tazaki, head of the Brother International Europe office equipment firm, said he hoped his three-year sponsorship will i.elp Halle "continue into the 21st century and beyond". IHT
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        116 4 H^H IW ALL THE BEST. I X>/1 ,*^k I THE MODELLING LIFE. How new aspirants C^^ss^ jj B^X NO MOUNTAIN HIGH ENOUGH. Rock single m I^k A bW^W co|ors and tones B MBQS HEROINES. ing 1 we? OFF THE BATIK TRACK. Indonesia, India Wou .Gasman agency' |fe W Kmn. V
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        For contacts and sound decisions, hire the over-40 manager
        870 5 For contacts and sound decisions, hire the over-40 manager A proposed law m Britain highlights the case for the older worker, reports GODFREY GOLZEN, co-author of Changing Your Job After 35 A SURVEY of recruitment advertising by MSL, a human-resource consultancy m Britan, offers cold comfort to older job-seekers there:
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        Passing on East-West values
        915 5  -  Li Sing Li Shing, 70, tells SUZANNE SOH how he brought up his son IN FIRST PERSON AS PRESIDENT of a retirees' club, I often sense that people who I meet would like to ask me: What values did you pass on as a father? And
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        Have you ever seen a jolly jogger?
        554 5  -  Don Reeder QUESTION: You can tell a happy motorcyclist by the smashed bugs on his teeth, but how do you identify a jolly jogger? Answer: You can't, because people do not run for fun. Anybody who says people jog because they like it
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        180 5 ■i I L. f'4 v \J\ LI \\j IC4LO'^^ST- JUT i^i 'Ss II /^2 I y\ iO\\nU' J tSge t comes as no surprise that young people today are drinking |HM^ M^ '^v mOre m^ an ever c^ ore> Wgt Milk has become an essential part of the daily diet
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        The pause that refreshes
        896 6 MARGARET CHAN discovers sunset buffets that reward Muslim fasters and the foodies A FRIEND of mine diets by eating nothing during daylight hours. He then unleashes a ferocious appetite at dinner. He mows down the food: it is an awesome sight. The Muslims began their annual
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        Here's to mixing at mealtimes
        674 6  -  JUNIPER FOO By MORE hotels are dishing up shiok servings of Muslim halal curries, sambals and desserts for fast-breaking this Hari Ray a Puasa. The welcome result is more mixing of Muslims and nonMuslims at mealtimes. If they can do it for the fasting month,
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        Strawberry jams
        350 6  -  LEE GEOK BOI By STRAWBERRY jams tend to come out tasting disappointingly similar, however pricey and fancy the label. But why should we expect them to taste different? It is hard to vary the basic method of making the jam, done by boiling fruits and sugar. Pectin is
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        Sunday LUNCH
        413 6  - Sunday LUNCH LEE SWEE HOON SCALLOP PROMOTION Nutmegs, Hyatt Regency: 1 THE tender fried scallops on a bed of potato and ton (a sauce of red wine, c chives) are a good bet. Gan tasty deep-fried strips of zu But if you like the flavou choose the breaded scallop lobster
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        Hazards in your kitchen
        706 7 British food inspector Tony Beeson runs his finger over a home kitchen, identifying risks and explaining how to avoid them MRS Deryn Warne spends a lot of time m her kitchen m England. She makes marmalade and chutney on a modest commercial scale and caters for
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        450 6 Singapore is a nation of sugar addicts. We eat up to 20 teaspoons of sugar if you're a sugar addict -and a day each m soft drinks, sweets and ice-creams, cakes and even bottled most of us are-you can cut down sauces. This vast amount of sugar can not only
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        294 7 Healthy eaters Mazola For delicious, nutritious and healthy cooking, always insist on Mazola 100% pure, zero-cholesterol premium corn oil. A feast of Prizes to win! Buy Muzolu m the new 3-kg puck during our Nutrition Month Promotion and you could win <>nt> of the following attractive prizes: Ist Prize: Sony
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        696 8  -  STEVEN ERLANGER Even at the height of martial law four months a< parties and modish clothes find a place By EVEN under martial law, love will find a way. The dance of young hormones can be somewhat hobbled when armed soldiers patrol
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        Smashing the iron rice bowl
        943 8 A worker who murders his boss becomes a folk hero and a successful entrepreneur prefers to give his factory to the state than stay m business. NICHOLAS P. KRISTOF of the New York Times reports on the topsy-turvy results of economic reform m China. AFTER
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        369 8 THE TUITION YOU WANT FOR THE RESULT YOU NEED You want to study effectively without wasting time and effort Wolsey Hall offers you a free course m Essential Study Skills before you start. You want a course that is clear, concise and easy to understand Assignments after every lesson of
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        Make your car scream at thieves
        693 9 As vehicle theft rises, THELMA SIM checks out the devices available on the market to foil the car-napper A SECOND-HAND Mercedes 200 was Mi' Tan's pride and joy. He was so taken with his purchase that he splashed a further couple of thousand dollars
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        Always remove the ignition key
        61 9 Besides anti-theft devices, car owners can take these commnnsen.se precautions, say the police: Remove ignition key whenever the car is left unattended, even if only for a few minutes. Lock valuables out of sight m the boot or glove compartment. Park m well-lit carparks. Be
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        A face-lift and more room in new Mercedes 190E
        601 9 THE new Mercedes 190E's launch was heralded by a gongfu show on stage. After the "kiyaa-aah" and clash of cymbals had subsided, a closer look at the latest 190E revealed that the car had merely undergone a face-lift with improved rear
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        Snooker bowls over zany actress
        477 10  -  JUDITH TAN By OUTGOING TV actress Zheng Wanling is jumping to cues of a different kind these days. This exuberant, pixie-like actress of On the Fringe and Two Different Lives, which ended on Friday,became queen of the bowling lanes after taking part m the Salem
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        Is the organ as good as piano?
        929 10 The battle for young enthusiasts is not swayed by the organ's ease of learning, reports THELMA SIM TIME and dedication are the ingredients for proficiency m organ playing, says organist Carol Williams. Specifically: Practise daily. One to two hours is about right. Practise
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