The Straits Times, 23 July 1989

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    13 1 The Sunday Times No: 2767 JULY 23, 1989 55 CENTS MCI (P) 43/12/88
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    Ministry to launch all-out fight against cancer
    672 1 A FULL-SCALE war on cancer, the leading cause of death in Singapore, will be launched next year. The multi-prong strategy will focus on prevention and detection the disease, treatment and supportive care for patients and their families, and research on certain cancers more
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    Lock icon Gorbachev's reform policies under fire
    792 1 Gorbachev's reform policies under fire MOSCOW Soviet Communist Party leaders, openly alarmed that the party is losing control over events in the country, have complained of ideological confusion under President Mikhail Gorbachev's reform policies. The party newspaper Pravda on Friday published speeches made at a meeting on Tuesday at which
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    Lock icon PM Lee to attend Brunei prince's coming-of-age ceremony
    292 1 PRIME Minister Lee Kuan Yew will be in Brunei next week to attend the coming-of-age ceremony of the eldest son of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, officials in Brunei confirmed yesterday. Also attending the ceremony which begins on Aug 2, commemorating the circumcision of
    AFP; Kyodo  -  292 words
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    All 35,000 tickets for N-Day Parade and rehearsal snapped up
    290 1 All 35,000 tickets for N-Day Parade and rehearsal snapped up EAGER Singaporeans have snapped up all 35,000 tickets for this year's National Day Parade and its full dress rehearsal next week. The tickets were taken in less than two hours by long queues at the Bedok, Ang Mo Kio, Toa
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    Lock icon More than a handful of Zoo babies
    117 1 ALL in the family the executive director of the Singapore Zoological Gardens, Mr Bernard Harrison (far right), zookeepers and Lela the orang utan proudly show off the latest additions to the "family". From left are Mr Kasmani bin Jufri with two of the
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      25 1 Cops killed as Soviet miners continue strike: Page 8 Gorbachev exploits miners' strike: Page 22 [IRS. scnion ASRsn Jinmu nil ippn^s lu^opn Pjiop 1 fi
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      586 2 TRUSTING THEIR KEEPERS: some new babies in the Singapore Zoo were shown to the public by zoo keepers yesterday under the watchful eyes of their parents. The word is trust. The animals trust their keepers so much that they allow themselves to be touched and their babies
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      Where's the entertainment for late-shift workers?
      858 2  -  FRANCESCA NATHAN Lack of night-spots where they can unwind beyond 2 or 3 am B) YOU work the second or third shift, and you are looking for some place of entertainment to wind down. So where do you go after work? Where can those
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      Lock icon How crew kept crippled plane flying for 41 mins
      721 2 How crew kept crippled plane flying for 41 mins United Airlines DC-10 crash WASHINGTON The crew of the United Airlines DC-10 that crashed in lowa last Wednesday after an engine broke up and crippled the controls, frantically radioed for advice on how to bring the jetliner down safely, it was
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      White House hails Senate's move to allow military aid for Khmers
      489 2  - White House hails Senate's move to allow military aid for Khmers ONG MING SEING Baker may attend Paris meeting By Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON The Bush administration has hailed a Senate vote that opens the door for military aid to Cambodian non-communist forces as a timely measure that will underscore US
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      Lock icon Sales tax, graft scandals could cost LDP its majority
      589 3 Riding party's popularity rating at all-time low on election eve TOKYO Japanese vote today for half the seats in Parliament's Upper House with the governing conservatives facing possible defeat because of a new sales tax and corruption scandals. The Asahi Shimbun
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      Lock icon LDP steps on the toes of women and farmers
      297 3 TOKYO The embattled ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has managed to insult both women and farmers even as it tried to woo voters from these two important groups in the campaign for Upper House seats. In order to counter the appeal
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      What's at stake in the polls
      147 3 BASIC facts and figures for the election today for Japan's House of Councillors: At stake: 126 of the 252 seats in the less powerful Upper House of Japan's two-house parliament. Current strength Liberal Democratic Party, 142 (73 will remain in office for three more
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      Lock icon Down-to-earth Iron Butterfly
      799 3 Japanese Upper House elections Straight-talking and popular, she is a rarity in a land of mostly anonymous politicians TOKYO Crowds surge forward when Miss Takako Doi arrives at an election rally. Women reach out to shake her hand. A father lifts his son on to his shoulders
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      94 2 STATISTICS THAT SHAPE THE COUNTRY October is great for birthdays On the average over 100 babies are born here every day. Of the children born in the 1980s, more were born in October than any other month of the year. Monthly average number of babies born in 1980-1988 January^ 3,204
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      200 2 TREAT YOUR FAMILY TO SOME LOVE SONGS 1 AT THE ASEAN MERBUK SINGING COMPETITION. Legend has it that the Merbuk was once Now vou can treat your family to their a handsome young prince who was banished from his sweetest songs. Some of the best Merbuks trom Singapore kingdom because
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      160 2 IS I£ %c (C) XLXtJ a m tomorro 3 3 max., 26 min SUNSET today: 7.16 pm; SUNRISt tomorrow: 7.06 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER ArrwU-rdam tC t Madrid 22 37 C Clear nmC Oar Manila 24 33 C cfoudy Hahraln 32 38 C O.u New l)rlhl 27/35 C Cloudy 24/28 C
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  • FOREIGN NEWS
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      Lock icon Sri Lanka offers to drop deadline for Indian troop withdrawal
      532 4 NEW DELHI Sri Lankan President Ranasinghe Premadasa has sent a letter to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, offering to drop the deadline Colombo set for the withdrawal of 45,000 Indian troops from the island nation, Indian news agency reports said yesterday.
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      Lock icon Senior US diplomat may be Soviet spy
      281 4 WASHINGTON A senior United States diplomat, under investigation as a possible Soviet spy, may have caused "a very serious breach of security", the US State Department said. Mr Felix Bloch, a 30-year career diplomat, was reported to have been videotaped passing a briefcase
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      Lock icon 40 die in rocket attack on the centre of Kabul
      470 4 KABUL Up to six rockets fired by Afghan guerillas slammed into central Kabul yesterday, one near a crowded bus station, killing at least 40 people and wounding 114, the Foreign Ministry said. It was one of the worst guerilla attacks
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      Lock icon Glass found in canned food
      133 4 LONDON British food manufacturers H. P. Foods said glass splinters had been found in four tins of baked beans in Yorkshire, England, and that thousands of tins were feared contaminated. Baked beans are a popular breakfast food here. The tins had been sealed at an
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      Lock icon Worst day of shelling leaves 6 dead in Lebanon
      149 4 Worst day of shelling leaves 6 dead in Lebanon BEIRUT The debris of blown-out apartments blocked whole streets yesterday after Beirut was engulfed by what several residents described as the worst shelling in Lebanon's 14-year-old war. The six-hour artillery duel between the Syrian Army and Lebanese Christian-led troops and militiamen
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      Lock icon 200,000 Arab kids return to school following West Bank truce
      164 4 200,000 Arab kids return to school following West Bank truce DHEISHEH (West Bank) Israelis and Palestinians observed a tense truce in the occupied West Bank yesterday as about 200,000 Arab children returned to schools closed for more than a year by Israeli authorities. "Things are going very smoothly," Ms Clare
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      Lock icon Bardot accused of castrating neighbour's donkey
      161 4 SAINT TROPEZ (France) Brigitte Bardot, the former sex symbol who now devotes her time to animal-rights causes, has been accused by a neighbour of castrating his donkey without permission. Industrialist JeanPierre Manivet, who lives next door to Miss Bardot in St Tropez, left his
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      Congressmen approve Bill for $27 b in foreign aid
      392 5  -  ONG MING SEING By Washington Correspondent But funds to Philippines cut as a warning not to waste money WASHINGTON The US House of Representatives has approved a US$l4.2 billion (Ss27 billion) foreign aid Bill that sends a warning to the Philippines
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      Lock icon Burma remains sealed from outside world for third day
      477 5 Burma remains sealed from outside world for third day BANGKOK Rangoon's military rulers kept Burma sealed off from the outside world for a third day yesterday. Telecommunications were cut on Thursday when troops surrounded the homes of opposition leaders Aung San Suu Kyi and Tin Oo and placed them under
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      Lock icon Two killed in Navajo clash with police
      150 5 Two killed in Navajo clash with police WINDOW ROCK (Arizona) Hundreds of supporters of an ousted Navajo Indian chairman clashed with police and took over a tribal building, leaving two men dead and nine wounded, witnesses and officials said. Supporters of suspended tribal chairman Peter MacDonald occupied the tribe's business
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      Lock icon Thatcher expected to reshuffle her Cabinet this week
      193 5 LONEXDN British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher will reshuffle her Cabinet this week to give it a younger look at a time when public-opinion polls show the opposition Labour Party ahead of the Tories, sources in Parliament said on Friday. Changes are likely
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      Lock icon Zhao 'weakened armed forces'
      422 6 China after the Tiananmen Square crackdown BEIJING China's ousted Communist Party leader, Mr Zhao Ziyang, was accused by a hardline general yesterday of weaken:ng the armed forces and was indirectly blamed for corruption among officers of the Beijing military region. The attack was the latest directed
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      Lock icon China's propaganda officials demand tighter media control
      263 6 China's propaganda officials demand tighter media control BEIJING China's Cjmmunist Party ended a major gathering of nationwide propaganda officials with demands for tighter control over the media and arts, and ridicule of the West's belief that socialism is dead, reports said yesterday. The officials decided that "news and publishing units,
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama warns of China's new hard line against Tibet
      267 6 UNITED NATIONS The Dalai Lama of Tibet, who is in self-exile, warned on Friday that China's suppression of the democracy movement was also a signal of a new hard line against Tibetan self-deter-mination. But he called it a "temporary setback"
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      Lock icon Move to cut intake linked to protests, say students
      403 6 Move to cut intake linked to protests, say students BEIJING Students at Beijing University, which will see a drastic cut in the number of freshmen enrolling this fall because of a new government regulation, said yesterday the move was related to the student-led pro-democracy movement. The State Education Commission announced
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      Lock icon Publications chief sacked 'for backing appeal by journalists'
      259 6 Publications chief sacked 'for backing appeal by journalists' BEIJING The Chinese government has dismissed Mr Du Daozheng, director of the state Media and Publications Administration who was accused of backing an appeal by journalists for the government to negotiate with student demonstrators, sources said yesterday. Last week, the administration under
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    • PEOPLE
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        M Butterfly charity show
        118 7  -  ALAN HUBBARD SINGAPORE actor Glen Goei and the rest of the cast of the smash-hit M Butterfly are giving an extra performance of the play at London's Shaftesbury Theatre today to help support Chinese students living in Britain and afraid to go home after the events
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        'First Lady' nominated
        161 7  -  ABBY TAN COMEDIENNE Tessie Tomas, who played Ime'da Marcos in the Australian TV mini-series A Dangerous Life, has been nominated for an Emmy award. Meanwhile, she has taken on a serious stage role as the repressed spinster Candida in Nick Joaquin's celebrated play, Portrait of an Artist
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        Thailand's Stevie Wonder
        118 7  -  GRANT PECK FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD Pongsak Muenchanai last month played the drums at a Washington DC cultural festival, sang at the White House with country music star Kenny Rogers, and shook hands with President George Bush. Pongsak, called "Bird" after the nickname of Thai music superstar Thongchai Mclntyre, is
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        Ali's girl socks it to 'em
        194 7  -  THE FACE is familiar and the voice is unmistakeable. "I am the Greatest!" No, it is not Muhammad Ali but an attractive young lady giving a highly-professional impersonation of the former world heavyweight champion in her nightclub act in Las Vegas his daughter. In
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        Lock icon 'Stamp' of approval
        82 7 KRNEST Hemingway has long been regarded as being in the same literary class as Herman Melville, William Faulkner and John Steinbeck. Now he will have the same official stamp of approval. Hemingway will be the seventh American author to be honoured in the US Post Office's Literary
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      Lock icon Appeal court upholds death sentence for N. Korean agent
      282 7 Appeal court upholds death sentence for N. Korean agent KAL bombing case SEOUL The appeal court yesterday upheld the death sentence on a self-confessed North Korean agent who blew up a South Korean airliner with 115 people on board. The condemned woman, 27-year-old Kim Hyun Hui, is expected to appeal
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      Lock icon No special treatment for Khashoggi in NY jail
      146 7 No special treatment for Khashoggi in NY jail NEW YORK Multi-mil-lionaire Saudi businessman and arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi is being treated like any other prisoner in the New York jail where he is awaiting trial, on charges that he conspired with Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos to loot the Philippines Treasury
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      Lock icon Danish PM slips away to wed ballet director
      167 7 Danish PM slips away to wed ballet director COPENHAGEN Danish Prime Minister Poul Schlueter, 60, married the 40-year-old ballet director of the Royal Theatre Anne Marie Vessel on Friday in a secret church ceremony, officials announced. He surprised everyone except his bride when he slipped away from the office and
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      Lock icon US beef, cherry exports hit by chemical scare
      425 7 SEOUL South Korea plans to test imported beef while Taiwanese consumers are shunning United States cherries because of fears they may be tainted by Alar, a suspected carcinogen, officials and news reports said on Friday. Alar, the marketing name for daminozide, leaped
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      Lock icon US hindering arms control, Soviet adviser tells panel
      499 8 Retired Soviet general staff chief testifies in Washington WASHINGTON The Sovier Union's chief military adviser told a congressional committee that the United States' reluctance to negotiate reductions in its naval forces is a serious obstacle to arms control in other areas. Marshal
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      Lock icon Cops killed as Soviet miners continue strike
      495 8 MObCOW Hundreds of thousands of Soviet miners are continuing a strike at pits across the country while the troubled Black Sea region of Abkhazia remained tense after two policemen were shot dead by rioters. Although miners in western Siberia's Kuzbass coalfield returned to
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      Lock icon Sensitive and understanding — how the British male sees himself
      294 8 Sensitive and understanding how the British male sees himself LONDON He is sensitive, understanding, tolerant and fit. He is no Casanova, but he can cook. You will find him staring at his television set (46 per cent), possibly thinking that he ought to get more exercise (34 per cent). Meet
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      Lock icon Dow breaches 2,600 for first time
      72 8 NEW YORK The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 2,600 points on Friday for the first time in nearly two years, as last-minute programme trading sent prices of blue-chip stocks sharply higher. The Dow jumped 31.87 points, to 2,607.36, its highest close since Oct
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      Lock icon Soviet warships visit US naval port
      194 8 Soviet warships visit US naval port NORFOLK (Virginia) Soviet warships, making their first US goodwill mission in 14 years, steamed into a major naval port in a dramatic symbol of warming superpower relations. The sleek Soviet Northern Fleet cruiser Marshal Ustinov, flying American and Soviet flags above its sharply-raked bow
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      2 8 Politeness smoothes
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  • ASEAN NEWS
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      Lock icon Pilot of plane that skidded 'ignored instructions'
      261 9 Pilot of plane that skidded 'ignored instructions' 1 picture MANILA The pilot of a Philippine Airlines plane that skidded onto a busy highway on Friday failed to heed instructions by air-traffic controllers not to land during a heavy downpour, airport officials charged yesterday. At least eight people were killed and
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      Lock icon Thai ministers survive vote of no-confidence
      365 9 But move strains unity of coalition BANGKOK More than 10 MP's from Thailand's six-party coalition government failed to back one of four Cabinet members in a no-confidence debate, straining the unity of the coalition, observers said yesterday. The four ministers who were subjected to
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge camp shelled for second day
      176 9 BANGKOK Shells hit a Khmer Rouge refugee camp along the Cambodian border for a second day yesterday and forced its 40,000 inhabitants to flee, UN relief officials said. Tho deputy director of the UN Border Relief Operation (Unbro), Mr Patrick Van de Velde,
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      Philippine bishops want anti-graft councils set up
      290 9  -  ABBY TAN By Manila Correspondent MANILA The influential Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines, saying there is widespread corruption in the country, has called on the government to form anti-graft councils at all levels to monitor the spending of public funds. The Catholic
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      Lock icon Indonesia to resume snail sales to France
      72 9 JAKARTA Indonesia will resume exporting snails to France after persuading it that the Asian variety is just as tasty as its European cousin. Antara news agoncy reported yesterday that French agriculture officials had reversed a decree issued in February last year that Indonesian
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  • ACROSS THE CAUSEWAY
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      Retired general is Front's main rival
      424 10  -  ISMAIL KASSIM Tambatan by-election By JOHOR BARU The ruling National Front will defend the Tambatan state seat against three candidates, including the younger brother of former Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn, who was put up by the opposition alliance led by the Spirit
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      Lock icon Court told: Man got others to have sex with wife, child
      331 10 KUALA LUMPUR A former army major, Shaikh Walid Shaikh Bakar, rounded up four men from various parts of the city to have sex with his wife and 13-year-old daughter, the Sessions Court was told. Sazali Arbain, unemployed, said on
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      Lock icon Malaysia and Vietnam to set up factory to manufacture jeans
      260 10 KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia has signed an agreement with Hanoi to establish its first joint industrial venture in Vietnam, a factory to manufacture jeans mainly for export to Japan, officials said yesterday. South Pacific Textile Industries Limited and its subsidiary, Oriental
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      Lock icon Probe into caning allegation
      108 10 Probe into caning allegation KUALA LUMPUR The Ministry of Education is investigating a teacher at a boys' secondary school who is alleged to have caned about 400 students in one day, a news report said yesterday. Director General of Education Abdul Rahman Arshad said he had told the school in
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      Lock icon Dons helping army with $796,000 war games simulation project
      318 10 Dons helping army with $796,000 war games simulation project PENANG The Malaysian army is working with a local university on a Msl.l million (*****,000) war games simulation project. Work on the project started two years ago at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) and is expected to be completed in 1992.
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      Lock icon Mahathir on danger of inflationary spiral
      294 10 MALACCA Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday warned of an inflationary spiral if the people continue to spend beyond their means and if the government acceded to demands for pay increases it could ill afford. Dr Mahathir said inflation had been kept
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      HOME NEWS
      30 12 Footnotes: For items (1 to (7), (1 7) and (18), you are advised to liaise with Planning Department and if necessary obtain planning permission before commencement of work.
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      PWD: No approval needed for minor changes to buildings
      330 12 PWD: No approval needed for minor changes to buildings OWNERS of residential and non-residential buildings who want to carry out minor additions or alterations, like erecting simple awnings or changing their roof covering, will not need Building Authority approval for such works as long as they adhere to certain guidelines.
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      New one-stop 'systematic' cancer treatment centre
      356 12 New one-stop 'systematic' cancer treatment centre DIAGNOSTIC services, chemotherapy, surgery and radiotherapy all under one roof is what the new Oncology Centre will offer cancer patients. Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Acting Health Minister, said this when he opened the $800,000 centre located on the second level of Block 7 of
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      What it should have been
      44 12 A REPORT on Friday stated that the Jurong Town Swimming Complex, which was closed for maintenance, would re-open from today. This is incorrect. The complex will be reopened from Tuesday. The Singapore Sports Council has apologised for the error.
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      Trudeau makes a nostalgic stop
      348 13 A LITTLE street in Singapore will always occupy a special place in former Canadian prime minister Pierre Trudeau's heart. To be more precise it is a restaurant in Upper Cross Street. Here on a private visit with his three teenaged sons, Justin, 17; Sacha, 15,
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      Rape under flyover: Ex-army officer's appeal dismissed
      547 13 AN EX-ARMY officer who was convicted in 1987 of raping a 29-year-old production controller twice under an expressway flyover had his appeal dismissed yesterday. Kulwant Singh, 26, who appeared before a Criminal Court of Appeal on Friday, was returned to jail to continue
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      Five on gang robbery charge
      102 13 FTVE Malaysian youths were yesterday charged in a district court with committing gang robbery in a beauty salon from which valuables worth $15,900 were taken. No plea was taken from Yip Chee Pooi, 16; Chan Pak Hoohg, 19; Yeoh Sin Fook, 18; Wong lam Ping,
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      Dearer Thai rice at NTUC FairPrice
      430 13 Increased global demand the reason for 4-cents-a-kg rise THAT bag of Thai rice you buy from NTUC FairPrice supermarkets is costing more now because of increased demand worldwide over the last few months. Other retail outlets, which take their lead from NTUC FairPrice, are
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      120 12 Be Piaget. Don 't show your hand. TU A/->rfT Sbounoms and Seme* Centres: Singapmr: The Sh^ppmf. Galltry at the Hilton #02-261 ?7. 181 Orchard Road. I^l I-A H IIAVJE/1 Smf!^on(l92i Td 1 i2H(M Telex RS MH4 PIAGET Fax 7 H2122* 0014)1 Mandarin Shopping Arcade. I I/VV I9 VI w.AroKt ru
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      315 12 Ads That Tell I Are Ads That Sell I L Jr DO YOU HAVE OLD PHOTOGRAPHS THAT GO AS FAR BACK AS 1965? Photos that bring back memories of significant events that Ail entries should be have speckled Singapore's past 25 years of sent to: post-independence history? pjctures fmm Past
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      Play your part in promoting goodwill, Asean officers urged
      438 15 SENIOR officers of the armed forces in Asean countries were urged yesterday to be constantly aware of their role in promoting friendship and goodwill. The Second Minister for Defence (Policy), Dr Yeo Ning Hong, said that although they had done well
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      SAF's new career scheme for medical officers has been successful, says Dr Yeo
      427 15 SAF's new career scheme for medical officers has been successful, says Dr Yeo A NEW career scheme for medical officers offered by the Ministry of Defence has been successful in attracting doctors and specialists to serve in the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). Launched three years ago, the scheme has so
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      Look at relaxed immigration rules in the right context, NTUC leader tells unionists
      503 15 Look at relaxed immigration rules in the right context, NTUC leader tells unionists UNIONISTS should view the Government's recent relaxation of immigration rules in the context of the current tight labour market and Singapore's need for more skilled workers, a National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) leader said yesterday. He also
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      Navy gearing up to be a balanced fighting force
      418 16 A NUMBER of projects are being planned to build the Republic of Singapore Navy into a balanced fighting force that suits the country's needs, Brigadier-General (Reservist) Lee Hsien Loong, the Second Minister for Defence (Services), said yesterday. When completed, the Navy
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      Zookeepers work to earn the trust of animals
      616 16  - Zookeepers work to earn the trust of animals YAW VAN CHONG By TRUST that is the keyword which describes the relationship between the animals at the Singapore Zoo and their keepers. In fact, the animals trust their keepers so much that they allow them to touch them, treat their wounds
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      Lorry owners urged to adopt safe driving supervisor scheme
      355 16 Lorry owners urged to adopt safe driving supervisor scheme A PROPER system to monitor drivers and vehicles can reduce the number of accidents involving lorries, the Traffic Police said recently. Towards this end it advised the Singapore Lorry Owners Association (SLOA) to join the safe driving supervisor scheme. Under the
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      Ex-lorry driver jailed for causing fatal accident
      173 16 A FORMER lorry driver who drove dangerously and caused the death of a motorcyclist was jailed for six months and banned from driving for three years on Friday. Tan Hing Chai, 35, a taxi driver, had denied the charge of dangerous driving along
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      Museum welcomes merry-makers
      473 18  -  Weddings can also be held at Empress Place Building A MUSEUM need not necessarily be a sombre and boring place. You can have fun and make merry in it even hold your wedding there! Over the past month or two, various organisations have been using the Singapore
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      Cultural museum to feature Han relics as its next attraction
      180 18 RELICS from the Han Dynasty, including an emperor's jade suit, will be the next attraction at the Singapore cultural museum when the Qing exhibition closes at the end of the year. This was announced by Mrs Grace Wong, general manager
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      Man ran brothel while out on bail for same offence
      354 18 A MAN out on bail on charges of running a brothel in a hotel was back in business within two months of his release living on the earnings of another six prostitutes in the same hotel. Leong Kum Hoong's misdeeds
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      Traffic cop charged with taking bribe
      86 18 A TRAFFIC policeman was yesterday charged in a district court with accepting a $50 bribe from a traffic offender. Mohd Rizal bin Bahrol Rahim, 27, is alleged to have corruptly obtained the money from Toa Kai Pak as an inducement not to summon him
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      S'pore needs to train up core of top managers: Dr Hu
      342 18 S'pore needs to train up core of top managers: Dr Hu SINGAPORE needs to train up a core of high-cal-ibre managers capable of surviving in the fierce international business arena. Finance Minister Dr Richard Hu said yesterday. "A concerted effort will have to be mounted to upgrade our managerial skills
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      Car dealer fined, jailed for drunken driving
      274 18 AFTER a pick-up struck two pedestrians early one morning, the driver was found to have more than twice the amount of legally permitted alcohol in him. Lim Tiong Kok, 32, a second-hand car dealer, admitted on Tuesday to driving under the influence of
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      Pretty plants that can be a pain
      568 20  -  DAVID MILLER New chart identifies hazardous plants to help people keep out of trouble By THEY are common attractive plants, some with flowers so bright that they tempt the onlooker to touch them. But beware, they can cause nasty rashes and other skin
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      Indian High Commission makes TV appeal to illegal workers
      210 20 THE Indian High Commission yesterday made an appeal over television for all illegal Indian immigrants still in Singapore to report to it for repatriation. The appeal is the second from a diplomatic mission here for its nationals to take advantage of
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      Spared Somkid leaves for Thailand
      242 20 Spared Somkid leaves for Thailand SOMKID Kamjan, the illegal Thai worker who was spared a caning and jail sentence after he was pardoned by President Wee Kim Wee, left for home yesterday. He was escorted by immigration officials to the Causeway where he boarded a coach for Thailand at 4
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      9 school bands impress BG Lee with their aplomb and imagination
      211 20 PERFECT aplomb, confidence and imagination these were the words used by a former drum-major to describe the attributes of participants in the band competition at the National Stadium yesterday. The former drum-major was none other than BrigadierGeneral Lee Hsien
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      Bookie had 13 pockets for betting slips
      173 20 A MAN, who wore a shirt with 13 front pockets to keep betting slips, blatantly conducted illegal bookmaking activities at the Bukit Turf Club. Ho Kok Kheong's activities on Jan 28 stuck out like a sore thumb and he was arrested by officers
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      13 15 Are mosquitoes breeding in your flower pot plates? m Ministry of the Environment
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      173 18 THE NEXT Ir "li IMISS PHOTOGENIC y^rfIcOULDBEYQJj A TOTAL OF ■^BHj^^^^^^ MORE THAN I W ORTH OF PRIZES W J ff TO BE WON' Bfll^^^^^H^HEßl .^a^^^HH Organised by: I^^^^^Bfl V PHOTO FAIR PTE LTD in conjunction with Asia's Most H^*^^ Successful Photo Event ■L fIOEB^MIR 89 pH j2 Sponsored by:
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      421 20 TRACER VK'S Of SAN FRANCISCO (Level 5) Stepping into Trader Vic's is like stepping into an exotic getaway. The unique Polynesian decor exudes a sense of warmth and a certain charm that few 1 liC din DICnCC restaurants possess. is as exotic as the food Apart from ambience, the food
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  • FOCUS
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      Cut the rag out of orientation
      305 21 The Sunday Times VIEW THE three-week orientation programme at the National University of Singapore ended with Rag and Flag day last Tuesday. According to the university, the word "rag" referred to the scrap materials used for decorating floats entered for a float competition. Flags
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      25 YEARS AGO
      154 21 What The Straits Times reported on July 22, 1964 THE Acting Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, appealed for calm in a broadcast last night on the clashes which occurred in Singapore yesterday in which four people were killed and 178 injured, leading to the imposition of a
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      Mr Pen repudiates Mr Sword
      1229 21 Once accused of forsaking his principles for profit, Hongkong publisher LOUIS CHA confounds his critics again LOUS L. Y. CHA was born in 1924 in Hangzhou, China, and studied at the Suzhou University Law School. He is married to interior decorator Lam Lok Yee, his
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      256 21 YOUNG MUSICAL TALENTS TEN -YEAR OLD COMPOSER REPRESENTS SINGAPORE Lee Shea Lin, who performed 2 weeks ago at i^HHH 1 the YOUNG COMPOSERS' NITE, has been -^^^B selected to represent Singapore for the International Junior Original Concert 1989 in Nemu-no-sato, Japan on 28 August 1989. As Shea Lin will be
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      215 21 Little baby Mei depends on her mother for protection. You can depend on the Shield. _t o her it's just another toy. She doesn't realise the danger of matches. That she could get hurt. She depends on her mother to protect her. Lucky her. But who are you going to
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  • FOCUS/Viewpoints
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      Gourmands, my countrymen all, lend me your chopsticks
      956 22 1 Tan Sai Siong There is no such thing as a generation or income gap when it comes to food. An old Chinese towkay and a young Indian coolie will as happily sit down with one another to swop notes on their
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      It's a short passage to Cambodia from France 1789
      856 22 1 Russell Heng Being detached about 200-year-old absurdities comes easily in the context of modern-day France. It has after all survived the upheavals well. But in today's Cambodia, the centuries do not quarantine the foolishness of the past. In both lands
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      Gorbachev exploits miners' strike
      815 22 1 Murray Seeger Instead of calling out the army to put down the strike, the Soviet leader is attempting to use the workers as allies in his campaign for economic reform IN Moscow, they used to call it The Polish Disease. It was a subject for
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      Shattering the accident rate
      437 22 WHILE gallivanting around town the other day, I bumped into an old friend. As he got out of his car he said: "Your bumper bumped into my bumper, bum!" "Isn't that what bumpers are for? For bumping?" I asked the Traffic Chief of Southwest Singapore, Superintendent
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      Fallout from the China crisis
      160 23 Our correspondents in the region and CHAI KIM WAH in Singapore spell out the impact recent events in Beijing will have THE recent political earthquake in Beijing shook not just China but also sent tremors throughout the region. Now that the dust has settled to
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      HONGKONG
      270 23 NOWHERE has the impact of China's political turmoil been felt more acutely than across the \a> Wu border in the British colony which will become a Special Administrative Region of the mainland in 1997. It has led to a breakdown in the drafting process of the Basic Law, Hongkong's
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      SINGAPORE
      235 23 THE longer the uncertainty continues, the more Hongkong money and talent will make their way here, say local analysts. Even before the Government relaxed the rules on immigration, applications by Hongkongers for permanent residence here had risen threefold. A surge of enquiries from Hongkong for residential units and expected
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      MALAYSIA
      220 23 IN the short term, Malaysia stands to gain economically from the political turbulence in China. Says Mr K. K. Koh, a special adviser to the Bei-jing-based Economic Research Institute for Asia and the Pacific: "Almost overnight, I had investors from Taiwan and Hongkong phoning me to say they are
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      THAILAND
      268 23 EVEN before the unrest in China, there was an upsurge of Hongkong investment interest here because of jitters in the Crown colony over its uncertain future. Last year, the Taiwanese made up the largest group of overseas industrialists committing new funds in Thailand and Hongkong investors appear to be
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      PHILIPPINES
      180 23 SINO-FILIPINO trade and investments are not substantial enough for there to be much effect as a result of the China crisis. However, the Philippines has a claim on the disputed Spratly islands which reminds Manila that it must keep an even keel in ties with Beijing, no matter how
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      INDONESIA
      273 23 THE strongest reverberation of the China crisis has undoubtedly been in diplomacy while economically, Jakarta stands to lose as much as gain from the fallout. The immediate concern of Indonesian leaders is the kind of China likely to emerge from the aftermath. This has rekindled a debate on the
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      TAIWAN
      307 23 THE China crisis will subdue the flourishing indirect trade and private travel between Taiwan and the mainland but the lasting effect is psychological. Beijing's regression to conventional, communist ways has reinforced Taiwan's sense of separateness and forced its citizens to face "the cold fact that the two Chinas will
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      Racism is not restricted to the whites
      311 23 Both Tan Sai Siong and Alan Hubbard have tried very hard to prove that the British government's rejection of the right of Hongkong's 3.25 million UK passport holders to settle in Britain Is based on race (The Sunday Times, July 9). Racism is
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      History is like a jigsaw puzzle
      278 23 LETTERS Race/History/Maids Miss Tan Sal Siong's article ••Footprints of the past can guide steps into the future" (The Sunday Times, July 2), has prompted me to review and relate my conception of history. Now, I liken history to a huge jigsaw puzzle. Historical records
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      Why option of more childcare centres may not work
      287 23 Why option of more childcare centres may not work cept to say that there is no good reason not to have them, "if the will is there including the willingness to pay what is needed". We, on the other hand, can see three gigantic reasons why not: The need to
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      80 22 Pmßßm Once again The Straits Times and The Sunday Times have proven superior in print quality in the highly competitive field of international newspaper print reproduction. We bagged a total of three awards, one of them a first, in this year's Pacific Area Newspaper Publishers' Association awards for excellence in
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  • RACING
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      WHAT THE TIPSTERS SAY
      305 24 Race Frederick Quek Tan Thean Loon Malcolm Bastiana Danny Khoo Ron Too 2DORCENO 1 DASH FOR CASH S MS TOY 3 RECORD MACHINE 2 DOREENO 1 3 RECORD MACHINE 3 RECORO MACHINE 3 RECORD MACHINE I DASH FOR CASH 3 RECORD MACHINE 1 DASH FOR CASH
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      Colonial Chief to call the shots
      377 24  -  TAN THEAN LOON Penang preview by A "GRUDGE" match is shaping in the second leg of the Rothmans International 100 Triple Crown (1400m) today. In a top-notch field for the $100,000 weight-for-age sprint, three gallopers stand out Bestplan, Colonial Chief and Batman, who finished
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      MUDLARKS
      86 24 THESE horses have won or done well on a wet track: RACE 1: Record Machine, His Toy. RACE 2: Udomsak, Meteoroid, Best Always, High Strike. RACE 3: Lagi Boleh, Measure 11, Uncompromising, Amigo Loco. RACE 4: Espada Castille, O'Darling, Bestest, Mon Seigneur. RACE 5: Colonial Chief, Track Lark, Alcove
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      Saugatuck up to the task
      203 24  -  MALCOLM BASTIANS By THREE-YEAR-OLD Saugatuck, the youngest challenger in the Rothmans International 100 Triple Crown, should mow down his more experienced rivals today. The dashing sprinter, winner of four of his five starts, will step out a fresh horse today after a three-month rest. He
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      TODAY'S PENANG RACE CARD
      5087 24 Best bet: COLONIAL CHIEF (Race 5) Best outsider: BLACK GENERAL (Race 2) Going forecast: GOOD QAf* C 1 2.15pm CLASS 3 DIVISION D: 1,200m nMV/L I RATINGS 111 68-56 STAKES $14,750 1 525 DASH FOR CASH 57 (66) Dash For Cash-Dragon 4 ag +5 (1400m). Thereabouts
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      Thwaites keeps up good run with treble
      456 25 PENANG RACES TRAINER Malcolm Thwaites, who took training honours with six winners at Ipoh, kept up his winning edge with a treble yesterday. Trend Setter 111 unbeaten in three previous starts, provided Thwaites' his first winner of the afternoon with a fluent victory
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      Nashwan completes unique quartet
      140 25 LONDON Odds-on favourite Nashwan maintained his onbeaten record and completed a unique quartet of victories with a narrow win In the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Diamond Stakes at Ascot yesterday. Nashwan, at f-2 on, the shortest-priced winning favourite in the history of the race,
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      Lock icon Three HK riders found guilty of race fixjng
      262 25 Three HK riders found guilty of race f ixjng RACE-FIX TRIAL I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW July 22 1989 FIRST 3515 SECOND 3224 THIRD 3942 STARTERS 7919 1505 4972 3328 5803 9887 3148 7949 1195 CONSOLATIONS 8950 3823 6194 7648 7229 2594 9616 9717 7294 9710 HONGKONG Three Hongkong jockeys were found
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      YESTERDAY'S RACE RESULTS
      1817 25 Mnrinf stable: Auric rVmnirf trainer: Teh Choon Beng. Won by: 1 >, Vi. Winning tine: 1 mm 11.4 sec. Tote: Penang. KL Ipoh $28. $6. $7, $7 Spore $31, $7, $5. $7. Forecast (S i 5): Penang ($2) $15. Spore ($5) $27. KL ($2) $10. Ipoh ($2)
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      Tampines East clinch title
      110 25  -  VOLLEYBALL TAMPINES EAST shocked fancied Toa Payoh 2-1 to win the Inter-Constituency volleyball tournament after an exciting final at Toa Payoh Sports Hall last night. Tampines East, who had lost 2-0 to Toa Payoh in an earlier round, paid scant respect to their opponents by taking
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      Savur to spar with Ben and Koon Guan
      246 25 Savur to spar with Ben and Koon Guan SNOOKER ARVIND SAVUR is in town and ready to produce the style that has made him India's champion eight times. He will take on Singapore's top players Benjamin Lui and Lim Koon Guan in a special exhibition match at King's Leisurium in
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      Lock icon Arabs push towards soccer stardom
      494 25 Arabs push towards soccer stardom SOCCER NICOSIA (Cyprus) A young Saudi Arabian team's victory over Scotland in last month's Under-16 World Championship show how the Arabs are emerging as a force in a sport long dominated by Europe and South America. The 5-4 defeat by the Saudis in an extra-time
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      Skipper Suffian
      92 25 MILO CUP SOCCER SUFFIAN MOHD, of St Patrick's Schools, leads the Singapore team for the FAM/MSSM/MILO Cup tournament in Kedah from tomorrow to Aug 2. The Singapore Under-16 squad contest Group D, together with Negri Sembilan, Sarawak and Malacca. Twelve other Malaysian states, including defending champions Kedah, are
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      Special clinic
      113 25 MOBIL MARATHON MOBIL will be organising a clinic with a difference, featuring a panel of experts who will analyse an edited video-tape of the London Marathon for running tactics. The clinic will be held at the Crystal Ballroom, Hyatt Regency Hotel, next Sunday at spm. Admission is free.
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      Lock icon All in the family as Kiwis bid a rugby farewell
      326 26  -  Albert Johnson RUGBY by Pictures by I THE First Battalion Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment, battle-hardened warriors of the Malaysian Rugby Union Cup, bid farewell with their final rugby match at Dieppe Barracks yesterday. Their opponents, fittingly, were the visiting
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      Why the Japanese have such a great yen for golf
      732 26  - Why the Japanese have such a great yen for golf TAY CHENG KHOON GOLF is a sport, says the Japanese government finally. Although the Japanese have had a passionate love affair with golf since post-war days, their government officially recognised it as a sport only three months ago. Previously, golf
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      Lock icon Byrum beats rains and rivals to take one-stroke lead
      524 26 FOREIGN GOLF COAL VALLEY (Illinois) Curt Byrum hurried to finish a three-under-par 67 just before a storm interrupted play for the second time on Friday and took a one-shot lead halfway through the US$7OO,OOO ($1.36 million) Hardee's Classic. Byrum, seeking his
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      Lock icon Argentine head helps Maradona score
      223 26 Argentine head helps Maradona score CHARITY SOCCER BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona, arguably the world's best soccer player, credited Argentine President Carlos Menem with helping him score the only goal of a fund-raising match for the poor on Friday night. The captain of the national squad scored from a 30-metre free-kick
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      Lock icon Becker outlasts Agassi to level for W. Germany
      372 27 MUNICH Wimbledon champion Boris Becker continued a dramatic comeback from two sets down to beat Andre Agassi and put West Germany level 1-1 with the United States in their Davis Cup tennis semi-final yesterday. After battling back to two sets-all before the
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      Sweden take 2-0 lead
      154 27 Sweden take 2-0 lead BASTAD (Sweden) Sweden's place in their seventh successive Davis Cup final looked assured on Friday after Mats Wilander and Jonas Svensson swept aside their Yugoslav opponents on the first day of their semi-final. Wilander exhausted Goran Prpic, standing in for the injured and sorely-missed Slobodan Zivojinovic,
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      Kiwis a game away from promotion
      223 27 AUCKLAND New Zealand are poised to advance to the World Group of the Davis Cup after winning the doubles rubber against Hungary here yesterday. Despite a second-set lapse, New Zealand duo Kelly Evernden and David Lewis had no trouble in disposing of Hungarians Lazslov
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      The reverend and revered Foreman
      889 29 ATLANTIC CITY They laughed when a fat and ageing part-time preacher from Humble, Texas, climbed, not without some difficulty, into the ring in an attempt to defy boxing history's injunction that they never come back. That was two years ago and today they they are
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      Lock icon Tyson's possible challengers notch unimpressive victories
      330 29 ATLANTIC CITY James "Buster" Douglas and Jose Ribalta, both considered possible challengers for the world heavyweight boxing championship, scored unimpressive 10-round decision victories on Friday night at the Convention Center. The bouts were preliminaries to Mike Tyson's heavyweight title defence against Carl "The Truth"
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      Lock icon Cook carries off rare feat
      273 29 Cook carries off rare feat CRICKET LONDON Somerset's South African opener Jimmy Cook became on Friday only the second batsman ever to carry his bat in both innings while scoring two centuries. Cook, who scored 120 not out in the first innings, finished on 131 on Friday as Somerset slumped
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      Lock icon Hohns saves Aussies
      132 29 Hohns saves Aussies SOUTHAMPTON (England) Trevor Hohns hit an unbeaten 58 on Friday to rescue Australia on the third and final day of their cricket match against Hampshire. Australia, 68 ahead on the first innings, had slumped to 189-8 in their second innings when Hohns came to the crease. The
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      Armed Forces in merciless mood as H&D surrender
      477 29  -  Peter Khoo RUGBY by SINGAPORE Armed Forces Sports Association broke their five-year lean spell in the Singapore Rugby Union Sintex Under-20 tournament when they mauled Hill A Delamain 24-0 in yesterday's final at Grange Road. "It feels good to win after quite
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      168 29 CHRISTCHURCH Argentina suffered the third defeat of their New Zealand tour yesterday and were dismissed as a second division rugby union power by the opposition coach. In a scrappy match on a muddy pitch, the Argentine Pumas were outwitted by Canterbury, losing 33-16. They put in
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      Spare a thought for Peter
      193 29 BOWLING A STUBBORN No. 9 pin cost Peter Teo Kok Tiong $50,000 at Jackie's Bowl on Friday night. Peter, bowling in the ATBC Foursome League, recorc*«»d a 299 pinfall in his first ga: ie one short of a perfect game which would have earned him
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      Grady grabs two-stroke lead
      653 30 Australian sets 'conservative' pace as US Tour players dominate BRITISH OPEN GOLF: Second days play TROON (Scotland) Australian Wayne Grady shot a five-under-par 67 to take a twoshot second-round lead as US Tour players strengthened their grip on the British Open golf championship at Royal Troon
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      Lock icon Jet's stray hits lady on head
      150 30 TROON (Scotland) A 46--year-old woman spectator was knocked unconscious on the fourth hole at the British Open on Friday. But there was disagreement over whose ball hit her. Local police said the ball was struck by Nick Faldo. The Briton however said the ball
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      Lock icon Watson's winning will
      321 30 TROON (Scotland) Tom Watson is ready to mould two days of solid groundwork into a record-equalling sixth British Open victory at Royal Troon. Two shots behind Australian leader Wayne Grady at the halfway stage, the 39-year-old Watson clearly senses that a first major triumph for six years
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      Lock icon Popular Palmer to close chapter?
      225 30 TROON (Scotland) Golfing legend Arnold Palmer said on Friday he may have played his last British Open championship. Two months from his fifth birthday, the American had posted his second successive lt-over-par 82 In the second round of the Open, the worst score In the
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      Lock icon Second-day scores
      409 30 (British, unless stated): 135 Wayne Grady Aust) 68 67. 137 Payne Stewart (US) 72 65, Tom Watson (US) 69 68. 138 Eduardo Romero (Arg) 68 70, David Feherty 71 67, Wayne Stephens 66 72. 13t Derrick Cooper 69 70, Greg Norman (Aust) 69 70, Steve Pate (US) 69
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      475 30 Only fate can stop Fignon TOUR DE FRANCE L'ISLE D'ABEAU A bar of soap, a stray dog or a polluted shellfish or two could hand American Greg LeMond victory in the Tour de France today. But it is not very likely. Short of an accident, nothing can stop Laurent Fignon
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      Lock icon South African loses to protect identity
      236 30 HONOLULU A South African athlete, who entered last year's Honolulu Marathon as a Paraguayan and finished second, deliberately lost the race in an attempt to avoid revealing his true identity, his agent said. Paul Coetzer, an agent with the Pretoria firm of Sports Mark,
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      Lock icon Jeannle down but certain
      92 30 Jeannle down but certain WOMEN'S CYCLING L'ISLE-D'ABEAU (France) Olympic champion Monique Knol, of Holland, stopped Jeannie Longo's winning streak at five in winning the 10th stage of the women's Tour de France yesterday. However, Jeannie holds an insurmountable lead, barring mishap, with one stage left today. She was 16th for
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      Golden prospects look bright
      1159 31 "The optimists predict 25 golds, critics say the figure will not go beyond 15, but my books indicate a respectable 20." EXACTLY a month from today, Singapore's contingent of 345 athletes will start their battle for honours against their regional counterparts in the 15th South-east Asia
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      2117 31 ATHLETICS Masters International meet Men's triple Jump (45-49 yrs): 1 Shoamal Sen (Ind) 11.28m (rec). Shot put (55-59): 1 Ajit Singh (Ind) 10.3m (rec). Shot put (59-54): 1 Y.P. Malik (Ind) 13.15m (rec). Women's shot putt (35-39): 1 Bhan Mati (Ind) 8.13m (rec). Standings for Mobil Outdoor
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      Strikers quit team to KL
      289 31 Strikers quit team to KL HOCKEY STRIKERS Tarlok Singh and Ranjit Singh have pulled out of the Singapore hockey team (or next month's South-east Asia Games in Kuala Lumpur. Both 23-year-olds have informed team manager Farouk Marican of their decision but neither was prepared to comment on their move. But
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      Marseille off to a flying start
      515 31 FOREIGN SOCCER ROUND-UP LYON French First Division soccer champions Marseille ran riot against Lyon on Friday, launching the 1989-90 season with a 4-1 win. Captain Jean-Pierre Papin, last season's top marksman, Franck Sauzee and Patrice Eyraud all scored in the first 15 minutes as
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  • OBITUARIES
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      342 27 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths MR LAW NGI KING AGE 45 passed away peacefully on 21.07.89 leaving behind beloved: Father: Mother: Low Ing Sing Ee Yio Nion Wife: Ong Slew Lay Daughter: Law Xlang Qing Brother: Sister-in-law: Lau Ngeh PI Sheng Chieng Nam Sisters: Brothers-in-law: Law Hai Yang Ong
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      322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements
      45 27 322 Acknowledgements 322 Acknowledgements The Family of the Late MARY GOH AH CHIANG thank the Priests of St. Stephen's Church, Dr. Koh Chye Seng, Members of St. Joseph's Dying Aid Association, relatives and friends for their prayers, condolences, donations and assistance during their recent bereavement.
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      75 27 R. MURUGIAH AGE 71 Passed away on 22-7-80, leaving behind wife, sons, daughters, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, and grandchildren. Cortege leaving Blk. 34 #08-381, Marslllna Drive at 4pm for Mt Vernon Crematorium on 23-7-89 Tha family of tha lata MR. LIM CHIN KONG Departed 18 July 19M wiahaa to express
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      323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      157 27 323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences THE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF PAN WORLD PRECISION ENGINEERING PTE. LTD. AND PAN WORLD ENGINEERS PTE. LTD. EXTEND THEIR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO OUR CHAIRMAN MR. LOW ING SING ON THE DEMISE OF HIS BELOVED ELDEST SON THE LATE MANAGING DIRECTOR, MR. LAW
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      324 In Memoriam In loving memory of
      211 27 324 In Memoriam In loving memory of MRS. KANO CHIANO HOCK departed 23.7.53. Sometimes an old fashtoned song brings us a thought or you, Sometimes a flower as we pass along or a sky that Is azure blue or a silver lining In the clouds. When the sun Is peeping
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      23 27 In Loving Mamory MDM. RAJAN JANAI QHEE Departed 23 July 1988 Foravar lov»d and rammbtrtd by family and k>vd on—.
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      20 27 CHUA MUI CHENG Oapartad 23rd July ISM Oaaply misaad and lovingly ramambarad by husband, childran »rvd grandchHdran.
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      19 27 II:' S Make new business contacts through classification 79 in The A Straits '*Q Times <^ Classified. c.a.t.s. 1 7i7-U*«
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      183 28 IT'S NOT EXEMPT FROM RISING TAXES, COSTLIER PETROL OR CBD CHARGES. IT JUST FEELS THAT WAY. You take on a different attitude towards Not that ifs difficult to see why. way perhaps, towards justifying the current price /o^?k driving when you take ownership of a BMW 730iL. Everything else seems
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      177 29 APFOINTMENTS FAR EAST ORGANIZATION invites applications for the following senior positions:--1) PROJECT GENERAL MANAGER To take chame of full range of the Company's project development functions and activities. Overall in charge of planning and the various functions of all departments. The candidate must previously hold a senior position in a
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      45 30 hß^JffwHP^Wiyii^yfcß shin Min Dai| y News ■■■mßuhihhhhl b_ a style of our own in kth J±. d£ d^ I Ink v JH W+\y Xr&MH\ -Rift* r i-j^ vuc f. viic w tk ft irr i>j fu] W» -W^'^itlKlAi'/A:'?'^'!' 7 fIL A Jt^W #Cfl:rl' ft *****X7
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      98 31 Go FoV^ Go aLI TOPPKR 7-A-Side Bacaar 1 ournament, Smtdav 13 August at the- S<-iitosa t-oothall Kk-M. from «*.(K> am. iather \our nine best players and pl»y you .i\ to some tei ri lie prizes' I nti\ fee jx-i team is SI" (XI (excluding normal admivsion charges to the island).
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      Williams fails in moment of truth
      824 32  -  ALAN HUBBARD By ATLANTIC CITY Twentyfour hours after America celebrated the 20th anniversary of the moon landing, Mike Tyson launched Carl "The Truth" Williams into first-round orbit to demonstrate that, as world heavyweight champion, he is already on another planet. Ninety-three seconds was all
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      Pahang remain on top as Selangor come off bottom
      411 32 MALAYSIA CUP ALOR STAR Pahang were lucky to retain their four-point lead at the top of the Semi-Pro Division One Malaysia Cup soccer table after they drew 1-1 with second-placed Kedah on Friday. The top-of-the-table clash, which was to have brought
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      70 32 P W D L F A Pts. Pahan* 5 4 1 010 5 13 Kedah 5 2 3 0 6 3 9 Penan* 4 2 118 4 7 KL 4 2 117 5 7 HUK»p*rr S 1 1 1 S 4 4 Sarawak 4 112 3 6 4 Selangor
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        86 32 Mize and Kite lead US charge Larry Mize and Tom Kite led an American charge to the top of the British Open yesterday, a day of warm weather and red-hot golf. And five-time champion Tom Watson was about to join in. Mize, the 1987 Masters champion, and Kite were tied
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        Bee Khim's
        44 32 Singapore's Kee Bee Khim won the Selangor Women's Amateur Open golf tournament yesterday after the first hole of a sudden-death playoff. Bee Khim (77) and Malaysia's Alyah Tan (78) had finished on 234, two strokes ahead of Malaysian Gaby Los Santos (78).
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        Gorans win
        36 32 Goran Ivanisevic and Goran Prpic, of Yugoslavia, beat Swedes Stefan Edberg and Anders Jarryd 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3 in the doubles in their Davis Cup tennis semi-final yesterday. Sweden lead the five-match tie 2-1.
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        Marathon list
        42 32 A total of 676 runners, including 54 foreigners, have confirmed their participation in the International MAS Marathon in Penang on Oct 8. The foreign entries include last year's women's champion, Japan's Satsuko Hanafuza. This year's marathon offers prizes totalling M570,000.
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      Singapore in for a tough and rough time
      400 32 Singapore in for a tough and rough time SARAWAK v SINGAPORE PREVIEW: By Joe Dorai KUCHING Singapore will face their toughest assignment so far in the Semi-Pro Division One Malaysia Cup soccer competition tonight when they take on hosts Sarawak. The visitors' character and resilience will severely test against a
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      179 32 TODAY S EVENTS I BOWLING sth Jatico Tourna- both at 8.45pm. Div Two: Perils ment of Champions: s-final v Perak (Kangar Stadium), (9.30am). step-ladder finals Armed Forces v Brunei (Cheras (2.30pm) both at Queenstown Stadium), Negri Sembilan v Bowl. Trengganu (Seremban Stadium) CRICKET Div 1: SCC Iv IA all at
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      1457 1 THE PARENT TRAP ?MWk &r '^SL I'*'1 fe*' 11. A 1986 sequel to the H^^KSr wfr '---1 Disney comedy of er- JB R^fl »^t i* JSp «F^ r V^a^ Hh rors. Those famous i^HHA Hfe c JjEr fIBSHfiS >'„ twins now face romantic 'j^rßlß^^ «fe' ***** adult mix-ups as par-
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      8 1 TV PLUS The Sunday Times, July 23, 1989
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        COVER STORY
        39 2 Stunts are a must for BMX enthusiasts because 'it is prestigious to be food' Camping outdoors may not be as comfortable as staying home, but it alows youngsters to be with friends and to stay up late
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        Out for adventure
        1516 2 SDCTEEN-year-old Eddy Teo's idea of leisure is to do scary stunts on his skateboard. On weekends, Louis Lim, 12, can be found balancing on his BMX bike outside Sogo department store at Marina Square. The duo are part of a growing number of youngsters who embrace hobbies
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        From couch to karate kid
        311 2  - From couch to karate kid JACQUELINE WONG ONCE, he found all sports a bore. Today, Raffael Costello, who used to just hang around with friends or watch television, Is Into flying kicks and constantly faces the possibility of breakIng a bone. Twice a week, the 18-year-old A-level student pats In
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        Violence, yes, but is that all?
        298 3  -  TOH HAI LEONG NOBODY'S HERO At Overseas Movie cinemas VENGEANCE IS MINE At Eng Wah cinemas By THERE is a fair slice of sadistic violence in both these Hongkong actioners, both of which appear to be inspired by Englishlanguage productions, Taxi Driver and The
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        Darker side of success for Wang Chieh
        898 3 "I thought life would be great when I became famous. But now I feel empty and lost," Mandarin pop's golden boy tells GUAN LBING HE MAY be the current king of Mandarin pop, but Dave Wang Chieh still looks as if success has
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        Taiwanese dream realised
        407 3 HIS mission has been to pave the way for more Taiwanese singers to stage shows in Singapore; and if the audience's response at the World Trade Centre on Friday was anything to judge by, Wang Chieh's efforts deserve a gold star. Wang's concert is the first by
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        TV EYE
        18 4 Two Japanese transsexuals fined in Orchard Road: the* counterparts in Singapore wouU only appear in sfwuettes
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        Sex-change op: did SBC go too far?
        798 4  -  KEN JALLEH JR ON*TV MY FRIENDS' reactions to Friday Background (SBC 5, 7.50 pm), which brought a bloody sex-change operation into my living room, can be summed up in a local cartoonist's oft-uttered words of exclamatory disgust: Ee-Yurrnr! My immediate response was worse,
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        A call from a transsexual started it all
        325 4 A CALL from a transsexual who wanted to share her plight with Friday Background prompted the 25-min-ute segment on transsexuals two Fridays ago, Slightly longer than most items in this series, it was one of the rare occasions when a story on
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        LOOK EAST
        258 4  -  ONG KEONG HIAN By Nakamori, why? IT LOOKS as if she has everything but Japanese pop-sensation Akina Nakamori was recently found in the bathroom of Matchy, her boyfriend, with her left wrist slashed. Fortunately, the attempted suicide was discovered in time and 23-year-old Nakamori was rushed to hospital.
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        276 7 TODAY we start a new series on women in sports women who have done their best and made a name for themselves. Our first star is Martina Navratilova who dominated women's tennis for more than a decade. Most of us who play games or who are learning a
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        Making waves
        235 7 YOU can bring the sea right into your home without getting wet. There won't be winds either but you can make plenty of waves in a bottle. Buy the turpentine from paint shops. Rubbing alcohol can be found in Guardian pharmacies. Food colouring is sold in supermarkets. You
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        MARTINA NAVRATILOVA: Tennis star
        778 7 Women champions MARTINA Navratilova lost in her ninth attempt to win the Wimbledon ladies' title recently. But winner Steffi Graf of West Germany still has a long way to go before she can take Martina's record of eight wins at Wimbledon, six of them consecutively an
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        A pwrfect musical next March
        780 18  -  bles and Phantom of the Opera as it is called in London. Singapore will be the first country to see this version of the hit musical which will then move on to Kuala Lumpur and Hongkong as part of a US$6 million (about Ssl2 million)
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          ASIAN POP
          355 18  -  LIM SEK By LITTLE imperfections can mean big money. In a light-weight Chinese pop circuit, novel traits (such as poor pronunciation) are as highly valued as a good performance or singing voice. Three singers who have capitalised on their imperfections are Alan Tarn, Cyndi Zhao and Zhao Chuan.
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          WESTERN POP
          230 18  -  ONG SOH CHIN By BATMAN Motion Picture Soundtrack Prince (Warner Bros) HIS Royal Purpleness, originally supposed to do music for the Joker,, got so enthusiastic that the whole: soundtrack bears his mark. (There i» also another Batman soundtrack by! Danny Elfman of Oingo Boingo with Mice's Batman soundtrack:
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      135 3 "We're not merely zippers" YKK is the world leader in zippers and also a multi-talented corporation with worldwide interests in building materials, machinery and engineering developments, as well as advanced farm projects. Since 1959, YKK has established 168 plants and offices in 40 countries. c r In Singapore, YKK is
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      474 4 NOW SHOWING LIDO/CAPITOL/CHANGI 1 ORIENTAL/SAVOY 1/PRESIDENT/W LANDS REPUBLIC 1 Theatre t NEW CROWN H Plmm not* ehang* of show Timings du« to length of Him B Cw/LMO/Bav 1/Ori/CtW 1: 10 30, 1 IS, 4, 6 46, »30*R*p 1 1 IS, 4, e.46. 930 m Pilifiil/Woodl»nd» 1 18, 4 00. 6
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      91 5 f HO CHONG WING MBWlB^gfJ^MJtfWai HIS SILVER HARMONICA 1. APRIL IN PORTUGAL 2. STRANGER ON THE SHORE 3. MOONLIGHT BAY 4. TILL 5. AL Dl LA 6. SOMEWHERE MY LOVE 7. VAYA CON DIOS 8. DONKEY SERENADE 9. TILL I WALTZ AGAIN WITH YOU P 1^ 10. AROUND THE WORLD
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      3074 5 S YOUR^ WEE K AHEAD DRAMA FESTIVAL 1989 /jßNfPfij^ EXHIBITIONS MONDAY '*IVh«' ""SiThTTT 'HHPBBHBP 1 ihatghkosws**^ L SSSSSL" W?Kh™ SSrisSfSa I around the worTd in eighty days I E^W^£&2tt?stt fl^^^ft gentlemen T.me In a series of t^l lil BF Robinson author of the defmitlve 5/ 930 V a ge P
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      2957 6 C MONDAY CZj^SDAY_Z) WEDNESDAY^) ?J2 9 £J£? !£2SJ£J!?&* DO n !*S E£'n!£? JSSSSrKSi^iin Poo 240 PM raT PATTERN AND MUSIC 53 PM TEST PATTERN AND IWSIC 240 PM PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5.30 P.M. TEST PAI 3.00 OPENING ANNOUNCEMENTS ANB^ PRO- 5.50 0 \m A NNO"NCEMENTS v *ND p RO- 300
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      414 7 Express votirsdf music' mM&i^Jm i si ELECTONE STUDY COURSE Join the Electone Study Course and learn just how The tlectone Study Course continues valuable an education in music can be. You will four years. Group lesson is conducted once a week, gain the knowledge and skills to master an exciting
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      178 7 il WRIOUS nm 8 OdTdfMMW! "OQTofM FURROW" coup Be. a MRe buußhte Ve^RinoNi st»W«tv: IXKSMB&A PtoutHMM mote 1M WoRD P«^wr AR^ Not AS* NBtkTAHP SoUS tf*m*HTAS IMYMOUIP BBf 6 ffofA Z^^** mdlCn /#S A Which of these crowns QCOOUCUCUD >^wJLLcj4!4 one in the box? ■-> T^r^ )l Naidu: Why were
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      8 1 Style Mind Body Arts "Food "Travel Consumer Habitat
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  • SUNDAY PLUS
    • Title Section
      Masthead
      8 1 SUNDAY PLUS The Sunday Times, July 23, 1989
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        The Bolshoi tiptoes into the future
        1523 2  - The Bolshoi tiptoes into the future JOHN PERCIVAL By There are also critics of Yuri Grigorovich (with wife Natalia Bessmertnova, above) who frown on his repetition of old ideas, his tendency to abstraction and his neglect of the superb old Bolshoi tradition of character dancing in the classics. YURI GRIGOROVICH
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        Accessories for the daring young male
        744 3  - Accessories for the daring young male STEVEN THIO By A DISTRAUGHT mother cries: "I won't have people thinking my son is gay, or weird!" She has to plead, coax, persuade and finally bribe her child to take off his dangling earring. But some parents don't particularly mind if the accessory
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        STYLE FILE
        513 3 Swimsuits that cover, not reveal THIS summer in the US, new swimwear is revealing less, not more. The purpose: to camouflage body flaws. Higher necklines and underwire bras help disguise large bust ruffles and other upper-body froufrous distract from a small one. Lower-cut legs and flirty little skirts
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        314 2 '&illi^£ feftki Sri 1 bmh pnfl ttvl Br B^i] L^^^^^^i iBw iBL B^^ i Vffli^i «i? Bft Hr ■*i> 9 <aSr-<' > y»f H^^ ,^H .JflHBB^BBBBBBBBMBBBBl "J <~ B^^ JBSBflHBaF Sensitive Norma( slightly dry 1 1 1 '30 Slightly Oily Your skin is as unique as you arc. That's w
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      MIND & BODY
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      Don't buy a rocking chair for retirement
      1053 4  - Don't buy a rocking chair for retirement LEE SIEW HUA By The Gerontological Society president thinks bosses should give workers time off to attend pre-retirement courses but not everyone is so filled with zeal FROM roller-coaster work pace to the rocking chair an extreme tag for retirement perhaps. But there
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      Stay active? I prefer a well-earned sloth
      552 4 "WHAT are you going to do when you retire?" People keep asking me that, and I wish they would stop. If I announced I was going to play striker for the Tottenham Hotspurs or co-star in a romantic movie with Sigourney Weaver, people
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      Life and love with Larry
      1563 4 Shortly before Lord Olivier's death, Joan Plowright spoke to SARAH GIBBINGS of their theatrical partnership, the joy their children brought them, and the willing sacrifices she made. You cannot have two equally egotistic people and expect to keep the boat smooth MANY people warned Joan
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        192 4 nsnn Oirvll^PSJjj^lr^ Q Dusil For fast pain-relief Take Dusil to relieve pain fast! H»B^ i Dusil's active pain-relieving j/""*^ j^H^C I I^Wl ingredients work effectively and iSrS WU quickly An effective formulation £**J B*^ to relieve headaches, period pains, flu, fever, toothaches and 4^o**^ y^^^ sore th|r o at Dusil
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      FOOD
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      Where foodies fail to tread
      534 5 MARGARET CHAN eats at one of the prettiest but largely undiscovered coffee shops in Singapore and finds good food as well keeps his stock of perishables, like live fish, small. I usually dislike lemon chicken, that dish where filleted chicken is breaded then deep-fried and
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      142 5 and Father Knows Best, TV dinners showed signs of cooking again. "People got tired of paying US$4 and US$5 for (frozen) dinners. They came back to the good, old-fashioned food they were familiar with," says Jan Zielinski of Campbell. Sales are back up, to 102 million packages a year, at
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      35 years and still on the menu
      282 5 TV SHOWS may come and go, but TV dinners go on forever. Or so said Swanson, which celebrated 35 years of the frozen feasts last month with a birthday bash in New York. Swanson now part of Campbell Soup Company introduced the dinners
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        Recipes from Sammy's kitchen
        109 5 SHOWBIZ celebrities in the United States have found another source of income: giving their names to food products. Paul Newman's line of foods is now getting some competition from Sammy Davis Jr. Just out: Sammy's Best Basin Street Barbecue Sauce, Just Right Chilli Seasoning Mix and
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        Glug glug
        191 5 SUCH is the craze for mineral water in the West that bottled drinking water is now being delivered door to door in London as though it were a cousin of the daily pint of milk. Apart from serving households, some mineral water companies also drop off office water
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        The rice mix
        116 5 MIXING brown rice with white rice adds greatly to its texture and flavour. The extra vitamins and fibre won't hurt either. No need to go to a health food store for American brown rice which is rather pricey. You can get them from nearer home. Brown rice
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        Low-salt crunch
        85 5 NO-( HOLKSTEROL biscuits have arrived from the I nited States. Some are low-salt, too. Sunshine biscuits come in about 10 to 12 flavours: animal crackers for the children and the adults who never grew up, and graham crackers and wheat wafers for the health brigade. To add crunch
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        May the sauce be with you
        831 6 When you think sauce, chances are you think soya, chilli and tomato. What about giving teriyaki, taco and sauce espagnol a try, asks LEE GEOK 801 EAT IN ROWS of sauces at Jasons supermarket, names unheard of when I was a child. Teriyaki and
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        Recipes
        322 6 Fish with Plum Sauce Serves four 3 selar or 1 white pomfret 2 tsp plum sauce 1 fresh red cnilli (optional) 1 lime, cut in half V2 tsp salt 1 tsp oil Rub the salt, oil and plum sauce over the fish. Spread the cut chilli over the fish.
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        353 5 m m% \\i .i^^^^cooking IP^J IV> CONTEST f*(}f}K VOTTt? UZ4V TCh U^JV^r evV^^XY ivjljxv \\s\l IVJ llSf^'^S TWO CATEGORIES A FEAST OF PRIZES. Yk& 3 conventional S^jfev MICROWAVE More than $18,000 worth of A A y prizes including cash prizes, I\J s^ preliminary rounds: Maggi Hampers and National V V
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        544 6 I This issue. Cheers flips through the history I pages of over five hundred years of wine I making. We invite you to take a peek I at how three families nurtured their I 1 vineyards to prominence in Germany, k^^^A^ k±^ Australia and France. J^ l^^V ver tne ast
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        649 6 Poland goes to the Plaza fcH PBBBfi^ $&W^ POLISH PROMOTION SwC "tjl Streets of London, Plaza Hotel: 2*B-0011 j^^D^j3 ft^Hk^aS A FILLING menu of 29 largely ordinary- ■P*^^^^^^***"^biLmb S^^^b^^^^^C Bh Hlr^Ll tasting dishes, though a few deserved appre- *LeSk feattS ciative mention. I vT^^^Hag^*^^^^^* MS The mushroom soup with home-made
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      Poland
      634 7 MESSAGE Mr Zygmunt Janusz Cieslak Charge d'Affaires a.i. of the Polish People's Republic IT IS my great pleasure to extend cordial greetings to the people of Singapore on the occasion of the Polish National Day celebration. During the last few years, we have made substantial changes in the life
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        122 7 QUICK l_^m? \*W CASH Emy J /polish airlines \s U mAJM J_\ Oiangi V A \YY\f\v\ j^ fWTyVTI I r sy T e by iV It Begins At The Eleventh Hour. I Our Midnight Express Will Take You I \n The Fastest Available Way j i I To Warsaw, The
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        149 7 BJJPOls\h m^mJLmmJKKm A Polish-Singaporean Joint Venture Company Congratulates the government and People of Poland on the occasion of its 9{ational (Day COVERING MARKETS OF: Poland Singapore Malaysia Bangladesh Taiwan Philippines Hongkong Indonesia Thailand China Macao I -I LINES OF ACTIVITIES: Chemicals Metals Foodstuffs Machineries Paper/Board Hardware Textiles Natural Rubber Garments
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      Poland's cultural heritage has much to offer
      279 8 |MPM| Mfc OLAND has more than a 71 l# thousand years of history, 1/ VV>l wnose people take great pride ■^V V^9 n tne^ r cultural heritage. Sc^Si Most tourists who visit Poland are attracted to the large cities, the precious relics of
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    • BRIEF FACTS
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        Geography
        33 7 Poland is mainly a lowland country punctuated with mountains, post-glacial lakes, sandy beaches, forests and winding rivers. Enhancing its national heritage are some 600 nature reserves and more than 10 national parks.
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        Location
        59 7 The Polish People's Republic is situated in central Europe. It is bounded by the Baltic Sea to the north, the German Democratic Republic to the west, Czechoslovakia to the south, and the USSR to the east. With 312,7000 sq km, it is the seventh largest country in Europe and
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        Religion
        25 7 Most Poles profess Christianity and about 95 per cent of them are followers of the Roman Catholic faith. However, there are numerous other denominations.
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        Government
        144 7 Poland has a multi-party system. The supreme organ and state authority is the National Assembly, consisting of the Sejm (Lower House of Parliament) and Senate. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies and the Senate, 100 senators. The legislative term of these bodies is four years. Deputies and
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        20 7 The beauty of the Tatra Mountains is ornamented with numerous lakes, flora and fauna, and is a major tourist attraction.
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        Education
        130 7 roiana is a country 01 young people with over half of her population being under 30 years of age. Thus, all matters pertaining to the young occupy an important place in the social and political life of the people. The eight-year primary school is obligatory for all children. The
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        Economy
        83 7 The Polish economy is heading towards free enterprise and the government is urging more Poles to make money. Institutions that can be expected to change the economic profile of the country include the stock exchange and private firms. Banks will be allowed to operate freely and foreign investors will
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        Climate
        63 7 The country experiences a temperate climate in the west and continental climate in the east. It has six seasons winter, early spring, spring, summer, sunny autumn, and a foggy and drizzly early winter. The average temperature in July varies from 16.5 deg C to 25 deg C while the
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        Recent history
        238 7 Poland was reborn in 1918 as a capitalist democracy. On Sept 1, 1939, the Third Reich invaded Poland and five and a half years of Nazi occupation followed. During that time, over six million citizens, or one in six, lost their lives. The Nazis set up the largest
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      More being done to tap the tourism potential
      540 8 POLAND has much to offer Asians, especially Singaporeans, in terms of shopping for quality leather goods, crystals, handicrafts and other items. It is the place for people who love the arts, music, culture and literature. The Poles are friendly. Travelling in the
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        426 8 to the Government and People of Poland on the occasion of their National Day flektrim ELEKTRIM MOTORS MACHINERY PTE LTD 24 Third Lok Yang Road, Singapore 2262 Tel :o2-26 ***** Telex: RS ***** Code: ELTRIM Fax:6s-*****50 i X*.. W» F Ty^^^^ I Heartiest And Warmest WfIKN Congratulations V^r And Best
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      36 members from PA Retirees Club to visit Poland
      272 9  -  YEO KIM SENG By A GROUP of 36 people from the People's Association Retirees Club are set to visit Poland and a few other Eastern European countries in September this year. Some members of the group have already been to several
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      Traveller's tips
      416 9 ■PV^PV B^ OLAND is a land of J mm many surprises. m i nc as tne countrv wLjfj UkM prepares itself for a I greater influx of tourists, a few reminders could make the trip there more pleasant. The Deputy Commercial Attache of the Polish Embassy here, Mr
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        483 9 and best wishes to the Government and People of Poland I on their National Day I _^^rt^C^ MINEX ELEKTRIM ■K.IL _^^_^^<Mi X Wain Wlndow Shect Glass 1 COPPO" Enamelted Wires I —gj ig#JT]__^^^J 2 Figured Sheet Glass 2. Copper SUlpa fa^i^^^^^^^^ 3. Figured Wired Sheet Glass J E° PPCr 4.
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    • TRAVEL
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        Live among fish, sleep in a tomb
        717 10 Some think a vacation should have an element of fantasy. Now the US travel industry has gone beyond offering exotic destinations to add a 'let's pretend' touch to getaways, reports LISA J. MOORE IN the US, the travel industry has fantasies for sale.
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        Travel news
        522 10 i Push-button service AT Hongkong's Kowloon Hotel, service is just a push-button away. In-room word processing is available in 146 harbour-view and executive rooms, and all rooms will have a computer keyboard by the end of next year. It can be used to send faxes, telexes and telegrams
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        Frightening first impressions
        793 10 Seasoned travellers forget the terrors of first-time travel. SUE LlM's recollections bring them back vividly THE flight was horrible. I threw up all my orange juice. I had not thrown up since I was about six. I sat next to a woman who looked like a bag
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        513 10 H a '^«£fflßH^ Pyj BEL < y!j b^ BBS .-Ixi'' '*^£hHßb^^R^k^ P^fl A/*'\4w '^7jKk£ „.v -4Pr!B!SSnw££9fPyfiß? L^^k From September 16 to 30, 1989, Kuala Q nn tural performances. Lumpur, the capital city of Malaysia, Lj p p Adding to the festive mood, you can comes alive with colours and festivals.
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        10 10 SINGAPORE BUSINESS A MONTHLY MAGAZINE OF BUSINESS TRENDS JULY 1989
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        Telex meets its match
        804 11 Both the sleek fax and the faithful telex shorten communication time. Which is better? THELMA SIM sizes u| the two electronic 'brothers' THE facsimile machine and the telex both zip information across continents or to the office down the street. Each is an office revolution unto
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        751 11 Bfc^\ Celebrate the Fine Art of Eating f f\ W%B& The 1989 Hong Kong Food Festival 13 August to 13 September jA i 9 Enjoying the best of the best Dancing in the streets <«S« Hp*H jßk, Connoisseurs can look forward B^ Be there for the party of the v^^B
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    • HABITAT
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        Mixed doubles
        473 12 Combining the old and new is the way to create a comfortable environment, reports CATHERINE ONG WHEN it comes to home decoration, the "honest" look is hot this year, say interior decorators. This is a style that mixes modern and period furniture to create an environment that home-owners
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        Advice to shop renters and buyers
        534 12  - Advice to shop renters and buyers PHILIP MOTHA ASDF SDF SDF By I When big shopping complexes, such as Ngee Ann City, are completed in about three years' time, owners may have to chase tenants. IN MY first column, I noted that property prices here depend a great deal on
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