The Straits Times, 26 August 1990

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    13 1 The Sunday Times j No: 2823 55 CENTS MCI (P) 169/12/89 M,XF IKD,
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    Lock icon A silver jubilee that turned to gold
    232 1 Picture: Vow Yun Woh STARRY starry night. That was how it was like as the pyrotechnics unleashed their awesome colours m the sky, watched by 60,000 spectators through 3-D glasses. They cheered and cheered, excited by this fantastic world of light. It was
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  • Article
    Lock icon Trade sanctions: UN 'yes' to use of force
    566 1 Baghdad steps up pressure on diplomats Warships can act to enforce embargo NICOSIA The United Nations gave the go-ahead yesterday for the use of force to implement economic sanctions against Iraq and Baghdad quickly stepped up pressure on defiant foreign diplomats m
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  • Article
    S'poreans advised to avoid Mid-East
    203 1 ■TN SINGAPORE, the Gov<>r iment has advised Singaporeans to minimise travel to the Middle East because of the Gulf crisis. It said yesterday that those with relatives and friends m the Gulf states, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab
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    Why paper may be late tomorrow
    47 1 Why paper may be late tomorrow YOUR copy of The Straits Times may arrive late tomorrow. We are delaying presstime m order to provide readers with comprehensive coverage of the Prime Minister's National Day Rally speech, at the Kallang Theatre tonight. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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      9 1 g gjg j 1 Soccer: Sabah beat Singapore: 1-0
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      48 1 US networks' scramble for scoops may be bad news: Page 8 Call for all-out US offensive should S. Arabia be attacked: Page 9 No easy way out for Aquino as host of problems confronts govt: Page 1 1 PM caps 25-year tradition of talking to Singaporeans: Page 2
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      AT A GLANCE
      316 2 DISABLED GET DAY-CARE: The first day- activity centre for the handicapped in a housing estate opened yesterday to provide professional care for the disabled and to keep them usefully occupied during the day. Known as Sun-Dac, the centre will care for its disabled residents during the day
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      THROUGH THE YEARS ...
      417 2 THROUGH THE YEARS What will Mr Lee Kuan Yew speak about tonight? That Is the question, at every National Day Rally. The main themes of his speeches since 1971, when the rally went live via TV, show the wide spectrum he covert-. 197 1 1 Singapore must not be a
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      What it should have been
      94 2 IN A report In our People column m last week's Sunday Times, we said Mr Li Cheng Hoe of Singapore had won the 1990 South-east Asia Write Award given by Thailand. This is incorrect. Singapore's winner was Mr Rama Kannabiran, a writer m Tamil. A
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      PM caps 25-year tradition of talking to Singaporeans
      1292 2 Tonight's National Day Rally will be Mr Lee Kuan Yew's last as Prime Minister. For many Singaporeans, his annual tradition of speaking his mind to the nation has become an event worth staying home to watch on television. Sumiko Tan and Zuraidah
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      Live telecast for rally via TV, radio
      96 2 TONIGHT'S National Day Rally will be broadcast live over television and radio. A simultaneous English translation of his Mandarin speech will be given over Channel 5, and a simultaneous Mandarin translation of his speech m Malay and English will be given over Channel
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      Quick help for tourists who are short-changed
      684 3  -  Serene Lim Small Claims court acts m 24 hours By TO FOREIGNERS, it is known as the "fast tourist desk". But don't look for it at the airport or m hotels. It is m fact an office at the Subordinate Courts building where
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      Money back within a day
      543 3 CASE OF THE M LENS A history professor from America, B. R. Burg, bought what he thought was a Minolta 35-70 mm zoom lens for $225 when he was m Singapore last year. Back at his hotel, he found out that it was not a
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      Indonesian VIP calls on 1DPM
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      Lock icon Irish hostage in Lebanon freed after more than four years in captivity
      472 3 DAMASCUS An Irish hostage held for more than four years m Lebanon was released on Friday night, m what could be a step by Iran's Islamic government towards a rapprochement with the West. Mr Brian Keenan, a 39--year-old
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      Lock icon 1 killed, 9 hurt in Sibu jet mishap
      420 3 SffiU (Sarawak) One person was killed and nine others were injured when a Hercules C-130 transport aircraft of the Royal Malaysian Air Force crash-landed at Sibu Airport yesterday. Madam Tinam All, 45, who was seriously injured m the mishap, died on the
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      182 2 t^x Formula Shell Economy Rally i—j i Suzuki wins I 1,000 cc class again fl a/ 26 2 &m p«r /i/r« For the third year running, a standard Suzuki Swift 1 .OGL has won its class m the Formula Shell Economy Rally run on July 28/29 1990. Suzuki was again
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      160 2 Showers over several areas m the mominf TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 max., 25 mbi. SUNSET today: 7.10 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.02 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER < i— !>!«■■ 16/ 26 C dear Maarld 20/36 C dear Ata«m 18/29 C Cloudy MaalU 22/27 C Rain Aaeklaad *C t
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Shortage of goods sparks riot in Siberian city
      532 4 Cars and windows smashed as protesters take to the streets MOSCOW Rioters m the Siberian city of Chelyabinsk smashed cars and shop windows and tried to storm a government office m a third successive night of protests over food, tobacco and other
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      Lock icon Soviet first to be charged with insulting Gorbachev
      187 4 MOSCOW An unemployed man who displayed a defaced portrait of Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has become the first person arrested on charges of insulting him, a newspaper reported on Friday. Gennady Smirnov strolled through the streets of Moscow on July 29 carrying
      AP  -  187 words
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      Lock icon Protesters in Bucharest clash with riot police
      245 4 BUCHAREST Anti-govern-ment demonstrators chanting "down with communism" clashed with Romanian riot police m central Bucharest on Friday, underscoring Roma-i-.ia's political instability since dictator Nicolae Ceausescu was overthrown last December. Scuffles broke out, stones were thrown and the windows of several vehicles were smashed
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      Lock icon Rapist who videotaped attack gets life term
      266 4 DALLAS Jurors who recommended a life sentence for a man convicted of aggravated sexual assault expressed outrage over a 72-minute video tape the rapist made of the attack. "I was disgusted. I wanted to beat him to death," said juror Steve Gavlick. Timothy
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      Lock icon US scientists battle to correct mystery hitch on Magellan probe
      351 4 PASADENA American scientists said on Friday they may never know what caused a computer aboard the space probe Magellan to "run amok" and were concentrating on ways to control the wayward machine. The spacecraft twice lost communication with Earth m
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      Lock icon 27,000 get limited stay in Macau
      198 4 HONGKONG Macau will Issue temporary residency permits to 27,000 illegal immigrants from China, a spokesman for the Portuguese territory said. The permits will be issued tomorrow, five months after Macau was rocked by riots which erupted when 45,000 people turned up to register for
      Reuter  -  198 words
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      Lock icon S. African police get wider powers to quell unrest
      414 5 Govt bid to end bloody fighting m Johannesburg townships JOHANNESBURG South African police moved into Johannesburg's strife-torn black townships yesterday armed with sweeping emergency powers to halt tribal and political fighting. Law and Order Minister Adriaan Vlok gave police virtually unlimited
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
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        Lock icon Taipei TV offer for China star
        102 5 BEIJING China's top movie actress Liv Xiaoqing has been asked to star m a 40--part serial to be filmed m Taiwan by a local television company, the Weekly Digest said m its latest issue received here on Friday. If allowed by the authorities here
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        Lock icon Liver-transplant boy dies
        85 5 TOKYO A 21-month-old boy who was Japan's first recipient of part of a liver from a living donor died of multiple internal organ failure m western Japan on Friday, doctors said. Yuya Sugimoto died at the Shimane Medical University Hospital where he had been fighting post-transplant rejection
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        Lock icon Sweat extract 'calming'
        85 5 LONDON British researchers say sniffing an odorant extracted from human sweat can help those suffering from anxiety, stress and insomnia to relax. The latest edition of New Scientist magazine said researchers at Warwick University m the English Midlands are so confident about the treatment they plan to
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        Lock icon Time in womb counts: Court
        105 5 HONGKONG Time spent m the womb helped a seven-year-old Hongkong-born boy win a fight against deportation to China. The High Court quashed an Immigration Department deportation order on Lee Ka-ming who was arrested m January when he was six years and nine months old. According
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      Lock icon Judas Priest not responsible for suicides
      517 6 Judge rules that although album has hidden words, they did not cause youths' deaths RENO (Nevada) A judge has ruled that the British heavy metal band, Judas Priest, was not responsible for the deaths of two youths who shot themselves after listening to alleged
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      Lock icon Clinic kept baby of couple who could not pay bill
      297 6 SANTIAGO A newborn baby was kept by a private clinic for 11 days as a guarantee for payment after the parents could not pay a medical bill of about US$l,OOO (551,760). The Santiago daily, La Tercera, said the baby was
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    • PEOPLE
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        Reagan boasts bigger chest
        86 6  -  ONG MING SEING FORMER United States President Ronald Reagan, 79, has accomplished a feat that even a man many years his junior would feel proud of he has added 10 cm to his chest by pumping iron. "I have added weight," he said. "I have done
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        Thai biologists win award
        124 6  -  TAN LI A N CHOO TWO Thai biologists researching on malaria have jointly won their country's Outstanding Scientist Award this year. They are Associate Professor Sodsri Thaithong, 55, of Chulalongkora University, and Professor Visut Baimai, 49, of Mahidol University. Ms Sodsri, the first woman to win
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        HK stars help woo voters
        110 6  -  POO CHOY PENG HONGKONG'S mega-stars yesterday did their bit to get the notoriously apathetic electorate to register to vote m next year's direct elections to the Legislative Council. At a ritzy affair at the Cultural Centre were Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Cherie Chung, Carol Cheng,
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        Lock icon Actor's love for carpentry
        139 6 NEW YORK Harrison Ford worked as a carpenter before he struck gold as an actor, and finding a month to do nothing but make turniture is now one of his unfulfilled fantasies. He took up carpentry to pay the bills before landing a role m Star
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        Japanese wins maths prize
        115 6  -  KWAN WENG KIN "THERE are probably no more than 10 people m the whole world who really understand my work," said Kyoto University professor Shigefumi Mori when asked about the research that last week won him the Fields Medal regarded as the Nobel Prize for mathematics.
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      Lock icon Fears of caste wars loom as job quota riots continue
      581 7 NEW DELHI Fears of caste wars m the country surfaced again m India yesterday as students ran amok for the second straight day m protest against job quotas for India's neglected millions. Protesters set a bus on fire and damaged
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      Lock icon Bulgarians get all fired up over car tax
      97 7 ABOUT 80 Bulgarians got together to buy a Mercedes inousme, then set it ablaze on Friday to protest against taies on imported cars. The protesters burnt the second-hand West German car outside the National Bank m the capital, Sofia, watched by a
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      Lock icon Hanoi forms 2 panels to check widespread smuggling
      315 7 HANOI The Vietnamese government has formed committees to fight widespread smuggling which threatens to undermine the nations economy, the official press said yesterday. The Nhan Dan daily said two "special work committees" composed of officials from the Interior Ministry, Customs, the army
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      Lock icon Tamil Tigers 'stalling advance of govt troops hear Jaffna'
      304 7 COLOMBO Heavily-armed Tamil rebels, firing mortars and machine guns from newly dug trenches, have stalled the advance of government troops to a strategic islet off the northern town of Jaffna, military officials here said yesterday. They said Liberation Tigers of Tamil
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      Lock icon West African peacekeeping force begins landing in Monrovia
      329 7 West African peacekeeping force begins landing in Monrovia MONROVIA Troops of a West African peacekeeping force sent to end Liberia's civil war began landing m Monrovia yesterday after fighting by rebels around the port delayed their ships from docking. Occasional gunfire could still be heard one or two kilometres away
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      Lock icon A day of Joy in Calcutta as city celebrates its 300th year
      328 7 CALCUTTA Calcutta celebrated its 300 th birthday on Friday with pomp, humour and a salute to the British Raj, whose Indian capital has become one of the world's great urban disasters. Delighted spectators m the "City of Joy"
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      Lock icon KGB chief urges Japan to start talks on security
      234 7 MOSCOW Soviet KGB chief Vladimir Kryuchkov has called on Japan to start talks on strengthening security at sea m disputed territorial waters between the two countries, Trud newspaper reported yesterday. "In the near future we shall suggest a meeting between the
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      Lock icon Call for all-out US offensive should S. Arabia be attacked
      795 9 RIYADH (Saudi Arabia) Top American military commanders here are recommending that Washington respond to any Iraqi invasion of Saudi Arabia with a punishing, all-out attack against Iraqi military forces and installations. "My belief is that if they (Iraq) attack Saudi
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      Lock icon Hostages okay, says freed Scottish boy
      540 9 Captives whom Saddam talked to on TV held m army flats The President, through a translator, asked me if wanted to leave. I said yes. The next thing I heard was that I was going home. 1 Alan Barnett LONDON A Scottish teenager freed
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      Lock icon Aircraft, tanks and missiles crucial in any fighting
      640 9 WASHINGTON If the crisis m the Gulf should lead to full-scale war, United States and Iraqi forces would square off m a desert four times the size of France m a battle unlike any other m US history. While most US, British
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      Lock icon US market rallies, oil prices ease on optimism that war has been averted
      225 9 US market rallies, oil prices ease on optimism that war has been averted NEW YORK The US stock market rallied and oil prices eased on Friday as the world's battered financial markets staggered into the weekend optimistic that a Middle East war had been averted at least lyBut the recovery
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      Lock icon Iraq struggles to cope with falling food supply
      520 9 NEW YORK The Iraqi leadership is struggling to cope with shrinking supplies and an abrupt cutoff of imported food that, until the crisis, was fulfilling three-quarters of the country's nutritional needs. Eggs, sugar, cooking oil, fruits and vegetables have disappeared from store
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      Lock icon Iraqi president is Saddam to some, Hussein to others
      259 9 NEW YORK In reports on the crisis m the Persian Gulf, many Western news organisations and many officials have referred to President Saddam Hussein of Iraq as Mr Saddam, or President Saddam. Others, including The New York Times, call him President
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      Lock icon War of nerves as Iraqis cut power supplies to defiant embassies
      697 9 NICOSIA Isolated diplomats, stripped of their immunity at midnight, stubbornly manned embassies m Kuwait yesterday m defiance of Iraqi demands, backed by troops, to shut them. Fears that Baghdad's pressure on the diplomatic posts could produce an immediate flashpoint
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      Lock icon Airlift of refugees gathers pace in Jordan
      280 9 RUWEISHED (Jordan) An international airlift taking Egyptian refugees home from Jordan gathered pace yesterday, but diplomats feared more destitute foreigners could soon flood across the border from Iraq. Thousands of Egyptians were flown to Cairo or crowded on to ships leaving the port
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      Lock icon US military intervention 'fraught with long-term perils'
      418 10 NICOSIA (Cyprus) The United States may have saved Saudi Arabia's rulers from being toppled by Iraq, but m the long run the military intervention m the Gulf is fraught with peril for America and its Arab friends. Unless the United States "takes into
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      Lock icon Foreign presence helping to pry open Saudi society
      717 10 Debate starts on impact of crisis on the country's future JEDDAH The arrival of American and foreign troops m Saudi Arabia and the flood of Kuwaiti refugees are helping to pry open Saudi society. This deeply-conservative Muslim country of about nine million
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      Lock icon Iraqi troops 'left Kuwaitis to bleed to death outside hospital'
      559 10 The Iraqis took over all the hospitals. They came to ours three days after the invasion and discharged all the patients, even women who had just delivered' An Egyptian doctor. RUWEISHED (Jordan) Iraqi troops let Kuwaiti resistance fighters bleed to
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  • GULF FOCUS
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      American networks' scramble for scoops may be bad news
      981 8 As news of the Gulf crisis continues to take top spot on television and m the newspapers, some Western mcaia watchers have begun scrutinising how the international media, especially the big-spending American TV networks, are reporting events. CHAI KIM WAH of
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      British and US papers go big on the crisis
      366 8 British and US papers go big on the crisis EVER since Aug 2, Mr Mikhail Gorbachev has been relegated to "other news", and his picture has not appeared on a front page for a fortnight. He has been ousted, of course, by "a nasty man with a moustache" as the
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      Crisis boosts sales of Arab newspapers in London
      619 8 The Gulf crisis has given the Arab press m exile new life, pushing up sales of Arabic newspapers and periodicals. Most are m voluntary exile m London where they have relatively more freedom of expression than m their home countries. Their reports
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      Instant TV news approach puts CNN ahead of established US stations
      361 8 BROADCASTING round-the-clock and around the world, Cable News Network (CNN) has beaten the established US news organisations m the television ratings war during the Gulf crisis and has even played a role m it. Owned by Turner Broadcasting System
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    • How the regional press covers it
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        Media careful to report events sensitively
        244 8  -  Paul Jacob INDONESIA By Jakarta Correspondent JAKARTA Indonesia's media have been careful to report the Gulf crisis sensitively given the large Muslim population in this country of 180 million. The state-owned Radio Republik Indonesia and Televisi Republik Indonesia and the Antara news agency provide
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        Reports home in on Thais trapped in Mid-East
        246 8  -  Tan Lian Choo G F By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK With the majority of its half a million workers abroad stationed m Middle East countries, the Thai media has understandably given maximum media coverage on the Gulf crisis. Iraq's invasion and occupation of
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        Coverage reflects large Filipino presence in Gulf
        185 8  -  Abby Tan GF FD DFGDFG DF By Manila Correspondent MANILA The Gulf crisis has been extensively covered m major Manila newspapers since the invasion, influenced largely by the presence of 80,000 Filipino workers m the Gulf area. Alongside stories on the Western military
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        Reports of crisis get prominent display in media
        202 8  -  Foo Choy Peng HONGKONG By Hongkong Correspondent HONGKONG Day m day out, the lead item over television and radio is the latest twist and turn of the Gulf crisis. Both English and Chi-nese-language print media also give prominent coverage to political developments
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        Focus is on safety of Japanese in Iraq, Kuwait
        220 8  -  K wan Weng Kin JAPAN By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Events m the Persian Gulf continue to dominate the headlines here, pushing even news of the faltering Tokyo share indices m the last week into second or third place. Newspapers are giving
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon No easy way out for Aquino as host of problems confronts govt
      752 11 Impact of Gulf crisis PHILIPPINES MANILA A daily wait for an oil price shock because of the Gulf crisis, a wave of bombings and coup jitters have put the Philippines under another cloud of political uncertainty, with no
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      Lock icon Manglapus seeks talks with Saddam to evacuate Filipinos
      273 11 MANILA Foreign Secretary Raul Manglapus, presently on a tour of the Middle East, is scheduled to visit Iraq to arrange for the evacuation of Filipinos trapped m Kuwait, an official said here yesterday. Presidential spokesman Adolf Azcuna said Mr Manglapus would seek
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      PLO 'offers to escort Thai workers out of Kuwait'
      268 11  -  Tan Lian Choo THAILAND By Bangkok Correspondent BANGKOK Palestinian Liberation Organisation leader Yasser Arafat has offered to help escort stranded Thai workers out of Iraqi-occupied Kuwait, the Bangkok Post reported yesterday. In a report datelined Amman, Jordan, the Post said that
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      Jakarta to raise oil output gradually to help developing nations
      348 11 INDONESIA INDONESIA will gradually increase its oil production to "calm down" the world oil market and help some developing countries to overcome economic problems caused by the Gulf crisis, the official Antara news agency said. It quoted Mines and Energy
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      Lock icon 11 killed, 30 hurt as big floods hit Manila
      260 11 11 killed, 30 hurt as big floods hit Manila MANILA At least 11 people have been killed m the Philippine capital amid massive flooding caused by a tropical depression and monsoon rains, officials said yesterday. Nine people died, most of whom drowned, and 30 were injured after heavy rains flooded
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Take independent stand in share trading, Daim tells local investors
      558 12 Impact of Gulf crisis on Malaysia KUALA LUMPUR Malaysian Investors should take an independent stand m their trading of shares on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange (KLSE) m view of the current Strength of the nations economy, Finance Minister Datuk
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      Lock icon Kuwaiti Emir thanks Malaysia for stance against Iraqi invasion
      324 12 KUALA LUMPUR The exiled Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jaber Al- Ahmad Al-Sabah, has thanked the Malaysian government for its support against the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait. His special envoy, Dr Rasheed S. Al-Ameeri, conveyed this to Prime Minister Datuk
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      Lock icon Facelift turns into ugly experience for woman
      218 12 A MALAYSIAN wor~«n ended up looking ugly afu... .pending about SsB,ooo on plastic surgery on her face. The face of Madam Li Amu, 40, was disfigured after the surgery m Kuala Lumpur. According to the Shin Mm newspaper, Madam Li was an office
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      Minister calls for 'more trusting' ties with Singaporeans
      391 12  -  Kalimullah Hassan By JOHOR BARU Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat said yesterday that Singaporeans and Malaysians should develop "a more trusting relationship" with each other. He told a news conference that the two countries enjoyed excellent government-to-gov-ernment relations. This relationship, however, was
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  • HOME
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      Higher COE prices driving buyers to newer used cars
      783 13  -  Leong Chan Teik Some car dealers give discounts for new cars to draw customers By Ridiculous prices 'COE prices have become ridiculous. Motorists are asking themselves: Why should I buy a new car? 1 Mr Derek Tan, the managing director of
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      Daily-rated unions with dwindling memberships urged to merge
      209 13 UNIONS of daily-rated workers which face declining membership should merge so that they can better serve their members, said Mr Ong Teng Cheong yesterday. The National Trades Union Congress secretary-general said he was glad that leaders m these unions had discussed merging.
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      Woman found dead at East Coast
      78 13 A DEAD woman was found along the beach at the East Coast Parkway on Friday. The unidentified woman had bruises on her head and neck and cuts on both wrists. Police are waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine the cause of
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      Couple's nostalgic return after 47 years
      474 13 She led all-woman regiment; he was taken prisoner during war AN INDIAN couple, formerly resident m Singapore, who collaborated with the Japanese to form an army to free India from British rule during the last war, have returned here to see how the Republic
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      Disabled get first day-care centre in housing estate
      544 15 Pilot scheme maybe extended to other estates if successful THE first day-activity centre for the handicapped m a housing estate opened yesterday to provide professional care for the disabled and to keep them usefully occupied during the day. Known as Sun-Dac, the
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      Young maths champs score at olympiad
      435 15 Skills m numbers and language the key to learning Dr Tay PUPILS can learn and master any subject as long as they have linguistic and numeric skills and the primary school is the best place to acquire these abilities. Dr Tay Eng Soon, the
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      Hawker gets jail and cane for part in armed robbery
      367 15 A HAWKER was jailed for three years and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane for his part m an armed robbery. Chia Kirn Lian, 36, was also fined a total of $28,000 by a district court on
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      SAF EXERCISES
      130 15 SAF EXERCISES THE Singapore Armed Forces will be conducting exercises m Lim Chu Kang, Hong Kan, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Loyang, Tampines, Tuas, Upper Jurong, Jalan Bahar, Kranji and Seletar areas from 8 am tomorrow to Saturday noon. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. The public is advised not to be
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      Who makes sure toys are safe? It's up to parents, says Case
      696 16  -  Grace Fernando Toy makers not bound by law to follow Sisir safety standards By PARENTS here bear the ultimate responsibility for ensuring that the toys they buy are safe for their children. This is because there are no
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      Orchard Road closed today for charity walk
      268 16 Wff iffli m Jhi iii^* A STRETCH of Orchard Road will be closed to traffic today between 4 pm and 10 pm for the regular end-of-month bash and also for the Community Chest of Singapore's "Miles for Love" charity walk. The affected stretch
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      Roads closed for river regatta
      79 16 TWO roads near the Singapore River will be closed to traffic today because of the Singapore River Regatta 90. The stretches of Boat Quay and South Canal Road will be closed from 2pm to 6pm as the regatta at the Singapore River is expected to
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      Road safety chief calls for regional council to improve safety
      330 16 Road safety chief calls for regional council to improve safety AN ASIA-PACIFIC Road Safety Council to improve safety m the region that was the suggestion put forward at the end of a three-day workshop on road safety yesterday. The suggestion for the creation of such a body came from Mr
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      Woman robbed by uninvited guest
      108 16 MADAM Tan Ah Boy, 36, was robbed of a gold chain on Thursday by a man who walked into her unlocked flat. Madam Tan told the police that she struggled with the man but the robber, who was armed with a pen knife, snatched her
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      Man stole passport for extortion
      236 16 Man stole passport for extortion A MALAYSIAN, who stole another's passport m order to ex tor' $800 from him, was sentenced to two yean' Jail, three strokes of the cane and fined $2,000. Liew San Loke, 40, pleaded guilty m a district court yesterday to two charges of trying to
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      Writers, poets to mark 25th anniversary
      138 16 TWO readings of poetry and prose written by Singaporeans will be held next month as part of Singapore's 25th Anniversary celebrations. The programme, Words for the 25th: Readings by Singapore Writers, is Jointly organised by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the
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      Readers of Chinese and English press 'see things differently'
      505 17 MP expresses fears of 'Mas and prejudice' SINGAPOREANS who read only The Straits Times do not know what readers of Lianhe Zaobao are concerned about and therefore get only one side of public opinion here, Dr Ow Chin Hock (MP for
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      RC notice board damaged by fire
      123 17 SOMFX)NE set fire to this Resident's Committee notice board at Tanjong Pagar Plaza early yesterday morning. The RC chairman for the area, Mr Ching Cheong Fong, 40, said it was the first time the board, put up 12 years ago has been damaged. "I
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      Man faces more charges of raping underaged girl
      217 17 AN UNEMPLOYED man charged earlier with raping a girl aged below 14 years faced six more similar charges m a district court on Friday. Abdul Rahman bin Ahmad, 22, was alleged to have had sex with the girl m an eightstorey flat
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      Sub-contractor jailed for molest
      176 17 A SUB-CONTRACTOR was sentenced to four months' Jail on Friday for using criminal force to outrage the modesty of a woman m a car two years ago. However, Teo Ah Hong, 35, said he would appeal against the sentence. He was offered hail of $12,000. He
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      Man charged with molesting woman
      87 17 A MAN was charged m a district court on Friday with outraging the modesty of a 26-year-old woman on seven occasions last year. Urn Chin Hock, 34, was alleged to have kissed the woman's neck m the podium block of Comcentre on June 27. He
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      S'pore Poly starts 5 study grants for needy students
      467 20 MORE financial help will be given to needy students studying at the Singapore Polytechnic from next year. It will award five grants, each worth $1,080 or a year's free tuition, to selected students who enrol for its firstyear full-time courses. The
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      1m residents for next rescue drill
      411 20 ABOUT one million people are expected to take part m a combined Emergency Blood and Rescue Exercise next month, making it one of the largest civil defence exercises to date. Brigadier-General (Reservist) George Yeo, Minister of State for Finance and Foreign Affairs, who announced
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  • JUBILEE '90
    • Article, Illustration
      Stadium rap
      179 18 "I brought my two girls here because It's a special occasion. They like to sing the songs. I want them to be promt to be Singaporean." Mrs Wendy Seah, a book keeper. "Dick Lee is a first class entertainer. I think he really can move the crowd." Mr
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      Smacking good time with balloons
      35 18 It was a case of push and shove of the fun kind when thousands of balloons bif and smal cascaded from the top rim of the stadium onto the crowd.
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      Angs turn event into a family affair
      371 18  -  Julia Goh By MUM was part of an island, dad was instructing performers through his loud hailer, elder sister was concentrating on the flash-card display. Eight-year-old Robin, the youngest member of the Ang family, was at the sidelines enjoying the entire Singapore Jubilee
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    • SHOW TALK
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        Karaoke rules, OK
        93 18 FIRST the Singapore Wave rippled across the stadium. Then, amid wild cheers and applause, the mass karaoke began. The audience simply loved it, singing, clapping, swaying, bobbing and tapping their feet. Fast numbers like Muneru Valiba and Chan Mali Chan did the trick m building up the
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        Too hot for some
        112 18 CHRISTINA Ong sang Hot, Hot, Hot, but Mrs S. R ijandran didn't care "Her skirt was too short," said the 28-year-old private tutor. She caught the show at home and called The Straits Times News Line, which stayed open for home audiences to air their views.
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        Cheer, cheer VIPs
        103 18 CHEERLEADER Carolyn Teo, 17, a Tampines Junior College student, was one of the 620 cheerleaders, urging on the crowd. But as she told it, she had a special mission: "I'm very excited that I'm among the cheerleaders for the VIPs. I'll be able to have a rare
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        And a giant bee too
        63 18 CHILDREN went gaga over these giant 9-metre inflatables of Singapore cartoon characters. Apart from Teamy the Bee and the Savings Squirrel (seen m picture), there were also Sharity Elephant and Singa the Courtesy Lion. Later, 240 young children from day care centres dressed as these
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        And to cap it all...
        83 18 And to cap it a ll. WHAT kind of costumes do you wear to a Silver Jubilee celebration? Five-year-old children m the item Inflatable Fantasy wore caps with long noses, flappy manes, deelybopper antennae and buck teeth to resemble their favourite mascots: Sharity the Elephant, Singa the Courtesy Lion, Teamy
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      MANY RACES, ONE PEOPLE, UNITED IN DANCE
      124 19 DRESSED m rich shades of green and peacock blue, this Indian dancer and others m her group were a visual treat. The dance, part of the tableau of Indian culture, was a segment of the first item that told the story of Singapore's
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      Singapore delight
      656 19  -  Helen Chia By who was a spectator at the Spectacular RIDING on momentum built up m the past eight months, 60,000 Singaporeans celebrated the country's 25 years of nation-building with a show which blended brash showbiz with patriotism. It was fitting that last night's immodest-ly-named Silver Jubilee Spectacular
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    • SHOW STOPPERS
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        Dick Lee wows 'em
        55 19 ■THE Mad Chinaman, Dick Lee, made an opera-style grand entrance for his number, a pod version of Rasa Sayang. His song touched a common chord m Singaporeans as it dealt with national pastimes eating and shopping. Teens loved it. "So shiok, lah," said Clarence Kuek, 15,
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        3-D eyes on the skies
        80 19 THE fireworks were obviously a show stopper. These people had their eyes glued to the skies with their special 3-D spectacles on. All spectators were given a pair. The spectacles were supposed to accentuate the brilliance of the fireworks display. And did it really? For
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        Making of an island
        45 19 THESE were some of the unseen heroes and heroines who made the Singapore island pattern a spectacle. These tubular pieces made from hoops with fabric all round formed the greenery of the Singapore island that was created on the stadium field.
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        SHOW CONCEPT
        166 19 THE two-hour extravaganza was a theatrical mass-display of day and night sequences, involving 15,000 performers. The Singapore story and the future of the island were told m seven segments. Beginnings: Thousands of people took to the field to form a blue sea surrounding the island. One Nation, One
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        THE ST TEAM
        84 19 NEWS: Paul Jansen, Yap Koon Hong, Lai Yew Kong, Philip Lee, Glen Allan, Sandra Davie, Mathew Pereira, Helen Chia, Charmaine Chan Serena Toh, Leong Chan Teik, Tan Ec Sze, Julia Goh, Serene Lim, Kwan Chooi Tow, Choo Siew Bee SUB-EDITING: Marjorie Chong, Angelina Choy Sadiah Ahmad, Andrew
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  • PROFILE
    • The Sunday Times VIEW
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        Hooked on books
        272 21 READING maketh a full man, said Francis Bacon. Books are windows to the world, passports for vicarious voyages through space, time and cultures. More so than other media, books exercise the mind. Reading, unlike watching television, makes you think. Better a nation of bookworms than "couch potatoes".
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        25 YEARS AGO
        148 21 What The Straits Times reported on Sept 2, 1965 SINGAPORE Mr Lee Kuan Yew today made public a letter of apology from the United States Government to back up his disclosure on Television Singapore last night of American intrigue here m 1960^1. The letter, signed by the
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      The King of somersaults
      1176 21 The world was shocked when Jordan's KING HUSSEIN refused to condemn the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait If the Emir of Kuwait is the sheikh who lost his kingdom, Jordan's ruler, Hussein, may well go down m Middle East history as the king who lost the respect
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      40 21 THE A I LIFESTYLE 7 BaymuMoruui cuib The Ist International Marina Club m Indonesia. Opening soon. a Managed by: {&j^> MEECO MARINAS INC. (U.S.A. Australia) One of the world's largest marine manufacturer and Management Consultants of marina clubs worldwide. 5
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  • VIEWPOINTS
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      Time to snuff out the Snob Syndrome
      908 22  -  Tan Sai Siong Is it not ironic that Singapore, which has long enjoyed the benefits of an 'open society' where towkays and workers eat together at hawker centres, should now be adopting a deb's ball already passe m once more class-conscious milieus? TWO
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      A great little nation? Start by being Singaporeans first
      896 22  -  Warren Fernandez The real issue then is how we get our people to shift from being just Chinese, Indians or Malays, who happen to be citizens of Singapore, to being Chinese, Malay or Indian Singaporeans RETURNING to Singapore on the eve
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      Hoteliers should tackle staff shortage now
      778 22  -  Koh Bee Ann Chambermaids, waitresses, cleaners and other hotel staff have an image problem their work is perceived as menial. To tackle this, the Singapore Hotel Association can learn from the experience of others. DESPITE fears of an oncoming recession following turmoil m the
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      The law of the Middle Yeast
      469 22 MACAW WHEN Iraqi President Saddam Hussein did the dirty on us innocent motorists m Singapore's District 34, we did not take it sitting down. No Sir, we got off our stools at Mohideen's Sarabat Stall and we marched (hey, oil prices are so high,
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  • ANALYSIS
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      Lock icon US has crossed the Rubicon
      1916 23 It an armada of warships and mies of troops and tanks epare for action m the Mide East, war seems imminent. >rmer US Secretary of State HENRY KISSINGER says the United States has passed the point of no return. The only option now: move decisively
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      SUNSTROKES
      4 23  -  Lee Chee Chew
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        West is not the best
        306 23 EVELYN Yap's article, The Pinkerton Syndrome (The Sunday Times, Aug 12) was most interesting. My view here is that of an angmoh representative of a growing number of Westerners who think the Asian female has qualities superior to those of her Western counterpart. While we
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        COE speculators are ugly
        325 23 I WRITE m response to Tan Sai Siong's column, Speculation Is Not Always An Ugly Word (The Sunday Times, Aug 5). I believe that speculative activities have a role as a risk-transfer medium m any free market place. They also provide much needed liquidity. But I
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  • KUALA LUMPUR RACE GUIDE
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      THE EXPERTS' SELECTIONS
      260 24 Race MBastisna Ron Teo FradQtMk 8 RESTAGE I RESTAGE 1 GYPSY BARON 1 5 SWEET TALK 6 SIXTH SENSE 6 SIXTH SENSE 1 GYPSY BARON 3 CALCIUM 8 RESTAGE 8 TURNMEON 10 PERSONAL ENSIGN 8 TURNMEON 2 10 PERSONAL ENSIGN 8 TURNMEON 10 PERSONAL ENSIGN 1 M
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      5125 24 i!ffßl Class 4 DW6 1,200 m pWfftH Ratings IV 71-57 Stakes $23,000 1 03-008 Gypsy Baron 7 (6ag iaafar Jit Sing) Jtast +.5 57 2 *****0 Lotus Begun 4 (sah T Tan Choo Teck Chong) yh Soo 57 3 *****0 Catdum 2 (6ag XL Chong ST Hew) ydl •Rangasamy clVt
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      Signs point to South
      341 24  -  Malcolm Bastians XL PREVIEW By IN A field comprising several budding sprinters, the up-and-coming South Of France HI should prove the brightest spark m the $40,000 Wilayah Silver Bowl at Kuala Lumpur today. Apart from his unplaced debut on March 18, the son of Pago Pago
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  • RACING/SPORTS
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      TODAY'S CARD CONTINUED
      444 25 2. WMDFAIL I (late Hua Llan) (By Prince Simbir) (25-2-3) Pl7ooyy. 10TH Lucas 54 (9 16, 11/9/10, $79) ll'«l Master Of Arts (55 V*) C 5-1 KI6OCg 1 40 1 Aug 18. Batttr on a wet back. 3. EL BANQUERO (late Run For Fun) (By Pronto II)
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      Sng's on song with a hat-trick
      355 25  -  Malcolm Bastians RACING By I FOUR-DIGIT DRAW August 25 1990 FIRST 1231 SECOND 1072 THIRD 7372 STARTERS 4735 4854 6111 8906 6987 0812 0307 2415 4198 5832 CONSOLATIONS 7625 7244 8903 3839 9652 6453 8473 1755 3712 7125 WITH some ordinary animals going around,
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      Lock icon Nothing more to prove
      669 25 But three-time champion Lendl still hopes to win MEN'S TENNIS NEW YORK For the first time m five years, Ivan Lendl will not be the top seed at the US Open, and the 30-year-old three-time champion does not seem to mind. "I have nothing to prove
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      Lock icon Jennifer makes up for lapse
      281 25 WOMEN'S TENNIS MAHWAH (New Jersey) Jennifer Capriati overcame a iapse m the second set to beat Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere m the quarter-finals of the US$l6O,OOO ($281,600) Jersey Classic women's tennis tournament on Thursday. The 14-year-old Jennifer broke twice for a 4-0 lead m the third set
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      YESTERDAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE RESULTS
      2592 25 GOING: GOOD RACE 1 CLASS 2 DIV 2 1.200 m WMng stable: Scout. Trainer: Mohd. Ismail. Margins. l'«, 2V*, 3. Time: 1 mm 12.4 sec. Forecast: $33. Tierce: $77. Malaysian W&P: $7, $5, $11, $19. Course scratchnf: Solid Gold 11. STPE'S REPORT: SPORTSTAR, who was
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      Kenneth crashes out of world cycling meet
      295 25  -  Hakikat Rai CYCLING By SINGAPOREAN Kenneth Tan's debut m the World Cycling Championships m Maebashi, Japan, ended m a heap of twisted metal and bruised bodies yesterday. The Republic's 23-year-old Asian Games hope was lying second midway m heat two of the 30-km
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      901 25 BASEBALL American League- Brewers 1 Yankees 0, Orioles 5 Indians 4 (11 inns), Athletics 6 Tigers 4, Red Sox 2 Blue Jays 0, White Sox 5 Angels 2, Royals 4 Mariners 3, Rangers 2 Twins 0. National League: Padres 2 Expos 1, Reds 4 Pirates 3, Braves
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  • OBITUARIES
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      321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths
      537 26 321 Deaths 321 Deaths 321 Deaths LIONEL CRESSON, OBE, J.P. Born: 18 April 1900 passed away peacefully on the 24th Aug. 1990 leaving behind beloved Wife: MYRA CRESSON NEE CHAMARETTE Sisters-in-law: Maisie and Margie and their families. Body lying at St. Bernadette Church Funeral Parlour 12 Zion Road, Singapore 1024.
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    • Obituary
      323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences
      49 26 323 Condolences 323 Condolences 323 Condolences With Our Deepest Sympathy to our Managing Director MR TAN KWEE HONG and family on the demise of his mother MDM NEO AH CHEE Departed on 24/8/90 From The Directors Staff of SIN KANG LEATHER GOODS PTE LTD 492 Geylang Road, Singapore 1438
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      322 Acknowledgements
      140 26 Th. family <X th« l.tc MR CHEW BOON CHUAN wishes to thank Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Acting Minister for Health, MP (or Hong Kan 0.R.C.; Hong Kan South CCMC; Rev. Heng and members of Oalllee B.P Church; Rev. Yap, Rev. Burt, Elder Khoo, Elder Tay and members of
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      210 26 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam In Loving Memory of MR. P. MARIMUTHOO Departed: 26th Aug. 87 Deareat Father, You toiled all those years for us, Then suddenly, you had to go To eternal peaceful rest. We cling onto life, knowing That your presence Is ever near us. Memories fondly
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      324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam
      316 26 324 In Memoriam 324 In Memoriam In Loving Memory of JANKEE TEWARI (Wife of Ram Raj Tawari) Departed: 26th August 1989 Whatever she did was done with so much ease, In her alone It was natural to please, Her motions all accompanied with grace, And Paradise was opened In her
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        French rider Moreau sets World record
        73 27 Francis Moreau, of France, set a five-kilometre cycling World record of smin 41.1048 ec at the World Cycling Championships m Maebashi, Japan, yesterday. In a special attempt Moreau clipped the previous mark of 5:54.344 established by Denmark's Hans HendrikOersted hi 1987 m Copenhagen. Leontien
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        Sainz leads in Lakes rally
        45 27 World drivers championship leader Carlos Sainz, of Spain, held a 16-second lead half way through the 1,000 Lakes Rally m Jyvaskyla, Finland, on Friday night. With 18 of the 42 timed special stages completed, Sainz has a time of 1:37:19.
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        A Douglas surprise
        56 27 Heavyweight boxing champion James "Buster" Douglas said that he was So moved by a note from a homeless girl Paula Taylor that he paid her a surprise visit at her school m Columbus, Ohio. "It's shows how fortunate I am and the blessings that I can pass
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        Malaysia win two golds
        61 27 Hosts Malaysia won two gold medals while Taiwan and Australia won a gold each on the first day of the inaugural Asia-Pacific Shotokua Karate Federation championships m Sabah on Friday. Michele Koh outshone her Taiwanese rival, Chen Shuchew m the women's individual kata (pattern). Chueng Chen
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        Briton wins Euro title
        38 27 Pat Barrett, of Britain, won the European light welterweight boxing title on Friday when he knocked out holder Efren Calamati, of Italy, m the fourth round of a scheduled 12-round bout m Salerno, Italy.
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        China to bid for Games
        47 27 China are considering to host the 2000 Olympic Games, the president of the Chinese Olympic Committee said m Beijing on Friday. He Zhenliang said that a decision will be taken after the 11th Asian Games there from Sept 22 to Oct 7.
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        Asian TT in Dhaka
        45 27 The Eighth Asian Table Tennis tournament will he held m Bangladesh at the end of this year, a Cabinet Minister said m Dhaka on Saturday. Nitai Roy Chowdhury, Minister of State for Sports, said that the dates have not been finalised.
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      Lock icon India hit a record 606-9 to hold grip
      266 27 LONDON India ran up a massive 606-9 declared their highest-ever Test score against England to take a firm grip on the decisive Third cricket Test at The Oval on Friday. England finished the second day 36-1 m reply, needing another 371 to
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      Lock icon Malaysia's athletics boss hits out at his selection chief
      542 27 Asian Games countdown If anybody can act tough, so can I. Don't take me for granted. ..Even I cannot make a decision without consulting the council first or they will throw me OUt.' MAAU president Datuk Khalid Yunus (left). KUALA LUMPUR
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      Lock icon 'Friendship boxes' from South Korea
      176 27 SEOUL A Sooth Korean company Is donating 5,1 M train bins nicknamed "friendship boxes" to China for next month's Asian Games. Hong Woo Trading Co announced that IVMI1 V MI bins would be placed In Tiananmen Square and the rest near sports venues for the
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      Czech-bound youngsters impress at Jakarta tourney
      353 27  -  Joe Dorai SOCCER By CZECHOSLOVAKIA-bound youth footballers Sanizal Jamil and Raf i All are among those who impressed m the Singapore Under-21 team at the Jakarta Anniversary Cup last week. National serviceman Sanizal and student Rafi are among the three youth players selected by
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      Tuck Beng stars in Safsa's success
      219 27  - Tuck Beng stars in Safsa's success PETER KHOO RUGBY SAFSA's well-oiled backline proved too slick for Hill A De lamain, so the soldiers sprinted to a 24-7 victory (or the Singapore Rugby Union Un-der-23 title at the Police Academy yesterday. Safsa, parading an international backline, often ran the hard-tackling HAD
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      Britons going ga-ga over new boy-wonder Gazza
      1029 28  - Britons going ga-ga over new boy-wonder Gazza Alan Hubbard C*l*i W 1 *Jm*\.^^^^M GF FGFG How to read the chart BEAD horizontally for team's home matches and vertically for away games. BY POPULAR request, televiewers m Singapore will be treated to a large dose of Gazzamania when English Football returns
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      Lock icon Romanian players put cash ahead of loyalty for country
      304 28 ROMANIAN SOCCER BUCHAREST Romania's leading soccer players, relishing the freedom to earn large sums abroad, appear to be putting cash ahead of their country. Soccer sources said the national team management were having trouble contacting players abroad and there were signs
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      SOCCER SHORTS
      284 28 INDONESIA, with tickets to next month's Asian Games at stake, fought a do-or-die battle before edging Malaysia 2-0 m a semi-final of the Independence Anniversary Cup m Jakarta on Friday. The Indonesian national team led 1-0 at half-time. The win put them through to the final against Australia,
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      Lock icon Last hurrah for East Germans
      483 28 ATHLETICS SPLIT (Yugoslavia) British speed, Italian endurance and Soviet strength vie with East German all-round excellence m next week's European athletics championships. Linford Christie heads a squad of Britons who hope to win all the men's sprint medals, while Italians Salvatore Antibo and Gelindo Bordin
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    • The Singapore sports malady: Search for the possible causes...and a possible Filipino remedy
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        SAAA bid to nip young disease in the bud
        958 29  -  Godfrey Robert THEY are primed for action, ready to be nurtured further, into the sporting arenas of the world. But, at a tender age, they fall victim to a peculiar disease. As youngsters, Singaporeans are generally the equal of their regional
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        Casas spearheads Filipino double
        554 29  -  Tay Cheng Khoon PUTRA CUP GOLF By FINAL SCORES I Yesterday's scores: 214 Thailand (Pray ad Marksaeng 72, Moon Thepsaen 74, T. Sriroj 68). 217 Philippines (Danilo Caba-jar-Zarate 70, Felix Casas 73, Vince Lauron 74). 218 Indonesia (Sukamdi 74, Budiono 73, Bahtiar 71). 221 Malaysia (P.
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        Lock icon Olazabal continues to set the pace
        140 29 FOREIGN GOLF AKRON (Ohio) Jose-Maria Olazabal continued his blistering pace at the World Series of Golf as he shot a 67 on Friday to open up a commanding nine-stroke lead after 36 holes of play. The 24-year-old Spaniard fired a sensational nine-un-der-par 61 on
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        Brobio leads by example in the chase for paper and par
        962 29  -  Tay Cheng Khoon FILIPINO Ramon Brobio is enjoying his last days as a teenager, helping bring honour to his country on the greens. One day he should also have an engineering degree from a US university. H's approach should
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      Spirited Sabah spring surprise
      637 30  -  Godfrey Robert Singapore's woes include penalty miss SABAH 1 SINGAPORE 0 By TABLE KOTA KINABALU Sabah made a mockery of the SemiPro League soccer standings when they humbled table-top-pers Singapore 1-0 at the Likas Stadium here last night. And if the result threw a lifeline for
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      Lock icon Attapol denies Selangor a win
      216 30 Selangor 2 Pahang 2 Parak 3 Johor 1 XL 5 Sarawak 2 Kedah 0 Perlis 0 SELANGOR kept alive their hopes of clinching the SemiPro Division One League soccer title when they drew 2-2 with Pahang at the Merdeka Stadium last night. Dollah Salleh opened
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        World Cup pair star for Spurs
        157 30 England's World Cup duo of Paul Gascoigne and Gary Lineker gave Tottenham Hotspur a high-scoring start to the new English League soccer season yesterday. They ran out to a rapturous welcome at White Hart Lane and rewarded the capacity crowd with all three goals
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      Davis beaten
      49 30 Thailand's James Wattana Pu Ob-Orm stormed into the final of the U5537,000 ($65,000) World Series Challenge yesterday, defeating England's Steve Davis 5-2 m the semi-fi-nals. Wattana 's opponent m the best-of-17 frames final will be Jimmy White, who scored a 5-2 victory over world champion Stephen Hendry.
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      Kothari wins
      22 30 India's Manoj Kothari won the world billiards championship yesterday, beating compatriot Ashok Shandilya 2,890-2.422 m the four-session final m Bangalore.
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      England 191-5
      44 30 England were 191-5 at tea m reply to India's total of 606-9 declared on the third day of the Third cricket Test at The Oval yesterday. English skipper Graham Gooch was 70 not out, while partner Robin Smith was unbeaten on 32.
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    • SHIRLYNN HO reports on the Anchor Beer Singapore Open squash championships
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        Jansher reigns again with easy victory
        335 30 MEN'S FINAL JANSHER KHAN reigns supreme once more. In a somewhat anti-climac-tic final, the world champion collected his fifth title with a 15-12, 15-10, 15-6 win over Australia's Chris Dittmar yesterday. The victory m the 21st Anchor Beer Singapore Open squash championships should return
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        Singapore a happy hunting ground for top seed Lisa
        343 30 WOMEN'S FINAL SINGAPORE has been a happy hunting ground for Lisa Opie and it proved so once again even though the English top seed hardly played the best squash she was capable of. But then neither did Michelle Martin her tired
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      109 30 TODAY'S EVENTSi CRICKET Div 1 play-off series: UWC v SCRC (UWC), IA v SCCI (IA) both at 10.30 am. Div 2: SCRC v SRC (SCRC, 1.30pm). HOCKEY FAN Premier League: Khalsa A v Punggol (5.30pm), Police SA v Safsa A (4pm) both at CPE. MOTOCROSS Castrol Pesta Sukan c'ships: Mountain
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        368 1 Tracing Tracy 2 Tiffany, new outside and inside 24 Network wars, primetime gains 26 /fome 0/1/2 and Guinness stout 8 Driving lessons from Pretty Woman O "Every child should learn music" Jewels m India's crown 3 The art of stuffing 4 Shandong surprise Comics and Your Star XO i 1
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        Hollywood on trial
        2752 2 There was an argument, a struggle, a shot. 'He fought for the gun,' the police report quotes Christian, i told him to let go. He had my hands, then boom! Jesus, man, it wasn't murder Please believe me. I wouldn't do it m my father's house.' Money
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        JEWELS in INDIA's CROWN
        953 3 JEWELS in INDIA's CROWN EVELYN YAP gives a glowing account of why the world has taken a shine to made-in-lndia gems Gem of a show, direct from India OVER |7 million worth •f madc-in-Indla jewellery by eight leading jewellers In India will he exhibited at Sir Stamford 1, Hyatt Hotel.
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        THIS WEEKS SPECIALS
        475 4 Fungus fantasia Mushroom mania Oscars Brasserie and Wine Bar, #81-M Robinson Towers: 223-4433 FOR mushroom lovers, nothing can be more wonderful than savouring six types of the fungus m a single lunch. Morelles, shitake, golden, button, Chinese and abalone mushrooms are skilfully worked into terrines, or as
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        Get stuffed!
        810 4 Get stuffed! Stuffing is not just for turkeys. Or geese. Or Christmas. LEE GEOK 801 tells you how to pack it m. fdg dfg d DO YOU have a light hand and some dexterity with knife and teaspoon? Then you can stuff anything from seafoods to meats to vegetables. All
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        RECIPES
        416 4 Stuffed Tomatoes or Peppers Serves four 4 large tomatoes Black pepper to taste 1 Tbs parsley, chopped V* cup pine nuts l /t cup cooked rice 2 tsp olive oil l /i tsp salt 1 clove garlic, chopped Cut top off the tomatoes and scoop out the pulp and
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        Shandong surprise
        979 5 A quiet, little restaurant that was all the Shaos wanted. Instead, the hordes arrived. MARGARET CHAN wanders down the byways of Alexandra Road to find out what all the fuss is about. EAT OUT YOU MUST know how it feels. You have just burnt the pay cheque on
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        Pretty label, oui! but is the wine good?
        637 5  - Pretty label, oui! but is the wine good? CH'NG POH TIONG DRINKS BUYING a bottle of wine can be tricky business. When we are unsure which to purchase, we often choose that which has the prettiest or most serious-looking label. Otherwise, we may be seduced by the words Grand Yin
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        Keeping a businessman's health
        71 5  - Keeping a businessman's health JOHNSON LOCK "Hello, how many of you?" "Six? OK. Please take a seat. We'll take your orders right away. 41 I keep long business hours everyday and that demands a lot from me, both physically and mentally. That's why I drink Yomeishu." 4 Yomeishu is prepared
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        126 4 WE WANTED TO Sfflf TIIAT According to Hong Kong culinary expert, Lisa beater set. It's compact, easy to store and very easy to The shaker beats and mixes. Perfect for whipping Fong, Philips' Chopper Shaker is the best thing to happen use just toss the food m and compress the
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    • MOTORING
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        Lock icon Japanese cars top targets for thieves in Malaysia
        381 6  - Japanese cars top targets for thieves in Malaysia JOSEPH EDWIN By AN AVERAGE of eight cars a day were stolen m Malaysia last year, many of which were parked by their owners at the kerb or m private lots. Cars popular with thieves include Toyota, Datsun, Proton, Mitsubishi, Honda, Mazda
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        The gears that stump Gere
        564 6 The gears that stump Gere In the hit movie Pretty Woman, Julia Roberts drives a rich man crazy with terms like 'stick shift' and 'close together like a race car. WINSTON LEE explains what she means. CRUNCH, screech, crunch, screech. That was the excruciating progress made by billionaire Edward Lewis
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        MOTOR FILE
        151 6  -  GEOFFREY PEREIRA Perfumed Tiger MOTORCYCLISTS who want to stop irritating other motorists behind them with their machines' foul smoke now have a new range of engine oils from Esso to do just that. The company claims that its products can cut smoke emission by half while boosting power
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        Art of sculpting bodies has its heavy risks
        573 7  -  VANA THE COMPLEAT WOMAN IT WAS an interesting thought. Sculpting bodies. Not m butter or ice but the real flesh-and-blood type. A born-again glutton trying hard to be a gourmet, I drool over food pages. Recently, one of my gurus, a popular
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        Lock icon Teach children to discover good music
        1339 7 World-renowned violinist Isaac Stern, 70, strongly believes m teaching children to love music. Here, he tells MIRIAM HORN what parents should do and avoid. Isaac Stern (above) feels parents are responsible for what their children listen to. It is not forbidding them to hear
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        Home of Guinness and U2, too
        1063 8 Home of Guinness and U2, too DAVID BRAZIL looks back on his native Dublin and insists that there is more to Ireland than just the winning way with IN 1988, Ireland's capital city Dublin decided to throw a grand party. The occasion was the I,oooth anniversary of its founding by
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        penalty shoot-outs as shown in the recent World Cup
        458 9 Getting there ■It Is best to make travel arrangements m London. The Irish Tourist Board there has all the details, brochures and maps. Its address is Ireland House, 151 New Bold Street, London Wl (tel: London 493-3211). Two of the most
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          Fly and ride
          88 9 FIRST and business-class passengers on All Nippon Airways (ANA) bound for Bangkok from Tokyo will be given free limousine rides from Don Maung Airport to any place m the Bangkok metropolitan area. First-class passengers can be chauffeured m a Mercedes-Benz or Volvo, those m business class m
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          Farm stays
          48 9 BRITAIN'S rustic pleasures may be sampled through farm stays, and the publication Stay On A Farm 19S0 lists farmhouses m the region offering bed and breakfast. The (it-page guide is available free from the British Tourist Authority at 24 Raffles Place, #17-M Clifford Centre (tel: 535-2966).
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          Express Japan
          83 9 YOU can see Japan by train on the super-express train package tour from Tokyo to Hokkaido launched by Japanese Railways East Japan and Japan Airlines. A total of 15 tours are being arranged from Aug 12 until March next year and each six-night/seven-day tour costs HK$9,BOO (552,250), reports
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          HK shoot-in
          46 9 PHOTO buffs will be able to get tips from renowned photographers like Patrick Uchfleld of Britain, Art Kane (US) and David Moore (Australia) In seminars at Image Hongkong '90 (Dec 9 to 13). For details, call the organiser Hongkong Tourist Association on 532-3 KB.
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        When both silver and work ethic run out
        823 9  -  SIMON TAY THE VIEW FROM HERE SUCRE (Bolivia) At this corner, a beggar sits and a street vendor stands next to him. Both are common sights m Bolivia. Also scruffy kids with palms open, old women sitting m doorways and disabled men,
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        463 8 I |i WLARSHIPFORTHE[333i99O^ni W' m I For the first time m Singapore, a scholarship award with the prestigious Royal Scottish Academy of 111 g 1 \\u<\c Drama m Glasgow. Scotland is Ix'ing offered to Singaporeans wishing to pursue a course y 9 B B I i l of study m
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        149 8 Venue Raffles City Shopping Centre Date August 26 -Sep 2 1990 Time :10am -10pm Organizers f»(i3jsrrG|A student section on banhe Zaobao Singapore Nichiren Shoshu Buddhist Association Sponsor Soka Gakkai International Performance presented by the People's Association and community centre's performing groups ADMISSION IS FREE BECOME A TECHNOCRAT TOMORROW BIET correspondence
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        410 12  -  JUNIPER FOO WHAT the Dickens does anyone < m a detective pushing 60, who <mcc sent his yellow trenchfeo the cleaners, or even heard faultier wear? Maybe the seI m the colour of his underAmerica's Dick Tracy started uit Drat as Plainclothes Tracy, a *ho "traced"
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        85 12 Four 15-chapter Saturday Matiiiaa movia serials DtC* Tracy (1937) k I racy Returns (1938) Lick Tracy sG-Men (1939) Dick Tracy vs Crime Inc (1941) Four faature movia* Dick Tracy, Detective (1945) Dick Tracy vs Cueball (1946) Dick Tracy's Dilemma (1947) Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947) TV series 39
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        984 12 The good, the b ad and the Breathless Give me a face, an ugly face. Chances are, you can't do better than the thug mugs from Dick Tracy, comic strip or movie. Want to know something about them? No choice, TAY YEK KEAK has bull-dozed m with a run down
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        467 13  -  TAY YEK KEAK DICK TRACY Coming to Cathay Cinemas THERE is this comic-strip story. It's so simple, even a pea-brained goon who reads only the funny papers can understand. One city, set m the freewheeling *****, is up for grabs. The good side, led
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        614 15  -  S. C. LEONG ETHER TALK A HEADY polyglot of events has marked Singapore's 25th anniversary. For me, I watch the Prime Minister's address on the eve of National Day as an annual ritual. This year, a friend found himself m a spot.
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          76 15 The baby's a secret SYLVIA Chang (left), who has just given birth to a son, certainly makes no bones about her high hopes for the boy. The Taiwanese actress has named him Oscar, after the highest honour m the film industry. The baby was delivered by Caesarean section and m
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          89 15 THE stork has also called on Pat Ha. Her daughter was born m May, and may prove to be a very expensive baby. The Hongkong actress left for the United States m the middle of a television serial after she found oat that she was pregnant. The Taiwanese
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          73 15 HONGKONG superstar Jacky Chan is making waves with sand. After location shooting m Morocco, he brought 10 tonnes of fine sand back to Hongkong at great expense, to give a realistic touch to the rest of the film. He intends to give the sand to the Hongkong
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          72 15 DIRECTOR Bai Jlngrui has stunned everyone with the announcement of his marriage m the press. The reason? The Taiwanese director m his sixties is not only marrying a mainland Chinese, bat she is also only 21 years old, reports the LJanhe Zaobao. It most have been
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          90 15 NOT content with films involving Chinese and Taiwanese actors or Chinese and Taiwanese directors, they are now making a film starring Chinese and Taiwanese singers. The Lianhe Zaobao quotes a Xinhua news agency as saying that Fei Xiang (above), Taiwan's pretty face on the music scene, will co-star
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          96 15 AMONG Hongkong stars, Jacky Chan has the most wheels bat Anita Mai Is the classiest owner. The Lianhe Zaobao reports that Chan has seven drivers for his fleet of more than II cars, all gifts from the Japanese company for which he used to advertise. Mai may have
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        600 15  -  KEN JALLEH JR ON TV A PERTINF.NT, profound question was raised by one among a gaggle of good-looking Singapore Girls: Do we look like bimbos? We will never really know because Contact V's segment on the Singapore Girl (Sunday, SBC 5, 7.50 pm) failed to
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        863 19 24 Carpets/ Rugs HAND-WOVEN SILK RUGS 4 11x6 ft. Ssi.2Oo nail. 3 ft. x 5 ft. Ss7oO Mft ORIENTAL CARPET PALACE PTE LTD. 163H Tanghn Road Singapore Handicraft Centre Tel: 235-3045 27 Garage Sale COMBINED EXPATS. SALE: OE heavy duty washer St tumble dryer (18 lbs). 2-dr frost-free fridge. S/pool
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        660 19 31 Pets/ Pet Care SOOKEE KENNEL imported/ Local Beautiful Puppie* Available: Boxer. Shlh Tzu, Dachshund, Spitz, Pomeranian, Poodle, Pekinese. Silky Terrier Next shipment Great Dane puppies available for booking. Aluminium dog ca^es/ accessories, etc. 306 Baleetier Road Singapore 1232 Vat *****37/ *****41 (10am to spm) OFFER PURINA HIPRO, dog Chow
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        762 19 35 Computer Products/ 35 Computer Products/ 35 Computer Products/ 35 Computer Products/ Services Services Services Services fecCW "DRIVE HOME YOUR PC IN YOUR VIKI" SEE YOU AT BOOTH 4006 HALL 4 COMTEC '90 LINES TECHNOLOGY LINFS TECHNOLOGY PTE LTD. 53 Kirn Keat Road #02-01/02. Mun Hean Building, Singapore 1232 Tel:
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        572 19 60 Private Investigators I iS &tetniet PRIVATE INVESTIGATION DIVISION (Founded by the Spore Police Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Ltd and The S pore Government Servants' Co-operative Thrift Loan Society Ltd) We have professional expertise to serve our clientele with various Investigation Services Problems could be prevei ted minimised resolved by way
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        1520 20 63 Domestic Help 63 Domestic Help 63 Domestic Help Available Available Available PPRVINAI PIl i^^a^^L^^^^^^R a^Aa^^Ai t a^^il I f3«^^___ FIL(PINASS3O(S2SO) INDONESIAN $1 1 88 ($200) fejSj} o *Ote{Arri(#S/fOtMrfooNe4oß'oc/afos .■HI Timely arrival Extensive training and orientation Reliable assessment Full documentation No hidden costs Replacement guaranteed KH3BfISSEL^39a3SSSIBH^cneO Aids Test Back-up service
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        450 20 98 Secretarial/ 98 Secretarial/ Clerical Positions Clerical Positions CENSUS OF POPULATION OFFICE 12 PRINCE EDWARD ROAD SINGAPORE 0207 WALK-IN INTERVIEW For the post of TEMPORARY FULL-TIME/PART-TIME CENSUS STAFF Qualifications: With at least 3 credits at GCE '0' Level or equivalent $30 (Full-time) or $15 (part-time) per day CPF Contribution: Will
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        332 20 99 Sales Positions SALES COORDINATORS Requirement*: Hardworking able to liaise well with customers Possess own vehicle Prepared to work long hours occasionally Attractive starting salary commission transport allowance Interested please walk In for an Interview on Monday at> 7SOOA BEACH ROAD #04-322 THE PLAZA SINGAPORE 0711 TEL: *****45 Established Watch
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        496 20 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions 104 Other Positions Nat Steel Electronics Manufacturer of Computer peripherals and PCB Assemblies urgently requires: 1 TECHNICIANS SMT/AUTO/ Fantastic Benefits TEST/MAINTENANCE 2) PRODUCTION OPERATORS 3) QA OPERATORS i^rT-^^B^r^^l^^B 4) CLEANERS V Q© Attractive basic salary ft Aft Free
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        595 20 121 Vehicles for Hire HOME RENT-A-CAR OFFER car $60. pick-up $18. van $27, lorry $30 Buklt Tlmah *****88/ Balestier *****46/ Eunos *****48. SIANG HOCK OFFERS cars/ pickups/ vans/ lorries/ box vans mini-buses at low rates. Balestier. Tel: *****66. DATSUN PICKUP $18. Van, lorry or 14 ft. Junction of 34 586
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        539 20 132 Peugeot/ Renault For Sale RENAULT view and test drive Wide Range available ARF price starting $40,566 Exklusiv Auto 24 Leng X— Road Open 10am -Spm 133 BMW For Sale Our Showroom It Op«m Com* ft View The Special Edition BMW 316iA SIME DARBY CENTRE Dunear n Road Tel. *****00
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        1450 21 131 Alfa/ Volvo For Sale 131 Alfa/ Volvo For Sale Totally Restyled Body. US**' i IfeMtSr Showrooms: s^WQsta, Kakl Buklt 746-8880 Paramount 345-3300 Buklt Timah 338-5252 136 Nissan For Sale MID '89 NISSAN 200SX Manual. Tiptop cond. Nice no plate. Oenuine Buyers only. Tel: 732-1569. (9am. 2pm.) 11/-82 SUNNY Coupe
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        920 21 137 Toyota For Sale 1 OWNER, FEW days to '88, Toyota Starlet 1.0 XL 5-speed. Beautiful, 2 digit no plate. Perfect cond. Tel: *****85. 11/1987 COROLLA Notchßack Au to 16OL. Orlg condn. 1 owner Radio, cassette Tax 10/1990 Seldom driven View: 19 Jin Melatl 1980 TOYOTA STARLET. Aircon, s/rlms, hl-fl.
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        964 21 138 Mitsubishi For Sale 2/83 MITSUBISHI LANCER. Fl 4 OLX. good cond, tax 1/'9l $15,500 0.n.0. Tel: *****69 2/85 MITSUBISHI LANCER 15 auto. Tax 1/'9l Low mileage. 2nd lady owner Price neg *****47 3/81 MITSUBISHI Colt Lancer 1400 OL auto New tax, new paint. Interested tel *****16. 3/84 MITSUBISHI LANCER
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        1005 21 140 Honda For Sale SBA (END -84) Civic 15 GL Orlg excellent cond. Low mileage. $31,000. Ca'l *****59. after 9am. SEP. '82 CIVIC 13 Manual, 1 owner, accident free, excellent cond. Selling $16,500. Tel *****61 08/87 ACCORD EX Manual. Radio cassette, tip-top cond. Tel: *****46. IST OWNER 89 Concerto 1.6
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        974 21 143 Hyundai For Sale NEWII '87 MODEL Hyundai Excel 15 GL, notchback, 1 owner, beautiful plate, non accident, $28,300 neg. *****56 Chris. 8 Jin. Asas (2367). 10 MONTHS OLD. Hyundai Excel 1.3 4-door 5-speed. Ist owner. Alrcon., radio cassette. Original metallic paint. Guaranteed like new Tel *****31. 2/89 EXCEL 1.3
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        922 21 147 Motorcycles/ Scooters For Sale/ Wanted MBX. RGI2S. RDI2S/ 350. KR2SO. GSXR4OO, GPZ4OO, C 8750. Trade-In are also welcome. Blk. 1059 Eunos Aye 3 sOl-166 S 1440 (Near Eunos MRT). Tel: *****18. AP VESPA SUPER COE paid Good cond $500/- FG Honda Rebel 250 c.c. wltli monokey box $3.8 K.
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        949 21 172 Houses For Rent Dlat.lB Open House Today (2-4pm) NO 39 CHU AN TERRACE c Brand new 3-storey intermediate terrace Spacious 4> 1 rooms c Tastefully furnished c Convenient location Rental: $3,000 per month negotiable T JUOE REALTY COMPANY (Sol* Agent). Jeesamyn Hoh Tel: *****71 0.10 ASTRID HILL D/storey bunglw.
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        838 21 173 Apartments 173 Apartments For Rent For Rent r Immediate Occupation Court. Billiard Room At the junction of Scotts Gymnasium. etc Orchard Road, next to Self Service Free Hyatt Hotel Launderette 14,000 sq ft Luxurious Ample Indoor Car Hotel Style Lobby Parking Lots Swimming Pool. Tennis 24 hour Security System
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        789 21 179 Houses For Sale (Dists. 01 08) O.« OPEN HSE. Farrer Pk Designer 1 terr 1900 sqft./ 3* f'hold /near olty $360K! *****94 180 Houses For Sale (Dists. 09-11) OREAM HOME AT A STEAL Z Holland vicinity, d/storfy bunglw Fairly new. Beautiful landscape/ spiral staircase. c Squarish land, 8400 sq.ft.
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        813 22 181 Houses For Sale 181 Houses For Sale 181 Houses For Sale (Dists. 12 20) (Dists. 12 20) (Dists. 12 20) You* A/iCHt r\N Trie Of A/ATO9&-. WITH «A»/K> iK/tX/Ntt flU^HclHtf, Al( yt(//vfeD/> AfctT $G>ooo/= 533* i Kr „,1-/ Spacious and airy, these elegant >.° V 3-storey terrace and semi-detached
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        667 22 D.19, 2' i-STOREY. corner terr with aircon., 2 carparks Split-level. 4+2 rms. Urgent sale! Tel: *****22/ *****81. 0.20 MUST SELLI Soo Chow Thomson, 2-storey terr F'hold/ 3 t- 1 balcony/ renovated. T Jude *****.4/ pg. *****84 (sole agt). D.20 THOMSON HILL s/storey Inter. F'hold. 3 rms. Carporch. Spaclous kitchen backyard.
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        618 22 182 Houses For Sale (Dists. 21 28) 3/STOREY CORNER TERR. I) J: Open Hse: 3-6pm 47 Seletar Hill Dr 3802 sq.ft. 4rms. Huge gdn./ car porch, renovated, face S.E. $478K neg. 999 yrs. *****66 ERA DM LILAC PARK. D/storey. Corner terr. 3^-1. 3,200 sq.ft. Good facing F'hold $728 K. Te1:*****06
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        792 22 182 Houses For Sale 182 Houses For Sale 182 Houses For Sale (Dists. 21 28) (Dists. 21 28) (Dists. 21 28) g Type C 2-Storey SplitLcvel Tnrracc Houses Type B 2 Storey Split-Level SemiDetached Bungaloutfl M An estate which offers serenity and convenience I ft and is only 10 minutes
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        631 22 192 Private Apts. For Sale (Dists. 12 20) d.is exclusivTbrano new development only 12 units of luxurious apts. Beautiful grand layout Superb quality c 3 I bdrms c Video Intercom c Split-level living/ dining c Card access system c 1,300 sq.ft. Quality kitchen cabinets Showftat ready for inspection 89 LOR.
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        640 22 192 Private Apts. For Sale (Dists. 12 20) GOLDEN HILL CONDO. Open hse lpm-spm. Blk l #03-04, Mcl Hwan View. 3-Bdrm.. renovated. View to offer. Henry ERA. LOYANG VALLEY open h'se (3pm. to 6p.m. 2/ 3 bdrms Good facing. Nice layout. Tel: *****81/ pg. *****65 (anytime). D.19 GOODRICH PK. 1700
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        2401 22 192 Private Apts. 192 Private Apts. 192 Private Apts. 192 Private Apts. For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale (Dists. 12 20) (Dists. 12 20) (Dists. 12 20) (Dists. 12 20) THE BEST "$5,000 IflVfßfppf VOUXL EVEf^pAICE ;\^J S!^/(\^^^^^ Now, for just $5,000 A^\ y ou can b° o^
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        1461 23 193 Private Apts. 193 Private Apt*. 193 Private Apts. 193 Private Apts. 193 Private Apts. 193 Private Apts. For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale For Sale (Dists. 21 28) (Dists. 21 28) (Dists. 21 28) (Dists. 21 28) (Dists. 21 28) (Dists. 21 28) H r
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        355 23 267 Language Courses STUDY JAPANESE For beginner* (morning/ afternoon/ evening/ weekend) "New System Japanese" provides you the fastest way to achievement of language. Enjoy conversational practices In small groups. For the Japanese Language Proficiency Test 3 months Special Courses. Level-2 Sun. 11.30-lpm. 2/9 Level-3 Sat. 5.00-6.30pm. 1/9 For your business
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        878 24 She's got a new house, new tresses and new dreams. Tiffany updates WONG KIM HOH over the phone before her New Inside album arrives here. Older people listen to my voice and think I am a full-grown woman; they're really surprised when they
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        352 24  -  LIM SEK ASIAN POP ASIA MAJOR Dick Lee (WEA) ASIA Major is Dick Lee's attempt to capture an Asian sound just as his breakthrough release, The Mad Chinaman, tried to define the Singaporean sound. The latter was raw but it brimmed over with excellent ideas. The
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        72 24 Singapore 1.(3) The Power Snap 2.(4) Hanky Panky Madonna 3.(1) It Must Have Been Love Roxette 4.(7) King Of Wishful Thinking Go West 5.(2) Sacrifice Elton John Previous meet's position 6.(5) Slw Ain't Worth N Glenn Medetros featuring Bobby Brown 7(9) Right Combination Seiko Donnie Wahlberg
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        534 25 The Sunday Times APPOINTMENTS J I An established International Company specialises g^^ m beauty services have the following vacancies Earnings m the region of minimum 553,500.00 and above per month. Prerequisites Slim of professional appearance. Preferably with some sales experience, though those without will also be considered. Tough, aggressive and
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        663 25 \SEA BROWN BOVERI (ABB) is the world's largest electrical engineering group with about I 220,000 employees placed m over 1 40 countries. -J:\SEA BROWN BOVERI LIMITED, HONG KONG is well represented m China, Hong Kong and Macau, with many large contracts concluded. For our expanding operations m China, we are
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        467 25 iMvr c. l FINANCIAL CONTROLLER The Heritage, a Beaufort Hotel m Brisbane, Australia, is seeking a qualified and experienced Financial Controller. The successful applicant will be responsible for all accounting and financial functions as follows Develop and manage the accounting system within the Uniform System of Accounts for Hotels Introduce
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