The Straits Times, 10 March 1991

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  • 13 1 The Sunday Times No: 2851 55 CENTS MCI (P) 15/12/90 MARCH 10, 1991
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  • 940 1  - PM Goh offers $10m to help Malay projects Zuraidah Ibrahim By 'He told them not to get bogged down by the details of the funds and other sorts of things, and that it was now past the stage of talking and don't wait for that beautiful five-year plan, but put
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  • 478 1  -  Tan Lian Choo By Bangkok correspondent EJANGKOK Ousted Premier Chatlchai Choonhavan was released from military custody yesterday, two weeks after he was detained at gunpoint by the armed forces that overthrew his elected government. Also released were all the other members of (Jen Chatlehal's entourage detained
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  • 133 1 LKIBURK Industry developer Klyamunl KhamlH arriving at the Commercial Affairs Department, at the Treaitury Uulldln-, early yesterday for the start of If houra of questioning. The 31-year-old Moroccan businessman, developer of the Marina Village International food and entertainment complex, was arrested late on
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    • 6 1 $50m improvement to PIE: Page 11
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    • 23 1 AMP does not need okay from Mendaki for its plane: Page 12 Martial law won't be lifted 'until peace ie restored': Page 9
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • IN SUMMARY
      • 53 2 A $50.5-million expansion Is underway to clear two interchanges on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) of frequent and serious traffic congestions. The Government yesterday awarded the contract to expand the PIE-Central Expressway (CTE) and HIE-Woodsvtlle interchanges as part of its plan to upgrade the nations ageing expressways.
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      • 61 2 Earn $200 a day. No previous experience needed and free training will be Advertisements like these, placed by commodities trading firms, appear almost daily m the Classified Ads columns of newspapers. And those who respond, mostly young people who have just left school, soon find out that
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      • 79 2 More than 40 villagers turned up on motorcycles, bicycles and on foot give their temporary resident a send-off. Some came with cameras and babies m tow to see the elephant being loaded onto a truck for transportation back to its habitat m the jungles of Johor.
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      • 98 2 trial is to be held soon to settle a suit filed by the opposition Spirit of '46 against top Umno leaders, including Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, over the sale of three companies to Renong Bhd. Spirit of '46 deputy president Datuk
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      • 80 2 Indonesian President Suharto stepped m yesterday to quell rumours of a possible currency devaluation that have prompted people to rush into buying foreign currencies m the past two months. Bankers said bulk buying of foreign currencies, prompted by fears that the economy was heading for a recession,
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      • 59 2 Health and food conditions for thousands of Albanian refugees m the southern Italian port of Brindisi are worsening sharply, local officials said yesterday. About half the 15,000 refugees, fleeing economic hardship m their communist homeland, have been moved to emergency camps at local schools after spending
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      • 75 2 South Korean opposition leader Kirn Dae Jung yesterday challenged President Roh Tae Woo to prove his innocence m a major bribery scandal and challenged him to a public debate. "If President Roh agrees to a public debate with me on television to discuss the Suso
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      • 76 2 Russia's populist leader Boris Yeltsin declared war on Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday, saying his giant Russian Federation was not ready to sign a new treaty binding the Soviet republics to the central government. "Let's declare war on the leadership of the country, which has led
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    • 493 2 Riyadh to help: End Arab-Israeli conflict Set up security force m Gulf RIYADH Saudi Arabia has told US Secretary of State James Baker that it is prepared to play an active role m efforts to find a peaceful solution to the Ar-ab-Israeli conflict and
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    • 493 2 AN EIGHT-month-old boy died after suffering from diarrhoea for four days. His mother had fed him with chocolate milk instead of his usual powdered formula. Police said Son Joo Loong was pronounced dead at 1.10 am at the Singapore General Hospital
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    • 580 2 MANY hands helped to raise almost $200 million for the 25th Anniversary charity fund and that is how it should be, Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien I.oong said yesterday. At a ceremony to distribute most of the money to
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    • 292 3 Liver transplant girl in stable condition Boy discovers woman's corpse m canal THE three-year-old girl who underwent a liver transplant on Friday at the National University Hospital is m a stable condition. But doctors say the first five days after such an operation is a difficult time and the patient's
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    • 527 3  -  Julia Goh By THE man behind Marina Village, the upmarket food and entertainment complex m Marina South, spent 10 hours at the Commercial Affairs Department offices yesterday following his arrest on Friday night. Mr Elyamani Khamis, a 31-year-old Moroccan businessman, emerged
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    • 170 3 THE Investigations Involving Mr Klyamanl Khamis item from the arrests In Norway of two employees of a bank which Issued $71.1 million worth of standby letters of credit. These stand-by LCs were Issued to several local banks guaranteeing loans to him. The two
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    • 486 3 RAY OF HOPE lt provides a ray of hope for weaker pupils who now know that the path for them does not lead to a dead-end tunnel/ Mrs Goh Chi Lan, the principal of National Junior College EDUCATIONISTS, parents, community leaders, employers
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    • 145 3 A DELEGATION of senior Singapore Armed Forces officers led by the Chief of Defence Force, Lt-General Winston Choo, visited Thailand last week to take part m the Royal Thai Armed Forces-SAP Golf Games. The invitation came from the Royal
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    • 179 3 a dp:tf:ctivf: was charj?od yesterday with pointing his revolver at a businessman's temple and making him fear for his life. Tan Hock Chuan, 41, was m plainclothcs when he allegedly intimidated Mr I,ee Chon l,ai, 51, with his .38 Smith Wesson service revolver
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 249 2 Showers over a few areas m the late afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 am tomorrow: 33 mai.. 25 mm. SUNSET today: 7.17 pm: SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.12 am. TRAVELLERS' WEATHER \tn»U-rdam 6/15 C Cloudy Madrid 7/15 C Rain Athena 817 C Clear MaalU 21/31 C Clear Aarkiaad 12 22 C
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  • GULF SPECIAL
    • 622 4 WASHINGTON The struggle by insurgents In Iraq to topple President Saddam Hussein is continuing, with control of towns changing hands frequently between government forces and rebels, according to the US State Department. Fighting was concentrated on Friday m areas of southern Iraq,
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    • 351 4 RUWEISHED (Jordan) Forty foreign journalists and two US soldiers who were released on Friday after being captured m southern Iraq arrived yesterday at this Jordanian town on the border with Iraq. Mr Harry Jensen, an official of the International Committee of the Red
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    • 55 4 picture. A blindfolded man, identified only as an Iraqi army major, with his hands tied behind Ms back, begging a Kuwaiti soldier to soare his life. He was caught at a roadblock m Kuwaiti City on Friday and taken into an abandoned building
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    • 534 4 WASHINGTON The Bush administration has reportedly submitted to Congress a classified report indicating that it is considering US$lB billion (5531.5 billion) m arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Egypt and Turkey. Officials said the
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    • 192 4 DAMASCUS A top Iranian delegation has left Syria with an assurance that Iran would have a future role m a Gulf security order drawn up by eight Arab members of the USled alliance that drove Iraq from Kuwait. Diplomats and political sources
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    • 480 4 JERUSALEM Prtme Minis ter Yitzhak Shamir has eaJi«*d on Syria and Saudi Arabia to negotiate with Israel m a bid to draw m Palestinian Intrrlocutors, the Voice of Israel radio reported. According to the radio, Mr Shamir also voiced
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    • 324 4 JERUSALEM The Palestine Liberation Organisation is reconsidering Mi earlier decision against allowing local Palestinian leaders to hold talks with US Secretary of State James Baker, one of its prominent representatives has said. According to Mr Faisal Husseini, the PLO representative m the occupied
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    • 544 5 'Possible too to consider totting women vote' TAIF (Saudi Arabia) The exiled Emir of Kuwait, Sheikh Jabar al Ahmed al-Sabah. under US pressure to bring poUticai change to his liberated homeland, pledged here yesterday to Introduce democratic reforms once his government
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    • 425 5 KUWAIT Tools of torturo and the bloodstains they produced left a livid trail m Kuwaiti buildings and indelible imprints on minds. At a police station m the capital's Surra district, blood spatters the hallway and leads up the stairs into rooms where
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    • 567 5 THE RETURN OF US TROOPS BEYOND WORDS Today it the first day I have eaten with a metal fork m seven months. The stewardesses are the first women I've seen m skirts. It's good to see green grass and drink real milk. It's
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    • 328 5 KUWAIT CITY Thirty Ku wait! women and children whose menfolk were se'zed by the Iraqi army a few days before the liberation of the emirate demonstrated here yesterday demanding their return home. "Where Is my father' 1 asked one
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  • WORLD
    • 495 6 Computers, fax machines Join tools of trade HONGKONG The colony's fortune-tellers are going hightech. Besides the traditional tools of their trade such as the Chinese almanac and abacus, they are equipping themselves with computers, facsimile machines and special toll telephone lines. A
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    • PEOPLE
      • 74 6  -  FOO CHOY PENG HONGKONG Jackie Chan has been made an honorary citizen of Chicago for his contribution to the movie world, it was announced here. The film centre of the Art Institute of Chicago is currently screening a series of Chan's films m a two-month festival
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      • 153 6 LOS ANGELES Film stars, including Sylvester Stallone, I^auren Bacall and Richard Harris, paid tribute on Thursday to Kirk Douglas described by his son, actor Michael Douglas, as a man who takes his roles seriously, but never himself. Douglas, star of 79 films, received the 19th
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      • 51 6 MOSCOW Mr Gennady Gerasimov, the former Soviet Foreign Ministry spokesman who helped .nake glasnost a household word around the globe, has been appointed Soviet Ambassador to Portugal. Mr Gerasimov, 60, replaces Mr Valentin Kasatkin as Moscow's envoy m Lisbon, the official Tass news aeencv said.
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      • 129 6  -  KWAN WRNG KIN picture. TOKYO Popular, young sumo wrestler Kotonlshlki, 22, cannot decide which of two girls he likes better. When a newspaper report last month said he was going to marry a Miss Keiko, he proclaimed that he had another lover. When it was learnt
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      • 71 6 PARIS The Guide Michelin, the French gourmet's bible, has awarded the tribute of a third star to Bernard Ix)iseau, one of President Francois Mitterrand's favourite chefs and creator of a particularly succulent pouladc a la vapeur (steamed chicken). Mr Loiseau's establishment at Saulieu, m eastern
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      • 88 6 BANGKOK For Thai singer Add Carabao, the guitar is proving mightier than the gun. The one-time student activist is now one of Thailand's biggest -selling singers, with more than 700,000 copies of his latest album, No Promplam, m mockery of former Premier Chatichai Choonha van's
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      • 63 6 ROME Mr Kduard Shevardnadze, the former Soviet Foreign Minister, will visit Italy to promote his book and receive an honorary degree During his trip this week, Mr Shevardnadze will publicise his book, Crisis of Power and International Diplomacy, meet Italian officials and receive an
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    • 348 7 BRINDISI (Italy) Health and food conditions (or thousands of Albanian refugees m the southern Italian port of Brindisi are worsening sharply, local officials said yesterday. About half of the 15,000 ref ugees, fleeing economic hardShip m their communist homeland, have been
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    • 180 7 BEIJING A well-known Chinese playwright has been released after spending 21 months m Jail for helping a fugitive student leader of 1989s crushed democracy movement, sources said yesterday. Wang Peigong was released on Friday from Beijing's Qincheng Prison along with a friend, Dong
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    • 227 7 BELGRADE Thousands of anti-communist protesters fought pitched battles with police m the centre of Belgrade yesterday m the worst clash m the Yugoslav capital for more than 20 years. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas and used
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    • 374 7 SEOUL South Korean opposition leader Kirn Dae Jung yesterday challenged President Ron Tae Woo to prove his innocence m a major bribery scandal and challenged him to a public debate. "If President Roh agrees to a public debate with me on television
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    • 433 7 NEW DELHI Former Indian Premier Rajiv Gandhi yesterday denied that his Congress (I) Party was seeking to cobble together a government following the resignation of Mr Chandra Shekhar's minority government. Mr Gandhi also told reporters after a 15-minute meeting with President Ramaswamy Venkataraman
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    • 486 8 MOSCOW Russia's populist leader Boris Yeltsin declared war on Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev yesterday, saying his giant Russian Federation was not ready to sign a new treaty binding the Soviet republics to the central government. "Let's declare war on the leadership of the
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    • 305 8 NEW DELHI Calcutta intellectuals are poring over the script for City of Joy and outdoor location shooting for the film has been temporarily banned, the Chief Minister of West Bengal state, Mr Jyoti Basu, said. The film version of Dominique Lapierre's novel about
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    • 185 8 US computer jam: Conviction of student upheld NEW YORK A federal appeals court has upheld the conviction of a graduate computer science student from Cornell University who, m November 1988, unleashed a rogue program that jammed several thousand computers m a nationwide network. The defendant, Robert Tappan Morris, told a
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    • 455 8 WASHINGTON Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher has said that she still believed that Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev was a reformer at heart, "and we have to go on doing business with him". Elaborating on her optimism that Mr Gorbachev's reforms would
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    • 369 8 NEW YORK Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher says she has still not adjusted to the "shock" of leaving office. "Even now, when we're driving down Whitehall toward Westminster or to go home which is not very far away all
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    • WORLD BRIEFS
      • 136 8 picture. LOS ANGELES Three white policemen will be charged m a black man's beating that became a national scandal after television viewers saw a videotape of the man being struck S3 times. Prosecutors refused to file charges against the victim,
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      • 74 8 NEW YORK US stocks fell on profit-taking and bonds dropped sharply on Friday after the Federal Reserve nudged down Interest rates m response to a sharp increase m unemployment last month. The Dow Jones industrial average shot up more than 25 points on the Fed's
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      • 78 8 BEIJING The biggest network of military tunnels to be found so far m China have been discovered m Hebei province, more than 10 centuries after they were built, the China Daily newspaper said. Spread over 300 sq km, the web of tunnels was dug 100 km south
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      • 67 8 PARIS A Paris court jailed a Malian woman (or five years on Friday for circumcising six young Malian girls at their parents' request. Aramata Keita, 48, was charged with causing bodily harm to children aged less than 15 years m the operations, during which the clitoris
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      • 38 8 picture. Male midwife Craig Piper. 26, hoMnf four newborn babies at the Royal Hospital for Women m Sydney on Wednesday. ItPiper was the only male traduate from the annual midwifery class of 60 students. AP
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      • 81 8 BRUSSELS Belgium is to screen a village of 2,000 inhabitants because of fears they may have been contaminated by thousands of tonnes of radioactive waste An Environment Ministry spokesman said on Friday there would be a thorough screening at St-Jozef-Olen, 30 km east of the
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  • ASEAN
    • 412 9 Civilian govt, but junta keeps control of key ministries and has emergency powers HAADYAI Thailand's mill tary leader General Sunlhorn Kongsompong said on Friday that martial law, m force since his troops ousted the elected government nearly two weeks ago,
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    • 332 9 JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto stepped m yesterday to quell rumours of a possible currency devaluation that have prompted people to rush into buying foreign currencies m the past two months. "The President convinced me that there will be no devaluation despite the pressure of
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    • 239 9 MANILA Former Philippine First 1-uJy lir.elda Marcos yesterday denied reports that she, her late husband, and family had bought passports from Tonga four months after they were forced to flee into exile In 19K6 "The truth is many countries offered to grant us Afferent passports
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    • 412 9 Beneath unruffled surface, doubts grow over motives of Thai coup BANGKOK TIM tanks are hack at the army bases, foreign investors have returned to the stock exchange, and Thailand is again fronted by a government °f smiling civilians. But the unruffled surface of Thai society hides fears that the generals
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 480 10 KUALA LUMPUR A trial is to be held soon to settle a sutt filed by the opposition Spirit of '46 against top Umno lenders, including Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, over the sale of three companies to Renong
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    • 458 10  -  lemail Kassim By KUALA LUMPUR Economic prosperity is the key to achieving communal harmony and national unity m Malaysia, Transport Minister Datuk Dr Ling Liong Sik told The Straits Times. In an exclusive interview m his office last Thursday, Dr Ling,
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    • 175 10 I sued Review over Limbang to seek the truth, says Mahathir KUALA LUMPUR Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that he sued the Far Kastern Economic Review over the issue of Limbang only to seek the truth. "We were not out to get money but only to
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    • 61 10 Cabby sees the world of money picture. Kuala Lumpur taxi driver Chong Ah Yew on Friday proudly displays his collection of more than 200 foreifn currencies pasted on the roof of his car. Mr Chong, 50, said that he had collected notes and coins from 92 countries durini his 20
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    • 225 10 PETALING JAVA The Education Ministry has agreed, m principle, to make a pass m English compulsory m the Lower Certificate of Education (SPM) examination, its minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, said yesterday. He added, however, that the ministry could not implement
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  • HOME
    • 385 11 A $50.5-MHXION expansion is underway to clear two interchanges on the Pan Island Expressway (PIE) of frequent and serious traffic congestions. The Government yesterday awarded the contract to expand the PIE-Central Expressway (CTE) and PIE-Woodsville interchanges as part of Its plan to
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    • 407 11  -  Cephah Tan SETTLING INTO A NEW LIFE By THK I. is are probably the most ardent fans of Cantonese .songs In the l.oron« Ah Soo neighbourhood family rlub. And for a good reason; Mr and Mrs Ricky LI are recent Immigrants from Hongkong,
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    • 426 11 A MAN and his wife were fined $4,000 each yesterday for sending offensive letters to several Muslims. Chua tai Huat, 35, and Tan Scow Nai, 32, admitted five charges of deliberately wounding the religious feelings of others by their letters. Another 11
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    • 263 11 THE annual Young Designers' Award contest, previously open only to students, has been open to all under the age of 30. A new open category has been created, besides the three existing categories for students from secondary schools to polytechnics
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    • 407 11 THREE brothers, who have been detained since 1987 for the alleged murder of their brother-in-law m the infamous "curry murder" case six years ago, are challenging the legality and unlawfulness of their detention. A special date will be fixed to hear the applications of
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    • 218 11 AFTER grabbing a pouch with $15,726, a robber hopped onto the back of a waiting motorcycle but fell off with the money during his escape. Misyan Kartijoe left the money behind when he scrambled back on. The motorcyclist,
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    • 173 12 PUBLIC-SPIRITED organisations have been called upon to provide incentives for Singapore's best chess players to make a name for themselves and the country on the International chess scene. Dr. Tay Eng Soon, the Senior Minister of State for Education, made
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    • 499 12  -  Zuraidah Ibrahim Ahmad Oaman and Reports by THE Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) will operate as an independent body and will not be required to get Mendaki's approval for its plans to help the Malay-Mus-lim community. Instead a special government
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    • 311 12 MKNDAKI wants to farm out some of its activities to institutional members and other Malay/ Muslim organisations, its chief executive said yesterday. "Mendaki cannot cope on its own and we need all the support we can get," Mr Zainul Abidin Rasheed told
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    • 226 12 SEVERAL professionals and senior civil servants, including non-Malays, are members of a new committee appointed by Mendaki to administer the tertiary fee subsidy for Malays and other financial assistance schemes for students. The committee's chairman is Haji Abu Bakar Maidin, the president of Jamiyah (Muslim
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    • 80 12 THE Singapore Council of Women's Organisations (SCWO) celebrated International Women's Day with a family carnival at the Singapore Conference Hall yesterday Stopping to take a closer look at some stuffed toys at the carnival were Mrs Constance Singam, president of the SCWO, and
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    • 102 12 RESIDENTS of Nee Soon South and Nee Soon Central can now use credit cards, NKTS and the phono hank to pay their conservancy fees. The credit cards accepted are Visa and Mastercard, and phone hank payments can be made if residents have an account with
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    • Changes to plug deficiencies
      • 354 13 A ONE-YEAR PREPARATORY COURSE this will be introduced m five more Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools. Ten SAP schools currently have this programme. A similar alternative programme, which will include Malay and Tamil as first languages, will be available m 15 to 20 other schools. It will consider
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      • 134 13 All pupils will tit for a modified Primary School Leaving Examination at the end of Primary 8. This would be more of a placement examination rather than a pass/ fail one, to decide which of the following secondary school streams the student should go on to: The existing
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      • 61 13 Junior colleges, polytechnic* and VITB institutes will continue to offer th«lr varied courses for further education and training. However, the VITB will be restructured to take m secondary school leavers instead of primary school leavers. The present three-year A-level course at centralised institutes and pre-universlty centres will be
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    • 108 13 The proposed changes will be implemented m the following stages: 1M1: The present Primary 4 pupils are streamed Into the different language streams for 1992. lift: The number of primary Special Assistance Plan (SAP) schools is increased by five, bringing the total to 15. And an alternative
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    • 103 13 VISAS are no longer required for Singapore and Thai citizens visiting South Africa on tourism or business trips of up to 15 days, the South African consulate general m Hongkong said on Friday. The new policy will take immediate effect m line with the
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    • 704 13  -  chua chong Jin Ng Wei Joo Reports by and Proposals serve modern economy while keeping people's roots, says minister 'We do not wish to be a pseudo-Western society we should not let the use of English override the importance of keeping
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    • 336 14 SPECTACULAR underwater acrobatics and leaps into the air by penguins and sea lions await visitors to the Singapore Zoo's new exhibit. Yesterday, Brig-General (Res) George Yeo, the Acting Minister for Information and the Arts, and a crowd of spectators were treated to the underwater antics
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    • 568 14  -  Dominic Nathan By MUSIC pirates are making Singapore teen heart hrob Shawn De Mello sinß the blues. He and other local singers hoping to tap the gigantic Asean market find that copyright protection is not extended to artistes from Asean countries. To
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    • 334 14 THE Action Committee on Indian Education is facing the daunting task of how to reach out to Indian professionals who are not members of community organisations. The 13-member committee wants Indian lawyers, doctors, managers and other professionals to share their perceptions on
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    • 344 14 A 55-YEAR-OLD man who is believed to have been supplying obscene videotapes to several backlane stalls m Desker Road and Rowell Road, has been arrested by police. About 1,000 videotapes, most of which are suspected to contain obscene shows, together with some pornographic magazines, were
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    • 100 14 A BUSINESSMAN was injured during a robbery at the driveway of his home m (Joy lang on Friday night Mr C,oh Cher Guan, 50, told the police that he had stopped his car at Ix>rong 16, Gey lang to remove a chain across his driveway
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    • 522 16  -  Yvonne Lim By But Job-seekers soon find out that life as a commodities broker is tough-going and risky EARN $200 a day. No prevt ous experience needed and free training will be provided. Advertisements like these, placed by commodities trading firms, appear almost daily m
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    • 514 16  - Early morning send-off for Ubin elephant Yohanna Abdullah By on Pulau Übin THE elephant which took up temporary residence m Pulau Übin last week received a warm send-off from the villagers early yesterday morning. More than 40 islanders came on their motorbikes, bicycles, or on foot to see the animal
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    • AROUND THE COURTS
      • 67 16 A PAINTER was fined $600 on Friday for threatening his ex- girlfriend. A district court heard that J Tan Wee Giap, 25. telephoned Miss Irene Khor, 23, to ask for a loan on March 28, 1987. When she refused, he threatened to kill her
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      • 65 16 A COPY watch tout who admitted flouting the law eight times, was sentenced to six months' Jail on Friday (or doing the same thing. A district court heard that Peter Kong, 19, who is waiting to be called up (or national service, was
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      • 124 16 A MAN who tried to rob a fellow bus passenger of his gold valuables worth $450 was jailed two years on Friday and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the rotan. A district court heard that on Aug 30 last year, Azian Mohd Yusoff,
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      • 94 16 A JOBLESS man was Jailed 90 months on Friday for forcibly snatching gold chains worth a total of $960 from three women. J a 'afar Ahmad, 21, also admitted snatching another woman's gold chain, using force to grab a woman's purse and two charges of
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    • 68 11 The rebuilding of the land will begin m the skies They will come from around the world. From the U.S.A. From England. From France and Germany. From Australia and the 1 ar East. From Africa. From Egypt and the countries oi the Gulf And Gulf Air will he there, m
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  • PROFILE
    • 3 17
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    • 295 17 VIEW A very civil service WHEN Parliament debated the President's Address recently, a number of MPs were warm m their welcome of the new Service Quality Improvement Unit being set up m the Prime Minister's Office. While acknowledging that the civil service here is among the best m the world,
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    • 117 17 What The Straits Times reported on March 10, 1966 LONDON Britain's American F-111A swingwing bombers will be stationed m Singapore, the Defence Secretary, Mr Denis Healey, told the House of Commons yesterday. Singapore, he added, would be Britain's main base m the Far East for as long
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    • 1089 17 MR ANAND PANYARACHUN is planning policies for a government that will last only six to nine months My father taught that individuals can have certain convictions and principles and that these viewpoints do not necessarily have to create enemies ANAM) PAWYARACHUN was born m August, 1932 He
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    • 159 17 Centrally located m the city is 5,000 square feet of a luxuriously furnished watch retail outlet. Known to be the largest single watch boutique m Singapore, Thong hliap believes m the quality and consistency of high customer service, No one offers better service than we do because we really care
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  • VIEWPOINTS
    • 885 18  -  Tan Sai Siong Tax should be seen as a pure business transaction. Attachment and loyalty to a country is another thing altogether and should be priced above tax rates, rebates and reliefs. IN A TV discussion after presenting his budget on March 1, Finance
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    • 965 18  -  Sunny Goh To allow coverage only up to age 65 is certainly too short a policy term for the average healthy Singaporean. The fact is most people do not suffer from serious illnesses until much later m life. IT WOULD appear
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    • 801 18  - Hidden thorns in 'hongbao'tax rebates Mary Kwang For example, a reduced CPF contribution will ultimately boost a taxpayer's assessable income which, for some, may be translated into a larger tax bill IT WAS Yuanxiaojie, the 15th day of the Lunar New Year festivities. Amid the feasting and family get-to-gethers, Singaporeans
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    • 270 18  -  Agnes Chen FIGURE IT OUT with Countries No. of civil servants per 1,000 population Thailand 15 Indonesia 22 Malaysia NA Philippines 26 Singapore 25 Japan 2 United States 27 NA: Figuro not available ONK CAN almost hear the triumphant cries of "I knew it" as a quick glance
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  • ANALYSIS
    • 1476 19 Tourism is sometimes known as the bad devil. The Maldivians try to copy the lifestyles of tourists, and this may lead to what many tourist-receiving countries experience: prostitution and gambling. Foodstuff is 30 per cent of total import expenditure; everything from rice to mineral water is
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    • 734 19  -  SIMIKO TAN WHEN the rains fall m Male, the capital city is not a pretty sight. Huge waves from the Indian Ocean hit the shores like a flat blue wall and the streets, barely a metre above sea level, are quickly inundated with salt water.
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    • 288 19 LETTERS Satellite TV/Soda no doubt attention-grabbing. But at the end, for me the preference is for hard news reporters to present the facts. And if sassy and snappy style has to be used, I hope the substance will always remain clearly visible and discerning viewers can look
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    • 230 19 I refer to the Talk Shop article hoadlined Soda Pops! (The Sunday Times, Mar 3). Soda was formed with the objective of upgrading and promoting our fashion designers. To achieve this aim, Fashion Connections Singapore was initiated m 1988. This was organised by Soda with
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  • SINGAPORE RACE GUIDE
    • 420 20  -  Malcolm Bastians SINGAPORE PREVIEW By SMILE FOR MX II stands out m the Bukit Stayers' Stakes for Class 2 gallopers at Bukit Timah today. His chances was enhanced when six horses were scratched when acceptances closed on Friday, leaving only a field of seven
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    • 2587 20 Going: Good RACE 1 1.30 1. MAIAMPAYA SOUND (By Schwep peshire Lad) (811) Sl2oog IST Oo 55' i (7 13. 2/2/1, $20) I'd Daily Piantt (56) C 5 1 Sl?OOg 11? 1 Mar 3 Cm t» folwMd now
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    • 1372 20 I 7b 4 Mar 7 Can lurpnu 3. CHARMINGS (By Sir Ivor) (?/3 0) Pl/OOgvh SlBbOh IST Dams b.V; (3 14. b .l/1 $6b) 71 My Way II (b 3) Cb? Pl/OOg 146? feb 7 Back m Clau 4 may not find H taty 4 PRIORITY POST
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  • RACING
    • 515 21 Increases m stakemoney RACING IN AN attempt to promote the import of quality gallopers, the Buklt Turf Club will be staging the Raffles Cup at Bukit Timah on Aug 11. The announcement of the race, designed to nudge horse owners to buy top grade
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    • 184 21 FOR a couple of minutes It looked m If the black gelding laying motionless was dead. But miraculously City Gem, who was pinned under the rails, was led to safety as seen In the pictures by ALBERT SIM. City Gem slipped and fell Just
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    • 2315 21 GOING: GOOD WMMj state: Ontop TrafeMT Bernard Ang MvoK2>.i. '-j 6 t Thw. 1 mm 26.8 sec Ftmast: $109 Thrcr $1,082 MitinJw W U $20, $13. $19, $24 STfTS REPORT: At the start. RAMAOOUR and GUKUJOH were both slow 10 begin. Shortly after the start. LUCKY FORTUNE
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    • 223 21 SINGAPORE ROUND-UP IT WAS a good day for train ers Dr Yooh Kheng Chyo, liernard Ang and Cary van Breukelen yesterday at Bukit Timah. Between them they saddled a double each m the card of nine Hut the choicest plum went to Dr Yeoh,
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  • SPORT
    • 1023 22  -  ShnK nn Ho SPORTSWATCH MAD the Kiong brothers been separated by fewer years, they could possibly havo pfessed off as twins. Oliver, the older by three years, is slightly taller than Anthony. But both sound remarkably similar and, if you close your eyes,
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    • 423 22 IX)NDON Mounting speculation over the transfer of Tottenham Hotspur and England midfielder Paul Gascoigne could hinder rather than help the club's attempts to ease their crippling debts. Spurs boss Terry Venables denied the transfer talks, but admitted on Friday that he
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    • 139 22 SPECIAL OLYMPICS NINE intellectually disabled jthletes have been selected to ©present Singapore at the Wrst National Indonesia Special Olympics m Jakarta from March 13-14. Special Olympics is sports conducted for the intellectually disabled which originated m the United States a decade ago. The
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    • 227 22 SOCCER LIVERPOOL Ronnie Moran has been appointed as the new manager of English soccer champions Liverpool for the rest of the season. Chairman Noel White emerged from a two-and-a-half-hour board meeting at Anfield on Friday to make a brief announcement, confirming Moran
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    • 234 22 MILAN After unimpressive performances m BWPOptM Cup matches, Italian First Division loaders Knmpdoi i;i and third-placed AC Milan face each other today m (Jenoa with many doubts. "Wo are very busy with league Champions' Cup and Cup of Italy games, said Milan coach Arrlgo Sacchi. "My
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    • 164 22 Witherspoon outpoints Williams ATLANTIC CITY (New Jersey) Former world Cham-; pion Tim Witherspoon outpointed Carl Williams to win a split decision m a dull 12-round heavyweight bout on Friday. The fight for the 31-year-old Williams' United States Boxing Association title mainly featured both fighters firing left jabs from a distance
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    • 280 22 FLASHBACK TO THE ASIAN GAMES FLARE-UP BOXING BANGKOK The Amateur International Boxing Association have banned for life two North Korean coaches who attacked a referee at the last Asian Games, press reports said yesterday. The Executive Bureau of Aiba, which met here on Friday,
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    • 119 22 JAKARTA Malaysia's Barcelona Olympics squad beat their Indonesian counterparts 2-1 m a friendly soccer match at Senayan Stadium here last night. The teams were tied 1-1 at half-time. Indonesia's only goal was converted from a penalty kick by Adi Priyanto m the 16th minute before
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    • 248 23 OLYMPICS PARIS The flaming torch that heralds the start of the Olympic Games could burn snowy white next year if the International Olympic Committee endorse the proposal of a French amateur Inventor. Patrick Witzig, who spent three years developing a spectrum of coloured flames,
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    • 208 23 SQUASH KUALA LUMPUR A junior squash development programme will be introduced m selected schools throughout Malaysia, Squash Rackets Association of Malaysia president Alex Lee said yesterday. "The idea is to promote and generate interest among youngsters m primary and secondary schools," he said after handing over
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    • 433 23 ASK 10 Singapore golfers to point out the differences between an Ultra, Titlolst, Pinnacle, Maxfli or Kanco ball and seven will probably Just shrug their shoulders. But manufacturers swear that there are big differences. In fact, Wilson Sporting Goods Company once took out a
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 100 23 Africa's top Olympic official held out hope to South African sports leaders yesterday that a 20-year ban on their participation m world sport could soon be lifted. "Africa has already declared their support for the possibility of your entry into International sport as
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      • 68 23 A cool Carlos Sainz kept his lead m the Portuguese rally on Friday, rebuffing a challenge from the Lancia of Frenchman Didier Auriol. After 27 of 38 stages, the Spanish world champion, driving a Toyota, had a 15 second lead over the Frenchman. Auriol won four
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      • 55 23 The visiting England A cricket team ended their six-week tour of Sri Lanka with a 51--run win m the first ever day-and-night match played m Colombo on Friday After scoring 246-7 m their allotted 45 overs. England A restricted Sri Lanka A to 196-9 to
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      • 52 23 Baseball great James "Cool Papa" Bell, who gained glory In the Negro leagues In an era when black players were excluded from major league baseball, died on Thursday, hospital officials said. A spokeswoman at St Louis University Hospital said the hospital listed Bell as being 87
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      • 65 23 Former Norwegian tennis ace Morten Roeuneberg was found guilty In an Oslo court on Friday of helping smuggle 46 kilogrammes of hashish Into the country, news reports said. Roenneberg had been one of Norway's best players, ranked 350 th In the world, before two unrelated drug convictions
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      • 52 23 Mike Russell muit overcome Australia* Robby Foldvarl, the 1986 champion, to keep alive his hopes of a third consecutive UK Professional Billiards Championship title In Sheffield. The world No. I reached the quarterfinals on Friday with a comfortable 869-472 victory over Jack Karnehm. helped by a break
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      • 48 23 The New Zealand Rugby Football Union on Friday ruled out a tour of South Africa until the New Zealand government lift sanctions against the republic. Speaking after a Union council meeting, chairman K.dille Tonks said that the council were unanimous m their decision.
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      • 82 23 DR X C. KOH. was re-elected president of the Singapore Business Houses Football league at their annual meeting at .I.i Lin Resar Stadium on Thursday. Other office bearers are: Cheong Quat Chin (Ist vice-president). Abdul K.i I.i m Azad (2nd vice-president). K. S. Manick am
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    • 1125 23  -  T.i, Clu-iu; Khuuii if a friend asked me for advice, I would tell him to buy a $700 set of clubs, have some lessons and only consider some of the high-tech options after developing a swing of his own.' General manager of a leading sports
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    • NEWS FROM FOREIGN FAIRWAYS
      • 97 23 A RDIJCM official will be aNNlgned to monitor telecasts of United States I'CA Tour competltlonN with an eye to forestalling the day-late disqualification of golfers. The action, announced on Friday by P(JA Tour commissioner IVane Hemnn, follows the disqualification last week of Paul A/lnger. A/lnger
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      • 92 23 WAYNR LXVI, the 1990 US PGA Tour's player of the year, was disqualified on Friday after the first round of the Honda Classic m Coral Springs, Florida, for altering the playing characteristics of one of his clubs. Levi, who reported the breach himself on Friday
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      • 116 23 TIIK JAPANKSK owners of Pebble lieach, one of Ameri ca's most famous golf courses, are considering selling memberships at U*****,000 ($1,272,800) apiece. Pebble Heaeh is currently a public, though expensive, course. (Jreons MM are US$l75 for one round. The story m Thursday's »>di lions of the Asahl
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      • 394 23 SANTA IH)NSA (Majorca) Severlano Mallesteros sera peel into the final two rounds of the MtMtle Open on Friday In defence of the only golf title he holds. The out-of sorts Spaniard carded a 75 to qualify right on the 148 nil, eight shots behind the five
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    • 299 24 But her conqueror, Eun Jung, loses m the quarter-finals BADMINTON: Swedith Open STOCKHOLM Indonesian second seed Sar wendah Kusumawar Joined two other seeded women making early exits when she lost to South Korean Shim Kun Jung m the second round of the Swedish Open
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    • 318 24 KUALA LUMPUR The high hurdles come early for Malaysian singles trio of Rashid Sidek, Foo Kok Keong and Kwan Yoke Meng m the All-Kngland badminton championships beginning m London on Wednesday. Doubles pair Razif Sidek and Jalani Sidek, seeded No 2 behind
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    • 1520 24 ATHLETICB NCAA Mtitml ladeer meet (Aimriiay m»\tm stated Men'! tOfcnt 1 Frank Frederick! (Nam) 20.68aec t Jimmy French 20.79 S Kevin Braunaklll 20 88 M«m: 1 Jonah Kocch (Ken) 13 36 64 t John Trautmann 13:39.37 I Todd Williams 13:41.37. BADMINTON ZZZI BAM/MIU/HperU T»U Cap, Urn* Um>
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    • 486 25  -  JOE DORAI PREMIER LEAGUE Geylang 4 Jurong 0 DEFENDING champions Ceylang International's all-round soccer strength has forced some of their opponents to reorganise their lineups to avoid defeat. But these changes do not seem to be paying off. Yesterday Jurong Town tried to upset
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    • 248 25  -  Tiong Bahru v Gilbraltar PREVIEW INJURIES to three Tiong Bahru regulars may give Brazilian footballers Walbert Santos and Ronald Silveira a chance to prove their worth m a Premier League match against Gilbraltar Crescent at 4.45 pm at the National Stadium today. Santos and Silveira have
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    • 457 25 KUALA LUMPUR Struggling English Division One club Aston Villa will visit Malaysia for a friendly soccer match against Kuala Lumpur FC on May 15 as part of an Asian tour. Villa, now 15th m the Division One table and anxious to avoid
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    • 629 25 TENNIS INDIAN WELLS (California) World No. 1 Stefan Edberg overcame a terrible start on Friday and managed to beat Michael Chang m three sets to advance to the semi-fi-nals of the US$l million ($1.72 m) Champions' Cup tennis tournament. Edberg, the defending champion,
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    • 397 25 BOCA RATON (Florida) Frenchwoman Nathalie Tauziat took advantage of a slowed Mary Joe Fernandez to post a 6-1, 7-5 upset win on Friday and reach the semi-fi-nals of the US$5OO,OOO ($850,000) Virginia Slims of Florida tennis tournament. Top seed Steffi Graf, of Germany, second-seeded defending
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    • 104 25 BOCA RATON (Florida) Chris Evert (left), the fanner women's tennis champion, and her hoband Andy Mill, tenner Olympic skier, are expecttng their tint child la early October, the con pie said In a statement lamed by their office on Friday. And> and I are thrilled. We've
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    • 601 25 MOTOR RACING PHOENIX Frenchman Jean Alesi, making his Grand Prix debut for Ferrari, snatched provisional pole position for today's United States Grand Prix from Ayrton Senna on Friday with only seconds remaining. Alesi produced an inspired lap In the final minute of Friday's
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 289 24 MARY BOH POH CHOO AGED: 74 YEARS ■MMd away peacefully lo be with Our Lord on 9/3/91 leaving behind ten*: Deughtert-in-law: Joaeph Bon* Mary Tan Michael Bong Justlna Tan David Bong Juliana Yeo Patrick Bong Jaclnta Heng OIMgHHn: Sont-ln-law Alice Bong Qeorge Chun Rosalind Bong Erie
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    • 40 24 TIIAI.AI THKVASAM MANIV ANNAN S/O V. KRISHNAN (SEGAR) rruyers will tw« held on 15-3-91 from 10am ut Hlk 283 Yt.ihun Aye. 6, #02-160, B'pore 2776 I'liMic treat this aa a personal Invitation from V. Krlshnan family
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    • 77 24 MOM. TERESA KHOO CHIT wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Father Anthony Ho of Church of Christ the King, prayer groupa, all relatives, friends and well-wishers for their kind condolences. attendance, wreaths, donations and assistance rendered during their recant bereavement THa Pam»y Of Th* Uta
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      95 24 2ND ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY OF MR. K. NATHAN Oapartad l-«-IfM 'Two yean have paved. you left vi 10 suddenly Never did w« believe It will happen ao tut. Though the depthi of sorrow we cannot tell, the fondest memories of you shall never be forgotten and
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    • 116 25 We're so confident the revolutionary Thor-Lo sports padding at stress points to reduce abrasion and blisters, socks will make your feet feel better after 30 days, And they're also made from special Orion acrylic fibres, we're giving you the chance to prove us wrong. that will keep your feet drier
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  • The Sunday Times
    • 461 26 happy with my final position, but It might have been even better If my putting had been up to the rest of my game. "All week I've been pleased with my driving and long play but my putting has let me down a bit."
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    • 599 26 Cason's late charge puts Johnson out of medal chase ATHLETICS World Indoor Championships SEVILLE (Spain) Andre Cason, of the United States, snatched the gold medal In the men's 60 metres from Linford Christie, of Britain, at the World Indoor Athletics Championships. Cason won In
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    • 180 26 Maa's M matraa I Andre Caaon (US) 6.34 sees t Llnford Christie (Brit) 6.53 S Chldl Imoh (Nig) 680 4 Ben Johnson (Can) 6.61 1 Andres Simon (Cuba) 6.61 Joel Lsasi (Cuba) 6.64 1 Vltaly Savin (SU) 6.66 8 Bruny Surin (Can) 6.66. Shat Pat 1 Werner
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    • 187 26  -  CHEAH SOCCER BUENOS AIRES Napoli captain Diego Maradona Is quitting Italian football at the end of this season and has started legal proceedings against his club. Maradona's spokesman Marcos Franchl said that the Argentine star has sent nearly all his family's belongings back home and "will
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    • 120 26 CRICKKT SCA Div 1: SCC I v UWC 1 (SCC). SRC v I A (SRC), CSC v SCC 11 (CSC), SCRC v JR (SCRC) at at 10.30 am. Div 2: IA v SCRC (IA), UWC Schoolboys v UWC 2 (UWC) both at lpm. HOCKKY SWHA round robin competition
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    • 311 26  -  SHIRL YNN HO BADMINTON MARINK PARADK'S Wuon Long Heng celebrated his 24th birthday In style yesterday when he and partner lx*onarri Fernandez won their doubles match to clinch the Inter-con-stltuency badminton final at Bedok Sports Hall last night. When the pair won their last point to
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    • 424 26 SEVILLE (Spain) Jamaican sprint sensation Merlene Ottey suffered her first defeat of the season as did German long Jumper Heike Drechsler at the World Indoor Athletics Championships. In the women's 60 metres final on Friday, Soviet sprinter Irina Sergeyeva ended Merlene's string
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    • 9 1 Sunday Plus The Sunday Times, March 10, 1991 ■^M^^M^^M
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      • 439 1 8 Alone tfi 4% The kids Consumer beware! |%J Backstop P" The human f% Fashion: 4| 7Vfl«^ S'poreanin 1 J who run Is that guarantee JPgM* at Fried Rice jukeboxes J% what sold m w r <\ Burkina Faso JLMm Teen IV binding? ■TX ftiwrfw iiMii>%# r tn lounges %0
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    • COVERSTORY
      • 1860 2 John Naisbitt earns US$l5,OOO per appearance on the strength of his books Megatrends and Megatrends 2000 while Alvin Toff ler has enjoyed similar success with his trend books Future Shock and Powershift IT'S hard to imagine a line of work cushier than Faith Popcorn's m the United
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      • 780 2 JEAN-PAUL DORAT, a rakish, pony-tailed 27-year-old agent for Eclat, sits at a table smack m the middle of a bustling coffee shop m Manhattan's financial district, one of those nondescript power-breakfasting places that charge U556.35 (S$10.8) for orange juice and a bagel.
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    • STYLE
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        401 3 War spending JL. With the Gulf war over, retailers expect business to turn around by mid-year. But how did they survive the slowdown during the last seven months of the crisis? EVELYN YAP takes a quick look at what sells during bad times. The young For those from 14 to
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      • 437 3 There comes a time when every woman needs fast, effective care for tired skin. Now you can revive its optimal condition within fourteen days, v Tired skin is like a leaf synergy released upon their starved of water. Now Shiseido blending dramatically speeds the reverses the process with Bio- |HW
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    • FOOD
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        669 4 Meet this versatile member of the onion family. It can be vegetable or seasoning, is great as a soup and tastes equally good with meat, seafood or cream and cheese. LEE GEOK 801 makes the introduction "EAT leeks and you will always have diamonds" was the gem
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      • 288 4 Leek and potato soup Serves four to six 250 g leeks, chopped fine 1 onion, chopped fine 2 Tbs butter 4 small potatoes, sliced thinly 4 cups chicken stock 1 cup cream or milk Salt and pepper to taste Melt butter m a saucepan and fry onion and leeks
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      • 297 4 FISH low m fat and high m protein is popular as diet food. But increasingly, it is suspected of causing disease linked to microbes and parasites, chemical contamination and improper preparation. Kach year m the United States, the federal Centres for Disease
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      • 758 5  -  MARGARET CHAN It is rare indeed to find a pair of brothers cooking shoulder to shoulder m the same elite kitchen. Jack and Martin Aw-Yong, masters of freestyle cuisine, blend East and -West harmoniously for FOODNOTES MR JACK Aw-Yong is as burly as a bear. Yet, when he
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      • 86 5 Beauty The Healthy Way. "To he a successful beautician, you need to have not just the right knowledge, but also good health.' "I hope when you study the use of natural ingredients for beauty, you will consider the health aspect as well." "Beauty is very much linked to good health.
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      • 664 5 Ginseng chicken on the house FIR AM A PALACE CHINESE RESTAURANT Pvmma Hatch U33-888 A WHOLE poached ginseng chicken comes free for a table of at least four. The chicken order, which normally costs $30, comes with some conditions, though. It will not apply to dianxin orders.
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      • 255 5 A PARCHED throat can well turn into a charity event, with a little imagination. The good people of the Hong Leong group of hotels have promised to fork out a dollar for the National Kidney Foundation, for every order of Evian natural spring water. That is pretty
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      • 754 4 1H Bul H H 29-31 March Come to Orchard Hotel for an egg-cellent Easter Buffet. With spring fever m the air, the executive chef has prepared a field of fragrant dishes that will have you hopping with delight. Budding favourites include Smoked Salmon and Prawn Remoulade. Or gambol among our
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      • 34 4 Fiirwnl or breasM eedinfl^iivlrTOdi v .v ift rtVltfff JOT* WWrC^^^B^Bß^^^B oortamlftatlon blueiish. strip«^lt^j|HarClS Remove 6km, dark meat amj^^^.f|;|^ op^^pWfl^' Cook fish by a method that rtikxtts ii^^^^f^tit^ti^^ Doni buy cooked seafood that Splayed ato^wfmmf^|W|
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      • 24 5 MHPII2I6I 4SBBPB!^ Improves blood circulation, aids digestion. Tjjgfe^ife increases appetite, reduces fatigue, speeds m^WfiffisS& recovery a ft er '"ness, and strengthens Yomeishu v^ /J?
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    • MOTORING
      • 804 6  -  GEOFFREY PEREIRA HOW your car works, how to keep it m good running order and how to do simple maintenance tasks, with hands-on practice thrown m. That, m a nutshell, is what is dished out m the car maintenance course organised by the Singapore Automotive Engineering.
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      • MOTOR FILE
        • 257 6 WHAT happens to a car and its driver if it hits a tree at a "low" speed of 55 kmh? To find out, Germany's Auto Motor und Sport magazine crash-tested eight family saloons with surprising results. The eight cars were: a Volvo 740, a Vauxhall Carlton,
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        • 178 6 I UK Singapore Armed Forces Reservists' Association Is organising an 8M km fun drive from Singapore to Hub Mcd berating In Malaysia for Its members In June. The three days /two nights trip will not Involve racing or convoy driving but will have a treasure hunt along
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        • 79 6 JAPANESE car-maker Toyota is extending three-year warranties on new cars to cover used care less than three years old, or those which have done less than 96,000 km m Britain. The warranty covers all components of the vehicle, reports the Times of London, and there is no limit
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        • 98 6 WITH the launch of the Peugeot M 5 BRdt In Brttaia. the Preach marque challenges th« Idea that there cannot be an economical luxury ear. Hie M 6 SRdt has a two-litre, turbo-charged, 1 2- valve dlesel engine that gives a Up speed of 1M kali. For all
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      • 966 6 Earn Recognised Qualifications from your home through Stamford's Correspondence Programme \jw. Stamford's Correspondence Programme offers you Recognised academic and professional qualifications to enhance your professional prospects. You'll receive step by step guidance for flexibility and effectiveness as you cam this qualification m the convenience of your own home. Plus, regular
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    • CONSUMER
      • 803 7 Promises surprises THE NEW3UN GUARANTEES AFTER TWO DECADES OF INTENSE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIALS NEWSUN OFFER TWO SPECIAL GUARANTEES FOR PRODUCTS MADE IN KORF.A THE TERM OF THE GUARANTEE IS THE UFETTMC OF THE PURCHASER FOR PRODUCTS MADE IN KOREA THE GUARANTEE IS FOR TWO YEARS FROM THE DATE OF
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      • 287 7  -  CONTRARY to popular belief, (he terms "guarantee" and "warranty" do not mean the same thing A warranty is usually a general assurance that a product is of a certain quality It can he a simple pledge that a product is free of defects (for a stipulated period
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      • 15 7 *M>T I^^^ tat >>h^*M^lmu<4| mi Free meat if you are not served m 45 minutes
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      • 121 7 Hi /^l H lUlUWb^b^b^KCmH jfr a^B r^B^BW j| She's m her 20s and 30s, works hard, lives well, and doesn't care that there's precious little m the bank. Why do some women spend, spend, spend? THE MARCH HER WORLD also presents OUR INCREDIBLE,OUTMODED SEXUAL HANG-UPS though unmentionable to some people,
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    • TRAVEL
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        870 8 Never mind the flies that spread river blindness, the despair and the squalor, Burkina Faso will always be fondly remembered by KOH POH CHAI, m the first of four stories of his off-the-beaten track through Africa UNLIKE many people m the world, including Singapore, the average African
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      • 291 8 HOW TO UKT TIIKKi: Board an Air India or Singapore Airlines plane to Bombay, India, before connecting with Ethiopian Airlines to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso. The return fare from Singapore to Ouagadougou, via Bombay, Is $5,513. Alternatively, fly to Ouagadougou via Paris. Take a SI A
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      • 345 8 k The Festive I^^^m Splendour ,^^L India. ('ome a_ptatHW Ihe fenllvities of India I'rom the heievtellod elephants at Trlchur ■_^B IT^^ I'ooram IVsllval to the week long Summei _2an_B-__£: __o___l festival ai Shlmln _a_k-ii___l I rum ihf Khaluraho Dame I'esllval I_B-L-_bT _P"K__ where clavilcal dancers of India give W W
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    • TRAVEL
      • 672 9  -  By ARLENE VIGODA DRAG out the spare bed. Company is coming. Cost-conscious vacationers are bunking more often now with friends and relatives m the United States. Last year, 46 per cent of vacationers stayed with relatives and friends, up 6 per cent
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      • 75 9 MEXICO and four neighbouring Central American countries Belize, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras have announced a Joint .programme to promote tourism and preserve the artifacts of their ancient Mayan culture. Funded by a US$l million (about Ssl.B million) grant from the European Community, plans include new roads,
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      • 74 9 AS INDONESIA rolls oat the red carpet tor tourists this year, the national airline Garuda has designed tour packages around the country's scenic, wildlife as well as sporting attractions. These Include golf and diving tours, Jungle trekking and cultural excursions to Nias Island and Lombok. The adventurous can
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        58 9 TRAVEL NEWS winding down to Padang, the route takes m the mountain resort of Brastagl and Its Batak villages, with a cruise on Lake Toba to Samoslr Island as well. There are other overland Itineraries too prices start at US$4l5, excluding airfare. For brochures and Information, call Garuda on 2M-MM.
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      • 129 9 HOLIDAY INN hotels are familiar landmarks m even the most remote outposts of the world. Having established a presence m Urumqi m the Chinese desert and the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the hotel management group's latest coup is the landlocked People's Republic of Mongolia. It has signed a
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      • 374 9 (f 1 I LM^ H lid RpC IC"^ fW I (Oppoertr I oroog 3 Cieytang) •vott dL-i^^ttiL A P 9 10 12/3/91 HBRu a 50 w iAtest designs op iKr I A DROOM SET at Impossible to lisdHPS^^ HRB* "^i V venut set isTelOW-maFkct^rl^^^^^* our ur^tu^ v V^ STUDY *V^
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      • 103 9 BECOME A TECHNOCRAT TOMORROW BIET correspondence courses help you to improve- your career prospects, without having to conform to classroom routine Examination Counn Onincttc Counet The Engineering (outvil AfchMectufal Dnughumamhip Society of Enninren Civil A Municipal Engineering City and Guilds Mechanical Enftnecrin| Inuituic of Motor Induttn Mainrnancr Engwtcnnn InHituie of
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    • SCENE
      • 654 10 BITE MY TONGUE Bands here are happy playing sound-alike cover versions and audiences are content with just that, BRENDAN BUXTON gripes. But why on earth not self-composed songs? THERE are many fine musicians m Singajwif playing excellent music other people's musjc. Go on an evening's clubbing and what
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      • 499 10  -  WONG KIM HOH By UNCHAINED Molody, the haunting theme song from the movie Ghost, gives Dorothy Tan a sense of ilojn vu. "I'm sure I have played that song on my pro grammes back m the 60s. "Now I hear it over and over again," says
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      • 18 10 Whaftoeaf Where logo Find out m the new-look Timeszone Central distributed free with The Straits Times. Every Thursday.
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      • 825 11 HIGHLIGHTS I] I^ i J K'4 v B^B^^V A.^ X f^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^B^BW LaaaßW ~Z^aWZJ b^b^^ I-OL il bW>*^l BB Ba^h.' a^BvsßH BB^^. B^^^Tj^^^Fi^B S i^^BIBIBBMi^P^BH B^B^B^Hp z&B^^^^i Contact-Y: How can parents be persuaded to have more chMren? PENN: Hema's Marriage (SBC 8, 5.30 pm). The first of eight short stories m
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      • 2179 11 Hill I I Til mk, M EX 1 H." m 2 >.i>H WmSk JU Mm \Wt i i» 'j >M j^M w^m MM \J Ift 4^M Br' TrSHNst Crime And Passion: the confrontation between Chen (left) and Shen made one's hair stand with histrionics but the theme song was more
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      • 811 11 HIGHLIGHTS BREAD AND THE BEGGMG BOM lodiy, BBC, 1001 am Economist Prof Amartya Sen on how best to eliminate hunger CALL ME WHEN YOU'RE IN SOMETHING lodty, BBC, 10 30 am The progress of two musicians, from auditions to concert performance INTERNATIONAL RECITAL lodiy, BBC, 11.15 pm An all Bach
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    • TEL VESION
      • 862 12 The Simpsons' cast, unmasked at last, brings character to the voices WHEN Nancy Cartwright was m Kettering. Ohio's Fairmont West High School marching band, she and her classmates had a cheer for band director David R. Finkam "Wed go D.R.F.. D.R.F.'," she recalls. "Then, we'd change
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      • 705 12 Give us a break! We f're teenagers and when you talk to them, you can tell they are very mature." Jem, a chubby, precocious whiz kid, has his own professional puppet business, calling card and handphone. Dora Yip, 15, is widely read and "very quick. She tells me if an
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      • 400 13  -  GUAN LIBING By WHO are the 10 most popular drama artistes m Singapore Broadcasting Corporation? That question will be answered at the special presentation ceremony, to be shown live tomorrow night over SBC B for the first time. The two-hour affair, which starts at 7.30pm.
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      • LOOK EAST
        • 134 13 HONGKONG artress Carol Cheng and a crew of 20 were filming here a few days ago to help sell Singapore as a tourist destination. She was seen at such popular tourist spots as Empress Place. Goodwood Park Hotel, Victoria Theatre and Sentosa, reported Shin Mm
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        • 82 13 ANOTHER Hongkong sex-bomb is born. Following her "revealing" role In Erotic Ghost Story II a triple X-rated movie (Amy Yip appeared In Erotic I which made her famous) and posing nude for a magazine Hutching only a towel, actress Chan Kar Leng Is now a much
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        • 97 13 GONGFU superstar Jackie Chan rules m them all the time jets and limousines, that is. But the Hongkong underground? At the launch of a charity fund-raising campaign at Hongkong Mass Transit Railway < MTR i about a week ago, Chan* told reporters this was only his second visit
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        • 78 13 LIKE Amy Yip, actress Lydla Sam ha* taken advantage of her physical assets to be famous Sum, who b lumwb for her overall slie, said being fat could be beautiful and sexy too, reported I Jan he Zaobao. Bat the star of the comedy, Perfect Match, now
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      • 570 12 Ml HUAN LONG COURT INTRODUCES 1} ♦l Now you can admire the panoramic view from the Join m our 4th Anniversary celebration from 2 4 18th fl<x>r of Apollo Hotel while enjoying your March to 28 March IWI by enjoy ing I full meal at tml Afternoon Yum Cha The
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    • Page 13 Advertisements
      • 30 13 60\ MARCH HOW TO DRESS SUM Find out m the GO guide to a slimmer you! mmmm aammmV T^^ Law JmmmmmW I I mml aaaar^ m 9 ON SALE NOW
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      • 668 13 §^(SBSo)SBHC?SBMIAM^SoT4S?^ 5 TICKETS ON SALE AT PICTUREHOUSE BOX-OFFICE S Q CEB ARB '91 AWARD NOMINATIONS Including > |81 BEST FILM BEBT DIRECTOR BEBT ACTRESS I n'BDEFINimrWMTHWATCHIM6' in NIKITA Aj fll /ji (SUBWAY ANO THE BK) BLUE) J^Kk fl I Z Oft) M fII(NCH NIIH (NUISH SUOIIIIrS MT^k^k I 5 ANME
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      • 506 13 MAKE WAY FOR MnJUTO's MARCH MENU March is a sumptuous month for Milano Pizza Restaurant. Head for any of our outlets for a really great treat daily. I Merry Terrific Wonderful Mondays Tuesdays Wednesdays Free! A serving of garlic Pepsi at special prices Free! Soup of the day plus bread
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      • 185 14 Pi it Mi Kir vip-670 ■■■■^b 111 yi UBUU iul i iujiv. --.^m- Integrated Stereo Into Your Life m SCM-7550 I Don't let life's cares wei^h you down. Slip into the realm of I PD-650 I'll Synth^/cr I u.u-r (BAM 1 61 M) ica entertainment wi th Samsuns's range of
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      • 2458 14 I TV WEEK I MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 240 PM. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC 5 30 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 2 40 P.M. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5.50 P.M. OPENING AND PROGRAMME HIGH- 2.40 PM. TEST PATTERN AND MUSIC. 5 30 TEST PATTEIN ANDM«C j 00 OPENNB AND NOUGHTS FOLLOWED
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    • CHINEMA
      • 369 15 A desert, a hospital and the Wild West frontier are the backdrops against which people come to grips with life and self, m three top movies coming here f 1 r 1 mJi| BRENDAN BUXTON THE more you travel, the more you discover that the
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      • 544 15  -  NICK KHOSLA DANCES WITH WOLVES Coming to Shaw cinemas TO A world bereft of wide-eye innocence, [fence* With Wolves is a bar-gain-basement special. A chance to glimpse two guileless souls for the price of one admission. Except that neither of them not Kevin Costner, nor
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      • 460 15  -  TAY YEK KEAK A WORD m edgewise about Academy Award nominees is that there should be one with a heart. Better still, poignancy. Ideally, an issue. Contender-wise, Penny Marshall's Awakening* a cross of Charly, Rain Man and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest is a
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    • Page 15 Advertisements
      • 118 15 Available at Newsstands 1 ft^i RRv^yl Pfl\ V^ and from your Newsvendor PBK^3^T^\fl E^^lA m W VI Also at Times the Bookshops, M Vvx&ffiX&imM I^T<^V^ii^^ Guardian Pharmacy, M kfvX^ji P^^\\ A Vii^fefl 7-Eleven stores v PP^k\\ m'\^^rfl and selected Shell stations 1 Pfm^rMLMl If you are unable to get v
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    • Page 16 Miscellaneous
      • 1304 16 COMICS I m\l ir\^r\n \ll\ f lawk m umsm or we rwwTl f% I W\VV\\ IllVll\ H0««*0 9»I.'ANSTDSWKT_J Ahy s^M^j^»ll_^_J I _^_^_^^^^^^^^^B _^^l _^_v _^l W^t BIQ SISTtR. AND $tCON_) SISTER J-B^^^^^^'^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Hw _H H __^/_H m J|^ A O&rVtfN u\C r&D V I I f-MI _V Ur_j/^_u*\_irv Jl -I _^^^^^l
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      • 114 17 I COMICS I P^ I I Q rV^ f koI^IW f RATS V I I /TM.SISTHEP.RSTT.Mf X_ L y y i A PENN^- 1 i (7rr^\ /i've ever seen a kite O7]/riiD) YOV& Ic\ C; 1 wlfi VO w*-^_ W^^ YOUR IPEA OF )>< />-O^M POING As> NEANPEfTTHAi. SChOOt OF
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      • 114 18 *^^/^-<n^<- 4& *l t— lIFIaS 1* our Ba^ es teani on *****58 IWniCll an(l Ket the most out of Timeszone. t's the special advertising section m .I»i_il ■ittatii n. iii/uligno #»1f The Straits Times with three separate attVeniSlllg meQlUm BUOWS editions, every Friday for the North and Kifl«lfltACAAC #A #OIMIA#
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      • 167 18 I COMICS 1 HF f=| 1^ oaqqv, we "iJ TODAY'S WORLD /V\OAA TMINKS V SHE'S IN THE jy I|l NEEQ TO GOOD THINKING J] T^ 1 1 L I V\ W^JtfMrC^Lfft^ "^/V El""" DCiG^L ~)5dL YOU MATE IT A KITCHSN, J^^^A APOLOGIZE >- TSeR A/ l^J^^^wWJl \J V.' H °^Wjl
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      • 709 19 MMM wMM I v. mUU Wm^MMMMMMMMMMj^^MM^L% uum m^LW^^^ mmm^L uu MMm .JMjMjJ .^MMMjMj^MjMjMj^MjMjMjMMjMjV^fl W TLX* Rfi SSSI3 W M&& fIVI MY- 799.AMA f ATC v 4wJIVjMHIHHHiaV a JHHl^^iw H^ I 2 Eating Out SLOANS COURT HOTEL Larg* Tiger Draught Beer $9.40 -vc lunch $7 40 curry lunch ■> Steaks. Chops
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      • 940 19 27 Oarage Sale COMBINED SALE AT unl-li-wMr prlc*s. Dining table with 0 chairs at only $80, branded watches at SOH less of the actual prices, guitar at only $100, text books li scientific calculators for U' b A' levels, cooking utensils meant for hawkers wiling mcc, mixed hi-fi systems, blllard
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      • 689 19 41 Home Furniture/ Furnishing ASTON CANE FURNITURE Blk. 8001 jHMßMnoirftad. 103 22 A), Bsdok Im) Pirt C Sinoipon 1647 Tsl: 2421 aOFic *****42 47 Plumbing/ Electrical ALL ELECTRICAL PLUMBING, we provide reasonable charge for electrical blackout, repair water heater, all kinds of choknge/ leakage Change basin, cistern, WC. Heater piping
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      • 715 20 134 Mercedes For Sale DIPLOMAT USED CAR 209, Pandan Gardens. Singapore 2260 Tel 566 0098 S7 MIRCIDES 9S9ML FULLY AUTO Colour smoke silver Extras: cruise control, ABH, sun-roof, electric waLs 10 years CO E Price: $360,000 Te4 4SS-1222 EXOTIC MODIL. S3 Mercedes 280 M. convertible auto Beautiful In red White
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      • 882 20 137 Toyota For Sala NIAR 1687 TOYOTA Hlace Communter I See 13-seater PU owner Full accessories PARF eligible. Tel: *****77 4/84 CORONA OL. auto s/rlm. power steering/ window, central locking, hlfl, beautiful rond Tel: *****25. Pg *****36 ALMOST '64 COROLLA UK, 2 owners. Alrcond hl-fl Tax 5/V1 $21,200 ne« Loan
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      • 944 20 139 Mazda For Sala BJH AUTO. Attractive caah for Honda, Nissan, Toyota, Mazda, Mitsubishi, Hyundai. Suzuki, Oaihatau Also sell *****05 Night: 448-3950 1 MAZOA $>$ 1 MIT 4-dr, 5-speed, alrcon hlfl, power window, central locking/ alarm, s/rlms., sun roof, extractor Tax 8/YI Pg *****72 after 9am •4 MAZOA 816. OLX
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