The Straits Times, 25 December 1991

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  • 788 1 US recognises Russia as a superpower Bush endorses republic for Security Council seat and makes it co-sponsor of M-E talks WASHINGTON President George Bush has decided to grant Mr Boris Yeltsin's Russia the superpower status of the former Soviet Union, endorsing it for the United Nations Security Council and making
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  • 194 1 THE traditional turkey may still be the centrepiece of Christmas but Singa-pore-style, the bird is curried or cooked m the tandoor. Some Singaporeans have done away with the traditional roast turkey and opted, like the Poh family (above), for Christmas turkey baked m the tandoor,
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  • 105 1 TAIPEI Patrons of prostitutes m Taiwan will be among 12 categories of people who will have to undergo mandatory Aids tests. A Health Department spokesman said yesterday the decision was taken because nearly a quarter of the Aids carriers detected
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  • 209 1 SOFIA A senior Bulgarian government official has been sacked for failing to tell his Prime Minister about a false television report of an accident at a nuclear plant which caused nationwide panic, an official spokesman disclosed on Monday. "Ilia Rudarski,
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  • 471 1  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Reaffirming its determination to play a greater world role, Japan yesterday called for closer policy co-or-dination with other Asia-Pa-cific countries on international issues and to enhance mutual trust with its neighbours. The call was
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    • 120 1 Gorbachev ready to step down like a statesman: Page 3 A Christmas Miracle I ON THIS CHRISTMAS DAY, A HEARTWARMING I STORY SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR LIFE! BYOVIDIA YU. <@£> saOyo Super Home entertainment for the young and THE yoUNG-AT-HEART a^r aK^-^f^^l R-? M^ I Stsnd ycwjm an^yMi ■IB3aV HP^s^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^i^^^^J^^*'^*"^"^^^^^^^^^^™ Ravrvjai
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • IN SUMMARY
      • 35 2 The Kandang Kerbau Hospital has set its sights on becoming the first "babyfriendly hospital here. Such hospitals are those which promote breastfeeding, according to an international code. Homo, Pag* 15
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      • 48 2 A building on Fort Canning, once used to train army officers, may be converted into a boutique hotel. The National Parks Board is considering this as one of the options for the former Singapore Command and Staff College building. Home, Paga 17
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      • 37 2 A controversial Bill which seeks to restrict the propagation of non-Islamic religions among Muslims m Johor was passed without debate m the state assembly here yesterday because of a technicality. Malaysia, Page 12
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      • 52 2 Thai army chief General Suchinda Kraprayoon has made a request to visit the Cam Ranh naval base during his trip to Vietnam next month to decide "once and for all" whether it still remains a security threat to Thailand, according to The Nation. Asean,
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      • 32 2 More Japanese teetotallers complain of being victims of "alcoholic harassment". They find it difficult, they said, to refuse drinks from their bosses and colleagues. World- Pbq9 5
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      • 43 2 President George Bush's new team of campaign aides and his White House budget advisers are split over how he should handle the politically sensitive economic issue as he prepares to enter the 1992 campaign year. World, PH§t
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    • 109 2 KUALA LUMPUR Eleven people have died and one person has been reported missing following winml Hooding In Malaysia, news reports said yesterday. Information Minister Datnk Mohamed Rahmat said late en Monday the situation was likely to worsen If the wet spell, which
      AFP  -  109 words
    • 537 2 Some aspects of proposal unacceptable 'as it is unfair to Community's farmers' BRUSSELS The European Community rejected on Monday a Gatt plan to liberalise world trade, saying it would demand unfair concessions from EC farmers. But the Community said some other aspects
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    • 588 2  -  Phan Ming Yen By THE flood snarled traffic m the town of Kota Tinggi, Johor, with the townfolk having to improvise as they went about their business. Around 2 pm yesterday, the town was under 1.2 m of water and impassable to
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    • 344 2 DHAKA Bangladesh put its border forces on high alert yesterday following intelligence reports that Myanmar had started a huge military build-up involving tens of thousands of troops along the border, security officials said. The mobilisation of forces followed a cross-border raid by about
      Reuter; AFP  -  344 words
    • 95 2 THE retaining walls of four terrace houses at Lasia Avenue off Sixth Avenue m Bukit Timah collapsed on Monday after it rained for 15 hours since Sunday evening. The walls at the back of four houses units 4, 6, 8, and 10 collapsed
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    • 763 3 'We must do our best to support the commonwealth and to support Russia 1 For Yeltsin, it's not easy. Let us help him here, and you help him there.' Mr Gorbachev, talking to British Prime Minister John Major. The Soviet leader also
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    • 416 3 TWO more cars have been damaged by suspected arsonists while they were left m a carpark m the Joo Chiat Complex on Monday. Cars parked at the sevenstorey Housing Board carpark m Joo Chiat Road have been the targets of suspected
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    • 182 3 EIGHT Malaysian-registered goods vehicles which were caught repeatedly for emitting black smoke have been turned back at the Woodlands Checkpoint since October. They were booked and fined $100 each twice m the past. Some of the heavy vehicles were carrying loads such as
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    • 181 2 TNP will not be published today but we'll be back on ■pajßjjj with the LATEST NEWS and much more Paul Zach picks his 20 top albums of the year. Premier League debutantes Redhill Rangers. Cherie Chung gets married. Why hoteliers are cautious The projections for tourist traffic next year are
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    • 12 2 EC enters milestone 1992 with sights set on challenges beyond: Page 27
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
    • 190 3 i WEATHER I Showers over a few areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow: 31 ML, 24 mm. SUNSET today: 7.06 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.03 am. GLOBAL WEATHER Amsterdam 10/12 C Cloudy Madrid 2/15 C Clear AtfcM. 5/11 C Cloudy Manila 21/31 C Cloudy 1 \*J?S
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  • WORLD
    • 452 4 Kanemaru's spouse a political pillar, says report TOKYO The recent death of former Deputy Premier Shin Kanemaru 's wife could trigger major changes m the power structure of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's largest faction, according to the Nikkei Weekly. Mrs
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    • 330 4 BEIJING Private entrepreneurs and state-run enterprises are beginning to cash m on festive consumerism as the Christmas spirit takes root m China. Over the past weeks, Beijing has decorated itself m seasonal trappings to a degree unimaginable a few years
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    • 204 4 BANGKOK A top Myanmar general has said that businessmen who manipulate prices will be tried by military tribunals and "effective action" will be taken against them, according to an official Yangon radio report. The radio, m a broadcast late on Sunday, quoted MajorGeneral
      UPI  -  204 words
    • 461 4 HONGKONG China's reformist leader, Mr Zhu Rongji, has given a stern warning to managers of money-losing state enterprises that they will lose their jobs and their firms will be closed down if they remain m the red. Calling for swift
      South China Morning Post  -  461 words
    • 399 4 WASHINGTON The United States, while refusing to confirm that it has pulled its nuclear weapons out of South Korea, has said that North Korea has no reason not to allow inspection of its nuclear installations. "We continue to view North
      Reuter; AFP; AP  -  399 words
    • 221 4 80 missing rare storks may end up as Xmas dish GROOT-AMMERS (The Netherlands) About 80 rare young storks have disappeared from a breeding centre and the centre's director said that he feared they were headed for Christmas dinner tables. Volunteers found the cages of the endangered Western European storks empty
      AP  -  221 words
    • 55 4 picture. The bos carrying more than 4i Soviet Jewish emigres and the police car escorting them that were blasted by a bomb near Budapest airport on Monday. At least (our emigres were hurt. Also injured were the two police escorts. The Jews were
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    • 259 4 WASHINGTON A United States defence expert has recommended that the Pentagon purchase Soviet welding techniques for the B-2 Stealth bombers that are designed to evade radar detection. Mr William Schneider, a former army attache at the US embassy m Moscow m the mid-*****, told
      AFP  -  259 words
    • BRIEFS
      • 130 5 LOS ANGELES First-class passengers on Virgin Atlantic Airways can now get their shoulders massaged and their fingernails polished. Masseuse-manicurist Jane Breeden, 24, became the airline's first "in-flight beauty therapist" m May last year. Her service is always fully booked on selected flights
        AP  -  130 words
      • 49 5 Each Christmas the ttay Met office m Bethlehem, Georgia, hi swamped with bandies «f greeting cards scat to receive the symbolic Bethlehem postmark. The isoal workload of fM pieces of mall a day jumps to ahevft lijm a day during the holiday season. Reuter picture.
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      • 93 5 LONDON High winds forced the closure of the public lobby of Britain's Parliament on Monday for fear that masonry might fall from the 19th century mock-Gothic tower. The lobby, with gilt mosaics depicting saints, was shut on police orders as squalls gusting up to 120 kmh
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      • 144 5 PARIS Colonel Jean-Claude Lesquer, commander of i the French agents who sabotaged the Rainbow Warrior anti-nuclear vessel m New Zealand m 1965, has been promoted to brigadier-general. The end-of-the-year promotions list makes no mention of the Rainbow Warrior affair, which continues to sour ties between New Zealand
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      • 89 5 JOHANNESBURG Only one m five black schools m South Africa have electricity, according to a report by •■< the independent South African Institute of Race Rela- ttons. The institute said that nearly 81 per cent of the 7,845 schools under the Department of Education and Training, the
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      • 91 5 TOULON (France) For the second time m a month, the top prize m the French national lottery has gone to a patron of a tiny bar m nearby Sollies-Pont population 4,000 bringing the two winners a total of 50 million francs (5J15.2 million). The latest winner,
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      • 105 5 SAINT-PIERRE (St Pierre) A hoax was played on St Pierreand Miquelon on Monday when a telefax warned that a tidal wave would engulf the French Islands off Canada's eastern coast. The bogus document was sent by a "Seismology Department m Washington" which the authorities later confirmed did
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      • 35 5 Trmln passengers betas transported on a trolley at the Perv railway station In the western part of Switzerland on Sunday after streets were Hooded by heaw raow and rain. Reuter picture,
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    • 393 5 Difficult to refuse drinks from bosses and colleagues, say victims TOKYO Growing numbers of non-drinking Japanese complain that they are victims of "alcoholic harassment". The non-drinkers say that social and peer pressure by their bosses and colleagues make it very difficult to refuse a
      Ashia News Service  -  393 words
    • 246 5 DUBLIN The Irish Republican Army (IRA), fighting one of the world's longest-running guerilla conflicts, declared a Christmas ceasefire from yesterday but Protestant extremists said they would not follow suit. The IRA, whose announcement m Dublin followed a weekend orgy of sectarian killings
      Reuter  -  246 words
    • 630 6 Sihanouk calls for rapid deployment of UN peacekeeping force PHNOM PENH An emergency meeting of Cambodia's rival factions, diplomats from major powers and United Nations officials was scheduled yesterday to avert a total collapse of the peace process m the wake of last
      AP; Reuter; NYT  -  630 words
    • 278 6 Chinese official in Israel to meet Shamir TEL AVIV A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official has arrived m Israel as Beijing edges closer to establishing its first formal diplomatic link with the Jewish state. The official, who arrived on Monday, would hold talks with Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir later this
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    • 356 6 PHNOM PENH The rise of a class of nouveau riche who flaunt their wealth openly even as Cambodians find the value of their meagre salaries tumble m recent months helped fuel the rage that broke out into violent clashes over the
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    • 383 6 BEIJING Dozens of weeping Chinese dissidents attended the funeral of one of their leaders yesterday, the first time they have been allowed to grieve publicly for dead comrades since Beijing's 1969 crackdown on dissent. A simple wreath at the crematorium expressed the emotions
      Reuter; UPI  -  383 words
    • 360 6 BELGRADE Yugoslavia's central republic of BosniaHerzegovina has formally asked the United Nations to send a peacekeeping force to its territory to prevent the civil war m neighbouring Croatia from spreading to the republic. In a message to the UN Security
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    • 233 6 Capitalism in HK 'may stay even 50 years after 1997' HONGKONG A senior Chinese official sail.' that Hongkong might be able to retain its capitalist system beyond the 50 years after 1997 promised m the Sino-British pact on the territory, it was reported here. Mr Lv Ping, head of the
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    • 546 6 BEIJING Craftsmen at the Beijing Folk Musical Instruments Factory shape fine wood and snakeskin lovingly into traditional stringed instruments and drums. But what keeps the factory going are electric guitars and modern metal drum sets. "In the past few years
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    • 149 6 LONDON Women's groups m Britain have denounced the sale of a doll designed to be ripped apart by husbands. The "Relief from the Wife" doll, with detachable head and limbs, is one of a range of adult "stress dolls" on sale
      Reuter  -  149 words
    • 463 8 NEW YORK For many biologists, Charles Darwin is a hero of nepr-God-like proportions whose ideas are as powerful and piquant today as they were when they were conceived. Whether tracking the mating behaviour of frogs m the field, or comparing a gene m a
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    • 652 8 Some want economic package revealed, others for consulting Democrats first WASHINGTON President George Bush's new team of campaign aides and his White House budget advisers are split over how he should handle the politically sensitive economic issue as he prepares to enter
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    • 374 8 TOKYO A group of 50 "war orphans" returned to China this month, most of them bitterly disappointed at failing to And their long-lost families m Japan and thus being unable to settle here. Perhaps fate has been kind to them.
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    • 140 8 SYDNEY Despite a decline m travel during the Gulf war and a global recession, Australia will attract a record number of tourists this year, the Australian Tourist Commission said yesterday. Australia was likely to record more than 1.36 million tourists by Dec 31, up
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    • 211 8 MANAMA A group of Libyan officers tried to overthrow Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi last month, the influential Arab newspaper AlHayat reported on Monday, citing "reliable Arab sources". One day before the plan was to go into effect on Nov 30, the Libyan intelligence
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    • 134 8 NEW YORK The United Nations Security Council has paid homage to outgoing Sec-retary-General Javier Perez de Cuellar for his 10 years of service at the helm. Mr Perez de Cuellar has "greatly contributed to the transformation of the UN into an organ of co-operation from
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    • 609 8 KUWAIT Gulf Arab rulers, who are holding their first summit since the battle for Kuwait, are expected to focus on regional defence plans and a more prominent political role for non-Arab Iran, their most powerful neighbour. Officials said the leaders
      Reuter; AP  -  609 words
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  • WORLD FOCUS
    • 979 9  - HK buyers driving up prices of Shenzhen property Foo Choy Peng By Hongkong Correspondent .JPONGKONG A Chinese conglomerate recently outbid seven firms, four of them from < Hongkong, for a block of plum residential flats m Shenzhen. A day later, one of the unsuccessful Hongkong competitors the conglomerate ,HK*6,BOO (5J1.360)
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  • ASEAN
    • 206 10 $13 m US grant to upgrade Indonesian universities TALLAHASSEE (Florida) Florida's universities and colleges have obtained an initial grant of US$B million (Ssl3 million), with more funds to come, to upgrade higher education m Indonesia. Chancellor Paul Parker of Florida State University, m announcing the grant on Monday, said that
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    • 97 10 JAKARTA A young boxer from the remote province of Irian Jaya, apparently offended by his coach, shot him m the legs with poisoned arrows, the Jakarta Post reported on Monday. The coach, Mr Budi Susanto, was recovering m hospital m central Java after doctors removed
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    • 480 10 Tour of facility sought to assess if it is still a security threat, says report THAI army chief General Suchinda Kraprayoon has made a request to visit the Cam Ranh naval base during his trip to Vietnam next month to decide "once
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    • 356 10 JAKARTA Indonesian State Secretary Murdiono has said it was not necessary for vice-presidential candidates to meet special criteria, according to a report published here yesterday. "For the upcoming period there is no need for special criteria for vice-presidential candidates," the weekly
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    • 120 10 JAKARTA An Indonesian military officer, announcing the killing of an Aceh separatist leader, has said that the rebel movement would be wiped out soon. "There are only a few steps to go before everything ill end," Lieutenant-Colonel Ach- mad Maryono of the North
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    • 191 10 MAESOT (Thailand) Thai border police yesterday sent back 17 Myanmar porters who had crossed into Thailand to escape forced labour with Yangon's army. "We do not want to go back... They will put us m jail and punish us," one porter said at this
      Reuter  -  191 words
    • 126 10 Aquino declines in song President Corazon Aquino singing at a Christmas party at the Presidential Palace In Manila on Monday. Imitating her sworn enemy, former First Lady Imelda Marcos, who loves to sing at gatherings, Mrs Aquino declared she would not run In next May's presidential elections by singing "I'll
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    • 221 10 MANILA The campaign season is more than a month away, but Philippine presidential hopefuls have seized the Christmas holiday to try to grab the limelight and boost their image. Vice-President Salvador Laurel, one of three rightist opposition leaders who has announced his
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  • MALAYSIA
    • 633 12  -  Johor State Assembly sitting DAP objection at third reading too late, says Speaker By Salim Osman JOHOR BARU A controversial Bill which seeks to restrict the propagation of non-Islamic religions among Muslims m Johor was passed without debate m the state assembly here yesterday
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    • 414 12 JOHOR BARU Johor is to launch a unit trust scheme to encourage bumiputras m the state to have a bigger stake m the economy, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin told the state assembly yesterday. The scheme, to be known as the Amanah
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    • 291 12 KUALA LUMPUR The High Court here will decide on Jan 22 whether two former Kelantan state assemblymen can be reinstated following a court ruling that an amendment to the Kelantan state constitution was partially invalid and ultra vires the federal Constitution. Justice
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    • 309 12 KUALA LUMPUR Finance Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is confident that the Malaysian economy would grow by 8.5 per cent next year, despite predictions that such a growth level may not be attained. Speaking to reporters after briefing senators on next year's
      Bernama  -  309 words
    • 143 12 TOKYO Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday urged Japan to invest more m Malaysia to boost economic growth. "We would like Japan to continue to invest m Malaysia," a Japanese Foreign Ministry official quoted Dr Mahathir as telling Prime Minister
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    • 331 12 KANGAR (Perils) The Thais should not use a treaty their country signed m 1922 with the British to legitimise the recent spate of intrusions into the Malayan Railway (KTM) area m Padang Besar, Mentri Besar Dr Abdul Hamid Pawanteh said.
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    • 154 12 THE state government plans to turn Malacca into a fully industrialised state by the year 2000, according to Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Tamby Chik. He told The Star newspaper that an "Operating Master Plan" was being drawn up to
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  • HOME
    • 253 14 THE red hammer and sickle flag of the Soviet Union flew for the last time at the Soviet Embassy m Nassim Road on Sunday. But what flag will replace the Soviet one has yet to be decided, said the embassy's Second Secretary,
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    • 62 14 WORK on a $2.3-million access road to the new Methodist Girls' School m Bukit Timah has begun. The undivided four-lane road will be constructed at 11 km, Bukit Timah Road, near the school. Traffic will be diverted and public lighting provided. The
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    • 650 14  -  Angeline Teo By TANDOORI turkey, Japanese shabu shabu and turkey curry are some of the not-sn-traditional Christmas dinners Singaporeans will be tucking into this year as Christmas celebrations become more Asian. Singaporeans can also sing along to Singlish carols which include lyrics such as
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    • 104 14 A DETECTIVE corporal was charged yesterday with attempted murder by shooting a Malaysian man m the chest on Monday. No plea was taken from Suresh P. Kumaran, 27, who allegedly fired at Mr Xavier Sundram Arulmarie, 26, with a .38 Smith Wesson revolver. The
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    • AROUND THE COURTS
      • 103 14 AN UNEMPLOYED man was fined $1,500 yesterday for pushing two policemen who went to investigate a domestic dispute. Tan Van Hong, 43, admitted pushing constables Chia Peng Yew and Sim Chye Soon outside his house m Jalan Ulu Seletar on Oct 7. The court heard that
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      • 108 14 A CISCO constable, who kept a gun after he forgot to return it following a live-firing practice because he feared being sacked, walked out of court a free man. on Monday. This happened after District Judge Tay Yong Kwang backdated the two-month jail sentence he
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      • 128 14 TWO men were each sentenced to three years jail and ordered to be given 12 strokes of the cane on Monday for robbing a scrap dealer. Teo Kirn Tee, 20, and Soo Fook Chuen, 21, both Malaysians, admitted robbing Madam Lav Song Yong, 56,
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      • 66 14 A MAN was charged on Monday with abducting another man at the junction of Balestier Road and Bhamo Road. Chua Ho Pea, 44, and seven other men allegedly abducted Mr Ton Ah Hock, 47, with the intention of wrongfully confining him on Dec 19 at 8.20
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      • 73 14 A MAN was remanded yesterday after he was charged with housebreaking and theft of a pair of sunglasses from a self-service restaurant m Joo Chiat Road on Monday. No plea was taken from Koey Chean Whai, 28, a Malaysian, who is said to have stolen a
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    • 675 15 KK Hospital goes all out to promote breast milk HERE are the UN's 19 steps to being a baby-friendly hospital. Every facility providing maternity services and care for new-born Infants should: HAVE a written breastfeeding policy that Is routinely communicated to all health care staff. TRAIN all health care staff
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    • 289 15 TWO Filipino tourists went out shopping and stole cash and valuables worth about $7,000 from shoppers and department stores. Amelia G. Garlar, 34, and Lolita C. Romero, 34, who struck 13 limes m four days, were each jailed three weeks on Monday
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    • 453 15 A TEAM of workers spent Christmas Eve flushing out bloodworms from roof-top water tanks at Block 420 m Tampines Street 41. And residents at the block, who had seen the 4-mm-long worms wriggling m their water up to early yesterday
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    • 486 16 Ramps aid movement and ushers are on hand to cany wheelchairs SINGAPORE cinemas are making changes to become user-friendly to the disabled by installing new facilities such as reserved seats, special ramps and toilets. Bed ok cinema, owned by Cathay, is one which has
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    • 403 16 FROM the "no time" people to couch potatoes who sit hypnotised by television until SBC transmission ends with the national anthem. These characters were thrown up m a lively dialogue about community service yesterday between Dr Tay Eng Soon,
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    • 170 16 ESSO and Singapore Petroleum Company (SPC) have joined the other four oil companies m the latest round of pump price reductions. Esso and SPC's price reductions, of between 0.7 cent and 1.1 cents for petrol, and 2.9 cents for diesel, were effective yesterday. The
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    • NEWSFRONT
      • 149 16 DIAMOND bracelet contest winner Miss Margaret Cheong, 42, almost did not make it to the prize presentation yesterday. Breathlessly, the manager of a shipping company said she had been held up at the office and later, by the traffic jams on Christmas
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      • 153 16 WHEN it comes to selling and marketing, Singapore is as good as world-class companies like Sony, The Body Shop and Apple Computer. The Economic Development Board (EDB), Skills Development Fund (SDF) and i.Mage Public Relations were praised m a new Harper Collins book by Asian
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      • 85 16 A FILIPINO maid, charged with the double murders of a maid and a three-year-old boy m May, was yesterday ordered to stand trial m the High Court. Flor Contemplacion is accused of separately murdering Madam Delia Maga, 34, and Nicholas Huang Hao Ren. The
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      • 59 16 A PRIVATE tutor yesterday claimed trial to a charge of impersonating a Deputy Public Prosecutor at a police station last month. Marimuthu Ramesh, 29, is alleged to have instructed Inspector Rozlan Giri at Jurong police station to conduct a raid at about 11 pm on Nov
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      • 19 16 THE United States Information Service's American Centre will be closed today and from Jan 1 to Jan 3
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    • 407 17 Other options for Fort Canning building: museum, art academy or offices A BUILDING on Fort Cani nlng, once used to train army officers, may be converted into a boutique hotel. The National Parks Board is considering this as one of I the
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    • 455 17 AN ITALIAN conservationist running an aquarium shop m a restored Chinese shophouse m Singapore may strike one as an odd combination. But for Mr Francisco Nardelli at his Tanjong Pagar shop, the mix is just right. Mr Nardelli, who is
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    • 186 17 A 21- YEAR-OLD woman and her accomplice did not have money to pay their $18 taxi fare. Instead, they robbed the cabby of $7. For that offence, and two others, Teo Mvi Kirn, jobless, ■was jailed for three years and a day on
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
    • The Straits Times
      • 697 18 IT IS a tragic irony that Christians m Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union who suffered more than anyone else to keep the faith alive during the dark years of communism, should continue to suffer after the fall of that ideology. Two years ago, it was
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      • 110 18 f QUOTES "There's a feeling In oar cities... that life is cheap." Mr James Fox, dean of the College of Criminal Justice at Northeastern University m Boston, on the record number of homicides m US cities. "The issue is not who was a virgin and who was a whore. We
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    • 1047 18  -  Charles Bremner Americans show hearty appetite for implausible conspiracy-theories By The Times In the 1960s and early 70s every child of the counter-culture knew for a fact that a murderous cabal m Wall Street and Washington controlled everything. In the 1990s Satan is believed by
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    • 977 18  -  Masahiko Ishizuka By The Nikkei Weekly When the Japanese trumpet the Importance of Asia' to them, they need to deliberately ask themselves why this is so m a broader international context. Otherwise, they could become victims of close-ended 'Asianism'.
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    • 977 19 The Economist THIS has been a terrific month for Bill Clinton, the Governor of Arkansas and a Democratic candidate for the United States presidency. Which is terrible news for him. He is now the man to beat. Mr Clinton
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    • 1233 19  -  Bronwen Maddox By Financial Times WHEN a director of Mr Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation was asked recently whether his company might buy any of the businesses now being shed by the collapsed empire of the late Mr Robert Maxwell, he
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  • FORUM
    • 346 20 IT IS happy holidays again and the season to be Jolly. Sales and sumptuous buffet meals are not uncommon m the Yuletide celebrations. Amid the bustling activities, it is convenient to forget the marginalised m Singapore. The poor do exist m scattered pockets
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    • 166 20 THE New Paper report, "Cremations on the tourist map" (ST, Dec 19), draws attention to the increasing tourist interest m local Chinese funeral rituals. One would have thought that such morbid interest duly ended when the infamous Sago Lane death houses, once a highlight
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    • 203 20 I WAS summoned to appear m court on Dec 23 at 6 pm to answer a charge of entering the Central Business District during restricted hours without an Area Licence. It was very efficient of the police to send me a reminder two
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    • 150 20 I REFER to the report on the price reduction of Cyclosporin (ST, Dec 16). This collaborative effort by the National Kidney Foundation and the drug company, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, is commendable. Speaking from a transplant patient's point of view, I am very grateful to these
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    • 289 20 I REFER to the letter by the HDB, "Simei too small Co have all of a new town's uaq al facilities" (ST, Dec 21)72 The impression given by the HDB is that Simei hoi* ing estate has been
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    • 357 20 To me, it does not seem that the recent High Court judgment has imposed any "new and additional responsibility on the paying bank". Rather the onus is on the collecting bank. IN HER letter to The Straits Times of
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  • SPORTS
    • 536 21  -  PETER KHOO SINGAPORE'S favourite footballing son Fandi Ahmad could earn between $195,000 and 1390,000 a year If he succeeds m securing a contract to play professional soccer m Japan. The 29-year-old striker said on Monday that he hopes to follow m the footsteps of
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    • 938 21 Countdown to soccer's Premier League, starting on Jan 4: Focus on champion and President's Cup holder Gevlana International [FACT FILE I P*rmed: 1975 Hmm graud: National Stadium. Maaager: Thomas Zilllacus. C*aea: Ibrahim Awang. BfMtm: Eva Air, Diadora. Premier Leagae newl IMS: Champion, Pools' Cup
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    • THE LATE NEWS
      • 87 21 The San Francisco 49ers has missed the National Football League play-offs for the first time m nine years although it slaughtered the Chicago Bears 52-14 on Monday night. The Bears' dismal night handed the Detroit Lions, 12-4 on the regular season,
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    • 508 21 M-1A i I^v^j^a. v 1 2 Bf^^I W*^k bIl i^^B tf i m^h^i ■^^^B P^^^^^^P^^^^t^^B^J^B^B^^^^^^^^^^^^m^B^B^^^^^^^^^^^mi^^^^^BI^B^B^B^^^^B FOCUS: Ealumallai Manimohan GEYLANG International's Ealumallai Manimohan proved to be a real knock-out m boxing and now wants to do the same with the Singapore soccer squad. The 23-year-old
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    • 451 22 Robson and Strachan provide headaches for their bosses SOCCER English League LONDON Bryan Robson and Gordon Strachan will provide Boxing Day problems for Manchester United and Leeds, just 48 hours before the two northern giants plunge into a spectacular three-match series that could leave
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    • 50 22 Division One: Aston Villa v West Ham, Everton v Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United v Southampton, Luton v Arsenal, Manchester City v Norwich, Notts County v Chelsea, Oldham v Manchester United, Queen's Park Rangers v Liverpool, Sheffield United v Coventry, Tottenham Hotspur v Nottingham Forest, Wimbledon v Crystal Palace.
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    • 183 22 CRICKET BRISBANE Two former Australian Test cricket stars have predicted hard times ahead for India despite its morale-boosting win over Queensland on Monday. Jeff Thomson, feared fast bowler of the 70s and current Queensland coach, does not read too much into his team's 39-i
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    • 292 22 MADRID Rene Higuita, the flamboyant goalkeeper whose roaming style of play at times exasperated Valladolld soccer fans, plan* to quit the Spanish League and return to his native Colombia, according to newspaper reports published on Monday. Higaita and his Real Valladolld Deportivo team have
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    • 493 22 Couples moves up LONDON Fred Couples moves up two places to No. t In the golf world rankings after his triumph In the World Championship m Jamaica. Top II: 1 lan Woosnam (Brit) 17.11 pto avenge 2 Nick Faldo (Brit) 15.34 3 Jose-Maria Olazabal
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    • 144 22 Longest rally starts MOTOR SPORT PARIS Several hundred people braved a frigid winter dawn on Monday at the Chateau of Versailles to watch drivers take off on the world's longest rally, ending Jan 16 m Cape Town. The roar of revving engines filled the air as 332 flashy tractor-trailer trucks,
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    • 307 22 OLYMPIC GAMES GENEVA The former Soviet Union may still be represented by one team at the Barcelona Olympics even though its republics have formed a new Commonwealth of Independent States, the di-rector-general of the lOC said Monday. Francois Carrard said the lOC is
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    • 216 22 SCORES STATISTICS AMERICAN FOOTBALL NFL: 49ors 52 Bears 14. BASKETBALL NBA: Cavaliers 113 Jazz 112, Heat 113 Magic 102, Nets 105 Hawks 93, Hornets 114 76ers 106, KnicKs 97 Timberwolves 91, Mavericks 105 Rockets 85, Spurs 101 Kings 90. ICE HOCKEY NHL: Whalers 4 Sabres 3, Penguins 6 Islanders 3,
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • 83 22 New Zealand's world squash champion Susan Devoy has consolidated her No. 1 position m the rankings with a victory m the Dutch Open. Devoy, who will be 28 soon, incurred a zero score penalty m August when she withdrew from the Singapore Open
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      • 59 22 South Korea swept the heavy weight contests, bagging alf three gold meda's at stake onthe final day of the 23rd Asiaq^ weightlifting championships, m Kamisu. Japan, on Monday. Kirn Byung Chan won thfc£ 100 kg class, Chun Sang Seob emerged victorious m the, 110 kg division
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      • 82 22 Sri Lanka began its quest for South Asian Federation hon v>N ours m grand style by grab*** bing eight of the 11 golds on), offer on the second day of thai* fifth SAF Games m Colombo))! on Monday. The host bagp^d four golds each m swimming
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      • 68 22 Two-time Olympic gold mcd-« allist Katarina Witt had double trouble with the double axel and lost a skating com petition for the first time m five years. Her two falls while attempting the jump on Sunday be-! fore a crowd of 6,796 at The Omni m
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      • 76 22 Elana Meyer, South Africa's! brightest medal hope if*;. Springbok athletes do get to the Barcelona Olympics; wrested back the African rev. cord m the women's 10,000 m m Cape Town on Monday. The Stellenbosch University athlete clocked 31min 33.465 ec at the Green Point stadium irf
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      • 56 22 France could be the first!*' country to host South Africa's rugby team next year, following racial union within the sport. A spokesman for the French Rugby Union Federation said on Monday its president Bernard Lapasset had" asked the Springboks to come and play eight matches, including two
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      • 61 22 Englishmen Rupert Moon and,'"™ j Anthony Copsey have been included m the Welsh squad ttf start preparing for the firs^: Five Nations' rugby union game against Ireland m Dub- lin on Jan 18. The Llanelli duo were cleared by the Welsh RugbyUnion having satisfied their£
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      • 58 22 Grand Slam Cup winner David Wheaton and team-mate^ Mary Joe Fernandez navels withdrawn from the US teanf* competing m the Hopman- Cup team tennis tournament' m Perth, organisers said on*. Monday. Wheaton and Fernandez had to drop out because of unspecified injuries and they will
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      • 68 22 Irish sailor Harold Cudmore will be hoping his luck stays with him when he sails out of Sydney Harbour tomorrow m the 1991 Sydney-to-Hobart yacht race, the final m the Southern Cross Cup series. This is Cudmore's third attempt to win the 630 nautical mile
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  • OBITUARIES
    • 364 23 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MAGDELENE LOW CHENG NOI AGE: 71 pasted away peacefully on 23.12.91 leaving behind Husband: Yeo Lye Pheng, Andrew Sons: Daughters-in-law: Ft. Lawrence Yeo Jacob Yeo Katherine Lee Francis Yeo Jessie Ong Fj, James Yeo Daughters: Son-in-law: Clara Yeo Pauline Yeo Vincent Kang Grandsons: Grand-daughters:
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    • 40 23 The Family of th« L.te JOSEPH ONG ENG GIM flpifi wtohoa to oxproaa tholr gratoful thanks and opproclation to all roio* ww^m^ iiwioi, mpiMMn mo dusi* nooa aooodojloa lor tnoir kind aswrootha and attendance during tholr rocont boroswomont
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    • 37 23 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam sth Anniversary \n loving Memory of PONNAIYAH ARUMUGAM Died on 26-12-86 Always remembered by: Veerammal Arumugam Sarah Arumugam Venugoupal A Family Thangamani A Family Tom Ponnaiyah A Family Somasundaram A Family
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    • 52 23 852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences 852 Condolences With Deepest Sympathies Heartfelt Condolences to our Executive Director, MR. KENNY TAN KAY KHOON on the demise of his beloved father. TAN THOO CHIM Departed on 23rd December 1991 From The Management Staff Of NORWICH ENGINEERING PTE LTD NECTION TRADING AGENCIES PTE
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    • 108 23 850 Deaths 850 Deaths TAN TAI TECK Age: 87 passed away peacefully on 23rd December 1991 at 8.30pm leaving behind loved ones to mourn his loss. Wife: Tio Tjioe Siok Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan To Mono Chia Siok Hoon (Tan To Seng, Deceased) Lim Ta Hun Daughters: Sons-ln law: Tan Guan
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      83 23 hi Loving Memory of ESTHER TAN BIE W HONG Departed: 26 D«c 1990 She had a smile, a pleasant way, A helping hand to all she knew. She was kind, generous and true, On earth she nobly did her best Orant her, JESUB, heavenly rest. Always fwiywbfd
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      70 23 In Loving Mwnocy of DEVARAJ MENON Departed 2Sth Doc IMB Your gentle (ace and patient smile With sadness we recall; You had a friendly word for each And died beloved by all. Always rMMmbaratfby Mr* m Mrs* B JC M#nofi, Bf oil i#)i md Sisters With Fond
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    • 334 23 853 In Mwmoriam 853 In Mwmoriam EE SOON HOWE Departed: 25/ 12/ 80 In Loving Memory of My Beloved Husband Your Love and Tender Care Is always remembered In my heart and dally thoughts From your dearest wife Grace and Family In Loving Memory 01 ANTHONY NO KIM Departed 28/12/87
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    • Obituary, Illustration
      142 23 In Lovin« Memory ot Our B«tov«d Son I TAN THIEN LOONQ (10 July 1174 N D*c IM7) Dmm LODW9. Crystal dewdrop, purest sunbeam bright Perfect you, meant for Heaven, In Ood s sight But we thank Htm for giving us you Even though for Just a while.
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      56 23 ATMMA aHAim POOJA M RAMAB AM Y KALINGARAYAR DttMrtoOon tJ/tt/11 m Orathwu»4u (India) Son*: R Balakrlahnan R Rajendram (PUB) Dtntghfr. R Renganaj'afM Son-in-law, Daughters-in-law: ft urinocniKirvn. ATHMA BHANTI POOJA WIN b« h«*d en Dm. M ri M «VAN TEMPLE, twanooon Rd. at 7 pm. Please treat this as
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 580 24  -  Sergei Bubka Keen to scale greater heights for native Ukraine 'ATHLETICS FOCUS 1 STOCKHOLM Sergei Bub- ka has dominated world pole vaulting for the last decade while competing for the Soviet Union. Now he looks for;^ward to representing his native Ukraine. *2L Wh y not compete
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    • 594 24 PENANG trainer Ltm Hock Bee's latest Class 3 newcomer Rugger Best impressed m his workout yesterday and is poised for a winning debut on Saturday. The Australian gelding by Bataan, with Azhar Ismail m the saddle, disposed of 600 m m 38.3 sec with ease. The going was
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    • CALLING ALL SPORTS
      • 245 24 Squash is a serious game. With almost non-stop running. back-breaking twists-and-turns and agile dodging of wild swings, no wonder there is no time-out for a smile But squash provides for much merriment off-court Readers of this column will remember, for example the escapades of manager
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      • 58 24 A team from Princeton flew across the Atlantic for a series of friendly squash matches against English teams In one of the ties, they edged out the SRA M. That night most of the Americans were attacked by nausea The suspected culprit was the beef sandwich they
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      • 68 24 Australian Chris Dittmar, ranked fourth m the world is quick on a quote ...sometimes, too quick for his own good When told that there would be three referees, instead of one, for the women's world championships, Dittmar retorted: "Instead of one *****, there will be three." Later, realising the
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        142 24 Many adoring fathers from all over the world have named their sons after that great Brazilian soccer wizard Pele This, the real McCoy constantly discovers, as during the recent World Cup draw where he was introduced to the Ghanaian version, Abedi Pele. But, as the member of
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      • 223 24 Pam Postema, a Minor League baseball umpire m the United States for 13 years, is suing for sex discrimination. She claimed that she was never promoted to the majors and was fired from her Minor League job. The suit, filed m a US District Court m Manhattan
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      • 113 24 If you think that green fees charged by Singapore clubs are too expensive, then do not go near the Bukit Jambul Country Club m Penang. The club, which will be hosting the next Malaysian Open, charges $100 for walking (yes, just walking, not golfing) on its
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      • 96 24 This the season for sharing. But just what are fanatical American football fans giving this Christmas? According to a NYT report, chances are it is either a snow shovel with a Miami Dolphins logo, or a Los Angeles Raiders broom, a Cleveland Browns dog collar or
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      • 29 24  -  TAY CHENG KHOON Compiled by Finally, A Merry Christmas and a Bright New Year from all of us at Timesport to all sportspersons, officials, fans and readers.
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    • 372 24 I o D nt ond la f r n m the pro ranks was a I length th.rd to Strawberry Hill ,n Class lOv 1 over the Smgapore 1,200y on May 12. Made crack amateur debut on Nov 5 when won over Penang 1.200 m m 1.11.9 with 68.5 kg.
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  • MONEY
    • 168 25 STOCK prices m New York staged a powerful pre-Christ-mas rally on Monday as the market continued to benefit from lower interest rates. Traders said prices continued a climb that began last Friday after the Federal Reserve Board announced a dramatic interest
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    • 100 25 TOKYO stocks reversed an early rebound to close lower yesterday. Investment trust selling and index-linked selling pushed prices into negative territory following a morning rally triggered by last Friday's US discount rate cut, brokers said. Volume remained thin. The 225-share Nikkei average was down 112.59 points or 0.52 per
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    • 93 25 STOCKS closed the half-day Christmas Eve session near the intra-day high yesterday, boosted by Wall Street's 3 per cent surge overnight. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index surged 46.64 points, or 1.1 per cent, to finish at 4,192.76 while the broader Hongkong Index jumped 30.45 points to 2,738.34. Turnover totalled
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    • 89 25 STRONG overseas leads plus buying intei est for index component stocks took share prices to a firmer close m a half-day trading session. The New Straits Times Industrial Ordinary Share Index rose 21.71 points to 3,324.46 yesterday. Advancing issues led decliners by 141 to 39 with 61 others
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    • 84 25 AUSTRALIAN share prices closed higher yesterday ahead of the Christmas break, helped by an overnight rise on Wall Street and a weaker local dollar. Brokers said light turnover hampered trade and gains did not meet expectations. The All-Ordinaries Index closed 6.8 points higher at 1,575.1. The All-Industrials Index rose
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    • 95 25 HEAVY early losses, incurred after a tightening of monetary policy across Europe left shares depressed on Monday, were sharply reduced by the close. Spain, Italy and France all increased rates on Monday following Thursday's 0.5-per cent increase m German rates, prompting concerns that British rates would have to rise
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    • AROUN MALAYSIAN COMPANIES
      • 89 25 DUNLOP Estates has told the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange that its proposed acquisition of Pengereng Estates m Johor Baru was m line with the objective of the Multipurpose Group's objective of concentrating on one of its core businesses property holding and development. It said the
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      • 89 25 Tenaga makes $408 m profit TENAGA Nasional Bhd made a pre-tax profit of M 5691.9 million (*****.2 million) for the financial year ended Aug 31, 1991. Based on the total shareholders' fund of M 55.595 billion, this will give a return of 12.4 per cent. Tenaga, seeking a listing on
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      • 79 25 HAULAGE company Tiong Nam Transport Holdings is expected to increase its market coverage with proposed expansion programmes, Omega Securities said m its latest newsletter. It said the company, expected to be listed at M 53.50 over its offer price of Ms 3, had proposed to add
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      • 68 25 ARAB-MALAYSIAN Trusts has announced its first and final gross dividend of 10 sen per unit for its Arab-Malay-sian First Fund for the period ending Dec 31, 1991. In a statement, it said the dividend payout represented an 11.1-per cent increase over last year's gross dividend payout of nine
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    • 3098 25 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 24, 1991 I **l T«l LMt Vol Day N*t High Low Cod* Company Sal* (000) High Low P/E INDUSTRIALS 245 165 7003 MSB 50< 196 3 166 197 193 17 5 560 310 7004 ASM 50« 374 8 152 374 370 19 7 600 280
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      • 54 25 Open M|h Low Sttt Est Vd Mir 12 *****6 ***** ***** S" 1.7928 Opw to (Mon) 82 Act Vd (Nan) M Deutschemark i US MsfDn/tschtmtrk) Optn Mfh Low Sdt Est Vd N»t2 ***** ***** 0.6481 0 6514 215 *m ***** Uf ***** Ok ***** Optn M (Mm): 280.
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      • 140 25 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 mtftmt mttrnt ntt) Open Mgh Low S«H Est Vd Mir 92 9593 9593 95.92 95.92 3246 hat 9576 95.78 95.76 95.77 2000 Swt 95.52 9554 9552 95.53 1441 Ok 9503 95.06 9503 9506 225 Mv)3 94.78 94 78 94.78 94.79 85 Dm 9432 94.33 94.31 94.33
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      • 56 25 Euroyen 3-month deposit Open H|h Low Sett Est Vd M» 92 94.55/ 94 57 94 54 94.55 1300 94.57 Jim 94.94 94.98 94.94 94.98 1710 S<pt 95 08 9511 95.06A 95.11 863 Dtc 9499 9499 9498A 95.02 50 Mir 93 94.82 13 Jwt 94.59 S«p» 94.40 Ok 9429 Open M
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      • 59 25 Open High Low Sett Est Vol J*« 361 25 *345 365 55 ***** W ***** ***** Op» M (Mm): four Art W (Mm): ML Japanese yen Open High Low Sett Est Vol Mw92 0 *****8 0 *****8 *****25 0 *****3 70 0 *****6 J* 0 *****9 Jj« *****90 0
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      • 63 25 Open HJ(h Low Sett Est Vol Spot ***** 76 *****.10 ***** 26 ***** 53 Mar 92 *****/ ***** ***** ***** 3783 ***** km 229/0 ***** *****A ***** 52 ***** OtcH ***** Open M (Mm): 1311. Act \M (Mm): m Dubai Crude Oil Open K|h Low Sett Est
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      • 36 25 Smti Mm Mm (23/12/91) 24.75. Opm Mfh Low Sett Est Vol l»92 23.00 24.25 2300 24.25 40 g 2448 ftf 2431 fe 2397 m 23.77 23.74 Open M (Mm): (7. Jkt \M (Mm): M.
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      • 63 25 Sinwi Mm Met (23/12/91) 69.50. 0p«i M|h Low Sett Est Voi Jan 92 69 50 ***** 69 50 69.90 320 Fm 68.80 70.50 68 80 70 50 70 Mar 69.00 70.50B 6900 70 50 50 H* 69.00 70 50 6900 70 50 10 May 6900 70 30B 69
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    • COMMODITIES
      • 50 25 Closing prices (cents/kilo) Singapore 125 50 cents January unchanged Malaysia Closed January Closed Palm oil Crude palm ofl (MJ/totme) Dec unav Refined palm oil (US$/tem) RBOPabnOI Ian ***** (seller) Feb/Mar 355 (seller) RBO Olein Jan/Feb/Mar 372.50 (seller) RBO Stearin Ian Feb 295 (seller) Crude stearin Neutralised unquoted palm oil
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      • 9 25 Closing prices (M$/kilo) W. Tin Closed Turnover Closed
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      • 19 25 (Official doting quotation, USS/MT) Tuts Mon Cash unav 1109.5 1110 3 Months unav 1132—1132 5 Settlement unav 1110
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      • 28 25 (Officirfclosing quotation, GBP/MT) Tun Mm Cash unav 1 148 1149 3 Months unav 1 175 —1 175.5 Settlement unav 1149 Source: Outokumpu (SEA) Fte Ltd
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      • 27 25 Closing prices (USS/troy ez) Tun Man Singapore 3 92 -3 93 3 87-3 88 Mon Fri Ne* York 3 92 3 93 386 -387 Source: Rothschild
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      • 85 25 CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (US$>« SFiKSPm feb +035 035 17 70 i7 «o JE JMM iMermedUte Feb +0 34 0 32 1880 18 84 Feb +0.40-0.40 14.70-14 80 "L?* 00 ian 0.30 0 30 2100 21 20 J3n 0 00 18 20 18 10 JJU™* (Cf
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    • 567 25 Tuesday OKxntMc 24 HKS Amoy Properties 5.25 -0 05 Allied Overseas 0.87 unch Asia Sec Int I 1.11 unch Allied TW 0.64 +0.02 Bank of EA 23.40 +0 30 Cavendish 3.50 unch Cafe de Coral 2.35 +0 05 Century City 1.41 +0 01 CDL Hotel 0.55 unch COL Hotel
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    • 371 25 TuMday Oicimbu M YIN Ajinomoto 1320 20 Akai 690 60 Amada 90S 5 Asahi Glass 1130 unch Asahi Kasa 712 10 Bank Of Tokyo 1430 unch Bndgeslone 980 20 Canon 1360 -20 Casio 1320 20 Citizen 785 18 Dai Nippon Print 1430 unch Dai Nippon Screen 1060 -90 Dai-lchi
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    • 327 25 (a For deposits between $3,001 and $50,000. For deposits between $3,000 and $50,000. For deposits between $3,000 and $99,999. For balances up to $100,000. f Rate calculated on monthly rest. PLEASE CALL RESPECTIVE BANKS FOR DETAILS. OCBC OUB DOB DBS TIB POSB KB Of POSIT RATES Savings 3/4
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    • 43 26 HIGH LOW Straits Times Industrials 1991 High 1565.58 (3/6/91) 1991 Low 1149.08 (16/1/91) All time High 1607.12 (27/3/90) All-time Low 64 83 (29/6/65) Business Times Composite 1991 High 1333.08 (3/6/91) 1991 Low 1022.52 (16/1/91) All time High 1435.43 (16/7/90) All-time Low 64.83 (29/6/65)
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    • 3129 26 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 24, 1991 Ushares quoted have a par value of $1 untiss otherwise specified. Adjusted for Krip/rifhts. N Tai-iitmptid dhndend. P/E rates reflect the last annual coraofcUttd results. P/E ratios and gross yields of fortJfrt shares arc adjusted for currency differences Trustee stocks under CPF
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    • 38 26 SSE 25C 8,119,000 City Dcv Wt 2,672,000 SCS 25C 1,265,000 Parkway H 50C 1,129,000 Hotel Prop 1,108.000 UOL Wt 93 915,000 S Steam Wt96 790 000 S Steamship 50C 740,000 UOB Foreign 614,000 Amcol 25C 530,000
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    • 33 26 (23/12/91) Volume Value Industrials 342,000 781,145 Finance 341,000 1.127 m Hotels 10,000 15,340 Properties 256,000 321,695 Loan Stocks 154,000 91,285 Plantations 51,000 56,640 Mining 5,000 7,080 Total 1.159 m 2.400 m
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    • 539 26  -  Steven Pak By wall btreet s overnight 88-point jump and expectations that Singapore share prices would soon start improving gave the Singapore stock market one of its liveliest sessions m weeks yesterday. "It was a Christmas Eve rally before the Christmas Eve party,"
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    • 69 26 Total ftkrfctt Mm Tim Industrials 10 881 m 19 149 m Finance 2.726 m 2 907 m Hotels 796,000 1 631 m Properties 4.620 m 3 927 m Loans Stocks 3.488 m 7 231 m Plantations 426.000 713 000 •*ning 1,000 24,000 Total volume 22 938 m 35.582
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    • 1755 26 TRANSACTION DATE: DECEMBER 24, 1991 155 107 1139A****** 115 cd 112 123 12 017 2 86* 52 t 1301 AMOB 50< 53* unch 29 53* 53* 53V* 54 3521 4 ill Y£ MFP M 45 105 28 270 lH .!i M AICOm 148 3 2 14 148 1(
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    • 364 26 Insurance Fund Income Bond Pofccy 2.83— 2 94 Footnote: NTAV refers to the Net Tangible Asset Value. Denotes indicative prices, dealing prices will be determined at the end of each day. (a Denotes yesterdoy's prices. "tor Dec 21 23. trustee fund under CPF Investment Scheme t Dealing days
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    • MARKET SUMMARY
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        108 27 Volume: 35.58m units 12.64m) Value: $78.1 1m $13.88m) Indices Dec 24 Dec 23 ST Industrials 1445.43 1430.61 ST Finance 2433.24 2425.07 ST Hotels 1045.57 1040.08 ST Properties 716.78 715.31 8T Composite 1215.76 1206.48 BTMGA 707.53 702.47 BT OB/OS 129 -10 BT CADI -9974 -***** BT 10-day MA ***** *****
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      • 44 27 Dec 24 Chance Kuala Lumpur NST Industrial 3324.46 21.71 Hongkong Hang Seng Index 4192.76 46.64 Tokyo Nikkei Stock Average *****.53 112.59 Sydney Australian All-Ordinaries 1575.10 +6 80 New York Dow Jones Average (Mon) 3022.58 88.10 London Financial Times 30 (Mon) 1781.40 10.50
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    • INTEREST RATES
      • 16 27 Averafe Prime Lendmg Rate: 7 l A% Average of Singapore's Big Four Local Banks
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      • 88 27 Contract date: 24/12/91 CURRENCY 1 MIH 3MTN 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VMUf DATE USJ IH 3H HI 3% |M 3 3 30/12/91 A$ 6VI SVSi 5% 5H 6V 4 30/12/91 W$ 6'/t 6V« 6V» 6'/. 6'/i 4% 30/12/91 STG 10'^ 10% 10'/» 10 9%
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    • FOREIGN EXCHANGE
      • 28 27 DM Y SS HK$ AS/US* £/US5 M Open 1.5307 127.26 ***** 7 7700 0.7646 1.8588 Close 1.5272 127.60 1.6330 7.7725 0.7635 1.8617 Source: Astley t Pearce
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      • 142 27 Singapore dollars to on* unit of foreign currency Buying 00 Seine US dollar 1.6173 1.6350 Sterling pound 3.0159 3.0824 Australian dollar 1.2190 1.2551 Canadian dollar 1.3855 1.4166 NZ dollar ***** 0.8980 Singapore dollar* to 100 unit* of foreign currency Austrian schilling 14.8840 15.5041 Belgian franc 5.1044 5.2659 Danish
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    • GOLD PRICES
      • 77 27 Physical ($S) Tuw Mon Mobar 18,820—18,940 18,788-18 908 100 gm 1.888 1.913 1.885-1 910 50 gm 946 -961 945—960 20 gm 377-388 378-389 5 gm 94 -103 94—103 1 gm 19—27 19—27 Bdfan coins (SS/oi) Spore bullion coin 583 -599 584 -600 Canadian maple leaf 603 -609 604 610
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      • 31 27 USJ/oz Tues Mon Sinjapore 359.50 -360 00 358 50- 359.00 Mon Fri Hew York 359O0 -359 50 358 .00 -358.50 Tuts Mon Honfkont 359.60-360.10 358.60-359.10 London morninf fii (Tuesday) unav
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    • 408 27 Still a need for government measures to boost economy: Fitzwater WASHINGTON The White House said on Monday there was room for lowering interest rates, suggesting that the Bush administration thinks the US central hank, to stimulate the economy, could slash rates even
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    • 327 27 Biggest rise in US consumer spending in 6 months WASHINGTON US consumer spending jumped 0.7 per cent last month, the largest increase m six months, despite a 0.1-per cent decline m incomes, the government said on Monday. The Commerce Department said personal consumption totalled U553.95 trillion (556.35 trillion) at a
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    • 222 27 KUALA LUMPUR Tan Sri Teh Hong Piow, the founder and chief executive of Malaysia's Public Bank, has been named "Asia's Commercial Banker of the Year for 1992" by Asia Money and Finance, the region's premier financial monthly. An Asia Money and Finance
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    • 582 27 WASHINGTON Manufacturing of vehicles, machine tools and household appliances and furniture should rebound next year as the economy emerges from its long slump, the government predicted on Monday m its 33rd annual forecast of winners and losers m American business.
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    • 234 27 TOKYO Japan's economic growth is slowing down with a marked increase m inventories reflecting a fall m domestic demand, the Economic Planning Agency (EPA) said yesterday m a monthly economic report. "The pace of economic growth has slowed down recently," EPA head Takeshi
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    • 363 27 LOS ANGELES Japanese investment m the US real estate market, which peaked m 1968, has been cooling off because of a variety of changes m Japan's financial system, a study released on Monday said. "A restrictive monetary policy, higher bank capital
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    • 585 27 BRUSSELS After a sixyear race to forge a single market by the end of 1992, the European Community enters its milestone year with its sights already set on bigger challenges beyond. "1992", international byword for the EC's drive to abolish
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  • The Straits Times Money
    • 60 28 MAIN CLO6 Up OnUhch Up On Unch Industrial 55 5 18 30 5 10 Finance 12 0 5 7 13 Hotels 8 0 1 10 1 Properties 9 2 2 7 0 3 Plantations 0 0 0 5 0 3 Mining 0 0 0 10 0 BIW 33 1
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    • 42 28 OCBC Foreign 1080 +30 DBS Foreign 1160 +-20 SPH Foreign 1330 f2O BAT2IC 530 M 5 C4C 575 +15 OUE 830 15 Roth Inds 50C 730 f 15 Semb Shipyard 820 fl5 CMB Packaging 456 +14 DBS 1150 f 10
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    • 409 28 Short-term recovery in property market 'unlikely' THE property market residential and commercial is unlikely to show any shortterm recovery despite the "downright" bullishness of some property consultants, according to Tat Lee Bank Research m a special report on the property sector. The bank said: "We believe such optimism to be
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    • 319 28 NEW YORK Wall Street staged its biggest rally m four months on Monday but the US dollar slumped to a new low against the Japanese yen after the White House said interest rates may yet have room to fall.
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    • 728 28  -  Tan Sung Smaller payouts a result of declining growth and uncertain economic outlook By PRIVATE-SECTOR employees are likely to receive flat to lower bonuses this year, although some m sectors like the shipyards and construction industry can look forward
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    • 417 28  -  Steven Pak By ICI SINGAPORE posted a growth m turnover of over 10 per cent this year to more than $100 million, reflecting strong demand for specialty chemicals and pharmaceuticals. And next year promises to be just as buoyant, notwithstanding expected slower economic growth.
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    • 335 28 Computer programs analyse winning 4D and Toto numbers PUNTERS who feel lucky this holiday season now have a high-tech system to help them assess their winning chances with dream numbers. A local company has developed two user-friendly computer programs to give one's luck "a boost m the winning direction". Mr
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    • 86 28 China's oils climb high Hear talks by Professors and see top-class oil works by The Zhejiang and Jiangxi Masters Prof. Pan Hong Hai Prof Ma Hong Dao (Whose oil paintings are collected by the China Museum of National History) Meet the two master oil artists, and have your portraits painted.
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    • 36 28 ityAnd so this is Christmas. w 17% lJtiEi ttodayy y v^-.y i y.y uciA/CiA/ i it. v "">?^t^^H«s* v^^ 'in'lß H |H I^P^k. WEDNESDAY SKhI. T M^!' ,iiflw.»Lif iii?^^^Br W 'J^K. Vcr >'» T^BI j. L i
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  • Life!
    • 5 1 Life! WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 25, 1991
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      • 2288 1 OVID I A YU'S SHORT STORY SPECIALLY WRITTEN FOR LIFE! OVTDIA YU, 29, has published a Singapore whodunnit, Miss Moor thy Investigates, and is the co-author of Mistress, a collection of experimental plays and short fiction. She has won several awards for writing short stories and plays.
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      • 608 3 When did diamonds first become a girl's best friend and where was insurance invented? MARK HOROWITZ discovers the debut of some everyday things. The writer is an American historian and the author of Stonehenge To Star Wars: Discovering The Present By Exploring The Past THE day may
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        309 3 SHOJI NAKAHARA talks reverently of the rocks that decorate the Japanese garden he carved out of a major London park. "Even rocks are alive. They want to be placed most comfortably m a garden," said the 64-year-old gardener from Kyoto, western Japan. Nakahara, assisted by ten others, spent
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    • Arts & Entertainment
      • 851 4 Barbra Streisand is one of the most powerful women m Hollywood. She acted, produced and starred m her new movie, The Prince Of Tides. But deep down, this 49-year-old woman is a little girl who craves for Mummy's approval. BARBRA STREISAND lays down the ground rules for the
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        323 4  -  Lisa Kong SOMETHING new for the new year. Besides t c regular subscription concert series, the Singapore Symphony Orchestra will be introducing a Music And Literature series next year. Each concert will feature works inspired by an author, for instance, the English poet Byron, or by a single
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      • 751 5 NORMAN YAM sizes up SBC actress Tracer Wong, who is known for her tough-cookie roles and who has landed her first lead role. 4 There is no such thing as a bad or good role. What is important is whether it can give me scope
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      • 943 6 IWa Wa returns to a male-dominated Chinese pop scene with a new album, Pouring Rain, and finds the much-awaited shower a hit with her fans. CHUA CHONG JIN reports. I love to sing. I really do. Fame is a kind of inconvenience you learn
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      • 247 7 BAHASA MELAYU (KEDUA) MENENGAH 3 SINTAKSIS BAHAOIAN A: MENYUSUN AYAT ARAHAN: Tulis semula ayat di bawah mi supaya ringkas dan mudah difahami. Kamu dibolebkan menuliskan ayat kamu sendiri tetapi maksud ayat tersebut hendaklah sama. SOALAN CONTOH: Orang yang mengadili perbicaraan itu akan mengadili perbicaraan seorang pegawai yang bekerja dengan pemerintah
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