The Straits Times, 29 December 1991

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    Lock icon Open U to admit 1,000 in 1993
    780 1  -  Cherian George mj jgh Balloting system will guarantee places for all eligible By Dr Tay named V-Chancellor SENIOR Minister of State for Edoe»tion Tay Eng Sooa has keen named Vlee-Chancellor of the Singapore Open University (SOU). Dr Tay Is ate chalrmaa of the
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  • Article
    Lock icon Accord on new defence plan to replace Soviet army
    473 1 THE four documents signed by the defence ministers cover: Creation of a unified armed force; Setting up of a commonwealth defence structure that will honour all arms agreements signed by the former Soviet Union; Agreement on a military oath for servicemen;
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  • Article
    Boon Yang to be new Labour Minister
    356 1 DR LEE Boon Yang will be the new Minister for Labour from Thursday, the Prime Minister's Office announced yesterday. In a minor ministerial reshuffle, Dr Lee will succeed Mr Lee Yock Suan who will become the new Education Minister. And as announced earlier,
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  • Trends
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      Europe's pendulum swinging to ultra-right
      79 1 WITH communism's demise m Kurope, the political pendulum Is swinging further towards the right the ultra-right. This month's issue of Trends looks at the surge hi the fortunes of the European ultra-right. Other issues In focus: the new urban elite In Singapore, the recent shift
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      114 1 B^BI IM il irv Si^m^MM II! I^BH SUNDAY PLUS A ghost m the Sunday comics 1991: when the news did not happen Top 10 cars of the year Does your name shape you? 50 of the year's worst Guide to 1992's sports highlights PROFILE ii* 1 <^Kj SSwl On the
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      4 1 More stories: Page 8
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      94 1 Letters of parting Tony Tan: Time to step down PM: Don't sever links Page 2 All day and all night, the personal touch of Citibank. dl k^ Only one bank m Singapore mans So for the personal touch of 24-hour their phones 24 hours a day, 7 days a banking,
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  • NEWS FOCUS
    • IN SUMMARY
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        NO-BARGAIN SALES
        63 2 Different overhead ►costs, stock clearing, number of staff and shop These are some of the reasons given by a rtiumber of retailers for the wide price differences for 'some consumer goods on sale. The Consumers' Association of Singapore, .however, advises that the best way to get the best
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        NOISY EATERIES NEXT DOOR
        70 2 Residents of Yishun and Bishan who live near 24-hour eating houses are complaining about the noise they have to put up with. But while some are angry and frustrated about it, 'others accept it as the price for the convenience of ►having a 24-hour food outlet
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      • Article
        FROM CARPARK TO FOOD HALL
        55 2 Sogo International, the owner of Paragon m Orchard Road, has converted about two-thirds of a carpark floor into a food hall following the Government's new rules on carparks. The rules are part of the Government's plans to discourage the use of cars m the central
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        'NO' TO FARES RY CARD
        67 2 Some Singapore Commuter cabbies are reluctant to accept fares by credit card because the scheme, started two weeks ago, allows the taxman to keep track of their earnings. Almost all of the 14 cabbies interviewed also felt the scheme, which allows passengers to pay with
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      • Article
        EQUITY POLICY STAYS — KL
        72 2 EQUITY POLICY STAYS KL Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad assured foreign investors yesterday that the government would continue its existing liberal policy on equity requirements for foreigners m the manufacturing and tourism sectors. He said the policy was intended to help achieve the country reach its desired
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      • Article
        SUBIC MAY BE FREE TRADE ZONE
        45 2 President Corazon Aquino was considering a proposal to convert the US Subic Naval Base into an autonomous free trade zone after the US forces withdraw from the base next year, officials said after meeting the president. Asean, Page 9
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      • Article
        JAPAN'S DEFENCE BUDGET
        56 2 lowest growth rate m 32 years, according to Defence Ministry officials m Tokyo. The 4.55 trillion yen (SssB billion) defence outlay for the year beginning April 1 next year will focus more on improving the living conditions of Japan's 240,000 man armed forces rather than on buying
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        MAOIST REVIVAL IN CHINA
        77 2 China are taking advantage of the residual popularity of the late Chairman Mao Zedong to highlight the "Great Helmsman's" call for a crusade against the West. Under the direction of top ideologue Deng Liqun, the left wing of the Communist Party has reiterated that, far from
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      Tony Tan bows out, but stays on as adviser
      704 2 He will chair committee on funding for varsities DR TONY Tan, who steps down as Education Minister on Thursday, will continue to serve the ministry m an advisory role as chairman of a new University Grants Committee. Announcing this at a
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    • Article
      Japanese firms wined, dined $76 b away, says report
      112 2 TOKYO Japanese companies spent an estimated 5.62 trillion yen (Ss76 billion) on wining, dining and other forms of entertainment m 1990, the government's tax agency said m a report on Friday. The agency drew up its estimate after checking the expense
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    • Article
      What it should have been
      176 2 IN OUR Page 1 report yesterday on the appointments to the Council of Presidential Advisers, we said that under the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore (Amendment) Act 1991, the President must consult the council when he exercises his veto powers on the Government's finances
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    • LETTERS OF PARTING
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      Lock icon Congress plans law to punish nations that curb US exports
      467 3 WASHINGTON Congress will enact legislation punishing Japan and other countries for restricting US exports if President George Bush fails to remove those restrictions after his Asian trip this week, according to a Senate Democrat regarded as a key figure m
      AP; AFP  -  467 words
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      Lock icon US gets tough on Canadian beer and Asian machine tool imports
      340 3 WASHINGTON In what has been described as a "gettough" policy on trade, the Bush administration announced that it planned to impose duties on Canadian beer and would extend some restrictions on imports of machine tools from Taiwan and Japan.
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      Lock icon Algerians stunned by Islamic party win
      541 3 ,hj, mh,h Mew govei imiwiH promises todamaffiatet state wltWn a year ALGIERS Algerians, stunned at the size of an Islamic landslide m a first general election ballot, asked yesterday whether their country would turn into another Muslim fundamentalist state like Iran. The Islamic Salvation
      Reuter; AFP  -  541 words
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      Lock icon Suharto sacks 2 generals over shooting in East Timor
      598 3 JAKARTA Indonesian President Suharto sacked two generals yesterday after holding them responsible for the deaths of about 50 people when troops fired into a crowd of mourners m East Timor last month. Diplomats said that the dismissals of Major-General Sintong Panjaitan
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      Lock icon Bush paid less in taxes by taking advantage of different laws: Report
      324 3 NEW YORK President George Bush has legally avoided paying most US state or local income taxes since assuming office by taking advantage of differing tax laws m the three places where he has residences, according to a report
      Reuter  -  324 words
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      106 2 IMAGES Who's who? Can you tell who's who? They include a clan leader who made a remarkable breakthrough as well as a publiclyacclaimed hero. Another wrote a novel with shocking colloquial language. There is also one who manages a historic building. They all made an impact m their respective areas
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      274 2 Showm over several areas m the afternoon. TEMP. (C) up to 6 a.m. tomorrow. 31 max., 23 mm. SUNSET today: 7.08 pm; SUNRISE tomorrow: 7.06 am. TRAVELLERS' HEATHER Amsterdam 7/9 C Cloudy Madrid 2/15 C Clear Atfceaa 0/7 C Cloudy Maalla 21/30 C Cloudy Aaeklaad %C Meaeew -9/-3 C Cloudy
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      9 3 Give up struggle, Gen Try urges separatists: Page 9
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Tokyo's defence budget growth to be lowest in 32 years
      426 4 Priority is to improve troops' living conditions TOKYO Japan's defence budget for the next fiscal year will increase by 3.8 per cent from the current year, the lowest growth rate m 32 years, according to Defence Ministry officials here. The
      Reuter  -  426 words
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      Lock icon Watanabe again expresses remorse over war
      182 4 TOKYO Japanese Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe has again expressed his country's "remorse" for having started the Pacific war. "Japan expresses its remorse for the Japanese past m which Japan started the Pacific war and expresses its heartfelt sympathies to the many people who suffered
      KWAN WENG KIN  -  182 words
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      Mr Lee 'among Asian leaders who back Japan's proposal to join UN peace-keepers'
      451 4  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Tokyo Correspondent TOKYO Japan's proposal to dispatch troops to United Nations peace-keeping operations had the support of many Asian leaders, including former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe said
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      Lock icon Cambodian groups' military chiefs meet for first time
      577 4 PHNOM PENH Senior military commanders from Phnom Penh's army and the three resistance groups that battled it for 13 years met for the first time yesterday to discuss the United Nations peace plan for Cambodia. The Mixed Military Working Group (MMWG) met
      Reuter; AFP  -  577 words
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      Lock icon Christmas magic helped save us, says pilot of jet which crash-landed
      278 4 Christmas magic helped save us, says pilot of jet which crash-landed STOCKHOLM The pilot of a Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) jet which crash-landed m a field with 129 people on board on Friday said that skill and a little Christmas magic enabled everyone to survive. "I did what I learned and
      Reuter  -  278 words
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      Lock icon Mad cows puzzle New Zealand farmers
      171 4 WELLINGTON Dairy farmers m New Zealand's Taranaki district are trying to find out why their cows frequently go mad, leaping fences, bolting and charging through sheds for no apparent reason. Bedlam has broken out simultaneously on eight adjoining farms six times this month. The
      AFP  -  171 words
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      China's leftists revive Mao's call for anti-West crusade
      382 6 HONGKONG Leftists m China are taking advantage of the residual popularity of Mao Zedong to highlight the "Great Helmsman's" call for a crusade against the West. The Chinese media on Thursday displayed prominently articles and photographs marking the 98th anniversary of Mao's
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      Lock icon Start smoking ban, US hospitals told
      342 6 NEW YORK About five thousand hospitals across the United States, including 560 psychiatric institutions, are under orders from the nations major health-care accrediting body to begin imposing smoking bans from Wednesday. The Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organisations has not ruled that
      AP  -  342 words
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      Lock icon Dissident Chinese journalist on trial for subversion
      209 6 BEIJING A dissident Chinese journalist who was on the most wanted list of prodemocracy activists m 1969 went on trial yesterday on subversion charges. Wu Xuecan, a former editor and reporter on the overseas edition of the People's Daily newspaper, published a mock
      Reuter  -  209 words
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      Lock icon Aussie bushmen take their hats off to maker of the Akubra
      282 6 COLLARENEBRI (Australia) The Australian bushman will not go anywhere without his hat and only one hat is good enough for him the Akubra, aboriginal for head covering. It is essential m a land where temperatures can top 40 deg
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Teaching job for Doi
        89 6 FREED from the responsibility of being opposition leader, the former head of Japan's largest opposition party, Ms Takako Doi, has agreed to be a part-time visiting professor at Ryukoku University m Kyoto. Ms Doi, who was ousted as leader of the Social Democratic Party of Japan
        KWAN WENG KIN  -  89 words
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        Lock icon TV games help Kaifu unwind
        71 6 HOW do prime ministers unwind after a hard day's work? Japanese politician Toshiki Kaifu swears by television games. Mr Kaifu, who stepped down as Prime Minister early last month, revealed last week that he used to play television games m his study after a gruelling
        KWAN WENG KIN  -  71 words
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        Lock icon Anwar falls off horse again
        79 6 FINANCE Minister Datuk Sen Anwar Ibrahim, a keen horseman, was hospitalised after (ailing off his horse the second time m a year at the posh Bukit Kiara Resort on Christmas Day. I His condition was said to be satisfactory. He had bruises on his legs
        KAL MULLAH HASSAN  -  79 words
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        Lock icon Coppola keen on Jackie Chan
        93 6 HONGKONG'S top actor Jackie Chan was reported to have been approached by renowned Hollywood director Francis Ford Coppola to star m an English film. Chan's spokesman said that whether the star would eventually work with the director of the three Godfather films would depend on
        POO CHOY PENG  -  93 words
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        Lock icon Marlene Dietrich turns 90
        99 6 MARLENE Dietrich, the film star who came to symbolise the femme fatale at her most irresistible, turned 90 on Friday m the privacy of her Paris apartment. The star now lives as a virtual recluse m her apartment on the elegant Avenue Montaigne m Paris. Dietrich,
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        Lock icon NIP to return to porn films
        137 6 CICCIOLINA, Italy's controversial parliamentarian who made a fortune m movies, is returning to the private life of a pom star. But Italian voters who elected her five years ago need not worry. Her protege, Moana Pozzi, who has co-starred with her m many hardcore
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      Lock icon Two Koreas move closer to deal on banning N-arms
      505 7 Seoul hoping for agreement within the next few days SEOUL North and South Korean negotiators yesterday moved closer to agreement on banning nuclear weapons from the divided peninsula with the Seoul team saying it was hoping to reach a deal before
      AFP; AP; Reuter  -  505 words
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      Lock icon 6 nurses killed, 28 hurt in Taiwan fire
      157 7 TAIPEI Six nurses were killed and 28 injured m a fire at a hospital dormitory m northern Taiwan yesterday. Police said that they suspected arson. Many residents were asleep when the fire broke out m the four-storey dormitory of the Nanmen Hospital
      Reuter; AP  -  157 words
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      Lock icon Croatian army 'capable of retaking occupied lands'
      428 7 ZAGREB (Yugoslavia) Croatian President Franjo Tudjman said yesterday that his republic's army was growing stronger and would be able to recapture territory lost m six months of war. "Every day, the Croatian army becomes better equipped and more prepared m terms of organisation,
      Reuter; AFP  -  428 words
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      Lock icon Winter monsoon chills Hongkong
      110 7 HONGKONG Hongkongers shivered yesterday as a blustering winter monsoon rolled off the Chinese mainland, pushing temperatures to their lowest levels m li years. Temperatures fell as low as 2.8 deg C m urban areas overnight, rising to 5 deg C m the daytime. Social workers distributed
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      Lock icon Israeli orchestra plays Wagner and stirs discord
      263 7 Israeli orchestra plays Wagner and stirs discord JERUSALEM The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra has brought national discord over the music of Richard Wagner to new heights by giving an unprecedented hour-long rendition of the German composer's works for hundreds of invited guests. Mr Dov Shilansky, a survivor of the Nazi holocaust
      UPI  -  263 words
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      Lock icon Yeltsin quick to move into Gorbachev's office
      584 8 The new Commonwealth MOSCOW Russian President Boris Yeltsin, apparently anxious to move into the Kremlin, took over Mr Mikhail Gorbachev's office on Friday before the former Soviet President had time to clean out his desk, a newspaper reported. The sign identifying the third-floor
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      Lock icon Loyalists and rebel forces in Georgia agree on ceasefire
      416 8 51 killed, 283 injured m week of fighting TBILISI (Georgia) Georgian loyalist and rebel forces agreed on a ceasefire yesterday after a week of fighting killed 51 people and pushed the southern republic close to civil war. The truce was announced
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      Lock icon Obsessed fan of ice-skating champion jailed
      261 8 LOS ANGELES A man who police said sent threatening and obscene letters to Olympic ice-skating champion Katarina Witt and stalked her m Germany was m jail on Friday as she prepared to appear at a Los Angeles arena. A Federal Bureau of Investigation spokesman
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    • COMMONWEALTH BRIEFS
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        Lock icon US preparing to set up missions in new republics
        134 8 WASHINGTON With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the United States is preparing to set up diplomatic missions m several newly independent republics. The Bush administration will send advance teams next month to various capitals to work on establishing embassies as
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        Lock icon Pact with Pyongyang may go
        124 8 SEOUL Russia's ambassador to South Korea hinte< yesterday that his republic may jcrap a friendship ant defence pact signed between the former Soviet Union am North Korea. "In the near future, the Russian Parliament and polit leal leaders will re-consider whether to take over the
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        Lock icon 'No more subsidies' to Cuba
        119 8 MIAMI A prominent Cuban exile group has said it has received assurances from top-level officials of the new Russian government that the era of co-operation with Dr Fidel Castro's Cuba is over. "Prom now on, Russia will enforce a policy towards Cuba to promote freedom
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        Lock icon Sweden expels Soviet envoy
        93 8 STOCKHOLM Sweden has expelled a Soviet Embassy official, apparently (or spying for a country which no longer exists. "The government has received information from the security police that an official of the Soviet Embassy m Stockholm was engaged m activities incompatible with his official task m
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        Lock icon KL to recognise republics
        75 8 ULSAN (South Korea) Prime Minister Datuk Serf Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday that Malaysia would recognise Russia and the other republics of the newly-, founded Commonwealth of Independent States soon. Speaking to Malaysian journalists covering his visit to South Korea, he said that with recognition the
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      Lock icon Debate over whether Dow's rise will extend into new year
      622 8 NEW YORK The US stock market moved further into record territory on Friday as analysts debated whether this week's boom would extend into the new year. Opinion was divided between those who feared that stock prices might collapse if not
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      376 4 At the stroke of twelve, thousands of balloons will be released from the Atrium to usher m the New Year. And they're worth a weekend stay at the Marina Mandarin, if you can guess how many there are. So come join us and toast the New Year with a WILL
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon Don't mark New Year with gunfire, says Aquino
      153 9 MANILA President Corazon Aquino issued an order yesterday warning police, the military and civilians against firing guns into the air on New Year's Day, a traditional practice m the Philippines. She ordered the heads of the military and the national police to
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      Lock icon Manila opts for 18 Israeli jets instead of F-16s
      243 9 MANILA The Philippines wanted to buy 18 Israeli Kflr fighter jets and would scrap plans to buy American Fife because they were too expensive for the cash-strapped country, Manila's* air force chief said yesterday. Major-General Loven Abadia told reporters that the
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      Lock icon Senior Thai police officer gives up to face fraud charges
      195 9 BANGKOK A senior police officer had surrendered to (ace charges of malfeasance and fraud while investigating the theft of millions of dollars of Jewellery belonging to a Saudi prince, police said. Lieutenant-General Chalor Kerdthet, who surrendered on Thursday, maintained his
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      Lock icon Proposal to turn Subic base into free trade zone
      608 9 Aquino studying Bill to attract businesses to redeskjnated region MANILA President Corazon Aquino was considering a proposal to convert the US Subic Naval Base into an autonomous free trade zone after the US forces withdraw from the base next year, officials
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      Lock icon Separatists told: Give up fight for independent state
      369 9 Shooting incident m East Timor JAKARTA Indonesia's military chief General Try Sutrisno has told separatists m East Timor to give up their struggle for an independent state, the Antara news agency reported yesterday. Speaking m the East Timorese capital Dili on Friday,
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      308 9 INTRODUCING THE LIGHTEST CAMCORDER IN RECORDED HISTORY. Wf actual size THE CANON UC-10. H Ever Since Vldeo cameras became required equipment fully automatic operation for speed and ease. I II A I for fun occasions, people' ve been lugging them farther and But that's not all. Add a detachable wireless
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon KL to continue liberal policy on foreign equity
      504 10 Strategy will help Malaysia achieve growth target: Mahathir ULSAN (South Korea) Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad yesterday assured foreign investors that Malaysia would continue its existing liberal policy on equity requirements for foreigners m the manufacturing and tourism sectors to
      Bernama  -  504 words
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      Immigration staff union dismisses malpractices allegation as 'fabrication'
      379 10 THE Peninsular Malaysia Immigration Services Staff Union has dismissed Deputy Home Minister Datuk Megat Junid Megat Ayub's charges of malpractices m the department as a "fabrication". The New Straits Times also quoted union president Abdullah Haji Ismail as saying that the Deputy
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      Umno Youth hands protest note on intrusions to Thai Embassy
      307 10  -  Kalimullah Hassan By KUALA LUMPUR Umno Youth yesterday delivered a strong protest note to the Thai Embassy, objecting to intrusions and a shooting incident involving Thai security forces on the Malaysian side of the border at Padang Besar earlier this
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      Kit Siang to Johor govt: Don't allow wall of temple to be torn down
      220 10 OPPOSITION leader Lim Kit Siang has urged the Johor state government not to allow the local authorities to tear down a wall of a 121-year-old Chinese temple m Johor Baru, according to the Nanyang Siang Pau
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      Lock icon Tokyo has no plans to drop KL from aid scheme
      256 10 JAPAN had no intention to discontinue or stop its Official Development Assistance (ODA) programme to Malaysia, the Japanese Embassy in Kuala Lumpur said on Friday. Some news agencies reported on Dec 24 that Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa had, in
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  • HOME
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      Sales with no bargains
      732 11  -  Elaine Tan Prices differences can be substantial By National Courts Orchid Etoctronics washing $838 $720 machine sale price normal prica NA4SY2H I Pbneer Merdeka I Electrtc I ARsan disc player Trading City $1,099 CLD1590K $1,164 $1,100 sab pries sale price normal price Mitsubishi Mitsubishi CostPlus Federal
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      Airport turns 10 and celebrates it with 550 kids
      255 11 ONE airport and more than 550 children celebrated their 10th birthday together yesterday. The children at the big birthday bash, held at Changi Airport's Terminal 2, were born m December 1961. The 30 who were born on the day of Changi's
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      Boon Heng calls for schools that are not independent but have more autonomy
      503 11 'I remember a time when I used to read old newspapers which were used to wrap fresh food from the market. When my teacher found out about this, he gave me all his newspapers after he had
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      Hand-rung fire alarm bells for Johore Road
      394 12 THE fire-prone Johore Road area now has hand-rung alarm bells and fire extinguishers as a first-line of defence. In case of fire, residents m the area can alerted by the clanging of the bell and get to safety or use the extinguishers to
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      Thousands lend their voices to celebrate launch of Sing S'pore
      327 12 Thousands lend their voices to celebrate launch of Sing S'pore THOUSANDS of Singaporeans serenaded their nation, voices blending with the music at the launch of Sing Singapore '92 last night. And for the shy but enthusiastic ones, rattling bean-filled drink cans and clapping hands was just as fun. The celebratory
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      24-hour eateries: Boon to some, bane to others
      771 13  -  Tan Hsueh Yun Residents complain of late-night noise, but operators say outlets are quiet By k.j.,ghjk 'The noise is worst between 11 pm and 2 am. What's really unbearable is the loud clanking noise the stallholders make when they collect the empty
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    • AROUND THE COURTS
      • Article
        Flower pot lands owner in court
        78 13 A HOUSEWIFE, whose flower pot nearly hit a cleaner when it fell off a make-shift platform outside her 10th storeyflat on Feb 6, was fined $350 yesterday. A district court heard that Wong Suet Lin, 44, had placed the pot on a plank between
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        Myanmar student caught shoplifting
        137 13 A MYANMAR student who stole two bottles of perfume from a store m Marina Square was jailed a day and fined $600 yesterday. A magistrate's court heard that Maung Chit Lwin, 24, a full-time student m a computer course, triggered an antitheft alarm as he left
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        Two remanded at Woodbridge
        98 13 TWO men were separately ordered yesterday to be remanded at Woodbridge Hospital for psychiatric observation. Lim Siong Hoe, 34, allegedly hurt Mr Tan Kwan Chua, a passer-by, when he pushed a refrigerator and a motor down a staircase m Block 158, Mci Ling Street, on Dec
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      Vegetables the natural panacea, says professor from China
      563 13  -  Angelina Teo By THIS Is how Professor Weng uses everyday vegetables and fruits to help common ailments: N0S6 MaadS: Boil kangkongxn water and add rock sugar or honey. Abnormal swatting of the bra— U and liratttrttiS: Wine concoction made from orange juice,
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      Broker fined for false report
      129 13 A FREELANCE broker who made a false report against two customs officers, alleging that they had corruptly obtained $14 from him, was fined $2,000 yesterday. Tan Poh Nguan, 34, made the report against the two officers at the Nee Soon South Neighbourhood Police Post on
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      Housewife robbed at void deck
      149 13 A HOUSEWIFE was robbed of her cash and jewellery at the void deck of Block 624, Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4 on Friday night. Madam Ong Luan, 53, told police that at about 10 pm, someone came up from behind her and pushed her to
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      Hold block parties, Maidin tells Kg Ubi residents
      198 13 IMAGINE a party at your HDB block, either m the open space m front of the block, or m the void deck. Residents gather (or a group photo-taking session before tucking into the food, prepared by themselves, pot-luck style. This could be
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    • Article
      'Aim for close-knit society to take on world uncertainties'
      411 13 'I think there will be many more surprises, many more unexpected turns of events To do that, we have to be closely-knit, working together so that we can react quickly and move fast when the opportunity comes. BGLee. SINGAPOREANS have to
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      Paragon converts part of carpark space into food hall and shops
      522 14  -  Rav Dhaliwal Priemco Land planning similar mfiye for Cairnhill Race B* AT.A time when retailers are complaining of sluggish busine£Q the owner of Paragon has converted part of its carpark Into commercial space. Sago International, the owner of Paragon
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    • Article
      Cinema seating area too close to screen, say disabled
      548 14 'Sitting m the front row is bad enough you'll probably walk out of the cinema with a neck-ache and eye strain. Beyond the front row, it will be almost impossible to see what's on screen.' Wheetehair-oound Gan Boon Leong, 40. 'Making
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      Driver who flung pole down from flat jailed two weeks
      164 14 A LORRY-DRIVER flung a bamboo pole from a rey flat when his woman friend refused to allow him m on Christmas morning. Krishnan Singaram, 30, also damaged the window louvres at the home of Miss Kalai vani Manickam, 21, who
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      Witnesses sought for two accidents on Christmas Eve
      196 14 POLICE are appealing to witnesses to two accidents on Christmas Eve on Jalan Bahar and the Pan-Island Expressway to contact them. Motorcyclist LJm Geok Hoe, 19, sustained head injuries when he hit the curb on Jalan Bahar while heading for Urn Chu
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    • Article
      Cabbies reluctant to accept feres by credit cards
      650 15  -  Sandra Davie Taxman can keep track of earnings, they say By SOME Singapore Commuter cabbies are reluctant to accept fares by credit card because the scheme, started two weeks ago, allows the taxman to keep track of their earnings. Almost all of
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    • Article
      Electrician is S'pore's sixth heart transplant patient
      162 15 A 49- YEAR-OLD PUB electrician is the sixth heart transplant patient m Singapore. The man, whose name has not been disclosed, underwent a three-hour operation at the Singapore General Hospital on Friday night. He was reported to be m a stable condition at
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      Two shophouses lose $40,000 cash to thieves
      118 15 TWO PRE-WAR shophouses along Upper Paya Lebar lost a total of $50,000 m cash and jewellery to thieves. Mr Goh Cheng Liang, 25, the owner of Sin Hua Hock Kee Trading told police that he locked up his shop on Wednesday at about
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      Man killed in head-on collision
      143 15 Man killed in head-on collision A 27-YEAR-OLD self-em-ployed man died on the spot after his van collided head-on with a tour bus early yesterday morning. Police said Mr Mohd Idris Abdullah was driving along Hartley Road towards Upper Serangoon Road at about lam when the accident happened. Bartley Road has
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    • Article
      SAF EXERCISES
      249 15 SAF EXERCISES ARMY: The Singapore Armed Forces will conduct military exercises m LJm Chu Kang, Hong Kan, Marsiling, Mandai, Sembawang, Tampines, Upper Jurong, Jalan Bahar, Kranji, Tuas and Seletar from Bam tomorrow until noon on Saturday. Blanks and thunderflashes will be used. The SAF will also conduct exercises at the
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      Lock icon Heavy downpour floods several areas
      148 15 SEVERAL parts of Singapore were flooded yesterday following heavy rains. Readers from Toa Payoh, Bishan, Jalan Bahagia and other areas called The Straits Times to complain about fast-rising flood waters which went up to knee height. Caught m one of the flooded areas were these
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  • PROFILE
    • The Sunday Times
      • Article
        Face reality: warts and all
        318 16 PROPELLED by affluence, an increasing number of Singaporeans are going m for facial surgeor. Whether it is giving a lift to their mid faces or filling out their cheeks or improving their chins or skin, the- idea is to look better. Sometimes, the intention is
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      • Article
        25 YEARS AGO
        111 16 What The Straits Times WASHINGTON China has taken a giant new step towards the development of the hydrogen bomb, the Atomic Energy Commission announced here yesterday. Analysis of air-borne debris from the fifth Chi- nese nuclear test four days ago showed that thermonuclear material such as Uranium-238
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      Is this the face of a mandarin?
      1249 16 Tipped to be the next National Development Minister. UM HNG KIANG says he has simple tastes He could have stayed m the 'safety and comfort' of the civil service. But he chose to cross over to the make-or-break world of S?^™^^ 11 1
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      193 16 IWrtribet fr^jj 1 1* <* V 4^l H "vOitNW *^SlSTl]mL** X aTfwlSi^rtefes to choose from- i|^^^n n\ A\st WPS^Lwfll BfP JM F I I^^K^^, Sm ke Cam P^ Duck, Sudding Pig, Shark's Fins Soup, i^W^RSBP9NSM O W* W 'l^a* Bßie !?i^l^» Vi IV M'J l-r> 1,., l^S» Hors D'Oeuvres, Grilled
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  • VIEWPOINTS
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      'You win but you don't win fair'
      969 17  -  Russell Heng By all means let the PAP warn voters that they must live with what they voted for. But that lesson should go no further than for the party to stop servicing opposition wards. AT THE risk of sounding discursive, the Government's
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      Prejudice does not exist only in the Western media
      791 17  -  Raymond Lim Are some of Asia's government-controlled newspapers any better at reporting events objectively? On, say Tiananmen, would one believe Reuters or the Xinhua news agency? PREJUDICE m news report on Asia does not depend on the pigmentation of a Journalist's
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    • Article
      GP may be better than GNP or GDP
      857 17  -  Chan Hwa Loon Like GNP, GP will reflect the overseas income of Singapore companies. But unlike GNP, the income remitted by foreign firms operating here is not thrown out of GP. IN MARCH, Finance Minister Richard Hu suggested m a televised panel
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    • Article
      Downwards, upwards, forwards, backwards
      458 17  -  K.F.Tang ,nmj,h jg J^L ,nhghrd TODAY is the last Sunday of 1991, a year the likes of which will not be repeated for another 11 years. 1991, like 2002 11 years later and 1881 110 years before, is a palindromic year. A palindrome is a number,
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      356 17 ■fif Celebrate The Season In The Finest Oriental Tradition. Celebrate a traditional New Year: one m the Oriental tradition. Giving the finest Eastern touch to New Year Western traditions, The Oriental's festivities will be unique and elegant. Certainly m the spirit of the season, and always m the spirit of
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  • ANALYSIS
    • Article, Illustration
      Lock icon AIDS IN ASIA
      2543 18 With Singapore's media blitz against Aids m full swing, how is the rest of Asia coping with the disease? In China, it is not uncommon to see hundreds lined up for blood-type testing by a nurse who pricks each person with a needle, pausing only to wipe
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  • SPORT
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      Soldiers banking on discipline, fitness, teamwork
      862 19 Countdown to soccer's Premier League, starting on Saturday: Focus on Singapore Armed Forces Sports Association [FACT FILE I Formed: 1968. Home ground: Tampines Stadium. Team manager: Edward Silas. Coach: Vincent Subramaniam. Sponsors: Puma. Premier League record 1W8: Fifth, President's Cup runner-up. 1981: Sixth. ltM:
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      Lock icon India almost certain to lose Second Test
      614 19 CRICKET I SCOREBOARD 1 India Mum 263 (K M*r» tn B ReW Ml) Australia Istlaas (Overnight: 215-5. D Jones 59) G. Mini c Vengsarkar b Dev 86 I. Healy lbw Dev GO P. TayUr c More b Prabhakar 11 M. HtthM c Tendulkar
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    • Article
      Lock icon Botham hints at a possible 'set up' in drugs mystery
      259 19 BOURNEMOUTH (England) England all-round-er lan Botham hinted here on Friday that he had been set up after the discovery of drugs at a house he has been renting. A "suspicious substance", believed to be cannabis, was found m the cricketer's
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      Lock icon It's soccer, soccer and only soccer for dedicated Ramoo -and he loves it
      436 19  -  Tharmaretnam Ramoo FOCUS: SINGAPORE Armed Forces Sports Association's defender Tharmaretnam Ramoo cannot wait for the the Football Association of Singapore to launch its professional league. The 21-year-old Singapore Barcelona pre-Olympic squad vice-captain is so bent on making
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
      • Article
        Olympiakos ordered to settle debt
        80 21 A Pireaus court on Friday ordered top Greek soccer club Olympiakos to settle a US$7.5 million (sl2.4million) debt with Dynamo Kiev for the transfer of Ukranians Oleg Protasov and Gennady Utovchenko. The court ruled m favour of Dynamo, which had requested the confiscation of Olympiakos'
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        Sri Lankan double
        75 21 Sri Lanka won both the men's and women's sprint titles at the South Asian Federation Games on Friday. In the men's 100 metres, Sriyantha Dissanayake beat the previous Games winner and current record holder R A. Natarajan, of India, to win m 10.78 sec. Damayanthi Darsha, 16,
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        Czechs in narrow win
        44 21 World No 8 Karel Novacek steered Czechoslovakia to a 2-1 victory over outsider Japan on the first day of the Hopman Cup team tennis tournament on Friday. Novacek and Helena Sukova, the fifth seeds, clinched the deciding mixed doubles $-2,6-4.
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        Final match for Blanco
        48 21 French rugby union maestro Serge Blanco marked his final appearance m England with a dazzling display on Friday as the Barbarians beat Leicester 29-21 m the annual Christmas holiday fixture. The record-breaking fullback inspired a series of moves to help lift the combined side.
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        Cancer kills judoka, 25,
        56 21 Five-time European Judo Cup winner and Olympic hopeful Jean-Louis Geymond died Friday of cancer, his club said. He was 25. Born m the northern French city of Bou-logne-Sur-Mer, Geymond joined the club US Orleans m 1964. He won his first medal m 1984, finishing third m
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        Coach gets the sack
        60 21 Richard Williamson was fired as coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Friday m a move that was expected after the National Football League club finished with a 3-13 record. Bill Parcells, who left coaching after leading the New York Giants to a Super Bowl victory
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        Fondmetal's second driver
        46 21 Italian racing team Fondmetal on Friday named Andrea Chiesa as the squad's second driver alongside Gabriele Tarquini for the 1992 Formula One season. Chiesa, 27, from Lugano, Switzerland, will be making his Fl debut after four years and one victory m Formula 3000.
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        Wild card for Ivanisevic
        34 21 Goran Ivanisevic, of Croatia, has been given a wild card entry into next week's Australian Hardcourt tennis championships. Ivanisevic, ranked 16th m the world, has been named the top seed.
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        Russian boat arrives
        61 21 The first-ever America's Cup boat from Russia arrived m San Diego on Friday after a 10-day air odyssey but still had no guarantee it would be allowed to compete for yachting's most prestigious trophy. The Age of Russia syndicate's boat had been sent back to Russia from
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        O'Sullivan to return home
        33 21 Chris O'Sullivan, the Australian rugby player forced to quit as player-coach of British First Division straggler Swinton because it could not afford to pay him, is to return home.
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      Heavens open up, golf courses close down
      807 21 GOLF fanatics will long remember Dec 23 the day when all the courses m Singapore had to be closed because of heavy rain. The heavens really opened on the 22nd and the Meteorological Office recorded 123.1 mm of rain for the 24--hour period
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      Helicopter called out to save Skins game
      193 21 CALL out the air force: That was the command given when rain threatened the Skins game at the Royal Hongkong Golf Gub three years ago. The organisers, who had spent enormous sums to get world-class golfers such Ken Green, Mark McNulty and Howard
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      Staff also look for sunshine
      317 21 IF GOLF addicts feel that they are the only ones praying for the rain to stop and for the sun to come out again, they are wrong. Gub officials and staff also cannot wait for the siren to sound for play to resume. Said one
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      Rain fails to stop footballers
      198 21 Rain fails to stop footballers IT TAKES more than persistent rain to stop Singaporeans from indulging la their favourite sport: soccer. Statistics Issued by the Singapore Sports Council show no discernible decrease In the number of bookings for Its soccer pitches during tills wet, wet month. The «25 bookings Is
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      Lock icon Gazza transfer saga goes on and on and on
      637 21 hf yfh SOCCER LONDON Imagine a soap opera about a talented but highly-strung English soccer star who has not kicked a ball for seven months because of injury yet is set to enjoy a millionaire lifestyle playing for a rich Italian
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      Lock icon Sailors in a storm as race is abandoned
      480 22  -  Shirlynn Ho Anchor Beer Singapore Open Boardsailing Championships By THE Anchor Beer Singapore Open Boardsailing Championships spluttered to a less than ideal start when the first race of its programme was called off after more than half the race was completed. After
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      870 22 BASKETBALL NBA: Nets 136 Hornets 120, Rockets 107 Bullets 100, Cavaliers 103 Spurs 97. Pistons 106 Magic 94, Warriors 106 Minnesota Tlmberwolves 102 (OT), Celtics 110 Supersonic* 87. CRICKET M tf 4-* ay Smtk AMeu Castle Cap -Ih Jilwnssr g i Transvaal 227 (E. Baptiste 80, R.
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      To achieve success, learn how to achieve
      1015 27 SNOC supremo Dr Yeo Ning Hong's Sea Games post-mortem left many National Sports Associations m no doubt that there is a great deal of room for improvement. Hakikat Rai reports on their reactions, what can be learnt from the success stories, what went
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      Two thrive on enlightenment and dedication
      776 27 jghdf hgf SINGAPOREANS can always count on water polo and squash to ease the gloom when the rest of local sport Is In turmoil. The national men's and women's squash teams picked up all four South-east Asia Games gold medals at stake m Manila,
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      New home spells hope
      129 27 ARCHERY ARCHERY is already looking towards a new home at Gloucester Barracks next year, thanks to the generosity of the Singapore Sports Council. Said BUI Wee, Archery Assoolatlon «f Singapore president: "Our problem basically Is finance and facilities. "Oar shooters lack proper training, exposure and competitions.
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      Inexact method and absence of names mars report card
      647 27  -  Jules Carter COMMENT By THERE is always a danger when using simplistic statistics that the true picture is not given. In Dr Yeo Ning Hong's report card the overall view might be clouded, primarily, because of an inexact method of calculation.
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      Pro managers, semi-pro set-up in the pipeline
      267 27 VOLLEYBALL k i k^^At 1 b^^ s^^ y lW^^^iS v^ I Z ■j^Vi A B »fil^^»i.i w l^^FzM M m l^^B_MX!^t*B-Z»jJ-B-3JJJ^JAJj^j^JJ-S^^^^^^L^j-kJJJjA^AA^BAS^EAEXSXs4Ji^^£^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^M^3 VOLLEYBALL, 27th on Dr Yeo's list, was hit badly because until last year, it did not have a truly national side. It
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      Training schemes should mean better prospects
      230 27 BASKETBALL BASKETBALL was also dumped among the losers although the national men's side is ranked among the top 10 teams on the continent following this year's Asian Championships. It was plagued by short and unfit players; not being able to get time-off for its
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      Training overhaul on the way
      389 27 ATHLETICS JAMES WONG, that man-mountain of Singapore track and field, could do precious little m Manila to bail out the sport which once produced Asian champions like Ng Liang Chiang, C. Kunalan and Chee Swee Lee. The broad-shouldered American-trained Wong, 22, was expected to feature
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  • RACING
    • Article
      Oo increases lead
      357 20 Clapperton needs at least a double to snare title PENANG RACING FOUR-DIGIT DRAW P»c 28 1991 FIRST 5028 SECOND 6641 THIRD 9835 STARTERS 9928 6065 8940 5329 4112 7159 3925 6092 0299 5568 CONSOLATIONS 7993 3638 0485 3235 6864 2189 0484 9959 3296 8443 TWO days to
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      Lock icon Jockey dies in hurdle fall
      263 20 mg jh yr ENGLISH RACING LONDON British Jockey Philip Barnard died In a Bristol hoepital en Friday, U hears after being severely injured In a race fall. The unmarried Barnard, 24, was riding Sayynre In a handicap hurdle at Wlncanton In western England when the
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      PENANG STEWARDS' REPORT
      844 20 RACE 1: The going was rated as yielding. Natar«J BloMie (Gopal) was passed fit to race at the barriers. On lumping, Joyfil Day (Sairi) and Silver Spray 111 (Clapperton) bumped. Bad (Ow Yang), restless m his stall, Jumped awkwardly. Near the 600 m, Oar Brave Her* (Lam)
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      603 20 1 YESTERDAYS PENANG RACING RESULTS RACEI RES TEAMS DIV 3 1,400 m RACE 4 RES TERMS DIV 1 1,400 m SSL'PJ^JJcV 5307^ (1) 3 2 1 1 FWThTUUY YOURS 55 (268) Rank (1) 5 5 1 1 S?iSM??ieV» (7) 2 l 2 10 HALL OP FAME VI 50 (14-9). Ctapptrton
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      2549 20 I TODAY'S PENANG RACING GUIDE Going foreca«t: Good I lifi^dr*™"™ ahra-ttMflm-UI 18 *<; a^Sf^Kfcz: "a Si Slakes $20 000 !5 2J22 55?*"* < 4|U LjmHiroZl *■"■«> JM» 35 i >»cawßio«^_iL -as si i 5 (s t*^*} ZZZZ3SS 4 7-0-8 Star Star 1 2 (4nzg Cheah-Rapido) itaaiy 53 5 W **H*
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam
      360 22 850 Deaths 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam WEE QOH SCNQ aiu a l« M Ah tann ■NOT W^W IW •VTl^ Mi Ha HWI tlHto* WHmWMToekLIu OupMiiii Lind» Wm Shunf Chlnf OMU Wee Shung Ylnff •mwWn Shan Ting •••♦-iii-tow-Chuani Shaw Boon Chuang Xim Qlan ltrniH/ Is lytnt
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  • ISERS Trends
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      Europe's rising racist tide
      1063 23  -  Malcolm H. Murfett By Former French President Giscard d'Estaing imperiously suggested that m future French nationality should be conferred only upon those who had a blood right to be so honoured. AS COMMUNISM RETREATS m disarray from the European stage, the continent is now becoming prey
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      The legacy of Syonan
      1265 23  -  Gerald Jordan By ON FEB 15, 1942, Lieutenant-General A. E. Percival surrendered the island fortress of Singapore to Japanese forces under the command of Lieutenant-General Yamashita Tomoyuki. It was, m the words of Winston Churchill, "the worst disaster and largest capitulation m British history". The story
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      Creating a new urban elite for Singapore
      1541 24  - Creating a new urban elite for Singapore Toh Thian Ser By It may become more important to focus on our cosmopolitan nature rather than on differences m ethnicity. This does not mean that ethnic traditions and values are ignored. Rather, that they are developed within the context of a cosmopolitan
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      President Bush to deliver Singapore Lecture
      326 24 President Bush to deliver Singapore Lecture HIS EXCELLENCY MR GEORGE Bush, President of the United States of America, will deliver the next Singapore Lecture, on Jan 4, 1992, at the Raffles Ballroom, The Westin Hotels. Held regularly since 1980, the Lecture is organised by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
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      286 24 [Trends lEdlters-ln-chfef S. Rajaratnam K. S. Sandhu Edlter Derek da Cunha Assistant Edttw Pang Yin Wah Sub-Editor Sumita Sen-Gupta IlaterMttoMl JUMttry CMMIttM 4 Jose V. Abueva (Philippines) Stephen FitzGeraid (Australia) Tommy T. B. Koh (Singapore) Mochtar Kusuma-Atmadja (Indonesia) Seiji Naya (USA) Kazuo Nukazawa (Japan) Sukhumbhand Paribatra (Thailand) I Mokhzani bin
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      Asean bows to the imperatives of a free trade area
      1875 25  - Asean bows to the imperatives of a free trade area Sree Kumar By AFTA must be viewed as a learning ground for Asean member countries which wish to become global players. The issue is whether each country is structurally attuned to the rules of the game. THE DOMINANT THEME IN
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      Historical basis of the military in Indonesian politics
      237 25 THE MILITARY HAS LONG dominated the political scene m Indonesia. The origins of how this dominance came about and the reasons for it are subjects of a new work just published by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS). Genesis of Power:
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      Vietnam and Asean From enmity to co-operation
      1303 26  - Vietnam and Asean From enmity to co-operation Frank Frost. By Vietnam's policy re-orientation towards economic reform and wide-ranging foreign relations has created a basis for common approaches and interests with Asean that has not been present before. THE RECENT VISIT BY Premier Vo Van Kiet to Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore
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      On the threshold of a new era
      739 26  -  Derek da Cunha By IF THE EVENTS OF 1991 SERVED any purpose it was probably to confirm to all that the Cold War was well and truly dead, and that the United States had become the pre-eminent superpower. Rather than ushering m unrestrained
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      216 26 The Sunday Times I I APPOjNTMENTS/NOTICES K.^'l^H I^^ I r"^ 1 O£CFMBER 1991- TEeRUARY 1992 $5 00 A^^F^-^B^ r I kerjaya balfour beatty Reauirecl For I What your child t I CEMENTATION SDN BHD «w»|*.m wm »wi i a bb« f Tiiut y ytu ULiivt K^ > a AjL A
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  • The Sunday Times Sportsfront
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      Lock icon Ahmad outshines Geylang mates with two goals
      512 28  -  Joe Dorai National Players Welfare Fund soccer match GEYLANG 2 SAFSA 0 By NATIONAL team discard Ahmad Ibrahim stole the thunder from his star-studded Geylang International team-mates with two superb goals at Jalan Besar Stadium last night. His second-half goals gave Geylang, which
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      Leeds v Man United war starts today
      380 28 ENGLISH PREVIEW Leeds v Manchester United LEEDS Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson on Friday ruled out a two-horse race for the English Football League title as his side prepared for the first of three home matches m 11 days against Manchester United today.
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      Coca-Cola/The Sunday Times sports awards relaunched
      409 28 AFTER a three-year break, the CocaCola/The Sunday Times Sporting Achievement of the Month award scheme, which recognises top sports performances, has been relaunched. And the scheme, appropriately renamed "Coca-Cola/Sunday Times Singapore Sports Stars" award, will be bigger and better to keep m tandem with
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      Make a date with our 1992 Sports Calendar in Sunday Plus
      88 28 MAKE a date with the lfK Sports Calendar on pages 12 and 13 of your Sunday Plus today. All the important local aid foreign dates can be found for a year m which both the Summer and Winter Olympics
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    • The LATE NEWS
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        McColgan ends triumphant year on winning note
        70 28 Britain's world 10,000 metres champion Liz McColgan sealed a momentous year with a crushing victory m a tough cross country race m Beamish, England, yesterday. The Scot, who also won the New York Marathon last month, took the 5,000 m County Durham International
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        Pakistan cricket star dies
        45 28 Pakistan fast-medium bowler Mahmood Hussain, who helped his country to its first-ever Test cricket victory over England at The Oval m 1954 when he took 4-58 m the first innings, has died m a London hospital at the age of 59.
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      Maradona on the move
      122 28 BUENOS AIRES Disgraced Diego Maradona plans to leave Argentina la March to live m taer roan try. The former Matt— ml team captain, banned from soccer for takfng dregs and found guilty la Italy of drag trafficking, would not My where he Is going. He criticised
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        769 1 g% 50 bites 1% 4% Sporting 4% M The top Can your fM £%A ghost m Climb M Get stoned Mo§ TV and W% of the worst calendar ]&m^L 10 cars m name influence the Sunday m^ that for Lunar New m I radio %JFinnews for 1992 mmTW of 1991
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        Lock icon 1991
        1578 2 WHEN THE BIG STORIES WERE WHAT DID NOT HAPPEN AROUND this time, newspapers all over the world pick the 10 greatest events that happened during the year m passing. But 1991 is rather peculiar because important news were also things that did not happen. Well may it be said
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        A dress with no name
        697 3 A dress with no name As the anti-label lobby catches on overseas, EVELYN YAP sounds out the local luxury and designer market on how Singaporeans will take t0... WOMEN are shrugging off the disease they caught hi the 1960s called "labelitis". In that brand-conscious decade, the fashionable went after Designer-every-thing
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        Shipshape secrets
        881 4 EDDY KOH tracks down the street that meets all your /oje/?-making needs for Lunar New Year 1 FOODWATCH Instead of steamboat dinner, try cooking at the table on a hot stone SEIZED by a sudden urge to put grandmother's secret kueh bangkit (coconut cookies) recipe to good use
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        One in a Thousand dressings
        466 4  -  LEE GEOK BOI A MATTER OF TASTE THINK salad dressing and most people are likely to reach for Thousand Island. And chances are, it would be Kraft. For many, the flavour of Kraft Thousand Island seems to define what Thousand Island should be. Despite it
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        The good, the bad and the real stuff
        572 5 The good, the bad and the real stuff MARGARET CHAN sizes up the restaurant scene for the *****, MICKEY CHIANG looks at 10-food trends over the decade SURVEYING the local food scene brings on a mixture of excitement and dread. As the decade proceeds, more Hongkongers are expected to come
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        Ride the next wave to food paradise
        578 5 LOOKING back at 1991, I think it can safely be said that 10-f oodles m Singapore have never had it so good. It did not all happen this year, of course. In (act it happened long before this. I see it as having
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        THIS WEEKS SPECIALS
        106 5 Karaoke New Year CONCORDE EVENT HALL, C#m*rde H«tel: man USHER m the New Year with a karaoke, dinner and dance. Start with a grand buffet, which includes smoked turkey, then join m the singing and and dance the night away. Later, Join m the countdown to the
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        145 5 CHE MARRIAGE W^^^^fl^^^^^^i^^^^^^M OF TRUE MINDS M The special day when you walk *^4*> Wj-.^- A down the aisle with your beloved HR. A is a day to be remembered. v •'s Jl What better way than to do it ">V;- 1 >• <£"*''\' '".M ■'^B lavishly at Paramount Chinese
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        108 5 Yomeish* AteacntQL In the teachers' common room Miss Ng, I don f t feel You should I I very well today. Can you take the day I I please take my class? off to rest. J I used to feel weak too. j Until I started taking It helps to
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        At 3 am, we attacked
        1208 6 At 3 am, we attacked Climbing Mt Kinabalu is relatively easy but catching the sunrise from its peak requires a bit more effort an early wake-up call, says MAGDALENE LUM 1 HOLIDAY LINE MOUNT KINABALU. The name of the highest mountain m South-east Asia makes me recall an old friend,
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        Lock icon Radio 'like someone to talk to'
        857 7 Radio 'like someone to talk to' More and more lonely senior citizens m Japan are finding solace m late-night radio programmes LATE-NIGHT radio programmes originally targeted at young people who stay up late and drivers are getting increasingly popular with older Japanese who say the programmes offer them great comfort
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        Ray: Living up to her name?
        473 7  -  RAY CLANCY By A RAY of sunshine was responsible. The beam of light which shone through the maternity ward window and those infernal words from the doctor: "Mrs Clancy, there is a ray of hope," labelled me with a man's name. Now, psychologists are
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        50 bites of the year's worst news
        2389 8 The Sunday Times entertainment team dived into the files for this list of 1991's annoying, appalling and alarming people, places and things IWh« to killing »ur national dmttmef When the time-based charging system 'or telephone calls came into operation on Dec 1, a
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        New guys in toon town
        1219 10 New guys in toon town They are a motley bunch who will regale Sunday Times readers with new comic strips, including a cockroach which loves health food. Here is a look at the MORE space will be given to local strips m The Sunday Times comics pages next year. The
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        1020 11 HIGHLIGHTS F .^tk V] WORLD OP _^ik Ml SPORT (SBC 5, 1' y 11.30 am). A round- V 1 up tne y ear s greatest as well as Bf bPtt^ J disappointing mo- i 1 Wm&L I ments m sports on Mr" I the local and interk rfw »~^tf I
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        848 11 HIGHLIGHTS CHARLEY'S AUNT Today, BBC, 9 m Walter Thomas' 1892 play about Jack and Charley's attempts to woo their girlfriends by asking their friend Babbs to impersonate Char ley's aunt and chaperone. MIXED MARRIAGES IN SINGAPORE Today, Radb 1, 7.30pm Personal views of individuals who have spouses from a different
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      1992 CALENDER OF SPORTING EVENTS
      1259 12 1992 CALENDER OF SPORTING EVENTS J -mm jfm&wiln femV mlSWrnl IftS 4ml /L -fCtll WINTER OLYMPIC II 1011 l Albertville, Feb 8-23 ORth SUMMER OLYMP albertville 92 Barcelona, July 25-Aui 099 Barcelona > S^^' p. 099 Compiled by The Straits Times Sports Desk (mi 4 Soccer: Premier League tarts. I
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        Be cool, eat a cucumber
        792 15  -  CHEW TSE NGEE LEISURE WATCH THEY ate grapes, cucumbers and tomatoes produce from the west, loved western music and dances, and even wore occidental clothes like boots and pants. A description of an eastern lifestyle several decades ago? Hardly, these were the preferences of westernised
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        1592 15 Art to the island apply. Till March 31. Worts By Ting Sfcao Kuang. From bprtssfan On Fabrics. Over Chma. Today: 10 am to 5 pm. Mon P*** of fabric embroidery, days to Saturdays: 10 am to 7pm beadwork and quilts from Gujerat Notices: The Gallery, Hilton Hotel state Weekends: 10
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