The Straits Times, 14 February 1993

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    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 2950 55 CENTS MITA (P) 528/12/92
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    GST: Govt to be tough on traders who raise prices
    864 1 GST: Govt to be tough on traders who raise prices Don't levy GST on service, conservancy charges: Dr Ong DO NOT levy the proposed Goods and Services Tax on service and conservancy charges, suggested Dr Ong Chit Chung, head of the People's Action Party town councils, last night. He said
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    Lock icon Japan wants US to keep strong military presence in Asia: Minister
    442 1 WASHINGTON Japanese Foreign Minister Michio Watanabe has said that his country wants the United States to retain a strong military presence in Asia to help deter potential aggression and maintain stability. In meetings in Washington dominated by friction over
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    Lethal pin in Malay museum collection
    265 1 A DAINTY kris worn modestly as a hairpin by Javanese women 700 years ago was actually a lethal self-defence weapon for it was dipped in poison. The kn's, which has been passed down through several generations of Mr Ahmad Shamsudin's family, is among 400
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Govt likely to foot 95% of cost of interim upgrading
      308 2 Residents to pay nothing; all wards to benefit THE Government is likely to foot 95 per cent of the cost of interim mini upgrading projects that an MP proposed recently for housing estates which are 10 to 15 years old.
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      Lock icon US trade coalition wants 7 nations cited as copyright violators
      354 2 WASHINGTON A coalition of US trade groups has asked the Clinton administration to cite seven nations as violators of US copyright laws and urged prompt action against two of them Thailand and Taiwan if they failed to correct shortcomings. Also
      Reuter  -  354 words
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      Lock icon Chinese Parliament to discuss range of proposals
      492 2 Market-style economy, leadership reshuffle on agenda of next month's session BEIJING China's Parliament will open its annual session on March 15 to discuss a range of proposals which include fixing market-style economic policies into the country's Constitution and a possible reshuffle of top
      Reuter; UPI; AFP  -  492 words
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      Marine Police now called Police Coast Guard to reflect new role
      441 2 THE Marine Felice is now known as the F'olice Coast Guard (PCG) to reflect its higher profile in protecting Singapore's sea lanes. In an inauguration ceremony yesterday, the guest-of-honour, Home Affairs and Law Minister Professor S. Jayakumar, said that
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      Lock icon A PUCKER FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
      53 2 w A simple "thank you was not enough for Polish Finance Minister Jerzy Osiatynski as he kisses the hand of Prime Minister Hanna Suchocka after Parliament passed its 1993 Budget. The Prime Minister had threatened the government's resignation if the Polish Budget was not
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      Human cargo case: Three officers of Galahad charged
      515 3 THRKE crew members of the cargo ship Galahad (Solas), which was detained here last month after more than 100 illegal Chinese migrants were found on board, were charged in court yesterday. Two men will have their cases mentioned on Feb 22, whtte
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      Lock icon 500 Chinese illegals let off ship to receive medical care
      361 3 SAN FRANCISCO More than 500 Chinese passengers who have spent six weeks in the hold of a cargo ship in a bid to enter the United States illegally have been granted permission to enter the Marshall Islands for medical care
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      Lock icon Detained ship: S'porean charterer decides not to meet Hongkong authorities
      852 3  -  Ravi Veloo Mary Kwana By in Singapore and in Hongkong THE Singaporean charterer of a ship held by Hongkong authorities on suspicion of in volvement in smuggling Chinese illegal migrants has changed his mind about going to Hongkong to face
      South China Morning Post  -  852 words
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      485 2 IN SUMMARY EXTREMELY PRODUCTIVE VISIT: Philippine Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo yesterday said the three-day state visit of President Fidel Ramos had been "extremely productive" for members of the delegation. "On the whole, it has been a worthwhile trip," he said. Home, Page 17 BANE OF POWER SHORTAGE: The series of
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Drug industry profiting at children's expense, says Clinton
      729 4 'Our nation is the only industrialised nation in the entire world that does not guarantee childhood vaccination for all children. It ought to be like clean water and clean air. It ought to be a part of the fabric of our life.'
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      Lock icon Powell reveals his plans for a post-Cold War military
      557 4 General suggests consolidating US-based forces WASHINGTON The chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff has unveiled a plan for a post-Cold War military that calls for consolidating all US-based forces to better meet crises at home and United Nations
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      Lock icon HK poll shows public support for Patten weakening
      340 4 HONGKONG Public support for Hongkong Governor Chris Patten was weakening, but most still barked the dem-ocratic-reform proposals that had locked the territory in confrontation with China, poll results showed yesterday. In surveys conducted for the Sing Tao Daily, 52.2 per cent of
      Reuter  -  340 words
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      Lock icon Khmer Rouge to hold UN responsible if civil war breaks out after polls
      479 6 Election will legitimise Vietnamese occupation of Cambodia, says group PHNOM PENH The Khmer Rouge yesterday warned that it would hold the United Nations responsible for the consequences if elections were held in an unfair environment in Cambodia,
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      Lock icon Give Owada family a break, palace tells media
      441 6 TV) stations agreeable to request but nrjt magazines TOtfYQ Only one month after. the end of a controversial :Wack out on news coverage'.Ql Crown Prince Naruhito> search for a bride, palacetlfficials have asked the media to stop the aggressive reporting from outside
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      Lock icon Call for 'sexist' Canadian minister's resignation
      305 6 Call for 'sexist' Canadian minister's resignation OTTAWA Women members of the Canadian Parliament have called for the resignation of Fisheries Minister John Crosbie over a speech in which he made" jokes about sexual harassment. Mr Crosbie, known for his belligerent style of politics both inside the House and outside, on
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    • PEOPLE
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        KL minister to cut album
        89 6  -  ISMAIL KASSIM MALAYSIAN Information Minister Datuk Mohamed Rahmat, whose passion for singing is well-known, is all set to make history as the first politician to release an album. Popularly known as Tok Mat, he said that he was not doing it for money. "It is
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        Pay first: HK official rapped
        104 6  -  MARYKWANG HONGKONG Treasury Secretary Yeung Kai-yin's unique solution to an unusual expenditure problem has come under fire from legislators. To overcome underspending in public works, he approved plans to pay contractors for work which they had not yet carried out. The payments would be based
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        No takers for Sudomo bet
        113 6  -  PAUL JACOB IMMIM.M Co-ordinating Minister for Political and Security Affairs Admiral (Retired) Sudomo found no takers when he recently called for bets on who would serve in the Cabinet after next month's presidential election. Adm Sudomo did not offer suggestions himself but he recalled a
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        Rebutting letter for letter
        78 6  -  REGINALD CHUA TAKING on one of the country's largest institutions the Catholic Church has not fazed Philippine Health Secretary Juan Flavier, who keeps in good cheer by reaching into his storehouse of somewhat corny quips. He brushes aside strong Church condemnation of his drive to encourage
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      Lock icon Overseas Vietnamese urged to return home
      355 7 Hanoi ready to overlook their past in bid to woo skilled workers HANOI Vietnamese Premier Vo Van Kiet has appealed to members of the two-million-strong overseas Vietnamese community to bring their expertise and capital back to Vietnam, saying they would be welcomed "no matter
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      Lock icon Shan rebels killed 61 in village massacre, says Myanmar radio
      303 7 BANGKOK Myanmar's state radio has said that 61 Myanmar people, including 21 children, were killed in an attack on a village by Shan insurgents. The official radio station of Myanmar's ruling generals, monitored in Bangkok, on Friday said 300 Shan
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      Lock icon Multinational force to replace bulk of American troops in Somalia
      314 7 WASHINGTON United Nations Secretary-General Boutros Ghali is finalising a plan to bring most United States troops home from Somalia by early April and replace them with a multinational corps of 15,000 to 20,000 soldiers under the command of a Turkish
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      Lock icon Colombia, Mexico aod Venezuela to drop trade barriers by end of year
      413 8 CARACAS The presidents of Mexico. Colombia and Venezuela have agreed to knock down trade barriers by the end of this year, as a step towards their goal of a hemispheric free-trade zone, Venezuelan President Carlos Andres Perez has
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      Lock icon Court annuls nan on communist coalition
      349 8 MOSCOW Russia's Constitutional Court has annulled a decree issued last October by President Boris Yeltsin ordering the hardline communist National Salvation Front banned, according to the Interfax news agency. The court ruled on Friday that the decree outlawing the coalition of conservatives and nationalists
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      Lock icon Rampant graft and crime add to Yeltsin's woes
      442 8 MOSCOW President Boris Yeltsin, beset with a political and economic crisis, has said that corruption and crime were corroding the Russian state from top to bottom. Declaring war on organised crime on Friday, he said such networks had used Russia's economic and
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      Lock icon Lufthansa hijacker took gun aboard in 'Indiana Jones' hat
      438 8 NEW YORK The Ethiopian student arrested for hijacking a Lufthansa jet was able to smuggle a pistol aboard the plane by hiding it in a wide.brimmed "Indiana Jones" hat as he went through tight security at Frankfurt airport, said a prosecutor.
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    • BRIEFS
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        Lock icon 11 statues worth $825,000 stolen from Angkor Wat
        107 8 PHNOM PENH Art plunderers made off with statues Z worth US$500,000 (S$825.000) during a raid on an Angkor Wat conservatory, a UN spokesman said on Friday. Thieves made off on Wednesday with 11 statues stored in a building on the road between
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        Lock icon Rare shark caught off Spain
        149 8 Seoul exam scandal: 50 held SEOUL More than 50 people were arrested in a wide-ranging investigation into an examination scandal involving people desperate to get university places, South Korean police said on Friday. The greatest number of cases occurred at Kwangwoon University in north-eastern Seoul,
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        Lock icon Fiancee shot over breakup
        108 8 HEBRON (Indiana) A man, upset that his fiancee had called off their May wedding, shot her and her parents on Thursday and killed himself. The mother, Mrs Sandy Yelachich, 41, died but Michelle, 20, and her father, Michael, 47, remained hospitalised on Friday in critical condition.
        UPI  -  108 words
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        Lock icon UK manager dies during trek
        91 8 LONDON A 46-year-old British man collapsed and died from a suspected heart attack while trekking through mountains in freezing fog on a management training course, police said yesterday. British companies have in recent years sought to motivate managers by sending them on military-style training courses
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        Lock icon Beauty and the bear
        52 8 Miss World Julia Kurotchinka from Russia dancing with Disney character Baloo the Bear during the annual Gold Heart Day party at the Variety Club Children's Hospital in London on Friday. The Gold Heart Day is held on Valentine's Day to raise money to help sick children.
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        Lock icon Myanmar to open casino
        83 8 BANGKOK Myanmar's military regime planned to open a casino in its Andaman Sea fishing port of Victoria Point near the Thai border, Thailand's Deputy Foreign Minister Surin Pitsuwan said. He said Yangon hoped to make the proposed resort a "tourist gateway" to Myanmar to help boost
        UPI  -  83 words
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        Lock icon British male-rape Bill killed
        126 8 LONDON Britain's Conservative government on Friday killed a parliamentary Bill which sought to make male rape and rape in marriage a crime. The government, which said the Bill was unnecessary as most of the crimes were covered adequately under existing laws, stopped any further action on
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      Lock icon Security Council accepts Israeli offer to re-admit 101 exiles
      499 10 No sanctions but Jewish state will have to take all Palestinians back UNITED NATIONS The Security Council has ended its clash with Israel over the exile of more than 400 Palestinians by accepting Israel's offer to repatriate 101 men as a
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      Bangalore keen on joint ventures with Singapore
      292 10  -  Sumiko Tan By in Bangalore BANGALORE Bangalore aims to be the "Singapore of India", and hopes the Republic can collaborate with it on a wide range of projects. The Chief Minister of Karnataka, Mr M. Veerappa Moily, said these ventures included joint development
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      Lock icon Algerian Defence Minister escapes assassination bid
      171 10 ALGIERS Algerian Defence Minister Khaled Nezzar escaped an assassination bid yesterday when a car-bomb exploded as his limousine was passing by on a road outside Algiers, official radio reported. General Nezzar's vehicle was not hit by the explosion at El Biar in the hills
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      Lock icon Pretoria. ANC 'yes' to 5-year power-sharing
      485 10 CAPE TOWN In a major breakthrough, the South African government and the African National Congress (ANC) had agreed on the need for blacks and whites to share power for at least five years after the country's first democratic elections, senior government negotiator Fanus Schoeman
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      Lock icon Germans polled want minister to quit for suggesting motorway fee
      157 10 Germans polled want minister to quit for suggesting motorway fee BONN Outraged Germans want their Transport Minister to resign for suggesting they pay a user fee for the country's high-speed motorway network, according to a poll on Friday. The respected Wickert Polling Institute said 76 per cent of more than
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      Lock icon LOVE A COP
      65 10 A masked Bulgarian policeman getting a kiss from Ms Mariana Mahailova, 22, in the main square of Sofia on Friday. Some 300 Bulgarian policemen lined up to participate in the country's first police kissing contest. How the contest is played out is not clear, but this is
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      Lock icon China to lift ban on yuan outflow in March
      301 10 BEIJING China's central bank will allow a limited amount of renminbi, the Chinese currency, to be taken in or out of the country, lifting a ban effectively in force since the communists took power in 1949. The announcement came against a
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      Lock icon Beijing set to re-enter Gatt during second half of this year
      263 10 BEIJING China's re-entry into the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Gatt) has been set for between June and December and the terms fixed for its gradual removal of trade barriers, according to an official report yesterday. Under the
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      Lock icon Painting by girl, 4, fetches $690
      266 10 MANCHESTER A "blob" painting by a four-year-old girl, submitted for fun to the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts annual show, sold within minutes for £295 (SS69O) last week. Carly Johnson's Rhythm Of The Trees was submitted among some of her grandfather's paintings. The selectors,
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      Clinton's attack on aviation subsidies may sour trade ties: Paris
      249 10 PARIS France has accused US President Bill Clinton of jeopardising transatlantic trade relations when he attacked European subsidies for the Airbus aircraft consortium last week. "These statements come on top of decisions by the new administration on European Community steel
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      Lock icon Complaint filed against 2 European carriers
      129 10 Meanwhile, American Airlines has filed an unfair competition complaint against Air France and Iberia Air Lines of Spain, saying the carriers were restricting its opportunities to sell its Sabre computer reservations system in France and Spain. The complaints, filed on Thursday with the US
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  • SPOTLIGHT
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      Lock icon The incorrigibles
      1907 13 hey rape and molest. They defy treatment. How can America protect itself against: MICHAEL KELLY: He raped a woman he had picked up in a bar in 197C and was pat on probation. A year later, he raped another woman. After 12 years as a model prisoner, he
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      Lock icon Do women make better managers? Old myths, new assumptions
      641 13 LONDON V/omen will always look for cansensus, while men try to div de and rule. A woman will say: "These are the ways we can solve the problem. How many people can we get to agree with it?" A man will
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  • ASEAN
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      Lock icon Top Thai officials criticise China over Dalai Lama's visit
      361 14 BANGKOK Top Thai military and Interior Ministry officials have criticised China for opposing a visit here by the Dalai Lima, and voiced support for their government's decision to allow it, reports said yesterday. The Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader, will
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      Lock icon France offers help to build Jakarta's first N-power plant
      276 14 JAKARTA French Minister for Research and Technology Hubert Curien has said that France has offered co-opera-tion on the safety and technological aspects of the construction of Indonesia's first nuclear-power plant. France had many nuclear stations and a lot of experience in
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      Lock icon Keidanren mission to visit 3 Asean states
      117 14 TOKYO A mission from Japan's Federation of Economic Organisations (Keidanren), including top executives, will this week undertake a visit to Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines, according to businessmen yesterday. The 50-member mission, which leaves on Thursday under the leadership of Keidanren chairman Gaishi
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      Lock icon Villagers near Mayon to be forcibly evacuated
      361 14 LEGASPI The Philippine government yesterday ordered the forcible evacuation of scores of villagers stubbornly staying in areas threatened by the Mayon volcano, amid signs of a new eruption. Provincial governor Danilo Azania said the national government ordered "mandatory evacuation" of all residents still
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      Lock icon Muslim bandits in Philippine isle to aid Moro rebels
      316 14 ISABELA (Philippines) A Muslim bandit and his armed followers had landed on the southern island of Basilan, possibly to reinforce Muslim separatist guerillas hunted by troops for killing 27 soldiers, a government employee said yesterday. The employee said Ustad Abdurajak and
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      Lock icon Five hurt in 4 bomb blasts in central Thailand
      281 14 BANGKOK Four bomb explosions within 24 hours have wounded five people, including two children, in central Thailand. The blasts appear to be the result of a personal conflict among army officers, according to the country's top police officer. Police director-general General
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Power shortages 'may deter foreign investors'
      388 15 Some plants rescheduling start-up dates, says business leader KUALA LUMPUR The series of power blackouts in Malaysia could deter foreign investment in industry and hurt the booming economy, a top business official said yesterday. "Malaysia is being watched closely," said Mr Tan Keok Yin,
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      Lock icon Democracy does not assure success and is meaningless amid turmoil, says Mahathir
      454 15 DHAKA Democracy did not guarantee the success of countries and would become meaningless if there was turmoil and disorder, Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. The democratic system was only a means to an
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      Report on coach's assault case completed
      140 15 Report on coach's assault case completed THE full report of investigations carried out by the police into the case of hockey coach Douglas Gomez, who was allegedly assaulted by the Johor Sultan, has been completed, according to a report in Utusan Malaysia yesterday. The Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Mohd
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      Lock icon New laws to ensure systematic hiring of foreign workers
      231 15 LANGKAWI The Human Resources Ministry will formulate a more comprehensive set of laws to ensure that foreign workers are engaged more systematically, while protecting the interests of local workers. The laws were still being discussed and it was hoped that they
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      Lock icon Armed forces ready to face any external threat, says Najib
      203 15 KUDAT Defence Minister Datuk Sen Najib Tun Razak said yesterday that Malaysia's security forces were ready to face any external threat in the defence of the country's sovereignty and territory. He said the armed forces deployed throughout the country were
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      KL'to consider importing TV shows from China'
      287 15 KL'to consider importing TV shows from China' MALAYSIA will consider importing television programmes from China, in a move to further reduce the number of Hongkong-made serials being televised in the country. And China has indicated its willingness to provide the television programmes, according to a report in the Nanyang Siang
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      466 17  -  Romulo: Team able to see what makes Singapore a success story By Salim Osman PHILIPPINE Foreign Secretary Roberto Romulo yesterday said the three-day state visit of President Fidel Ramos had been "extremely productive" for members of the delegation. "On the whole, it has been
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      Geylang West QLC bringing residents back to the riverside
      323 17 MOSQUITOES, tall grass and the stench from stagnant water in an open drain were keeping residents from enjoying the open area along the Kallang River. But not for much longer, thanks to a Quality Life Circle set up by the Geylang
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      When love means meeting the other person halfway
      413 17 HE LIVES in the north, she in the west, but the distance is no obstacle to their love. They simply meet halfway between his Hougang flat and her Jurong home at the Raffles Place MRT station. For Mr Anthony Lim, 24, their
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      Help offers pour in for high-IQ dropout
      1410 18  -  M. Nirmala By Ministry to meet self-help groups on school dropouts Boy 'needs tailor-made education programme' SEVERAL helping hands are reaching out to "Boon Leong", the 11-year-old school dropout with an 1^ of 135. After reading his story in The Sunday Times last
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      ITE to take in only 6,000 instead of 10,000 students from next year
      425 18 FROM next year, enrolment at the Institute of Technical Education will drop by 40 per cent, said the Senior Minister of State (Education), Dr Tay Eng Soon, yesterday. He said the institute would take in about 6,000
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      Social club launched for Eunos teenagers
      378 18 THERE is no membership fee at an exclusive club for Eunos teenagers. And members get to take part in many activities. The Eunos Teen Circle, a social and recreational youth club, was officially launched yesterday by Mr Sidek Saniff, MP for Eunos GRC. He
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      Students 'must move on from textbook to real-life problems'
      474 18 The global economy today demands more than assembly-line workers, they need problem-solvers. These are what business managements are looking for today and in the future." Mr Stepien SINGAPOREAN students have mastered the knack of passing exams, and educationists believe that they
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      Shopping habits 'will not change'
      783 20 Man-in-the-street reactions to GST Reports: Chiang Yin Pheng, Maria Siow, Tan Seow Hon, Dawn Tan and Whang Hui Ling Many find 3% rate reasonable while others expect prudent budgeting to see them through INCOME taxpayers are not about to turn around their shopping habits over
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      Higher prices iff we can't cope, say hawkers, shopkeepers
      716 20 PUSH up prices? Well, it will depend on whether we can cope with the GST we have to pay our suppliers, said traders and hawkers interviewed. It will also depend on what their competitors do, whether their customers grumble and the
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      I'm not sure if I should raise my prices
      345 20 MR TAN Ah Seng, 49, has been running an HDB shop in Bukit Merah Centre for the past 11 years. He started by selling joss-sticks and incense paper and when business went down, branched into selling sundry goods and watches. He
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      Need details on income tax cuts, say many
      258 20 THE big question: How much Income tax relief will I get? Practically all the 23 taxpayers Interviewed pointed out that the Government had not said anything beyond its announcement that it would lower Income tax In return for imposing the GST. "So
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      Most fear hawkers will jack up prices
      354 20 WHETHER retiree or company executive, a common concern appears to be whether neighbourhood shopkeepers and hawkers will raise prices, especially food prices. What will the Government do to stop this? they asked. "If I buy a bowl of mee now, it is $2.
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      We'll just have to tighten our belts further, say lower income Singaporeans
      596 20 'I am already receiving help from social workers and can only count on more kind people to help me.' A bachelor, 85. THEY know they have to pay higher prices (or what they buy, and view the introduction
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      Question of rebates and how much in many people's minds
      342 20 THE big questions: what will the "offsets" be, how much will they mean and for how long will they last? It is not just the lower income group or retirees who are asking these questions, but middle income earners too
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      TALKINGPOINT
      504 20 Higher prices at small shops? "I don't think I will raise prices for all items though I might raise by a few cents the price of the more expensive cosmetics, which have a low profit margin. If other shops don't raise prices, then I cannot either or customers will
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      Mineral water for health? Tap water just as good
      695 21  -  Yohanna Abdullah Bottled water costs much more but mineral content negligible By MANY Singaporeans fork out $1 or more for a 500 ml bottle of mineral water when they can turn on the tap and get almost the same thing for
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      Repairs on CTE tunnel roof
      550 21 No parking in CTE tunnels, police warn motorists WORK to fix a leak on the Central Expressway (CTE) tunnel roof, which has been responsible for the puddles of water in the tunnel, has started. The repairs, which are expected to be completed in May, involves
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      Man acquitted of drug trafficking: Prosecution drops appeal
      364 21 v A MALAYSIAN factory worker who escaped the gallows on a drug trafficking charge at the early stages of his trial was recently spared the agony of further imprisonment when the prosecution decided to withdraw its appeal against his acquittal by the
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      Uneaten buffet food often served again
      816 22  -  John Lui Cuts waste, saves costs; and food is checked: Restaurants By. RE-SERVING food from a buffet spread is not against the law, bat it is not encouraged, said the Environment Ministry. A spokesman told The Sunday Times that leftover food from a ballet
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    • NEWSFRONT
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        Display of Alaskan dogs at show today
        182 22 COPING with Singapore's tropical heat is not a problem for the Alaskan malamute although this breed of dog is used to pulling sleds at 40 degrees below zero. A pair of these furry animals, imported from Australia by pet shop owner Alex Chua,
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        Nepalese on heroin charge
        76 22 A NEPALESE businessman was yesterday charged with a capital offence of importing more than 1 kg of heroin. No plea was taken from Bud ha Man Gurung, 30, who was allegedly found with two packets of white powdery substance weighing 1,329 g. The offence allegedly occurred
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        Hi-fi buffs go for gold CDs
        140 22 A HI-FI enthusiast craved good sound so much that he has made his favourite albums into gold-coated compact discs. Mr Pielak Chang, managing director of Chiang Huat, a record distribution company, bought the rights to make new master tapes from an artiste's original recording,
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        More buses take farecard
        108 22 NINE Singapore Bus Service feeder services in the Jurong industrial area will accept farecards from today. The services are 246, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255 and 257. Since last year, feeder services 241, 33, 334, 335 and 336 have been accepting farecards and issued
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        Flasher in car fined $1,000
        104 22 A MAN followed a Filipino maid in his car, and exposed himself in his vehicle when he saw her walking past. The maid, who saw Clark Aepli Jr, 39, an American, reported the incident. She also gave the registration number of his car to the
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      Lock icon Daphne blooms early with scent of fame
      1005 23  -  Shirlynn Ho Bong Soo's 12-year-old grand-daughter packs a mean racket I SPORTSWATCH I FACT FILE I Name: Daphne Lim. Date of birth: June 23, 1960. Kob«*l: St Margaret's Secondary. Family: Father Willie is a general manager in a marine company; mother Annie; sister
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      Lock icon Byrd walks away on crutches
      280 23 AMERICAN FOOTBALL NEW YORK Dennis Byrd, the New York Jets defensive end partially paralysed in a National Football League game last Nov 29, ended his 2' i month hospital stay on Friday and headed home to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Byrd checked out of Mount Sinai Hospital
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      Lock icon Becker blasts past Stich to exact sweet revenge
      524 23 TENNIS MILAN Boris Becker took nine months of frustration out on his former Davis Cup team-mate Michael Stich on Friday when he blasted him out of the Milan indoor tennis tournament. Playing his best tennis of the year, Becker won the allGerman
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        215 23 MOSCOW World and European rhythmic gymnastic champion Oksana Kostina died after a car crash that also seriously Injured Olympic medallist Eduard Zenovka, a news agency reported on Friday. Kostina, 21, died on Thursday night during surgery after the car in which she was a passenger swerved
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        Lock icon 22nd death at Daytona Speedway
        227 23 DAYTON A BEACH (Florida) A three-car crash killed 51-year-old driver Joe Booher in the Florida 200 Nascar Dash series stock car race on Friday. H<? was the 22nd person killed in a motor vehicle accident at Daytona International Speedway. Booher, of Montmorenci, Indiana, was pronounced
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      856 23 BASKETBALL NBA: Cavaliers 120 Bucks 98, Timberwolves 102 Pacers 100, Hornets 116 Heat 107, Knirks 104 Bulls 98, Pistons 106 Nets 97, Celtics 109 Mavericks 100, Nuggets 126 76ers 122 Trail Blazers 111 Clippers 104. CYCLING Tour of the Mediterranean, 5th stage (116km): I Mario Cipollini (Ita)
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      Lock icon Danish officials enforce new ban on glueing up bats
      427 23 TABLE TENNIS COPENHAGEN A ban on the use of toxic glue to fix rubber to bats was being enforced at this weekend's European Top 12 table tennis tournament. A spokesman for the Danish Table Tennis Association, organiser of the Copenhagen event,
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        Guerrero lashes out at media
        109 23 Houston Astros third baseman Juan Guerrero shouted insults at reporters and broke the camera of one photographer Friday after his hearing in San Cristobal, Dominican Republic, on drug charges. The baseball star was arrested on Jan 30 and accused of consuming crack cocaine. He has
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        Shark scare on high seas
        77 23 ENZA New Zealand, the catamaran attempting to sail round the world in 80 days, has survived a shark scare thanks to the sharp eyes of co-skipper Peter Blake. The shark, whose fin was about a metre high, was heading straight for the boat when the
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        Olympic nod for Witt
        78 23 Double Olympic figure skating champion Katarina Witt was allowed back into the Olympic fold on Friday and will be allowed to compete at next year's Winter Games in Lillehammer if she qualifies on the German team. American Brian Boitano, however, is still on the waiting list,
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        Canadian sent home
        61 23 Canadian forward Trevor Sim was sent home in disgrace from Stockholm on Friday because of his behaviour in Canada's humiliating 9-2 defeat against Sweden in a four-na-tion ice hockey tournament. Sim was involved in a fight on Thursday with Swedish captain Thomas Rundqvist shortly after the match.
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        Andrew furious
        82 23 down with the England rugby union selectors after being dropped for the Scotland clash on March 6. Andrew, who holds the world caps record for a standoff with 52, is furious at being made the scapegoat for the 10-9 defeat by Wales last weekend in favour of longtime
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        Pakistan wins Test series
        48 23 Pakistan defeated Holland 4-3 in the Second Test played in Rawalpindi on Friday to win the three-Test hockey series. Holland led 3-1 at half-time. Pakistan won the First Test in Lahore 6-4 on Tuesday. The final Test will be played in Karachi on Monday.
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        Cipollini in form
        91 23 Italian Mario Cipollini continued his outstanding form on Friday with a second successive stage victory in the Tour of the Mediterranean, beating off a strong challenge from Djamolodine Abdujaparov, of Uzbekistan, in the fifth stage to Beziers. The Italian, who won 15 races in the first half
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      Lock icon Fading star Diego shines atSevilla
      723 24 BUENOS AIRES Diego Maradona will return to international football as captain of Argentina in its friendly against Sooth American rival Brazil here on Thursday. Defender Oscar Ragged took over while Maradona was banned for cocaine use and trafficking, and making his return with Sevllla. But
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      Lock icon Surprise leader Watts remains on top after a 68
      366 24 GOLF HONGKONG Little-known American Brian Watts fired a three-under-par 68 yesterday to hang on to a three-stroke lead through the end of the third round in the U*****,000 ($412,500) Hongkong Open. Aiming for his biggest career win, the 26-year-old Watts admitted
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      Lock icon Tottenham and Wimbledon fired up for Cup clash
      573 26 ENGLISH SOCCER TODAY'S FA CUP TIES Tottenham v Wimbledon Sheffield Utd v Manchester Utd LONDON There promises to be little love lost between Tottenham and Wimbledon in their Valentine's Day FA Cup fifth-round battle at White Hart Lane today. Dons chairman Sam
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        Graham seeks break
        78 26 Arsenal manager George Graham called for a month's break in the crowded English soccer season on Friday after being landed with his worst casualty list in seven years at Highbury. The Gunners' boss, who may have six players missing for the FA Cup fifth-round tie with Nottingham
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        Pitch doctors wanted
        63 26 The operators of Pare des Princes, the top Paris sports stadium, have asked London's Wembley authorities to get their turf in condition for an international which will otherwise be switched. The stadium company was warned this week that if the pitch was not seen to then France's
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        Dynamo too good
        49 26 Russian League champion Dynamo Moscow beat Second Division side Wanderers 2-1 on Thursday in a tour game in Chile. Dynamo was too quick and aggressive for the Chilean team, and could easily have won by a bigger margin after scoring twice in the first eight minutes.
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        Durie out of qualifier
        48 26 Gordon Durie will miss Scotland's World Cup qualifier against Malta on Wednesday after breaking down in his first training session following injury. The Tottenham striker, at the centre of a wrangle earlier this week, was withdrawn from the squad by his club on Friday.
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        Higuita inspires
        69 26 Colombia's eccentric goalkeeper Rene Higuita gave an inspired performance, which included a penalty save, to help Atletico Nacional to a JW) away win over compatriots America in a Libert adores Cup match on Thursday. Higuita, best known for his reckless forays upfield, made three difficult first half saves
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      Lock icon Kite and Elkington share 3rd round lead
      411 26 GOLF LA QUINTA (California) US Open champion Tom Kite shot an eight-under-par 64 to move into a tie with Australia's Steve Elkington for the lead after three rounds of the US$l.l million ($l.B million) Bob Hope Classic on Friday. Elkington shot a six-under
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      Lock icon Prost, Williams given provisional green light
      478 26 MOTOR RACING LONDON Frenchman Alain Prost and the Williams team were provisionally re-admit-ted to the world championship by the International Motor Sports Federation's Formula One commission on Friday. The commission's recommendations, which have to be approved by Fisa's World Council, comprised a package of
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      Fandi is hot favourite among fans
      203 26 SOCCER player Fandi Ahmad is the popular choice among the readers for the Co-ca-Cola/The Sunday Times Sports Stars award. Fandi, the December monthly winner, has been receiving tremendous support judging by the number of nominations backing him. He is closely followed by bodybuilders Azman
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      Lock icon Sadovyi helps Russia to Euro medley record
      382 26 SWIMMING GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany) Olympic 200 and 400 metres freestyle champion Evgyeny Sadovyi anchored Russia to a European record in the men's 4xloom medley relay at an invitation shortcourse meeting on Friday. Sadovyi swam the final freestyle leg as the Russian squad, also containing
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      Lock icon Jordan fined $16,000, banned one match
      291 27 CHICAGO The National Basketball Association answered critics on Friday who said Michael Jordan got away unscathed from a game brawl with Indiana's Reggie Miller. It suspended Jordan for one game and fined him US$lO,OOO ($16,000). The Chicago superstar participated in a shoot-around at the
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      It's time for Haron to fade away, quietly
      975 27  -  Godfrey Robert Demand for payment to run wipes out his track exploits l^lfVti Lumf^ 'Haron, nearing 30, has shown his heels to his best running days and it seems a pipe dream for him to continue visualising international gold medals. The Hosnis
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      Selangor hits back to reduce deficit
      401 27  -  Mahmood Gaznavi Sachi (35) helps visitor cut first innings' lead to 42 runs CRICKET By SINGAPORE'S middle-order chalked up the runs but the Republic failed to register a big first-innings lead on the first day of the Carlsberg Malaysian Cricket Association inter-state match against
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      Lock icon England in deep trouble after mid-order collapse
      236 27 MADRAS England is staring at a second successive Test defeat by India and with it the series after a disastrous afternoon on the third day of the Second Test here yesterday. From the comfortable bulwark of 157-1 it lost six wickets for 64
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      SCOREBOARD
      113 27 INDIA lit bus: s«Wdec (S. Tendulkar 165, N. Sidhu 106, P. Am re 78, Kapil Dev 66 not out, V. Kambli 59) ENGLAND Ist Inas: (Overnight 94) B. Smith lbw b Kumble 17 A. Stewart c sub (Raman) b Raju 74 G. Hick lbw b Chouhan 64 M. Gatttag
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      SCOREBOARD
      207 27 SINGAPORE Ist tons Gob Swee Ileng c Ravi b Lewis 10 M. NV.thlanathan b Abdullah 0 M. Ahmed c Ramdass b Sachi 51 N. Amarasuriya c Abdullah b 1..-AIS 30 (i. Stanley c Khannadasan b Abdullah 48 Thalyar Mohd b Ramdass 41 K. Deshpand* c Ravi b Ramdass 7
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      Lock icon Dressing room cuisine yum, yum
      434 27 MADRAS When England's cricketers returned to the team dressing room during the second Test against India on Friday, they could have been forgiven for believing that the sun had affected their senses. For not only were they assailed by the smell of home cooking a
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      Lock icon Celtics' star centre Parish to answer drug charge
      187 27 BOSTON Boston Celtics' star centre Robert Parish will face a drug charge next month after police found about 200 grammes of marijuana in his suburban Boston home, a prosecutor's spokesman said on Friday. Parish, at 39 the oldest player in the National
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      Lock icon Bleeding Lopez retains WBA crown
      197 27 BOXING SACRAMENTO (California) American Tony Lopez retained his World Boxing Association lightweight title on Friday night with a 12-round unanimous points decision over Dingaan Thobela, of South Africa. Lopez, 29, competing in his 12th title fight, was ahead by two points on all three cards.
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      Lock icon Ewing's late charge knocks out Bulls
      474 27 NBA BASKETBALL CHICAGO Patrick Ewinfr scored 12 of his game-high 3b points in the fourth quarter on Friday to lead the New York Knicks to a 104-98 victory over the Chicago Bulls. The Knicks, who won at Chicago for the first time since March
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  • OBITUARIES
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      247 24 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths LEE SUN YEW AGE 71 Passed away peacefully on 13.2.93 and will be sadly missed by Wife: Tham Kwai Chee Sons: Daughters-in-law Lee Wei Kheong, Edward Soh Geok Mui, Rosalind Lee Wei Mun, Edmund Chan Eng Geok, Carol Daughters: Son-in-law Lee Foong Siew Lee
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      103 24 V V THOMAS TAN CHONG KEE AGE: 72 was called home to be with the Lord on 13/2/93. Family Members: Wife: Agnes Sean Sok Mean Sons: John Tan Thong Young (Tan Thong Jin, deceased) Daughter: Annie Tan Godson: Lawrence Sean Seow Heng God daughter-in-law: Winnie Tan Ji Mei
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      180 24 The family of the late TAN SOO ANN Departed: 10/2/93 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks appreciation to all relatives, friends and colleagues for their wreaths, condolences. 1 donations, nightly visits, assistance and attendance during their recent bereavement. Special thanks to Rev. Kang Ho Soon, Rev Wee Boon
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      57 24 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam £^T~T,Af j I MR ARYANTO ANG TJO BOY DEPARTED: 14-2-92 With the passing of one year, In our hearts you are forever dear. Your love, hopes and presence will always be with us. Always remembered by: Wife: OEI DIAN ENG Sons,
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      28 24 852 Condolences 852 Condolences I WITH DEEPEST SYMPATHIES I CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE I LOO BOON HAI FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RICHMAKE DEVELOPMENT LTD
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      351 24 853 In Memoriam 853 In Memoriam OUR DEAREST SON BROTHER 3rd THEVASAM I a month will never pass without the remembrance of the memories you left behind. We love and cherish you dearest in our hearts, for the sincere and selfless personyou were. KUNALAN S/O peace in the arms of
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      137 24 TIMES HOUSE 390 Kim Seng Road Mon-Fri: 9am-5pm. SaL 9am- 1pm TIME S THE BOOKSHOP r/tfN,-, #02-105 Lucky Plaza. Orchard Road JL&-$|k Mon-Frt:10am-12noon, lpm- 5 30pm 'r^w^O #03^)1 OUB Centre. Raffles Hace iJvt Mon-FrtrlOam-l 1:15am. 12:15pm-5:30pm I5±irj Obituaries The following must be produced: 1 Original Death Certificate 2 Identity Card
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      10 24 "In Memonam is for the loved one* whom you emember...
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      11 24 860 Funeral Directors/ Services 1 Call 737-1166 for your free booklet.
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      Lock icon Wattana shuts out Parrott again
      393 25 SNOOKER LONDON James Wattana maintained his recent domination of Englishman John Parrott to reach the semi-fi-nals of the British Masters snooker tournament on Friday. The in-form 23-year-old from Bangkok, who has now beaten the 1991 world champion four successive times, could not match Parrott's break-building
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      Double apiece for Foo and Sam
      210 25 IPOH RACING JOCKEY Foo Yuh Kong and apprentice Sam Subian shared the limelight at Ipoh yesterday, each scoring a double from as many rides. The bang-in-form Foo, who just a week ago bagged two feature events on longshots, got off the mark astride Roger
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      TODAY'S IPOH RACE GUIDE
      3341 25 _^^^GOING^ORECASTjSOFTI liffiag Class 4 Dlv 61 ,400m <LC) Ratings IV 97 90 Stakes $23,000 I 0 85 7 Scenario 2 (6agB Ang YS Teo) (1800m) *Saimee c3 57 5820 Raw Crystal 9 (3ag Ahmad Perfectum) (1800m) Nathan 56 090 Sheer Mack 13 (5ag T Tan Owner)
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      YESTERDAYS IPOH RACE RESULTS
      1635 25 RACE 1 CLASS 4 DIV 7 1,400m 6 WESTERN STAR 54 5 (368 54) Asofan (13) 1 1 1 3 PRINCE OF LALITA N SS c S? (15 7) Sum* (1) 3 3 2 5 WEST CHAMP 54 5 (10 5) 0 Chce (2) 5 5
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      STEWARDS' REPORT
      831 25 RACE 1: Southern Boss, who reared and broke through the gates riderless, was reboxed after being passed fit to race. Southern Bom is required to pass one starting stall test. Under the provisions of MRA circular OT 40 92. Southern Boss will not be permitted to race next
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      175 26 j JANUAHY rbBHUAnT l\nAHv*ri Ar HIL JVIA Y Kelly Chan: World No 1 Mah Li Lian: Asian Dino Kwek: Best amateur Zarinah Abdullah: Ranked Joscelin Yeo: First S'pore Mlchal Vana: Top scorer boardsailor in lightweight women's squash golfer in Singapore Open 1 5th on IBF's world female swimmer to clock
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      248 27 2 at WAREHOUSE 1 PRICES! WHILSTN I The SALE every golfer is IttSlsmMM waiting for is now on d^^J^^J NOW AT I vww«~w— ~~uu~. Lynx Dd Moster #3-SW Iron Set 780' ft] MtfV7r*TT|H Mocgregor Tomey 4x9 S 800 Kliikißß Ga^ Player 3x9 400 rtAI A/A AT Northwestern PSX 3x9 Graphite
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      Lela out of Sea Games
      664 28  -  Tay Cheng Khoon Women's champ not prepared to attend month-long centralised training TENNIS by 'We had a meeting with Lela and insisted that she join the training for at least a month before the Games. But she was prepared to come only for the final
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        Prosser grabs first title
        82 28 Prosser grabs first title first title Britain's Sally Prosser captured her first career title when she won the Kosaido Asahi Malaysian Women's Open golf championship at in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. Prosser, 30, who set a course record of 64 on the first day went into the final round with a
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        Wl too hot
        66 28 West Indies' pace bowlers turned a promising start by Pakistan into a shambles in a one-day cricket international in Johannesburg yesterday. Electing to bat first, Pakistani went from 74-1 in the 20th over to 150 all out in 41.4 of its allotted 50 overs. Tall pace bowler
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      222 28 SCC RUGBY SEVENS TIME ran out on Yishun Junior College in the Sithawalla Trophy rugby match at the Padang yesterday. Just when it seemed to be having the upper hand and hardly a metre from the United World College's touchline the siren dashed its hopes
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      Only rain can swing final in favour of the host
      330 28 ONLY one thing, rather than a person or team, can stop South Korea from defeating Malaysia in the Merdeka tournament soccer final tonight: rain. Man for man, the Koreans are superior. They are fitter, stronger and, like all Korean international
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      Lock icon 40-60 chance for Malaysia: Worden
      499 28 KUALA LUMPUR Today is Valentine's Day but there will be no room for love when Malaysia clashes with long-time rival South Korea in the Merdeka soccer tournament final at the Merdeka Stadium. Much more is at stake for Malaysia than the US$2O,OOO ($33,000) winner's purse
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      Lock icon Terengganu keen on Hlovak
      130 28 KUALA TERENGGANU The Terengganu Football Association has selected former Czechoslovakia junior squad player Ivan Hlovak, 28, to strengthen its team for this season's Semi-Pro competition. Coach Abdullah Mohamad said that Hlovak, who previously represented a professional soccer club in the Czech National League Division Two would
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      63 28 MADE IN Sole Agenr: WONG BROTHERS SHOE TEL: 2833 643 On Valentine^ Day I F of r |ov qUiet 7 ening in ce| ebration a «/<^ I of love, seek a p|gce awgy frQm <, A^ I the maddening crowd <* i,/o 0 ft I Movenp,ck Robinson Tower, At&pfa I
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      77 28 TODAY'S EVENTS! BOARDSAILJMU 8th FZ Speed Creasing (Changi Coast Rd, Lamp post 160; Ham). CRICKET Cftrlsberg MCA Leftgie: Singapore v Selangor (CSC, 10.30am). CYCLING Sara Individual time trial (Changi Coastal Rd. 8am). HOCKEY Frfcadly: Barkerites v Jansenites (SPE, 5pm). SOCCKR Friendly: SAF Guards v Redhill Rangers (Clementi Stadium). Gilbraltar Crescent
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        Love connections
        1899 2 CASE 1: It started with a phone call to Singapore, alerting her family to a prospective suitor in India. She was a graduate in her 20s and had grown up within the hallowed circles of the diplomatic corps. She flew to the subcontinent with an uncle and. within
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        Everyone gets in the act
        1011 2 Singapore singles can take heart from the fact that there are more avenues than before to help them get hitched Government efforts These began with the setting up of the Social Development Unit by the Ministry of Finance in 1984. The body serviced only graduates.
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        When a chicken drumstick is chic
        702 3 When a chicken drumstick is chic What makes a quality suit and how can you tell if it fits right? JOHN LUI has the answers. A CUSTOM MADE suit may cost a fortune elsewhere but Singapore men can still get high-quality tailoring at good prices here. Mr Michel van Hengel,
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        Anatomy of a good suit
        305 3 MR FONG of Coloc I ailor. which has branches at Raffles and other hotels, reckons that about 250 operations go into a suit, which can contain 600 parts. The jacket chest alone has five layers of wool, felt, canvas and satin lining. Image consultant Ms
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        FASHION BEAT
        353 3  -  EVELYN YAP Better be mine, Valentine VALENTINE messages, as relationships, must move with the times, says Glamour magazine. It listed seven non-too-mushy rhymes to spur readers to write in with more of the same. Here are three: You can call me dearest. You can call me sue ft.
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    • PEOPLE
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        Kampung Huckleberry
        1339 4 YOHANNA ABDULLAH joins Dr Maurice Baker, Pro-Chancellor of NUS and a former diplomat, on a sentimental trip to his happy, lazy, fish-rod wielding days The Japanese Occupation was a great shock. I was all ready to leave for London to study. Instead, I became a farmer in Cameron
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        To be of service in Rwanda, Africa
        352 4 MY PERFECT ESCAPE Nicholas Leong Freelance photo-journalist WHERE would you go? To Rwanda in Africa. They have these beautiful mountains pretty close to the capital which is called Kigali. I'd like to join the US Peace Corps workers who are doing some very
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        Same marriage, but a different life
        1065 5 SUNDAY WITH ALAN JOHN THE last two tickets for the play were singles one in the stalls and the other in the circle of the Drama Centre but my wife told the man in the box office: "Yes, we'll take them." Handing me my
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        The man who linked cigarettes to cancer
        1221 5  -  STEVE CONNOR By 1 can't understand how any person with any conscience can in fact employ himself in trying to market cigarettes. It seems to me something as immoral as keeping a brothel.' Sir Richard SIR Richard Doll was driven to medicine by
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        Chocolate's sweet truth
        666 6  -  JANE ELLEN STEVENS Can this 'junk food' be healthy? And does it deserve its reputation as an aphrodisiac? reports. BEHIND every Cadbury chocolate bar, every piece of Lindt's dark Swiss chocolate, every Hershey's chocolate kiss, a legion of chocolate scientists stand ready with good news: Chocolate is
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        Get down and do the lower lumbar
        477 6 MOVE OF THE MONTH The start of a new series by RACHEL WILLIAMS, which shows all the right moves to make each body part strong and gorgeous. Today, exercises for the lower back, origin of many aches. "OH, MY aching back!" people say
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        HEALTHBEAT
        326 6  -  MAGDALENE LUM Worse than a dog's bite SO YOU think a dog's bite is worse than a cat's? Well, not quite. For while a canine's bite can cause more cuts and crushing injuries, a bite from Kitty, especially if it is on the face or hand, can be harmful
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        Love bites
        928 7 Giving your loved ones a treat does not have to mean taking them out for an expensive meal. Homecooked meals are as good as any, and everyone can contribute, says LEE GEOK 801 FUNNY, is it not, that whenever you are in a mood to celebrate, your thoughts
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        COOK SMART
        516 7 SALLY KHOW Much room for more flavours WHEN using mushrooms in your recipes, it is best to make small nicks in each piece of the fungus. This is to allow flavours to perme- ate during cooking to bring out the taste of the mushrooms. NOT SOAKING WET: Wash
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        QUICK MEALS
        200 7 ANNA JACOB Beef and kalian Serves 3 200 g lean beef, thinly sliced 2 Tbs rice wine 1 Tbs soya sauce 3 Tbs com starch 3 Tbs com/soya oil 3 stalks spring onion 3 slices ginger 50 g baby com 50 g kailan, cut in sections 30 g
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        A Panther with power and panache
        760 8  -  GEOFFREY PEREIRA Its head-turning vintage style combined with a powerful engine are the Kallista's strongest assets, says Price $138,000 (without COE) OMV $38,000 Tax (1 year) $2,098 ENGINE Capacity 1,988 cc Type 4-cylinder, electronic fuel injected Power 117bhp Drive 5-speed manual Brakes Front discs,
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        'Economical and has a reliable engine'
        331 8  -  C.K. ONG By SHEER value for money is cited by Mr Y. T. Ng as his main reason for choosing a Proton Saga in January 1990, when he was looking for a car. "At $41,000, it was among the least expensive of 1.3-litre cars
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        480 8  -  GEOFFREY PEREIRA Vectra hatchback launched OPEL has added the Vectra hatchback to its growing range of cars in Singapore. Two versions a 1.6-litre manual and a 2-litre automatic are being offered, at $90,000 and $110,000, each with COE, respectively. The launch coincides with distributor Singapore Automotive Engineering's opening
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        The charm of Cha-am's unspoilt beaches
        474 9 The charm of Cha-am 's unspoilt beaches LEONG CHAN TEIK discovers a superb Thai resort foreigners have yet to descend upon JADED with Phuket? Wary of Pattaya, with its Aids scare and pollution? Chaam, a seaside resort across the sea from Pattaya, is emerging as an alternative to Thailand's famous
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        362 9 Crossing the hotel lobby one night, my fellow guests and I were stopped by the sound of someone playing the grand piano in the lounge. The pianist was a dashing man in a suit and bow-tie and with fashionably long, shoulder-length hair. We decided to take in the
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        Hua Hin: The resort of Thai royalty
        187 9 LOCATED just 25 km south of Chaam is I lua Hin Thailand's oldest beach resort This sleepy little fishing port received royal attention when, in the *****, King Rama VII built a summer palace there This started a trend and I lua Hin
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        Clean nights-out in Bangkok
        635 9  -  SIMONE VAZ By! BANGKOK has, in the past, been widely known for its sleaze. Today, however perhaps partly due to the Aids scare 1 even its once notorious Patpong area is getting to be known more for its cheap T-shirts than cheap sex and girlie bars.
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        Hammock class on the Amazon
        825 10 Hammock class on the Amazon If you want to experience life in lesser-known parts of Brazil, take a banana boat ride, as GREG KENNEDY did. TRAVELLING firstclass conjures up images of luxury and expense. More comfort. more room, better food and better service. Travelling firstdm on a Brazilian merboat however,
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        Frolic for a byte-ridden age
        320 16  -  TAY YEK KEAK SNEAKERS Coming to Shaw cinemas iS FAR as capers go, this one Jces some beating. Somewhere out there in te wrong hands is the ulti late decoding device that >uld shatter the world's ecobmic system and destroy ipitalism as we know it.
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        A visual feast
        293 16  -  LOWELL YUEN BUTTERFLY AND SWORD Coming to Cathay cinemas )NE of martial arts novelist 5u Long's massively popular agas, Butterfly And Sword j/as first made in the 70s by be then-almighty Shaw celluiid factory. It was later seriiised on television. It is classic Gu Long fodder I
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        Watch your words!
        1492 16 Are you culturally sensitive? ARE you or are you not a hufem of the sensitive 90s? See if you can guess what the following politicallycorrect phrases mean. Answers on the far right of the page. 1. Sexually-focused, chronologically-gifted individual 2. Animal welfare officer. 3. Cerebro-atmospheric individual 4.
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        The real test
        221 17 So you think you have the hang of 90s lingo? Here is your chance to work out culturally-sensitive alternatives to some popular phrases to test just how good you are on the political correctness scale. Answers at the foot of the page. 1. Snow White And The
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        Lock icon In search of a wicked turn
        872 30  - In search of a wicked turn WONG KIM HOH Often cast as happy-go-lucky, SBC actor Chew Chor Meng confesses his villainous aspirations to SBC ACTOR Chew Chor Meng wants very much to rape, kill and plunder. But only on the small screen, he hastens to add, lest one mistakes him
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        Everything I do, I do for myself
        554 30  -  LOH KENG FATT By TOP OF THE POPS Singapore United States 1 (1) IW« Always Love You 1 (1) IW» Always Love You Whitney Houston Whitney Houston 2 (3) *t Gonna B« A Lovely Day 2 (3) A Whole New World Soul System
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      582 1 Cherian Maurice Baker, nonrcto the kampung vacurge Huckleberry W/7en Lust tfjfcPJH gets in EL^ > t/7e way r II Chew Chor Alan John fek Meng: n H^^ 24. going f^** on 42 »"»'";W%mp^ fwo w/Vrs /i^V ,^^^t^f At least a third of Singapore's singles of marriageable age look i .JH^^^B^^^Hl^^^^^^l^'
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      283 3 l^^^the Definitive Lifestyle Show Of The Yearl E§sp^ Trie Inspiration Of Every riome. ppy The largest, most comprehensive There'll be furnishings, furniture, Best of all, every $50 purchase show of its kind in the region, In-Style '93 home appliances and everything for entitles you to enter our special Lucky will
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      458 4 SOMETHING THAT ANT BE IGNORED. <M)0 Si- IS IMPOKIM) fIKM sPKINi MM IKtSS P\K\SPR|N< m jr r;: 1^^ ,7 umMm ui no reservationiMM *fli£ r d iff* OUEEN SIZE s^^^^^^^^^ '^fSSJ^ I 'fl :O»<.HS IMroHIM) M»>IN Milf WUM 4 Bf.MN M»l«i I M MMII lutrMlH i.UIIIS P(»)l>PI'l. I»U"M I I
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      248 5 L The 24 Hour Diet l<3> from 21 ST CENTURY I jUN-v Just Take if fl s)\ one Me 9 a Trim capsule per day ikV'^yy one Nite Diet tablet per night I 21 st 2| sr 1 (T¥n t iTr~y j~B NIT 1 I** T I <o«-(N.w joc«>—«~ AWAKES
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      517 6 CENTURY lUUvJ.yKi>Uv ft jiff (omega -3) f Natural Marine Upid Concentrate I OOOma MEGA EPA gives you Ekosapentaenok (e p a the two CJ i_ main types of OMEGA 3 Fish liver Oils These f yl OMEGA-3 fatty Acids are not common in your diet LI *i i -'< t
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      266 7 Find a new pet owner for your puppies Present your new puppies to a pet lover quickly with a convenient, fast-acting classified ad. 1° V^^f C.A.T.S. Ej Congratulations to winners of the D Ej 7992 Reader's Digest Sweepstakes. Q HH E/ I^ABi bm aaar >. |^n»^'" aaraaai ft^^v m^ ™rT_-^-
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      240 8 MAKING AN ISSUE OF THE MAJOR ISSUES The Straits Times Weekly Overseas Edition. A crisp summary of the week's major happenings in Singapore. Politics, business, the economy, investment opportunities, executive appointments... And highlights on Malaysia and Asean. A convenient tabloid airmailed to you wherever you may be. Every week. The
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      172 9 The Latest Oyster* GLX goes from Strength to Strength. The suitcase that's built for abuse is now even tougher. Samsonite's latest Oyster GLX has a number of innovative features to help it withstand the tortures of your toughest travels. The numbered side key locks are new, and help keep the
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      425 10 >JJ«t -v JH I■** I W/n a CD Rom Computer, a Mountain B" J I I 8/ke, 5 CD Discman, Sports Shoes and BLm^JmJ^ exclusive Shakey's Watches w m^^ >,-^...v; v 7 <^^^m0? f0 H^^- •< v^. Hr Wb^ r^^t- y^B^Hm A w i v^l H^^W^. <±^w B B xJf]
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      121 11 I r^^ GIVING YOU THE WINNING EDGE I I i^^lrjiii^^^ I Rating the Asia-Pacific stock markets China's booming little 'tigers' I What lies ahead for refiners and oil traders? Consumer bankers and psychological I ?Ii?£IlO»e New challenges for air transport companies warfare I affo J? *a^^ sia S Malacca sheds
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      50 11 H' comtd "ANTmaU "I f SvoAßKiir^LAKeo^& Tl rfe^ -MaOiwrwß n r>D A/^i^^r»r-® U€EDA^D THE < HWE WBEDEO WHAT COULP I TUIKII^/ THIS MAS 11 .1 UKACKtRS > MmT6KOFrHEFDLLCV)/Kk2j\ S OCfTT^|A)/MRS.../ ITBE?? A IMINISi V. T^SFA V by Roger BoUen VleH)«» I^^^ I ft^F (MIX __j IV^ LL, llllflAffillllll/ J 1
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      879 12 L__^| J]L =^£A Ji^^ <V- JO* V PLOSC P£AD VtXJR. 100- A ki I 7 (*£Y 00K£..."GOiC6G Tf^ Kl P2K *HC U^-S A VERY V€RY By X^EAl^J^bmOfe^- T>RAK= A^^I^m,^ viO^pes^V ON C£ORG£ \fV \W >6W1^ T^^^> <T^ fS fl V6RY VERY VGRY VGRf K r^lfTcSm/S^ mi^iTT)^ k w r— 5
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      172 12 El IrZtTl 1 The early part of the week I \j^\ oSSbmtl** 5 cxcc cnt f° r sorting out money matters or generating extra cash. A great deal of running around and maybe even travelling in mid-week will see you meeting new people. If you are looking for work, Friday
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      331 13 /YVE BEEN THINKING TM£ r /KEEPYOUR\ VjAMS THIN6 FORVEARS, J KlPij IF 5ME DOESN'T I'VE BEEN AROl/NP TAKE IT FROM ME, /OM.U)ELL\| I THAT'S A 5TRAN6E LOVE YOU ALREADY 7 8 A LONG TIME, KIP.. KiaTH V A L T B^ E A« f oJhAT po NEW MAIL0OX A VALENTINE
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      93 14 H^^W#^M \Aiarts \S me. Bat I'll never neglect I 1 WHAT WfIMFM WFAW WHPM M w^y^/^v^^ j/~ I fUr IIf» ANY JOB ANY CAREER j wk. y^jjL /i] Available Any Day. AN INNOCENT'S Vl^" V^Sl^^ 111 ANY TIMF AN V W HFRF GUIDE TO DRINK Hp^ alwilM #-%I^IT I imt,
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      290 14 Today Act The Blue Eye View Of Singapore. Paintings of Singaporeans seen through the eyes of foreigners. By Marc and Gillie Shattner. 1 1 am to 9 pm. The Substation Art Gallery. Free. Till Wednesday. Gem* Of Chinese Art. Ceramic and bronze pieces from the collections of the Tsui Art
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      174 14 A Soldier Remembers. The living conditions and lifestyle of the soldiers who served on Sentosa when it was a closelyguarded coastal defence fortress, as told through 90 black-and-white and colour photographs. 9 am to 7 pm. Fort Siloso, Sentosa. Free but admission charges to the island still apply. Early Traders
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      303 14 m. I >a r J^BBjp^X jfKiy i^ It wj y' ffv^l Milky Way Young Talent Variety Show. Over 30 acrobats from China with an average age of 12, perform gymnastics and crosstalk, as well as sing and dance. 7.30 pm. Golden Theatre, Beach Road. Admission fees: $10, $20, $25, $30,
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      82 14 Film Starseekers. New 33-minute Planetarium Show which focuses on the planets in the solar system and beyond, such as the neighbouring Large Magellanic Cloud, and includes footage on the death of a star. 10 and 1 1 am. Singapore Science Centre, Omni-Theatre. Admission fees: $6 for adults and $3 for
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      265 14 English versions will be at noon, 2, 4 and 7 pm. Mandarin versions will be at 11 am. 1. 3, 5 and 8 pm. Singapore Science Centre, Omni-Theatre. Closed on Mondays. Tickets at $9 for adults and $4 for children from the Singapore Science Centre. Tangs and Parkway Parade. Outings
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      230 14 This week Art Flowing Forest, Burning Hearts. More than 20 pastel paintings and pho- tographs, dealing with Aids. By Singaporean Tan Peng and American John Goss. 1 1 am to 9 pm. The Substation Gallery. Free. Febl9to28. Exhibition The Singapore International Coin Convention 1993. An open market for ancient and
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      1996 15 SUNDAY MORNING Bf" 1 SINGAPORE (SBC 5, 10.30am). Food writer Vio- 1 4Pt let Oon reveals her otak rec- 1 L-- A »pe, a pastry chef demon- I V strates the art of making t* chocolate hearts, and an ex- I w^^" W^fh ploration of Sentosa's newly- P. 4F*-^^ s4P^*f
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      298 15 TV WATCH CHERIAN GEORGE THIS is Cherian George. Every day he has to make all kinds of decisions. Take a look inside Cherian's head and you'll see why he sometimes has trouble making up his mind. Cherian's intellect: Hello. I'm C hcrian's intellect. I think he should be watching and
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      131 15 When Lust gets in the way j j B 1 i j '^H H _^^V teide Herman's head, just fte n that of this column writer, four sides of his personalty argue about the decisions he has to make. Meet, from left, Sensitivity, Lust, htelect and Anxiety Intellect: That's true.
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      83 15 faced by television as a whole, not just half-hour sitcoms. The story moves along through dialogue and action. Thoughts, until verbalised or translated into action, arc not particularly telegenic. I^ust: Is he done? Can I wake up now? Intellect: As I was saying, Herman's Head is a novel attempt to
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      81 15 pure and simple. Anxiety: Speaking of which, isn't the show a bit oversexed? Sensitivity: He's right. In each episode, Herman sleeps with a different woman. It's the one thing that all four parts of his personality agree on: Life is about getting women. They only differ on the approach. He's
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      335 15 Lust: Yes, all those great oneliners. Like when Herman is propositioned by a woman and his Sensitivity says: "We've got to think long and hard about it." Why don't you talk like that? Sensitivity: Because I have better taste. Herman is over the top. In one episode, Herman's Lust even
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      760 15 HIGHLIGHTS HAYAVADANA BBC, 9.01 am Two close friends. Devadatta and Kapila. literally lose their heads over a beautiful girl Both are brought back to lite by the goddess. Kali, with comic and tragic results A dramatisation in English of the bi zarre Sanskrit play by Ginsh Kar nand IT'S YOUR
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      1829 22 346 Mercedes For Sale 346 Mercedes For Sale RAY AUTO PTE LTD (Known for Quality cars) wishes to inform all customers friends A business associates that our new showroom it now at 356V/W Alexandra Road Singapore 0315 Tel: *****18 Business hours: Daily 9am-Bpm. Sun. 10am-spm 8/87 MERCEDES 200 auto. COK
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      728 22 366 Other Makes For Sale RAY AUTO PTE LTD (Known tor quality cars) Wt art open today from ioam-spm at our New Showroom 356V/W Alexandra Rd. Tal: *****18 NEAR 90 PORSCHE 911 Speedstei sport. 1 pte. owner low mlleagt Immaculate cond MalnUinec by agt *****86 OWNED YEARS VW Beetle 1200
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      650 22 9.VU PBk 1 376 Motorcycles/ Scooters For Sale/ Wanted SUZUKI GSXR 750 RR SP 1 water with rear foot rest Yoshl carbon fiber tt brand new tyres. Nice no Page: *****26 TZR 125 FOR sale Pearl blue colour SH plate Excellent condition New Insurance and road tax Pager 4121 181
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      865 23 380 Vehicle* Wanted SELLING YOUR CAR? We give you a GOOD DEAL for all models of used cars. EDMUND MOTOR *****39 I ALL CAP. MOOELS wanted Highest price assured. We buy ail brands used 2nd hand cars 44U833 Mr Ooh (Sam-Upm). CASH PAYMENT. FAST deal, highest offer for your used
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      687 23 405 Houses For Rent (Dists 21-28) 021 SUNSET CLOSE 2-store> link bungalow 3• l Matured gdn with rear patio $4500 Colliers Jardlne: *****84/ pg *****96 D.23 3-STOREY (pactou* Bunglw 6-bdnn lmmed F/aircon Unfurn $1500 Pg: *****68 C&H 026 SPRINGLEAF GON 2-storey seml-d 4 rms. F/furn $3600. lmmed Paul *****92/ *****85
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      830 23 411 Apartments For Rent 411 Apartments For Rent (Pists 09-11) (Dists 09-11) Orchard (Scotts 1 deluxe serviced apartments (Opposite Sheraton Towers Hotel. Scotts Road) Showflats Open For Viewing Leasing Dept. Tel: *****11 Immediate Occupation Advance Bookings Available Spacious fully-furnished flats Maisonettes In the heart of the high class residential area
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      573 23 u.iu iapiulin m. j i rms., gan unit. Nicely renovated. Facilities. Proflnders *****63/ pg. *****15 D.ll BEAUTIFULLY FURN. 3+ 1 rms. S/pool. $3500 neg. Call Ms. Amanda *****80 Marsen 0.11 CHONG KIM apt Furn 2 bdrms. Pool. Immed. Near MRT $2000 neg. Tel: *****45. No agts. D.ll OPEN HOUSE. 2-4pm.
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      970 23 412 Apartments For Rent (Dists 12-20) D.16 THE SUMMIT 16«8 sq ft. 3 bdrms. P/furn Seavlew. f/faclllties, near mkt. fc food place, quiet fc convenient. View by appt. with owner pg. *****09 no agts 0 20 OPEN HSE 2-spm Sin Ming Plaza. Tower 2, #04-02 Brand new apt. 3 rms
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      702 23 418 Rooms For Rent 3 BIG RMS. AT tpp Serangoon. sth. mile pte apt $300/ $450/ $550. Free carpark, near shpg ctr./ mkt No agts., pis *****41. BEAUTIFULLY FURN. AIRCON rm at Orchard Rd Preferably singles fc students Contact 720-3190 BEDOK NORTH ROAD, K'turn room to let Tel: *****74. No
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      659 23 420 Houses Wanted (Rent/ Buy) I'M URGENTLY LOOKING for h'ses In Serangoon Gdn area Owners call *****46, *****77 Mrs Leong MAX. EXPOSURE AVAIL, if you are thinking of selling' renting your hses Luke Property *****77 OUR LISTED BUYERS are looking for detached/ seml-d and terr. hses Any area *****95 ARN
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      524 23 421 Apartments Wanted (Rent/ Buy) THOMSON VIEW, 1300 sq ft wanted urgently by genuine buyers Owners, call *****11/ *****23 agt WANTED APT. IN D 15 around St Patrick sch $1200 $1500 Ready clients *****75 JREA 12 YRS. EXPERIENCE with H K British PR using cash want 3-5 rm flata Tel
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      522 23 427 Houses For Sale (Dists 09-11) OPEN HOUSE TODAY Prestigious bungalow* tor 15, ASTRK) MLL, S<10») Ipm. 3pm. 2-storey detached on high ground Land. 21.808 sq.ft. F'hold Vacant S3 C. NASSMi RO 5<1025) 3 30pm -SJOpm. 2-storey detached with lnground pool. Land: 14.238 sq ft F'hold Vacant Auction: 19/2/S3 COLLIERS
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      870 24 428 Houaes For Sale (Pitta 12-20) D 16 LUXURIOUS SCMI-0. 2 mtuster 1 3400/ 4000 sq ft »1 2M neg Transworld pg (*****24 0.16 OPEN HSE 1.30-3pm. 21 Jin Anak Patong D/storey terr MRT, JISOK Pg *****69 *****83 0.16 SUNBIRD RO. I) storey t«rr Khold 3I 1 rms. Beautifully renovated
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      654 24 429 Houses For Sale 429 Houses For Sale 429 Houses For Sale 429 Houses For Sale (Dists 21-28) I (Dists 21-28) (Dists 21-28) (Dists 21-28) si iTKHn m-Mi.M-iM-.sioKn ikkkxci-. AND SEMI-DETACHED HOUSES AT YIO CHU KANG, GERALD CRESCENT, Ml M I MUGLISTON/ MUGLISTON PARK A SPEEDY JOURNEY TO ORCHARD ROAD/
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      72 24 D.09 HORIZON TOWERS. Good investment return. Several units. Full facilities. Foreigners eligible. Tel: 744-8661. D.09 AWS RD. Cosy 3 bdrms. 1250 sq.ft. F'hold. Foreigners eligible 5599K Universal, pg *****09. D.09 EUROASIA CT. 1076/ 1378/ 1475/ 1679/ 1700 sq.ft. SSI3K up. Exclusive pte. CK *****51 ERA. 438 Private Apts For Sale
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      377 25 D.19 BARTLEY OROVE mals condo. 2400 sq.ft $590K 3600 sq.ft. S79OK *****97/ *****42 F&W D.19 CHILTERN PK. Type A2. 936 sq.ft. Full facilities. TOP. '95. $378K Page *****36 AMK D 19 SERANGOON APT. 2 1 Move in cond. 1375 sq.ft. $385K. *****17/ *****23 agt D.20 THOMSON VIEW. 2023 sq.ft High
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      439 25 439 Private Apts For Sale (Pitts 21-28) NEW GRANDE VISTA Mals. Open h'se: Today, 1 30-spm 2616 sq ft. Full facilities. Quality design View by appt *****75 C&H 0.26 BULLION PK. 2/3 rms Best view/ facilities. F'hold. Type A SSSOK/ Type B S46BK neg. *****48 DM GRANDE VISTA TOP Issued.
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      458 25 450 HUDC Apts Wanted (Rent/ Buy) HONGKONG PR. LOOKING for HUUC apt./ mals. urgently Kelvin pg *****98 Fait Property 452 HDB Apts For Sale (A.M. Kio/Bishan) OPEN HSE. 12-3PM. A M. Klo srm pt blk 520 Near MRT/ Ctr school. Odn. view. Face South Renovated. Well kept. Walt at Lift
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      469 25 454 HDB Apts For Sale (Bedok/Tampmes) TAMPINES 5-RM. 'A' 81k.260. 922. near MRT. high fir (CPF $127K)/ 5-rm corner 81k.842. 458 Fully renovated. No blocking. Well kept SIBOK neg. (CPF SIO9K). Pg *****41 agent CORNER 4-RM. 'A 1 Tamplnes 420 Near MRT, mkt.. Polycllnlc. food ctr.. library. Exclusive convenient location
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      688 25 NslBlN s ING4fOSt^ TroHcaNa CONDOMINIUM j^h^LM r^^r^^ I [^^BJT^^^b j P^^«> jf^^9\ M" M *^B^^ Experience the best in uptown living in a serene Business Park, SAFRA Tampines Clubhouse, suburban setting. Tropicana Condominium -^n^n^^- SAFRA Resort 4 Country Qub, comprises forty lowrise 2 and 3 bedroom Pasir rjs Resort Tanah
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      399 25 454 HDB Apts For Sale (Bedok/Tampmes) 5-RM. CORNER TAMPINES blk 843. beautifully renovated, near mkt./ shops. *****86/ pg *****59 5-RM. -I' SIMEI. Newly renovated. Near MRT amenities Must sell! *****49/ *****86 Triumph (MLS) 5-RM. T Tampmaa St 44. High fir breezy Nicely renovated. Movein cond. CPF $109K. CPS *****77 5-RM.
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      409 25 458 HDB Apts For Sale (Clementi/ West Coast) 5-RM. PT. BLK. Clementi West Blk 717 High fir Near amenities Pg 5075 594 C&H 460 HDB Apts For Sale (Hougang/ Serangoon) HOUGANG ST. 21 exer mats. Low fir. Well renovated. Ceramic/ split alrcon./ cabinets. CPF SIBOK Montarle *****48/ *****99 HOUGANG EXEC.
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      423 25 462 HDB Apt* For Sale (Jurong/Bt. Batok) EXEC. MAIS. JURONG EAST BLK. 322A/ 32S Both mid floor Nicely renovated well kept Ideal location: MRT market/ all amenities Move-In condition Price negotiable Also available Exec Mals. Buklt Panjang High floor All CPF II6OK Should you hava any qu*n*« or ara k»»n
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      392 25 462 HDB Apt* For Sale (Jurong/Bt. Batok) 5-RM. JURONG W. Blk 523 High fir Good view Near amenlMe*/ MRT CPF $98K Sole Agt. Zach 4 Assoc *****38 *****00 (Dave) EXEC. MAIS. BT. Batok Blk 528 2 mlns to MRT Renovated Amenities J249K neg Equal *****95. HURRY) SIO4K ONLY. Bt Batok
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      164 26 464 HDB Apts For Sale (Yishun) YISHUN ST.BI Ex«c. Apt. blk 834 High fir. Near amenities MRT CPF JI4BK Thian 414 4738 ERA YISHUN 5-RM. BLK 16l Beautifully renovated. 5 mlns. MRT/ mkt. SI72K CPF S99K A&G *****34 4-RM. A' YISHUN. Blk. 170. CPF S7BBK. Well-kept decorated Near MRT/ shops.
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      522 26 466 HDB Apts For Sale (Other Estates) HatQ Rd Bit 1 #07-661. 3 rrrs. Mid Floor. Good tewing. Near MRT/Amonlties. Immediately. $72tt ONO. Wong *****9 1 "We guarantee your Deposit) Cali us for the FREE ERA Depostt Qurantee Programme!" ATTN. CLEMENTI 4-RM. 302. 404 3-rm. 305, 308. 5-rm. 413. Dover
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  • SUNDAY REVIEW
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        393 1 Warren The Asian arms Fernandez: build-up I lf'/llth kl C-14/l/C// l«/ /HI PBi*.,.. Jr fc Property Chan Yan chong: Kiasu is still opportunism rr i ii t t /I\'/1 s t 111 <^f ■^^P*^^ tilwllllitt fch__^ JBll m Mi ,1 Britain is being overrun by hooligans and thugs: city home,
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    • VIEWPOINTS
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        The Sunday Times Glamourising grit
        273 2 The Sunday Times Glamourising grit FANCY packaging seems to be the "in" thing in Singapore. Recently, there was the Singapore Polytechnic wooing school-leavers with rap music, MTV-style. Now, the Council of Social Service has a $30,000 campaign to correct what it says are misconceptions about social work. Its brochure, "a
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        25 YEARS AGO
        118 2 What The Straits Times reported on Feb 18,1968 SINGAPORE It was an unprecedented Nomination Day victory for the People's Action Party today. When nominations closed at noon, 51 of the party's 58 candidates were returned unopposed, thus sweeping the PAP into power for the third consecutive term.
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        Are we really under more stress now?
        1076 2  -  Tan Sai Siong THE recent pronouncements by two Wongs Foreign Minister Wong Kan Seng and Minister of State for Health Aline Wong on the complaints by some Singaporeans about stress cannot, in my view, be more right. It is about time that someone
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        Tax cuts must be maintained to protect the poor
        974 2  -  Warren Fernandez THE most convincing of all the objections to the proposed good and services tax is, I think, the fear that the system of indirect taxes will be regressive and hit the poor hardest. Indeed, in a significant move, the
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        55 2 WAWANCARA g/C 1 EKSKLUSIF B lirl DENGAN TIN! 1 I U X ibu dan wanita 4sJ/{j/y) Melayu pertama i^^~) dijangkiti kuman HIV yang membawa penyakit Aids Dapatkan^^wgnA /kiinggu Untuk memastikan anda tidak ketinggalan, dapatkan langganan langsung. Anda hanya perlu membayar jumlah harga akhbar yang dilanggan, tidak lebih dari itu. Hubungllah
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    • PROFILE
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        Never let a good chance slip by
        1392 3 Dr Chan Yan Chong caused a mini-ruckus recently with a letter to the press saying Singaporeans were risk-averse because of cocooning by social "safety nets". MARY KWANG talks to the Hongkong-based poly lecturer I)R CHAN VAN CHONG was born on April 2, 1951,
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        264 3 Everything you need to pff^f\ know about WPPI parenting m m f m mm mmmmßk 1 W ~Mk > m 111 Vll% M iijßi magazine have a happy healthy pregnancy V— enjoy the wide-eye innocence of childhood get a child better prepared for school help youngsters with their studies Each
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        202 3 GENEVE *>* /A, x Am awk .4;\ m bVl^bVl^^^^^R^b^9^bV^bl BTbV\ X I BTB^SI BB^^^k^_Bßßj^_eß^^L^H BTBa Precious Moments Immortalized By Timeless Pieces. Sole Kgeni. TRADE ALLIANCE (S) PTE LTD 10 Anson Road #22-14 International Plaza Singapore 0207. Tel: *****24/*****94 Authorised Dealers ANB People's ParV Complex B.G. Time Marina Square Clti-Tlm* Trading
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    • MONEY ON SUNDAY
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        Housing market tough to enter but still affordable
        1503 4 Housing market tough to enter but still affordable Rising incomes and falling interest rates have kept private housing affordable despite the sharp price rises of recent years. The catch is that new home buyers are finding it more difficult to enter the market because of the high prices. DOREEN SIOW
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        S'pore stocks have some catching up to do
        1041 4 Dollars Sense Henry Chang BY MOST recent predictions, the Singapore stock market this year offers bright, if not the best, prospects for making a few bucks quite a few in fact if some analysts' expectations come to light. But after a lacklustre
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        Set to grow along with the building industry
        1031 5 Malaysia's cement sector Serious Money Yeoh Keat Seng PROSPECTS for the cement sector should be just as bullish as" that for construction, given that cement is a major building material. Indeed, demand for cement should grow in tandem with the increase in
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        An investment with security
        1078 5 Insurance policies Personal Investment Chan Sue Meng ANYBODY who can afford life insurance should give serious thought to it for reasons of security and investment even though he may not seem to need it, especially if he is young and healthy. It is something that should
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        810 5 QUALIFY,,. promotion through ICS In the convenience of your home, at your own time, you can study an ICS course from the U.K. or the U.S.A. There are more than 100 courses to choose from, including the more popular programs listed below. ICS started the correspondence method of instruction in
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        Is this the face of Britain today?
        3401 6 Is this the face of Britain today? KEITH Austin's lament, originally published on Jan 31, obviously touched a chord among many Britons. The next issue of The Sunday Times (London) carried >i\ letters from readers echoing his sentiments. Mr John Morrison, formerly deputy chief constable of Birmingham, called it "the
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        The race to rule Cambodia is on
        1920 7 The race to rule Cambodia is on Prince Sihanouk returned to Cambodia on Tuesday. Whatever the outcome of May y s elections, the future will be tough for those jockeying for power, says CARLYLE THAYER IT IS unlikely that any one party will win a two-thirds majority in Cambodia's first
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        Is Asia in an arms race?
        1467 8 Asian countries have been boosting their military forces in recent years, leading to questions as to whether there is an arms race going on. MATHEW PEREIRA takes a look at what is happening. AT A time when most Western countries are trimming their armed
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