The Straits Times, 31 January 1995

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 TUESDAY JANUARY 31, 1995 50 CENTS MITA (P) 026/12/94
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    Lock icon Local market stands out with 48-pt gain
    257 1 Market reports: P 27,28 THE Singapore stock market stood out m tbe region yesterday, cheered on by tbe technical rally which is into its fourth day since last week. Tbe 30-share Straits Times Industrials Index surged from tbe word go, closing 48.36 points
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    Li Peng: China must press on with reforms
    411 1 Arduous' task must be pursued while curbing inflation, fighting corruption Ripples of concern over reports of Deng's health Foreign investors m China cautious: Page 10 BEIJING Premier Li Peng has said that the "arduous" task of reform must be pursued m the
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    Lock icon Jiang welcomes visits by leaders from Taiwan
    124 1 Meanwhile, President Jiang welcomed Taiwan's leaders to visit the mainland and sent holiday greetings to the people of Taiwan yesterday, the eve of the Lunar New Year. The President, who is also chairman of the Communist Party, welcomed officials from all parties m
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    Lock icon Mexico on tenterhooks as markets await US loan deal
    569 1 Plfl BACK FROM DAVOS. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong returned to Singapore yesterday after attending the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum m Davos, Switzerland. During the meeting from Jan 27 to 29, government, corporate, academic and media leaders discussed
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    Reunion dinner for two with people who care
    360 1 New Year joy: Page 15 The Straits Times wishes all our Chinese readers a happy Lunar New Year. There will he no publication of The Straits Times, Business Times and Berita Harian tomorrow. A special edition of The New Paper will be
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    Lock icon One-armed golfer gets two aces — on same day
    254 1 One-armed golfer gets two aces on same day DELRAY BEACH (Florida) Cy Young is a name more connected with American baseball than golf. But he had his moment m the sun and on the links with two holes-in-one m a day. And he did it with only one arm. Mr
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Drive to get women back to work
      437 2  -  Ahmad Osman By Talks at CCs to encourage them to register for jobs WOMEN who want to go back to work and they make up about 10 per cent of the KI.IMH) economically inactive women m Singapore will be the target of a
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      Lock icon Two Peruvian copters downed in border dispute
      413 2 MACAS (Ecuador) Two Peruvian helicopters were reportedly shot down, killing seven Peruvians, as Ecuadorean officials accused Peru of mounting a "massive offensive" along a disputed border. An Ecuadorean Joint Chiefs of Staff communique, reporting the first helicopter downing, said that one Ecuadorean had
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      Lock icon Fireworks blast kills 11
      62 2 BRAZILIAN firemen and rescue workers searching through the rubble left by an explosion at a fireworks store m Sao Paolo on Saturday. Officials said the explosion killed 11 people while 12 others were injured. The police are investigating the blast, which also destroyed a bank, a
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      Lock icon China wants to continue satellite programme
      181 2 BEIJING China will gm ahead with plans to launch five commercial satellite* lui foreign customers this yea. despite the explosion of .i rocket last week, the China Daily said yesterday The country's launchei China Great Wall Industrial Corporation, said it will pro oni with
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      What it should have been
      120 2 IN OUR report "Four group* lead m battle for second mobile phone licence" on Jan Td we said interconnection charges are imposed on the mobile phone operator when a call i_ made from Telecom's fixed line network to its network The Telecommunication Authority of Singapore
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      COE bids expected to soften further in coming tender
      588 3  -  Leong Chan Teik By Stock market downturn Double-transfer announcement soon BIDS for vehicle Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) will open at 9 am on Thursday and close at 4 pm next Tuesday. MOTORISTS who are hoping for a hongbao m the form
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      Lock icon Polygamy: Egyptian wives may get divorce
      416 3 CAIRO Egypt is preparing to change its marriage rules to give a woman the right to divorce her husband if he takes another wife, but is advancing cautiously to avoid angering Muslim militants. A draft law has already been prepared, giving a woman for
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      Lock icon Woman with 4 husbands arrested
      168 3 CAIRO A young Egyptian woman arrested for having four husbands pleaded that she could not resist virile men, the Egyptian press reported at the weekend. Leila, St, was accused by her first husband, 86-year-old Mohammad Morsi, of abandoning him to marry another man. The police
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      Lock icon Dining out in the cold
      54 3 picture. See Page lt MR YOSHIMASA Shlnosaki, 70, and his wife Kikue having dinner around a bonfire outside their collapsed apartment building In Kobe on Saaday, IS days after the worst quake since World War 11. They spent all IS nights since the quake outside
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      Lock icon S'porean among 11 arrested in China's biggest gambling case
      195 3 S'porean among 1 1 arrested in China's biggest gambling case SHANGHAI A Singaporean was among 11 people whose arrests have been approved by the authorities here m connection with China's biggest gambling case m which more than 10 million yuan (SSI. 7 million) was staked over a three-day period last
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      282 2 STII soars Why-? What brokers say Man In the news Oei Hong Leong has made it to the covers of Institutional Investor BeritaHarian More maths That's the focus of this year's AMP Mendaki joint tuition programme for weak students More pay Thanks to the Madrasah Fund. 150 teachers from six
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  • WORLD
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      Plan for UN Economic Security Council draws fire
      493 4  -  Warren Fernandez World Economic Forum Reports by m Davos The concept of international bureaucrats sitting m New York trying to direct world economic policy is a non-starter.' Mr Bolger. NEW Zealand's Prime Minis ter Jim Bolger ha_s dismissed calls for the creation
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      Lock icon JURASSIC TREE
      48 4 picture. This massive Huon pine tree is the world's oldest-known living organism. Scientists have estimated it to be between 10,500 and 40,000 years oldJThe tree's base extends one hectare m area. Perched among its branches atop Mt Reid recently was Mr Mike Peterson of Forestry AFP
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      Lock icon Keating evades loggers' blockade
      358 4 CANBERRA Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating, under fire from both environmentalists and loggers over a new policy on woodchip exports, yesterday evaded a blockade involving 250 giant logging trucks ringing Parliament House The trucks and their trailers blocked the roads leading to Parliament, forcing ministers, staffers,
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      Howard elected leader of Liberals in Australia
      365 4  -  Teresa Ooi By In Sydney AUSTRALIA'S opposition Liberals elected a new leader m just 20 minutes yesterday, bouyed by new opinion polls that put them (our points ahead of the Labor government for the first time m months. Mr John Howards smooth transition
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      Lock icon Student who shot at Prince Charles 'amazed at lax security'
      212 4 A STUDENT who last year leapt onto a stage and fired two blank shots at Prince Charles was amazed at the lax security, a Sydney court was told yesterday. The lawyer for David Kang said his client had planned a
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      DAVOS SIDELIGHTS
      368 4 Zhu dodges query CHINA'S Vice Premier Zhu Rongji had wanted to signal his country's commitment to oj>onnes_ to the rest of the world to participants at the forum Urging them to visit China, he Mid "Pleaae come lo China, come to Beijing, come to Shanghai. I will bo
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      Lock icon Saudi minister denies troop build-up along border with Yemen
      332 4 DUBAI Saudi Arabia's De fence Minister denied Saudi troops were massing along its frontier with Yemen and said discussions between the twn sides to resolve a longstand ing border dispute were proceeding well "Talks are going well m brotherly and high
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    • WORLDFILE
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        Lock icon FREED AFTER 13 YEARS
        53 6 A soldier of the former Red Army was freed by Afghanistan and arrived m Moscow on Sunday after nearly 13 years m captivity, the Itar-Tass news agency said. Private Byashmgeldy Yazkhanov arrived with his wife, an Afghan woman whom he married during his captivity, and a
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        Lock icon BOSNIA EVACUATION
        62 6 UN officials m Bosnia hoped to evacuate war casualties from the eastern Muslim enclave of Gorazde yesterday m an important test of Serb goodwill towards the ceasefire m the republic Tte Serbs have blocked the move m the past, but UN officials said the rival sides had agreed
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        Lock icon DHAKA FIRE KILLS 2
        63 6 At least two people were killed and several others injured as a (ire raged through a large slum m Dhaka, leaving thousands of people homeless, police said. Tte charred bodies of a man and a baby were recovered late on Sunday following the blaze m the
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        Lock icon OGRES BEHIND WHEELS
        53 6 Britons turn into raging monsters behind tte wheel of a car. a survey has shown. Aggressive tailgating enraged 62 per cent of the 1,700 motorists polled by Mori for tte Automobile Association. Headlight flashing caused 59 per cent to lose their tempers, white obscene gestures irritated 48
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        Lock icon QUEEN'S NEAR MISS
        71 6 A British aircraft carrying Queen Elizabeth might have been within 15 m of a collision with two Luftwaffe fighters m 1960 m what was then West German airspace, a British paper said. Tte incident occurred as the British monarch flew home from Denmark aboard a Comet airliner.
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        Lock icon DISCOVERY MIR-BOUND
        68 6 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration on Sunday began a countdown to tte first of an unprecedented series of US missions to the Russian space station. Mir. Tte launch from the Kennedy Space Centre on Florida's central east coast of Discovery and its crew of six including the
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      Graft scandals hang over French elections
      508 6 Justice and the sleaze factor are prime issues m presidential campaign Conservative Prime Minister Edouard Balladur, frontrunner m the presidential race, has so far avoided serious damage from investigations that have reached inside his Cabinet. Analysts say this Is largely because he established a
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      Lock icon Rao fails to heal rift at heated party meeting
      578 6 NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao moved to reassert his authority at a top meeting of his ruling Congress Party, but failed to heal a deepening split within its ranks. At a late-night meeting on Sunday, the Congress
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      Lock icon Pro-govt Algerians demonstrate support
      160 6 ALGIERS Some 10,000 demonstrators marched through the Algerian capital on Sunday to support the mil 1 itary-backed government and protest against opposition proposals for ending a threw-year-old Islamic insurgency Protected by a heavy force of police, ambulances and firf engines, the crowd chanted m support of
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      Lock icon The threat: More Islamic Jihad attacks The response: Israelis 'may stop backing talks'
      628 8 The threat: More Islamic Jihad attacks The response: Israelis 'may stop backing talks' 'A few years ago, we used knives Now we have changed our style It's more difficult and expensive for us to get explosives than for anyone else m the world, but if you want to, you can
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      Lock icon Europe floods leave thousands homeless
      192 8 PARIS Recordbreaking flooding m parts of Europe left thousands of people homeless and out of work on Sunday, and another storm loomed as the authorities struggled to restore basic services. At least six people were reported missing and two were dead m a third consecutive
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      Lock icon Want to be lord of your own castle? All you need is cash
      258 8 BERLIN For all you would-be counts and countesses, the German government is peddling castles to fit every aspiration to nobility, however grand or modest, sublime or ridiculous. But bring cash, and plenty of it. In a marketing
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      Lock icon Chinese parents cry racism over NZ school's English requirement
      474 8 "At Aye years of age some children eaat even speak correct Chinese sentences, so what do they mean they have to be able to speak English?" radio broadcaster Estella Lee said. "They have to learn and that is what education is
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Rushdie vows to continue writing
        209 8 New novel, The Moor's Last Sigh, completed NEW YORK Author Salman Rushdie, who has been m hiding from an Iranian death threat for nearly six years, says his enemies will triumph only if he stops writing and he has no intention of doing so. In
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        Drunk fights zoo tigers
        77 8 COLOGNE A man fought for his life on Sunday after being attacked by two tigers m their cage m the Cologne zoo, police said. The 27-year-old man was rescued by two policemen called to the scene by residents nearby who heard the man's cries. Police said
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        Lock icon Guess who this clown is
        128 8 THIS is Humbini tbe clown. Bat surprise, surprise, she is also Sister Hilda Mary (right), a novice guardian nan from St Michael's, tbe community sisters of tbe church m Richmond, Eaglaad. Aad she has jast been appointed Chairfool, tbe chairman of the Holy Fools Organisation
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        Meanwhile...
        126 8 Meanwhile BURTON'S FATHER DIES: Mr Philip Burton, the Welsh teacher who adopted the son of a coal mint". and moulded him into one of the world's top English-speaking actors the late Richard Burton died m Florida on Saturday night He was 90 MITTERRAND FAREWELL: French President Francois Mitterrand will bow
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      38 8 'I just hope he is m prison. Fd be happy if I knew he was there/ Ms Lyudmila Byelova, a Russian mother hunting for her 18-year-old eon, Vladimir, who was among hundreds of Russian troops missing m Chechnya.
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  • EAST ASIA
    • Ripples of concern over reports on Deng's health
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        Doubts over succession making them act with care
        642 10  - Doubts over succession making them act with care Mary Kwang By Hongkong Correspondent FOREIGN investors were proceeding with their projects m China with great caution m the light of doubts over the sik __»ion of ailing Chinese patriarch Deng Xiaoping, according to an international business publication The New York-based Business
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        'But Zhu Rongji faces serious challenges'
        575 10 'But Zhu Rongji faces serious challenges' CHINA will be able to cope without senior leader Deng Xiaoping but there will be serious political manoeuvres against Vice-Premier Zhu Rongji, according to a report by a Japanese research institute It warned investors that any political campaign against Mr Zhu. who is also
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      Lock icon Destruction of port could put brake on exports
      503 10 Tokyo Correspondent Kwan Weng Kin reports from quake-hit Kobe THE gantry cranes for handling containers are no longer serviceable. All 35 container berths are totally wrecked, as are most of the rest of the harbour facilities. The port of Kobe the largest
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    • IN A NUTSHELL
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        GOLDEN CAKES
        48 10 Cakes decorated with gold foil have hit the mark*M m Shanghai just before the spring festival, according to Nanyang Siang Pau The cakes are said to be tast> nutritious and spet -ial and are selling like hot cakes despite a price of 198 yuan <Ss3Ki each
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        Lock icon FURORE OVER HOLOCAUST
        91 10 A major Japanese publisher said yesterday it would no longer publish a monthly magazine following protests from its advertisers and the publicover an article disputing the existence of gas chambers under Nazi Germany The Marco Polo magazine will cease to be published after its February issue, which
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        Lock icon FEARS OVER N-SHIPMENT
        101 10 The planned shipment of nuclear waste from France to Japan next month had triggered worry among a number of nations. Japanese officials said yesterday Tokyo did not identify the nations but environmental lobby group Greenpeace claimed more than 20 entities, mainly Caribbean nations, had protested The shipment
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        Lock icon BUMPER CROP EXPECTED
        66 10 China remained optimistic it would produce a bumper crop of food grains this year despite shortages last year, the Hongkong branch of the China News Service said yesterday China's food-grain output this year is predicted at between 459 million and 465 million tonnes, up from last year's
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        Lock icon AUSSIES INVEST IN CHINA
        73 10 Former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke has signed an agreement, including several million US dollars m investment from Australian companies, with a Chinese company to develop rich tourism resources m southern China's Yunnan Province. Mr Hawke. now a senior consultant with the China Society foi Science
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        Lock icon HK, SHOPPERS' PARADISE
        84 10 Hongkong remains the world's cheapest place for tourists to shop, outranking rival showing destinations such as Singapore ana Paris, according to a survey by the Economist Intelligence L T nit The survey basket of 15 items favoured by tourists was 29 per cent cheaper m the tax-free
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        Lock icon EXTRADITION TREATY
        69 10 Hongkong and the Philippines yesterday signed a treaty to extradite accused and convicted criminals, making the accoi Hongkong's fifth to be signed by the colony ahead of China's takeover m 1997 The territory had already signed pacts with the Netherlands. Canada. Australia and Malaysia. Previously, it was Britain
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Myanmar forces overrun base with Karen dissidents' help
      521 11 Ethnic group vows to regroup and recapture abandoned positions MAE SOT (Thailand) A joint fort y of 5.000 Myanmar government and Karen breakaway troops was overrunning the jungle base of the Karen National Union (KNU), Thai and Karen sources said yesterday But
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      Fire nightmare for homes along Brunei River
      342 11  -  Ignatius Stephen m Bandar Sen Begawan RESIDENTS of KampOM Ayer m the Brunei capital were on full alert aftei fires on two successive days destroyed 20 houses and left more than 150 people homeless over the weekend A fire that brake out on
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      Lock icon Manila disavows reports of claim to Spratly shoal
      269 11 MANILA The Philippine military yesterday disavowed reports it was claiming a spit m the disputed Spratly Islands where a group of Filipino fishermen were reportedly detained by the Chinese navy m the middle of this month. However, Vice-Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Alfredo
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    • REGIONALFILE
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        Lock icon KILLERS REWARDED
        81 11 Khmer Rouge rebels had rewarded guerillas with water buffaloes, oxen and money for killing an American woman, whom they accused of helping the government, and her Cambodian guide m an ambush, rebel radio said yesterday. Ms Susan Hadden and her guide were killed on Jan 15 m Siem
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        Lock icon JAKARTA RAPPED
        51 11 The VS government yesterday criticised the harsher prison sentence given by an Indonesian high court to the jailed leader of the Sejahtera independent labour union The United States plans to consider the sentence handed to Much tar Pakpahan when assessing labour conditions m Indonesia, an embassy spokesman said
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        Lock icon ARREST WARRANT
        59 11 The Thai authorities have issued a warrant for fhe arrest of former MP Thanong Siripreechapong. who is wanted m the United States m connection with drug -trafficking charges. The public prosecutor's office said yesterday that a hearing was scheduled m a criminal court on Feb 23 to look
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        Lock icon 2 TIMORESE KILLED
        88 11 Indonesian troops killed two East Timorese, the military said yesterday. It said the two were guerillas who refused to surrender and started a firefight. "People informed us about the guerillas who came down from the mountain to get food" m a village, said Major Laedan Simbolon, a
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        Lock icon MARCOS FORTUNE
        69 11 X strongman rcos said he visited st July at the request of the Philippine government m an effort to cut a deal under which Manila and his family would divide the Marcos fortune. Representative Ferdinand Bongbong" Marcos Jr told reporters the visit was to check on the status
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        Lock icon 'DECLARE WEALTH'
        77 11 Indonesia's Association of Islamic Students (HMI) called for an inventory of government officials' wealth both before antl after they hold office to guarantee their honesty, a news report said yesterday. "Every official m government must be clean from the scandals which are dirtying officials." the HMl's 20th congress
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      Lock icon A head for business
      51 11 pic- tare. A CAMBODIAN pomelo seller hawking her wares on Thursday on the banks of the Tonle Baaaae River m Phnom Penh. The pomelo, a variety of grapefruit, is popular before the Lunar New Year and costs about IS 21 cents (Singapore 30 cents) each here.
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      Manila nod for interim Muslim govt: Rebel chief
      257 11 ZAMBOANGA (Philippines) Muslim rebels will be allowed to establish a provisional government m the southern Philippines early this year, according to the leader of the main rebel faction yesterday. Mr Nur Misuari, chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front, told reporters this
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      Lock icon Back to Vietnam: A concert to celebrate the end of the war
      378 11 HANOI A former British war photographer was planning a star-studded concert to celebrate the end of the Vietnam War 20 years ago, boasting top rockers like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan and Sting, a report said yesterday. Mr Tim
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      92 11 i. "_li_- 'Jl I t _> 'ill I Celebration I I of the Lunar I I Ne^w Year, I I we are open I I tomorrow! I I Come on down I I and celebrate with us at I I I PONDEROSA] I Hj SteakOSalad m Plaza Singapura 02- 13
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        Lock icon AL-ARQAM REHABILITATION
        63 12 The government was drawing up a three-year programme to rehabilitate former leaders and followers of the banned Al-Arqam movement The dire, .or-general of the Islamic Affairs Division m the Prime Minister's Department. Datuk Zainal Abidin Abdul Kadir. said that an allocation had been set aside to ensure the
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        FOOD INCENTIVES
        66 12 Johor wouui provioe new incenuves to spur growth m the food industry, said Mentri Besar Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Johor might offer special grants, increase land tenure and recruit foreign labour directly for food producers. The Star reported yesterday Tan Sri Muhyiddin said that the federal government had
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        MUAR, WATERFRONT CITY
        61 12 Plans are afoot to turn Muat into a waterfront city by 2010. A report m The Star said yesterday that the district office was lining up programme, to develop the northern Johor town into a tourist draw, with a proposal to build a .-km esplanade and marinas.
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        'EDUCATION FUND* CALL
        67 12 Umno Supreme Council member Hassan Harun has called on the government to set up a National Higher Education Fund. He said at the Tun Abdul Razak Institute of Technology convocation ceremony on Sunday that the fund would be used to give out loans to deserving individuals. The
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        65 12 Malaysia was disappointed witn international mediators for suspending peace talks after the Serbs refused to accept the latest peace plan. Foreign Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi said yesterday. Datuk Abdullah said that Western powers should strive to bring peace to the war-torn country, by imposing whatever form of pressure
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      Lock icon LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE
      38 12 picture. Environment Director-General Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Jaafar leads the way in cleaning the surroundings of his office complex in Wisma Sime Darby in Kuala Lumpur. His deputy, Mr Tan Meng Leng, does likewise. NST
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      Lock icon KL seeking more joint ventures with Manila
      515 12 Joint- venture agricultural projects planting high-yield crops such as oil palm on Philippine government land. Opening another small port m the Philippines where there are deep-water areas. Getting Malaysian participation m the Philippine National Steel Corporation to produce steel and car components to
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      Lock icon Top defence role not for air, navy chief—yet
      385 12 Top defence role not for air, navy chief yet KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia's outgoing Chief of Defence Forces (CDF). General Tan Sri Borhan. said that it was not time yet for the airforce or navy chief to hold the country's No 1 military post. In an interview with Bernama on Sunday,
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      Lock icon KL calls for meeting on dumping in straits
      138 12 KUALA LUMPUR Law Minister Syed Hamid Albar called for a regional conference to set guidelines to deal with waste-dumping problems m the Straits of Malacca. He said if such a conference could be held and agreement reached, all countries bordering the straits
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      Lock icon Gazetting of new electoral roll postponed to Feb 9
      290 12 KUALA LUMPUR Gazetting of the new electoral roll, scheduled for yesterday, has been postponed to Feb 9 because the names of about 4,500 voters m Kelantan were left out. Election Commission chairman Datuk Harun Din said the discrepancy, discovered a few
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      Lock icon Three sisters reunited after more than 50 years
      254 12 MADAM Mariam Mat, 60, was already weeping when she was brought into Malaysia's TV3 studio to be reunited with her sisters Madam Maimun Musa, 56. and Madam Habibah Osman, 58. both of whom she had not seen m more than 50 years
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      Neighbour molests boy on pretext of curing rash
      367 13 A FORTUNE teller lured a 14-year-old nelgnbour to a void deck by offering to "cure" his skin rash and sucked and licked the boy's nipples and kissed him. Yesterday Teo Chye Seng. 52. pleaded guilty to using force to molest the boy
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      Debaters polish their prose
      468 13 JC students ready for international contest m Wales POUR junior college students will head tor Wales m the British Isles next month for an international debat--9 ing competition. Second-year students Jason Chan, -^Jonathan Yuen, Frederick Teo, all 17, •!_tnd Harveen Singh Narulla. 18, will take part
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      609 13  -  Leong Chan Teik By '(Toyota's four-year winning streak) reflects car buyers' confidence m the quality of Toyotas, and also the after-sales service and maintenance.' A spokesman for Borneo Motors on Toyota's market-leading sales for the fourth year running. l_y_H
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      Stricter R(A) checks to keep out under-21s
      452 13  -  Yvonne Chew By It's getting expensive to take a risk on R (A) shows. Tve already lost $16 because I was stopped twice. It's not worth it anymore.' Student Gillian Sim, who was caught trying to enterthe Picturehouse- TEENAGERS are finding it harder
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    • Lunar New Year celebrations across Singapore
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      7,000 jobs lost last year but 46,000 new ones created
      437 16 Restruct uring cause of retrenchments Workers will ask: Why should ministers get so much wage increase, and we cannot get $30 to $40 a month? The wage gap will widen on account of skill and ability. Top talent is m
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      Murder at food court: Victim identified
      146 16 POLICE have identified the man who was murdered at the Lavender Food Court on Sunday night Mr Ng Hang Chai. 37. was found dead with a knife embedded m his chest at about 11 pm that night Police believe he was killed after an
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      Longer bus journeys
      43 16 THE Singapore Bus Service (SBS) has asked passengers to allow more time for their bus journey on services plying through the Chinatown area. The heavy traffic during the Lunar New Year period may cause disruptions to these services. SBS said.
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      Present for Bt Batok residents
      351 16 THE 12,000 households m Bukit Batok have received an early Lunar New Year present a free coffee table book which captures their lives m the constituency. Residents' Committee members went door to door over the last two weeks to deliver copies of the book, Bukit
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      Muslim fasting month starts tomorrow
      94 16 Muslim fasting month starts tomorrow THE festive bustle has moved to Geylang Serai as Muslims begin their month of fasting tomorrow m preparation for Hari Raya Puasa. Muslims abstain from food or drink from dawn to dusk during the month of Ramadan, and perform religious duties like going to the
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      Accident toll: 3 dead
      180 16 A PEDESTRIAN died when he was hit by a car yesterday morning. The 37-year-old man was walking across Pioneer Road when he was hit by the car He was flung from the path of the car, while the driver lost control of his vehicle and rammed
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      92 15 :P|i Add more character to ip|j |H; the New Year with our carpets. ||S| Bl some, the much dreaded spring clean ing j^C fHjSj also springs to mind. In which case, may we tK_fif '■T.(gk tms coming year? Conii.-ibwn.lo our 'Lunacy Auction. Our :fsS) !i|j<3J resident expeiOßdmi^afWi^kor!-^ rgpp ;j§pj a
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      Traditions made better
      640 18 LUNAR New Year festivities may not be as old as time but they are both old enough and enduring enough to be relevant even to those of Chinese descent who now live m developed Western countries and know little about the agrarian society from whence their ancestors
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      73 18 "Are yon kidding? If we put aa mach energy into other issues aa Americans seem to m watching the trial, we might he farther dawn the road." US Attorney* General Janet Reno, when asked if she was tuning m to TV broadcasts oi the O. J. Simpson trial. "You never
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      128 18 __D_=D__D_§D_____D__D__D__D____3^ gl Wishing All Customers, Retailers Or Business j Bj Associates A Very Happy tt Prosperous Lunar New Year. a— J Qr eetings from the Management Sr Staff of |2| CHUEN CHEONG FOOD INDUSTRIES (PTE) LTD. 131 I fe) T| GER BRAND SOYA SAUCE Bl Top quality mwith rich superb
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      Confucianism does not look down on menial work
      388 20 W ST, Jan 25. MR SIA CHEONG YEW's article. "Help the old to do those minor chores themselves". (ST. Jan 25) drew comments from Ms Ivy Siow m her "Hands on for better future for everybody" (ST, Jan 28). Mr Sia was
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      18-month limit on capital cases may lead to injustice
      264 20 I WAS dismayed by the Chief Justice's proposal (The Sunday Times. Jan 8) that m capital cases, the trial, appeal. petition for clemency and execution be concluded within 18 months This creates the alarming impression that time and cost take precedence
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      What is yu sheng without the communal loh hei?
      282 20 SINGAPORE Airlines will be introducing the Lunar New Year delicacy, yu sheng. to its first-class passengers as reported m "Raw fish to fly first class" (ST. Jan 26) However, this may not go down well with those who attach importance to
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      M-League for only Malaysians: What a joke
      126 20 I WAS amazed by Datuk Basin's comments regarding Singapore's participation m the Malaysian Premier League. His point that "Malaysian football should be for Malaysians and their states" must be a joke. If he is sincere about this point, then what are foreign players
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      M-cyclists to be told to keep music quiet
      124 20 I REFER to Mr Edward Nieolay's letter "M-cycles with hi-fi post a danger" (ST, Dec 24). The current law does not prohibit the installation and use of audio sound systems on vehicles, including motorcycles and scooters, as these systems do not affect
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      Internet feedback for PM?
      45 20 ANOTHER effective channel for feedback is now via Internet. Bill Gates has his ask bill microsoft.com and President Bill Clinton his presidents whitehouse.gov Will our Prime Minister's Office announce the PM's ID soon 9 STEVEN TAN THIAM HOC h Singapore 2067
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      451 20 Beauty's grave This is the Three Gorges on the Yangtze River. When the world's A largest hydroelectric dam is completed there m 2009, it will wipe out many invaluable historic sites known to every Chinese schoolchild including the residence of JM Zhaojun, one of the four most beautiful^ i^women history
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      142 20 Dear Readers. THE Straits Times welcomes letters from you. Your letters must include your signature, fii name. address and home and office tolophono numbers. We do not accept for publication letters from writers who decline to give their names. This rule wil be waived only m very exceptional circumstances, such
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      78 21 TfITTII Results of Draw No. I 111 II 1/ Mon, 30 Jen 1006 GrouplPrize 10 12 23 $689,607 30 39 42 Group II Prize Add. No. $174,422 1 05 If mere is more man one winner a. either Group I aa j or Group 11. me prize wm oe shared
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      Time's right to go separate ways
      903 21 For the sake of good relations, FAM must stop inviting Singapore for league 'Suddenly, when the soccer world is focusing its eyes on a Malaysian disease involving money and bookmakers, it is not fair to treat a 24 -time winner like a pariah and
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      Four-cornered fight for top honours
      645 21  -  Joe Dorai Singapore National Olympic Council awards SNOC AWARDS By Sailor Ben Tan favourite for Sportsman title but Sportswoman Joscelin is m for a close tussle IT WILL be a four way battle for both the 1994 Sportsman and Sportswoman awards. Leading the list of
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      Vijay takes Phoenix after playoff win
      318 21 GOLF SCOTTSDALE (Arizona) Vijay Singh of Fiji kept up his playoff magic by sinking a two-foot par putt on the first hole of a sudden death playoff on Sunday to beat Billy Mayfair and win the Phoenix Open. Both Vijay and Mayfair shot five-under-par
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      Presidential power pays off
      520 21 Tay Cheng Khoon reviews the Johnnie Walker Golf Classic Manila proves popular with players and 20,000 spectators MANILA The two appearances of Philippines President Fidel Ramos at the Orchard Golf and Country Club last week were significant. For the golf-loving head of state has been credited
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      Lock icon Lewis and Malcolm bowl England to victory
      332 21 CRICKET ADELAIDE Chris Lewis, who three weeks ago was playing club cricket on vacation m Melbourne, took four wickets yesterday as England scored a surprise 106-run victory over Australia m the Fourth Ashes cricket Test at the Adelaide Oval. Phil DeFreitas earlier scored
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      Singapore junior teams step down from ladder
      266 21 SQUASH SINGAPORE'S Asian Junior Squash Championships campaign m Hongkong ended on a dismal note when its boys' team lost 1-2 to Jordan to finish m sixth place over the weekend. At the last championships hosted by the Republic two years ago. it finished
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        Lock icon Two shot after Super Bowl
        122 21 TWO men were shot and about 30 people were arrested on Sunday night m San Francisco during violent celebrations following the San Francisco .Sens' record fifth Super Bowl victory. "People are just completely out of control," police officer Miguel Granados said two hours after the
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      Local badminton standard remains in the Bronze Age
      840 23 Zarinah is the only one with some shine for the Sea Games PART Two of Timesport's series on the seven core sports m Singapore's target for Sporting Excellence the Spex 2000 project looks at badminton. Thomas Koh writes about the hopes of
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      Study vs sports worries for talented Wei Wun
      771 23 Cj mSM 1 L .1 I i_ i_ l A _Ll_oJ til .ii FACT FILE ~1 Name: Tan Wei Wun Birthdate: 20.11.80 Height: 1.65 m Weight: 44kg Vocation: Secondary Three Pure Science student at Anglican High Honours: National un-der-14 girls' champion Hobbles:
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      Lifting Zarinah to new peak
      258 23 THE Singapore Badminton Association is hoping that Indonesian coach Paulus Irwanto will be able to lift Zarinah Abdullah to new heights. The 39-year-old Irwanto will take over from China's Zheng Qingjin as Zarinah s full-time coach from next month. The 50- yearold Zheng is Singapore's
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      Youths dominate but experience is still required
      459 23 SINGAPORE'S current national squad might well be mistaken for a junior team With the exception of 29--year-old veteran Hamid Khan, the others m the national squad are all 21 or younger. The average age of the 1 .-strong squad is only 20 Zarinah
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      Lock icon Riots and stabbing bring shame on Italian soccer
      463 24 AC Milan-Genoa game halted after fan dies SOCCER GENOA European champion AC Milan and Genoa abandoned their Italian League match on Sunday after one fan was stabbed to death and seven others were injured m clashes between rival supporters. The two clubs
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      Lock icon Klinsmann nets twice for Spurs
      381 24 LONDON German striker Juergen Klinsmann, knocked unconscious m a game four four days ago, returned to score his 17th and 18th goals of the season on Sunday as Tottenham beat Sunderland 4-1 m the fourth round of the FA Cup. Klinsmann. recovered from his horrific
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      Lock icon Holder Man United faces in-form Leeds
      270 24 LONDON Holder Manchester United was given a tough task m the fifth round of its English FA Cup defence when it was drawn on Sunday against Leeds United. Leeds has already beaten the Premier League and Cup champion this season, winning 2-1 at home
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      Lock icon Vialli helps Juventus go three points clear
      327 24 PARIS Juventus went three points clear at the top after a 2-1 home victory over bottom club Brescia m Italy on Sunday Veteran Gianluca Viaiii hit an 89th-minute penalty his eighth goal of the season to earn the points and stop the rot
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      Lock icon Thai club retains Asian title
      232 24 BANGKOK Thai Farmens club became the first teamJo retain the Asian Club Cham pionship title when it beat Ai Arabi of Qatar 1-0 m the teal at the National Stadium bane on Sunday. Thai Farmers, an amateor squad belonging to the banes sports club, scored
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      510 24 38sec behind J Beat Wabei (Swit i Sdaec ATHLETICS Oa— Mi International Indoor meet a only, selected result*): Men's Ma: Ibrahim Meite (IC) 5 69sec Mai hardies: Mark McKoy (Aus) 6.42 l^Mm: Noureddine Morceli Alg) 3:34.29 Triple Jump: Brian Wellman (Ben 17.47 m. Pale vault Piotr Bochkarev
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      Lock icon Agassi and Sampras propel tennis into civilised age
      880 25 TENNIS WRAP-UP The Australian Open MELBOURNE Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras crossed a threshold at the Australian Open, coming of age m different ways and evolving into a 1990s version of the Jimmy Connors- John McEnroe rivalry. As talented and fiercely competitive
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      Lock icon MRA must take a Socially responsible role
      572 25  -  Go-Ram XL ROUND-UP By THE rating slip-up by the Malayan Racing Association (MRA) handi cappers concerning classy newcomer Socially Excited has created a major embarrassment for officials on the local circuit. The mistake surfaced when Socially Excited, a four-year-old Australian horse by Celestial
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      SUPER BOWL SNIPPETS
      367 25 A GAMBLER is US$3OO,OOO ($435,000) richer after betting US$2.4 million on the San Francisco 49ers to win the Super Bowl on Sunday more than double the record sports wager m the United States. The unidentified man walked into The Mirage casino m Las Vegas on Saturday and
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        Shocks rock Kiwi cricket
        97 25 NEW ZEALAND cricket suffered another damaging blow Iff its centenary year on Sunday when a newspaper published a report alleging that the recent tour of South Africa had been marred by late night drinking sessions and a lack of discipline. A Sunday newspaper said that a
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        Morceli misses 1,500m indoor mark
        67 25 ALGERIAN middle distance Jung Noureddine Morceli tailed to break his own world 1.500 metres indoor record by just 0 13 sec on Sunday at a meet m Grenoble. France. Morceli. the 1.500 m world champion, clocked 3min 34.295 ec at the Grenoble indoor meeting m
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        Meola goes into acting
        49 25 •MANY fans accuse soccer players of acting. In the case of former United States national team goalkeeper Tony Meola. they are right. Meola will Join the cast of tbe ofl- Broadway show "Tony *N Tina's Wedding" next month, according to the New .York Daily News.
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        Conner's crew drops dead
        67 25 A MEMBER of Dennis Conner's Stars A Stripes shore support crew collapsed and died of an apparent heart attack on Sunday while working at the team's compound Tn San Diego. California. Dorm Wuest. 47. was m the hoat workshop when he collapsed and was found two
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        First black in Test side
        69 25 HENRY OLONGA. called for "chucking" m a match last week, is poised to become Zimbabwe's first black Test wricketer after being named m its squad for the First Test jgainst Pakistan starting tomorrow m Harare. Olonga was no-balled four times for throwing three times on
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      Lock icon Young exorcises ghost of Montana with super show
      706 25 American Football Super Bowl San Francisco 49ers 49 San Diego Chargers 26 MIAMI Steve Young simply wanted to get but from under the shadow of Joe Montana. He did more than that on Sunday, obliterating it with six touchdown passes as the
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      Lock icon Historic bouts for brothers
      140 25 BOXING LAS VEGAS The Ruelas brothers have a piece of boxing history, and they did it together m similar fashion. Gabriel Ruelas sliced cuts over both of Fred Liberatore's eyes to retain the World Boxing Council super featherweight title when the latter could not continue after
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      Lock icon Pippen leads Bulls' charge
      329 25 BASKETBALL: NBA NEW YORK Scottie Pippen returned from a onegame suspension to score 27 points, and B.J. Armstrong had 16 m the first quarter as the Chicago Bulls started quickly and routed the Golden State Warriors 116-94 m one of two National Basketball Association games on
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths
      194 22 850 Deaths 850 Deaths SEOW LAI NAING Age: 67 p away peacefully on 29/1/95 leaving behind all loved OftOOHusband: Chan Kee Hon Sans: Pasiyhtw la I— Ny_k _fl O Vyuk H__n Bl "ng Nyuk Q Nyufc Sjti Grandsons: Or nddaughte rs Mac S-taonq vi Ye Mao We v.t
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      850 Deaths
      248 22 850 Deaths LEE GIM HONG Age: 69 was called home to be with the Lord on 30/1/95 leaving behind Wife: Fm Saw Yong Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lea Soon Kheng hen naPI eMu Heong I as SOOT) I Karen Lee M..y Kuin I > Soon n< eh (Andy! Linda ChueHu
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      850 Deaths
      85 22 MICHAEL TEO AH KOW Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 29 Jan 95 leaving behind Wife Mary. Children Henry. Nellie and Peter and Grandsons. Body lying at Blk. 38 "01 476 Toa Payoh Lorong S. Mass at Church of Risen Christ on 2/2/95 at 11 -Oam Cremation at
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      851 Acknowledgements
      98 22 851 Acknowledgements The Family ofthe Late MR LEE CHUAN SENG deported 2n l 95 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation lo the MP and OC members ot Yuhua C onstituene>. relatives, friends. business associates, colleagues and S(ill Statt fof their kind assistance, condolences, donations, and wreath
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      853 In Memoriam
      53 22 IST ANNIVERSARY IN LOVING MEMORY Of DEAREST MDM QOH CHENG SEE Departed 1.2.94 Fondly loved and deeply mourned, Heart of my heart, I miss you so. Always remembered by: Husband: Ben Chew IN LOVING MEMORY OF Lilian Esther Reddy 131 1 68 l Remem bered by only
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      853 In Memoriam
      50 22 STH ANNIVERSARY ARUMANAYAGAM SEENIMUTHU Departed 1/2/IMO He who dwells .r the shelter o* the most high wn! rest ifl lhe shadow o' the Ai Mighty Psalm 91 1 Always remembered by MNfe There will be a prayer at 7 30pm on 12 1995 conducted at the residence
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      67 22 10TH ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of MDM. MEENACKI '10 years have passed and yet those sweet memories of you will always May m our hearts Always remembered by son Ganesari, daughter t. law. 4 granddaughters. 2 grandsons. 2 grand sons-inlew 1 great granddaughter Prayers will he, a on
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      87 22 852 Condolences The family of the late MDM K. ANJIAMMAL Departed on 17 January 95 Wishes to express their sincere thanks and appreciation to all relatives and friends for their kind aeaJetanc c. condolences, donations and wreaths during their recent bereavement. Karumathi prayers will be held at 30.
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      Lock icon Shangri-La plans to buy Philippine and Fiji hotels
      427 26 Hotel operator will pay $780 m to parent Kuok Group HONGKONG Shangri-La Asia, a luxury hotel group controlled by Malaysian businessman Robert Kuok. said it plans to buy five hotels m the Philippines and Fiji and a 20--per cent stake m a
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      Lock icon HK 'to cut' land bid prices further
      340 26 HONGKONG The Hongkong government is expected to lower its starting bids again at next month's auction of five land sites. Up to HK$2 billion (***** million) could be generated by the Feb 22 sale, which will include a prime urban residential site capable
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      Lock icon Chinese companies in Hongkong all fired up ahead of 1997
      368 26 HONGKONG Hongkong likes to celebrate the Lunar New Year with a bang, staging an elaborate pyrotechnics show over its famed harbour. In recent years, the shooting sparkles have symbolised another kind of boom: the growing influence of Chinese companies m
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      Lock icon Beijing to control overseas borrowing
      132 26 Beijing to control overseas borrowing HONGKONG The Chinese government is tightening its control over overseas borrowing of enterprises who are taking advantages of loopholes m the system. Enterprises are making use of loopholes m current laws to borrow foreign currencies at high interest rates, converting their borrowings to short-term yuan
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      Lock icon Foreign telecom firms eye slice of German market
      367 26 The race m Germany reflects growing competition throughout the continent, where European Union rules have mandated that all telephone business will be deregulated by the beginning of 1998. FRANKFURT With Germany's telephone service scheduled for deregulation by 1998. almost everyone who is
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      Lock icon Wellcome's good results will boost defence, say analysts
      260 26 LONDON Wellcome pic. fighting off a hostile bid by Glaxo pic. will this week unveil new financial data to show the £9-billion (5520.7-bil-lion) offer undervalues the company, industry sources said on Sunday. Wellcome is expected to bring forward its 1994 results, originally
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      Lock icon PAL plunges deeper into the red
      160 26 MANILA Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) said yesterday it plunged deeper into the red with 871.5 million pesos (5552.6 million) m losses m the first eight months of its current fiscal year. The April to November figure was more than double its 402-million peso loss
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    • MONEY WORLD
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        Lock icon Guangzhou is China's richest
        93 26 BEIJING The southern Chinese city of Guangzhou was the richest of the nations ten largest cities last year, with the average annual income rising 17.8 per cent to 7.046 yuan <551.340). the official Xinhua news agency reported. Residents m Guangzhou now earn more than twice the
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        Lock icon Chip venture with Beijing U
        66 26 TOKYO Japan's Innotech Corp, a trading firm specialised m semiconductor-manufacturing equipment, has agreed to set up a joint venture with Beijing University for the design of chips, a spokesman said The new joint venture, to be capitalised at about 100 million yen (551.46 million), is
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        Lock icon Japan car exports fall again
        61 26 TOKYO Japan's motor vehicle exports fell 11.1 per cent from a year earlier to 4.46 million units last year, the ninth consecutive decline and the smallest export figure since 1977, an industry association said. The Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association said yesterday the latest decline m
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        Lock icon China's booming drugs mart
        63 26 LONDON The market for pharmaceuticals m China grew by 30 per cent between 1993 and last year and is now worth US$lO billion (5514.5 billion) a year, according to a report by market research firm CB Marketing and Investment. The study, conducted m collaboration with the
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        Lock icon Anhui brewery to go public
        53 26 BEIJING Anhui Gujing Distillery plans to sell shares worth 60 million yuan <5511.4 million) to foreign investors and become the first Chinese liquor producer to list its shares, the state-run China Daily reported The central China-based company's B shares are to start trading m Shenzhen
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    • OVERSEAS MARKETS ROUND-UP
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        Lock icon Shares in Tokyo rise sharply
        230 27 STOCKS closed sharply higher m Tokyo yesterday as 2the market was flooded with investors' buy orfor banking, construction ■Jand real estate shares X Sentiment was buoyed by •^Sumitomo Bank's announce Cpient on Friday it would post J»a loss to write off bad loans, twhich was
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        Lock icon HONGKONG
        348 27 STOCK prices rose a slight 062 per cent m pre-Lunar New Year holiday trading yesterday, but will remain volatile with a string of worries lining up m the coming Year of the Pig, brokers said The key Hang Seng Index, the key barometer of top shares, closed the half-day
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        Lock icon SYDNEY
        83 27 THE Australian share market closed modestly weaker yesterday after a late rally failed to offset the negative impact of another slump m gold bullion prices and weaker offshore bourses, brokers said. The key All-Ordinaries Index closet! 5.9 points lower at 1.856.7. The All-Resources Index reflected the gold slump, closing
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        Lock icon BANGKOK
        68 27 THE Stock Exchange of Thailand index gained 11.01 points, or 0.91 per cent yesterday, m the lightest trading m 15 months to close at 1.225 .79 IH)ints. brokers said Trading was extremely thin with just 26.2 million shares worth a total of 1.7 billion baht changing hands Advances outnumbered
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        Lock icon JAKARTA
        57 27 SHARE prices closed mixed m slow yesterday trading due to a lack of direction as major offshore markets opened only for half the day, brokers said. Losers beat gainers by 28 to 27. The official Jakarta Composite Index ended 0.1 of a point higher to close at 437.26 on
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        Lock icon KUALA LUMPUR
        43 27 THE share market was closed yesterday. It will resume trading on Friday after the Lunar New Year and Federal Territory Day holidays. Last Friday, share prices ended higher on some pre-hol-iday buying and further institutional bargain-hunting for selected blue-chip stocks. Reuter
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      HONG KONG
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      SIMEX FUTURES
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      TOKYO
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      ASIAN CURRENCY UNITS
      106 27 Contract date: 30/1/95 CURRENCY l MTH 3 MTH 6 MTH 9 MTH 12 MTH CALL VALUE DATE USJ 5 5 6 c 6 4 1 2 95 AS/./.8•8 8 5 1 2 95 HI 8- I 8 8 6 2 95 51G5.6-6-6- b i i 1 2
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      GOLD PRICES
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      OVERSEAS INDICES
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      CRUDE & PRODUCT PRICES
      87 27 CRUDE PRODUCT PRICES 16 «c CRUDE/PRODUCT MONTH* CHANGE PRICE (USSY* BRENT BLEf© Mar 020 125 16 3' 16 4C WE ST TEXAS WermedHte Mar 025 026 1/86 17% DUBAI FATEH Mar 030-030 158 C 1530 TAPtSBIEfC i-Aar -005 005 18 55 186 b MMAS Mar 0.10 18.0G 1810 NAPHTHA (OF
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      BANK RATES
      180 27 OCBC OUB UOB DBS TLB POSB KB OtPOSIT RATES Savings f Im| 3 rMaTfl 6 monttis 4 1 •nths 444 4 4 LOAN RATES Pi m rah 6 6 Personal Renovation Up to pw I i 5 Up 1 1 I mtn Up til year- 8" 6 I
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      CURRENCY
      48 27 COUNTER RATES Singapore dollar* to one unit of foreign currency Burnt 00 c ?4 i■ Md H 1.011- Singapore dollar* to lUU units of foreign currency A• ?7.08 87 U .<■-:.' irKJgwWw 5b 7S7* t *****7 1 14.79 mm Korean won W '.A Indicated rates Jan 30 1995
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        SES MAIN BOARD
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        UNIT TRUSTS
        410 28 Manager's pricea for Feb 2 Singapore Unit Trust The Commerce Ibb 164 The Savings fund 146 Ibb Spore Prog fund obb ob 9 S pore Sec fund 091 097 Spore Invest fund 110 11/ Spore fquily fund 069 0/2 Credit Lyonnais Int'l Asset Mgt Cl Asia Pac Gf
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        HIGH & LOW
        68 28 HIGH LOW Straits Times Industrials 1994 95 High *****0 (4 1 94) 1994 9b Low 1916 94 (23 1 95) All time High 2471 90 (4 1 94) All time Low 64 83 (29 6 65) Business Times Composite 1994 95 High 2398 87 (5 1 94) 1994 95 Low
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        TOP ACTIVES
        42 28 DBS Land B Wt 42,622.000 DBS Und A Wt 7 921.000 MBt Capital 4.498.000 Promet 4,467.000 DBS Land 4,149.000 Guthrie GTS 20c 3,077.000 Idns Hyd 50c 2.499,000 Antah H Wt 2 405 000 Mulpha Intl 50c 2.345.000 Kamunting SOc 2.148.000
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        TURNOVER(CASH)
        33 28 Sector Volume Value Industrials 788,000 1 130 m Finance 267,000 416,010 Hotels 84,000 138,690 Properties 121.000 205.280 Loan Stocks .247,000 213,420 Plantations 51.000 100.820 Mining Nil Nil Total 1.558 m 2.204 m
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        Malaysian shares traded on Clob stage rally
        363 28  -  GOH SOO MAY STOCKS on thc local market rose for the fifth straight day yesterday, ending on a strong note In trading which closed at lunchtime ahead of the Lunar NewYear holidays, the benchmark Straits Times Industrials Index surged 48.36 points, or 2.37.
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        TURNOVER(READY)
        76 28 total Market Fn Moo 41.435 m I2J3I i FtRMCC 9 041 m 12 329 m MW. S 1 M 'f 3.558 m CroyofUn 2| wi m 15 J64 i i i loda 138 702 n 66 951 m fMnlit, c i 999 1 655 m MMI 13,001 37.000 Tot.it
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        2721 28 M shares quoted have a par value ot Sl unless otherwise specified H Weighted average price for Long Homes «s 41 Adjusted for scrip riftvts N Tn eiempted flUai, P/E rates reflect the test annual coraakdattd rwdts P/C ratios and Gr s Y Id of foreign shares are
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      Lane Crawford to boost services to woo shoppers
      506 29  -  Retail scene Staff will be employed to look after children while mothers shop. Other new offerings will include a pharmacy, a newsagency, a corner for indigenous regional products, a cobbler, and services for curtains and upholstery. Permission will be sought to change
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      Retailers reluctant to put profit before customer service
      610 29  -  BIG retailers here are reluctant to pare down staffing levels just to improve the bottomline, as they place great emphasis on customer service. They said this m response to a recent Straits Times column which suggested they should reduce staffing to improve
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      Lock icon Five MAS trainees bid for SIA transfer
      369 29 KUALA LUMPUR Only five Malaysia Airlines trainee pilots applied to serve as cadet pilots for Singapore Airlines (SIA) under the transfer scheme between the two airlines earlier this month. Malaysia Airlines customer relations and media manager Zawiah M Aruf said of the five,
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      IPC in line for bargain if bid for 10% of Groupe Bull gets nod
      471 29 LOCAL computer maker IPC could be m for a bargain if its bid for 10 |km cent of France's Croupe Bull gets official approval, an analyst said. Mr Reid Rasmussen. general manager of IT research firm
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      UOB appoints senior executive VP
      109 29 UNITED Overseas Bank (UOB) Group has promoted Mr Francis Yeo to senior ex ecutive vice president, a post which has not been filled since 1990. The bank's first senior executive vice president, Mr Ernest Wong, was promoted to UOB president that year. In his new
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      Lock icon Goldtron Holdings places 7% of shares
      206 29 HONGKONG Goldtron Holdings Ltd, formerly Switynn Intt*i national Holdings Ltd, said yesterday that it placed about 2179 million shares, or about 7 per cent of its issued share capital, with Well Foundation Co Ltd for about HKSB.O2 million <Ssl sl million) on Jan 26
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    • COMPANIES IN BRIEF
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        Lock icon KL privatisation bid
        136 29 KUALA LUMPUR Some 24 companies or consortiums a.c understood to have sent m their proposals to the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) to bid for the multi-billion ringgit privatisation of the country's solid waste and collection and disposal system. Those which have done so are: Alam Jernih Sdn
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        JC-MPH unit appointments
        70 29 JACK CHIA-MPH appointed Mr Clement Chia and Mr Chiu L J .u Chian as directors of subsidiary, MPH Alliance Publishing Pte Ltd on 20 Jan Mr Chia was appointed executive assistant to the chairman m June 1988 and heads the books and publications division of the Jack
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        GRP clarifies BT report
        55 29 SESDAQ-LISTED GRP Ltd clarified yesterday's Business Times" report that it was one of the Sesdaq firms that is keen on a promotion onto the main board. GRP said it "has yet to submit a formal application to the Stock Exchange of Singapore m relation to its
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        DBS Finance boosts capital
        26 29 DBS BANK'S wholly owned subsidiary. DBS Finance Ltd has increased its authorised capital by $200 million, from $50 million to $250 million
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      Takashimaya manages to chalk up first-year turnover close to target
      545 30  -  Kalpana Rashiwala By SINGAPORE'S largest retail outlet, Takashimaya Department Store, recorded turnover of $280 million for its first financial year, ended Dec 31. 1994 This was slightly below its original target of $300 million and the store's management has halved
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      Creative Tech planning manufacturing plant in China
      315 30  -  Tammy Tan By CREATIVE Technology is planning to set up a manufacturing plant m China its first there and the fourth worldwide to meet increasing demand. Creative vice-president CT. Yeo told The Straits Times that the company has over the last few months
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      More speculative play drives DBS Land B warrants up 45%
      525 30  -  Goh Soo May By Some market watchers warned that the speculation was overdone and that retail investors who got into the DBS Land B warrants at the higher end may get their fingers burned. DBS Land B warrants continued to
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      Masthead
      5 1 Life! TUESDAY JANUARY 31, 1995
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        'I'll still risk life and limb for future films'
        931 2 JACKIE CHAN: LAST ACTION NERO? JACKIE CHAN was presented with the Actor Of The Year Award by Brigadier-General (NS) George Yeo, Minister for Information and the Arts, at the inaugural Cine Asia convention last Thursday. The award honours the actor who
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        Rumble previews set record
        139 2 IN HIS latest action movie Rumble In The Bronx (now showing), Jackie Chan seems determined ta stun viewers with Impossible and death-defying stunts. This includes leaping off the roof of an eight-storey building to another I m away and battling a havercraft an land. The production,
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        Lock icon Four Weddings sweeps British film awards
        287 2 IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER was named the year's best film and Four Weddings And A Funeral won a further top three awards m the annual Evening Standard Film Awards on Sunday. Four Weddings' star Hugh Grant, winner of the Peter Sellers award
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        Lock icon Financial analysts turn wizards for fengshui index
        336 2 ANALYSTS at Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia turned off their calculators recently and reached for fengshui almanacs for a tongue-in-cheek forecast of the Hongkong stock market. For three years now, the CL Fengshui Index, based on the centuries-old principles of Chinese geomancy, has proven
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    • Entertainment
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        Threesome being groomed to be stars
        806 4 Taiwan's Fame Production is grooming three new singers to be the next Eric Moo, Chiu Hai-cheng and Fang Wen-ling. Who are they and what are their chances? Chin Soo Fang gives her verdict. A MALAYSIAN, a Singaporean and a Taiwanese are tipped to be
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        Stars who speak Mandarin now face better prospects
        464 4  -  CHIN SOO FANG AS THE date for Hongkong's return to Chinese sovereignty approaches, 1997 spells both hope and doom for actors based m the British territory As Hongkong film-mak-ers gear up for the handover of their territory by producing more Mandarin films,
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        Lock icon Baby girl bounces into Johnson's life
        92 4 AMERICAN basketball great Magic Johnson might have given up his sport, but now he has a bouncing baby girl. Johnson and his wife. Cookie, adopted three-week-old Elisa last week m Michigan, said Johnson's agent. Mr Lon Rosen. The Johnsons also have a 2 -year-old
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        Lock icon Van Halen's new album leans towards the cliched
        616 4 Set against the plight of heavy rockers these days, the question raised is not Ms it good?' but 'should we care?' AS NEAR as scientists are able to tell, what pushed the dinosaurs into extinction was their inability to adapt. In other
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    • Innovations
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        High-capacity CD players the new rage
        683 5 Some of the latest CD players can store and play up to 100 CDs. Tong Ming Chien checks them out. COMPACT disc (CD) players that can store and play up to 100 CDs without stopping ls the new rage m the music market Since
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          New digital Venturis
          85 5 DIGITAL Equipment Singapore has a new line of desktop personal computers (PCs) comprising Pentium and 486 systems. The new family consists of the Venturis mght) *****. 466. 4100 and 560. These systems replace the earlier DECpc Value Line Series and come with a new start-up menu. Among
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          Message paging
          137 5 YOU can now send messages to memo pagers, which have a screen for text massages, with a computer. No more fumbling with the telephone keyboard News Script, a Windows-based software, allows you to key m your mes- i sages from the computer keyboard. You can also send a
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          Biz card manager
          81 5 EVER found your collection of business name cards growing too fast and too vast for you to handle? Now, with Biz Card Manager software from Electronic Document Technology, you can use a scanner to read them into a database m your computer and have them sorted into
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        Techfront Trends
        365 5  -  Tong Ming Chien Electronic expressions of love FORGET the cliched single red rose sold at exorbitant prices this Valentine's Day and g<> for an electronic expres sion of love instead Celebrate this special occasion with an unusual gift from Singapore Press Holdings a floppy diskette with youi favourite
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        Lock icon China dresses up garment industry to boost value
        416 6 Intense competition is forcing a move into exporting higher quality fashion of home-grown designers CHINA'S prolific but lowbrow garment export industry hopes to dress itself up with attractive brand names and high-quality lot*m\\ designs, a senior official said m Beijing recently Only
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        Two join forces to save ghostly damsel
        569 6  -  Zhu Hong Books And Sword REMEMBER A Chinese Ghost Story, the Hongkong swordplay movie with a supernatural theme that made two people famous? First, it helped director Tsui Hark to establish his personal style m swordplay movies. Then, actress Joey Wong Jo Yin
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        Village family looks forward to Spring Festival reunion
        696 6  - Village family looks forward to Spring Festival reunion China Features 'We all treasure the Spring Festival because it is the only time when all my family members can get together.' Farmer Zhang Chunmao DAYS before fhe Spring Festival, or Lunar New Year, Zhang Chunmao haunted the markets, buying meat, fish,
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        44 6 picture ONE of more than a million ethnic Chinese living m Myanmar, 80-year-old Lee Hsin Chow writes greetings and wishes for the upcoming Lunar New Year which he sells at a Chinese temple m Yangon. Reuter
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      534 7  -  TUMINAH SAPAWI THEY shuddered at the thought of letting out their inner feelings and frustrations But that was before they underwent Ptogvam Pelangi I .Rainbow Programme), a four- month project to build confidence and self-esteem m children oi single parents, who
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      20 1 NUS Lecturer Leong Wii Teng: Why the passing £of old Lunar New Year customs may not be a bad thing
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        430 1 4y» c w^ s^ c P^°pl e an( i leaders l^^K °f c Republic of Singapore jj^H^^^H^ a healthy prosperous We have brought forward an exclusive collection of contemporary designs and priced it specially for this Lunar New Year. "Tm It is our way of saving "Thank you" for your
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        643 3 351 Opel For Sale 3SI Opel For Sale 351 Opel For Sale 351 Opel Fur Sale OPEL wishes all a very Happy and Prosperous Lunar New Year. We will be closed from January 31, 1995 to February 2, 1995. For those eager to drive m the Lunar New Year with
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