The Straits Times, 21 February 1996

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    14 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1996 60 CENTS MITA (P) 047/12/95
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    Lock icon Tokyo, Seoul headed for showdown over islands
    595 1 Both declare exclusive zones around their coasts TOKYO Japan and South Korea yesterday moved closer to a showdown over a group of islets they both claim, with Tokyo deciding to declare a 200 nauticalmile (370-km) exclusive economic zone around the Japanese coast. Seoul
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    Lock icon China building pipeline 'near disputed islands'
    226 1 It will link seabed oil well with Shanghai: report TOKYO China is building an oil pipeline on a section of a continental shelf m the East China Sea, a Japanese newspaper reported yesterday. The pipeline, near a group of disputed islands, would link a
    AFP  -  226 words
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    Lock icon TO THE FEAST, BY TRAIN
    89 1 Dressed his festive best for a day of visiting, this boy was among the crowds who criss-crossed Singapore via MRT yesterday. The recent opening of the Woodlands MRT line meant that trips which used to take VA hours by bus could be done m less
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    Lock icon Year of the Rat 'looks promising'
    537 1  - Year of the Rat 'looks promising Warren Fernandez Singapore's economy expected to grow by 7-7,5%, says Hng Kiang By SINGAPORE'S prospects for the Year of the Rat are promising, with the economy expected to grow by between 7 per cent and 7.5 per cent this year, National Development Minister Lim
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    Lock icon S'poreans held in Osaka drug bust
    104 1 OSAKA Police and customs authorities disclosed yesterday that they have arrested a Singaporean couple who tried to smuggle 6.04 kg of opium into Japan via the Kansai airport m Osaka. The opium was found m baggage belonging to the couple when they arrived at
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon IRA warns after blast 'We'll hit more cities'
      580 2 London bus 'torn open Hke a soft drink can'; man dies LONDON The Irish Republican Army has warned that it might broaden its current bombing campaign to other British cities m a message sent after one of its members was apparently killed
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      Lock icon Asem to urge new growth partnership
      399 2 Statement to be made by Thai Prime Minister BANGKOK East Asian and European leaders will call for "a new partnership for greater growth" during their first summit m Bangkok next month, according to a recently obtained document. The draft of the statement, to be
      AFP; Kyodo  -  399 words
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      Lock icon KL: Tamil Tiger supporters face stern action
      191 2 KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government has warned that it would charge anyone taking part m rallies backing the Tamil Tigers of Sri Lanka with causing unrest. The Home Ministry has also warned that it would revoke the permanent residency status of foreigners involved
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      Lock icon Wanted: Model transport workers
      561 3  -  Ahmad Osman Move to reward those who work round-the-clock with travel awards By THE search Is on (or model bus drivers, cabbies and MRT workers who keep the public transport system running every day. They will win holiday trips if they have a clean record and
      JEROME MING  -  561 words
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      11-month-old girl dies in pick-up crash
      266 3 AN 11-MONTH-OLD baby girl died m hospital after she hit her head against the dashboard of ai pick-up m an accident on Monday. Charmaine Tan Jia Mci was being held by her mother, aged 30, when her father who was driving the vehicle lost
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      WINNING WAYS
      175 3 PUBLIC transport workers who want to win the new awards will be rated for their quality of service, safety consciousness and public image. Good service will be rated on the following: COURTESY, friendliness and being helpful, especially to old folk, children and the disabled. THE driver stops to
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      Lock icon Calculating monkeys
      79 3 WASHINGTON A team from Harvard University and Radcliffe College m Cambridge, Massachusetts, said on Monday that rhesus monkeys appeared to be able to perform basic arithmetic. The researchers showed the monkeys one and two eggplants at a time and then hid the vegetables behind screens. They said the
      Reuter  -  79 words
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      Maid who saved children in fire to receive award from Ramos
      432 3  -  Leticia Perez Karamjit Kaur By m Manila and m Singapore 'People say I am a v hero. But I'm not a hero. :t 'I just took Sresponsibility for the children.' Miss Ricarte (above) on her actions. FILIPINO maid Zenaida
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      325 2 IheßusinessTimes What's coming up In the Rat year? ♦At least 15 new private residential projects are being lined up for sale over the next four months .traditionally the •property market's jbusiest period. rf ♦Don't fall into the '(rat-trap" of thinking jjjfcat picking stocks will «ge easy. Check out the Sbt
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  • WORLD
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      Who to watch out for
      163 4 The three leading candidates for the 1 996 Republican presidential nomination are: Mr Lamar Alexander, 55, a former Governor of Tennessee and US Education Secretary under President George Bush, running as Washington "outsider" with theme of shifting power back to states and localities. He finished
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      Lock icon All set for tight 3-way race in New Hampshire
      418 4 Dole, Buchanan, Alexander lead the pack mn^i I MANCHESTER v New Hampshire) Republi- can candidates m the first US presidential I primary made a flurry of last-minute cam- paign pitches on Monday as the race shaped up into a tight three-way
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      Lock icon Critical trade issue catches Dole off-guard
      275 4 MANCHESTER (New Hampshire) In the final hours before the United States' first primary, the unusually vituperative competition here for the Republican presidential nomination swerved on Monday into a confrontation over international trade. Senator Bob Dole, who for months led m polls but now finds
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      Lock icon Labor pares opposition's lead
      427 5 Keating's party within 4 percentage points of conservative coalition SYDNEY Australia's ruling Labor Party, fighting an uphill battle to I stay m power m a general election, has pulled within striking distance 1 of the conservative opposition, acI cording to the latest opinion polls. Labor was
      Reuter; AFP  -  427 words
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      Lock icon From trash to treasure
      43 5 picture. MB MARTIN Gutierrez Sandoval, a 7«-year-old former factory worker, displaying a IMB Volkswagen Beetle he built out of 2,741 rejected record-player parts on Monday m Mexico City. The car made it into the Guinness Book Of Records. Reuter
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      Lock icon Dancer breaks leg, gets $22,000
      142 5 LONDON A ballroom dancer who slipped on a polished dance floor and broke bis leg was awarded £10,000 (5521,900) m damages, press reports said yesterday. Mr Graham Wayt, 52, was dancing the samba with his wife at a charity ball m the Welsh town of
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      Lock icon Sons-in-law of Saddam leave for Iraq
      538 6 Homeward bound *I do not care and nothing enters my consideration, except one concern, my country Iraq and defending it Ido not fear returning to my country.' Lt-Gen Hussein Kamel Hassan AMMAN Iraqi defector Hussein Kamel Hassan and his family left Amman yesterday to
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      Lock icon Israel allows El Al hijacker and other radicals to return home
      304 6 JERUSALEM Israel said on Monday it had approved the return of 154 members of the Palestine National Council (PNC), including f^ hijacker Lay la Khaled, to Palestinian-ruled >w areas. The PNC members asked to enter the areas to participate
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      Lock icon Qatar foils plot to topple govt
      184 6 DOHA Qatar said it had foiled a subversion plot and the government held an emergency meeting yesterday to discuss security measures m the oil-rich Gulf Arab state. The Interior Ministry said the attempt was backed by outside forces and that it had arrested a
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      Lock icon Paris acts to control welfare spending
      559 7 Charter amended to give parliament say over social security m bid to cut deficit VERSAILLES (France) France amended its Constitution on Monday to give parliament a say over welfare spending as part of a drive to reduce public deficits and qualify for a single
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      Lock icon NZ tax and welfare deal to benefit low-income group
      341 7 WELLINGTON The New Zealand government revealed the fine print of a long-awaited tax and welfare package on Monday, heralding it as a just reward for hard work. But economists warned it could push up inflation. Prime Minister Jim Bolger and Finance
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      Lock icon 'Don't touch or eat wildlife' warning after Ebola kills 13
      393 7 THE Ebola virus infects the endotheUal tissues that make up the walls of capillaries, blood vessels anil key I organs such as kidneys and livers. When viral colonies grow m the tissue, they punch microscopic holes that can eventually cause
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    • PEOPLE
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        A last hug...
        21 9 Dicks (right) receiving a farewell hog from his sister, Robin, as he prepares to leave Fremantle on Sunday.
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        Lock icon ... and he's off
        11 9 and he's off pictures. Dicks leaving Fremantle harbour on Sunday. AFP
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        Lock icon 17-year-old attempts non-stop solo trip around the world
        101 9 PERTH A 17-year-old Australian sailor left the Western Australian port of Fremantle on Sunday m a bid to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the world non-stop and solo. David Dicks, of Perth, hopes to break a 31-year-old record held by American
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        Lock icon Terrorist trial delayed
        79 9 FRANKFURT The trial of suspected Red Army Faction guerilla Monika Haas may be postponed to let the 47-year-old mother of three receive hospital treatment for a slipped disc, a German newspaper reported on Sunday. Haas, who has pleaded not guilty, is accused of helping m the hijacking
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        Lock icon Champion kissers
        70 9 MOSCOW A pair of Lithuanian lovers remained locked m embrace (or 50 hours to win the most-lingering-kiss award m a steamy contest. The winning couple Ms Vita Rackauskaite, 23, and Mr Eldaras Bareisis, 33, kissed for two minutes longer than their rivals and earned a cruise on the
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        Meanwhile...
        179 9 Meanwhile ACTRESS IN SI.7M BOOK DEAL: Actress and former cover-girl Cybill Shepherd, 47, has struck a US|l.25-million (SJI.7 million) deal with Avon books for her autobiography, reportedly to also cover a romance with rock star Elvis Presley. EGYPT'S FIRST SIAMESE TWINS: Ms Fawzia Awadallah, 25, a villager m Egypt's northern
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        57 9 'I feel I did a good job for chess first and probably for mankind. I still believe we should co-operate with the machines and implement our way of thinking and benefit from that rather than take a hostile view/ World chess champion Garry Kasparov, after winning a historic challenge match
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      Major under pressure to sack 2 criticised in arms-sales report
      456 9  -  Neville Stack By In London PRESSURE is piling up on Prime Minister John Major to sack two senior ministers criticised by the Scott Report as some of his own backbenchers threatened to break ranks if he did not. The vote
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      Lock icon Teachers sue two students who laced coffee with laxatives
      95 9 OSTENDE (Belgium) A group of Belgian schoolteachers have begun legal proceedings against two of their pupils who spiked their morning coffee with laxatives. The pupils had already been given a two-week suspension. They owned up to slipping the pills into thermos
      AFP  -  95 words
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      Lock icon Russia boosts arms sales by half to $3.5 b last year
      267 10 MOSCOW Russia, seeking to boost its once-powerful arms industry, said on Monday that it had raised weapons exports by nearly half to US$2.5 billion (553.5 billion) last year. Interfax news agency quoted a report by the State Industrial Policy
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      Lock icon India vows to crack down on cross-border terrorism
      126 10 NEW DELHI India vowed to step up Its fight against cross-border terrorism on Monday after the authorities said they had discovered the second cache of weapons m two months to be smuggled across the border. On Saturday, police In the capital seized
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      Lock icon STAR LIGHT, FUTURE NOT SO BRIGHT
      43 10 bof the tiny rare starfish (Asterina phylacpica) which is Empress, off Milford Haven m South Wales, England, on Monday.A spokesman fortheCoratryside Council for Waies could not confirm reports that the 3,000 starfish m a colony AFP picture.
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      Lock icon Three more Indian ministers quit
      408 10 So far six have resigned from Rao's Cabinet m widening $25.3 m graft scandal NEW DELHI An unfolding US$lB million (5525.3 million) bribery scandal m India has claimed three more victims from Prime Minister Narasimha Rao's Cabinet. Indian Civil Supplies Minister Buta Singh and Minister
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      Lock icon Aussie scientists call for early warning on huge tidal waves
      245 10 SYDNEY Australian scientists yesterday warned of the risk of a huge tidal wave which could engulf the country's east coast and urged the government to introduce a high-tech early-warning system. Scientists from the University of Wollongong m New South Wales
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        Lock icon SIXTH WARPLANE LOST
        51 10 Britain's Royal Air Force lost its sixth warplane m five weeks on Monday when a Harrier fighter jet crashed shortly before landing. The pilot of the Harrier ejected safely before the plane crashed m the eastern county of Lincolnshire. It had been returning to base from Cyprus.
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        Lock icon BELLY LANDING
        56 10 The landing gear on a Continental Airlines DC-9 from Washington apparently collapsed upon landing at Houston airport on Monday, said an airline spokesman. None of the 82 passengers or five crew members were seriously injured when the plane landed on its belly and skidded off the runway at
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        Lock icon NO TALKS
        69 10 Nigerian Foreign Minister Tom Ikimi, on a two-day visit to Namibia, told a press conference yesterday that his government would not hold talks with the Commonwealth on Nigeria's suspension from the international body. The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting last November suspended Nigeria after its military ruler, General
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        Lock icon BISCUIT-TIN AUCTION
        52 10 A private collection of 300 old British biscuit tins is expected to raise up to £50,000 (*****,500) when they are put up for sale here m May, according to auctioneers Christie's on Sunday. The tins were designed for Huntley and Palmers, the British biscuitmakers founded m the 19th
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        Lock icon KIDNAP HOSTAGE KILLED
        55 10 An 18-year-old woman held hostage for five days m Mexico was killed on Monday during a Shootout between her kidnappers and police officers who tried to rescue her, police said. One of the two kidnappers was also killed just north of Guadalajara while the second kidnapper was
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        Lock icon PERKS FOR WOLF KILLS
        61 10 *i^— The authorities m a Russian region are offering cash prizes and free hunting licences to local residents who help reduce a growing wolf population. Officials m the Komi-Permyak region of Siberia decided to offer the rewards after wolves killed about 6,000 house pets m the
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        Lock icon MILITIA MEN FREED
        44 10 Iranian-backed Hizbollah group released three members of Israel's proxy South mark the Aidil-Fitri festival ending the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The three captives were handed over to relatives m Bir al-Abded, a Hizbollah stronghold m the suburbs of Beirut AFP
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      195 5 B Don't miss today's H New Year Lunacy auction. To make sure you won't be floofpl by the floor this Lunar New Year, resident experts Edmund and Shukor LUNAR NEW TCARSPECIAL AUCTION Grand Ballroom Hilton International, Singapore. If you change your mind, we'll change your carpet. If you decide that
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      413 6 SINGAPORE Windy with passing showers m I I High: Sunset today: the late morning and afternoon. I I 30 7>2 P" 1 I 1 ow Sunrise tomorrow: Fa an update on the local weather, call 542-7788 AIR OUALin Pfl 4pm yesterday): Abidan 24/3 1 C Cloudy Kuala Lumpur 23/33 C
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Sound political system vital, says Teng-hui
      536 12 'Key to ensuring growth and stability' We will find our efforts all worthwhile when we focus on the future.' Taiwan President Lee Teng-hui. A SOUND political system was the key to ensuring continued development as well as social stability and harmony m Taiwan, said
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      Lock icon 41 hurt as Shanghai folk defy cracker ban
      270 12 The Year of the Rat m China SHANGHAI The people of Shanghai defied an official ban and greeted the Year of the Rat on Monday with a deafening cacophony of fireworks and firecrackers that injured at least 41 people. The symphony began
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      Lock icon TAKING A BREAK
      34 12 A soldier holding two toy rats as he chats with a fellow trooper at a Spring Festival temple fair on the second day of the Lunar New Year yesterday. picture. AFP
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      Lock icon Police track down fugitive robber at mountain cave
      175 12 BEIJING Police m south China flushed out a fugitive from a mountain cave hideout just one hour into the Lunar New Year, an official newspaper reported. Wu Zhaoquan was arrested at 1 am on Monday as a suspect m China's biggest armed
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      Lock icon Medical varsity takes lead in smoking ban
      205 12 SHANGHAI A medical university m Shanghai became the first institution of higher education In the city to ban smoking and aimed to accept only staff and students who did not smoke, Xinhua news agency said on Monday. Shanghai Medical Sciences University would enforce
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    • IN A NUTSHELL
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        Lock icon KIM'S BIRTHDAY
        76 12 North Korean leader Kirn Jong II attended a mass meeting to mark his 54th birthday, which fell on Friday, m Pyongyang on Monday, his first public appearance m nearly one month, Radio Pyongyang, monitored by Tokyo's Radiopress, reported. Mr Kirn, eldest son and long-designated heir of late president
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        Lock icon DAM PROJECT
        37 12 China has begun construction of a huge dam at Xiaolangdi on the middle reaches of the Yellow River, m central China's Henan province. The project is expected to cost 3.9 billion yuan (***** million). Xinhua
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        Lock icon WRECK FOUND
        37 12 The Taiwanese navy yesterday spotted wreckage from a sunken Chinese container ship Gu Cheng. But it failed to locate any of the 30 crew members, who are feared dead, Taiwan's Central News Agency reported. Reuter
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        Lock icon 'NO' TO TAIWAN
        49 12 A top International Olympic Committee official on Monday virtually ruled out the presence of Taiwanese leaders at this year's Atlanta Olympics. Earlier this month, China's Sports Minister Wu Shaozu was reported to have hinted that China might boycott the Olympics if Taiwan leaders were invited. Kyodo
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        Lock icon MORPHINE BUST
        59 12 Officers from the Hongkong Narcotics Bureau have seized 54 kg of morphine, which is believed to be the largest drug haul over the past decade. The seizure, worth HK$24 million (554.4 million), could be made into 300 kg of heroin that could fetch HK$lOO million on the market.
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        Lock icon COCOA CRAZE
        63 12 Japanese are ditching tea for cocoa, leaving supermarket shelves nearly empty after buying sprees triggered by media reports saying cocoa is good for health. Since December, the media has reported several findings, announced at a symposium on cocoa and chocolate nutrition m Tokyo last year, which says cocoa
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        Lock icon POWER SOON
        37 12 Eastern China's Shandong province will become the first province m the country to have electricity m every home. All of Shandong's 22 million households will start geting electricity from Sunday, state television said. Xinhua Reuter
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    • Article
      Shanghai party chief appointed China's top graft buster
      241 12 SHANGHAI'S Communist Party chief Huang Ju is expected to take over from Mr Wei Jianxing as head of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission of Disci-pline-Inspection, said a report m Hongkong's Ming Pao Daily News. The appointment of Mr Huang, who is
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      452 15 Indonesian quake toll hits 63 and rising JAKARTA The powerful earthquake that hit Indonesia's easternmost province of Irian Jaya on Saturday and triggered tidal waves killed at least 63 people and destroyed more than 2,000 houses on Biak island, said officials. The toll was likely to rise. Officials said more
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      34 15 picture. HOW MANY MORE?: skuiis displayed m J a museum m Phnom Penh are a reminder of the up to two million people who died during the Khmer Rouge's rule. File
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      Lock icon Up to two million may have died under Khmer Rouge
      251 15 Up to two million may have died under Khmer Rouge fe PHNOM PENH AUS government-funded research team m Cambodia said on Monday that an many as two million people may have died under the Khmer Z Rouse's 1975-78 rule, hundreds of thousands more than initial estimates. The Cambodian Genocide Programme
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      403 15 CADIZ (Philippines) Many children were among some 70 people who were killed when huge waves smashed a Philippine ferry, ripping apart its top deck and sending it crashing down, officials and survivors said. At least 141 people survived after waves "as big
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      52 17 picture. A calf charging at a contestant trying to catch it with a lasso m what was hailed as the first rodeo competition to be held m Thailand. However, the event m Phayao's Chun district on Friday, part of a livestock fair, drew little attention frdna the public.
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      Thai govt allows public a say in new charter
      437 17  -  Sinfah Tunsarawuth By! m Bangkok Creates a 67-member committee which Is to be chaired by the Parliament president and would draft the new charter. It plans to submit the BUI to Parliament next month. Allows direct participation by the public on
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      366 17 Manila govt shelves anti- terrorism Bill MANILA The Philippine government shelved a unpopular anti-terrorism Bill which many Filipinos feared would curtail civil liberties, the presidential palace said yesterday. 'This Bill is not only on the back burner now. It is already m the warehouse," President Fidel Ramos was quoted as
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      146 17 COTABATO (Philippines) Five armed men, suspected to be former Muslim gueril-las-turned-bandits, kid* napped a wealthy ethnic Chinese businessman In the nearby town of Llbangan yesterday, the provincial police chief said here. Superintendent Jalnal Jamasali said that Mr Cesar Datuwata Yap, M, was
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      284 17 JAKARTA President Suharto has announced that the government has set up a finance company to support the production of Indonesia's first passenger Jet. "This project is very important, to serve Indonesia's 200 million people who are spread over 17,000 islands," he
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      Lock icon Probe into charges that 'unfit' TV ads are being approved
      543 20 The abuse has resulted In a glut of advertisements being screened, some done m bad taste, while others are 111 per cent foreign-produced, which ignores the primary rule m Malaysian advertising that all advertisements must be made locally. .KUALA LUMPUR
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      104 20 This car was demolished by a commuter train in Kuala L.umpur on sunaay mgnr. Its driver, Constable Ahmad Zamri Mohamad Abas, 30, had lost control of the vehicle, wiich hit a road divider and ended up on a railway track in the path of an oncoming train. The
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      329 20 KUALA LUMPUR In another jnove to strengthen the domestic tourism industry, the government has decided to stop issuing new licences to *4ocal travel operators to conduct out"bound tours. JU£ Instead, new operators will be licensed to operate only inbound tours !3Rr conduct packages
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      220 20 KUALA LUMPUR Sixty people have been killed m road accidents since Saturday as travellers crammed the roads to rush home for the week-long holiday to celebrate Lunar New Year on Monday and Hari Raya yesterday. There had been a total of 1,510
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      95 20 KUALA LUMPUR The Cabinet has agreed hi principle to a sum of M|7ff million (S|SB5 million) being allocated for slope rehabilitation along roads and highways throughout the country, Works Minister Datuk Seri 8. Samy Velio said o« Monday. He said the money to be disbursed
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        60 20 Royal Malaysian Air Force technician Asri Mamat's Hari Raya plans were shattered when his two-year-old daughter fell to her death from the first-floor prayer hall of the state mosque m Shah Alam yesterday. Mr Asri, 36, was praying with his wife and five other children at the mosque.
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        37 20 The Johor Corporation would develop four industrial estates of more than 224 ha. When completed this year, they would provide a firm platform for continued growth m Johor Baru, said the corporation's spokesman yesterday. Bernama
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        55 20 The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health signed a memorandum of understanding with Worksafe Western Australia for a broad framework of co-operation, particularly m technology transfer. The first phase consisted of three training programmes and technical assistance m the implementation of an occupational safety and health Home
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        42 20 Universiti Teknologi Malaysia set up a centre for the study of composite material at degree and post-graduate levels. mm The Composite Centre" would also serve as a place for research, consultation and development m fields related to composite materials. Bernama
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        37 20 State governments would get about 25 per cent of the profit from trees logged in their areas as royalty from timber companies, said Primary Industries Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik on Monday. Bernama
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        48 20 Police believed they have cracked a drugtrafficking ring m Kuala'" Lumpur with the arrest of four men and the seizure of 13.9 kg of ganjar last week. A police spokesman said on Sunday that a ZZ 20-year-old suspect waf thought to be the ring leader. NST
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        37 20 The Kuala Lumpur Immigration headquarters was swamped on Saturday with more than 100 illegal Indonesian immigrants taking advantage of the Home Ministry's amnesty to return to their country the last day of the amnesty. NST
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      Lock icon Lower dividend EPF investment panel 'not to blame'
      479 21 =£ven;smart people have failed: Mahathir XJLfALA LUMPUR The UJBhployees* Provident Fund TJPF) investment panel Jpßild not be blamed for the ■jrer dividend paid out for alt year; Prime Minister -Patuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mo- wmad sipd on Monday. """""I dori't think the
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      279 21 MALACCA A black panther which was caught In Durlan Mas In Hulu Dungun, Terengganu, on Saturday will be taken to Malacca Zoo and quarantined from the rest of the pack for a month. Zoo veterinary doctor Zainal Zahari said the male panther had
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      303 21 KANGAR Thai Deputy Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh on Monday visited the Malaysia-Thai bordpr m Bukit Puteh with a high-level delegation comprising senior military and police officers. Gen Chavalit, who is also Defence Minister, spent more than an hour viewing the construction of a 2.4-m-high
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      Lock icon Veteran trade unionist Narayanan dies
      300 21 KUALA LUMPUR Mr P. P. Narayanan, a veteran Malaysian trade unionist and former president of the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions, died on Monday at the age of 73. He died m a Kuala Lumpur suburb hospital after a short illness. He is survived
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      196 21 KUALA LUMPUR There was no need to invite Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah to rejoin Umno as the Parti Melayu Semangat 46 president could decide for himself, Umno president and Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad said yesterday. "There's no need
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      Brain tumour patients lack emotional support
      585 22  -  Indrani Nadarajah Croup being formed to help them *y There are about 600 Singaporeans with brain tumours. Last year, SGH saw about 300 cases. This number has been increasing at the rate of 10 to 15 per cent per year, over the last five
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      442 22 'My depression lasted for a whole year, and I am sure that if I had talked to other brain tumour survivors, I would have been able to come out of it much faster. A lot of the fears were m my mind/
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      Over 300 food and hotel exhibitors turned away
      445 22  -  Ray Dhaliwal By The solution miiih 'We will have no choice but to split I it. If the logistics are well planned, there should not be any problems/ Ms Lindy Wee, senior project manager of Singapore Exhibition Services, on the decision to
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      Stroke victim looks for his long-lost sons
      236 22 Stroke victim looks for his long-lost sons A MAN who has been separated from his two sons for more than a decade is trying to locate them. His adopted sister's daughter, Mrs Betty Lim, 43, telephoned The Straits Times on his behalf to ask for help m locating his children.
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      Man, 87, missing
      67 22 AN 87-YEAR-OLD him went missing on Monday while visiting Ills family for the Lunar New Year. Mr Ang Lai Whatt (left) was last seen at the voli deck of Block 111, Serangooa North A venae 1 at about J.Mpm. He wore *f white striped shirt and brown
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      Event-full 90 for SCCCI
      309 22 THE Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SCCCI) will mark its 90th anniversary this year with a gala dinner for more than 2,000 guests m November, as well as a string of activities m the coming months. The anniversary dinner, to be held on Nov
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      Poly to build wafer fab labs
      201 22 NGEE Ann Polytechnic will spend $1.8 million to upgrade its laboratories for students to learn about wafer fabrication. The laboratories, ready by next year, will let Electronic and Computer Engineering students pick up skills required by the fast-growing semiconductor and micnxlectronics industries. As there
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      Libraries to provide automated check-ins and check-outs
      409 23  -  Ginnie Teo By Book drops also make returns easier ALL public libraries here will acquire automated check-in and check-out systems m stages over the next two years. Such systems use bar-code smnntrs and work like the cn£ck-out scanners used m supermarkets: a borrower
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      Lock icon Man nabs suspects after chase on borrowed bike
      462 23  -  David Miller By They asked me to let them go as the next day was Hari Raya But I told them that I could not as they had punched and robbed an old woman/ Mr Abdul Rahman. A MAN ran after two
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      European cars take the lead over Japanese makes
      435 24 EUROPEAN cars have been enjoying a boom m sales here even as several Japanese makes have experienced a slide m popularity. Singapore buyers have been going increasingly for Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Rover and, somewhat unexpectedly, the Spanish Seat. Last year was at least
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        Schoolgirl charged with extortion
        92 24 A 17-YEAR-OLD GIRL was charged m court on Mon- W day with extorting money from five other girls m Teck Whye Secondary School between July and August last year. The victims, one aged 12 and the others aged 14, were said to have been forced to
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        Attempted robbery charge
        93 24 A THAI worker was charged m court with attempting to rob a taxi driver while armed with a hammer on the eve of the Lunar New Year. Phonlaruan Somsi, 35, is accused of hurting Mr Ng Heng San, 45, along the Seletar Expressway on Sunday at 8.30
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        Next LKY Visitor named
        118 24 PROFESSOR Sir Michael Howard, an eminent military historian, has been appointed the next Lee Kuan Yew Distinguished Visitor. He is the founder and life president of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the author of many books on military and strategic affairs. While m Singapore,
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        Hawker's licence suspended
        103 24 THE sign said "Famous and Special Mi Gao", but the food was prepared on the floor and along the corridor of < an unkempt flat. Foodseller Tan Jian Kern, who sold soon kueh and mi gao at a Chin Swee road foodstall, had his licence suspended by
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        Mercedes target of vandalism
        177 24 A BUSINESSMAN returned from a trip on Saturday to find pieces of joss paper and "hell money" glued to the windshield of his Mercedes Benz car parked m a lane off Serangoon Road, he made a police report. Mr Koh Cheong Hoe, 65, who owns the
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      Japanese blues
      254 24 SUPPING SHARE: TOYOTA may have been {fee best-selling car make for S»e consecutive years, but its market share has been slipping. Its 14.4-per-cent share last year was a fall from 16 par cent m 1994 and 15.4 per aM m 1993. This trend is reflected fid the number
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      River Hongbao
      51 25 Showers of blessing: Visitors to the River Hongbao 19M trying to catch a shower of golden confetti which is being handed oat by the giant statue of the God of Fortune. The 15-metre-tall statue has a movable right hand which throws down the golden "blessings". Picture by AZIZ
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      103 25 MISS Hamidah Abu Talib watching as her nephew, Mohamed Firdaus, eight, greets their special guests, Madam Aminah Katarogani (left) and Madam Ejah Abu Bakar. Had Raya Puasa was extra-special for Madam Aminah, 98, and Madam Ejah, 87, when they were invited to spend the holiday
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      123 25 BABY Mohammad Haziq Abdul Jalil made news yesterday by being the first baby born this festive season to a Malay father and a Chinese mother. "We are very very happy our son was born on Hari Raya especially since both festivals almost coincide," said the father, Mr Mohammad
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      It's carry on business for some
      301 25  -  BRAEMA MATHI BY I WHILE many people spent their holiday yesterday enjoying themselves, it was business as usual for some. Mr Mahamed Ibrahim Rahmathulla and his 12 Muslim workers cooked, served and washed dishes at Moosa Restaurant m Bencoolen Street. The 49-year-old owner said:
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      Festive travel proves quick and easy on MRT trains
      417 25  -  Raoul Le Blond Public transport By BUSES were relatively empty, but MRT trains were packed as Muslim and Chinese families visited relatives yesterday to mark Hari Raya Aidilfitri and the second day of the Lunar New Year respectively. From about 9
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      Muslims crowd Sultan Mosque
      102 25 ABOUT 5,«0l Muslims observed Hari Raya Puasa yesterday morning with prayers at the Sultan Mosque m North Bridge Road. Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, the Community Development Minister and Minister m charge of Muslim Affairs, was among those present. The prayer hall was filled with people dressed m
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  • COMMENT/ANALYSIS
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        Saving Ireland from the IRA
        672 26 THREE sickening bomb explosions m London m the space of 10 days have brought to an end 17 months of peace m what is often described as the world's oldest civil war the terrorist campaign that the Irish Republican Army (IRA) and its surrogate organisations
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        29 26 "They should be shot." Russian President Boris Yeltsin on Chechen rebel leaders. There's no difference between accident victims and patients who hate their noses." David Herbert, a plastic surgeon.
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      Must the consumer always be at the losing end?
      815 26  -  Sia Cheong Yew SECOND LAST WORD By OVER the past month, many reports m the newspapers have left me with the distinct feeling that there are too many people out there waiting to make a fast buck. The double celebration of
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      Asia should take US presidential campaigning with a grain of salt
      979 26  -  Gerald Segal By i Asians are most at risk of misunderstanding the vagaries of US electoral politics and misshaping American foreign policy m 1996. JAPAN: There will sorely be some anti-Japanese rhetoric on trade m the election campaign. CHINA-TAIWAN:
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      Japanese entrepreneur points way to changing workplace
      952 27 The Economist The future He sees a future of short-term contracts, just-in-time workers and down-to-earth relations between bosses and employees. ■Z, ~W APAN'S workplace is changm 1 in £> and Mr Ya vL^ suyuki Nambu, cyclist, entrepreneur and friend of the great, is
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      Coming job numbers in US are grim
      718 27  -  David S. Broder Politicians need to address tax and training issues quickly to find a solution j By The Washington Post Chilling figures As many as 30 million of the 120 million Americans f working today risk losing their jobs: 18 million m
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      93 26 Teochew Raw Fish. A Fresh Approach To Tossing Up Luck. Authentic Teochew-style Yu-Sheng at Hung Kang Restaurant. It's a different approach, but it's not new. In fact, every dish is a faithful re-creation from age-old recipes, using only the freshest ingredients. Surely the most savoury way to usher m another
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      Singapore shuttlers shown the exit
      339 29 BAOMINTON SINGAPORE was knocked out of both the Thomas and Über,. Cups when it suffered straight defeats m the first round of the badminton qualifiers^! Auckland, New Zealand. In the Thomas Cup the meif lost 2-3 to New Zealand yestff&ay. It had lost 2-3 to
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      Lock icon Clash of batting greats
      367 29 Classic confrontation as world-class batsmen Tendulkar and Lara prepare for World Cup showdown GWALIOR (India) Every now and again, sport succeeds m throwing up a classic confrontation to fire every imagination. Muhammad Ali versus "Smokin" Joe Frazier. Bobby Moore against Pele. Carl Lewis opposite Linford Christie.
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      Lock icon Cronje and company tear apart Kiwis
      332 29 CRICKET FAISALABAD (Pakistan) South Africa took the art of one-day cricket to new heights here yesterday as it carved a huge question mark into the heart of New Zealand's World Cup ambitions. Hansie Cronje's team put together a bowling and fielding performance unmatched m
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      Lock icon Fraser calls for two-year ban on Riley
      146 29 SWIMMING SYDNEY Former Olympic champion Dawn Fraser has urged swimming's governing body to impose a maximum two-year ban on fellow-Aus-tralian Samantha Riley for failing a drug test. Fraser also said m a radio programme yesterday that the 100 metres breaststroke world record holder
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      206 29 FANCY drinking a "Shane Warne googly" or eating "Azharuddin's fantasy"? Hotels, restaurants and bars m cricket-crazy India were cashing m on the big names m the World Cup to drum up business, the Press Trust of India news agency reported yesterday. The drink named after Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne
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      Lock icon Struver survives Els' late charge to clinch first title
      304 29 GOLF JOHANNESBURG Germany's Sven Struver survived an anxious morning at Houghton Golf Club before winning the South African PGA championship without hitting a shot on the final day. The 28-year-old German had to watch half the field complete their final round
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      Lock icon India ready to face FIH probe into bribery
      202 29 HOCKEY NEW DELHI Indian hock- ey officials have rejected Canada's claims that Indian players accepted bribes from Malaysia to draw their Olym- J pic qualifier m Barcelona last Z month. Jj The goalless draw enabled ,jj Malaysia to qualify for the At-
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        Bugner's comeback in jeopardy
        109 29 Bugner's comeback in jeopardy JOE Bugner has suffered an- "j other setback m his bid to 9 return to the British boxing ring next month three days JS after his 46th birthday. The British Boxing Board of Control rejected a second am application from promoter *J Frank Warren m London
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      Lock icon Sharpe-shooter on target for United
      32 30 picture. Snow men: Forest's Des Lyttle (left) and Sol Campbell of Spars' battle It oat at the City Ground on Monday, before the match was abandoned. Reuter
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      379 30 SOCCER English FA Cup Sixth-round draw Leeds or Port Vale v Liverpool or Charlton, Nottingham Forest or Spurs v Aston Villa, Manchester United v Swindon or Southampton, Grimsby or Chelsea v Huddersfield or Wimbledon. Matches to be played on March 9, 10, 11. LONDON
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      147 30 GRIMSBY (England) Paul i Groves, a household name only m his own home, will come face-to-face with his idol and international superstar Ruud Gullit when unfashionable Grimsby clashes with glamour club Chelsea m the fifth round of the FA Cup today (tomorrow morning, Singapore
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        91 30 THE European Football Union said on Monday that it tfes considering the setting up of an investigation group to look into alleged irregularities m European club football. Uefa president Lennart Johansson said the countries involved m a possible investigation were Holland, France, Wales and Yugoslavia. "It
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        70 30 FRANZ Beckenbauer has warned his Bayern Munich stars that they face the axe if they do not improve after their humiliating 1-4 defeat by mid-table Karlsruhe at the weekend. "The dream team has three months to prove itself. If the players continue not to give 100
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        115 30 SCOTTISH soccer referee Jim McGilvray has resigned 16 days after giving England midfielder Paul Gascoigne a caution for celebrating a goal. The experienced Edinburgh official submitted his resignation to the Scottish Football Association on Monday, saying he felt like a "robot" and that the much-publicised Gascoigne incident
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      1008 30 BADMINTON Thomas Cap, Lit rd: Australia 5 Argentina 0, Belgium 5 Lithuania 0, Bulgaria 5 Jamaica 0, Scotland 5 Armenia 0, India 4 Portugal 1, Austria 5 Hungary 0, Ireland 4 Guatemala 1, Iceland 4 Mauritius 1. Wales 5 Slovakia 0, Peru 5 Kazakhstan 0, Belarus 5
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      562 30 850 Deaths 850 Deaths I Vhrnmtoyghttho good tight. I hmvmtmhhmdthm I —arso. fAatw kept f»e fen*. 31 Timothy 4:7 MR. GREGORY CHAN ENG HOCK Age: 66 years was caltod Homa to bo with tha Lord on 18 February 1996. Deeply loved and mlssad by Wife: Teresa Chia Gek Lang tons:
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      418 30 850 Deaths 850 Deaths LHU CHIN KIAT LU CHIN KIAT Age: 74 passed away peacefully on 18th Feb 96. (saving behind loved ones. Wive*: (Mary Chong Lan Eng, deceased) Kang Chye Ngoh Sons: Oaughters-in law: Ronnie Lv Leong Swee Molly De Silva Danny Lv Leong Beng Veronica Ng Kelvin Lv
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      47 30 854 Condolences 854 Condolences In Ufa you touched tha h«art, of many with your klndn«9»,undor*tanding and mmpmthy. Th« mmmory of your lovIng, earing and sharing natura will alway *>• eharlahad by thoaa who knaw you. May your baautlful aoul raat In atarnal paacm dmar SOOENO. The Vasu Family
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      477 30 850 Deaths 850 Deaths MR LIM KIM TAH Age: 85 passed away peacefully on 20th February. 1996 leaving behind loved one*. Sons: Daughters-ln law: Lim Kian Hian Low Kam Un Lim Chan Lok Letty Tan Guat Neo Lim Chan Guan Wong Seah Mci (Lim Kian Keong, deceased) Lim Kian Tee
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      381 31  - Balfour shifts into higher gear after slow start to the season Malcolm Bastians XL RACING ;By AUSTRALIAN David Balfour, > who finished second m the trainers' premiership last year to Malcolm Thwaites, shifted Into higher gear at Hpla Lumpur last week. He had a slow start this year, with no
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      Lock icon Fredericks cracks 20sec barrier for indoor 200m
      235 31 ATHLETICS LIEVIN (France) Frankie Fredericks became the first man to run 200 metres indoors m under 20sec when he clocked 19.92. The Namibian, breaking an indoor world sprint mark for the second time m six days, shattered Linford Christie's 200 m world record
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      966 31 RACE 1: Apprentice Erasmus Aslam replaced apprentice Alias on Planeteer Lord r Hugo jumped awkwardly and struck the inside of his gate, •ling Zhou was slow to begin. Lord Hugo hung m m the straight. Approaching and past '■cttie 200 m, Danse Honoree
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      492 31 BASKETBALL: NBA PHOENIX Charles Barkley grabbed his 10,000 th rebound as the Phoenix Suns beat the Vancouver Grizzlies 98-94 m a National Basketball Association game on Monday. Michael Finley scored six of his 26 points m overtime, and Barkley, who collected his 20,000 th point
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      802 31 KUALA LUMPUR Corporal James geared up for his first classic attempt m the M 5250,000 ($140,000) Tunku Gold Cup for Class 1 stayers over 2,000 m on Sunday with a sizzling gallop yesterday. Taken out by a track rider, the consistent galloper by Omnicorp
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        Soccer in the blood
        115 31 WOODLANDS Wellington's soccer team manager R. Vengadasalam has the sport m his blood, if evidence from the family is anything to go by. At last Thursday's friendly against Johor FA, which Woodlands won 2-0, Vengadasalam's two brothers, two sisters, wife and six children joined the 4,500
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        Tales of the jaguar
        90 31 A COMMUNICATION breakdown between coaches led to a 30-minute delay m last week's soccer friendly between S-League club Tiong Bahru United and Indonesian side PSM Ujung Pandang. The red faces among the officials present matched the colour of the teams' jerseys. Both sides had brought along
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        Camel sacrifice for luck
        73 31 A CAMEL has been sacrificed by a Pakistan social welfare group to try and improve the team's chances of winning the cricket World Cup. Pasban, a group linked to the Jamaat-e-Islami religious party, handed out the camel meat to the poor after the offering. The group
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        Fanfare for Dutchmen
        102 31 HOLLAND'S gutsy side is already a hit with Indian fans at the cricket World Cup. They backed the Dutchmen all the way during their backs-to-the-wall run chase against New Zealand last weekend, even when defeat became unavoidable. No wonder the Dutch enjoyed it. Most cricket matches m
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        65 31  -  S. MURALI Compiled by ONE-TIME All Black Jock Hobbs, credited with saving New Zealand rugby m the face of last year's wholesale move to professionalism, was dumped from the new seven-man New Zealand Rugby Football Union board last week. Also eliminated from the board was All Black
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      1103 33  -  Alvin Tay ■JMgwpB— inn m ii aaimi— News Analysis IMmMMWBMmmWmmwMmMm 1 Banks do not really worry if their prime is 6 per cent or 5.75 per cent. Their main concern is the interest margin or the difference between
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      400 33 SAN FRANCISCO Apple Computer Inc said on Monday that it would license its Macintosh pperating system (OS) to Motorola Inc and for the first time that it would allow Motorola to sell its own sublicences to the popular software program.
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        Lock icon US economic index up 0.2%
        133 33 NEW YORK The US index of leading economic indicators designed to predict the level of economic activity over the next half year rose m line with expectations m December. The biggest source of the rise was attributed to average weekly claims for state unemployment benefits,
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        107 33 TOKYO Further confirmation that Japan is m an economic recovery emerged yesterday when the Economic Planning Agency said the leading diffusion index for December rose to a highest possible level of 100. The leading index, based on 13 indicators, is meant to suggest economic conditions
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        Lock icon Keidanren to reorganise
        63 33 TOKYO Japan's most powerful business group will launch a sweeping reorganisation of its structure, reducing the number of policy-making bodies and Abolishing a managerial system, officials said. The officials of the Federation of Economic Organisations (Keidanren) said yesterday about 10 of 68 policy-making and regional commissions which
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      Lock icon Eastman Kodak to double number of China branded outlets
      244 33 HONGKONG Eastman Kodak Co expects to double the number of its branded outlets m China over the next two years hi its battle for dominance m one of the world's most promising photography markets. "Our goal, and we believe it's a
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      Lock icon Sime Darby sells stake in firm to subsidiary
      132 33 BANGKOK Star Block pic, a housing developer, said its largest shareholder, Sime Darby Bhd of Malaysia, sold its 13 per cent stake to a subsidiary, S.D. Holding Bhd. Sime Darby bought its stake m Star Block for 283 million baht (Ssl6 million)
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      SIMEX FUTURES
      231 33 Tuesday, Feb 20 1996 Eurodollar 3-month deposit (100 mm interest rite) Open H|h low Sett Est W Mar% 94.80 94.80 94.79 94.80 4510 £94.91 94.91 94.91 94.91 21 95.02 95.02 95:02 95.02 124 Jun 95.14 95.15 95.11 95.12 9232 Sap 95.28 95.29 95.24 9524 ***** Dec 9521 95.23
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      567 33 Singapore was third most actively traded bourse in Asean last year SINGAPORE was the third most actively traded stock exchange m Asean last year, after Malaysia and Thailand. In 1995, the Stock Exchange of Singapore recorded a total turnover of 5583.9 billion, or U5559.4 billion, says an article published m
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      57 34 TOP RISES 16/02/96 Cents Cerebos2sc 1190 70 6.3 CAC 1600 50 3.2 B Sembawang 3350 30 0.9 Sembawang Corp 815 30 3.8 TAC BtlO 200 890 25 2.9 H L Fin Foreign 600 25 4.3 Keppel C Wt97 815 25 3.2 Creative T 25c 1160 20 1.8 Transmarco 1250 20
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      57 34 TOP RISES 16/02/96 Cents Berjaya L Rt33 3 20.0 0.5 Berjaya L Rts 3.5 16.7 0.5 Liang Huat 10c 73 8.1 5.5 S Finance Wt99 147 8.1 11 EconWtOO 129 7.5 9 RFHK Wt97 60 7.1 4 BZWUO6F Wt97 48 6.7 3 Cerebos 25c 1190 6.3 70 E Resources 10c
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      Lock icon Japan enters pact with Singapore, Hongkong to act in US$-yen market
      614 34 TOKYO Japan will co-operate with authorities m Singapore and Hongkong m the foreign exchange market, the Finance Ministry said yesterday, m a move seen by analysts as part of an effort to boost the dollar by buying the US
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      Lock icon Australian exchange's new Asian Index makes disappointing debut
      475 34 Some Australian fund managers with exposure to Asian equities prefer to leave investment decisions to fund managers m Hongkong or Singapore, who are closer to the region and have more local market knowledge. {SYDNEY The Australian Stock Exchange's plan to become a
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      Lock icon Keating sees Telstra as the 'great east Asian carrier'
      268 34 SYDNEY Australian Prime Minister Paul Keating predicted yesterday that national telecommunications company Telstra Corp Ltd could become the major carrier m the east Asian region. Speaking on the campaign trail ahead of a March 2 election, Mr Keating said Telstra was
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      Lock icon Rao govt, private investors score victory in Indian telephone case court ruling
      494 34 'lt is a sign post indicating that there is a judicial process m India which is effective and can be relied upon/ A US diplomat NEW DELHI India's Supreme Court has handed Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao and
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      8 1 THE STRAITS TIMES Life! WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 1996
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      Lock icon Hari Raya spending goes up
      42 1 Malay Muslims are now splurging more on this once-a-year occasion, on clothes and household furnishings, reports Tuminah Sapawi on Page Two. Picture by Hari Raya shoppers outside Katu Sari, a popular Malay clothes boutique. Wons Pok See
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        122 1 Taiwanese Jf a lovebirds i* put out y W separate I A| albums \^I|B r|j I The bottom line is... I I tt ts Yer y^ unn y- I i 1 I jk "A bawdy, delightful, laugh-a-minute outing" ||j Hannah Pandian, Straits Times, 8 April 1994 jL/ "Superb, Subtle, Sidesplitting"
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        40 1 Rock fa queen 1" Ella A puts out Ifii live album \^J2g" 5\ t? gets its first Singaporean Jhi Wh Mff'JNt Hi' ,'f 9 FEEL-GOOfl Prints wtM Low strESJH hiwb| Get March's HER WORLD now! ■■■■iiHHUHMiiAMhKJiyyMIMiMA^BHHIiiiiHHmmi VHP Singapore Press Holdings
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        Lock icon Malay families spend $2,500 on festive shopping
        1287 2 HARI RAYA SPENDING GOES UP 'I think it's inevitable that we will spend more over the years. What is important is that we spend within our means, and not go into debt just to have a lavish celebration.' Marketing manager Attend i Mokhtar
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        186 2 THE HOUSE OF LIM GARFIELD [ifcCGORNNGTO FOIKIORE.THBRtWftSNTIIL.AND VMENTHEi STOODIN UNETOBEII rfnf l' t r ,i \ZS>*\ f| nMP AAr H\ nnf l aat RnrK ward fwitthaa I vo/i'Rf r<oiMft > ikidp fou I < alPV>^« l t^ TO RF MM VFQK f^ TUF RKT M>DAINTTnTWF i __H THE CHEATING' 11/
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        Lock icon Eye bank gets its first Singaporean donors
        708 3 LEA WEE Singapore donors are preferred because corneas can be transplanted within six hours of removal, which is critical for emergencies such as infections or accidents. AFTER searching m vain for five months, the corneal donation programme by the Singapore Eye Bank and
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        Lock icon Computer animation: Nanyang Poly to start first-ever course in July
        727 3 SANDI TAN THIS year's big sensation m 3-D computer animation is Toy Story, the first full-length film to use the process. Four years m the making, and opening m Singapore next month, it tells the tale of toys that come
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        261 3 THE producers make it look so easy in the current Levi's commercial in which clay figurines escape a fiery hotel building. But that kind of animation, known as claymation, is hard work. It is a time-consuming technique in which clay figures are modelled and then photographed frame by frame to
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          Sperm bank for the intelligent
          141 3 A SPERM bank has been set up for members of Mensa who wish to help create a master breed of super-intellectu-als. Two prominent Mensa figures m the 110,000-strong group for people with high IQs are seeking sperm donation for women who wish to give birth
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          Laughter tests under wraps
          143 3 LAUGHTER may be the best medicine, but just how good is it? A group of American paediatricians will spend the next year investigating the impact of clowning on healing. They will try to determine whether the brand of therapy dished out by 35 clowns of the
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          Rogue satellite found
          155 3 A SATELLITE that went missing a year ago has turned up again m the bush of northern Ghana. The satellite was launched on a Japanese rocket m January last year but went into the wrong orbit and plunged to destruction m the Pacific, or so thought the
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          Need for safer shopping carts
          106 3 SHOPPING carts should have stroller-like child seats and strong bases for support, say researchers from Ohio State University. In a study of 62 children below the age of 11, who were treated at the hospital after accidents involving shopping carts, they found that nearly 80
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        Controversial Japanese fund for comfort women falling short of target
        550 3 A FUND set up m Japan last year to raise money for former sex slaves of the Imperial Japanese army is falling short of its target, and is caught up m controversy at home and abroad. The Asian Women's Fund
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        158 4 Helen O'Grady Childen's Drama Centre conies to Singapore In 1969 Helen O'Grady, a highly qualified teacher, left New Zealand to further her career as an actress and presenter of children's television m Australia. Seventeen years ago, after a very successful career, she opened the Helen O'Grady Children's Drama Centre m
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        Lock icon Composer puts own stamp on Chinese songs from yesteryear
        659 5 PHAN MING YEN IT HAS always been so: a season to be merry. But this Lunar New Year may also find Singaporean composer Phoon Yew Tien, some orchestra musicians and perhaps a music-loving audience m a nostalgic mood. The reason is
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        New generation opts for big business over restaurants
        488 5  -  You Jin Descendants Of The Dragon A large number of Chinese from Shandong province m China went there to work as gold miners. In the early 19th century, there were 50,000 Chinese living m South Africa. THE story of the Chinese m
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        Second chance helps put this businessman in the big league
        639 5 Malays m Business Through this listing, I hope to be able to pool more resources to expand the business Mr Salleh Marican, businessman WHEN a business venture failed m 1974, Mr Salleh Marican did not give up. Instead, he decided
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        Lock icon It all adds up for Ella — image, looks, vocals and a new album
        506 5 It all adds up for Ella image, looks, vocals and a new album ROCK QUEEN Ella has released an all-live album, Demi Ella, featuring 14 of her hits recorded on tour. Launched early this month, it commemorated Ella's decade-iong career as a recording artiste. Produced by Kyoji Yamamoto, it is
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        1039 12 What's On 1 lAUT lID 5 pm Featurin .g tne various aspects of mental health such as 12.15- 1.15 pm. Talk by Mr Lam Peck Heng, Singapore's High Illif I "llr causes of depression and how you can overcome it. causes of Commissioner m India. Organised by the Singapore Press
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        409 12 Television Radio TV 1 6.00 AM Selamat Hari Raya Malaysia/News 6.10 CNN International News (English) 6.30 Motivasi/Senaman 2020 7.02 Asia Business News Asian Market Report (English) 7.30 Bingkisan Semasa/Sarapan Malaysia/lakukan Sendiri 9.02 Topik Semasa (Current affairs)/CNN (English) 10.30 Oocu Drama/Nasyid/Rampai Kenyalang/Docu Agama 12.00 NOON News/Aidilfitri Perantau 1.00 PM Komedi Aidilfitri
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        544 13 Television CHANNEL 5 6.00 AM AM Singapore (News magazine) 9.00 Kidzercise! (Children's educational) 9.30 Children Holiday Treat Bugs Bunny Special (Car toon) 10.45 Popeye The Sailor Meets Sinbad The Sailor (Cartoon classics) 11.00 Disney's Greatest Hits On Ice (Variety /stereo) 12.30 PM News 5 Today 12.40 Hit Movie I Mr
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