The Straits Times, 7 April 1996

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    9 1 The Sunday Times No: 3113 65 CENTS MITA(P) 045/12/95
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    Lock icon Seoul on Iron-tight' alert after North's truce violation
    599 1 Armed N. Koreans move into DMZ two days m a row It is self-evident that our people and People's Army cannot remain an onlooker to the situation that can be seen on the eve of war and cannot but take a countermeasure.'
    Reuter; AFP  -  599 words
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    Good health care for all, PM assures Singaporeans
    763 1 Govt takes 'areat exception' to opposition slurs on subsidies "We know very well the emotional feelings this political party is trying to stir ap about whether health-care costs for the poor are subsidised, especially when it is expecting a General Election around
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    Betting info centre quashed
    263 1 THREE men relaying horse-racing results and dividends illegally to punters and bookmakers were caught red-handed m a semi-detached house m Jalan Jitong yesterday. At 3.45 pm, 11 officers from the ClD's Gambling Suppression Branch surrounded the house off Seletar Road and forced their way inside. They
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    Lock icon PM to senior private doctors: Help out at public hospitals
    332 1 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong yesterday urged senior doctors m private practice to do part-time volunteer service m public hospitals. This would enable Singaporeans to receive attention from specialists whom they might otherwise not be able to afford. It would
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    Lock icon Thousands face Aids check after test errors
    215 1 LONDON Thousands of people m Europe who tested negative for the Aids virus will have to undergo new tests after mistakes were found m the results. Chicago-based Abbott Laboratories stopped selling the test last month after at least four cases were reported where
    AFP; Reuter  -  215 words
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Lock icon Foreign banks can operate in Malaysia
      326 2 Foreign banks can operate in Malaysia China welcomes move KUALA LUMPUR Malaysia 1 yesterday announced it was amending its banking laws so as to allow foreignowned financial institutions to; operate m the country, a move that was welcomed immediately by China. Malaysia's Deputy Finance Minister Wong See Wah said the
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      Lock icon An Easter vigil bathed in candlelight
      236 2 ABOUT 3,<HW people held an Easter vigil at the Novena Church last night to mark Easter Sunday a day when Christians celebrate Christ's resurrection. At the beginning of the service at about 8 pm, the Easter candle was blessed and lit m the church
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      Lock icon Dutch deny having plans to sell submarines to Taiwan
      469 2 THE HAGUE The Dutch Foreign Ministry yesterday denied it had plans to sell submarines to Taiwan after press reports said Chinese Prime Minister Li Peng cancelled an official visit here over the issue. /'The question of the sale of submarines to
      AFP; Reuter  -  469 words
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      Lock icon China 'holding two Taiwanese for spying'
      257 2 China 'holding two Taiwanese for spying' HONGKONG Two Tai--* wanese businessmen were**" arrested by the authorities m Fujian province on spying charges during large-seale <■ military drills m the Taiwan™" Strait last month, reports said yesterday. Mr Chen Zidong, director of the Fujian Taiwan Affairs Office, was quoted m Hongkong
      AFP  -  257 words
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      Lock icon WWII ammunition unearthed from reclaimed land
      666 3  -  Dominic Nathan East Coast find by a Sunday Times team By: Watch out In the rusted and corroded conditions that some of these items are m, it is possible that movement, impact or heat could detonate the explosives.' A member of a bomb disposal
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      Lock icon US offers to return 'half of Okinawa training site'
      346 3 But troop size of 47,000 will remain unchanged Compromise Japan had demanded the return of two-thirds of the 7,500-ha US military base m northern Okinawa. The islanders had protested against the US presence after last year's rape of a 12-year-old girl
      AFP  -  346 words
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      Lock icon Teenager forges new 'fake-proof' US$1OO bill
      139 3 Teenager forges new 'fake-proof US$1OO bill WASHINGTON The new US$lOO bill, launched here last month amid great fanfare because of its anti-forgery characteristics, has been faked by a teenager using a computer, police said. A 16-year-old from West Virginia reproduced the bill using an optical scanner, computer and laser printer.
      AFP  -  139 words
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      10 2 Taiwanese issued guidelines on air and civil defence: Page 13
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Human placentas used to make animal feed in Zurich
      228 4 Human placentas used to make animal feed in Zurich KZURICH Human r placentas from births m hospitals here have been used for the past 20 years to make animal feed. Officials on Friday confirmed a television news report that human after-birth products from at least aJ. two hospitals had been
      Reuter; AFP  -  228 words
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      Lock icon Dole wants probe on arms shipments to Bosnia
      601 4 Reports suggest Clinton may have allowed covert Iranian weapons deal m 1994 'Back when W^T this conflict was uSr raging. we were W^ very concerned about the imbalance m forces between Muslims and Serbs.' wr ship any arms 2r^ to Bosnia or
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      Lock icon Hind legs up, put them down, now wag your tail...
      274 4 Hind legs up, put them down, now wag your tail TRACK shoes for the pooch? What will they think of next? Why, lowImpact aerobics for dogs, of coarse. Canine pets In London starved of proper exercise thanks to the hectic lifestyles of their owners have now joined the ranks of
      IPS  -  274 words
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      Lock icon Man kills nine at wedding in Canada,then shoots himself
      253 4 Man kills nine at wedding in Canada, then shoots himself VERNON (British Columbia) An estranged husband on Friday shot and killed nine people including his wife, wounded two others and then killed himself m Canada's secondworst mass shooting, police said. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) said the gunman entered
      Reuter  -  253 words
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      Lock icon Congress party ready to make peace with dissidents
      578 6 Run-up to Indian polls The Congress (I) party Is urging these former ministers to withdraw from contesting the polls: H Mr Palanlappan Chidambaram H Mr Madhavrao Scindia H Mr M. Arunachalam H Mr Kamal Nath H Mr H.K.L. Bhagat NEW DELHI India's
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      Lock icon BJP manifesto welcomes high-tech investors only
      204 6 NEW DELHI India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has promised free-market economic policies and has welcomed foreign investors m hightechnology areas m its election manifesto, according to the Times of India yesterday. The party would encourage foreign investment for worldclass technology and the
      Reuter; AFP  -  204 words
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      Lock icon Waiting for judgment day
      45 6 PRISONERS accused of having participated m the 1994 genocide of more than 500,000 mostly Tutsis crowding the courtyard of Gitarama prison m Rwanda last week, Rwandans are commemorating the anniversary of the genocide which began two years ago today. Reuter picture.
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    • WORLDRLE
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        Lock icon KNIFED FOR SPELLING ERROR
        65 6 An Indian woman stabbed her six-year-old son and seriously injured him for not spelling "forty" right, The Times of India reported yesterday. Mrs Smita Paul, 35, flew into a rage at their home at Vashi town near Bombay after her son failed to spell the word
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        Lock icon PRAYERS FOR MONEY
        61 6 Hard-up monns m Moiaova will De paid to pray for profits by a leading financial group looking for a novel antidote to the former Soviet republic's gnomic jcrisfs. The brothers bf tiie-aaaMk Mrful Neamt monastery signed acctftfractifflst week to pray for the prosperity of the Exiton finance
        Reuter  -  61 words
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        Lock icon CANCER FRAUD
        76 6 A New x-UUBpsnire man wnose claim that he was dying of cancer prompted an outpouring of donations amounting to lens of thousands of dollars has been charged with fraud for allegedly faking his illness, officials said on Friday. Charles Barry, 53, was arraigned on Thursday m a US
        Reuter  -  76 words
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        Lock icon 'MAFIA' COP JAILED
        53 6 A former top Italian police officer and spy chief was found guilty by a Palermo court of having links to the Mafia on Friday and sentenced to 10 years m jail. Bruno Contrada, 66, was convicted of covering the tracks of notorious bosses during their years on
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        Lock icon UDAY GIVES UP UNION POST
        37 6 nie soa of Jra# President Saddam Hussein, Uday Hussein, has given up his post as head of the journalists' union which he held for four years, the Irani media reported yesterday. AFP
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        Lock icon TALIBAN WARRIORS SLAIN
        28 6 Fourteen Taliban warriors were killed m an artillery and rocket battle with Afghan government troops south of besieged Kabul, Defence Ministry officials said yesterday. AFP
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      Lock icon Church of England recoups property losses
      225 6 Church of England recoups property losses LONDON Britain's established church has bounced back from huge property losses, saving priests' jobs and preventing the closure of churches, newspapers reported yesterday. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Reverend George Carey, told tbe Guardian that the assets of the Church of England soared by
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      Lock icon Yeltsin makes first campaign trip — to communist heartland
      366 8 Yeltsin makes first campaign trip to communist heartland PROKHOROVKA (Russia) Traveling on his first campaign trip to the communist-dominated heartland of Russia, President Boris Yeltsin wandered from pig farms to itietal factories on Friday, delivering the same simple, heartfelt message: The past is over, please do not bring it back.
      NYT; AFP  -  366 words
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      Lock icon 140,000 jobs created in US last month
      520 8 Figure shows economy is recovering from flat last quarter of 1995, say analysts Payrol increases last month were mainly m health, recreation, engineering, computer and other private services, which have accounted for 87 per cent of al job gowth during the five years
      NYT; Washington Post  -  520 words
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      Lock icon US expects Russians to resume bold submarine operations
      208 8 WASHINGTON The Clinton administration is on the lookout for super-quiet, deepdiving Russian submarines to resume their training exercises near American warships and the US coast. US defence officials familiar with the Pentagon's around-the-clock maritime surveillance say President Boris Yeltsin has authorised some
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      Lock icon Data on 11,000 Americans 'leaked to fraud syndicate'
      399 8 NEW YORK In what computer experts say may be one of the biggest breaches of security of personal data held by the federal government, several employees of the Social Security Administration passed information on more than 11,000 people to a creditcard fraud
      NYT  -  399 words
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      Lock icon Fighting in Sri Lanka claims more casualties
      243 8 COLOMBO Security forces shot dead nine more Tamil Tiger rebels and lost two soldiers m fresh battles as fighting escalated across Sri Lanka's embattled northern and eastern regions, officials here said yesterday. Infantry troops shot dead the nine members of the separatist Liberation
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      Lock icon Nobel laureate had published sexually explicit passages
      237 8 WASHINGTON Nobel Prize-winning scientist Daniel Gajdusek, who was arrested recently on charges of sexually abusing a teenage boy, had for decades published official journals of his travels containing sexually explicit passages about children. The journals describing the sexual habits of men about whether
      Washington Post; Reuter  -  237 words
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      Lock icon Saliva on stamps may help identify Unabomber
      154 10 HELENA (Montana) The licks on a stamp may lead to an elusive US serlal bomber. Investigators building a case against former university mathematics professor Theodore Kaczynskl, a suspect In a series of bombings that killed three people and maimed 23 over 17 years,
      Reuter  -  154 words
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      Lock icon Clintons remember victims on anniversary
      298 10 FIRST Lady Hillary Clinton was all hands-on at the bombing site of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building m Oklahoma City on Friday. In one hand, she held a teddy bear and m the other the hand of bombing survivor Brandon Denny while President Bill
      Reuter  -  298 words
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      Lock icon Stocks of uranium 'vanishing from Kazakhstan'
      358 10 Stocks of uranium 'vanishing from Kazakhstan' Enough stolen to make several N-bombs: Report ALMATY Stocks of highly radioactive Uranium-235 are being stolen at a growing rate m Kazakhstan, which has a quarter of the world's uranium reserves, according to reports here. So much had been stolen that, m November and
      AFP  -  358 words
    • DATELINE: ASIA
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        Lock icon Harmoko's lift' for the poor
        109 12  -  PAUL JACOB Minister gives rickshaw rider piggy-back ride INDONESIA: Information Minister Harmoko, who also chairs the ruling Golkar, makes no bones about the fact that he would go to great lengths to ensure a strong win for the party at the general election next year.
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        A man as Empress Dowager?
        110 12  -  TAN TARN HOW CHINA: Hit TV-serial producer Zhang Guoan was accused of trying to drum up publicity for his next production by asking three male stars to play the part of Empress Dowager Cixi. Zhang's "Humpback Minister Liv Luoguo" won a popular following with its
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        No musical chairs for Thaksin
        81 12  -  SINFAH TUNSARA WUTH THAILAND: Deputy Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra made it clear that he was not one to take part m that popular past-time among Thai politicians: playing musical chairs with party affiliations. He told a press conference last week: "If I quit Palang Dharma,
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        Give me writing, anytime
        91 12  -  HO WAH FOON MALAYSIA: It is more fun to write than to run a bank. This is how outgoing UMBC chairman Datuk Mohamed Noor Yusof feels after running the bank for over three years. "I am going to take a rest and resume my writing on
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        Lock icon English is the way to go
        96 12  -  KWAN WENG KIN JAPAN: The president of Mitsubishi Corporation, one of Japan's largest trading houses, said that half of the in-house e-mail addressed to him was written m English. But Mr Minoru Makihara could not be happier. "I write back to them all m
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        Out but not down
        92 12  -  LETICIA PEREZ PHILIPPINES: Former Health Secretary Hilario Ramiro Jr may have lost his Cabinet post but his outlook remains optimistic. The man who was forced to step down recently, following a number of corruption charges levelled against him by the Ramos administration, remarked to some of
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      470 10 iA/C A TM STD m\W^ SINGAPORE Showers over a few areas m the RH High: Sunset today: afternoon. I 33 7.10 pm I 1 ow Sunrise tomorrow: W_\' M For an update on the local weather, cal 542-7788 AIR QUALITY PSI fat 4 om yesterday): 42 (Good) Abidjan 24/33 C
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      305 11 CITIBANK PRESENTS A UNIT TRUST THAT HOLDS SOMETHING QUITE RARE. Wwr^ J^" _^_^_M J J" o V if^N&^y-yLr A unit trust that has invested m two of the strongest and most Singapore markets. It offers diversification by not investing more stable economies m Asia, for 27 years. than 10% of
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Protesters demand revamp of Matsu airport
      188 13 TAIPEI About 50 people occupied the airport runways of Taiwan's loutlying Matsu island yesterday to demand that the government improve airport facilities after six people were killed m a plane crash on Friday. A Formosa Airlines' Dornier 228 plunged into the sea near Matsu
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      Lock icon Promote patriotism in schools, Beijing urges HK
      323 13 HONGKONG China has urged Hongkong to step up the promotion of patriotism m schools, Hongkong government radio reported yesterday. Mr Wang Fengchao, deputy director of China's Hongkong and Macau Affairs Office, told visiting educators m Beijing that there was insufficient awareness among the
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      Lock icon Encourage students to return to China, urges state councillor
      340 13 BEIJING China welcomed its students studying abroad to take part m the country's h}gh-tech research and development, a senior Beijing official has said. I Speaking at a national Meeting on the country's high-tech research plan, Programme 863, State Councillor Song Jian
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      Taiwanese given guidelines on air and civil defence
      427 13 Taiwanese given guidelines on air and civil defence The aims The drills are Intended to: Strengthen combat readiness Enhance air defence capabilities Assess possible damages to military installations, harbours, and commercial and industrial facilities after an air strike Increase the awareness of the people TAIWAN has issued guidelines on what
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      Taiwan delays bidding on airport project to probe triad links
      438 14 Bidding for the airport construction project wil now begin on April 22 instead of tomorrow. TAIWAN'S government said yesterday that it has decided to postpone bidding for an NT$7 billion (Ss3so-million) airport construction project, after reports that gangsters had been
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      Lock icon Russian general quits over plans to cede land to China
      416 14 A Russian general «lping to demarcate the border th China quit m protest on iday over plans to cede land IO Beijing. ,ff*'Major-General Valery Rozov t&id it would be against his country's national interests to .give up territory around the
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    • IN A NUTSHELL
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        Lock icon ILLITERACY DOWN
        79 14 The number of illiterate people m China fell by seven million each year between 1990 and last year, a drop of 3.87 per cent, reported the official Xinhua news agency on Friday. China has now about 145 million illiterate people, or 12 per cent of the total population.
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        Lock icon PORN CRACKDOWN
        55 14 China ordered the local authorities to close down pornographic shows, reported Xinhua news agency on Friday. China banned any performance involving naked or scantily-clad people, said a circular from the Culture Ministry. Performers were also not allowed to wear bikinis, except m some fashion shows and bodybuilding competitions
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        Lock icon PIRATE CDs
        69 14 Hongkong customs oincers seizea more than HK$l2 million (552.2 million) worth of pirated compact discs during the first quarter of this year. The Customs and Excise Department on Friday launched a territory-wide operation against pirated discs, three days after a US trade-barrier report listed Hongkong mong places not
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        Lock icon CHILDREN STABBED
        65 14 Seven I Chinese schoolchildren, aged 7 to 14 years, were stabbed to death with a kitchen knife m the southern province of Hunan last week by an adult, reported the Hunan Daily yesterday. Five other children were wounded by Wang Xiangjun, who went on a rampage m two
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        Lock icon LETHAL GAS
        52 14 Six workers died and another 18 were hospitalised after inhaling methane gas while cleaning a sewage pit m the southern port of Shekou, Shenzhen province, it was reported yesterday. It is believed that an exhaust fan stopped, causing a build-up of the eas. the Ta Kung Pao daily
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        Lock icon MINERS RESCUED
        73 14 Forty-eight miners were rescued after spending four days trapped m a watery coal mine m China's south-western Guizhou province, Xinhua news agency reported yesterday. The miners were rescued last Monday, four days after a co-worker accidentally dug through the wall of an abandoned, water-filled pit and flooded their
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      Lock icon Fossil find may throw light on evolution's missing link
      347 14 BEIJING The fossil remains found m China of a creature that lived 40 million years ago could be the missing link between the most ancient monkeys and higher primates such as humans, scientists said. "The pre-man ancestor, who has a body
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      Lock icon Cooking for haj pilgrims is 'like feeding the troops'
      326 15 JAKARTA Preparing meals for pilgrims staying at haj dormitories ahead of their departure for Saudi Arabia is like feeding troops, says Captain Imam Santoso, the co-ordinator of food services for the pilgrims at the Pondok Gede haj dormitory, East Jakarta. "What's
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      252 15 JAKARTA Indonesian police have seized 5,315 Ecstasy pills from the house of a Dutchman who was arrested here for trying to sell the drug to undercover policemen, the Media Indonesia newspaper reported yesterday. It quoted Colonel Adang Rismanto, chief of the investigation section
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        58 15 Tropical storm Ann continued to head towards the Philippines and was expected to hit the central islands of Samar and Leyte today, the weather bureau said m Manila yesterday. The storm, packing winds of 75 kmh, was charted 460 km south-east of Samar, and moving at 22 kmh
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        44 15 Japan's Daiwa Institute of Research had agreed with a Myanmar state-owned bank to form a joint venture company, government newspapers reported m Yangon yesterday. The company would assist m setting up infrastructure and related functions for a stock exchange m Yaneon. Kyodo
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        66 15 More than 15 tonnes of illegal drugs entered Vietnam annually, making it a major transit point for narcotics destined for overseas markets, police were quoted as saying by the Hanoi Moi newspaper yesterday. Both Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City were becoming centres for the illicit drug trade.
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        62 15 1 Ten more Indonesians were found infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) between February and last month, bringing the number carrying the virus which can cause Aids to 390, the official Antara news agency reported m Jakarta yesterday. Six of the new cases were m remote
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        64 15 A park m the northern Philippines which contains a huge bust of the late deposed dictator Ferdinand Marcos would be turned into an eco-tourism park, President Fidel Ramos announced yesterday. A palace statement m Manila said he ordered the conversion of the long-unused Marcos Park during a visit
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        62 15 A former member of the Japanese Red Army terrorist group who was arrested m Thailand for allegedly disposing of counterfeit US money would be handed over to Japan m all likelihood, Thai police said m Bangkok last week. Yoshimi Tanaka, 47, was m a group of nine terrorists who
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        53 15 Vietnam had ordered a review of the coal-mining industry m northern Quang Minh province after a recent spate of pit accidents that killed 10 people, the party newspaper, Nhan Dan, said m Hanoi yesterday. It said the accidents occurred m two areas where coal pits had collapsed or
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      Indonesia set to grant incentives to strong export firms
      474 15  -  Paul Jacob Move to cut current-account deficit 1 By! Indonesia Correspondent JAKARTA The Trade and Industry Ministry is prepared to give unspecified incentives to firms with a strong track-record m boosting exports an area that has received increasing attention of late
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      Lock icon No violation of logging ban, says Ranariddh
      560 17 I AllGCIfltiOIl: T^* Prince Norodom Ranarj ddh and Hun Sen had violated a year-old ban on the export of newly-felled Rebuttal- p nce said go vernm «nt has not violated the ban, but cannot account for timber m Khmer ncuuiiai. Rou ge. C
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      Lock icon Hun Sen's arm seriously hurt by Sihanouk bodyguard
      277 17 PHNOM PENH An overzealous member of King Norodom Sihanouk's team of North Korean bodyguards ran into Second Prime Minister Hun Sen and seriously injured the co-premier's left arm, witnesses said yesterday. The Friday incident, which has left the Second Prime Minister's arm
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      Lock icon Vietnam to spend $243m to improve radio and TV
      192 17 Vietnam to spend $243 m to improve radio and TV HANOI Vietnam is to spend US$l72 million (***** million) over the next five years to improve radio and television services and to renovate theatres, a report has said. The nationwide spending plan is aimed at promoting "traditional cultural values" and
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      43 17 A worker whose legs were broken when he was hit by a bus on the Vibhavadi Rangsit Highway, Bangkok, last week being carried to a pick-up truck. He was watering plants on the road island when the hit-and-run Bangkok Post picture.
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      Lock icon Ho Chi Minh City firefighting forces 'in a woeful state'
      263 17 HANOI Ho Chi Minh City's fire chief has warned that his department is woefully illprepared to deal with an expected rise m fires, and many lives could be lost because of poor prevention measures and old equipment. Mr Nguyen Minh
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      320 17 Cambodia opens first major infrastructure project PHNOM PENH The first major infrastructure project to be entirely paid for by the Cambodian government an 18-megawatt electricitygenerating station opened yesterday, putting this power-starved capital on track to become a "city of light" by mid-1998. The US$l7-million (Ss23-million) power plant was constructed with
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Malaysia's new jewel
      57 19 RIME Minister Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad launching the Proton Tiara at the Putra World Trade Centre m Kuala Lumpur JS Friday night. The five-door, five-seater 1.1-litre Tiara fills a gap between the 0.6-litre Perodua Kancil and the 1.3-litre Proton Iswara, Wira and Satria. It will cost
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      Police looking for mini-mart blast suspect
      154 19 -KUALA LUMPUR m Selangor police are lookinj j^for a man suspected of being involved m an .explosion at a mini-market m Bangsar on Thursday night, which injured a worker and a customer. I The Sun yesterday reported mat me suspect was aged between 30
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      New registration rule for Umno party elections
      367 19  -  Ho Wah Foon By m Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA'S leading political party Umno yesterday announced that members wishing to contest top positions m the party elections m October would have to register with the party headquarters from Monday. The registration, introduced for the first
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      KL to recruit medical staff on the spot overseas
      306 19 KL to recruit medical staff on the spot overseas Jtoctors and specialists needed to ease shortage Britain Australia Singapore India Bangladesh Taiwan United States SENANG The Malaysian government will recruit doc«lsm and specialists on the !SpDt m 31 recruitment drive averse&S to overcome a longstanding shortage m the •owMitry, according
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        40 19 The Malaysian government released the Thai-registered cargo ship Ekaraj Sea Horse, detained for allegedly discharging sludge into Malaysian waters, after its agent submitted a bank guarantee for M 5130,000 (5572,600) and promised to co-operate with the authorities. Bernama
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        28 19 Papua New Guinea Premier Julius Chan yesterday suggested that his country and Malaysia *act up a ministerial-level J3>anel to resolve differences, particularly on investment guarantees. AFP
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        29 19 police on Friday warned motorists to observe the speed limit near schools, after two motorists killed four school children and seriously injured one m separate accidents m NST
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        32 19 The Education Ministry may introduce welfare work to secondary school pupils to build up their sense of social responsibility, Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn has said. NST
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        27 19 isixty-one Vietnamese Jxiat people left Malaysia on Thursday on a 3oluntary repatriation ight, the United "Nations High •Commissioner for "Refugees said m Kuala Lumpur yesterday. AFP
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        MORE HOMES
        48 19 jfhe Malaysian government will build jmore old folk's homes to •cater to the rising number of "abandoned" people. But National Unity and Social Development Minister Datin Paduka Zaleha Ismail, quoted by The Star yesterday, said the homes were not for people to dump their old relatives.
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        38 19 The Home Ministry may reduce the number of firearms and ammunition trade licences issued m Sabah, if the state has issued more licences than it needs, said Deputy Home Minister Om Ka Ting on Friday. NST
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      Lock icon Bullet train not viable for Malaysia, says Ling
      470 20 Land acquisition will add to the cost of bullet trains Many stretches of the railway track between Singapore and Padang Besar will have to be straightened The tilting train can travel at 250 kmh and costs less IPOH The Malaysian government has
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      Lock icon Russian envoy cautions against funds for Chechens
      173 20 KUALA LUMPUR The Russian ambassador has urged Malaysians and nongovernmental organisations not to raise funds for the Chechen separatist drive, claiming there was a misunderstanding of the situation there. Mr Vitali Votobiev said any money channelled to Chechnya would not be used to
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      Lock icon Humiliating to be handcuffed over traffic offences, court told
      435 20 KUALA LUMPUR A 26-year-old woman has told the High Court here that she was humiliated when police handcuffed her while taking her to the Magistrate's Court to answer two traffic summonses four years ago. Ms Fong Ooi Lee, a real-estate adviser,
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      State govts urged to iron out irregularities
      219 20 Sale of property MALACCA The Housing and Local Government Ministry has called on state governments to rectify irregularities m the sale and purchase agreements (S&P) relating to the sale of property to foreigners. The Sun yesterday quoted the Housing and Local Government Minister
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      Developers slammed for delaying transfer of title deeds to foreigners
      339 20 JOHOR BARU The Johor Baru House Buyers' Association has accused developers here of not applying for the state's clearance before selling their houses to foreigners. Association chairman Ng Ching Sea said this was why title deeds had not been transferred
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  • HOME
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      Only a few score As in colony's A-level exam
      732 21  -  M. Nirmala Leong Chan Teik In Singapore: LAST week, The Sunday Times reported on the growing number of students who score four Alevel distinctions and how some educationists are concerned about the way students are bagging their As. They said that
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      Results from control group used in setting grades
      351 21 HONGKONG uses a pyramid system m marking examination papers, with few students scoring As and those with Es forming the large base. To arrive at the minimum marks for A-level grades, the Hongkong Examinations Authority looks at the results of about one-third
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      Thief returns books but steals again
      362 21 A 70-YEAR-OLD man and his wife lost their identity cards, passports, bank books and house keys when a thief stole a bag from their car last month. But Mr Ismail Syed Mohammad was surprised to find all the missing items on his dining table
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      BOMBS: TELL-TALE SIGNS
      154 22 This 11.5-cm British artillery shell was found m the open, close to the waterfront on reclaimed land off Changi Coast Road. It was the biggest item found m The Sunday Times check. BURIED war relics can be difficult to distinguish, especially if they are rusted, corroded and
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      Lock icon Most bombs found at building sites
      490 22  -  Dominic Nathan By OVER the last five years, old bombs and ammunition were found at 334 locations across Singapore, according to the Defence Ministry. Replying to queries from The Sunday Times, it said that most of the incidents occurred at construction sites m Singapore
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      Lock icon Wanted: New owner to take over riding school
      419 22  -  Karamjit Kaur By! THE only public riding school m Singapore may have to close down if the Singapore Turf Club cannot iind a new owner to take over the school. The Greendale Riding School, which opened m 1991, is owned and managed
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      Last 4 escapees surrender to Boys' Home
      171 22 THE four youths who were still at large after escaping from the Singapore Boys' Home with 10 others on Friday, surrendered themselves yesterday. A spokesman for the Ministry of Community Development told The Sunday Times that the four were accontpanied by their parents
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      Bukit Panjang LRT Exhibition to prepare commuters
      191 22 TO PREPARE commuters for the first Light Rail Transit (LRT) system at Bukit Panjang, the Land Transport Authority (LTA) has organised an exhibition which promises to answer all their questions and queries. The "Bukit Panjang Light Rail Transit Exhibition THE LRT AND YOU",
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      Lock icon 11 areas to implement Sana project by year end
      540 23 SOME grassroots groups are already scouting for premises and planning activities to launch a Singapore AntiNarcotics Association (Sana) programme to keep youths off drugs m their constituencies, i All of the 11 neighbourhoods picked to be the next to host the
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      Motorcyclist dies after being dragged 85 m
      155 23 Motorcyclist dies after being dragged 85 m A 26-YEAR-OLD man died when he was dragged 85 m by his motorcycle after it skidded on Friday. Police said the accident happened as Mr Suraimi Subir, a lift maintenance technician, was travelling along the Ayer Rajah Expressway towards the city at about
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      Lock icon Punctual wedding guest awarded with hotel feasts
      360 23 THERE were no worms to be found at the first Grand Draw for Early Birds at Wedding Dinners contest. Instead, a more palatable reward awaited one lucky winner meal vouchers 7,1 from the restaurants of 33 Singapore hotels. The prize went to an
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      Primary pupils to cram maths for competition
      251 23 Trainers to come from Rl, China TWENTY primary school students from 13 different schools will go through intensive training m mathematics, by teachers from Raffles Institution and two consultants from China, to prepare them for an international competition m Hongkong m July. They
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      Glaucoma more likely in Chinese women above 40
      555 24  -  Geraldine Yeo Reports by The structure of Asian eyes is smaller than Caucasian eyes. With everything more compact, if the pupil dilates, there could be a build up of pressure within the eye, and the patient could develop glaucoma.' Dr Seah of
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      Singapore health report card
      32 24 Today is World Health Day and the theme dec! world rieaiin urbanisation ror mo royiuri ip nv«»uiy uhiov Healthy Islands. Here is a snapshot of the Singapore situation:
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      Few GPs, specialists awarded for upgrading their skills
      368 24 LESS than 10 per cent of Singapore's doctors and specialists were awarded certificates for Continuing Medical Education for the period 1993 to 1995. Mr Loh Meng See, chairman of the Government Parliamentary Committee for Health, said that these figures, obtained from the
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      Lock icon Sing together, stay together: Tommy Koh
      321 24 A COUNTRY which sings together stays together, said National Arts Council chairman Professor Tommy Koh. Speaking at the launch of the biennial song festival, Song Fest 96, at Clarke Quay yesterday, he recalled his visit to the Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
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      Search on for top brains in island-wide IQ contest
      288 24 BRAIN-TEASER buffs can look forward to Mensa Brain Hunt 96, an island-wide IQ contest starting tomorrow, m which they can win more than $10,000 m prizes. The contest, organised by Mensa Singapore and Singapore Press Holdings, is divided into two categories.
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      Lock icon $36m plan to widen two viaducts linking ECP to AYE
      420 25  -  Leong Chan Teik Keppel and South Quay viaducts will have lanes added for smoother flow By A LONG bottleneck, where two viaducts link the East Coast Parkway (ECP) with Ayer Rajah Expressway (AYE), will be widened at a cost of
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      Driver gets three weeks for threatening m-cyclist
      192 25 A MAN who threatened a motorcyclist over a minor traffic accident was jailed for three weeks yesterday. Leow Wai Keong, 28, a despatch driver, admitted intimidating Mr Sng Boon How, 44, unemployed, outside a 7-Ele-ven store on East Coast Road on Oct 9
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      Man steals electrical goods from his brother
      180 25 A MAN stole $5,000 worth of electrical goods from his younger brother as he was m need of money, a district court heard yesterday. Toh Teck Soon, 42, a canteen assistant, stole a colour television set, a compact disc player and a hi-fi
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      Two men and a woman face heroin trafficking rap
      104 25 TWO men and a woman were charged m a district court yesterday with heroin trafficking. Asbollah Mohamed, 32, a drug absconder, Syed Sulaiman Maideen, 37, a hawker's assistant, and Siti Fadzlon Mubarak, 21, unemployed, are alleged to have 16 sachets of
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      $13,000 in cash, goods stolen from MRT shop
      114 25 A BOOKSHOP at the Boon Lay MRT station was broken into on Wednesday night after the shop owner had locked up and left. The next day, at about 8 am, MRT security staff found the shop's glass door smashed. Mr Abdul Sukkoor,
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      US Congress staff to learn more about S'pore
      165 25 US Congress staff to learn more about S'pore A GROUP of six congressional staff members from the United States arrives here today on a week-long visit to learn more about Singapore. The visit, jointly organised by the Singapore International Foundation (SIF) and the Washington DC-based US-Asia Institute, aims to help
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  • OBITUARIES
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      850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths
      881 26 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths ANG ENG SOON AGE: 83 years passed away peacefully on 6th April 1996 leaving behind loved ones: Wife: Tan Lye Huay S onS Daughtsrs-in-Lsw: Ang Ban Hooi Charlotte Cheng Ang Ban Sher Ju<*Y Lim Ang Guan Hin Qu«k Lenfl Gu« Ang Ban Gee Jennie
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      850 Dsaths
      86 26 ANTHONY SELVARAJ Age 48 patted away peacefully on OnVUfl. Saafly nafaeed by Beloved wife: Mabel Freeda (Shantamma) Children: Suresh, Rosie, Terence Mottaea 1 In law. Josephine CCCruz Biotheae hi law. Bennachan D'Cruz Alphonse Veloo Slater In law. Daphne IMg ttletan. Santhana Mary Mary Fatimah Brother*: Robert Nathan Anthony
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      164 26 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolsncss 854 Condolsnces Our deepest Sympathy and Heartfelt Condolences to our President Mr Anthony TK Goh on the demise of his beloved wife Mdm Doris Lim Qwee Eng from the Chairman, )eputy Chairman, General committee, Members and Staff of The Singapore island country Club With
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      194 26 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements The Family Of The Ute ONG ENG CHUAN ONG AH CHUN passed away on 27th March 1996 wish to express their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the following: India: H.E. Lam Peck Heng and staff of the Spore High Commission H.E. Wan Hussein Bin
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      103 26 MDM. MUKHTIAR KAUR w/o (late) Mukhtiar Singh Lande Age: 73 passad away peacefully on 8/4/SS. Sadly mlaaad by loved ones. Por funaral arrangamanta ploaaa call Tal: *****47 Jesus says, am tha resurrection and the life. Ha who believes m Ma will live, even though ha dies... John 1
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      26 26 With Deepest Sympathy a Heartfelt Condolences to the family ef tbe late LTC YAP CHEE SENG From PMC a Members of RBN Specialists' Mess
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      856 In Memoriam
      31 26 iti lwihq MMiNNry TEO MENG SING Departed: 7.4.03 His memory is as dear today as m the hour he passed away. Always remembered by family and lovad onae.
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      55 26 858 Requiems 858 Requiems ATHMA SANTHI POOJA The Family Of The Late kalimuthu rajaram Wishes to express their sincere thanks to friends and relatives for their presence, wreaths, donations, prayers and assistance during our recent bereavement. Athma Shanti Pooja at PERUMAL TEMPLE on 8 April 1996 at 7pm. PLEASE TREAT
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      73 26 In loving memory of ONG CHAN FANG Departed: March 9, 1995 We cannot forget you Our loved one so dear; Your memory grows Sweeter year after year. Always remembered by Loving wife Fong Siew Ngo, children and grandchildren In Loving RMMVioty Of OW FOOK CHOON Depe.-ted: 7
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      62 26 THALAI THAVASAM KATHIRVELOO MANOGARAN Departed: 31 .3.08 Your memory is as deer today As m ihe hour you passed away Always remembered ay: Wife: Leela D aught srs: Kalyani Vani Son In law: Joseph Grandson: Arvinn Brothers: K. Mehendren K. Mohan Sisters: Leela Susila Sakunthala Mother-in-law: Jeneki Family
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  • RACING
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      YESTERDAYS KUALA LUMPUR RACE RESULTS
      933 27 —RACE 1 RES TERMS DIV 2 1,400 m 2 ULTRMMN S7 (24-9) Oe (3) 2 2 1 5 MEDAN PERANG 54.5 (17-5) Chawi (2) 5 5 2 10 NINSKY BLUE 52.5 (33-10) Wan (1) 3 3 3 Others m finishing order: Granada IV (931-64) KW
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      Chavez, Cropp captivate
      347 27  -  Malcolm Bastians XL ROUND-UP By PANAMANIAN Oscar Chavez and New Zealander Lisa Cropp called the shots at Kuala Lumpur yesterday, booting home winning mounts m more than half the card of nine races. The local circuit's only two expatriates were often featured m heart-thumping finishes on a
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      Worries not over yet for Singaporean jockey Sharrol
      180 27 JOCKEY Garnet Sharrol's 12--month disqualification ends tomorrow but it may be a while before the rider gets on the saddle again. The 26-year-old Singaporean copped the year-long ban after he was hauled up twice within a month for not taking all reasonable
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      YESTERDAY'S SELANGOR TURF CLUB STIPENDIARY STEWARDS' REPORT
      979 27 RACE 1: King Merino and Strong N Constant were slow to begin. Approaching the 300 m, Medan Perang shifted to the outside of Granada IV to obtain a clear run when Nljisky Blue laid m and bumped the former. Prince Adll, who raced
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      TODAY'S KUALA LUMPUR RACE GUIDE
      2632 27 GOING FORECAST; GOOD I I Class 4 Dlv 2 1,200 m (SC) 1 ■mmwmwmwmwn Ratings 56-41 Stakes $23,000 1 9070- Hack Panther H 4 (4ag B Ng-Black Panther) Asogan 57 2 0778 Money Bag 8 (sag Heng-Owner) Ow Yang 56.5 3 089-0 Kinta Express 12
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  • SPORT
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      Lock icon Jansher clinches fiery match
      366 28 Pakistani champ faces semi-final clash with Frenchman Juline Bonetat SQUASH British Open CARDIFF Defending champion Jansher Khan stayed on a course for a fifth consecutive British Open squash title after a hotly-con-tested quarter-final victory over Greek No. 1 Paul Gregory. The world champion was jeered by
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      Give sports sponsors Value for money and more will flow in
      747 28  -  GODFREY ROBERT THE SPORTS EDITOR SAYS THkEE monihs ago, the cry m Singapore sporting circles was: We want sponsors. The biggest hit was the forthcoming professional soccer* S-League with no series sponsor m sight and product sponsors only dribbling
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      Lock icon New sensation Wu makes mark
      325 28 SWIMMING TIANJIN (China) Tianjin produced another swimming sensation on Friday with Wu Yanyan taking the limelight with one of the fastest times this year m the women's 200--metre medley. The swim assured her of a place m China's team for the Atlanta Olympics, along with
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      Lock icon Flo-Jo released from hospital after seizure
      193 28 ATHLETICS ST LOUIS (Missouri) World record-holder and Olympic champion Florence Griffith-Joyner was released from a hospital here on Friday, after suffering a seizure while on an aeroplane from Los Angeles. Kirn Kitzer, a spokesman at Barnes Hospital, said that Griffith Joyner was released at
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      Lock icon Jordan and Pippen spark Bulls' rout of Hornets
      336 28 BASKETBALL: NBA CHARLOTTE (North Carolina) Michael Jordan scored nine of his 24 points m a game-opening 20-0 run as the Chicago Bulls rolled to a 126-92 rout of the Charlotte Hornets for its fifth straight win m a National Basketball Association match
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      SCORES AND STATISTICS
      776 28 I BASEBALL National League: Montreal 6 Colorado 4, Chicago 11 Los Angeles 1, San Francisco 7 Florida 1, Cincinnati 6 Philadelphia 5, St Louis 5 Atlanta 4, Pittsburgh 7 New York 5, San Diego 10 Houston 4. American League: Kansas City 5 Boston 4, Toronto 7 Cleveland
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    • SPORT IN SHORT
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        Haynes calls it quits
        63 28 DESMOND HAYNES, the illustrious former Barbados and West Indies opening batsman, formally announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect on Friday. The 40-year-old Haynes informed the West Indies Cricket Board of Control of his decision m a fax sent through Sussex County Cricket Club
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        Middlesbrough steers clear
        112 28 TWO goals from Norwegian striker Jan-Aage Fjortoft and a goal on his English Premier League debut by Chris Freestone gave Middlesbrough a 3-1 win over Sheffield Wednesday on Friday and dispelled any lingering relegation fears. Fjortoft put Middlesbrough ahead after 54 minutes when Kevin Pressman could only
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        Sauers shares midway lead
        38 28 GENE SAUERS, seeking his first PGA Tour triumph since 1989, fired a four-under-par 68 m Atlanta, Georgia, on Friday to grab a share of the lead midway through the Bell South Classic golf tournament.
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        Novotna eliminates Majoli
        97 28 A STREAKY Jana Novotna relied on a tricky, sliced backhand to outlast third seed Iva Majoli 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 m the quarter-finals of the Family Circle Cup tennis tournament m Hilton Head, South Carolina, on Friday. In other matches, top seed Conchita Martinez of Spain needed just
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      SPORTS WORLD
      528 28  - SPORTS WORLD YAP KOON HONG You were great Singapore, how about an encore? Will the fans help the league score a second goal for our brave new world of professional soccer which was first mooted more than two decades ago? Let us hope so as Singapore football deserves no less.
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      Lock icon Tiong Bahru: The bridesmaid, now aiming to be the bride
      1081 29  -  Tay Cheng Khoon By ASK 10 Singapore soccer fans which is the best club on the island and nine would reply: Geylang United FC. The 10th would be a Tiong Bahru United FC supporter. While not disputing that Geylang has
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      Lock icon Dark horse Sembawang aims to spring a surprise or two
      772 29  -  S. Murali By IT HAS arguably the most attractive logo among the eight teams the stallion and hopes to keep true to its form and become the dark horse of the inaugural season of the S-League. Sembawang Rangers FC is
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      Tiong Bahru United FC
      739 29 David Miller 31, Australian goalkeeper: Good organiser. Intimidating m one on one situations. Tibor Szaban 32, Slovakian sweeper: Good reading of the game. Packs a wallop especially with his left foot. Pedro Ricoy 29, Australian midfielder: Plays it simple and that is why his contributions have
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      Lock icon Sembawang Rangers FC
      925 29 -.111.-——l—.—■- ■—l-l.l«l.-l I.WIII !I I 1 .1. 60aUUeiin t 4VifyBood;BSwC2fa» f lPtif. Qeylang 4, Woodlands 3.5, Tiong Bahru 3.B»Sembawang 3,3, Tampines 3, Balestier 3 Pi WP^pWHH. Mark Atkinson, 26, New Zealand defender/ midfielder: Versatile player. Former youth international. Strong tackier and good striker of the ball. Lazslo
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      35 28 w Next Draw No. 1066/96 Monday, 6 April 1996 Qroup I Prize $1 ,668,000 Group II Prize $437,000. Pick op your Toto tickets Now! Ask for QuickPkk And System Entries mam/MM I mm mm rOOtt
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      CPIB officer to address players, officials
      441 30  -  Tay Cheng Khoon SOCCER By" A SENIOR officer of the Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau will address S-League players and officials at the Raffles Hotel on Wednesday. The talk on soccer bribery is part of the League's daylong seminar for about 300 participants. S-League officials
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      No glory for Rams in Perth
      278 30 WOODLANDS Wellington tasted its first defeat m a friendly match when it lost J.-4 to Perth Glory m Perth yesterday. The Rams, playing their third match of their Australian tour m five days, conceded two own goals m the secbnd half m a defeat
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      Tampines and Tiong Bahru cannot register new players
      326 30 THE S-League tournament committee has turned down appeals by Tampines Rovers and Tiong Bahru United to replace their injured foreign footballers. Tampines wanted to register a new player from Australia as replacement for its Croatian striker Nikolic Miroslav, whose contract was terminated
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        Giggs wins it for United
        72 30 A 77th-minute goal by Ryan Giggs helped English Premier League leader Manchester United to a 3-2 victory over local rival Manchester City yesterday. Results: Chelsea 1 Aston Villa 2, Coventry 1 Liverpool 0, Everton 3 Bolton 0, Manchester City 2 Manchester United 3, Newcastle 2
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        Michelle wins but Brett loses
        68 30 AUSTRALIAN Michelle Martin reached the final of the British Open squash championships m Cardiff yesterday with a 9-4, 9-7, 9-4 victory over unrelated Jane Martin of England. But Michelle's brother Brett lost his semi-final 15-13, 12-15, 3-15, 9-15 to compatriot Rodney Eyles, ruling out the
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      Pakistan should win close match
      601 30 Mahmopd Gaznavi previews the Singer Cup Cricket Triangular final ONLY a few tickets are available for today's final between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Padang. The booth is located at the entrance nearer the Singapore Recreation Club end. Spectators are reminded that seating Is
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      Master blaster hopes for record encore
      303 30 IT IS rare for a cricketer to chalk up two successive big scores against the same team m the same tournament. But Sanath Jayasuriya is a rare person. The left-handed Sri Lankan is the holder of three world records, all of which were achieved
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      Off-spinner can play role of unlikely hero
      281 30 WITH only five one-day internationals behind him before he came to Singapore for the Singer Cup cricket tournament, it might seem that too much is being expected of Saqlain Mushtaq. But the 19-year-old Pakistani off-spinner is one of the best prospects for his
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      Lee heads to Europe for World Cup
      234 30 SHOOTING ATLANTA-BOUND trap shooter Lee Wung Yew will warm up for his Olympic challenge with World Cup tournaments m Italy and Germany. He is due to leave for Italy on June 1 for a week before flying to Germany for his second championship.
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      268 30 BOWLING SPINNER Steven Ang was the surprise leader yesterday after the first block of eight games m the finals of the Ponggoi Seafood Tournament of Champions at Eastside Bowl. Ang, whose previous claim to fame was partnering Lim Choon Heng to victory m the
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      104 30 1 TODAY'S EVENTS I ATHLETICS BAAA Sth League Walk (National Stadium, 7.30 am). MR2S Time Trial #122 (Macßitchie Reservoir, spm) c aMlim BASKETBALL SPH League qualifying rd (Geylang Indoor Stadium, BOWLING Ponggoi Seafood Tournament of Champions Finals (Eastside CRICKET Singer Cup triangular final: Pakistan v Sri Lanka (SCC, ■i HOCKEY
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      1997? No problem
      1804 1 Hongkongers may have reason to worry about 1997 but Singaporeans working m the territory are hardly concerned. The consensus is that there is a future for Hongkong way beyond the handover to China. Hongkong Correspondent Mary Kwang reports. What's there to get excited about? Hongkong will be
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          290 2 ANY decision to permit betting on match results of the S-League, for which the Government has ordered up a study, must meet this premise: Will it help or hinder the growth of a nascent professional soccer league? The crucial factor to consider is match-fixing by syndicates.
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        109 2 On this day POLICE, worried over an increasing number of gang "curfews" gangland jargon which means rival gangs will attack each other on sight are preparing to launch another anti-secret society sweep this week. The operation, to be backed by Reserve Unit troops, wiU be styled after
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        Time for rethink of foreign purchase of property here
        1055 2  -  TAN SAI SIONG SELL-OUT new property projects. Angry crowds being turned away after lining up since the crack of dawn, only to be told that a handful of units is available. The public perceives that the choicest units are all taken
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        First-time voters have fewer hang-ups
        1026 2  -  SUMIKO TAN THE electoral system, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said recently, is like a game of dice. "Every time you have an election, you are throwing three or four dice. If it comes up with aces each time, you stay on top. If you come
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        All he wants is a level playing field
        1549 3  - All he wants is a level playing field NIRMAL GHOSH Philippine National Security Adviser Jose Almonte, regarded as the most mysterious figure m the Cabinet, allows some insights MR JOSE ALMONTE was bom on Nov 25, 1931, m Albay, Bicol, south of Manila. Education Graduated from the Philippine Military Academy
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        HUDC apartment owners hit the Jackpot in privatisation
        1199 5  -  TAN LI ENG Location, size and low prices have made them attractive buys, reports Average prices ol HUDC units (Phase 3 and 4) APARTMENTS of the HJBTing and Urban Development Corporation (tttXDC) "predecessors" oftßJk Government's propped executive eondomini"pßr have been largely overlooked,
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        604 5  -  SURINDER SINGH RESIDENTIAL property prices m Sydney are still dormant, but the commercial property sector is starting to show signs of £-3akliy shedding its lethargy of the past few years. Prime property m Sydney's Central Business District (CBD) is seeing an improvement m value and
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        1218 6  - Yangon pawn in Western quest to contain China MICHAEL DOBBS-HIGGINSON The West has a hidden agenda m its dealings with Myanmar: It wants to use the country for its own ends, argues f IN THE murky world of initernally competing government interest groups, particularly m the United States, there is
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        US seeks drug lord's extradition
        261 6 THE United States is demanding that the Myanmar government hand over drug lord Khun Sa, who surrendered himself and a large part of his forces to the Myanmar army recently. Indeed, senior US official Winston Lord stated publicly that while relations with Myanmar were poor,
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