The Straits Times, 9 February 1997

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    10 1 The Sunday Times No: 3157 65 CENTS MITA(P) 026/1 2/96
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    Lock icon 7% growth last year due to better fourth quarter
    768 1  -  Walter Fernandez By Economy showing signs of recovery: BG Lee 'Already, we are showing signs of recovery. In the third quarter last year we had very weak growth of 3.3 per cent but m the fourth quarter, somewhat to our surprise,
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    Help the young value peace and prosperity: Abdullah
    361 1 MINISTER-IN-CHARGE of Muslim Affairs Abdullah Tarmugi has an unusual Had Raya request for Singapore Muslims this year to help the younger generation appreciate and value the peace and prosperity the country enjoys, and to equip them with the spirit to maintain its
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    Grand feast for fourgeneration family
    139 1 IT WAS a grand feast of homecooked food for a four-genera-tion family that took Madam Kalimah Suradi, all of yesterday to prepare. But for the 71-year-old great-grandmother, this was the culmination of yet another year's wait to celebrate Hari Raya Puasa with her three sons,
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    I looked good for 5 years... then the lumps appeared
    384 1 I looked good for 5 years then the lumps appeared 15 years ago 1 paid more than $10,000 for silicone implants to re-shape my nose, forehead, chin, lips, eye-lids and breasts.' Now The doctor peeled the skin on my face downwards from my skull m a seven-hour operation and scooped
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    ' Beautician-surgeons': Ministry re-looking penalties
    595 1  - Beautician-surgeons' Ministry re-looking penalties Braema Mathi Allison urn Ting Siew Lee By ana Current punishment 'grossly inadequate' THE Government may stiffen the laws against beauticians who perform unlicensed surgery, m the wake of botched jobs that have left victims scarred for life. In a recent case, a woman died after
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      80 1 FOOTWEAR APPAREL •ACCESSORIES Kickers Boutique: #b 2-45 takashimaya ngee ann city tel: 735 5224 petite finesse boutique! #02- 38 centrepoint tel: 734 9658 takashimaya, isetan, metro, seiyu Sole agent: petite Cherie Boutique pte ltd TEL: 552 6233 FAX: 552 8723 Hari Raya greetings Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong wishes all
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Clinton aims to boost spending in foreign affairs
      614 2  -  Lee Siew Hua spending foreign Proposed'9B budget of $2.4 trillion sent to Congress By US Correspondent WASHINGTON President Bill Clinton's proposed 1998 budget seeks to reverse the downward spiral m international affairs spending, m a new move to advance American leadership. The
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      US must engage China, stresses Albright
      547 2 'Our entrance into the market and investments m China will help to create a different kind of China, one m which there develops a middle-class that m fact presses for change also.' Secretary of State Madeleine Albright. WASHINGTON Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said
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      Lock icon SHOOTING RAMPAGE IN NEW ZEALAND
      35 2 picture. A wounded man being taken from a helicopter and rushed to a hospital after a shooting incident m the small town of Raurimu, north of National Park yesterday. Reuter
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      Lock icon Gunman kills six, wounds five
      547 2 WELLINGTON A gunman went on a shooting rampage m a rural New Zealand hamlet yesterday, killing six people and seriously wounding up to five others m another mass murder shattering the country's tranquil image. A 24-year-old man had been charged with one count of murder,
      Reuter; AFP  -  547 words
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      Medical faculty revises curriculum to give students broader knowledge base
      541 3  -  Leong Ching Chlng By MEDICAL students will have less memory work and more room for creativity, when plans to revamp their curriculum are implemented. National University of Singapore's Dean of Medicine Lenny Tan said that the changes were aimed at
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      Tony Tan's plan for universities
      88 3 Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan spelt out m a speech to undergraduates last month his plans to make the two universities here world class. These include: Reviewing undergraduate curricula to make them more up-to-date. More emphasis on creativity and thinking skills. Revamping of the engineering
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      WHAT'S OUT, WHAT'S IN
      146 3 'We just don't know where to stop learning.' Lee Chian Chau, 23, a final-year medical student. The new curriculum will define core subjects which are a "must know" for students. There will also be clear "end-points" so that students know what they are expected to master.
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      Meet Wahyu, the toast of Indonesia
      219 3 JAKARTA He is Indonesia's most famous baby, but Daddy will not be seeing him for a while yet. Born on Feb 4on the eastern island of Lombok the 3.9-kg infant seen m mother Rohana Riyadi's arms was officially proclaimed as Indonesia's 200 millionth inhabitant
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      Plans for takeover of PUB plants in Skudai submitted to govt
      240 3 JOHOR BARU The Johor government proposal to take over the Singapore Public Utilities Board (PUB) water treatment plants m Skudai has been submitted to the Foreign Ministry. So far, talks regarding the takeover of the two plants have been
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon Kohl under fire as unemployment hits highest level in 64 years
      563 4 BONN A big surge m German unemployment ignited a heated debate on how to stop the erosion of jobs while newspaper editorials criticised Chancellor Helmut Kohl's government for lacking the vision to solve the problem. Wtth every German daily
      Reuter  -  563 words
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      WHAT NEWSPAPERS SAY
      152 4 There are no longer any patent recipes. But what will definitely fail is the muddled attempt to push the social-security system of yesterday into the business world of tomorrow. That will lead to a huge accident whose result will be mass unemployment. 1 The conservative Frankfurter Allgemeine
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      Lock icon Oldest artificial teeth in the world found
      69 4 PROMINENT Bulgarian archaeologist Nikolai Panayotov on Friday trying on artificial bronze teeth dating from 325 AD uncovered m September m a village near the Black Sea port of Varna. He is fitting the teeth m his mouth so he can apply for inclusion
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      Lock icon US dollar dips as Rubin signals shift in policy
      454 4 WASHINGTON After months of applauding as the US dollar soared m value against foreign currencies, Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin signalled a shift m US policy on Friday by suggesting that Washington wanted to brake the currency's ascent. His comments at a
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      Lock icon Man rams jeep up stairs to Canadian House
      277 4 OTTAWA A man screaming about devil worshippers rammed his jeep up several flights of stairs leading into the Canadian Parliament on Friday before he was overcome by police. Police said the man gunned his jeep past the Centennial Blame at the entrance
      Reuter  -  277 words
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      Thunderbolt from the past may hurt Albright
      574 6  -  Louise Branson She had more than an inkling she was Jewish, say critics By m Washington AMERICA'S first female Secretary of State Madeleine Albright did not expect to provide quite the bombshell that she has m recent days. Revelations of her Jewish origins
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      Lock icon TIME TO SAMBA
      46 6 A Brazilian dancer doing the samba m a Rio de Janeiro nightclub early on Friday during a pre-carnival ball. The city's annual carnival, scheduled for Four days starting today, is expected to attract thousands of tourists from all over the world. AFP picture.
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      Lock icon Designer cancels book launch after Diana withdraws support
      216 6 Designer cancels book launch after Diana withdraws support LONDON Princess Diana withdrew her support for a fund-raising coffee-table book by Italian designer Gianni Versace on Friday, fearing the British Royal Family might take offence at being pictured alongside near-naked men. Versace one of Diana's favourite designers responded by cancelling a
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      Lock icon Russia's military is broke and slipping into a state of disarray
      657 8 Minister expresses fears for security of nuclear arsenal The worst thing of all is that I, the Defence Minister, am presiding over destructive processes m the army and can do nothing about it. Russia may approach a threshold soon
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      Lock icon Sotheby's smuggling art on a vast scale: Journalist
      204 8 LONDON Sotheby's, the world's oldest and most prestigious auction house, was hit on Friday with devastating new allegations that it had smuggled vast quantities of art and antiques out of Italy, India and other countries. A six-year investigation by journalist Peter Watson,
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    • DATELINE: ASIA
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        Popular Japanese novelist dies...
        5 9 Popular Japanese novelist dies UCCHKCHEW
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        ... but not before wrapping up long-running serial
        115 9  - but not before wrapping up long-running serial KWANWENGKIN JAPAN: Japanese writer Shuhei Fujisawa, whose period novels are a hit especially with older Japanese men, died on Jan 26, leaving uncompleted a serialised novel m a popular monthly magazine Bungei Shunju. Or so his readers thought. But according to a report
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        'Sorry, we don't get you'
        116 9  -  WENGKIN fl JAPAN: Japanese Finance Minister Hiroshi Mitsuzuka has exasperated both the opposition as well as reporters because of the f oggine ss of his answers m Parliament. Last week m Parliament, opposition politician Banri > Kaeda, after hearing Mr Mitsuzuka's reply to one of
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        M$1,000 'hongbao' for reporters
        73 9  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA I MALAYSIA: Tan Sri Ting Pek Khiing (above), the man behind the Bakun Dam, certainly knows how to treat the press. He proved it at a function to announce the flotation of his company on the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange. Reporters covering the event
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        Filipino poet dies in NY
        95 9  -  NIRMAL GHOSH PHILIPPINES: The Philippines' National Artist for Literature Jose Garcia Villa died of multiple pneumonia on Friday m his Greenwich Village, New York home. Garcia, 88, was one of the most influential literary voices of his time m the Philippines. His poetry won him
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        Hush, when the Premier speaks
        104 9  -  EDWARD TANG I THAILAND: For a brief moment, Prime Minister Chavalit Yongchaiyudh thought it was probably bad acoustics which was creating an echo during a briefing he was giving to reporters at the government house last week. Visibly irritated, he stopped talking, but the "echo"
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      three people claiming to be Ecuador president
      64 10 J^^^""™™"**™™""™"*"™""^^* Ecuadoran President Abdala Bucaram, ousted by Congress on Thursday, has claimed to be still m power before leaving Quito. Interim President Fabian Alarcon, the former president of the Ecuadoran Congress, speaking to the press after being sworn m. Vice-President Rosalia Arteaga has
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      Lock icon State of emergency declared as clashes break out in capital
      651 10 QUITO The morning after their President was ousted on the grounds of mental incompetence, Ecuadorans awoke to a more dizzying spectacle, finding not one but three people claiming to be president. Ousted President Abdala Bucaram, claiming he was still m
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      Lock icon Heavy voter turnout in first peaceful Punjab polls in 20 years
      563 10 'Peace was not the issue m the elections. But it will be an issue for the new government.' Mr Tilak Raj Sarangal, the district chief of Ludhiana, Punjab's business hub. LUDHIANA (India) A heavy voter turnout m India's Punjab
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    • WORLDFILE
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        Lock icon SHIP SINKS: A
        59 10 Greek cargo ship sank m a storm off south-western Norway yesterday, with a crew of 20 Poles, Norwegian rescue officials said. They said the ship, the Leros Strength, went down about 48 km west of the Norwegian North Sea port of Stavanger, and that a helicopter dispatched
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        Lock icon BOSNIA BLASTS
        61 10 Bosnian Muslim leaders on Friday appealed for calm m the divided Bosnian town of Mos tar a day after seven explosions rocked the town centre. Deputy Mayor of Mostar Safet Orucevic and the president of the city council Hamdija Jahic issued a statement after international police monitors reported
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        Lock icon CAT ABOARD
        147 10 Italy's Alitalia airline had to delay for 24 hours a flight from Rome to Nairobi last week because a cat managed to get aboard the Boeing 767 before it took off. Engineers who had to tear up the whole floor of the aircraft to get at the animal,
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        Lock icon TAJIK CRISIS
        51 10 Tajik gunmen holding 14 hostages including UN staff members on Friday kidnapped Tajik Security Minister Saidamir Zukhurov, who had gone to negotiate with them. After the latest kidnapping, President Emomali Rakhmonov convened an emergency government meeting and announced that "extra measures" would be taken to resolve the crisis.
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      Lock icon Dow Jones closes 82 points higher
      76 10 NEW YORK Blue-chip stocks closed higher on Friday following the release of the latest US employment figures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 82.74 points, ending the day at 6,844.80. Some 534 million shares changed hands, with gainers outnumbering losers by a margin of
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      Lock icon Man charged with trying to buy sub for drug trade
      282 10 MIAMI The owner of a nightclub m Miami has been charged with attempting to buy a Russian submarine for Colombian drug traffickers who would have used the vessel to ship cocaine to the United States, police said on Friday. Ludwig
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      443 8 SINGAPORE B Showers with thunder m the WSM Hi §l n: Sunset lo6^ late afternoon and early I 32 7 21 pm evening. Low: Sunrise tomorrow. For an update on the local weather, call 542-7788 For detailed current weather, call 542-3983 AIR QUALITY PSI (at 4 pm yesterday): 31 (Good)
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon Taiwan to set up advanced fighter-jet wings by year-end
      423 11 Island's ageing planes will be replaced TAIPEI Taiwan's air force J would complete installation of the first three wings of advanced fighter jets made m i *the United States, France and Taiwan by the end of this year, the state-run Central
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      Lock icon frourist dies as float ploughs into crowd at parade
      343 11 HONGKONG A carnival float ploughed into crowds i during Hongkong's annual Chinese New Year parade on Friday, killing a British tourist j and leaving over 30 injured, ofi ficials said. Ms Brenda Ann Stevens, i 46, from Yorkshire, England, was killed
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      Lock icon Dalai Lama expected to meet Teng-hui during visit
      296 11 Dalai Lama expected to meet Teng-hui during visit I TOKYO The Dalai Lama, i who will visit Taiwan next month, is expected to meet President Lee Teng-hui, a ra--1 dio broadcast from the Voice of Free China reported local papers as saying. The papers reported that the Dalai Lama will
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      Lock icon Japanese lawmakers launch pro-Taiwan group
      244 11 TOKYO Three hundred lawmakers from Japan's ruling party and three opposition groups have launched a proTaiwan group to promote ties with the island, a spokesman said. The Dietmen's Council for Japan-Taiwan Relations held its first meeting on Wednesday, chaired by former International Trade and Industry
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        Lock icon GAMBLING BAN
        58 11 Taiwan has ordered a crackdown on gambling during the Chinese New Year holiday which it admits might "hurt some people's feelings". "Gambling is the source of all crimes," Justice Minister Liao Cheng-hao said. "It may hurt people's feeling to eliminate completely our countrymen's gambling tradition during the new
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        Lock icon CAR THIEF HELD
        66 11 A 48-year-old Hongkong Chinese has been arrested m Japan for allegedly stealing a Mercedes-Benz m a series of luxury-car thefts which have hit many Japanese celebrities recently. Wong Lap Chung and his gang were based at yards for construction companies m Chiba, south-east of Tokyo. He was
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        Lock icon FIREWORKS GREETING
        94 11 Xiamen city m uninas Fujian province and Kinmen, an island under the control of Taiwan, exchanged greetings using fireworks on Friday. Xiamen and Kinmen have kept up the practice on the first day of the Chinese New Year since 1987. Xinhua NEW DENG BOOK: A book about Chinese
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        Lock icon NO EXTRADITION
        121 11 A Warsaw court ruled that Poland should not extradite two members of China's Mongolian minority, wanted by Beijing for embezzlement, after human-rights activists argued they risked being shot. Inge Mandugeqi, 42, and her 53-year-old husband are accused by Chinese officials of defrauding the banking system and a number
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      Lock icon Progress in talks on China's WTO membership
      164 12 WASHINGTON The United States has detected an improvement m talks with China on its admission to the World Trade Organisation and is now "very optimistic" on prospects for progress, a US trade official disclosed. "We've made progress, there seems to be a change
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      Lock icon Go easy on politics after handover, Tung appeals
      480 12 'Focus instead on livelihood issues' HONGKONG Hongkong's future leader under Chinese rule made a special Chinese New Year plea for politics to be less influential after the handover. As the territory marked its final Chinese New Year under British sovereignty with dramatic
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      Lock icon Simply Red
      53 12 EVERYTHING was Simply Red, but not because the weii-Known pop group was m town. Red is an auspicious colour for the Chinese, so Beijing's jj Ditan Park had scores of red umbrellas hanging from trees on Thursday. Thousands visited the park to herald m the Year of the
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      Lock icon N-reactor survey team to visit North Korea on Feb 23, says report
      303 12 TOKYO A US-led international consortium planned to send a final fact-finding mission to North Korea on Feb 23 to pave the way for construction of nuclear reactors there, a press report said yesterday. Despite a stalemate m proposed
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      Lock icon Russia and Japan split over cause of tanker tragedy
      179 12 MOSCOW The Russian and Japanese authorities cannot agree, on what caused the Russian tanker, Nakhodka, to sink last month, causing widespread pollution off the Japanese coast, Russia's Transport Minister said on Friday. Mr Nikolai Tsakh said Moscow continued to believe "an
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  • SOUTH-EAST ASIA
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      Manila drops oil subsidies in bold move to deregulate industry
      423 14  - Manila drops oil subsidies in bold move to deregulate industry Nirmal Ghosh By Philippines Correspondent In persuading politicians to accept the measure, Mr Ramos emphasised repeatedly that government subsidies m the oil sector were helping the relatively rich, car-driving public rather than being released for developmental work m poor areas.
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      Lock icon THE PUSH TO GET HOME
      67 14 picture. \n Indonesian man pushing a friend through the window of a carriage at Jakarta's Senen railway station on Friday as thousands joined the last-minute rush to leave the capital ahead of the Aidilfitri holiday at the weekend. Millions of residents of the capital m
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      Street processions barred in riot-hit West Kalimantan
      306 14 JAKARTA The Indonesian province of West Kalimantan remained tense yesterday following days of ethnic unrest, with the authorities barring street processions for the Aidilfitri celebrations today. "Pontianak is calm but still tense. We continue to have neighbourhood patrols at night," said one resident.
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      Lock icon Two Muslim extremists held for murder of Filipino bishop
      164 14 COTABATO (Philippines) Two alleged Muslim extremists have been arrested m the murder of a Roman Catholic bishop m the southern Philippines, police said. Ahman Havudani and his son Bomar, suspected by police of being members of the Abu Sayyaf group, were
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        77 14 Myanmar's military government said on Friday that it deported a South Korean Member of Parliament and pro-democracy campaigner for alleged interference m the country's internal affairs. The ruling State Law and Order Restoration Council issued a press statement saying it had refused entry on Thursday to Mr Kirn
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        26 14 admonished the Environment Department for using a Philippine hardwood m its one-metre-tall trophies for recent presidential mineral-industry environmental awards, the Philinnine Innuirer said. AFP
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        69 14 Fire gutted an Indonesian factory of Sharp Corp, a major Japanese consumer electronicequipment maker, early on Friday, but there have been no reports of casualties. Private television station Indosiar reported that PT Sharp Yasonta Indonesia, located m the Cakung industrial area m eastern Jakarta, caught fire sometime after
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        56 14 South African President Nelson Mandela is to leave on a visit to Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines around the end of this month, diplomatic sources m Cape Town said on Friday. Mr Mandela's trip could start from Feb 28, although the final dates have yet to be
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        29 14 'NO' TO WOOD President Fidel Ramos has banned government entities from handing out wooden trophies as awards m an effort to save trees, a Manila newspaper reported on Friday.
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        66 14 Swiss national has been arrested m Manila after he put down a banned drug as a bet m a billiards game, police said. George Ettlin, 39, of Berne, was arrested m a billiards hall on Thursday after he put up some metamphetamine hydrochloride, a banned drug known
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      Discipline teachers can soon fine students who smoke
      435 17  -  Brendan Pereira By iij Kuala Lumpur Currently, students caught smoking are warned by teachers or caned by the headmaster. Under the new laws, the students* can be fined Msso (5528.50), and recalcitrant offenders can be charged m court. They will also have
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      Call for joint NF fight against social ills
      250 17  -  BRENDAN PEREIRA ALL the parties m the National Front should work together |o tackle the social ills that are affecting Malaysian youth, said Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) president batuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik. He said that although the problem appeared to
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        52 17 The Johor Baru central business district plan, to be implemented within the next five years, is expected to change the image of the city. The plan, prepared by the Sultan Iskandar Institute of Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, will serve as a comprehensive guide on the pattern of development m the
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        60 17 Primary Industries Minister patuk Sen Dr Lim Keng Yaik wants the Attorney-General's Chambers to look into the "gray areas" of logging m Sabah and Sarawak. He says ministerial power over the export of round logs cannot be delegated to the state, while the Malaysian agreement with Sabah and Sarawak
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        54 17 The Malaysian government will continue its nationwide crackdown on illegal immigrants although it faces several limitations. Deputy Home Minister Ong Ka Ting said problems like shortage of E manpower or lack of space m detention camps Je would not stop the J* operation "as some people will take
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        61 17 Moody's, the international rati ng firm m New York, has given a high rating to Malaysia based on its sound economic fundamentals and the rapid growth chalked up over the past several years. The firm said Malaysia's political stability was illustrated by the national elections m 1995
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        49 17 The Kulim High Technology Industry Park has attracted more than Ms 6 billion (553.3 billion) m investments. The park has provided jobs to locals and exposed them to high-tech skills which Industries, Power and Communications councillor Cheung Kai Van said would benefit both Kedah and Malaysia. Bernama
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        49 17 14-year-old student who did not return home from school on Monday has been found dead m bushes near his school m Johor Baru. Mohd Zulkarnain Rahim, a Form 2 student of Datuk Abdul Rahman Yasin Secondary School, had previously reported threats of extortion from senior students.— Bernama
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      91 17 Unique Chinese school THE headmaster of a Chinese school m Negri Sembilan conducting an art lesson for the entire school of eight students, none of whom is Chinese, on Wednesday. This is the only Chinese school m Malaysia that does not have a single Chinese pupil; its total enrolment is
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      213 17 JOHOR BARU Singapore will be the first stop for Johor's trade missions to several countries m a bid to boost foreign investment m the state this year. The Mentri Besar's Press Secretary Bustamam Ahmad told Bernama on Friday that Mentri
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      293 17 pz9 WM Bp* Venue: RICHIE HAVEN Blk 77, Loewen Road off Holland Road Via Minden Road Singapore *****0. Tel 476 2062 Viewing: Sunday 09 February 1997 Hj 12noon to 5.00pm Auction: Monday 10 February 1997 §5 Ham sharp 55 You may have been unable to get your Business Times, Straits
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      Where most people spent their time
      174 18 fWITH most of its shops closed, Orchard Road was practically empty on jFriday morning, the first day of the New Year. Over at the zoo, one of the more -popular holiday attractions here, f most of its 7,400 visitors appeared to P be tourists
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      455 18 The meeting of the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa has made for an extra long weekend. We present a snapshot of how some people have prepared for it and spent it. Reports by David Miller, Karamjit Kaur and Evelyn Yap. Picture by The holiday is
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      Wrapping up a good business
      209 18 OF THE dozen or so ketupat sellers m the bustling Pasar Baru market m Geylang Serai, Mr Hussain Saaid, 51, is probably king. Last week, his stall had the biggest stacks of coconut leaves, aft ready to be woven into ketupat shells. He is an
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      279 18 MORE than 200 land, air and sea transport workers received special thanks on Friday for keeping Singapore going during the long weekend. It was the first day of the Chinese New Year and they received Mandarin oranges from Communications Minister Mah Bow Tan, who visited
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      Lock icon My beautician, my surgeon
      1085 20  -  BRAEMA MATHI ALLISON LIM TING SIEW LEE Cosmetic surgery done by unqualified beauticians has left many women disfigured for life. and Nightmare gallery When beauty treatment goes wrong SCORES of women hoping to fix physical flaws and blemishes have ended up scarred, traumatised and poorer, too.
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      WHAT PLASTIC SURGEONS AND LAWYERS SAY
      239 20 License beauticians to ensure better control BEAUTICIANS should be properly licensed to ensure better control and regulation of the services they offer, said plastic surgeons and lawyers interviewed. Dr Rexon Ngim, a plastic surgeon m private practice, called on the Health Ministry to consider
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      Singapore and other Countries could lose huge amounts If FCC action succeeds
      574 21 Singapore and other Countries could lose huge amounts If FCC action succeeds •FHE war brewing slowly m the global telecommunications industry could have a •profound impact on Singapor- edns. '.<!t»'Over the past few months, ißiany Asian and Latin American telecommunication companies have banded together ip act collectively against a dejnand
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      388 21 OLD toys that surfaced from householders' recent spring cleaning are welcomed by the Singapore History Museum, as are photographs of children playing with toys. A hunt is now on for toys that Singaporeans played with between the 1930s and the *****, whether
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      Sing Tel opposes unilateral US accounting rate move
      506 21  -  Tammy Tan Global telecoms war By SINGAPORE Telecom (SingTel) has opposed the US Federal Communications Commission move to slash international telephone accounting rates unilaterally, saving it will benefit the United States at the expense of others. In a letter to the American
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      'Way to stem deficit is to stop callback services'
      311 21 THE United States should eliminate the thriving callback telephone services offered by American carriers if it believes that its big deficit m telecommunications is ultimately harmful to its citizens, Singapore Telecom has said. In its letter to the US Federal Communications
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      BACKGROUND
      336 21 US ACTION: Last December, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said it wanted to reduce unilaterally its payouts under the existing accounting regime. It also insisted on "benchmarks" again, unilaterally decided for bilateral accounting rates, which m some cases have been set at 70 per cent below existing rates. The
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      Lock icon Singaporeans may be turning more to good old plain water
      633 22  -  Allison Lim 3y THE water cooler business here, once likened to peddling ice to Eskimos, is now big business, with the health-conscious drinking enough bottled water a year to fill about 53 Olympic swimming pools. Water-cooler supplier Goh Sin Huat
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      Lock icon Ngee Ann Poly students to get computer help during lab sessions
      291 22 SMART computers that guide a student through an experiment with voice and computer images during laboratory sessions are what 710 students from the Ngee Ann Polytechnic can look forward to next month. A total of 11 such personal computers
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      Ex-student in praise of teacher who once scolded him
      257 22 MR MELVYN Tan, 26, an exstudent of Westlake Secondary School, remembers being scolded for not singing the school anthem loudly enough. But on Thursday morning, he was m good voice singing the praises of the person who had rebuked him. The
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      Contest for the young to express their national identity
      270 23 Contest for the young to express their national identity AjCONTEST for the young, judged by the young. The National Youth Council is calling on Singaporeans born after 1965 to express their national identity m essays, songs and drawings. It is asking for print entries on the theme, What Singapore Mepns
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      STARTED BY JIMMY CARTER
      78 23 MEMBERS who go on exchange trips pay a US$lOO (Ssl4o) programme fee, as all requests for exchanges are channelled through the Atlanta headquarters. The concept of a Friendship Force originated m the US. The first Friendship Force there was set up by former president Jimmy Carter
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      Poly course offers way to track production process
      297 23 MANUFACTURING companies can now send their workers to Ngee Ann Polytechnic to learn how to use a personal computer to track manufacturing processes. oitftthe polytechnic has launched a new course and a new centre that will train industry users to do this.
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      Friendship Force needs people to house foreigners
      474 23  - Friendship Force needs people to house foreigners Claudette Peralta Calling all hospitable Singaporeans: By 'You get to know the real people not people m politics or those m power. They are like us— they complain about taxes, the cost of living, family troubles, things like that. 1 Retiree Richard Kee,
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      Lock icon Chamber's key role in Chinese culture and social cohesion praised
      478 24 DEPUTY Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong paid tribute to the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry for its pivotal role m preserving and promoting Chinese culture and values, while helping to ensure social cohesion among all Singaporeans. He said
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      EMPLOYMENT SURVEY
      309 24 1994 law, medical and pharmacy grads found jobs quickly A TOTAL of 182 law, medicine and pharmacy graduates from the National University of Singapore found jobs within a month, commanding a monthly pay of about $2,293 to $2,795. They were graduates from the 1994 batch who had already
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      St Nicholas Girls' launches students' pledge
      354 24 The students' pledge complements the national pledge. It embodies all the values and attributes which we think our girls should possess. By having them recite it every day, Upvalues will be internalised.' Madam Lee Poh See, principal of CHIJ St ■■>- Nicholas Girls'. STUDENTS
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      Expect afternoon showers
      46 24 SCATTERED and isolated showers are expected m the afternoon over the next fortnight, the Meteorological Service s^ixj on Thursday. The showers will be accompanied by thunder on three to five days. Light wind conditions can also be expected during theffrirt few days. t)l<
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      387 20 Better safe than sorry toe There are no replacement parts for your body, so don't take chances.' Dr Leslie Kuek, president of the Singapore Association of Plastic Surgeons. THE Health Ministry's advice to those who want to fix their WHAT TH E LAW SAYS: features is this: Do not subject
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      211 23 Citizen ambassadors The Friendship Force organises exchanges through a network of clubs around the world. Country A Club decides to visit Country B. Exchange director appointed and collects payments and coordinates travel arrangements. I nSQUGSI SGDI i one year m ►Travel groups I advance. L. can range m size from
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      Lots of individual flair but short on teamwork
      561 25  -  Santokh Singh SPORTS ifl FOCUS I r 2 clubs lack cohesion, says AIK coach 'Individually, your players will match some of the best m Sweden, if not Europe. Some of them showed a lot of technical mastery of the ball, body feints,
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      Benny bent on bouncing back
      119 25 THE slide for golden apprentice Benny Woodworth began with a trip to Bangkok last July. His boss, trainer Malcolm Thwaites, was hopping mad, essentially because the rookie went without informing him. Then followed Woodworth slipping up, making uncharacteristic mistakes m races, according to the trainer.
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      RACING
      762 25  -  Malcolm Bastians By FACT FILE Name: Benny Woodworth (see picture on left). Date of birth: Sept 19, 1973. Place of birth: Ipoh. Years as apprentice: 4 V 4. Riding weight: 48kg. Career wins: 184. Achievements: Champion apprentice m 1994, 1995, 19%- champion jockey m 1995. Classics won: 1992 Singapore
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      FOUR-DIGIT DRAW
      32 25 FebB 1997 FIRST •6878 SECOND 6331 THIRD 6484 STARTERS 3982 1418 0232 6806 3480 0838 2999 4309 0371 7365 CONSOLATIONS 74P6 5858 2055 9165 2074 6051 9389 5882 8039 7287
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        England has firm grip
        111 25 NEW ZEALAND fought back on the third day of the Second cricket Test yesterday but will have to bat for two days to save the match against England at the Basin Reserve m Wellington. New Zealand was 48 without loss at the close, still requiring 211
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        Less worries for Hoddle
        72 25 ENGLAND soccer manager Glenn Hoddle's worries over injuries to Paul Gascoigne, Patil Ince and Alan Shearer ahead of the World Cup qualifying match against Italy on Wednesday eased on Friday when they resumed light training. ftdddle was clearly encouraged by their progress at England's headquarters at
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        Uefa reaches truce with FA
        57 25 ITEFA, Europe's governing body, reached a truce with English soccer officials on Friday m the row over the 2006 World Cup finals. In a meeting m London, Uefa withdrew its unequivocal support for Germany's bid and agreed to meet officials from both England and Germany
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        Toshack to quit club
        64 25 JpjHN TOSHACK is to quit over the weekend as manager of Spanish First Division side Deportivo Coruna, according to~The Spanish sports daily Marca m Madrid yesterday. The 47-year-old Toshack, whose already strained relationship with the fans was tested again last Wednesday when Dftportivo was frog-marched omO
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      Lock icon Slaney turns back clock to register fastest time
      385 25 ATHLETICS Bailey's hot MAEBASHI (Japan) Atlanta Olympic sprint champion Donovan Bailey ran his personal best to win a 60-metre race yesterday at the Gunma indoor athletics meet. The Canadian clocked 6.51 sec m beating Jamaican Michael Green (6.53) and Nigerian Davidson Ezinwa
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      Singapore hoping for only a bronze meda
      532 25 THE South-east Asia Games kicks off m Jakarta this October. A fortnight ago, Timesport dropped m on Singapore's athletes and swimmers preparing for the biennial event. Hakikat Rai focuses on badminton today. SINGAPORE badminton's long march to the Jakarta South-east Asia Games started
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      Lock icon O'Meara, Lowery share lead
      212 25 GOLF LA JOLLA (California) Mark O'Meara, after shooting four rounds of 67 to win at Pebble Beach last week, opened with a 67 at Torrey Pines, then shot a 66 m the second round on Friday to share the lead m the Buick Invitational. O'Meara, playing
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      Lock icon Els is only player on three tours
      196 25 JOHANNESBURG World No. 4 Ernie Els became the first professional golfer to belong simultaneously to three national circuits when he rejoined the European tour after a gap of two years on Friday. Els, defending his South African crown at the Glendower Club, said
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      Lock icon Fashanu used my account to receive money, says wife
      360 25 SOCCER WINCHESTER (England) The wife of former England and Wimbledon striker John Fashanu told his match-rig-ging trial on Friday that her husband used her bank accounts to receive loan money. Melissa Kassa Mapsi, the daughter of a former deputy prime minister
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      1431 26 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths I Jesus said, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes m me will 1 live, even though he dies. John 1 1:25 WONG YUK LOY ANNIE AGE: 75 called home to be with the Lord on 7-2-97 lovingly remembered
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      69 26 In Sweat Remembrance Of ONG SIEW ENG, MARINA Departed: 9/2/94 Time may heal the broken heart, Time may make the wound less sore, but time can never stop the longing for the loved one gone before Always remembered by: Husband: Larry Wee Van Hoe, Mother: Dorces Low
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      474 26 850 Deaths 850 Deaths 850 Deaths LIM BEE HIANG AGE: 69 passed away peacefully on 8-2-97 leaving behind: Husband: Tan Kah Ching Sons: Daughters-in-law: Tan Teng Hwee Quek Seok Lee Tan Peng Song Goh Poh Poh Daughters: Sons-in-law: Tan Poh Choo Ho Beng Lee A Tan Poh Keng Yap Beng
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      856 In Memoriam
      41 26 In Ever Loving Memory Of YUE KAH SERN Departed 9 Feb 1983 14 years have passed but fondest memories of you will forever remain with us. Dearly missed by parents, wife, children, brother, sisters, brothers-in-law, nieces and nephews
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      50 26 858 Requiems Athma Shanti Poojai KALYANARAMAN KARUPPIAH Departed: 25/1/97 Athma Shanti Poojai will be held at Sri Arasakesari Sivan Temple. 1140 Woodlands Rd at 7pm on 9th Feb 97. The family wishes to thank all relatives friends for their condolences during their recent bereavement. Please treat this as a per-
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      SPORT LIGHTS
      647 27  - SPORT LIGHTS WILFRED YEO Courting trouble? But what if actions fall within rules of the game? V. SUNDRAMOORTHY gave a fine show of skills against visiting Swedish side AIK Stockholm the other day...for a boxer. Unfortunately, Sundram is a footballer. He is by no means the first nor will he
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      Lock icon Defending champ France out
      25 27 picture. Heroes: The world No. 1 doubles pair of Woodf orde (left) and Woodbridge during their victory over France yesterday. Reuter
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      Lock icon Woodies' victory gives Australia 3-0 lead in Davis Cup
      418 27 TENNIS SYDNEY Doubles supremos Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge cruised past Guy Forget and Guillaume Raoux yesterday as Australia sent defending champion France spinning out of the Davis Cup. The Woodies' victory gave Australia an unbeatable 3-0 lead after Patrick Rafter
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      Lock icon An American's view of English football
      437 27  -  Alex Johnson Mail Call by IT'S been a relatively quiet week, which gives us a chance to start answering the mail. Joe Carl took issue with a column last year m which I took on what I called the inexplicable mystique of English soccer:
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      Lock icon Keegan couldn't accept the disappointments of defeat
      222 27 ENGLISH SOCCER LONDON Kevin Keegan made up his mind to quit as manager of Newcastle after seeing his team thrash Premier League side Tottenham 7-1, he revealed on Friday. In an interview m the British newspaper The Sun, he said the Dec 28
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        53 27 856 In Memoriam 856 In Memoriam In Loving Memory Of LIM KIM KIAT Departed: 9 Fob 1995 Gone from our lives one so dear. But m our hearts forever near. Dearly Missed By: Wife: Shirley Law Sow Chan Son: Lim Teck Khim Daughter: Lim Chai Luan Brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces,
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        856 In Memoriam
        64 27 Ist ANNIVERSARY In Loving Memory of LEONARD LIM CHENG HO Departed 9/2/96 "He who began a good work m you will finish it by the day of Jesus Christ" Phil 1:6 Sadly missed and always cherished by: Wife: Pauline Pang Daughters: Julie Winnie and all loved ones.
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      207 27 LONDON Alex Ferguson has dismissed talk of the English Premiership soccer title being a three-horse race warning of the threat from less-fancied clubs. The Manchester United manager knows that his team, Liverpool and Arsenal are the title favourites, but believes Newcastle, Chelsea and Wimbledon
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        204 27 Gunma Indoor meet m Tokyo (winners only) Men's 60m: Donovan Bailey (US) 6.slsec. 200 m: Kevin Little (US) 21.01. 400 m: Jason Rouser (US) 46.73. 800 m: Jean Destine (Hai) lmin 48.205ec. 60m hurdles: Mark Crear (US) 7.625ec. Pole vault: Jeff Hartwig (US) 5.60 m. Long jump: Joe Greene
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        13 27 NHL: New Jersey 2 Florida 2, Calga- ry 5 Washington 2.
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        406 27 South Australian Open: 203 Tom Lehman 68 69 66 204 Wayne Grady 72 66 66 205 Greg Chalmers 71 67 67, Peter O'Malley 69 69 67 206 Brett Ogle 68 71 67, Craig Parry 68 69 69, Shane Tait 67 69 70 207 Michael Harwood 70 65 72, Michael
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        23 27 English Div 1: Charlton 3 Tranmere 1, Stoke 2 Oxford 1. French Cup: Bastia 2 Nice 2 (Nice won penalty shoot-out 4-3).
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        291 27 Davis Cup World Group: Australia 3 France 0 (Patrick Rafter bt Cedric Pioline 3-6 6-7 (5-7) 6-4 7-5 6-4, Mark Woodforde bt Arnaud Boetsch (Fra) 6-4 6-4 6-3, Todd Woodbridge and Woodforde bt Guy Forget and Guillaume Raoux 7-6 (8-6) 6-4 6-3). Spain 2 Germany 0 (Carlos Moya bt
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        72 27 2nd Test, 3rd day m Wellington: New Zealand 124 (D. Patel 45, D. Gough 5-40, A. Caddick 4-45) and 48-0 (B. Young 32 n.0.). England 383 (N. Hussain 64, G. Thorpe 108, J. Crawley 56, A. Stewart 52, S. Doull 5-75). Triangular m Pretoria: India 216 from 48.4 overs.
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      477 28  -  Santokh Singh SOCCER By VOW TIAN BEY will stay on as coach of Sembawang Rangers, so said club chairman Charles Siahaan yesterday. Siahaan said that there was no reason for Vow, who had submitted a letter of resignation last month, to go. He would
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      143 28 MOTOR RALLY KARLSTAD Swede Kenneth Eriksson made the most of his local knowledge to take a seven-second lead after the fifth stage of the Swedish Rally m Fredriksberg yesterday. The Subaru driver took the lead at the end of the fourth stage and maintained
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      32 28 picture. Take that: Lennox Lewis (left) delivering a blow to the head of Oliver McCall during their WBC heavyweight title fight m Las Vegas on Friday.*— AFP
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      494 28 BOXING 'It was as if he wanted to get knocked out. He wasn't putting up any semblance of a fight, so I figured something was wrong.' Mills Lane, a Nevada state court judge. LAS VEGAS In one of the most bizarre
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      16 28 picture. Woods: Golfs latest sensation attributes his fabulous rounds to sound mental discipline. AFP
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      640 28 GOLF THE US$3OO,OOO (*****,000) Honda Classic m Bangkok became the Tiger Woods Show yesterday, with the American Wonder unleashing a 400-yard plus drive on his way to a six-under-par 66 and a six-shot lead. Woods shone as the rest of the field wilted
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      299 28 ADELAIDE British Open champion Tom Lehman started his third round of the U*****,000 (S$300,000) South Australian Open brilliantly yesterday to set up a onestroke lead over Australia's Wayne Grady. The world No. 2 picked up three shots m his first two holes before going
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      1907 1 The circulation and readership of newspapers, and m some cases, the number of newspapers as well, have seen a tremendous increase m Asia over the last 10 to 20 years. Based on reports from The Straits Times' overseas correspondents, Hau Boon Lai of the Foreign Desk
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        276 2 The newspaper is still tops m Asia when it comes to news and information, as the rising circulation figures of dailies show. Indonesia I (pop. 200 million) Number of newspapers: 84 m 1980. 76 m 1995. Circulation: 2.3 million m 1980. 8.8 million m 1995. Malaysia
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        627 2 READERS m East Asia now have a choice of more Englishlanguage newspapers as publishers cash m on the growing number of people who can speak and read some English. The circulation of these dailies has been rising and some are more than making
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        313 3 No way to treat oneself THE case of a woman who died from an adverse drug reaction after a vagina-tightening operation performed by a beautician should strike terror m the hearts of those who are drawn to such measures m the often mistaken belief that their appearance
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        106 3 On this day THE Central Narcotics Bureau is to assist the Singapore Teachers' Union to draw up a special teachers' handbook on drugs. To be completed m June, it will, for the first time, make readily available information on all aspects of drugs which a teacher needs
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        1046 3 I WAS invited to dinner by an Eurasian family recently. It was the 2 1st birthday party of the son, who had capped his national service by winning a top military honour the week before. His father, a senior Air Force officer, jested with
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        1105 4 CHRONIC insomniacs who also enjoy verbal fireworks and that includes myself are given a monthly treat by TV Asahi m the form of a live, no-holds-barred debate that begins after midnight and ends just before dawn. The latest one,
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          Second chance for Nawaz Sharif
          97 4 PAKISTAN'S former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif staged a dramatic comeback when his Pakistan Muslim League won a landslide victory m the parliamentary election. The 46-year-old former businessman was prime minister from 1990 93 when President Ghulam Ishaq Khan dismissed him. The Supreme Court later held
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          54 4 ABOUT 8,000 ethnic minority Hongkong residents, doomed to become stateless when the territory reverts to China, will be granted full British citizenship with the right to live m Britain. Hongkong Governor Chris Patten applauded Home Secretary Michael Howard's announcement to this effect as "an excellent Chinese New
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          64 4 AMIDST renewed calls for a cap on Asian migrants, Australian Immigration Minister Philip Ruddock sought an open debate and declared that immigration "must be based on the principle of non-discrimination m terms of race, religion, colour and ethnic background". Another minister, Mr David Kemp, said republican status is
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          Toning down
          82 4 JAKARTA'S ethnic Chinese were asked to tone down the Chinese New Year celebrations, following a series of attacks on Chinese and Christian properties by Muslim rioters. Instructing the Chinese not to highlight "ancestral culture", or "hold celebrations, theatre, dances and other art forms" with Chinese themes m public
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          89 4 IN MOSCOW, French President Jacques Chirac professed to be impressed by Russian President Boris Yeltsin's recovery. For Mr Yeltsin, who had just celebrated his 66th birthday, the meeting was his first foray on the world stage since falling ill with pneumonia. Mr Chirac also claimed to be optimistic
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          Uncle Sam's role
          105 4 IF BRITAIN has lost an empire without finding a role, as a distinguished American put it, the United States may still be groping for the American century m Asia, where President Bill Clinton's State of the Union message promised a deeper engagement. House of Representatives Speaker Newt
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          Typical corruption'
          56 4 SOUTH KOREAN opposition politicians called for an independent inquiry, dismissing the official prosecution as a tool of the ruling party, as the four major subsidiaries of the giant Hanbo conglomerate sought court protection from bankruptcy after incurring about $8.1 billion m debt. President Kirn Young Sam described the
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          Patching up
          69 4 ALTHOUGH American penalties of $26.6 million for illegal transshipments of Chinese textiles remained m force, the new four-year textile agreement that the two countries signed suggested a move towards improving ties. China formally withdrew its threat of a retaliatory ban on selected US imports. A softer US stance
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          People
          144 4 ALTHOUGH a majority of Indians regard Prime Minister H. D. Deve Gowda as clever, efficient, honest, trustworthy and a visionary, they still think he should step down, according to an opinion poll. Indonesian tycoon Liem Sioe Liong, head of the Salim group which includes Bank Central Asia, the country's
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          Optimism and concern
          122 4 ATTENDED by nearly 2,000 business, financial and political leaders, the World Economic Forum conference ended m Davos, Switzerland, expressing optimism about the United States, but concern about the planned European monetary union. Deutsche Bank board member Ulrich Cartellieri's warning that allowing Italy into the first wave of
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          Going underground
          38 4 SINGAPORE Cricket Club's plans for underground expansion, as part of its $58-million renovation scheme, have been approved. Two underground levels will house a carpark, health centre and various facilities. Construction is expected to take three years.
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          Question of degree
          59 4 CIVIL servants who are not graduates will enjoy better pay and career prospects from April 1 Their starting salaries will go up by Bto 1 6 per cent under three new schemes management, technical and corporate —to replace the existing 1 7. As a result, the strength
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          Highly charged
          71 4 PRIME MINISTER Goh Chok Tong filed his third lawsuit against defeated Workers' Party candidate Tang Liang Hong for saying, among other things, that he fled Singapore to avoid arrest. This is the latest m a series of at least 13 legal actions for libel and defamation brought by
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        964 5 The Malaysian currency is becoming the hottest m the region. HO WAH FOON looks at how its growing strength will affect the country 's industries The Thai baht looks vulnerable; there is political risk m Indonesia s rupiah Overall, the ringgit looks like
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        Withholding tax can be a trap in paying non-resident entities
        882 5 As companies go regional, CHENG WEI andKENLEONG look at tax obligations TO FACILITATE the work m your new business project, you bought a computer program from Australia, and also paid the consultant a fee for his help m implementing the
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        Still going strong
        317 5 country and this could lead to excessive liquidity m the system. "If short-term capital continues to flow m, you might get into the same problems as m the past Bank Negara took a couple of years to clear that hot money," the Singaporebased economist says. While the
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        1796 10 Cohen brought two presidents to book The Republican named as Bill Clinton 's new US Defence Secretary has a reputation for being independent-minded as well as a poet and novelist MR WILLIAM SEBASTIAN COHEN was born m Bangor, Maine, on Aug 28, 1940, the son of a baker, Mr Reuben
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      625 1 PROFILE: US Defence Secretary William Cohen 10 1 •«'<"■** 1 dSm A d! g\ f\ p^ I schooner amm bmbbbbbi P* **s> \J \J I fli Bl With cushioned headrest I H li\{Ai| anrrmiiiiiiiM»«.i JW^HP^*^ if 1 assorted colour f M tSh«jKoi« fl WXBEBk^T M. Australia M Bj iV^lPliff^' BJlP*^^^
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      299 3 This Valentine's Day let your love for her be expressed m more than just words. Present her with a privilege of a lifetime the luxurious Montegrappa. JI/Uyrdea/iaA^ ff n 1) Sole distributor for Singapore, Malaysia and Brunei: rah SIBER HEGNER (S.E.A.) PTE LTD Is J) Block 209 Henderson Road Unit
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      335 3 W 1 February to 21 February 1997 w toss TO GREATER PROSPERITY this New Year with our host of culinary delights m store B La Wei )}wsiieng/ %gimian 'Banquets There is nothing quite like morsels of Reunion dinner this year will be no hassle fragrant and succulent choices ofAbalone, when
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      679 6 64 CDs/LOs/Cassettes/ Records/Hi-Fi Wa are OPEN on Hari Raya I Later Discs On Sala Blue Max Suntac City Mall #02-34. Tal: *****110 Highway VMao Parkway »81-e«. Tal: 440-0606 Escape from L.A. (Camorad version) $44.90 Laser Discs original directly imported from USA moapanoafica i#ay/ THX/ AC-3 $49.90 Free gift 3-D live
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      778 6 L" 316 Honda For Sato All Models Of Car Commercial Vehicles HENLY ENTERPRISES CO. (Pte.) Ltd. wishes all A Happy New Year Selamat Hari Raya. Business will resume on 11/2/97 (Tuesday) Lot 30 Kaki Bukit Carmart *****88 A GENUINE OFFER, we buy sell any model of pte. car, PARF, COE
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      607 7 jt2S Mercedes For Sale 325 Mercedes For Sale HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR AND SELAMAT HARI RAYA PUASA HIN LUNG CREDIT PTE LTD 3 Hoy Fatt Road TEL: 472 2222/ 9727 2222 341 Subaru For Sale CHEAP! '89 SUBARU JlO I.OGL Hifi/ s/rims, brand new interior/ 2K paint/ tax. $19,000. Loan.
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      689 8 460 Dl 5-16 East Coast HOUSES Sale BRIGHT HOMES REALTY, housing specialist wishes all clients, business associates friends a Happy Prosperous Chinese New Year. Business resume on 14 Feb. GONG XI FA Cai. No. 39 Siglap Bank, d.15 brand new 2-storey semi-d. with attic. Selling below valuation. TOP soon. MRT,
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        379 1 SIVA CHOY Second comedy album in the works First Hari Raya Fandi s wire, JNur oarah, and Zarinah Abdullah's husband, SfflSmSS j&tom*. I i m m^- Muhammad Salihin, spend I 1 A k f «l i*^*^^ their first Hari Raya «jjlßfefc i 1 as Muslims today. TUMINAH SAPAWI talks WmW
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        9 1 SUMIKOTAN Close encounters with the rich and powerful A
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        26 2 GEORGE GASCON Fandi and Nur Sarah will be going to his mother's house m Yishunas husband and wife for the first time on Harißaya.
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        Celebrating with feasting, forgiveness and solemn prayer
        245 2  - Celebrating with feasting, forgiveness and solemn prayer TUMINAH SAPAWI TODAY, Muslims all over the world celebrate the Festival of Eid, known here as Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Puasa. The occasion also marks the first day of Syawal and the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. For most Muslims, it
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        536 2 "YOU missed our wedding, now come to our open house this Hari Raya," says top woman shuttler Zarinah Abdullah. Zarinah, who married Mr Muhammad Salihin Saas Abdullah last month, issued this open invitation to fans to go to their four-room flat m
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        500 2 No painting, no baking Nur Sarah's having a baby 1 love Hari Raya because it is the only time I get to seeallofFandi's relatives, whom I would otherwise not have known or met.' Nur Sarah NUR SARAH ABDULLAH had wanted to help Fandi Ahmad paint the house and bake some
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        1122 3  - Gongxi facai, we are here to work CHIN SOO FANG WHILE his countrymen m Harbin, northern China, celebrate the arrival of Spring, Mr Zhao Sheng is piling on heaps of heavy winter clothing to usher m the Year of the Ox. He and 23 other ice sculptors are showing off
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        699 3 THE British Museum is cashing m on cash with the world's first gallery devoted to money. Money has made the world go round for centuries and the coin curator at London's most famous museum believes the credit card has not killed off cash just
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        1111 4  -  SUMIKO TAN On Sunday WE DIDN'T notice him at first. It was a cold morning last October, and several Singapore journalists and I were m Amsterdam, m Schipol Airport's YIP room. Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong was due to arrive for
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        From perfume to a fragrance and finally, a smell
        617 4  - From perfume to a fragrance and finally, a smell CHUABENGHUAT IN SPITE of the moralising that goes on against it, rapid expansion of consumerism as cultural practice is an effective avenue of "social democratisation". Goods that were once the exclusive privilege of the rich are now available to all through
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        538 4 ICS Qualifies you for promotion In the convenience of your home, at your own time, you can study an ICS course from the U.K. or the U.S.A. There are more than 100 courses to choose from, including the more popular programs listed below. ICS started the correspondence method of instruction
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        755 5  - Spare the rib and spoil the soup it's offal NANCY KOH The three Ng brothers combine two of Singapore's favourites In one dish CHEAP AND GOOD THEY play mahjong togethf"•"■■■ er. Go on holidays together. ru And take their families out for meals together on weekends. Every morning at 5,
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        532 5 BITES MAGDALENE LUM uoi EATERIES are offering romantic times, diamonds, champagne and holidays for Valentine's Day diners this Friday. THE BEAUFORT: Setting the pace is the Sentosa resort. Sail to the resort m a luxury yacht, with a butler serving champagne for a sevencourse Parisian
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        1071 7  -  SUSAN LONG Siva Choy My humour has tended to take a knock at the status quo. It's not anti-establishment, but silly things m life we could do without/ ARMS folded behind his back, a pensive Siva Choy is standing still among Chinese housewives
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        187 7 LIAM GALLAGHER, lead singer of British supergroup Oasis, and his actress fiancee Patsy Kensit are set to wed tomorrow, a London press report said. The Oasis star and twicedivorced Kensit, 28, are set to marry at a central London register office. This will be
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        1473 14 Try an Indiana Jones adventure as you flee flash floods and instant waterfalls while searching for scenic and historical sites, as PETER J. OCHS II did FROM our vantage point, the waterfall appeared to be about 10 m across as it plunged 80
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        581 6  -  SANDI TAN Nude and lesbian scenes had director and India's xensors m uproar, reports CONTROVERSIAL Indian film Ka«ia Sutra opened m Singapore m Shaw cinemas and Golden Village Marina on Thursday under the R(A) rating. In India, the government-appoint-ed Censor Board wants all nude
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        169 6 MIRA NAIR made her directorial debut with Salaam Bombay! m 1988, a moving film about a young country boy's encounters with drug peddlers, prostitutes and various other low-life on the streets of Bombay. It was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar
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        895 6 Your stars If you want to ARIES Early week, LIBRA tackle impor- Mareh 21 to April 20 you will need to sept 24 to Oct 22 tant matters re- stand on your lated to any area of your life, start as early as own two feet as others will not
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        741 6 THEATRE STEALING SIGHS World Trade Centre Auditorium. Fri and Sat: 8 pm. A musical which revolves around the lives of four friends. Staged by NTU Hall of Residence VII. Tickets: $10. For bookings, page Bernard on 9492-5609 or Huifen on 9525-8824. CHINGAY 25 SPECTACULAR Indoor Stadium. Sat: 8 pm. Featuring
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        2824 8 What's On Today Artc; go finnriman Rnari l ast day 10 am i a screen. Admission: $9 (adults) and $5 Clarke Quay. Every Sun: 9am 5 pm. SevEllin spm Con?empora^ tapestries y from me jMßS^T rSi^^i (those under 12). enty stalls selling second-hand merchanBermuda Triangle Beach Club, Siloso Beach C
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        501 10 WSSBBImG AND THRII.I.ING! A." SANDI TAN, LIFE! BMP Are you proficient m English Are you content with the way lessons. How to avoid errors, you speak and write? Are you How to express your ideas sure that you are not making fluently, mistakes that cause people to The study requires
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