The Straits Times, 30 January 1998

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    13 1 The Straits Times Estd. 1845 FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1998 60 CENTS MTTA(P) 114/12/97
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    US must help troubled Asian nations, says Clinton
    571 1  -  Lee Slew Hua Support IMF, Congress urged in State of Union address By US Correspondent ITS RIGHT TO HELP They're our customers If they sink into a recession, they won't be able to buy the goods we'd like to sell them.' They're
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    Lock icon MESSAGE FOR MUSLIMS
    202 1 The streets leading to the Geylang market and the Pasar Ma lam just outside of it were busy with Last-minute shoppers and bargain hunters yesterday evening as Muslims prepared for Hari Raya Aidilfitri. In his message, Community Development Minister Abdullah Tarmugi, who is also the Minister-in-Charge of
    STEPHANIE YEOW  -  202 words
  • Tackling the financial crisis in Asia
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      Lock icon S Korea: Creditors to exchange $42 b for govfc-guaranteed loans
      283 1 NEW YORK South Korea's government and global creditors agreed on Wednesday to exchange about US$24 billion (Ss42 billion) of the nation's short-term debt for governmentguaranteed loans. The deal, negotiated by 13 leading international banks, is expected to end the country's
      Reuter  -  283 words
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      Lock icon Indonesia: 70 banks sign up for deposit, credit guarantee
      298 1 JAKARTA Seventy Indonesian banks have signed up for a government scheme guaranteeing their deposits and credits, reports said here yesterday. The banks, private institutions authorised to deal in foreign currencies, on Wednesday declared up to 800,000 billion rupiah (U*****.9 billion) in
      AFP; Bloomberg; Reuters  -  298 words
  • Death strikes on the road during holiday season
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      Lock icon Woman dies after car hits lamp-post at Lower Delta Road
      192 1 Woman dies after car hits lamp-post at Lower Delta Road IT SINGAPORE A 32-YEAR-OLD woman was killed early Wednesday morning when her car hit a lamp-post along Lower Delta Road. The accident happened at about 4 am. Miss Wong Li Meng was driving along Jalan Bukit Merah and was headed
      LIANHE WANBAO  -  192 words
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      Lock icon 118 killed in seven days leading to the two festivals
      306 1 IN MALAASIA KUALA LUMPUR At least 118 people died in road accidents in the seven days leading to the Chinese New Year and Hari Raya Puasa holidays, police said yesterday. The toll was higher than the 95 who died on
      Reuter; Bernama  -  306 words
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  • NEWS FOCUS
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      Govt 'will help firms weather financial turmoil'
      592 2  -  Ahmad Osman By When the Committee on Singapore's Competitiveness was convened, its focus was on competitiveness over the next decade. However, the sudden onset of the regional financial turmoil has added urgency to its work to —Trade and Industry Minister Lee Yock Suan
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      Lock icon RIDE THAT TIGER
      121 2 Economic turmoil or no, this grannie at the River Hongbao festivities shows she can ride the tiger. .Indeed, Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry president ana Nominated MP Tay Beng Chuan believes that now is the time for Singaporeans to come together and help each other.
      JEROME MING  -  121 words
    • Article
      Lock icon Iraq: US ready to strike on its own, says Albright
      580 2 "WASHINGTON Sweeping aside the concerns of hesitant allies, the United States has warned it is ready to launch military strikes against Iraq on its own if necessary, to force Baghdad's cooperation with United Nations weapons inspectors. "While we prefer always
      LA Times  -  580 words
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      Lock icon Tokyo bribery scandal widens
      609 3  -  Kwan Weng Kin By Japan Correspondent Top finance bureaucrat quits Ex-ministry man found hanged THE SCANDAL Four major banks allegedly wined and dined two inspectors to find out when and where bank inspections would take place. ARRESTED Mr Koichi Miyagawa, a senior official at the financial
      Reuters  -  609 words
    • Article
      Wholesome' couple trick 46 people of their rent deposits
      495 3  - Wholesome' couple trick 46 people of their rent deposits Sebastian Tong They seemed like a normal family. They even had two children/ Ms Qu Peili, 24, a victim who gave the couple $800 as a deposit By A MAN and woman posing as a married couple are Delieved to have
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      Ask potential landlord for proof of ownership
      165 3 CHECK BEFORE YOU PAY ENSURE that your landlord is the real owner of the property before handing over money as a down payment, said several property agents. One real estate agent advised people to ask for proof of ownership from the prospective landlord.
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  • STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS
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      Clinton focuses on social security
      351 4  -  Lee Slew Hua Reports by US Correspondent Budget surplus can be channelled to this end, he says WASHINGTON President BUI Clinton, 51, who is part of the growing horde of baby-boom-ers in the US heading towards retirement, presented saving the nation's social-security system as the
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      Senate leader says yes' to anti-Saddam moves, no to bringing back big spending
      207 4 WASHINGTON Good move on Saddam Hussein but bad idea if you want to bring back big speeding. Senate -Majority Leader Trent Gftt offMred these assessments in his traditional Republican response to Pres- ident Bill Clinton's State Of
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      Lock icon US President gets cheers and support on trips to heartland
      471 4 CHAMPAIGN (Illinois) President BUI Clinton took his activist agenda to the American heartland on Wednesday and won a warm reception from Midwesterners who appeared to withhold judgment on the sex scandal swirling around him. He flew to the university town
      Reuters; AFP  -  471 words
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  • WORLD
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      Lock icon De Klerk admits to affair with foreigner
      329 6 Woman identified as wife of family Mend JOHANNESBURG Former President F. W. de Klerk pushed US President Bill Clinton off the front pages of South Africa's newspapers yesterday with an admission that he was having an affair with a foreign woman. Several South
      Reuters; File  -  329 words
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      Lock icon No evidence fasteners to blame for SilkAir crash
      466 6 Boeing letter seeks to clarify 'erroneous reports' SEATTLE Boeing Co has said there is no evidence that missing tail-section fasteners in the wreckage of a SilkAir 737 aircraft had anything to do with its crash in Indonesia last month. One hundred and
      Reuters  -  466 words
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      Lock icon Students want rabbi who went to nude bar sacked
      125 6 JERUSALEM Students at a Jewish seminary in Jerusalem want their rabbi dismissed because he was spotted at a nude bar dressed as a cowboy, the Israeli daily Yedioth Ahronoth reported yesterday. The mass-circulation tabloid said a customer recognised the rabbi at
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    • WORLDFILE
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        Lock icon ROGUE CROC
        53 6 The Australian outback town of Katherine, rayaged by floods and facing a disease outbreak, has a new menace a rogue 4-m crocodile. Startled police officers sighted the roaming reptile floating down the main street during a late night patrol on Wednesday, a police spokesman from the isolated town
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        Lock icon CUNANAN BOAT
        72 6 The light blue houseboat where Andrew Cunanan, the alleged killer of Gianni Versace, spent his last moments was destroyed on Wednesday, after the City of Miami Beach condemned it as a sunken, unsalvageable ruin. A demolition crew took the boat apart, and then took the pieces to a
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        Lock icon LONDON LINK
        89 6 The British government said late on Wednesday that it had failed to resolve a funding crisis with the consortium chosen to build the £5-billion (5514.7-billion) high-speed rail link between London and the Channel. Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott told Parliament he had rejected demands from the consortium for
        AFP  -  89 words
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        Lock icon RECORD PRICE
        83 6 Christ and the Woman of Samaria (below), a black chalk drawing by Michelangelo, was sold at Sotheby's auction house for more than US$7.4 million (Ssl3 million) on Wednesday, a record for a drawing by the legendary Italian artist. The study of two figures is among the largest in
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        Lock icon BRAILLE BILLS
        48 6 Blind Italians will get their electricity bills in braille from June, government officials announced on Wednesday. The move, in conjunction with electricity company Enel. is the first in a series of measures to help people with disabilities. The bills will go initially to 15,000 people. AFP
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      Lock icon Scientist to use mice to produce human sperm
      414 8 Scientist to use mice to produce human sperm But biologists warn of genetic defects, transmitting viruses THE UPSIDE: itcouidheip infertile men having a problem within the Sertoli cells, which nurture developing sperm. Transplanting those cells in the human testes responsible for the production of sperm so called germ cells to
      Reuters  -  414 words
    • MEDICALNOTES
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        Lock icon Stroke drug may hurt cells
        74 8 WASHINGTON— Anew stroke drug known as tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) maybe dangerous to brain cells, researchers from the Harvard Medical School warned on Wednesday. They said the drug actually caused damage in the brain cells of mice they tested. Writing in the journal Nature Medicine,
        Reuters  -  74 words
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        Lock icon Use radiation therapy, too
        92 8 WASHINGTON The risk of breast cancer recurring is reduced greatly if surgery is followed by radiation therapy, reported yesterday's Journal of Clinical Oncology. Researchers found that women who received radiation treatment following the removal of cancerous breast tissue were 59 per cent less likely to have
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        Lock icon New technique to mend bones
        89 8 LONDON Japanese doctors had devised a new bonemending technique which speeded up the recovery time after a fracture, the New Scientist magazine said on Wednesday. Researchers at Kyoto University used slivers of coated titanium, which is tough, light and does not corrode, to repair the
        Reuters  -  89 words
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        Lock icon No need for strong medicine
        67 8 WASHINGTON US researchers said on Wednesday that they had used gene therapy in liver transplants, eliminating the need for the strong drugs usually required to prevent the immune system from rejecting new organs. They introduced a gene into rat livers that switched off the signal
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        Lock icon Disease cuts nerve fibres
        74 8 BOSTON Researchers report that multiple sclerosis, a neurological disease that afflicts millions worldwide, not only strips away the insulation of nerve cells but severs the long fibres that transmit vital electrical signals. The discovery was reported in yesterday's New England Journal of Medicine. It may ultimately
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      Lock icon Fossils show ants date back over 90 million years
      247 10 NEW YORK US researchers have discovered ant fossils dating back over 90 million years, more than twice as old as any known previously, proving the existence of the industrious insects back to the age of dinosaurs. The team from the American
      NYT; Reuters  -  247 words
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      Lock icon Pressurised capsule in balloon-craft springs leak
      276 10 CHATEAU D'OEX (Switzerland) Three Europeans set off on Wednesday from this Alpine village in the latest quest to circle the world non-stop in a balloon. They were almost immediately confronted with a problem that could cut short their expected 14-day voyage. The balloon's designer,
      AFP; Reuters  -  276 words
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      Lock icon Ex-foreign minister of France in graft probe
      445 10 Police search offices and home of nation's No. 5 man PARIS The case of former French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas looks like it is turning into an affair of state after magistrates and the fraud squad searched the Paris offices and home of
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    • PEOPLE
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        Lock icon Oh, for the hurly-burly of sumo
        151 13 PARIS It could all have been so different, Mr Jacques Chirac (above) mused, if only he had concentrated on a career in sumo wrestling rather than politics. He has made it big in his chosen career, of course it does not come much Digger
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        Lock icon Italian hunk settles suit filed by his ex-manager
        163 13 Italian hunk settles suit filed by his ex-manager NEW YORK Italian beefcake model Fabio on Wednesday finally got his ex-manager out of his famous long blond hair by agreeing to settle her US$6 million (5510.6 million) breach-of-contract suit by paying her "reasonable" expenses. The settlement was announced after two days
        Reuters  -  163 words
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        James Brown faces weapons and marijuana charges
        136 13 AIKEN (South Carolina) Soul singer James Brown (above) was arrested on Tuesday on marijuana and weapons charges stemming from his recent hospitalisation, a spokesman for the ADcen Sheriff has said. The sheriffs deputies found a small amount of marijuana and expended shells showing
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        Meanwhile...
        106 13 Meanwhile PRIME MINISTER'S WIFE DIES: Mrs Luisa Guterres, 51, the wife of Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, died on Wednesday in a London hospital, where she underwent a liver transplant operation in March. RAQUEL GOES TO THE BALL: Veteran actress Raquel Welch, star of such films as One Million Yoars
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        49 13 Tm a very ordinary guy who tries to do his work well, be a good husband and a good father. I change nappies, I pick up the dog muck in the garden, I take out the trash, I put on the washing-machine like most men/ Bruce Willis, Hollywood actor.
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      Lock icon 26 people to hang for Rajiv Gandhi killing
      430 13 Conspiracy charge against Tigers upheld MADRAS An Indian anti-terror-ist court has sentenced 16 Sri Lankans and 10 Indians to hang for conspiring and earning out the 1991 assassination of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi. Judge V. Navaneetham also upheld a charge of
      Reuters  -  430 words
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      Fight to death, Churchill told British army in S'pore
      329 13 There must at this stage be no thought of saving the troops or spanng the population. The battle must be fought to the bitter end at all costs The honour of the British Empire and of the British Army is at
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      211 8 Family. Friends. Fine fish. (Juil some of the freshest ingredients you'll find in our authentic Teochew Raw Fish Celebration) Start the year afresh and welcome good luck in health and wealth with only the finest fresh fish in an age old recipe of true Teochew~ftyle Raw Fish, Jfifc quite unlike
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      387 8 SINGAPORE Windy with periods of showers KM 'High Sunset today in the afternoon, affecting I3 1 720 P m most areas. i niA( Sunrise tomorrow 1:1 23 For an update on the local weather, call 542-7788 For detailed current weather, call 542-3983 AIR QUALITY PSI (24-hr reading up to 4
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  • EAST ASIA
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      Lock icon US to sell warships and weapons to Taiwan
      358 14 Tests for Beijing-Taipei ties WASHINGTON The United States has announced plans to sell three refurbished Navy frigates and their weapons to Taiwan for US$3OO million, (Sss3l million) despite continuing objections from China over arms sates to Taipei The older Knox Class frigates,
      Reuters  -  358 words
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      Lock icon China's offer to revive reunification talks rejected
      288 14 TOKYO A spokesman for the Taiwan government yesterday rejected a Chinese offer to revive reunification talks, saying the divide between the two sides was widening. "The gulf between the two sides has been growing bigger and bigger," Mr David Lee, director-gener-al of the
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      Thousands queue in the cold for hongbao from Teng-hui
      35 14 President Lee distributing hongbao, each containing NT$2OO ($10.60), to children at his family home in Taipei on Wednesday, the first day of the Chinese New Year.
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      Lock icon ... and yes, it was worth it
      183 14 and yes, it was worth it TAIPEI Thousands of Taiwanese braved a chilly drizzle to get good luck money given by President Lee Teng-hui for the Year of the Tiger. Amid the dreary weather, people from all over the island lined up outside Mr Lee's old family residence on Chinese
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      Lock icon Tardy Japanese youth stabs teacher to death
      183 14 TOKYO A l3 -year-old Japanese schoolboy stabbed his female teacher to death on Wednesday after she scolded him for being late, police said. The pupil stabbed his 26-year-old English teacher, Ms Kayoko Koshizuka, with a knife seven times in a hallway and she
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      Lock icon Wanted: Acceptable cultural forms for China
      625 17  -  Koh Kok Kiang Beijing clamps down on 'decadent' Western influences By EXPECT to see fewer beauty contests and more high-brow cultural shows in China in the new year. The Chinese authorities are going in a big way to rein in popular culture, which they
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      Lock icon No sign of bird flu among people in southern China
      421 17 GENEVA Experts investigating the Hongkong bird flu have found no cases of the virus being transmitted to humans in southern China's neighbouring Guangdong province, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. But it said there was still a need to
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      Lock icon Man sells list ranking 90,000 women by looks
      181 17 TOKYO A 28-year-old Japanese man used the Internet to sell personal data on 90,000 women, culled from an employment agency and ranked according to their looks, the agency said yesterday. Tempstaff Co said it was taking legal action against the man, who
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    • EAST ASIAFILE
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        Lock icon APPEALS REJECTED
        75 17 Two Chinese men, Chen Daiwei, 36, and He li, 33, who were convicted of murdering three people in a robbery at a pinbaff parlour in Tokyo in 1992, had their appeals against the death penalty rejected by a Japanese court yesterday. "A death penalty is unavoidable given the
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        Lock icon DISSIDENT DETAINED
        62 17 Chinese dissident Qin Yongmin said yesterday he was detained by police in Wuhan for 12 hours and stopped from travelling to Beijing for Chinese New Year. Mr Qin, who has called for tradeunion freedoms and refused a police order to leave China, said in an open letter he
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        Lock icon CABINET RESHUFFLE
        37 17 Taiwanese Premier Vincent Siew announced yesterday that a Cabinet reshuffle would take place next month. A reshuffle had been expected after the KMT suffered its worst defeat in November's county chief and mayoral elections. AFP
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        Lock icon WHEAT CURBS
        90 17 President Bill Clinton said in a letter that he and senior US officials had urged China repeatedly to remove trade restrictions against US wheat, said Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan. He said on Wednesday that Mr Clinton raised the issue last on Oct 29 when he met Chinese President
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        Lock icon CHINESE HELP
        68 17 A Taiwanese ship with 68 passengers on board was helped to safety by the Chinese authorities after it got caught in a strong gale in the Taiwan Strait, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Rescue workers in southern Fujian province came to the aid of the boat, which
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        Lock icon KURILE TROOPS
        46 17 Russia promised Japan that it would reduce its military presence in the disputed Kurile islands, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday. According to the Russian Defence Ministry, the number of soldiers based in the Kuriles has already been cut from 3,000 to 1,300. AFP
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      Imelda faces jail as court upholds graft conviction
      320 20  -  Luz Baguioro Byi in Manila FORMER Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos faces between nine and 12 years' jail as well as disqualification from public office after a Supreme Court yesterday upheld her conviction on graft charges five years ago. She was also
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      230 20 Marked for death and they don't know it THEY are bright-eyed and cheerful, but these children, aged between two and seven, may not lnre beyond their 10th birthday because they are all HTV positive. They all have the human immunodeficiency virus which can lead to the deadly Aids. Home to
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      No leaders ready to step into Suharto's shoes, says minister
      426 20  -  Derwin Pereira By m Jakarta PRESIDENT Suharto's renomination for another term as the country's leader is a reflection of the fact that Indonesia's political elite is not yet ready to replace him, Transmigration Minister Siswono Yudohusodo has said. But the
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      121 20 JAKARTA President Suharto has called for calm as Indonesia prepares to celebrate it's most important Islamic festival while facing hardship as a result of the worst economic crisis to hit the country in decades. The President was quoted as telling Protestant church leaders on Wednesday that
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  • MALAYSIA
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      Lock icon Cambodian illegals sent home
      62 21 A CAMBODIAN woman (partially hidden on right) gives her child a final hug before being deported from Malaysia on Tuesday. She was one of those who had ar- rived on a social-visit pass and then overstayed. Looking on are her eldest daughter and a woman relative
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      443 21 Mahathir says he does not feel safe expressing his views any more MELBOURNE Prime Minister Datuk Sen Dr Mahathir Mohamad believes he has "effectively lost the right of free speech" following reaction to his criticism of western nations over the currency problems in the
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      Lock icon Ex-minister loses home and two children in blaze
      133 21 KUCHING Former Deputy Education Minister Bujang Ulis lost two daughters in a fire which destroyed his house at Batu Kawa near here on Wednesday night. The charred remains of Fatin Amanina, 12, and Fatin Nabiha, 10, both pupils of the Setapok Primary
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      Lock icon Father killed as bike he was on collides with son's
      142 21 KUALA TERENGGANU By a twist of fate, a planned Hari Raya gathering for a family turned into tragedy when the father was killed after his motorcycle collided with one ridden by one of his seven children near his home on
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        92 21 TAWAU (Sabah) Seven robbery suspects were killed in a shoot-out with police near Pasar Raya Bentol, Jalan Apas, near here on Tuesday night. A police spokesman said the seven men, aged between 20 and 30, did not have any identification papers and were
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        59 21 Some 2.5 million tourists are expected to visit Kelantan this year in conjunction with Visit Kelantan Year and bring in M5543 million (5521 1.7 million) in foreign exchange. This would be a 10--per-cen t increase over last year's figures, Kelantan State Executive Councillor for Culture, Tourism, Youth and
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        66 21 Starting next month, all local councils in Selangor will be required to maintain a checklist of all public facilities and other infrastructure areas, state executive councillor Datuk Fuad Hassan has said The move was part of the state government's "clean-and-green" campaign aimed at improving the quality of services
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        54 21 Farmers in Cameron Highlands are facing an acute shortage of chemical fertilisers and temperate hybrid vegetable seeds as importers have ceased or reduced their imports. The Federation of Fanners Association Malaysia spokesman Chay Ee Mong said that he feared this might lead to a price increase in vegetables after
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        67 21 Experts have identified the killer virus which caused the death of 30 children during the outbreak of the Coxsackie B virus in Sarawak last year, state Deputy Chief Minister DatukDr George Chan has said. But he added that the experts were finalising a report on their findings of
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        31 21 Stricter laws should be introduced to combat vandalism and deter habitual offenders, Kuala Lumpur City Hall Advisory Board member Datuk Lee Lam Thye said in a statement yesterday. Bernama
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      643 23 The current economic turmoil has raised some questions about the risks involved in venturing into the region and beyond. But government leaders have said repeatedly that firms should continue to do so, so long as they do their homework before taking the plunge. Today, and
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      CONTRACT MANUFACTURING
      184 23 CONTRACT manufacturing is a recent phenomenon in electronics. It entails firms making made-to-measure products for giant electronics companies, like IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Apple. The items range from specific components to finished products, such as computer monitors, pagers and modems. Instead of taking their products from the drawing board
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      Mexico-bound
      363 23 Three offto set up a metal-stamping division in company's factory IT IS just a week before three NatSteel Electronics employees head for the firm's production plant in Guadalajara, Mexico, but they are not getting cold feet. Operations manager John Choo, 47, engineer Heng Koon Ong, 29, and toolroom manager
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      Singapore's investments abroad are up three-fold
      395 23 The domestic economy is also increasingly open, with foreign talent and firms being embraced readily by Singaporean employers and consumers alike. Foreign bookstores, coffee clubs and supermarkets are just some of the new entrants here, with each new arrival taking Singapore a step closer
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      The Year of the Tiger roars in
      405 24 Hongbao for bus drivers working during holidays "We still do not know the extent to which the drama will unfold and what implications there will be. So it is better to be prepared for the worst, whilst hoping for the best. Hoping for
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      Lock icon RIVER HONGBAO CELEBRATIONS
      111 24 Pictures by JEROME MING PANDA POWER: The organisers of the River Hongbao Chinese New Year celebrations at Marina Promenade added pandas, which are not one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, as they wanted to soften the atmosphere at Marina Promenade. And it looks like
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      Lock icon TIGER BABY
      96 24 Two engineers who wanted a Tiger baby got their wish on the first day of the Chinese New Year. Mrs Neo Guat Hoon, 32, delivered her first child a baby boy at 12.01 am. He was the first baby born on Wednesday. "He is the perfect Chinese New
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      Lock icon Briton wants ashes scattered in Changi
      820 25  -  S. Tsering Bhalla By 50 ex-servicemen and their wives here on a nostalgic tour of old haunts Posting to Paradise' 'Although it was relatively better than wartime, there was a shortage of many things. We had no bread, for example, just hard tack biscuits,
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      R-Adm Teo attending Davos forum
      286 25 EDUCATION Minister Teo Chee Hean is now in Davos, Switzerland attending the World Economic Forum annual meeting. After the forum ends on Feb 3, he will spend four days meeting top Swiss education officials and visiting schools, according to an Education Ministry statement on Tuesday.
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      Man found dead
      113 25 A MAN was found murdered yesterday morning at an open space behind a Lavender Street bus stop. When police arrived at the scene at about 8.20 am, they found the dead man with a deep slash wound at the back of his head. The dark-complexioned man, who
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      Lock icon Workers not paid for 3 months
      339 27  -  Jasbir Singh By Bangladeshis left high and dry, Hari Raya plans dashed Picture by MORE than 20 Bangladeshi construction workers who are Muslims said their Hari Raya plans have been dashed as their boss has not paid them for three months. The men work
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      Judges need to be more proactive in court, CJ tells meeting
      522 27  -  Lim Li Hslen By It will "help them dispense faster, better justice' JUDGES must be able to draw the fine line between intervention and interference, said Chief Justice Yong Pung How in a speech about Singapore courts taking controlof
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      Two roads closed for temple event
      110 27 A SECTION of Tanglin Halt Road and Commonwealth Drive will be closed to vehicles on Sunday becauce-of the consecration ceremony of Sri Muneeswaran Temple. The ceremony, whifbb«gins at 8.30 am, is expected to draw a crowd of about 10,000, according to a Traffic Police
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      The storm will subside
      758 28 COINCIDENCE it might be, but it cannot be without significance that the two characters that make up the Chinese word for crisis should stand for Danger and Opportunity. Singaporeans may feel they nave had a surfeit these past few weeks, if not months, of grim warnings
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      Have sex and TV delayed Cuba's emancipation?
      794 28  -  Chua Huck Cheng By ONE of the riveting aspects of President Bill Clinton's personal crisis is the commanding role of American television, both the networks and local stations, and how it is shaping the story of the President's alleged skin hunger. It is
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      China revamps banks to prevent crisis
      1113 28  -  Ching Cheong By Its central bank scraps 30 provincial branches and will abandon quota system for loans WHILE the world watches keenly whether the Chinese yuan will be devalued, China is revamping its financial system quietly to avoid a South-east Asian-type currency crisis. The
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      Future development of Indonesia
      1183 29  -  Jusuf Wanandi The economic crisis and By INDONESIA is a developing nation that has to go through crises and challenges to become a developed and matured nation. Every developed nation today has gone through this phase in its history. Take, for instance, the 1930s depression in
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      G-7 should put a stop to volatility of Asia's currencies
      838 29  -  Kenichi Ohno By Japan and the US should call an emergency G-7 meeting immediately in Tokyo for the purpose of calming the market and restoring financial order in Asia. For this crisis, leaders of the rich countries, not the IMF,
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      349 30 BANK interest rates have been rising steadily. In fact, some banks have already jacked up their lending and deposit rates three times in a matter of six weeks. Some analysts and economists have even said that "the latest wave of interest rate
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      225 30 ON JAN 2, 1 returned to Singapore from Bali where I had just spent a short holiday, during which I purchased a souvenir spear. The metallic part was about 13 cm, mounted on a 90--cm bamboo pole. At the Customs checkpoint in Changi, I surrendered
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      223 30 ERP units on motorbikes are an eyesore THE biggest eyesore seen recently on motorcycles must surely be the Electronic Road Pricing in-vehicle unit that has been forced on bikers. Depending on the bike's make, it could be perched on the headlamp, drilled onto the windshield, glued and secured by a
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      486 30 CLEANERS NIGHTMARE AT EAST COAST litterbugs should be forced to help cleaners for a day I REFER to the article, "Campers turn East Coast into cleaners' nightmare" (ST, Jan 26). To most Singaporeans, the East Coast Park is just a place to visit and enjoy. As
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      291 30 I REFER to the story, "Campers turn East Coast into cleaners' nightmare" (ST, Jan 26). This is an infernal problem that fines and public campaigns have not been able to solve these years. I would like to make some suggestions: Stop issuing permits for camping
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Woosnam sets the pace in Vines Classic
      463 31 GOLF PERTH Welshman lan Woosnam defied the notorious "Fremantle Doctor" southwesterly wind yesterday in pursuit of a second Heineken Classic victory in three years. Woosnam's six-under-par 66 nudged him a stroke clear of Spain's Jose Maria Olazabal in the first round at the
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      Lock icon Woods and father to play together in pro-am tourney
      146 31 CALIFORNIA World No. 1 Tiger Woods and his father, Earl Woods, will play together in their first pro-am tournament at Pebble Beach, California. The Woods duo will tee-off with Mark O'Meara and Robert Allen, executive committee chairman of tournament sponsor AT&T
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      Lock icon Els resigns from. Tour after row with Schofield
      449 31 SYDNEY US Open champion Ernie Els has quit the European Tour after a disagreement with Tour boss Ken Schofield, a report said on Wednesday. Els, in Australia for the Heineken Classic in Perth, said the dispute had surfaced after he fell lust
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      Lock icon Viva! Escude wants to dream on
      328 31 IN THE past 10 days Nicolas Escude has become the Harry Houdini of tennis, three times escaping from a two-set deficit to reach the next round of the Australian Open. On Wednesday, after his last record-breaking feat, all the 21 -year-old Frenchman wanted to
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        TENNIS
        213 31 Australian Open Men's singles s-finals: Petr Korda (Cze Rep) bt Karol Kucera (Slo) 6-1 6-4 1-6 6-2. Doubles q-flnals: Jonas Bjorkman (Swe)/Jacco Eltingh (Hoi) bt Ellis Ferreira (SA)/Rick Leach (US) 6-2 6-4 7-5, Mahesh Bhupathi/Leander Paes (Ind) bt Justin Gimelstob/Brian MacPhie (US) 7-6 (7-2) 6-3 6-2. S-finals: Todd Woodbridge/Mark
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        35 31 NBA: Boston 104 Washington 102, Detroit 91 Orlando 86, Indiana 93 Philadelphia 90, Miami 86 New York 82, San Antonio 109 LA Clippers 86, Seattle 101 Utah 93, New Jersey 106 LA Lakers 95.
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        41 31 t -19 World Cup, 2nd rd in Bloemfbntein. South Africa: Zimbabwe 97 in 31.3 overs (K. Mills 4-32, J. Franklin 4-20). New Zealand 98-0 in 12.2 overs (D. Kelly 46 n.0., J. Marshall 39 n.0.) NZ won by 10 wkts.
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        281 31 Heinekeo Classic in Perth (Australian unless stated): 68 lan Woosnam (Brit) 67 Jose Maria Olazabal (Spn) 68 Thomas Goegele (Ger). Robert Allenby, Martin Gates (Brit), Andrew Coltart (Brit) 69 Paul McGinley (Ire). Terry Price, Scott Laycock. Craig Jones, Peter Senior, Wayne Grady. Bernhard Langer (Ger), JJ. West (US), Jeev
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        34 31 NHL: Washington 2 Pittsburgh 2, Detroit 4 Phoenix 4, NY Islanders 6 Philadelphia 1, Carolina 3 Tampa Bay 2, Colorado 6 Vancouver 1, Edmonton 1 New Jersey 1, Calgary 5 Anaheim 2.
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        105 31 English League Cup s-final Ist leg: Arsenal 2 Chelsea 1, Liverpool 2 Middlesbrough 1. Div 1: Man City 2 Charlton 2, Norwich 2 Sunderland 1, Swindon 1 Stoke 0, Birmingham 4 Stockport 1, Bradford 4 Reading 1, Bury 1 Wolves 3, Sheff Utd 1 Huddersfield 1, West Brom 2
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      Lock icon Hingis hiccup en route to final
      845 31 Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne 1 didn't want to lose in the semi-final of a Grand Slam tournament.' Martina Hingis on her match against Anke Huber. It's a Grand Slam title and she knows how that feels. Fm sure she wants to do
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      Lock icon Korda wild with joy after victory
      349 31 PETR KORDA erupted with joy on centre court yesterday after beating Karol Kucera to take a place in the Australian Open men's final and add another chapter to his extraordinary career. The sixth-seeded Czech, written off so many times during his 11 years as
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      Lock icon Plans for Asiadon course, say organisers
      268 32 Plans for Asiadon course, say organisers ASIAN GAMES BANGKOK Preparations for the 13th Asian Games here in December are going according to plan despite Thailand's financial meltdown, Games organisers said yesterday. "All arenas for competition will be ready six months before the Games start. "This will allow the athletes to
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      Haley set to be S-League's 'baby-faced assassin'
      631 32  -  Santokh Singh SOCCER By Solskjaer lookalike among Rams' three new English signings THE S-League's very own baby-faced assassin, a Ta Manchester United's Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, is in town. Woodlands Wellington's new signing Craig Haley has often been called "ba-by-face". But of late, with
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      Lock icon Jang Jung switches to coaching
      419 32  -  Joe Dorai By SOUTH KOREAN defender Jang Jung, 37, will continue his association with Geylang United for another season. But this time it will be as coach of the Eagles' reserve squad for the Prune League for Under-22 footballers, which replaces last season's Reserve League.
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      Lock icon Wicketkeeper Healy going for his record 100th Test
      363 32 CRICKET ADELAIDE Australian wicketkeeper lan Healy said yesterday that it was the wish of his father, who died two days ago, that he go ahead with his world record-shatter-ing 100th Test match. "My father wanted me to play in this game and
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      Lock icon Martin's buggy ride quest gets political backing
      328 32 GOLF WASHINGTON Former presidential candidate Bob Dole and Senator Tom Harkin, a Democrat from lowa, said on Wednesday that they supported disabled golfer Casey Martin in his bid to ride a cart in professional tournaments. Flanking Martin, who has a circulatory disorder that
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      Lock icon Initial results clear Chinese swimming team
      416 33 No banned substances in vials, say authorities SWIMMING We're waiting for official results. There is one more test to be carried out which would clear the entire contents as being of no interest to the West Australian Police Service.' W. Australian police Sgt Graham
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      Lock icon Fans believe NZ team's new name another laughing affair
      212 33 CRICKET WELLINGTON The beleaguered New Zealand cricket team hopes a change of name will bring a change of form. When New Zealand's cricketers play Zimbabwe and Australia next month, they will not take to the field as the New Zealanders or
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      Lock icon Arbitration panel to decide on Slaney
      164 33 ATHLETICS LONDON The International Amateur Athletic Federation has asked its arbitration panel to decide whether former world champion Mary Slaney is guilty of doping. But the decision has been slammed by the Americans. Speaking on Wednesday from the federation's headquarters in Monaco, spokesman Giorgio
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      Lock icon Hardaway's blow sinks Knicks
      557 33 Harda way's blow sinks Knicks NBA BASKETBALL MIAMI Tim Hardaway delivered the knockout punch with 15 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter as the Miami Heat fought off the rival New York Knicks 86-82 on Wednesday in their first showdown since last year's brawl-marred play-off series. Early in
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      71 31 Hot PC war ETZ2I H in Asia V %m There's going to be a dogfight among KS personal computer makers in a practically stagnant I market in Asia this year, says Compaq Computer president andCEOEckhardPfeiffer. Continued outflows expected The five economies hardest hit by the Asian financial crisis South Korea,
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      815 34 FONG SENG BWEE AGE: 93 Passed away peacefully on the 28th January 1998 leaving behind loved ones: (Husband: Lui Kun Chuen, deceased) SONS: DAUGHTERS-IN-LAW: Loi Kai Meng Lim Lay Choo, Violet Lui Kai Foo Seet, Dorothy Loi, Steven Ong Bee
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      422 34 TAN GEOK KEOW Age: 68 passed away peacefully on 28-01-98 (Husband: Lim Yeow Som, deceased) Sadly missed by: Sons: Daughters-in-law: Lim Soo How Lim Soo Ghee, Roger Lim Beng Kiow, Annie Lim Soo Ann, Ken Lim Soo Bin, Alvin Lee Li Say, Annie Lim
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      380 34 'Ymm. though I walk through the valley of the mmmdow of death, I will tear no evil, for thou art with mm... and I will dwell in the boute of the LORD formvr Ptalm 23: 4,0 MRS URSULA ALEXANDRA RODRIGUES Age: 78 was called home to
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      20 34 Not dead, but passed beyond The mist that binds us here, Into the newer larger life, Of that clouded sphere.
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      49 34 j His smiling way and pleasant face Are a pleasure to recall; He had a kind word for each And died beloved by all. Some day we hope to meet him, Some day, we know not when, To clasp his hand in the better land. Never to part again.
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  • OBITUARIES
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      106 35 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements 852 Acknowledgements 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 854 Condolences 77ie Family of The Late LOW SAM MOEY Departed on 25/1/98 wishes to express their heartfelt thanks to relatives, neighbours, friends, colleagues and business associates for their kind assistance, attendance, condolences, prayers, wreaths and donations during their recent
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      184 35 The Family of The Late Rev Edward Sing Lau Departed 23 January 1998 his beloved wife, Yong Soong Moy, his sons. Earnest Philip; his daughters-in-law, (Geok Lian, deceased), Sock Yan; and grandchildren, Sarah Edgar, thank all friends, colleagues, church members and relatives who provided spiritual support
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      856 In Mernoriam
      64 35 In Loving Memory Of RAJAMAMCKAM S/O ARUMUGAM Drifted on 30/1/92 Always Remembered By Youngest Daughter Shanrouga Vadtvu 3rd Anniwrsry In Loving W<nnry of MARY UM SIEW ENO Today recalls sad memories three years ago. of a dear mother gone to rest, and the one who thinks of
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      76 35 In Loving Memory of CHRISTINA CHEONG YUET LEE Departed 30/1/90 Her portrait in its oak frame. The ravages of time may dim. But in cur hearts she's still the same, We hold bright memories of her. Always remembered by t atfief Husband, Son, Daughter-in-law and Loved On—.
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      22 35 IN LOVING MEMORY OF MRS. CHIN KIM FAH nee NO SIEW WAH Departed: 29.1.79 Always remembered by loved ones.
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      78 35 With Deepest Sympathy and Condolences to our Directors, Richard Tan Kay Hai James Tan Kay Kern Winston Tan Kay Miang on the demise of their beloved father, the late TAN CHEE SENG From: DICK'S BEAUMONDE PTE LTD TAILORING POINT PTE LTD STUDIO D'BEAUMONDE PTE
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      65 35 IN LOVING MEMORY ***** SIEW NEO (SIEW TIN) Departed: 3rd. day of Lunar New Year (9.2.97) Within our hearts she'll always live, Her love, her life, her selfless gift Within our minds her memories stay, Her soul rejoice, we'll always pray. Mother, grandmother always we'll be In
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      54 35 ATHMA SHANTI POOJA GEORGE JAMES Departed 16.1.98 Karumathi Prayers will be held at Blk 804 Woodlands St.Bl #02-47A on Friday 30.1.98 at 10.00pm. Athma Shanti Prayers will be held at Sri Sivan Temple, Geylang East, Ave 2 at 7.00pm on Saturday 31.1.98. Please treat this a* a personal
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      76 35 In Ever Loving Memory Of MARY NAVAMANY DODWELL Departed: 30.1.97 Although one year has silently elapsed, Our sweet dearest mother, In our hearts your memory lingers. Sweetly tender, fond and true, There is not a day, dear mother, That we do not think of you. Deeply missed
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      76 35 85 6 In mem oria m 856 In memoriam WE STILL REMEMBER TANLANGHIANG NGUPPHUAUG (Mn Nfl Up Plum) Departed: 22/12/77 Departed: 21 121% +_h -r 2nd Anniversary Fondly missed and remembered by daughters, e sons, grandchildren and loved ones In Everloving Memory Of MISS WINIFRED PEREIRA (AUNTY WINNIE) Departed on
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      126 35 ATHM A SHANTI POOJA CHOCKALJNGAM PILLAY KAUDASS a/o Yakambaram Pillay Age: 62 Departed: 18/1/98 Cremated: 19/1/98 Leaving behind wife: Kamala Yesparee Daughter: Kavitha Brothers, sister and loved ones The family wishes to express their heartful thanks and appreciation to Doctor and Mrs Imran Nawaz and his
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      Lock icon Overmars the thorn in Chelsea's cup run
      442 36 But Hughes' late header keeps the pot boiling SOCCER Maybe when we were 2-0 up, we went a bit individual rather than playing for the collective. I think 5-1 would have been the right score.' Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger English League Cup LONDON
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      345 36 GRAEME SOUNESS plans a summer swoop on his old dub Liverpool to take troubledpair Patrik Berger and Brad Friedel to Benaca, reported the English Soccernet. The former Anfield manager is optimistic about recruiting Czech Republic midfielder Berger and United States goalkeeper Friedel because they both
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      403 36 SCOTTISH LEAGUE SCOTTISH PREMIER ABERDEEN'S long winter of discontent became a little shorter and a little less bitter after a 2-0 victory over Dunfermline saw it carried up to seventh in the Premier Division on the back of a two-goal breeze, reported the Scottish Soccernet Rarely
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      338 36  -  Malcolm Bastians RACING By THE new-style $450,000 Singapore Derby, slated for July, has reigning champion trainer Malcolm Thwaites rubbing his hands with glee. For he has five candidates for the classic, now shortened to 2,000m from 2,400m and reserved for four-year-olds on a set-weights
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      405 36 LONDON English football managers are calling for greater job security after it was revealed that more than 40 of them will either resign or be sacked by the end of this year if current trends continue. And the League Managers' Association (IMA) is
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        125 36 TUNIS Hotly-touted World Cup outsider Yugoslavia handed spirited African World Cup qualifier Tunisia a footballing lesson on Wednesday, beating it 3-0 in a friendly international. A fifth-minute goal by Espanyol midfielder Branko Brnovic gave the Yugoslavs the early initiative and only determined defence by the
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        333 36 CATANIA (Sicily) Italy overcame its chronic goalscoring problems when it beat Slovakia 3-0 m its first friendly since qualifying for this year's World Cup soccer finals. Marseille's Fabrizio Ravanelli broke the deadlock with a deflected goal three minutes after half-time for an Italian
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        Lock icon Zidane's goal hands Spain a rare defeat
        365 36 PARIS France kicked off its World Cup year on a winning note with a 1-0 victory over Spain in a friendly international to inaugurate its new Stade de France, venue of the July 12 final. Juventus playmaker Zinedine Zidane scored the only goal
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      477 36 KUALA LUMPUR Smooth Venture geared up for a possible success in tomorrow's Class 4 race over 1,600m (Race 4) when he did a stylish workout at Kuala Lumpur on Wednesday. Taken out by a track rider, the four-year-old New Zea-land-bred gelding by Imperial Seal
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      571 36 KUALA LUMPUR Victory Dash displayed winning form at Kuala Lumpur yesterday and looks set for his first taste of success in Sunday's Class 1 Premier race over 1,200m (Race 8). Taken out by apprentice Maszeli Amin, the four-year-old Australian-bred entire galloped fluently over
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      254 36 KUALA LUMPUR Fontaine looks the best of the 20 Restricted Terms newcomers for the Kuala Lumpur meeting starting tomorrow. The John O'Hara-trained Fontaine is a four-year-old US-bred filly by Phone Trick out of Song Of You. Phone Trick's progeny includes the 1993 lion City Cup winner Giltedged. Other RT
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      609 37  -  Luz Baguioro GOOD PERFORMANCE By m Manila THE Philippine economy grew by 5.8 per cent last year, down from a robust 6.9 per cent in 1996, despite the Asiawide financial turmoil, officials said yesterday. But with the crisis showing no
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      71 37 Housewives buying vegetables and basic food at a public market in the Philippines yesterday, vendors complain of poor sales since the currency crisis began in July as consumers begin to cut down on expenses. However, Manila announced that the country's gross domestic product grew by 5.1 per cent
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      251 37 US ups pressure on Tokyo to reform economy THE HEAT IS ON WASHINGTON The United States turned up the heat on Japan on Wednesday, telling Tokyo in no uncertain terms it must push ahead with financial and fiscal reform to reinvigorate its ailing economy in the face of Asia's crisis.
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      Lock icon Corporate leaders bullish on Asia
      193 37 SURVEY DAVOS (Switzerland) Corporate leaders are still bullish on Asia despite the current turmoil, according to a new study which showed that the continent, and in particular China, had not lost its investment allure. The survey by Price Waterhouse also found that 62 per cent
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      259 37 HIGH RISKS JAKARTA Major investors are likely to avoid Indonesia's deregulated agricultural sector because risks remains high amid the country's economic and political uncertainty, industry sources said yesterday. Without new players, state commodities regulator Bulog would continue to play a prominent role despite the
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      265 37 MAJOR CONCERN WASHINGTON US Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin on Wednesday questioned Indonesia's commitment to an economic bail-out programme led by the International Monetary Fund. "There are very considerable questions about the government's commitment to the programme. Hopefully that commitment will be manifested as
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      362 37 January 29, 1998 Brent Crude Opm High Low Sett EstVoi Mar 98 1610 1618 1610 1616 135 Apr 1630 0 May 1646 0 Act Vol (Wed) 0 Open Int (Wed) 756 Spot US Dollar/Japanese Yen Open High Low Sett Eft Vol Mar 96 125 55 125 55 125
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      Lock icon US can't import a lot more from Asia
      196 37 'WE HAVE LIMITS' WASHINGTON— The United States is not in a position to absorb a large influx of imports from troubled Asian economies, the nominee for deputy US trade representative said on Wednesday. Mr Richard Fisher told a congressional panel: "The one
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      322 37 'BRING THEM BACK' KUALA LUMPUR The Malaysian government wants commodities exporters to repatriate hard currency earnings to help shore up the flagging economy, a Cabinet minister was quoted yesterday as saying. Newspapers quoted Primary Industries Minister lim Keng Yaik as saying exports of
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      Lock icon Impractical for Asean to 'use local currencies for trade'
      606 37 NOT REALISTIC NEWS ANANLYSIS KUALA LUMPUR The Asean proposal that the grouping use local currencies in regional trade is neither practical nor expected to find enough support even among its members, analysts said. The direction of the region's trade, the cost
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      Lock icon Japan clean-up body to file suit against banks in jusen fiasco
      270 37 WITCH HUNT TOKYO In another blow to the scandal-tainted Japanese banking industry, the body charged with cleaning up the mess left by failed jusen mortgage firms is preparing to file suit against banks for damages from the collapse of
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      Lock icon Korean debt swap agreement Svill help restore confidence'
      636 38 Seoul can also get fresh credit on improved terms SEOUL A deal struck in New York to extend South Korea's troublesome short-term debt on reasonably good terms should go a long way toward restoring confidence in the country's economy, officials and analysts
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      Lock icon Agency dashes S'pore, Aussie hopes of upgrade
      654 38 Moody's cuts ratings Australia and Singapore are in the same boat in that they are experiencing problems because of activity in the region but their domestic fundamentals are quite solid.' Westpac economist Helen Camp. SYDNEY Financial markets blanched yesterday as Moody's Investors Service
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        306 1 TAN SAI SIONG Don't know much about history? It's everywhere IV4A 1 ,mwJ I^k s -''j^B W^L "'^^B af I^WW^aR r vR I I JB i^^ H fife- a mv^-m* ft :^H9 I I' 1 *T«1 T r»^ aafafjlW x lie ice aiuriii j 1%* 1**11 aT I m I
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        Building bridges with cakes and rendang
        1525 2  - Building bridges with cakes and rendang TUMINAH SAPAWI FASTS OVER, BUT DONT FUSS HAVE FUN HOW TO HAVE SLKJDIOGF SMLDJGFIOWSF Plan your day, your menu, and your guest list in advance. Never hold an open house on impulse. If possible, stagger the estimated times of arrival of your guests if
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        A day for feasting and forgiving
        318 2 A day for feasting and forgiving MUSLIMS wake up as early as 5.30 in the morning to usher in Sya wall. The day starts with a special Hari Raya prayer at mosques, void-decks and open spaces all over the island. It is compulsory for men to perform the prayer, but
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        Tet celebrations unite heaven and earth for Vietnamese
        907 2  -  GRACE CHEW I RETURNED to Hanoi early this month, looking forward to experiencing for the first time the main and most lavishly celebrated holiday in Vietnam, the Lunar New Year, known as Tet The Vietnamese use lunar calendars in their homes and
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        371 3 Wag's ads take real-life drama by the tale THE PRESIDENT AND THE INTERN IS NEW LINE CINEMA attempting to capitalise on the troubles at the White House to promote its political satire, Wag The Dog? As the crisis has intensified over allegations that President Bill Clinton had an affair with
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        No takers, so Siow to return $3.3-m violin
        457 3  -  TEO PAU LIN 'But all along, it has been wishful thinking. Some people may want to help, but I really doubted that anyone would actually take up the offer/ Siow Lee Chin A BROKEN-HEARTED Siow Lee Chin heads back to the United
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        Take present interest in past for the future
        1006 4  -  Tan Sal Slong Yesterday Once More Status of history is enhanced and fast attaining a patina of chic as many Singaporeans experience a born-again pride and interest in things past Today's health authorities certainly would not allow the colonies of lizards to
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        143 4 OFFBEAT A 40-YEAR-OLD woman in France has given birth to twin baby girls, one of them conceived three weeks after the other. Mrs Chantal Barrier, already a mother of four, had the twins by Caesarian section at a clinic here on Jan 18 after
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        The doctor's waiting room is a health hazard: Here's how to give it the correct treatment
        1164 4  -  LAVINIA CHANG SOME years ago, while in Australia, I read that a man had deducted from his doctor's bill an amount equivalent to two hours of his own pay. His rationale was simple. Although
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        218 4 "Spike Lee responded very well but he couldn't dance. I had a pretty hard time with Spike." Frankie Manning, who taught Denzel Washington and Spike Lee (right) the jitterbug for the movie Malcolm X "It's really just another year. It just happens to have my name on
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        Lock icon LaSalle students get first overseas commission
        855 5  - LaSalle students get first overseas commission LYNN SEAH Students were asked to produce 75 worts for a hotel based in London ART pieces by four recent graduates of LaSalle-SIA College of the Arts will grace the walls of a new London hotel when it opens later this year. The Singaporean
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        Lock icon $12 million for Italian master's drawing
        272 5 A BLACK chalk study by Michelangelo, Christ And The Woman Of Samaria, sold at Sotheby's auction house in New York for more than US$7.4 million (5512.8 million) on Wednesday, a record for a drawing by the Italian artist. The study of two figures is
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        In Britain, a history lesson can mean war
        962 6  -  NEVILLE STACK THE two Singaporean girls were looking forward to a relaxing day in the English countryside, as a tranquil break from the hurly-burly of campus life. Instead they found themselves in the middle of a battle. Yong Lai Yoong, aged 23,
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        Mobile phones are in, smoking is out
        489 6 ROAD rage, mobile phones and recycling have all found a place in British society, while church-going, smoking and voting in elections is on the way down. In a snapshot of Britain combining matters wacky and weighty, an official report on Thursday showed the
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        The Big Chill 2, and this one's a masterpiece
        592 7  -  skilled intimacy he showed with both his portrait of a contemporary Taiwanese family m Eat Drink Man Woman and his faithful adaptation of Jane Austen's 18th-century Britain in Sense And Sensibility. With a passion for detail, he evokes domestic life in
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        More corn than spice in this wacky world
        588 7 SPICEWORLD THE MOVIE (Hi) SPICEWORLD THE MOVIE is as exciting as a bad chef in action. In the beginning he gets his spices all wrong and we get a bad taste in our mouths. Towards the end, he gets his act together
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        Mood and guns in nail-biting crime thriller
        573 7 HARD RAIN (PG) Now Showing AQUAPHOBES will love this one. From start to finish, this competent heist-cum-disaster movie features rain pouring down in buckets as a raging flood comes to life on the big screen. Bad boy Christian Slater (Broken Arrow) trades in
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        Visiting DJ puts dance music in a spin
        1199 8  -  Chris Ho Pop Life GILLES PETERSON revered as a kind of renaissance man of jazz, soul and funk in the British dancemusic scene was in town three Fridays ago spinning as a deejay at Zouk. His set was the kind that either
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        Fast Cars isn't something to zoom about, just an excuse for some fun
        472 8  -  LEOW JU-LEN EVER wondered what it must feel like being behind the wheel of a car capable of breaking the Singapore highway speed limit four times over? So have I. Fast Cars, which airs on Premiere 12
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        560 8 HERE they are, finally, taking their seats in front of their individual Day-Glo movie posters, 40 minutes late for a news conference in New York. Add the hour they had already pushed it back and the wait for the Spice
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        238 20 CELINE DION'S hit single My Heart Will Go On, featured in the blockbuster epic movie Titanic, has shattered the all-time record for largest radio audience, according to Billboard Magazine's Broadcast Data Systems (BDS). BDS monitors airplay of radio stations reaching 98 per cent of
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        Lock icon Spielberg heads list of directors
        243 20 DIRECTOR Steven Spielberg joined an exclusive club of great Hollywood movie-makers this week when he was nominated an eighth time for the Directors Guild of America's top award. Spielberg, who released two films in 1997, was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Films for
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        137 6 THE HOUSE OF LIM T'Nl NOT DENNINGTHAT BACTERIA CAN BE PASSED] I W\JiU) THE USE OF SFRVIN6 SPOONS I I I L^, ftTllr ,L ==:::^l CNTHWaSH THE COIWUNAL EATING PRACTICE I HELP &ANmla? I 10 SQOO? MP THE QERK\S,THAT WOULD fI Of ShPiHNG THE SAME BONUINDV BUT WHflTf I^HftNDVj^T^l g|
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        104 6 GARFIELD Cr T 'NIGHT 1 V ——7 jCj) I I J?M 7AVf& /-»o WIZARD OF ID t .Jk"f {^VOAWN^J^-^^^^—-^ y- uji r-^" ANDY CAPP |/*> n^ /IF HE DID DECIDE > /IP I WAD THE^N I WOULDN'T A I TO SMARTEN THE f /V&NEYICOULdA BOTISfeaACK, > PLACE UP HE iMJfHTj
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        828 7 4ft W __B_ "^S i _P__I PtfM* LT_i Pl ..__E_ I I Chow Yun Fat, Mira Sorvino in The Replacement Killers. n bilee, Toa Payoh, WhiteMovie Guide sands B THE REPLACEMENT KILLERS (PC) CHOW YUN FAT'S KEANU REEVES plays a first American out-small-town lawyer seduced ing sees him playing a
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        193 9 WINDOW TO THE CHINESE PRESS MICHELLE LEE TWO Members of Parliament took the lead in promoting the double celebrations of Chinese New Year and Hah Ray a this year, the third consecutive year when the two festivals are back-to-back. Chinese New Year was celebrated by Chinese Singaporeans
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        Nanjing's Little Red Flowers troupe to brighten up the month
        113 9 Nanjing' s Little Red Flowers troupe to brighten up the month IN CONJUNCTION with the Chinese Cultural Festival, NTUC's cultural section is inviting the Little Red Flowers Children's Troupe (right) from Nanjing, China, for a performance here next month, reported Lianhe Wanbao on Monday. The troupe, comprising 70 members, aged
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        125 9 Clan and old boys bodies plan to get together AFTER the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry held its Chinese New Year gathering at its premises on Wednesday, many Chinese clan associations, cultural groups and Chinese old boys' associations here are busy with their own annual do, said a
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        87 9 NEPTUNE Theatre And Restaurant at Collyer Quay has become the stage for traditional Chinese opera performances during this Chinese New Year season, reported Lianhe Zaobao on Sunday. From Tuesday, local amateur and professional Chinese opera troupes, including Tung On Wui Kun's Cantonese Opera Troupe and
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          Music by the best of the elderly
          95 9 THE Singapore Senior Citizens' Choir will perform tonight at the Singapore River Hongbao '98, a Chinese New Year carnival which started at Marina Promenade a week ago. Led by the group's instructress, Madam Honey Chong, more than 20 members of the seven-year-old choir
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          Champion Zhang to perform
          72 9 MALAYSIAN singer Zhuang Xuezhong (left), who was the champion in Singapore Broadcasting Corporation's Chinese Talentirae in 1984, will serenade you at the Kreta Ayer People's Theatre during the Chinese New Year. There will be five shows in all: 7.30 and 9.30 pm today and tomorrow with
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          Xinyao from NUS students
          109 9 A GROUP of young people is determined to prove that xinyao, or Singapore ballads, is not just something that belongs to the likes of pioneers Liang Wern Fook or Billy Koh. Hostelites from the five National University of Singapore halls are putting up a Combined Halls
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          97 9 IF YOU are looking for places to go during the Chinese New Year, here is one suggestion: The City Chinese Orchestra will be presenting a Chinese New Year concert at the Tampines Cultural Centre on Feb 7 at 7.30 pm. This concert will feature
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        Decline of blue and white wares of Jiaqing period
        150 9  -  Lee Ying Ho Collector's AMONG the blue-and-white of the Jiaqing period, the earlier pieces (nearer to the Qianlong period) are generally cheaper than Qianlong wares. The similarity in form and motif between wares of both periods may confuse novice collectors. But
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        411 9  -  PRABHAVATHI NAIR NEXT week, Indian performing arts group Kala Mandir, which is noted for its spectacular productions, will be presenting yet another programme to enthrall Singapore audiences. Nearly 60 instrumentalists and vocalists will perform in a 50-piece orchestral ensemble titled Naad Brahma, or
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        Dine and listen to ghazal singer Khorasanee
        123 9 LEADING ghazal singer Shakila Khorasanee from Pakistan will perform here this weekend. The first show-cum-din-ner tomorrow will be held at the World Trade Centre Club, World Trade Centre, and the second on Sunday will be held at the RELC International Hotel. Both concerts
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        Hindus expected to converge on Commonwealth Drive
        289 9  -  PRABHAVATHI NAIR HINDU devotees will be flocking to 3, Commonwealth Drive on Sunday. Singapore's first and biggest Muneeswaran temple there will be conducting its consecration ceremony, Mahakumbabishegam, between 8.30 am and 9 am that day. Mr P. Panir Selvam, chairman of the publicity
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        313 10 23 Restaurants/ Food Outlets GONG XI FA Cai. We are closed from Jan. 27 Feb. 1. Jobcentre opens on Feb 2. Agency C2984-01 "GONG XI FA CHAI' Wanhe close from 27/1-1/2. Tel: *****88. Agency No: C*****11 GREEN EAST WISHES all a Happy New Year. 466 8789 Closed Today Agency No.
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        574 10 TOLL-FREE 1800-737-1166 150 Domestic Help 150 Domestic Help Available Available v/incn N Weh "trained maids for nursing J^cSj /urt£fir^ I SELECTtON J Ready Passport Prompt Arrival Medical Hepatitis Tests vj™« camHkmg^tMm: annkOringnM.com.sg Large selection ofbiodatas for professional matching lr A ,4% 0% M 0% _f\ 0\ 0% Home Leave Processing
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        622 10 230 Office Equipment/ Supplies SALE/ SERVICE/ RENTAL of Canon Copier, Canon NP1215, 2020 avail, from $380. Find out the difference! Call OCTS *****22. Blk. 996 Bendemeer Rd. #05-06 233 Office Furniture/ Furnishings i IMPORTED OFFICE FURNITURE. $38-computer chair, $65-computer table. Others avail. Tel: *****26 I NEW OFFICE TABLE $98, Com
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        747 10 1 150 Domestic Help Available 316 Honda For Sale SWEE CHENG AUTO Ent. wishes all customers, business assocs. friends A Happy Prosperous i New Year. We are open on 4/2/98. ALMOST 'S3 CIVIC 1.6 ESi auto. I New tax. Black. Full accessories. Showroom condition. 9623-9838 CHOON BEE MOTOR Ent wishes
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        559 10 CATS. rS 150 Domestic Help Available 334 Proton For Sate CHOON BEE MOTOR Ent wishes all clients a prosperous New Year Business will resume on 3/2/98. GONG XI FATT Choy our office will resume business on 2nd February 98. Fulco Tel *****01 336 Renault For Sate BKW. USED CAR dealer
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        1786 11 404 DO9-10 Orchard/ Tanglin/ Holland PTE APTS -Rant D.09 CHARMING SHOPHSE. Apt. with attic, balcony. 1 100 sq.ft. Uniquel $3500. PN *****11. D.09 HILLTOP. 2400 sq.ft. 3+l. Walking distance to Orchard. Fully furnished. $3.3K. IS 9501-1690 D.09 HORIZON TWRS. (3 units) 4+l Pte. lift. Renovated. MRT. $6.5K57.5K neg. *****551 Oakley
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        848 11 410 Dl5-16 East Coast PTE APTS Rant EAST COAST Sovereign. 4+l. 2647 sq.ft $9K Pebble Bay. s+l. 2800 5q.ft....58.5K Waterside 4/3+l. 2411 sq.ft.. $6.5K+ Costa Rhu 3+l. 1700 sq.ft $5.5K Landßay 3/2. 1500 sq.ft.. s4K/$3.5K Bayshore 2. 928 sq.ft $3.8K Changi Ct. 2. 1000 sq.ft $2.5K BUCK SCHOTT Gold-Link Realty
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        2790 11 496 HDB Apts For Sale (Bukit Batok) BELOW VALUATION. BT. Batok 223 Exec. Mais. Amenities/ mkt./ MRT. 12 yrs. High fir. View to offer. *****728/ *****188 B Knight EXEC. APT. BLK. 140. High fir. Unblocked, exclusive. Shops. Priced to sell. Owner upgrading. View anytime. Cashew *****434 AT VALUATION! 8 T
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        569 11 505 HDB Apts For Sale (Jurong) HAPPY NEW YEAR!) Jurong W (NTU) corner units Valued 5235K S44SK. Can contra $40K grant 9 yr. 4 'NG' blk 946 1011 sq ft syr exec, apt 831 1560 sq.ft. syr 5 f blk 818 1291 sq.ft FLORENCE 9493 2*49 ERA SPACIOUS 8 'I'
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        756 12 •14 HOi Apts For Sale (Tampinea/ Simei) m «||T Stk. 124 Simei. best unit j hit)! flr < M k us an offer 9417-2206 Property King. I r SBMI Corner Blk. 150. High Mr. Totally unblocked Well kept. MUT/ Eastpoint. 9308-4330 Klein M OR- TO dr corner Quiet, high, OMB.
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        677 12 527 HUDC/NOB Apts 527 HUDC/HDB Apts Wanted (Rent/ Buy) Wanted (Rent/ Buy) PESMACOpteltd I Mtk a member of DBS Land Group i wishes all cHenf business associates A friends Selamat Hart Raya Aldllfltri BUYERS WITH READY CPF t S4OK/ SSOK grant looking for 3-rm. to Exec. Any areas. Immed. regn.
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        517 12 i 534 Office Space For Rent i INT'L PLAZA FULL service office affordable. Move in cond. Short/ long term. 251-1518/ 222-0367 535 Office Space For Sale SUNTEC TWR 1. Prime unit. 7000 sq.ft. Good view. Column free. Immed. occupation. Attractive price $1700 p.s.f. Call *****96 537 Shop Space For Rent
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        724 12 574 Cruises 574 Cruises 574 Cruises 574 Cruises 574 Cruises 1 1 1 m KaayaiiHiM 1 1 1 in" Une JrfotiestUacation Deal Goer/ ■iS&ss&a.^. 4l^O^4f Bjfe^^. For only JNq^J per person A^k\ aieaW pav .«#^^^^^^?SBBL^Pl BaaV bv ancJ receive a furtner m^^ bbbbp^^ wuiiii \j\ uci iuiiioi ■■■p^^^ lic^^^^c^^^a^^^^^i Cruise
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        278 12 606 Professional/ Executive Positions PLANNING/ MATERIAL SPECIALIST, Purchasing Exec, Planner. Degree/ Dip. in Engrg. with experience. Puiau Sakra. *****30 KEY PERSONNEL WISHES all Happy Prosperous New Year. Call *****14 for job placement. TODAY'S CAREER, A member of AES, wishes all Singaporeans a Happy Prosperous New Year. $1600. FINANCE EXECUTIVE/ Asst.
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        195 12 648 Administrative/ Clerical Positions JAC RECRUITMENT: Immediate placements for Admin. Asst., Sales Co-ordinator and Secretaries. For details please call *****64 ext. 26 Jasmine. A/CSV RECEPTIONISTS. ALL areas. Female Chinese preferred. SIK-SI.SK. *****33 (C*****1C). ADECCO: FOR SOME of the most attractive jobs in Banking. Call us now at *****66. ADMIN. ASST.
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        334 12 651 Secretary/ Personal 651 Secretary/ Personal Assistant Positions Assistant Positions Certified Public Accountant Firm Requires 2 CORPORATE SECRETARIAL ASSISTANTS I Have 1 to 2 years' experience in CPA or LAW firm, f Please submit full resume to: Blk 150A Mei Chin Road #02-00 Tanjong Pagar- West Coast Town Council Collection
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        66 12 689 Other Positions MASSEUSE. FULL/ PART Time. Any races. Age 21 above. *****125/ *****42. 296 Geylang 709 Commercial Courses ITE-COS/ CBS FOR '0' 'N' upgrade. Certificate in Office Skills Business Studies in Accounting/ Secretarial. Tel. 758-0122/ 3. ACM Training Ctr. in Yishun Bishan ACCOUNTING. MKTG.. MGMT., Secretarial, Typing, English Courses.
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        792 12 736 Tuition EXAM ORIENTED ENGLISH/ GP Course by Lady Lecturer Score an A1 with exam-oriented notes on Essay, Comprehension, Grammar, Vocab, Summary, Letter Report Pri.. Sec.. Pre-U JC 444-5228 LADY GRAD. SCH. teacher con ducts intensive small grp tuition for Pn 4-6 (Eng./ Maths; Science) with worksheets, notes Excellent results
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        693 13 ■T;.-T^ j§fjsb MINISTRY Or bDUCAIION The future will bring intense competition and changing values. Education and training are central to how Singapore will fare in the new millenium. The Ministry of Education believes that the teacher will play a pivotal role in realising our vision for meeting the challenges of
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        97 13 NOTICE This is to inform that MR ALVIN YEONG KENG SIONG, I/C *****615/A is no longer with the company from 24 JANUARY 1998. Therefore he is not authorised to transact or collect any payment on behalf of the company. MULTI-WAYS EQUIPMENT 24 JANUARY 1998 NOTICE This is to inform the
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        75 13 TENDER NOTICE TENDER ADDENDUM NO. 1 CONTRACT 3348 COVERED LINKWAYS IN BUKIT GOMBAK Tenderers who have previously collected the "Invitation to Tender" documents are requested to collect Tender Addendum No. 1 from the LTA office indicated below: Land Transport Authority Projects Engineering Office Contracts Cost Control Department Tenders Contracts Section
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        282 13 IN THE HIGH COURTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1995 (ACT 15 OF 1995) THE BANKRUPTCY RULES 1995 IN BANKRUPTCY NO. 6 OF 1998 Re TEOCHEESIN (NRICNo.SIO9O63I/H) Debtor Ex-parte ASIA STEEL WELDED MESH CO LTD (REG No. *****0684M) Creditors In the matter of a Creditors' Bankruptcy Petition
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        819 13 rssTi housing I \Y DEVELOPMENT ■■■ft^ y I ■JJ BOARD J The following tenders are covered Tender j Eligibility j Document under the GPA of the WTO: Reference/ Criteria Cost/ j Briefing j Closing Date I Building and Electrical Works at Jurong *****45 CWOI-G7 250 j| West Neighbourhood 2 Contract
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        1072 14 C2d HOUSING I gfmmi > DEVELOPMENT P""""^ ■J J BOARD J Tenderers are invited to rent the following Approx. Minimum I S/No. Block Street Unit No. Floor Area Rent I No Njiime !"2 (sl> I Civil Defence Shelters For All Permitted Service/Retail Trades 1 253 BishanSt22 #81-428 214 1,300/--2 264
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        1224 14 rsr\ housing 1 JM m> DEVELOPMENT iMBt I LJjjBOARD J The Housing and Development Board intends to pre-qualify consultants for the design of the above work. The following prerequisites shall be taken as defining the minimum requirement expected of an Engineered Smoke Control and Mechanical Ventilation Design Consultant: I. Registered
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        342 14 THE BANKRUPTCY ACT 1995 (ACT 15 OF 1995) THE BANKRUPTCY RULES 1995 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE In Bankruptcy So. 2400 of 1 997 Re: NG HIEN CHONG (NRIC No. *****45G) Ex-Pane SIME DIAMOND LEASING (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD (Keen No. 1983M203R) Petitioners NOTICE OF ADVERTISEMENT IN
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        299 14 Singapore '^^0 Polytechnic s TENDER NOTICE Tenders are invited for the following: 1. Tender No: SP/MM/98/1405/ GBC Supply, delivery, installation and commissioning of 1 laser airborne particle counter Eligibility a) CIDB MEO2, MEII.SYOS. SYOB or SYO9 b) EPPU/LTE/10 or EPPU/ECS/10 Financial Limit: a) $100,000 above b) $50,000 above Document Fee:
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        540 15 ■■MM Tenders are invited for the following:--(A) *CQS/23/98 Sit* Investigation for Underground Science City at Kent Ridge Park (B) CQS/24/98 Provision of Cleaning Services to Istana for One (1) Year Ste-Showround: For Item (B) 2.2.98 at 11a.m. Meet at Istana Extension Block Carpark (thru 1 Istana Cavenagh Entrance). Contractors must
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        363 15 HHHHT Defence Procurement Division (A Member of The Defence Technology Group) MINISTRY OF DEFENCE TENDER NOTICE SUPPLY HEADS AND FINANCIAL CATEGORIES: Where registration with the relevant Government Registration Authority (GRA) is a criterion in the evaluation of tender proposals, the applicable Supply Heads and Financial Categories will be indicated against
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        364 15 Tenders are invited for: TERM CONTRACT FOB CONSERVANCY AND CLEANING *ITERM CONTRACT FOR CONSERVANCY AND CLEANING TO JTC SOUTH II C, FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS (This is a GPA-Covered GP) Tender Ref JTC A/41 A/97 Eligibility MWO2 14 and above Closing Date 13.3.98 at 2.30 pm Document Fee
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        640 15 oooojes. just suixt your spiaeef i>oee tt S fly V§ o ■^■■^■91 <SS r £A IPS) I 1 4.30 pm today at Marina or Tampfnes Mall 8 ii 'W TEs&*m* r^flß'i T I walk away with Spicy goodies! Get your SpJceworW Popcorn stand to win etttief aV»«-*~« §^»jm*^iDpi»«iM»oi«p*cncimi>Mid^»Mdmmm Tlctot to
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        53 16 TO^ST "MARUMALARCHT P Jw BS H IShow.fc.OOpm H 3 "KAATHALUKU MARIATHArW MB jPj 1 Show: mtd-nte 18.15 «n H B|-[THAVIkkIVAII\LVMr. 45h0wiMg.15^3.00, 6.00 8.45 pin Vijayakanth Meena H M»«ai Nuiwui 1 illJlSi^ ■k^B P^^^^^^^BS^^^^^^B^^^D^^ MM Ita^otoMif DtvtyiMii itasv "KILAKKUM MERKUUM" TODAY AT 9.00 PM Mural l» Soorayn, Manlvanan "KATHALAINIATWY" TODAY AT
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        21 16 laillllMlll'iHlillilKM Locate its owner through Classification 821 (Found). Simply call C JL.T.S. at 1800-737-1166 for this/ree service. t Another Classified Service
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        855 17 Wishes All Muslim Patrons J^^ Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri g[ •W^BkS /DW /DO/ s o lUSo 'HARD RAIN PSI A *M_ THE RWACEMtNT WUBB (PG) B 'HARORAM(PQ UAjT-TZo-ToO 1 1AM 1:00 5:30 9:30 PM B 11AM-l:30-4K» 6:30 -9:ISPM TONKSHTAOM 1 1 :30 PM m TONCHT/fcSnlilSl THEWt^aTHEDOVIRW 'fig? IT 3^ B
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        227 18 jJgOVERSE^MOV|^ THE FIRST MANDARIN COMEDY IN LUNAR NEW YEAR!!! NOW SHOWING AT CINEMAS:GoIden/P'cess/Q' way/Orchard/New Crown Sneaks Today till 01 Feb at:Golden/P'cess/Q' way Now Showing at: New Crown/Clementi/Orchard/Cathay/Hougang GoWen/Princess^O/town Choa Chu Kang/Republic/Century/Jurong/Oriental/Pavillion I |j^J |L|gji I V \|m El H l^B I NTw^nTowing at: I Commonwealth/Princess Jiow Showing at Golden 7
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        114 18 r Princeset International Pte Ltd y<* Me* \jd*t Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri We are a one-stop centre for all your office automation needs. Full range of computer products and office consumables are available at most competitive prices: 1. IBM, Lexmark. Dataproducts Many Other Brands 2. Internet and CD Rom Advertising
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        276 18 1 i Ren fUNNAN SENTIMENTS Jictoria Theatre. Feb 8, 9: 8 pm. Presented by Ta Ge Dance Theatre and Yunnan Art Institute, featuring ethnic dance and modem dance. Tickets: $10. $20, $35, from Sistic. Call 348-5555/page ♦536-2325. JKT3TOAL INSEMINATION Jubilee Hall. Raffles Hotel. Feb 12 22: 8 pm. About a
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