The New Paper, 8 August 1988
1988-08-08
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Title Section12 1988-08-08 1 the new paper MONDAY AUCUST S, 1988 MCI (P) 179/4/88 SO CENTS12 words
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Advertisement138 1988-08-08 1 Hud CArsyi vices BBfli He big zero |*fr 7Singapore takes 17 shots and caxrt score even one goal. Result? A 1-0 Malaysia Cup loss to Perlis. Jeffrey Low tells it straight: Our team is a flop. We look like "consistent losers" for rest of season. HEAT ISLANDS Toa Payoh and138 words
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Advertisement83 1988-08-08 1 Mousketeer l Hv Jm mvv" jtfL/ .1 Act 3's Ruby Lim-Yang chats and sings with children over TV-phone link between The New Paper and Metro Marina. No proof sex better It's not true that sex after giving birth is better for women who have babies by Caesarean section, says obstetrician.83 words
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Article, Illustration37 1988-08-08 1 It's Moe Alkaffs birthday and yours too. Indeed, the whole nation turns 23 tomorrow. So come to the party tonight. At Orchard Road fronting Dynasty Hotel. Details inside./ Page 2 Picture/ SlMON KeRPicture/ SlMON KeR - 37 words
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THENEWSTODAY
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Article344 1988-08-08 2 Brian Miller - The stages are up in the Orchard Road MRT park, and so are the lights for the Giant Disco party. Starting at 10pm. Come and sing along and dance Orchard Road fronting Dynasty Hotel will be blocked off for dancing. By Brian Miller YOU are344 words
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Article, Illustration231 1988-08-08 2 DEEJAY Moe Alkaff of The Music Force is one lucky guy! I mean, how many of us can have the country turn up for our birthday bash. Moe can and Moe will. You see, he turns 26 tomorrow and at 10 tonight231 words
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Article47 1988-08-08 2 Reuter. THE late rock star John Lennon suffered from an eating disorder and took the drug LSD like it was candy, says a new book by Albert Goldman. Parts of the book, The Loves of John Lennon, have appeared in America's People magazine. Reuter.Reuter. - 47 words
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118 1988-08-08 2 NST. 'SNAKE KING' Ali Khan Shamsuddin says it was an accident that his pet cobra bit the hand that was feeding it. Now out of hospital, he wants to prove that he hasn't lost his touch. Ali Khan is one of the famousNST. - 118 words
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Article, Illustration233 1988-08-08 2 ITEM Performed by Dencers Stag* Opening JazzO 2 Air Force Wu Jla Ming Sam Tseng 2 Fried Rice Dick Lee CecHla Hon 3 Paradise Life In The Dick Lee Tony Llacer 2 Uon City Birthday Moe Alkaff, 2 Wishes Leslie PMay, Gurmlt Singh Mata BuayaUnda EJizabetti233 words
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Article197 1988-08-08 2 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong has come out in favour of a year-end bonus and not a monthly pay rise this weekend. In hard times, it is easier to not give a bonus than to cut wages, he said. Unions and employers have197 words
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269 1988-08-08 2 RISING temperatures are making "heat islands" out of housing estates like Ang Mo Kio and Toa Payoh. In the past seven years average temperatures here have risen by one-half degree to 27 celsius. It seems to be due to rising world temperatures. And269 words
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Article, Illustration155 1988-08-08 3 Augustine Low - By Augustine Low THEY toss, twirl and flick 5.7 kg rifles as if they were toy guns. With grace, with precision. For three minutes, 120 military policemen will put on another sleek drill at the National Day Parade tomorrow. And for the first time, theyGraphic by Soh Ah Teck - 155 words
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Miscellaneous32 1988-08-08 2 The weather WEATHER outlook for Singapore from noon to midnight: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 30 degrees. Minimum: 25 degrees. Sunset today: 7.15 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.05 am.32 words
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Advertisement47 1988-08-08 3 DRINKS The 60,000 packets j) of drinks to be I (IS dtertoutedwoukleasiyy? ir fW 62 bathtubs MEDICAL TEAM The 300 doctors, nurses and orderlies on duty are IJS times more than what There would also be enough medcal supplies to treat 1,100 people for minor injuries. i47 words
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Advertisement41 1988-08-08 3 M The statistics behind tomorrow's N-Day Parade tag* •nough'tooo round Singapore. a TRANSPORT ujp The 1,230 buses and trucks provided for ferrying spectators and participants would stretch p|J from Changi Airport to Parkway Parade. on Wfe BBSS MU H» Bfe H«si«!.-.41 words
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Advertisement62 1988-08-08 3 HELICOPTER A Super Puma helicopter will be parked on a field at Mountbatten Road, near the A&W and Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants, for emergency, if any. LIGHTING 2,000 lights that will brighten up the show that night could light up 5,000 HDB flats. CARPARKS The spec® provided for 4,200 H62 words
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SINGAPORETODAY
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Article, Illustration230 1988-08-08 4 Ambrose Poh - By Ambrose Poh If any of the 800 foreign workers staying in dormitories at Changi want to go to town, they start walking. The nearest bus stop is 1.5 km away. These workers of Hyundai Engineering and Construction live about 600 m from the Pan-IslandPictures/ NICKLAUS D'CRUZ - 230 words
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Article114 1988-08-08 4 THE DARK, lonely hours between midnight and dawn are the most dangerous for taxi drivers. Since 1986 three cabbies have been murdered and another missing is thought to be dead. So far this year there have been 33 more attacks on cabbies than during the same114 words
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Article, Illustration260 1988-08-08 4 Michelle Oh - By Michelle Oh CIGARETTE salesman Peh Wa Leong has to learn to be a "left-hand man." His right arm was reattached in an operation' recently, and still feels nothing. It could be a year before he can make use of that armPicture/ Choo Chwee Hua - 260 words
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Article177 1988-08-08 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check* their meanings. Auspicious: Great hope of success. Something that is auspicious gives great promise that success is very likely. Bloated: Big and swollen. Something which is bloated is much bigger than177 words
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Article, Illustration198 1988-08-08 6 This bench not safe for sleeping IF you booze and snooze you lose. All your cash and valuables. Mr Lee Hai Cheong, 24, found this out early Saturday morning. Thieves stole his wallet and watch while he was sleeping off the effect of some drinks on a parkPicture/ CHOO CHWEE HuA - 198 words
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211 1988-08-08 6 DOUBLY cheated that's how Mr Lim Chua Pow, 36, feels today. First his car was stolen. Then he paid $1,500 as part of a deal to get his stolen car back. And he lost that too. Lim, of Pending Road, lost211 words
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Article, Illustration258 1988-08-08 6 Chitra Rajaram - By Chitra Rajaram LITTLE Tasmeen Shernaz plays and gurgles like any eight-month-old baby. But every time her parents look at her, they want to cry. Their only child is dying. Doctors at the National University Hospital say the little girl has less than two monthsPicture/ CHITRA RAJARAM - 258 words
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Article, Illustration116 1988-08-08 6 FOUR days and 177 guesses later, Hotline Plus has found not 10 but 11 winners for our teaser photo contest. Many of you guessed correctly. They were valves on a pipeline. But only 11 knew where they were on a traffic island on Havelock116 words
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Article, Illustration156 1988-08-08 7 Karen Goh; Harjinder Kaur - Story/ Karen Goh and Harjinder Kaur THE two videophones at Metro Marina were a big hit with weekend shoppers, who chatted with guests at Times House. The guests included SBC actress Chen Bifeng, Ruby Lim-Yang of Act 3, Violet Oon of The Food Paper, deejay MonicaPictures/AUNDRY UAN. NICKLAUS D'CRUZ, JOHN TAN and DAVID TAN - 156 words
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Article, Illustration101 1988-08-08 7 The videophone's built-in screen and camera let you see the person you are talking to. The larger graphic videophone can take a picture of an object or drawing and send it along using a device (A) called a still picture input terminal. The camera (B) is mounted101 words
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Article, Illustration178 1988-08-08 7 Tourist's irish: English tourist Gerald Roberts, 49, was amazed to find videophones here. "If they were on sale, I'd buy. Then I'd be able to tell if the person I'm talking to is lying." Professor's verdict: Mr Kim Y. D., 59, a physics professor from178 words
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Article, Illustration83 1988-08-08 7 Again, with feeling: Once was not enough for some Chen Bifeng fans. Five or six of them just had to talk to the SBC star a second time. There was a tussle for the phone between twins Cecilia and Lydia Lim. With a song: Deejay Monica Lim, 37,83 words
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Article, Illustration277 1988-08-08 8 Michelle Oh; Angeline Song - By Michelle Oh and Angeline Song THERE is a ruling on school uniforms in force which is causing some far from uniform reaction. Good, say some parents. Silly, say others. And the students themselves mostly agree with the second group. The ruling, enforced by some schools,277 words
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Article101 1988-08-08 8 A POLICE officer is the third Singaporean known to have been hurt in the Butterworth jetty collapse a week ago. He made a witness' report to Penang police yesterday. Inspector Lee Hwa Guan of Geylang Police Station was with his parents going to the Goddess101 words
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143 1988-08-08 8 BRAINS, muscle and talent will be put to test as schools celebrate National Day today. In school for two hours, there will be quizzes, parades, concerts and sporting activities. At Hong Dao Primary School in Ang Mo Kio, the upper primary pupils will143 words
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Article, Illustration157 1988-08-08 8 MR Lee Chin Koon is 85. But he still swims every night. He loves ballroom dancing and eating durians. He is seldom absent from work. Yesterday, at the first luncheon held specially for senior members of the Chinese Swimming Club, he wasPictures/ NICKLAUS D'CRUZ - 157 words
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292 1988-08-08 8 MANY Singapore women want to give birth by caesarian section for the wrong reasons, a doctor at Singapore General Hospital said. Caesarian section is an operation to take the baby out through a cut in the abdomen. Dr Maurine Tsakok is292 words
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Advertisement71 1988-08-08 4 NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATION BUFFET At Phoenix, we're celebrating in a big way with a sumptuous spread of hot local favourites like laksa, "paper wrapped" fried chicken, beef curry, mango pudding and many, many more! Join us for dinner on Bth August or lunch and dinner on 9th August. Adult: $1450++71 words
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Advertisement16 1988-08-08 8 Use Videophones at Metro Marina Between noon and 2 pm and from 4.30 pm today —i—16 words
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WORLDTODAY
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Article, Illustration332 1988-08-08 10 Wire services. THE DISMISSAL of Malaysia's top judge is bound to invite greater political control of a court system that is supposed to be independent, lawyers and others say. The king's action Sunday also seems to strengthen Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad in his legalWire services. - 332 words
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Article153 1988-08-08 10 Wire services. POLITICAL opponents of Malaysia's Prime Minister have won a High Court ruling that requires newspapers to use the word "Baru" new —when referring to his party. Justice Ajaib Singh's ruling is temporary. It will stand only until the full court has heardWire services. - 153 words
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Article, Illustration58 1988-08-08 10 Helping hind: Rescuers pull a woman passenger from the window of a wrecked train carriage in Paris. She was among 30 people injured when the train slammed into a buffer at the end of a track at Gare de I'Est railway station on Saturday.Picture/ AFP; AFP. - 58 words
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217 1988-08-08 10 Wire services. Prime Minister Bob Hawke says he will fight moves to choke off Asian immigration to Australia. His opposition has threatened to limit immigration if it endangered social harmony. More than 100,000 Vietnamese have settled in the country since the end of theWire services. - 217 words
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290 1988-08-08 10 Wire services. MOST of Hongkong's 5 million Chinese see the luckiest day of their lives written on the calendar today. Reason: All the eights line up in a row. It is the eighth day of the eighth month of theWire services. - 290 words
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123 1988-08-08 10 Wire services. A team of Japanese schoolboys has scaled the previously unclimbed Mashurio Kangri peak in the Himalayas, the Press Trust of India reported today. The six-member expedition from Suzuka high school, in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, reached theWire services. - 123 words
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Article, Illustration260 1988-08-08 12 UPI. PRINCE Norodom Sihanouk is ready to seek a separate peace agreement with the Hanoi-backed regime in Phnom Penh. Sihanouk resigned last month as head of the three-party resistance coalition in Cambodia. He now suggests that the coalition's seat at the United Nations be vacated. The coalitionUPI.; Picture/ REUTER - 260 words
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Article109 1988-08-08 12 NST. A MALAYSIAN magistrate is worried that American television shows may be bad for the young. Mr Frederick Indran Nicholas said there were too much violence and "unhealthy values" on these shows. He made the remarks during a trial of five youths, including a 16-year-old schoolboy.NST. - 109 words
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Article121 1988-08-08 12 Wire services. INDIAN officials have lost hope of finding survivors among 400 people missing since an overcrowded ferry capsized in the Ganges River. "You can't rescue a body in the river at this time of year because of the strong current," said an official. TheWire services. - 121 words
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130 1988-08-08 12 Wire services. FEARS of political unrest and terrorism are keeping Americans away from the Seoul Olympics. Olympic organisers are expecting 10,000 Americans to attend the games next month. But travel agencies say business is slow. "It's grim," complained a San Francisco travel agent. "It'sWire services. - 130 words
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Article272 1988-08-08 12 Wire services. THE question for troubled Burma has suddenly become: What now? A new government is in power. Some economic reforms have been approved. Leaders promise to bring down food prices. But individual liberties remain tightly controlled. Violent anti-gov-ernment street riots are growing. Disorder is spreadingWire services. - 272 words
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Article58 1988-08-08 12 Wire services. IF AMERICANS cast votes today in the presidential election, Democrat Michael Dukakis would win. That is the finding of the New York Times' latest survey. It shows Dukakis leading Vice-pres-ident George Bush by 17 percentage points. Bush is the almost-certain Republican nomineeWire services. - 58 words
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Article, Illustration48 1988-08-08 13 Back to nature: Disappointment awaits holidav-makers who come to this Spanish beach hoping for a day away from crowds. The beach in Gerona is jammed with thousands of sun-bathers. Their umbrellas, towels and picnic hampers cover almost every square metre. Picture/ REUTERPicture/ REUTER - 48 words
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Article140 1988-08-08 13 Wire services. China's beggars are both well-or-ganised amd rich. That's what a daily newspaper there said after one was arrested in Guangzhou with almost 5512,000 in his pockets. That is about what the average Chinese makes in 20 years of working. "From 1949 (when theWire services. - 140 words
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Article233 1988-08-08 13 Wire services. IRANIAN television told viewers today that a truce in the eight-year-old war with Iraq may be at hand. It said Iraq had dropped its demand for immediate face-to-face talks a major stumbling block to the ceasefire being arranged by the United Nations. IranWire services. - 233 words
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132 1988-08-08 13 Reuter. PRESIDENT Corazon Aquino of the Phillipines told those who say she has stolen money to try to prove it. "Some people say the Aquino administration is the same as the Marcos administration," she said on the radio yesterday.Reuter. - 132 words
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Article, Illustration47 1988-08-08 13 Rare birth: Some of 21 newborn anacondas hang from the palms of an employee at Douela-Fontaine Zoo in western France. The anaconda an elusive tropical snake seldom reproduces itself in captivity: It weighs up to 70 kg when fully grown. Picture/ AFPPicture/ AFP - 47 words
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Advertisement123 1988-08-08 11 Look for Sony's EF-60 Audio Tape in blue, at Authorised Sony "fepe Dealer. For one comes free with every purchase of either two blue Sony E-120 or E-180 Video Tapes. A purchase of one of each is also valid. And remember EF6O Audio Tape automatically 'We are Lucky Draw. For123 words
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Advertisement31 1988-08-08 12 NOW WIN ATRIP TpfftfAN J —JjgyJ, VISIT A SAMURAI HOUSE HAVE A BLACK SAND BATH STAY /N A JAPANESE INN EXPERIENCE HAIIAJUXU EXPLORE A NINJA HOUSE I y I DISCOVER DISNEYLAND31 words
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Advertisement127 1988-08-08 13 GO DOWN RIVER KISO 'I FL -grfa^P" RIDE ON A BULLET TRAIN ALL EXPENSES PAID PLUS 40,000 YEN SHOPPING MONEY IN THE NEW PAPER-lETSTREAM TOUR CONTEST EVERY WEEK FOUR TRIPS TO BE WON EACH WEEK. Mow to enter" 1 lust buy T he New I'jper Siiu;aporc> afternoon paper. everv Monday127 words
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Showstime
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Article, Illustration479 1988-08-08 14 You asked for it. So here're more excerpts from Michael Jackson's book Moonwalk, only in The New Paper. I ADMIT I love starting trends. But I never thought wearing white socks was going to catch on. Not too long ago it was considered extremely square to479 words
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Article100 1988-08-08 14 WHAT really makes me happy, what I love, is performing and creating. I appreciate art for that reason. I'm a great admirer of Michelangelo and of how he poured his soul into his work. He knew in his heart that one day he would die, but that100 words
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Article, Illustration371 1988-08-08 15 WITH the average movie audience ranging in age from 14 to 30, a young star in the saddle might bring the western galloping back. At least that was part of the thinking at 20th Century Fox. UPI. SO Fox produced Young Guns, A Tale Of Billy TheUPI. - 371 words
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Article, Illustration256 1988-08-08 15 Adeline Woon - By Adeline Woon LIKE FATHER LIKE SON (Orchard) DUDLEY Moore and Kirk Cameron star in this comedy about a father and son who switch brains. What they, do with each other's life provides the laughs. Times: 11.15 am, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.15 pm. RAMBO 111 (Overseas Theatres/Cathay Cinemas) JOHN256 words
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Foodnotes
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Article, Illustration759 1988-08-08 16 We spoke to four chefs who gave us their choices. And we spoke to you too. ttoftot: Lawrence Low and Loh Tuan Lee Ptctarat: Nicklaus D'Cruz, David Tan, Aundry Gan and John Tan MR Joe Yap, 42, is sous chef at the Westin Stamford and Westin759 words
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Article113 1988-08-08 16 -CHICKEN rice or hokkien mec," Miss Jenny Teo, 26, deejay with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. "Tow suan with fried crullers" Miss Yu Sock Pang, 18, clerk with American International Assurance. "Hainanese chicken rice or cha guo tiao," Miss Michelle Wee, 30, public relations manager with113 words
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Miscellaneous2182 1988-08-08 17 T levision screen Movie I EZW91 Animalympics Tea-Break Special gems r jrek III: The Search MB Yellowbeard FOr SDOCk —animals from around the world, (SBC 5, 4.00 pm) L9 *r instead of athletes, compete for CATCH a star-studded lineup of great (SBC 5, 10.00pm) gold. France's horsey gold comedians like2,182 words
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Foodnotes
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Article, Illustration759 1988-08-08 21 We spoke to four chefs who gave us their choices. And we spoke to you too. Starto: Lawrence Low and Loh Tuan Lee Ptctares: Ntcklaus D'Cruz, David Tan, Aundry Gan and John Tan MR Joe Yap, 42, is sous chef at the Westin Stamford and Westin759 words
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Article115 1988-08-08 21 -CHICKEN rice or hokkien mee" Miss Jenny Teo, 26, deejay with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation. "Tow man with fried crullers" Miss Yu Sock Pang, 18, clerk with American International Assurance. "Hainaneae chicken rice or cha guo tiao," Miss Michelle Wee, 30, public relations manager with115 words
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SHOWTIME
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Article, Illustration340 1988-08-08 22 Adeline Woon - By Adeline Woon THE '60s. When beehive hairstyles and miniskirts were in, and the X-periment was one of the most popular bands in Singapore. They broke up towards the end of 1985, and now many fans are wondering what their lead singer, Joe Chandran, isPicture/ AUNDRY CAN - 340 words
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Article259 1988-08-08 22 Geraldine Goh - By Geraldine Goh CULTURE vultures can swoop upon a double treat when they hear a Franz Lehar operetta sung in English and Mandarin in January next year. The Land of Smiles is an ambitious project from The National University of Singapore Society and the National259 words
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Article, Illustration238 1988-08-08 23 Lo Tien Yin - By Lo Tien Yin IT WAS nearly midnight. But pop music was blasting from the auditorium at Anglo Chinese Secondary School. Seven boys huddled in groups around tape recorders scribbled madly on music scores. Got the rhythm right? The melody? The harmony? They did get238 words
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SEEINGSTARS
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Article, Illustration26 1988-08-08 23 ROB Lowe actually turned down the lead role in Top Gun which then went to Tom Cruise. Llii: Turned down lead role.26 words
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Article, Illustration37 1988-08-08 23 TOM Cruise went to a San Francisco monastery school when he was 14 but decided he didn't want to be a priest because he loved women too much. Cfiss. Loved women too much.37 words
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Article20 1988-08-08 23 KYLIE Minogue hasn't always been good. "At school I copied how to spell 'bicycle' to impress this20 words
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Article, Illustration43 1988-08-08 23 AND yet another quip from Ronald Reagan: "I heard one presidential candidate say that what this country needed was a President for the 90s. I was set to run again. 1 thought he said a President in his 905." M<Nh9MruD43 words
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Advertisement129 1988-08-08 22 THE NEW PAPER METRO -< PRESENT Pk OK EXPERIENCE IT > %s ATMETRO MARINA NOW!Ifs a technological marvel. And ifs in Singapore ahead of time ready for you to use. For fun. For free. Go to Metro Marina. Call up The New Paper on one of the two videophones. Speak129 words
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Advertisement134 1988-08-08 23 The future, now Introducing the most advanced large screen TV. The brilliant new Super Planar Space is a familiar environment ENHANCED CONTRAST onlv colour lo And by applying this experience, V technologv weVe mack; advances I\ contrast J equipment for the office and home. DISTORTION FREE f! VP i HiO134 words
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8-8-88 SPECIAL
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Article254 1988-08-08 25 Irene Hoe - Today's date sounds, in Cantonese, like prosperity twice doubled; are prosperous telephone numbers just a matter of convenience for callers, or coincidence, or superstition? Here are some we looked up By Irene Hoe AIRLINES do it. Travel agents do it. Hotels do it. So do254 words
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Article, Illustration263 1988-08-08 25 A LOCAL tycoon has the number 38 on all the licence plates of his cars. In Cantonese, 3 and 8 sound the same as "live and prosper." Another businessman opts for the number 28 on his cars and lives in House No.Picture/NICKLAUS de CRUZ - 263 words
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Article, Illustration95 1988-08-08 25 FOR Mr Sunny Chua, 43, there were many ventures that failed until he started 18 Hours Automative Service five years ago. Now his smile tells it all. The sun is shining and his motor repair service in Braddell Road is thriving. He plans to open a branch. ChuaPicture/John Tan - 95 words
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Article, Illustration175 1988-08-08 25 WHEN the original owners of the Furama Hotel learnt that their brand new telephone number had to begin with 53, they were mildly horrified. They were from Hongkong and very Cantonese. Starting with 53 (which sounded like "um sang" which means "won't live" or175 words
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Article, Illustration78 1988-08-08 25 EACH time the Air Canada Boeing 747 arrives in Singapore from Toronto, London and Bombay, it brings a renewable cargo of prosperity on the wings of Flight AC 888. The flight number was changed to 888 in February this year the airline had asked78 words
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Miscellaneous1700 1988-08-08 26 RADIOGUDE msggggs/ EMiHH ■M'imim'K'l EOm^H II I NOON Nm la Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON find Mask, Csaipaay Aad Ma: NOON Navsdesk 12#5 '•■•cMata: Join Jeanette Jo- NOON Easy Listaaiag: The London h £r Up with 12.30 Wbara Aagels Faar Ta Tread: AaJ »®P h f r K reat selection1,700 words
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Advertisement91 1988-08-08 28 Four stalls of fun Win a round at the Wheel of Fortune, counter the Cube Puzzle, get into Guess The Number of Words and solve the game of Snakes Ladders. You can join in the fun and win lots of attractive prizes in the four exciting games stalls presented by91 words
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Advertisement187 1988-08-08 29 Love is the greatest cure! For those who seek insight into other places and times, 'The Physician" goes beyond the sumptuous and corrupt courts of Persia into the realm of the bizarre. The extraordinary detail and circumstances of the protagonist's encounters and his eye for the mysterious makes this piece187 words
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Miscellaneous149 1988-08-08 29 COMICRELIEF Hagar the Horrible/pik Browne WHAT YE6, Wg PIViPgP UP THE I? KAWHICTg a4gW A t WOJ2K—I Pf2EPAf?ePTMg I V ANYONE? VTv PAZTY.' J Pf2lN*s AHP MA6AI? A\APB I r-^ SMACKS AugUSt3/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill KjS •••l^ f .\7' "N K (JWWF. 1 PtfN'T PMPlfc I<SOMeOUT JJ£ZV£f /(WHAT/) TWAT J149 words
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Miscellaneous90 1988-08-08 30 I COMICRELIEF I Orchard Road/conn Goh Single Slices/peter Kohisaat I I?P H, ,NC S I SCKTEMf£IoO 1 AMb A FlWf OF I *W!AW i CathY/Cathy VuA r fnu IT mitmill J.f mato thln^S 80 much easier SST 2H If I lust murdered all my old boyfriends." >-^ySTT City/Stephen Stanley fc90 words
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Article, Illustration568 1988-08-08 31 Dennis Chia - RACING By Dennis Chia THE owner-trainer partnership of Agasam Stables and Lee Seng Hap have unearthed a potential champion in Western Union V. A four-year-old American gelding by Lemhi Gold out of My Celebrity, Western Union V made a winning debut at Kuala Lumpur over the weekend. He568 words
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Article, Illustration112 1988-08-08 31 BORIS Becker blasted his way past John McEnroe to take the United States hardcourt tennis title yesterday. For Becker, who won 6-4, 6-2, it was his first Grand Prix title since losing to Sweden's Stefan Edberg at Wimbledon. Becker broke McEnroe's serve to take a 5-4112 words
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Article611 1988-08-08 31 RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: ATHLETICS British Olympic Trials in Birmingham Men: 110 m hurdles: 1 Colin Jackson 13.29 2 Anthony Jarrett 13.59 3 Jon Ridgeon 13.75; 200 m: 1 Linford christie 20.46 2 John Regis 20.56 3 Michael Rosswess 20.77; 800 m: 1 Steve Cram 1:44.16 2 Tom611 words
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Article, Illustration103 1988-08-08 31 MONACO moved up to second place in the French First Division soccer standings on the 11th hour. A 90th-min-ute goal by Manuel Amo- ros gave the champions victory over unbeaten Paris St Germain. Sochaux, unexpected early stars of the season with threewins in five games,103 words
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Article, Illustration237 1988-08-08 32 Alfonso Chan - Stories/ Alfonso Chan BASKETBALL officials and experts are predicting an American win over China in the final of the Merlion Cup at Geylang Indoor Stadium tonight. It will be a fascinating contrast between the stylistic play of Brewster Heights "Applepackers" and the swift, Chinese Olympians. Most237 words
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Article253 1988-08-08 32 MERLIONCUP IT was the last thing China needed yesterday before its game against America tonight a tough match. As a result, the Chinese Olympic team beat Australia's Brisbane by only 11 points, winning 77-66. On the outset, the Chinese thought they could take it easy,253 words
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Article198 1988-08-08 32 SINGAPORE will host the Asian Basketball Confederation women's championship in April, 1990. This assurance was given by ABC secretary-general Lum Mun Chak, who watched the Merlion Cup games at the Geylang Indoor Stadium last night. Singapore's bid for the women's championship will be given198 words
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Article, Illustration35 1988-08-08 32 Watch it, buddy: Brisbane's John Dorge (No. 15) issues a warning to China's Wang Fei (No. 5) after a tussle. Sun Feng Wu tries to settle the feud. Pictures/ AUDRY GANPictures/ AUDRY GAN - 35 words
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Article, Illustration19 1988-08-08 32 Bottled lip: China's Wang Fei is fouled by Brisbane's John Dorge (No. 15).19 words
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Article, Illustration209 1988-08-08 33 THE SAINTS' forward pack made the difference when St Andrew's beat Raffles Institution 14-0 in a rugby match at Woodsville on Saturday. Their pack averaged 60kg weight and 1.70 m height. No. 8 Melvin Chan stands at 1.85 m. Leong Jee Wong, prop and captain, 88kg.209 words
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Article, Illustration291 1988-08-08 33 Squash may be Singapore's pride. But where our juniors are concerned, they are in for a good hiding at the East Asia meet in Kuala Lumpur. SHAHIRON SAHARI shows you why. WHITEWASH U-19 (1st round): Basil Lui lost to Reuben Espiritu 9-5, 10-8, 9-3; U-16 q/f:291 words
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Article, Illustration146 1988-08-08 33 PATIENCE is a virtue and 27-year-old national squash trainee Simon Yang knows it. He learnt this from his recent five-week trip to New Zealand. "The Kiwis and Aussies are more patient and rally longer," Simon said. "In Singapore, we tend to finish the game quickly."146 words
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Article, Illustration616 1988-08-08 34 Jeffrey Low - Draw bores? No more. Not after the way Singapore sank 1-0 to Perlis at Kangar yesterday... Jeffrey Low DROP that nickname "draw specialists". Replace it with "consistent losers". And, at the end of the season, add "wooden-spoon-ists". This is no mean prediction. It comes straight from the heart because616 words
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Article118 1988-08-08 34 HOME-TEAM Negri Sembilan's pre-match joy at winning Dunhill's Team of the Month (July) award turned to sorrow when K. Pathraasivan scored in the 12th minute at Seremban Municipal Stadium. AT KUBU Stadium, Sarawak 'keeper Affendy Jol put up an outstanding display between the posts to deny host Malacca full118 words
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Article, Illustration29 1988-08-08 35 Jeffrey Low - MALAYSIACUP By Jeffrey Low Go for it: Singapore's K. Kannan and Perlis defender Musa Saad go for the ball at full speed Picture/ STEVEN LEEPicture/ STEVEN LEE - 29 words
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Article, Illustration206 1988-08-08 35 SEAK Poh Leong was involved in a running battle of words with the press yesterday. After his team's defeat, Poh Leong tried to talk his way out without sounding very convincing. The biggest question: Why was Kannan replaced? "We wanted height in the attack. We206 words
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Article, Illustration128 1988-08-08 35 PERLIS coach Ali Osman offered an excuse for Singapore, and then laughed it off when the press replied that he must joking. "Singapore can blame the heat," he smiled. "It was very hot today. Singapore is not used to it. We are." But when Ali128 words
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Article50 1988-08-08 35 THERE will be fewer fans following the Singapore team to away matches if it shows the same form. According to tour organiser Walter Koh, two busloads of Singaporeans headed straight home after yesterday's match. He said: "They told me it was a waste of time following the team around."50 words
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Article794 1988-08-08 36 ►At the CARNIVAL I RUBBER LADY. See j contortionist Aily Yong twist herself into unimaginable shapes. Free. Area D, Manna Centre. 7 pm 7.30 pm. PASAR MALAM. Over 100 stalls selling traditional foods, fruits, knick-knacks and bargain items. Area A, Manna Centre. 5 pm 10 pm.794 words
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Article23 1988-08-08 36 OUT AND ABOUT: Find out about your roots OUT AND ABOUT: First heats of dance contest AT THE CARNIVAL: Woman contortionist23 words
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Article, Illustration81 1988-08-08 36 A disco for 18,000 people. Right smack on busy Orchard Road. That's what has been planned by the Singapore Armed Forces Reservist Association and Fraser A Neave to celebrate Singapore's 23rd National Day. Local singers including Mark Chan, Dick Lee, Rahimah Rahim and Clement Chow81 words
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