The New Paper, 15 October 1988

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1 40 The New Paper
  • 20 1 the new paper WEEKEND EDITION SATURDAY, OCTOBER IS/SUNOAV, OCTOBER 10, 1988 *a <f> in/*m SO CENTS M the new paper
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    • 175 1 HICCUP GOODBYE It was a night of sham, says Jeffrey Low. "Seak Poh Leong may as well play all the reserves in Alor Star on Syed Farouk Tuesday."/ Back Page. DOCTORS' BID TO A patient is dying. Some Christian doctors in *^r*/ government hospitals rush to save his soul. This
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 191 2 A WIDOW told police she was raped and robbed by an intruder in her bedroom at her flat in Bedok on Wednesday. Both her teenage children were at school when the incident happened at 9.15 am. The widow, a 38-year-old seamstress who
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    • 64 2 Wire services. PRESIDENT Ronald Reagan today gave up his struggle to secure more military aid for anti-government rebels in Nicaragua. He confirmed that he will not ask Congress to release $33 million worth of stockpiled weapons for the so-called contra guerillas. The weapons are stored
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    • 244 2 A BRANCH president of a union linked to the National Trades Union Congress was told yesterday that he should resign because of his political affiliation. This call was made to Mr M. Ramasamy, by Mr Goh Chee Wee, NTUC's assistant secretary-general, Lianhe Zaobao reported today. Mr
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    • 207 2 Wire services. NORTH Korea today welcomed South Korean President Roh Tae-woo's offer to go to Pyongyang for summit talks. It was the first clear indication ever given by the North that its leader might consent to face-to-face talks with the South on the issue of unification.
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    • Article, Illustration
      43 2 Endangered: Brazilian Indians have run afoul of the law in attempts to block the building of dams that would flood ancestral lands along the Xingu River. Here one of them, Kube-I, is heavilv guarded by police after his arrest. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 170 2 WIN $5,000 every week. Take part in Moneywords, a word puzzle which starts on Monday in The New Paper. Moneywords coupons will appear every day from Monday to Saturday and readers who fill in all the missing letters correctly can win $6,000. If there
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    • 410 3  -  By Griselda Loo and Wong Sing Yeong t HREE beauty queens are doing their part in the Heartstrings 88 Show tonight. The live dial-a-donation variety show at Marina Square aims to raise $3.8 million for the Community Chest. The three beauties posed together at the show's rehearsal last
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 29 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook today from noon to midnight: Late afternoon showers over a few areas. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Sunset today: 6.52 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 6.48 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 666 4  -  By Chitra Rajaram SOME Christian doctors play a double role in government hospitals. They treat patients. Then if one is about to die they rush in to try to save his soul. In Christianity, it is called a death bed conversion. The dying
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    • 114 4 SPRINTER Ben Johnson may be losing more than his Olympic gold medal. His fertility may be at risk in his later years. Anabolic steroids, the kind Johnson was accused of taking, are one of the main causes of infertility in men. The causes will
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    • 274 4 SCREECH and Scream, Moonny and Moolan, Horned Beau and Horned Belle. These are some of the names suggested by 70 young people for the Jurong Bird Park's name-the-owU contest. Yesterday was the last day of the contest to name the new male and female greathorned owls
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    • 183 4 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. celebrities: Celebrities are well-known people, such as those in show business. coerced: If a person is coerced to do something, he does it against his will. defendant: A defendant
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    • 190 4 THE names of people who did not vote in the Sept 3 general election have been struck off the electoral rolls. This is because voting is compulsory. Their names are listed for inspection at the 50 constituencies, including 10 group representation constituencies, which
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    • 497 6  -  By Irene Ng PEOPLE on trial for serious crimes often claim that they made a confession to police only to avoid being beaten up or tortured. Therefore, the defence argues, the confession is worthless as evidence. In court, defendants would charge that police beat
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    • 127 6 THESE are two examples of cases where validity of police statements was challenged: A murder trial in March 1974: The High Court admitted two police statements as evidence and rejected the defendant's claim that police used underhand means to get them. A man, then 22, was on trial
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    • 109 6 NEEDLES-IN-BOY trial in July last year. A District Court judge rejected two statements of confession from two men after their lawyers proved that they were obtained under duress. The men, aged 26 and 37, were on trial for inserting 53 needles into the body of a four-year-old boy.
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    • 480 6 Merlion Week promises world-class sports, entertainment and lots of food. It runs from Nov 12 to 20. Here we give you dates, venues and times for various events: SPORTS The 3 0,000 Merl i on Cup is up for grabs at the 6th Merlion
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    • 289 7 SIX new courses will be on offer next year to give workers even more scope to improve themselves. From January, the Vocational and Industrial Training Board (VITB) will offer courses in: air-conditioning and refrigeration mechanics, electrical fitting and installation, electrical power and mechanics,
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    • 414 7  -  By Geneieve Kwek IN the office of the future you may be able to see who is calling, hear them and see any documents they have to show you on your personal computer. This is one of the technical advances you can see today at
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    • 146 7 A MEDICAL "sexpert" went to Toa Payoh last night to talk about Aids. Trouble was only six people turned up to listen. That didn't stop him. Dr V Atputharajah, a 48-year-old gynaecologist, shrugged off the poor response to his talk at Toa Payoh library: "I think the
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    • 139 7 A ROBOT mouse will help Singapore students catch up with Japanese youngsters in technology. Within the next two years some junior colleges and pre-university centres will be given "mouse kits" by the Institution of Engineers Singapore. "Some Japanese kids start playing with little
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    • 431 8  -  By Thusitha de Silva and Joe Nathan THE scheme to encourage a one-for-one replacement of cars on the roads does not seem to be working this year. More people are holding on to their old cars. Singaporeans scrapped 7,511 cars between January and August
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    • 74 8 NORMAL mail services from Singapore to the United Kingdom have resumed, Telecoms says. Speedpost service to UK, however, will not resume until Monday. The halt in services was due to a general postal strike in Britain which began on Aug 31 and lasted 12 days.
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    • 627 9 Last year was the Year of the Rabbit. And married couples in Singapore seemed to take that literally. Like those productive creatures, people had lots of babies last year. Population Report 1987, released by the Ministry of Health today, indicates the Government's new
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    • 134 9 Wire services. THAILAND'S Foreign Minister says his country has much to learn from the "old tiger" of Singapore in efforts to become an economic heavyweight. The comment was made by Mr Siddhi Savetsila yesterday in a Bangkok meeting with Singapore parliamentarians. The Republic's
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    • 265 9 A NINE-YEAR low in petrol pump prices was reached last night when three major oil companies cut both their premium and intermediate grade products by 4.6 cents. Shell, Mobil and Singapore Petroleum cut premium to 85.4 cents per litre and intermediate to 79
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    • 430 10  -  By Vivien Chiong REPORTING FROM IBUSUKI FORTY Singaporeans were buried alive on a beach in Japan yesterday but everybody lived to tell the tale. Besides their visit to the black sand bath at the Ibusuki Kanko Hotel, they also went to a samurai house,
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    • 62 10 A HEART attack yesterday took the life of Mr Al-Man-sor Adabi, 60, whose former marriage to Ms Maria Hertogh was dissolved, leading to racial riots that caused the deaths of 18 people in the *****. The race riots happened after Ms Hertogh, who was adopted by
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    • 327 10 HOME&DECOR If you've been buying Home Decor off the newsstand, you'll be pleased to know that you can now save M yourself that trip if you subscribe. Afterall Home VUn Decor is really the simplest way to key into the latest ftfe MW VwliW home decor ideas. For $19.20 a
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 301 11 Wire services. PROMISED elections in Burma now seem unlikely before the middle of next year if then. That word came yesterday from the country's new Election Commission, which briefed officials of 18 new opposition parties in the capital. Aung San Suu Kyi, secretary of the
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    • 38 11 Opera: Sydney's skyline backdrops a once-in-a-lifetime sight for Australians the Sphinx Down Under. Actually, it's a replica, being towed on a harbour barge for use in a staging of the opera Aida. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 187 11 Wire services. SOVIET leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachev still faces heavy Kremlin opposition in attempts at economic reform, a senior US intelligence analyst says. "The dictatorship of the Communist party remains untouched and untouchable," said Deputy Central Intelligence Agency Director Robert Gates in a Washington speech. He
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    • 39 11 Compete: Disabled South Korean athlete Koo Ja-yong leads hundreds of others to Seoul City Hall before the staging of the Paralvmpic Games. The contest, which brings together the world's best wheelchair athletes, opens today. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 236 11 Wire services. THE US has denied suggestions by Prince Norodom Sihanouk that Washington was supplying his guerilla forces with military aid. State Department spokesman Mr Charles Redman said in Washington the US provided non-lethal assistance including food, medicine and training to the rebels but
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    • 143 11 Wire services. NEW tests in the US show that the killer disease Aids has been present in America far longer than researchers first thought possible. The tests were conducted on thawed-out tissue samples taken from a youth who died almost two decades ago. They
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    • 387 12 Wire services. TWO new moves have removed any doubt that Moscow will play a key role in Afghanistan long after the last Red Army soldier departs. The latest signs: A pledge of massive aid and the shifting of one of the Kremlin's most influential envoys
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    • 42 12 Arrest: A policeman stands guard over arrested workers in Lima, Peru. Scores of ordinary labourers were jailed when they defied government orders and staged a 24-hour walkout. Police claim the General Workers Confederation harbours anti-government terrorists. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 160 12 Wire services. WHO or what killed Pakistani President Mohammad Zia ul-Haq? The answer to that question, say«US officials, will be made public on Monday when Pakistan releases its findings. The government, assisted by American experts, has been probing the Aug 17 plane crash that
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    • 145 12 Wire services. MONOPOLY, the game for budding and confirmed capitalist speculators, may soon be available in the an-ti-capitalist Soviet Union. A Russian-language edition has been created and negotiations started for distribution in the USSR. In the Soviet version, Moscow's Arbat Street where President Ronald
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    • 49 12 Tussle: They may be birds of peace but these two doves have no qualms about fighting for a meal. Here they scramble to be the first to pick food bits from the mouth of a youth at a park in Central Sevilla, Spain. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 212 12 Wire services. HEAVYWEIGHT champion Mike Tyson claims in divorce papers that his wife married him for his money and fame. Tyson's sworn statement claims he was."constantly manipulated by her and her family to the point of personal distraction regarding his own welfare
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    • 255 13 Wire services. THE verdict is in: Democrat Michael Dukakis failed to land the knockout blow needed to clinch his bid for the White House. Neither man stumbled as Gov Dukakis and Vice President George Bush met face-to-face yesterday for their second and final televised debate
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    • 136 13 Wire services. A FEMALE US navy officer faces trial for refusing to produce a urine sample in front of witnesses. The Navy announced yesterday in Washington that Lt Elizabeth Unger, 29, will be court-martialled on a charge of willfully disobeying an order. A spokesman
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    • 109 13 Wire services. THE World War II generation knows the photo well a US sailor kissing a nurse in a Times Square celebration following Japan's surrender. A former sailor has just settled a suit against the publisher of Life Magazine, claiming he was the man in
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    • 172 13 Wire services. ALGERIAN President Chadli Benjedid's pledge of greater democracy in return for peace has passed its first crucial test. Muslim mass prayers passed yesterday without a feared renewal of violent protests that erupted 10 days ago. The services were viewed as the first
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    • STOCKS
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        254 13 Wire services. SHARE prices bounced back at the close of the London Stock Exchange yesterday in the wake of higher opening prices on Wall Street. The London market had all its gains wiped out in midsession, and had fallen by 0.9 points, following the announcement of an increase in
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      • 8 13 The Tokyo Stock Exchange is closed today.
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        260 13 Wire services. WALL Street share prices closed almost unchanged yesterday. The Dow Jones industrial average, which see-sawed within a 25-point range, finished down 0.18 point at 2,133.18. Advancing shares ran about even with declines in moderate trading of 161 million shares. With little news to inspire buying, traders
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  • Showtime
    • 407 14  -  Thirty people surveyed by The New Paper on Thursday knew some of these celebrities like the "Jacks", Michael Jackson and Jackie Chan. But one person no one knew didn't fare too badly either journalist Paul Zach was mistaken by eight participants for Tom Selleck! By Wong
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    • 251 15 USA Today F I 1 ORGET Dynasty and Dallas. The sexiest soap opera this season isn't on TV. It's the roller-coaster showdown between Mike Tyson and Robin Givens. The heavyweight champ and his gorgeous actress wife have lived the stuff successful soaps are made of power,
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      189 15 SHEENA'S MIAMI DAYS OVER SHEENA Eastern's current role on Miami Vice as Sonny's (Don Johnson) wife will soon be killed off. She has also just finished a new album, her first in three years. The Lover in Me (out on Nov 7 on MCA) has two songs that were
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      203 15  -  Only the best of hit albums By Lim Sek GREATEST Hits compilations used to be real attractions. Then one-hit wonders started to release albums which should be named One Hit and a Whole Lot of Rubbish. However, the albums here are exceptions to this rule. They contain all the
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    • 346 16 B REAKDANCING, handstands, wheelchair stunts and waving ribbons leave you cheering for more. Survive is the name of this dance by members of the Handicaps Welfare Association and SBC Showdancers. Their performance in Heartstrings 88 is about how people help and support each other. The SBC
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    • 122 16 A DRIZZLE will not stop tonight's Heartstrings 88 Show. The performers are willing to brave the rain for charity. The organisers have planned for the worst. But if it rains heavily, the concert will be postponed to the next day. If it pours
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    • 282 16 WATCH the sparks fly on the first Talentime '88 show on Tuesday at 8 pm. SBC producer Lim Sek says it will be fast-paced. The going will be tough, he says, because standards are high this year. The first semi-finals of the series will feature six
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    • 144 16 THIS year's SBC Tamil Talentime winner, Manimaran, will be on stage to present your favourite numbers in Geetacharam or musical garland. That is the name of the musical night organised by a local showbiz firm, Sri Durgai Amman Creations, at the World Trade Centre tomorrow at
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
    • 136 15 lENYAI EITHNE NI BHRAONAIN, now known simply as ENYA left home in County Donegal to join the family band, Clannad. After playing with them for two albums and tours, she decided to make the break and go on alone. Whilst developing this new direction, ENYA composed, scored and sang on
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1369 17 RADIOGUIDE NOON News in Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON On Track: Ross Tucker plays NOON Newsdesk r>s7 IJ.OS F..: Join Ro», Ko.l to, NOON Enay Liatanlnf: James Last I_>3 /W>C an afternoon of good music and Hia Orchaatra and Klaua Wun- Cr taflaettaaa: A moment of ra*rsNA fun from hu
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  • UPDATE
    • 1689 18 SATURDAY SUNDAY ►Ceotrestage I —-y DRAMA CONTEST. Five ±r groups of undergraduates 1 1 compete for cash prizes of up to $500. Performances include Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Sam Shepard's Fool For Love. World Trade Centre Auditorium. 8 pm. Tickets at $3,
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      132 18 TODAY [77f OUT AND ABOUT: L?U Discover Peranakan heritage and culture. Get to 7 see some old treasures and ceremonial items such as the embroided shoes. National Museum. 7/T NIGHTLIGHTS: Catch the Stereo Band, from Las —J Vegas, USA at their debut performance with Top 40 nts at
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    • 240 18 00 00 CO o E CO Od <X LU CHARITY WALK. Join more than 40,000 people in the Heartstrings walk to Marina Square. Meet at one of the eight starting points: Silat Primary School at Bukit Merah, Delta Sports Complex, Botanic Gardens, Whitley Secondary
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    • 94 18 JACINTHA, Robert Fernando, Ivy Low, Thomas Teo and pop group Gingerbread will be here tonight. They will be here for Heartstrings, this year's Community Chest Show. Hear them sing a song specially penned for the occasion and watch a Chinese butterfly dance by SBC drama artistes. The
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      121 18 EXPRESSIVE eyes, delicate fingers and pure energy. These are some ingredients of this solo Kuchipudi dance recital, as well as those amazing neck movements that have become synonymous with Indian dance. Ms Rajyasri Muralidhar, who studied under the highest ranked Kuchipudi guru in India, will do eight of
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
    • 1436 19 THIS two-hour charity show is Y Bt J abandoned dogs that turn killers, Viewers can phone in to pledge their I AL Jolson starred in The Jazz preying on the people of a resort town donations to raise funds for the Hpgr>' r r jK| y Singer, the first movie
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  • Page 20 Miscellaneous
    • 1088 20 Televisions yElj But; tenant (Martin Hung and Chiao Chuang. <JLa^4Mta 5 screen 5 <L\. I 8 screens On course for a showdown: 12 GOLFjDUMHILL cup *88 illiiiiiii i'iii *****1111 ii iiii mi ii mi Keeping watch: mIII iiii i'tmii hi it iimi ■?■!.Si iiit F a °d Curtis Strange should
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  • UPDATE
    • 1688 23 SATURDAY ►CtNTRESTACE —DRAMA CONTEST. Five ±r groups of undergraduates 1 compete for cash prizes of up to $500. Performances include Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs and Sam Shepard's Fool For Love. World Trade Centre Auditorium. 8 pm. Tickets at $3, $5 and $7 at
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    • Article, Illustration
      137 23 TODAY VTX OUT AND ABOUT: L——J Discover Peranakan heritage and culture. Get to 7 see some old treasures and ceremonial items such as the embroided shoes. National Museum. I v yiAim t*iMjk T/T NIGHTLIGHTS: Catch the Stereo Band, from Las z—J Vegas, USA at their debut performance with
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    • 233 23 HEARTSTRINGS '88 CHARITY WALK Join more than 40,000 people in the Heartstrings walk to Marina Square. Meet at one of the eight starting points: Silat Primary School at Bukit Merah, Delta Sports Complex, Botanic Gardens, Whitley Secondary School at Bukit Timah, Christ Church Secondary
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    • 95 23 JACINTH A, Robert Fernando, Ivy Low, Thomas Teo and pop group Gingerbread will be here tonight. They will be here for Heartstrings, this year's Community Chest Show. Hear them sing a song specially penned for the occasion and watch a Chinese butterfly dance by SBC drama artistes.
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      121 23 EXPRESSIVE eyes, delicate fingers and pure energy. These are some ingredients of this solo Kuchipudi dance recital, as well as those amazing neck movements that have become synonymous with Indian dance. Ms Rajyasri Muralidhar, who studied under the highest ranked Kuchipudi guru in India, will do eight of
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 1865 24 RADIOGUIDE Mi News la Brief (Programme, in English) «-00 Breakfast Club: Rediffusion's 6.00 World News <^^9>SS^SS2 ®-®9 0a Air Wake up to the songs of 6.00 News ia Brief «06 Frem Our Owe Cerrespeadeat in eirl y morning 6.03 Highlights weat her update, and feature..' 425 M^b#ok 11 V\ P
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 377 25  -  By Griselda Loo I T'S so easy to fall in love with Hiltrud and Matthias' puppets. Puppeteers Hiltrud Vor-berg-Beck, 42, and Matthias Kuchta, 39, make up the Lille Kartofler (small potatoes) Figurentheater, a puppet theatre team. Naturally, the potato is their symbol. Potatoes are
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    • 90 25 LILLE Kartofler, specially flown in by the Goethe Institute, will put up two shows at the Queenstown Branch Library at 2 pm and 3.15 pm today. And on Monday, there will be three more shows at the Yishun New Town Community Centre. Show times are 10.00
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    • 154 28 Do you find the thought of being interviewed somewhat daunting? Do you have sleepless nights before the interview? > i Is&7 ms&| JHMWI m JSjgjj 3i [H W This book offers some useful hints to help you prepare for an interview. It explains some important do's and don'ts, and provides
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      407 29 FEW Hollywood biographical movies have shown more devotion to their subject than Clint Eastwood's Bird. Taking a hard story the short, sad life of jazz revolutionary Charlie Parker Eastwood and his team neither flinch from the dark nor ignore the light. Parker was a player whose alto saxophone
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      206 29  -  By Sonja Tan GOOD MORNING VIETNAM (Orchard) MOVIE-GOERS will not be disappointed by Good Morning Vietnam thanks to Robin Williams, who plays fast-talking army deejay Adrian Cronauer. The year is 1965 and he delivers rapid-fire jokes to raise morale. Time: Midnight. SHE'S HAVING A BABY (Prince 1) THIS film
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    • 96 30 Sin-depth reports on sensitive issues, common fears, and the latest outrage. COME OF THE DARK Revealing write-ups on famous (and infamous) personalities. Also, shopping tips. Travel views. Fashion news. Gossip. Updates on music, movies and television. All things the working girl likes, and likes to know more of. A wealth
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  • NOWMATTERS
    • 322 31  -  Stories/ Loh Tuan Lee TYING knots and learning first aid are what Singapore's scouts are good at these days. No more is it trekking and orienteering. That's the message from six scouts who received the President's Scouts award yesterday. Modern Singapore and its shrinking
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    • 297 31 SINGAPORE'S youth want their own "chop" to show on their clothes. They are no longer satisfied with off-the-rack T-shirts at department stores. Now they prefer T-shirts on which they can display their names, or otherwise express their personality. Ms Elim Chew, 22, has been watching the
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    • AMATTEROFOPINION
      • 481 31 Lee Wai, 21, unemployed. "I used to think that having another university was a good idea, but now I'm out of school, I think it is not necessary. There are too many graduates, nobody wants to take up blue-collar jobs like construction work
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    • 328 33 lAPPONTMENTS Arms Pub ft Restaurant haa vacancies for PART-TIME WAITERS/ WAITRESSES e 4 hours between 10am 4pm e Monday Friday e $350 per month e Meal and Training provided Interested, please call at: 9 Battery Road #81-00 Btralts Trading Building Singapore 0104 I (from 3pm to 6pm) J [>/ I£|
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    • 272 33 EARN ABOVE $2000 p.m. Part-time career as property agents of pte. hse./ HDB flats. *****42 F&W PTE. LTD. We have immediate poets for TECHNICIANS e Completed NA. e Preferably below 35 year* of ace. e ITC/ NTC In Electronics or equivalent. e Able to work overtime, ujete j* Free transport
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    • 285 33 We are a dynamic and people centred service Company providing International shipping services to our clients and overseas associates. In our rapid path of expansion, excellent Job opportunities have been created. We are looking for people with the commitment to build a challenging career with us. ASSISTANT MANAGER HUMAN RESOURCES
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  • SPORTS/RACING
    • 410 34  -  By THE THREE MUSKETEERS STREAKING took an unexpected thrashing from Divine Light last month at KL when he was a red-hot favourite following his easy win in the Stamford Arms Handicap at Bukit Timah. He is probably as good as the punters thought that day and we rate
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    • 311 34 A GREAT battle is in store in Race 2 today between top trainer Teh Choon Beng's two entries, Fighting Spirit and Penang Lass. The last time the pair met was in a Class Three sprint in good going and Fighting Spirit won by a bit
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  • SPORTS
    • 421 35 AFP. NEW badminton sensation Ardy Wiranata continued his giant-killing run in the Carlsberg badminton Classic in Preston yesterday. The Indonesian teenager followed up his spectacular second-round victory over world champion Yang Yang with a straight-game demolition of Steve Baddeley to reach the semi-finals. The youngster's airborne attacks in
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    • 115 35 AFP. The Canadian Track and Field Association (CTFA) said yesterday it would hold its own inquiry into drug taking by athletes in the wake of the Ben Johnson doping scandal. The inquiry's mandate will be decided at the weekend, but it follows pressure on the CTFA not to
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    • 214 35 Reuter. TRACES of a banned stimulant found in Briton Linford Christie after the Olympic 100 m final saved him from being disqualified when the substance was discovered after the 200 m, the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) top medical officer said yesterday. Prince Alexandre de Merode, chairman of
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    • 179 35 Reuter. SOCRATES, midfield star of the brilliant Brazilian soccer squad of the early 1980s is returning to the game. Socrates, who retired 18 months ago, said yesterday he had signed a year-long contract with Santos. "I was invited to give it another try. After thinking
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    • 449 35 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL Men's Champion Clubs Cup: Ist rd, Ist leg: Partizani (Alb) 101 Zalaegerszegi (Hun) 90, Asker (Nor) 81 Nashua Den Bosch (Hoi) 101, Skovlunde (Den) 86 Ostend (Bel) 97. Women's Champion Clubs Cup: Nentori (Alb) 73 Levski Spartak Sofia (Bui) 103, Hoybraten
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  • MALAYSIACUP
    • 254 36 M WHAT an irony. While Singapore was struggling against Kedah at the National Stadium, a former Singaporean set alight the Merdeka Stadium with a brave show. Razali Alias, whose partnership with Fandi Ahmad brought Singapore honours in its Lion City Cup tournaments in the 70s,
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    • 398 36 The match was heading for a goalless draw, until Selangor struck. Two goals in three minutes was all it took to sink Kelantan. The 42,000 Selangor supporters at the Merdeka Stadium went wild. Our man on the spot S. GULAM reports on the quarter-final from Kuala Lumpur Li
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    • 265 36 THE REACTION KELANTAN has not given up hope yet. On the contrary, it is confident of overcoming the twogoal deficit at Kota Baru on Tuesday and qualifying for the semi-fi-nal. "No problem for us. We can easily beat them 3-0 on our homeground," said coach Mohd Che Su.
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    • 320 37  -  Penang, despite all the pre-match hype, failed to contain a Fandi Ahmad-led KL attack and succumbed 2-0 in the first-leg quarter-final at City Stadium last night. And at Larkin, Sarawak simply didn't measure up and lost 2-0 to Johor. So the losers go into~ Tuesday's second
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    • 58 37 I thought that if we were to win, it would be by only one goal. To get two was, to a certain extent, a bonus. Penang lost the game when they lost their cool while we kept ours. (But) I won't be satisfied until we win
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    • 38 37 They (Penang's players) V are young and hot-headed, they didn't play well anymore after that (the 60th min goal). KL was the better team. But it's not over yet. PtMMg OMdl M. fappM (rtfht)
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    • 69 37 Penang: Lim Say Hoe, Rahman Robin, Kamal Khalid, Redzuan Puteh (Che Ros, 45th), S. Muraiiraj, Abdul Rahman Maina (Halim Che Ar, 45th), K. Sathiaselvam, Mahmud Halim, Zabidi Hassan, Aziz Azizan, Jelani Wilastra (capt). KL: Rashid Hassan, Razip Ismail, Serbegeth Singh, Chow Siew Yai, Tang Siew Seng
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    • 420 37  -  By Abdul Shukor in Johor NO flair, no fire, no fusion. Maybe the Hornbills can't play football after all. They came, they saw, and they faltered. A shame really, considering Sarawak has been dishing out good football before yesterday's first-leg quarter-final at Larkin. In front of
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    • 59 37 Johor: Hassan Mishkam; Roslan Hamid, Nasir Mohd Noor; Hussin Embi, Ismail Ibrahim, Abdullah Noor; Khalid Shahdan, Nasir Yusof, Ramlan Sharman (A. Ravichandran), Malek Yassin, Azmi Taib. Sarawak: Affendi Joll; Roslan Mustaffa, Daud Hamid (Sulaiman Mustanir); Roslan Ismail, Abdullah Sallim, Abu Bakar Amran (Aedi Julaihi); Mohd Ali
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    • Article, Illustration
      310 38  -  The most depressed Stories/. Alfonso Chan SALIM Moin was the most depressed man after last night's match. He hit the bar in the 71st minute and when the cherry returned to him again, he bit it too hard he swiped ball flew off his feet and over
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    • 163 38 MARADONA. Singapore coach Seak Poh Leong wants a player like that, after last night's sad and sorry draw. Someone of that calibre, a class above the rest. In effect, what Poh Leong was hinting at, was that Singapore's strikers do not have what it takes to
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    • 354 39 It was a goalless draw. But to Kedah's Mentri Besar, it was as good as a win. It was team spirit, he said, as Kedah celebrated. ALFONSO CHAN takes you behind the scenes CONSIDER it a win for Kedah. Even the Mentri Besar of Kedah, Datuk
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    • 102 39 WHAT THEY SAY KEDAH were ambitious last night. They were out to win, says Datuk Ahmad Basri, the Kedah team manager. "How can you say we came here to play for a draw? "No, we went all out for a win!" Datuk Ahmad added that Kedah was
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    • 84 39 KEDAH coach Ahmad Shafie was happy and relieved. "I'm happy we drew," he said. "Both teams played good football, and it was a close match. "Singapore had its chances, so did we. "But there's the return match and I hope we'll play better then." Added ace midfielder
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    363 40  -  Jeffrey Low GOODBYE, Malaysia Cup. Thanks for the short season. It wasn't good while it lasted. But never mind, see you next year... Anything better would be against the natural course of football, a miracle, or perhaps even a farce. So, Mr Seak Poh Leong. May as well play
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