The New Paper, 23 December 1988

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  • 12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1988 MCI (P) 179/4/88 50 cents
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    • 158 1 I GREAT PARTY! j^Hl H One-year-old Jla Yen with about 2,000 0 Lims crowded the World Trade Centre tl last night for a gathering of the clan. T H Some came from as far as China and W Canada. We sent our Lims reporter ty. M Swee Hong and photographer
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    • 88 1 ™TSS^„° P n .ct e i guessed a pack of joggers would be as threatening to dogs as packs of dogs were to lone joggers. But, believe me, a e» k never attacked any lone dog. Now I look forward to jogging outside the Botanic Gardens That was one to
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  • 57 1 Revenge call: A massive crater, about 9m deep and 60m long, gapes where homes once stood in Lockerbie, Scotland. It was gouged by pieces of a Pan Am jumbo jet that may have been blown apart by terrorists. At least 22 villagers were killed, along with 258
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 355 2 Business Times. THE PUBLIC Service Commission (PSC) had a good idea last week when it invited undergraduates in their final or honours year to apply for civil service jobs. More than 1,500 requests for application forms have already been received. And the closing date for applications
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    • 166 2 Business Times. A $20 million condominium is planned for a 4,600 sq m plot of land off Jervois Road, just a five-minute walk from the Tanglin area. The up-market project by Clydesview Development will provide 32 three-to five-bedroom units. Ten of the units will be
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    • 158 2 Business Times. FIRST, the courts ruled that they could pass judgement on the actions of Parliament under the Internal Security Act (ISA). Then, the Government announced that the ISA would be amended and strengthened to make it clear that the courts had
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    • 87 2 Wire services. ABOUT 160 passengers were forced to take to the sea this morning after fire broke out on their ship off the Philippine island of Panay. Coast Guard officials said 60 people had been rescued. The fate of the others was not known. Mr Alfredo
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    • 190 2 NST. TWO nightclub singers and a hotel guest died in a predawn fire yesterday which gutted a hotel in Seremban, Malaysia. Two other singers were rescued from the first floor by firemen using a skylift minutes after the fire was noticed at the Century
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    • 129 2 Business Times. APPEALS of lawyer Francis Seow against convictions and fines on five charges of tax evasion and the decision to try him without his presence have been filed with the High Court. Another tax evasion charge is pending and prosecutors say they may ask for a jail
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    • 33 2 THE WEATHER THE weather outlook from noon to midnight: Showers over several areas in the afternoon and early evening. Maximum temperature: 31 degrees. Minimum: 24 degrees. Sunset: 7.06 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.03 am.
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 517 3 About 2,000 people named Lim gathered at the World Trade Centre last night. It was a double-barrelled celebration by the Lim clan. Lims on hand included The New Paper reporter LIM SWEE HONG and The Straits Times photographer LIM SIN THAI. This is how
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    • 204 3 CHINESE clans have been urged to help stem the erosion of Asian traditions by organising more family get-togethers during festivals. Singapore Press Holdings executive chairman and honorary life president of the Lim clan, Mr Lim Kim San, said family events would help keep the
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 442 4  -  *1 would rather put my dogs to sleep than give them away* Some people are unhappy with the new rules for dog ownership announced yesterday. Others have welcomed them. Do the rules ensure responsible behaviour on the part of dog owners? What are people's reactions
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    • 275 4 DOG owners take heed the amended Dog (Licensing and Control) Rules take effect today. They are aimed at recalcitrant dog owners, Dr Ngiam Tong Tau told a press conference yesterday. He is Director of the Primary Production Department (PPD). The PPD is now able to
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    • 303 4 Several people contacted by The New Paper yesterday welcomed the stiffer rules to curb the rising complaints about dog nuisance. MS Wendy Teo, who lives in Toa Payoh Lorong 4, said the law will punish dog owners who bring their pets out to
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 569 6  -  By Irene Hoe A RICH alliance of friends and family brought a billiondollar project to Singapore $1.2 billion to be exact. The names and the dollars are likely to renew speculation that they will lead Hongkong money to Singapore. For Suntec City Development Pte
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    • 103 6 SOMEBODY almost cut Mr Tan Wee Kiong's head off with a chopper in a gang fight near Serangoon Plaza. The badly mutilated body of the 33-year-old odd jobs labourer was found at the junction of Syed Alwi Road and Serangoon Road yesterday. A bloodstained chopper was
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    • 109 6 THE LAST straw for Charles Michael Chan Chuan came when a tourist whose purse he stole was willing to forget about it but the hotel manager insisted on calling police. That was when he seized a pair of tweezers and tried to kill himself in the
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    • 366 6 THEY pile in on the boss every Christmas season often in fancy leather or velvet bindings. Those that also have the name embossed on the front in gold leaf pose the worst problem. They are harder to give away. Even the busiest of executives couldn't
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    • 375 7 THE OLD Chinese custom of eating flour dumplings during the winter festival seems about to pass into history. These pink and white dumplings used to be common during the winter festival, which took place on, Wednesday this year. But few people were overly fond of them
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    • 209 7 FLOUR dumplings are eaten only during China's winter festival, when the sun is furthest away from the northern hemisphere. After this shortest day and longest night of the year, the sun moves north. Spring is on its way. The lunar new year should
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    • 405 8  -  By Chow Wai Fong WHEN Ms Kwa Sing Chew went Christmas shopping yesterday, the only crowd she had to deal with was 100 salespeople eager to serve. Robinsons department store opened an hour early at 9.30 am so Ms Kwa and other handicapped persons
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    • 197 8 THE Anglo-Chinese School Old Boys Association will set up a new scholarship fund to help former students of the school pay their way through college. Called the Wong Nang Eong Teaching Scholarships, they will be open to old boys and girls who wish to be teachers.
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    • 62 8 OLD boys of AngloChinese School (ACS) are going to get a new designer tie in midFebruary. It will be designed by the internationally known fashion designer, Mr Benny Ong, who is an old boy himself. The dark-blue silk tie will carry the ACS emblem
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    • 328 9 HAVING won a software writing competition they are now going after hard cash. Three of the six winners of this year's National Software competition have been negotiating with music schools and computer companies. "At least four to five companies approached me during Informatics," said
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    • 234 9 ENJOY yourself at Orchard Road, where large crowds are expected every evening up to New Year's eve but be careful, say the police. They have come up with a list of do's and don'ts. People are advised not to: wear too much jewellery or
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    • 188 9 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. burn-out: Exhausted. chronic: When used to describe someone's bad habit or behaviour it means that he has been behaving in that manner for a long time and does not
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    • 210 9 AT last, things seem to be looking up in the construction business. The number of workers hired by construction companies has increased for the first time in more than four years. Construction Industry Development Board figures for the July-September quarter, released yesterday showed a
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    • 73 8 r I Christmas in tr Jir®^£ Orchard Rd /tJ&v JFT CHRISTMAS is shopping. lM\ It's the mad rush. The crush. l»SjBfcJ JS& >*n It is many things to many peo- ple «m$E£w\m To artist Raymond Lee, it is The artist from Shin Min Daily News looks at Christmas IsilKss 1
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 557 10 Wire services. SABOTAGE has emerged as a likely cause of the midair destruction of a Pan Am Boeing 747 over a Scottish border village. At least 273 persons were killed in the air disaster yesterday, the worst in British history. Investigators in Lockerbie focused on terrorist
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    • 307 10 Wire services. IF YOU'RE a Soviet stamp collector you'll be guaranteed a voice in the new Parliament. The same goes for non-drinkers, sports fans and film fanatics. But not for those who are part of mass political movements, such as Baltic groups seeking freedom from
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    • 129 10 Wire services. PARIS talks aimed at ending the conflict in Cambodia have ended in failure. Delegates left the French capital yesterday without setting a date for another meeting. The parley ended when rebels rejected the Cambodian government's counter-proposals to opposition leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk's peace
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    • 145 10 Wire services. KING Carl XVI Gustaf is just another Swede when it comes to Christmas shopping. He went out to buy toys in Stockholm yesterday and was confronted by a clerk who demanded proof that he was, indeed, the king along with his royal credit
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 237 12 Wire services. A TENSE Tibet awaits the outcome of delicate negotiations between China and the Dalai Lama. China and the Dalai Lama have agreed to a round of talks in Geneva next month. No date has been set and details are being negotiated by
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    • 238 12 Wire services. US CUSTOMS officials said today they have uncovered a Kremlin scheme to obtain US-made computers that are believed vital to Soviet defences. A spokesman said the case was broken with the arrest of a man who tried to ship out of the
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    • 192 12 Wire services LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi has vowed to meet any US attack on a suspected poison-gas plant in his country with force of his own. He made the comment yesterday while denying Washington's charges that a Libyan plant is making chemical-warfare weapons. He says
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    • 49 13 Moneyspinners: Since opening itself to the West, China has begun to show more religious tolerance. Christmas cards like the ones held by this young sales Srson in tijing have become commonplace. They are now sold in most department stores in the capital. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 237 13 Wire services. PRIME Minister Chatichai Choonhavan has strongly reaffirmed a desire for closer ties with communist Vietnam. "Rapprochement with Vietnam is one of my top priorities," Gen Chatichai told a gathering in Bangkok yesterday of foreign and local reporters. He added
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    • 124 13 Wire services. CHEMICAL workers demanding higher bonuses and more vacation time have staged the first legal strike in Taiwan since 1949. The strike at the Dairen Chemical Corporation near the southern port city of Kaohsiung began yesterday after negotiations with management broke down last
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    • 77 13 Wire services. THE only black peer in the British House of Lords says bias against West Indians and other Commonwealth immigrants is increasing in Britain. The Grenada-born Lord David Pitt said the British "no longer even try to apologise for their
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    • 298 13 Wire services. MOSCOW has held out the prospect of a unilateral Soviet withdrawal from Cam Ranh Bay in Vietnam, says Philippine Foreign Minister Raul Mangalpus. He told reporters after talks with Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze that Moscow was no longer linking its proposed pullout with
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    • 156 13 Wire services. THE days of colonialism are over for Africa. South Africa yesterday signed an agreement with Cuba and Angola granting independence to the continent's last colony. It now becomes the black-ruled nation of Namibia. The pact, signed at United Nations offices in New
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      258 12 Wire services. SHARES fell on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The Financial Times 30-Bhare index closed 2.6 points down at 1432.4. Volume was 381.2 million shares. Traders said there was scant interest in the market other than a last-minute tidying up of positions. Dealers said they would be finishing
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    • 81 12 SHARE prices surged in opening trade on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today following a rush of buy orders for bank and consumer-related shares, brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 171.18 points, or 0.57 per cent, to 29,945.79 after 15 minutes of trade. Rises led falls by more than two
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    • 51 12 FT Industrials Thu 1,432.40 (1,435.00) Dow Jones Average Thu 2,160.36. (2,164.64) ST Industrial Thu 1,016.14 (1,014.41) NST Industrial Thu 1,777.65 (1,773.70) Hongkong Hang Seng Thu 2,642.73 (2,633.09) Australian All Ordinaries Thu 1,483.80 (1,479.60) Nikkei Stock Average Thu 29,774.61 (29,698.19) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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      260 12 Wire services. WALL Street stocks closed lower yesterday in lethargic trading as investors moved to the sidelines ahead of the long Christmas weekend. The Dow Jones industrial average closed 4.28 points down at 2,160.36. Declining issues led gainers by 779 to 690 on a moderate New York Stock
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  • Showtime
    • 487 14 ATLANTIS, the Grange Road disco that sank into receivership, will rise again as a new disco named Bubbles. The new owner is Dah Yung Trading. It hopes to pop the champagne corks for a Dec 29 opening. Mr Michael Yeo, one of the directors of Dah
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    • 209 14  -  First hand news, but... but... By Ting Mei See ONE nice thing about Jendela Dunia, or Window to the World (9.30 pm, RTM 2 last i night) is that it gives you first hand news from around the world. Included was the latest on the crashed Pan Am jumbo
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    • Article, Illustration
      187 15 m WILLOW (Cathay and Leisure-Drome) A FANTASY adventure, Willow unfortunately has too much of the same for anyone who has seen all of George Lucas's films. Willow Ufgood, a Nelwyn dwarf, undertakes the task of getting baby Elora Danan out of evil Queen Bavmorda's grasp. SCROOGED (Lido) BILL Murray
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    • 299 15 WHAT'S new, pussycat? Tom Jones wants to lay a Kiss on you, that's what. His version of Prince's 1986 hit is the second-fastest rising single on Billboard's chart at No 40. It's heard in the film, My Stepmother Is an Alien. Jones' dance version, backed by
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    • 352 16  -  By Pauline Tan Y I 'UTAKA Tadokoro makes his acting debut in Tokyo Pop as an aspiring rocker, Hiro, who is fascinated with American rock 'n' roll. In reality, Yutaka ranks as one of Japan's newest rock stars with his band, Red Warriors. They
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    • 326 16  -  REVIEW/ Strange Encounters II 9.30 pm Dec 19, SBC 8 By Wee Hwee Sian M AKING its debut on Monday (9.30 pm on SBC 8), Strange Encounters II raised a couple of questions. Will this sequel be as popular and will it
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    • 151 16 BEING married has not stopped Sharon from entering beauty contests. A veteran of beauty contests when she was single, Sharon says: "I'm just carrying on with my interest." Another reason for her participation in the Mrs of the World/Singapore contest is to lose weight. "It's a
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1676 17 SCREEN M Disappearing World The Dramatic Urge Friday At The Movies GEMS M The Whale Hunters of Lamalera (7.50 pm, The Dirty Dozen Mr SBC 12) THIS programme takes (10.40 pm, SBC 5) behind the scenes at Beauty World, TWELVE convicts are reprieved THE Lamaholot are the whale our homegrown
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  • 1155 18 Formula One racing is to the racing enthusiast what the Olympics is to the sportsman. As Singapore bids to bring the ultimate driving experience here, ABDUL SHUKOR throws light on what it takes to get the green flag for our stake in this glamorous international
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 435 22  -  By Lo Tien Yin Y ES, you can hear water gongs. You can also see how they are played in a made-in-Singapore composition. The occasion: New Music Forum II at 8 pm on Jan 18 at the Victoria Concert Hall. Featuring more serious contemporary works of
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    • 272 22 A FACE or rather, a voice to watch out for this festive season is Jasmine Liew's. She will be coming out of SBC's Santa's Sack on Christmas Eve. Also, she will be cheering in the New Year at the Welcome '89 Show at Raffles City.
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    • Article, Illustration
      415 22 USA Today. SELLECK BABY TOM Selleck who had gone by himself to the final White House state dinner for the Reagans last month and said his wife couldn't attend because she was "gestating" at home became a father on Friday. His wife, British actress Jillie Mack, gave birth in
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    • 415 23  -  PREVIEW/ By Lo Tien Yin G OOD news for those who heard a lot about TheatreWorks' Beauty World but never got «to see it. The performance may be over but excerpts of it will "cha-cha" into your living room. An SBC documentary today will give you
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 80 24 I KISSING '88 GOODBYE I I THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS I I BLACK HUMOUR I I DRESSING UP WITH WIT AND FLAIR 1 I SANTA SPEAKS I ADAM GETS AN EXCLUSIVE I II if GAMES PEOPLE PLAY I BORED? TRY BOARD GAMES I THERE'S SCREEN GEMS '89 ALWAYS
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  • TRAVELNOTES
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      420 25  -  By David Brazil FUN DAYS IN DARWIN NEW air links bring Darwin, capital city of the Northern j Territories of Australia, well within reach for Singaporeans. I Darwin itself has a lot to offer even without exploring the 1 wide open spaces of north Oz. The Diamond Beach Hotel
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    • 163 25  -  By Irene Ng FANCY a treehouse designed to lift love higher? Then head down to Cebu, the Philippines, where you will find a bamboo lover's nest perched six metres above the isolated Ricky's Rock Beach. The treehouse is for "lovebirds who need time alone", as its caretaker Ms
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    • 59 25 I I ylll OPENING ON 24TH DECEMBER! VERY AFFORDABLE PRICES! Sunday to Thursday: *to (inclusive of 2 standard drinks) Friday, Saturday and eve of Public *fS Holidays: (inclusive of 2 standard drinks) Christmas Eve and Christmas Day: *20 (inclusive of 1 standard drink and free novelties) Amara Hotel (4th Level),
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 782 26 So you got talked into hosting last-minute Yuletide festivities. Don't panic. Three food experts give LIM SWEE HONG some tips TOO late to plan a Christmas party? Says who? Not Mrs Sylvia Sundram, for one. Last year she shopped and cooked
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    • 263 26 IF you're going to cook, here are two of Sylvia's recipes. She says the achar is a "must" at a Eurasian Christmas dinner. It adds a local touch to the Christmas spread. If you pickle it today, it will be ready for
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  • SHOPTALK
    • 392 27 CHRISTMAS Day is usually a quiet, uneventful day for most who would probably be recovering from late-night partying. But if you need a last-min-ute gift, or insist on shopping and haven't had shopper's burn-out yet, here's a list of department stores that will
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      343 27 Grab these cheap, brand new books RETAILERS: If you have a promotion, sale or weekend special you'd like readers to know about, tell The Weekend Browser. This column will appear every Friday together with the latest shopping news. Write to The Weekend Browser, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 1643 30 RADIOGUIDE NOON News is Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Coed Music, Company and Me: NOON Nowsdask 12.05 Laachdate: See Air Raves. NOON Easy Listening: An afternoon of A musical treat to keep you 12.30 PeeoM By Pest Michael Rosen \jy yy C/\/\ 1.00 News aad Weather Repert light music is
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  • SPORTS
    • 245 31 MORNING TRACKWORK.. .WITH MALCOLM BASTIANS RACING... BESTPLAN continued to impress at trackwork in Penang this morning. He strode out fluently with Ismail Ismadi astride over the 600 m sprint in 42.9. The Try My Best five-year-old Irish gelding, who came with a big reputation, caught the eye
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    • 124 31 RACE 1: Class 4 Div D 1,200 m (2.00pm): Herbs, Treasure Seeker, Destination V. RACE 2: Class 4 Div F 1,200 m (2.35pm): Arken Gem, Shantin View 11. RACE 3: Class 4 Div B 1,700 m (3.05pm): Man of Mars 11, Apache's Fury, Robber Baron 11, Last Laugh.
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    • 218 31 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BASKETBALL NBA League: Cleveland 115 Boston 114, Milwaukee 112 Charlotte 100, Seattle 109 Miami 101, New Jersey 122 Dallas 120, Utah 98 Washington 82, San Antonio 125 Sacramento 107. Men's Champion Clubs' Cup Q-finals: Yugoplastika (Yug) 86 Nashua den Bosch (Hoi) 79,
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    • 355 32 Reuter. A TWICE-TAKEN penalty by striker Giuseppe Giannini sent Italy on its way to a 2-0 victory over a spirited Scottish side in a friendly soccer international in Perugia yesterday. Scotland, without five regulars because of injury, held out against Italy's fluent attack for 47 minutes before
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    • 312 32 Wire services. NORWEGIAN international Erik Thorstvedt could make his long-awaited debut for Tottenham at home to Luton on Boxing Day. Tottenham manager Terry Venables has finally obtained the Football Association's sanction for the 26-year-old goalkeeper. Thorstvedt's papers arrived at the FA headquarters from Sweden yesterday and were cleared
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    • 338 32 EUROPE KICKOFF: ENGLAND ARSENAL will sweep to the top of the First Division on goal difference from Norwich if its wins the London derby at Charlton on Boxing Day. Manager George Graham's men would increase the pressure on current leader Norwich to regain the
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    • 292 33 Zarinah Abdullah's''o" level preliminary results are good enough for junior college. But it can wait for three months, she feels... for badminton. SHAHIRON SAHARI reports FOR Zarinah Abdullah, badminton is top priority. Even ahead of studies. The 17-year-old national women's champion said her "0" level preliminary exam
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    • 150 33 SOCCER EXTRA Reuter. TROUBLED Queen's Park Rangers defender Mark Dennis escaped further suspension but was fined $3,500 yesterday for bringing soccer into disrepute by spitting at an opponent. Dennis, 27, was found guilty on his sixth disrepute charge at a threehour FA Disciplinary hearing into the
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    • 225 33 AFP. FORMER England fullback Kenny Sansom is expected to sign for Newcastle before Christmas. New St James' Park manager Jim Smith hopes to finalise a $1.05 million deal in time to play him at Sheffield Wednesday on Boxing Day. Sansom lost his Arsenal place to Nigel Winterburn
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    • 164 33 Reuter. MANCHESTER United defender Viv Anderson may miss the rest of the English soccer season due to a back injury. The 31-year-old England full back had a spinal disc removed just 48 hours after being found guilty by the Football Association of bringing the game into
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    • 496 34 4 Day Four of The New Paper's countdown to next-month's semi-pro Premier League features Jurong Town FC, the star-studded favourite with big dreams. S GULAM reports T HE order from the boss was sharp and clear: Sweep everything in sight. That means the Premier League
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    • 151 34 THEIR past is nothing to gloat about. They would rather not talk about it. But the future, ah, that's worth looking forwad to. Formed in 1975, Jurong Town Football Club and success were as close as the North and South poles. That was until a year
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