The New Paper, 17 March 1989

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  • 12 1 the new paper FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1989 m (P) 179/4/88 SO CENTS
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    • 108 1 INDIAN WOMEN LAMENT WHY WE LOST OUR MEN Four Indian women tell why they cannot find husbands. They are too choosy. They wait too long for Mr Right. Brought up with traditional values, their men desert them for younger, flashier women. "Maybe she was able to give him what I
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  • Article, Illustration
    40 1 Crucifixes are broken, angels are smashed. The Bidadari Christian Cemetery looks like the special target of vandals. No one knows who is doing this, or how, or why. "You can tell it's deliberately done." Page 3 Picture/AlJNDRY GaN
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 845 2  -  This story resulted from a Hotline Plus call Ms N Shanti is an attractive 30-year-old who has given up hope of ever getting married. She called The New Paper's Hotline Plus yesterday to tell why after seeing our March 9 story about Indian women who
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    • 210 2  -  By Ronald Wong ARE you Indian, male and single? If so, the Indian Social Committee of the Sri Muneeswaran Temple in Queensway wants you. They are short of eligible bachelors to attend the social activities they organise to bring together
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    • 162 2 MALAYSIAN Public Enterprises Minister Datuk Hajah Naps i a h Omar, who travels incognito in public transport to test it, said that she knew Kuala Lumpur taxi drivers needed lessons in courtesy. "I have been travelling incognito on taxis and buses and I am convinced there
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    • 474 3  -  This story resulted from a HotlinePlus call By Augustine Low MANY tombstones at the Bidadari Christian Cemetery off Upper Serangoon Road have been damaged. Vandals are believed to be behind the destruction. Marble crosses have been broken off headstones. The heads and wings of many porcelain angels
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    • 27 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook from noon: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Maximum temperature: 32 degrees. Minimum: 25 degrees. The sun rises tomorrow at 7.09 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 537 4  -  By Ng Wan Ching A YOUNG woman who had her first baby a few weeks ago felt a different kind of pain after delivery. It was not caused by "extra labour" but by a 7 cm piece of cotton material left in
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    • 201 4 TOXIC Shock Syndrome is an illness suffered by some women who have foreign material, such as a tampon, in their vaginas for a long time. The New Paper spoke to five doctors and gynaecologists yesterday to find out more about it. Here
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    • 183 4 THE Public Works Department said yesterday that it took away the pedestrian crossing across Orchard Road at Lucky Plaza to ease traffic congestion there. The New Paper ran an article last Monday on pedestrians who are still using the spot to get
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    • 136 4 THIS hornet nest held a lorry driver up for hours on Wednesday afternoon. It was up on a tree at Bukit Batok East Avenue 2, near a nature reserve. The driver, Mr Chow Phuan Yen, 34, feared for the safety of passersby. He knew joggers
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 406 6 MOST of the people who called up Hotline Plus to say their piece on our story "How are we treating our maids?" yesterday, were neighbours and observers. There were two employers, and only one maid. In all, we received 14 calls. Five of
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    • 613 6  -  By Yusman Ahmad A I WATCH is on sale in Singapore that can dial overseas calls for you. The worry is that some people are using it to make IDD (international direct dialling) calls without paying for them. It was not known, however, if
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 446 8  -  Stories/ Augustine Low SINGAPOREANS will be sticking to safe and trusted destinations for the school holidays coming up in June. It will be Europe, the United States and New Zealand for those going on long hauls, and Phuket, Bangkok and Hongkong for the other tourists.
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    • 257 8 MORE foreign tourist organisations are out to woo Singapore travellers. The drive to promote foreign destinations comes in different forms exhibitions, slide and photography shows, and talks and hardsell missions, some fancier than others. A massive exhibition to show people the attractions of Sarawak
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    • 538 8  -  By Ronald Wong IN Sri Lanka, people are inhaling heroin and drinking opium in their coffee. Almost nobody did that there until 1981. It was a significant year. The country saw a heavy increase in tourist traffic, money poured in so did
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    • 490 9  -  By Thusitha De Silva DON'T come home, Lassie, not to Bayshore Park. The days of big dogs are numbered at this East Coast condominium. At Bayshore Park, dog owners are being told: No big dogs; only toy dogs, please. Mr Jeremy Kee, the
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    • 118 9 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. abstinence: The practice of holding back or not doing something that one enjoys or would like to do. defibrillators: Machines that apply electric current to the chest or heart
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    • 182 9 THE Community Chest will hold a series of public forums aimed at helping Singaporeans look at "the less fortunate in society" in a more positive and compassionate way. One forum a month will be held from now to October. The first will be this Saturdayat the Yio
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    • 378 10 Shapes of things to come were unveiled when Parliament wound up budget debate on the National Development Ministry yesterday. The healthy environment was also discussed. Today the Foreign Ministry will come under scrutiny. And civil servants will be watching closely for word
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    • 444 10 HOME AND COUNTRY A SIMPLE question prompted a grand vision of the near future. Dr Koh Lip Lin (Nee Soon South) asked about the Government's overall development plan. National Development Minister S Dhanabalan outlined an ambitious one aimed at making Singapore "one of the best cities in
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    • 304 10 FRANCIS Seow and Phey Yew Kok turned up in Parliament yesterday, but only figuratively. Seow is in the US, overdue for trial in Singapore. Phey is a fugitive, believed to be overseas. The Home Affairs and Law Minister, Prof S Jayakumar said private
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 261 11 Wire services. A FGHAN guerillas have won membership in the Islamic Conference Organisation (ICO). mi a /> i i. The 46-member group voted membership for the rebels' interim government before ending a four-day meeting in Saudi Arabia. It also called for the withdrawal
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    • 42 11 Subdued: Gas-masked riot police sweep down on a Seoul rail station to restore order among strikers. Subway workers want better pay and working conditions. The strike has disrupted traffic in the South Korean capital. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 148 11 Wire services. THE entire Greek Cabinet has resigned. Premier Andreas Papandreous asked for and accepted the resignations of the 54 members of his government late yesterday. A new Cabinet list will be announced today, a government statement said. The wholesale Cabinet changes will be the
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    • 193 11 Wire services. RECORDS based on a former premier's ordeal as a kidnap victim are riding high on Belgium's hit-parade. The subject of the best-sell-ing records, Mr Paul Vanden Boeynants, now plans to seek royalties on them. Mr Vanden Boeynants, who was kidnapped on
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    • 124 11 Wire services. THE Soviet Union has resumed military airlifts to Afghanistan to counter a rebel offensive against the strategic eastern city of Jalalabad. The announcement in Kabul yesterday came after Muslim rebels claimed they shot down two more aircraft over the embattled town. This has brought
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    • 56 11 Wire services. LAOS has agreed to resume a joint search for missing American servicemen. The mission was delayed two weeks ago because of a US report criticising Vientiane for not doing enough to curb drug trade. A US official said a team of American experts was
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    • 48 12 Sabotage I San Salvador residents line up for water alter rebels destroyed water and power supplies to their town. The rebels have also paralysed 95 per cent of the public transport network in a bid to disrupt the presidential elections on Sunday. Picture/ Afp
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    • 271 12 Wire services. AN official letter warning of a possible terrorist attack issued two days before a Pan Am flight blew up over Scotland on Dec 21 reached the airline more than three weeks after the disaster. "We do indeed have the letter in question dated
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    • 167 12 Wire services. AMERICAN gun-lovers have been on a buying spree, snapping up semiautomatic assault weapons in the face of a government ban on their import "It's like a run on the bank/' said Mr Robert Ishkanian, owner of a store in New York which calls itself
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    • 343 13 Wire services THE Chinese Communist Party has expelled 23,000 of its members for corruption and incompetence. It has brought disciplinary action against more than 60,000 others, judged unfit. A series of anti-corruption laws aimed at punishing profiteering by government officials and institutions came into
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    • 48 13 Angry: Hundreds of Chileans carrying grapes rally in front of the US consulate in Santiago. They are protesting against a US embargo on the fruit, a major export. The ban was ordered after cyanide poison was found in two grapes shipped to Philadelphia. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 92 13 Wire services. THE Chilean navy has detained five Japanese fishing boats in the port of Valparaiso. The navy said the vessels would not be allowed to sail until Japan lifted its boycott of Chilean grapes. A Chilean navy spokesman said: "To the Japanese who have closed
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    • 187 13 Wire services. AN American soldier has been charged with spying for East nyUS military authorities said they filed the charges against Spec 4 Michael Peri, who recently disappeared for 11 days near the East German border. He surrendered to military authorities last
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    • 157 13 Wire services. THE organisers of a Beijing art exhibition have been fined and banned from holding shows for two years. The Feb 5-19 exhibition, China/Avant-Garde, the first modern art show held in Beijing in years, was shut down for five days after an artist fired
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    • 76 13 Wire services. A SOLDIER of the presidential security group assigned to protect Philippine President Corazon Aquino went berserk and wounded two people before being stabbed to death. Police said in Manila yesterday that the man was killed by angry neighbours. Patrolman Ramil Villafranca went on a
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      276 12 Wire services. SHARE prices closed lower on the London Stock Exchange yesterday because of renewed worries about slower growth and inflationary pressures, dealers said. Economic indicators showed signs of a tight labour market and surging labour costs. The Financial Times 30share index closed 13.7 points down at 1,740.6. Volume
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    • 73 12 Reuter. SHARE prices opened higher on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today on bargain hunting and following Wall Street's strong rise overnight, brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 125.47 points, or 0.39 per cent, to 32,223.71 in 10 minutes. Gains were led by construction, warehouse, real estate, glass/cement, shipbuilding, electrical,
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    • 50 12 FT Industrials Thu 1,740.60 (1,754.30) Dow Jones Average Thu 2,340.71 (2,320.54) ST Industrial Thu 1,185.79 (1,179.91) NST Industrial Thu 2,030.32 (2,024.03) Hongkong Hang Seng Thu 3,150.85 (3,095.91) Australian All Ordinaries Thu 1,497.60 (1,491.10) Nikkei Stock Average Thu 32,098.24 (32,100.48) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading day
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      260 12 Wire services. WALL Street extended its rally yesterday, on new evidence of a slackening in US economic growth. The Dow Jones industrial average, up 14.29 points on Wednesday, gained a further 20.17 points yesterday to close at 2,340.71 points. Volume rose to about 197 million shares from 167.1
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  • 534 14  -  Showtime •vardw to lack of tpici- By Lo Tien Yin FILIPINO ballet dancer Lisa Macuja pretends to do a strip tease, preening to a mock drum roll. Then she flits off to change into leotards and pointe shoes for the camera. No, Lisa is no stripper. She
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 1603 15 Television M! M Sportsview Jack Nicklaus* I Tomorrow's World Friday at the Movies "W j&m WmilSCREEN M Greatest 18 Holes of i&JfI (8.30pm, SBC 12) Revenge of the Ninja jg. > Jip GEMS M Major Championship Golf THIS documentary features a device (10.35 pm, SBC 5) -f .jpt-f? nnfin Cor
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  • sports
    • 510 16 'A POWERFUL WEAPON FOR GETTING GOALS' Make way for a revolutionary idea in soccer-. The somersault throw-in. Never heard ofit?_ Well, you're not alone. Only the Japanese have tried it so far And that, too, by a university team. S GULAM catches up with this football innovation HI-TECH
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    • 259 16 THE International Football Federation (Fifa) is not aware of the new throw-in. Mr George Suppiah, a member of the Fifa (International Football Federation) panel of instructors for refereeing said: "I don't think Fifa has been informed yet. If they have any knowledge of it, they
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    • 369 16 THE new somersault throw-in may not see the light of day in Singapore, going by what local players and officials say. They'd rather stay with the traditional method. "It doesn't mean that just because the Japanese can do it, we can also do it," said a cautious
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  • Page 17 Miscellaneous
    • 1360 17 RADIOGUIDE i H,ll,«|Ii7MiW» 1:1 j.HdJIMMJI [HI NOON News In Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON News in Brief and Weather NOON Good Musk, Company and Ma: NOON Newsdesk 12.0S Lanchdato: A selection of music NOON Easy Listening: A selection of Report A musical treat to keep you 12.30 Short Story. and
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 465 20  -  By Lim Kuan Chiang BEAUTY contest cum talent search that is what the Miss Singapore Chinatown International grand final on May 20 will be. A talent scout from a Hongkong station, Television Broadcasts Ltd (TVB), will be among the judges that night at the
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    • Article, Illustration
      209 20 A FISH CALLED WANDA (Cathay, Marina 1) JAMIE Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and John Cleese star in this gem of a comedy not to be missed. Times: Cathay: 11 am, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pm. Marina 1: 1, 3.30, 7, 9 pm. WORKING GIRL (Orchard) A CORPORATE fairy tale
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    • 476 21  -  By < Geraldine Goh A! RTIST Chew Choon spent the most terrifying night of his life in Africa, listening to the hideous cries of hungry hyenas prowling outside his tent. But his painter's eye and hand profited from the stay in Kenya's famous wildlife parks.
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    • Article, Illustration
      292 21  -  By Vivien Chiong ANITA Mill: CHASTE LADY (NEW LEE SENG) THE singer known for her outlandish costumes is back this time as a chaste lady. But the title track is not about any refined woman. There's Anita's hideous laughter ringing throughout and her rather eerie warning: "I am a
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    • 328 22  -  By' Ting Mei See NOW you can test CDs and cassettes to your heart's content before buying them. And there won't be any fussy salesperson who will pull a long face if you finally decide not to buy. Audio International, the largest branch in
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    • 161 22 DO you have an ear for music but not a voice? Then learn how to conduct a choral group. The Singapore Music Society, with the support of the Ministry of Community Development, is organising a choral conducting course. It will be held twice a week from
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    • 90 22 KENNY Rogers, who's due here for a one night performance on March 29, has postponed his trip. Fans will probably have to wait until the end of the year to see him. A spokesman for Artswilliam, the company which is organising his concert here,
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    • 339 22  -  Young People's Theatre Mr Chan Wants to Marry Bukit Panjang Govt High School Drama Centre Yesterday REVIEW/ By Ting Mei See IF you were at the Drama Centre yesterday, you would have laughed till your stomach ached. And it was thanks to the talented cast
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  • 464 23 FASHIONTODAY BRENTON WONG wraps up the London and Milan Fall/Winter shows LONDON designers are enamoured of fashion, but judging by the British Fashion Week that ended on Monday, they have not agreed on any direction fashion should take this Fall/Winter season. The shows lurched whimsically from designer
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  • SPORTS
    • 367 27 AFP. Indonesia, whose badminton fortunes touched its lowest ebb in last year's Thomas Cup semi-finals, showed signs of a rise again when its shuttlers dominated the third round of the All-England championships in London yesterday. Three of its five-strong team reached the last eight of
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    • 273 27 RACING with MALCOLM BASTIANS HOT favourite Saugatuck warmed up for his I,loom straight spfint in Class 2 at Ipoh tomorrow with a I,ooom straight canter this morning with Paul King astride. Unbeaten in his only two starts, the three-year-old American gelding is strongly tipped to remain
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    • 297 27 CARL LEWIS plans to compete in as many as 10 European athletics meetings this year, including the Zurich, Brussels and West Berlin Grand Prix events, his manager Joe Douglas said in New York yesterday. But the double Olympic champion will miss the season's major event, September's World Cup in
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    • 529 27 Wire services. RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON All-England in London Men's singles 3rd rd: Yang Yang (C) bt Anders Nielsen (Brit) 15-10, 15-9; Morton Frost (Den) bt Michael Sogaard (Den) 15-8,15-9; Ardy Wiranata (Indo) bt Jens Peter Nierhoff (Den) 15-9,15-4; Paul-Erik Hoyer Larsen (Den) bt Vimal Kumar (Ind)
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    • 203 28 Reuter. UEFA CUP IVFB Stuttgart's internatio n a 1 goalkeeper Eike Immel helped take his side into the UEFA Cup semi-finals yesterday with two crucial saves in a penalty play-off against Real Sociedad. Immel's saves, requiring cool nerves rather than agility in the face of weak
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    • 335 28 FA CUP: SIXTH ROUND AFP, Reuter. NORWICH continues its unlikely quest for English soccer's coveted double when it visits West Ham tomorrow hoping to claim a place in the last four of the FA Cup for the first time in 30 years. Norwich could be boosted
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    • 269 28  -  By Alfonso Chan SINGAPORE tennis has been dealt another blow. Sunny Liu, who had been singled out by SLTA vice-president Tan Poh Seng as the player with the most potential, said he plans to study in the US after finishing his national service next
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    • 134 28 AFP. YOUNG Michael Chang learned from his first meeting with Sweden's Stefan Edberg a week ago and upset the No 2 seed 6-3, 6-2 in the secondround of the Champions' Cup in Indian Wells, California, yesterday. Chang, seeded 16th, got a crucial break in the eighth game
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    • 283 28 EUROPE KICKOFF: WEST GERMANY. ITALY, HOLLAND Reuter. BAYERN Munich, unbeaten in 21 First Division matches this season, returns to the scene of its last league defeat, Kaiserslautern, tomorrow, needing just one more win to virtually wrap up the West German title. Although
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    • Article, Illustration
      265 29  -  Stories/ Alfonso Chan THE men's doubles matches started yesterday at Kallang Tennis Centre with an exciting contrast in styles. While the Europeans grunted and powered their way around, the Asians purred their way to victory. From Justedjo Tarik in the 1970s to Tintus Wibowo in the 1980s the
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    • 223 29 RO Gaip Taik rubs a piece of ice on his right shoulder and wonders whether he should default his doubles match, which he has to play in an hour's time. The 26-year-old Korean has just beaten Michael Walker of 'the United Kingdom 6-4, 6-4 in the
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    • 344 30  -  By S Gulam BALESTIER United coach Majid Ariff may face disciplinary action by the Football Association of Singapore for misbehaviour. The former Asian All-Stars midfielder is likely to be charged with bringing the game into disrepute, after allegedly abusing a fan in Bale9tier's Pools Cup match
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    • 188 30  -  By R Jegathesan ONLY seven teams will take part in this season's Division One hockey competition. Among those omitted are Combined Schools, Nanyang Technological Institute and National University of Singapore. All affiliates were sent letters calling for entries. The original deadline was Feb 17, but was
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    • 249 31  -  Stories/ Shahiron Sahari JAVELIN-THROWER Xie Yuru has opted out of the Singapore Amateur Athletic Association's much-heralded "Adopt the Athlete" scheme. Yuru, who was supposed to be the first student-athlete to be adopted, opted out on Tuesday because "she did not want to be tied down", said
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    • 329 31 XIE YURU said she opted out of the "Adopt the Athlete" scheme because she felt the conditions of the offer were unfair to her. "I find the conditions and my commitment cannot balance," said Yuru, who accepted the offer on Monday but declined it
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    • 202 31 HARON Mundir's threemonth training trip to Japan has been suspended until he explains recent reports that he wants his trip shortened, the SAAA decided last night. SAAA president Loh Lin Kok said Haron's stint, where he is to train with Japanese sprinters under Jamaican
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  • UPDATE
    • 845 32 ►£AU£RY SON'S STONE PIGS. About 80 works in Ju Jun's pig series are on display. Ju Jun is the son of the renowned Taiwanese sculptor, Ju Ming. Like his father, he works in stone. He specialises in sculptures of animals, particularly pigs. National Museum. 9 am
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    • Article, Illustration
      80 32 SARAWAK ADVENTURE Experience the mystery and adventure of the exotic island of Borneo. Sarawak is an east Malaysian state on Borneo's north-western coast Its people, culture, handicraft, food and tourist attractions are featured in thi« exhibition. Highlights include an 18 m lonahouse and a 17 m-long re-creation of the famous
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