The New Paper, 29 March 1989

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  • 18 1 the new paper WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1989 MCI (P) 179/4/88 50 CENTS the new paper the new paper
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 100 1 MODELS ALLEGE BLACKMAIL Four male models also allege sexual inducement by two men in the fashion and entertainment industries. Last night, the two men denied the allegations. Police warn: "People who pose nude don't know what they are getting into. They are opening themselves to a lot of danger." The
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    • 6 1 DEADLY FOGS OF WAR /Page 16
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  • 19 1 What is this man doing at Tanjong Pagar? See Page 6 Picture/ SAM YeO
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 506 2  -  By Lois Ng and Chua Chin Chye F OUR male models told The New Paper they have been subjected to sexual blackmail or inducement by two men. The two men have denied the allegations. The four models allege that the two found out they had
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    • 174 2 Lianhe Wanbao. SOME religious rites in Kuala Lumpur include "hell currency" for the lost souls in hell. Now the really up-to-date can provide ghosts with "hell credit cards". Other items include symbolic travellers' cheques, hell passports, telephones, calculators, video players and cosmetics. These are burned
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    • 82 2 THE New Paper reported on Feb 7 that touts were operating at Changi Airport. They were helping passengers with excess luggage to find others to take over some of the load, to save paying surcharges. The report was accompanied by a photograph showing a general view of the departure
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    • 70 2 IN MR R Ravi Varman's letter "All the pluses from marrying Indian women", published on our Mailbox page on Monday, there was a line that read "You see, these are qualities that a man must look for in a marriage partner, and not the fleshy and glamorous facade of
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    • 52 2 1 1 FREE to the First 100 People at the Scotts Shopping Centre j Today The stylish Monet simulated J lizard skin tissue holder i worth $5. Get your coupon J from page 5, and find out i how you could also win Monet jewellery at no cost! J I
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 27 2 THE WEATHER WEATHER outlook from noon: Showers over several areas in the afternoon. Max temp: 32 deg. Min: 24 deg. Sunset: 7.12 pm. Sunrise tomorrow: 7.05 am.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 559 3  -  By Lois Ng and Chua Chin Chye s INGAPORE is being used as a base for preparation of a magazine aimed at homosexuals. The magazine OG (Oriental Guys) is banned here. It is circulated in the United States, Australia, Thailand and Hongkong. The magazine has
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    • 279 3 THE Tourism Development Corporation of Malaysia (TDC) is investigating how an advertisement, allegedly placed by the organisation, appeared in a gay magazine. The full-page colour advertisement appeared in the third issue of the magazine OG (Oriental Guys). Ms Cindy Lim, TDC's director
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    • 246 4  -  By Yusman Ahmad SEINGKUONG Maecaek and Tiam Tukachit were among a group of Thai workers who came to Singapore looking for a better life. When they leave Singapore with 2,000 of their countrymen for home this afternoon on board four naval vessels,
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    • 420 4 SEINGKUONG MAECAEK I WAS a farmer in a province just north of Bangkok, before coming to Singapore. But life was bad. The weather was erratic. I was experiencing too many poor harvests. It made me want to look for a better life for my family. I've
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    • 416 4 TIAWI TUKACHIT I WAS helping my father in a furniture shop in Bangkok before coming to Singapore. One day, while I was in the shop, a man who used to work in the shop asked me if I wanted to work in Singapore. He
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 86 4 COT A SOFT SPOT FOR A SOFT SPOT That's the brand new ke cream flavour from Meadow Cold, sold at 90i but free for readers of The New Paper! Simply present the coupon below at the Meadow Cold Booth and enjoy this delicious vanilla and strawberry Ice cream coated with
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    • 331 5 THE NEW PAPER/MONET PROMOTION BEAUTY HAS ITS MORE BE THERE Guess The Weight Contest. N v>* f This contest is open to all. Just vjfflftr guess the correct weight of all the old accessories (from JWfiffip' a the above) and win one of these jSKmk j Ist Prize: ***** Gift
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 510 6 EXPAND into Johor and qualify for financial perks. The Government is adding this condition in its incentive schemes for companies wanting to upgrade in the face of a changing Singapore economy. The incentives are likely to be awarded by the end of this
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    • 82 6 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. advent: Starting or coming into existence. arsenal: Weapons and military equipment. atrocities: Cruel actions in a war. convulsions: Unnaturally violent and uncontrollable movements of the muscles. global treaty: A
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    • 201 6 TODAY'S workforce will form 70 per cent of Singapore's workforce in 1999. If they don't go in for training and re-training now, they will have difficulty fitting into future jobs. This was the stark warning today from Mr Ong Teng Cheong, Second
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    • 188 6 FIRST Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong took a delegation to Jakarta today for friendly talks, tennis and golf with Indonesia's leaders. There was no formal agenda set up. The three-day visit is mainly for informal friendly contact. Mr Goh feels
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    • 156 6 A STRANGE sight along Tanjong Pagar Road yesterday morning made people turn their heads in wonder. Dressed in an elaborate tribal dress with orange bird of paradise plumes and a piece of twisted bark that looks like an apron, was Mr Willy Eiya. Mr
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 29 7 More Time to Express Yourself. I The Citizen collection has captured your imagination... This exclusive collection of fashion watches with their state-of-the-art HUZ water-resist feature in super-slim cases I >. <
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 78 8 THERE were three big surprises in j Parliament yesterday. 1: MPs and the Minister for Labour himself expressed surprise at the large number of illegal Thai workers in Singapore. 2: The First Deputy Prime Minister intervened to qualify the Labour Minister's statement of government policy on foreign
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    • 141 8 HIGHLIGHT Singapore has agreed with Malaysia on a price for natural gas. Work on the PUB's Linggiu Dam project in Johor, for more water, should be completed by 1992. Negotiations are on for payment for the land. Kidney patients soon will be allowed to use up
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    • 496 8 LABOUR DEBATE on the use of CPF for higher education was expected to be fiery. It wasn't. The hot topic of the day was foreign maids and their impact on marriage and babies. The CPF issue did ignite Mr Lim Boon Heng (Kebun
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    • 254 8 HEALTH THE rising cost of hospital care has Dr Aline Wong (Tampines GRC) worried. Class C wards in public hospitals will be drastically reduced over the next five years as part of a restructuring. She pleaded for a slowdown. The
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    • 375 9  -  By! Ng Wan Ching A I SINGAPOREAN'S threeyear "double" life as a Malaysian citizen ended when he died in a car crash last "Saturday in Malacca. The truth about Mr Ng Kok Chee, a 38-year-old painter, only emerged when his brother travelled up from
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    • 170 9 DOES beer make for more active and agile babies? A Scottish study of 18-month-old babies suggests it does. Children whose mothers drank heavily during pregnancy were more agile and active than those whose mums never touched a drop. "However we still do not know the
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 389 10 Wire services. THE man tipped to succeed Ayatollah Khomeini as Iran's spiritual leader has submitted his resignation. Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, described as a moderate, has been a frequent critic of extremism in the Islamic government. Observers say his resignation was prompted by Ayatollah Khomeini himself.
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    • 134 10 Wire services. A MAN in Zambia was arrested as he was roasting and eating the body of a baby girl. Police in Lusaka said yesterday that the man, not identified, had earlier attacked a woman who was with the four-month-old baby and another girl. The
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    • 79 10 Hand in hand: South Korean sports officials unveil the flag they hope will bring the north and south a step closer towards better ties. Officials from both sides of the divided Korean peninsula agreed yesterday to send a joint team of athletes to the Asian
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    • 167 10 Wire services. THE Soviet Union has lost radio contact with the second of its space rockets sent to survey the Mars moon named Phobos. If contact cannot be re-es-tablished, it may doom an ambitious Soviet programme to seek possible landing sites for a manned
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    • 54 10 Wire services. A TRUCK driver high on drugs killed 14 people in accidents spanning two Philippine provinces last Wednesday. He hit pedestrians and ran into a loaded pedicab, dragging it for 3 km. The driver told police he realised what had happened only after the
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    • 351 10 Wire services. THE drubbing the Soviet Communist Party got in the parliamentary polls is a boost to President Gorbachev's reform efforts, analysts say. Many top party officials around the country lost to more reform and independentminded candidates in the Soviet Union's first multi-candidate balloting
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    • 321 11 Wire services. AFGHAN President Najibullah has made an unprecedented peace bid to the rebels. He offered them local self-rule if they agree to end the 10-year war. "The main point ahead of all of us is to stop the war and the bloodshed," he told
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    • 170 11 Wire services A TV news anchorman in Bangkok resigned after a former prime minister complained that a TV report on his hospital treatment showed how much he ate. "I felt ashamed when he reported how much I could eat and showed leftovers of my
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    • 171 11 Wire services. THE Thai Premier is in New Delhi for a five-day official visit focused on trade, oil and the Cambodian war. Gen Chatichai Choonhavan said he plans to talk to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi about a possible role for India in resolving the Cambodian issue.
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    • 41 11 One for the album? A man takes a picture of a woman showing off her tattooed breasts. The trio are among tattoo lovers taking part in the first European Tattooing Convention in Bo urges, France. Picture/ Afp
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    • 223 11 Wire services AN international health official has warned doctors that hospital births endanger the health of mothers and babies. Dr Marsden Wagner blamed the danger on impersonal hospital procedures and the over-use of technology and drugs. Dr Wagner is European regional director of the World Health
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    • 49 12 New venturer Elizabeth Taylor has Passion while Cher is Uninhibited. Now Joan Collins hopes to achieve Spectacular success with her new perfume. The actress from the soap opera Dynasty joins a long line of Hollywood stars in marketing scents linked to their name and fame. Picture/ Afp
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    • 225 12 Wire services. A WORLDWIDE hunt is on for the crew of an oil tanker suspected of having siphoned 15,000 tonnes of fuel out of their vessel. The captain and nine crew members of the MT Shanta Shibani II allegedly stole half of the tanker's cargo
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    • 81 12 Wire services. AN Iranian gunboat stopped and searched a yacht in the Persian Gulf but it was quickly released. However, the incident set off erroneous reports that the yacht and several members of the Kuwaiti royal family, as well as some Brit- ons, had been
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    • 149 12 Wire services. STAR Wars has great potential as a defense against missiles but it was oversold by the Reagan administration. That's how new Secretary of Defence Dick Cheney sees the controversial and expensive project. i He says funds for Star Wars research and development may
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
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      236 12 Wire services. SHARES rose on the London Stock Exchange yesterday. The Financial Times 30-share index closed 9.6 points up at 1,708. The increasing strength of the US dollar helped internationals such as Glaxo and ICI make gains. Nonetheless, the market was still wary, waiting for last month's British trade
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    • 72 12 Reuter. SHARE prices opened with strong gains on the Tokyo Stock Exchange today on bullish momentum carried over from yesterday, brokers said. The Nikkei index rose 127.10 points, or 0.41 per cent, to 32,433.46 in the first 10 minutes. Gains were led by securities house, non-life insurance, communications, gas,
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    • 51 12 FT Industrials Tue 1,708.00 (Closed) Dow Jones Average Tue 2,275.36 (2,257.86) ST Industrial Tue 1,188.50 (1,183.90) NST Industrial Tue 2,064.81 (2,053.01) Hongkong Hang Seng Tue 3,033.03 (Closed) Australian All Ordinaries Tue 1,486.20 (Closed) Nikkei Stock Average Tue 32,306.36 (31,512.40) Figures in brackets refer to those of the previous trading
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    • Article, Illustration
      241 12 Wire services. WALL Street share prices closed with solid gains yesterday, drawing strength from firmness in bonds and the US dollar. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 17.50 points to 2,275.36. Advances led declines by more than four to three on the New York Stock Exchange. Volume totalled
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  • 1059 13 DEAR AGGIE HORIZONS Dear Aggie, I met A two years ago. He is four years my senior and I regard him as just a friend. We had very little contact after he joined the army. But recently, he started calling me up again. At first
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
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  • 548 14 The Best Picture of 1988 is Sdicwfcft*c The announcement of the Picture of the Year is always the highlight of Academy Award night. Last year saw The Last Emperor emerge tops. Could this be Rain Man's year? Wire services. FROM 18th-century France to the backroads of 1960s Mississippi to today's
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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  • Page 15 Miscellaneous
    • 2244 15 Television RH a n^er S r6a erS Natural World FonstofFear owner who returns to New York CHAUCER, the famous English poet, ground of the world's largest single from a sojourn in Paris to attend his was born in London in 1340 during a population of tigers the famous Bengal jpßk
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  • spotlight
    • 1125 16 THE campaign to rid the world of fearsome chemical weapons is fast turning into a classic rich-man-vs-poor-man brawl. Many nations well-supplied with tanks, guns and nuclear bombs are pushing for a global treaty to end the production and use of chemical weapons. Some others, especially not-rich
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    • 174 16 THESE chemical weapons will kill you, either quickly or painfully; HYDROGEN CYANIDE Causes instant dizziness and convulsions. Victim struggles to breathe, dies within minutes. PHOSGENE A colourless gas that causes lung irritation. Victim drowns in his own blood plasma. When that happens, you're dead.
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 339 19 THE Original Video Promotion is back! This week, the top movie being offered in this promotion is Baby Boom. Readers also get a chance to win a video cassette recorder in this promotion. And for those of you who found last week that some of
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    • 338 19  -  By Vivien Chiong LOVE has progressed through the decades, so says China's funny duo Ma Ji and Zhao Yan. During my time in the 50s, a matchmaker would arrange for us to meet in a park," said Ma Ji said. "We wouldn't dare look at each
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    • 164 19  -  OSEENLASTNIGHT By l Wong Sing Yeong AN actress stole the limelight from the roast chicken, karopok and monounsaturated fat in last night's You've Got the Choice quiz show. It wasn't a brillant performance but it was at least more convincing than that of the quiz hosts,
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    • 422 20  -  By Lim Kuan Chiang KAVITA Kaur Sidhu took the Malaysian modelling scene by storm at 15. Now, this 20-year-old stunner with the long, long legs reigns on the Kuala Lumpur catwalk and is looking towards Paris for new worlds to conquer. Kavita, 1.79 m
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    • Article, Illustration
      210 20 A FISH CALLED WANDA (Cathay) JAMIE Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline and John Cleese are together in a witty comedy. Times: Cathay—llam, 1.30, 4, 6.30, 9.30 pm. WORKING GIRL (Orchard and Marina 1) MELANIE Griffith is a young woman from the wrong side of town who dreams of wheeling and
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    • 410 20  -  By Geraldine Goh ARTISTS both local and foreign (residing in Singapore) are invited to show their creative flair in the eighth Painting of the Year Competition, an annual event organised by the United Overseas Bank (UOB) Group since 1982. The prize money totals
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  • Page 21 Miscellaneous
    • 1405 21 RADIOGUIDE EMSHB EHIIEBH ELEHQB iNanmmrtfll EUmH NOON News In Brief (Programmes in Mandarin) NOON Newsin Brief and Weather NOON Good Music, Company and Me: NOON Newsdesk 12.05 Lnnchdate: A musical selection NOON Easy Listening: Light music is Report Noon-time musical entertain- 12 30 Business Matters* A weekly for your listening
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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    • 499 22 F 1 OOP CRT.RRRATIQ\T MARCH 1 TO MAY 30 1989 I Every $20 you spend entitles you to one entry form. X The more you spend, the more your chances of winning! PLUS! Weekly Draws over the first 12 weeks with 6 prizes to be won each week 3 Samsung
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 607 23 J. I fiR SAMSUNG Walker. B! S f .Si BLACK label II *HhSu«o"™J& oZ) 1} IIP*"? Sett-Touch I I SemMulo Washing M ERESINDO TRADING CO. PTE. LTD. I IGSA TRANSPORT (S) PTE LTD ■rfl «f iIT ~-|T j -t RESTAURANT V^anur t\DONESIA\ RLSTAURAST PTE LTD #04-17/18 CENTREPOINT TEL: *****92 #02-43
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 583 24 V happy patrons have savoured 13U.UUU andlovedl They canl be wrong Our East-West Buffet Lunch is truly a gastronomic least With Drunken Prawns, Peking Duck, Niang Dou Fu Roast Beef on the Wagon Laksa, Herbal Chicken/Duck Soup BBQ Sting Ray' Fish in Banana Leaf, %><* Jflfe HK. Dian Xin/Pastries, BuborChaCha,
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    • 294 24 Food celeb ration T MARCH 1 TO iMAY 30 1989 I Every $20 you spend entitles you to one entry form. X The more you spend, the more your chances of winning! PLUS! Weekly Draws over the first 12 weeks with 6 prizes to be won each week 3 Samsung
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  • Page 25 Advertisements
    • 113 25 HER WORLD invites YOU to nominate candidates for the SHERATON TOWERS SECRETARY OF THE YEAR 1989 An award for outstanding achievement a merit award recognising the junior secretary who has made a major contribution to the success of her organisation over and above her prescribed duties. PRIZES! I The winner
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  • Page 25 Miscellaneous
    • 171 25 COMICRELIEF Hagar the Horrible/pik Browne AllgUSt3/Dominic Doelsma Angus McGill George the Robot/stephen Stanley I Cuort'T &Jc»/ OH Tfes- A<2e I'M £©%> SjfftJA I YgO vJ6«£ ihiTo Jj/ Tfeu, fcl PiArJo AccofcoiarJ. J I MOSic, <vrtrJYl 4 Dllffy/Bruce Hammon f WOU)LONkSrPO^THINKTH\S\fSK, I MOUHV PO A OOAPC: I OOOeWMJT'S BEEN SITTN6 IN
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  • Page 26 Miscellaneous
    • 274 26 COMICRELIEF Orchard Road/coim Goh Single Slices/peter Kohisaat I VISI&M I 111 f 1 I T (HI \fuk m r i \fS !l MKIMMOUTA /CTV LINU t 7 fff 5 I rvr\n! hteMuy TT i/ V: /f^" |p <$! Ht I lr. i-„ v* £n j Cathy/cathy Guisewite Opt. rIF I
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  • Page 27 Advertisements
    • 411 27 EMPLOYMENTS We m a leading commodlttee futurM company dealing In the Japan, Hong Kong, U.S. London marfcete. Duo to our now business expansion, we invite applications for: A. BUSINESS MANAGER B. BROKERS Pool Aa Male/ Female a Minimum 2 years relevant experience a Wide business contacts Poet B: a Male/
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    • 251 27 I I Minolta Singapore, has several vacancies for independent, dedicated and resourceful people who wish to build a career and enjoy the long term benefits of working with an established multi-national market leader in Singapore. A career in sales for Micrographics or Copiers. We are willing to consideer enthusiastic young
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    • 197 27 THE CHOICE X I LIES WITH YOU YOUR CAREER LIES WITH US K A If you are looking for a good atari in life, let ua offer you the opportunity. WAITER/ WAITRESS Completed Secondary education Outgoing and enjoy meeting people. We start you off at a confirmation salary of $630
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  • SPORTS
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      225 28 Reuter. TOTTENHAM Hotspur plunged Luton deeper into relegation trouble in the English First Division yesterday when it beat the Littlewoods Cup finalist 3-1 away with a barrage of second-half goals. Luton made a good start when captain Steve Foster headed it into the lead three minutes before the
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    • 161 28 AFP,Reuter. TOP seeds Gabriela Sabatini and Chris Evert advanced to the semi-finals of the International Players Championships yesterday. Sabatini, the No 1 seed from Argentina, beat Isabelle Demongeot of France 6-1, 7-5, while Evert, seeded second, fought off a tough challenge from llth-seeded Canadian Helen Kelesi
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    • 222 28 RESULTS of yesterday's international sports: BADMINTON Inter-Constituency Tournament: Ulu Pandan 5 Bukit Panjang 0, Kg Übi 3 Serangoon Gardens 2, Kim Keat 4 Brickworks 1, Paya Lebar 3 Clementi 2, Tampines East 3 Eunos 2, Kg Chai Chee 3 Fengshan 2. BASKETBALL NBA League: NY Knicks 121 Charlotte 105,
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    • 54 28 AFP. ACTRESS Robin Givens has withdrawn her $250 million libel lawsuit against her former husband, heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson. Court documents revealed here yesterday that US District Judge Thomas Griesa signed an order showing that Givens had withdrawn the suit as part of the
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    • 328 28 AP. THE limelight, and the attention of Udine fans, were focused on Zico on Monday night as the veteran soccer star played his last match on a Brazilian selection. However, the exhibition match between Brazil and a Rest of the World team was
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    • 298 28 Wire services. A TWISTED knee will keep key Dutch midfielder Jan Wouters out of the World Cup qualifier against West Germany on April 26. Wouters aggravated an old ligament injury in a training collision with national teammate Theo Snelders last week. SOVIET midfielder Vasily Rats has signed a threemonth
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    • 290 29 Catamaran v single hull? No! Wire services A US court has ruled that the United States didn't win the 1988 America's Cup sail boat race because it used a twin-hulled catamaran. The decision disqualifying San Diego, California, gives the 137-year-old America's Cup to
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    • 221 29 AP. SHOCK in San Diego contrasted with the joy of New Zealanders, after the Cup was settled in a New York courtroom yesterday. The loss of the Cup could be a billion-dollar blow to San Diego. Studies indicated the city stood to reap up to US$l.2
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    • 364 29 RACING... with DENNIS CHIfl TRAINER William Chua, whose grey East Coast Road has been withdrawn from this Sunday's Sultan of Selangor Gold Cup race, may find some cheer in Best Bier. A gift horse for its owner who won it in a beer contest last
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    • 445 30 Zarinah Abdullah wants to train with the men because she does not want to lose her competitive edge. It's okay, says the training panel boss. ALFONSO CHAN reports THE Singapore Badminton Association's new coaching scheme to bring back the glory days overcame its first hurdle a poser
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    • 250 30  -  By Bernard Pereira THE International Badminton Federation is to revise qualification criteria for the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. This follows criticism that there are loopholes in the current system of selection the player's GP points. According to IBF Council member Punch Gunalan, there
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    • 492 30  -  SCHOOLSPOKTS By Alfonso Chan GAME for greatness and goals for glory. Why else would little Gerry short for Geraldine Ho continually whack the ball with a hockey stick on the void deck of her Telok Blangah flat? She practices like a prima donna in a ballet
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    • 329 31  -  By S Gulam A NEW knockout tournament in the style of the English Football Association Cup will be introduced next year to prolong the interest in the Malaysia Cup. The tournament will involve all 17 teams nine from the First Division and eight from the Second Division.
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    • 365 31  -  Geylang International vs Balestier United, Jin Besar 7.30pm By Abdul Shukor A LAZY day on Waikiki Beach could end up only as a figment of the imagination if Geylang International fails to get a point from Balestier United in tonight's Premier League clash. Geylang, the
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  • Article, Illustration
    927 32 ►Gaujefk SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY STATIC EXHIBITION. It covers certain social habits for HDB residents like the use of lifts, joss paper burning, vandalism ana killer litter. Bedok Branch Library. 10 am to 9 pm. Ends tomorrow. ANTIQUE MAPS. Maps by Gerard Mercator, a famous cosmographer of the 15th century are
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  • 14 32 OUT AND ABOUT: Understanding teenagers CENTRESTAGE: Bobbinson Crusoe COMING UP: Theatre workshop
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  • 100 32 Take a break from the office or home and treat yourself to a repast. Appetisers like Rock Oysters, Duck Terrine, Sardine on Rye Bread or simply salad promise to put you on your way. Choose from 14 different varieties as your main course. It could be
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