The New Paper, 7 December 1990

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1 43 The New Paper
  • 16 1 the new paper FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990 MCI (P) 75/4/90 SO CENTS the J new» paper
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    • 125 1 v «v mBHH ft I vH AJ Double blow: Star striker Abbas Saad (above, /NEt] left) and midfielder Nasaruddin Jalil (right) sit J 3k. J out last night's training session as the Singapore soccer team resume preparations for A the Malaysia Cup Final on Dec 15. Abbas is 3r±S nursing
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 279 2 Bernama. TWO reporters in Malaysia said they stole cannon balls from a museum to show up the lack of security there. Their news reports appeared on the front page and inside pages of Wednesday's Malay Mail. But now they could end up easing charges of theft (see
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    • 182 2 THE Primary Production Department (PPD) has suspended the import of pigs from three farms in Malaysia. This is a precautionary measure taken after PPD received a report of foot-and-mouth disease case at the Padang Besar quarantine station in northern Malaysia. A spokesman for
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    • 71 2 SHAH Alam Museum curator Paiman Keromo has lodged a report against Malay Mail reporters Lee Ah Chai and Elan Perumal. Police has classified it as theft. Meanwhile, curator Paiman Keromo said he had been instructed by the Sultan's palace not to speak to any reporters regarding the
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    • 104 2 PAGE 5: LET'S GET NATURAL "We want Singaporeans to share with the Government, the responsibility of further improving our environment. They should be aware of environmental issues. They should learn to appreciate and care for nature and the environment...Future generations will then be assured of
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    • 136 2 LOCAL industries should work closely with training institutions. This will help the institutions meet industries' needs, says I)r Tay Eng Soon, Senior Minister of State for Education. Dr Tay says this in a speech he is scheduled to give today at the official opening of the
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    • 39 2 Hotlineplus IF you want to share a point of view, call our Hotline Plus on 734-7711, or write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. Please include your full name, address and telephone number.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 197 4 *2| SINGAPORE needs to develop into a regional hub for certain important business activities, said Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The world is increasingly being divided into four or five major regions, each served by one strategic node, BG Lee (Res) said. Singapore is small and
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      4 4  -  Soh Ah Teck
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    • 72 4 The Straits Times: Iraq to free all hostages. Business Times: Saddam to set free all foreign hostages. Lianhe Zaobao: Iraqi President orders release of all hostages. Berita Harian: US suggests considering a Middle East conference. SBC morning news: President Saddam Hussein has ordered all foreign hostages held in iraq
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    • 67 4 SINGAPORE is still the N0.3 business centre although this spot is now shared with a unified Germany. The ranking is by the Washington-based Business Environment Risk Intelligence (Beri). The risk-analysis firm also rated Singapore among the world's top credit-worthy borrowers. The country's
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    • 84 4 IT'S time to stand on your own feet, Brunei's citizens have been told by their Education Minister. Pehin Dato Haji Abdul Aziz said the cradle-to-grave welfare policy cannot be applicable in the country any more. He called for an end to the subsidy mentality among Bruneians. The minister
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    • 63 4 THE Singapore Armed Forces has declared war on obesity among its men. Two programmes were announced yesterday: The Unit Fitness Programme will help unfit and fat servicemen while an extended Residential Training programme caters to reservists who repeatedly fail their fitness tests. And for fat recruits they
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    • 92 4 LOCAL leaders on the west coast of Japan have called for a Sea of Japan economic region to redress the country's economic imbalance. The region, including the two Koreas, has a population of 300 million, is rich in natural and mineral resources and have economies that
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    • 107 4 WOMEN in the European Community, who already enjoy some paid maternity leave, will be guaranteed at least 14 weeks' maternity leave on full pay under a proposed European Parliament directive. A draft directive granting the 14-week minimum has been passed by the Parliament Committee on Women's Rights.
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 476 5  -  NOTE For those who may be interested in finding out more about medicinal values of Chinese herbs, check out Times Editions' new book An Illustrated Dictionary of Chinese Medicinal Herbs. The book costs $49.90. By Dave Ang F ROM afar, the Ecogarden looks a bit like somebody's
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    • 193 5 DID you know that the flowers and shoots of the lallang can be used to stop nose bleeds? Or that the mimosa plant (touch-me-not) is useful for gastritis, sore eyes and fever? You can find out all about these useful plants when you visit the exhibition on medicinal plants at
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  • 366 6  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Charmaine Chan LABOURER worked without a break for two days and two nights on a ship. The next night, he went out with "friends but was so exhausted he fell asleep while sitting on a parapet wall. He never got up. Startled awake by a
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    • 354 6 10Y53Q WAREHOUSE SALE The prices are so L crazy it's as good 1 as FREE 1 NCX. I J Cot poti I 2® All our popular branded toys from the H U.S.A. must be cleared to give room for new stocks. At absolutely crazy prices!! |1 Wl I IqI Action
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    • 513 7 Christmas it's that special time to spread t IHI* Celebrate Christmas 1990 l otto C lash (>f The Bands goodwill and cheer again. And this Christmas, ,)ec 21 A Fri. Sat., Dec. 29, s*., 3pm (Preliminary I) Sentosa gives you more reasons to come celebrate S l !!iir. 9 t
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  • 419 8  -  SINGAPORETODAY By Ng Wan Ching SOME Singaporeans still have trouble using modern appliances and gadgets. We interviewed 10 people on Tuesday. Six said they do not know how to make full use of the expensive machines they have bought, such as sound systems and video players. They bought
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    • 461 8 Enjoy Christmas M New Year Right HereU We have arranged the moat unforgettable Christmas and y) -r J New Year Programme for vou. Our menu for theae apecial 'L occaaions arc both delightful and great value for money. f, nji \>c .J >#A Our carolling on X'maa Eve will commence
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 115 10 CATCH a film while waiting for your flight. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore now offers movies for transit passengers in Changi Airport's Terminal 1. Admission to the cinema, which can take up to 76 people, is free during its three daily screenings. The screening times
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    • 352 10 A NEWLY-MARRIED couple are angry that an evening gown specially ordered for the bride was worn first by another woman. The woman is the wife of the Chinese comedian Neo Chee Keong. Mrs Neo modelled it in an advertisement for the studio. Mr and Mrs
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    • 156 11  -  NEW BEAT ESTHER TAN IF you have some free time during the day, don't idle at home. There are lots of things to do at the community centres. Activities organised during the day are mainly for housewives, senior citizens and students. Madam Alice Tan, 26, joins
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 522 12 Jackie friend of Aids Jacqueline Webb's involvement with Aids patients began when she learnt her cousin had Aids. She is friend, confidante and counsellor to Aids patients and their families. Ms Webb talks to CHITRA RAJARAM HOLD them, forgive them and don't pity them or preach at them. This is
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    • 195 12 RELATIVES of an Aids victim have donated $5,000 to Action For Aids, a voluntary organisation that helps patients with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This is the first time that AFA has received money from relatives of an Aids victim. He was one of 13 Aids-infected Singaporeans
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 273 13  -  By Trudy Lim SOME maid agencies have stopped tapping Sri Lanka for domestic help. Others no longer do so regularly. The New Paper checked with seven agencies. Five said there was little demand or that they had problems getting them from Sri Lanka. BettaCare Employment Agency
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    • 339 14 HE took bribes 41 times for accepting products from suppliers. Yesterday, too, he wtu on the receiving end of a stiff fine in court. The former manager of an engineering firm, Ronnie Chow Yong Peng, was yesterday fined $40,000 for accepting more than $62,000 in
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    • 62 14 THE firms from which Ronnie Chow Yong Peng got the money were: M K Products Marketing Pte Ltd which supplies filler rods (22 times); Concord Express Singapore Pte Ltd which provides freight forwarding services I (13 times); and Comae Hardware Engineering Company which supplies industrial
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    • 40 13 DECEMBER ISSUE OUT NOW! A DECEMBER 19H0MCNP) WHAT SINGAPORE jjjBBT WOMEN DO WRONG IN BED -vpr 101 TERRIFIC V 9^H GIFT IDEAS ARE YOU A fl| CANCER-PRONE WOMAN? A knock-out glamour i EVENING SPARKLE. PARTY SAVVY, ALL THE RIGHT MOVES
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    • 312 14 DUE TO OVERWHELMING RESPONSE SALE WILL BE EXTENDED FOR fillip LAST DAYS ENDING ON 9th DEC 19PO We will be moving! Here's a chance (or you to buy all our Adidas Sportswear Equipment at discounts up to 80%. adidas w warehouse removal JERSEYS (3 MODELS) AJMIA V PRICED AT vUlv
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 279 15 Wire services. IRAQ'S pledge to free foreign hostages will not ease pressure on Baghdad to pull out of Kuwait, says US President George Bush. Mr Bush, who was in Santiago, Chile, yesterday, welcomed President Saddam Hussein's dramatic promise to free American and other hostages. But
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    • 153 15 Reuter. PRESIDENT Saddam Hussein's decision to release all hostages has further reduced the possibility of an immediate US strike against Baghdad. But it may give Israel a reason to act against Iraq, say analysts. The Jewish state has repeatedly warned that it will not
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    • Article, Illustration
      147 16 LITTLE Hardave (left) waited overnight at the Kuala Lumpur General Hospital with a bleeding chest wound but no doctor or nurse attended to him. After 17 hours, the nine-year-old's father, Mr Baldev Singh, took him to a private clinic for treatment, the Malay Mail reported. Mr Singh, 41,
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    • 182 16 US Supreme Court Judge David Souter is the focus of intense matchmaking activity these days. Even First Lady Barbara Bush has chipped in to help the 51-year-old judge find a life partner, according to a report published in the South China Morning Post. Judge
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  • FOREIGNSTOCKS
    • 199 17 AP. Indices/Closing FT Industrials Thur 1,717.90 (1,689.60) Dow Jones Average Thur 2,602.48 (2,610.40) ST Industrial Thur 1,152.96 (1,124.22) NST Industrial Thur 2,802.50 (2,761.40) Hongkong Hang Seng Thur 3,126.79 (3,066.23) o Australian All Ordinaries Thur 1,323.30 (1,322.00) d Nikkei Stock Average Thur 22,553.10 (22,193.72) Figures in bracket! refer to those
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    • 50 17 Reuter. STOCKS rallied at the opening. Buyers sought out oil related and interest rate sensitive issues. The key 225-share Nikkei index was up 243.79 points or 1.08 per cent to 22,796.89 in the first 10 minutes of trade, after gaining 359.38 on Thursday. All sectors were charting gains. Reuter.
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    • 163 17 Wire services. THE Dow Jones average of 30 industrials was down 7.92 at 2,602.48 by the close. Advancing issues outnumbered declines by about 5 to 4 with 866 up, 691 down and 458 unchanged. Volume totalled 256.38 million shares. Among the winners were NCR, AT and T, UAL
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    • 41 17 s i J TODAY, 7TH DECEMBER *90 J l and I J TOMORROW, BTH DECEMBER '90 J Please fill in this coupon and present it to J redeem for a 45g Loacker Wafer. Name: Age: Sex: Occupation: Address: Tel: I—-- .....J
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    • 99 17 A GASTRONOMIC JOURNEY TO MM Picture Courtesy Of Korea National Tourism Corporation. The Royal Crowne Plaza On Scotts Road PRESENTS Authentic, exotic Korean Barbecue Buffet. You don't need an air-ticket for a taste of Korea. For only Ssls.so++ per adult and Ss9.9o++ per child, you can eat all you can.
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 207 19 Bernama. THE body of Malaysia's first Prime Minister, the late Tunku Abdul Rahman, will be laid to rest at the royal mausoleum in Alor Star, Kedah at 5 pm today. Kedah's Chief Minister, Datuk Seri Haji Osman Aroff said the Tunku's remains will lie in
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    • 112 19 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. anagram: A word made by rearranging the letters of another word. For example, "pool" is an anagram of "loop". atone: To atone is to make amends for one's faults.
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    • 359 20 FRIDAYRADIO NOON Notts la Brief NOON News in Brief 12.05 PM Lnnchdate 12 .0j RM Popular Classics 1.00 Naws and Weather Report 100 Naws and Waathar Forecast 1.15 LaacMata (cont'd) 1.10 Carreacy Exchange Rates 2.00 Newt la Brief 1.15 Popular Classics (cont'd) 2.05 Mtiniu Fare 1.45 Midday Market Report 2.15
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    • 181 20 COMICRELEF Fox Trot/Bin Amend 5o WHM'S lb CHECK- X L'Kt TO SAY Joy* 23?X!L the point mate. took which it's whim hes> pre.tty n>fty .of my says she. cany OF the: oPPoNtNT'S MEAMS "UNDER ASSMIT SAN'TY. W-UtVEI GAME.? Kih4o. WHAT? WiTH No PIACt E>i? ACTUALLY MADE I TO VAULT." I
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    • 351 21 COMICRELIEF FRIDAYRADIO Orchard Road/coim Goh J*****21HH3H EHS3HIHHI NOON Brian Rickaud Presents NOON Newsdesk Featarlng Year Child Aid You 12.30 PM Off the Shelf W f V HOul VIOLENT f M \M Sf 12 45 F k Brit C 3 HO Lb OM twkp Eta suMrfu£c IWE BECOME" IF w£ J°°
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      109 22 VOCATIONAL INDUSTRIAL TRAINING BOARD The N-level results were out yesterday. And for those who plan to go on to the Vocational and Industrial Training Board, a new world has opened up. VITB has a new "dual" apprenticeship scheme to offer; 700 places are open this year and, possibly
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    • 123 22 FOR THE APPRENTICE 1. Earn a reasonable salary even as he acquires a skill. 2. Systematic training in a structured programme. 3. Upgrade educational skills while he trains truly earn and learn. 4. Nationally-recognised training upon completion, he gets a VITB trade certificate and a
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    • 54 23 The new Panasonic Palmcorder fits neatly into the palm of your hand. And yet it has all the features you'd expect from a camera twice its size, including being VHS compatible. But what makes it even more remarkable is its Digital Image Stabiliser, or quite simply, when you shake, the
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
    • 965 23 fridaytv THE WINNING TEAM f jfgggT HAPPY WORLD (Channel 8, 9.30 pm) m~ JH (Channel 8, 6.45 pm) ||H^ DING Hui suspects that Da Bing (Chian T ZHGN Meili (Aileen Tan, right), a Zigang, right) is her long-lost father and diving performer in the amusement follows him when she sees
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  • 251 24  -  SEENLASTNIGHT By Lo Tien Yin HOW does one develop a phobia? The question came up when some of us were watching a new series, Globe TV (SBC 12, 8 pm). This series is not about phobias at all. It is about trying to see
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
    • 209 24 fridaytv m- |T FRIDAY AT THE MOVIES m* j PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED v< Vw (Channel 5, 10.40 pm) -ifT PRETTY Peggy Sue (Kathleen Turner, left), newly k separated from her husband Charlie (Nicholas Cage), goes to her 25th high school reunion dance alone. Crowned Queen of the reunion, she
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 266 25 AP. A GROUP of Italian students were waiting for their teacher to give homework when a plane came crashing into their classroom. Twelve students died yesterday when an Italian Air Force jet with engine trouble dived in flames into a high school in Casalecchio. The town
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    • 194 25 AF. A ROBBERY suspect in Florida was arrested after a bird squealed on him. Frankie LaDel, 20, was arrested in Fort Walton Beach on Tuesday on charges of breaking into a home and taking Coco, the cockatel, $200 in cash and about $8,000
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    • 261 25 Reuter. ACTRESS Elizabeth Taylor and her ex-boyfriend have agreed to an unexpected out-of-court settlement over the rights to the perfume, Passion. "I was disillusioned and disappointed to be sued by Mr Wynberg, but Passion is something I worked on for a long time," the jubilant
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  • Showtime
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      508 26 PAGE 28 LENNON'S KILLER: WhY I DID IT USA Today. MARK David Chapman stalked and killed John Lennon 10 years ago tomorrow, was convinced that the former Beatle was "a phony" who "must die". At 10.50 pm on Dec 8, 1980, clinging to a frayed emotional thread, Chapman
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    • 521 27 USA Today. I BECAME hurt. Enraged at what I perceived to be his phoniness," Mark David Chapman, 35, explained in his first interview from the Attica prison since he killed John Lennon in 1980. Chapman was in Hawaii, newly married and jobless, when he
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    • 173 27 PEPPER'S llA 17 Bringing back the good times! For your X'mas and New Year Celebrations, come to where the action is! Have a good time among familiar faces, sample and enjoy the wonderful, nostalgic music from the golden era of pop. Celebrate with OVERHEADS, your favourite band. OVERHEADS HMHKXIPt Good,
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 525 29  -  By Vivien Chiong s ONGWRITER Wong Hong Mok bustled into the Peony > Room at River View Hotel. I In his untucked creased shirt, faded jeans and sneakers, he could easily have been passed off as one of the oddjobbers setting up the tables for
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    • 129 29 TODAY'S PINUP Pinup/Page 29 NEW Kids on the Block has made it again with another new album No More Games. Five of them, namely Donny Wahlberg, Danny Wood, Jordan Knight, .Jon Knight and Joe Mclntyre came together in 1984. One thing taken into account while working
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    • 61 29 GUITAR exposition/ 11N •90 SATURDAY 8 DECEMBER 11am to 6.30pm EUSOFF HALL N.U.S. Inhibition on the history of the guitar and applications in playing classical, jazz, folk, pop etc. Sale of lxx)ks, scores and materials. Video shows. Lecture-demonstration (4p.m.). Concert by soloists and ensembles (5 p.m.). Organised by Singapore Classical
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  • SHOPTALK
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      331 30  -  By Lois Ng CAPITOL Optical has come a long way from a small shop tucked away in Outram Park to an optical chain with 10 outlets. Its newest shop is at the Chinatown Point Shopping Centre. The decor of the shop is modern and its range of frames
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    • 304 30 EYETOEYE The Singapore Contact Lens Society a society of qualified optometrists writes this weekly column on eye care Address your mieries to: Eye to Eye, c/o, Shoptalk, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Road, Singapore 0923. CATARACT is a name given to the lens in
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  • SHOWTIME
    • 444 31 MADONNA MADONNA thought she could bend the rules again. She was again pushing the pop world to its limit with her video Justify My Love. MTV did not think so and banned the video on its network. On Monday, the Material Girl was a guest on ABC's Nightline,
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    • 446 31  -  BACKSTAGE By Dave Ang WHO'S A Argie? That's the question everyone will ask when they see The Necessary Stage's 12.45 pm lunch-time performance at the DBS Auditorium today. Boxes billed as fresh and original is a play written by someone called A Argie. But sources say
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    • 279 38 GERMAN DRUG SCANDAL AFP. GERMAN athletes who used drugs could be stripped of their medals and records, officials warned yesterday. The warning came as a commission was set up to investigate claims that many East German athletes, and some West Germans, have used steroids and other
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    • 205 38 SPORTSLINE AFP. THE table tennis rivalry between China and South Korea will come to a head today in Kuala Lumpur. They will be facing each other across the table in both the men's and women's semi-finals in the 10th Asian championships. China is the men's
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    • 97 38 AP. BRITISH boxer Frank Bruno (right), who was knocked out by former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson, says he's ready to resume his quest for the world crown. The 29-year-old former British and European heavyweight champion said on Wednesday he was preparing to re-enter the ring, but
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    • 74 38 Reuter. THE English County Cricket Championship will be enlarged to 18 clubs in 1992 following the elevation of Durham to first-class status yesterday. Durham's bid was approved unopposed at the winter meeting of the Test and County Cricket Board (TCCB), but it has to satisfy three conditions
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    • 488 39 Reuter. BARCELONA coach Johan Cruyff will be forced to sit in the stands with star striker Kristo Stoichkov when the Spanish League leader meets Real Zaragoza on Sunday. Cruyff is banned from the Barcelona bench after arguing with the referee during the 1-0
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    • 335 39 EUROPE KICKOFF: SPftIN, ITALY, FRANCE, HOLLAND, GERMANY, ENGLAND AFP. Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish, heavily criticised for his defensive tactics in last weekend's 3-0 hammering at Arsenal, is likely to adopt a more attacking formation tomorrow. The League champion visits Nottingham Forest and its opponent's boss, Brian Clough,
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    • 141 39 Reuter. ITALY'S World Cup hero, Salvatore "Toto" Schillaci of Juventus, was suspended for one match yesterday after an incident last month when he threatened to have an opposing player shot. The ban means Schillaci, leading scorer in the World Cup finals, will miss Sunday's local
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    • 285 40 AP. TOP Barcelona striker Hristo Stoichkov could be out of the team for several months for cleating a referee. Referee Juan Urizar Azpitarte told reporters in Madrid that Stoichkov stomped on his foot while protesting his expulsion from a non-league match on Wednesday
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    • 249 40 AFP. German football could witness another exodus of talent to Italy, with press reports saying that 12 more stars could be leaving the Bundesliga. The Bild Zeitung newspaper accused Italian league clubs of "pillaging the Bundesliga" as it seeks a fresh source of stars. The
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    • 310 40 Wire services. TOTTENHAM has transferlisted Vinny Samways, the former England Under-21 midfielder sought by Nottingham Forest. "We're in a position where we'll listen to offers, but they must be realistic," said Spurs boss Terry Venables. Before Samways was put up for sale, Forest had a £750,000 ($2.45 m) offer
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    • 461 41 Singapore begins its preparation for the big day yesterday. It has its first training session for the Malaysia Cup final against Kedah. The players are confident but not complacent. ABDUL SHUKOR reports SINGAPORE'S brave Lions' showed no anxiety when they turned up for training at Toa Payoh
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    • 209 41 THE KEDAH CAMP: TWO MEN IN THE RUNNING NST. DEFENDER K Ravichandran, dropped for the Malaysia Cup second leg semi-final against Perak, has vowed to fight his way back into the Kedah squad the final. The tough defender was out of squad because coach Milous
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    • 203 41 NST. AZIZ Azizan may be the odd man in the Kedah squad but coach Milous Kvacek has big plans for him for the final. Having moved from Penang only this season, Aziz is the only player not to have featured in any of Kedah's
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    • 37 42 THE JACKIE THAT HOODED! AB6ASSAAD Gotcha: Johor keeper Omar Salim slides to stop Abbas (top, left). The tackle sends him flying (top, right). And he's rolling in pain seconds later (above). Picture/ Aundry Gan
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    • 281 42  -  By Abdul Shukor Singapore suffered a double blow last night when training resumed for the Malaysia Cup final on Dec 15. Star striker Abbas Saad and midfielder Nasaruddin Jalil skipped training because of injuries. They were excused, but there was no definite date when they would return
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    • 273 42 THE KEDAH CAMP NST. SEVEN players are involved in a tussle for places in Kedah's starting line-up for the final against Singapore. Seven regulars are assured of places, barring injury. No guessing is needed that coach Milous Kvacek will choose Azmi Mahmud in goal; Lee Kin
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