The New Paper, 18 January 1991

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    27 1 the new paper FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1991 MCI (P) 75/4/90 50 CENTS I 1 the a/ new* paper FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 1991 MCI (P) 75/4/90 SO CENTS
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      98 1 r WAVE 1 US, British and Saudi aircraft launch air strikes against Iraq. Key targets hit. One British Tornado |Vk,rV WAVE 2 French fighter planes join in air raids. Four hit but return safely. WAVE 3 Allied forces begin third wave Carpet bombing of Iraq by American giant B-52s Allied
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      61 1 mvo STOCk^ TUMBLE Nikkei index down 400 points after 30 minutes of J ■ft iv IRAQI MISSILES HIT 2 CITIES V F SAUDI ARABIA HIT n i v IRAQI Scud missiles had been fired in the direction of Saudi Arabia this morning, American television CBS News reported. r fi£rs, An
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Iraqi missiles hit Israel
      343 2 TEL Aviv and Jerusalem came under Iraqi missile attack at about 8 am today, Singapore time. "We think there were a number of hits, we are checking," Israeli army spokesman Briga-dier-General Nachman Shai said. Israeli hospitals admitted several persons for treatment of apparent chemical gas poisoning
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      Lock icon Third attack wave begins
      221 2 Wire services. A THIRD wave of allied bombing on Iraqi ground forces in occupied Kuwait and selected targets in Iraq began this morning, said a French military source. A large number of US and British warplanes took off from airstrips at Dhahran and Riyadh at around
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      Lock icon Surrender, Saddam!
      142 2 Two faces: The US has given Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein a way out of the carpet bombing of his country: Surrender. "All he has to do is surrender and comply with all the UN resolutions, "said the White House yesterday. "We don't think there's any need for any
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      36 2 Hotuneplus TO share a rmint of view, call Hotline Plus I 734-7711, or write to The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Seng Rd, S'pore 0923. BEFORE Y H EAp FOR COOL. heap Jjj|f|| FQß IL
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Battle action
      166 3 More than 100 Tomahawk cruise missiles are fired from the US battleships Wisconsin and Missouri in the Gulf. American, British, Saudi and Kuwaiti attack aircraft begin striking targets throughout Iraq and occupied Kuwait. Aircraft include US F-117 Stealth, F-15E Eagles, F/A-18 Hornets, F-16 A Fighting Falcon and A-6
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      The hit list
      176 3 Allied forces report four planes lost in the strikes one US F/A-18 Hornet shot down and its pilot killed; two British Tornadoes and four pilots missing; and one Kuwaiti aircraft lost. Four French Jaguars are hit bv anti-aircraft fire but manage to return safely to base. Iraq
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • WHAT IT MEANS
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        Short-term: Few effects
        160 4 Analysis done before Iraqi strikes on Israel and Saudi Arabia. (EjjSiSEE® IF the Gulf war is short, Singapore's economy can ride out its effects. Analysts here say the war will not have much direct impact on the economy except through oil prices. However, if the oil prices
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        Long-term: It's bad news
        155 4 THE ECONOMY IF the Gulf war drags on for several months, it will be bad news for the Singapore economy. Its impact will be felt in two ways: Through higher oil prices and through the dampening effect on the world economy. Soaring oil prices will be
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        Biggest gain
        105 4 STOCKS THE Straits Times Industrials Index yesterday registered its biggest one-day gain in more than two years. It leaped 62.46 points to vault past the 1,200-barrier to close at 1211.54 Stockbrokers contacted yesterday said the market advance was driven by the optimism of cash-flushed investors who were convinced
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        No rationing
        112 4 OIL THERE is no need for oil rationing in Singapore. Shell, Mobil and Caltex have reassured Singaporeans that they do not expect any problem regarding supply. Both consumers and the oil industry in Singapore got some reprieve yesterday as crude oil prices fell by as much as $10.20
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        SIA move
        72 4 FLIGHTS SINGAPORE Airlines yesterday said it has diverted or rerouted all services to Europe out of the Gulf zone by using Soviet airspace. The move affects up to 80 of its weekly flights. A spokesman said all SIA passenger flights to Europe now either fly non-stop, or make
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      POTLUCK Soh Ah Teck
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      HEADLINERS
      71 4 The Straits Times: Allied warplanes rule Irnqi skies. Business Times: Allies keep pounding Iraq. Lianhe Zaobao: 14 hour» <•( multiple air raids In Allied forces set impressive record. Berita Marian: War. SBC morning news: First Allied planes i are on I heir way back after a second night time
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      Cops and masked robbers
      144 5 HOT STORY HOW do you nab jewellery shop robbers who are masked? Get the victims to describe the robbers accent. This can tell you the suspect's race or even dialect. Use you network of sources to home in on any likely suspects. Tha's good intelligence and
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      THE A&W CASE
      94 5 APRIL 30, 1990: Robber fires two shots at a security officer and a woman cashier as he flees with a clutchbag containing $76,000 outside the A&W at Bukit Merah. No one is hurt. The Organised Crime Branch investigated for 18 days until they located a source who
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Johor's environment
        67 5 THE Johor state government is going all out to control pollution and increase environment consciousness in the next five years. State Executive Councillor Datuk Jimmy Low Boon Heng said environment protection is the priority of the new State Tourism and Environment Committee. Datuk Low is head of the
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        Asean meet
        50 5 PRIME Minister Goh Chok Tong will be one of three key speakers at an international conference on Asean and the world economy. The others are Malaysian PM, Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad, and Dr Henry Kissinger. The conference, in March in Bali, will be attended by 400 people.
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        Childcare teachers
        76 5 WITH 30 new childcare centres being opened in the last seven months, another 40 to be open this year and 100 in the next five years, there is a shortage of trained staff to run these places. Low pay, long hours, poor promotion prospect, and heavy physical and
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Jordan opens border to refugees
      192 6 Reuter. JORDAN will reopen its border with Iraq to all Gulf war refugees today. It decided this after a key United Nations agency pledged to underwrite the relief operation, a senior United Nations official said yesterday. Mr Hans Einhaus, emergency coordinator for the UN Disaster
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      Lock icon 23 Iraqis killed
      119 6 AFP. AN Iraqi military spokesman said last night that 23 Iraqi civilians had been killed and 66 wounded in yesterday's air attacks. Baghdad radio quoted the spokesman as saying that "children, women and old people were among the victims in Baghdad and four other regions,". Two of
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      Lock icon Iraqis calm after first air attack
      376 6 Reuter. "WAKE up. Run for shelter. They've come. They've come." The knock on the door came at 2.30 am. And there was no mistaking what was happening: Eighteen and a half hours after the UN deadline for Iraq to quit Kuwait, the war had
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      Lock icon Why was Saddam so slow?
      258 7 Wire services. IRAQ'S delayed response to the US-led massive air attacks have led experts and military commanders to wonder what President Saddam Hussein is up to. According to the Iraqi envoy to Belgium, the move was deliberate. The response was low-key because of strategic reasons,
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      The Gulf mystery
      238 7 TWO days into the Gulf war, one key mystery remains: Why did the Iraqis not strike back immediately? No-one knows, except the elusive Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and his key commanders. But British Defence Secretary Tom King has warned against "jumping to early conclusions" about the strangely
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      Lock icon US schools in Germany close
      449 8 AP. THE United States military closed its schools in Germany yesterday. Intense security measures were also in force at airports, embassies and other places thought likely to be targets of Iraq-inspired terror attacks. In New Delhi, police said a powerful bomb exploded in the local
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      WAR DIARY: DAY 1
      77 8 Singapore is sending a 30-member SAF medical team to Saudi Arabia to help at a military hospital 400 km behind the frontlines. Contact between the United States and Iraq as well as diplomatic activity effectively ends with the onset of war. ■The Turkish parliament approves a
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      Lock icon Stocks plunge after attack
      545 9 Wire services. SHARE prices fell sharply in Tokyo this morning as news broke that Israel had come under Iraqi attack. After 36 minutes of trading, the index had plummeted more than 400 points to stand at 23,447.31. Before news of the attack, stocks opened higher with
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      Indices/Closing
      55 9 FT Industrials Thu 1,649.60 (1,606.30) g Dow Jones Average Thu 2,623.51 (2,483.91) ST Industrial Thu 1,211.54 (1,149.08) NST Industrial Thu 2,798.41 (2,728.14) ci Hongkong Hang Seng Thu 3,087.83 (2,984.01) g Australian All Ordinaries Thu 1,237.50 (1,205.10) o Nikkei Stock Average Thu 23,446.81 (22,442.70) Figures in bracket* refer to those
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      Lock icon Kremlin promises not to attack Lithuanian Parliament
      169 10 Reuter. THE Kremlin has promised not to attack the Lithuanian Parliament. The assurance came from a representative of the Soviet Defence Ministry in Vilnius, the Lithuanian capital. Major-Gen Yuri Nauman told a news conference that soldiers would not try to seize the republic's
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      Lock icon Serial killings: Woman charged in US
      297 10 AFP. k OLICE in Florida have 'charged a woman in connection with the serial killings of seven middle-aged men travelling alone on the state's highways. Aileen Carol Wuornos, 33, was arrested on Jan 9 on a concealed-weapons charge in a Daytona Beach bar. She
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      Lock icon King Olav of Norway dies at 87
      174 10 Wire services. KING Olav V of Norway, the world's oldest monarch, has died of a heart attack. He was 87. King Olav ascended to the Norwegian throne on Sept 21, 1957. He suffered a heart attack last night and was at first reported
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      85 6 This evening, dine and dance way above the rest. In just 50 seconds, you '11 be whisked up 280 metres to Singapore's highest restaurant. Where delightful gourmet cuisine and nostalgic music from a 6-piece Filipino combo, will have you dancing on air. First Drink Charge for non-diners at The Mezzanine
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      96 7 Beauty on your own.!! SAVE TIME! SAVE MONEY! APPLICATION FOR OILY SKIN Eternal Beauty powder helps tighten your skin,fade out dirty marks. Suitable for rough skin close open pores Leaves J your skin fair smooth. Its good convenience for male female Do your own facial treatment in few minutes Jean's
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      488 7 This January, come """I SENTOSA NATURE TOURS down to Sentosa 8 I Every Monday and Saturday tjpfl \3, for the exciting EUCKY HGMNC* BAODRAW J Xain—l2.3o pm. 2 pm— ft.3o pin M birthday bash that Take a guided tour and savour the for E u ng lh,s f" t,vc P™*
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      84 10 wt m A GASTRONOMIC JOURNEY TO V 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
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Mum, daughter return home
      324 11 Six Singaporeans were among 100-odd people who arrived at Changi Airport early this morning on Emirates Flight EK 48 from Dubai in one of the last few flights out of the Gulf. SURESH NAIR reports THEIR faces told of the tension of having survived the start
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      Life goes on in the Gulf
      795 12  -  By Michael Lim OUR telephone tour of the Middle East began with Times House switchboard operator Mrs Mala Patrick trying the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in Baghdad. Who knows, you may just get through to Uncle Saddam himself, a wag in the newsroom cracked. Wishful
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      War news from fax, radio and people
      305 13  -  By Helen Chang AS the US struck against Iraq, people in Singapore got the news yesterday by fax, pager, radio and word of mouth. "We've been on BBC the whole morning at work, in the car everyone wants to know what's happening," said
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      Iranians worry for families
      127 13 "OH, God, what's gonna happen?" asked Mr Masoud Morovotjou's friends, as they huddled around a table listening to the BBC new about the Gulf war. The Iranian businessman, who works in Singapore, translated the BBC broadcast for his seven visiting Iranian friends. They were worried for
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      More clinics in NTUC Club's medical scheme
      334 15 MORE clinics may be included in the NTUC Club's medical benefit scheme. The club will be writing to all private clinics inviting them to join the scheme. At the moment, 144 clinics come under the scheme, which entitles NTUC Club members and their
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      BACKGROUND
      125 15 THE NTUC medical benefits scheme took effect on Jan 1. Under the scheme, union members and their families can get a 10 per cent discount at clinics displaying the NTUC sticker, if they produce their NTUC Club cards. However, the Singapore Medical Association called the arrangement "unethical" on the
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      GLOSSARY
      126 15 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. capitalising: Taking advantage, exploiting a situation. code of ethics: A set of principles to guide the conduct of a particular profession. contingency: An event that may happen. defame: Say
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      Lock icon Two die in blaze at Johore Rd
      389 16  -  By Trudy Lim TWO people were killed when fire gutted two pre-war shophouses early this morning. Nineteen were injured in the Johore Road blaze. The fire broke out at about 3.45 am. The two units hit were No. 78 and No. 80. Two
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      Lock icon RAFTS AWAR
      335 17  -  By Jackie Pau s i TUDENTS at the Singapore Polytechnic intend to have a rollicking time on the Singapore River on Sunday. They will be competing in the Singapore River Raft Race starting at noon. To see whether the teams were ready and raring to go, The New
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      English teachers sought
      224 17  -  ESTHER TAN I NEW BEAT] WOULD you like to live in an Indonesian home in an Indonesian village for a month? You could do so if you are willing to teach English. Indonesia has asked for young volunteers to teach English in remote villages. The request was
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      124 17 ■BP" ORCHARD PALACE RESTAURANT Delightful Live Seafood DianXin Chinese You can enjoy the best Specialities from our ala carte menu prepared by our chef from /SDV Savour the freest seafood Hong Kong cooked to perfccuon m a v variety of tantalising ways. Let your taste buds discover sC?* unusual culinary
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  • Showtime
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      Lock icon Chung-hwa charm
      635 18  -  since the days of Chin Han and Liu Wenzheng has a Taiwanese actor become a teenage heart-throb in Singapore. Reporter VIVIEN CHIONG who met actor Tuo Chung-hwa in Taipei predicts he will be the next one BY VIVIEN CHIONG T HE earth moved under my feet the morning
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      Natasha to be filmed?
      291 19 THK controversial story of Filipina Natasha Abdullah and film producer Datuk Zainal Nazeri Zainuddin shook the Malaysian entertainment scene last year (see other story). Now their love life may be made into a film, Berita Minggu Malaysia has reported. The film is to be produced by
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      THE NATASHA SAGA
      197 19 MS Natasha, 27, formerly Alicia A Bautista, dropped a bombshell when she told a newspaper that in June last year she married Datuk Zainal, 36, in Bangkok. Ms Natasha said she found out from newspapers that he was engaged to Malaysian singer Suliza Salam, 24, in August
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      Vision tips for old people
      337 19 EYETOEYE LIGHTING Aging eyes need more light to see comfortably and effectively. They see more comfortably under incandescent rather than fluorescent bulbs. The reason for this is that certain changes occur in the eyes as people grow old. The amount of light needed by them
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      102 20 Student life in Singapore a carnival? ycu bet! HSA-l ihi\>hiin> To prove it. here's Friday Weekly The nation's first ever SilliitllM flV\( <111(1 Chinese-language paper for students. J You'll find it's iust what you'd been missing all along Specifically Esm iilyf liinoM'-kiiifiiaaLM' tailored to make a student s week complete,
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Actor Tuo's singing debut
      233 21 TAIWANESE actor Tuo Chung-hwa will turn singer/actor when his debut album is released in Taiwan this month. The chance to stretch his vocal cords came last year when he sang a duet with Amy Li, winner of the 1989 Golden Bell Best Female Artist award. He
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      Mariah's winning note
      100 21 TODAY'S PINUP POP newcomer Mariah Carey, a pop-soul singer from New York, was voted best pop vocalist in this year's 33rd annual Grammy Awards. Carey, 20, got five nominations: Song of the Year, for Vision of Love. Best New Artist, Record of the Year, Album of the
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  • shoptalk
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      ARTOMOBILE
      379 22 THE 1950s were a golden era for the American car. Elaborate chrome-laden monsters rolled out of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler plants and ruled the roads from Detroit to Beirut. Sure, there were European cars in the traffic. Rolls for the snobs, Italian sports cars for the playboys and
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      Back-seat drivers and tabling a motion
      29 22 Cars are not just what go on four wheels anymore. They have become« lifestyle, art, sculpture, homes even pieces of furniture, reports ABHIJITNAG
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      Cars have come a long way
      573 22 CAR makers should know. When they advertise, they don't just sell a car they sell a lifestyle to go with it. Land-Rovers are likely to be pictured against rugged outdoors. BMWs, Jaguars and other luxury cars flaunt their posh marques. The Japanese show off
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      113 23 See MORE of the world for IzE&Sy with the National Jl. n addition to the playback of PAL video tapes, the new National J I video cassette recorder M lets you watch a whole world of NTSC tapes on your PAL television* without needing a separate television. And being known
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  • Page 23 Miscellaneous
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      934 23 fridaytv THE INDISCREET MRS JARVIS THE GOLDEN GIRLS 1 1 ci t V^ h F^ v e a rßan e .m^Tthe"' M Lws f i mdude Sheree N,,rth (ri);ht I an,l 1 NOON News Update (English/Chinese/Malay/Tamil) 5.35 PM Opening and Programme Highlights 12.00 NOON News 12.10 Flashpoint (Chinese subtitles/r) 5.40
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    Eating off a 60-cm plate
    214 24  -  SEENLASTNIGHT By Alfonso Chan AT dinner time, my little nephew watches his favourite meal, cartoons. While other people have TV dinners, he has TV for dinner. He devours cartoons with his eyes like other people eat meat. On Thursdays, however, wrestling is his dessert (Superstars
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      140 24 ■HHpipM THE HIDDEN COSTS OF How much does it cost to stay pregnant for nine months? More than you think! We give you the month-to-month K*r —expenses and tipa on how to cut costs. Is baby giving you sleepless nights because of teething troubles? Read everything you need to know
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      283 24 fridaytv FRIDAY AT THE MOVIES: W 'IKst HEARTBREAK RIDGE '^/UKkJ*! flip CLINT Eastwood (left) stars in, directs and produces this action-packed war-movie that co-stars Everett McGill, Moses .*W*f Gunn and Marsha Mason. J Clint Eastwood is sergeant Tom Highway, a highly trained v soldier who is sent to restore law
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  • SHOWTIME
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      Wife coaches Swayze for love scenes
      346 25 YOU bet he has sex appeal. Women queue to see his movies. They swoon when he smiles. Ghost became such a hit movie because Swayze died into their sentimental arms. Patrick Swayze is the name, and good looks his claim to fame. And he
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      Ramlah plans to sue over malicious reports
      308 25  -  By Lo Tien Yin REPORTERS beware! Better stay clear of singer Ramlah Ram. The 25-year-old, one of Malaysia's top five singers, says she will not sit back quietly if untrue things are written about her. "1 will not rush up to the reporter
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    274 33 T HINK of music, and pop or rock songs come to mind. But these days, there is a wide variety of music available. The music lover is no longer limited to sentimental songs, dance music, pop and rock. Now you can buy compact discs of
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      359 39 AFP. ALEX "Hurricane" Higgins has claimed that he is facing financial ruin through his one-year ban from professional snooker. The 41-year-old Irishman was given a controversial invitation to the World Masters tournament, currently taking place at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre. Higgins, who originally accepted his wild card entry,
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      282 40 TRENGGANU is keen to have Dutchman Marlon Ricardo van der Sander back in its football team. Van der Sander played for Trengganu in 1989 and has requested to join the team. Coach Abdullah Mohammad said yesterday: "Marlon has a proven record with us. Naturally we would
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      139 41 Wireservices. Results of yesterday's international sports: SNOOKER World Matter* in Birmingham, England Men's Mingles, 2nd rd: John Parrott (Eng) bt George Loizedes (Cyp) 6-0, Neal Fouldft (Eng) bt Claudia Ravagnani (Its) 6-0, Tony Meo (Eng) bt Mohamed El Kamah <Egv) 6-0, Silvini) Francisco (SA) bt Stephen O'Connor (Eire! 6-2.
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