The New Paper, 12 February 1991

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1 39 The New Paper
  • 12 1 the new paper TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1991 MCI (P) 75/4/90 50 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 40 1 PORN TAPES IN THE OPEN Police raid Desker Road J W./WkJUtm stalls as porno Smty videotapes go on sale 'totf r malam' style Sex 'J^^^^^^B scene from one '^^^^BH^^^^^^K oftheUipea /p ao ■f BUSH: AIR WAR TO GO ON B
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  • Article, Illustration
    61 1 A housewife's foot is trapped for one hour in a toilet bowl. Firemen smash it to free her. "I was about to scrub the bowl when I slipped. My foot got stuck...up to my ankle," she says./ Page 8 Wit slip: Housewife Madam Low Kuee Hiang (right) shows bow
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  • THENEWSTODAY
    • 25 2 Hammer attack: The bomb bay door of a US F-117 Stealth fighter carries a provocatively violent message for Iraqi troops. Picture/ Reuter
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    • 106 2 Sorties 2,900 Allied sorties flown Monday, raising total to about 62,000 in 26 days of war. 750 sorties were flown over Kuwaiti theatre. US claimed likely hits on five Scud missile launchers. Iraq fired two more missiles, one each at Israel and Saudi Arabia. Losses There
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    • 357 2 No decision on ground war yet Wire services. US President George Bush said yesterday that the air campaign on Iraq "will continue for a while". He also said he had not decided when to launch a ground war in the Gulf. Mr Bush
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    • 204 2 Wire services. THERE is evidence that the Iraqi army is breaking up, a senior US military source said yesterday. "I think some of their divisions have sustained significant battle damage and as a result they have had to combine some of those forces
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    • 163 3  -  By Yaw Yan Chong THE body of a British executive, who was found dead in the Shangri-La Hotel on Friday, was flown home yesterday. It was learnt that a colleague, the last person to see Mr Eric Evans alive, took his body home to to
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    • 451 3 Last month, a robber forced a woman and her daughter to strip at knife-point. Her 10-year-old son slashed the would-be rapist, L who made a hasty escape after slashing all three of them. ANGELINE SONG talks to the woman [hel^l A special team
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    • 237 3 ON that fateful night, Madam Wu kept pleading with the attacker to let her and her I children go hut he showed no mercy. He slashed all three of them instead. That was after he had forced Madam Wu and daughter Shuling to strip. Madam Wu
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    • 59 3 A long slash from buttock down to back of left knee. Left foot swollen. Unable to walk without crutches. She may also have a permanent limp. Long slash from collar bone to left shoulder. Second and third fingers of right hand slashed. Slashed on her back. Right leg
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    • 25 2 Hotline TO shun- a polttl vf view, Cllll HotitoePlua at 7.14 7711...r ffltiti i" The Editor, The New Paper, 390 Kim Sens Rd. Spore 0923.
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  • QUICKNEWS
    • 184 4 HOT STORY A DOCTOR has been suspended three months for overcharging. The Singapore Medical Council said it found Dr Liow Siew Choon guilty of "grossly overcharging two patients". In a statement released yesterday through the Health Ministry, the council said that it heard complaints
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
      • 54 4 THE European Community will consider resuming economic aid to Vietnam on one condition: Hanoi must be sincere about implementing a new EC programme to help Vietnamese boat people return home. "This programme has become a test case for a possible resumption of economic co-operation," an EC official
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      • 90 4 BRITISH Airways has cut air fares steeply in its trans-Atlantic route. This will pressurise its two American rivals, Trans World Airlines and Pan American World Airways, to do the same. BA's cut of more than $400 of its New York-London tickets is the result of a fall
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      • 84 4 CLOSER ties between the ruling People's Action Party and the Malay community is the aim of the new chief of the party's Malay Affairs Bureau. Bureau chairman Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, MP for Siglap and First Deputy Speaker of Parliament, said he hoped with closer ties the Malays could
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      • 80 4 INSTALLING a satellite receiver dish can cost between $5,000 and $34,000, depending on dish size, electronic components in the system and the location, said Mr Bill Wade, manager of a company supplying such equipment. The installation at the US I embassy cost $54,000. The Government has
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      • 90 4 CHIEF Minister Tan Sri Kahim Tarn by Chik has blamed officials of the Malacca Water Authority for the current water crisis. He said they lacked efficiency and professionalism. Tan Sri Rahim, who is also the MWA chairman, said the officials had not only failed to monitor the
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    • 70 4 The Straits Times: US under pressure to delay ground war. Business Times: Asia Pac Breweries in NZssoom strategic deal. Lianhe Zaobao: Hussein says he will fight to the bitter end. Berita Harian: Efforts at finding a solution continue. SBC: President Bush says air bombings of Iraq will continue for
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    • 34 4 THE price of diesel hns been an identical 65.6 cents per litre island-wide since last Friday night. All the six oil companies have raised their pump prices by nine cents a litre.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 186 4 q*? Make it a threesome |^H| this Valentine's Day! fe Y° u Your Valentine. A stone's throw from the loving care, this mouth- j City, The Bay Restaurant at TH E watering set dinner is 51 Stadium Walk is the (BAY) available only on I perfect lovers' corner for resT\L'R\NT
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 284 6  -  By Yaw Yan Chong PORNOGRAPHIC videotapes can easily be bought in Singapore. That was what a New Paper team found when it twice visited Desker Road recently. There are at least 15 stalls, set up in a backlane off Desker Road, selling such
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    • 88 6 POLICE arrested three men during its raid on the area. The three men Ho Wah Seng, 57, Lam Chin Fui, 21, and Lam Chow Leong, 46 have been charged in court. They were alleged to have distributed about 70 obscene tapes. The raid was conducted last
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    • 33 6 IT is an offence to possess obscene tapes. The punishment is a prison term of up to three months and a fine depending on the number of tapes in possession.
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    • 102 6 SOME residents in the area told The New Paper that the stalls have been around for "some time". Said one: "I live around here and the stalls have been around for at least five years. Nobody complains because everyone who comes here has ulterior motives. "Besides, this
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 356 6 The New Paper/OshKosh B' Gosh® "Picture Perfect" Photo Contest. 8 fl I I 1 ill mWl■i■ I H M V I V: x' ft**-■ 1 M lit I h fl 111 1 K> J &*"ft JH H '4t|K f JM m <t£ Kids look adorable in OshKosh B 1 Gosh.
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
    • 430 8  -  By Dave Ang A HOUSEWIFE slipped and got her foot stuck in a toilet bowl on Sunday in a painful and embarrassing ordeal which lasted more than an hour. Her mother-in-law, a relative, police and an ambulance crew all tried but failed, and the fire-service
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    • 338 9  -  By Michelle Lee AT certain spots on the island, drivers are complaining that stations on their car radios are being hijacked by "ghosts". A set channel suddenly vanishes and they hear strange voices from other channels wandering in. Mr T K Teo, 31, ft quantity
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    • 41 9 A SOLUTION to the problem? .lust retract the antenna, suggests SBC's senior executive engineer, Mr Chang Long I Kiat. When the car's antenna is retracted, the j signals received are much reduced, and so i the overloading effect is minimised.
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    • 108 9 SBC recently conducted tests after receiving complaints about "ghosts". Said senior executive engineer, Mr Chang Long Kiat: "The switchovers are likely to occur close to Bukit Batok (where the SBC's transmitting station is) and the stretch of Thomson Road (where NTUC Heart radio transmits)." He said when a
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    • 234 10  -  f By Elena Chong A WOMAN passenger was flung out of a bus and crushed to death by it when a car collided with the bus. The collision caused the bus to spin and land on its side, a district court heard yesterday. The woman, who
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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  • Page 9 Advertisements
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    • 114 9 <le>u>vv yrTcts Vv£VjJU'OWCvd. 1 Couples in love take heed the New Park Cafe is just right for hand-holding. ftSllwfl whispered conversation and a romantic dinner for two. We have planned a /lw!JB I special Valentine's Day set dinner menu specially for love birds. You'd better f /£?jlljj a. fly down
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  • Page 10 Advertisements
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    • 77 10 jgkAd Peter Gwee Kim Woon Master Geomancer We specialise in: Divination of residential buildings, shops, offices and factories. Fortune telling palmistry. Selection of auspicious dates for marriage and other occasions. Divination of ancestral tombs. Alteration and choosing of names ■MM FT-i fuaCTutlnMilil I Look out for V4w// er^ G m
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 144 11 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. filial: Relating to the status, duties and responsibilities of a son or daughter. frequency: The frequency of a sound wave or a radio wave is the rate at which
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    • 217 11 AP. A TV anchorwoman in Michigan who had received threatening mail and calls was shot dead when she arrived home on Saturday. Police yesterday searched the home where Mrs Diane Newton King, 34, of WUHQTV in Battle Creek lived with her husband, their three-year-old
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    • 358 12 AT times, the father of America's first missing woman soldier wished she had been killed in the Gulf war instead of being a captive of Mr Saddam Hussein. For Mr Leo Rathbun, 59, father of Marine Specialist Melissa, the thought that he could not
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    • 270 13 Wire services. A FORMER United States attorney-general has accused his country of committing war crimes by bombing Iraqi civilians. Mr <Ramsey Clark, who was attorney-general under late President Lyndon Johnson, said the head of the Iraqi Red Crescent estimated between 6,000 and 7,000
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    • 171 13 Wire services THE White House has charged President Saddam Hussein with exaggerating the harm caused to Iraq's civilians in order to win world opinion. "The propaganda and PR (public relations) battle is where Saddam is scoring his points," White House spokesman Marlin
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    • 208 13 MEDICAL care in Iraq has returned to the Middle Ages due to Allied air bombings, claims a Palestinian surgeon. "I think we're in the 14th century. It's very gloomy over there," Dr Rizk Jaber Kashef told the Washington Post Service. One doctor said
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  • Page 11 Advertisements
    • 70 11 CHINESE CARPETS SALE .•Ki.riAiUi.il Sue 244 cm (8) Round m SAVE $370 9 PBCE *2325 save $706 SALE PRICE S*« 274 cm (9 1 Round *"-£-^^WrJS(SSSK^ Carpets available in different sizes shapes. Hil GNEE HONG CO. PTE. LTD. F.STO 1934 At t-unan Centre 109 North Bridge Road #04 01 Funan
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    • 20 11 THE FRAGRANCE OF ~K I ill VJ BUT ESPECIALLY FOR ■I JBTf J l/Jr M VALENTINE'S DAY. J In I
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  • Page 12 Advertisements
    • 334 12 Frw^n GALORE AT SFBWiIIV# A XT JL Try the latest addition to our famous array of wonderful noodles The Noodle Gerdan Earthen Pot Twenty varieties of Earthen Pot are served at Noodle Garden Restaurant at Unit 81-01 to 04, Forum The Shopping Mad. SPECIAL TREAT From February 12 to 19,
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    • 102 12 WML 26 RMNKvt i Sj£\ Norway contnbutes an extra $178.5 million to Allied mSSSSi i"UI .mS^S war effort 7' "sfer^~~^ls> Saudi A/ar>a says»(has t-ecn WOOfilM so hi >n 1 i^^X protecting desalination plants and other facilities Vw „^^zl from a giant oil slick. 1 V* g> </ <jgT yi\3 JJP"
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  • Page 13 Advertisements
    • 182 13 Romance O r Reunion, 11 \Vjfn Be a Heartwarming Experience At Vemmkm Yface. j Spend time with your loved ones this Then celebrate Lunar New Year's Eve special season, at Peranakan Place. with your family and friends at Bibi's the Pub, V First with a romantic candlelight dinner on 14th
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  • Page 14 Advertisements
    • 223 14 HERE ARE THE SECOND ft^sp SUPER DRAW WINNERS... Final Super Draw Grand Draw winners Promotion ends 28 Feb '91 All winners will he notified by pint ggUJ COULD BE NEXT! Hurry, the 3rd and final Super Draw is now in full swing. With the gfe.s- same great prizes in store!
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  • WORLDTODAY
    • 325 15 Reuter. FORGET red roses and heart-shaped love letters. X-rated cakes are the latest Valentine draw in the Philippines, where a Manila bakery is turning out edible erotic sculptures for lovers to share. "We're also promoting cake-wrapped gifts," said Mr Tom Carlos, co-owner of Kink Cakes.
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    • 311 15 J OHOR Baru has been put on dengue fever alert. State health officer Dr Latifah Sharif said yesterday the number of dengue cases was reported to be rising lyTo check the rise, the state has set up a dengue epidemic committee to co-ordinate preventive efforts
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    • 341 16 Bernama. A BULLDOZER was used I to demolish two restaurants in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday while some workers were in- side. The restaurant operator claimed that he did not receive any demolition notice from a finance company which owned the property. But the finance company
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  • Page 15 Advertisements
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    • 156 15 Fwn-Tmu\< await you at the vibrant vacation destination of Kiuila Lumpur, the Gateway to Fascinating Malaysia. A shopper's Paradise, a haven for entertainment-seekers and fun- hvers'. Priw f.>* i ,'fMf. rr 8 MS99 00 N<K Skipping rfbcovni defend 4ftdluH*f) fv»/v- n t > >,n;hi' turn s/iiimrjj AttNtflNie pnt-il«rjy\ OCtrtffldM <M
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  • Page 16 Advertisements
    • 233 16 The New Paper/Ziemer Le Bijou \7\ T ttIWTTWF'C Vf\ JL JLjLi Jtlr It's simply romantic! Just match the love couples and win! Europe since ife^nor^ Fifteen $200 Ziemer Le Bijou Fashion Accessory vouchers must be won! Jazreel Low Nicole Kidman Xiang Yun Jerry Hall Chen Zhi Cai Mick Jagger Tom
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    • 23 16 I —I \«£3K\ V I ■«t s ijujsaroP" laiP^ Details in Tlie New Paper on February 13, 1991 I =B Singapore Press Holdings
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  • Page 17 Advertisements
    • 360 17 nine model* from a large shopping bag to an evening bag. The collection includes the classic shoulder bag and satchel for the active, elegant woman. The hags tome in black leather set off with a bright red, blue or green leather lining. The leather is soft and of high quality,
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    • 460 17 BUYING GUIDE shower gel and bath crystals (to soften hard water). Rronnley even has a "sponge" soap which, it says, was invented by its chairman, Mr Rossiter. It is a white sponge containing almond oil soap. After rubbing the sponge all over your body, you can hang it up to
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    • 118 17 mm r <3^i Beauty! Make-up to suit one's face. Lips, nails and cheeks are in shades of bright or pale pink, the complexion in a luminous halo, and eyes in either a natural pink-beige or a bold, electric blue. Fragrance for men THERE is a new fragrance from Boss. Boss
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  • Page 18 Advertisements
    • 141 18 Now CD quality goes on the move like never before. Technics SL XP2 Portable CD Player W Technics SL-XP2. Poised to be the standard by which other portable CD players will be judged. Hear Outstanding features: Super-Lightweight A mere 360 gms (including batteries) in a new sleek, compact design 4-times
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  • Page 18 Miscellaneous
    • 919 18 tuesdaytv VIDEOFASHION MEN fa,. vggAJ VIDEOFASHION MEN FATAL "IMPRESSIONS" "IMPRESSIONS" "yf ENDEARMENT Eugene Levy star as Frank to use Yuqing, Dooley and Norman Kane in colourfully light styles. Other discovers that A-wen is the this cop comedy. The hilarious highlights include an interview Vone who stole the painting, duo set
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  • THETVPAGE
    • 476 19 By Vivien Chionc IT is time to vote again lor your favourite SBC star. The Mrd Top Ten SBC Artists Popularity Poll held by Lianhe Zaobao and SBC ifl now on. Held once every two or three years, the poll picks the most popular
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    • Article, Illustration
      57 19 Li Nanxing •John Hong Sean Say Zhu Huoren Edmund Chen Huang Yiliang Chen Shucheng Huang Wenyong Desmond Shen Joyce Chen Lipinn Sally Chen Xiuhuan Madeline Zhu Lin Meijiao Liu Qiulian Aileen Tan Tang Miaoling ZoeTay Xiangyun Zeng Huifen Li Nanxing Most Popular Actor Desmond Shen Zhu Huoren Chen
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  • Page 19 Advertisements
    • 90 19 SUPER VISION DRAW Now till March 1991 B Panasonic TX-29VIM NICAM Panasonic 9 Panasonic NV-SIOOEN Palmcorder Panasonic I@piittiC|^K Movie Camera i Mini Vision TV (3winners) K. N/yly< (3winners)|§|ll per draw |r per draw Vtf®° >N*\n ES National ..rO^ 6 «c\ |sr: National tational NV-EIBOSPX de ■M HlPideo Cassette l/X/x t\t\
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  • 667 20  -  fashion By Kelvin Seah LET'S not be so predictable this Valentine's Day. Forget about the run-of-the-mill Valentine's dinner in a posh restaurant. Those leave a greater impression on your wallet than on your loved one, anyhow. Why not a picnic for small change for a change. Not
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  • FOODNOTES
    • 190 21  -  MICROWAVECOOK By K Karuna CHICKEN WITH PEPPERS THE tender, lean flesh of chicken cooks perfectly in the microwave. Ingredients 200 g boneless, skinless chicken cut into either thick or thin strips 1 tbsp oyster sauce 1 tbsp Chinese wine 1 tbsp sesame oil Vi tbsp
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    • 481 21  -  By Sara Chen Advance Popiah Sin Bee Hoy Eating House 25A, Lorong Liput Holland Village Opening hours: Every day between lunchtime and about 8 pm. Closed on Wednesday THE stall is never empty. Customers come from all over the island to Mr
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  • Page 21 Advertisements
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  • Showtime
    • 507 22  -  By Lo Tien Yin TV hero Edmund Chen Zhicai is leaving SBC in April and beefing up for the big screen. He hopes to make good as a movie star with the help of a Singapore company, Jaytex. Jaytex helped Movie Impact, a Hongkong company, to
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    • 519 23 ACTRESS Jodie Foster just can't seem to shake the shadow of John Hinckley. Hinckley is the obsessed "fan" who sent her thousands of threatening letters. He also once sat only yards from the stage where she acted in a college play with a gun
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    • 420 24  -  By Vivien Chiong NIGHTCLUBS are hoping the Lunar New Year has put hong bao in pockets, bonuses in banks and club patrons in a free-spending mood. Four nightclubs and one live theatre have engaged Hongkong stars to perform during the festive season. At New York Nite-club
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  • Page 22 Advertisements
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  • Page 23 Advertisements
    • 123 23 The Magic of Valentine's at... Its partying time at H 2 O the watering hole this Valentine's eve! In W~ r-t the true tradition of love conquering s all. Share this magic at H 2 O where y s ——r^ good music and a fun crowd will l make it
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    • 13 23 fa\M Your Favourite SBC Star and Win For more details read Lianhe Zaobao.
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  • Page 24 Advertisements
    • 107 24 Melia's Special Package S$ 196.00 per person (twin-sharing) enjoy the following: Wclcome drink (non-alcoholic) 1100 Dinner Voucher Buffet Breakfast at El Patio Late check-out till 4 pm I 20% Discount on F B subject to availability HMm|| p|| .(except for set lunch happy hour) Price is based on twin sharing
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  • THE NEWPAPER SINGAPORE VALENTINE'S DAY SPECIAL VALENTINE
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      173 25 Set for life: To symbolise the occasion, get something guaranteed for life. The Burgundy collection, with a satin burgundy finish, comes complete with ball-point pen, rolling ball selectip pen, fountain pen and o.smm mechanical pencil. For her, a ball-point pen and mechanical pencil specially designed for women. Available
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    • 948 26 agon y aunts say We have all felt the razor of love. That sharp, sweet cut that spngs go on about. But there must be something above hurt; the rewards which the cynic in us ignore. We ask three popular Agony Aunts. The Queens of
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    • 347 27 dance and dine FEB 13 ONLY THE READING ROOM DISCO Marina Mandarin Books will take a back seat in The Reading Room on St Valentine's Day. With hearts and lace, party-makers are turning the place into a "Lover's Haven". The organiser promises uproarious fun for
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    • 82 27 CELEBRATE your love with this special potion. The mixers at Goodwood Park Hotel has concocted a non-alcoholic drink, which they claim "captures all your unspoken feelings". Pink Passion is made from a blend of earthy fruits guava, pineapple, soursop and fresh lime topped with
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    • 114 27 THE ultimate gift for the ultimate Valentine's Day may well be this stunning one-of-a-kind "Heart of a Valentine" necklace. Created by Larry Jewelry, its main piece is a 20.24 carat cabochon ruby set off by more than 540 diamonds selected for their fire, uniform size and
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    • 36 27 MISS Ng Sook Fun (above) talked to three agony aunts; found and interviewed a couple who share love across the miles; and dug up little facts and peculiarities about Valentine's Day.
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    • 660 28  -  final word By Colin Cheong CUT deep in every human heart is a letter 'V'. Like an angled wall of stone, it carries reminders of every triumph of love on one arm and on the other, every heart-breaking defeat. Now, we approach the wall again
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    • 54 27 vOp 14 February jrwe is a many ®fjrr spkndoured 1/ thing.... Club 5 First Drink Charge SlB++ Subway First Drink Charge $18 nett Cafe Plaza 4 course Dinner Dance at Club 5. At $50++ or $35++ (Dinner only). With Taylor or London giveaway. Plaza Hotel WAKM»COLO(JRFUL»INVITiriG *All outlets are open
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  • Page 28 Advertisements
    • 256 28 to Cove... Tou ask how much I need you, must I explain. f I need you, oh my darling, like roses need the rain. Tou ask how long I'll love you, I'll tell you true; Until the twelfth of never, I'll still be loving you... Attributed to Covers... MILLE FEUILLE
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  • Page 29 Advertisements
    • 45 29 Energetic, curious, confident that's what your golden goat baby will be, if he is born next lunar year. But how would the other 11 animal signs (your older children) react to the new addition? A must-read. YOUNG PARENTS Dec 1990 Feb 1991 ON SALE NOW
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  • Page 29 Miscellaneous
    • 368 29 i TUESDAYRADIO 12.05 PM A Lunchdate with Peter King NOON News in Brief Musk and a Mystery Veice 12.03 Popular Classics uiz 1.00 News and Weather Forecast 2.05 "Ftr"? Home Makers 1.15 Popular Classics (cont d) 4.05 lust Instrumentals I*s Midday Market Report 5.05 Move to Music with Bernard 200
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    • 294 29 COMIC-FLU-Fox Trot/Bin Amend I WHATOoTbu MOXILiVE ftoWl'Vt EXACTLY. too YoO DcNT KNOW THE TEAMS., I ANPX THERt'S MEAN ITS M£VER BEEN WoNT St A3l£ Tbu OoKT KNpW THE. HcW To A SuTcHER Sot FAiR?/ iF ANTonE To A To APPREdKIt PLAYERS-Tou DON'T know Do KNifE on THt MY EPiToR DESERVES
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  • Page 30 Miscellaneous
    • 297 30 COMICRELIEF TUESDAYRADIO Orchard Road/coim goh EIZSHHIH 12.30 PM Sentimental Journey NOON Newsdesk 100 News 12.30 PM Off the Shelf M WHAT /W THISNEBfti RE.GN lON 4.30 Mun Hiang Delights 1.15 Special Gulf Programme K 5.00 Now Hear This 2.00 Newsdesk M mH C^EOr^c 600 GatHer ng Oush 2.30 The Classic
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  • Page 31 Advertisements
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    • 2 31 832 Employment
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    • 183 34 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: SOCCER South American leagues Colombia, Final: Millonarios 1 Santa Fe 0. Mexico: UNAM 0 IJniversitario Nuevo 0, Monterrey 4 Queretaro 0, Guadalajara 1 Necaxa 1, Atlas 1 America 0, Autonoma de Guadalajara 0 Irapuato 0, Toluca 1 Leon 1, Autonoma de Tamaulipas
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    • 392 35 Outram Institute is making its debut in A Division boys basketball. But it will be no pushover. LOH TUAN LEE finds out why NO first-time nerves for Outram Institute's A division boys basketball team. It is competing for the first time in the National Inter-Schools Championships.
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    • 194 35 IF the Outram boys are something to shout about, the coach, teachers and even the boys themselves admit that the Outram girls are something else. "Last year they had no fight," said coach Teo Kah Wah, "every match was a walkover for them." They
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    • 177 36 ASIAN BADMINTON CSHIPS AFP. CHINA'S Wu Wenkai has been named the top seed for the men's singles at the Asian Badminton Confederation tourney in Kuala Lumpur from Feb 20-24. But South Koreans garnered the top billings for the other four events men's doubles, women's singles and
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      410 36 Wire services SIX players from champion Olympique Marseille form the backbone of a 17-man French squad to play Spain in a European Championship qualifier in Paris on Feb 20. Eric Cantona, who has not played since a knee operation in November, is given a change to resume his successful
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    • 117 37 AFP. THE Rumbelows League Cup semi-final first leg between Chelsea and Sheffield Wednesday, scheduled for tomorrow, has been called off. The tie has been rearranged for Feb 24 the same day Leeds and Manchester United play their second leg at Elland Road. The postponement will have
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    • 496 38 The FAS, at its meeting last night, agrees to increase national players' allowances by 35 per cent from last year's sum. Four players are promoted to Category A, four in Category B get a raise, while the two in Category C get no increase. ABDUL SHUKOR
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      • 170 38 NST. PAHANG will pay its Brazilian coach Paulo Massa M 5175,500 annually besides other perks such as accommodation and car. At that price, Massa, whose credentials include being an assistant to Brazil's head coach Tele Santana at the 1982 World Cup Finals, appears to be a better
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