The New Paper, 14 March 1991

Microfilm: NL17496
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    15 1 the new paper THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1991 MCI (P) 75/4/90 50 CENTS the new paper
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    Lock icon I WAS SOLD FOR $88
    83 1 I Madam Tay Ai Lan (left) was sold as a bride for i $88 in 1939. She was 12 y fl Mdm Tay tells her story. Her son donated the document of sale (below left) to the National Archives. But Mdm Tay wouldn't wish the
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  • THENEWSTODAY
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      Lock icon 'I want to destroy the system'
      295 2 Wire services. RUSSIAN leader Boris Yeltsin has said he wants to destroy the Soviet Union's central political system. "(Soviet President Mikhail) Gorbachev wants a strong centre and weaker republics. He wants to retain the system and I want to destroy it," Mr Yeltsin told
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      KREMLIN: UNION OR CIVIL WAR
      71 2 THE Kremlin warns of the risk of civil war if voters reject a new union treaty in a nationwide referendum next Sunday. Mr Grigory Revenko, chief adviser on the negotiations for the new treaty, said the nation will be "moving back to 1917 and civil
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      Lock icon Gorby says no turning back
      176 2 Reuter. PRESIDENT Mikhail Gorbachev has vowed not to abandon plans to introduce a market economy in the Soviet Union. He said yesterday foundations were being laid for further reforms. "If we sometimes use administrative methods, we do this to keep the situation under control," Mr
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      Lock icon Sexy, hot cakes
      274 3 "Bikini bakes are selling like hot cakes in Singapore. TAN LI MEI looks with amused eyes at the debut of these sexy cakes in Singapore I "F someone tells you ANGIE the Choice has the "breast" cakes in town, believe it. One of the Taiwanese bakery's biggest
      Pictures/ Choo Chwee Hua  -  274 words
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      113 2 BENEFICIAL FULLYGUARANTEED WEIGHT LOSS INCH LOSS PROGRAMMES At sixteen, of medium body m\ frame, £lysia Yeo Igp f weighed 70 kg. After going r T through the Beneficial Programme mm m for six weeks, she lost 10 kg. She liked j|H| Beneficial's tMj Programme because it deals fin only with
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  • QUICKNEWS
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      JAPAN & ASIA
      107 4 JAPAN ASIA HOT STORIES THE time has come for Japan to have a comprehensive and frank dialogue with its Asian neighbours as it undertakes greater global responsibilities. Foreign Affairs and Community Development Minister Wong Kan Seng made this call yesterday. "The initiative must come from Japan," he said. He was
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      HEADLINERS
      79 4 The Straits Times: Foreign labour: Good news for employers. Business Times: Cerebos to shift Brand's production to Thailand. Uanhe Zaobao: PM Goh: System of proportional representation will destroy racial harmony. Berfta Harian: PM: Voting system need not be changed. SBC: Syria says peace will not be possible unless Israel
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    • CATCH OF THE DAY
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        Low-fat burger
        86 4 MCDONALD'S will introduce a low-fat burger to boost sales. The burger, called McLean Deluxe, uses a new process that substitutes water for some of the fat. It would have about half the fat of the company's large hamburgers such as the Quarter Pounder. Other low-fat burgers that have
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        Freeze lifted
        95 4 THE freeze on corporate accounts linked to Marina Village developer, Mr Glyamani Khamis was lifted yesterday. The move is strictly to allow the businesses of Mr Khamis to function normally. A Commercial Affairs Department spokeswoman said stringent conditions have been attached to the unfreezing. She said one of
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        Renting HDB flats
        112 4 YOU can rent an HDB flat in one week instead of having to wait one to three months. From March 18, applicants can walk into the HDB office in Bukit Merah, fill up an application form and obtain the keys in seven days. The new scheme is
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        Violent crimes in US
        40 4 VIOLENT crimes in the United States are enjoying a dubious record of sorts. A Congress report said over 23,000 people were murdered last year. The total number of people killed, raped or assaulted was 1.8 million.
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        The role of religion
        109 4 INDONESIA: Promoting the right attitude based on each citizen's religious principles is the key to success in Indonesia's religious development. President Suharto said on Tuesday that the use of religion as the ethical, moral and spiritual basis for national development would be increasingly needed as the
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      GLAMOUR IN GOVERNMENT
      71 4 MRS Ladawan Wongsriwong (left) and Mrs Makiko Hamada are in the political limelight recently. Mrs Ladawan, 35, a former TV announcer, has become the first woman to be appointed Thai government spokesman. Mrs Hamada is a Japanese who has just announced her candidacy for governor of Tokyo.
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      Potluck
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      98 4 WORKING UP A SWEAT AT FISCAL FITNESS CENTRE OR HOW EXECUTIVES KEEP FIT No time lor a good workout 7 Then drop by tht Fitness Centre n c lie ■•■ktrikle M% .If Ik. Mtlkl! Circuit tor a i«k«*ri»iui im i»r im effective exercise routine S Irt* ■niaii combines weight training
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      93 4 So you want a LAW DEGREE? PUBLIC TALK: jSOTPTTOi Singapore Institute of Dr Myint Soe R.A..M.A. ((jintah.), Commerce offers you the M.A.tftlinms), t'h.t) ((Uintah.) opportunity to he Irriefetl I<t A%mnatr J lhnfe%.wr at NIK, h two lawyers. Hear u h l T "1 y y fmmrntums them on how to
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      322 5 JEpr i Give Us Your Views On This Promotion y sparkling Ribena _j 11 &M K%« Sparkling Rlbena has launched a new x Sparkling Ribena is made with promotion. Read the Information In boxes blackcurrants, which are rich I—3. YOU can win lots Of exciting prizes attractive priajin' mMwtomwete 81
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Sold as a bride for $88
      343 6 The National Archives held a "how to conserve old documents" course recently. One such old document brought OVIDIA LIM to a woman who was sold as a bride in 1939 A 12-YEAR-OLD girl who was sold as a bride for $88 is today a
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      THE DOCUMENT
      82 6 THE document (right) dated Sept 8, 1939 reads: "We, Cheng Fuozhi and Huang Xialian, having a daughter named Cheng Xilan, aged 12 years old, born on the 8th day of the 9th month of the Lunar calendar at 6 am in Singapore, at the introduction of the matchmaker,
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      HOW TO CONSERVE DOCUMENTS
      157 6 CONSERVING a document depends very much on its condition. However, Mr Lim Guan Hock, assistant director of the National Archives, said the basic procedure used by the Central Conservation Unit goes like this: 1. The document is put into a vacuum chamber for fumigation. If it
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      HOW TO CONSERVE BOOKS
      84 6 Pointers on how to keep your hooks in Rood condition: 1. Do not expose the hooks to direct i sunlight as ultraviolet light is harmful to paper fibre and causes a strong bleaching i effect on writing ink. 2. Keep the books in a cool, dry
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      28 6 More than just good looks, good rewards too! HgsiS"*' m IJjP S| SSZZZXS: WM )W6 )990 msumihw =s:a_ MZJ ri »snolclrtn«(f" WO s»- cfiaf^ 6 or 9 9nisat
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      244 7 The Training Shop there's k our "Train For The Future" Lucky Draw 1991. nothing like it in Singapore. You stand to win valuable prizes like a Philips 20" Besides the many different types of training Colour TV, a Philips Video Recorder, CD Player and other courses that you can choose
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  • SINGAPORETODAY
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      Woman dupes two men
      529 8  -  BAY Pia Meng, pleaded guilty to an amended charge of criminal intimidation and was fined $500 on Tuesday. He was originally accused of extorting $1,500 from Mr Yue. By Angeline Song A I N 18-year-old Thai woman asked her Singaporean businessman husband for money to return
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      GLOSSARY
      140 8 THESE words appear in our stories today. The following notes will help in case you need to check their meanings. celluloid: Used to refer to films and the cinema in general. clause: A particular section of a legal document such as a contract or a law passed by Parliament.
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      Wedding gown used first by boutique
      379 9  -  By Tan Li Mei A WEDDING gown is something very personal and precious to a bride to be worn only by her on that special day. That is why Ms J Kaur is upset. A gown she had spe-cially-ordered for her wedding dinner was
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      370 9 I What you should know about I FUNGUS INFECTIONS l Ml 1 WHAT IS WHITE SPOT? WHAT IS BODY RINGWORM? WHAT IS ATHELETfS White spot is a symptomless Body ringworm appears as reddish (SINGAPORE'S) FOOT? superficial fungus infection of the skin ring-shaped patches with the Athelete's foot is present when
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  • PARLIAMENT
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      Coconuts & peanuts
      167 10  - Coconuts peanuts By Irene Hoe PARLIAMENT momentarily went nuts yesterday during the Budget debate. As MPs grappled with the er, nuts and bolts of estimates for the Prime Minister's Office, Defence, Trade and Industry and National Development ministries, there was talk of cashews, peanuts and coconuts. Dr John Chen (Hong
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      Quota system for foreign workers?
      185 10 BUSINESS PARLIAMENT SITS AGAIN TODAY THE Government is looking into ways to allow employers to recruit more foreign workers, said BG Lee Hsien Loong yesterday. Two methods now under study are: A TWO-TIER levy system, with a higher levy for com- panies hiring foreign workers
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      Record proposals
      154 10 RESERVISTS M indef will appoint reservists to key posts in statutory government-owned companies. WITHIN months, Mindef will implement some proposals made by the Record (Recognising the Contribution of Reservists to Total Defence) committee. Dr Yeo Ning Hong, Second Minister for Defence, said yesterday that Mindef will: Consider a
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      One yes, two noes
      132 10  -  HOUSING By Helen Chang MORE creative public housing designs? Better quality private housing? National Development Minister S Dhanabalan gave a yes and two noes to MPs' proposals yesterday. Yes. He will ask the HDB to study how private companies can design and build public housing estates.
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      ROADS
      86 10 FROM May 2, motorists can use half-hour parking coupons. They can also look forward to smoother traffic, said National Development Minister S Dhanahalan in Parliament yesterday. The Central Kxpressway (CTE) tunnels will be finished by September. Semi-expressways, new traffic interchanges and a wider Pan-Is-land Kxpressway (PIE) will be built
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      139 10 to the winners of Tbe New Paper/Uptons Special IST PRIZE MORN I BIN SULAIMAN I/C NO. *****09/1 2ND PRIZE: LIM SOY MOY I/C NO. *****45/H 3RD PRIZE: CHENG LAI YEE I/C NO. *****16/F 15 CONSOLATION PRIZES: TEO LOON GEE, LEONARD CHAN MUITHYE I/C NO. *****91/H I/C NO. *****94/G YEO YU
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      42 10 nd Megabuck grants Government's capital grants make you take a deep breath even it you arenl the one signing the cheque This year's big ticket items including MRT, Nanyang Technological Institute and Sentosa projects add up to more than $2 billion \wB!*Z
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      Dengue outbreak worries few
      275 11 SUPER MOSQUITO See Page 13 SINGAPORE is going through its worst outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic fever but few people seem to be worried about it. Some interviewed by The New Paper admitted being more afraid of insecticides than of the diseasecarrying Aedes mosquito. The New Paper
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      Earth Awards entries
      190 11  -  By Chua Bee Hua QUALITY rather than quantity, marks the entries received to date for the Preserve Planet Rarth Awards 1991. Multinational corporations and individuals are among the 15 competitors for the top prize in two categories Organisation and Individual for a sculpted trophy by local artist
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      Lock icon Back to loving
      510 12  -  THE SAF'S MEDICAL MISSION TO SAUDI ARABIA By Ng Wan Ching MOMENTS before the plane carrying the 30-man SAF medical team from Saudi Arabia landed, their families and loved ones were already shedding tears of joy. Yesterday, the hot tarmac at Changi Airport was turned into a
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      OPERATION NIGHTINGALE
      235 12 MANY members of the team said (hey had learned a lot from their mission, Operation Nightingale, in the Gulf. They went to give medical care to the wounded. "At first we did not see many wounded. When we first arrived, we were greeted with a Scud missile attack
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      192 11 "J GOOD IDEAS KEEP COMING UP W |H Everything you need when you need it Cast. Quick one-touch correction, and convenient auto features all within easy reach of your fingers. With Sharp, you can produce sleek and clean documents fast. sli.n p P *000 Portable I I W Sharp PA-*****1
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  • WORLDTODAY
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      Lock icon Super mosquito
      345 13 AP. ONE genetic accident and the world may be feeling the bite. The accidental ability developed by a single mosquito to resist a class of insecticides may have spread to mosquitoes around the world, a study in France suggests. The accident most probably occurred in Africa or Asia
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      Lock icon 11 die in Manila fire
      97 13 AP. FIRE gutted a suburban garment factory early Thursday, killing 11 workers, firemen said. At least nine others were missing. Oscar Pedro, radio operator of the Mandaluyong fire station, said the fire started at around midnight (Singapore time) and was put out about three hours
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      Lock icon Painting worth $2 m stolen
      98 13 AP. A RENOIR painting valued at nearly $2 million was stolen yesterday from a museum in southern France. Authorities said the stolen work, Young Women in the Countryside, was painted by Pierre-Auguste Renoir in 1906. It was among about '280 works from the 19th and
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      Lock icon Lost child reunited with parents
      174 14 Reuter A 21-month-old Albanian boy was reunited with his parents last night, seven days after being separated in the crush of thousands of refugees arriving in Italy. A loud cheer went up at a Brindisi neighbourhood social services centre as a policeman handed Ilir Tafa
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      Lock icon Nine skiers killed in avalanche
      294 14 Reuter. A76-m avalanche killed nine helicopter skiers as it thundered down the rugged Purcell Mountains in British Columbia, Canada. A spokesman for the firm organising the trip said yesterday four Britons, two French, an American, a German and a Mexican died in what is believed
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      Lock icon Crime of passion: Teens held
      221 15 UPI. T teenagers allegedly shot dead an American and a German couple near Frankfurt on Sunday in what appears to be a crime of passion. Police said yesterday the murders were apparently carried out as a revenge act because one of the two men had
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      Lock icon Designer gunslinger
      20 15 In Paris: Japanese designer Junko Shimada presents this Wild West outfit in her Fall/Winter 1991-92 collection. Picture/ Reuter
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      Lock icon Man turns in $136,000 he found
      157 15 AP. AN undercover police officer who lost $136,000 in cash while on his way to a drug buy is in the clear. The man who found it has returned the money to the authorit.es. Police in northwest Chicago said the officer left the bag,
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      Lock icon Waves and wails of war
      57 16 Farewell, son: An Iraqi mother (left) waving to her waving son, as he is taken away by Kuwaiti soldiers on Monday. The Iraqi was taken into custody at a checkpoint near Safwan, Iraq. The man's sister (right) says farewell, too, while children from the family
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      Lock icon War secrets stolen but all's well
      311 16 AP. A MILITARY computer stolen in December and returned several weeks later contained the most closelyguarded secrets of the Allied campaign in the Gulf War, The Times of London reported yesterday. The top-secret information included details of the deception plan devised by US commander
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      Lock icon Rebels vow to sack Saddam
      201 16 Reuter. IRAQI opposition groups, in an unprecedented show of unity, have agreed to keep fighting to topple Saddam Hussein. They said the rebels would continue to fight even if the Iraqi leader crushed the current uprising "by flooding it with blood". More than 325 opposition
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      Lock icon Iraqi troops crush and burn, refugees say
      252 16 Reuter. REFUGEES streaming out of Iraq have painted a grim picture of atrocities by Iraqi troops against rebels forces in the country. "They would come in tanks, driving over corpses," said Mr Mohsen Khammis, a refugee from the unrest in southern Iraq. "They
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      Lock icon Bush warns Iran not to feed unrest
      363 17 Reuter. US President George Bush has cautioned Iran not to take advantage of a weakened Baghdad. He also warned Iran that it should not try to feed unrest in Iraq. But he said he had no evidence the Tehran government was moving in
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      Lock icon Fire-fighting starts on weekend
      145 17 Reuter. KUWAIT, its skies darkened by smoke from hundreds of oil wells torched by Iraqi saboteurs, said yesterday it hoped to begin the long battle to extinguish the fires by the weekend. "We hope to start on Friday, Saturday or Sunday depending on the arrival of
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      191 13 mm Il 4 Bf J If J y I fi L I A I■ I f H Wants to maintain your figure? Wants to Lose 10 to 30 pounds easily? I Wants to improve health by losing unhealthy fat? Hates to go hungry by dieting? '"f Don't have time to
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      165 14 SCHOLARSHIP Towards a career in Retailing in the field of Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising. Metro Private Limited invites applications for scholarship from outstanding young people applying for Full-Time Studies In Fashion Design or Fashion Merchandising at the LaSalle International Fashion School. t Eligibility: You must be a Singapore Citizen
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      113 14 THE NEW PAPER SATURDAY SPECIAL (2ND MARCH 1991) Congratulations to our 2 top winners of a Toshiba Handheld Portable Cellular Mobile Telephone Tan Kok Weng *****33 A loy JitJoo *****61F Plus 10 Consolation Prize Winners of a Funai Cordless Telephone each Lena Tan *****19J Y Yusnan *****56 A Azman Bin
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      367 15 An Invitation... to a forum on contact lens care and its effect on corneal health. An exclusive privilege for you to come listen to our distinguished panel of speakers from the U.S.A. and the Far East; Prof Jan Bergmanson Doctor in Optometry and Ph.D. in Ocular Anatomy and Physiology; Fellow
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    WAR IN REVIEW
    654 18 PART ONE: BIG WINNERS The Gulf War was a deadly, high-stakes game in which all parties involved had a lot to lose, or gain. ROSNAH AHMAD today highlights the main winners of the world's most serious conflict since 1945. TOMORROW: The big losers UNITED STATES FOR would-be
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    Win some, lose some
    211 18 IRAN: Iran's neutrality in the war has earned Teheran the goodwill of its enemies namely the US, Western Europe, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The goodwill will come in handy as Iran slowly opens up to the world to re- build its economy that was shattered by
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      132 19 Now CD quality goes on 7 the move like never before. Technics SL-XP2 Portable CD Player Technics SL-XP2. Poised to be the standard by which other portable CD players will be judged. Hear it Outstanding features: Super-Lightweight A mere 360 gms (including batteries) in a new sleek, '111J compact design
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  • Page 19 Miscellaneous
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      1026 19 thursdaytv LOCK UP MONEY MIND r BEHIND BARS (Channel 5, 10.45 pm) (Channel 12, 9.30 pm) (Channel 8, 9.20 pm) FRANK (Sylvester Stallone, imnw C right), a prisoner who has only IT S ,nclu <Je a look at DU Kun is delighted six months to serve is Singapore businessmen when
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      Lock icon Golden voice behind the reels
      486 20  -  By Ravindra Kumar REPORTING FROM BOMBAY. INDIA THIRTY-THREE years is a long time to have spent singing songs professionally. And 20,000 songs are a lot for one person to have sung. Indian film singer Mahendra Kapoor has done all that. In the process, he has
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      PLAYBACK SINGERS
      88 20 SONGS have been an integral part of Indian cinema ever since the 1930s when the first Indian talkies were made. In the early days, stars sang for themselves. But as technology improved, playback singing came on the scene. Now virtually every Indian film features five or six songs.
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      VESAKHI 91
      58 20 Where: Indoor Stadium. When: April 10. Tickets: $10, $15, $25, $50, $100. Available from: Reetu Productions (235-6228); Parkway Parade (information counter); Victoria Theatre booking office; Movie walla's (338-8306); Kavitha Video (291-2451); Asia Silk Stores (336-1605; Siraj Video (City Plaza 748-3163 and Tampines 781-0555); Silk Mart (338-1817); Unifilm (338-3598);
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      Locals sought for cop thriller
      490 21  -  By Vivien Chiong TAIWANESE director Blacky Ko is looking for three locals (two women and a man) for a police thriller to be shot here. SBC actor Edmund Chen makes his big screen debut in the film due to be made in the middle of
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      Wash-kosh-b'gosh Madonna
      258 21 SOME people get their thrills in strange ways. Madonna, for instance, gets her kicks from the mundane task of cleaning lint from the dryer after lovingly folding her ex-husband's underwear. The subject of laundry duty and former husband Sean Penn came up in a Vanity Fair magazine interview
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      Kitchener Road's Neu Faces
      557 22  -  By Brian Miller w the group D'Starlights was the rage in the El Amigo nightclub along Kitchener Road, Jerry Fernandez was slouched over his books, preparing for his O level examinations. The year was 1965. The club scene in Singapore revolved around a select few in
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      Lock icon The other Gulf War
      486 23 Six low-budget movies on the Gulf war are already in production. But watch out for the big one. Unconfirmed reports say Oliver Stone is shooting the mother of all war movies. More spoofy details details from the grapevine LONG before the terrified Iraqi infantry men 'aid
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      Search for the reel Saddam
      125 23 THE real problem was Saddam Hussein. Who on earth could do him justice on screen? Omar Sharif had the right moustache, the brown eyes and the exotic accent. But would moviegoers take to an ageing movie heart-throb playing a bloodthirsty dictator? Tom Selleck was briefly
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  • Page 24 Miscellaneous
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      351 24 THURSDAYRADIO FM90.5 FM 92.4 News on the Hour NOON News in Brief 12.03 PM Popular Classics 12.05 PM A Lunchdate with Rose Tan 10 0 News and Weather Forecast Mus,c and a Mystery Voice 110 Curref|cy Exchange Rat#$ 2.05 Feminine Flair with Olive Saw Popular Classics (cont d) Things for
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      250 24 COMICRELEF 1 1 Fox Trot/Bin Amend p— I CW'T. C'MoN-I ...PER I CAN'T REMEMI'VE. GOT NEEPYooTo HoW L0Nb A HALF-HouR. FRAME.. 3ER-WA5 THE I HEY, PETIR- A PAPE.R WORK THE WILL iT ToPS. o 0RACHIO5ADRO5 WANNA HELP To WRiffc. CAMERA WHILE TAKE.? I BREATH1N6 OOToR j W 1 I tN?
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      418 25 COMICREUEF THURSDAYRADIO Orchard Roadccjn V' 12.30 PM Sentimental Journey FM 88.9 1.1 "i 1 00 News NOON Ntwtdcik ]fe V l!j aShMt IE^E^STWLMJ HJ Calling All Maids 12.30 PM Off the Shelf CSTHWftf I NOWttbfeß 1 jffiJ&f WWHBi -IHC 61ANS KBSDftT SS I 4 m The Under 21 Club 12.45
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      51 26 831 Professional/ Executive Appts 832 Employment An International Company has vacancy (or: ADMINISTRATION/ INVENTORY CLERK OCE 'NV 'O' level Able to type Able to work under pressure Knowledge of bookkeeping preferred Experience not necessary PI*, call tor interview appointment: 63 Jalan Pemimpin #04-02 Pamimpin Ind. Bldg. Singapore 2057 T«fc 2M-32M
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      261 27 831 Professional/ Executive Appts |Kjp£ CORRIGENDUM For the position CUSTOMER SERVICES ASSISTANT (2 shifts) which was advertised in The Straits Times and The New Paper on March 13th 1991, the requirements and entry salaries per annum should read Requirements: Entry Salaries Per Annum No NS 2 Years NS •2 GCE
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      26 27 831 Professional/ Executive Appts An Engineering Company requires I SALESMEN Diploma In survey completed N5. Keen learn Interested applicant!. Pt* SM call *****75 h>, sn appointment
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      107 27 631 Professional/ Executive Appts WINCHESTER SCHOOL 8/9 Winchester Road Singapore 0511 has vacancies for TEACHER ASSISTANTS The School Is situated In beautiful surroundings off the Junction of Ayer Rajah and Alexandra roads and Is run for expatriate children in the age group 3 to 5 years using modern teaching methods.
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      375 27 832 Employment Classified Advertisement Telephone Service (CA.T.S.) is a department with 50 professional sales representatives who sell Classified Advertisement Service over the phone. We use advanced telecommunication equipment and computer system to provide efficient service to our customers. We are committed to training, and you will learn about communication and
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      262 28 832 Employment if fbrtirnuh Hotel fzxcetiior Hotel invite suitable applicants for:- Housekeeping Clerk Floor Supervisor Junior Floor Supervisor Linen Checker Chambermaid Houseman/ Housewoman Midnight Cleaner Pool Attendant Bellman Applicants with experience will be given higher salaries. Kindly attend a walk-in-interview at: The Personnel Department Excelsior Hotel, Level 6 5 Coleman
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      392 28 832 Employment Due to expansion, foreign-owned manufacturing Co. In Tuas requires the following positions: ACCOUNTANT Must possess accountancy degree or equivalent qualifications with working experience In a manufacturing environment. Must be able to work under pressure and communicate with all levels of management. Knowledge in Lotus 123. ASST. PROJECT ENGINEER
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      299 29 832 Employment Construction firm requires: FEMALE GENERAL CLERK/ TYPIST Able to type well Speak English Mandarin With/ without experience Interested applicants, pleaae write in or apply personally to: 28 CONWAY CIRCLE SINGAPORE 1955 TEL: 284-7103 Established Building Contractor requires: SITE ENGINEER e Recognised degree. e With or without experience. M&E
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      53 29 832 Employment A trading company raquira* urgently FEMALE GENERAL CLERK Ability to type and work Independently No experience required GCE 'O' level Preferable to stay around Bedolc or Tamplnes area Please write In or call In for an interview PETROMECH (S) PTE LTD Blk.3007 Bcdok North Avenue 4 #01-15*0 Singapore
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      324 29 832 Employment ACCOUNTS CLERK required for optical firm Excellent benefits for the right cendidate. e $1,000 monthly gross Income e 2 months bonus per year e 2 weeks annual leave e Medical benefits e Must be able to perform full set of accounts with the use of computers Please come
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      325 29 832 Employment Company requires FEMALE GENERAL CLERK able to type and write English a good command of Mandarin no experience required DESPATCH CLERK class 2 licence able to speak Chinese preferred completed N. S. Walk-in interview at 576, SERANQOON ROAD SINGAPORE 0821 TEL: *****88 (Mrs. Ong). Well established trading company
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      290 29 832 Employment FEMALE MALE PRODUCTION OPERATORS required urgently to work normal, morning, 2 rotating shifts, second shifts ft MALE for night shift $28 $34 per day Students also may considered to apply Interested parties, please tel: *****36/ 7 TRANSPORT PROVIDED. TEAM METAL (S) PTE LTD REQUIRES (1) ADMIN. ASSISTANT (Female)
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      247 29 832 Employment AIRCON. TECHNICIANS Ability to trouble-shoot all kinds of alrcon complains. Include repair overhaul. AIRCON. ELECTRICAL APPRENTICES No experience required but must be above 16 years old (Chinese). Interested applicants please call personally: 81k.155, Kallang Way #01-20/ 22 TEL: 295-4286 An European company requires: ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT O' level*; LCCI
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      341 29 —i 832 Employment Certified Public Accountant requires A) AUDIT ASSISTANTS/ CLERKS B) ACCOUNTS CLERKS a Ngee Ann Diploma or OCE OV 'A' level Commerce a Knowledge of accounting a With/ without experience Call: 339-2666 Or wrila to: 1 Colombo Court #06-10 S pore 0617 with full reaume A foreign firm
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      293 30 832 Employment JOB OPPORTUNITIES at various locations waiting (of youtl 1) CLERKS 2) AOMIN. ASSTS. 3) A/CS. CLERKS 4) SECRETARIES 5) RECEPTIONISTS Call: E S Management Service* #05-03 Bt. Timah Shopping Centre Singapore 21M Tel: *****06 Lighting Factory requires 1. SUPERVISOR e Mln. 2 years In Factory/ Electrical experience e
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      240 30 832 Employment ACCOUNTS ASSISTANT a Mln. 3 years experience a Full set Accounts a Personal Computer experience preferred Interested applicants are Invited to walk-In for an Interview at: No 10, Jalan Kilang Timor LTH Building. #03-01 A Singapore 0315 Tel: 270-4377 An established Trading Company urgently requires: DELIVERY MEN cum
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      265 30 832 Employment A Trading company require s urgently: FEMALE GENERAL CLERK e Ability to type e Able to work IndependenUy e Experience required Salary neg. Interested please Tal: 296-0033 Mr Lim No. 10 Jalan Besar 181-03 Sim Lim Tower. Singapore 0020 S CHINESE FEMALE SALES CLERK J required to work
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      267 30 832 Employment Eatatoiishad company require* immediately FEMALE STENOGRAPHER OCE 'O' level, Shorthand. Able to operate word processor. Interested call: 748-9719 Management Consultancy requires MANAGEMENT TRAINEES. Degree/ diploma holders. Fresh Graduates welcome. SAFETY SUPERVISORS Completed Safety Supervisor Course Write-to: THE MANAGER P.O. Boi 1451 RatflM City Po»t Office Singapore 9117 Muatc
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      162 30 832 Employment Well Established Printing co. has vacancy (or GENERAL CLERK with some typing skill Interested please call 777 7433 851 Properties District 23 PHOENIX HIGH Oroundfloor a 3 rooms a Swimming pool Please contact Simon *****02 Altar offlca hour* Call 7W2690 No aganta ptaaaa Call CATS on 737-1188. YO
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      183 31 Reuter. FIFA is to consider abolishing periods of extra-time in the World Cup soccer finals. Joseph Blatter, the Fifa general secretary, said in an interview published by the Swiss newspaper Sport yesterday that the proposal was among several ideas put forward to improve the tournament. The idea
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      158 31 EUROPEAN C'SHIP QUALIFIER HOLLAND 1 MALTA 0 Reuter. EUROPEAN champion Holland, which won 8-0 in Malta last December, scored just once in Rotterdam yesterday. It found it difficult to break down a Maltese side operating a 10-man defence. The Maltese rearguard was breached in the
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      265 31 Reuter, AP. NAPOLI stars Diego Maradona and Careca have been referred to the Italian soccer league's disciplinary committee for publicly criticising a referee. Both face a possible suspension or fine if found guilty. The Italian football federation said the Argentine captain and Brazilian striker Careca had
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      232 31 Wire services. PAUL Gascoigne was on his feet yesterday as he recovered from his stomach muscle operation. The Tottenham midfielder underwent surgery on Monday on the torn stomach muscle injury which has dogged him since mid-January. Said his business advisor Mel Stein: "The operation was successful. He's up on
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      366 31 ENGLISH LEAGUE AFP. ENGLISH FA Cup semi-finalist West Ham crashed back down to earth as lowly Oxford ruined its hopes of regaining the Second Division leadership yesterday. Oxford won 2-1. It fell l>ehind after only 16 minutes when Paul Simpson's cross from the right bamboozled
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      BAM: No action
      402 32 The Badminton Association of Malaysia yesterday reacted with surprise, and also great magnanimity, to the news of Singapore entering four over-aged players in the recent Milo-Sports Toto Cup youth tournament. BERNARD PEREIRA reports SINGAPORE'S entry of overaged players for the Milo-Sports Toto Cup badminton tournament failed to
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      195 32 Wire services. Results of yesterday's international sports: RUGBY LEAGUE British League Div 1: Bradford Northern 12 Wakefield Trinity 10. St Helens MM Oldham 22, Wigan .'14 Hull 12. Div 2: Halifax 48 Barrow 10. Salford 46 Chorley 2. SNOOKER European Open Championship in Holland q-finals: Tony Jones (Eng) bt
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        91 32 Reuter. CARL Lewis will run his first indoor race in more than two years when h»competes over 60 metres at San Sebastian, Spain, tomorrow. "He's definitely planning to run," Mike Takaha, one of Lewis's coaches, told Reuters in a telephone interview. Lewis had
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        Lock icon First home loss for Windies
        149 32 Reuter. AN outstanding century from Geoff Marsh sent West Indies to its first home series defeat in oneday cricket yesterday and confirmed Australia's mastery of the limited overs game. Australia won the fourth one-day international in Bridgetown by 37 runs to take a winning 3-1
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        Lock icon Taylor joins casualty list
        109 32 AFP. DENNIS Taylor joined the list of big name casualties in the European Open snooker championship in Rotterdam yesterday. The world No 10 was beaten 5-3 in the quarter-fi-nals by Tony Jones. Current world champion Stephen Hendry and sixtimes champion Steve Davis had been eliminated earlier
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      Lock icon Police report lodged
      391 33 Referee R Muthuveeran's handling of the Geylang-Balestier Premier League match incurs the wrath of Geylang fans and officials. It comes to a head when he refuses a penalty after Geylang's Fandi Ahmad is brought down three minutes from time. After the match, Muthuveeran is abused and, as
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      WHAT THEY SAY
      105 33 A lit this stage of the competition how could somebody put a Class One referee instead of a Fifa referee? Of course we are all furious. Geylang manager Thomas Zilliacus M uthuveeran was close to the play for most of the match, and when deciding the crucial
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      Still a long-standing problem
      286 33  -  By Suresh Nair THE long-standing problem of inadequate security for match officials reared its ugly head again last night. Mr R Muthuveeran, a police staff-sergeant, was lucky to escape with only bruises on his neck after a confrontation with a mob of about 30. The incident
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      Referees to meet FAS
      197 34  -  FLASHPOINT! Stories, Suresh Nair TOP referees intend to call an emergency meeting to decide if they should continue officiating in Premier League matches. It is learnt that a few Fifa and Class One referees met informally last night to decide on their future course of action.
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      Good play, ref
      177 34 REFEREE R Muthuveeran has a "good game", according to a senior Football Association of Singapore official. He was given a thumbs-up sign by the secretary of the FAS Referees' Committee, Maidin Singah, who saw the match last night. "Muthuveeran was close to the play for most of
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      RASHID SHOCKED
      556 35 TWO seeds crashed on the opening day of the All-England badminton championships yesterday. Joint fifth seeds Rashid Sidek, of Malaysia, and Fung Permadi, of Indonesia, were bundled out in the second round. Commonwealth champion Rashid lost 15-8, 8-15, 15-4 to Dane Thomas StuerLauridsen; and up-and-coming Permadi lost 9-15,
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      59 35 Geyalng fans and officials attack the referee after last night's Premier League match against Balestier. Reports and pictures/ Pages 34, 35 I i N k EXTRA-TIME W MARADONA, WNO PENALTY r MIGHT BE r CARECAHIT FOR I W ABOLISHED OUT AT FIELDING Dr en IN NEXT P 6 REFEREE, OVER-AGED
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